"Cooking?" she questioned to herself after being podded by kurapika after being distracted by the clouds, what would it be like to be a cloud? What was it made of? Was it like cotton floss? Those thoughts being tossed aside with the idea of cooking.

"Yes, the examiners, Menchi" he pointed to the women before gesturing to the larger than life male, "and Buhara have asked for pork for the first meal"

She nodded before turning to the examiners. A slight frown on her face. She didn't know how to cook. She had been banned from the kitchen after a certain incident by papa...

Kyraik turned towards the examiners taking steps as the other competitors raced into the surrounding woodland in the search for pork.

"Erm? Mechi right?" the vermillion head asked the pony tailed examiner, as she was the closest to her height.

"Yup, what do you want? Why aren't you getting the pork, we're hungry you know"

"That's the thing... I'm not allowed to cook"

"huh?"

"Papa banned me from the kitchen when I tried to cook last"

Menchi stared at the younger girl in front of her before signing, "sorry kiddo, your father rules don't apply, give it a go and better luck next year"

Kyriak frowned before nodding heading towards the giant gate into the surrounding woodland heading towards the screams of failing and maybe dying people. Behind her Buhara leant downward to his female counterpart. "Isn't that..."

"yep"

"didn't he warn-"

"yep"

"And your still-"

"yep"

Buhara sat up right, "hopefully we don't lose half the exam site" the larger man muttered under his breath.

Meanwhile -

Kyraik finally managed to meet up with the rest of the group only to watch in confusion as the group was running away from a herd of large snouted pigs. "Killua? Gon?" she questioned out loud in confusion.

"Ahh! kyraik! Run they eat people!" leorio yelled as he and the group ran towards the confused girl. She studied those giant pigs running towards her, completely oblivious to the impending doom the pigs brought as other unfortunate hunters were crushed in the stampede.

"aren't those, great stump pigs?" she questioned with a tilt of her head, a finger tapping her cheek in thought. "I'm sure they are" she muttered eyeing the giant armoured snouts. If she was correct that the armoured nose of the pig could be used to make some interested amour or shield like things it was a great natural defence. "Which means..."

Her sliver hues glinted dangerous as she ran towards one of the beasts, ignoring the worried calls. She jumped flipping over the armoured nose bringing a wooden geta down onto the beast now unprotected forehead.

"Their weak spot is the head?!" leorio grinned, watching gon also work out how to defeat the giant beast. "They say the reason giant have huge hoses is to protect their sensible forehead" kurapika completed bringing out his hidden wooden bokutos.

"And you couldn't tell us that sooner?" deadpanned killua dragging his eyes always from the vermillion haired female. There was just something about the female that he couldn't put his finger on.

"Hey guys" kyriak grinned, coming over with the pig on her shoulder, "what's the best way to cook a pig?"

"Roast it of course!" leorio grinned swinging his case onto forehead of his pig.

She nodded, the googles on her head dangerously close to falling off as she did so. "And how do we roast a pig?"

"Fire, put the pig on the fire and turn it" gon grinned coming up beside her with his own freshly killed pig.

Such be simple enough right?

Back at the testing site, many fires roared pigs being roasted with varying... success. The giant Buhara has eaten all the pigs presented to be no matter the level of cookingness... Those that had finished and pass the first part of the test were watching the other 'skilled' cook and questioning what their lives had come to.

Mainly those watching kyriak.

BOOM!

The sound of a large explosive echoed thought-out the test site, all those on the exam turned towards the its source. A sheepish looking kyriak ran a hand though messy hair, the other moving the googles back to their rightful place on her head the grim and ash line behind more visible around her eyes as she did so.

She looked toward where her pig use to be...

The pig in question no longer looked like any creature known to man. Some parts of the caress were still red raw while the others parts were like roasted charcoal.

Her station and sound of the stations around her where now unusable (having been in the line of fire) or covered in pig of varying depends of rawness.

"What the hell happened kyriak?!" yelled the surprise group of four.

She grinned sheepishly, "well, I don't know how to cook, papa won't let me, coz no matter what stuff like this happened."

"What? How?" asked kurapika eyes widen in surprised.

"Er..." sliver eyes flittered upwards in thought, "I don't know!" she grinned happily before gathering up the remanent of the pig onto a plate and passing it to Buhara. The airhead completely oblivious to the looks – ranging from disbeilife to fearful – she was getting.

She can't blow up all cooking, can she?

Surprisingly the giant hunter passes the small female, though he had up to this point passed anyone who had successfully brought a pig to him, no matter what state of cooking the pig was in. Though the look of disbelief Menchi gave the grinning pair show others what she thought about it.

"it's over!" mechi called after the giant ate 71 (ish) pieces of roast pork...

Kyriak tilted her head looking at the man. "Ne Ne~" she tugged killua shelve, "where did it all go?" she questioned pointing towards the giant man and the even larger pile of clean bones behind him.

"This is impossible" Kurapika muttered drawing her attention from whatever killua might as said, "He consumed a quantity larger than his own body!"

"it's no use worrying about that" leorio stated patting the blonde on his shoulder as he tried to figure out the answer himself.

"Those hunters are incredible people!" gon exclaimed from her left, excitement shining brightly in his eyes

"In a way yeah..." she nodded in an agreement

"It doesn't make me want to be like him..." killua stated from her right. "Better that you don't think on it too much kyriak" the slivernette turning towards the vermillion hair female drawing her back out her thoughts to the reality and pointing towards the hunters, who were starting to explain the next part while menchi scolded buhara for being 'too nice'.

Menchi thought for her options, eyes flickering on kyriak those was glancing at killua as he said something a smile on her lips. Menchi narrowed her eyes before a though came to her.

"I'm warning you it won't be as easy with me! I'm very cautions when it comes to taste!" she raised a finger a smirk growing on her face as the idea grow. "Second round phase two! Here is my order"

She waited a moment to increase the tension in for part two of the exam.

"SUSHI!"

Kyriak turned to the other two younger boys, both shrugging and shaking their heads. They too didn't know what 'sushi' was.

"You all seem bothered but even if you've never seen them, you can still make them!" Menchi grinned this was perfect, something you didn't have to cook and would make then no underestimate and gourmet hunter. "it's a small islands traditional meal." then she gestured to the opening doors where cooking stations lined. "I'll give you a hand, look over here! You'll be cooking here. Everything is all set up. There's also rive essential in the art of sushi making" she said in a tone saying look at my generosity.

"One last thing! I'll only accept handmade sushi!"

"what's the difference between normal sushi and handmade sushi?" kyriak questioned as the group moved over to some stations.

"Dunno! But this is something you shouldn't be able to blow up!" leorio pointed out noting the lack of cooker.

"Hopefully," she grinned, "I have burnt milk when trying to make cereal! Papa says I would just have to get a husband that can cook!"

"isn't that a bit too soon to think about getting a husband?" questioned kurapika ignoring the part about burning cold milk... he didn't want to over load his brain.

"Nope!" she grinned eyes glittering with mischievous, "Papa say this is a good scouting opportunity! As I need a strong husband and hunters are strong! Though I still don't know what else to look for other than them being strong and can cook? What else do you look for in a husband?"

"Money!" leorio instantly answered, "let him paid for your stuff"

Kurapika could feel the tick marks begin to form at his friends answer, it only increasing as the girl began to take notes, in a notebook she brought out of her long selves. "don't listen to him!" the blonde cat eye boy yelled whacking the taller male over the head with a spoon. "And you stop giving her ideas! Money doesn't make a happy relationship! Just because you have money doesn't mean you're a nice person leorio"

"Aunt Mito says your further husband or wife needs to make you feel happy! Like a butterfly feeling in your stomach! And that you should be friends with them first so that you know you like them!"

"Really?" questioned killua turning to look at the other boy before pausing in thought. He supposed the warm from the ChocoRobo -kun chocolate balls means he those he was going to marry a chocolate bar...

Blue hues flickered towards the red head, zoning on her smiling face as gon continued to innocently explain to her what his aunt told him to look out for.

"Excuse me!" menchi coughed behind the group, "I think there in a challenge going on isn't there?"

"Oh yeah!" kyriak turned towards the female hunters, "Sushi, right? How'd you make that?" she innocently asked.

"Well, you..." Menchi was startled a moment realising she also gave out the answer, "... need to work that out yourself wannabe hunter!"

"Worth a try, eh?" gon grinned patting the female on her head. Killua looked towards the grinning pair, glancing between his own hands and the female's hair.

He wonders what it would feel like.

Kyriak and the boys turned towards the table tops, mischievously flicking lose pieces of rice at one another. A grin growing on her face as a strand wacked against the over confident looking ninja, bald head. The man not even noticing the new hair style as he snickered at something unknow he'd seen.

"Fish?!" leorio yelled in surprised. "Where can we find that in the middle of a forest?!"

The vermillion head turned towards the pair just in time to spot kurapika throw a spoon at the older male's head. "Why don't you speak lounder moron! There must be pools or rivers around here!"

"So, it involved fish?" kyriak tilted her head as killua grab her hand pulling her along with gon.

"Come on let's get some before the other grab it all" killua muttered.

"But I never fished before" she stated.

Gon grinned, "don't worry! I can teach you!"

The group of three went on their way into the woods, none noticed the eyes following them into the dark. Soft clicking sounds where hear as the figure turned away, they would deal with it later, for now they would watch.

To be continued...

hi all!

abit of chaos here, my season slowly drawing to a end but we are still as busy as ever! trying to spend as much time outdoor in the moutains before winter truly hit here!

though i cant wait to play in the snow my car... not so much XD

anyhow! anyother chapter is released and up tell you what you think!

love you all!

happy hunting xx