Transfer of Worlds: On Hiatus

Riddles x Shapshifters

Walking up the hill, the group was talking about who knows what but the only one silent was Kagero. Kagero was listening to her music, she was so glad that her father put it in her bag when she was 'transferred'.

Looking around the clearing, she saw a bird flying, it was really nice out and the nice coastal breeze was refreshing. Gon occasionally looked her way wondering why she was so quiet, but brushed it off when Kagero waved to him, letting him know that she was fine. After a while she was getting annoyed because the guy that was trying to follow them wasn't doing a very good job, but he didn't seem like much of a threat so she let it slide. But seriously, he tripped two times already, stepped on a twig and accidentally kicked a rock... nice skills there. She wasn't a tracker, or a ninja, but man he sucked at stalking people.

They were quite far from the town but could still see it and the area they were was amazing. The view of the harbor was beautiful and there were flowers everywhere. The air smelt like wet ground and it was very relaxing. Until someone started ranting... Leorio was babbling about how he would stick with them for a while longer since they would miss him and such.

The scenery was slowly turning into a barren hill. On the top of the hill they were climbing they saw a village. They were coming close to what seemed to be an abandoned village, Kagero, Gon and Kurapika noticed the people in the shadows when they suddenly came out of a door from a building.

There were a bunch of people with masks and robes on and a single old lady sat in the center. The people had fur coming out from the masks that made Kagero want to feel them. They were also holding some instruments like a trombone, a tambourine and a squeaky horn, the last one of them had a crow.

The old lady, who resembled a hippo, started talking in a whisper. She repeated the words 'doki doki' a few times and Leorio, being as weird as he was, repeated her. There was a pause but the lady followed up with something that surprised the most of them.

"Exciting two-choice quiz!" The old lady yelled. Everyone was dumbfounded. The people in the masks had instruments and played a weird tune. Kagero thought that those people were thinking something along the lines of 'get me out of here' or the more plausible, 'please kill me now'. The latter seemed like the best choice.

After the music stopped the old lady spoke, "You boys are headed for the tree on the hill, correct?" She paused and looked at the group, "To get to that tree you must pass through this town. To do so, I shall administer a single question quiz."

"Oi oi," Leorio interrupted, but the lady ignored him and continued. He did not look amused. Not at all.

"You'll have five seconds to answer. Get the wrong answer and you're disqualified."

"So this is a part of the hunter exam." Kurapika realized that there would be tests like this along the way.

"Excuse me," Kagero interrupted, the lady paid attention, probably because she was polite about it. That would annoy Leorio to no end. "Would I be able to do the quiz separately? I want to test myself."

"That's fine as long as it's okay with your group." The lady gave Kagero permission. She looked to the group and they nodded saying that it's alright for her to do so.

"The answer will be either one or two. Any other answer will be incorrect."

Leorio and Kurapika started arguing about how it was unfair to be in a group to answer such a question, but Gon said it would be easier since only one of them would need to know the answer to pass. After Gon's logic the two calmed down in agreement.

Then the guy that was following them came out since he was becoming impatient. "Oi oi, hurry it up. Or else I'll answer the question first." He said with a ugly smirk.