"How many years has it been since anyone was able to tell the two of us apart?" One Kiriko asked the other, a grin on their face. "I'm so happy!" The other one cheered.
"Hey, Kurapika, Lilah, can you tell 'em apart? Seriously," Leorio sighed.
"No, not at all," Kurapika said, a bit stunned. "Couldn't have guessed," Lilah agreed.
"Don't you see? The Kiriko that Kurapika, Lilah, and I hit is actually the husband!" Gon pointed out.
The three stared at him in confusion. "And which one is that, exactly?" They muttered in unison.
After a little bit, everything was calm; allowing the Kiriko to give their basic introductions.
"We are the Navigators. Our family provides support for the Hunter Exam," one explained.
"I'm their daughter!" The woman called out with a smile.
"I'm their son," the man portraying the "husband" added on.
"Man, great job. You sure had us fooled," Leorio sheepishly said, pointing to Lilah and Kurapika.
"Gee, thanks," they said with an eye roll.
"The exam site moves around. Keeps it interesting. But that's exactly why they relocate it every year. Understand?" They all nodded, and the other Kiriko began to speak. "They hire Navigators like us to help by guiding worthy applicants to the examination site."
"Oh, so that's how it works!" Gon finally began to understand.
"But don't get the wrong idea. We don't help every candidate," the daughter of the Kiriko explained.
"First, we test them to see if they're even qualified to take the exam. Make sure they have what it takes," the son chimed in, smiling at the four.
They explained the tactics they used to test them all, and every single person passed. Now, all four of them hung from the legs of the Kirikos, floating over a city so luminescent it almost hurt Lilah's eyes to look down.
It was quite a journey, but the scenery itself was worth the flight. The stars embedded into the sky glinted enviously in the moonlight, and the light air hitting her face felt cool and calming. In just a matter of time, she would finally be taking the Hunter Exam for the first time in her life.
After a few hours, they all finally arrived in Zaban City. They paraded through a bustling marketplace, following the son of the Kiriko. The other three had left already, so he was there to guide them to the exam site.
Gon was checking out some of the stands, while Lilah, Kurapika, and Leorio followed closely behind the Kiriko. Lilah smiled at Gon's complete adoration with all that surrounded him and kept a close eye on everyone's aura. She knew that Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio had not learned Nen yet, so she was free to stare at certain people with her aura bundled up in her eyes.
It didn't seem like there were many people who knew Nen, but there were a few.
Soon enough, they reached a tall building, looking marvelous and reflective in the daylight. It had glass windows all over the top, with colonized pillars holding the base together.
She turned away from the three who ogled the building and kept following the Kiriko's son. He looked back, and only saw Lilah standing there, a bit puzzled. He sighed with a smile and called out to the three.
"Hey, guys! Over here!"
Leorio, Kurapika, and Gon faced him with confusion.
"This is it," he said with a confident smile and pointed to a restaurant.
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Shuffle The Deck
FanfictionIt was as if she had a missing piece. Raised by a lethal family of professional assassins, Delilah Suibami took on the weight of the world each day at a time. She had been taught to stay in her lane and follow the footsteps of her sibling figurehead...
