Nahida & Wanderer In HXH

°Clown of Cockiness°

When Kurapika reached the top, with barely any breath left, he glanced to the side. Seeing Gon and Killua playing thumb wars while Nahida stared at a leaf, and Wanderer was taking a nap beside them. He looked around, seeing the other examinees standing still while waiting.

"We're not there yet?"

Gon shook his head, that simple action   caused him to lose again. Killua grinned at the victory while Gon groaned and looked up.

"Why are you so fast!?"

"Cause I'm the best."

Kurapika smiled and sat down beside Wanderer, Leorio collapsed next to him shortly afterward. They couldn't rest for long though, since the door they came from started closing. Wanderer opened his eyes after a man screamed out a 'wait! Please!' Before it closed. As Satotz told them the second phase was still far ahead, he turned to Nahida.

She was still keeping her eyes on a leaf that had flown towards her. Wanderer raised a brow at her intense gaze.

"... What's so interesting about that leaf?"

Nahida didn't look at him, she just blinked before allowing the leaf to fly away with the wind. Watching it rise before leaving her.

"Not much, its veins were unique. I had never seen them before in Teyvat."

There was also something, familiar about it. But she couldn't tell what it was. Not from its shape, or texture, but its overall, life? It reminded her of elemental power-

A shout brought their attention back to the exam. A man appeared from behind a wall, the one shielding the entrance of the underground tunnel they were in. He pulled out a skinny, and limp body. That body had the same face as Satotz.

"He's a fake!"

He pointed at the body he was holding.

"This is the real examiner!"

Nahida blinked, she didn't believe that for a second. Even if the Satotz they knew was fake, would a fake be able to last such a long run? And even if they could, it didn't make sense for him to bring them all forward, on an never ending run instead of separating them and killing them in secret.

"I see... So that's why he ran so funny!"

Leorio loudly agreed.

"And why the first phase was just a run! He's not the real examiner!"

Nahida heard Kurapika sigh, while Wanderer shook his head in disapproval.

Before their... Creative ideas could infect the other examines, several cards flew towards Satotz, and the man holding 'Satotz.' The real hunter easily caught it while the other two fell down, cards indebted into their skin.

Nahida released a low gasp when she realized that she couldn't see the cards until Satotz had caught it. She turned to the only sound being made in that moment. A deck of cards being shuffled with a hum.

"I see... So, you're the real examiner."

The clown from before? Nahida remembers the power he had used to turn a man's arms into pink flowers, and now, those cards that easily perforated human skin...

His sly grin stayed even when Satotz scolded him. Nahida could tell the kind of man he was. A powerful, and arrogant man who moves for his sole satisfaction. She grabbed onto Wanderer's sleeve. Those cards are either special, or there's some kind of power around them. And that mysterious power could kill them...

A lukewarm hand squeezed hers.

"Calm down. What are you so scared for?"

Wanderer knew what it was, even if she didn't tell him. He could barely see those cards move through the air. Fighting him could be difficult, and interesting.