Whites (hxh x OC) (soulmateau)

Chapter 1

I put the phone away and look at the three strange boys who enter the room/elevator of the restaurant, the first has green hair, the second one is blond-haired and the third who has dark hair who seems old. I greet with a smile with closed eyes. The boy with green hair approaches me, "hi, I'm Gon, nice to meet you" I shake his hand, "hello to you too, my name is Kumiko", he smiles at me, "these are Kurapika and Leorio do you want to become friend with us?"

I watch them blinking, "why would you invite me to your group, greene?", "because you seem like a good person", he is so innocent it makes me want to protect him, I think I will accept his request, it will be easier for me to prevent him from dying if I am with him.

"I accept", I sit at the table in the center of the room. We start a conversation getting to know each other a little better, if I have to be honest Gon is the most interesting, so when he asks me why I'm taking the Hunter exam I answer him sincerely, "Because I am bored, I ran away from home and I honestly don't know what to do, I could die of boredom if I don't do something right away" I explain, Kurapika looks at me worried, "but it's dangerous, you could die", I answer him smiling, "My decisions usually lead me to have about a 75% chance that I will die, this one brings only 30% so I would say it's pretty safe", he nods with a serious look, his reaction almost makes me laugh, but I refrain from doing it.

"Why are there so many people who would do anything to become a Hunter?" Gon asks, I lean back. I'm honestly curious, it doesn't seem like such an interesting thing after all, apart from the fact that the exam is dangerous and difficult, I don't see another reason to do it, unless you has a mission where you need the license. The other two get up at the same time and shout, "because the job of a Hunter is the most profitable/noble in the world!!" then they turn towards each other and start arguing about who is right, when they don't find an agreement they turn towards me and Gon "So what kind of Hunter would you two like to become?!".

Luckily before me or Gon were actually obliged to say something about it, a 'din' is heard, "it seems that we have arrived" asserts the honorable one, aka Kurapika, "It means that we will finish this conversation later" adds, the greedy one, aka Leorio.

The elevator doors open as I get up, in front of us there is an endless expanse of people, honestly I don't dwell too much on observing them, they all seem pretty weak. I look around a bit, we are in a sort of long dark tunnel, the setting allows to contain a large group of people, but also leaves practically nothing to be understood about the test that will follow, "how many people will there be here?" Gon asks himself. I'd say around 400, I turn to tell him, but I'm interrupted by someone, "with you exactly 406" a round guy with stringy brown hair, a bulbous nose and a slimy look, approaches us.

"Hey my name is Tompa, it's a pleasure to meet you", at the same time a little green man who looks like a walking pea offers us some plates with numbers, mine is 406, since I was the last to enter. I put the plate in my pocket, not wanting to pin it on my clothes.

"You're a newbie right?" the question makes me turn my attention back to... wait, it was Tonpa or Tompa, ah... I'm terrible with names, never mind. "How do you know?" Gon asks, a clue could be the fact that it took him a good 5 minutes to recover from the shock when he entered, but I won't be the one to tell him.

"Easy, I've been trying to pass the exam since I was 10 years old, this is my 35° time", he says in a proud tone. I'm not convinced that this is something to boast about, I cross my arms and shift my weight onto one leg, "I'm a real veteran now, if you have any questions, just ask", he continues, this guy It's boring, it's obvious he's trying to scam us in some way.

"Thank you!" Gon replies with a smile, "so you know everyone who is here?" he asks, "of course! Now I'll introduce you to a couple..." says T-something, leading us deeper into the room. "Number 103 Barbon the snake charmer, quite a tenacious guy, better not to make an enemy of him" he says pointing to a guy who appears to be around 50 years old and is wearing a turban, he is sitting cross-legged with a serious look, first impression: boring. "Number 76 Cherry the fighter, martial arts have no secrets for him", I'm not even going to dwell on him, boring. "Number 225 wrestler Todo, he's not only strong, but incredibly smart", yawn, boring. "From number 197 to 199 the love brothers, an unbeatable trio who always give excellent results", boring. "Number 364 Ghereta the master of using the blowgun and the club", I sigh, boring, but apart from Gon is there anyone remotely interesting?

"These are the regular ones, despite their amazing strength they have never passed the exam", you don't even have to ask yourself why, they are all boring, of course they didn't pass. In my family there is a saying 'a good assassin is always boring', I agree, that's why I am convinced that all the assassins except those of the Zoldyck family and including my family, are a bunch of boring weak charlatans. They wanted to make me like them, but I didn't really like it. Also because having white hair and blue eyes was never sober or boring as it should have been. I had confirmation of the fact that my family was full of wimps when I went for the first time to the Zoldyck residence where I trained and I went on missions with them, for the first time the profession of assassin was interesting. When I ran away from home the Zoldycks even welcomed me until I was able to support myself, even if the reason it's unknown I'm grateful to them in a certain way.

Going back to the exam I hope to find someone interesting besides Gon, I would like to be able to have at least a little fun. A scream makes me turn towards one side of the large tunnel, where a man no longer has his arms, it's as if they had been cut off, or better they are slowly crumbling between his screams, in front of him there is a guy who is dressed in a bizarre way, he has clown make-up and his red hair is styled so that it seems to float, despite his strange appearance he is extraordinarily hot, he also has something dangerous that intrigues me.

I smile slowly, he is interesting, "but how strange, where are your arms? This is pure magic ladies and gentlemen∼ You have to be more careful∼ Remember to apologize the next time you bump into someone∼", I watch him as he walks away, I have goosebumps, my hands itch, a small smile appears on my lips.

I turn towards T-something who started talking again, "there's always someone you can't trust, number 44 Hisoka the magician, last year he was about to be promoted when he attacked an examiner he didn't like...". While the group continues to talk to T-something, I'm watching the guy who I now know is called Hisoka, I'll keep an eye on him, I'm curious to know what he'll do.

I return to the conversation when T-something offers me a can, I take it then crush it and throw it away, the others do the same after telling T-something that the drink went bad, honestly it was obvious that he had put some kind of poison in it. I dissociate myself from the conversation while I look for something to do waiting for the examiner, while I peer the crowd, my eyes cross with a golden pair, I stop and observe the number 44 staring at me, I don't lower my gaze, in fact I smile, but our interaction is interrupted by a high-pitched sound.

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And there you have it! Did you like the first chapter? Too long, too short?