Whites (hxh x OC) (soulmateau)

Chapter 2

I turn towards a gentleman with purple hair and French moustache, who stands in front of all the participants, "I apologize for the delay, thank you for waiting, the entry period for hunter applicants is officially closed, so with no further ado, the hunter exam will now begin! One final word of caution, if your short on luck or ability, keep in mind that there's a very real chance, you can end up seriously injured, death is another distinct possibility, if your willing to accept the risks involved, I'll ask you to follow me now but for the rest of you kindly exit through the elevator located behind you".

I look around the place but no one seem to want to leave, "Right, then, very well, All 406 applicants will now participate in phase one".

The examiner starts along the tunnel, first at a walking pace, then slowly increases the pace until it becomes a race. I move away from the others a bit, to check that there is only one viable path, when I go back Killua has joined the group and is now running next to Gon. "Killua, hey how are you doing?", he turns to me and gives me a little smile, "well, I haven't seen you in a while Kumiko, you're here out of boredom too?", I smile and nod, "do you know each other?" Gon asks, "we're childhood friends, although when I first met Killua he was 5 and I was 11, the age difference wasn't a big deal" I explain, continuing to run.

While we continue chatting someone approaches me, he's a bald guy with Ninja armour, "hey I'm Hanzo", I face looking at him, "nice name". I hope he will leave me alone if I end the conversation quickly, I don't like wasting time, and honestly even if I feel a little sorry for him at the moment I just want him to leave me alone, I speed up a little the pace of the run, forcing him to increase to keep up with me, "and what's your name?"I snort "Kumiko Matsushime" he smiles, "like the family of assassins, cool, you know I shouldn't tell you, but I'm a Ninja".

I raise my eyebrows and put a hand on my chest pretending to be surprised, "don't tell me", he nods proudly at my reaction. I accelerate my pace a little more and at this pace we reach almost the head of the group, in the meantime Hanzo continues to talk to me and the only interventions I have to make in this one-sided discussion are goods ahh and ooh placed in his breaks.

I get tired quickly and start to get bored, after 20 minutes Hanzo is called by some other boys and saying goodbye to me he goes away. I breathe a sigh of relief and yawn, this exam is boring, in the end I see the exit and when I'm about to pass it Gon and Killua pass it first practically simultaneously.

When I reach them they are discussing who won, and the examiner confirms that they passed together. Once outside I look around and we are on a hill overlooking a kind of swamp full of fog, I take a few steps forward observing the landscape, "Kumiko!!" Gon's calling me, I go back to where everyone else is grouped and where the examiner is about to give a speech.

"These are the Milsy Wetlands also known as Swindler's swamp, in these swamps live many creatures that feed on human flesh, to do so, they have learned some deception strategies, they will try to make you fall into traps from which you will not emerge alive, so please follow me closely once you enter", perhaps this marathon will be more interesting than the other, while the examiner is about to leave again he is stopped by a voice.

"He's lying, don't listen to him!!" a battered man comes out from around the corner of the door we came out of. I bow my head to the side, "he's an impostor, I'm the real examiner!!" shouts the man, he, an examiner? It's ridiculous, you just have to look at him to understand it, a real examiner would definitely be stronger than any being present in the swamp, otherwise the entire exam wouldn't take place there, so it's just a poorly constructed trick.

The guy then starts off with a rather superfluous explanation about anthropomorphic apes. I yawn again, anyway did I mention that apparently most of those taking the Hunter exam aren't particularly intelligent? No, well now I've said it.

There are many murmurs from the crowd, then a light whistle is heard and three cards fly towards the false examiner, and another three towards the real one, the false one dies, the real one grabs them on the fly. I turn towards Hisoka, who is shuffling a deck of cards, "I understand, I understand〜 he is the real examiner, all examiners are Hunters themselves and even the poorest one would have stopped that shot∼"

The examiner drops the cards, "I'll take it as a compliment, but if you do something like this again for any reason, you will be expelled instantly, it's clear?" states the examiner, "Sure, sure∼", I observe the magician who is now once again blending in with the crowd, as we begin to run. 

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Hello again, any comments?

Thanks to everyone reading this, I know it's probably not very well written, so thanks for the effort.