Her Ensemble (Hunter x Hunter fanfiction)

Chapter 5

One month later

Finally, it's the night before the Hunter Exam. I have gotten a lot done this month and now I am ready for the Hunter Exam. I discovered many things during this month as well. Turns out the advantages the mysterious voice meant was not just me knowing the future events, but I also was given enhanced skills I didn't know about. I thought I didn't have great agility or strength because in reality, I don't naturally have these. Somehow the mysterious person granted me these abilities to have better strength, agility, stamina, endurance, and sharper senses. They are nowhere near Gon and Killua's level, but I have strengthened them this past month in my training.

I noticed it when I started practicing running up a set of stairs and running in the forests to train for Phase 1. I could go on way longer than my normal self could have ever. It helped me build up endurance against my asthma as well. Now that I have strengthened these skills I can run for long periods, but eventually, I do get tired and will need to breathe. I had bought books and dummies to learn and practice combat moves. This is where I learned about my new enhanced strength and agility. I then learned I had sharper senses when I was eating at a restaurant and they gave me expired meat. It smelled like it was rotting and I told the waitress, but they couldn't smell anything and then someone tried it. Well, let's just say I got a free meal that day.

I finally got my pork chop dish to where it looks and tastes like a five-star restaurant. I feel like Gordon Ramsy would even be proud of this dish. I just hope Menchi notices the effort I put into my pork chops. Not only is my dish delicious, but my skills using the bullwhip are great now. I had gotten very good with my whip. I am now able to effortlessly grab items with my whip and slice things in half. It's limited on what I can slice in half, but I can still leave some deep marks on trees if I desire too. I used my whip on the dummies to grab them and pull them towards me. I also used it to see how far I could fling someone if I needed to. It was very hard training with it at first, but eventually, it became easier to wield and execute moves.

My Nen training on the other hand was extremely hard and left me very drained since I practiced it so much. I was able to fully open/close my aura nodes after a week of meditating and doing the Nen of Flame Method. I was doing it about 6 hours a day during that week. After that, I practiced using Ten which was super hard. I could barely maintain it for a few seconds when I tried it. For the rest of the two weeks, I practiced hard using Ten and trying to extend how long I could maintain it. It was hard, but I managed to keep it going for at least ten minutes then I collapsed from exhaustion. On top of practicing Ten, I still kept meditating using the Nen of Flame Method to smooth the flow of my aura. I still need two more weeks to completely smooth it out, but it wasn't as rough as it was before.

At least Zetsu was easier to learn and maintain. I think it was easier to learn and use because I was already used to making myself as small and invisible as possible because I didn't want people to notice me after that incident that happened when I was eight. I wanted to hide from them so I wouldn't have to hear their remarks and be subjected to the glares they gave me that were full of hatred. I guess in a way the years of making myself invisible and having people glance over me without noticing I'm there paid off. I was able to slip into Zetsu easily after my first time practicing Ten. It was easy to close my nodes and make myself disappear. It felt comfortable and I would practice this for long periods to get better at it. Unfortunately, that was all I was able to practice during this month I had. It wasn't a lot of progress, but it was enough to keep me from getting extremely hurt by any Nen attacks if it were to happen and hide me from people during Phase 4. I will have to wait until I meet a teacher who can help me with the rest of the techniques and discover what I am.

I am still very nervous after all this training, but things will go well as long as I stick to the plan. Everything depends on me sticking to the plan. I practiced what I was going to do over and over this month, so I should be okay. I know I can do this. I have to otherwise all this training would be for nothing and then my time will be extended here. Now I should get some sleep because tomorrow is a big day and I need to be fully rested for Phase 1. I climbed into bed and fell asleep rather quickly.