A Hunter Chronicle – 04

'Okay, I'm not really sure what to make of that. Many people die on these tests, trying to gain the license, but this kid seems to be carefree.'

The captain thought. He eyed the fox afterward.

He wasn't sure if he should get an answer from the small creature even if it can change its form into that of a human.

"I want to be a hunter, so I could kill without any repercussion, we get to kill things, right?"

The fox announced even it wasn't asked with a malicious grin.

This caused Lerio to move a bit away the duo, feeling uneasy at the declaration.

"Ignore him."

Naruto said with a sigh. He tapped Kurama's head a bit with one hand.

"Naruto and Kurama didn't help Gon before so you have to help with cleaning the ship's deck."

The captain said as Naruto's and Kurama's jaw dropped.

They didn't want to do the manual labor.

Gon decided to help the Sage. His cheerful nature made Lerio and Kurapika to volunteer as well.

The chore quickly became a private conversation between the four people and one animal as time flew by.

[Dolle Harbor]

"There so many people here, are they all going to Zaban?"

Lerio mumbled, walking several meters ahead of the group.

Naruto strolled alongside Gon, having a conversation with the boy while Kurapika was silent.

He seemed to be in his own world.

"So, we have to go that big tree? It's in the opposite direction of Zaban."

Naruto said, looking at the map on the billboard.

Kurama narrowed his eyes and wondered if the captain was screwing them over.

"This could be a test. A test to see if we have common sense or not."

Kurama said with a slightly mocking tone, turning its small head around to see everyone's faces.

"Or to check if we could follow direction correctly."

Kurapika pointed out.

"What should we do then? We could take the bus there, but if it was wrong, we would have failed the exam."

Lerio debated with himself loudly as Naruto smirked a bit.

He could make it to the tree and back in half an hour even with his reduced power, but he decided not to tell anyone that.

Naruto trusted his gut, and there wasn't any reason for the captain to lie to them.

The test about common sense sounded stupid anyway.

"It doesn't matter, I'm going there, I'm sure there's a good reason for this."

Gon declared, walking away in the direction toward the tree.

Naruto immediately ran up and matched his pace alongside Gon, making the boy smiled.

Kurapika followed Gon and Naruto out of interest and likely trusted Gon's instinct as well.

"You guys shouldn't be so trusting!"

Lerio shouted in annoyance. He decided to check out the bus area afterwards but chased after the group when he thought for a bit at the bus stop.

"So, you've finally figure out the bus was a hoax?"

Kurama gloated as Lerio dropped his jaw slightly at the question.

He didn't think much about it when he decided to use the bus.

Kurapika smirked as Naruto tilted his head with confusion.

"What you mean?"

Naruto asked the fox, but Kurapika answered while Gon skipping on the road ahead of them in an uncaring attitude.

"There's no recent tracks along that road, showing no vehicle actually went through there for a while."

Kurapika hinted.

Lerio immediately looked ashamed since he didn't even figure that out and ran off after the group because he wanted to go together.

[The first test – right…]

"Did you hear that?"

Kurama whispered to the sage.

Naruto nodded. He had heard a scream down the alley after the Hunter candidate before them 'passed' the test.

"Here's the question: Your son and daughter have been kidnapped, and you can only save one, which do you choose? 1: Daughter and 2: Son?" a rather old woman asked the group.

She was a preliminary examiner.

"Obaa-chan, I don't have a daughter or son, so how does this question relate to me?"

Naruto asked skeptically while the examiner blinked.

"It's a theoretical question. Just assume that you have a son and daughter."

The woman replied, frowning and unsure what to make of this blond kid.

"Okay, what do they look like, I will weight my answer based on who I like best."

Naruto asked another strange question.

The woman blinked several times. She was getting annoyed.

"IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE LOOK LIKE! 1 or 2? ANSWER!"

The woman shouted at the Sage in frustration.

"WHY DOESN'T IT MATTER? IF I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING FOR THEM THEN I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM! -TTEBAYO!"

Naruto shouted back.

The Sage and the old woman were locked in a heated argument while everyone around them sweat dropped.

"Is he serious?"

Kurapika asked the fox, who decided to ride Gon's head instead and not get involved with his companion's idiocy.

"I'm afraid so, the real answer is there are no real answers."

Kurama told Kurapika.

He also stated his theory to the question that was given by the examiner.

Kurapika nodded in agreement, having thought about it for a while already.

Sometimes in life, there were no right choices.

Lerio sweated a bit more, he was about to do something that would get him disqualify since he didn't get the question at all like bashing the examiner head in.

"Time up, the answer is silent… although, your friend was very loud and wasting time."

Another person who was helping the examiner called out, breaking the verbal argument.

"YOU PASS! NOW GET OUT OF HERE AND DON'T COME BACK!"

The old woman shouted at Naruto. She was boiling with anger and frustration while becoming more unhinged every second when arguing with the idiot.

"We did?"

Naruto asked skeptically before joining his group through the correct door, aided by several others along since they have another candidate to test, or simply want to get rid of him.

"This is the last time I'm doing this. I hope there's no more idiots like him."

The old woman declared with a heavy sigh. She held her staff tightly, feeling her throat drier. She had been yelling nonstop for the last few minutes and was getting very tired.

"My bones are aching. You do the next one."

The woman told one of her assistants, and walked away, tapping her hunched back.

Elsewhere, a blond looked at the sign.

"What language is this? It looks like some kids just put a bunch of symbols together and call it a word,"

Naruto pointed at the wooden board with hieroglyph.

"It said 'Attention: Monsters', can't you read?"

Lerio sniggered as the blonde looked at him with a deadly glare.

"Of course, I can read! Just that I can't read gibberish."

Naruto shouted as Gon and Kurapika sweated a little.

"This will take a while."

Kurama admitted before puffing some smoke on Gon's head while watching Naruto and Lerio's argument.

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Author Note:

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Slightly AU, for one Lerio didn't attack the old hag because Naruto was with them at the time. He gives headaches and annoys pretty much everyone around him.

Also, I think the language in HunterXHunter is garbage. It's just some random signs and symbols that make no sense to me. If anyone can explain it to me, I'm happy to take your explanation to heart. Yes, every chapter is short, only the epic length stories one as long as it show depth in the characters, not that this story wouldn't show any depth, but there are so many funny shits I want to write about.