Chapter 11

Kiyomi slowly walks around, looking at the different participants. 

"I feel like I stick out like a sore thumb..." Kiyomi quietly huffs.

"Nah- you don't... there are other's here who stick out a lot more than you do." A man says from behind Kiyomi. She slowly turns her head to see a big nosed short dude wearing a blue shirt. His badge says sixteen. 

He must be good to be one of the first fifty to get here... Kiyomi thinks to herself.

"Who are you?" She asks the man.

"The names Tonpa..."He chuckles.

"Tonpa? Mkay..." She listlessly replies, turning away.

"SO! You look young! You're the second young one I've seen here so far..."

"Eh? Second one?" Kiyomi looks back at him confused.

"Yep. The other kid I saw was number... ninety-nine I believe."

"Okay... thanks for the intel." Kiyomi says nodding and turning away again.

"You know... I'm pretty experienced with the exam." He quickly says. Kiyomi slowly turns her head, staring back at Tonpa.

"What do you mean?"

"Well... I have taken the test a few times myself." He chuckles.

"You have? How many times is a few times?" She questions.

"Well... this is my thirty fifth attempt... so it's getting pretty easy!" He bubbles.

"Thirty fifth? You consider that to be a few times?" She questions, furrowing her eyebrows a bit.

"Yup! I guess you can call me a veteran!"

"Okaaaayy..." Kiyomi slowly says nodding her head slowly.

"So, if you have any questions... I'd be happy to help." He bubbles.

"Alright. I appreciate it. Thanks." She softly says. He slowly nods.

"Oh! And by the way! We should have a toast! To friendship and good fortune!" He says holding out a can of soda. Kiyomi stares down at the can, tilting her head a bit.

"What kind of soda is it?" She questions.

"Orange crips! Nice, fresh, and delicious! Completely refreshing for the start of the exam! A good luck drink if I may say." He bubbles.

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"A good luck drink?" Kiyomi questions, staring at the can.

"Mhm." He hums, smiling at her.

"Then drink it for me~ will ya?" She demands. Her purple eyes boring into his. His eyes relax and he smiles, grabbing the top of the can and opening it. He begins to pour the drink into his mouth but a hand taps on her shoulder, causing her to flinch a bit. She slowly looks up to see a bald guy smiling down at her. Tonpa snaps out of it and spits the drink out of his mouth. Both Kiyomi and the bald guy stare at him as he does. He wipes his mouth and hurries away.

"I saw what you did there." The bald guy says to Kiyomi. She slowly looks back at him confused.

"Did what?" She questions.

"With your eyes... they turned purple when you spoke to that guy."

"They did?" Kiyomi softly says. The bald guy nods and smiles.

"You've got some pretty cool eyes ya know!" He bubbles. "My name is Hanzo by the way!" 

"Hanzo? I'm Kiyomi." She softly replies. "Why don't you have hair on your head but have eyebrows?" She calmly asks. He stares at her with a blank expression on his face. She slowly blinks waiting for a reply.

"A ninja must not expose his secrets. As a ninja I was taught-" He starts but then stops when he notices Kiyomi has already walked away.

Kiyomi slowly makes her way through the crowd of people, looking at each of the participants. She listens to their heartbeat and secretly measures their aura. A few people in the room have a mass amount of aura while others don't have as much. Kiyomi stops walking when she sees someone familiar. She sighs and slowly tries to walk away. He smiles when he notices who it is.

"Well well, if it isn't baby spider~" He sooths. Kiyomi shivers to his voice and slowly turns her head to look at him.

"Hisoka..."

"You look cute in that little outfit you're wearing..."

"Thanks." She hesitantly says trying to walk away.

"If you think I'm here to spy on you, I assure you that's not the case." He softly says. Kiyomi narrows her eyes at him. "I promise~ I'm not a snitch." He softly bubbles. She slowly walks up to him and looks at the number on his badge. 

"Participant forty four..." She slowly whispers.

"See... I came here before you. Is that proof enough~" He sooths.

"Sure..."

"So... baby spider... Why did you run away... if you don't mind me asking." He questions, smiling at her.

"Doesn't matter..." She huffs turning away.

"Well~ daddy spider does miss you very much~ he said if I were to see you to let you know he wants you to come home..." He says in a mockingly pouty tone. Kiyomi glares at him and furrows her eyebrows.

"Whatever..." She sighs walking away. He smiles, watching her disappear into the crowd.

"Ah~ She makes me feel all warm inside when she looks at me like that..."

Kiyomi stops by the side of the wall, leaning back against it and taking a deep breath. 

"This is boring..." She pouts. Her eyes slowly drift from participant to participant. They stop drifting when she sees a boy with messy white hair walking around with a skateboard in his hand. I guess that's the other kid he mentioned... Badge number ninety nine... He's extremely pale... He kinda looks like a kid I met some time ago... Who was he again... one of the Zoldyck kids... right? From that assassin family- Strange to see a Zoldyck at a hunters exam... wouldn't expect that... but then again... The perverted clown is here... so I'm not too surprised. She says in her head.

Hours pass and more people fill up the area. Kiyomi can see badges in the three hundreds...

"A badge four hundred..." She quietly says to herself as a guy walks passed her with that badge. She sighs and slowly closes her eyes, resting them as she waits for the exam to start.

The sound of the elevator opening causes Kiyomi to open her eyes again. She sees three people walk in. A boy around her age with long spikey black hair with green tips, a tall man on his right wearing a blue suit and holding a brief case... and a feminine guy with blonde hair. Kiyomi sighs as she watches the three being given a badge. Tonpa slowly approaches them and Kiyomi scoffs as she closes her eyes again.

Sometime passes and the sound of a bell rings in the distance causing Kiyomi to open her eyes and look towards the noise. A wall in the distance opens and the whole area shakes. A tall man with a long mustache and no mouth stands behind the wall holding some weirdly shaped object in his hand. Kiyomi slowly stands up to get a better look at the guy.

"I apologize for the delay... thank you... for waiting." He says in a calm and loud tone. "The entry period for hunter participants is officially closed and the hunter exam will now begin." Kiyomi dusts herself off and fixes her outfit. "Keep in mind there's a very real chance you can end up seriously injured if you're short on luck and ability." Kiyomi notices someone staring at her which causes her to look back at them. Nicholas quickly looks away when their eyes meet. She smiles and looks back at the man talking. "Death is also a possibility." He adds. 

"If you're willing to take the risks then you may follow me now. But for the rest of you who does not agree to these terms may turn back and exit through the elevator behind you." The man says motioning towards the elevator.

"Alright then... all four hundred and four participants will now take part in phase one." He turns around and starts walking like a stiff toy. Everyone follows behind him. Kiyomi begins walking, following behind a group of people. After a bit the people in front of her begin to quickly move causing Kiyomi to move faster. "By the way, I am Satotz, your Examiner for the first phase. I will be leading you to the second phase." He calmly says. "This phase is quite simple... you must follow me and that's it."

After a few minutes of jogging, people around Kiyomi pants and groan. Kiyomi looks around noticing she's in the back of a bunch of people... but she doesn't care much. A loud groan comes from in front of Kiyomi which causes her to pay attention to who it was. She sees Nicholas slowly moving and pants, as he drags his feet across the ground.

"Im-possible... ho-w... why- Am I... really going to fail?" He pants. "NO! I CAN'T!" He shouts and groans loudly. He drops his computer as he stubbles forward. Kiyomi relaxes her eyes as she watches a few guys surround him and mock him. Nicholas falls to the ground and covers his ears, screaming loudly towards the ground. Kiyomi stops beside him causing him to slowly look up at her when he sees her shoes.

"Ki-"

"Wow... you really gave up so fast... I told you- You weren't going to last~" Kiyomi gibes. Snot pours out his nose and tears fall from his eyes. "Looks like I am better than you~ Better luck next time... tubby~" She laughs as she continues forward.