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Thank goodness for Killua's awesome reflexes he was able to dodge both swords. He backed away after dodging both blows, to stop further injury.
He was planning to just end this quickly but it seems that this girl wasn't just for show. He might have to get serious but then again there was his thing to never show his power unless he knows he can dispose of them... but then again he was in a school for hunters so sooner or later... but he didn't want to be the only one who showed his power!
"Hey! Are you just gonna stand there and do nothing or are you gonna fight back?" Allena yelled towards the boy sounding extremely bored.
"Well, SORRY I didn't know it was illegal to think about something!" Killua yelled to the black haired girl with as much sarcasm he could muster. She was right. This was no time to think about whether or not he should use his power. If she was actually serious about this and tried to kill him, he might've been a goner right now. He decided to just end this fast.
He ran towards Allena, switching on his Killer mode but right before he could land a blow she wasn't there anymore. He looked around but found no one. He heard a laugh from above causing him to look up and to his surprise Allena was floating up but not only that there was a keyboard floating with her. Killua guessed this was her power.
"I was just gonna let you win but I can see that you REALLY wanna kill me when I haven't done anything~" Allena said from above. She placed her fingers softly on the keys, black and white.
For some reason just by seeing her place her fingers on the keys of her keyboard, KIllua started fearing that he might just die but still stood his ground.
This might've been Killua's imagination but he was pretty sure he saw a goddamn smirk on the woman's face!
"Symphony No. 5: Apparition Stalk The Night!" Allena didn't bother whispering it. She immediately started playing the symphony and jsut as immediate did the random blades start appearing.
Those blades might've been random but the pattern they were following sure as hell was not! They were circling Killua making sure there was no escape possible. Not only was he surrounded by a hurricane of blades but he could see from the corner of his eyes figures made of blades surrounding the exits just in case he did. Killua was cut by the blades in random spots and naturally the depth of the wounds were also random.
There was only one way to stop this and that was to stop Allena from putting her fingers on the damn keyboard. He looked up and saw the 'eye' of the hurricane of swords, he jumped with all the strength he could muster and reached for it.
Once he was out he turned to look for Allena and there she was behind him.
Saying Allena was shocked would be an understatement. She was stunted! Her eyes were as wide as saucers! Because of her shock she didn't see Killua come for her. She only had a few seconds before she used her keyboard as a defense but because of that she stopped playing. Killua used this moment to throw her into the hurricane of blades before they disappeared, he then shot electricity at the blades causing Allena herself to be electrocuted.
Once the swords disappeared and Killua was on the ground, he was expecting to see an unconscious Allena but he saw the girl standing, not unharmed but not as harmed as he thought she should be! She stood up with a few burns here and there and a missing glove, quite pissed.
Both were ready to lunge at each other till they heard a huge ring, they both looked up to see that the huge timer said zero. Time was up. Before the both of them could say or do anything, they were both pushed towards the same room were their injuries were being treated.
Once their injuries were treated, KIllua was told to stay in one of the rooms prepared for them and to not leave unless stated. Allena on the other hand was told to stay in her room, seeing as she didn't have a fight. Well, not until tomorrow.
Allena was known to never follow any orders given to her unless they came from either her dad or anyone who looked extremely serious so naturally she left her room the instant she was left alone. Killua on the other hand always followed what his brother told him but that was before. Now all he wanted to do was watch and cheer for his friends so as natural as Allena, the second he was left alone he left for the arena.
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'Attention. Gon Freecs and Beatrice Amore please go towards the arena now.'
"Yosh! It's time to head out!" A boy with Christmas tree-like hair shouted, standing up from his seat in the audience area. He ran down the stairs and jumped over the barrier separating the audience seats and the center arena.
The second he jumped down a plain girl with wavy green hair and pink eyes appeared. Gon guessed that this was his opponent for the day.
Gon was wary of his opponent due to the fight that happened before him but still Gon wasn't a scared pansy people might think he is. Though he did remember a different sign being placed in their table. What was it again?
Gon stretched his muscles while waiting for the bell ring.
The second the bell rang both Gon ran towards Beatrice, before the poor girl could even react, she received an uppercut. She was sent flying almost immediately. Thank goodness for the other student's fast reaction or else they would've gotten a face full of Beatrice.
Beatrice recovered pretty fast which was pretty normal of a student from Netero's school. Gon still can't get over that the man heading this school was still alive but Gon didn't think too much about less his head will explode.
His head didn't explode but the boy was thinking too much that he didn't seem to notice Beatrice use her nen. Her nen caused a surge of wind to suddenly appear causing him to be dragged towards his enemy who then gave him his own upper cut. He was also sent flying but a bit lower than the affect of his own punch so he reached the ground soon enough.
Gon spit out some blood that was in his mouth.
Beatrice made the first move but that was a fatal mistake for she wasn't fast enough and Gon was already preparing to do his Ja-janken move.
" Saisho wa guu..." an immense amount of aura surrounds Gon's fist causing it too light up.
Beatrice is unable to stop herself from lunging towards Gon due to the amount of force she put in the push.
"Jankenpon!" Gon aims for Beatrice's abdomen causing her to splutter out blood and be sent flying once again but this time she stays unconscious.
The bell rang once more but this time signaling the end of the battle between Bancha and Gon. Gon had won the fight.
Gon was happily walking towards his friends who were waiting for him on the bleachers. There he saw his best friend, Killua who was raising his hand up for a high-five which Gon gladly reciprocated.
Gon sat down with his friends to watch the next fights continue.
The next fight was Tessa, a girl Gon met during the first part of the exam, versus Pobo, a weird bear-thing whom Gon hasn't met personally but judging by his looks he must've been a lunatic or something. The fight ended with Tessa kicking the poor bear to unconsciousness.
Next up were the fights of Zushi and Amelia, Zepile and Annon, Pokkle and Bianca and finally, Ponzu and Bancha.
In the end both Zushi and Zepile lost while Pokkle and Ponzu defeated their enemies.
The final bell rang signaling the ending of the first day of examinations.
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There was a celebration that night. There was food from all around the world, ranging from pasta, curry, seafood and others you could find. Allena immediately went for the curry and sweets area.
If you're wondering why the celebration, well, they were celebrating the winnings of the winners for day one but it wasn't over yet. They were also celebrating the passing of Killua Zoldyck, which surprised everyone including the winner himself. After all it was still day one, there was still another day of fighting to go.
Netero explained, through the television again, that the reason why Killua passed was BECAUSE he TIED with Allena.
At this news both Allena and Killua grumbled.
Everyone still wasn't satisfied with that explanation so Amelia took over the explaining.
"There are three ranks, the normals, specials and the abnormals."
At these words, the group aside from Zushi and Gon remembered the tables from before that had the same words written on each table's tags.
Amelia continued her explanation.
"The ranks you get after the entrance examination get you different perks."
"The first rank and the lowest rank, the normals." At this Flippy and Pobo stood up, ignoring the 'lowest' part of Amelia's explanation.
Amelia continued.
"Students in this rank are treated like normal students because they have low or no control over their nen but they are given chances to increase their rank, chances like these exams and special lessons, as you can see the students you fight with the rank normal here are the ones who might get to raise their rank. They are also given dorms to sleep in." At the end of the explanation for the normals, the normals sat down.
"The second rank or what others call the middle rank, the Specials." Bianca, Beatrice and Bancha stopped whatever they were gossiping about and stood up.
"These students aren't treated much differently from normals but they have normal control over their nen abilities. Specials are given better classrooms and given new lessons to improve their nen ability and increase their rank which can be done through the same exams as this one. They are given an apartment style like living quarters." At this the specials sat down.
"The final rank, the abnormals." Allena and Annon stopped eating, cleaned themselves and stood up proudly while Amelia pointed at herself.
"Abnormals, like us, are a bunch of students who have a high control over their nen and aura that sometimes we're called monsters. There are only a few abnormals so we all stay in one big classroom. We are also given special privileges like: Access to more restricted information and places and we are able to do jobs while classes are going on. But there's a catch, we are tested everyday to see if we get de-ranked or not, that is why we are so little in a class. Abnormals also live in their own living quarters that the school provides." Once Amelia finished Annon and Allena sat down, the latter eating almost immediately.
When Amelia finished she was surprised to see all of them, except Gon and Zepile, listening intently.
"Still that doesn't explain why Killua passed immediately." Leorio said after much thinking.
Allena stopped her chewing and decided to explain, seeing as Amelia needed some water.
"You see the final rank is abnormal right? Well, Killua tied with one meaning he doesn't have to fight anyone else since losing won't really get him anywhere. Summarize it, he's an abnormal now." Allena continued to eat.
Annon continued Allena's explanation.
"The person you fight will determine your rank, that's why you have two days to fulfill. Once you defeat or tie with someone of any rank, let's say of the normal rank you have the chance to move up or stay at that rank. If you lose the first day, you still have the second day to get to another rank. Now, if you lose in both days, then you're kicked out. No questions asked. But if you fight an abnormal and either tie or defeat one, you become an abnormal immediately, even on the second day." Annon finished while Allena continued
"There are many ways to get to a rank. To be an abnormal, you either defeat a special twice or defeat or win against an abnormal. To be a special you have to beat a normal twice or defeat a special then lose against any rank or win against a normal and a special. To get to be a normal, well, you just have to win against a normal then lose." Allena finished her explanation and almost immediately a bell rang.
"It's time for bed guys! Us, students will lead you to your respective sleeping quarters for now. As for you Killua, Annon here will lead you there." Amelia ordered as she shooed everyone away from the dining hall.
Killua had to go separate ways with his friends but he knows he'll meet them again soon.
As Annon and Killua walked, there was an extremely awkward silence, so awkward that not even Allena's blade can cut through it.
"So... how's it like being a student here? 'Cause I mean you're an abnormal right?" Killua asked not really looking at Annon.
Annon could only stutter and blush as a reply. Finally she made a coherent sentence. "U--Um... It's pretty nice and great, well aside from all the pressure I get, it's not that bad." At this Annon started to blabber what it was like when she first entered school with a little stutter here and there.
Annon stopped when Killua poked her and notified her that they were here.
"I--I'm sorry for blabbering! Please excuse me! Have a goodnight!" Annon ran off almost immediately due to the embarrassment.
Killua could only raise his eyebrow in suspicion as he watched the brunette run off, to most probably her room.
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The next morning started with everyone eating breakfast, some still in dream land, some half-asleep while some awake and ready to rumble. They finished and were preparing to fight.
When they all met up in front of the arena each saw that the other had fire in their eyes, even the almost-always-lazy Allena.