"Normal Speech"

'Normal Thought'

"Demon/ Boss summon Speech"

'Demon/ Boss summon thoughts'

Jutsus: Attack

Flashback/ Writing/ TV

Summary: Who would have imagined that a single steak dinner would turn into an exam to become a hunter? Certainly not Konoha's former unpredictable shinobi

Author notes: It's been a while since I last wrote something so I'm going to be a lot rustier than usual. Anyway, this is my first attempt at Hunter x Hunter. I told myself I wouldn't write one after the Chimera Ant Arc but I did anyways. Well, here goes nothing

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Presence of danger and death

Pale skin

Light Amber eyes

Potentially strange sexual nature

Naruto stared at the strange jester lookalike intently as he tried to figure out whether or not this individual was Orochimaru in disguise, a clone of Orochimaru or anything related to the late snake sannin. His eyes shifted from the figure to the badge on his chest displaying the number 45. How strange? First he was sent underground for simply ordering food. Was ramen and steak some sort of password? And now he was standing next to someone that reminded him of the snake sannin sporting a number below his.

Was this some sort coincidence or something greater than that? He returned his attention to the man in question only to find said person staring right back at him with a combination of insatiable bloodlust and something sexual in nature. A small bead of sweat traveled from his forehead. This guy was just as creepy as Orochimaru.

"Hi, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. What is your name you creepy, dangerous, probably kills people to satisfy some sort of sick amusement, questionable sexual nature fiend?" Naruto grinned cheerfully as his said these words. This in turn caused the pale skinned man to smile albeit creepily while those within hearing range flinched in a violent manner.

"Hello Naruto, my name is Hisoka and what a pleasure it is to meet you." Several individuals began to slowly move away from the homicidal clown making sure their movements weren't too sudden. The last thing they wanted to do was gain its attention. Naruto on the other hand couldn't help but sweat drop at how much this man resembled the late snake sannin. He even had the dark; you're going to die tone down to a T.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too." Naruto extend his hand out towards Hisoka which he took. The two shook hands shocking and further scaring those around them. "Ne Hisoka-chan, where exactly am I?" Hisoka's smile evaporated and his eyebrows rose slightly. This wasn't exactly an easy place to find. The only way for you to reach this area was via a personal guide or information one couldn't simply find on the web. You had to have some sort of powerful connection for that. Considering the fact that he didn't even know where he was to begin with most likely meant he somehow managed to discover this place by accident. He chuckled at such a thought then licked his lips in anticipation. Accidental or not, this boy had a powerful presence and he was eager to fight him. Just the thought of spilling his blood all over the floor or receiving fatal injuries excited him greatly. This was what he lived for after all. This was also one of the reasons why he came here.

"Hisoka-chan you're bloodlust's leaking everywhere." Hisoka blinked a few times as he regained control over himself. By now, there was a large gap between the other participants and the duo. He chuckled in amusement at the terror the others were displaying and the fact that this young boy in front of him had yet to budge a single inch after that last display. This boy was truly magnificent. As if suddenly realizing something, Hisoka turned towards the blonde kid with a puzzled look.

"Chan?"

Naruto puffed his chest out as he pointed his thumb to himself. "I may not look like it but I'm older than what I appear. I'm not sure how but after my battle with a few Otsutsuki members which ended with me kicking their collective ass of course, I woke up in this body in a dangerous forest that almost killed me on more than one occasion." His chest deflated as he continued. "I lost a great deal of power and my summoning contract." Without warning, Naruto slammed his face into Hisoka stomach as his eyes erupted into twin waterfalls. "I can't believe I lost my entire collection of sexy jutsu. I spent years perfecting them and now I can't even use them anymore. Why did Kami take those precious abilities away from me? I mean I'm a good guy right? What did I possibly do wrong?"

Hisoka awkwardly patted Naruto's back as he continued ranting about things he quite didn't understand. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Naruto's crying and ranting stopped. Naruto looked up with large teary eyes and a great deal of snot dripping freely from his nose. "You are a nice homicidal maniac Hisoka-chan and don't let anyone tell you otherwise." Then as fast as his tears appeared, all signs of his tears display vanish with the only signs being Hisoka's wet shirt. "Sorry about the shirt Hisoka-chan." Hisoka sweat dropped at this before answering his previous question as if nothing happened.

"This is the testing site for the hunter exams. Every year, people from all over the world come here in hopes of becoming a hunter." Naruto nodded his head in acceptance. This sounded similar to the chunins and jounin exams. If that was the case, then there was probably some sort of obstacle course, maybe a few fights, and a few deaths. Naruto glanced at his crazed companion. 'Scratch that last thought, there's going to be a blood bath here' he morbidly thought. There was no such thing of a little blood with this guy around. Naruto's attention went back to Hisoka as he voiced his next question.

"What's a hunter?" Hisoka allowed a smile to grace his lips once more scaring a few newcomers that just entered the floor. The sight of a jester with a cheerful smile along with the dangerous presence surrounded said jester sent chills down the spines of a lesser man. It didn't help that there was a large gap between the majority of the participants and the duo further cementing his status as someone dangerous. The fact that the small boy could stand so close to that man so casually must meant one of two things. Either the kid was just as crazy as the maniac but hid it well or he was completely naïve to the man's nature. Considering his appearance, it must be the latter. Either way, that boy was going to be dead soon.

"A hunter is whatever you want it to be" was Hisoka's vague response. Naruto paused for a brief second as if in deep thought then nodded his head once more.

"That sounds interesting. What's the max limit of participants?" Naruto scanned the entire room, curiosity shining from within. The other participants flinched as his gaze went pass them. In their minds, anyone associated with that beast was someone they should avoid for the sake of their own lives. If it turned out that this boy was as dangerous as the man, they were as good as dead. If it turned out to be the latter, they sure as hell didn't want to be the next victim. Only a few brave individuals glared at the duo while a select few stared back with curiosity of their own.

"There are no limits in the hunter exams. It's just a matter of showing up before the designated time. Once the test begins, they will no longer take any additional participants. Right now we have about 12 hours before the test begins." His body trembled in delight as dark thoughts filtered through his mind.

"Do you think you'll last that long Hisoka-chan?" The increase in bloodlust was not missed by anyone. In fact, Hisoka's bloodlust had almost the entire room on the edge.

"I'll have no choice but to endure." Hisoka glanced at his companion hungrily. Naruto's presence was making hard for him to remain calm. It was like dangling an apple in front of him, a nice juicy apple. He licked his lips once more in anticipation.

"Tell you what, if you manage to remain calm until the exams begin, I'll fight you in a nice isolated area. Oh, and you have to promise me you won't try to molest me or anything like that. I don't swing that way, no thank you. I'm a man of all man. I like curvy and bouncy." Drool pooled from his lips as images of sexy women filled his mind. His fantasy came to a sudden halt when whispers began. He glanced up to his new friend and was met with one of the most disturbing images. Hisoka was grinning painfully wide showing all of his pearly white teeth to the world while his bloodlust spiked to higher levels. Naruto laughed awkwardly as he scratched the back of his neck. 'That's definitely not creepy. This is going to be an interesting wait'

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12 hours later

A loud ringing sound penetrated the awkward silence and catching the attention of all. Naruto turned towards the source to find a tall man slowly descending from the ceiling into the middle of the room. "The call for applicants is now closed." As soon as he landed on the floor, he began walking by each candidate. "I announce the start of the hunter exam. Please come this way." As if prompted, the audience began trailing after him. The tall figure didn't even spare anyone a glance as he continued walking forward. "Let me remind you. The hunter exam is extremely difficult. And if you are unlucky or incapable, you may get injured or even die. Only those of you who don't mind that risk should follow." By now the entire room was directly behind him listening to his every word.

"All right, the number of applicants taking phase one is 420. Is that correct?" He continued walking without caring whether or not someone answered his question. After a few minutes of walking, he slowly picked up the pace until the others began jogging just to keep up with him. Once he was satisfied with the current pace, he maintained it.

"I'm sorry to introduce myself now. I am Satotz and I'm the proctor of phase one. I will be leading you to the test site for phase two! Now I'm sure that some of you may realize it by now but to keep up with me until we reach the phase two site is the task for phase one." Once he announced that tidbit of information, Satotz then proceeded to walk straight in silence.

Naruto jogged next to Hisoka to see how he was holding up. 12 hours of waiting must have been tough on killer. Naruto found himself laughing at that thought. That definitely wasn't a normal thought. It would seem that hanging around individuals like Orochimaru must have altered his mind slightly. That would explain the reason why he approached him. As soon as Naruto was beside him, he glanced at Hisoka's facial expression. Based on what he was seeing and sensing right now, Hisoka had managed to rein his bloodlust for the time being. But Naruto had no doubt in his mind that his bloodlust would only spiral out of control at a moment's notice. The question that remains is when.

After observing him for the last 12 hours, Naruto learned a few new things about the jester. The first thing he learned was the type of people Hisoka killed. Considering the slight spike in bloodlust upon seeing certain individuals, it would seem that Hisoka was targeting specific individuals probably being people with strength or potential. Then there was the incident in which an unfortunate person bumped into the jester right as said jester tried to leash his dark desires once more. The results weren't pretty so say the least. Hisoka removed one of the man's arms with a single playing card. Based on that alone, Naruto was able to deduce that Hisoka would not hesitate to strike anyone down who annoyed him or got in the way. Naruto turned his attention towards the proctor's direction as he maintained a light jogging speed.

30 minutes later

'This is one boring exam' thought Naruto as he continued jogging. He absently jumped over another body as he maintained his speed. It would seem not everyone was physically fit for this exam. Still, he had never taking an exam this boring before. Both the chunins and jounin exams had some sort of suspense or thrill to it. This exam on the other hand had none of that. It was simply an endurance and mental test he deduced. No one but the proctor knew where the destination was or how long it would take to reach said destination. The only known knowledge was that Satotz would take them there eventually. Without knowing the destination, it becomes a lot harder for self-motivation.

'I still think it's boring but meh. Hopefully it gets a bit excited later on.' He leaped over another failed participant and continued jogging. 'Man, these people are dropping like flies. It's only been 30 minutes too.'

The sounds of wheels rolling against the cement floor beneath them caught his attention. He turned his to the side and found the source. It would seem that these four individuals either didn't get the memo about Hisoka or simply didn't care. Why else would they run so close to them whereas everyone else avoided them like a plague? Unnoticed to Naruto, Hisoka also took a quick glance at the group behind for a brief second before going back to focusing on controlling his bloodthirst. Naruto veered off slightly to the right just as the one riding the skateboard hopped off and joined the joggers.

"Hi, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. It's nice to meet you all." Naruto grinned cheerfully as he usually did. The small group of four turned towards the newcomer in surprise giving Naruto a full view of each individual. They were so caught up in their argument that they didn't notice him approaching them.

The first one to catch his attention was a young boy that had the skateboard. He had spiky silver hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Jogging next to him was another equally young boy sporting long spiky black hair with green tips and hazel brown eyes. Trailing directly behind the two boys was an effeminate blonde with grey eyes, and a young man with black crew cut hair, and small brown eyes.

"Hi, I'm Gon" was the reply from one of the youngest. "This is Killua and the other three behind me is Leorio, Kurapika, and Tonpa." Leorio sighed in frustration.

"Gon, you can't just-"

"Who's Tonpa?" question Naruto as he continued staring at the only two individuals jogging behind the boys. Was Tonpa invisible? Gon turned his head and pointed at each individual. "That's Kurapika and that's Leorio." His eyes scanned the area as he tried to locate the last person. "There's Tonpa, all the way in the back." He pointed to a heavy set individual whom was currently sweating up a storm. "I wonder why he's all the way back there. Maybe he's conserving energy." Naruto snickered in response. In a strange way, this boy reminded him of his childhood days. It was actually refreshing in a way.

"Well Gon-chan, I'd like you to meet my homicidal friend Hisoka. He likes spilling blood." As if prompted, Hisoka turned towards the group and showed his pearly white teeth again. Bloodlust spiked for a brief moment before fading away. Gon merely waved cheerfully at the jester in a childlike manner thought part of him seemed a bit shaken by the display.

"You have some creepy friends Naruto-kun" commented Leorio. He was disturbed by the dark aura that came from the jester. Half of him wanted to turn around and run in the opposite direction but the other half reminded him of his dreams and why he was here. He could not afford to fail here. Killua watched number 44 wearily. He never imagined running into someone just like him at the exams. Kurapika glanced between the jester and the small blonde as he tried to figure out how someone so positive could associate themselves with someone so negative. Maybe opposites do attract in a way. It was then something clicked inside his mind.

"Chan?" That suffix was something one would add when the person was younger but Naruto looked about the same age as Gon.

Naruto's chest puffed up once more as he explained his reason. "I'm actually a lot older than what I appear. I'm not sure why I look this way but I think it's something to do with reincarnation or something along those lines." Kurapika's eyebrows rose slight at this.

"But wouldn't you have to die for that to occur?" Naruto nodded his head.

"I died fighting against a powerful clan or at least I think I did. The last thing I remembered was complete darkness as the dimension I was fighting in collapsed. I found myself floating in complete darkness for a bit then at some point I found a small light in the distance. When I went to the light, I woke up in some place called the Dark Continent." Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio openly gaped at Naruto while Gon merely nodded his head not understanding what the Dark Continent was. Even Hisoka's face reflected shock at this. Almost anyone aspired to become a hunter knew about the area.

The Dark Continent is the world that doesn't appear on the world map. It was a placed filled with unknown danger and mysteries with a survival rate of 0.04%. Apparently out of the 149 attempted voyages and the hundreds of hunters that ventured there, only 28 hunters from 5 voyages survived.

For Naruto to have survived such a journey must have meant that he was very powerful. But Naruto stated that he had died which clearly meant that someone or something was stronger than him. Kurapika shuddered at such a thought. To think there were monsters out there like that. Would he survive an encounter with them? Kurapika glanced back at the young blonde. For a supposed beast, he seemed friendly enough. In fact, he kind of reminded him of Gon. Of course this could all be a ruse created for them to drop their guards before destroying them. That was always a possibility but for some reason, Kurapika didn't believe that to be the case.

The statement about being older than his appearance echoed within the confines of his head once more. Maybe his age played a major role behind his lack of intent. Older people were generally wiser due to life experience. Or maybe he was some sort of monk in his past life if he truly reincarnated. The more he thought about it, the more questions appeared. Kurapika quickly shook his head banishing such distracting thoughts. Instead of questioning it, he should be counting his blessings instead. They already had a powerful killer in the form of Hisoka. The last thing they needed was another one. He silently thanked the gods that Naruto was not the same as Hisoka or they would all be in serious trouble. Little did he know was that both Leorio and Killua were thinking along the same lines.

Bloodlust flooded the area once more but unlike before, it was much more potent. Naruto smiled awkwardly when he saw the small dribble of drool leaking from Hisoka's mouth.

"I guess this is where we part ways for now. I'll see you guys later." He slowly made his way back towards his companion. "Hisoka, you're doing it again"