The next few weeks flew by in the blink of an eye. During this time Gon had told her all the things he had seen during the last two years, by the time he had finished telling his stories the exam was upon him.

"Ok, Gon remember the hunter exam's is being held in Zaban city so you need to take the ship headed for Dolle Harbor. And be careful because even if you're strong it doesn't hurt to be careful." His aunt Mito said to him. "Ok, Aunt Mito and thank you for letting me stay here." He told her with a heavy heart as he was leaving and promised to take the ship.

"No, Gon. It was my pleasure to have you around, you should come by more often because this is your home to you know." She told him as he was leaving, although she could not see it Gon's eyes watered up because he had a place where he could return to and living with his father meant they were always on the move so this was a whole new concept for Gon.

"Thank you, Aunt Mito and I will visit again." He said as he sped away a quick as lightning.

All that Mito could see was him disappearing almost three yards away from her then she whispered, "Be safe, Gon."

A few moments later he arrived in town and started making his way to the port.

It didn't take long to find the ship, as there was much talk among the would-be hunters about the upcoming exam and how they would become hunters.

Gon boarded the ship without any problems; he wasn't really caring about the rest of the people that were aboard the ship as he was gazing towards his aunt's house.

When the time came the ship finally departed towards its destination finally, Gon watched Island moved further away from him.

Then a voice finally broke Gon out of his trance as it said, "Hey, kid. You should better give up now." Gon turned his head at the direction of the voice, the one speaking was a middle aged man with an unruly look on his face. "This is less than even tenth of the people from all around the world who want to become a hunter." He continued.

Gon ignored the man and continued to watch the Whale Island disappear over the horizon.

Night soon set in which a clamor of rain and lightning causing the ship to rock back and forth.

This caused most of the men on the ship to get sea-sickness, Gon was helping the men to calm their sea-sickness allowing them to sleep if only the night.

The storm broke at dawn, Gon decided to pass the time by fishing and then at noon the seagulls chirping caught his attention.

At the same time the captain of the ship was making his rounds, "And you want to be hunter's when you can't handle a little choppy water. The sorriest excuse for hunter's I've ever seen." The captain hollered.

The captain notices Gon looking at the seagulls. The boy had caught his attention mostly because he seemed to be made of sterner stuff. "What are you looking at boy?" The captain asked. "There's a storm coming and it's much bigger than the one before." The captain looked at the seagulls as if to figure out the puzzle.

"You can understand what those birds are saying." Gon shook his head, "Not completely. But there's a lot of salt in the air, it's going to be a huge storm." The captain looked at gon but the image of gin replaced him 'so he's your son.'

"How long till the storm hits?" The cptain asked. "I'll say about one and a half to two hours." Gon responded.

The captain strted to shout orders "There's a storm coming, everyone on the ship is now under my command and you will do as you're told." "What, I'm too sick to do anything." One of the men complained. ""Get off. The captain said. "What" The man asked. "Get off my ship." The captain ordered and then two other men appeared next to the man and threw him over board, leaving the man to his fate.

The rest of the passengers followed the order without protests and then just as Gon predicted the storm hit.

Gon was having fun walking on top of a barrel that was rolling from one side to side another as the ship swayed.

The captain entered the room and asked, "You three, tell me your names?" his hand pointing towards Gon and two others; the eldest of which was in his twenties, black hair, wearing a blue business suit, blue pants and carried a suitcase, while the younger one was in his mid-teens with blond hair, wearing a blue tabard decorated with an orange-colored hem and a white full-body training suit underneath.

"Leorio" The eldest spoke first in a cocky manner.

"Kurapika" Said the blond indifferently.

"Gon" Gon said while slightly smiling.

"What are your reasons to become hunters." the captain asked.

"Look old man, we do not have to answer to you." said Leorio.

"I'm looking for my father; he said that if I found him, I would be true hunter." Gon stated truthfully.

"Hey, who told you to answer him, you have no sense of tea…" Leorio told Gon but was cut by Kurapika.

"I have to agree with this guy." Referring to Leorio, who was speaking but was totally ignored. "I would prefer not to answer to you, while I could make up a plausible lie, I consider the act of lying to be far more shameful than being greedy." Still ignoring Leorio he said "Plus my reasons for wanting to be a hunter is very personal and something I don't wish to people whom I just me, as such I cannot share my reasons for becoming a hunter."

The captain's face darkened for a second and then spoke that "You still don't understand, do you. The Hunter exam has already begun, it started the moment you set foot on my ship." The captain let his words sink in before continuing.

"There are as many people who want to become hunter as there are stars in the sky. Do you think the Hunter Association has enough space, time and people to judge everyone?" he paused for a second. "No, so people like me are used to cut the number down. Right now you three are the only ones here that are remaining in the exam and the rest that are here have been marked as failure for the grand jury, so even if they get to where the exam is they are being turned away. The choice to whether you take the test is up to me, so whether you trust me or not is irrelevant, you have to answer my question." He stated coldly.

There was a long pregnant pause before Kurapika decided to answer.

"I am the only survivor of the Kurta clan." He paused to gather himself, "Four years ago, all my clans' men were killed." He paused again "The reason I want to become a hunter to capture those who killed my clan in cold blood, The Phantom Troup." He clenched his fists.

Gon stared back a little more interested, he had heard of The Phantom Troup. They were so much strong that his father told him not to go after them unless someone like Kite or himself was there to back him up but that was a few years ago so he didn't know how much stronger he was by now.

"So you're aiming to be a blacklist hunter? You know even most A class hunters would think twice before going after them; you're chasing your own death." The captain said.

"T don't fear death. The only thing I fear is that my rage will fade over time." Kurapika said with a hint of anger.

"So you want vengeance and you need to become a hunter to do that." asked Leorio.

"You're even dumber than you look" Kurapika replied stoically. "Hunters have access to places, information and resources that I wouldn't be able to access without being a hunter. That much should be obvious." He shot the insult at Leorio who by now was fuming in anger.

"So what's your reason for wanting to be a hunter." Asked the captain, pointing towards Leorio who calmed relatively quickly before speaking "I don't have a self-righteous reason for wanting to wanting to become a hunter. I'm in it for the money, money runs the world, with money there nothing you can't get." He said greedily, Gon could tell that he wasn't necessarily wrong but there was something more but he dismissed it for now.

Leorio was about to say something else but was cut off by Kurapika who said "It's too bad you can't buy class with money."

Leorio's blood chilled as the veins in his forehead formed a tick mark "That's three times" He said to Kurapika "Lets step outside, you won't need to worry about your vengeance anymore because I'll put an end to the filthy Kurta bloodline once and for all." Kurapika mood now mirrored Leorio's own, as they calmly walked down the hallway and exited the doors.

"Hey, I'm not done yet…" The captain tried to stop them but was cut off by Gon who said "Let them fight. Obviously they feel this is important to them if their willing to fight for it." The captain just looked at Gon for a second before his attention was drawn away.

The new source of interested was a waterspout that formed directly in front of the ship and threatened to sink the ship as it connected the heavens and the ocean in a large string of water.

The captain quickly assessed the situation then ordered the sails to be put down and took control of the helm.

On the deck of the ship both Leorio and Kurapika stood steady as stones as they sized each other up, Kurapika's tabard violently swayed in the wind while Leorio's blue suit blew up at the chest exposing much of the white shirt underneath.

Waves slammed on the deck completely consuming both but as the water receded it showed they were not affected by the water what so ever.

"I'm going to give you one chance. Leorio, take it back and I'll forgive you." Kurapika said drawing his two bokken swords.

"No, I don't think I will, I told you to show me some respect, so I'm not backing down." He said taking out a knife.

Another wave slammed onto the deck and swallowed them completely. When it receded it showed that Leorio's knife was being blocked by kurapik's swords in an 'X' formation.

They quickly backed away from each other, only for Leorio to rush back to kurapika with a horizontal slash.

Kurapika quickly blocked the strike with one of his wooden swords and thrusting his other sword directly at Leorio's chest.

Leorio however managed to block the strike using his briefcase as a makeover shield.

Meanwhile the others were pulling the sails. One of the men stumbled a bit and managed to stay straight but suddenly a blast of wind struck the deck and the man was thrown across the ship flying between Leorio and Kurapika.

Both were able to react just in time to catch the man as he went over the edge, they started to get pulled over well but were stopped by Gon Using his ability Deva Path's gravitational pull but Gon made it look like h was pulling them back on the board.

The sails were lowered within time for the captain to steer the ship safely.

The storm blew over in a couple of hours showing the beautiful blue sky that had been hidden in the darkness of the storm. The sun seemed to shine even more brightly in occasion, as if the sun itself was happy that they have been able to avert the loss of life.

The three of them, Gon, Kurapika, Leorio, stood next to the rail of the ship and reflected on what just happened though Gon was only there to satisfy his curiosity.

"So, who won the fight?" Gon asked curiously.

"That's right, we were fighting but I can't remember why it ws so important but anyway Kurapika, I'm sorry what I said about your clan, I was out of line." Leorio apologized.

"No, I should not have been so rude in the first place" said Kurapika.

The man whom they had saved came over and thanked both Leorio and Kurapika but they said Gon was also to thank for his rescue, he quickly thanked Gon before going back to work.

The captain then walked over to them and when he stopped, he said that "Well, you three have qualified for this part of the Exam so I'll make sure you get to the next part in one piece." in a merry tone.

While Gon just slightly smiled and nodded his head the rest of the two looked to be in high spirited smiled at the captain's word to them.