deltakurumiru4
2nd January 2012, 1:44 PM
Hello, deltakurumiru here. This will be my first fan fic. I'm a little nervous about this, so bear with me. Hopefully, you will enjoy this. Everyone at my school enjoys it, and a friend of mine keeps pushing me to post it. So, here it is.
THis is rated PG-15 for violence, blood, and a little pokemon killing.
Good Hunting!
Chapter one: The Fallen Hunter
The rocky beast roared at my group, very mad. I dove through its legs, and slashed at it unprotected legs. It fell down, but before it could get back up, my father Hooyew pierced its neck with his long sword. I, Adam, Hooyew, and Darthlass sheathed our weapons, and breathed a sigh of relief that the beast finally died. The Gravios was one of the most challenging wyverns that we ever fought, but the shock traps, traq bombs, and a few clever traps helped make a three-day mission a two-and-23-hour day mission. I should tell you where we are, but the volcanic rock and lava speaks for itself. The name is Halt, and my father, cousin, uncle, and I are all Monster Hunters. “Seriously, what was that thing doing here? I thought it lived in the swamp” asked my cousin Adam.
“That’s the smaller kind. The bigger ones live here, in the volcano zone” I replied
“Might want to scratch that record book, because this puppy is a baby, or in other words, a Basarios” replied my father Hooyew after measuring the immense beast.
“WHAT! Only 13 meters?! That’s pathetic! Why did we have so much trouble?” complained Adam.
“Son, we came prepared for a Gravios, so we took it on with the mind of a much more cautious Hunter. It was only natural that this was tougher” said his father with a calming voice. Darthlass was a fresh Hunter, but he was coming along quite nicely and proved his worth during the Blangonga hunt, which wasn’t as hard as it should be thanks to the many fire affinity weapons we had access to. Turning around, I noticed a strange creature near some of the rocks. It was red, with a lizard like body, and a flame on the end of its tail. It only measured two feet tall, but it looked about 13 pounds.
“Hooyew, what is that?” I asked, crouching near it.
“Most likely from that blasted Pokemon Continent out to the north” growled Hooyew. We Hunters hate the other regions for keeping monsters that are stronger than them as pets when they can kill them and make such powerful weapons from them. Personally, I kind of agree with their thinking, but sometimes an animal must be taken out. Drawing the twin swords known as the Guild Knight Sabers, I slashed the little monster’s head off with one clean slash.
“I’m sorry little guy, it’s just business” I spoke in a quiet tone. Reaching for my belt, I pulled out a slightly curved knife, and cut the creature’s tail off. I placed it into a pouch at my belt.
That was the moment that changed everything. “YOU BASTERDS KILLED MY CHARMANDER!” shouted angrily a kid that appeared from behind a rock. Dressed in classic pokemon trainer fashion, it was obvious that he wasn’t prepared for the volcano’s environment, for he was sweating like mad. I noticed a strange sound emanating from the mouth of the volcano. Looking up, I saw a medium sized dragon shot a blue missile shaped fireball at us. Lifting my fire based shield, I took the fireball dead on, shaking my entire body. Lowering the shield, I saw a burly man riding it throw a double bladed axe at Adam, but his dad’s shield blocked the axe. The black dragon landed next to the trainer, and the rider announced that they were a group of teenagers that wanted to help restore order.
“Yeah….no. You cause chaos by coming to the volcano of this continent, while we have been minding our own business. So, get out or your pretty little beasts will pay the price” I said maliciously. Reaching behind me, I grabbed the handle of a spiked sword with green dragon scales and drew it, at the same time my other hand switched out shields for a green one with a ring of spikes on the edge and a cross on the middle. The trainer opened a small red-and-white ball and a strange beast came out. It was just as small as the red thing, only it was blue with an oyster shell on its stomach.
“Oshawott, use razor shell on the person who killed Charmander!” commanded the trainer as the otter thing charged me. I sheathed my sword, and stepped aside as the little beast attacked and stumbled. I drew my gunlance, made sure that it still had a shell loaded, and pointed it at the Oshawott. “Oshawott, no!” shouted the trainer.
“Price has been paid in full” I said flatly as I shot the thing. The volcanic gas helped ignite the bullet and engulfed the creature in a typhoon of fire. When the fire cleared, the otter was lying facedown on the ground, with a hole blown through its chest. I looked away from it, as the trainer and the Viking ran to it. Stepping near the other hunters, I grabbed green sphere from my bag. Near the opening on top of the volcano, my cousin shouted at the monster lovers “Come to the Pokke Village, there we will finish the job that Halt started.” Throwing down the sphere, I felt a little sad and tossed a special potion to them.
“Spread it on the otter’s wound, it will be revived immediately” I said as I stepped on the green smoke cloud caused by the sphere. “Ignore my cousin toooooooooo” I added as the smoke threw me into the air, through the rocks, and right into base camp.
“I radioed Kari to tell her to pick us up here and fly us to the village instead of back to the town” said Adam from the tent “You still have that potion that can bring someone back to life?”
“No, that otter thing must have knocked it from my bag.”
Before they could press me for answers, a great whirring filled the air. Looking up, I saw that the airship had arrived with my sister at the helm. A rope ladder dropped down, and my sister’s voice boomed over the intercom “To the village, then the town, they have a Kushala Daora problem at the moment.”
Arriving at the village, I dropped down to the ground and signaled Kari to head to the town with the others. “Good Hunting, may the Almighty smile upon you” I spoke to the ship before it flew off. Looking at the village that I started my hunting career at, I felt a kind of homecoming. I walked up to the house that I grew up in, and opened the door.
“MASTER, nya!” shouted a furry cat as he jumped at me.
“Boyd, get off me! It’s been a while, huh” I complained as I finally got the hunting felyne off me. Hunting Felynes are a special breed of cats that walk upright, can speak, and have the unique talent of throwing bombs at the worst moments. Boyd is one of the “bad models” as they call them, though the only problem that he has that he only throws bombs on my signal. I petted him behind the ears for a little bit, and then I headed to the box that housed my weapons. Lifting the cover, I saw my old favorite weapon on top, the Sanctioned Drill Lance. It was the coolest weapon, since when I advanced to Hunter Rank 7; I hunted and mined for days in order to make it. When ever I charged something with it, the drill spun, giving it another massive cool factor. I was given the challenge to create it when the rest of the family went to the town, and they did not want me messing with their farms, so they gave me the challenge of making it. Putting in the few weapons I had on me, I latched on the lance, and felt a sense of pride; since it was only through sheer perseverance that I finally forged it.
Stepping outside, I saw the worst thing possible—the teens from the volcano were there and the trainer was arguing with the elder. Staying in the shadows, I overheard some of the things being said.
“This village has hunters, and they do their job faster than anyone else. We have no need for more mouths to feed. Please leave” spoke the Elder calmly.
“Shut up, you old lady and dumb cat, and listen! We can spare the monsters from death or whatever you use the tranquilized beasts for! We give them life, and you take it from them!” shouted the trainer. The Viking hefted an axe and held it to the Elder’s throat. Unsheathing the Drill Lance, I got into position to charge. “Tucker, take her bleeding head off and-CRAP!” shouted the trainer as I charged between them and the Elder, using the rotating drill to create a wind current to push them back.
“You heard the Elder, leave this place or I will kill you” I threatened the teens. Nodding to the Elder, the Elder quietly thanked me, and then scurried away with the Felyne Elder.
“You have the skill to save the monsters, yet you threaten humans?! You must leave before I call in the Guild to finish the job I started” I threatened them again.
“Chuck, can I kill this one?” asked Tucker to the trainer.
“Yes Tucker, kill this one for what he did to Charmander!” ordered Chuck before a girl stepped between the two of them and me.
“Woah! I think we started on the wrong foot! My name is Kari, and this is Chuckie from the Sinnow continent and this Tucker from the Taris continent. And you are?” asked Kari. Sheathing the lance, I took a better look at her. She looked pale, and her right hand was in a mechanical looking glove. She had long purple hair, a purple vest, and a black skirt. My hunter senses were tingling, but I ignored them and started speaking to her.
“The name is Halt, and I protect this village as a hunter here. Once again, I ask for your purpose here, other than causing trouble”
“You heard of the legend of the creation of the world, though every continent has a different story, right?”
“Yeah, my legend is that the white and black gods mixed together to provide the world, and all of its bounty, but in order to keep the world stable and to keep the many inhabitants from interacting, they used fusion between the Elder dragons in order to create the Sky Prism.”
“Well, some dark people from each corner came together and broke the Sky Prism into five pieces. Then, each shard was hidden in a different part of the world. We found one here, at the highest point. Know where it is?”
“Sigh, the Snowy mountain, but during this time of year, it is far to dangerous because of the K—‘
“Thanks!” shouted Kari as she winked, and then jumped onto the dragon with Tucker and Chuckie. The dragon flew off, heading for the large snowy mountain that loomed in the distance. I heard the airship land, with my sister Kari jumping out with the other hunters, who were badly beaten, came up to me and started yelling at me, but I couldn’t hear any of them. I walked off, and locked myself in my house. Sitting on the floor, I tried to process my emotions. This was the one chance I was looking for, but what if these fools screwed it up for me? My best chance of fixing the problem I started years ago was slipping through my fingers. Boyd walked up to me, and started purring.
Petting him, I realized that I had to help them. The Kushala Daora was dangerous, and the frightful storm it whipped up would be the worst thing to fight in. I already had experience fighting it, but would my drill lance be enough? “Boyd, tell Cocoa, Dora, and Rain to pack their things. It’s time to leave.” I ordered Boyd. Smiling, the cat immediately went into the kitchen to tell the other chefs and hunters the message. Grapping my box, I hefted it onto my soldier, and walked out the door.
“I won’t allow a Hunter Rank 10 hunter who fought a Fatalis and killed it solo go and interact with the likes of animal lovers” ordered my father as he brandished his sword, the Centenarian Dagger, along with Adam and Darthlass in front of the entrance to the village.
“It’s my choice, Dad, and I will go through with it” I spoke out to him and with my cats, walked past them and towards the mountain.
“Halt, if you continue, you give up all the progress that you made and forever be banished.” Taking my hunter card out, it read with big bold letters Hunter Rank 10. Tears streamed from my eyes as I threw it at the other hunters and ran off towards the mountain, with the cats meowing after me.
Hiking the mountain was not in the least difficult. Hunters train to climb any obstacle, leap any ravine, swim any river, all while carrying multiple weapons. Once we reached one of the areas on the summit, I could already hear the roars of the Kushala Daora and the scraping of rusted steel on rusted steel. “Wait a minute, was that rusted steel? The Kushala Daora doesn’t have rusted skin, unless……OF COURSE! That’s why they are fighting it! It’s here to molt the rusted skin and grow new metal skin! Cats guard the supplies. I’m going hunting.” I commanded the cats. Reaching into the box, I drew out a new lance, this having a bat-shaped shield, and having toxin sacs attached to the teeth at the business end of the weapon.
“Long time no see, Ouroboros Serpentblade. May our hunt be prosperous.” I said, and then attaching the lance to the hooks on the back of my armor, I marched into the snow storm.
“HELP! ANYONE! HELP!” shouted a voice from the snow. My helmet was made from the Kushala Daora, so I was able to see in the snow storm. Chuckie had that otter thing out, but it was taller, had two shells, and had larger hips. The Viking was in his element, but neither he nor his dragon was strong enough to break the dragon’s barrier. Kari was commanding a panther looking thing, but it had no movement and was looking quite frozen. Putting the lance into battle position, I waited for the dragon to start sucking in wind. All three of the teens waited for the end, before I came crashing through the mountain wall and imbedding the lance’s spikes into the Kushala Daora’s leg. It roared in agony, but before it could do anything the poison took affect, effecting the organs and getting rid of the barrier. It was starting to limb, but its tail threw me into the others, sending us sprawling.
Laughing, I watched as it charged at us. It stepped on the disc that I placed when I was thrown by the tail, causing it to go into convulsions. Reaching into my bag for a tranq bomb, I found that I forgot them! Looking around, I found a sphere, half red, half white, with a large white button on the front and a black line in between the two halves. “Hey, free bomb! You’re…..MINE!” I shouted, throwing the “bomb” at the beast. It hit the Kushala Daora, but instead of exploding, the sphere opened, and in a flash of white light, the Kushala Daora was absorbed into the ball, and the ball fell onto the ground. It twitched once, twice, three times, and the white button flashed red, and gave off a ding. “Uh….what?’ I asked the others. Chuckie’s mouth was open, and looked completely destroyed.
“Wait, you can catch beasts here with poke balls?” asked Kari as I used a Thawing Agent on the panthercube. The ice defrosted, and the panther thing jumped on me and started purring.
“This is a…..what?” I asked Kari.
“That is Gabumon, a furred creature from my continent. They are quite popular, though most people prefer an Agumon.”
“Right….and back to the poke-ball, what is it?”
“The poke-ball is a capsule system, which allows it to absorb monsters of ridicules size difference, and hold them comfortable. Right now, you own the….what was it again?”
“That is an Elder Dragon of the wind, known as the Kushala Daora. If you had listened to my warning, you might still be in fighting position. DORA! RAIN! BRING THE PORTABLE KICHEN!” order I as the felynes scurried in with large pots and pans. Rain and Dora started to select materials for food, while Cocoa and Boyd heated water and set up tables. I sat the three teens down before conducting the chefs. “They need a health boost, so cook the hearty steak and the western parsley for them. Throw in a few—what?” I was saying when I noticed the others ran off for the mountain. Catching up to them, I gave each of them a red drink that felt hot to the touch. Greedily, Kari drank it all while Chuckie and Tucker sipped theirs carefully.
“Hey, I don’t feel cold anymore, what was that?” exclaimed Kari.
“That was a hot drink, made from crushed bitter bugs and hot peppers mixed together.” The second I mentioned bug, both Chuckie and Kari starting spitting it up and wiping their tongues on the “statue” while Tucker simply shrugged and continued drinking it heartily. “You do know that the statue is the skin of a Kushala Daora and Khezu mate on that, right?” I asked before the two of them fainted at the thought of what they licked.
“That’s a good drink, got any more?” asked Tucker.
“Yeah, but it’s used for surviving the coldest environments with nothing but…..nothing”
“Really? Cool! You have to come by my continent; you would make millions as a bartender.”
“Tempting, but I like my freedom to much.”
Chuckie and Kari woke up and started shivering again. Shrugging, I pulled out a pickaxe and started mining the skin. Suddenly, a weird worm looking thing jumped out and started biting Kari. Chuckie started laughing, but another jumped out and jumped on Chuckie and did the same thing. The two of them started shrieking, and started run in circles, while I reached inside the skin, and pulled out an extremely shiny piece of rock. “This is what you were looking for?” I asked as I held it out. Kari stopped screaming for a second, and gasped at the rock. Taking her mechanical hand, a holographic map popped out with a red arrow pointed right at the rock.
“THAT’S IT! IT’S A SKY PRISM SHARD!!” shouted Kari excitedly. Taking the rock, she placed it one of the bags she was carrying around, along with the Khezu whelp, and started jumping around excitedly. Taking off his own whelp, Chuckie joined in the chorus of shouts of triumph from the whole group. Not adding my own, I faced the direction of the camp, where I heard the sounds of an air ship. My sister jumped out, dressed in her Velociprey gear, and marched to the mountain.
“Brother! I know you’re up on the cliff. Jump down, the Guild has you under arrest!” ordered Kari.
“Who is this hot chick?” asked Chuckie, turning to me.
“That, my friend, is the Guild’s chief mechanic, airship pilot, vermin exterminator, and my sister. She is also the one who carry outs the Guild’s arrests and such.” I signed.
“Really…..can I have her number?” Shaking my head in disgust, I jumped down the cliff and faced her. Her twin swords were at the ready, the swords that I gave her for her birthday, the unique Fire and Ice weapons. Drawing my Sandman Inducer, I faced her in battle when the Kushala Daora picked her up, and gently placed her in the cockpit. She flew off, though I knew I had only one option left now.
“So, where’s the next shard?” I asked.
THis is rated PG-15 for violence, blood, and a little pokemon killing.
Good Hunting!
Chapter one: The Fallen Hunter
The rocky beast roared at my group, very mad. I dove through its legs, and slashed at it unprotected legs. It fell down, but before it could get back up, my father Hooyew pierced its neck with his long sword. I, Adam, Hooyew, and Darthlass sheathed our weapons, and breathed a sigh of relief that the beast finally died. The Gravios was one of the most challenging wyverns that we ever fought, but the shock traps, traq bombs, and a few clever traps helped make a three-day mission a two-and-23-hour day mission. I should tell you where we are, but the volcanic rock and lava speaks for itself. The name is Halt, and my father, cousin, uncle, and I are all Monster Hunters. “Seriously, what was that thing doing here? I thought it lived in the swamp” asked my cousin Adam.
“That’s the smaller kind. The bigger ones live here, in the volcano zone” I replied
“Might want to scratch that record book, because this puppy is a baby, or in other words, a Basarios” replied my father Hooyew after measuring the immense beast.
“WHAT! Only 13 meters?! That’s pathetic! Why did we have so much trouble?” complained Adam.
“Son, we came prepared for a Gravios, so we took it on with the mind of a much more cautious Hunter. It was only natural that this was tougher” said his father with a calming voice. Darthlass was a fresh Hunter, but he was coming along quite nicely and proved his worth during the Blangonga hunt, which wasn’t as hard as it should be thanks to the many fire affinity weapons we had access to. Turning around, I noticed a strange creature near some of the rocks. It was red, with a lizard like body, and a flame on the end of its tail. It only measured two feet tall, but it looked about 13 pounds.
“Hooyew, what is that?” I asked, crouching near it.
“Most likely from that blasted Pokemon Continent out to the north” growled Hooyew. We Hunters hate the other regions for keeping monsters that are stronger than them as pets when they can kill them and make such powerful weapons from them. Personally, I kind of agree with their thinking, but sometimes an animal must be taken out. Drawing the twin swords known as the Guild Knight Sabers, I slashed the little monster’s head off with one clean slash.
“I’m sorry little guy, it’s just business” I spoke in a quiet tone. Reaching for my belt, I pulled out a slightly curved knife, and cut the creature’s tail off. I placed it into a pouch at my belt.
That was the moment that changed everything. “YOU BASTERDS KILLED MY CHARMANDER!” shouted angrily a kid that appeared from behind a rock. Dressed in classic pokemon trainer fashion, it was obvious that he wasn’t prepared for the volcano’s environment, for he was sweating like mad. I noticed a strange sound emanating from the mouth of the volcano. Looking up, I saw a medium sized dragon shot a blue missile shaped fireball at us. Lifting my fire based shield, I took the fireball dead on, shaking my entire body. Lowering the shield, I saw a burly man riding it throw a double bladed axe at Adam, but his dad’s shield blocked the axe. The black dragon landed next to the trainer, and the rider announced that they were a group of teenagers that wanted to help restore order.
“Yeah….no. You cause chaos by coming to the volcano of this continent, while we have been minding our own business. So, get out or your pretty little beasts will pay the price” I said maliciously. Reaching behind me, I grabbed the handle of a spiked sword with green dragon scales and drew it, at the same time my other hand switched out shields for a green one with a ring of spikes on the edge and a cross on the middle. The trainer opened a small red-and-white ball and a strange beast came out. It was just as small as the red thing, only it was blue with an oyster shell on its stomach.
“Oshawott, use razor shell on the person who killed Charmander!” commanded the trainer as the otter thing charged me. I sheathed my sword, and stepped aside as the little beast attacked and stumbled. I drew my gunlance, made sure that it still had a shell loaded, and pointed it at the Oshawott. “Oshawott, no!” shouted the trainer.
“Price has been paid in full” I said flatly as I shot the thing. The volcanic gas helped ignite the bullet and engulfed the creature in a typhoon of fire. When the fire cleared, the otter was lying facedown on the ground, with a hole blown through its chest. I looked away from it, as the trainer and the Viking ran to it. Stepping near the other hunters, I grabbed green sphere from my bag. Near the opening on top of the volcano, my cousin shouted at the monster lovers “Come to the Pokke Village, there we will finish the job that Halt started.” Throwing down the sphere, I felt a little sad and tossed a special potion to them.
“Spread it on the otter’s wound, it will be revived immediately” I said as I stepped on the green smoke cloud caused by the sphere. “Ignore my cousin toooooooooo” I added as the smoke threw me into the air, through the rocks, and right into base camp.
“I radioed Kari to tell her to pick us up here and fly us to the village instead of back to the town” said Adam from the tent “You still have that potion that can bring someone back to life?”
“No, that otter thing must have knocked it from my bag.”
Before they could press me for answers, a great whirring filled the air. Looking up, I saw that the airship had arrived with my sister at the helm. A rope ladder dropped down, and my sister’s voice boomed over the intercom “To the village, then the town, they have a Kushala Daora problem at the moment.”
Arriving at the village, I dropped down to the ground and signaled Kari to head to the town with the others. “Good Hunting, may the Almighty smile upon you” I spoke to the ship before it flew off. Looking at the village that I started my hunting career at, I felt a kind of homecoming. I walked up to the house that I grew up in, and opened the door.
“MASTER, nya!” shouted a furry cat as he jumped at me.
“Boyd, get off me! It’s been a while, huh” I complained as I finally got the hunting felyne off me. Hunting Felynes are a special breed of cats that walk upright, can speak, and have the unique talent of throwing bombs at the worst moments. Boyd is one of the “bad models” as they call them, though the only problem that he has that he only throws bombs on my signal. I petted him behind the ears for a little bit, and then I headed to the box that housed my weapons. Lifting the cover, I saw my old favorite weapon on top, the Sanctioned Drill Lance. It was the coolest weapon, since when I advanced to Hunter Rank 7; I hunted and mined for days in order to make it. When ever I charged something with it, the drill spun, giving it another massive cool factor. I was given the challenge to create it when the rest of the family went to the town, and they did not want me messing with their farms, so they gave me the challenge of making it. Putting in the few weapons I had on me, I latched on the lance, and felt a sense of pride; since it was only through sheer perseverance that I finally forged it.
Stepping outside, I saw the worst thing possible—the teens from the volcano were there and the trainer was arguing with the elder. Staying in the shadows, I overheard some of the things being said.
“This village has hunters, and they do their job faster than anyone else. We have no need for more mouths to feed. Please leave” spoke the Elder calmly.
“Shut up, you old lady and dumb cat, and listen! We can spare the monsters from death or whatever you use the tranquilized beasts for! We give them life, and you take it from them!” shouted the trainer. The Viking hefted an axe and held it to the Elder’s throat. Unsheathing the Drill Lance, I got into position to charge. “Tucker, take her bleeding head off and-CRAP!” shouted the trainer as I charged between them and the Elder, using the rotating drill to create a wind current to push them back.
“You heard the Elder, leave this place or I will kill you” I threatened the teens. Nodding to the Elder, the Elder quietly thanked me, and then scurried away with the Felyne Elder.
“You have the skill to save the monsters, yet you threaten humans?! You must leave before I call in the Guild to finish the job I started” I threatened them again.
“Chuck, can I kill this one?” asked Tucker to the trainer.
“Yes Tucker, kill this one for what he did to Charmander!” ordered Chuck before a girl stepped between the two of them and me.
“Woah! I think we started on the wrong foot! My name is Kari, and this is Chuckie from the Sinnow continent and this Tucker from the Taris continent. And you are?” asked Kari. Sheathing the lance, I took a better look at her. She looked pale, and her right hand was in a mechanical looking glove. She had long purple hair, a purple vest, and a black skirt. My hunter senses were tingling, but I ignored them and started speaking to her.
“The name is Halt, and I protect this village as a hunter here. Once again, I ask for your purpose here, other than causing trouble”
“You heard of the legend of the creation of the world, though every continent has a different story, right?”
“Yeah, my legend is that the white and black gods mixed together to provide the world, and all of its bounty, but in order to keep the world stable and to keep the many inhabitants from interacting, they used fusion between the Elder dragons in order to create the Sky Prism.”
“Well, some dark people from each corner came together and broke the Sky Prism into five pieces. Then, each shard was hidden in a different part of the world. We found one here, at the highest point. Know where it is?”
“Sigh, the Snowy mountain, but during this time of year, it is far to dangerous because of the K—‘
“Thanks!” shouted Kari as she winked, and then jumped onto the dragon with Tucker and Chuckie. The dragon flew off, heading for the large snowy mountain that loomed in the distance. I heard the airship land, with my sister Kari jumping out with the other hunters, who were badly beaten, came up to me and started yelling at me, but I couldn’t hear any of them. I walked off, and locked myself in my house. Sitting on the floor, I tried to process my emotions. This was the one chance I was looking for, but what if these fools screwed it up for me? My best chance of fixing the problem I started years ago was slipping through my fingers. Boyd walked up to me, and started purring.
Petting him, I realized that I had to help them. The Kushala Daora was dangerous, and the frightful storm it whipped up would be the worst thing to fight in. I already had experience fighting it, but would my drill lance be enough? “Boyd, tell Cocoa, Dora, and Rain to pack their things. It’s time to leave.” I ordered Boyd. Smiling, the cat immediately went into the kitchen to tell the other chefs and hunters the message. Grapping my box, I hefted it onto my soldier, and walked out the door.
“I won’t allow a Hunter Rank 10 hunter who fought a Fatalis and killed it solo go and interact with the likes of animal lovers” ordered my father as he brandished his sword, the Centenarian Dagger, along with Adam and Darthlass in front of the entrance to the village.
“It’s my choice, Dad, and I will go through with it” I spoke out to him and with my cats, walked past them and towards the mountain.
“Halt, if you continue, you give up all the progress that you made and forever be banished.” Taking my hunter card out, it read with big bold letters Hunter Rank 10. Tears streamed from my eyes as I threw it at the other hunters and ran off towards the mountain, with the cats meowing after me.
Hiking the mountain was not in the least difficult. Hunters train to climb any obstacle, leap any ravine, swim any river, all while carrying multiple weapons. Once we reached one of the areas on the summit, I could already hear the roars of the Kushala Daora and the scraping of rusted steel on rusted steel. “Wait a minute, was that rusted steel? The Kushala Daora doesn’t have rusted skin, unless……OF COURSE! That’s why they are fighting it! It’s here to molt the rusted skin and grow new metal skin! Cats guard the supplies. I’m going hunting.” I commanded the cats. Reaching into the box, I drew out a new lance, this having a bat-shaped shield, and having toxin sacs attached to the teeth at the business end of the weapon.
“Long time no see, Ouroboros Serpentblade. May our hunt be prosperous.” I said, and then attaching the lance to the hooks on the back of my armor, I marched into the snow storm.
“HELP! ANYONE! HELP!” shouted a voice from the snow. My helmet was made from the Kushala Daora, so I was able to see in the snow storm. Chuckie had that otter thing out, but it was taller, had two shells, and had larger hips. The Viking was in his element, but neither he nor his dragon was strong enough to break the dragon’s barrier. Kari was commanding a panther looking thing, but it had no movement and was looking quite frozen. Putting the lance into battle position, I waited for the dragon to start sucking in wind. All three of the teens waited for the end, before I came crashing through the mountain wall and imbedding the lance’s spikes into the Kushala Daora’s leg. It roared in agony, but before it could do anything the poison took affect, effecting the organs and getting rid of the barrier. It was starting to limb, but its tail threw me into the others, sending us sprawling.
Laughing, I watched as it charged at us. It stepped on the disc that I placed when I was thrown by the tail, causing it to go into convulsions. Reaching into my bag for a tranq bomb, I found that I forgot them! Looking around, I found a sphere, half red, half white, with a large white button on the front and a black line in between the two halves. “Hey, free bomb! You’re…..MINE!” I shouted, throwing the “bomb” at the beast. It hit the Kushala Daora, but instead of exploding, the sphere opened, and in a flash of white light, the Kushala Daora was absorbed into the ball, and the ball fell onto the ground. It twitched once, twice, three times, and the white button flashed red, and gave off a ding. “Uh….what?’ I asked the others. Chuckie’s mouth was open, and looked completely destroyed.
“Wait, you can catch beasts here with poke balls?” asked Kari as I used a Thawing Agent on the panthercube. The ice defrosted, and the panther thing jumped on me and started purring.
“This is a…..what?” I asked Kari.
“That is Gabumon, a furred creature from my continent. They are quite popular, though most people prefer an Agumon.”
“Right….and back to the poke-ball, what is it?”
“The poke-ball is a capsule system, which allows it to absorb monsters of ridicules size difference, and hold them comfortable. Right now, you own the….what was it again?”
“That is an Elder Dragon of the wind, known as the Kushala Daora. If you had listened to my warning, you might still be in fighting position. DORA! RAIN! BRING THE PORTABLE KICHEN!” order I as the felynes scurried in with large pots and pans. Rain and Dora started to select materials for food, while Cocoa and Boyd heated water and set up tables. I sat the three teens down before conducting the chefs. “They need a health boost, so cook the hearty steak and the western parsley for them. Throw in a few—what?” I was saying when I noticed the others ran off for the mountain. Catching up to them, I gave each of them a red drink that felt hot to the touch. Greedily, Kari drank it all while Chuckie and Tucker sipped theirs carefully.
“Hey, I don’t feel cold anymore, what was that?” exclaimed Kari.
“That was a hot drink, made from crushed bitter bugs and hot peppers mixed together.” The second I mentioned bug, both Chuckie and Kari starting spitting it up and wiping their tongues on the “statue” while Tucker simply shrugged and continued drinking it heartily. “You do know that the statue is the skin of a Kushala Daora and Khezu mate on that, right?” I asked before the two of them fainted at the thought of what they licked.
“That’s a good drink, got any more?” asked Tucker.
“Yeah, but it’s used for surviving the coldest environments with nothing but…..nothing”
“Really? Cool! You have to come by my continent; you would make millions as a bartender.”
“Tempting, but I like my freedom to much.”
Chuckie and Kari woke up and started shivering again. Shrugging, I pulled out a pickaxe and started mining the skin. Suddenly, a weird worm looking thing jumped out and started biting Kari. Chuckie started laughing, but another jumped out and jumped on Chuckie and did the same thing. The two of them started shrieking, and started run in circles, while I reached inside the skin, and pulled out an extremely shiny piece of rock. “This is what you were looking for?” I asked as I held it out. Kari stopped screaming for a second, and gasped at the rock. Taking her mechanical hand, a holographic map popped out with a red arrow pointed right at the rock.
“THAT’S IT! IT’S A SKY PRISM SHARD!!” shouted Kari excitedly. Taking the rock, she placed it one of the bags she was carrying around, along with the Khezu whelp, and started jumping around excitedly. Taking off his own whelp, Chuckie joined in the chorus of shouts of triumph from the whole group. Not adding my own, I faced the direction of the camp, where I heard the sounds of an air ship. My sister jumped out, dressed in her Velociprey gear, and marched to the mountain.
“Brother! I know you’re up on the cliff. Jump down, the Guild has you under arrest!” ordered Kari.
“Who is this hot chick?” asked Chuckie, turning to me.
“That, my friend, is the Guild’s chief mechanic, airship pilot, vermin exterminator, and my sister. She is also the one who carry outs the Guild’s arrests and such.” I signed.
“Really…..can I have her number?” Shaking my head in disgust, I jumped down the cliff and faced her. Her twin swords were at the ready, the swords that I gave her for her birthday, the unique Fire and Ice weapons. Drawing my Sandman Inducer, I faced her in battle when the Kushala Daora picked her up, and gently placed her in the cockpit. She flew off, though I knew I had only one option left now.
“So, where’s the next shard?” I asked.