The ancestral steppe was in a peaceful state today. The sun shined brightly, a light breeze swept over the land ever so lightly, greeting anything and everything with its gentle caress.

A pair of Jaggis nestled together by a gentle creek, lapping up the cool crisp water as a way to cool off after a successful hunt. Though when one Jaggi overstepped its boundaries and tried to snatch a fish from the creek, the other violently snapped at it. The two Jaggis began to bicker and snap amongst themselves, their various howls and yips filling the air.

Their small argument was silenced however, by the light shaking of the ground below them. The Jaggis heads lowered as they began to quickly scramble for individual hiding spots. The shaking of the ground became fierce, the sound of stomping closing in on the two of them.

In an instant, one Jaggi was snapped up and thrown to the side. As it rolled to the ground, it let out a yelp and scrambled to its feet. The other Jaggi had taken the hint beforehand and fled, not wanting to take any chances.

As the now injured Jaggi limped away, the creature that had attacked it let out a triumphant roar that almost sounded like a strange bark of sorts.

The sun shined upon the creature, bathing it in its warmth. It was a particularly massive Jaggi, a Great Jaggi if you will. The alpha of its pack, the cream of the crop. It was a strong and massive Jaggi. That's the best way of describing it.

The Great Jaggi began to lap at the water, just as the two smaller Jaggis before it had been doing. This particular Great Jaggi had a very successful afternoon. It had taken its pack and raided a smaller supply caravan of all its delicious meats, and now it was getting a well deserved drink.

The Great Jaggi continued to enjoy the water, until suddenly a snap was heard nearby. The Great Jaggis head shot upwards, glancing behind it as it let out a vicious growl to hopefully scare away whatever was even thinking of getting anywhere near its domain.

After a brief moment of silence, the Great Jaggi returned to the creek in front of it. But just before its mouth reached the water, the sound of rocks being stirred from their resting spots filled the air.

Again, the Great Jaggis head spun around, only this time its entire body followed suit. The Great Jaggi stomped forward, determined to find the source of the noises that it was hearing.

Another brief moment of silence before the sound of rushing wind could be briefly heard to the Great Jaggis right. Its head spun to face what had made the noise, something with wings obviously. However, yet again there was nothing to be found.

The Great Jaggi was about to turn back towards the creek for a final time before once more, a sound rang out from its surroundings. This sound however, was much louder, much clearer and came from some sort of creature.

"BANZAAAII!"

In an instant, the Great Jaggi felt something slam into its abdomen, the surprise attack catching it off balance enough to force it to the ground. As it began struggling to get up, it failed to notice the figure that stood in front of it.

The frame of a very, very small human stood in front of the beast, holding a sword that was at least as big as she was, if not even bigger. The girl was clad in red and black, her silver eyes observing the beast as her mouth curved into a smile.

She was a huntress who had found her prey.

The Great Jaggi rolled to its feet and turned to the human that had attacked it, gnashing its teeth at her as it took a step forward.

"So you're the big lizard that took down that caravan, huh? Well, prepare for a- WOAH!"

The small huntress rolled to the side as the Great Jaggi came charging forward, its jaws snapping at her as she tumbled to the ground. She quickly scrambled to her feet and threw a heavy downward slash at the beast, striking it square in the head. The Great Jaggi was largely unphased by the blow, but opted for using a tail sweep instead of charging headfirst into a bad situation again. The huntress attempted to dodge the sweeping attack, but she was not quick enough.

The tail knocked her onto her rear, giving the beast an opportunity to try and bite down on the huntress once more. The huntress gasped as she watched the beasts jaws close in on her, shutting her eyes when it looked like her fate had been sealed.

However, the sound of shouting and crashing quickly made her open her eyes again, only to see yet another huntress leaping into the fray to help her. This second huntress was clad in yellow and brown, though in comparison to the first she had even less in the ways of practical armor. Some brown shorts, and a yellow tank top paired with a brown short sleeved jacket were all that covered her body. Her weapons on the other hand, were certainly fierce.

Two gauntlets with the strangest contraptions attached to them. Each gauntlet had a strange pole mounted on them, with smaller spear looking poles inside the bigger ones. With a single punching motion, the spears propelled outwards and stabbed into the Great Jaggis face, sending it back down to the ground.

The yellow huntress quickly rushed over to her ally, and began helping her off the ground.

"Ruby, what the heck are you doing?! You were supposed to call me when you found the jaggi, not charge in!"

"Sorry, Yang. I just saw it and I got all excited. I mean, this is our first real hunt!"

"Yeah, I'm excited too. But I don't want it to be our last!"

As the two of them bickered amongst themselves, the Great Jaggi managed to drag itself to its feet, letting out a short roar as it charged back towards the two huntresses.

"Woah, look out!"

Both Yang and Ruby separated from each other and allowed the Great Jaggi to charge through them. Ruby decided to take an extra swing at it while it was charging, landing a solid blow on its abdomen as it passed by. Once the beast slowed to a stop, it turned to see both huntresses closing in on it. In an attempt to catch them with an attack, the Great Jaggi quickly performed a hip check, thrusting its body towards its attackers. Both huntresses were caught by surprise, however Yang was able to react quick enough to extend both spears out of her gauntlets in an X shape, blocking a portion of the blow. She was just able to keep her footing, but Ruby wasn't so lucky. The force of the blow flung her backwards and onto the ground once more.

While the Great Jaggi was recovering from the attack, Yang quickly charged up to it and began pummeling it, the spears from her gauntlets firing out and stabbing into its scales with every swing of her fists. With every blow she landed, she could feel heat building up in her gauntlets until finally she felt they were sufficiently charged. The Great Jaggi responded to her attacks by attempting to sink its teeth into Yang, but she quickly retracted her gauntlets and rolled away from the beasts head.

Yang charged closer to the Great Jaggis head and unleashed a powerful attack, using the built up heat in her gauntlets to create a small explosion at the end of her punch. The Great Jaggi staggered from the force of the blow, but this time it managed to keep its footing. It decided that instead of countering, it would leap backwards and call for the aid of its pack. As the Great Jaggi reared its head up and began bellowing, it failed to notice the red blur that had shot out from the ledge just above it.

Ruby swung her greatsword downwards, hitting the Great Jaggi square in the head. She noticed that as her sword connected, not only did the Great Jaggi collapse onto the ground, but its frill also broke into small, shredded pieces. As both Ruby and the Great Jaggi tumbled to the ground, Ruby instinctively reached out to grab onto anything she could to stop herself from eating dirt once again.

And the first thing she latched on to was the back of the Great Jaggi itself.

The beast shot back onto its feet and began violently thrashing, the small red huntress hanging onto it for dear life.

"AAAH YANG HELP ME I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW!"

"Why did you jump on it in the first place?!"

"I DON'T KNOW I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT FIRST!"

Yang rolled her eyes as she ran towards the beast. "Just remember what dad taught us! Use your hunting knife and stab it when it tires itself out!"

And then, Yang felt something heavy slam into her and force her to the ground. As she scrambled to her feet, she saw three Jaggis had gathered around her. obviously hearing the call of their pack leader, they had quickly charged into the fray and singled her out. They were easy enough to deal with, a few punches here and there were enough to take them all out, but it was still troublesome to deal with them while her sister was in trouble.

The Great Jaggi finally stopped for a brief moment to catch its breath, which gave Ruby the chance she was looking for. She quickly pulled out her small hunting knife and plunged it into the Great Jaggis back. The beast shuddered for a moment before it began thrashing itself around violently once more, forcing Ruby to grab onto it with both of her hands so she wouldn't fall off. Once the beast tired itself out again, Ruby took it upon herself to start stabbing at it multiple times instead of just once.

After a few more stabs, she heard the creature let out a pained yelp as it rolled to the ground and tossed her off. Once Ruby got to her feet, she saw the Great Jaggi thrashing around in the dirt, rubbing its back into the ground as if it were trying to awkwardly scratch an itch. Seeing this as a perfect opportunity, she brought out her greatsword and charged at the creature, where she began carving into it with brutal swings. Yang joined her shortly afterwards, having taken care of all the smaller Jaggis in her way.

"Nice job sis!" She complimented as she began pummeling the creatures face with her gauntlets.

It wasn't long before the Great Jaggi scrambled to its feet, both huntresses hopping back so they wouldn't get hit by any stray limbs as it did. Both of them readied for another attack from the Great Jaggi, but instead the creature backed away from them and began to limp towards the nearby burrow.

"It's trying to run away! Lets finish this!"

Ruby hiked her greatsword up onto her shoulder as she began chasing after the Great Jaggi, while Yang had an idea of her own. She quickly hopped up onto the ledge and charged towards the burrow that the Great Jaggi was limping towards. Just before she reached the end of the ledge, she lunged off the side towards the Great Jaggi itself. She swung her gauntlet right into the side of the Great Jaggis head, the spear stabbing right into its eye.

With this one final, vicious blow to the head, the Great Jaggi let out one final roar as it collapsed on the ground, dead.

Both Yang and Ruby stood over it, panting heavily as they looked over their first official kill.

Ruby was the first one to let out her triumphant cheer, hopping up and down in place as she did.

"We did it! WE REALLY DID IT! We are so totally awesome now!"

Yang turned to her sister with a grin, giving her a thumbs up as she did. "Damn straight! We're official huntresses now, baby!"

Yang folded up her gauntlets before she stepped towards the beasts corpse. "And now, we get to the best part!"

"I thought killing the monster was the best part?"

"Okay, the second best part."

Yang pulled out her hunting knife as she crouched down beside the Great Jaggi, plunging it deep into its scales.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't you remember what dad told us? You gotta carve off the best parts so you can make even cooler armor and weapons!"

Ruby smacked herself in the head. How could she forget that? It was half the reason that she became a hunter in the first place! She quickly pulled out her knife and joined her sister, the two of them carving off the best parts they could find.

After they had finished, the two of them began walking back to base camp before Ruby noticed a group of Felynes lugging a particularly massive cart towards the corpse of the Great Jaggi.

"Hey Yang, what are the kitties doing?"

"Dad said something about the guild bringing back the corpses so they can salvage whatever we don't get. Anything important that we might have missed will also be given to us when we get back to town."

"Oooh. Cool!"

Once the two of them got back to base camp, they deposited all the materials they had found into their bags before they boarded the wagon back to Val Harbor, where they could get a well deserved rest.

"YEEEESSS!"

Ruby held up her official hunting license, letting the sun glisten off of it as she stared at her own name. Anyone that walked by could see her silver eyes glittering with excitement as she hugged her license to her chest. Yang had also taken to admiring hers a bit before she stowed it away in a very... interesting spot.

"Yang, what the heck?!"

"What?"

"Our licenses are important! They signify that we're official hunters! You shouldn't just... stuff it in between your boobs like that!"

"Well, important places for important items, right? Besides, do you SEE any pockets on my outfit?"

Ruby just let out a sigh as the two of them continued to walk along, before Ruby collided with a person in the street. She fell to the ground with a thud, rubbing her head in pain as she sat up.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" Ruby heard her sister shout as she slowly got to her feet.

"My apologies, miss."

Ruby looked up at the man she had run into, his brown eyes gazing into her with what she could only assume was curiosity, but it could have been the light reflecting off his glasses. He was an older man, but still well within what could be considered his youth. He had a particularly fancy looking cane with a shiny gemstone embedded in the handle, probably from a rare monster. His silvery, short hair seemed to glitter a bit in the sun as he reached down for something on the ground.

"I believe you dropped this, Ms... Rose, is it?"

Ruby quickly brushed her hands around various pockets she had, as if she hadn't dropped her license on the ground. Once she took her license back from the man, she stuffed it in one of her more important pockets.

"Thanks! I dunno what I would have done if I lost the license I JUST got!"

The man looked at the two of them, curiosity now practically burning in his eyes. "Oh? Are the two of you new huntresses?"

"Yep! We just got done hunting a Great Jaggi that attacked a small supply caravan." Yang flexed her arm a bit as she bragged.

"Very interesting. If I may ask, what Caravan are you a part of?"

The two of them glanced at each other in confusion before they looked back at the man.

"Caravan?"

"Come now, you must be in a caravan. Any Hunter that can be considered worthy is in one."

"WHAAAT?!"

Yang scratched the back of her head. "Dad never mentioned anything like that..."

Ruby grabbed hold of her free arm and began pulling at it. "Come on, Yang! We gotta find a Caravan like, right now!"

"Hm. If I may make a suggestion, Ms. Rose?"

The two of them stopped as they turned back towards the man.

"If you are in need of a Caravan, you may be in luck. I happen to know someone who is in need of a fresh team of Hunters."

"YOU DO?!"

"Yes, I do. You just happen to be looking right at him."

The man held out his hand, smiling a bit as he did.

"My name is Ozpin. Perhaps maybe you two would like to join my Caravan?"