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This story is based on Monster Hunter by Capcom. It's a very addicting game and is on both PS2 and PSP. This chapter is mostly back story. Let me know what you think.
Dawn. The girl looked up at the newly risen sun and thought back once more on why she was here. She looked down at the blade in her hands, what had once been just a legendary blade was now known as the eternal strife. It was her father's sword and the only weapon she would use until her mission of revenge was complete. Her name is Opal.
Her father had trained her all her life to be a hunter, had prepared her for this moment, but would never see it. His fire had been extinguished by the very creature she now tracked her every waking moment. The wyvern scourge, rathalos. She was told the story of his demise by his most trusted hunting partner Jin.
Her father, Abel, had taken down many wyverns, but something was wrong with this one. It didn't react like it should have to a hunter. No roaring or charging. It had simply watched him and waited for him to strike. He had realized it wouldn't make a move and signaled to his partner to make the first strike.
He readied his bowgun and lined up the shot, hoping to pierce the beast from head to tail and end the fight quickly. But as he fired the shot he knew something was very wrong, it closed its eyes and collapsed to the ground as the shot flew over it, just barely grazing its back. Jin almost dropped his bowgun in surprise at the speed at which it had reacted, but Abel had charged in anyway. He swung his sword down across the beasts face, leaving a large gash behind its eye. Jin recovered and loaded another shot, not about to let some quick trick make him useless. He looked down for a second to cock the shot and when he looked up the beast was already on its feet and biting at Abel. He aimed lower, in case it tried to duck again, but only hit the leg when it dodged to the side.
The rathalos swung out with a wing unexpectedly, using the wing claws to try to impale Abel, but only succeeded in knocking him away, his shield landing far to his left. Jin fired again, determined to score a useful hit, and tore a large hole in the right wing, knocking off the largest claw on the other wing in the process. Abel scrambled to his feet and charged the wyvern, blade held in both hands, screaming at the top of his lungs as the rathalos lowered its head, smoke pouring from its maw. Jin yelled, trying to get him to stop, but Abel didn't hear him. He swung down, with all his strength on the beast's head, gouging a great tear across its right eye, half blinding it, but he was put off balance by the swing and the rathalos bit down on him as he stumbled. The beast had no mercy as it threw him to the ground and spun quickly to throw him across the clearing with its tail, then leaped at him again, digging its poison filled talons into him.
Jin had never seen anything so ruthless. He'd faced almost as many beasts as Abel, and never had he seen such savage ferocity. When the beast turned to him, he ducked down and ran to a small cave, and from there fired a dung shot into the beast's mouth. It backed up quickly, then let off a blast of fire and took to the air, leaving Jin alone in the clearing. He quickly went to his friend and tried to help him. Abel just shook his head and handed him the sword he had somehow held on to and told him gasping for breath to give it to his daughter and tell her he died with honor. Jin nodded and watched as his friend drew his last breath. He brought his friend home where he was given a warriors funeral, and told Opal all that transpired.
She had trained and fought against many wyverns and beasts since her father's death. She had become a hunter of legend, but never forgot how she got her weapon. Now she was on the hunt for the beast that had taken her father. She had heard it was located in the same area, and that all other hunters would steer clear of it, out of fear or respect she could never tell. But now she was strong enough to face it, face the demon that had changed her life forever.
This is only the beginning…