Hey, UknownHero here and Happy New Years! Yeah, I've been thinking about this one for some time and I just really need it out of my head. I've been around FanFiction and for some reason I haven't seen any really good Monster Hunter X RWBY fics, despite being pretty obvious crossover. Plus, I just wondered if RWBY focused less on the drama of high school life and criminal organizations and just focused on the hunting and adventure of the world around them. Also, I'm addicted to Monster Hunter so screw you. Now, disclaimers.

This fic will follow the storyline of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and will feature lots and lots of ass kicking (from both sides). I cannot guarantee I will get the character's personalities but I'll do my best. It will contain blood and violence but not necessarily lots of it. Also, there will be no pairings as I would rather focus on the friendships rather than the relationships.

Also, there will be puns. Lots and lots of cat related puns.

Yang has been informed and you have been warned.

Enjoy!

New Game… Start!

Chapter 1: A Huntress Returns

Five years. She couldn't believe it. Five years since the Vytal Festival. Five years since she last saw her teammates. Five years since she saw her half-sister injure someone for no apparent reason. Five years… since she left everything she knew. Five years… since she, well…

Five years… since she gave up.

It was supposed to be a quick trip to Emerald Forest, trying to clear her mind of what had happened during the match while slaying Grimm along the way. Why had Yang done it? Just a bout of anger or something more? Well, it didn't matter now. Frankly, she didn't care anymore nowadays. Anyway, while wandering around she had stumbled across some ruins and had found a relatively intact temple. Inside was a mural, the colour faded after thousands, maybe even millions of years, yet untouched by human nor destroyed by Grimm. After all this time, it was still beautiful. From what she could tell, it was about a world full of adventure and heroes. A place where you could only learn through your mistakes, your experience. No school, just lots of preplanning and preparation. It was a world where there was no inequality or crime even, it was either everyone is together or everyone is shattered. It was world… that sadly didn't exist. Being nothing more than a legend carved into the walls.

Well, it was a legend, until Ruby found the key to it.

It wasn't by choice really, since the entrance of the temple collapsed. Tried as she might, she wasn't leaving any time soon. So, the only thing she could do was go deeper into the temple. The deeper she went, the more monsters she saw and the more she found out about the world. From more docile monsters to monsters that would destroy the very ecosystem it lived in. And these people would fight these monsters every day for fun at times or even teach less experienced Hunters. There were even mentions of certain people falling in love with a monster, despite the fact that that they would most likely not reciprocate because… well, they were monsters. Some were tiny, some were the size of skyscrapers, and then there were some who were supposed to be tiny but were the size of sky skyscrapers and monster that were supposed to be skyscrapers but was large enough to be a pet. And twice as tough.

There were also cute little kitties for some reason but didn't think much of it.

Then she stumbled upon a Hunter, passed away long ago, yet their armour and weapon still shining as though it was good as new. From what she could tell, both the armour and the Great Sword used the same materials, though she didn't know where this material had come from though it gave off the feeling it came from a spider. The armour had been dyed fully black, though the gauntlets and leggings were dyed a dark red. By the amount damage it had, Ruby could determine that it had seen many hunts, possibly to the point where it's the main set of the Hunter. The Great Sword however was interesting. It was absurdly sharp but today's standards and was pure black, though she suspected it used to be white. It was also the heaviest weapon she has every tried to lift. Sure, she could actually wield it and even swing it around but it was far too slow and cumbersome to even use against the Grimm. She then found something in the dead Hunter's hand. It was a glowing, golden scale radiating some sort of energy she couldn't describe. You see, the people who once walked the halls of the temple had somehow discovered a…

Okay, this is getting too long for its own good, isn't it?

To make a long story short, Ruby somehow was able to activate the stupid dead people's inter-dimensional portal thing, not knowing it was going to be a one way trip, and ended up running away from the very angry, very aggressive couple of a Rathian and a Rathalos. And a Brachydios for good measure.

To say it wasn't a fun two minutes would be an understatement.

After a group of Hunters were able to capture or slay the wyverns, she just sort of gave up becoming a Huntress. What else could she do? She was poisoned, set on fire, beaten and bruised, set on fire again, covered in slime, exploded by said slime, got poisoned again, and the flung off a cliff all within a span of two minutes. Ruby was surprised she was still standing after that even with her Aura, and was able to fend for herself long enough for the Hunters to find her. So, it was safe to say she changed after that. She remembered the moment as if it only happened yesterday.

(Flashback!)

"Are you okay?" A female Light Bowgunner asked as she walked up to the visibly shaken and tired 15 year old, "Why are you here? The Guild doesn't do five man quests due to it being bad luck and they certainly don't send in surprise reinforcements."

"I-I-I-I don't, I-I don't wanna talk about it." Ruby managed to say, using everything in her power just to stay conscious. The Gunner saw this and quickly went into her pouch and gave Ruby a Mega Potion. Ruby didn't care about the green colour of drink and downed it in one. Suddenly, a surge of energy ran through her body while she had the sudden urge to flex, which she did, "U-Um, what was that?"

"Don't worry about it, you get used to it. Sure, it's annoying but hey, it keeps us on the field and not at Base Camp." The Gunner said with a giggle before noticing Ruby's weapon, "Hm, what weapon is that? A Heavy Bowgun and a Scythe, I'm guessing? I've never seen it before and I'm sure no Smithy has ever produced one. So, what is it made of? What monsters did you have to hunt just to get the base components?"

"I-I-I actually m-made it myself. I d-d-didn't hunt anything, I just bought the materials." Ruby said as she gave Crescent Rose to the Gunner, "I'm actually a-a-a Sm-Sm-Smithy… I guess."

"Then why are you here and not in the village? Didn't you know these monsters were in the area? You're lucky we came or else you wouldn't be standing here right now." The Gunner scolded,

"I ac-a-actually wanna-" Ruby cut herself off, remembering how much fun she had for the past hour, "I used to want to become a Huntress. Now I just wanna go home."

"Where are you from then?" Ruby winced at the question. Sensing that Ruby's home was a sensitive topic, the Gunner somewhat awkwardly pulled Ruby into a hug. Feeling the hug, Ruby just let loose all the emotions that she didn't know had built up inside her and cried into the shoulder of the Gunner, the situation and everything that had been happening previously now taking its toll on her,

"Hey, is she going to be alright?" A male Long Sword Blademaster asked as he walked up to the two. The Gunner rubbed Ruby's back before looking at her fellow Hunter,

"Inform the Guild we're bringing back a plus one. And it's not a monster."

(Flashback End!)

After that, she went travelling around the world for a year doing odd jobs and avoiding anything that needed a Hunter to perform. Eventually, she settled down in Moga Village and became the Village Smithy for about 2 years. It was a nice place and it was nice to have a home after so long, even though near constant earthquakes threatened to destroy the village and was most likely never going to be stopped. Now, Ruby actually thought about picking Crescent Rose back up and hunting down whatever was causing the earthquakes but she was still suffering from trauma of getting gangbanged by three wyverns and having duties in the village caused her to stay back and just hope Guild would send someone to help them evacuate or something.

That was until he came. The Savior of Moga Village.

She still couldn't believe it. One day she was making his first set of Jaggi Armour and a new Gunlance to getting her hands on some of the rarest materials in the world and restoring an ancient weapon back to its former glory and then some. And that wasn't even the half of it. She was cheering him on (in spirit) when he faced the Lagiacrus, which people thought was the cause of the earthquakes, and then getting rid of the one that really caused the earthquakes, the great Ceadeus, everyone, including herself, actively defying the Guild's orders to evacuate because everyone trusted him that much. It was amazing really seeing the guy haul his spoils to Ruby, just so he'd get better armour to fight bigger and tougher monsters and help even more people. Ruby was sure that the guy who used to wet his Leather Armour at the sight of a Qurupeco would be spoken about forever.

And that's what got her fire back.

So after dusting off Crescent Rose, gathering all the necessary supplies she needed for the road and letting another take over as the village Smithy, she said her goodbyes and for the next 2 years would try and become a Hunter, inspired by the actions of the Savior of Moga Village. So far, she hadn't had much luck since no one really needed Hunters right now but she heard that there was a place that would allow her to register and have some easy, 1 Star Quests she could do so she could build up some decent income and get back into the game. So, here she was. 20 years old with nothing but Crescent Rose and the clothes on her back on a sandship to Val Habar. She had to note how much she had changed over the years. She was surprised she could still fit into her old battle outfit, but had to make some modifications just so they were more comfortable. She had tied up hair into a pony since it reached her elbows, cut off the sleeves off showing off the tattoo of her symbol on her shoulder she had gotten on her travels and took out the bullets that were on the outfit. Her stockings also had holes in it due to bugs eating it while she was away doing her Smithy duties. Speaking of which, her days as a Smithy had kept her figure despite basically doing nothing on her off days. She was just rusty and only needed some time to retrain herself with Crescent Rose. Ruby snapped out of her thoughts when she heard knocking at the door.

"Hey! Wake up, we're arriving soon so start preparing!" Some guy called out from the other side of the door. Ruby took in a deep breath as she grabbed Crescent Rose and put her on her belt,

"Okay, Ruby. Showtime." She whispered to herself before stepping outside. The heat was automatically apparent but the wind blowing was counteracting the heat and cooling those who were working on the ship. Though, it would be nice if there were Cool Drinks on the ship. She noted the weapons on the ship, though wasn't expecting there was going to be much action today. Now, although she has been living here for five years, she hadn't read up on the monsters and their habitats and couldn't afford to spend her money on getting information on the monsters. Anyway, it was better if she learned about the monsters herself. She saw there was an old man staring out into the vast Great Desert on the bow of the ship. She had met the guy when she got on the ship and he seemed like a nice guy, even though he was pretty drunk when she met him.

"It won't be long, Hunter! If the Val Habar pub poured our drinks now, we could reach 'em afore they went flat." The man said without looking at Ruby,

"Um, it's Ruby. And I don't drink." Ruby pointed out,

"Either way, ya want to come over and see for yerself?" Ruby nodded as she went up the steps and joined the old man in staring into the endless sea of sand, "Just a bit more and ya can spot Val Habar on the horizon…" Ruby shielded her eyes from the sun and saw the city way out into the distance. It was still pretty far way but they would probably arrive by the end of the day by the speed they were going, "I can smell the city from here! Or maybe I've got somethin' stuck in my moustache again?" The man gave a hearty laugh while Ruby just nervously chuckled, not really sure what to do. The man nudged Ruby as he continued, "Are ya excited, Hunter? A bustlin' bazaar floatin' on a sea of sand. Ain't nothing or nobody ya can't find there." He then looked up into the cloudless blue sky, "This here's what I love about bein' the Caravaneer – leadin' a big ol' caravan of trusted companions all over the world…"

"Must be really something, huh. And it's Ruby Mister… Caravaneer." Ruby said, deciding to call the guy that until he told her his real name,

"Aye." The Caravaneer replied with a nod, "Though, the 'trusted companions' part is a work in progress." Ruby sweatdropped at the statement, "In fact, that what brings me to Val Habar. I'm lookin' to recruit three more companions to join me on my travels. Whatever you're in the market for, be it good folk, good deals, or good intel, Val Habar is the place. And the barkeeps don't water down the drinks. Well, not as much as other towns…" He had the vibe of being rather similar to Uncle Qrow to Ruby. An alcoholic but a great guy to know… once you get to know him. Anyway, the Caravaneer cleared his throat, "But no time for that this trip – I've got companions to rustle up! I won't settle for sots or layabouts. A Caravaneer puts his hopes and dreams in his comrades' hands, ya know?" He then turned to Ruby, "So what about you, Hunter? What's your business in Val Habar?"

"Um, it's Ruby not Hunter, and I'm trying to get back into hunting… even though I wasn't a real Hunter to begin with." Ruby answered, "I have a Hunting License but no one's hiring me and I'm not even an official Hunter yet."

"I see, that's right, they do have a Gathering Hall in Val Habar. And no shortage of Hunters seeking Quests, I hear." The Caravaneer informed,

"That's the plan. And I'm not really worried. Though, I having bad luck recently." Ruby said, 'For the past five years, in fact.' She mentally added,

"Well, don't let that worry ya. I'm sure you'll find good work!" The Caravaneer said before looking up. He was about to continue but he narrowed his eyes when he saw something peculiar, "Have you noticed the Remobra swarm over yonder? Something seems to have them in a fuss." He said as he pointed at the swarm, "Right over there. Maybe ya could see 'em better if you used the +Control Pad to adjust the camera?"

"Wait, what?" Ruby asked, rather confused at what the Caravaneer just said,

"Oops, sorry, just look where I'm pointin'." Ruby was suspicious but didn't make much of a fuss about it. She looked up and studied the swarm above. It looks like they were… flying away from something, she just didn't know what. Suddenly, the ship started to shake as something was coming from beneath them. Then, it revealed itself.

A monster, larger than the ship, jumped from the sea of sand and over the sandship. It was a whale-like dragon that was covered in armour plating. Its body was jagged and sharp, with spine-like protrusions on the forelegs and back. In addition, the monster's face features a single gigantic, knife-like horn that extends several meters from its head.

"That's a big monster…" Ruby muttered as she watched the Elder Dragon jump over the ship and dive into the sea of sand on the other side, "Remnant has nothing on this!" Ruby yelled out as the ship shook again, causing the Caravaneer's hat to fly off his head and onto a cannon. Ruby saw this, but also saw the Elder Dragon coming to ram into the ship. Ruby and the Caravaneer stumbled around as the hat flew off towards the direction of the monster, seemingly lost forever. Ruby didn't really pay that much attention when the giant whale thing came and rammed the ship again. The Caravaneer grabbed onto the railing Ruby quickly pulled out Crescent Rose slammed the blade into the wood of the ship to prevent her from taking a dip into the sea of sand,

"A Dah'ren Mohran!" The Caravaneer shouted out, "I was afraid of that. When ya see a Remobra swarm, ya just know that Elder Dragon can't be far behind."

"Would've been nice if you mentioned that a little earlier." Ruby grumbled as the Dah'ren Mohran backed off, allowing them to right themselves. Ruby sheathed Crescent Rose as she stood up, hoping the lack of maintenance over the years hadn't damaged the blade of her scythe, and stared down the Dah'ren Mohran,

"Did you find your footing?" The Caravaneer asked before realizing something, "Ah, what the… My hat! Jumpin' Jaggi! That's where I keep…"

"I can see it!" Ruby interrupted, "It's on one of the spikes! If it gets close enough I can-"

"Well, no time for that now…" The Caravaneer said, though was clearly disappointed, "Listen up, Hunter! Unless we stop it, that Dah'ren Mohran'll crush Val Habar like a Huskberry." The Caravaneer then started searching the front of the ship, "I'll send out a distress call! Try and buy me some time…"

"I can get it." Ruby said, causing the Caravaneer to stop in his tracks,

"What was that?" He asked,

"I can get it back!" Ruby shouted out as she pulled out Crescent Rose, wincing as she heard noises Crescent Rose shouldn't be able to produce. Nevertheless, the Caravaneer was shocked before smiling at the 20 year old woman,

"Criminy, Hunter, ya got some Duramboros-sized..." The Caravaneer paused as he remembered who he was talking to, "Well, alright then. I'd thank ya kindly for it… if you make it back…"

"I'll take that as a challenge." Ruby said as she stared down the monster, "And for the twelfth time today, it's RUBY!"

"What was that? I can't hear ya!" The Caravaneer called out, "You can climb onto that thing's back from it's arm! Wait on deck, and I'll holler when it's safe!"

"You can so hear me!" Ruby shouted out before waiting for the Caravaneer's signal,

"Now! Run up its arm!" The Caravaneer shouted out. Ruby started sprinting at the monster before jumping off the ship and onto the Dah'ren Mohran's arm. She ran up the arm and onto the back of the thing and grabbed the Caravaneer's hat,

"Okay, I got it!" Ruby shouted out as she put the hat on,

"Good on ya, Hunter!" The Caravaneer called out, "But be careful! Looks like it's fixin' to shake ya off – that Mohran ain't no moron! Can ya make it back to the skiff?"

"What?" Ruby said before she felt the Elder Dragon trying to shake her off. She started running but the Mohran started to drift away from the ship. Hoping that her Semblance was working, she sped up before leaping off the Elder Dragon, but it had already drifted far enough away for Ruby not to make the jump. She tried stabbing Crescent Rose into the ship, but the blade had suddenly snapped off, leaving it embedded into the wood while Ruby landed in the sea of sand. She rolled around before she grabbed the rope the Caravaneer had thrown. She quickly put the Sniper Rifle part Crescent Rose on her back and held onto the rope with both hands,

"I got ya, Hunter! Shimmy up that rope to the ship's bilge! Then use the bilge stairs to get back on deck!" The Caravaneer shouted out before he returned to setting up the distress signal. Ruby would've said thanks if there wasn't sand in her mouth. She shimmied up the rope made it back inside the ship, wasting no time in the bilge and went back up to the deck,

"Ugh, I need to repair Crescent Rose in town." Ruby muttered breathlessly as she pulled the blade out of the floor and attached it to her belt while scolding herself for neglecting her weapon,

"Ya made it back! Much obliged, Hunter." The Caravaneer thanked Ruby. Ruby didn't bother correcting him due to being out of breath from the experience, but something in the back of her head wanted to do that again. Maybe skitching behind the ship if she had some free time. But right now she had a city to protect but most of all a monster to fight, "All right, I need ya to buy some time. Showerin' it with cannonballs should give it somethin' to think about." Ruby nodded as she quickly scanned the ship to find the cannonballs, "The cannonballs are at the back of the ship. Load 'em into the cannons and fire it off! Don't worry about lightin' 'em, these cannons automatically fire when loaded!" The Caravaneer then went back to setting up the distress signal, "I'm counting on ya, Hunter!"

"RUBY!" Ruby shouted out before running to the pile of cannonballs. She lifted up one of them and found that they were pretty large and pretty heavy. She didn't think her Semblance was powerful enough counteract the weight so she just used it to run at normal speed. She quickly loaded the cannon, ducked down and covered her ears, protecting her hearing from the massive bang from the cannon. It hit the Elder Dragon but it looked like it didn't notice, probably from the armour. She quickly got another cannonball as the Mohran was about to ram the ship again. Ruby quickly loaded tje cannon and fired it off. This time, the Dah'ren Mohran felt it and stopped the monster in its tracks, "Yeah! Take that, you stupid dumb whale!"

"There ya go! Didn't like that one bit, did he? Har har!" The Caravaneer then gave a hearty laugh, "Keep it busy, just like that." Ruby nodded and started loading more cannonballs into the cannon, but the Dah'ren Mohran had jumped over the ship and landed on the other side, causing the cannonball to land in the desert. Ruby cursed for wasting ammo, "Cripes, that thing can leap! Ya don't see that every day. But this is no time for slack-jawed gapin'. Keep ya eye on the Mohran and conserve the ammo! We don't have a lot!" Ruby nodded and started loading the cannon on the other side. Ruby then heard the Elder Dragon roar and leaped out of the way of spike that was about to land on her. She was safe but she had to drop the cannonball, destroying it in the process,

"Damn it! We're running out of cannonballs." Ruby said as she stood up, "And I don't think shooting it with Crescent Rose is going to do anything." Ruby then called out to the Caravaneer, "Hey, pick up the pace! I'm driving it off but we're running out of ammo here!"

"Good work, Hunter! Just need a little more time…" The Caravaneer replied, "Keep it up!"

"Come on, come on! You can do this!" Ruby said to herself as she started speeding up the process of loading the cannon. She waited this time instead of just constantly loading the cannon and picking her shots, waiting until the Mohran was about to ram the ship to try and conserve ammo, "Bring it on, Mohran!"

"Criminy, it's got a big attack comin'!" The Caravaneer warned Ruby, "Ya better run over to where I am, Hunter! Dash, now!" Ruby didn't have to be told twice as she quickly used her Semblance to quickly move to the front of the ship, freaking out the Caravaneer, "Wow, you're fast."

"Call it a special talent." Ruby replied before seeing the Elder Dragon use its horn to swipe the deck of the ship. Ruby breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that she would've been knocked off the ship she hadn't hurried over to the front of the ship. Ruby got back to work loading the cannon and firing off more cannonballs at the Dah'ren Mohran, which were now starting to break pieces off the armour and revealing the true colour of the monster underneath,

"Great job, Hunter! But we're almost at Val Habar – it's time to pull out all the stops!" The Caravaneer said as he tossed Ruby a pickaxe. It looked old and easy to break so Ruby had no idea where this was going, "Mohrans got sensitive ears – it's how they monitor the surface when they're in the sand. Loud noises give 'em fits. We gotta let it get as close as possible, then ring the Hunting Gong on the ship's deck. That oughta send it reeling." Ruby looked around before finding the Hunting Gong behind her, with an activator button underneath it,

"That would explain the pickaxe." Ruby mumbled to herself,

"Thing is, I need a little more time to get the gong ready." The Caravaneer informed,

"Crap…" Ruby groaned before seeing that Val Habar was approaching quickly, "Well, hurry up! I'm out of ammo and the city's approaching fast!"

"Just wait near the Gong Switch, and when I holler that we're good to go, hit the switch to give that gong what-for!" Ruby nodded headed towards the Gong Switch. She waited at the Mohran dived into the sand before leaping out at them, "Now! Bang the gong!"

"Eat this!" Ruby yelled out before hitting the Gong Switch with all her might, snapping the pickaxe in the process. The Gong let out this piercing loud noise, causing the Mohran to roar in pain before diving back into the sea of sand, "Woo hoo! We did it!"

"It's not over yet!" The Caravaneer called out before loading in a flare into a flare gun and firing it off into the sky.

The Dah'ren Mohran was still heading towards Val Habar and both the ship and the monster were approaching fast. The citizens of the city had now noticed the giant whale heading towards them. People were now starting to find shelter from the impending attack of the town, while those working at the Gathering Hall signaled to the other ships in the Great Desert to start attacking the Elder Dragon. The Mohran rammed into the ship Ruby and the Caravaneer were on. Delex jumped on board and started attacking the crew and the two. Ruby quickly pulled out the Blade of Crescent Rose and slashed at one of the Delex, forcing it off the ship while the Caravaneer kicked another one off. Other ships were now approaching the Elder Dragon, getting ready to unleash everything they had on it. From Hunters returning from Quests to a ship containing the Ace Hunters themselves, all of them were ready to unleash Hell upon the Elder Dragon. Soon, an entire fleet was following the giant monster and started firing Binging Ammo, Ballista Ammo and their cannons in hopes of stopping the monster before it reached the city and destroyed it. As soon as it reached the very edge of the city, it roar out in pain while creating a tsunami of dust before giving one last roar and leaving the city alone, hopefully never to disturb it again.

"Now it's over." The Caravaneer told Ruby as they looked over the city as they arrived, the people cheering for the ones who protected their city from the large threat while noticing someone jumping up from behind them to try and see the view. Ruby smiled at that. Though the fight was great and was the feeling of helping take down a threat much larger than her was exhilarating, without even using Crescent Rose on it even, it reminded her of why she became a Huntress in the first place. To help people, to solve problems only she could solve and protect those who couldn't protect themselves.

And no way in hell would she trade the feeling.

The ships had started arriving at the port and people were starting to get off. Ruby, Sniper Rifle on her back, the Blade of Crescent Rose on her belt and the Hat of the Caravaneer on her head, walked over to the Caravaneer, and took off the hat. The Caravaneer looked at Ruby Rose, sending the bird he had away and greeted her. Her only response was to give the man his hat back. He smiled as he pulled out from his hat a beautiful golden scale and held it up, letting the light from the sun reflect on it. He grinned at Ruby and put the scale back into his hat, before they heard something coming from the Gathering Hall.

Ruby looked up at the Gathering Hall and the only thought that was going through her head was that this was going to be a long and tough road ahead, but in the end it was going to be worth it.

After all, she wasn't going to be alone.

Save Game… Quit!

Whew! Done! And only finished at 1:30 in the morning. I was going to release this earlier but I got caught up in something. Anyway, blah blah blah, stuff like that.

UknownHero signing off, my friends!