So I decided to rreboot and old fanfiction idea and give it new life and a new protagonist
A man in black ran through the streets in the dead of night his footsteps splashing along the pavement as a rain poured down on him, he had been on the Run and knew his pursuers were closing in. Following his footsteps were more louder and heavier footsteps. Yelling could be heard as they were going to corner this man. He whipped out his flintlock pistol and shot a metal ladder. Even in all the rain he was accurate enough to hit the latch and drop the fire escape. He quickly climbed up the ladder and just as he made it up his pursuer looked up at the ladder. His chaser was a large being cladded in armor who had a horn protruding from her helmet. She looked up and realized she herself wouldn't be able to climb it. It looked up and spoke to him. It sounded very feminine.
"You have nowhere to run, so surrender." She said and the hunter rolled his eyes and kept going up the fire escape.
"Move aside Tio!" A red head said as she pushed aside her ally. She began making her way up the ladder, almost slipping on the wet metal. Soon enough a helicopter had arrived and shined a bright light causing the hunter to cover his eyes. The red head made her way to the roof to close in on the hunter and switched the safety off her weapon. The hunter whipped his head around and she cocked her head and smiled.
"Make this easier for me and just give up!" She said as he motioned for him to come forward while keeping her submachine gun trained on him. The hunter said nothing and disappeared.
"What!?" The redhead shouted and he reappeared further away. She didn't understand what he was but she fired on him. The hunter gasped as he was struck by a bullet. It stung as another bullet hit his back. He then jumped from the roof to another roof. The redhead stopped the chase and placed her finger on her ear piece. The hunter didn't care he needed to get away and fast. He continued jumping rooftops and noticed the helicopter pursuing him now. He kept his parkour act going as he looked around for any places where he could avoid the helicopter's spotlight. Then a loud bang rang out as he was struck. He let another grunt out as he felt his right arm go numb. Pulling what hit him out, he noticed it was a dart. His breath became raspy but his legs didn't stop, If he could make this jump he could escape he thought and as he was going to jump another bang echoed out and he was hit in the leg. Causing it to go numb and him to fall off the building. He smashed into a metal window cover and then smashed into the roof of a car. Glass littered everywhere and blood seeped from his forehead, he couldn't continue fighting. His vision darkened as he fades from consciousness.
He heard people approach him and started gathering around him, his eyes could move and he saw the red head looking down on him.
"You could have done this the easy way…" She said as she cuffed him and then the armored cladded behemoth of a woman stomped her way to him.
"Oh jeez, Zombina he looks hurt, is he still alive?" She asked and Zombina placed two fingers at his neck.
"He's alive I feel a pulse!" She shouted as another woman came to his sight. She looked like the others and had black straight hair.
"Already called an ambulance, this was a thrill, do you think he is a vampire?" She asked as she reached to the hunter and they checked his teeth. They're was a sudden silence and she moved away.
"Well he isn't a vampire like I thought he was…" She said as the ambulance came into sight.
"Smith, Are you saying we shot, tranquilized and injured a human?" Zombina said and Smith grabbed Zombina.
"You used the rubber bullets right?" She asked and started shaking her.
"Please tell me you used the rubber bullets!" She shouted.
"Yeah, yeah, I did, I did!" She said and the ambulance finally arrived. Tio carefully picked up the injured hunter and helped the paramedics put him on a stretcher.
"Zombina get in and watch him, I'll have to get Manako and meet you at the hospital" She told her and she nodded her head. The red head got in the back with the paramedic and off they were. The hunter blacked out and all he could do was hear voices.
"God there's glass imbedded in him and he appears to have a lacerations on the side of his head. How'd this happen?"
"He fell off a three story building and onto a car."
"Well we'll get him to the E.R right away."
The voices soon become nothing but echoes. The good hunter fell into a coma. He couldn't see anything and couldn't feel. He heard someone calling to him.
"Good hunter, wake up, this isn't the place to die." The voice called to him and he saw a bright light. He awoke with a gasp and looked around. A vase of flowers sat next to him along with a get well balloon. He noticed his left hand was cuffed to the hospital bed, but thankfully his right hand was free. The hunter felt his face to feel the tubes going into his nose and bandages around his head. He then looked over to see Miss Smith sitting in a chair watching some kinda game show.
"Oh finally you're awake, I was starting to think that you wouldn't get up. You've been out for 2 days." She said as she lifted up a clipboard.
"So doctors, removed all the glass shrapnel and stitch the wound on your head." She looked down as the hunter had this angry look on his face. He felt like this was her fault and she could sense it.
"Hey you aren't innocent yourself." She then held a plastic baggie with his flintlock pistol in it.
"Guns are not allowed in Japan, and you carrying a firearm is actually illegal. Listen after I went over the reports about your little game of chase, I was impressed. You almost got away from the M.O.N even out performed some of them." She then handed him the clipboard and tapped the blank line that had species next to it.
"I know you're not human, no way could a human outrun a zombie, be struck by multiple rubber bullets, withstand a tranq round, survive a three story fall onto a car and make it out with only 5 stitches. So what are you and what's your name?" She asked and the hunter sighed.
"What do I look like to you?" He said which surprised Smith.
"Wow you actually talked, I mean of course you can talk, why wouldn't you, I mean you seem like a quiet and reserved kinda guy." She said and coughed as she handed him a pen. She began crossing her finger as he looked at the paper and then scribbled down something.
"Name is Caden Walker, species Hunter?" She said as she looked at the man.
"What on earth is a hunter?" She asked to which he smiled.
"Someone who has transcended the hunt, they walk a fine line of human and beasthood. They are human and not human." He said as he looked around. Miss Smith smiled and let out a breath of relief.
"I was so scared, I honestly thought we had accidently injured a human?" Miss Smith said as she smiled.
"And why would that be a bad thing?" He asked her to which she pulled another piece of paper. She pointed out to a subsection.
"Because the interspecies act clearly says that a human cannot harm a liminal, physically, financially and/or mentally and so vice versa. So we got out of breaking the act, and this opens up a new opportunity." Miss Smith said as she went into her suitcase.
"What kind of opportunity are you offering?" He asked as she broke out some papers. Caden raised his brow to the stack of papers.
"Monster op neutralization or M.O.N needs more liminals, most don't make it to our ranks, but I feel as you could be a great asset." She said as she placed the stack on his lap.
"And If I refuse?" He asked. Miss Smith pushed her sunglasses up.
"We'd have to jail and and deport you to whatever country you came from, then they prosecute you there, think of this as a get out of jail for free and stay in this country for free card." She said and Caden's nose scrunched a bit as if there was a bad smell in the air.
Caden thought about this very thoroughly. He didn't have any viable information on who he was or where did he came from, so it's likely they'd keep him in jail for a while they figure out where to deport him, only to realize they couldn't. He sighed as he made up his mind.
"Alright, I'll do it…" He said as Miss Smith gave him a shit eating grin. She helped him through the paperwork. He was going through simple paperwork to gain citizenship to employment papers. He then signed the papers off. Miss Smith was delighted and she slapped an ankle bracelet around his ankle.
"Great, now this little device will keep you incheck." She said as she unlocked the cuff holding him down. The hunter was rather curious of what it was.
"This baby is an ankle bracelet, designed to monitor your location, and if I think you're acting out of hand or too far." Smith said as she pulled out a device and pressed a button delivering a minor controlled shock. The hunter yelped as the heart monitor started beeping louder.
"You'll get a controlled shock. Now that was just a sample." She said to which the Hunter gave her the evil eye.
"A sample?" He gritted through his teeth, he was clearly agitated.
"Yep, anytime you act out of hand or go too far, you'll get a warning beep and then get shocked. Try to mess with it and you'll get shocked and it's waterproof so don't even think about drowning it." She said as she placed the device back into her pocket. He rolled his eyes at her and crossed his arms as he laid back down.
"So, what's my first order?" He asked grudgingly and she smiled.
"Stay in the hospital until you are cleared." She said as she stuffed the papers back into her suitcase.
"Your teammates may stop by to introduce themselves later. So treat them nicely, because they'll be apart of your life now." Miss Smith said as she left the room. Caden mumbles a couple of things under his breath.
"Stupid press suit wearing…" he mumbled before taking a deep breath in.
"No, I should be grateful, I have a job and a new life…" Caden said. Truth was that he came to Japan looking for a new life. He had awakened to a new world, one where beast and man walk side by side almost as equals. Never could he had fathom such things but here he was in this world. The hunter soon turned his attention to his food. It was a vegetable soup with a side of crackers and a box of juice. He began to eat in peace and watched the television. He tuned into the news channel and was indulging on the current affairs in the world. There was soon a knock on the door.
"Come in!" He called out. A nurse stepped in and gave a smile.
"Caden, a Miss Zombina would like to see you." She asked. He nodded and the nurse ushered in a red head from the night a couple days before. She started giggling at his misfortune.
"So you're my new teammate, god when you took that tumble the last time we met, I laughed my ass off." She laughed which in turn made Caden raise his brow. She could then see that he did not appreciate her low brow humor, and that was what she was hoping for.
"By the way my name is Zombina, M.O.N's assault specialist. I am a zombie so I am immortal, bullets have no effect on me, hell if I lost a limb I could restitch it back on." She said as she looked for some form of admiration. However Caden was now in no mood for giving praise.
"I'm Cade, a hunter, I specialize in many different things, that you'd shit your pants if you found out what I could do." He said and Zombina placed her hands on her hips.
"Like what?" She asked. The hunter took his hands and placed one over his thumb and pulled the gag where he made it look like he could take his thumb off.
"Pfft I can do that too, see!" Zombina said as she pulled her hand off and mimicked Caden. This surprised the good hunter making his heart monitor go off again.
"Oh god, you weren't joking, are you okay?" He said to which she looked at her nub.
"Yeah it's gonna be a pain to stitch it back on…" She said as she pulled out a needle and thread. Caden could see she was struggling and he felt kinda bad.
"Do you want my help?" He asked unsure what to actually say. She then plopped onto his lap making him let out an oof.
"Sure just try to follow the already made holes." She said and the good hunter reassured her.
"Trust me back in my time in Yharnam I played doctor to those who got injured, this isn't bad compared to what I saw." He said as he started his stitching. He was surprised that she hadn't flinched and she was surprised by how calm he was.
"Does it hurt?" He asked as she looked at him. For a moment she felt captivated. He had this blonde hair and these warm hazel eyes. She blinked a bit and snapped out of her trance.
"Oh, no… I'm undead so I feel no pain." She said as he finished his work.
"Quick question?" She asked him.
"Hmm?"
"Why didn't you let a doctor do it, you know you're in a hospital." She asked as she wanted to understand his intentions.
"Consider it a team building exercise." He said and she smiled realizing that she had a funny smart ass for a teammate. She then got off his lap and went into her backpack.
"Oh um, Smith thought I should get you a gift, and while I'm kinda broke. I managed to put this together." She then handed him a cd player with some headphones. He looked at it quite excitingly and placed the headphones on. He pressed the play button and was listening to heavy metal.
"Wow this is really good!" He said which made the undead redhead smile.
"Hey I'll probably be back later if you see Manako, Doppel, and Tio say hi for me." Zombina said as she left the room. She quickly noted that he was like Kimihito and kinda laughed. He seems so naive and funny.
Caden was a bit surprised by his first encounter, however this kinda made him fuzzy. In truth after he awakened he had been much of a loner, then again when you travel around it's harder to make a connection. He sat and wondered what is other teammates are like. He snapped out of thought as there was a knock on the door. The nurse stepped back in.
"Caden, another visitor is here, her name is Tio." She told him and the hunter sat up.
"Send her in." He said and when she stepped out a rather tall woman stepped in. She was tall, her skin was orange, and she had blonde hair. Her most noticeable feature was that she had this horn coming from her forehead. Caden felt weird, he was tense and now he felt relaxed. She held a bouquet of flowers and smiled as she saw Caden and took a seat next to him.
"Hi I'm Tionisha, I am your new friend and oh my gosh you are so cute, oh and these are for you!" She said as she ruffled his blonde hair. Caden looked down to his side to hide his blush as he took the flowers.
"Um… thanks, my name is Caden, you don't look too bad yourself." He said and the ogre smile grew larger.
"I was told you were a hunter, and I thought to myself, what kinda liminal is that, because I have never heard of a hunter." The ogre asked and Caden took a moment to think about it. He sorta knew what a hunter was, however his understanding of his own powers were limited.
"Well it's when a human transcend the hunt and becomes a hunter, we become superhumans, people who walk a fine line between beasthood and humanity. I never fell into beasthood because I never let the blood go to my head, I had hobbies during the hunt. Like playing music, writing in my journal and playing card games." He said as Tio leaned in.
"What did you hunt?" She asked to which Caden thought his answer carefully.
"Great ones, these god like monsters, they are the stuff of nightmares, once it was slain we could harness its power through its blood." He said as the hunter didn't want to say beast as he didn't want to offend his new comrade.
"So what powers do you have?" She asked curious of the hunters abilities.
"Magic." He said and he watched her eyes widen.
"Magic?" She asked in disbelief. Then he made arcane crackle right in between his fingers. Tio was surprised by this.
"whoa, that's cool…" She said as she held his hand.
"Do it again, I wanna see how it feels." She asked and the hunter did it again. He started conducting arcane energy into her. Her hair started to frizz as she giggled.
"It's so tingly, almost like static electricity." She said and the hunter stopped and he let go. She started giggling as she took a step back. The nurse knocks and walks in.
"My, my you have a lot of visitors today, Manako is here to visit." She said.
"Okay, send Manako in." He said and Manako stepped in. She was a short girl with purple hair, however he could not take his eyes off her one eye which she tried hiding under her sun hat and she seemed to be hiding something behind her then looked at Manako. She pointed her finger out as she shuffled over to her.
"Umm Tio what are you doing?" She asked as Tio backed her to the door.
"Lightning Bolt!" She shouted and a loud zap could be heard and a shriek. Manako gave Tio quite a frown and the ogre realized it was best if she left.
"Oh I think I should leave now, see yah Caden and oh once your done with this hospital, I'll have your M.O.N outfit ready." Tio said as she slipped out the door. The monoeye went toward his bedside and handed him a card. Caden took it and opened it. He read it aloud so she could hear his appreciation.
"Sorry I shot you and made you fall onto a car… so wait you shot me?" He asked and she trembled.
"I-i-it was an accident! I didn't mean for you to fall." She stammered fighting back tears.
"That… was impressive, despite all the wind and rain, you hit me with not a bullet but a tranq round, you would have had a lot of skill to make that shot." He said, as a hunter he praises those who show excellent skills.
"So you're not mad?" He shook his head.
"I'm still alive and I can avoid jail time." He said as he placed the card on his hospital tray. Manako then pulled out a plastic bag from behind her.
"I didn't want Tio to see this because she'd take some and I wanted to give this to you to reassure you, no hard feelings…" She said and placed out cheesecake that seems to be fluffy and jiggly. The hunter took his plate and made the cheesecake dance. He then took a bite and was captivated by the sweet flavors.
"Well thank you, I love it." He said and he continued eating.
"Do you know what kind of operator you'll be?" She asked and he shrugged.
"No clue, I'll just have to see what Smith says." He said and Manako gripped her hat a bit.
"Um can I ask you something?" She said as her grip tightens on the brim of her hat.
"Sure, what is it?" He asked and then she took off her hat and her face was clearly red.
"Do you think my eye is weird!" She shouted to Caden which the hunter cocked his head in confusion.
"What?" He asked and she asked again.
"Does my one eye bother you?" She asked as he smiled.
"No, it's makes you look distinguished. You know I'd say I actually like it." He said and Manako blushed even harder. She looked at him and he looked back at her. He wasn't looking away, he wasn't making a disgusted face, he was smiling. She was so flustered that she put her hat back on.
"Okay, it's hot in here. I-i'm gonna go okay, see you when you get better, bye!" She said as she made a run for the door and ran into it. The hunter got up pulling his I.V needle out of his wrist. He stumbled forward and managed to help her up.
"Hey, you should be more careful." Caden told her as he helped her up.
"Thanks, I'll be on my way…" Said and was about to walk out when she heard a dripping sound. She looked over to see that Caden was bleeding.
"Caden your arm!" She shouted and he looked at his wrist. Manako grabbed a band-aid and rubbing alcohol from a jar on the counter and patched him up.
"Thanks, see you soon." Caden said as he layed back on the hospital bed and she fluffed his pillow and let herself out. Once again the good Hunter rested and watched these bizarre game shows. He almost drifted off to sleep. Until there was another knock at the door. The Nurse stepped in and she looked concerned.
"There's a man in here, he claims to know you." She said and he nodded. Then in stepped a hunter!? Caden was quick to take his left over cheese cake and whip it into the hunter's eyes.
He let out a muffled grunt and soon enough Caden was on him beating with a plastic tray. Then the muffled grunts turned into a feminine cry.
"Stop, stop, I'm just disguised. I'm your teammate Doppel!" The hunter pleaded and when Francis got off him/her the hunter transformed into a dark skinned girl, with silver hair and she was naked, well her long hair seemed to cover her up though. The good hunter was breathing heavily and was furious.
"Don't do that, hunters tend not to trust other hunters. What were you thinking I could've killed you!" He said as he walked over to his bed.
"I thought would have done this, like it's my doppelganger mind fuckery, but I guess I crossed a line. My name is Doppel and thanks for not beating my face to a pulp." She said as she started reading his clipboard.
"Why don't hunters like each other?" She asked to which the hunter looked back.
"In the hunter's nightmare hunters tend to turn on each other, so I kept my my wits about me, the great one nor the beast could invoke fear in me, hunters were the ones I feared." He said as he laid back down and shut his eyes tight and took a deep breath.
"Hunter's nightmare?" She asked and Caden knew she probably wouldn't understand it.
"The hunter's nightmare is a hidden world, one where the night knows no end. Blood hungry monster roamed the streets and delusional hunters attacking anything on sight. I consider myself lucky, I had the privilege of spending my time protecting people in a church. When the nightmare ended I woke up and found myself in a world I was once in but now changed." He said as he looked at her and Doppel laughed and couldn't stop.
"Oh god, hahaha, are you pulling a fast one on me, because for a second I almost believed you." She said and Caden decided to rethink his story. Now that he thinks about it, hell it sounds crazy to him. He insteads decides to play along, as he rather try to avoid a psych evaluation.
"Hah I couldn't fool you, but seriously hunters do not like each other, copying the look and scent will only attract a bad hunter." He said as he began to think of some bullshit up.
"So how do hunters make babies, if they hate each other?" She asked, Caden thought a little hard but as he knew relationships just weren't a thing in the nightmare, though they weren't unspoken of.
"Well it be like any other relationship, they meet, date and mate. See hunters usually date within their own covenant. A hunter not in a covenant they are considered lone hunters, I fall under that line." Caden said and Doppel was actually writing that down.
"What is a covenant?" She asked to which Caden was recalling them.
"There is the Vilebloods, the executioners, the league, the hunter of hunters, the blood beast, and Lumenwood kin." Caden said as he recounted all the covenants.
"Are they different in any way." She asked as she clicks her pen.
"Well yeah, they all do not like each other, but seem to have powers in common with their Covenant. Vilebloods have a healing factor, Executioners tend to be better martyrs, the league are hardy hunters, while hunter of hunters had good endurance, blood beast are hairy…, lumenwood kin are rare but unsightly..." He said going on about the covenants until a nurse knocked on the door and called out to him.
"Caden, visiting hours are over, it's time for your friend to go home." She said and Doppel closed her journal.
"Smith is gonna enjoy this. Thanks Caden, sleep well." Doppel said as she transformed into a hunter again and left. He was left alone with only his thoughts.
"Oh shit, my entire team is a bunch of monster girls and they are beautiful." He said to himself and then got up to look into the bathroom to look into the mirror. His blonde hair seemed to stand up as usual and he could see the bandages and marks left behind by the impact. He felt the stubble that grew on his face and sighed.
"I need to shave…" he said before he made his way to bed. The Good Hunter was excited but tired, a new day awaits him and so fourth a new beginning. He drifted off to sleep. He began to dream of the darkness and saw things within the dark, the atrocities committed by hunters.
He walked through the darkness, a trail of light guiding his way to different memories. He remembered an old powder keg hunter. He looked old but strong. He remembered the tales of woe that befell upon old yharnam. Beast who were once human turned beast, suffered at the hands of hunters and the fires that still smoulder. A pang of guilt hit the good hunter. He didn't think beast were capable of feeling fear but they showed it. They showed what humanity was still left in them. The yharminites were victims of the plague bestowed to them upon a corrupt church and these false gods. These great one's. He felt justice rise within him as he remembers going out and killing these hunters, killing great one's to avenge the yharminites afflicted with the plague and putting any delusional yharminites out of their misery, so they wouldn't have to live out their lives in pain. This is why he was labeled as the good hunter.
Caden woke up and rubbed his forehead.
"Ugh, I hate that dream." He mumbled to himself as he woke up. Soon enough there was a knock at the door and a doctor walked in. She smiled as she was happy her patient was wide awake.
"Good morning Caden I'm doctor Schumer, sorry about not getting to you yesterday, I went up to surgery and no one notified me that you woke up, but glad you are in the waking world, can you tell me how you got here?" She asked him.
"I took a tumble off a building and fell onto a car." He said and she nodded.
"Good, now do you feel any pain?" She asked and he shook his head.
"No, just hungry." He answered and she made a check on her clipboard.
"Okay, now follow the light." She said as she took a small flashlight out and shined it in his eyes. He followed it just fine.
"Good, good. Now can you stand up?" She asked and he did so.
"Now walk in a straight line heel to toe." She asked and he did so just fine.
"Um doctor is this all necessary." He asked and she nodded.
"We need to make sure everything is fine in that noggin of yours, it's not everyday that a person survives a fall like that and makes it rather unscathed. Judging how your initial test are and from the witness nurses, your motor skills seem fine, and your mental health seems okay. You're clear to go home. I'll contact your caretaker and we'll have you out of here and back into the real world." She said as she handed him a bag.
"These are the clothes your caretaker left you, I'll step out the room and wrap up your file, so you can get dressed." The doctor said and stepped out of the room. Caden dressed himself in the close Miss Smith left him they seem to fit just right even the shoes too. The doctor knocked and came right back in.
"So I just got off from the call, your caretaker she is right downstairs waiting in the lobby, hope you have a great day Caden." She said and The Good Hunter gave his thanks and left. He took an elevator down and sure enough Miss Smith was waiting for him.
"Just to think that I just saw you laying on your bed and now you're up and about, amazing recovery time and since you're up already we're going to get to work." Miss Smith said with a clap of her hands and off they were. Caden sat in the back with Tio who was real eager to see him.
"Oh Caden, I have your outfit ready, right here, while it's a little different from ours it seems to fit your design very well, you can thank Doppel for being a great model of you." Tio said as she showed him photos of the outfit. The Good Hunter took a look at the pictures and took a liking to it. It was a pictures of high top sneakers, black elastic Sports pants a yellow jacket with a hoodie, a kitsune mask, all while wearing an black overcoat that had gold trimmings.
"What is the mask for?" He asked to which Miss Smith chimed in.
"That was my idea, because I have something for you. I thought you looked human enough to pass as human so what I did and it was a little sneaky is that I decided to give you a human identity while you're not on duty and a liminal identity, when you're on the job." She said as he handed him two ID cards. One was him without the mask, the other card was him with the mask. The names were different too. On his human card he had his regular name but on his liminal card he had had a title that simply said Agent Yharnam.
"Consider this a privilege this is so you don't face scrutiny and have the benefits that most liminals don't have." she said as she kept her eyes on the road.
"How did you get this photo?" Caden asked and she smiled.
"You can thank Doppel for that, she has been saving you a lot of time." She said as they made it to an apartment complex.
"So we actually couldn't lease you a room because of your dual I.D. Since putting you under liminal would void your human I.D and get us in a lot of trouble. So I asked the girls if any one of them wanted to bunk with you. You must have a silver tongue because everyone except Doppel wants to Bunk with you, so what I opted to do instead is to let you choose." Smith said as they stepped into the building. They took the stairs and went up a couple of floors and from there they went to Tio's apartment room. Tio grabbed her keys and open the door revealing a homely kind of apartment. The place was filled with floral prints, while the ceiling was high and he could see why.
"Wow this is actually kind of cozy." He said as he sat on the arm chair. The apartment actually really did reflect on her personality.
"I'm glad you think this way you should obviously choose me for a bunk mate. I could use help around here." Tio said as she boiled tea. Caden thought about this and then realized he probably has the best choice right here.
"Sure I guess seems nice, and cozy." he said as he looked around and about.
"Then it's settled and I need to talk to you about something." She said as she pulled the good hunter out.
"So I wanted to talk to you about your ankle bracelet it has a range on the city so you're able to to go about freely but step outside the city limit and you can guess what happens." Smith said.
"Well I guess that's okay I mean at least it's not like I'm under house arrest." The Good Hunter said as Miss Smith beamed him a smile.
"Just know you only have it on because I don't really no what kind of species you are and if Hunters are a real species then it's best that I have one working for us so if we run into any other Hunters, then we would be on a similar playing field." she said and he slowly nodded his head.
"We'll begin your training in how to assess different situations, we'll be testing your abilities and seeing what you're capable of in the next couple hours" she said and turned away.
"Take care Caden, see you soon." She said as she walked off. Tio then pulled her new roommate in.
"So, I have your new outfit right here I want you to try it on to see how it feels." She said and brought out his outfit.
"Tada, say hello to M.O.N new tactical specialist outfit." She said as Caden looked over the garb. He took off his shirt and Tio witnessed the physique of the good hunter. She placed her hand over her mouth as she felt drool coming out. The hunter put on his a black long sleeve compression shirt under a sports vest that was black white and gold. He then threw his pants off. Tio gasped as she felt her nose bleed. She left the room quickly and came back after the Good Hunter got his sports pants and hoodie on, not even nocticing Tio's quick disaaperence. He then tied on these strange sneakers that had it's tongue and heel notch higher he then put on his coat, it was short sleeved with a collar that stood up. Caden checked out his yellow hoodie. There were hidden pockets and pouches on it. He stretched out getting use to his outfit.
"See I studied your outfit a bit and realized that you're a man of gadgets and tools, so I had made the hoodie capable of storing different throwables and ammo. The sports vest is actually kevlar. The compression shirt allows for comfort and allows the heat to be manageable. On the coat I designed the sleeves short that way you can maneuver just fine." Tio went on about showing him the different designs that were thought up.
"We had different designs such as a more wolf design but Miss Smith thought it was a little too menacing." She said as she showed it to him.
"What are the weird symbols on my back?" Caden asked as he checks the mirror.
"That is just a kanji symbol for hunter, see when you told me how you are a hunter I decided to put that on the back and give you a little flair." Tio explained as the good hunter eyed himself up and down in the mirror.
"Oh and here's the mask." She said as she handed him the kitsune mask. He put it on and saw darkness.
"Where are the eye holes?" He asked Tio reached under the mask and turned it on. A screen lit up in front of him. Giving him full visibility.
"This was the most expensive part of it. The mask uses small optics to deliver full visibility, to cut out blind spots. It has night vision and when it has night vision on the lights turn off to keep you unseen." She said as she guided Caden's hand to the back of the mask's ear to find the button.
"Wow. I can't believe you designed this yourself…" Caden said as he looked around.
"The outfit yes, the mask no, that was all Miss Smith. Now I have to change into my M.O.N outfit so if you don't mind." Tio said crediting Smith and then she went to her room, leaving the good hunter alone. He decided to sit on the rather large couch only to find out it was really firm.
"Holy hell, this couch is not for lightweights." He said as he hopped off and looked around for a bit. Pictures of Tio and rest of M.O.N were hung up everywhere. He guess she was really close to them, then again that's how a team should be like. Caden heard a door open and out Tio stepped in her M.O.N outfit.
"Alright Smith will be here in an hour so how about breakfast?" She asked.
"Yes, please. The hospital didn't give me any breakfast this morning." Caden said as she got out a bunch of ingredients. The good hunter sat at the table and got his mask off. After some time she quickly placed pancakes, eggs and bacon in front of him. She had set it up so that the bacon and eggs laid on top of pancakes forming a smiley face. The good hunter smiled at the food.
"Thanks Tio, that's awfully nice of you to do this." He said as he grabbed his fork and knife. In truth he wasn't so use to kindness, so it made him feel all warm and fuzzy.
"You're my teammate now, that makes you my friend now." Tio said as she placed a plate of food on the table for herself. Caden look down and cut himself a bite and looked up to see Tio had completely devoured her food.
"By the gods you eat quickly." He remarked and Tio pointed to the clock. Caden the realized he didn't have much time left and in turn began to devour his food.
"Come on Caden were gonna be late and Smith will give you a jolt if you don't hurry up." She warned him and the good hunter left his food behind. The two took off to the front where Manako, Doppel and Zombina were waiting for Smith. Smith finally pulled up in a rather large van.
"Acommeted for the biggest one here." Doppel said as she opened the van door. Tio was the first in followed by Caden, who sat next to her and Manako took a seat next to Caden while Doppel sat in front of them in her one seat in front of them. Zombina taking front seat.
"Okay Caden you're gonna train today, show me those skills you have." She said as she drove further into the town.
"Like what?" He asked.
"How well you shoot, how strong you are, how fast you are, I want to see your strengths and weaknesses. Then I can work out your weaknesses… (and get out of paperwork)" She said as she drove to this large building.
"Welcome to the interspecies agency headquarters, where we deal with liminals, host families, and unruly liminals." Smith said as she pulled into a garage. Once they stepped out, They brought the good hunter to a desk within the garage. Behind the desk was an old man with a thick mustache and grey hair.
"Welcome back Smith and the girls. Ahh this must be that new recruit you were talking about. The hunter." He said as he turned his attention to Caden.
"Well hello there kiddo, my name is Johnson. I'm in charge of handing off vehicles and checking in people. I wish you good luck." Johnson said as he happily shook Caden's hand.
"Thank you, my name is… Caden Yharnam." Caden lied to the happy old man and gave him his liminal card.
"Well agent Yharam you are checked in have a wonderful day. The rest of you are all good to go in." He said and they stepped into an elevator. Smith hit a button and off they went to the basement floor. There Smith ushered them forward to what appeared to be a gym. There boxing rings sat to the sides, a basketball court was in the middle and around that was a track. Two doors were in the back One labeled as weight room the other labeled as obstacle course.
"Okay to start this up we're gonna do 8 laps around the track. You have ten minutes, line up and go on the whistle." Smith barked and they all got to line. The whistle blew and while Tio and Doppel were behind, Zombina, Manako and Caden were up in the lead. Caden than ran past them and as he passed Zombina he simply uttered two words.
"Too slow…" The good hunter said as he disappeared and reappeared further ahead.
"I'll show you too slow!" She roars at him and soon enough the 8 laps became a race between them. She was wondering what the heck this guy was. He seemed human but it almost was like he wasn't even sweating, even through the man was literally wearing more clothes then her. Then as they were neck and neck, Zombina started taunting him.
"You're gonna lose!""
"Not gonna lose."
"You're gonna lose~"
"Not gonna loose…"
And just before they reached the finish Manako passed them both. Which shocked the hunter. He passed the finish line and was tackled by Zombina. Who in turned pinned the hunter. She then held his arm behind him.
"Too slow bucko. Now tap." She demanded and the hunter's pride in Caden got the best of him.
"...never…" Caden said as he reversed it and got on top of her. He pinned both her shoulders to the ground and for a brief moment there was an awkward silence. Then she broke that silence.
"Kinky." She said and Caden laughed as he got off. Thank god he was wearing a mask otherwise they would see how red his face was. Miss Smith blew the whistle to grab their attention.
"Good job you three, you too Tio. Doppel you need to work on that time." Smith said and Doppel shrugged it off.
"Can't do better if I don't try." She said as Smith was scribbling down something on a clipboard. She then directed them to a boxing ring.
"Caden get in the ring, were gonna see how tough are you. Alright who wants the first punch?"
Zombina waved her hand frantically. Smith handed her boxing gloves and threw the good hunter a pair.
"Wait fight a teammate I kinda feel uncomfortable?" Caden asked to which Smith shook her head.
"It's only sparing beside you'll do fine!" Smith blew her whistle. Caden was about to say something in protest but took a punch to the side of his head. The mask seemed to flicker and his display was grainy as he fell to the side. He stumbled back to his feet.
"Come on lover boy. Show me what you got." Zombina taunted and Caden disappeared and reappeared to the right of her, launching a punch. Zombina took the punch and jabbed at him only for her to hit his after image, he do the same disappearing trick again and again, this was frustrating the zombie.
"I can't hit him if I can't see him!" She said and suddenly after images of Caden surrounded her. The red eyed coming from his mask traced a circle around the redhead as the wind whipped up. Suddenly multiple punches launched from all directions forcing her to kneel. The whistle blew and Caden skidded to a stop. He took his glove off to help Zombina up, only to receive an uppercut sending him into the air and onto the ring's floor.
"That's payback!" She said and then helped him up.
"And this is admiration." Zombina laughed as she got the dazed hunter to his feet. She then lifted the mask up to realize that she gave him two nice bruises. She licked her finger and rubbed the dirt off his bruise.
"Alright Caden next up is Tio" Smith said and blew the whistle. She stepped up in the ring causing it to creak. Caden did his little after image trick again and started launching punches but Tio laughed.
"Stop that tickles. Hahaha~" Tio cried and Smith called out to her.
"Tio whack him!" Miss Smith said and Tio stuck her arm out clothelining the good hunter and his momentum sent him crashing out of the ring. There was a moment of silence as the good hunter laid on the ground not moving. Zombina bursted out laughing and went over to his side.
"You know I don't think it was a good idea to send him into a boxing ring after he recently just got out of a coma." Smith said as she started jotting stuff down again. Manako looked at her and shook her head.
"No, probably not the best idea." Manako said and looked at Smith oddly. Zombina on the other hand pulled off his mask and listened for breathing.
"He's not dead, knocked out." She said as she started dragging him out the gym. She continued snickering as she had the elevator go one floor up. Then she continued bringing the good hunter to the infirmary. The nurse seemed to be out. So she took it upon herself to administer medical aid. She laid the hunter on top of a cot and cleaned his bruises and scrapes. She then closed the curtains around the bed and got curious, her hand moved under his shirt as she felt around.
(This is so wrong, but I won't lie he's kinda cute and uhhh~) She thought to herself as she discovered how ripped he was. Then her eyes wanted to see what she was feeling and Zombina lifted his shirt up to see how well built he was, then her eyes wandered a little further down. She gripped at the top of his pant and slowly pulled it down. Suddenly Caden began to stir and she quickly pulled his pants up.
"Did I die?" He groaned and he reached up and felt something, it was firm and round. His eyes shot open as he realized what he grabbed. He then truly wanted to die.
"Oh shit…" He said and a bag of ice slams into his face.
"If you wanted to touch you could've asked!" She said as she blushed. Then she unzipped her jacket a bit. He shot back on his bed.
"No offense, your beautiful and all but can we focus back on training?" He said as he shielded himself with his mask. Zombina was in shock, no one has really called her beautiful, they tend to look away when they saw the stitches and staples. She had a new desire, a new craving and it was him. She grabbed him the the collar and yanked him into a kiss. Soon they heard the door open and Miss Smith poked her head in.
"Are you two fine?" she called out to them.
"Not a word about what happened here alright." She whispered and he nodded. The Good Hunter feared no Beast but a woman was a different story, plus he didn't want to imagine the voltage he would get if Smith found out.
"We're fine he just woke up." Zombina said and they both stepped out. Caden slipped on his mask. They went back to the gym and into the weight room.
"Alright now show us, what you're made of." Smith said and The good hunter took his coat and hoodie off.
"Stand on the weight scale." She said and Caden complied. He clocked in at 240 pounds.
"Tio set the bench for 120 pounds and you my hunter will bench that at least one rep, I want to see how strong you are." Smith said and Tio spotted for him. The hunter had no problem benching these weights. Then she added another 40 pounds.
"You know you seem to be taking this rather easy so let's this ramp it up a bit." Smith said and he continued benching the added weights. They kept putting on weights until it weighed as much as he did and he still benched. His little show went on until they had reached 680, then he picked himself up and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"That's as much as I can do." He said and Miss Smith began to write this down. The good hunter was now rather intrigued by this.
"What are you writing down?" He asked as he looked to see Miss Smith was writing down about his performance as a general idea of what a hunter was. Written down was excellent agility, was able to keep up with the likes of a zombie in terms of stamina however still wasn't as fast as a monoeye. Boast amazing reaction time. Is able to lift 3 time its own weight. However a hunter is still susceptible to most physical trauma.
"Are you taking notes on me?" He asked.
"I mean yeah, to be fair a hunter is a very new species and so far you're the only hunter that we have come into contact with, so it's obvious why I would take notes." Miss Smith said as she tapped her board. Tio then hopped in Caden's arms.
"We have a strong man!" She said and the good hunter's knees trembled as he carried her. His face was red as he held her up. After a few seconds he placed her down and was breathing heavy.
"Guess he does have a limit." Miss Smith said as they finished up and they went to the obstacle course. She then laid out a handgun and flash bangs and had different human agents enter the maze of walls.
"Ok so, you seem ready for the final challenge. The test is simple, save the hostage. Shoot the bad guys and move on. The girls are also in there, your job is to recover Manako without being shot. These are bb guns and will only hurt little but won't do any real damage. Now go and recover the hostage." Smith said and she blew her whistle. Caden was off. He sniffed the air and could smell the other agents within the other room. He lobbed a flashbang in and once it went off he dived in shooting the two agents who were covering their eyes. He then moved to the corridor creeping his way down the pitch dark hall. He kicked in his night vision and kept moving. Seems that they were trying to use the cover of darkness to sneak up on him as he spotted two agents rounding a corner slowly and using the dark as cover.
Without a word the good hunter shot the both of them and they flopped on the floor to play dead. He then continued creeping down a hallway. He could peer into the next room without them even knowing he was there. He scoped the room and made out at least 3 hostile agents. He took the flashbang and slid it in. There was a huh, before it went off letting Caden go in and take all of the agents down with well placed headshots. He started sniffing around and caught Manako's scent.
Back from the viewing booth Miss Smith was writing down more notes.
"Uses scent to track, interesting…" She said and Caden neared the door that had the strongest scent. He could hear voices behind the door.
"So wait what is the plan?" One voice said, Caden knew it was Tio.
"If we watch the doors he won't be able to come in." Another voice barked at her. The good hunter looked around and went along the wall. Tapping is as he could hear a hushing and something scrambling about. He then heard what he was looking for, the wall sounded thin an with a quick punch, he placed a hole in the wall which was soon followed by a stream of plastic pellets. He chucked the flashbang in and rushed to the door.
Once he heard it go off. Caden rammed his body into the door taking it off its hinges. He was quick on the trigger and managed to get both Tio and Zombina,
"Aww he got me." Tio said as she sat back.
"Same here." Zombina remarked as she watched.
with that taken care of, he ran into a new problem. There were two Manakos.
"Help me I'm the real Manako." One cried.
"No I am!" The other cried. Caden pointed his gun at them. One was a faker, the other was the real deal.
"What did it say on the card you gave me in the hospital." He said as he kept his hand steady.
"Sorry I shot you and made you fall onto the car." The first one said.
"I was about to say that." The second one said.
Caden knew Manako probably share her card with everyone. So it wasn't out of the question the faker knew too. He smiled as he threw out the next question.
"only the real Manako would know, where do hunters come from?"
"Oh that would be the hunter's nightmare" The first one said. The good hunter then shot the first one. She took the plastic pellet rather well and transformed back to Doppel. He actually laid out a trick question, in truth he knew Manako didn't know where hunters came from, only Doppel did, and even though she thought he was joking, she probably thought Manako was told the same thing too.
"Trick question, where the wrong answer was right. Good one." Doppel said and Caden took a knife out and cut Manako from her bondage. He held Manako's hand and pulled his mask up.
"Hold my hand and we'll make it out of here together." He said and the last word seem to linger in her mind.
(Together… ) She thought and as she looked up to his eyes. She was captivated, was it really true, did she really find a person who actually likes Monoeyes. She watched as he held her hand and escorted her through the course. He would then hold her close to when he took cover to shield her from the agents and made her feel protected. He managed to bring her across the the finish line and when the whistle blew the monoeye snapped from her romantic fantasy.
"We did it!" Manako said as she seemed super pumped. She didn't know why. Her heart fluttered when she looked at him.
"Yes we did, great acting back there." He said as Smith came over applauding him.
"You exceeded every expectation I had, you really are M.O.N material, so I now give you your title as M.O.N's tactical specialist." She said as she placed a patch on his back that said M.O.N.
"Now if you come with me we're going to go to the armory." Smith said and she led the Hunter back to the elevator and up they went, upon exiting the elevator they went past the infirmary and into a room label the armory.
"Now I'll be issuing you you're own handgun, and two sets of cuffs, and a stun baton." Smith said as she knocked on the cage that had a man behind it.
"Oh, hey Smith, lemme guess new recruit?" He asked.
"Yep, the name is Caden." He said with a bow.
"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Arms master Winfield." He said as he slid over the items.
"I got word of your clearance, here's what you'll be starting off with if you need any more ammunition just come see me." He said and waves them bye.
"So rookie ready for your first assignment?" She asked which shocked the Good Hunter.
"So soon?" He asked to which she nods.
"Lately there has been an increase of violations, one said perpetrator is a liminal by the name Draco, now I'd issue you a vehicle but you have no driver's license, so you'll have to do this one on foot." she said as she reached into her suitcase and pulled out a file.
"Last known location is the local park, here's a photo. Bring her back alive." Smith said and Caden put the photo inside his coat pocket.
"Any advice?" He asked before Miss Smith walked off.
"Yes, look for a tall man, with messy black hair. He goes by Kimihito. He typically wears graphic tees. He is usually accompanied by other liminals. Draco will target him." She said and then walked off. The hunt was on.
Chapters won't usually be this long and the direction of the story is still in the works, suggestions are welcomed