Disclaimer: I don't own Monster Hunter
Edited by Thomas A. Hawk
Chapter one: Enter John Sero
"Honey, can you take the kids to the beach? I have another mission to go on." a man said clad in G-rank Azure Rathalos armor asked his wife. he had long, black hair, green eyes and rippling muscles that showed even beneath his thick armor.
"Of course,dear." his wife replied. She wore her blond hair short, had blue eyes and tanned skin, and was dressed in a suit of Pink Rathian mail of the same caliber as her husband. She was busy looking after the their two children as they ran around the small apartment that the family lived in. oddly enough, none of their features showed in either of the children.
Their ten year old boy had long, spiked red hair that stood up as if it was being blown in the wind. His eyes were as black as coal, and he was tall for his age.
His twelve year old sister had long, ocean blue hair and milky white eyes, though she was much shorter. The boy chased his sister down the hallway, in a amusing game of tag. Their game ended in the living room, where kids' parents kissed briefly before the father left.
"Mommy, what were you and Daddy doing?" the boy asked with curiosity as he held his hands behind his back.
"Something you will learn about when you are older." she answered, trying not to laugh.
"Its called kissing you dummy!" his sister exclaimed, slapping her brother on the back of the mother looked at her daughter with a look of horror.
"Julie, apologize to your brother John this instant!" she yelled.
"I'm sorry, John..." she said as she turned to her brother, who was in the fetal position whispering "Cooties." in a frightened tone. John finally got up after a few minutes, tears covered his brown shirt and white shorts. He purposely wiped his nose on Julie's yellow dress, causing her to yell and hit him again. The mother rolled her eyes at one of the may quarrels her children had every day.
"Come on kids, its time to go to the beach." their mother said, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently. As the two walked towards their mother, the door suddenly open, sending chunks of wood everywhere! A tall man in a black trench coat stood in the ruined door frame, grasping a Black Diablos short sword in his right hand. he had dark hair and pale red eyes, and whatever parts of his body that could be seen were covered in cross-shaped scars. on the left side of his coat was a silver shaped object but John didn't know what it was. Before she could react, he grabbed the mother and lifted her up off the ground by the front of her armor, the task was all to easy for a man with his caliber of strength.
"Margaret its been a while."
After that one short sentence, the dark haired man brought the sharpened edge of his blade up and slit her throat,stabbing her repeatedly as she let out a blood curdling scream. Her children watched in abject horror, terror gripping their hearts and minds and preventing them from uttering even the quietest whimpers. eventually, the woman's head hung and her scream ceased, and the red eyed man threw her to the floor before spitting on her corpse. He left immediately, pausing to give the children one last look with his murderous blood covered gaze, making them both gasp in fear.
They both sat there for a time before Julie began to break down into tears. His sister's grief soon shattered the ominous silence of the moment, and John began to sob uncontrollably.
"I swear Mommy, I will kill that man..." John whispered as fresh tears poured from his eyes.
6 years later
It was raining in the Moga cemetery as John walked in. He was wearing a black two piece suit and held a gray umbrella in one hand and a boutique of roses in the other. He walked down a wet stone path to two special graves in the middle of the cemetery.
"Mom, Dad... I've become a hunter like you two. I will find the man that killed you and hunt him down. I will avenge you." he said as he put down the flowers and departing, tears filling his eyes as he recalled that terrible night.
John made his way down the busy cobblestone streets of the once quiet small, seagoing village of Moga. He looked around, gazing at all the hunters in different kinds of armor and carrying different kinds of weapons. The sight reminded him of his parents, who had been of the few people that made Moga the town it was today. He made his way to the front of his home afterwards, and walked up the wooden stairs of his apartment. As he opened the door he was greeted by the smell of a freshly baked chocolate cake.
"I'm home sis! He said as he kicked off his muddy loafers and entered the kitchen.
"Ah how is the birthday boy?" Julie replied, happily as she wiped flour onto the pink heart covered apron she wore over her black tank top and red caprice.
"Good." John said with a short two sat down at the mahogany table, where two large slices of chocolate cake sat. Julie untied her apron while John rushed towards his plate. He blew out the candles on his and managed to eat half before Julie even touched her slice. His sister chuckled to herself as she watched him devour the sweet pastry, seeming to become lost in thought.
Eight years earlier
"Many years ago, wyverns attacked the humans' villages, stealing their food and demolished their homes. The humans decided to forge weapons and drove the monsters after a long, grueling struggle. A century of peace came about then, and stories were told about the war.
But recently, a pair Barioths & a Lagombi attacked a village in the Tundra. The hunters in the village managed to kill the beasts, but strange things began to happen. Those that were wounded began to disappear, and more wyverns began to appear in their place.
As it turned out the villagers were infected with a virus now know as the wyvern pox. Unfortunately the only cure made for it had to be given to the patient before they were infected. Both your father and I have wyvern pox. Your father carries the blood of the Baleful Gigginox, and I, carry the blood of the Stygian Zinogre. This will mean that the two of you will carry the strength of wyverns and their powers." Julie's mother finish, leaving the girl shocked in awe.
Present Day
"You okay, Julie?" John asked, wiping some frosting from his mouth. Julie snapped out of her trance as he spoke up.
"Never felt better. Now does the birthday boy want his present?" Julie replied as she walked into her room and and pulled out a large box. John's eyes lit up with childish delight as he opened his present.
He gasped as he pulled out a black breast plate covered in large, metallic scales and a pair of red steel finger-less gloves. Next was a black jacket lined with white fur and decorated with red streaks. After that came a set of black pants, strapped combat boots stripped with red and white, and a small mask that fit over John's mouth and nose. He looked up and hugged his sister tightly.
"You have one more present in the box." Julie said, gasping for air. John immediately let go and saw a long sword with a white sheath with a crimson blade with a black outline. The handle was wrapped in black cloth and the hilt was shaped in a silver rose.
"Thanks you so much, sis!" John said, hardly believing his eyes.
"No problem. It's just a non-elemental custom made Rime Blossom and a custom made Zinogre Z armor set." Julie replied nonchalantly. "Oh, and that is not your only present! I got you a nice place in the hunter's squad try outs tomorrow!" John pumped his fist into the air and yelled in delight.
Xxx
The next day, John found himself seated in the sandy arena floor with the other hunters, who were also trying out. Many of the others got into groups and conversed between each other, but John sat alone, putting his focus onto sharpening his long sword.
"Hey, that is some cool armor! What's it made from?" a voice behind him asked. John turned, seeing a trio of hunters standing behind him. The center one was a teenager like him, with vibrant yellow hair and green eyes. He wore a suit of G-rank black plate armor covered in gold trimmings, which John identified as Damascus armor. On his back, a pair of cutlasses crafted from Plesioth parts sat on his back in their sheaths. On his left stood a dark eyed, dark haired tan boy of medium stature. His armor was made from quality Royal Ludroth materials, and his weapon of choice was a massive Deviljho switch axe that hung an his back. The third hunter was a female; a rather beautiful, well-endowed one at that. she had striking blue eyes and brown hair, she wore a supportive but light suit of Ivory Lagiacrus gunner armor. her bow gun was a large, heavy bowgun made from Jhen Mohran materials, which was a sight to behold.
"It's a custom Stygian Zinogre set." John replied, sheathing his swords. 'Who're you?'
"I'm Zeke Igis and this is my friend Eli Kendor and this is my younger sister Beth." the Damascus clad teen said as he pointed at the other two, holding helmet in his other arm.
"I'm John Sero. I haven't seen any of you around before. Are you new to Moga." John asked,getting to his feet.
"Yeah, we just moved from Loc Lac city." Beth said. before she could continue speaking though, a loud gong sounded, and the hunters all lined up single file.
"Alright fuckers! Its time to prove that you are ready to be true hunters and not just lazy little children who are afraid of their own shadows. Now we will start in alphabetical order." a man clad in Deviljho armor shouted, stomping into the arena. John saw his sister, fully armored in her Crimson Qurupeco armor, trailing a few feet behind him. " We'll be starting with the letter 'S'."
A boy began to walk forwards, but the Deviljho man punched the boy in the face, sending him back to the ground and knocking him out cold. "The first person to go up here will be John Sero! So unless your fucking name is John Sero, get into the damn bleachers!"
"Go get 'em John!" Zeke said giving John a thumbs up as he went with the others to the stands. John nodded, pulling out his sword out as he turned to the gate monsters were released from.
"Unleash the wyverns! " the Deviljho armored man yelled. John heard the sound of old gears turning and watched as a Pink Rathian, a Barioth, and a Nargacuga rushed out of the new opening in front of John, kicking up sand as they went. John covered his eyes to sheild them from the gust, and barely had time to react as the Nargacuga swiped at him while his guard was down.
with a short curse he barely managed to duck under the attack. The Nargacuga turned around and prepared to strike again, but this time John was ready. He held his blade out at his side as he began to sprint towards the black beast.
Xxx
"I don't think he'll make it." Zeke said, confident in his assertion.
"No he will live. His eyes show the true rage of battle. " Beth said not looking up from the fight.
"Really?" Zeke asked, a now reverent gleam showing his eye as he turned back to the fight.
"No Zeke I'm just messing with you messing with you. God, I can't believe you thought I was serious about that!" Beth chuckled.
Xxx
John jumped onto the Nargacuga's back and sunk his blade its leatherly hide. The Nargacuga screeched in great pain as the air cackled with energy; streaks of yellow, blue, black, and red lighting formed along John's blade, running down its length and striking the monster's back. John dragged his blade down the beast's back and jumped into air, preparing to strike the spiked tail. The Nargacuga turned its head though, and seeing the attack John was making, the black beast flicked up its tail and sent him flying backwards into the air.
John recovered in midair, realizing that the Pink Rathian was preparing to swallow him whole. Ignored the pain of the spikes in his body, John stabbed his blade into the pink wyvern's nose, using the long sword as a lever to swing up onto the Rathian's back. The pink queen roared in pain, spraying fire and blood at the Nargacuga by mistake,causing it to screech as its wings were burned. John stabbed his electrified blade into the head of the Pink Rathian over and over again until the Queen of the Land plummeted from the sky, dead. John jumped off the flying wyvern's corpse before it hit the ground, only to find that another beast had its heart set on eating him alive!
"Shit!" He cursed quickly as the Barioth prepared to tear its amber fangs into his milky white flesh. John summoned his lighting once more and saw the brilliant flash of colors as steel met tooth! The Barioth yelped in pain and retaliated by firing an icy tornado that hit John at point blank range. John found himself encased in a chunk of ice, but a flick of the Barioth's spiked tail the hunter was free, though not without injury. The spikes from the Tundra monster's tail had slammed into his back, punching a few small holes through his armor and into his back. with a pained yell, he got back to his feet, again ignoring the pain he felt.
"I hope you like lighting, you giant useless wyvern!" John shouted with a maddened glare. The long sword user rushed at the Barioth so fast that the crowd couldn't keep up with him. The Barioth tried to bat him away by using its tail, but John cut through the white plates of the icy killer. He then raked his blade across the Barioth's chest, dealing even more damage to it. The Nargacuga leapt back into the fray the and it tried to pierce John with its tail, but the hunter held it back with the flat edge of his sword. The crowd gasped.
"How is he doing that?!" Zeke yelled in disbelief.
"Its called wyvern pox." Beth replied matter of factly.
"Uh... What's that?" Zeke asked, earning a sour gaze from his younger sister. "We can talk about it later." she said, returning her attention to the fight at hand. Meanwhile, John was busy trying to dodge ice blasts and large spikes. The Nargacuga tried to slam its tail into John, but he rolled out of the way but, he over aimed and rolled right into mouth of the Barioth!
"Well it looks like the end of this match." the Deviljho man said with disappointment. John's new friends were somber as they saw their new found friend eaten. Julie covered her mouth and sobbed as she lost another family member, while the crowd booed as if they wanted more. Suddenly, a loud noise filled the stadium as the air crackled with electricity once more, and steel sunk into flesh. The Barioth spasm and John lifted up the head of the Barioth and yelled and said. "I...WILL...NOT...DIEEEEE!" he yelled!
Author's note: I will continue to write for as long as I can or simply make a similar series if I don't finish by next year. But enjoy it!