-Crossed Fates: Peace-

A fresh take on more of an unpolished idea that I had, Crossed Fates' characters and ideas have been in my head for a very long time. Unlike last time, I'm taking a more professional approach. Like I should have the first time.

Instead of pumping out chapters day after day, I'm going to focus on quality, as it seems pointless to put a deadline on myself with as much free time as I have right now. Additionally, I'm going to take my time to look at the story and the world a little more closely myself, and take the time to explain it.

If anyone who's read the original "story" is reading this, I would very much like to hear how I've improved. Last time, I introduced a bunch of new stuff with zero explanation. I'm going to be sticking with the tech and locations of the latest Monster Hunter; Generations. Then go from there. I still have a grasp on what I want for the story, which I hope to explain fluently.

This time, I'm going for a more... I guess, war story type. Have you ever thought that the Guild was lying to you? Well, maybe they are. In this story, at least.

Although, quick WARNING!..

This chapter is ah... a bit dark. The whole story might be like this. So, uh... yeah!


I thought I was on the right side.

Screams. Screams of pain and anguish.

I can't believe I was such a fool for so long.

Hundreds. HUNDREDS of people. For what?

That's it. I'm done. I'm done being their lapdog.

These people were innocent, and I believed otherwise just because they said so.

Kenneth a talented and young Guild Knight, supposedly deceived by the cause he fought so hard for. After years and years of the same work, he'd never felt so conflicted.

All the information he'd found could have easily been fake. It all seemed to add up, though.

There were tons of letters filled with some of the Guild's darkest secrets. Secret meetings spied on and then recorded on paper, people hearing word from the high ranking Guild Knights. All sorts of things. All of it was no good, and only benefited the Guild. His loyalty to them wavered seeing all of it.

He had started to deny it and just head back to Kokoto, but then...

He thought about everything he did for the sake of so called justice.
Stopping acclaimed criminals that seemed just like any innocent person.
Taking goods from thieves that seemed to be merchants.

Every mission he had been on before reeked with inconsistencies. He just ignored them and followed through each mission with blind loyalty. Which raised another question, if the Guild caused so many problems... why was there never some kind of rebellion, or an uprising of some sort?

There were many questions with unbelievable answers. Every single one brought on the same question, "is it true?"

He stood around many corpses, some of them were still fresh as well. His Alloy armor shining in the setting sunlight, and his Guild Rapier, dripping blood from the innocents he'd slain. The village that had been peaceful when he had walked in. The happy faces that greeted him. He just slaughtered them like Mosswine. Yes, they did fight back... but they were just protecting what they had worked so hard to build up.

And then there was her. The village's Elder. She tried reasoning with him. Bargaining. Begging. Genuine pleads of mercy, and he ignored it all.

"I-I-" He stuttered, bowing his head sadly. In that one moment, everything caught up to him. "I'm... evil. A monster." He cried. Though, Kenneth then realized something. His head rose and he shook away the tears.

He was only following orders. He'd been trained to become a Guild Knight and a Hunter ever since he was a teenager. Listening to the Guild had been implanted into his brain. They abused the fact that he was young and blind, and used his great talent for their own benefit. Everything he had to be sad about wasn't all his fault.

"No. THEY'RE the monsters." He said angrily, putting his hands into fists.

He'd get them for this. Big time.

His father, the leader of the Guild itself. Edward Kazamure, the one pulling all the strings. Sending him out on these murder missions and praising him for it. Making him think he'd done good for the whole world.

"How could I have been so blind?!" Muttered Kenneth, daunted at his own ignorance.

It was HIM that was vile. HIM that was evil. The now calming and lovely memories of him and his father together enraged him. If everything Kenneth had done in the past... if all of it was truly a lie... then he'd make up for what good ol' Dad sent him out to every day.

"I WON'T STAND FOR THIS, FATHER! YOU HEAR ME!? I REFUSE!" He screamed angrily towards the trees. Small Monsters noticed his cry and started poking around. A Rathalos had seemingly roared in reply to his yell as well. Now that it might have heard him, he'd have to move on.

There's one thing he wouldn't move on from though. The treachery of his very own father.

"I will find a way. And when I do, you better be scared. Even the deepest of caves won't hide you from my wrath. I. Will. Kill you." He muttered quietly, baring his teeth.

On that mindset, he walked slowly away from the desecrated village. This mission was his last one before he got promoted to a High-rank Guild Knight. Tomorrow, the day he'd get his promotion, Kenneth decided he would resign.

The only way for this to stop, is if I stop. I'm a key asset to their operations. I walk away, they lose a good man.
Yes, it was simple. Resign and simply abandon the job.
...I can't just resign though. Too suspicious. I need to have some kind of reason...

His mind lingered on that thought for a little while. He would need a real legitimate reason for resigning. He broke into a sprint, running through the shrubbery and past the nearby trees.

What mattered is that he would never hurt an innocent soul again. Not in the name of the Guild. Even if they did come after him for double-crossing them, he could rest easy knowing that they were down a talented Knight.


So that's that! What do you think? I didn't want to go on about a bunch of pointless small things in the past, so I thought I'd start here, where the conflict in Kenneth's mind begins.

And if you haven't got the memo, he's probably going to kill his father at some point.

I'm the absolute best. Just the start of the story and already his own son's already planning to kill him!

Thank me later. He's one bad dude.

See you next chapter!

-SabreKnightNA