Disclaimer: I do NOT own Monster Hunter!

Disclaimer2: The character Atherin belongs to me. He is not only one of my OCs, but he is also one of my in-game characters. The character Aradroth belongs to one of my friends who named his character that.

Author's Note: Hello Everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that I am writing these short stories after my own experiences. I can't remember all the details of what happened, since I am more interested in keeping my character alive than to remember every little thing, but most of what happens is real. The conversations that the characters have are similar to what me and my friends were talking about at the time of playing, to the best of my memory at least. Also, all of these will be set in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite unless I state otherwise! I hope that you all enjoy them!

It was a hot, muggy day in the jungle. Two hunters had just arrived on the beach, their basecamp, and everything seemed to be okay… The more experienced hunter, Atherin, was donning his sexy new, paralysis resistant armor. His friend, however, Aradroth, was wearing the basic armor that one started out with…that was meant for snow covered mountain expeditions.

"Atherin…it's SO hot out!"

Atherin looked over to his friend before shaking his head slightly. "Well it's your own fault for not doing any training…or getting any new armor."

Aradroth huffed slightly. "Can't you give me some of your items? Ya know…to perhaps MAKE some new stuff?"

"No. Now come on. We're wasting time just sitting here."

Aradroth grumbled slightly before following after Atherin. They left the beach area that they had landed at before heading into area one of the jungle. The interior of the jungle was much more humid and muggy, and to top it off, it was raining too. The only things in this area were the harmless Aptonoth, an herbivore that left hunters alone. It was a large, dinosaur looking monster that was dark grey in color and had black stripes going down its back. It also had a unique, large head crest.

Aradroth started to go after one before Atherin told him to just leave it alone. "We have bigger fish to fry so don't waste your time on something that's not gonna attack you."

Aradroth pouted, putting away his beginner dual swords. "Fine… Be a kill joy why don't ya…"

Atherin rolled his eyes slightly before digging in his back pack for a Psychoserum. "Our target is currently in area three," he said after a moment.

"Say what? How do you know that?"

Atherin sighed quietly before answering. "When you use a Psychoserum, it allows you to see where your target is for a short amount of time. You can buy it back at the village or make it yourself once you get the items needed. Now, come on, our monster won't stay in area three forever."

Aradroth nodded slightly before running on a head of Atherin. The jungle made it a little hard to travel, let alone see what was in front of you, but the two managed. Aradroth had run on ahead into the next area, but when Atherin heard him scream did he pick up his pace, fearing that his novice friend had run into the monster that they were currently after, the Congalala.

Atherin groaned, however, when he saw his friend. He had somehow stumbled upon a Velociprey nest and they were swarming him. "Of course…" Atherin muttered before drawing his sword to save his butt. The Velociprey were a bright blue color raptor-like monster. It had black stripes going down its back and a dull red head crest. They liked to travel in packs and ambush inexperienced hunters, thus being the bane of a lot of new hunters.

Atherin quickly finished off most of the Velociprey, letting Aradroth carve from them to get some items to make some new armor. While Aradroth did that did Atherin take out another Psychoserum. He groaned when he saw that the Congalala had moved to area nine.

"Hurry up Aradroth! The Congalala is already in area nine!"

"Alright, alright! I'm hurrying!" he yelled back. After carving his last Velociprey did Aradroth run over to where Atherin was waiting for him. However, he tripped over one of the vines that were commonplace throughout the jungle, toppling into Atherin and making him drop his last Psychoserum and break it.

"Oops… I'll buy you another one when we get back!"

"It doesn't matter. We'll run into it eventually," Atherin replied, leaving Aradroth behind. The novice hunter jumped when he heard another Velociprey in the area.

"H-Hey! Wait for meeeeeeeee!"

In area three, the original place where the Congalala was, were some regular Congas. The fat, pink ape-like monsters rushed at the two hunters when they spotted them. Surprisingly enough, they weren't as hard to beat as two hunters thought that they would be. After carving up the carcass' did they head down into area nine. However…the Congalala was nowhere to be seen.

Atherin groaned again. "Come on. It couldn't have gotten too far ahead of us…" he said, leading the way back down into the first area. The jungle heat wasn't doing either hunter any good and the rain wasn't letting up any either.

The two trekked back through the jungle THREE times and still didn't find any traces of the Congalala. They were now back in area three, frustrated and healing themselves from going through the Velociprey nest again.

"You sure it's around these parts?" Aradroth asked as they, once again, went through area nine.

"I'm sure. Monsters have a certain pattern that they follow. We just keep missing it," Atherin replied. Aradroth sighed before racing on ahead. He disappeared back into area one to start the search once again,

"Holy hell! I think I found it!" he yelled back. "Arrgggh! Yeah…that's definitely it…"

Atherin nearly face-palmed, "Again? You've gotta be kidding me…" he sighed before rushing off to help.

When Atherin got to area one he watched for a moment as the large, pink Congalala plowed right through his friend, who went rolling away in a daze from the attack. Of course, the fat, pink ape just HAD to choose the densest part of the jungle to appear in.

Atherin readied his sword before going in, so then Aradroth could heal himself. The Congalala spotted him and charged at him. Luckily though, was that Atherin managed to move out of the way just in time. Once he regained himself did he run over to the jungle menace and started to attack it. He kept it occupied before his friend came over to 'help' again. The Congalala didn't seem to notice, or care, that the weaker hunter was 'trying' to hurt it. Its main focus was Atherin, who was getting ready to attack again. The pink jungle beast stood up onto its hind legs, its stomach enlarging like a balloon as it prepared for another attack.

Atherin swung, his sword bouncing off the monster's stomach. He growled slightly in frustration before trying to move to the side to get at it. Aradroth was doing his best to whittle down its health, but with his dinky beginner swords he wasn't doing all that much.

However, before either hunter could really start wailing on the Congalala, the massive, pink jungle ape did a belly flop, nearly squishing the two under its bulk. The aftershocks caused some additional damage, making Aradroth faint and have to re-spawn back at the base camp. Atherin got up quickly; running away from the pink jungle beast so then he could heal while it was stunned. The Congalala was soon back on its feet, charging at Atherin again. The hunter managed to move just in time before taking one more healing item. Once that was done did he go on the attack again, just barely noticing that Aradroth had made it back with him and was now heading towards him.

The three fought long, hard and manically…but to no avail. Aradroth had died for a third time, leaving Atherin exposed to an enraged Congalala alone. He stood no chance in hell. The next thing that the two hunters knew, they were both facing a 'Quest Failed' sign. They were both taken back to the Hunter's Guild, bruised and a bit battered.

"Aww man… We totally got our asses handed to us," Aradroth complained.

"Yeah well…you're the one that picked this quest while I wasn't looking. This fiasco is all you buddy."

Aradroth pouted, "Well how was I supposed to know that we'd be fighting against a fat, pink monkey?"

Atherin rolled his eyes as they went over to the registration counter again. "Well, perhaps if you had read through the entire quest, you'd have known." Aradroth just made a face at Atherin, which earned him an elbow to the gut.

"Next time I'LL pick where we're going," Atherin said.

"Are we gonna go back to the jungle?

"Hell no. I don't wanna listen to you whine about how hot it is or manage to stumble into a Velociprey nest again."

"But I!"

"No. We're not going back to the jungle, so just shut it. Besides, I know the next Quest that we're going on," Atherin said, smirking as he held up the Quest Information in front of Aradroth's face. "I think it's just perfect for someone like you."

Aradroth blinked, looking and reading the Quest over. He moved Atherin's hand down to look at him.

"You can't be serious!"

"I am."

"Nooooooo!"