And so begins the long process of getting back into story writing mode! This time I'm tackling an all new series for my story. The Monster hunter series! Now, just for a fair warning, My knowledge of the series is limited to the most recent game, but I will try to reference the past games if I can.

as usual, I own absolutely nothing about the monster hunter series, and all things go to their respected owners, the only original things here are the storyline, the characters, and whatever comes along off the top of my head! character Ideas are welcome, but I probably won't use them very often.

without further Bolded text! Colliding cultures, as written by Fire and Ice.


Aran couldn't help but hear the crash of The Duramboros tail landing right beside him, it didn't matter if his Azure Rathalos Armor had earplugs, it was always loud. Turning on the spot he started jabbing it's tail with the pointed end of his lance, the "Spear of Prominence" into an open crack that had appeared earlier on in the fight. after being bounced back several times, he managed to slip the point through the entire tail, managing to break off a fairly large chunk of it.

"Not bad Bud!" Aran's hunting partner, A tall, Black haired man named Trent called from across the swamp, he had just jumped out of the way when the Duramboros fell forward, His switch Axe, the "Amber slash" looked incredibly worn, yet He could still see bit's off the beast's horns along the blade.

"That's everything off him, all that's left is to finish him off!" Aran shouted over to his partner, throwing a whetstone as well, which Trent promptly put to use. just out of the corner of His eye, Aran saw the two rookies who elected to tag along taking turns carving the broken bit of the tail. as to be expected the Duramboros went straight for them, stomping right past the vulnerable Trent, who was just about done sharpening his weapon, and swung the bit of his tail that remained at the less experienced hunters, knocking them off their feet, high into the Air, and much to Aran's dismay. Over the waterfall. During the time it took for the splash to be heard, Trent had Approached Aran.

"Well so much for that. The Duramboros tunneled away again." Trent Spoke up. It wasn't unusual for Aran and Trent to end their quest's alone, and this was no different.

"It went North, It's probably resting in it's alcove. It'll be easier to capture it. why waste any more time than we have too?" Aran replied curtly.

Without bothering to sharpen his own weapon, Aran ran into a gap between the tree's just behind him, leading further into the Jungle like wilderness of the swamp, Aran knew exactly where he was going, He had been there many times before. It was a popular resting place for many of the monsters that made their homes in the swamp near town. and Sure enough, just after he burst into the clearing he saw the giant, broken back of the duramboros they had been hunting. After quietly signaling Trent to get the tranquilizer bombs ready, Aran set up a shock trap in the ground underneath the monster. After Aran Bashed the beast's head with the shield, he yelled for Trent to throw the bombs. No sooner had he sid it that the beast fell down asleep again.

"Another hunt finished, let's go home already, I'm sure your Sisters will be back from their gathering by the time we get back."

"As if, You know how thorough they are, If there's a Kelbi to be found, You know Leanne won't let it leave without taking it's horn." Aran knew his sisters well, how could he not. After His Parent's carked it during a failed mission to Kill an Alatreon, His older and younger Sisters were almost all he had, Trent was the Almost. After waiting for a minute or two, The cart that was going to take them back to town arrived, with the two rookies already on board, after a quick laugh, the cart took off towards town, a ride that usually only takes an hour.


Once they finally got back to town, trent and Aran parted ways with the two hunters that had accompanied them. Then the duo stopped off at their nearby bank to deposit the money that they had earned, They decided to waste a little time at the diner that they usually ate at before quests, the food they served was surprisingly good, and After several visits on his own, he learned that the tablesetter had quite a keen "interest" with Trent. After bringing it up to her, She made Aran promise not to tell a soul. He hadn't but it still amused him to no end to watch her fumble around when trying to talk casually with him.

"Hey Trent, I'm going to head on home, you coming with or are you gonna spend some more time around town?" When Aran didn't get a response from his roommate, He shrugged and decided to head home on his own, without his helm on, his Armor could have passed for casual wear in town, he wore it so often, he'd be looked at weirder if he was wearing normal clothes. After a lot of small talk with the people he walked past, he finally got to the road that lead to his "base of operations" A long walk up to one of the biggest homes in the entire town, which made sense, considering he shared it with his sisters and Trent.

"Oh, welcome back Aran, Did Trent go off again?" Quite to His surprise, His Older Sister Leanne was standing in the entryway waving to Him

"Leanne? I didn't expect you to come home till Kelbis were extinct!"

"Let's just say something... Happened. Come inside, it'll be easier to show you than tell you." Aran followed his Older sister inside, after hanging up his weapon and helm, he followed her into their spare room, His younger sister was sitting on the edge of the bed, taking care of some bandages that appeared to be bloody. but what really caught his eye was who the bandages belonged too. A person laid in the bed, a girl, clearly. With very light blonde hair laid across the pillow. following his little sisters hands Aran noticed A massive Gash directly across her Neck, her eyes weren't open, but the strain on her face showed that she was in fact conscious, and in a lot of pain.

"She was worse off when we carried her here, why don't you come back downstairs so I can tell you exactly what happened"