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Moga Village

Evangelion groaned as the light of the rising sun roused her from the deep seas of sleep.

She enjoyed the fact that the people of Moga found it necessary to give her a home for her stay, yet she didn't know why there had to be a gaping hole where her back wall should have been.

Pushing herself off of the bed she rubbed her eyes and turned to put her legs on the floor. Blinking to clear her blurred vision she was met with the curious gaze of a Felyne.

"Who might you be?"

"I am the Felyne that has been assigned to keep your items and decor in order while you stay."

Evangelion sighed, she really needed to have a discussion with the Elder and what was too much.

Shooing away the Felyne she stood and stretched. She smiled as every single joint popped. Finishing this she moved towards the chest and kicked it open. Leaning in she began removing the pieces to her armor.

It was the basic Leather armor that every Hunter was given when they became Hunters. She really didn't like how flimsy the armor seemed, but it had its uses. She brushed her hand over a patched up burn that she had received from a very territorial Rathian. She also reveled in the fact that the Guild Master had allowed her to change the green of the armor to a dull blue, something that most were not allowed to do until they reached the esteemed High Rank.

As she began to don each piece of her armor she suddenly had thoughts of the few Hunters that went into battle without any scrap of armor. Legendary in their own right, however most Hunters deemed them insane.

Evangelion had many a time thought about following their example, but she kept coming back to the fact that she just wasn't skilled enough to do so.

Finally completing her task she reached into the chest once again and gently removed her weapon, the Heavy Bowgun Queen's Longfire. It had been a gift from Soga when she had become a full fledged Hunter. It was ancient, but it was also well taken care of.

Carefully collapsing the weapon she stuck it to her back. Reaching one last time into the chest she retrieved some ammo and placed it into her pouch.

Finally happy that she had finished her preparations she turned and walked out of her house and into the village.

Evangelion exited her house and examined the village around her. She was somewhat surprised to see that everyone was still active, considering the quakes that seemed to be constantly occurring.

Several children ran past her, she waved to them, but they just started giggling and ran off. A few adults walked past, and they actually returned the gesture.

"Good morning Hunter. Nice to see you finally awake."

Evangelion flinched and turned, only to relax when she discovered the person behind her was the Village Elder. The old man laughed, Evangelion frowned and crossed her arms.

"Okay, anything else you want besides just laughing at me?"

The Elder nodded and reached behind him, he then produced a necklace with a small white shell at its center.

"Have this."

"you know, I am happy for all that you have done for me so far, but enough is enough."

"Trust me, this is going to come in handy."

Evangelion shifted her gaze from the necklace to the Elder before sighing in defeat. She took the necklace and put it on, making sure it was well hidden under her armor.

"Now, seeing that you have yet to get a mission from the Guild. Why not do some things for our village?"

"What do you have in mind?"

"Well we need you to help fix up that old base camp that I built in my old hunting days."

Evangelion tilted her head as she looked at the Elder, he really didn't seem like he would have ever been a Hunter.

"Yes I was a Hunter, now stop thinking otherwise."

Evangelion chuckled sheepishly as she quickly apologized, the Elder then inhaled from his pipe before continuing.

"Now, Junior should already be at the base camp. Go talk with him about how you can help."

"How will I know when I've found the base camp?"

"There was a rather big quake recently, blocked off most of the paths on the island, it won't be hard to find the camp."

Evangelion nodded and turned, making her way to the entrance of the village. Before she crossed the threshold she was stopped by a child.

"Hey Hunter, um, here you go!"

The boy quickly shoved something into her hands and ran off. Evangelion looked down to the gift, it was a couple of Whetstones. Even though she would never need them, she smiled at the gift as she placed it into her pouch.

Returning her gaze to the Village gate, she smiled as she dashed out into the rest of the island.

Deserted Island Area 1

Evangelion ran past the secondary gate, frightening a small group of Kelbi that were grazing on the limited grass on the rocky terrain.

She came to a halt and observed the routes that were open to her. There was a path that looked as if it would lead further into the mountains of the island, while the other path seemed to lead down into a valley.

Thinking on it for a moment she turned and decided to walk down to the valley.

Deserted Island Area 2

It had occurred to Evangelion as she made her way into the valley, that it was probably not the result of an earthquake that caused the areas to be closed off.

She also decided, that the next time she saw Laplace, she was going to punch her.

The valley in which she was now standing, was the exact same valley that she and the others caused the landslide. So she then decided to never tell the villagers what actually happened.

Shaking her head she scanned the area. It was filled with the giant Aptonoth, possibly mating season. She also saw several Altaroth eating mushrooms off of a fallen log.

Every creature, aside from one curious Aptonoth, ignored her. She didn't mind, she had to get to the base camp as soon as possible. She had just turned to the only pathway that wasn't blocked, and she was stopped by a loud buzzing sound.

'Hello Hunter, this is the Chief.'

"Okay, how in the world can I hear you?"

'Well you know that necklace I gave you? It had the ability for anyone that has one can communicate with any other person with one. With it I can talk to you all I like.'

"Great, like that won't get annoying."

'Now, now, I only contacted you to tell you to get some Raw Meat before you head into the Base Camp.'

Evangelion turned to the Aptonoth and raised an eyebrow. Instead of voicing her questions, she pulled the Bowgun from her back and clicked the mechanism to open it fully. Loading a clip of her Normal Shots, she gave the unknowing herbivores a pitying glance before pulling the trigger.

The sound of the shot reverberated through the valley as the round pierced the closest one in the side. The Aptonoth grunted and turned to her, the anger in its eyes told her that she had hit a male.

Pulling the trigger again, the shot hit the monster in the center of its crest. The beast fell to its side and shuddered as it died. The other Aptonoth turned to her, then to the exit to the valley, and fled.

Collapsing her weapon and replacing it onto her back she moved towards the downed beast. Producing her hunting knife from her pouch she started cutting into the beast.

Pulling her hand out she removed a large slab of meat with a bone going through it. Placing it into her pouch she stabbed her knife into the body again, cutting again she managed to pull out what was referred to as a Small Monster Bone.

Placing it into her pouch she looked at the rest of the monster. She grimaced when she noticed that no other part seemed usable to her, her first shot had done more damage to its organs than she had thought.

Getting up Evangelion turned and proceeded towards the Base Camp, with what she had been ask to retrieve collected, she didn't think she needed to wait around any more.

Deserted Island Base Camp

Evangelion walked up the stone steps of the Base Camp, if one could still call it that. It saddened her greatly to see the once proud area completely ruined. She made her way to the man who silently stood observing the ruins.

She made her way to him and clapped him on the shoulder, and she then realized how short she was to him, but she didn't think much on it.

"What's up boss?"

"Just thinking of how we can repair this place."

The man looked like he was about to say something else, but he stayed silent as he sniffed the air. He turned to Evangelion with what looked like hunger in his eyes.

"Do you have some Raw Meat?"

"Yeah, your dad asked me to get it when making my way over here."

"Can I have it?"

Evangelion raised an eyebrow, but she stayed quiet as she reached into her pouch and withdrew the item. The man all but ripped it out of her grasp, he regained his composure when he placed it into his pouch. He crossed his arms and turned to her with a serious expression.

"I apologize, but I am extremely hungry. I will discuss some ideas I have about repairing the camp. Until then I will stay here and cook this meat, head back to town, I will meet with you when I get back."

Evangelion gave a mock salute and proceeded to walk back to the village as the Elder's son continued to observe the wreckage.

Moga Village

Evangelion walked through the entrance gate of the village. Rummaging through the items she had collected on the way back to the village. She waved to the boy who had handed her the Whetstones as she closed her pouch.

"Hey Hunter! Over here!"

Evangelion looked up to see the Elder's son standing on a large pedestal in between the stairs leading down into the village's main area and a large stack of items and boxes. Moving closer the Elder's son pulled out a clipboard and handed it to her. She took it and began flipping through the pages, it was filled with lists of Wyvern parts and minerals.

"That is a list of everything we shall require you to get for us so we can repair the Base Camp. Do not feel like you need to do it all at once though, do it at your leisure."

Evangelion nodded and placed the list into her pouch. She proceeded to walk down the stairs to her house to drop off all of the items she had gathered.

"By the way, thanks for the meat. I get hungry if I don't eat every couple of hours. If not for you I would have probably passed out."

Evangelion stopped for a second to think about what he had just said. Most Hunters could go days without eating anything, she shrugged, maybe it was different here.

She then decided that she would need to restock her ammunition if she were going to complete everything in one go.

Moga Village (Several Hours Later)

Evangelion groaned as she lay on her bed. Her muscles ached and burned after all of the things she had managed to pull off in a single day.

She had completely supplied the restoration efforts for the Camp, managed to collect enough Monster Guts to feed the village for several weeks, got enough things together to repair some parts of the farm, and finally had run around in a Giggi infested cave looking for a single piece of Iron Ore that the Wyverian Artisan would consider usable.

Everyone in the Village was somewhat amazed to see how much she did in order to repair the damaged parts of the village. It was all thanks to Sieben's time management skills that she had gotten it all done in the first place.

When all was said and done she had walked into her house, she put up her weapon, took off every bit of armor, and collapsed onto the bed. The Felyne assigned to her tried many times to see if he could help her with anything, but she shooed him away every time he asked. She was the Hunter, she was the one to ask if anyone needed anything, not the other way around.

Looking out of the massive hole in her room she looked at all of the ships and stars that lay beyond it. She was mesmerized by the beauty of the night sky and of the flickering lights of the ship's lanterns. In the Guild City, all most all of the time every light was lit, washing out most of the sky save for a select few stars.

Stretching out as she yawned, she pulled her hand back in surprise as it brushed against something.

Looking at the object she brushed her hand against, she was surprised to see the gift that Soga had given her. Forcing herself to sit up she reached for the gift and pulled it closer.

Lifting it into her lap she examined it, turning it over to see a small folded piece of paper stuck to it. Pulling the paper free she flipped it open and began to read Soga's familiar scribble handwriting.

To Evangel,

This may be surprising for you to be assigned to do something this big. To tell you the truth, everyone is worried for you, but I am not.

You'll do fine I am sure.

Now, inside this gift I have placed some rounds for the Longfire, they're as old as the gun so I don't know how much good they'll do for you.

I am also putting a special piece of armor in this for you. I know that ever since that one excursion in the Tundra you have been wanting it, so I went ahead and made it for you.

So, I hope you the best of luck in your mission.

Sincerely Soga

Evangelion looked at the parcel and after putting the letter away she reached for it and began to slowly began to unwrap it. Removing the outer shell of paper caused several of the rounds to fall onto her bed.

"Tranquilizer, Flaming, and Poison? That is a nice collection."

Gathering the rounds and moving them to the corner of her bed she returned to the gift and proceeded to tear off the rest of the paper shell. Upon removing the last piece, she almost dropped what she was holding.

It was a Baggi Cap, a piece of Gunner armor that was crafted using the Great Baggi's hide. Its dull blue coloring was illuminated by the night sky. The lights were reflected on its goggles.

To most Hunters, this would have seemed insignificant, one piece of an incomplete armor, but to Evangelion, it was beautiful.

Following Laplace's mission to gather materials for a rare Longsword, Evangelion had fallen in love with the giant Bird Wyvern, most importantly the cap that a Gunner could make.

Smiling she pulled the cap closer and fell back onto the bed, a smile growing on her face.

"Thanks Soga, I will do everything I can to make you all proud."

With that, Evangelion fell asleep, awaiting the next day and what it would bring.

I hope you have enjoyed!

Now I know that I said that this wouldn't be a story that is regularly updated, but it annoys me how much time it took me to write this chapter.

I hope that it won't take as long next time.

This chapter is more text heavy than the last I think, even if it is just back story for Evangelion in some parts.

I skipped all of the tutorials for sake of time, I hope you don"t mind.

Oh, for future reference, what is the Guild Sweetheart's actual name? Is it the one on the pendant you get for completing all missions, or is it not stated?

Anyway, I hope to be finished with chapter three soon.

Have a nice day!