A Friend That Cares
I do not own the Monster hunter franchise
Caresh's point of view
It had been a few weeks since the thunderlord zinogre, whom I had named Zach, had taken me to his den, and I was beginning to wonder how I could keep him safe if I returned to the guild. Explaining that he saved me might help but if he stayed here he might be killed by another hunter or huntress. The only other option would be to take him with but, if I asked him to leave would he? I was able to walk short distances now with little pain, so I decided I would try and encourage him to come with somehow. I walked over to Zach and wrapped my arms around his neck, then I stepped back and tried to signal him to follow.
Zach's point of view
The young huntress, gestured for me to follow her, and I complied. I didn't want to leave my friend behind, or be left by her. If I could I would go with her I would, food in my territory is getting more and more scarce, and I feel like I should protect my friend, but does she agree?
Caresh's point of view
He's following! I thought gleefully, we walked carefully to base camp, where my paw pass ticket was waiting, I turned it in and as the boat arrived to pick me up, they were surprised to see Zach sitting patiently.
"Hey mind explaining why you have a thunderlord zinogre that isn't captured with you?" the captain asked.
"He isn't a threat, besides he's actually friendly, so +1 passenger for you, I'll pay the expense," I replied.
"No it's fine, just make sure you get him licensed with the guild if you are keeping a large predator as a pet, you have to have them licensed," The captain explained, "How did you tame him?"
"Actually he saved me from a Deviljho, I can tell you all about it later," I replied. I didn't know that anyone had ever tamed large monsters before, this is interesting.
Zach's point of view
I shouldn't have had those extra bites of that deviljho. I thought probably turning a different shade of green as the rocking of the boat was making me sick. Thankfully land was in sight and, with a little help, I was soon off the boat alongside the young huntress, who it seems is called Caresh, as I have heard many people call her that. She turned to me after we approached a large building in the center of town, many people stared in awe as Caresh began to speak.
"I need to go into the guild," she said, I couldn't understand but then she pointed at the ground and said, "Stay here I'll be right back."
I think she wants me to stay here, well hopefully she gets back soon.
A few minutes later she came back with a large leather object that looked like it would fit around my neck for some reason, it had a small shiny tag on it, and the whole thing was tinted a bright yellow, not unlike my gold fur.
Caresh grimaced as she mumbled, "you're not going to like this, but if you want to stay with me I need to put this on you."
I had no idea what she meant until she reached up and put the object around my neck, it was actually slightly loose, and rubbed my neck a little, so I didn't mind it. The metal tag had a rubber ring around it which prevented it from making noise.
"well that was easier than I expected, wow," Caresh sighed. I bent down and gently licked her cheek she laughed, "I guess you liked it then. You know I was half expecting you to tear my face off when I put it on you!"
We walked together back to her home, which had a large yard in the back which she led me into. I found that it was almost as large as my den, and part of it was shaded by a large cloth canopy, the green grass was cut short, but it seemed like a good home. I looked back to where Caresh had been and noticed she had moved up some stairs to a door to her house, she called down to me.
"I need to get some things I'll be back," She said and entered her house. Moments later coming out with two large rectangular objects that looked very springy, "I don't know why I have these extra king mattresses anyway, so I'll let you use them t for a bed, they should fit your size though not sure about your weight."
After she place them under the canopy, I sniffed them, then crawled on top of them. They are springy, I could easily fall asleep on this, is that what she got these for? I lay down, and was instantly amazed at how comfy this was compared to the moss in my den. This hunter cares for me, in turn I must care for her.
That night I slept more soundly than I ever had before.