AN: Turns out that the last chapter I posted yesterday was during a glitch in the system. So absolutely nothing updated as far as I could see. The story didn't even leave the second/third page it was on and still was marked as updated. A friend suggested that I delete the chapter and reupload it, but I had a better idea. I'll just shoot out another chapter! Much love to all my supporters and I can't wait for the reviews to finally show up to see all of them.


Bow Bows and Bowguns


Little Ruby didn't know how long she had been hiding in the basement cellar. The room had apparently been sound proofed. The moment she listened to her mom and slammed the cellar door shut, all noise from the outside world ceased. The only thing the girl could do was curl up in a ball and wait.

The waiting felt like forever as each second ticked by. The young girl wasn't sure when it happened, but the cellar door opened to reveal the petrified look of her blonde father. The wear on Taiyang's face apparent, yet that expression softened in relief as his own lilac eyes saw his hiding daughter. With the speed and grace that only a hunter could achieve, Taiyang already had his youngest wrapped in his arms.

Ruby broke into tears as she tried to explain everything that happened in muffled gasps. The man only nodding as he pat the girl's head. "You think this is over?" Ruby turned her head to see the face of a smiling Naracuga. "It's not over." The beast spoke as its maw opened and yanked Taiyang into the darkness of the cellar. No sound came from Ruby as she started to run off a long dark path. Running became hard as she found it increasingly difficult to even keep up straight. Falling and tumbling until she couldn't get up anymore.

"RuBy!" A mixed voice of her mother's and Jaune melded together. Jaune was then there, holding onto a little Ruby as he ran away. " . . . " Jaune shouted at her, but she heard none of it. His arms wrapped tightly around the small girl, her back pressed to his chest. " u..p.." The words broke through the darkness. The Naracuga finally caught up as Jaune was now sitting down. His arms wrapped roughly around her entire body as she struggled to break from his grasp.

"w … u...p…" More words pierced through, the beast-like death incarnate flailed into the air as it dived at the two. Maw wide open ready to swallow them whole. "RUBY WAKE UP!" Silver eyes flashed opened as she gulped down a pint of air. Breathing quickly staggering as she hit the high end of hyperventilation. The girl looked around trying to spot the beast that had almost ate the two, but eyes only found the slowly rising sun as light began to break through modestly. It was dawn and she was still in the carriage. Her wide eyes trailed down to look at two arms wrapped tightly around her own arms. Fists knuckled white in grip that instantly caused her to relax as the tingling sensation of blood flow passed through her palms.

She looked up to see Jaune who had a startled and worried expression. He had her back tightly pressed against his chest with his arms keeping her practically locked into position. Ruby's body felt heavily sore and exhausted as she was forced to relax her muscles that were subconsciously locked up. Her head wearily sagged onto the blonde as all the terror in her body began to pass. A hand was used to trace fingers through the fringes of her hair, soothing her nerves as a Felyne joined and laid on her lap.

Jaune had said nothing to the girl about what just happened and she was really thankful for that.


The two later turned in the quest and Ruby had her first quest marked as completed. Even though it was just a collection quest, it still filled her face with glee. Her first quest as a huntress in this world and it wasn't bad at all. It had the excitement she craved for and enactments of just down right being a hunter. True she didn't get a chance to carve the prey nor did they take down the Giadrome, but it was still something nonetheless.

"Anyways, I'm going to head up to the guild for the report. I'll catch you later, Ruby." Jaune smiled at the girl as he began to walk away. The motion caught the girl off guard as she turned to see her blonde companion walking towards the administration hall. Were they not going to go on a quest together again? Insecurities began to run up as she started to feel her attacks might have pushed her new friend away.

The sudden thought that not explaining the situation to him came into quick regret as she began to chase after him. Only to come face first into the side of taller white haired girl. The two collided on the floor as both of their ammo bags cluttered out and spilled onto the floor. "What are you doing?!" The feminine voice spoke up as she lifted herself off of the floor.

"Sorry…" The tinged red head spoke up as she lifted up a glowing red vial.

"Sorry? Do you have any idea how long it took to craft these things?!" The white haired girl began to gather up the colorful vials around the area. Ruby looked at the one in her hand and noticed that it was a power coating. Ones that you'd use with basic hunter bows. A weapon Ruby didn't really have the strength to fully utilize. Yet at least. "Give me that already!" The girl would suddenly swipe at the vial the rose was holding.

In a moment of clarity, Ruby began to quickly gather up her own shells that had fallen onto the floor. The white haired girl would then pick one up and snort as she tossed it to the red head. "A bowgun? Seriously? Those are barely what you'd call a weapon." The girl taunted as the smaller of the two caught the shell with a panicked expression.

"Don't do that! These are loaded!" A mocking laugh was given as the white haired girl smirked with mild amusement.

"Loaded? Shells hardly do that much damage to begin with." The next taunt caused the girl to puff out as she finally collected all of her shells and stood up.

"Hey! Nothing's wrong with bowguns! They're both versatile and flexible given the situation!" Ruby said to the girl as she folded her arms.

"Versatile? I don't think switching between firing type is that versatile. At least with a bow, you can immediately switch up your coatings to apply specific status alignments towards monsters. You can even internally pierce the insides of monsters for great amount of damage." The girl spoke with great haut as she gloated over the superiority of bows over bowguns.

"Hey! A bowgun can do all that and much more! Cluster Shots, Pellet Shots and much much more!" The red head countered as she flailed her arms. The white haired girl folded her arms in response as she hmphed into the air.

"Well! You know what! This calls for a challenge!"

"Wait what?" The girl questioned before she was dragged away with a squeak.


That was how Ruby got herself into her second quest. It was a kill quest obtained by the girl she now knew as Weiss Schnee. Who was sixteen years old and currently on her Second Hunter Rank. Again there were no kill quests for Rank One, but she was allowed to go by virtue and escort of a 'more experienced' huntress as Weiss liked to put it.

『 Rambunctious Rhenoplos – Limit: 3 Days – Reward: 600z 』

The two now were in red forests of Forever Fall. Weiss didn't even bother placing a camping set as she strolled passed the angry courier with Ruby following nervously behind. If the cat ratted on them, they'd definitely get reprimanded by the guild. Yet let it be known. Felynes were no Rats and being even deemed one was insult enough.

"Now we'll check the superiority and effectiveness in our weapons based off the accumulation of what can be done with each shot." Ruby just drawled at the fact that the older huntress was equipped with a Wild Bow. Testament to the Congas that were murdered to make such a thing. The tinged red head herself was equipped with a Cross Bowgun. Another starter weapon she was given to by the guild due to being unable to find her previous weapon.

Regardless, it was a weapon without an upgrade to its name verse an actual monster-crafted weapon unlike her own. "Seriously Weiss? Seriously?" Ruby muttered out as she just looked down at her bowgun. The Schnee only smirked at her inevitable victory. A harsh lesson to be learned that regardless of the situation, a victory was still a victory.

"Well look at it this way Ms. Rose."

"Ruby…"

"Ms. Rose," she continued. "Power isn't everything~ so try to show some skill." She sang song as the girl began to skitter off. Loud laughter echoed through Weiss' mind as she gained utter personal enjoyment out of the situation. "For example…" A small Zuros began to walk idly through the forest and into their area. The Zuros was a tamer and an easily fought creature unlike its Arzuros counter-part. Weiss cocked her bow back and shot an arrow with such precision, that it slammed into the ankle of the beast and pinned it to the floor.

The Zuros let out an angry roar as it tried to tear its foot away from the ground. Yet the large arrow and the force of impact stopped it so. "See? Eas-" The girl was about to finish until a shell flew passed her and pierced through the eye of the beast. No hesitation was given as the blue bear-like creature merely dropped. "Not as impressive when it was already immobile." The girl instantly stated in response to a smirking Ruby.

Such actions continued as the two began to travel the forest. Weiss at one point showed off a Weapon Art that hunters could utilize. Such as using wires around her arrows to wrap a crowd of enemies together. Weiss had looked over at Ruby with a haughty expression. At least until Ruby responded by firing a Crag Shell at the crowded group. The mess that was caused had Weiss stare with a mortified expression as the explosion had landed in the center of all the monsters and the wire was too good to break apart.

Weiss had only responded with a disgusted expression with her hands raised and eyes closed as she walked away. Ruby merely gave a playful scuff at the trained huntress showing weakness at the sight of kills. Obviously she wouldn't understand her vision. Unlike her first quest, no surprises had taken place and the quest ended on a somewhat nice note. "I'll admit, you are impressive with the bowgun. Yet you should really practice up on your weapon arts."

"Hmph, not everyone has the dexterity to jump over a tall monster." Ruby referred to a time when Weiss had rolled and jumped off the head of another Zuros. The girl gracefully pulled back the string and shot the beast mid-air. Following up by pulling out one of her arrows and finishing it off with a straight stab through the neck. "It really was impressive though."

"Regardless." Weiss blushed at the compliment and turned away as Ruby gave a dorky grin. "It was… nice. I don't have many opportunities to go on hunting parties. So I'll at least thank you for accompanying me, Ruby." The white haired girl gave a courtesy bow as Ruby ungracefully attempted to mimic. Causing the white haired girl to smirk and then snort into a laughter. Ruby huffed herself until she snickered in response. It really was silly of her to try anyways.

"So there I was! Cornered by Giaprey and a Giadrome. My weapon disarmed!" Weiss stared at Ruby with wide eyes. The two had wrapped up the quest and had started to head back to Vales via carriage. In the meantime, the two discussed their experience. Yet to Weiss' surprise, it was Ruby's second mission and she may already be as good as she should be without weapon arts.

"Disarmed?! That's like totally taboo!" Weiss let out a panicked tone, it was almost unheard of to get disarmed during a hunt. It was one of the first things they trained a hunter to do. Never let go. Ever.

"The fangs of the Giadrome were upon my face! I could literally taste my death in fishy raptor breaths!" Ruby spoke in a dark tone as she recalled the quest that she had previous went on. It may have been a two days or so ago. Yet it was still a horrifying experience. "Then Jaune came in all his glory!" The girl made the motions of a karate chop as she continued. "He tackled the beast off the cliff before it could sink its evil jaws onto my flesh."

"Tackled?! What! That's so unorthodox! What if he didn't have the upper body strength to topple over a Drome! They're massive!" The girl began to instantly analyze as she imagined that size of the beast and height that Ruby had earlier described. The question caused Ruby to scrunch her brows in thought as she contemplated the scenario again. The weight of Drome was massive. To the point where you'd have to get the Courier's wagon to retrieve the body.

Yet Jaune effortlessly tackled it off the cliff and still had enough gusto to stay upright and continue battle. "Well?!" Weiss stated as she rested on her knees. Palms forward with interest in the story that Ruby was telling. The white haired girl mostly did solo-quests by herself. Yet she would never admit that this was by far more exciting than her owns so far. Even if the white haired girl had single handedly fought Dromes before.

"There were three Giaprey left by the time I was done with them!" The girl scrunched more, trying to remember the scene through her hazy eyes and hyperventilating breaths. "Jaune shield bashed a Giaprey mid-air and stepped forward! Another slash given directly into the eyes of the second Giaprey!" Thinking about it now, Jaune used no weapon arts and at the same time. Didn't even use anyone weapon style. He was definitely just as green as her, but his blows were precise and they counted. "He then blocked another Giaprey that went for his opening and stabbed it straight through the skull! And lastly… he walked up to the first prey. Wrapped his arm around its neck and finished it off with a clean stab to the throat!" The girl said the last part ominously as she covered her brooding face with a hand. Giving emphasis on the moment.

Weiss shuttered at the thought of a struggling Giaprey fighting for its life and any breath of air it could take. Before it all was for naught and it dropped harder than a Barroth that tumbled off a cliff. "So what happened to the second one?" The thought passed and Ruby only froze up as she thought about the one that Jaune slashed. For the life of her, she could not remember.

"I… don't know… the moment was kind of hazy. I guess he killed it while I was collecting myself. All that I remember next is Jaune carrying me off due to my thawed foot after hearing the Giadrome still alive." Ruby collected her thoughts passively as she Weiss' eyes widened.

"Carried? Like a princess?! That's so romantic!" Weiss put her hands to her face as she thought of her own knight in shining armor. Carrying her away from an evil Rathian and Rathalos combo. Only after the same man sliced the heads off at the same time with a single swing. Ah yes, a true hunter indeed.

"R-romantic?! No! It was only protocol!" The redhead instantly denied as she waved her hands back and forth. Weiss only laughed at the girl who covered her blushing face with her humble bowgun. That would need to be upgraded in time, but time is something Weiss would willingly give if it meant to grow bonds and finally form the hunting party that every hunter craved. Even herself.


AN: Well that's the close for this chapter! I hope you guys liked it! It seems that guest reviews cannot be reviewed at the moment. Yet anyone logged in is still transferred over to my email. That's minor good news. Though I care for all my reviews, even the ones that aren't logged in! I'll be eagerly awaiting to read your reviews! So keep on posting!


The Felyne Prowels – Episode 2:


Crocea Mors laid on the stone wall. It was a long ride back and the ride didn't become any better as Jaune's companion began to thrash violently in her slip. At first, the blonde didn't know what to do and panicked. He was too afraid to touch the girl who started swinging her arms around and colliding with the equipment inside the carriage. Though the cat forced Jaune to hold her down regardless of how dangerous it normally was. It'd be bad if she knocked something over and toppled over the whole carriage somehow.

Stranger things have happened in Crocea's adventures. Night terrors weren't even the worst of it as it recalled moments of Jaune's grandfather himself having a few along with some of his companions. There was something about a giant monster with the maw bigger than a door leaving an everlasting impression on a hunter.

It was then that a young Crescent Rose cat walked by. An elegant red and black coating surrounding its fur. A truly pampered house cat one could see. The cat turned her gaze to see a sight she hadn't expected. It was a new cat in the block that was vales. He was old, but another Felyne could see the hard earned muscles that packed the cat. His eyes firmed with both wisdom and strength of a thousand battles. Animated hearts broke out of the cat's eyes at the sight of such an alpha cat amongst a village of meager Felyne.

Crescent Rose shot over to the male and then began to strut. Trying to gather the attention of the male cat as it could do the same with all the other Felyne in the area. She was a high quality and well fed Felyne after all. Any other male could see the appeal. Yet after strutting back and forth several time. Crocea Mors showed absolutely no interest. He had definitely did see her and only obligated to yawn and keep his eyes on the Felyne. Nothing more, and even more less when the attention died and the cat went back to napping.

A jaw fell as this Felyne did what no other male in the village had accomplished. Ignored her. A meowing laugh could be heard from across the street. It was a white male Felyne that was had been trying to get the attention of Crescent Rose since forever. His name was known as Myrtenaster, the only other high-quality cat in Vales that was born and bred into money as all other Schee Felynes were. A humph was given in response as Crescent Rose strutted away. This wasn't over, the female caught thought.

Meanwhile, on the tallest roof. A black and purple cat by the name of Gamble Shroud stared down at Crocea Mors. Eyes narrowed at the new cat on the block. He'd have to show that old timer who was the alpha cat around these parts… How dare he gain the attention of the most beautiful cat in Vales when he can't even get her to look at him.