Hiya, hopefully I didn't keep people waiting too long. Forgot I had a piece where I was working and decided to polish it off with some added detail. A lot of schooling and Playwrites but just finished a Play. Hopefully I can get back onto schedule writing, but you just can't force it, but I will try to get to some stories otherwise. Thank you for sticking around long enough to see the story I bring to you, as always, Steven Universe is owned by Rebecca Sugar and CN while Monster Hunter belongs to Capcom.

The roaring flames loomed, engulfing Pearl in a wave of a raging inferno. All plant life was gone, leaving only behind a charred burning ground. A lone spear was on the ground, steaming with intense heat. The burning Rathalos roared in victory as it turned around, lumbering away before spotting something at the distance. Pearl stood at the distance, steam coming off of her along with singe marks as she gave a low glare.

The Rathalos gave a bone chilling roar as it flew towards her, before getting knocked out of the air by a Holo-Pearl. She gave a weary smirk as Pearl formed more Holo-Pearls, as they rushed towards the wyvern, jumping around it as they slashed into its hide and scales with their own blades.

Each cut slowed the creature down before it swung its tail in circular motion, smashing each of the Hole-Pearls into nothing before it fired a fireball at Pearl. She ducked under it, forming her chipped spear as she fired a energy shot at the creatures open maw. A small explosion of light came from the creature's mouth as it was knocked back onto the ground, motionless.

"Wow….that was one...exhilarating and nobel fight…." Pearl said as she breathed heavily, before picking up her spear as she walked back. She dusted herself off, fixing her hair quietly before glancing behind her. The Rathalos was still motionless, before she shrugged it off a moment later. A few moments later, a loud whooshing sound was heard, as Pearl felt massive claws tighten around her chest, crushing her as she was jerked off into the air.

The Rathalos risen quickly, grasping Pearl in its talon as it took into the air, flying higher and higher. Pearl gave a expression of fear, squirming under its grasp as she soon grabbed one of the claws. She pushed hard, lifting the single claw away as she squirmed away from its grasp. The Rathalos glanced down to her, shaking its leg as it swung her around violently, dazing Pearl.

Pearl formed her spear best she could, as she thrusted the chipped blade into its heel. The Rathalos let out a howl of pain, loosening it grip as Pearl felled from its talon's, hitting the air as she fell from the sky. She repositioned herself as she saw the distance was massive as the ground was far away.

She panicked, trying to find a place to land as something crashed into her side, leaving a burnt mark. The Rathalos swoop down after her, dive bombing as it had its jaw ready to crunch. She saw it incoming, before switching to a diving position, building up speed as she accelerated out of the creature's jaw.

Pearl flew through the air at high speeds, quickly dodging incoming fireballs launched from the Red Wyvern King. The Rathalos swung low, swiping at her with its claws before she grabbed hold of its dagger like claw. The Rathalos swung its leg rapidly, trying to throw her off. She let go as it moved upwards. She did a full backflip in the air, gracefully mounting the large brutal wyvern. She hold onto its outwards scales as it began to thrash mid-air, kicking up tailwind as she barely hung on.

The Fire Wyvern soon tired itself out, flapping his wings slowly as steam could be seen coming from its mouth along with saliva. Pearl knew her chance had presented itself as she stood up, carefully walking across its back before raising her spear with both hands, aiming for its neck. She noticed the creature glanced to her, before she finally caught wind.

The Rathalos did a complete aileron roll, throwing Pearl off. Pearl quickly reacted, grabbing onto the spike jutting out of the creatures face. It swung its head side to side, trying to get her into is burning jaw before Pearl swung from the momentum to its leg. The creature snapped at the air, before glancing around for her. It felt something near its leg before it felt a sharp slicing sensation near it's tail.

Pearl swung from the leg, swiftly jumping to the tail. She gripped the spikes jutting out of the tail as she formed a spear, slicing through half of the tail. She gave another swing as the tail was cut clean off. A pain howling roar was heard as Pearl began to descend back to the ground. The Rathalos glared at her as it began to dive bomb towards her, easily catching up to her. Pearl turned around, forming a more damaged spear as she threw it directly at its wing. The blade sliced through the strong webbing, causing the Rathalos to flail through the air before Pearl hit the ground, leaving a large cloud of dust and dirt to kick up from the sudden impact.

The Rathalos came close second, using it's one good wing to reduce speed before smashing through multiple trees, knocking them all down as it left a large trail of dirt in the ground, slowing to a halt as it remained dazed. Pearl breathed heavy, dazed from the sudden impact as she laid in a rather large crater. Slowly, she gripped the sides of it as she pulled herself out, limping towards her spear as she picked it up before turning to the creature with hints of fear and anger in her eyes.

The Rathalos stood up from the ground, shaking the dirt off as it turned to face her, glaring as it walked towards her. She stared at it closely, before noticing its stride was unbalance. She stared at its leg as she saw a faint limp, hinting it was hurt. The Rathalos gave a loud, mighty roar at her as the trees were pushed by the sheer force of it. Pearl stood her ground, holding her spear tightly as she stared back at it, deathly glaring at it.

They stood in the same position eying each other closely before the Rathalos gave a growl, turning around as it lumbered into the dense forests. Pearl watched it closely before losing her stance, as she fumbled back with an exhausted gasp. "H-hehe...O-ow...I better..check on Steven…" She said to herself before walking down the the hill, stumbling slightly as she made her way down, taking quick peeks behind her in hopes of finding the creature later down the road.

Steven and the group headed down after spotting a large pillar of black smoke, Garnet taking on the initiative as she rushed down the hill. Jasper followed close by, Lapis and Peridot staying ahead in the lead as Connie and Amethyst stood near the back, looking around a few pieces of charred grass. They were led astray, moving through increasingly dense jungles and woods before Garnet began to slow from a sprint to a jog, slowly to a wak as everyone else caught up.

". . . We went the wrong way. We need to get moving back to Pearl no-" She was cut off by deep breathing, soon turning around to spot a massive primate laying down on its back in a cracked tree, rubbing its gut with large bull-like horns with red staining the tips. Garnet tried not to show it as it breathed in her face, but its scent was overbearing as she stumbled back with a rench.

Steven jumped back in a startle once he spotted the beast, lightly panicking on the inside from its towering height and chiseled body, Amethysts staring up in awe as the creature recieved frighten looks from Peridot and Connie, who was close to the verge of screaming. Jasper gave a smirk, cracking her knuckles while eyeing the creature, Lapis tilting her head to the side as she tried to figure out what the creature was before a scream pierced the air from behind.

Connie tried to hold herself composed, soon cracking at what layed under the cracked tree. Multiple piles of bones, cracked and torn while some unidentifiable. The creature's eye shot open, awoken by the rattling cry as it began to slowly rise, falling to its short legs with a thundering quake, standing up on its hind legs to shake out its beefy arms, pounding the rigid steel-like arms into the ground, turning to face Garnet with a snout, howling right in their direction with such intensity, Amethyst rolled back just as Connie took off with Steven and Peridot.

Garnet's gauntlets reformed in a crimson flash of light, corresponding with the devilish orange glow from Jasper, wrapping around her head as she charged dead ahead to meet the creature slamming its fist against her metallic orange helmet. A shockwave blew out, pushing the leaves and branches back with such ferocity that the monster stumbled back along with Jasper, both combatants regaining their stance to trade blows. Jasper ducked over a quick, piston-like punch, the wind wrapping past her shoulder as Jasper quickly shot her own blow to the creature's gut, spinning to the left to kick the back of its leg in, tossing it through a thick trunk by the horns.

The Rajang tumbled through the tree, beating its palms against the ground with a deepening howl, grabbing the tree to throw at Jasper with lightning speed. Jasper let out an "umph", flying back into a large stone, cracking the surface with a grunt. Garnet quickly took over, hopping over the recovering gem to meet the creature's onslaught, matching his blows with her own as they soon began to pick up the speed of their punches, the vibrations rattling throughout the ground as the stone Jasper laid on soon rattled into pieces and pebbles.

Quickly, the Rajang launched into the air, grazing the bottom of the clouds high in the air before plummeting back with fists ready to smash the ground below. Garnet seen it coming a mile away, backflipping back to gain distance. Once the creature landed, the ground rippled as if water, rocks and stone tiles moving with the ground to be flung into the air, hiding Jasper as she met the Rajang dead on, malice in her eyes as she connected her knuckle with the bottom of its jaw, slamming it shut over its tongue before stealing the beast initial kinetic energy, using it for herself to launch the Rajang deep into the rocky cliffside, forming a tunnel in the shape of a rough opening.

"C'mon ya big lug head, is that the best you got in you?!" Jasper taunted at the rumbling cave opening. Garnet stood wary, unnerving Jasper unintentionally. A bright flash of golden light came from the hole, shaking the mountainside with an deafening roar heard throughout the valley ahead. The Rajang could be heard for miles, beating its chest before ripping out from the mountaintop, a bright beam of light firing from its jaw at Jasper who slammed her palm into the blast, skidding back with her heels digging into the ground tightly. The Monstrous Ape began to fall, charging up a series of beams just as it landed, darting side to side to spit out the same golden eletrical attack. Jasper growled, the beams adding onto another as it was the side of her palms together, steadily pushing her back as she gave out a loud yell of energy, turning to spin and putt the beam of energy back at the Monster. The beam slammed into the side of its face, scorching the tan skin underneath the golden fur to earn a growl in acceptance of her attack holding effectiveness.

The Rajang moved as if a blur to the trained Gem, its figure blending into the area around before feeling a massive fist connect with her cheek, sending her flying the opposing way as the Rajang carried through with its punch, sending her flying past the jungle trees. Garnet jumped up, slamming her fist down on the head of the ape with a kick to its lower jaw, sending it into the air slightly as it landed on all fours, rearing up to start repeatedly punching the ground, closing in the distance on Garnet. She watched the ground rip apart with each punch, if she had a heart, it would be beating once she thought of her gems hypothetically falling into the demolishing blows of its punches, shaking it from her head as she kicked herself to the left, darting forward to the creature with a kick to its ribs, sending it into a tree with a crack as it swung its arm down on her in retort. Garnet quickly raised her arms, catching the violent limb with a smirk, receiving a grunt of annoyance from the beast as it slammed down on her once more, anchoring her to the ground. It began to wail down with its fists, slamming into her gauntlets repeatedly as she sunk lower and lower steadily to the ground.

Garnet tried to keep herself up, her arms giving out slowly under the sheer force of the beast. It raised both its arms, ready to crush her in a final move before Garnet used the moment, kicking her leg out to its knee as it tumbled back. Using the spare seconds given, Garnet unleashed a barrage of blows to the creature's face, her gauntlets becoming a blur with each fast blow. She soon yelled out, slamming her closed fist on its overgrown horn, snapping it at the base as it rolled back, gripping the freshly broken stub with a harsh growl. It rose on its hind legs, spin kicking to land both its heels on Garnets chest, sending her back into a tree with a heavy thud, just as Jasper came back over, panting with a fresh weary smile. "H-hehe, I didn't believe you on the fact worthy opponents exist but I should have guess only Monsters can match the power of a warrior Gem such as myself." She replied to an earlier statement made, watching the beast as the hairs on its back rose with sharp blue electrical snaps.

I know it could be longer with how long I've been gone, but I will try to update at least this one. Just hard to write files beforehand with school is all, maybe over the weekends I could try something.