And I'm back with another chapter.

Enjoy!

"Calm down, I can't understand you!", the guild manager said. Before him stood a hunter with a Rathalos armor.

"Cough… Ben is gone, I ...cough

... don't know what happened but we have to find him.", Darren stuttered, he was running all the way from the quest area back to the guild lobby and many hunters were watching him with a confused look, wondering what was wrong with him. The guild manager raised an eyebrow at that.

"You mean your friend with this green armor? I see… Go and get some rest for now, you must be exhausted.", the manager calmly replied. Darren looked up, shocked at how the manager could stay so calm. His friend just disappeared!

"But…!"

"We'll take care of this immediately, don't worry. But for now, you need a break, we will find your friend.", the manager said, with a look that meant that those were his last words. He called five hunters, all of them wearing a guild armor. One of them took Darren to a tent, where he could relax, while the other four hunters were listening to the guild manager.

"Listen, one of our guild hunters disappeared in one of the quest areas and we have to find him as soon as possible. Last time he was seen, was at the misty peaks, trying to hunt a monster called Mizutsune. We don't know very much about this monster, so be carefull.", the manager said.

The hunters nodded before taking off to the quest area.

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"The manager said that you can have this tent for now, so make yourself comfortable.", the guild hunter said before walking out of the tent.

Darren just stood there, not knowing what to do. He couldn't just relax while his friend was missing! But he had to admit that his Rathalos armor was a bit outworn, the normally red colour now covered with dirt and foam from the fight with the Mizutsune. He walked over to the blue box which was standing in a corner of the tent. Surely he had another armor which he could use…

Perfect! He pulled out a blue armor with some red spikes and orange samples on it. A full Lagiacrus armor.

He remembered that he had a hard time collecting the materials for this armor together with Ben. He hadn't used it for years now…

Some minutes later, he stepped out of the tent with his Lagiacrus armor shining brightly in the sunlight. Also he changed his sword and shield and took a Lagiacrus longsword instead. Since the guild manager wouldn't allow him to search Ben too, it would be a perfect time to test this armor and longsword again in a quest. But nothing big, the manager wouldn't allow that either, maybe a collecting quest. Darren hates those quests but he couldn't do anything else right now. So he walked back to the guild lobby to pick a quest…

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Ben yawned and slowly woke. He blinked a couple times to see clearly.

It was still in the night but his stomach felt totally empty. Maybe he should get something to eat for the night…

Suddenly he noticed Blackclaw sleeping directly beside him. She shivered slightly, the cold air from outside already came into the den.

He wouldn't just leave her like that…

So he moved a bit closer to her, wrapping his tail carefully around her's so she won't wake up and curled into a ball with her in the middle, his warm fur pressing against her skin. She instantly relaxed and laid her head instinctively under his in her sleep, giving a content sigh. Ben forgot about the food and just watched her a bit, before deciding to just stay like that and slowly drifted off into sleep again while smiling.

Aaaaand… that's it. Short chapter again but anyway. I wonder how long this story will be in the end. Give me your opinion in a review.

Have a nice day/night whatever. :)