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CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The heat of the fire was pressing heavily onto his skin, the smell of soot intermingling with the scent of sweat. The sound of a small black hammer bashing superheated machalite into a sword-like shape reverberated throughout the clearing.

CLANG! CLANG! SSHHHH…

Steam rose as the blade was thrust into the nearby lake. Standing up, allowing the metal to cool, the blacksmith went to a mass of bone and scales. Taking his saw, he started to work on shaping the bone.

"Now, Jaune, what you do here is…"

The Man was giving Jaune a lesson on operating a forge. It had been four months since The Man's right arm was torn off. After looking through the book, Jaune had identified the attacker as the powerful five-star monster, a Seregios. Identifying it by the icon's red and yellow coloration, he was given a specific target as he saw that the icon had a red and white horn on it. As he thought back to that moment, He remembered seeing, among all the red and yellow, there was sky-blue horn on it instead.

Knowing that his current equipment would most likely break during the fight, Jaune needed stronger weapons. Since his master had lost his dominant hand, and his ability to craft was hampered, Jaune had asked The Man to instruct him in the ways of smithing.

The process had been a frustrating one. The only thing he was able to do at first was saw and cut monster bones- any metal he worked with ended up malformed, with little use. Through multiple trials, and almost exhausting their supply of ores, Jaune was finally able to shape a perfect steel sword after three months. That wasn't to say he didn't need anymore tips, especially since some of the other metals were more confusing to work with.

During those three months, Jaune still hunted, and still traveled across the areas and islands of the archipelago. This was made easy thanks to The Man's special semblance, allowing him to store the camp in a separate space. But as training, The Man also started having Jaune travel while wearing a heavy bag. Half a month after he created his first sword, The Man started making Jaune carry the makeshift anvil and tools for forging. Thanks to this, Jaune had noticeably more agile movements, along with more power behind his sword strikes. He was capable of slaying a Great Jaggi in less time than it took on his first try. It hadn't just been Great Jaggi, however. Throughout those four months, Jaune was strictly hunting three star monsters such as Arzuros and Congalala.

Currently, the two of them were within the icy confines of the Pokke area, sitting on top of an icy lake. As Jaune shook off the snow from his shoulders, he looked towards The Man. Despite only being ten years and ten months old, Jaune had grown up. Constantly being tested by nature, and having only the stern but kind The Man with him, he had not much in the way of youthful innocence left. And he was also fit for his age, too. The Man knew that, without a doubt, Jaune would have a highly developed physical body by the time puberty hit.

If he makes it there, that is…

"Jaune!"

Jaune looked towards his master, his friend, and smiled. After all, who wouldn't smile after seeing a fully-cooked meal of delicious popo meat after being subjected to hunger pangs? Licking his lips, he went to sit next to The Man at the edge of the frozen lake. Being handed BBQ'ed popo on a stick, he was about to happily munch on it before the two of them were rudely interrupted from their lunch.

Seeing the shadow first, Jaune dodged to the left, narrowly missing being stuck as a snowman. Looking back behind him, he saw his current opponent: a hare-like creature known as the Lagombi. Known for sliding around on their bellies, this one was currently midair- having jumped from its position, it landed and slammed its claws into the snowy ground where Jaune was.

"Missed again!" Turning its furry head, it turned to see Jaune spitting the stick he had been using for his BBQ out in the Lagombi's direction. Seeing that its target had dodged towards the icy lake, the Lagombi flipped itself onto its belly, and slid towards Jaune. Having felt the full force of Lagombi slide a couple days prior, Jaune skated towards the direction of the forge and away from the omnivorous hare. Skidding by the forge, he picked up a random pair of swords. Spinning around, he saw that it was a pair of blades similar in design to an odd wyvern he slew last week, a lone Yian Kut Ku. Glancing up, he saw the snow rabbit sliding towards him again.

"Might as well test these." Skating towards the sliding rabbit, and by extension the makeshift forge, Jaune left the ice below him. Kicking off the anvil, the extra height let him slash at the Lagombi's broad back. As the bunny spun out, Jaune skated towards it again. As it got up, the hare launched a swipe with one of its paws at Jaune's head. Sliding under, Jaune gave two light scratches on the armored paws. As he slid, he slid right into a snow bank, onto solid ground. Getting away from the frozen lake, where Jaune knew he had a disadvantage at despite his skating skills due to the Lagombi's frozen preference, Jaune moved through the snow. Looking behind him, he saw the Lagombi stop at the snowbank too, and start bounding toward him through the snow. Making his way to a lone tree, he slashed at it with his blades. Within the blades, fire was naturally produced, and along with Jaune aura he cleaved right through the tree, making it fall on top of the rabbit.

Due to the hard skull of the Lagombi's head, all it did was stun the hare. Taking this chance, Jaune leapt onto the Lagombi's back. Lifting one of his blades high, he repeatedly stabbed the rabbit. Spurred on by the burning pain, the Lagombi jumped back onto the frozen lake, trying to dislodge Jaune by slamming its back onto the icy surface. It worked, and Jaune was forced to let go. Swinging both its arms, reminiscent of a golfer, the Lagombi knocked Jaune back into the snow. Taking its limbs, the Lagombi shattered a couple chunks of ice from the frozen lake, throwing them at the downed hunter. Rolling to the side, Jaune rushed back towards the rabbit. Swinging its paw at Jaune, he sidestepped out of the way before spinning like a pinwheel, dealing multiple slashes to the hare. Taking its shoulder, the bunny rammed Jaune before jumping on top of him, pinning Jaune to the ground. Getting up, using its foot to hold Jaune in place, it roared in his face before slamming a paw into Jaune's head. Feeling immense pain, Jaune could barely move his head to the side as another paw slammed into the ice. Taking its other paw, the Lagombi kept on repeatedly banging upon the ice. Bring its face forward to intimidate Jaune again, the hunter focused his aura in his forehead and head-butted it off him. Taking this chance, Jaune went into a wild flurry of blades, singed hair and rabbit blood filling the clearing.

With a mighty swing, the Lagombi successfully threw Jaune off him, and onto the snow. Panting heavily, it drooped its ears downwards. It noticed, however, that there was a gash in one of its ears. Rage building up, it roared in anger towards Jaune. Jumping up, it attempted to smash the hunter, who sidestepped away. Immediately, the Lagombi gathered a large ball of snow in its arms, and threw it at Jaune. Forming another ball, it kept on throwing snowballs at the hunter, each one being dodged by the faster human. As the Lagombi kept throwing more snowballs, Jaune was slowly making his way closer. When he was close enough, the Lagombi stopped throwing snow. Instead it started erratically swinging around its paws, trying to snag Jaune. Retreating backwards, Jaune saw an opening between the strikes. Dashing forwards, he spun like a mixer, slicing up the stomach of the hare. Bending over in pain, the Lagombi suddenly launched itself into the air, trying to flatten Jaune at the cost of its life. T the last second, Jaune turned his body. Moving both arms inwards where the Lagombi's neck was, Jaune moved his blades like a scissor, detaching the top of the Lagombi's head. Getting back his breath after the fight, Jaune returned to his and The Man's lunch, towing the Lagombi's body so The Man can carve it later (while trying to ignore the red trail behind him).


A/N: Just so you know, Jaune will eventually get over his disgust at seeing blood and the like. It will just take a while.

And so we give Jaune a rival of sorts, a Seregios with an oddly coloured light-blue horn. Oh is he going to have fun with this one, especially for when it next shows up...

So, give me all the criticisms! Be it through review or through PM, let me know your thoughts, especially anything that needs to be worked on. (I feel as though there should be multiple things wrong with this particular chapter, no idea why)

See ya later!