"I couldn't believe it either" the girl informed the guild master as the bearded man turned to Sean and Glenn. "I'm surprised you even went to the volcano Sean, your only HR 4 at best, the lava lands aren't the safest to be with that kind of experience" the old man scolded as Sean lowered his helmet clad head.

"And you, your not even in the guild, so how did you end up there?" he asked turning to Glenn as the green scaled blonde looked uncomfortable. "I took him we were hunting a Rathalos tail for a client in Moga village" Sean explained as the master looked at the two of them.

"I see, but why haven't you signed up for your hunting licence?" he asked as Glenn wondered what that was. "We kind of got carried away, I was helping him adjust to her new sword in the desert when we were attacked by a niblesnarf and a Diablo's" Sean explained as the pinkette beside them gave them a strange look.

"You guys have the worst luck ever" he pointed out as Sean shrugged. "I think it's this guy, I was never this lucky in finding high level monster all the time" Sean said as he clamped a hand on Glenn's shoulder.

"Anyway, back on topic the volcano is going to be limited from now on, until we can either kill or repel the elder dragon it's too dangerous for hunters to venture there" the master explained as he turned towards the pinkette beside the two boys.

"And finally you Junko, as a high rank hunter I need you to head to Moga village, I'm getting letters about something large heading there, and I don't want the villagers getting killed" the master said as the girl gave him a beaming smile.

"Oh you can count on me, those monster won't know what hit them" she said, laughing cheerfully as Glenn looked at her oddly. Wasn't she annoyed like five seconds ago? Talk about an attitude change. "Now off you go, oh Glenn, you'll be given your hunter ranking on the ship back to the village, I believe I have a few quest to give you a rank that is suitable for your skill, expect a letter when you get back" the master said, hopping off the bar table as he left to do some paper work.

"This place in insane" Glenn grumbled as Sean chuckled to himself. "There are some interesting people here" he said as Glenn glared at him. That was until he felt someone glaring into his back. "Are you ignoring me?" Junko asked slowly as Glenn gingerly turned to her, stepping backwards as the girl was holding her sniper in his face.

"Ugh...no" Glenn replied warily as the girl narrowed her eyes at him. "Okay, well let's go boys, we have some quest to do for the old man!" she cheered, walking past the confused blonde. "What just happened?" Glenn asked as Sean cocked his head to the side as if remembering something.

"That would be Junko, the bipolar gun master of the guild, I've heard she flips between personalities at random times when talking to her" Sean explained. "And she's coming to the village with us?" Glenn asked as Sean nodded.

"Okay I'm swimming back" he said, looking towards the docks for a good place to jump in. Sean was about to tell him that it was a bad idea, when nature answered for him. A large azure blue serpent sprang out of the water, chomping on a passing bird before to fell back into the ground arcs of lightning sparking through the water before it disappeared into the depths of the ocean.

"Never mind, to the boat!" Glenn added as he marched away from the horrific monster he had just seen. Sean only laughed as he followed, wondering what would happen next with this blonde monster magnet.

"What the fuck happened here?" Sean mumbled as he stared at the injured villagers, other were helping patch up their wounds while other looked towards the wrecked boat at the dock. "Thank god you two are okay" Lisara spoke, walking up to the three hunters.

"What happened?" Glenn asked as Junko narrowed her eyes at the red head girl. "Our fishermen were attacked by the Lagiacrus out at sea, only one boat made it back" Lisara explained as she glanced towards the solemn villagers.

"There's a Lagiacrious here and no one sent a message towards the guild?" Junko spoke slowly, her hand pressed against her forward as she gave the villagers a depressed look. "We did, but they didn't have any hunters skilled enough to take on the beast, the chiefs son saw if when collecting some monster guts, it was huge" Lisara explained as Junko smiled at her.

"Don't worry then, Junko will take care of that sea monster mortal!" she proclaimed as both Sean and Blinked at her attitude change. "Wow, you were right" Glenn mumbled to the bone armoured teen.

"Stop talking behind my back" Junko said lowly as her shoulder slumped in depression. "Are you three serious about taking on the maelstrom of the seas?" the villager elder asked as he approached the three.

"What?" Glenn questioned before Sean hit him on the back of the head. "Before we get into that, was there any letter from the hunters guild?" Sean asked as Lisara perked up slightly. "Yes actually, there was a quest sent for Glenn to complete for his HR ranking, one of them is to hunt down a...Lagiacrus" Lisara trailed off as Glenn stared at her with wide eyes.

"I..." he didn't get a chance to reject the question as Junko slung her arm over his shoulder, making him blush as she hugged him tightly. "We'll have this monster dead in no time, come on we'll do it execution style!" she cheered already dragging the blonde back towards the docks.

"Keep him safe" Lisara said, stopping Sean from following the two. "Don't worry, he'll come back" Sean replied, heading back towards the docks as Lisara looked on in worry. "At least I hope" he mumbled when he was out of ear shot of the red head.

Shaking his head, Sean continued onto the boat, letting the captain set sail towards the inner lakes of the island, where the maelstrom of the sea was said to have been nesting. Watching as Junko prepared her sniper, Sean turned his attention to the nervously shifting Glenn.

"You okay man?" he asked as Glenn snapped his head towards him. "I haven't even finished a quest properly and have been attacked by high rank monsters and an elder dragon, almost gotten killed by one of the most dangerous myths in the world and now I have to kill a beast that is destroying my home, what do you think" he snapped as Sean recoiled slightly.

"Calm down, we got this, don't worry so much" Sean said calmly as Glenn lowered his head. "I'm not suited for this Sean, with the way everything is going, the Lagiacrus is going to kill me" he mumbled as Sean patted him on the back, wondering if all the stress of these quests were finally hitting the blonde.

Glenn didn't react as Junko stepped towards him, pulling his helmet off before her gauntlet slapped him across the face. "You're a hunter now, get over it, you need to fight back because if you give up now, how are you ever going to complete your goals" she said, glaring down at the blonde.

Slowly a smile crossed his face as she straightened up, grabbing his helmet from the ground. "Thanks, I needed..." he was cut off thanking the pinkette as Junko struck a pose, laughing in front of him. "That's better mortal, now bow to my greatness" she boomed as Glenn gave Sean a deep panned stare.

"She serious?" he whispered as the girl turned back to work on her sniper like nothing had happened. "I said people in the guild are crazy, there's this one guy who strips for no reason, some say it was because of all the time he spent in the tundra" Sean said with a shrug as Glenn slumped against the railing of the boat in defeat.

Arriving at the far end of the island, Sean could already see the lake in which the Lagiacrus had nested in, the surrounding forest was also home to a few now nesting mother Rathians while the Rathalos' had left to return to the Valona.

But considering the dragon that was living there now, he didn't know if that was true or not.

Shaking his head, Sean followed Junko and Glenn off the boat, watching as the eccentric girl was now calmly looking at the map of the area. "We can head directly towards the lake through here" she said, pointing towards a path that would lead through the rocky hills.

"Wait...are we going to be fighting this thing...in the water?" Glenn questioned as the pinkette shot him a look for scuffing. "Of course, how else are we going to fight the maelstrom of the seas?" she questioned condescendingly.

"Ugh..." Glenn replied, unsure of what to say. And slightly ashamed he had to have that explained to him. "Come on!" Junko said, cheerfully, pulling Glenn along the path as Sean shook his head. "This is going to be one long day" he mumbled to himself, following after the two, laughing as Glenn attempted to get out of the girls grip.

Arriving at the shore of the lake, Sean took notice of the large cave that would lead them back towards the inner clearing where a horde of Jaggi were resting as well as a Arzuros bear cave. The chance to grab some large monster bones could wait till after this hunt.

Turning back to the lake, Sean watched as Junko unsheathed his sniper, loading some roads into the chambers as Glenn nervously unsheathed his Katana. He really needed to work on that blonde's confidence.

He will never understand how the blonde could go form a nervous wreck to a calm warrior into he heat of battle.

Turning to the lake itself, Sean noticed the ripples further out from the shore, a few of the sharks disappearing into the water as a single spark jetted out of the surface of the water. "Get ready" Sean called as Junko nodded, backing up to get a better shot.

Glenn was confused, turning to Sean as he back faced the water. "What are..." he didn't get to finish as something exploded out of the water, landing on the shore, cracking the rocky ground as Glenn felt something breathing down his neck.

A tingle went up his spine as he slowly turned towards the large dark blue sea serpent, its jagged rocky spikes sparking with blue lightning as the jagged armoured jaw parted to revile its sharp teeth. It glowing red eyes loomed over the green scaled blonde as he whimpered slightly under its gaze.

"Ugh...hi" he offered weakly as the Lagiacrus pulled its head back slightly. Then it roared, huge bolts of lightning erupted from its body, throwing Glenn backwards as he nerves were shot with hundred of volts of the blue sparks.

Junko moved to pull the blonde back, his limbs unable to work as the lightning kept his body from responding to him. As the small storm settled Sean lunged forward, meeting the beast face head on as his huge blade bounced off its armoured scales.

Seemingly grinning, the leviathan classed monster coiled its body, its tail sweeping around and slamming into the bone armoured teen's chest. Sean crashing into the rocky ground, his body wrecked with pain as he felt his side bleeding as some of the spikes on the monster tail cut through his exposed flesh.

The Lagiacrus turned to its downed enemy, lightning sparking across its spine as it pulled its head back. Before it could release the gathered volts, a boomed exploded form its left, its head snapping to the side, its scales cracking form the powerful sniper bullet.

A condensed ball of lightning exploded form its jaw, harmless crashing into the lake surface as the sea monster turned to see Juno reaming for another shot. Turning to face her, the leviathan monster lunged forward, sliding across the rocking ground as Junko's bullet soured over its head.

The pinkette's eyes widened as she missed, the beats already heading towards her. She first thought was to dodge, only to realise that Glenn was still behind her, unable to move. Bracing herself, the blue armoured girl prepared to take the hit from the beast charging her.

Only to hear said monster grunt as something slammed into the side of its head. Glancing to its left, Junko's eyes widened as a green scaled fist retracted form the beats head, its body stumbling away as it turned to glare at the one that attacked it.

Glenn stood, staring fearfully up at the large serpent monster. "Oh shit" he voice, leaping to the side as a condensed ball of lightning shot from the Lagiacrus's jaw, exploding beside him and sending him flying over Junko's head.

"Don't worry about him!" Sean's voice snapped her back to the monster, the one armoured teen rolling under its tail swipe, as he kept its attention on him. Climbing back to his feet, Sean drew his blade, swinging it down on the beast back leg, the scales cracking under the sword as the beast twisted towards him.

Coiling its body, Sean couldn't move as the beast claw crashing into his shoulder, sending him sliding across the ground as it uncoiled its body to follow him. Digging his blade into the ground, Sean twisted to his feet, coming to a complete stop as he ripped the large blade out of the ground, swinging it up towards the beast in front of him.

Sword met claw as both beast and hunter stumbled away from each other, Sean digging his feet into the ground as he lunged towards its exposed side. As the beats tried to bring its head down on him, its jaw wide open to take a chunk out of him, a sniper bullet exploded against the side of its neck.

Armoured scales fell away others cracked as the beast turned towards Junko, only to recoil in pain as Sean's blade made a shallow cut into its side. As it turned back to kill the sword user, its red eyes widened in agony as something pierced its hind leg.

Turning the Lagiacrus looked to see the green scaled hunter ripping his bone Katana out of its leg, tearing away flesh and scales as the blonde turned into a full spin, his blade swinging back towards it injured leg.

Sean pressed his advantage, only for his eyes to widen as sparks erupted form the beasts back. With a mighty roar the Lagiacrus released another storm of blue sparks, each one exploded against the ground as both sword users were sent flying away by the vicious attack.

Sean struggled to stand, his legs not working correctly as the monster lightning raced through his body. Looking up, his eyes widen as the sea monster loomed over Glenn prone form, its claw crushing his right leg as it lowered his head to rip him apart.

To his relief, Junko's sniper made the beats stumble, away from the incapacitated blonde, two more shots ripping through its right claw, piercing its scales and making the beats back away from the blonde.

Another shot forced it towards the water as the leviathan class monster tuned, leaping into the air before diving into the lake, vanishing under the depths as Sean felt his legs moving again. "Glenn!" Junko called out, sheathing her sniper on her back as she rushed to the blonde's side.

Climbing to his feet, Sean rushed towards his downed student, wincing as he looked at the blonde bleeding leg, the thigh armour shattered, bits of it stabbing into his leg as she rest lay beside the blonde body.

"Glenn, you okay?" he asked, looking to see the scaled helmet looking u at him. Junko helped him sit up, flipping the face plate up as Glenn's pain face looked up at him. "My legs killing me, but I think I can move it" he replied warily.

"Its okay, the Lagiacrus ran away" Sean explained as he knelt in front of the blonde. "This doesn't look too bad, hold still" Sean added as Glenn glanced him. His eyes widened in pain as he felt the pieces of his armour being ripped out of his skin, Sean applying pressure to the wound before his blood could start flowing out.

"God damn it" Glenn growled painfully as Sean wrapped the wound up in cloth as Junko held him still. "Do we still have a chance?" Glenn asked as both older hunters stared at him in disbelief. "Glenn, your injured" Juno started as she gestured to his wounded leg.

"I know, but it's injured as well" Glenn replied as the pinkette stared at him before a smile crossed her face. "I guess it's decided" she said as Sean only shook his head. "What happened to the scared blonde I met two weeks ago?" he joked as Glenn flipped his face plate down.

"He's hiding under this helmet" Glenn replied, climbing to his feet, hissing in pain as he applied some weight to his injured leg. "This isn't going to be easy with it in the water" Sean mused as Glenn grabbed his blade, shakily holding it as he stared at the water in front of him.

"Come on mortals, we have a beast to hunt!" Junko yelled, diving into the water without a second thought. "She's nuts" Glenn pointed out as Sean shrugged, diving in after the girl before Glenn followed him.