"That is quite the tail lad" the old smith grumbled as he and Sean went to work on a new set of armour for him. Off to the side was a cooling new thunderclap, Tempered and adjusted to give off a nasty spark at whatever it cut into.
After arriving back at the village, Glenn was rushed into their now shared home, Lisara working on his leg as Junko went to inform the guild aster of the successful mission. After helping the villagers retrieve the corpse, Sean went about forging his armour with the smiths help, as well as using the left over lightning conductor scales to create a new sword for the blonde trouble magnet.
Looking at the blue scales helmet, Sean wondered what their next mission would be as the smith hammered away at the chest plate they were currently working on. "I hear the two of you have a new teammate, what they like?" the old man asked as she let the chest plate cool off.
Sean shook his head, gathering up the scales he needs for the boots as she handed the old man the materials. "She's crazy that's for sure, but is one hell of a shot with that rifle of hers" Sean replied as the old man nodded.
"So it's the lass with pink hair, I heard she was arguing with our little Lisara over something, have any idea what that was about?" the smith asked as Sean raised an eyebrow. "Not that I can think of, I know she sent a message to the guild and then went to help Lisara with Glenn's wounds, when did they argue?" he asked as the man sighed.
"It was when you and the other boys left to fetch the materials, they were outside your hut, yelling about something, sounded like they were trying to one up the other in something, a lot of nonsense if you ask me" the old man grumbled as Sean wondered what was happening between the two girls.
"Will you let me work in peace, you're just going to cause more damage!" Lisara yelled as Junko glared at her. "I'm helping him heal mortal, like you could understand how hunters truly heal!" Junko boasted in front of the red head.
"I don't see how sitting in his lap while he had a heavily injured leg is helping him!" Lisara yelled in return. Glenn slowly felt himself waking up after the amount of medication Lisara made him drink to help his leg heal.
He was greeted to the sight of both girls glaring at each other, Junko noticeable standing on one side of his bed while Lisara sat on the seat beside him. "See, he's awake because of me, not you!" Junko pointed out in triumph as Lisara sighed in annoyance.
"Will you just leave, I have to change his bandages before the wound gets worse!" Lisara growled in return. "I'm not letting my man be here alone with you!" Junko snarled possessively. "Your man?" Lisara demanded loudly.
"Yes, he spoke about it before going to kill the Lagiacrus, Glenn can even tell you" Junko said happily as Glenn finally came to, his mind trying to figure out the hell was going on. "Go on Glenn, tell her what I told you" Junko said as the blonde glanced at her in confusion.
"I have no idea what's going on" he admitted as Junko flinched back slightly. "But, what about.." she trailed off, her face felling in depression as Glenn wondered what had happened now. "Fine!" she yelled, slapping the blonde across the face as she turned to leave.
"If you can't keep a promise then I'll leave you to her!" she yelled, slamming the door of the hut shut as Glenn wondered what had happened while he was asleep. Lisara only offered a shrug of confusion to the blondes questioningly look.
"How long will it take to heal?" Glenn asked as Lisara went back to work re-bandaging his leg. "It's not as bad as it looks, the scales in your armour didn't cut anything important and the stitches are already helping the wound close" Lisara explained as she glanced at the wounded leg.
The amount of blood he lost was the most concerning thing, but he should be fine after another day of rest. "Any news on my armour?" he asked as Lisara tightened the final bandage. "It's pretty banged up, most of the Rathian scales are cracked and with the thigh plate completely destroyed, you might need a new set of armour" Lisara explained to the blonde.
"My sword destroyed, my armours useless, some hunter I turned out to be" Glenn mumbled as Lisara gave him a reassuring smile. "Look on the bright side with the Lagiacrus defeated you are officially HR 5, both you and Sean are now able to take on higher tier quests" Lisara said cheerily.
"Kind of hard to do that without armour or a weapon" Glenn replied as Lisara sighed softly. "You did great Glenn, its was your sword that killed the sea monster and protected this village, you should be proud in yourself" she scolded as Glenn let his gaze turn to the ceiling.
"I would have died if it wasn't for Junko or Sean" he pointed out, not seeing the girl scowl when he mentioned the other girls name. The conversation died won after that, Lisara silently working to reapply Glenn's bandages.
Outside, Sean was slowly making his way towards the hut, decked out in his neck Lagiacrus armour as he held Glenn's thunderclap in his hands. He blinked under his helmet as Junko stormed past him, looking upset as she marched towards the docks.
"What did Glenn do now?" he mumbled, wondering if this had anything to do with the argument this morning. Shaking his head, the blue scaled teen turned to follow the pinkette, placing Glenn's thunderclap on his back beside his own broadsword. Spotting the girl sitting at the edge of the peer, Serna slowly approached her from behind.
Junko growled as she threw a rock into the waters before her, watching the rock vanish underneath the waves as her mind turned back to that infuriating blonde. Who did he think he was, going back on what they did under the lake.
It hadn't even been a full day and he already betrayed her, just like everyone else did. Someone suddenly sat down beside her, Junko jumping in surprise as she turned to a blue armoured hunter. "So what's got you so worked up?" Sean's voice spoke from the helmet as said girl blinked in confusion.
"It doesn't matter" she huffed, turning back to the waves as Sean titled his head slightly. "Really, because I heard you got into an argument with Lisara over something, so tell me" Sean offered as Junko glanced at him.
"It's...Glenn is just a stupid blonde" Junko admitted as Sean raised an eyebrow at her. That was a given so what was the problem. "Okay, Glenn's stupid-ness aside, what's going on?" he pressed as Junko glanced at him before turning back to the water again.
"It's just, when we were under the cave fighting the Lagiacrus, I-I-I told him I like him and then we come back here and he acts like it never happened, I'm so mad right now because he can so casually agree to something and then go back on it" Junko snarled as Sean blinked in confusion.
"You...confessed to him" he spoke, getting a frustrated nod from Junko. "Under water" he added as the girl nodded again. "Where he couldn't understand you" he finished as the girl nodded again, before freezing in place at his words.
"Ugh...I...ugh, this never happened" he muttered, a blush growing across her cheeks as she refused to looked at the leviathan armoured teen. "So...how did you fall for him when you've met him for a total for two days" Sean deep panned as the girl chuckled sheepishly.
"We aren't talking about this" she denied as Sean folded his arms across his chest. "Oh yes we are, he's my student" Sean replied as Junko stood up and started walking away from him. "No we aren't!" she yelled as Sean followed her.
"And where do you think you're going?" he asked in amusement at the usually bipolar girl. "I'm...its none of your business you stupid mortal!" she yelled, walking at a faster pace as Sean chuckled at her antics.
"Those two are going to be fun to watch" he laughed, wondering how long it would take for Junko to try and confess to Glenn again. Or maybe the blonde would realise how Junko felt about him. But where did Lisara come into this.
That was when it dawned on the blue armoured teen.
"Holy shit Junko's a secret yandere" he exclaimed in disbelief. Before breaking out in a laughing fit at the thought of Glenn having to handle her. His laugher was cut short as he heard someone screaming for help out in the waters.
"Help, Cha-Cha needs help!" a little shakalaka yelled as Sean wondered where the little guy came from, or why he was here. Shaking his head, Sean move to help the little green dude as Cha-Cha yelled about a warning or some crazy stuff.
Back in the hut, Lisara had just left to go get a meal for the bed ridden blonde, leaving Glenn to sit on his bed completely board. "Ugh...hay" a nervous voice spoke from the door. Glenn turned and to his surprise Junko was standing there scratching her arm as she nervously glanced at him.
"How are you feeling?" she asked softly, something Glenn had never heard from the boisterous girl before. Did he die and go to heaven or something? "Ugh...fine, I can't feel my leg though" Glenn replied as Junko smiled at him.
"Your leg was pretty messed up, I'm sorry" Junko spoke as Glenn raised an eyebrow at her. "What are you sorry for, you didn't do this?" Glenn replied as Junko shook her head. "I was the cause of it, if I wasn't near the Lagiacrus you wouldn't have had to save me" Junko replied as she glanced at the bandaged leg.
"Junko..." Glenn started only to be cut off by the girl. "It's my fault you stupid blonde, just like it my fault that I didn't realise you didn't hear me confessing to you, so shut up and except it!" Junko yelled before she froze in place.
"Ugh...what?" Glenn blurted out as Junko's face turned ruby red, her body refusing to move as she continued to think over what she had just said over and over again. The embarrassment only growing as Glenn continued to stare at her in confusion.
Before either could speak, a yell attracted their attention to outside the hut. "I'll...ugh, be back in a bit" Junko stuttered dashing out the door as Glenn grunted in pain. Slowly he pushed himself out of the bed, grunting in pain as his leg burned in agony.
"Calm down, and explain to us everything that you have seen" the village elder asked calmly as the gathered village looked on in fear at the shakalaka's words. "Cha-cha see it, cha-cha see big water dragon waking up, follow three minions as it sniffed green minions blood" Cha-cha explained in panic.
"Who were these hunters, what were they fighting" the elder questioned as Sean raised an eyebrow at the little green guy. What water dragon, what was he talking about? "It minion, cha-cha see that one with other two!" Cha-cha suddenly exclaimed as everyone turned to see Junko stepping towards the front of the group.
"What's going on?" she asked as the village elder sighed in defeat. "Are little friend here has warned us of an oncoming danger, something our village will not survive if it reaches us" the elder explained as Junko didn't understand what he was saying.
"What danger what's going on?" she asked as Cha-cha yelled for their attention. "Big water dragon wake up, big water dragon not meant to be real but it is, cha-cha saw it, and now its heading here, it after green minions blood!" Cha-cha exclaimed loudly.
"Green minion, are you talking about Glenn, was his armour made of Rathian scales?" Sean asked as Cha-cha nodded his acorn masked head. "Yep, yep, cha-cha see dragon minion swimming with blue minion, big water dragon sniff up green minions blood" Cha-cha explained.
"Do you know the name of this dragon?" Sean asked as cha-cha shook his head. "I know of it young hunter, the king of the seas has awoken" The elder spoke up as Junko and Sean turned to him. "The lakes of our islands are home to the king of the seas, his scales as white as polished ivory, his fur soft as fresh snow, and his horns ready to impale any unfortunate soul to come across him" the elder said solemnly.
"The great ceadous has awoken from its rest, hunting the prey it has sniffed" the elder finished as Junko's eyes widened in disbelief. "Glenn is being hunted by an elder dragon!" she yelled in horror as Sean frowned grimly.
They had only just survived one elder dragon, and now another one was actively hunting Glenn down.
"What do I need to do?" a voice spoke as the crowd grew silent. Slowly, everyone turned to see Glenn standing, leaning heavily on his broken sword as he stared calmly at the elder for an answer. "There is nothing we can do, it will pass through the old submerged arena and destroy our village" he explained as the villager grew more panicked.
"Then let me lead it away, its wants me right, if I leave I can keep this village safe" Glenn suggested as Junko and Sean stared at him in horror. "Yeah, let it eat him, it only wants him!" one of the villages yelled, other agreeing with him as Glenn flinched, the crushing feeling of the villager throwing him under the boat hitting him hard.
"No" the elders voice silenced everyone was he turned to the young injured hunter. "Ceadous is already on his way, nothing can save our village now" the elder replied. "How about we hunt it" everyone turned to Sean as if he was crazy while the Lagiacrus armoured teen grinned under his helmet.
"You wish to hunt ceadous" the elder questioned as Sean nodded. "We are here to protect this village, ceadous is threatening it safety" Sean replied as Junko nodded. "I see, then you will need to hurry, the underwater caves leading through the arena will take ceadous a few days to swim through, the arena in a day's walk from the village, you will need to hurry" he advised.
"We have a problem though" Glenn spoke as he glanced won at his leg. "I have no armour or weapon, my leg is damaged, we won't make it in time" Glenn stated as Sean frowned at him. "You've done enough, we can handle it" Sean said as he pointed to Junko.
"We need to move, grab some food and air bags" he ordered as the pinkette nodded, leaving to find the equipment they would need for this hunt. "You're going to leave me behind" Glenn mumbled as Sean glanced at him.
"This isn't up for discussion Glenn, we need to fight ceadous, I can't worry about you at the same time" he explained as the blonde let his head drop in shame. "It's not your fault alright, things just happen" Sean added as he moved to get himself prepared.
A few hours later, Lisara had watched Junko and Sean head into the forest, fully packed and ready to take care of the legendary sea dragon. She could only sigh in sadness at the thought of Glenn, the blonde looking crushed as he stared in bed to heal form his injuries.
But as she returned to the hut, said blonde was gone.
Hour later Sean stood in front of the water logged cave that would lead him and Junko to the arena. A echoing roar making both hunters tense as they realised they had less time than they thought. "We need to hurry" he spoke as Junko loaded her sniper, diving into the water as Sean followed.
He could only hope they would survive this fight.
Out in the forest, Glenn growled as he pulled himself over the edge of the cliff, his leg aching as he climbed to his feet. Letting out a breath, Glenn saw what he was looking for, a pair of glow eyes meeting his as the cracked armoured beck parted.
"I need your help" Glenn said as he walked forward, the large creature lifting its head as it titled it in confusion to his words. "This is the dumbest thing I have ever done" Glenn whispered as he approached the monster, the large beast stepping forward as it unveiled its red scaled wings.
The Rathalos eyed the blonde as it lowered its head its scales curling up in a grin as it locked eyes with the young hunter.
