Hunt 2: Getting Along?

It's been 3 days since Lyra joined Zedept on his search for the unknown dragon. Zedept really hasn't been talking to Lyra much too barely at all. Lyra has been trying to get him to talk but he refuses to talk about anything.

Forest: Mid-Day

Zedept and Lyra are walking with Lyra on Zedept's left said. Lyra looks at him and does some weird things to get his attention. After 3 minutes, Zedept looks over to her. "What are you doing?" Zedept asks. "Nothing, just trying to get your attention." Lyra said. "How long?" Zedept asks as he looks forward. "Just a few minutes." Lyra answered.

Zedept closes his eyes and sighs then stops. "Since you're coming with me, I guess that you should know that I'm blind in my left eye." Zedept said. Lyra is shocked by what he just said. "What happened?" Lyra asks. Zedept looks around quickly before he can answer. "What are?" Lyra asks before Zedept stops her. Zedept puts his right index finger over his mouth, signaling her to be quiet. Zedept closes his eyes. Lyra is confused from what he's doing. Zedept opens his eyes fast.

"Quick, get up a tree now." Zedept says quickly. They both climb up a tree and hide inside the leaves and branches. "Why are we hiding?" Lyra asks. Zedept signals her to be quiet. Suddenly the sound of footsteps can be heard. Lyra looks to her right and sees a Jinouga walking towards them. "That's a." Lyra said before Zedept shushes her. The Jinouga walks right under them and stops.

Lyra gulps because she has never faced a Jinouga before and heard rumors of its awesome strength. The Jinouga continues to walk away from them. After 10 minutes of the Jinouga being out of sight, Zedept jumps down. Lyra goes the jump and slips and falls. Zedept catches her bridal style with her head on his right side.

"Thanks." Lyra said as she quickly stands up with a slight blush. "Let's go." Zedept says and starts to walk. "Geez, what's up with him? He was never like this when we were younger." Lyra says to herself. "Hurry up or I'm leaving you here." Zedept says off in the distance. Lyra runs and catches up to him.

Forest: Night

Lyra is asleep on her left side with her long sword next to her. Zedept is leaning against a tree and watching the surroundings for any monsters. "I can't believe it's been 9 years already." Zedept says in his head. Lyra turns her body over to her right side. Zedept looks at her.

He then opens his bag and pulls out a furry hide and places it on Lyra. Zedept closes his eyes and listens to the forest. "All monsters are asleep. Guess I'll join them as well." Zedept says and falls asleep.

Village: 9 Years Ago

Young Zedept and his master returns from their hunt and they haul in the Great Jaggi and Jaggis from earlier. A small blonde haired girl runs up to them. "Daddy, you're back." She said. "Hey there Lyra." He says as he picks her up. "Where's Zedept?" Young Lyra asks. He puts her down and points over to the cart. Young Lyra runs over and finds Young Zedept. "Hey Zedept." Young Lyra said. Young Zedept looks over to his left.

"Hey Lyra." Young Zedept said sadly. "What's wrong?" Young Lyra asks as she tilts her head to the left. She then sniffs and smells something bad. "What stinks." She asks as she plugs her nose. "A Great Jaggi snuck up on him and he peed himself." Her dad said as he comes around the corner. Young Zedept jumps down. "I'm going to take a bath." He says and walks off.

"What's with him dad?" Young Lyra asks. "He's embarrassed." Her dad says. "Dad, does this mean I can now have armor to go with my Commander Dagger?" Young Lyra asks. "Yeah, now go and get ready for dinner." Her dad says as he pats her head. "Ok." Young Lyra said and goes off to her house.

Lyra's House: Bathroom

Young Zedept is sitting in a bathtub. "I can't believe that I let that Great Jaggi sneak up on me." He says with his eyes closed. He felt the water move, thinking that his master joined him. "Master, I'm sorry that I let that monster sneak up on me." Young Zedept said.

"I'm not dad." Young Lyra's voice said. Young Zedept opens his eyes and sees Young Lyra in the bath with him. He then places his hands over his thing to cover it. "Why are you in here with me." Young Zedept asks while blushing. "Dad told me to get ready for dinner and I've been training while you and dad was out hunting, so I need to get clean too." Young Lyra said.

Young Zedept looks away from her. "And you couldn't wait until I got out?" Young Zedept asks. Young Lyra walks over to him. "Hey." Young Lyra said. Young Zedept looks and sees her only a few feet from his face. "When we get older, let's team up and go on hunts together." Young Lyra said and smiled with her eyes closed.

Young Zedept blushes a little and looks to his right. "Su... Sure." He said hesitantly. "Yay!" Young Lyra said and jumps on him. "Waaa." Young Zedept says as they fall into the bath water.

Forest: Early Morning

Zedept wakes up. "Another memory." He says softly. He looks over and sees that Lyra is still asleep. He gets up and walks away. 10 minutes later, Lyra wakes up and sees that a furry hide is on her. "Did Zedept place this on me?" She asks herself.

She looks around and sees that Zedept isn't there. "Where did he go now?" She asks herself. Zedept shows up with a dead Bullfango. "You're up I see." Zedept says. Lyra looks over and sees Zedept with a dead Bullfango. "What's that?" Lyra asks. "Breakfast." Zedept said as he tosses it. Zedept starts a fire and cooks up most of the Bullfango.

"That was good." Lyra said. "Oh, here you go." Lyra said and hands back the furry hide. "Keep it." Zedept said. "Ok." Lyra said and places it in her bag. Zedept pulls out a map. "So we're still a few days away huh?" Zedept asks himself. "From where?" Lyra asks as she leans to see the map. "Cavirdast." Zedept answers. "Never heard of that place before." Lyra said.

"It's a city where they specialized in weapon and armor smiting. You're going to need your weapon and armor to be improved if you're going to be traveling with me." Zedept said and puts the map away. "What does that mean?" Lyra asks a little ticked. "If we're going to hunt this dragon, you're going to need more than Qurupeco armor and an Iron Katana." Zedept said.

"Does that mean what I think?" Lyra asks. "Don't get the wrong idea. It's just to help you out." Zedept said. "Ok then." Lyra said. "Let's get going." Zedept said. Zedept and Lyra walks east towards Cavirdast.