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Monster Hunting (Amaya and myself)

"Wont be hunting anything dangerous, jut going to gather Kelbi horns," he said. kelbi where greenish furred deer, they had six horns on there head, and these horns could be used to make medicines and tools. They weren't very hard to kill so it would let her get a feel of het new weapon.
 
Amaya was exited that she could finally hunt as a real hunter. Her eyes were shining and her mood was happier that Hiro ever saw her."Lets go" she said while taking her blade and shield.​
 
"Alright, I need to restock on arrows first," he said, though that wouldn't take long. He went to a local merchant, and cought a few arrows and some vial to apply to them if he needed to poison or drug a monster into submission. Soon they where back in the forest though, looking for the hoove prints of them. "Kelbi have hooves, but also a strange third digit that helps them climb rocky cliffs, so look for such prints and we will most likely find a few," he said. "The males had bigger horns, and they will charge you on sight so be ready to bash them in the head with your shield before they can stick you with their horns."
 
Amaya was hearing to what Hiro was telling her how to find them and put them down. She was looking close to him for prints around slowly walking for some hour when she saw few prints as Hiro told her.She point him the Third digit print while not speaking, and moving slow not to make any noise.She waited Hiro if she would agree that she saw correct the prints.​
 
Hiro looked and nodded, putting a finger to his lips though she was already quiet enough. "Alright," his voice was bearly audible, "I'll flush one out, you make sure to kill it, we need a dozen horns, nice big ones so be sure to try to kill mainly males, if we kill to many females there wont be much left to repopulate for next season," he told her. He creeped closer, a good group of four, two young females, an older male and a young male where there, the older male could go down, but the other three where a bit to young and had hardly any horns, so he took aim and fired at the older male, it jumed, but he nicked it, he gave her the signal to finish it off.
 
Amaya in a fast move was ready and bash the older male in the head with her shield, and with a move putting it down.Her moves where stronger now and her eyes have won back the pride she had lost the other days.She looked at Hiro waiting for his next move.While everything was going out so fast.​
 
He nodded, giving a small smile, as the other three kelbi ran off. He knelt down to be sure the animals was completely dead, before taking a small carving knife tp cut the horns off it's head. "Well leave the body, since we dont need it...a jaggi or something might decide to eat it, so it wont go to waste," he said, they got six good hrons off that one, meaning there mission was half over. "Just need to get six more...hopefully we get another one thats just as nicely armed as this one was."
 
"Then we were lucky finding already the 6 horns" she said to him. While Amaya was looking the way he cut the horn not to harm it. As they were continue to find some more Kelbis, while she looked at him "hopefully we get one more" as they moved to find more of those. While Amaya was looking for more prints, but to find the second one was bit difficult than the 1st.​
 
"Lets try not to kill this one....so instead I will let you simply knock it out with your shield...don;t use your sword, a good swing to the head should stun it for a few minutes.....we can't take all the horns, they need some to defend themselves...so it might take more then one more," he told her. A hunters job was to not just kill beasts, they sometimes had to maintain them as well, kelbi where not dangerous, so the need to kill them completely was less then say a jaggi, or even a rathian.
 
"Ok" she nodded "next one should only be knock down" she said to him while in the end of the path she saw again of those third digits prints pointing again to Hiro, she wanted not to make any mistakes,while it was her 1st time she was hunting Kelbi,waited for his move again.​
 
This time he simply sshot an arrow at the oldest male, getting it;s attention. The animal charged at him, he rolled away, using his bow like a staff and smacking it in the head, it made the beasts sway, but it didn't back down, instead it ran at her, it;s horns lowered. "Shield bash it," he told her.
 
Amaya show the older male coming up to her while she was preparing the shield, Hiros instructions caught a bit her attention, while in her next move she bash the older male in the head with her shield, while it did not go down at once at the second hit it was down.She had not used her sword.
 
He watched the animal sway and then fall over, it's tongue out. He went to check "It's not dead, luckily they have thick skulls so you just stunned it," he said. "Try your best too do it in one shot next time....sometimes a second chance wont be present," he took four horns, leaving the male with two bigger ones to use for defense when it woke up. "Okay two more."
 
She should use more force in the 1st attack she thought. While looking that it was alive. "Ok two more" she repeated while they started looking around again for some prints. As she looked around carefully trying find the next one​
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"You can also play with it a bit...don't think you have to hit it right away," he told her as they searched. "Make it charge at you a few times, when it seems to be a little winded, or if it struggles then hit it, sometimes just the right moment makes up for the lack of force." This time it was he who found the tracks, and there was a younger male, it would be a bit more challanging, but she needed to be challanged. "Alright, do as I told you...I want you to go and get it;s attention, if there looks like trouble I'll hit it with this," he showed her a barbed arrow "it'll put it to sleep....it's best not to use these as they are a bit pricey, and sometimes it could kill the animal if it;s to strong."
 
So if anything was going wrong she trusted her back at Hiro.Amaya got close where the Kelbi were trying to get its attention, her shield was ready,while she got his attention. The young one jumped of comming close to her. Amaya was holding he shield up and started charging and not hitting it.it failed as a challenge to her, she played a bit with it feeling her stamina as a hunter rise. When the moment was right she hit it with her shield with one thrust it was down.​
 
He was impressed, though this was considered easy, she had learned fast. He cut the last two horns off it. "There...that wasn't so bad was it?" he asked, it wasn't as exciting as killing jaggi, but she was learning to use her new weapon to attack and defend.
 
Amaya was a getting a bit better with her weapons and skills. It made her feel a bit better but she would have a lot to learn. While Hiro was cutting still the horns, Amaya got closer and with a whispered tune she said "Thanks!!!" while giving him a smile. She was happy that he would turn her this time as a hunter. She got a bit father waiting for him to finish so they could return back.​
 
Hiro nodded and finished cutting the horns. "Alright. lets head back, then we can get something to eat," he said. He didn't have the heart to tell her the mission wasn't a very high paying one, though luckily the jaggi one had been more rewarding so they had enough funds for the time being.
 
"Ok lets go" she agreed while she was fallowing him while he was thinking that something was bothering him.She notice that but didn't ask him what was going on. So slowly after some hour the reached an place to eat and rest.
 
He ordered the food, and drinks. "So liking the new weapons?" he asked her, seeing as she was much better with this then with two blades. A sword and shield was a good weapon for a newbie, it let her have more defense as well as be able to attack.
 
"Yes much better, though the others i had them for so long" she said while she got what Hiro was meaning. "You look strange" she got the carriage and asked "whats wrong?" she said while the food was coming and they start slowly ending and drinking while she was waiting for an answer.​
 
"Nothing...you did great, just wondering what next you should try," he said. "Sorry...maybe when your a bit more experienced we can replace your dual swords, I just wanted you to get the handle of actually fighting, which means not only having an attack, but a good defense."
 
" I know those weapons are better for me, as a beginner" she agreed with him on that.While drinking some water. "What will the next hunt be then" she asked him feeling he wanted to avoid the question,
 
"Nothing big," he said. "Perhaps another gathering qquest, a herd of aptanoth was seen re cently, perhaps someone might be craving there meat," he said, the beats he spoke of where the equivilant of cattle, though much much bigger.
 
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