Fate and Freedom II: Hunting the Ice Fanged Wyvern

The tundra- an inhospitable, lifeless slab of ice and cold, lying between Hikari and the Great Forest. Keiin, Zwei, Shien, Arashi and Rakurai tredged throught the icy clearing slowly, tired of serching for todays elusive prey.

"Maybe its nesting," Keiin suggested half-heartedly.

"In this weather? Statistically unlikely." Shien disagreed bluntly.

"Would it be 'statistically unlikely' for you to shut up? 'Cause your voice is giving me a headache," Keiin spat.

"Keiin, you've said more in the past twenty-five minutes than Shien has said all day," Zwei sighed, his voice slightly tinny from inside his helmet. Everyone chuckled until a yowl silenced them. The hunters raised thier weapons as a huge, saber-tooth Wyvern, the Barioth, showed itself clamly, perched on a wall of ice about thirty metres in front of them.

"Lo and behold! T-" Kieen began.

"Ssshhhh! It's staring at us!" Shien hissed quietly. "Look, it's been blinded," he whispered, handing his binoculars to Keiin so that he could see the Barioth's cloudy-looking eyes. It truly was blind. This Barioth must have been the one that had escaped from the last hunt.

"What do we do now?" Arashi whispered to Rakurai, who's stern expression stared back at him.

"We do what we always do. Hunt it."

"Whoa, whoa, guys, hold on a second. There's five of us and one of it. It's just a freakin' Barioth!" Keiin sighed.

"Numbers don't determine the fate of a hunt," Shein huffed.

"Oh, for God's sake!" Keiin growled, running a few metres forward before throwing a stone at the Barioth, which grolwed breifly, turning to face in Keiin's direction, as if it could see.

"Oh, well done, Keiin!" Shien shouted, the five hunters quickly moving out of the way as the Barioth's icy-white body came smashing down before them, yowling with triumph. Zwei quickly got to work, slicing at the creature's leg with his Legendary Fatalis Sickle. The Barioth snorted through it's nostrils, whipping the headstrong warrior aside with it's tail. That was the thing about Zweii- strong and instinctive (to a degree), but a little too hasty. Keiin too this chance to rush forward, letting his hammer loose (he had been charging it while the Barioth was busy with Zwei), swinging the turquoise weapon wildly, slamming into the Barioth's face, stunning it. Shien used the Barioth's temporary incapacitation to charge his Raviente Great Sword after taking a Mega Demondrug, While Arashi, sliced at the creature's tail and Rakurai attacked the creatures wings. Zwei decided not to partake in the rush, but instead to lay a shock trap nearby.

As the Barioth recovered, Shien's cubersome Great Sword came smashing down upon it's head, leving nasty scars and causing it to slide ferally across the ice and out of the way, Roaring when it came to a standstill by the wall. It jumped up to cling to the wall for a couple of seconds. As it's claws left the ice, Rakurai threw a flash bomb, disorientating it, sending it flailing into Zwei's shock trap. It yowled with shock as the electricity coursed through it, making in writhe in pain. All of the hunters rushed the Barioth now, eahc slicing at different body parts, as per usual: Shien at the head, Arashi at the tail, Rakurai on the wings, Keiin on the body, and Zwei on the legs. Rakurai managed to break the Barioth's left wing before the shcok trap expired. As usual, SHien had been charging his Grea Sword prior, and brought it smashing down on the Pseudowyvern's face, breaking it's orange left fang. It yowled and spun itsself, sending all the hunter's flying.

(rest comes later)