Monster Hunter Hurricurse: Amnesia

Prologue: After the storm...
It was a stormy night on the cost of Revalius, but everyone slept peacefully. But what they did not realize, was that the storm had washed something up on the beach. Morning came, and someone was on the beach, barely holding on to his consciousness. The man opened his eyes.

Where am I?  thought the man. I can't stay awake, drifting off....

The man blacked out.

A few miles away from the beach....

Kisisa was ready to enroll to the Hunter's guild of Revalius, along with her friends Arion and Shira. She told them that she would meet them at Remobra beach on the day before the one they enroll. When Kisisa got there, Shira and Arion were already there. They were about to set up a spot on the beach, when they saw a flock of Remobras circling in the sky.

They knew that Remobras were known to gather here during breeding season, but not this early. They must have seen something interesting. They saw one remobra land near the shore, where they saw a body of a man. Kisisa looked at Shira and Arion and they knew what to do. They ran towards the shore, and chased the Remobra's off. The remobras hissed as they were driven away, but in Revalius, they are known to be pushovers.

But the girls were not worried about that, they were worried about the man, looking about 18 in age.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"Is he dead?" Shira asked.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Arion and Kisisa checked for a pulse near the neck. There was a pulse.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"No... He is alive, just unconscious." Arion said, being the scientist of the group.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kisisa decided to try to wake the man up.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"Hey! Are you alright? Wake up!" She yelled.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The man began to stir. He opened his eyes to see Kisisa looking at him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He got up, still disoriented. He looked around.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"He's okay! This is great!" Kisisa exclaimed. Then she introduced herself.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"I'm Kisisa!" She then introduced Shira and Arion. "Who are you? I never seen your face around here."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The man thought about it a little, until he remembered. "I am Hurricurse, but thats all I can remember."

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kisisa looked towards Arion and Shira, it was clear that Hurricurse is suffering from amnesia. They discussed what to do, then they finally had an idea. They might take him along with them in the Hunter's Guild, and perhaps help him find his missing memories along the way. But first, they would have to enroll.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hurricurse was confused when Kisisa and her friends told him about the plan they had so they could help him. A Hunter's Guild? Revalius Region? He did not know what any of that meant. But he had nothing to go on, nor did he have anywhere to go. He was, however, desperate to reclaim his memories, so he decided to join them.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">When Hurricurse agreed to come with them, Kisisa offered to let him stay at her home in Mystic Farm, a farm that she inherited when her parents left. Hurricurse could only accept the offer, since he had nowhere to live at this point.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Arion and Shira decided to go to their respective homes as well, since it was becoming nightfall already. They headed home, and Kisisa brought Hurricurse to her farm, which was nearby. When they got there, Hurricurse took a look around the farmhouse, and looked at the photos of Kisisa and her family.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Must be nice to have a family. <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He thought to himself.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kisisa made a bed for Hurricurse in the room that used to be her parent’s bedroom and then spoke to Hurricurse.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“We will leave for Central City tomorrow.” she said. “And once we are there, we will enroll to the hunter’s guild. But until then, we need to get some sleep.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hurricurse nodded. He was a little tired. He may also remember some of his past tomorrow after some sleep.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">When he was finally asleep, he began to dream.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He was running, running away from something, or someone. He held hands with a woman about his age. They were running for some time. Running until they reached a room in a building, where they were cornered by a group of people in peculiar armor. The woman reached out for Hurricurse. Then a gunshot was heard, causing the dream to whiteout, but not before Hurricurse yelled in terror: “Liniar! NO!”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">That yell was enough to wake Hurricurse up. He was breathing hard for a few minutes until he settled down. He looked outside the window. It was morning already. No sense in going back to sleep now.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">When Hurricurse got out of bed, he found Kisisa already waiting for him. Kisisa looked at Hurricurse, and saw that he looked like he had a nightmare.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Are you ok?” she asked. “You looked troubled.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hurricurse told Kisisa his dream, and Kisisa was a great listener. She suggested that the dream could have been a memory, or at least part of a chain of memories. Hurricurse would have liked to believe this, but why would it start so…. gruesome?

He had no idea. But he did know one thing: He needed to know his past, and he was going to recover it, one way or another.

When Hurricurse and Kisisa had some breakfast, they went to start their trek to Central City. They caught up with Arion and Shira, who were waiting for them just a few miles ahead. They were already prepared for the journey, so they were just waiting for Kisisa and Hurricurse. To get to Central City from where they were, they needed to go through Paleozoic Mountain, a large mountain that was well known for it's many fossils of monsters that used to live in Revalius a long time ago.

They would set up camp everytime the sun went down, and often had one of them keep watch through the night. Hurricurse was already wondering what suprises lied beyond the mountain, but he can't help but feel as if something was watching them.

When they reached Paleozoic mountain, that was when things got really interesting....

Chapter 1: Hurricurse's power
<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b73c6feb-299a-78b8-3607-6b949fc58e92" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The group got up at the regular schedule, having breakfast, and then continuing their trek to Central City. They arrived at Paleozoic Mountain, where they started to walk through the mountain path.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The Group were ready to set up camp again after they reached halfway through the mountain, when suddenly, they heard barking sounds.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse could not shake the feeling that they were being stalked. and he was right! A Jaggi came out of nowhere from the top of a boulder, and nearly pounces onto him. Hurricurse managed to dodge the Raptorial Bird wyvern's pounce, but then he realized the danger that he and the girls were in. another Jagger came from the opposite direction, and they had no weapons of any sort!

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Then a Jaggi pounced onto Kisisa, and made direct contact! Kisisa was struggling to push the bird wyvern off, but the Jaggi was relentless, and bit onto her leg. Kisisa screamed in pain as the bird wyvern sank its teeth in her thigh.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse wanted to help her, and so, he took a rock and threw it at the jaggi that was on Kisisa. The Bird Wyvern, upon being hit by the rock, snarled at Hurricurse. Then it rushed towards him. Hurricurse was about to throw another rock at the Jaggi when the Bird Wyvern pounced on him, making him fall on his back.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse was not frightened for some reason, when he should be. He began to think of what a monster would do in this situation, since if you want to beat one, you got to think like one. He started to feel some pain, as if his body was stretching and growing, and to his amazement and horror, his whole body began to change into that of a Snake wyvern, or more Specifically, a Garara Ajara.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">When the transformation was done <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">, he began to see the Jaggis, now smaller than him. The Bird wyvern that was on him before was now barking in horror, and the other was running for cover. Hurricurse, in snake wyvern form, coiled around the remaining Jaggi and squeezed, until the bird Wyvern could breathe no more, and stopped struggling.

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">When Hurricurse let go of his grip, he looked towards the girls, and he realized that he may have startled Shira with this newly found power of his, but Arion was staring in amazement.

<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b73c6feb-299a-d1a4-162f-0f03dfa5b9ac" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse slithered towards Kisisa, and, apparently still able to speak the human language, spoke.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">“Are You alright Kisisa?” He asked.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Kisisa nodded, she was fine, thanks to Hurricurse. But she was a bit curious about Hurricurse’s newfound power.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">“Did you ever know about this shapeshifting power of yours?” She asked.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse, still in Garara Ajara form, shook his head. “No, I did not know anything about this. I’m sorry if I startled you all, I am not used to this. Its just not natural.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Shira got out of her shock, and decided to speak out. “You may have startled me at least Hurricurse, but had you not done anything, Kisisa could have been killed.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Arion spoke next. “I am curious on how you got this power in the first place. Surely this will be useful to us, and not just for hunting either. We could use this power of yours to find out more about your past.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse could only agree. He could use this power for hunting, and for finding his past if need be, but he did not want to stay in Garara Ajara form forever. That was when he realized that he was shrinking, and to his relief, as he looked at his hands, he was human again.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">But they would have to wait until they enroll into the Hunter’s guild if they were to try to find out about Hurricurse’s power. They helped Kisisa up to her feet, and helped her to walk. They had to get moving, since it would be nightfall soon, and they needed to get to Central City.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">By the time night had descended o <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">n the group, they set up camp near a lake They all decided to call it a night, and went into their individual tents.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">That was when Hurricurse started to dream again.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">But it was not the same dream as before, but it was in the same setting. Hurricurse was looking out the window, alongside the woman from his earlier dream, apparently named Liniar if his dreams held true. It was night, and the night sky was beautiful.

<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b73c6feb-299b-52ea-ef5e-9bc893214e73" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">“Hurricurse, do you ever wonder what the stars really are?” Liniar asked.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse was a little shy at this time, but Liniar knew this. Liniar spoke again.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">“They say that each star is another world like ours, but different in many ways. Hard to believe that there are that many worlds. But we may never get to know for sure, due to the war between humans and monsters. It’s rather sad.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Indeed it was. Hurricurse could only agree. But Liniar looked towards Hurricurse.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">“But we might be able end it, if we could just know what caused it in the first place.” she said. “If only…”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">But before anymore could be heard, the image whited out.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse woke up. He wondered if that dream was another memory. But he was still not getting the full picture. He shook his head, got up, and joined the others.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">When everyone had breakfast, and got everything picked up, They headed towards the road to Central City. Kisisa’s leg was getting better, she was able to walk a little better, but still had a little trouble.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse asked the girls why they wanted to enroll in the hunter’s guild. They each took a turn explaining.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Turns out each of the three friends had a different reason for enrolling. Shira was enrolling because she wanted to avenge her parents after everyone, including her parents, in her village were killed right in front of her by a Selzonshin.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Arion was enrolling because she studied the biology of many of Revalius’ monsters, and wanted to see them with her own eyes.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Kisisa was joining the war between humans and monsters because she wanted to be remembered for something worth her life, not as a farmer like her parents, but as a hunter! It was her dream to be a hunter, and she was going to fulfill it!

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse could only smile at the thought of having a dream to achieve. It gave him the motivation to try to find his past. He will become a hunter, and soon, perhaps he will find out his purpose in Revalius.

Chapter 2: The Hunter's Guild....
<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b73c6feb-2a0f-2caf-987a-b5880f1a4f4e" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The group finally made it through the Paleozoic Mountains after what felt like four days. By that time, Kisisa’s leg was healing good, and they were ready for whatever trials lied ahead!

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">They were exiting the mountain path when they saw the gates of Central City, home of the Revalius Hunter’s Guild. The gates themselves were huge, and the city was surrounded by stone walls that were just as large, and were in turn, surrounded by a large moat. The Gates opened as the group went to go through, and they were greeted by a busy city inside the walls.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The group went to see the Hunter’s guild, so they asked around, and then eventually, after some time, they managed to find the Hunter’s Guild. The Building of the Hunter’s Guild was huge! It was easily the largest building in the entire city.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">When they went inside, they saw hunters of all ranks, and Felynes working hard at hand (or paw). The group went to the guildmaster’s quarters, where they saw a man in Silver Rathalos armor talking to a Wyvernian, who was clearly the Guildmaster by the looks of his clothes. The man in Silver Rathalos Armor stopped talking, and headed out the door. The Guildmaster saw the group, and welcomed them to the Hunter’s Guild.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">He gave the group their papers, which approved of their enrollment to the Guild, and required them to take the tests to see if they have what it takes. The Tests, as the Guildmaster said, are held at the arena, and are very dangerous. But this did not stop the group from signing the papers. They were prepared for whatever the guild had to offer.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">They were taken to the Armory, and given their hunter equipment. Shira was given Azure Rathalos armor, and a Ravager Blade Greatsword, while Arion got Green Chameleos Armor, and a Red Rook Gunlance, Kisisa was given Pink Rathian Armor, and a Hidden bow.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse was given a set of Fatalis armor, and an Dios Katana long sword. He was finally going to be one step closer to reclaiming his memories.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The group was then directed to the Hunter’s cabins, where they were given each their own cabin. Their training would start tomorrow morning, and they needed the rest.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Night came, and everyone was asleep, even Hurricurse. Hurricurse began to dream again.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The setting was a little different. He was near the the same building, but was not inside it, but rather, outside for once. He looked at the sunset with Liniar. It was beautiful. Liniar would come to this beach everyday just to see the sunset. Hurricurse, at this point, was a little more confident about himself. They would wonder what the other regions were doing at this time of war, but they would wonder why no one has bothered to end it.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">They then saw the bushes nearby shake. Hurricurse prepared to protect Liniar, but it what came out of the bush was a Rathling, calling out for it’s mother. It was lost, lost and alone.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse let his guard down, and felt sorry for the poor thing, as did Liniar. But what could they do? Hurricurse came closer to the Rathling. It was a little timid, but Hurricurse soothed it and for some reason, he could understand the wyvern whelp, what it was saying, what it wanted. It wanted its mother, it was scared.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Before Hurricurse could see anymore of the dream, the image whited out, but then, Hurricurse heard his own voice say “We will find your mother.”

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Hurricurse woke up and looked outside his window. It was morning, so no sense of going back to sleep. He wondered if that dream he had was also a memory. If so, did he ever find that Rathling’s mother? He shook his head, he had no time to think about it. He went on to meet the others, for the first test was waiting for them in the arena.

Chapter 3: The First test
Hurricurse got his armor on, and equipped his Dios Katana (which he referred to as "Dios"), and headed to the area. When he got there, he saw that the others were waiting for him. Shira, Arion and Kisisa were so eager to do the test that they got up an hour earlier than Hurricurse, and were waiting ever since.

Hurricurse was ready for the test as well, But he was still a little nervous. He wondred what monster could possibly be waiting behind the arena gates. When the arena gates opened, he took a deep breath, and went through with the rest of the group.

The arena was even larger inside than how it looked on the outside. Then the quadrat heard one of the commentators speak.

"Welcome folks to another training day match in the Revalius Arena! We are Wally and Patty, coming to you live from the peanut gallery! Lets give an applause for our new potential hunters!"

The Crowd gave an applause, and the Second Commentator spoke.

"Today, the rookies will have to fight a Volvidon! WIll They survive?"

Then the steel gates opened on the other side of the arena opened up, and a large Fanged Beast lumbered out. The Volvidon got sight of the four hunters and roared. Everyone in the Group drew their weapons.

The Volvidon started to roll across the field, and nearly runs over Shira, who barely got out of the way. Arion Decided to take shots at the volvidon when it was clse enough. She rushed, and took some stabs at the fanged beast's armored back and fired some shots to break the armor.

When the armor did break, the Volvion bellowed in pain. It then turned to see Kisisa readying her bow, and she fired a shot. But the arrows bounced off of what remained of the armor, and was only ticking it off. It spat it's paralyzing fluid at her.

The Hit was direct, and Kisisa was helpless as she fell to the ground, paralyzed, and the Volvidon raised it's claws to attempt to take a swipe. Kisisa closed her eyes, preparing for the potentially fatal blow.

It never came. She opened her eyes to see Hurricurse with Dios unsheathed. Hurricurse saved her life again!

Hurricurse then took Dios and Slashed at the underbelly multiple times, giving the volvidon agonizing pain with each slice. He paused for a split second when he felt something new. He put that feeling aside and stabbed the Volvidon, the slime secreted from the blade exploding inside the body.

The Volvidon bellowed in pain and agony for a while, but then fell to the ground, and upon breathing it's last breath, died.

The Crowd cheered on, but Hurricurse did not feel like celebrating like his friends, in fact, he felt sad that he had to kill the volvidon for some reason.

It did not deserve to die like this. He thought to himself. It could have been roaming the wilds, where it could be free, but it was instead caged, tortured and made to fight until it was mercifully killed.

Hurricurse shed a tear after this thought, but he thought that he would feel no more pain like this after a few more tests.

Things would, however, not get better, only worse, in more ways than one! <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">

Chapter 4: The Crimson Chin, and A Heart break.
The tests that came after the first were even more dangerous than the last, but the group would somehow succeed. But each kill made by the hunters to be, brought more sadness to Hurricurse's heart.

But that sadness was about to get worse, for on the fith day of training, they were assigned to hunt a Steel Uragaan in the arena. Everyone prepared for the hunt. Arion decided to swap her Red rook for a Marine fisher, since Uragaans were weak to water, and Steel Uragaan was no exception.

When they arrived, they saw that the crowd was eager to see some bloodshed. Hurricurse was not fond of hunting as he would have hoped to be, but if it meant finding his memories, he was willing to endure the sadness.

The Steel gates opened, and the Steel Uragaan came out rolling at top speed. Everyone got out of the way, and decided to get this test done and over with!

Arion went for the Steel Uragaan's underbelly, and took stabs at it. Shira went for the tail, Kisisa took shots from afar, and Hurricurse went for the tail as well.

The Steel Uragaan roared in pain and annoyance, and began to hammer it's large chin on the ground, causing the group nbear it to lose balance. Then it went to roll. Arion got her ffooting quick enough to get out of the way, Shira and Hurricurse went after the Steel Hammer Wyvern, Kisisa ran to another side of the arena, to stay as far from the brute wyvern as possible, but close enough to ensure a good hit.

The Steel Uragaan then took a look at Kisisa and came closer, and was about to swipe it's tail at her while she was applying power coatings to her arrows, but the Steel Uragaan felt pain as Hurricurse sliced the brute wyvern's tail clean off the body, with a well timed slice.

The Uragaan was now ticked, and was about to smash Hurricurse with it's large chin, when all the sudden, it fell over as an arrow stuck to it's knee. Kisisa smiled.

"I guess that is a thank you for helping me." She said.

Hurricurse smiled for once. He was starting to feel something for Kisisa, and somehow, he knew that Kisisa felt something for him. What was this strange emotion? But Hurricurse cast it aside for a minute, as he went to take slices at the Steel Uragaan's underbelly, and finally, after many gruesome minutes, the brute wyvern fell silent. This brought tears to Hurricurse's eyes. It, jusgt like the volvidon, did not deserve to die.

After the tests, Hurricurse was wandering the halls. He was wondering about the emotion he had for Kisisa earlier. He never felt such an emotion before.

Was it love? he wondered. ''I never felt such a thing for anyone before. At least after I lost my memory.''

He was holding a sunflower he found in the city outskirts, and decided to give it to Kisisa as a gift. But then he over heard the girls talking.

"That is so sweet." Shira said. "You were probally meant for each other!"

"I'm sure you two will be a great team, a great couple." Arion said."

But what Kisisa said afterwards would break Hurricurse's heart.

"I don't love him! I like him, but I don't love him!" She said in protest.

Naturally, Kisisa was just trying to keep the others from knowing the truth. But Hurricurse did not know this, and was crushed. He dropped the sunflower and left, but afterwards, Kisisa opened her door, and saw Hurricurse leave, and looked down to see the Sunflower. She picked it up, and Shira came out.

"I think you may have hurt his feelings." Shira said.

Kisisa, upon hearing this from a friend, felt horrible. She watched as Hurricurse left for the outside of the guild.

Chapter 5: Hurricurse Dissapears and Taka enters the Revalius region
The next morning, Kisisa decided to try to make up for last night to Hurricurse, but she found no sign of him in his cabin. She looked in the Arena, found nothing, She was feeling guilty afterwards. Shira and Arion told her that he would come back eventually. But many days past, and there was no sign. Kisisa went to her cabin one day, and cried her eyes out, especially when she found a letter from him that stated that he did feel something for her, but also felt sadnesss every time he killed a monster.

Fortunately, help was not far away, since today, the Guild was expecting a guest who would help end the war once and for all. Taka, Hero of the Central world. Taka came at Central City harbor, and went inside the Hunter's guild building. He was not normally a fan of cities, but he was willing to end the war. Donning his trademark qurupeco armor, and Dark Claw Demise longsword, he entered the lobby. He was with his wife, Relcia, who had her Rathian armor and Wolfen Tessen Dual blades with her.

Kisisa was out for a walk when she found Taka and Relcia. She decided to go for broke, and ask them to help her find Hurricurse. She told them everything about what happened. They were good listeners, suprisingly, and Taka started to realize that this whole scenario felt familiar somehow. He spoke.

"We will find Hurricurse." He said.

Kisisa's heart filled with hope. "Thank you, but you will need me to help you find him. I know  my way around most of Revalius, so I might be able to help. I also want to tell Hurricurse that Im sorry for breaking his heart, and telll him how I really feel."

Relcia under stood what she meant, and held her hand. "We will find him, you will see."

Taka began to question Kisisa. "Do you have any idea where Hurricurse could have gone?"

Kisisa tried to remember what the letter said. "He wrote in a letter that he was going deep to the center of Revalius. Only problem is that that center is Scorched Volcano, which is an extremely dangerous place because of the war."

Taka chuckled a little. "Danger is our life Kisisa, there is nothing that this world could not prepare me for."

Kisisa was unsure if this was indeed true. I hope he is right, I really do. She thought to herself.

Meanwhile.....

Hurricurse was in the White Desert, and he brought everything he needed for the trip to Scorched Volcano. He wanted to keep his distance from everyone.

A monoblos was feeding on some cacti, and turned to see Hurricurse. It decided not to give chase, since it saw where he was going, and continued feeding.

Hurricurse then saw some black smoke coming from a volcanic area up ahead.

''This must be Scorched Volcano. Perfect place to keep away from people.''

He went to the mountanious region of Scorched Volcano, and saw quite a few monsters. But he heard a roar of pain, and decided to see what it was about. He saw a Teostra, the Flame King Dragon, in pain, as it's Right wing was pierced by a sharp rock. It was moaning and roaring in pain. Then Hurricurse saw a Pack of Ioprey come, lead by an Iodrome. The Iodrome roared in delight, as the elder dragon could keep them feed for weeks.

But they were about to be dissapointed, as Hurricurse stepped between them and the Teostra.

"Leave the Elder Dragon alone!" he yelled.

The Iodrome snarled, but somehow, Hurricurse realized he could understand the monster language.

''Make me! My pack is starving because of the war! We need all the meat we can get!''

Hurricurse took all his Raw meat and threw it to the ground. It was enough to feed the Iodrome and his two packmembers

"Theres enough for you and your pack. Now, I won't say it again!"

The Iodrome hissed in amazement. ''You are a strange human. You give us food instead of killing us, you are a wonderous specimen for your species.''

The Iodprey pack took the meat, and the Ioprey followed their leader to wherever he was going.

Hurricurse turned to tend to the Teostra, and grabbed hold of the right wing. "This might hurt a little." He said.

He used all the strength he could muster, and pulled the Wing out of the rock. The Teostra roared in pain, and got up, and stared at Hurricurse. But it did not try to attack as Hurricurse expected. It just looked at him, and spoke.

''Why do you help me? You wear the armor of a Fatalis, and carry a sword of a Brachydios.''

Hurricurse shook his head. "I have no idea, I don't even remeber my past."

Hurricurse explained everything. His memory loss, his powers of shapeshifting, and why he is here. The Teostra was amazed when he heard the prt of Shapeshifting.

''You are a shapeshifter? You know, an elder dragon, who I was a student to, and is now long dead, once told us about a Shapeshifter who would feel pity for the monsters, and go to end the war between the humans and monsters in Revalius. The war, as I heard, was ended in the central world by a shapeshifter named Taka, but I doubt he could end the war here. But you, you might just have a chance. Tell me, What is your name?''

Hurricurse introduced himself. "I am Hurricurse."

The Teostra then intoduced himself. ''I am Ignitus. Now, I have an injured wing, so I may not be as mobile as I used to be, but perhaps you could help me fly.''

Hurricurse agreed to help. It would bring him hope if he could help his new friend.

A few miles away....

Taka was in Rathalos form, with Kisisa and Relcia on his back. He landed near the opening to the area known as Scorched Volcano. When everyone was off his back, he reverted to human form. Taka shook his head.

"Finding Hurricurse in an area like this will be like finding a needle in a haystack." he said.

Turns out this would be false, because as the group walked around Scorched Volcano, they heard sounds coming from due north of their position. They went there to see Hurrcicurse, trying to help a Teostra fly.

"Come on Ignitus! That was a record for you at this time!"

The Teostra snarled.

"Oh don't say that! You will be flying in no time at this rate!"

Kisisa was shocked. Hurricurse could understand the Teostra? Has she created a monster herself? It did not matter, Hurricurse was her friend, more than a friend in fact. She was about to move when she stepped on a twig, she stood behind a rock, with Taka and Relcia.

Hurricurse heard the twig snap, and turned into a Stygian Zinogre and howled.

Taka saw this, and was shocked!

''Another shapeshifter? In Revalius? Why was I not informed?''

Taka asked Kisisa why she did not tell Taka about this power Hurricurse had. Kisisa simply asked if Taka would have beleived her if she said it.

Taka admited that she had a point. It did seem a bit outlandish to have a shapeshifter walking around Revalius. But despite knowing this, He ws still willing to help.

Hurricurse came around the corner, to see Kisisa, Relcia and Taka. He was angry!

"YOU! You brought them to kill my friend, have you?!" He yelled.

Kisisa protested. "No Hurricurse! Just listen to me! This a misunderstanding!"

Hurricurse howled. "There is no misunderstanding! I was hurt in my heart once too many times, no... even more! I will end this war, one way or another!"

Kisisa was terrified, Relcia and Taka stepped between Hurricurse and Kisisa.

"Listen to her Hurricurse!" Taka yelled back. "I know what you are feeling right now! But you can't let rage take you over now!"

Hurricurse snarled. "Save your lies for later, either you go back or fight! And I really don't feel like killing if I don't have to, but don't think I won't!"

Ignitus roared.

"I know that Ignitus!" Hurricurse yelled back. "But I must make them pay!"

Taka knew that Hurricure must have been real angry. All the sadness he endured was now turning into rage! Taka decided to go for broke, and turned into a Golden Rajang!

Hurricurse did get a little confused for a little bit, until he realized who he was dealing with! This was Taka! But he did not let that fact scare him. He turned into a Brachydios, and attempted to pummel Taka, but Taka was quicker.

The Battle of the Shapeshifters has begun!

Chapter 6: Hurricurse's Regret
The Battle raged for what felt like hours, as the Shapeshifters changed form to get the best out of the other. Kisisa cried, she did not want any of this to happen. Relcia tried her best to comfort Kisisa in a motherly fashion. Relcia did plan on having children with Taka at some point after all.

Taka was, admittedly, unprepared for Hurricurse's power, but he did not let down. He turned into a Sulphur Brachydios, and began to punch Hurricurse, in Deviljho form.

Hurricurse roared in pain and annoyance as the slime exploded. He turned into an Azure Rathalos, and began to breathe fireballs repeatedly, rapid fire fashion.

Taka would dodge every single one, but he was unprepared for when Hurricurse landed on him in Basarios form. Hurricurse then turned into a Steel Uragaan, and was about to pummel Taka to death with his chin.

But Ignitus had enough.

''Hurricurse! Enough!''

Hurricurse stopped, and looked towards Ignitus.

''Let the humans speak. They speaked truth before the battle, the stupid, useless battle. I sensed it!''

Hurricurse was angry, but decided to listen. He backed off from Taka.

Kisisa sensed the battle was at least temporarily over, and spoke. "Hurricurse, we need you. I need you. Please... come back to us. If I cause you all the sadness, Im sorry, but we can't help you if you become a cold blooded killer."

Hurricurse sensed the sincerity in these words, and shed a tear. He reverted, and looked at his hands. He then ran off towards further north.

"Hurricurse!" Kisisa yelled.

When Hurricurse dissapeared from sight, Ignitus came towards Kisisa, and somehow, she began to understand what he was trying to say.

''I don't like this any more than you do Kisisa. ''The elder Dragon said. ''I think we should look for our friend. It looked like he was heading for the Diablos Graveyard.''

Kisisa nodded. She, Relcia, Taka and Ignitus went to look for Hurricurse, again.

A few miles later....

Kisisa, Taka, Relcia and Ignitus arrived in Diablos Graveyard. Taka shivered at the sound of the name. They looked everywhere they could for a few hours, until they heard a screeching roar!

Then, they felt the earth shake, as a large creature rose from the earth, and another dove from the sky,

The larger creature, a Haukmutori, crackled.

Well, Well, Well, What do we have here dear?

It's mate, the Mutori, smaller than his mate snarled.

''I think we have a quadrat of TRESSPASSERS! TRESSPASSERS IN OUR DOMAIN!''

Ignitus was a little scared, unusual behavior for an elder dragon surely.

''And quite by accident, let me assure you! A simple navigational error!''

The Haukmutori stepped closer to Ignitus.

''Wait a minute! I remember you! You are that dead elder dragon's little student! Ignitus!''

Ignitus simply stepped back.

That I am, madam.

The Mutori then circled around Kisisa, Taka and Relcia.

And that would make you three?

Kisisa was scared. Taka simply spoke boldly.

"Taka, hero of the Central World. This is Kisisa and Relcia, we want no trouble."

The Haukmutori stepped close to Taka.

Do you know what we do to humans, shapeshifter or otherwise, and monsters who enter our territory without permission?

Taka was not believing that they could do anything to him, but he realized that the Mutori pair had evey right to do what they wanted, after all, They were indeed IN the Mutori pair's land. Then Ignitus simply snarled in fright.

Oh my, look at the time, its time to go!

The Haukmutori stepped in the way.

''What is the hurry folks? We would love to have you stick around for dinner! We could have a picnic here.''

Taka realized what they meant. THEY were the Dinner!

The Haukmutori Screeched a battlecry, and she and her mate joined forces. They were ready to cook the group with their electrical abilities.

Meanwhile....

Hurricurse heard the roar come from south of where he was. He turned into a Nibelsnarf, and investigated, He realized that it was a roar of a Haukmutori, and by the looks of it, the Mutori was with it too! He then saw that Taka, Relcia, Kisisa and Ignitus were cornered.

''Oh come on! ''He thought to himself. From what I heard, even a Savage Deviljho would be better than this!

He then then began to realize that it was he who put them in danger, not Kisisa, not Taka, it was no ones fault but his own! He had to do something, or they will certainly die. He had no excuse for the childish, no... Monsterous Behavior he exhibited earlier.

He then took to a hiding spot, and began to change.

Chapter 7: Hurricurse's apology
Kisisa, Taka, Relcia and Ignitus were cornered, with no way to escape. The Mutori pair were licking their chops, as they thought of tender, juicy flesh!

Ignitus stood between The Mutori pair and his human friends, and gave a roar!

But the Mutori pair were not impressed. In fact, they both gave a crackling laugh.

''Is that it?! ''The Haukmutori asked mockingly. ''Go ahead... Tell me more!''

Ignitus did not need to, since an even bigger roar was heard from behind the Mutori pair. The Mutori pair did get a little startled, and turned to see who, or what, was about to ruin their dinner. A Black Gravios stood there, giving a roar of challenge.

The Mutori pair charged, the Haukmutori charging in the fashion of a Tigrex, and the Mutori took to the air, charged with electricity, and dive bombed towards the Rock wyvern. The Black Gravios stood its ground, and charged a fire beam, and fired it at the Mutori, frying one of it's wings, causing it to crash into a pile of Diablos bones.

The Haukmutori was now close enough to the Black Gravios to bite it in the neck, causing it to roar in pain. But then the rock wyvern used it's tail to whack the legs of the Haukmutori, making it lose it's balance. Then the rock wyvern stepped on the female terror. As the Mutori was taking flight after being knocked out of the air earlier, and about to claw the Rock wyvern, The Black Gravios used it's tail to whack him to the ground, and pinned it with the tail.

The Mutori pair were rambling to each other, until the Black Gravios yelled in human language, much to Kisisa, Relcia, Taka and Ignitus' surprise.

"SILENCE!"

The Mutori pair dared not to object. It was clear to Kisisa who the wyvern was. It was Hurricurse.

"If you dare to go near my friends ever again..."

The Mutori pair decided to play coy with Hurricurse.

''These guys were your friends? ''The Mutori asked in a coyingly cute matter. ''I did not know that! Did you dear?''

''NO! ''The Haukmutori said in respose, again, in a coyingly sweet matter.

Then Hurricurse roared. "You might as well leave, otherwise it will be a trip to hell for both of you!

Then as Hurricurse got off of the Haukmutori and lifted his tail off of the Mutori, he expected to see the Mutori pair attack, but they decided to leave, screeching as they ran from Hurricurse's sight.

Then Hurricurse reverted to human form, and looked towards Kisisa. Kisisa ran towards Hurricurse, and hugged him. Hurricurse held her close.

"Hurricurse, Im sorry for hurting you." Kisisa said with tears in her eyes.

Hurricurse then spoke. "No, Im sorry. I should not have ran off, and more importantly, I should not have taken my anger out on you. There is no excuse for my monsterous behavior. I joined you so I could reclaim my memories, but I won't be able to if I act like I did before."

This moment could have gone forever, had Ignitus not interrupted.

''Im sorry, is this a bad time? Because I think you have other friends waiting for you back at Central City who miss you. Don't worry about me, I will be flying eventually.''

Hurricurse decided to go back to Central City, and perhaps maybe, he could end the war soon.

Chapter 8: The Death eater approaches
It was nightfall in the Paleozoic mountains, but something was still awake, and it was hungry. A Fanged Beast was lumbering around, a Wilolu!

''FOOD! I NEED FOOD! ''Was probally the only thing going on in it's brain, as it's hunger for flesh clawed at it like a cat on a scratching post. Remobras nearby hissed, and flew off, kelbi ran for cover, and then, the mammalian terror found, at the corner of it's eyes, not one, but multiple lights. The Wilolu was confused.

''Lights in the middle of nowhere? What does that mean?''

Then, a satisfying realization came upon it.

''Where there is light, there is warmth! And where there is warmth, there is most definitely food!''

The Wilolu went towards the light, and the monsters in the vicinity ran for their lives, screeching and roaring as if to say: ''The Death Eater is here! The Death Eater is here!''

Indeed the Wilolu was here, and it was here to feed! It was heading straight towards Central City, where there is bound to be plenty of prey to eat!

Meanwhile....

Hurricurse and Kisisa were now back at the Hunter's guild, only this time, they now shared the same cabin, as they became very close, Kisisa was not afraid to admit that she felt something for Hurricurse anymore, and her dream of being a hunter seemed to be forgotten, she was living a dream now. Hurricurse still felt bad for what happened at Scorched Volcano, and wanted to make up for it. But they remained quite about Ignitus, lest Shira and Arion find out about the Teostra.

Arion was a little suspicious of Hurricurse, and wondered why he was gone for such a long time, but remained silent. Shira was suspicious as well, but was not as quiet about it as Arion was. Hurricurse was worried that they, especially Shira, would find out about Ignitus, and try to kill him. But he knew that they would find out sooner or later, so he would might as well tell at least Arion, since she was cool and collected about things in general, and would prefer reason over violence, unlike Shira, who was the "hit first and never bother asking questions later" kind of person.

He asked Kisisa if he should, since it was risky buisness that he was planning, Kisisa was unsure. She was also starting to question whether the war was worth being remembered for, and she was secretly wanting it to end in a peaceful matter.

Arion overheard this as she was walking the halls, and decided to listen further.

"I don't know about you, but I am going to tell Arion, since I am sure she would understand better than Shira would." Hurricurse said. "I know it's risky, but if we are to end the Monster war, we need to do so with people who we can be sure that can be trusted to help. Ignitus would want us to end the war together."

Arion understood what was going on, she knew that this war had to end at some point. But she was conflicted. She wanted to help Kisisa and Hurricurse, but if she did, Shira would, if she found out the truth, certainly tell the guild about it, and then she, Hurricurse and Kisisa would be in a real mess.

But then again, She thought. ''Shira is a barbarian. She does not care about ending the war anyway. As far as she is concerned, anyone who wanted to end the war was an enemy, human or monster. She would find this out in a heartbeat.''

She decided that she would help Hurricurse and Kisisa. It might offer more than being a hunter would anyway.

She opened the door tothe cabin where Hurricurse and Kisisa were, and looked at them.

"How much did you hear?" Kisisa asked.

Arion smiled. "Enough to make a decision for the better." She said.

Kisisa wondered what she meant, until Arion sat down on a chair. "I will help end this war. I knew something was going on since Hurricurse came back, don't think for a minute that I did not. But, you might want to steer clear of Shira then, since she might just become a snitch, and tell the guild of your plans."

Hurricurse agreed. "We should find Taka and Relcia, and tell them of our plans. Im pretty sure they are people we can trust."

Then they heard the door open. They looked to see Taka and Relcia. They knew what they were planning, and they were willing to help end the war in Revalius. The stupid, useless, and pointless war!

They discussed what to do first, since it won't be long before Shira, or someone else finds out. Hurricurse thought about it, and before he knew it, he had a thought.

"We could leave this place, and find a new base of operations, since a place like Central city is full of snitches."

Kisisa knew a few good places to go. "What about Murkwood? I hear there are ruins there that could be a good place to set up camp."

Hurricurse was confused. ''Murkwood? What kind of place is that?''

Arion agreed. "Murkwood is remote, far from civilization, and aside from the ruins, there really is not much sign of human habitation."

Taka agreed as well. The way that Arion said its qualities made it sound like the perfect place. He also wondered what kinds of monsters would live there.

Hurricurse then spoke. "Then it is decided. We will leave as soon as possible, by next morning. Until then..."

But before Hurricurse could finish the sentence, a huge gluttorial roar was heard in the darkness. Then they heard the City's Emergency bells ring.

They saw hunters of all ranks come out of their cabins, and head towards the outskirts of th city. They decided to follow suite, since it would make them less suspicious if they did.

When they got out by the outskirts, they saaw the Wilolu. The Death eater was here, and it was hungry!

Kisisa held Hurricurse's hand. "We will do this together! I know we can!"

Hurricurse wished he could believe this. He heard of the Wilolu, and doubted that any of them would make it out alive. This was the Death Eater, and to it, they were just appetizers.

The Wilolu roared in delight as the petty humans in monster armor tried to defend their city. This would be a picnic to it!

Taka and Hurricurse agreed to not to shapeshift at this time. They would have to lay low. Hurricurse took Dios, and began slicing at the Wilolu's tail, While Taka went for the legs with his Dark Claw Demise. The Wilolu did flinch every time the Dark Claw Demise's Dragon element hit the Fanged beast, and eventually tried to keep it's distance from Taka's Longsword.

Kisisa took a lump of meat she had that she filled with poison, paralysis and sleep inducing toxins. She was going to save it for a Deviljho hunt, but decided that she would might as well use it now!

''IF there is anything a wilolu likes more than a fight, its an easy meal! ''She thought to herself with a rather evil grin. Although this stuff is not going to be very good for it's health.

She Threw the meat towards the Wilolu, and, as the Wilolu's nostrils picked up the scent, it went nuts!

''FOOD! DELICIOUS FOOD!''

Relcia grinned as Kisisa did her stunt. It reminded her of when she did the same to a Deviljho in the past.

Hurricurse and Taka looked as the Wilolu went for the bait, as did the other hunters.

"You, my girl, are smart! Why did I not think of that myself?!" Hurricurse said with wonder.

The Wilolu took a huge chunk of the meat, and swallowed. However, when it ate every last piece of the meat (much to Taka's surprise), it began to feel sick, as the toxins started to take effect. It was also feeling tired, unnaturally tired. But the tiredness did not last as long as they hoped, as the Wilolu was now angry that it was tricked into eating tainted/drugged/poisoned meat. It's muscles started to swell up, it's eyes now masked in a mask of Draconic energy.

Now the group and other hunters were in for it!

Shira, who was out the whole time watching, was thrilled. Now she could have a challenge! She took her Ravager Blade and began to charge.

"I GOT THIS!" She yelled.

Hurricurse reacted with fright. "No Shira! It's too dangerous!"

But she did not listen, and sliced the tail of the mammalian terror, causing it to roar in rage and pain. It swiped her with it's claws, causing her to go flying towards another hunter. The Wilolu grabbed Shira by the leg, and to her horror, the Wilolu was even scarier up close and personal. But then, The mammalian menace let go of her as an arrow stuck through it's arm.

Kisisa shot that arrow. Then Arion zigzagged, hoping to confuse the Wilolu, and then stabbed the beast in the underbelly. The Wilolu roared in pain as the Gunlance stuck deeper into the chest, and then, Arion pulled the trigger to the Wyvernfire function, and then, as the Wilolu whimpered at what it knew was going to happen, an explosion occurred, sending Wilolu flesh all over the place, and quite humorously, some of the blood splattered all over Hurricurse's face.

"YUCK!" He yelled. "Man, this stuff stinks like death!"

Taka laughed. Hurricurse glared at him. "Oh you can laugh now! But you just wait until the same happens to you, then we will see who gets the last laugh!"

Kisisa giggled. "Don't mind him, We should rest, it has been a long night."

Hurricurse agreed. Too much has happened in one night. Hurricurse and Kisisa went to Hurricurse's own cabin to sleep together, and Arion went to her's. They and Taka and Relcia would be ready for tomorrow, when they leave Central city, and regrettably, leave Shira behind.

Chapter 9: Leaving for Murkwood....
Hurricurse was dreaming again. This time, he and Liniar were in the woods, with the Rathling from the previous dream. The Rathling was named Jet, and he wanted his mother. Hurricurse felt like helping the Rathling find his mother, a Pink Rathian named Blossom. Hurricurse, Liniar and Jet looked everywhere in the woods, until they saw a large shadow circle above them. Hurricurse then looked upwards to see a large Pink Rathian divebombing towards him.

Hurricurse dodged the dive bomb, and the Pink Rathian roared. But before the pink rathian could do anything, Jet came towards her, and Chirped to her. Was this pink rathian Blossom?

''Meema! ''Jet said. ''This is a misunderstanding! These humans were helping me look for you! I got lost, and they helped me! Don't hurt them! Please!''

The Pink Rathian, apparently Blossom, was confused on why a couple of humans would bother to help her child, but she seemed to sense the truth in these words. She nudged Jet. She then looked towards Hurricurse and Liniar.

Thank you! Blossom said. ''If it were not for you two, I would have never found Jet. I will never forget this! I was so worried!''

Hurricurse smiled. "Im just glad I could help family get back together again."

Blossom came towards Hurricurse and Liniar. Can I have your names?

Hurricurse introduced himself, as did Liniar.

''Thank you Hurricurse and Liniar, I will never, ever forget your kindness. Maybe when the war between humans and monsters is ever over, I can have you two come over to our den. Come on Jet, lets go home. I will help you two somehow to make up for this.''

Jet climbed onto Blossom's back, and Blossom took to the air, possibly to go back to their den. Hurricurse felt a feeling of acccomplishment after this experience. He helped family get together again.

But then he noticed what looked like a Kirin looking at him. He looked away for a second, and then, when he went to see the Kirin once more, It was gone. Then the image whited out.

Hurricurse woke up to see Kisisa already with her armor on, looking at him. He got up, and got his Fatalis armor, and equipped Dios, and helped Kisisa pack everything they would need for the journey to Murkwood. They left a note for Shira, stating that they would be gone for a long while. They met up with Arion, Taka and Relcia at the City gates. They were already prepared for the journey, they were just waiting for Hurricurse and Kisisa to get here.

Hurricurse could not get the dream he had out of his head. He could confirm that he found the Rathling's mother, but was it an actual memory? Only time will tell.

The group, to get to Murkwood, would have to go to the southern end of Revalius, where they would have to go through the Haunted Forest, and through Westcliff woods. The path to Murkwood would be dangerous, but if Hurricurse was to end the war between humans and monsters, and reclaim his memories, he was willing to pay the price.

Many miles later.....

It had already been at least a few days since they left Central City, and They have just arrived in Haunted Forest. Now, Haunted forest was feared by the Revalius people for good reason. In the Haunted Forest, it is said that the souls of those who died here wander for the rest of eternity, and that a creature said to be the spawn of the devil himself was supposed to be wandering these woods.

Hurricurse was not into these superstitions. He did not believe in such things, they just seemed a bit far fetched. Although he did admit that the area itself had an unnaturally bone chilling vibe to it. The Fog here just seemed unnaturally thick, and the fact that it was nightfall did not help at all. There were wild pumpkins here, which grew to enormous size, seemingly too big to be believed.

Kisisa held Hurricurse's hand, she did not want to be seperated from him, not after what they both went through. Taka and Relcia kept a whatchful eye for potential danger, as did Arion, which was easier said than done, due to the unusually thick fog.

After what felt like hours in the woods, They felt the ground shake. It was not an earthquake, it was just too well timed to be one. They saw a shadow rise above their heads, and turned just in time to dodge a large bladed pincer as it hit the ground.

Hurricurse loked towards the source to see what looked like a carrapaceon of some sort, wearing a large pumpkin on it's back! It was a Hallowed Ceanataur! It eyed Hurricurse and his group, and spoke (in Monster Language of course)!

''For years the Humans feared me as the grim reaper! Each one that entered my domain know lies in the ashes of my fiery wrath! Now you will also scream my title of Grim Reaper, just as so many before you have! I am Jack the Ripper, but you can call me Death!''

Hurricurse unsheathed Dios, Kisisa her Hidden Bow, Arion her new Dios Gunlance, Relcia her Wolfen Tessens and Taka his Dark Claw Demise, and they prepared to fight for their lives.

Jack the Hallowed Ceanataur huffed up some smoke and breathed fire out of it's mouth! Hurricurse dodged from the Carrapaceon's line of fire, and started to slice at the beastly crab's legs. Taka went for Jack's Pumpkin, as did Relcia and Arion. Kisisa shot arrows at the Beastly Shellfish, but the arrows did little more than tick him off even more.

Eventually, Jack went to charge towards Kisisa, Scythes prepared to gore her to death! Kisisa got out of the way, but then the Carrapaceon did something unexpected, he jumped onto her, and looked at her, chattering before raising a scythed pincer, preparing to gore her.

Hurricurse had no time to think, he acted upon this. He turned into an Ivory Lagiacrus, and rushed towards the Hallowed Ceanataur, biting into the pincer, breaking it! Then he proceeded to bite onto the other one. When the last pincer was broken, he backed off and said something to Jack.

"Leave her alone you ugly son of a Khezu!"

Jack was angry at Hurricurse, but simply chuckled.

As the Carrapaceon got off Kisisa and headed towards Hurricurse, he stumbled over as Taka, in Rajang form, slammed his body into the horrific crab. Jack was confused.

''Two Shapeshifters?! How can that possibly be?! It does not matter. I will carve you just like you humans do with your pumpkins on Halloween day, and make a messy masterpiece out of your bodies!''

Taka fired an electrical beam at Jack, hitting it with enough voltage to stun it. As Jack lied paralyzed, and unable to move, Hurricurse charged up a high voltage, and made a shock field around the Hateful crab, shocking it with enough voltage to fry it to a crisp. Jack Screeched as the voltage fried him from the shell through to the innards, and then, after a few minutes of non stop screeching,... nothing. Thus ending the legend of the Grim Reaper of Haunted Forest.

Taka and Hurricurse both reverted to human form, and Hurricurse rushed towards Kisisa. "Are you alright?"

Kisisa nodded. "Im fine, thanks to you."

But while the group got back on track, and headed further south, they would have to face something potentially worse than a Hallowed Ceanataur.

Chapter 10: The Wereverine Dilemma
After a few miles of trekking through the Haunted Forest, the group arrived in the Westliff woods. Hurricurse, Taka and Relcia did not know what to expect here, but Arion and Kisisa did. Especially Arion, since her older brother was slashed to pieces by a pack of Wereverines here, or so she was told. Around Revalius, there was a tale of a psychopath tunred monster by a demon, who lived here, known by alledged survivors as "The Westcliff Slasher".

Legend goes that there was a man named Krok, who was one of Revalius' most accomplished killers. He killed many people in Westcliff woods over the years of his time, mostly teen women, but when the officials could not catch him, the citizens of the nearby town of Cliffwood, decided to take justice in their own hands, and finally found him, and upon outnumbering and outpowering him, they hanged him, but not before he said his last words, which were "Death is but a door, time but a window, I will be back."

And according to legend, he did come back! Krok encountered, in death, a demon, who found amusement in Krok's crimes, and offered him the chance to kill again, in monster form, for eternity. Naturally, a bloodthirsty killler like Krok accepted the offer, at the price of his soul. After all, what was the point of having a soul if you can live forever as a beast? Krok was, according to legend, the first Blooded Wereverine, an Apex species of Wereverine that lives for the kill! The Wereverines howl at his name, as if they fear him more than anything else. He is what Wereverines hope to be... A monster of a monster's nightmare!

Hurricurse did not believe in stories like this. Wereverines are one thing, but a psychopath turned Blooded Wereverine for an eternal lifespan, is completely another!

The group was losing daylight, but they decided to keep moving even at nightfall, since, because of the Wereverines that live here, nightfall is the most dangerous time of all in Westcliff woods. Then Arion noticed something staring at them from the top of a tree!

"There's one of them buggers now!" She yelled! "Brace yourselves!"

Hurricurse and the rest of the group unsheathed their weapons! They prepared for an attack!

The Wereverine eyed them, and howled! Then it jumped high off the branches, dissapearing from sight!

"Were did it go?" Relcia asked.

Taka and Hurricurse had no idea, but what they did know was that predators rarely abandon a potential meal, it will come back!

"Maybe it was afraid of us." Kisisa said, although she was clearly not convinced that this would be true.

Then, as if out of nowhere, Two, not one, Two Wereverines came from the trees above! They howled, and were definitely hungry by the looks of them.

They were speaking in monster language, but Hurricurse, Taka, Relcia and Kisisa could not possibly understand what they were saying! It was as if thGe Wereverines were speaking an ancient tongue of their own! Then one of the two Wereverines spoke in the monster language they were familiar with.

''You two shapeshifters do not understand our ancient tongue, do you? Such arrogance! And you proclaim yourselves as one with the monsters!''

iHurricurse and Taka were surprised that the Wereverines, as savage as they are, knew about them! It was as if they knew they were coming! Then the second Wereverine spoke.

''We have not eaten for days! All because of the war! We, who you humans call the Wereverines, were never human before, so we have no qualms with killing you all! We fight the war because we need to, if we are to find food! We can't infect you as you humans believe, so we can't show you how our species suffered because of you humans! The Collective will definitely give us plenty of food if we kill you all! Come on Brother blood, lets gut them like fish!''

The First Wereverine shook his head. ''What have I told you Bloodcarver? We need the shapeshifters alive if we are to end the war!''

But Bloodcarver was not listening to this, he snarled at his "Brother Blood"!

''Whitefang! You care too much about the humans, unlike the rest of our pack! I am beginning to question why I even let you in our pack! I have not eaten for days, and as far as I am G''concerned, Humans are the favored prey! You may be the smartest of us all, but in the end, you are just too fond of the humans!'

Hurricurse was confused. The Collective? Who were they?

But he and the group knew one thing: If they stay here, they will certainly be the Wereverines' newest victims!

When Bloodfang was about to pounce onto Hurricurse, Hurricurse braced for the attack!

But it never came, as when Bloodfang was in midair, He was knocked off course by a fireball that came out of nowhere!

Hurricurse looked towards the source and found a Pink Rathian with a Rathling on her back. Why did the Pink Rathian save him?

Bloodcarver got up, and snarled. ''Blossom! I should have known that you would appear!''

Hurricurse heard that name before! Blossom was a Pink Rathian in his dreams! Was this a coincidence, or was he missing a clue to finding his past?

Blossom roared and let lose another fireball attack! But Bloodcarver dodged the attack, and rushed head on towards Blossom! Blossom took to the air, and pinned Bloodcarver onto the ground! Blossom spoke to her Rathling.

''Jet! Help these good people find their way to Murkwood! I will handle these beasts!''

Hurricurse also knew the name Jet from his dreams! Jet was also a Rathling in his dreams! Jet nodded to Blossom.

''Ok Meema! ''

Jet screeched to Hurricurse.

''Hello again Hurricurse! Although I don't know if you remember me, if what Ignitus said was true.''

Everyone looked at Hurricurse. He knew the Rathling? Hurricurse wondered about it for a bit.

''I guess those dreams were memories after all! ''He thought to himself. But how do they know Ignitus?

Jet screeched again.

We got to get to Murkwood!' Meema can handle herself, she is strong!

Hurrricurse did not need any further motivation. He and the group followed Jet, while Blossom Dealt with the Wereverines! She would catch up once she drove them away, or killed them!

Chapter 11: Leaving Westcliff
Hurricurse, Kisisa, Arion, Taka and Relcia followed Jet the Rathling for what felt like hours, as they made their way out of Westcliff.

Once they were sure they were out of the Wereverines' territory, they took a rest near a lakeside area. Jet screeched to Hurricurse.

''Ignitus told us that you wanted to end the war between humans and monsters Hurricurse! He also told us about you losing your memory! But while you wear the skin of a Fatalis, you have not changed much.''

Hurricurse somehow felt comforted that a friend of the past was still around. But he asked Jet why he and Blossom were here. Jet shook his head.

''It was because of the group of monsters called the Collective! They are bad monsters Hurricurse! They want to make the humans extinct! Me and Meema did not agree with thier idea thanks to you, but when we refused to join them, they drove us from our home, so we had to be on the move for so long. But you are here, alive and strong! That is the most important thing!''

Hurricurse got his answer on who the collective were, but why would they want to render the humans extinct? Taka was also wondering why himself. The war is over in the Central world, so why did the Collective not want to end the war peacefully with humans instead of destroying them?

Whatever the reason, it was clear that if the war is to end, the Collective would have to be stopped! But they need to get to Murkwood first, and set up their base of operations.

They decided to set up camp near the lake, and set up the tents. It was a long night, and they  were tired. Jet offered to keep watch, since he could see better in the dark than the group could.

When everyone had their tents set, they decided to hit the sack. All except Hurricurse, who stayed up, and was staring at the lake. Kisisa noticed this and decided to ask him if anything was wrong.

"Hurricurse, anything bothering you?" She asked.

Hurricurse sighed. "It's just that we have been through so much, and yet I have not gotten an idea on who I am and where I came from. The only lead I ever get is in my dreams."

Kisisa smiled. "Then maybe you need to dream more. Maybe eventually, we might find out more about you. Besides, you need the sleep."

Hurricurse agreed, but Kisisa was not done yet.

"Come to my tent for a minute." She said.

Hurricurse followed her to the tent, and when they were inside, Kisisa kissed Hurricurse on the lips.

Hurricurse's mind blanked out! But his shock did not last for long, for after a few seconds, he began to embrace Kisisa. Then after what felt like an eternity, they split apart.

"Lets sleep together here, like we did back at our Guild cabins." She said.

Hurricurse accepted the offer, as he felt somewhat renewed after the experience. It was as if Kisisa meant more to him than the world itself!

When Hurricurse slept, he dreamed. But it was not the pleasant kind of dream anymore, as it would soon prove to be.

Hurricurse was with Liniar, returning to the building they called home. But they heard gunshots, and investigated. They saw, to their horror, much of the building's staff dead on the floor, and men in peculiar armor with bowguns aimed towards survivors. The men turned and saw Hurricurse and Liniar. One of them shouted.

"There he is! The one we are looking for! Get him!"

Hurricurse grabbed Liniar's hand, and they ran. Ran for what felt like hours, as they ran from their persuers. Then they came to a room where they were cornered by the men. Then the image whited out, and A gunshot was heard.

"LINIAR! NO!" Hurricurse yelled.

Hurricurse woke up when he felt Kisisa shake him.

"Hurricurse wake up!" She yelled.

Hurricurse opened his eyes, and stared at Kisisa, as if wondering if she was real or not.

Kisisa sighed. "You were tossing and turning like you were having a nightmare, so I tried to wake you up!"

Hurricurse knew that she was right. He indeed did have a nightmare, and it was like the first one he had, but in more detail.

Hurricurse thought to himself. ''Who were those men in the nightmare? Why were they after me? Why did they kill Liniar?''

He got up and met the others outside, as they prepared to go further out of Westcliff. They found themselves in a murk, swamp like area. This was Murkwood, and the group would have to find a place to set up a base here.

Chapter 12: Murkwood's Ruins
The group (Hurricurse, Taka and Relcia notwithstanding) heard alot about the history of Murkwood. It had a very ugly history.

According to the Guild's information, It was at one point, a village by the name of Oakwood Village, and it prospered for a long time, until the monster war came about. Oakwood was in the middle of the crossfire, and was half destroyed. But perhaps the most tragic part was when a demon, in the form of a Dark Teostra burned everyone in the village to ash. The humans of Revalius abandoned Oakwood, and let nature overtake it, turning it into the swamp known as Murkwood today.

Now, there is only ruins of the once prosperous Oakwood that is left of any sign of human made structures. But it was perfect for what the group had in mind. They trekked through the swamp, and saw a few monsters here. A Yian Kut ku was seen drinking at the swamp's edge, only to be devoured by a Gobul that was waiting at the water's edge (much to Taka's surprise and fear), and a swarm of Kunchuu were swarming over the carcass of a Plesioth that died from, quite possibly, old age.

The group trekked for what felt like hours, until they saw a stone bridge, spanning over a a large expanse of the swamp, leading to the ruins of a large area of what used to be Oakwood.

Hurricurse went to test the bridge. If anyone was to fall due to the bridge's instability over the ages, he wanted it to be him instead of his friends. Jet the Rathling stayed at the otherside, offering to be a gaurd.

When Hurricurse decided that the bridge was indeed stable enough to cross, he signaled the group to come over. Despite the weathering of the bridge over the years, it was mostly intact.

When everyone was across (Jet notwithstanding), They decided to check out the ruins of the once great Oakwood. The Buildings, despite being subject to weathering (as they were made of stone), and Monster activity, some were intact for the most part. They came across the larger of the buildings, which was once the town hall of the village. The group decided to check it out.

The town hall's insides were mostly intact. Sure the place was now overgrown with plantlife, and filled with insects, but other than that, it was perfect for their base of operations. It would just be a fixer-upper is all.

Hurricurse and the group unpacked their equipment, and set up camp near the outside of the town hall. They would not sleep inside the building until it is fixed. They would start the renovations tomorrow, but they needed to rest, as it was getting dark.

When Hurricurse was about to hit the sack, he felt a cold wind blow towards him. It was unnatural. He felt as if something was watching him. He turned around to see a Kirin. The Kirin looked very young for it's kind, and sounded it too, when it (or rather, she) spoke.

''My name is Kama. I know who you are. You are Hurricurse!''

Hurricurse was shocked that a kirin would know his name. "How do you-"

But before he could finish, Kama spoke again.

''I just wanted to meet you at least once. Hurricurse, do you still remember Liniar? She used to like Kirins like me before she died, and she liked you. She wanted you to keep your promise.''

Hurricurse was wondering what she meant by a promise. The Kirin started to fade away.

"Wait! TELL ME MORE!" Hurricurse yelled. But Kama was gone by then, as if she was never there. But then he heard Kama's voice.

You will learn more when you dream.

Hurricurse did not have an explanation for what happened. Did he see a specter in the form of a kirin? if so, was it real. or just his imagination?

Hurricurse decided to go to sleep. It was a strange night.

When he dreamed, he found himself in the time after the people  in peculiar armor killed Liniar. He was crying. Liniar spoke her last words.

"Please, Hurricurse... end the war in Revalius... protect Revalius... forever.

Hurricurse nodded.

Then Liniar fell silent, as she died in peace, and not in despair.

"Don't make us kill you too!" one of the men said.

Hurricurse stopped crying, and now was filled with rage and hatred! He turned into a Deviljho, and roared.

"How dare you kill Liniar!?" He yelled. "She did not deserve to die like this! She did nothing wrong!"

He charged, as the Men shot at him with their Bowguns, but the bullets would only make him angrier! His vision turned blood red, and he killed the men, every single one! Then he reverted, and turned to look at Liniar's dead body. He cried again, as he realized the monster he had become in his rage, and he thought to himself.

I will keep my promise Liniar, and then I will never kill again, unless necessary.

He felt broken, as if his light was extinguished from existance. He picked up Liniar's limp body, and walked towards the outdoors. He made a burial site for her near her favorite spot on the beach, and once her body was buried, he left a cross, made of what ever materials he could find. Her took a chisel, and marked on her own tombstone, a message.

Here lies Hurricurse's light....

R.I.P.

When he finished, he took a rose (which was Liniar's favorite flower), and placed it on the burial mound.

He cried once more. In the distance he heard a rather sad howling sound of a lone Great Jaggi. Perhaps it lost its whole pack, and felt alone in the world.

It matched Hurricurse's feelings completely.

Then the image changed, Hurricurse was sailing on a boat, he would not sleep until he got to Revalius, from the island he once called home. Then a storm came, and his ship was destroyed by an unknown force, and he blacked out. Then the image went to when he met Kisisa, Shira and Arion on Remobra beach. Then it whited out.

Hurricurse woke up. He thought to himself.

''Right... A promise... a promise to Liniar. That was what Kama was talking about.''

But if he was to keep that promise, he would have to end the war in Revalius.

Chapter 13: Enter Sapphire!
The group were getting ready for their renovations plan today. Since the Town hall was mostly intact, the only thing to do was to clean it up. It took over a few hours for the town hall to be fully cleaned.

Hurricurse was talking to Kisisa, when suddenly, the whole group heard a screech like roar! They did not know what made the roar, but it sure is likely that it was not friendly.

Hurricurse went to investigate, much to Kisisa's worry, and She, Taka, Relcia and Arion decided to follow. When they were near the area of the roar's source, they saw a woman in Brachydios armor, with a Nerusukyura Insect Glaive, running from a Strange wyvern like creature. It was unlike anything the group seen before, but  Arion knew what it was.

A Xenoros! She thought to herself. This woman is in more trouble than she thinks!

The Woman took her Insect Glaive, and ran for cover, but then she tripped on a root.

The Xenoros, sensing an opportunity, rushed towards the woman, but as it was about to get her with it's inner jaw, it's attack was blocked by Arion's shield. Then Hurricurse came around, and turned into a Yian Garuga, and fired fireballs out of his beak! Each fireball hit the Xenoros with full force, and the Strange Horror began to screech in pain. It then opened it's mouth and inner jaw, and spat a green fluid at Hurricurse!

The fluid, upon impact with Hurricurse, began to sting him, it was a form of acid! Hurricurse squawked in pain as the acid stung him, and the Xenoros used this distraction to pounce onto him. The Xenoros was about to take a bite out Hurricurse with it's inner jaw, when a Rathalos knocked it off him. The Rathalos was none other than Taka, and he looked at Hurricurse.

"Well don't just sit there! Are you going to help fight or what?" Taka said.

Hurricurse needed no further goading, and got up and fired more fire balls, Taka too! The Xenoros screeched, it spoke to them.

''Ok Ok! You guys win! Consider yourselves, on probation! Wait till The Collective hears about this!'

Hurricurse was shocked yet again. This Xenoros was part of the Collective?

When the Xenoros left, screeching, Hurricurse came to the woman who was chased. She had her Hunting bug with her, chattering to her.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

The woman looked at him. "Yes, no thanks to the Xenoros. Who are you?"

Everyone introduced themselves, and then, the woman introduced herself. "I am Sapphire. I come from a kingdom on an island not far from the coast of Moga."

Hurricurse wondered why she would be h,ere in Revalius, so far from home. Taka was a little suspicious, as were Relcia, Arion and Kisisa, but Hurricurse was more interested in the armor she was wearing. It was similar to the armor worn by the men in his dream, the men who killed Liniar. Was this a coincidence? Or was he missing a very important clue? Either way, he asked Sapphire if she remembers the name Liniar.

Sapphire looked as if she was surprised to hear that name. She shook her head. "No. That name does not mean anything to me."

Kisisa could not help but notice that Sapphire looked as if she was hiding a grin. Was it her imagination?

Taka was curious about Hurricurse's sudden question. But as he was about to ask Hurricurse about that question, Sapphire spoke.,

"I owe you five my life. If there is anything I could do for you, please tell me!"

Hurricurse told her about what his group planned to do about the Monster War. Sapphire was willing to help, or so she says. Kisisa was not really trusting of Sapphire, her sweetness seemed too good to be true. But Hurricurse was willing to let her join the group, and they went back to the Murkwood Ruins, to set up their Base of operation.

When night came, everyone was asleep. Well, everyone except Sapphire. She stroked her Hunting Bug, Nightshade, and spoke to it.

"Don't worry Nightshade, I have not forgotten my mission. But the Shapeshifters and their group seem to be a threat to our operatio,ns. We will play along for now, but when the time is right, I will also finish what my men started! This time, Hurricurse is ours!"

Chapter 14: The Collective
In a ruins on an island not far from the coast of Revalius, There were a group of demonic entities, staring at an image on their own "Portal Viewer", a device used to spy on others. The image showed Hurricurse and his group. One of the Demons, with Azure Rathalos like features, named Hedas,  spoke with disgust.

"Those twerps took down the Hallowed Ceanataur at Haunted forest, and scared off our Xenoros, who would have thought?!"

Another demon, a demon with Garara Ajara like features, named Anguisha, spoke in a calm, collected voice.

"Yes, but surely the group's strength is not their own."

The next demon, with Lunastra like features, named Envira, spoke.

"Why don't we turn their two shapeshifters into "Permanant Monsters"? HA! That will settle things quick enough!"

The demon with Shagaru Magara like features, named Viralix, spoke.

"And the Shapeshifters' friends are the "finest" Warriors in their respective region! Swivel me eyes! They are a bunch of Rograts by the looks of them!"

Diralix, a demon with Deviljho like features spoke to Viralix.

"Well, you are no prize yourself Viralix! Hehehe...."

Viralix was insulted by this.

"SHUT UP!"

Then a booming voice coming from a Demon in Dark Teostra form, named Gaiasopheles (or Gaia, as people called him), was heard.

"SILENCE! Mistress Kesena would like to speak!"

Kesena, the leader of the demons, with Fatalis like features, began her speech.

"The Shapeshifters are here to end the war between humans and monsters in Revalius, but will they succeed? Or will darkness swallow them? Either way, they could be quite useful!"

Kesena gave an evil smirk, and signaled a welcoming gesture, and a Diorekkusu came to the group.

"Thundaria!" Kesena said. "Do you still seek to wipe out most if not all humans?"

Thundaria gave a grin as she thought of the idea. "Yes mistress, I do!"

Hedas then spoke.

"Well today is your lucky day dear! Because you are being given a mission! Our intelligence report shows that the two shapeshifters and their group are camping at the place the humans call Murkwood! Your job is simple. You need to at least try to kill the Shapeshifters, see what they got. If you accept, we will give you the power you need."

Thundaria wondered what power it could be.

"The Power of the Darkness!" Kesena shouted, giving off a black aura.

Thundaria, tempted with this promise of power, accepted the mission, and Kesena uttered a spell that gave off a black enrgy mass, and that mass entered Thundaria.

"Now GO!" Gaia said.

Chapter 15: Hurricurse and Taka V.S. Thundaria
Hurricurse got up with Kisisa, and met up with the others. They had their breakfast, and Hurricurse kept a good eye on Sapphire, since he, like the others, was suspicious of her. For him, it was most likely because he knew that the men who killed Liniar wore Brachydios armor just like Sapphire.

But the suspicion would have to wait, since, after a few minutes of patrol, the group heard a roaring sound. Hurricurse went to check it out, when he saw a bolt of lightning nearly hit him. He was startled by it, as it was unnatural, there was not a cloud in the sky!

The source of the lightning strike revealed itself, as a large tigrex like creature! A Diorekkusu! The Driorekkusu spke.

''You are Hurricurse aren't you!? The Collective sent me to kill you and your group! You may be tough with your group, but now you are alone! Its just as the humans say... Divide and Conquer!''

Hurricurse drew Dios, prepared for battle, but then he heard a familiar voice.

"Who said Hurricurse was alone?" Taka said. He followed Hurricurse from the moment he went to investigate the Diorekkusu's roar.

The Diorekkusu gave a roar.

''Taka! The Hero of the Central world, as the humans call you! Your attempts to end the war is futile, since true peace between monsters and humans can only be accomplished when the humans are extinct! I am Thundaria, the Vile Thunder, feel my Electric Wrath!''

Thundaria shot a thunderbolt at Taka,  but he dodged just in time to avoid the strike, and drew his Dark Claw Demise, and started to slash at the Thunder Roaring Wyvern's legs, as Hurricurse sliced at the tail, but their weapons just bounced off the armor of Thundaria's hide.

Thundaria taunted them.

''Is that the best you can do? Hah! I have seen better from a Vespoid! Sorry, but you two must die!''

Thundaria began to charge up electricity, and was about to make an Energy field roar, when suddenly, an arrow hit her in the eye. She roared in pain as the arrow stuck to her eyeball, and looked, with her other eye, at the source of the arrow. It was Kisisa, she saved the shapeshifters' lives.

Thundaria snarled.

''How dare you blind me in the eye Human female?! I would might as well zap you into nothingness myself!''

She was about to send another Thunderbolt, when Hurricurse, in the guise of a Deviljho, bit her in the arm. The bite force was enough to break through the armor, allowing Taka to slash the legs, without worrying about his Dark claw demise bouncing off.

Thundaria then used her Energy field roar to make Hurricurse back off, and then backed off herself. She snarled, and a black aura was seen around her.

I will not lose to a group of mammals! You humans are better off extinct, and I will make sure it happens!

Hurricurse, still in Deviljho form, let out a Dragon element breath, but Thundaria dodged, and let out an Energy field roar, which knocked Hurricurse on his side. As Thundaria was about to finish the job, Taka turned into a Doragyurosu and hit her with a dragon element attack!

Hurricurse took the time given to him to recover, and then attacked Thundaria, by biting her in the tail, and lifting her in the air and slamming her into the ground! Thundaria was now disoriented, and was helpless as Hurricurse bit her in the neck! But then the whole area became dark, and a large creature swooped down from the air, and knocked Hurricurse away, and twisted Thundaria's neck, killing her! It was a Gore Magala, progenitor of the Feral Wyvern Virus!

It "Eyed" Hurricurse and Taka (This term was used loosely, since Gore Magala does not have eyes), and roared. Hurricurse and Taka both reverted to human form, and drew their weapons.

The rest of the group came, Sapphire included, when the heard the eerie wailing roar of the Gore Magala.

The Black Eclipse Dragon snarled, and flew off, as if it did not want to  fight, which was odd, considering Gore  Magala's natural aggression. The Group sheathed their weapons, and went back to camp, unaware that the gore magala did not actually leave, since after they left, the gore magala returned to feast on Thundaria's corpse.

Chapter 16: The Collective's new plan.
The Collective was not pleased with Thundaria's failure, but were interested in that a Gore Magala would bother to attack Thundaria.

"What would have drawn the Gore Magala to her?" Anguisha asked.

Kesena shook her head. "It was Thundaria's lust for power that was the bait. But it appears the bait was too tasty for her own good."

Diralix laughed. "Yeah! She got CHOMPED instead!"

The rest of the Collective, save for Kesena, Gaia and Anguisha laughed. Anguisha shook his head and then spoke.

"Thundaria was not well prepared for the two shapeshifters' power, and a weak hearted fool like her stood no chance of controling the darkness in her. But the Shapeshifters will prove to be a problem, they must not end the war and find out of our plans to wipe out their precious humans."

Kesena remained cool and collected. "Fear not, it will take them ages to end the war between humans and monsters."

Anguisha was not really sure if that was true, but he nodded. Kesena then spoke again.

"And they are blissfully unaware of the traitor in their group."

Anguisha was really interested now. "Yes... Sapphire. The one who's kingdom plans to invade the Revalius region."

Kesena grinned. "We gave her Hurricurse's location, and sent her to him. She hopes to finish him off. But will she succeed? Or will her inner darkness swallow her? Either way, she will bring Hurricurse to ARK Island, where, if she succeeds, she will break him, but before that can happen we will have to do some... manipulating!"

The Collective's members were interested in what Kesena was saying.

"Shira is the one who we will manipulate. She is looking for her friends as we speak. I gave her some "information" that will "help" her find them. There, we will do the manipulating, and give her some "advice".

Chapter 17: Shira's motivation
Hurricurse, Kisisa, Taka, Relcia, Arion and Sapphire were on their way to Helgas village, which was a town not too far away from Murkwood bog. Before that, they met up with Jet the Rathling, who managed to reunite with his mother Blossom, who would gaurd the group's new base, while they went to go to Helgas Village to get supplies needed for the base.

But when they were halfway from the village, the met someone familiar, standing in the road.

It was Shira, and she grinned. "There you are. I have looked everywhere for you!"

Hurricurse was surprised to see Shira this far away from Central City. Shira asked Kisisa and Arion why they left without telling her, but before she could get an answer, she looked to see Taka, Relcia and Sapphire. Just looking at them seemed to make her drop the subject. Kisisa was wondering why she would not want an answer anymore, but was somehow glad that Shira dropped the subject. But before she could say anything, Shira was walking away.

They were confused. But they decided to go to Helgas Village. But while they were heading there, Shira was looking at them, and Kesena was by her side.

"See, Shira? It is exactly as I told you. When they left you, they simply found new friends when you were looking for them. Pity, As you live for the hunt, and they want to end the war."

Shira would normally not believe such things, but the darkness inside her was growing. Now she was angry at them. She would make them pay eventually.

Chapter 18: The missing girl
Coming soon...