The young boy's name is Lute.
He's a Monster Rider, who forms Kinship with monsters.
He's faced off against several Blighted monsters so far.
Sensing that the Black Blight is tied to the blackening Kinship Ores,
Lute sets out for the Dovan Volcano and the next Ore.
That's the Dovan Volcano.
Eh?
Navirou's head is killing him!
What's wrong? Out of donuts?
Could a monster waiting for Lute at the Dovan Volcano
be behind Navirou's headache?
"Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON"
"Chapter 27: Dovan Volcano Memories"
Ha! Everyone's looking!
Guess Mr. Popular here gets attention wherever he goes!
Whatever happened to your headache?
Uh-oh!
What the--?
Get lost!
--Over there! --There it is!
Don't let it get away!
Keep it surrounded!
Huh?
I've got a bad feeling about this...
Are you a Rider, too?
Huh? "Too"?
Why've you got that Rathalos with you?
Er... Why?
Cut it out!
Stop, stop! Calm down, guys!
Put down your weapons at once! This one's different!
Dmir...
Hey, thanks for sticking up for me earlier.
No, no--I should be thanking you.
Eh?
You saved that village kid, didn't you?
Oh, right!
That was a close one. Thanks.
No need to thank us! Although if you have any donuts...
Listen, you...
You're not like the other Rider I know.
Huh? You know another one?
Yeah... Just happened to see him around lately:
a Rider hellbent on slaying monster after monster without mercy.
What?!
I'd heard the rumors that Riders just controlled monsters.
But now they slay them, too?
Made my buddies at the mine way nervous.
What a predicament...
Wow, Lute, could your tummy rumble any louder?
Hey!
You can stay here tonight if you like.
Really?
I've got a son about your age.
We live apart now that I've got this mining gig...
And me and my son, we both love donuts.
I can't offer you much, but you can eat your fill of donuts, at least!
Hooray!
We won't be coming back for a while, team.
Make sure you're good and prepared.
Captain Simone...
What is it, Lilia?
May I have permission to return to Hakum Village?
Eh? To Hakum Village?
Chief Omna might know something about the white dragon.
Hmm... I see.
But, Lilia...
You were just about to join us on a white-dragon research expedition.
Captain Simone did select you specially and all...
I want to be of some use in that research, even if only a little!
Please!
What do you think, Captain Simone?
I'll allow it.
You're right: Chief Omna may indeed know something.
The Wyverians' knowledge is a treasure, far surpassing our own.
Thank you so much!
How's the water?
Perfect!
Eat up, then take it easy before you move on.
Yum!
So good, so good, so good!
I'm glad. I'm off to have a little bath myself, then.
So good!
All right, tomorrow we're finally off to the Dovan Volcano!
These headaches!
What, again? Why now, all of a sudden?
Navirou doesn't know, either.
But you should be getting 'em, too, Lute!
Eh?
That Rider he was talking about... That was Cheval, wasn't it?
Yeah, probably.
He must still be doing all that dangerous slaying stuff.
It's all right.
Rest easy, Lute.
After all, you and Cheval are connected by the Kinship of memory.
Huh?
You're still in here, as memories.
Or is it here? Wait...
Oh, okay.
Whereas Navirou doesn't have even the foggiest memory of his past.
Eh?
Doesn't stop him from being a handsome, put-together fella!
In other words, ladykiller Navirou doesn't need memories to survive--
just donuts.
And, well... You're here, too.
Are you sure you're not just absentminded?
Hey!
What the heck?! Did you eat all these donuts yourself? When?
Hmm. Haven't the foggiest.
Oh, isn't that convenient!
So what's next for you?
We're heading to the Dovan Volcano.
Nrrgh! That name--!
Ah, I see--the Dovan Volcano.
Yes. There's something we'd like to look into.
Be extra-careful if you go there.
Word is monsters roam that peak.
Huh?
That's why we can't get near it. So much for getting any work done!
If you really are going, make sure you're prepared.
I'll take you to my friend's shop.
Got it--thanks!
Hmm... We've got this, that, some of that there...
Okay--all set!
We've bought plenty of donuts!
All right, let's set out for the Dovan Volcano!
You hear the name of that place and get a piercing headache, huh?
What are you doing?!
Can't leave this precious cargo with you if you keep freaking out like that!
Look, there's got to be some kind of reason for the pain.
Probably.
Hmm...
Huh?
Hyoro?
A Kinship Stone!
Wait, what? Whaaat?!
Hyoro!
Oh! Whoops! Sorry. You looked like someone I know.
She sure does.
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
What's with that Kinship Stone?
Oh, this bracelet?
There's this kinda weird shop just outside town...
"Real Live Rider Shop"
Step right up, step right up!
Get your Kinship Stones! Special low price, today only!
Step right up and let's make a deal!
Tub...
...li.
Hey!
Quit messing with my name! It's not Tubli,
it's Debli! Sheesh!
Wait... Lute?!
Ride On!
Rathalos!
"Real Live Rider Shop"
Whaddya mean, "Real Live Rider Shop"? You're selling fakes!
They're not fakes!
These are artificial Kinship Stones,
and apparently they work just like yours do!
Er, I mean, they absolutely do! Awesome, right?
Just like a Kinship Stone?
So where'd you get these fakes, huh?
And why would I tell you that?
Ugh, fine, fine! Y'see...
At the Dovan Volcano--
Whoa! What was that?!
Oh, that. He's been kinda weird lately. Don't worry about it.
Anyway, they're just artifically created--not fake.
And that's all I'm telling you.
It's a trade secret!
But they're crazy powerful!
Ride On!
Great Poogie!
Oh! The Great Poogie!
It's adorable!
Hey! I rescued you in the forest!
How could you forget, Great Poogie?!
Ack! What's with that attitude, huh?
One more time: Ride On!
Great Poogie!
Wait for me!
That pig does not like him.
This is hard to watch.
Let me on! C'mon, let me on!
Look, you need Kinship with your Monstie if you want to Ride On.
Having a Kinship Stone doesn't mean you've formed Kinship.
Well, la-di-da!
I'm gonna be a Rider, no matter what!
Third time's a charm! Ride On!
Great Poogie!
Yeeeowch!
Hmm.
Ride On! Great Poogie!
Oof.
And suddenly: Rider Navirou!
What? Seriously?
Let Navirou be your teacher in the ways of Riding On.
Time to follow Navirou, Pupil No. 2!
Whoa, really?!
Wait, who you callin' "Pupil No. 2"?
And so, Lute, Navirou will not be accompanying you to that volcano.
Apologies, but you're on your own.
What?!
Go, Great Poogie!
Hey! That's my Monstie! Give it back!
Come on!
Guess Navirou really doesn't want to go.
I wonder why?
Hey! Wait up!
Hey, now!
You give my Monstie back!
That's Master Navirou to you, Pupil No. 2.
Yeah, right!
Listen, are you sure you're okay not being with Lute?
First he split with Cheval and all them--
if you leave him, too, he'll be all on his lonesome!
It's awful hard to try to make it on your own.
Imagine: you reasoning with Navirou. Crazy times,
Tub...
...li.
Debli!
Phew. Sure am hungry.
Here!
Ah! Oh.
Why's he get a headache at every mention of the Dovan Volcano?
Rats. Lute's still got all the donuts.
Here.
It's no donut, though.
Navirou accepts with gratitude.
Thing is, my old man's a Hunter.
Eh? He is?
But one day this black haze started showing up in our village.
Soon the monsters went away, and he couldn't hunt anymore.
So I set out on my own and came here to make some zenny.
When I first saw that Rathalos,
I just thought he was so super cool!
No Rider'd let any black haze get the best of him!
Oh, so that's why you want to be a Rider.
Wrong!
I don't want to be a Rider...
I will be a Rider--period!
Okay. Navirou gets it now!
Let's get you Riding On, no matter what it takes!
Really?!
But what about Lute?
The Dovan Volcano--
Huh?
I did it! I'm Riding On!
I did it!
Wh-Whoa!
Sis!
Loloa!
Welcome back, Lilia!
It's good to be back.
In top form out there, Lilia?
Yes, Dan!
You've got a slightly different air about you.
You think?
But why the sudden visit home?
I'd like to ask Chief Omna something.
I see...
So Lute and Cheval have gone their separate ways.
But I believe in the Kinship between them.
They may be apart, but they share one purpose:
saving the world from the Black Blight.
Mmm. Exactly right.
Their Kinship won't fade away that easily.
So what brings you to me, Lilia?
The Scriveners are investigating a certain monster
at the request of the Guild Master:
the legendary monster called the "dragon white."
The "dragon white"?
Hmm... Which way?
Of all the times for Navirou to be gone...
Eeek!
Ack! Hey! Whoa! Whoa!
Didja see that, Lute? I was really Riding On!
I'm practically a Rider now!
Well? Pretty great, huh?
Oh? Good for you.
So, uh, anyway...
Wow, that's it?
Which way do I go?
Eh?
You've been here before, right?
Since you're here, show me the way!
Why me?
Oh, come on, practically-a-Rider!
Hah! Well, if you insist!
Right here.
I picked up those artificial Kinship Stones in here.
Huh... Something about this place...
Feels like Navirou's been here before.
Huh? But you have no memories of the past.
That should be right, but... Why, then?
Th-That's the worst headache yet!
Navirou!
You okay? Take it easy, now.
If it's that bad, want to wait here?
Huh? Nuh...
No way! Don't leave Navirou alone!
Navirou's not leaving you, Lute! We've gotta go together!
Huh?
What's with all this rock? Wasn't here the last time...
Well, shoot. I don't know any other way through.
No sweat. I know just the thing!
Ride On!
Yian Kut-Ku!
Whoa, awesome! A real Ride On!
Take care of those rocks, would you?
"Uragaan"
It's an Uragaan!
So that wasn't rocks?!
That's no ordinary Uragaan: it's been mechanized!
Welcome, Mr. Rider!
Manelger! And Itsy-Bits!
It's them! I picked up the stones they dropped!
What's your game, you two?
Mechanizing more monsters? And what are you doing here, anyway?
We could ask you the same thing. Why are you here, hmm?
We came to check up on the Kinship Ore!
You're investigating the Kinship Ore, you say?
To see if it's Blighted and purify it--duh!
Oh, sir, this boy is talking crazy talk!
Then how about you see for yourself?
You'll learn of a far more expeditious method
that cleaning up some old Kinship Ore!
I'll just press this button here...
Ride On!
Rathalos!
Oho!
Okay, now it's our turn!
--Here it comes!
--Ratha! --Here it comes!
Hmm, not bad!
Now this button here...
Lute!
How marvelous!
That was easy.
Ride On!
Now, Ratha! Savage Fireball!
Yesss!
Wow!
Sir, they've broken it!
Don't panic. This, too, is within expectations.
The research we're after is something much greater!
And with that, farewell to you, Rider boy!
Wait! Wait, Manelger!
Hey, don't run off ahead!
Don't leave me alone with him!
Hey! Where are you?
Show yourselves!
Oh, no!
Look, sir: we've caught us a Rider in our monster trap!
Hey! What is this place? What've you got up your sleeves?!
Very well: We were searching for Kinship Stones to control monsters,
but never did get our hands on any.
However...
...we did find what they come from: the Kinship Ore!
We analyzed its components
and successfully created an artificial Kinship Stone!
Itsy-Bits, that's my line!
Sorry!
Now not only can we improve monsters,
but we can fully control them, too! In other words...
...you don't have to be a Rider to control monsters!
Argh! That's my line!
Sorry!
Don't be ridiculous!
Controlling monsters? That's not what Kinship Stones are for!
They're for forming Kinship!
Kinship? What nonsense.
Thoroughly counterproductive and of no use to anyone.
In comparison, my research...
...will aid humankind!
Will you quit stealing all my best lines?!
So very sorry!
You won't get away with it! Let me out of here!
If you give me that Kinship Stone, I'll release you from the cage.
Like that'll happen!
Then I guess I'll have to take it by force.
Lute!
C'mon, Navirou!
Hey, what the--?!
Hands off...
Get your hands off Lute!
Navirou!
I see now...
You're that stray Felyne we picked up way back when!
Eh?!
Garbage, defying me? How very impertinent.
Put trash in its place!
Huh?!
"Monstie Manual"
The Monstie Manual!
"Monstie Manual"
Navirou here will fill you in on some Monsties!
Get your Media Trigger smartphone app ready!
And you've got your egg with you, right?
Okay, time to form Kinship with your Monstie Egg!
And now, the moment of new life: awaken!
"Monstie:"
Our Monstie this time is Uragaan!
"Uragaan"
"Type: Power"
Check out that rugged body!
"Species: Brute Wyvern"
Guess this beast doesn't eat ore for nothing!
"Overall Length: 332.4 cm"
"Overall Height: 136.1 cm"
Its jaw-dropping ground pound and full-body roll attacks
"Leg Size: 36.6 cm"
are brimming with raw power!
What Monstie will hatch for us next time?
"Next Episode Preview"
Lute here!
Navirou's shocking past is revealed at last.
What? There's six in all?!
What are you guys, anyway?
"Onward, Numbers!"
Next time: "Onward, Numbers!"
Ride On!