Chapter 1: Old Friends in the New World

Throughout the next two weeks after the fall of the newborn Elder Dragon Xeno'Jiiva thanks to the hard work of the Research Commission, there has been an increase of missing monsters throughout both the Old and New Worlds, and recently the reports are being paired with strange rifts of bright lights in areas where monsters would disappear. A council comprised of the Council of the Research Commission, a group of Ace Hunters to represent the Hunter's Guild, and a certain Caravan that has helped the Guild countless times is being held in order to discuss how this situation should be handled. These people are tied together by one strong factor, and that factor is the hunter known as Michael Seraph.

Michael Seraph has acted as the Caravans resident hunter, helped the Ace Hunting Group, risen up the ranks to a G-Rank Special Permit by deciphering scrolls for the Elder Hall, helped with the Wycademy's research and the Fated Four invading the areas surrounding Bherna, Kokoto, Pokke and Yukumo Villages and has become known as the Sapphire Star of the Research Commission by solving the mysteries of the Elder Crossing. Though thanks to the rifts forming after said hunter defeated Xeno'Jiiva, Michael will soon undergo another adventure to put under his 4-year hunting belt.

The buzzing of Augurflies, Vigorwasps and Grandfather Mantagrells flying inside and around the Chamber of the Five, which has now been converted into a Private Suite, accompanied by the chirping of Downy Crakes and Bristly Crakes, were increasing in intensity, causing Michael to wake up to a strange sight.

In front of the fireplace stood a rift, which contained some sort of office with some pretty high tech stuff, an overlook of a city that rivaled the architecture of Dundorma, and a vast forest. But the more startling part was a slim man with a cane and small darkened spectacles, staring wide-eyed at the rift from the other side.

Michael, now beginning to grasp why his pets were freaking out, returned the favor with a matching wide-eyed expression, only to get up slowly from his bed, followed by him sprinting out for his door.

"COMMANDER WE GOT A PROBLEM!" Michael screamed as he burst through the doors into the Gathering Hub, getting weird looks from the other hunters who were apparently in the middle of an arm wrestling match.

Hopping on to the lift, Michael continued screaming on the way down to the Tradeyard, bumping into the Apple Enthusiast, which for some reason can't choose an apple to keep for the life of him, and almost causing the Elder Melder to fall into her melding pot, until he finally made it to the council meeting panting from exhaustion.

"Well, look who finally decided to show up to the council meeting," said the Commander.

"Well, you see Commander, that last hunt... really got me tuckered ou...wait, what are you guys doing here?"

"There's the Capital C Hunter I know and love!" the Caravaneer followed up by giving Michael a big slap on the back, getting bear hugged by The Man and greeted with energetic waves from the Guildmarm and Little Miss Forge.

"Wow, with all of you guys here, I wouldn't be surprised if His Immenseness showed up in the flesh," said Michael.

"Well that's why we're here, it's good to see you again." And as Michael turned around, he saw the Ace Commander and the Ace Gunner standing there.

With those two there Michael could only guess that the Ace Lancer was out somewhere hunting in the New World, and that punny Ace Cadet was getting well acquainted with that one other A-List hunter he met on the ship to the New World.

"Man, to think that it's only been a month since I've been in the New World," Michael thought to himself.

The Commander began to speak."Good, now that we're all here, let's get down to brass tacks. After our less than punctual hunter here slayed Xeno'Jiiva, the Elder Dragon harnessing the bioenergy of countless other Elder Dragons in the deepest part of the Elder's Recess, there have been numerous reports of monsters missing from both the lands of the Old World and New World. Originally, these were dismissed as simply some monsters entering other areas or dying from age, hunted or killed by other monsters. But over time the reports have increased in number, and have been paired with sightings of bright portals. Thanks to the Ace Hunting Group being kind enough to send us the message, the scholars over at the Hunter's Guild have concluded that the energy left from the portals, which seem to disappear as fast as they appear, match the same energy emitted from Xeno'Jiiva. It is now up to us to decide how we should tackle this predicament."

"Well, first it seems that the most likely cause of the rifts, portals, whatever you wanna call 'em is the death of this Xeno"Jiiva character. It musta died if you sent my hunter over there to take care of 'em." said the Caravaneer.

"Both my team and the scholars at the Hunter's Guild have decided that the death of Xeno'Jiiva must have sent large amounts of bioenergy. Combine that with the amount of bioenergy that Zorah Magdaros let off by traveling through the New World, heaven forbid if it died and released even more, must have caused this influx of rifts." the Chief Ecologist elaborated.

"Well it's good to know that we know why the rifts are popping up, but the bigger question is where do the rifts lead to, and how can we stop the rifts from occurring?" the Admiral commented walking into the council meeting along with the Seeker, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.

"Yeah! With fewer monsters around, I got less meat to serve at the canteen!" the Meowscular Chef exclaimed.

The Provisions Manager added to that statement, "Indeed. Our resources aren't exactly running thin, but they are definitely lower than normal."

"Well, throughout my travels, one thing is for certain. Nature strives to maintain a balance. The massive surge of bioenergy undoubtedly caused a shift in this balance. Perhaps instead of balancing itself out by forming into a new ecosystem, it instead is trying to find a different way to rid itself, which would explain why the energy is causing rifts to different places." the Seeker speculated.

"Following that logic, the portals must lead to someplace with an overall low amount of bioenergy. Additionally, they may lead to some form of empty well, lacking in energy, and that well could be some form of vessel or monster. But the concept of the rifts leading to some continent that we haven't discovered. The idea of a different world should also be taken into consideration, although that scenario is highly unlikely." the Chief Ecologist hypothesized.

"Well, that crosses off the possible cause and possible location of the rifts, but we still don't know how to stop them from occurring." the Commander commented.

"If I may interject, I believe that I may have a lead." Michael finally answered after the Handler and the Guildmarm got his stamina back up with a well-done steak.

"Your leads have always been accurate, let's hear it." the Ace Gunner admitted.

"Based on the description you gave, I'm pretty sure one of those rifts just appeared in my room up at the gathering hub. Both Ditnov and my Housekeeper have said that the rift has been in my room for a couple hours. I guess I'm a heavy sleeper."

"Nyeah! That stupid bright light it kept letting off kept me from my cat nap!" grumbled Ditnov, which was paired with an affirming nod from the Housekeeper

"WHAT! Reports show that the rifts only last a couple minutes at MOST! We must examine this rift immediately!" the Chief Ecologist blurted out.

"All right then, Michael, the Chief Ecologist, the Seeker, the Admiral and I will head up to the rift up in Michael's room, the rest of you can come along and wait here. We don't know who, what, where or even when this rift leads to." the Commander announced.

"Hey Hunter, no matter what happens up there, the Caravan will always have your back, isn't that right?" the Caravaneer said, followed by the encouraging cheers of the other members of the Caravan.

"You have the support of me and my team, seeing as you saved us more time than I can recall." the Ace Commander assured Michael.

"Guys, calm down, we're just gonna go check up on the portal. If I was sleeping in front of it for hours without anything bad happening, we should be fine." Michael responded, getting a strange 'farewell' vibe from the situation

"No way! Seeing as how they are making monsters disappear, there no doubt in my mind that you are gonna go into that rift one way or another; you've always been known to follow or even attract adventure. And we're supposed to tackle anything that comes our way as a team!" the Handler protested.

"Sorry, but if the Commander says so, we can't really do anything about it. Well, if this is the last time we'll see each other in a while, just make sure that there is an Astera for me to come back to."

So after a final farewell to the Caravan members that kickstarted his hunting career, the Ace Hunting Party that helped him rise the ranks, and the friends he made during his time in the New World, Michael joined the Commander to start heading up to his room, hoping that this wouldn't be his final farewell to them.

So yeah, this is my first time doing this. Let's see if my imagination can be portrayed well. Trust me, there will be more RWBY involvement in the following chapter. This was more so an intro for our main character, and his experiences in order to foreshadow what will occur. Lemme know if I'm doing good so far and if you wanna see more. If you want more detail on his armor and weapons, actual appearances, Ditnovs gear (his palico) or anything else. This was heavily inspired by "Hunters and Monsters by Acerze" but seeing as they haven't updated in a while, I thought I would give a crack at it. Also got some other Monster Hunter or RWBY crossovers with Monster Musume or Bloodborne respectively. Again, both were inspired by "Monster Hunter Musume by Dramaking14" and "Hunter to Huntsman by brass leader" respectively.