Why do bad things happen to good people?( Final Chapter )

[LJ]

Introductory Chapter

Juan and Leanne were a happy couple. After Juan Heroically rescued Leanne for a Dimenian horde they fell in love and soon were married. But everything was not alright. Leanne was on the run from Black Paper because she had fought off a member of thier association and killed him. Even after discovering this Juan continued to stay with her. They managed to settle down for a couple of years and had a child, which they named LJ. Finally they were at peace. Or so they thought.....

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Chapter 1

Juan walked into his house after a long and tiring quest. Leanne walked into the room and noticed the look of exhaustion on Juan's face.

"Was work tough today?" she asked.

"Very. I had to travel through three long caves just to deliver a cake to some girl. What is this world coming to where hunters have to resort to delivery service?" Juan replied.

"Daddy?" came from another room.

Juan immediately jumped up and ran to the next room over.

"Daddy!" came the excited yell from little 2 year old LJ.

"Hey there sport! How do you feel?" said Juan.

LJ giggled and ran to give his father a hug. LJ's 7 year old sister Tice came in.

"Hey dad! I didnt know you were home!" Tice ran and also gave her father a hug. "I've been practicing my techniques! Mom taught me a new one today. Want to see?" Tice chanted a spell under her breath. Beams of light started to stream from a rock outside, before it promptly exploded.

"Good job, Tice!" Juan happily said, "That was the Grants technique was it not?"

"Yes daddy it was. It was hard to learn!"

Leanne heard the commotion and walked into the room.

"Alright everyone, that's enough. Time for dinner."

Just as the family settled down to eat, an explosion rocked the house throwing the whoile family on the floor wondering what was going on.

"What the hell was that?" Juan asked.

But his question was answered by a Humar stepping into the shambles of the house.

"Hello Leanne and Juan. Been a long time hasnt it? Well, I'm afraid we've left you alive for far too long. It is time for you to face your crimes against the almighty Black Paper!"

And with that sentence, the Humar charged while drawing a Kaladbolg out of his compact photon weapon carrier. He jumped at Leanne to be met with Juan's Agito. Juan pushed the Kaladbolg back, and quickly followed up with a jab which surely would have finished the humar if a gunshot hadn't hit the katana. Juan looked to his left and saw a Racast hoding a varista.

"About time, Cleaf!" shouted the Humar.

"Well I got here, Lekas!" replied Cleaf.

As they got side by side Juan knew an intense battle was coming. He dropped his Agito back into its holder on his back and retrieved his Angry Fist.

"Leanne, take the kids and run." Juan said with a cold determination in his eyes. Leanne grabbed the kids in her arms and ran off

He stood in his battle position and stared at the duo waiting for them to attack. He didn't have to wait long. Lekas ran at him waving his kaldbolg in the air. As Lekas, swung downward at Juan he realized Juan was no longer there. Juan dropped from the air an smashed Lekas in the head with a Axe handles smash. Lekas staggered and realized he was severly outmatched. Cleaf,although at first wanting one on one combat, knew his help was needed. Cleaf fired a quick 3 shot burst at Juan before running forward with a double saber twirling in his hands. He swung and swung at Juan but Juan continually dodged his swings. This angered Cleaf badly. Lekas ran at Juan from behind. Juan sidestepped and wrapped his arms around Lekas's neck and abruptly twisted it, snapping it instantly. At watching his partner's merciless execution. Cleaf began to get nervous. He realized this was no ordinary human fighting for his life, but a human fighting for the lives of his wife and children. Cleaf slowly began to back up. Juan sparing no time put away his Angry Fist and withdrew a Inferno Bazooka. He was not going to spare this fool. This andriod had attacked him and endangered the life of his family. He fired three shells into the air as Cleaf attampted to run. Cleaf barely dodged the first shell, but he was still hit from the resulting explosion. The second shell missed badly, but the final one hit its mark immediately destroyed the Racast. Juan turned around to follow his family, but was hit in the side by a varista blast. He rabbed his wound and turned to see what had shot him. He came face to face with a Hucast holding a Soul eater in its right hand and a varista in uts left.

It only said three words as it shot Juan execution style in the face, " What a waste."
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That's all for now. let me know in this thread if you want me to continue the story.



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[ChibiMyu]

Looks interesting. So, why do bad things happen to good people? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. Keep on posting! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Yoda86]

I think the decision is entirely up to you whether you should continue the story. However, I think it's a nice start to the story and should be continued. I think you could actually combine chapter one and two to make one whole chapter. Apart they are really small but together it would make a nice chapter.

[DukeElrond]

You know, when I read this topic title, I didn't think "bad things" meant someone blows up your house and tries to kill you and your family. o_o;;

When is someone going to use a moon atomizer? ;_;

[LJ]

Chapter 2

Leanne running with LJ in her hands and Tice at her heels suddenly felt an emptiness in her body. She stopped running. Only one thing could have happened.

"What's wrong mommy?" Tice asked.

"Take LJ keep running and dont look back," Leanne ordered.

"But mommy...," Tice started

"GO!" Leanne yelled.

Tice didnt know what was wrong but she started running again so she wouldn't make her mother angry. Leanne realized she could no longer feel the close bond that she had held with her husband. To prevent her children's death she would stall as long as she could. She only prayed they would escape and survive.

She stared in the direction of the shambles of her house. She noticed something was moving towards her. It was a Hucast. It was holding a Soul eater. Leanne stepped towards it and took out her Storm wand Indra. The Hucast began to run towards her. She raised her wand to block its strike when it was right in front of her but when she blinked and opened her eyes, it was gone. She looked nervously around her. She didnt have to wait long. The hucast swung at her but she sensed the movement of the air aroundd her and jumped forward, barely dodging the blow.

"Who are you?" she asked

"You only need to know me as your executioner, but i am the one called Black Hound." it replied emotionlessly. It switched its soul eater for its Durandal. Leanne switched to her gladius. The hucast was amazed that this pathetic frail looking force was going to attempt hand to hand combat with it. This would be amusing.

He began a fierce offensive against her, and was shocked that she was blocking every strike. He took a hard swind downward and instead of blocking, Leanne rolled under him and Sliced his back. The blade peirced his outer shell but because it was so thick it barely scratched him.

The Hucast was furious. This frail little force had struck him. She would die slowly for this. He feinted another high swing but as she tried to block he swung diagonally to the left and cut off her right arm.

"AGHHHHHHH!" she screamed in agony. The Hucast took this distracion and cut off her other arm. It dropped still clutching her gladius. Blood was pouriing out her sides. Leanne began to get dixxy form the loss of blood. The Hucast bagn to laugh insanely. She passed out. The Hucast then cut off her head.

"Another one down. 2 to go." he stated.

Tice was running wildly. She had no idea where to go. She was sure there was somone chasing her even though she had seen noone. The only conclusion she could come to was that her dad had died, and her mom was stalling to let them survive. She stopped running, and began to cry. Lj sensing his sister's feelings also began to cry. Suddenly ther was an explosion back in the direction of her house. She began running again. She reached the city. She didnt know where she was going to go. She had only been to the city one time before and that was to go to the hospital to when LJ was born. She asked the nearest person where the police station was. She went in and told the police her story. She and LJ were put in an orphanage. She never saw her mother or father again. The news reported the explosion as a gas pipe accident. Nothing was said about their parents. Tice could only think about one thing when she heard the report. Revenge.

[Yoda86]

Oh man that was a good chapter. Gruesome death for Leanne though. My RAmar Kevin is filled with anger and wishes he could do something to help http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif

[LJ]

Keep replying yall or i wont feel like writing anymore.

Chapter 3

12 years later

Juan walked up to the door. This was his first day here. He was at The School for Advanced Learning. At the orphanage the teachers had always told him he had a natural intelligence. His sister said he took after his mother. He was also very athletic. He had always been very good at sports. He wondered what the children would be like here. He was very excited. He walked in and found his classroom. He took in a deep breath and walked in. Students all over the classroom turned to see who was coming in.

"Who's the new kid?" they whispered.

The teacher walked in and said " Class, This is LJ. He'll be joining us today. He is very bright and..."

" Duh! We know he's smart. How else could he have gotten in. He certainly doesn't look like he could buy his way in from the look of his clothes," one boy yelled out. Everyone snickered. LJ felt tears welling up in his eyes. He didn't even know this person and he had insulted him. Why do people always do bad things to me when they dont even know me? he asked himself silently. This had happened to him all the time. People even at the orphanage had picked on him even though he had always been nice to him. He guessed he would just try to make friends throughout the day.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. He just walked from class to class and tried to make friends but peopl just seemed to ignore him. When the time came to go home he stood outside expecting to see is sister and her car. What he did see was....nothing except other kids getting in with thier parents. Although his sister was doing the best she could and he appreciated her, he wished he had his parents like the other kids. Why couldn't he be normal instead of an outsider, freak even. Oh well. I'll just walk home, he thought. As he was walking he felt a strange feeling that he was being followed. He looked over his shoulder and the street was packed with people walking to thier destinations. Must not have been anything, he thought. But he continued to have the feeling. He turned down an alley. He got to the end of the alley and looked down the alley. He saw a Ramar running towards him. LJ took off running, dodging people and running, twisting and turning. He saw that the Ramar was keeping pace but not so close as to look suspicious. He ran full speed towards his apartment complex. He got to the complex and ran up the stairs and got in the elevator to find a Fomar in it.

"Where do you think you're going, punk?" he growled. He grabbed LJ and started walking towards the Ramar.

"You got him Erici?" asked the Ramar.

"Yeah, I can take care of him, Quesa. He's a weakling compared to his father," said Erici. MY FATHER, thought LJ, THESE GUYS KILLED MY PARENTS. He began looking around for something that could help him escape.

Erici noticied him and said "Give it up, kid. You won't escape. Now let's make a little phone call to your sister and tell her to come 'pick you up.' HAHAHAHAHAHA!" The men both laughed. LJ had to warn her. The men might have been able to capture him but he vowed to stop them from catching her. Yet again he thought, Why me?

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[Tunuva]

Great story
Keep up the good work

[LJ]

I know i haven't written in a while but i've been having finals so i've been kinda busy..... sooo, anywayz

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Chapter 4

Tice ran towards the rendevous point. The conversation she had just had was still going through her mind...

'Hello?' said Tice

'Hello,' said a mysterious voice,' it's been a long time hasnt it Tice?'

'Who is this?' asked Tice

'A couple of old friends. We have somone who wants to speak to you...,' said the voice. LJ's voice came on the phone.

'Tice stay away! they want to kill us! Dont...' LJ's voice was cut off.

'Where is he?!!' demanded Tice.

'If you want to see him alive again, come to the abandoned warehouse near the old hunter's guild in 1 hour. Don't be late or you'll never see him alive again,' said the voice. Tice remembered every word as if it were still going on. She arrived at the warehouse and looked around. She couldnt see anything. But she knew someone trying to kill her was nearby. She walked in. She slowly walked forward carefully. She heard whimpering around the corner. She turned it to find....LJ tied and gagged to a chair. As she stepped forward LJ began whimpering louder and rocking as if telling her not to come any closer.

"LJ, what's wrong?" she asked after she ungagged and untied him.

"It's a trap! I dont know where they went but it's a Fomar and a Ramar somewhere in here!" LJ exclaimed. Tice's sensitive ears heard the low unmistakeable sound of a rifle cocking.

"GET DOWN!!!" she yelled as she dove and tackled LJ. Right when she jumped a rifle was shot and aimed for where her head had just been. She and LJ took cover behind some boxes.

"Ok, here's what we're going to do. I want you to run for the door and i'll take out these fools for messing with us." she stated.

"No! You'll end up getting killed just like mom and dad did! I don't want to lose you. You're my only family left..." At this remark LJ began to cry.

"We dont have time for this! Go! I'll take care of them. Go to the apartment and pack up your stuff so we can move again when i get back. OK?" she asked.

"OK sis. I'll see you when you get back," LJ said. He ran for the door while Tice stepped into the open.

"Come on out. I know you're here. No need to hide. Fight honorably!" Tice yelled. Erici stepped into the open.

"OK then, we'll play by your rules. By the way i' will be killing you today and then your brother. How would you like to die?" he taunted.

"We'll see what happens," Tice replied.

Erici cast rafoie at Tice. Tice put up a Rabarta shield and countere with a Zonde blast that hit it's mark. Erici was now mad. He took out his battle verge and Tice took out hers. 'This should be a good battle,' thought Erici. They began striking neither one giving an inch. The battle continued on for 10 minutes. Erici ws growing tired. He tried to shoot out an alll or nothing Grants attack. It knocked Tice behind some crates. 'AHA! I've won!' thought Erici. He walked up to finish her off but when he got there, there was noone there. He didnt even hear the incantation to the megid spell. He only heard the buzz, and turned around just in time to see it burning a hole into him and pass through him. He looked down at the hole where his heart and vital organs and thought before he died, 'This is not a good day.'He then fell over onto the ground.

"Thank goodness for Holy/Saints," said Tice. She turned around and looked for the Ranger. She noticed a reflection of him taking aim at her on top of some crates. She reflected her grants spell off the reflection into him and knocked him off the crates. She walked cautiously to the spot where he fell. 'Where could he be?' thought Tice. A hail of Vulcan bullets came out of nowhere at her.She was hit by 5 out of the 9 bullets. She staggered and casted Resta. Her wounds were magically healed.

"It'll take more than that to finish me off!" she yelled. Little did she know her cockiness woul kill her.

"Fool," Quesa muttered under his breath. Tice heard him and cast a huge Rafoie that struck Quesa and knocked him to the floor almost dead. She walked over and stood above him.

"Beg for your life and i may spare you," Tice said.

"Die, Bitch!" yelled Quesa as he pulled out his Heaven's Punisher and fired it's special.

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" yelled Tice as the energy tore her body apart. 'I have no regrets,' she thought, 'except that i've left LJ alone again. I'm sorry LJ. I love you...' "AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH," she yelled as the explosion destroyed her completely.

Quesa turned on his communicator.

"Someone come pick me up. I cant move but i've eliminated another of the targets. By the way, bring a trimate please."

"What of the final target and Erici?" asked a sinister voice.

"He escaped, and Erici is dead. I couldn't do anything about that. I'm sorry, boss. It wont happen again," gasped Quesa.

"Yes, I know it wont," said the boss. He nodded at the Black Hound, who pressed a button on his control panel. Quesa's communicator began beeping. 'What's that,' he thought. He didnt wonder for long as it blew up and destroyed him and everything around a mile radius.

The boss turned towards his elite minions and asked, "Does everyone understand the price of failure?"

"YES BOSS!" they yelled in unison.

"Good....Dont follow thier mistake," said the boss. 'I only have one more victim to go and i will rule Pioneer 2. I will be the supreme ruler,' thought the boss.

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[LJ]

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[Tunuva]

continue please.

[LJ]

Chapter 5


LJ ran home and packed his things. He grabbed his minimal amount of clothing and some food to supply their needs for a while. He then ran to his sister's room and packed her things. After finishing, he ran to the window to wait for her. After waiting for 30 minutes he decided to go say goodbye to his only friend besides his sister. He walked next door and knocked.

"Hi Mrs. Tands," he said as Mrs. Tands opened the door," Is Ant home?"

"Oh hi LJ, yes he's in his room or somewhere. "Come on in."

"Thank you," LJ said. LJ walked into Ant's room and found Ant asleep on the floor. "Hey! Wake up," said LJ.

Ant woke up and said "Hey, what's up man?"

"Just wanted to say goodbye. I'm leaving soon. I'm not going to be coming back. I also wanted to say thanks, thanks for being my friend," said LJ.

"Oh. Well, we'll still keep in touch, right?" asked Ant

"I don't know. I don't even know where I'm going," said LJ

"Well we'll always be friends though," said Ant

"I guess that's true," replied LJ.

"Sooo, let's see what's going on today. The news is coming on," said Ant

The reporter came on with a serious face. "Today's top story: An abandoned building exploded today. Reports from the investigative staff say that there are three reported dead. Their names will not be released until their families, if they have them, have been notified. Our next story..." continued the reporter but LJ didn?t hear it. He felt his heart tighten and grow cold. He knew that Tice was dead. All that ran through his head was 'I KNEW IT! WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN ME?!'

"I have to leave now," said LJ. As he walked out the room with Ant following him he heard the doorbell ring. He had a bad feeling. As Mrs. Tands walked towards the door to answered it he yelled "NOO! DON'T ANSWER IT!" But he yelled too late. As Mrs. Tands turned to look at him a Slicer shot came through the door and cut off her head.

"NOOOOOO! MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ant yelled. LJ grabbed him and pulled him out the window as a Humar stepped over her dead body into the room. They ran through the streets of Pioneer one with the Humar in close pursuit.

"Where are we gonna go? Where are we gonna go?" screamed Ant.

"We're going to Ragol," said LJ. They got to the transporter and teleported right before the Humar got there.

"WOW!" exclaimed Ant as they arrived in the forest and began walking through it.

"I'm guessing you've never been down to the planet before, have you?" asked LJ

"No, I've never had a reason to," replied Ant. They cautiously walked through the forest when all of a sudden a Booma popped out of the ground. Ant screamed, which attracted the Booma's attention. It lumbered towards Ant, while LJ took out his saber and began slashing at the booma's back. The booma roared and backclawed LJ against a tree. It then stood over him and prepared to stab him with its claws. Just as it was bringing its claws down a weird looking saber exploded out its stomach and was torn through it's head. An aging Humar stood behind where the dead booma now laid.

"Looks like you needed some help," said the Humar.

"Thank you," said LJ.
At this time the Younger assassin Humar came into the clearing with his Slicer of Assasin drawn(Ironic isn't it?). He spotted the three and yelled at the aging Humar, "Step away from those 2 or face Black Paper's wrath!"

The aging Humar replied with "Well, I've taken your offer into consideration, and I've decided. Nope, these children are under my care and protection."

"Your decision then fool. DIE!" yelled the assassin. He then ran towards the aging humar and brought down the slicer on the aging humar's head. As the blade passed through him the image of the Humar disappeared.

"What the...." was all the assassin had time to say before the weird looking saber popped through his stomach and was ripped through his side. The assassin had enough adrenaline pumping to keep him alive for a few seconds and turned around and asked "Who...a...are you?"?

"I am Donoph Baz, and you are finished." At this remark the assassin fell over dead. Donoph turned towards LJ and Ant who had their mouths hanging wide open. " I have an opportunity for you two should you decide to take it. I would like to teach you the ways of the Hunter. But I'm not forcing you to learn them. It's entirely up to you. So would you like me to teach you?" asked Donoph.

"YES!" yelled Ant and LJ at the same time.

Donoph handed Ant a saber. LJ asked, "What kind of weapon was that that you were using?"

"It was a DB's Sword named after me. It is used by the military but they all have replicas as sabers. I have the real deal," replied Donoph. "Now, my first lesson is..." started Donoph as he, LJ, and Ant walked through the forest. Ant and LJ would train hard for the next 2 years, and become a very strong Duo of Hunter(LJ) and Ranger(Ant).

Edit: there are you happy? sheesh


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[SlashEdgewind]

uggh.. the freaking quotation marks instead of the proper punctuation marks is getting annoying, can't you just, you know, make the fic on the site as opposed to proper punctuation marks, just make the fic on the site or edit it afterwords

Slash

[LJ]

Chapter 6

LJ walked carefully around the Temple corner. He knew somewhere out there his opponent was waiting. He jumped into the next room to see...nothing. He lowered his Yamatos.

"Where the heck are you, Ant?" thought LJ. Suddenly, three Justy shots were fired at him, two hitting his armor. "Aghh, you'll pay for that, Ant!" yelled LJ.

"Not likely, LJ," replied Ant. Ant kept a focus on where LJ had ducked down to hide. "As soon as he jumps out," thought Ant, " I'll get my final kill and win."

LJ knew Ant was waiting on him so he used one of his Yamato blades to cut out a chunk of the ground. He then picked it up and threw it while running towards the door. Ant, with his pinpoint accuracy hit the chunk shattering it, but noticed LJ running the other direction too late. LJ jumped out the room while Ant fired a shot at him that hit the wall next to the door.

"Darn you! Coward, and right when i was about to win." yelled Ant. He got up and slowly walked towards the door. He put away his Justy and took out his Kaladbolg. He put all his energyinto ramming the blade through the wall to where his opponent would be hiding around the corner, but alas, LJ was gone.

LJ used a monomate he had picked up earlier. 'OK I have to get him somehow. Whoever gets the next kill wins.' LJ thought. All of a sudden an idea popped into his head. He chuckled as he walked on.

Ant was slowly walking around each corner, expecting LJ to be behind each one. As he walked further and further he became more and more frustrated. "Where are you?!" he muttered under his breath. He came to another room. He rolled into it with his varista now drawn. "Quit playing games and running LJ!!" Ant yelled out.

"Who's playing games?" replied LJ walking through the door.

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[LJ]

OK OK here goes the rest.
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"So you finally stopped hiding, eh?" asked Ant. ' I can shoot him before he gets to me and finish him off and win the match' he thought. He slowly drew up his Justy. "Ready," he asked.

LJ began to run at Ant. Ant fired three quick shots at him. LJ jumped into the air dodging the bullets. He landed behind Ant and sung at his back to be met with Ant's Kaladbolg. hey both battled on for several minutes till Ant, being less adept with swords, made a sloppy attack and lost his balance, falling forward. LJ took advantage of this and side stepped bringing his blades on Ant spine, killing Ant instantly. The world around him faded.

"YES! I win!" yelled LJ. "What a comeback form a 2 to 0 lead. Now we're tied."

"Don't get too cocky," said Ant. "You haven't won yet. The next match decides the winner."

As they were getting ready to turn on the virtual reality Training machine again Donoph Baz walked in.
"Not so fast guys," said Donoph, " We're low on money so i signed you two up for a quest. It begins in 10 minutes. You need to hurry and get there so you can meet your partners for the quest at the Hunter's Guild. The quest is for the government. Good luck to you." And with that remark Donoph walked out the room.

"Well i guess we'd better go," said Ant. They walked to the guild. When they arrived there they walked up to the counter. "We're here for the quest for the government." said Ant

"Oh you must be Ant and LJ. Mr. Baz told me you would be coming. Here are the details. A couple of days ago a party of hunters were sent to retrieve some data. The recovered data from Doctor Osto had a message encrypted in it. It told where the true master computer with all the files was. The party was sent to get it, but the didnt return. We sent another group to find them and get the data, and they too did not return. Now we are worried something terrible may be occuring on the way to the location. So we have decided to send some Military Solidiers to the planet. We are also sending some experienced humters to go with them to help out. All together you should be a strong party of 10 people. Over there in the corner are the other two hunters you will be working with. The military have informed me that thier men will meet you down on the planet. The coordinates of the way to the computer are already stored in the transporter in the back, not the regular transporter. You can depart whenever you are ready. That is all" said the attendant.

LJ and Ant walked over to the hunters, a male and a female. "Hello. I'm LJ and this is my friend Ant. Are you ready to go?" asked LJ.

"Hello. I am Judas, and this is Hypocrita. We have been ready for the last twenty minutes. Let's go." said Judas. They stepped in the transporter and activated it, sending them on their way to the planet. Noone knew of the horrors that would occur when they arrived there.

[LJ]

OK I haven't felt like writing but now i do so here goes. I hope you can sense some of the irony in this chapter lol http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif
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As they arrived on ragol, the group looked around.

"I guess we'll see the military in the next room," said Ant. And see them they did. All 6 military officers were dead. But it was not from a monster attack. The mortal wounds were too clean. They were made with blades and bullets.

"Oh my god, how could anyone do this?" said Ant.

"I dont know but i have a feeling black paper had somethin to do with this massacre." said LJ

Hypocrita and Judas exchanged glances. "What makes you think that old group is still operating?"

LJ and Ant looked at them as if they were crazy.
LJ spoke up first. "Well for one they killed my whole family, and Ant's family. There have been lots of mysterious disapperances in the news lately. Partners have gone missing while their partners return saying they disappeared when they split up. I think those partners are betraying them and killing them and giving their items to Black Paper."

"What he said," said Ant.

"Well dont worry because personally, i'd never betray a partner." said Hypocrita.

"well, let's stop chit chattin and find what we're lookin for so we can get home." said Judas. They started to walk forward. They fought through some creatures and got to a big empty room. Judas and Hypocrita looked at each other and stood side by side facing Ant and LJ.

"What are you guys doing?" asked Ant.

"Did you think you could escpae from Black Paper 4ever? This mission is a big step for Judas and I because not only can we give your items to Black Paper but we can give them your heads too. You were for a lil while 2 of the few people who had escaped Black Paper. But now you leave that number." On that note Hypocrita pulled out her Yas 7000, while Judas pulled out his Asuka. Ant and LJ turned to them with Ant's Visk drawn, and LJ's Yamato. Ant and Hypocritqa ran off to one side firing and dodging bulletds from each other, while LJ and Judas began their sword battle. Ant took cover behind a rock wall while Hypocrita boldly stood out in the open sending a volley of bullets at Ant's hiding place. Lj swung fiercely at Judas but Judas while being slightly less skilled then LJ had the advantage because of having better swords. Ant thought to himself ' I'll use your trick, LJ' He took his Kaladbolg and sliced a chunk of earth out the floor and threw it in one direction and jumped out the other way firing at Hypocrita. She was no amateur though. She shot the chunk, saw ant and aimed so quickly and fired back at him he didnt even get to shoot at her before she shot him in the chest 6 times. Ant fell to the floor with blood pouring out.

"NOOOOOO!" screamed LJ. He suddenly had a fire in him that made him stronger. He put away his Yamatos and drew out his recently acquired Angry Fist.

Judas laughed, "You dont think you can beat me by hand, do you? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Judas swung at LJ but without a weapon LJ was a lot faster and dogded it easily. Judas sent a barrage of swipes at LJ all of which LJ dodge except the last which LJ caught and used this moment to break the blade. Judas swung the other blade which met the same fate. Weaponless, Judas looked pleadingly at LJ. LJ no longer had any mercy. LJ sent a barrage of pucnches into Judas literally, beating him to death. Judas died from a punch straight into his ribs when the force of the punch knocked his ribs inward and they ruptured his heart. Hypocrita just watched in awe at LJ's strength. She now looked in horror as LJ looked at her. She pulled out her Yas 9000 and fired it hoping the spread of bullets would strike him. No luck. LJ dodged each bullet and ran at an amazing speed at Hypocrita punching her in the stomach. The force from his punch sent her into the wall making a huge dent. She fell to the floor. She looked up and the last thing she saw was a look of pure hate and a punch coming at her head. LJ stood over his friend. Ant was barely alive. Ant weakly said, " Good job man. 'Thanks for being my friend' you said to me earlier, but now i say it to you. Thanks for being my friend. I wont be around to watch your back anymore so be careful..." and with that Ant closed his eyes and let his hand fall to the ground. LJ was crying. He walked back to the transporter and made his sorrowful journey back to Donoph Baz's house.

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Did anyone catch the lil bit of irony in this chapter?

[LJ]

Chapter 8

LJ slowly walked home. His tears were gone now. 'I'll destroy Black Paper for this i swear...' he thought. All of a sudden an explosion sounded back in the direction of Donoph Baz's house. He ran forward. He arrived at the house finding dozens of dead bodies of hunters, rangers and forces. He looked closely at them and noticed that they all had Black Paper's sign on them. 'Where's Master Baz?!' thought LJ. He heard a fierce battle going on a little further. He ran and when he arrived ther he saw Donoph Baz and the Black Hound facing each other prepared for battle. Donoph was holding his Zanba. The Black Hound was holding his Soul Eater.

Black Hound noticed LJ and said, "So you survived my minions. Well, I'll correct their mistake and take care of you myself after i kill your master." Donoph just grimaced. They swung at each other again and again. Donoph seemed to be weakening with each blow that was struck. Black hound began to get excited. All of a sudden Donoph began to fight with a vigor that had never been seen from him before. He made a strong swing and hit Black hound on the side.

"ARGHHHHH!" screamed the Black Hound," You'll pay for that!" Black Hound swung and felt his Soul eater crash with the Zanba and saw it go flying off to the left. He looked triumphantly towards Donoph to notice that donph was no longer there. Donph appeared behind Black Hound and cut off Black Hound's legs. He stood over Black Hound to stab him and before he did, Black Hound spoke. " You think this is the end? I'm only one of a thousand Black Hounds. I'll never be destroyed. MUAHAHAHAHAHA!" Donph stabbed the machine through the face destroying the cpu.

"Yes! Master, that was gre..." said LJ before Donoph shouted "Be quiet!" Donoph heard a smal beep beep beep beee beeeeeeeeeep ringgggg. "RUN!!!!" shouted Donoph, grabbing LJ and running away. Black Hound's last resort device was a bomb. LJ was knock unconscious as a piece of rubble hit him in the head.

Several Hours Later....

"Unhhhhh," groaned LJ. His head felt as if kinves had been shoved inside it and were fighting to get out. "Master i never knew you had so much....Master, where are you?" said LJ. He looked around and saw the ground behind him was charred. But he did not see his master anywhere. He walked along and overheard some bits and pieces of a conversation.

"I cant believe he's dead!" said one man.

"I know! I thought he was like invincible," said another woman.

'Who are they talking about,' wondered LJ.

"They say he went into the Hunter's guild took up a quest with some random hunter and 30 minutes later the Hunter came back saying he was dead." said the another man.

"The invincible Donoph Baz. May he rest in peace," said the woman. LJ was shocked. His master was dead. He hadnt even been able to say goodbye. He had just been with him. Yet again his master had saved his life. And he could never repay him for all he had done for him. Taken him in, fed him, trained, him became a second father to him. And now his best friend in the world was dead too. How could this be? It wasn't fair. The world wasn't fair to him. 'Why does it always have to happen to me?!' he thought.

He remembered back to a talk he had had with his master once. He had explained his past to his master and had been crying. Donoph had been trying to comfort him.
~flashback~

"But master," he sobbed, " why did these things happen to me? what did i do to deserve them?"

"Bad things happen to everyone. There's nothing you did that caused them or nothing you can do can stop them. It's a fact of life. It even happens to people who do good in their lives." said Donoph.

"But master, Why? Why do they happen to even the good people. You'd think that for being good they'd be exempt from it," said LJ.

"Well I believe that bad things have to happen to everyone. They make us stronger, they bring us closer to our family and fellow man. It doesnt matter what you do because if you were good and bad things didnt happen to you, you'd be alone because you couldnt comfort others because you couldnt understabd their feelings about the things that had happened. You couldnt get close to anyone and share their pain because you wouldn't have any pain. You'd be all alone. And i dont think anyone deserves to be alone. I know you must think that life is unfair because it took away your family. But look at you now. You have become strong training under me. You met a friend you probaly never would have met. Everything happens for a reason. And I think you must have some great thing to accomplish because so much has happened to you. You may even be critical to the survival of our people. Why do you think Black Paper is so hell-bent on killing you? You may be the one to cause their downfall sometime in the future. That is my personal opinion," said Donoph.
~end~

LJ walked on, somehow stronger in mind and heart. He no longer could be made sad. He knew he had a job to do and he would do it, even if he died trying. Black Paper would fall.

End Story

edit: there will be a sequel to this story hopefully. I had a pretty good time writing it.

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