In a world that made it seem like everything was nothing and nothing was everything, Kenny was everything. Simply put, nobody really gave a damn about him; one time, his "friend" (yes, it is necessary to put that word in quotations) Eric Cartman considered having him killed for the PSP he had… which happened, anyway. Kenny was basically immortal, coming back every day after his death. No one seemed to notice when he died, though. It was basically a "hello, Kenny" very morning like nothing had ever happened, even from his parents.

Kenny felt like nobody cared about him, but he couldn't have been more wrong. There was this boy who was the same age as he was named Leopold. He hated his given name, so he went by Butters (the reason as to why he went by that, exactly, no one could figure out). It's just that… think about it. Of all nicknames you could have, even just simply going by Leo or Stotch (his last name), he goes by something that comes out of nowhere- Butters.

So, Leopold Stotch was now Leopold "Butters" Stotch and considering that he had gone by Butters ever since fourth grade and they were in high school now, it was probable that the name would go on until he was six feet under. Even then, it would probably be on his tombstone, so the name "Butters" would never be forgotten. Kenny could envision it in his mind:

LEOPOLD "BUTTERS" STOTCH

1989-XXXX

Again, this is something that would probably stick with the poor boy for the rest of whatever life he had. For Kenny, it would be until the boy's death and on. Nobody knew what Kenny really was, did they?

xXx

"Hey, guys!" Kenny shouted to his friends (minus Cartman) one morning. The one thing that got his friends' jaws dropping was the absence of his orange parka jacket. He was normally wrapped in it so tight that no one could actually hear him. Even when he was on the verge of (yet another) death by muscular disease, he refused to take the jacket off despite laying in a hospital bed, sick and dying. So why would he come out in temperatures below freezing in a t-shirt without his parka?

"Hey, fellas!" another familiar voice shouted. Kenny turned with a smile to see that it was Butters himself. The pale blondie was wrapped in his familiar sky-blue jacket, making it easy for Kenny to identify him as he came to stand with him and his friends (minus Cartman).

"Butters," Cartman said with a scoff, crossing his arms.

"Cartman, leave him alone," Kyle said, usually being the one to defend whoever from Cartman's insults and ploys. "What did Butters ever do to you?"

Cartman was clearly trying to come up with something, and his efforts (Cartman wasn't the brightest) seemed to be in vain until a large smile suddenly appeared on his face. "He kept me from going to Casa Bonita!"

Kyle scoffed. "And you convinced him that the world was ending, locked him away for a week, and when he was found, you ran into the restaurant to have a little fun before going to jail for a week!"

"It was worth it," Cartman protested. "I said so myself."

However, Kenny and Butters had stopped listening before Cartman even told the group his reasoning for hating the poor child, so neither Butters nor Kenny protested, either. Instead, they were talking about their own little thing while Stan and Kyle stood up for Butters and argued with Cartman. Through their discussion, Kenny found out that Butters had a soft spot for bath bombs.

Their fights and discussions were all cut short, however, by the arrival of the South Park High School bus. While it was obvious that Kyle, Stan, and Cartman were all relieved that their nonsensical argument had ended, Kenny was rather disappointed that he had to stop talking to Butters. He was fun to talk to.

At least Kenny knew what to get him for his birthday.

xXx

"That's a bunch of shit, Cartman!"

"Fight me, Jew."

"Maybe I will!"

You could hear all the other high schoolers chanting the word "fight" over and over as Cartman and Kyle threw insults at each other over and over. It would be like a never-ending cycle until one of them threw a punch at the other, which would eventually lead to a full-on fist fight, accompanied by more of their fellow students cheering for one of them to beat the shit out of the other, which would attract some teachers and get them both sent to the principal's office for fighting on school grounds.

Kenny just watched. He didn't really want to get involved in any sort of way, but he did want to be a witness if that was necessary in any sort of given way (which it probably would be, knowing the small town he lived in). He saw Cartman take off his hat, but Kyle kept his on. They both took off their jackets (and began shivering) as Kyle tackled Cartman and they began to brawl. Kyle was throwing fists at and kicking Cartman, while Cartman was doing the exact same thing. Kyle noticed, telling Cartman that he "wasn't original", to which Cartman responded, "at least I'm not a stupid Jew".

Kenny gasped suddenly, seeing that Butters had run over to Kyle and Cartman to try and stop the fight (he didn't like seeing violence at all). Cartman growled, punching Butters in the gut. Kenny's eyes widened, and before he knew it, he was running over to try and beat up Cartman for doing what he had just done. Cartman jumped off of Kyle, starting to beat up Kenny out of nowhere. His blood was pouring out, his bones were broken, and with one last punch, Kenny was dead in the schoolyard.

"Oh, my God!" Stan screamed. "Cartman killed Kenny!"

"You bastard!" Kyle screamed, continuing to beat up on Cartman.

He killed Kenny. What else was new?