I own no one in this story except Blade J. Ishikawa. All other characters are owned by Sega. Any names that I make up I do not own nor does Sega as far as I know of. Anyone that I make up, except Blade, can be used freely. Thank you and enjoy.

Warning: This story contains contents meant for an older audience. Little children should not read this. If they do they are held legally responsible for any and all of their actions. The story contain swearing, 'heavy' violence, and some sexual content. You have been warned!!! Enjoy.

Story of the Bounty Hunter

Part 1: Beginning of a New

Location: Mystic Ruins Time: 3:45PM Date: July 4

The forest was quire. The rivers flowed silently. Somewhere there was a trickle of water. Something ran by, barely making any noise as it went. A girl was sitting on a log reading a book. She was an echidna. Pink fur, purple in her hair, lavender eyes. She had on a light green shirt and denim shorts. She had her feet in the river in front of her, her shoes sat next to her. Suddenly something jumped out from behind her and spooked her into the river.

"Daddy!" She yelled at her father. A tall white furred echidna walked forth. His long grey hair was tied behind his head. His long dreads were held together with a blue band. He wore a dark brown cloak that covered most of his body except his head. His black pants showed along with the nice dress shoes on underneath which had white in the front and black in the back. On his back sat a katana and on his head was a black hat with a round brim.

"Sorry Lara dear but I can't be blamed if you don't properly train." He said. He lifted his head to reveal the handsome face he had. His light blue eyes that showed his loving manner and the powerful strength underneath. The left eye reflected the scenery around him. He then lifted his hands from under the cloak. The left was a regular hand while the right was mechanical hand with deadly talon like fingers.

"I'm telling mommy!" Lara said.

"And you expect me to fear her."

"And why won't you." Blade froze stiff. He slowly looked behind him with a weak smile.

"Hi hun."

"Scaring our daughter again?"

"Daddy made me fall into the river and now I have to change." Julie-Su looked at her husband and slapped him across the back of the head.

"Get her home so she can change. I'll be waiting at the train station in Station Square."

"Yes hun." Blade picked his daughter up and sprinted away.

Twenty minutes later Blade stood with his daughter Lara-Su at the train station in Station Square.

"Now where is your mother?" Blade asked as he scanned the area. Suddenly someone tapped on his shoulder. Blade turned around and spotted his wife. "Julie!" He wrapped his arms about his wife who smiled sweetly and kissed him on the cheek.

"There you three are!" The three spotted a familiar blue hedgehog waiting at the door. "Yeesh. Can't leave you two alone for long."

"Oh calm down hedgehog." Blade said smiling. "This day isn't about just you."

"And that's a first." Everyone spotted Knuckles and Tails coming down the stairs from the train. Knuckles carried over his shoulder a brown duffle bag. He had the familiar vest on along with the hat of Hawking. "A day that isn't just about Sonic. The journalist will have a field day with this." Knuckles then sat the bag down and walked over to the other three echidnas. "How you doing Blade?"

"Still breathing kid."

"But what about that one time when you tripped and fell and started saying bad words and couldn't breath?" Lara asked her father. Blade and Julie-Su both looked at her blinking.

"What's she talking about?" Tails asked.

"Uh-nothing!" Blade said with his hands up. "Lara sweet, please don't mention that again."

"Okay daddy."

"So where's your girlfriend Knuckles?" Sonic asked nudging Knuckles in the side with his elbow.

"She's coming, and she's not my girlfriend!"

"Excuse me!" Knuckles froze.

"She's standing behind me isn't she?" He asked Blade.

"My advice is to think of something real sweet to tell her." He whispered back. Suddenly Blade fell backwards as Julie pulled hard on one of his dreads.

Knuckles stood there thinking of something to say to Rouge without looking stupid. He then sighed. "Just hit me." Rouge stepped next to him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Just be smart and don't act like a smart mouth."

The group laughed at the remark.

Watching from the distance on a near by building through the glass top of the train station stood an all too familiar figure. He wore boots, gloves and a belt all of brown. His gloves had silver plates on the back. His belt was lined with all sorts of pouches and on the left side was a slot where as revolver sat waiting. On his head was a brown hat of Australian make. He smiled a toothy smile. "That fool, he has grown soft. Oh well. If he doesn't wish to kill anymore then that's fine by me but I have my job to do. Take the girls and lead them to the base. Then I can split them apart and when the timing is right I'll kill him. The President pays quite well when it comes to powerful people like him. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

End

Who is the mysterious person? If you don't know then that's rather sad. I gave enough clues, but anyways please review and next chapter you'll see who this fellow is. Part 2: Big Boom on July 4th