Heart-Piercer

By Water/Air

I don't own Cowboy Bebop but I do own the original characters in this story.

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Prologue

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Rome ran as fast as he could that moment. He felt the gun going off in his hands, accidentally killing that man. "Why? Why me?" he had asked himself. There was no time to mourn anymore though.

The bounty on his head was enormous. "Today buckaroos, we got Edmund Rome, worth 50 million wuolongs, remember, you must bring him in alive and well," Punch had said. Rome was actually worried about the bounty so he watched the show everyday. He was also in a constant sorrow. He didn't want to be executed.

As Rome turned the corner, he heard the bounty hunter turning the corner. Rome felt a pain and heard a gunshot. He felt his shoulder freeze up in a sharp pain. Rome cried out but turned a corner quickly, blood dropping between his fingers.

Then it was over, Rome's run was over. As he turned the corner, a dead end was there to meet him. The angels cried out and the world crashed upon him. Rome had given up hope. He looked at the wall; it was the only thing keeping him from freedom. Why did an inanimate object have to stop him? It was so pathetic.

He heard a noise then and knew that the bounty hunter was behind him with a gun in hand. "Okay, let's go slowly," he said. Rome turned his head to see a skinny kid (who seemed barely 17), who looked like a thug with a red Mohawk carrying a .50 caliber.

Kids these days.

Rome smiled at the irony, he was just 22 and barely out of diapers. Now he sounded like an old man. Well, I'm about to die so why not? He asked himself. Then his eyes widened.

"Come on, man!" the kid said. The broad realization hit him. He had nothing to lose, he was dead either way. One alone, the other in front of public servants. His teeth gritted in anger. He didn't deserve this, it was an accident.

"Last call," the kids said.

Screw it...

Hell, I'll take my chances...

Rome pulled the gun out of his pocket, turned and fired his entire clip. The bullets hit the kid in the chest, his eyes widened and he fell back, blood seeping into the ground. Rome felt a great sorrow run over him then. He was just a kid, he couldn't have...

No, you made the decision to hunt me and now you pay the price. Welcome to life kid...

Rome almost laughed at the irony.