A/N: Hey Y'all! (very western eh? yea, no..) Anyway, here's my next chapter! This one is longer then the last but the two following might now be..it depends. Anyway I hope you enjoy it and R&R! I've got my new One Piece fanfic coming out later today as well, hopefully...haha! It's got my new OC in it! Her name's Kira!

Chapter 2

"Jeez, they were rude! And after we got them there two hours early too! I Mean really!"

Ash & Max were walking down the street in Logan Village after dropping off their clients. Ash was whining while counting the money they had received as payment.

As soon as she heard this Max started laughing her heard off. "Haha, yes we got them here early but I think they were a little put off by the shortcut through the cliff where they almost fell off!"

"Hey, we caught them before they fell right?" Ash pouted. Max was gasping for breath by now, "Yeah. Sure. Whatever." She calmed down a bit, "So how much did we make?"

"Oh you know the usual fee for guards" He replied.

"What? That's a really small fee! We need to start charging more..." mused Max.

"No kidding!" said Ash as he rolled his eyes.

Max sighed, "Alright, nothing we can do about it now. HEY!" She suddenly yelled, "I Just remembered something!"

"What?" asked Ash, curiosity in his voice.

"It's 7:00 and I HAVEN'T eaten!"

Ash looked at her. "What?" she asked. "I Just remembered I haven't eaten either!" he yelled back at her. His stomach growled, "Max!" he whined, "find me food! Pleaseee!" he begged giving her a puppy dog look.

"Alright, alright, you big baby! Jeez, and I thought I was acting pathetic!" Max exclaimed, rolling her eyes, "You know you're the one with the money right?"

"Oh yeah! Well then what are you waiting for?" he asked. He started pulling her by the arm as he ran down the street. Max was stumbling along behind him until out of nowhere a boy a little younger than them ran out in front of them. He turned and saw them but it was to late. Ash tried to swerve, but he wasn't fast enough and he slammed right into the boy dragging Max down with him. The boy looked up as shock then anger passed over his features. "What the hell? Get off me!" he hissed.

Max got off of Ash and helped him up, then she helped the other guy up. The mystery guy tried to run as soon as he was on his feet.

"Hey! Get back here." yelled Max. She grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"Hey, lemme go!" He tried to pull away from her grip.

"Hang on! You owe us an apology!" Max said, "what were you doing running out like that?"

"Let go! I Don't owe you an apology, or an explanation!" the guy snapped back pulling away from her. He tried to run again but this time Ash caught him. "Alright punk you nee..." Ash was cut off by somebody shouting, "Hey where'd that kid go?"

"There he is!" said somebody else, looking at where Ash was holding the kid by his shirt collar.

The trio looked up to see a rough looking group of sleazy men pointing and shouting at them.

"Oh shoot! Let me go dangit!" the guy said struggling hard. "Hang on..." said Ash. He pushed the kid behind him to Max. Max grabbed him while Ash slid in between them and the group of guys.

"Move it punk and you won't get hurt." said one of the men.

"Hmmm...I'm gonna go with no," Ash spat back at them, "now why do you want that kid?"

"He owes us some money." the same guy replied.

"Aw, I'm sure smart guys like you could make some more money somewhere else. Now leave the guy alone," Ash said threateningly.

"Nope. Now move it or we'll hurt you too." said the first guy. Him and his gang closed in on the three of them. Ash just smirked. Behind Ash the kid was looking at him like he was insane while Max was grinning.

"Will he be okay?" the kid asked Max. He was looking at the gang, there were about six of them and they were all surrounding Ash. "Well it's 6-1...I Say 3 minutes!" answered Max. She yelled the last part at Ash however.

"Huh?" asked the kid. He heard a crash and looked away from Max back to Ash. His jaw dropped in shock as he saw the first big guy unconscious on the ground. He dragged his gaze away from the guy on the ground and looked up just in time to see Ash sidestep another guy's punch to the face. Ash flashed a cocky grin and grabbed the guy's wrist swinging him into one of his buddies. They both went down, hard.

The guy looked at Max in absolute shock, but Max was looking down at her watch intently. He looked up again to see Ash roundhouse kick one of the guys. The guy fell on his buddy and lay still. The guy he fell on however, pushed him off and stood looking pissed. He walked over to the last guy standing and they came at Ash from both sides, but Ash just flipped over them landing behind one of the guys. Ash turned and kicked the guy in the back. He flew into the other guy and they both went down. The guy Ash hadn't kicked had also slammed his head on the ground and lay there unmoving.

Ash looked around and grinned. The guy just stood there speechless. "Hey Max!" Ash said, walking over to her, "how long?"

"3 minutes & 25 seconds!" she answered, "Your still slower then me!" she added as she laughed.

"Hey!" he pouted, "not everyone can be as quick and agile as a cat!" He stuck his tongue out at her.

The kid was still standing there in shock when he suddenly yelled, "DUDE! That was freakin' awesome!"

Max and Ash turned to look at him. He froze. They started walking towards him. He began to back away slowly. Suddenly he turned and tried to run, but Ash was faster and he caught him. He looked up at him. Ash was staring down at him and started to speak, "Okay, now onto you! What did they mean when they said you owed them money? Did you steal?"

"No!" snapped the guy, then he grinned sheepishly, "I just may have won more money then they wanted me to in a card game..." his voice trailed off. He looked at them and then they burst into laughter. He stared at them in confusion. Max saw his look and said, "We thought you did something wrong like stealing or something but instead you beat them at their own game! Priceless!" She was still laughing. He grinned finally and started laughing too.

He jumped suddenly, "Hey I know! To say thanks, let me buy you guys dinner! I Know all the best places to eat around here!" He looked at them and they were staring at him hungrily. All of a sudden, Ash jumped at him and grabbed his shoulders, "Oh my gosh yes!" Ash screamed at him, "I'm so hungry! Plus Max wouldn't feed me!" Max shot him a glare that he chose to ignore. The guy looked a little flustered but he recovered and said, "Okay then, follow me!"

They set off, but he suddenly looked back and said, "Oh and my name's Seth."

So Seth turned and led them down the street.