Hey guys I'm back and as you can already see, I am 100% still alive. Now enough of the talk and on with the drama.

It has been three days since I came back from the hospital. Ever since then Ive just been well...gloomy in my own apartment. Hell, can you blame me? How would you feel if you were told you had a rare cancer poisoning your freakin' insides? You would feel as if your both your parents died right in front of you. I haven't really spoken to dad and Mona lately. Man..I know Mona must be dismayed. "Maybe I'll call to make sure everyones not too down still." I said to myself. I got out of bed and made my way towards the phone. However, before I could pick it up there was a knock on the door. I walked over and placed my hand on the knob.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"Its m-me big bro. Open up." Said the voice on the other side of the door.

My eyes widened a bit. I opened the door and was shocked to see not only my baby sister standing there in front of me, but the royalty herself. "P-Prince-I mean!..your highness?" I stuttered in disbelief. I raised my arm up to salute her but I stopped mid-way. I had remebered I wasn't a soldier anymore. "Oh...I forgot." I lowered my arm. The princess smiled at me.

"Hehehe..it's okay Gunner. You can greet me which ever way you'd like." The princess assured.

"Uh..t-thank you your highness. Um...would you two like to come in?" I asked.

"Thank you."

Mona and Parasoul accpeted the invite and walked into my home. I gotta say it was kinda akward having them here though. The apartmnet was just your avarege two-room apartment. Since I didn't really have much guest besides dad and Mona visit often, the place was kinda boring. Mona, Parasoul, and I sat in the living room. I swear the the place was so quite you could hear rocket's being launched from half-way across the world. Now Let me ask you something. Have you ever been in a quite room with like..three people and no is talking and it feels sooo awkward so you decide to look around the room to avoid eye contact with anyone because hell..it's soo awkward? Yeah that was pretty much happening now. Someone had to break the silence.

"So um...what brings you by you guys?" I asked.

"I just..i just wanted to check on you. To see if..if you were okay." Mona said, lowering her head.

I smiled at her. "I'm fine sis. I've never felt better in my life ya kn-*couch* *couch* *couch*..ya know?" I replied.

"...you always were a terrible liar." Mona muttered.

I sighed and turned my attention towards the princess. "Um..princess?" I began. The princess crossed her legs and rested her head on her hand.

"Well I'm here for partially the same reason. Luckly I met your sister on the way to your apartment." She replied.

"Y-you wanted to see if I was okay?" I replied, shocked as hell

"Partially yes. Is there a problem?" Parasoul asked.

"N-no..not all your highness it's just..wow I must be one lucky egret to have the princess in my apartment."

Parasoul chuckled. "Lucky indeed." She began. "However, I'm afraid I must discuss rather somber matters with you Gunner." I gulped. Somber news? I saw Mona twitch as soon as she heard the word.

"S-somber news? What do you mean your highness?" Mona asked.

Parasoul looked at Mona. "Mona..what I have to say may be..rough for you to comprehend. This goes for you as well Gunner." She said.

"Uh okay? What's going on princess?" I asked, curiosly.

"First I need to know. are you sure you'll be able to handle what I have to say?" The princess asked, her tone becoming more serious.

"Yes..yes I can handle it your highness. What wrong?"

Parasoul nodded her head. She then sighed heavily as if annoyed with something. She looked at me, her eyes showing somewhat a bit of sorrow. "Gunner...you do remember the doctor telling you your black heart condition right?" Parasoul asked.

"Uh..yeah? She said that my heart was eighty percent a huge bloody-black mess. I could basically kick the bucket any minute." I said in a depressing tone.

"GUNNER!" Mona yelled.

I looked at her in suprise. Her eyes were pinkish red,meaning the water works would soon be coming. I guess she still isn't taking this whole situation well. Can't blame her. I smiled at her. "Sorry sis. Uh..as you were saying princess?" I said. Parasoul cleared her throat.

"Well..as you said yourself, since you'll be..moving on to the next life soon. One of the labs would like permission." She explained.

"Permission for what?" I replied.

"...permission to take custody of your body for experimental research." Parasoul replied.

"WHAT!" Mona and I yelled as we jumped to our feet. Parasoul flinched at the sight.

"You both said you would be able to handle it." She reminded.

"P-Paraso-I mean princess! What do you mean use my body for experimental research!?" I exclaimed.

Parasoul stood up and walked over to my window, which over looked the Supurbian neighborhood. "Well the lab wants your body so that they can run a number of tests. These tests can hel-"

"T-TURN MY BROTHER INTO SOME LAB EXPERIMENT!?" Mona roared.

My eyes went wider than normal. My baby sis roared at the royalty. "Y-your highness forgive me but..but I can't just let you..you..oh my god I can't even handle this." Mona sobbed.

I went over to her and wrapped my arms around her head. I brought her closer to my chest and whispered in her ear to calm her down. "Ssshhhhh okay? Sshhh just calm down for a bit." I whispered in her ear. She hugged me tightly and cried softly into my chest. I looked over at Parasoul.

"So..they want custody of my Corpse for experimental research why?" I asked.

""Black Heart" cancer is a diseas that hasn't been around since well..in a hundred years. It's extremely rare and we don't have a cure for it yet. However, Since we have the technology maybe there is hope for a cure." Parasoul explained.

I looked down at Mona. She looked up at me and I kissed her forehead. "I want you to listen to me okay?" I told Mona.

"*sniff* What?" She replied sweetly.

I looked over at Parasoul again. This time I gave her a firm look. "Princess...I'll do it." I stated. Parasoul and Mona gave me the "ARE YOU CRAZY" look.

"W-WHAT!? GUNNER WHAT THE FUCK IS WRO-!"

"Sis calm down okay!?...calm down and listen for a sec." I ordered.

Mona wiped away the last of her tears. "Good girl." I began. "Princess? I give full custody of my corpse to the labs but on one condition only." I said firmly.

"What would that that be?" Parasoul asked.

"You find the cure...If I can get this cancer than I'm pretty sure theres a lot of people out there that can get it too. Hell..maybe there ARE others that already have it. If this is the way I can help then so be it." I said.

Parasoul looked at me for a moment. She then smiled and nodded. "Your sure?" she asked. I nodded in response.

"Very well then. I guess I'll be on my way. I'll inform the lab of your decision." Parasoul stated as she walked towards the door.

There was one thing I had to do before she left. "Princess!" I yelled before she could exit my apartment.

"Hmm?" She responded.

I placed my feet together and gave her one final salute. "It's been an honor your highness." I stated. Parasoul smiled at me again.

"*sigh*..I would have loved to see you in action...soldier." Parasoul said before leaving.

I sighed and turned back to my sister, who looked aw striken. "What?" I asked cluelessly.

"I..I can't believe what you just did. G-GUNNER DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID!?" Mona yelled

I sighed and scratched the back of my head. "I did the right thing." I replied.

"YOU IDIOT!...did..you didn't even think about what dad had to say about this!"

Before I could reply with a statement of my own, there was yet another knock at the door. "Who could it be this time?" I asked myself. I walked over to the door and opened it. "What the-". Standing there was Joel Luponacci.

"Hey Gunner buddy." Joel said.

"Joel? W-What are you doing here? How did you get here?" I questioned.

"That's not important. What is important is what I have to offer you." Joel replied.

I looked at him quizzically. "What the hell are you talking about dude?" What do you have to offer me?" I asked.

"A chance to live your life." Joel said.

"...what the fuck do you mean by that?" I asked.

Joel smiled and placed a hand on my shoulder. "My friend. What if I told you...I can cure you of your cancer."

to be continued.

Well there you go. the new chapter. Don't worry i'll still be working on the story guys. BTW sorry if the chapter was short.