Session One When it All Begins

"I hate rainy days." Spike Spiegel said to himself as he sat down on a bench on the sidewalk. He stared into a puddle, seeing his reflection, and watching it break just as instantly by the falling rain drops.

"I do too, Spike. Don't worry, I'm here." a mysterious voice said next to him. He looked around and saw a purple-haired girl sitting next to him. "I'm Faye Valentine." She said as she introduced herself.

"Wait a second. how do you know my name?" Spike asked the girl.

"Don't be silly, Spike, we all do!" replied a different girl, only with red hair. "I'm Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th. But, you can call me Ed for short."

"This is getting way out of control. How is it that you all know my name, but I don't even know who you guys are? I've never seen you before, have I?" Spike asked.

"I've seen you, Spike. I'm Jet Black. Nice to meet you," a boy with a robotic arm said as he shook Spike's hand with it.

Spike just stared at all of them. "Whatever..." he said as he got off of the bench and started walking.

Kid? Are you alright?

"Huh? Where am I?" Spike asked the unfamiliar voice.

"You fainted on the street. You look as pale as a ghost. Come, and I will feed you," an elderly woman said as she picked Spike up off of the ground and walked him to a sidewalk restaurant.

Minutes later, Spike was full. "I don't think I've ever eaten so much..." he pointed out as he rubbed his stomach and belched. The woman just stared at Spike with disbelief.

"Thanks again, lady. By the way, my name's Spike Spiegel." Spike said as he introduced himself before leaving the restaurant.

As Spike was walking down the street, he heard shouts of pain.

"I wonder what's going on. It seems to be coming from down the street." Spike noticed as he started running a little bit further.

"Please... please stop it!" Spike heard a man shouted as he was being beaten up by another grown man.

"Excuse me, but it's rude to punch people." Spike said as he made his way through the circling crowd and looked at the fighting man.

"Who asked you, kid?" the man replied as he took his victim by the hair and pulled him up off of the ground.

"Look over here. I've got something to show you, sir." Spike said as he pulled out his sling shot and took aim at the man's forehead.

"Look, kid, leave me-Whoa!" the fighting man shouted as he was shot in the head by a tranquilizer.

"I love my sling shot." Spike said as he put it back in his pocket. He then heard cheers from the crowd as he helped the victim of the brutal attacks up off the ground.

"Kid, do you just know what you did?" the same old lady asked as Spike led the man through the parted crowd. "That was a man with a bounty on his head! You're a bounty hunter!"

"I am? Uh, what are they?" Spike asked.

"They are people who will kill other bad people to get Woolong. You have to turn him in to the police immediately." The woman informed.

"Right!" Spike said as he gently laid the man on the ground and went to pick up the other man. He somehow liked that sound... Spike Spiegel, Bounty Hunter. He grinned as he picked the other man up.