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THE FIGHTER FROM THE SHADOWS

By: The Dark Warlord Chapter: 17

Explanations
Jacob lay on the ground with about 90% of his energy drained from him, and the people he was trying to kill where standing around him. "Jacob why did you try to kill us?" Erasa cried with tears flowing down her face "Because you people betrayed me" Jacob replied weakly "You dumb-ass why do you think we are here?" Videl screamed "We did not betray you"

"Do you honestly expect me to beleave you?"Jacob said "You are probably happy to see me in this shape" Videl walked up to Jacob and slaped him in the face "You thick headed son- of-a-bitch. Can't you think strait for once, look at Erasa" She pointed over to the blond, who was sitting on the ground crying."does she look like she is happy, it was her idea to come here." Videl noticed that Jacob's face soften when he looked over at Erasa. "and look at Gohan, you messed up his knee and he has done nothing to you sence you have been on the ground. Will you please listen to us?"

Jacob thought for a moment and examined his situation and desided that he realy did not have any alternative. "Ok Videl I will listen" Gohan walked up to Jacob and nelt down beside him. "Sharpener acted on his own, he lied about us we never told him where you live or to search you appartment, we did not even know about your chest." Gohan explained "We came to find you so we could tell you that we had nothing to do with it"

Jacob had a look of shock in his eyes, he could tell by the tone of Gohan's voice that he was telling the truth, he almost killed his friend because he was to stuped to listen to reason

"Oh god, Gohan I am so sorry, if I just listened to you guys you would have not been hurt" Jacob said trying to stand up "Don't worry about me, I have already eaten a sensu bean so my leg is fully healed, and I have one for you too" He handed Jacob the sensu bean "Thanks Gohan" Jacob poped the bean into his mouth and ate it, a few seconds later he sprung to his feet "I guess that I should tell you guys about my secret huh"

"Yea that would be nice" Videl said "Ok come inside" Jacob said walking to the door of his temple The others hesitated at the huge stone door, and Jacob turned to face them "Don't worry, you will not be harmed"Jacob said and the others walked into the temple after him

They walked down a long hallway into a huge chamber lit by torches, there was a statue of a man in the middle of one of the walls, He was holding a kitana, Gohan asumed that it was the black dragon kitana, and that the statue was of Jacob's master.

"You are the only outside people to see the inner part of the shadow temple" Jacob said turning around to face Gohan, Videl, Erasa, and M.Trunks. "But that is not what you wanted to know, you wanted to know the meaning of what was on that scroll, am I right?" the whole group noded in agreement, "Ok, but first I will tell you a little of my life story, so please sit down" they all sat down on a rug covering the stone floor

"Ok first off I am an assassin, for as long as I can remember I have lived in this temple and have I have been training all of my life in the shadow style of the black arts, it was the most complex style that my master knew, but like I told you before I am the only one who could ever use the shadow powers to there full effect. I became better and stonger then my master but I still served under him, like I said I am an assassin and I have killed many people, but only people that my master ordered me to kill, and that brings me to the scroll.

"two years ago, I am not shure if you know this Videl but your father wanted to develop this area, and turn it into a new mansion or something, but to do that he would have to demolish this temple, and my master would not have that happen and he fought Hercule off, but not before he had wrecked one on the smaller buildings around here, My master died two months later from old age, but before he died he gave me that scroll, with the orders to go to Satan city and kill Hercule. I set out a few days after my masters death with every intention to kill Hercule, But as I was doing my reconosance on him I found out that he had a daughter who had recently lost her Mother, after a year and a half of following you two around I desided that killing Hercule would ruin your life Videl so I disobeyed my masters orders for the first time and let your Father live, I stoped following you two right before Gohan started going to orange star high school. Sence I had nothing to do with my life I gave up being an assassin and moved into Satan City and started going to your school, and here we are now"

The group looked at Jacob with a look of shock, Videl was the first one to speak-up "You mean to tell me that you have followed me around for a year and a half and I did not even notice you!" "Yes, I did"

Gohan asked something next "So what are you going to do now?"

"Well I was not shure untul I returned here, I was looking through my masters journal and found out that he has trained two other students here, around the same time he was training me, so sence I will not be able to return to Satan City for a while, I am going to go and search for them while this whole thing cools down."

"Well Jacob if thats what you are going to do, I have an idea" Videl started, "I am going to talk with my dad and demand that he forget this whole thing and have the city welcome you back, I should not take more then a few months" "and I can have Bulma cover-up the whole thing with Sharpener and say that it was just a prank pulled by some punk who was trying to get famous" Gohan added

Erasa rushed up and threw her arms around Jacob "Please don't leave me Jacob, please" "I am sorry Erasa, but I have to find these guys, they migh know more about my past, like where I am from, but hey don't cry I will be back in four months tops."

"Ok, Jacob I understand but please hurry back" she leaned up and kissed him

As soon as they broke the kiss they all walked outside, Jacob grabed an old book as he walked out.

"Don't worry you guys I will be back soon, there is no force on this planet that can stop me from returning" Jacob flew into the sky and waved to them then turned nourth and flew away as fast as he could and soon he was out of sight leaveing his friends wondering when The Fighter From The Shadows will return.

THE END (For now)

Jacob's story continues in my next work The Search For The Shadows
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