Here it is, chapter 8. The final chapter in book 1.

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Ch. 8 Heartless

Akuyoko crouched down on the rock, surveying the ground below him. He'd been up there for a few hours since he "scrolled" to Perion. A boy with brown hair stepped into the town from the western side. Akuyoko perked up, this was Ininja.

Ininja stepped into a tent with a sign that said "Potions". Inside was a man standing over a large bubbling pot and a young girl about his age in the far end.

"Is this the potion shop?" Ininja asked.

"That's what it says on the sign, isn't it?" The man said not looking up from the pot.

"Right, right. Well I would like twenty red potions"

"Are you going to get them?"

"What? Oh. Yes."

Ininja handed the man the mesos and, in return, received a bag with glass bottles filled with a red liquid.

Ininja stepped out of the tent and took a drink of the potion. A sudden burst of energy filled his body and his wounds didn't hurt as much anymore. He finished the bottle and tossed the glass on the ground. The container vanished on contact with the ground. Ininja put the bag away and started walking towards the eastern exit of Perion.

Akuyoko made his move.

The white-haired boy jumped down from his perch and landed in front of Ininja.

"Excuse me" Ininja said.

"Shut up!" Akuyoko pulled out his wand, "Get out your weapon!"

"What is this?"

"Or would you rather I just kill you now?"

"Who are you?"

"Akuyoko, a bounty hunter. You may remember Emo? He's put a nice reward on your head, away from your body"

" What the?"

Akuyoko swung his wand and an orb of blue energy shot out from it. It hit Ininja in the chest, knocking him down. He quickly got up and drew his dagger.

Ininja swung at Akuyoko vertically, but Akuyoko parried his attack and shot another bolt. Ininja ducked to avoid the attack and slashed upward, Akuyoko blocked the attack. Akuyoko Swung at Ininja with intense force, pulling his foe's dagger out of his hands and sending it off to the side.

"Why does that keep happening?" Ininja said.

Akuyoko jumped back and began firing rounds of Magic Bolts at Ininja. Ininja desperately ran from side to side avoiding the bolts, but he wasn't fast enough and one flew directly at him while he was off balance. Ininja quickly pulled out a potion and blocked the attack with it. The container exploded, sending shards of glass in all directions, some cutting Ininja. He hastily dove toward his weapon and rolled to the side when he grabbed it. Ininja jumped toward Akuyoko and thrust his weapon down. Akuyoko caught it with his wand.

"What exactly are you doing this for? Do you really want the mesos that bad?" Ininja asked.

"Please, I could care less about the mesos!" Akuyoko replied.

"Then what?"

"Hm… I really don't know"

"What?"

Akuyoko threw Ininja Away from him.

"So what, you're trying to kill me for the fun of it?"

"… What do you care?" Akuyoko shot a bolt at Ininja.

Suddenly a man with dark brown hair and blue sunglasses pooped up and blocked the bolt with a large mallet. "Break it up you two!" He shouted, "You're on the same side! Save it for the monsters!"

"Emo's going to be mad. Whatever." Akuyoko mumbled as he walked away.

"What were you two fighting about?" the man asked Ininja.

"I have no idea" Ininja replied. "Wait a minute, aren't you GMd?"

"Yeah, you are…"

"Ininja"

"Well I guess you owe me one huh? Saving you and all"

"Wha- Oh. Haha."

"Well I got to go. GM business and whatnot."

"What business?"

"They have doughnuts in the HQ"

"Oh"

"So what was that about?" Ininja asked as he stepped behind the white-haired boy. The two were on the rock Akuyoko was on a few hours before.

"Emo paid me to kill you"

"That much I figured out, but why did you do it?"

"Back at the orphanage, where I grew up, I had a reputation for being cruel and heartless. That just sort of stuck with me."

"You lost control?"

"You could put it like that. But I'm done now."

"What are you doing to do?"

"All I can do. Fight the monsters."

"Good luck"

"Same to you"

End Of Book 1

So book 1 is over and book two is coming soon. So you know book two skips ahead in time to right before Ininja is ready to make the second job advancementto bea bandit.