Hello everyone, before you go on to read this chapter I would like to steal your attention for a few secounds there, and I would just like to say thanks. Thanks for deciding to reading this story I decided to come up with. And before you guys or gals jump to any conclusions I will still be continue to work on this project of mine.

I just wanted to say thanks because when I started this I figured I might have finished this without having a single reader but the fact that you are reading this just proved me dead wrong. This has been a great start to this hopefully long journey so I figured it was only right to give appreciation where it's do.

So if you don't mind let me say thanks one more time to everyone who is reading my story and to everyone who will read this.

Thank you so much, I hope to see you all at the finish line.

K.

Shadowed Hunter

Grey didn't leave the coffee shop for while it was almost midday when Tanner finally left the Restaurants. He waited a couple minutes to make sure Tanner didn't double back and figure out about this secret. Once Grey was sure that Tanner finally decide to leave he left the coffee shop after leaving some Lien for his stay and coffee.

Grey knew that Minjonet and Tanner had nothing else planned for the rest of the day so they could have lingered around so he figured it was better to leave for a bit. It took a while to reach the cities outer limit though once he had reached the limits it was a short walk to a hill that he usually went to when he had to think.

Once he got to the crest of the hill he sat just beneath a tree looking out onto a frozen forest. There was no one around for miles in this small forest even though this hill was not far from the city though most people never strayed far from the city. Here underneath that tree, he was alone with his thoughts and his demons. He rested under that tree for so long that eventually, his eyelids grew heavy and no sooner did they fall down he drifted into the world of dreams once again.

Once he finally opened his eyes the moon was high in the sky along with a million stars dancing in the sky line.

"Oh come on now," Grey noted "How long was I out for?" once again asking a question to the world. "Well, I guess Tanner and Minjonet have finally moved on so it should be safe for me in the city again." He stated as he stretched his arm out over his head.

He slowly staggered down the hill for the very basic reason that he just woke up. Once he managed to reach the lower section of the hill without stumbling he accidentally tripped and tumbled down the rest of the hill after he finally came to an end of his roll down the hill he ended up with his trench coat resting over his head.

"Well, at least no one saw that" Grey stated as he lay there staring out into the forest surrounding him. He quickly got back on his feet fixing his coat and dusting himself off from his tumble.

After he sorted himself out he proceeded back to the city taking in the lights that were shone from the buildings and light posts. With the lights on you would've had a hard time saying that this was the same city? Many of the neon signs were bright and colourful advertising many attractions from late night restaurants to the less desirable outlets.

Grey was never interested in any of this though it was hard to miss the obvious signs, unfortunately. While he was wandering around the now illuminated city it looked as if he was walking through a rainbow with the way the lights were covering him. Many people were every laughing with other people on the streets, or they were crawled up into a ball huddling in some corner. Though during the night Grey knew to be on his guard just the same for the simple reason there was always someone looking to make some quick cash.

However, it didn't take long for Grey to come across that said group of people in the only dark alleyway around that street. He was just walking down the street when he passed by the alley and almost didn't even notice them if not for their constant yelling.

"We told ye never to return to this neighbourhood!" one of the thugs yelled.

"Well maybe this beating will set him straight!" another thug yelled causing a coarsest of laughter to break out amongst the thugs.

Grey quickly looked down the alleyway only able to see what appeared to be four figures standing over a fifth figure. "This is not my problem," He told himself turning his head away from the alley. "I have to keep a low profile." Grey didn't even manage to get a foot away from that alley before he was stopped dead in his tracks by what he heard.

"Please…. Someone… Help me….." came a weak cry from the victim.

"Shut up you don't get to speak!" the first thug yelled

"Oh come on," Grey signed as he spun around and stood in front of the alleyway "HEY! You idoits!" he yelled down causing the four thugs heads to snap towards him. "Why don't you idiots leave him alone?"

"Well, well looky here boys looks like we have a hero" A third thug spoke up as they started to move towards him. "We all know what we do to hero's right?"

"Yeah, we break 'em!" The second thug yelled in what could almost be amusement. Grey took a couple steps back onto the street trying to get into a more open area. Now what Grey was expecting was a bunch a street level but what he got was nowhere even close to that. All four of these thugs were dressed black suits with a golden hue strips running down their suits. "So this is the punk that interrupted our work." The same thug taunted Grey as they started to encircle him

Grey started to take note of the four as they walked past him trying to pin him into a circle. Two of the thugs held what he could only describe as clubs standing to his right and in front of him. One of them held what looked like a sword inside of a sheath with him taking his spot to his left. The last thug was the one Grey was the most worried about for the simple reason that he couldn't see anything that appeared to be a weapon and he positioned himself just behind Grey. "So is this how you treat all your guests?" Grey jokingly stated

"Only the special ones." The Thug in front of Grey stated with a sly smirk.

"Hey Boss, why don't we break his knees and go back to beating the other guy?" the thug to his left asked

"Don't worry about him he ain't going anywhere." The guy behind Grey stated which he guessed made him the leader of them. Definitely making him the biggest threat out of the rest of them.

"OK guys maybe we can reach some sort of agreement before we do something that you will regret," Grey stated as he could start feeling the anger radiating from them epically from the one with the sword. "Something like I take the guy down there and the four of you just start walking away."

"Well, Well looks this one has some fire in him." The Boss stated once again.

Grey kept both of his weapons holstered under his coat both keeping them hidden from the thugs giving him a very slight edge in combat. But at the same time if they decide to attack he would be at an immediate disadvantage. So Grey kept his head moving back and forth keeping the three in front of him in sight with quick glances back towards the one behind him.

They all stood there for what felt like minutes to Grey but when only a few seconds had passed by. Then all of a sudden Grey felt an over whelming wave of anger spiked up from his left. "Time to fall Idiot!" yelled the thug who had unsheathed his sword jumping towards Grey. With that Grey Spun around to face his attacker while dropping to his knee raising his right arm over his head blocking the attack. "What the?" The thug asked as his sword was stopped by Grey's arm.

"Simple" Grey said with a smile on his lips, "Metal doesn't cut metal so well if you can understand that." Referencing the fact that his right arm was now a prosthetic but trying not to outright state that.

"Well, now you're open!" yelled one of the club thugs as they both rush to attack Grey catching him off guard. Grey decided he needed to reveal his ace up his sleeve, so he quickly reached his left hand under his coat drawing out Fang.

While he was still down his knee Grey quickly fired off a shot to the thug that use to be in front of him only slightly grazing him in his shoulder. Then he keeping his right arm as still as he could as he twisted his waist around and pointed Fang towards the other thug firing another shot that managed to catch him in his hand. After the second shot had hit both of the club thugs stopped in their tracks so Grey spun back around this time pointing Fang directly in the thug's face

"Bang," Grey silently said try to scare the thug which it caused him to jump back away from Grey. Grey slowly began to rise up from his kneeling position testing to make sure that his right arm was still functioning correctly which thank fully was.

Once the sword thug landed back where he was standing before Grey drew Claw out from under his coat. Now with both of his hand guns out in the open Grey Decided to deploy his visor from above his ears having each lens rest just over his eyes.

"Isn't it a little late for sunglasses?" the one club thug taunted

"Maybe I just don't want to stare at your ugly mugs" Grey retorted causing the thug growl in annoyance. Though there was a deeper reason for his eye wear they allowed him to see a ultra-violet laser that both Fang and Claw emit allowing him to aim both of them easier. "Well anyways what about you four? I can see all of you are wearing your own shades." Grey trying to taunt the four of them.

Though now that Grey had revealed his weapons he decided to take the offensive this time as he quickly rushed towards the one thug in front of the alley.

"Hey what are you doing?!" the thug yelled as Grey continue to rush towards him. Once Grey got close to the thug he swung his club intending on taking off his head. But before his club could strike Grey, he jumped over his club and the thug in one move going right over his head.

While he was coming down from his arc he fired off two shots from both of his guns nailing him in the back. He then rolled back on to his feet quickly spinning around aiming both pistols towards the group of thugs. He could see the bullets didn't leave any noticeable marks must likely by his Aura protecting him though he could tell it still stung.

"Where do think you're going?" the sword thug yelled as he charged towards with his sword primed to attack.

As soon as the thug had gotten close enough he swung his sword towards Grey but with quick reflexes, Grey quick jumped back avoiding the attack. Once he landed he fired off four more shots targeting the thug though he dodged two off his shots while he deflected the other two.

Grey couldn't help but note that he was at a definite disadvantage he was never one to fight on the front lines. He was usually positioned behind Stella and Minjonet though that was more because he had almost no skill in close quarter combat. But where he had lacked in fighting face to face, he more than made up in his sharpshooting skill.

But he could use his semblance to level the odds in his favour but the problem becomes the fact about the stranger lying down in the alley. If he couldn't keep full control of it there would be a chance that it might go after him quickly afterwards. So, unfortunately, that throws it out of the window and even if he wasn't there Grey was sure he still wouldn't use it, it just posed too much of a risk.

"You two fire." The one thug declared pointing towards Grey. At that moment the two thugs that were holding clubs quickly shifted them in to what Grey could only guess where rifles.

"Oh come on." Grey pleaded as he quickly ducked behind a dumpster just at the start of the alley as they quickly opened fire. Once they finish their barrage of bullets he quickly ran down the alley pulling the victim behind a wall. When they were there Grey double check to make sure he was still breathing which thankfully he was. "Alright then time to fight back"

Grey quickly attached the stock of Fang onto the front of Claw which caused his weapon barrel to extend out further than before. But this also caused the stock on the back of claw to extend as well giving him something more fitting of a rifle stock. Along with that, the grip of Fang folded up offering a forward grip for his new rifle.

With his new rifle, he rolled out from behind the corner taking a knee again levelling his weapon at the first thug he saw. Within the first couple seconds, he fired a shot from his weapon with the stronger calibre he had in Fang's stock. That shot managed to down the first thug and while the one thug was falling Grey quickly aimed his barrel to the second thug firing another round downing him as well.

"What the heck?" the sword wielding thug exclaimed "You're going to pay for that!" he yelled as he started to walk towards Grey. Though he was quickly stopped by their boss as he placed his hand out in front of the thug. "Boss?"

"Just stand back, I will take him out." He declared as he started to walk towards Grey taking off his coat in the process. Reveling two enormous gauntlets resting on top of his shirt with each one with hundreds of spikes all over them.

"So the boss finally decides to actually lead now?" Grey quickly taunted as he separated his weapon back into his dual pistols.

"You will soon regret asking that." He quickly declared as he assumed a boxers stance allowing a portion of his gauntlets to fold over his fists causing electricity to jump between the spikes. He quickly rushed towards Grey taking a wide left swing with his fist. However Grey jumped back avoiding his strike however the thug's boss snuck in a punch to Grey's stomach. Grey quickly lost all the air in his chest from that punch sending him flying backwards with the added sting of the electricity coursing through his body.

But before Grey could get too far away from the boss, he grabbed Grey by the collar of his shirt hoisting Grey above his head. With that, he started to wail into Grey with his free arm making it almost impossible to catch his breath along with that Grey could feel the electricity circulating through his body with every consecutive punch. Once the brute had finished his onslaught of punches he threw Grey behind him into a wall.

"OK, that was painful, horribly painful." Grey wheezed out as he started to peel off from the wall. Once Grey got to more of a seating position he started his attempt to stand up even with the pain that he felt in his chest.

"Impressive, you can still stand, almost everyone that I fought before now would lie down begging to be put down." The brute of a boss stated with a hint of smugness in his voice.

Through this whole fight, Grey was thankful for one thing throughout this beat down and that was for his poker face. Behind the smile he had on his face was unbelievable pain coursing through out his body even where he not been hit was stinging from the electricity.

But before Grey could get his bearings the boss quickly charged at him with one of his fists drew back ready to strike. Though Grey quickly dodged to his left avoiding his fist but landing hard on to his side. But from his position, he fired off four shots from Claw but even though they did strike their target he could tell they didn't even faze him.

But as Grey started to get up he was quickly pushed back down by the foot of the boss. He then raised his foot off his chest ready to bring it back down to finish him off.

"One last shot," Grey weakly stated, "Got to use it." With that, he raised his right arm as it starts to glow with a dark blue shine radiating around his arm. What happened next terrified both the thug and his boss along with Grey. As a dark blue Beowolf's arm formed around his arm with grey cracks snaking through out the whole arm. With his new arm, he grabbed the boss raising him above him as he slowly started to stand up.

"What are you?" the boss asked in a fit of terror as he could feel the claw tighten around him.

"Me?" Grey stated with a quiet snicker under his breath. "I am a simple man with a curse, now it's your turn." as he threw him through a building knocking several walls down in the process. Firing two shots from Fang collapsing the remaining wall on top of the boss.

Grey quickly looked down at his right arm as he released the construct around his arm, "Looks like I made some improvement in controlling this, I still don't have complete control over it but in all honesty I might never have full control over it." though he was quickly snapped out of his train of thought by the last thug yelling out of terror.

"You're a monster! Help! Help!" the thug yelled as he ran away.

"Oh man, I forgot about you," Grey stated as he raised Fang to fire at the thug only to hear two clicks erupt from Fang signalling that it was out of bullets. "Oh come on." He said with distaste hanging in his voice before he lifted Claw up only to hear the same result,

"Great." Grey said as he start to walk out of the alley only to see that the thug had managed to get out of sight. But before Grey could start an actual search to see if he could find him he could hear sirens heading towards him. "I better leave before they get here," Grey said to himself as he started to wander away. "Explaining what happened wouldn't be that hard, but explaining why I am not dead is not a conversation I want to have right now."