Chapter 3: More Hunters
In the Great Kanto Desert, there had been gunfire, explosions, screaming, and other such chaos.
"Ha ha! It'll take more than that to catch me!" Yelled a laughing voice.
"Dammit Punk! Get back here with our water!" Yelled the pursuers. The one running was the one and only Desert Punk, who had just taken the Machine Gun Brothers' water. (This is before Kosuna is introduced into Punk's life) As Punk was running, smiling, The Machine Gun Brothers saw a flash of light along with a man appear, this man proceded to grab Punk, tie his hands behind his back, grab Punk and disappear. As he disappeared, the brothers looked at each other confused.
Back in 2071, Spike was sitting in a chair as Time Man appeared, holding Desert Punk.
"Heh, you're back. Is this the Desert Punk?" Spike asked, looking down just emmiting a ray of coolness.
"Yes Master Spiegel." Said Time Man on his knee.
"HEY! WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON HERE!" Punk screamed, trying to escape the restraint.
"Kanta, right? We have a deal for you. We need your help to bring in a bounty, and we're willing to let you in on the profit."
Kanta (Desert Punk) had calmed down now. "What do you mean? Why do you need me?" He said in a serious tone. Then he said not as seriously. "I have no problem with profit, I'm just curious! Ha ha!"
"Well this Vash guy has a $$100 octillion bounty on his head, and it's my understanding that you're an expert strategist."
Kanta nearly crapped his pants at this point. He thought about how many beautiful women he could get with that kind of money, he stammered. "O-one hu-hun-hundred OCTILLION!?" He got a perverted smile on his face and broke his restraint and put his hand up in salute. "YES SIR MR. SPIEGEL SIR!"
"Now Maka, you still need to go after 5 Kishin (KEE-Shin) souls and one more witch soul, then you can make soul into a Death Scythe!" Said Lord Death to the duo of Maka and Soul.
"Lord Death, I'm sorry to question you, but why can't we get the witch soul before we waste our time on the Kishin souls?" She asked in a confused manner.
"Well Maka it's for two simple reasons. The first one being that that's just how it works, and second if you get the witch's soul first, you will definitely graduate from the Death Weapon-Meister acadamy, and I will have less Meisters doing my dirty work for me." He said very cheerfully. Maka returned to class, still unsatisfied with that answer only to be called back to Lord Death's chamber. He had also called Tsubaki, Black Star, Kid, Liz, and Patty.
"What have you called us here for, Lord Death?" Asked both Maka and Tsubaki, almost in unision.
"Well this man here has requested you all here, he says it's important." He said as Time Man had stepped forward.
"I have come to ask you all a favor. I come from an alternate universe in which it is the year 2071."
"OF COURSE YOU NEED AS BIG A STAR AS ME! HA HA HA!" Announced Naru- er I mean Black Star, as Maka hit him over the head with her book.
"I'm sorry about Black Star, What did you need from us mr.-" She trailed off so he could introduce himself.
"I am Time Man Mk II, Built by Dr. Wily, commanded by Spike Spiegel and Jet Black." He said, on his knee.
"Spike and Jet?" Maka put a finger to her chin, "Do they by chance own a ship called the 'Bebop'? I may have read about them in a book somewhere."
"Yes, they do. There's a very dangerous man on the loose on a continent called Akuma No Shinzou. He has a huge bounty on his head, and we need your help. Maka and Soul we need your teamwork, Tsubaki and Black Star we need your distraction skills, and Kid, Liz, and Patty we need your fighting skills. If you help us we will repay you all how you see fit." He held out an offering hand to Maka, who grabbed onto it along with the others. She wondered if it was a mistake, but it was too late to turn back. They all teleported back to Spike.
"Hey there." He waved as he leaned against a wall in the Bebop...
Continued in chapter 4...
(Note: All new series'/media introduced in this chapter are in order as follows: Desert Punk, Soul Eater.)