“It’s not his fault you know” The bounty said to me.
“What do you mean?” I asked. “I thought you said he was a meice!”
“Yes he is, but he also is not.” The man stated.
“Ok, I’m getting lost here.” I responded “Can you please explain.”
“The bounty isn't on Clay, it’s the corrupted spirit inside of him. I’ll let Clay explain.”
“Ok, George, I didn’t do anything, it was the spirit of the volcano near my village that did it, kind of…. When I was born, Groudon had already been corrupted by darkness. My father, the chief of my village decided the only way to stop Groudon from destroying the town was to seal it inside of someone. Me. I was the only person in the village who was pure enough in mind and body and strong enough to contain him. But everything went to hell after a week of Groudon being sealed. He awakened and was angry being sealed inside of someone, and because I was too young to think, Groudon was able to take control over my body and he went on a rampage. He used his knowledge of earth magic to shake the entire village collapsing it into a ravine. He then flooded the ravine with lava and killed the entire village. When I was finally old enough to understand what had happened, I was already being hunted by bounty hunters. As time went on and I escaped kidnapping attempts, my bounty continued to rise to what it is now.”
“Forgive him laddy, it’s not his fault. I will complete the ritual to extract the demon from his belly and you can have the child back. Sound fair”
“Sure, as long as Clay can come back with us”
“Ay laddy that he will. I’ll get the ritual started, it will take a while since you knocked out my team.”
Grim leaned closer to me as the man looked away beginning the ritual. He whispered. “George, the ritual will kill Clay”
“But if he doesn’t do the ritual the demon will still be in Clay.” I replied.
“I can figure out a way to purify the Spirit inside of Clay.” He replied.
“And Clay will stay safe then.”
“Yeah, now lets stop the ritual.” He replied
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“Hey Mr.” I said as cutely as possible. “Could you show me how to do the ritual?”
“Sure laddy, I love teaching little kids, I have a little girl at home. I still remember her first bounty, it was a demon rabbit that stole her friends stuffed animal. Ahh good times. Anyway come over here lad.”
I walked over to the man excitedly. Before he could start explaining I punched him in the gut as hard as I could. But he only slid back five feet.
“You think I would fall for that laddy. I’m no newbie to the bounty hunting game.” He readied himself grabbing his twin axes from his back.
“I won’t let you hurt Clay! Grim get Clay out of the cage, I’ll take care of the Irishman!” I took my hand and readied my finger for a mana bullet. I fired three full sized shots as fast as possible. The man got knocked back even farther.
“Lad you just made a big mistake!” He exclaimed running towards me with axes raised. He swung them down as hard as he probably could. I spread my feet and grabbed the hilts of the axes. He was strong definitely, but I was stronger.
“Wow, a fully grown man losing a battle of strength to a little kid.”
“You just made a big mistake.” He let off of his axe attack and threw his axe’s away. “Ultimate Mega Mana Fist Of DOOM!” He yelled at the top of his lungs running towards me fist outstretched. I stepped to the side and tripped him.
“Are you really a bounty hunter?” I asked to the man trying to get up.
“Yes, I am Zongeh, the greatest bounty hunter in the world!” He shouted.
“Yeah go to sleep Zombie-sama” Grim said stepping on his face with Clay following behind.
“Clay” I said “We will find a way to purify the Spirit ,erm, Demon, erm thing inside of you.”
“Thanks George, Grim, you two really are my best friends!”
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Sorry for the delay of a week, I was sick, then personal stuff, then school stuff, then my brother came back from college....... Yeah, I was busy. Hope you liked the Toriko reference.