Chapter 1

Malakai, or Kai Lowell for short, was a purebred weeb, plain and simple in every possible way. He held a great loved for manga and anime, as they brightened his rather plain life. The only actual person who cared about him was his Nana, but she was already on the verge of dementia. So, to escape from his already boring life, he turned to the amazing and creative stories others have shared with the world.

Kai's favorite manga and anime was Danmachi, but it wasn't the only story he loved to read. In his own opinion, almost every character was amazing and different in their own way that helped to create an stunning universe. Filled with almost unlimited possibilities.

To Kai, anime and manga was alike to another world filled with endless adventure. A world just bursting with life. A place he would love to be apart of. All of these thoughts ran through Kai's head, even as the bus he rode to school but was interrupted when it suddenly came to a screeching halt.

Standing up quickly, the driver fearfully turned to every kid on the bus and yelled, "Everyone stay down!--Arghh."

But just as he stood up, a loud burst echoed outside as a bullet shoot tore through the front window and hit the man. Crashing to the ground, the bus driver held onto his shoulder as he slumped to the floor and blood flowed down his arm.

Seeing the injured man, everyone on the bus quickly stood up only to be further frightened when the bus doors were forced open. Quickly running onto the bus was a masked man, but the most eye-catching thing about him was the rather large gun he held.

With a deranged grin, the man stomped on the bus and unload a round of bullets at the bus roof, "Shut the hell up!" he yelled and then threatenly aimed his gun at any student that dared to stand up.

"Now stay where you are and nobody gets a bullet in their head. Don't want my finger to slip and blow your minds, Ha-ha-ha!"

Kai sat frozen in his seat as he stared up the crazed gun wielding man, that was only inches away from him. Since he always sat by himself at the front of the bus, Kai had a front row seat to the carnage that may happen soon. But could be stopped if someone stopped this villian.

Looking around him, Kai quickly searched for a weapon he could possibly use. After some quick searching, he slowly grabbed a pair of safety scissors from his backpack. As he held the 'weapon' in his hand, he looked up and froze when the gunman turned his gaze towards him. Seeing the frail child look up at him, the gunman scoffed and completely dismissed the boy as a threat.

Seeing the man completely ignore him, Kai sighed in relief and felt a surge of adrenaline and nervousness flow through his body. Only to slightly jump when a loud groan caught the attention of everyone aboard the bus. "Ughh-please. Don't do this!" The bus driver pleaded while still bleeding on the floor.

Turning around, the gunman grinned and marched towards the bleeding man, "So you're still awake? That's good. You can watch as I kill you!" Slowly raising his gun while tears slowly flowed down the bus driver's face, the gunman could only laugh as he prepared to kill his first victim.

Watching everything in slow motion, Kai quickly look around to see if anyone was going to help. Only to notice everyone was just as scared as he was. They cowarded in their seats, either crying or praying for someone to come save them. Kai felt like doing the same, but something in his own mind prevented him.

In a flash, he thought of every story he's ever read about. What would the hero do in this situation? Would they sit and cower, or would they charge forward to save the lives of others?

With almost no other thoughts in his mind, Kai's body moved almost on its own. His small, lithe body sprung over the seats and he leaped with all his might towards the gunman. As his small body rushed through the air, the pair of red safety scissors were gripped firmly in his palms with the intent of stabbing the gunman.

"Ha-ha, say goodnight- AHHHH!" The gunman gleefully laughed, only to cry out in pain as a pair of scissors stabbed into his eye and a small boy began to try and choked him out.

"Get the hell off me!" The gunman frantic tried to force the boy off him, only to be stabbed again in the side of his mouth. Dropping the large gun in the process, the gunman fell to the floor as Kai still held onto him with an almost unbreakable grip.

"Make me, bitch!" Kai valiantly cried out, and tried to stabbed the man again.

But before he could even try, the gunman slammed his back against the floor. This caused Kai to finally let go as he slammed his head, and the world around him began to spin.

"You little-Arghh-SHIT!" the gunman growled as he slowly stood.

While trying to stand up, another gun fell from the crazed man's back pocket and landed near Kai. But the man didn't notice as blood flowed from his destroyed right eye and the gash on his cheek. Although gravely wounded, the man still had enough strength to pick up the gun he originally dropped when Kai surprised him.

While the man reached for his gun, Kai was still trying to see straight as he reached for the other gun near his hand, already knowing this may be his only chance of not dying. Scrambling for the gun, Kai held it and quickly pointed it at the man just as he turned around.

Seeing this, the man's sole eye opened wide, and he immediately fired his own gun at Kai.

Surprised at his willingness, Kai involuntarily closed his eyes and pulled the trigger of the gun in his own hand. Hearing the loud crack of both guns, he slowly opened his eyes after a moment to see the man staring down at him. But instead of grinning, the man only gasped as he looked down at his chest to see a hole straight through his heart. All courtesy of Kai's rather miraculous shot.

"Little...bastard," the man gasped and fell to the ground while not moving at all.

After a moment of silence, Kai felt like laughing cheerfully as he had defeated the villain. But just as he tried, a surge of pain racked through his body and he began to cough painfully. Suddenly fearful, Kai looked down at his own body to see that he had a hole in his stomach. Even as he looked at it in disbelief, a surge of blood began to flow out of it.

"That asshole, he-cough- shot me," Kai clutched his stomach and began to choke on the blood that was quickly filling his throat.

Suddenly bursting into motion, the bus driver and some of the students on the bus ran forward to help a severely injured Kai.

"I-I it's gonna be, kid. Just hang on!" The bus driver used his own hands to cover the wound on Kai's stomach. But it didn't seem to be helping as a dangerous amount of blood continued to spurt out of his body.

Feeling dizzy, Kai looked up and asked a question that shocked everyone aboard the bus. "Is...everyone okay?" He slowly questioned, even as he began to painfully cough up blood.

"Y-yup, everyone's fine, buddy. You're a hero," The bus driver replied with a low chuckle and smiled down at the stupidly heroic boy. Attacking a crazed man with safety scissors was almost too hilarious.

"I'm a...hero?" Kai muttered lowly to himself disbelief. "That's... pretty cool."

Seeing how happy the boy was, the bus driver quickly noticed that Kai was also slowly closing his eyes. "No, no, no, stay with me! Someone call an ambulance!" He cried out and tried to keep Kai awake.

Instead of opening his eyes, Kai slowly shook his head and grasped the man's hand that was trying to stop the bleeding. While gripping the hand he smiled more brightly than ever before in his entire life and announced cheerfully. "It's fine. Saving others is pretty badass way go out," Kai announced proudly even as blood dripped from the side of his mouth.

After this 'awe-inspiring' announcement, Kai began to feel extremely tired. Relaxing his body, he faintly felt someone trying to get his attention, but that too tired to listen as he drifted off. Leaving him with only a bright and satisfied feeling in his core, as his soul left his body and drifted out into the unknown.

[Unknown]

In a very ordinary looking office, a man wearing a white suit was laughing hysterically as he kept rewinding a video on his computer. On his computer, it showed a video from the perspective of a small boy as he attacked an man wielding a gun.

"Whatcha got there, XX-3X?" Another person completely identical to the other man appeared as he looked at the computer.

After finally calming his laughter, XX-3X replied and made a small white orb appear in his palm, "Another little heroic soul, ZZ-3X. This one is pretty young too."

"What he do?" ZZ-3X asked curiously and leaned closer to get a better look at the screen.

"He-HA,HA,HA! He stabbed a crazed virgin gunman with safety scissors, then killed him with his own gun. Friggin no-scoped the dude in the heart. This kid's a savage! I'm totally saving this to watch later," XX-3X cackled while wiping the tears from his eyes.

ZZ-3X watched the video and laughed right along with XX-3X and held his side. "Send me the link. You gonna send him to Paradise?"

XX-3X shook his head, then began to grin widely, "Nah, this kid too awesome! I'm definitely gonna bring him somewhere fun, maybe with a few gifts."

Typing rapidly on his computer at an almost inhuman pace, XX-3X began to smirk as he tossed the small orb into his computer, but instead of shattering. The orb somehow entered the computer, and completely disappeared from sight as the computer's screen went black.