Warning – This is not a pretty story.
This is the story of a young man that’s simply trying to protect what he loves.
This is the story of a young man that’s lost something he held dear.
This is the story of a young man that would do anything to prevent such a loss again.
This is the story of a young man that goes to any extremes to get what he wants.
This is a story. A story of 〔Gun〕.
Summary:
〔Gun〕.
A boy with dark hair and a slender build.
Student by day and assassin by night.
The boy balances his peaceful life against his dangerous job, surrounded by an array of colourful characters.
《Cross》.
A boy with dark hair and a slender build.
An entity of unknown origins and supernatural powers.
A being known as a ［Counterpart］, alone and buried in solitude.
One day, the lives of these two individuals intersect.
And it is here where the story of Cross Gun begins.
Disclaimer: This is a fictional story made up of fictional characters. The material that comes under the series of [Cross Gun] is meant to entertain by depicting a narrative. It is not meant to cause harm or offence.
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| Tags | Action, Comedy, Drama, Gore(?), Harem(?), Martial Arts, Romance(?), Supernatural, Tragedy
(Note that these tags are arbitrarily made by me. If there are suggestions for other tags, feel free to comment and I shall add if I feel appropriate.) |
| Rating | Mature |
| (Please be aware that, if you are considered “under the age of influence”, you are solely responsible for viewing this material. I will not restrict access, but be aware that this material may contain various content that should only be viewed by those with sufficient maturity.) | |
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| Author | XCrossJ |
| This is a Web Novel written by XCrossJ.
(Note: Very reluctant to call it “Fan Fiction”) |
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| Author’s Comments | This was something I wanted to write in my free time, inspired by stories that I’ve read in Japanese Light Novels. As opposed to many novels that I’ve read, I wanted to create an ‘off-beat’ yet slightly dark narrative that tries to be creative and sophisticated while retaining an intriguing and absorbing story line. I do not know whether this has lived up to such a goal, but I hope you enjoy it nevertheless. |
| Royal Road | As a means of propelling my efforts to edit my previous chapters, I am slowly uploading the story to Royal Road as of Feb 5, 2017.
You can find the story here. |
Chapter List:
Arc 1 – The Youth known as Saito Junichi |
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(provided by usernameialwayforgot on June 13 2016) |
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Chapter 9 – The Brother, the Sister, and the Childhood Friend |
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Chapter 20 – To do what needs to be done
Chapter 21 – The Sister’s Turmoil
Chapter 23 – The 【Establishment】
Chapter 34 – To Kill a 『Counterpart』
Interlude 6 – Reversal of the Reversal
Interlude 7 – Race, Lace, and Misplaced Affections
Chapter 46 – The Difference Between the Two
Chapter 47 – Speed VS Endurance
Chapter 48 – Unresolved Resolution
Chapter 49 – When that time comes…
Arc 2 – Conflict of Interests
Chapter 55 – The Student Council
Chapter 56 – The Queen and the Last Ranker
Chapter 57 – Love comes in many forms…
Interlude 8 – Privacy and Purity
Chapter 59 – Recurring Remorse
Chapter 69 – 69 (among other things…)
Chapter 70 – & that’s how it happened
Chapter 72 – Backgrounds and Motivations
Chapter 73 – Analysis of the Ashes
Chapter 75 – The Haunting Past
Chapter 76 – The Signs of a Storm
Chapter 79 – Plans Set In Motion
Chapter 80 – The Hamster in the Cage
Chapter 83 – In a Single Frame
Chapter 84 – The Lull of Winter
Chapter 85 – The Scattered Autumn Leaves
Chapter 86 – The Fall of Summer
Interlude 11 – The Reaper’s 『Arming』
Chapter 87 – The Changing Spring
Chapter 90 – When it Rains, it Pours
Chapter 91 – Conflict of Interest
Chapter 92 – Conflict of Power
Chapter 93 – Conflict Clarification
Chapter 94 – Conflict Among the Conflicted
Chapter 95 – Conflict of Techniques
Chapter 96 – Conflict Intervention
Interlude 12 – Revision of Conflict
Chapter 97 – Conflict Realignment
Interlude 13 – Green, Red, and Something Out of the BLue
Chapter 98 – Conflicted Feelings
Chapter 99 – Conflict Conclusion
Arc 3 – Rebellion
Chapter 100 – Damsel in Distress, Damsel in Demise
Chapter 101 – An Unexpected Visitor
Chapter 102 – Tears of the Heart, Tears in the Heart
Chapter 103 – Summoning of the Summit
Chapter 105 – Faction Formation
Chapter 106 – Fractured Factions
Chapter 107 – Faction and Friendship
Chapter 108 – Faction Festivities
Chapter 110 – The First Encounter
Interlude 17 – The Lion and the Femme Fatale
Chapter 111 – Greater than a Lion
Chapter 112 – Manic Depression
Chapter 114 – A Living Nightmare
Chapter 115 – Broken Soul, Broken Boundaries
Chapter 119 – The First Exception
Chapter 120 – Behind the Scenes
Chapter 127 – Disagreeable Man
Interlude 19 – The Last Condition
Chapter 128 – The Second Start
Interlude 20 – Shifting Shadows
Chapter 129 – The Different Sides of Saito Junichi
Chapter 130 – They’re All a Bunch of Weirdoes
Chapter 133 – A Game of Smarts
Chapter 134 – A Shadow Of The Past
Chapter 135 – Settling the Score
Chapter 136 – The Second Clash
Chapter 137 – Black and Blue – When the Wind Changes
Chapter 138 – Black and Blue – When the Hurricane Rages
Chapter 139 – Loyalty and Devotion
Chapter 140 – Black and Blue – Gone with the Wind
Chapter 142 – Final Round – The Start of the Hunt
Chapter 143 – Final Round – Without a Fight
Chapter 144 – A Change in Plan
Chapter 146 – Unfinished Business
Arc 4 – Crossed Paths
Chapter 151 – After the Rebellion
Chapter 153 – Cocoa Valentine, Hired!
Chapter 154 – From Zero to Hero
Chapter 155 – From Hero to Zero
Chapter 156 – Black and Blue – Clearing the Air
Chapter 157 – A Visit From the Law
Chapter 158 – Scarlet Ashes, 3 VS 1
Chapter 159 – The Secret Reveal
Chapter 160 – The Second Explanation
Chapter 161 – A Glimpse to the Past, Countermeasure for the Future
Chapter 162 – New School Life – The 〚Rebel’s〛 Circumstance
Chapter 163 – New School Life – The 〚Lion’s〛 Circumstance
Chapter 164 – Training – Initiation
Chapter 165 – Hunting a Counterpart
Chapter 166 – Hunting a Mercenary
Interlude 23 – Pure-Hearted Policewoman
Chapter 167 – New School Life – The 〚Tactician’s〛 Circumstance
Chapter 168 – New School Life – The 〚Butler’s〛 Circumstance
Chapter 169 – ［Negative Resonance］
Chapter 170 – Training – Frontliner
Chapter 171 – Training – To be a Leader
Chapter 172 – Training – No Style
Chapter 173 – Training – Teamwork
Chapter 174 – Training – Reversal
Chapter 175 – New School Life – The 〚Wizard’s〛 Circumstance
Chapter 178 – Fated Fight – Introduction
Chapter 179 – Fated Fight – Probing
Chapter 180 – Fated Fight – Face-Off
Chapter 181 – Fated Fight – Deception
Chapter 182 – Fated Fight – Ending
Chapter 183 – Fated Fight – The Aftermath
Chapter 184 – The Night No One Knows
Chapter 185 – The Night No One Knows Pt 2
Chapter 186 – New School Life – The 〚Grace’s〛 Circumstances
Chapter 188 – A Desperate Struggle
Chapter 190 – The Unlawful Law
Chapter 191 – Mistaken Identity
Chapter 192 – The Real Culprit
Chapter 193 – Black and Blue – Disclosure
Chapter 194 – Hunting a Partner
Chapter 195 – Truth is Stranger than Fiction
XCrossJ 
can some one tell me genre for this story
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…I’m really bad with labeling and tags, but I’ll try and give the ones I think are most appropriate. If any one has other tags to suggest, please feel free to reply…
Action, Comedy(?), Drama, Harem(Kinda?), Martial Arts, Romance(?), Supernatural
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Tragedy add? You say he lost everything right?
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I don’t mind adding tragedy, but I don’t recall saying that he lost everything?
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Great Story, I really like your writing style and the attitude of the mc. I’ve been reading it since ch 26. keep going, I’m really looking forward to the next chapter!
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Glad to see that you’re enjoying it so far. I intend to continue this for as long as I’m able to. If you like it, please continue to follow the story as I intend for Junichi to go through quite a bit…
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Nice goods…
It has a little kick on it too..
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. . . You wrote this? #%*@ (*speachless swearing*). I really like your writing. As lame as that previous sentence sounds, I don’t have anything better. Nothing. Not a thing. I just. . .really like it. I thought that you were just translating this.
I really loved the interlude Reversal of the Reversal. I love when chapters end climatically (which is a word surprisingly), and then go on to say how said climatic thing happened.
The best writers are sadists. Your comment (above) made me sad for Jun. Though I am curious about the years leading up to [gun] and the next chapters to come 🙂
Now this next part needs no justification on your part; if I were to compare it, it would be like people ranting about Hiro or any other character.
I can’t believe that Mana doesn’t piece it together. I don’t know how much their rent is, and food, and electricity, but she doesn’t realize that doing an hour of normal work would never earn that much money. Just how naive is she?
Now this comment is a tangled mess. I apologize, but unless you want full body paragraphs, I can’t do much better.
Thank you for writing Cross Gun,
Rana
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I’m glad to see that you enjoy this so much. I don’t really know what to say, but…thank you for your patronage?
That said, ‘Climatically’ is a word. However, it refers to the climate (AKA Weather). I believe that you are searching for the work ‘Climactically’ which is based on ‘Climax’.
Also, I’m not quite sure how ‘sadists’ = ‘best writers’.
In any case, I hope you’ll continue to read this as I slowly progress the story. Hopefully, it will live up to your expectations. (Hopefully… -_-)
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this is a good story…
i hope you continue this one until the end…
and can i request that you put previous and next link on each chapter???(honestly speaking it’s pretty annoying to go back to the table of contents after reading each chapter…)
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Thanks for the praise. I intend to keep writing this for as long as I am able to.
With regards to your request, word press automatically places a link to the previous and next post below each post. As I haven’t posted anything besides Cross Gun in chronological order, using those to navigate should help.
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This is going to be the first “original work by a translator” that I will read… even though I’ve always been reluctant to try fan fictions (oh yeah, this is not one)
Bu-but it’s certainly not because I liked how you translated your share of chapters in KnWM, okay?
Don’t misunderstand… hmph!
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Whoa! I came to read this story for the exact same reason, I’ve always been reluctant to read “fan made” novels, but cross’s translations (and honest yet entertaining posts) makes this worth the try.
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Al quien me da un resumen de que trata la historia???????
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will you continue this?
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That’s the intention.
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yay! 😀
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…ok after reading up to the current chapter I have one question… Why do you have so many small plot twists? I keep reading and every other chapter you write will have a “Ha! You thought he was doing this but he was actually doing this!” Type of moment. Then you spend the next half a chapter explaining it. (At least that’s what it feels like) so I was curious about why. It has an interesting premise without M Night Shamalaning it after all.
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Not sure if this is a complaint or a point of praise but I’ll answer anyway.
I don’t know whether or not this sort of thing is appealing but I always find those sort of contrasts, twists, and reveals quite enjoyable. As for my explanations, I feel that, if I don’t justify these twists in an appropriate manner, then people won’t understand the reasons behind why things happen.
TL:DR:
I like it, thus I do it (for better or for worse).
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Moar the sooner the better 😛
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I am going to turn pdf of Cross-gun volume 1 sometime next week for my private reading.
If the author permit, I am going to share the pdf (with credit to author,of course).
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I don’t see why not? Rather, if you’re going through the trouble, I don’t mind adding a link for it here.
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Sure, why not?
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This is the pdf of volume 1.
I was planning to release it much early but there is a lot going on RL so the release is delay.
I hope you guy can enjoy the pdf and give me feedback for improvement.
Volume 1
https://mega.nz/#F!DMRSASYb!SCnbDGfOuzua0VYaxB0lTA
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Thanks for the effort man. Don’t worry about delays and all that. I’m a little busy with some things on my end as well so I’ll have to save the feedback for another day.
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I know you are busy but I just got to ask.
Will chapter 107 release this week or it is for next week?
Btw, I hope you are satisfy with the pdf since it’s my first time I made for other people.
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Chapter 107 will be released in about 3 hours.
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I am going to stalk the website around 3 hour. 🙂
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Pdf’s reader be warn that there will not be “Charades – Paying what is owed” chapter since I cannot guess the password. It should be a simple password but I cannot guess them (although hint is given).
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I like this kind of story
Keep up the good work
And can you tell me
Is this update monthly or weekly?
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Weekly
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Cool novel
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is there gonna be and update soon?
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How about now?
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wololo!!!!
new chapter YAY!!!! :3
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thanks YAY!!!! oh and do you release a chapter per week?
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That’s the plan. I try and keep my progress up on the announcements sidebar, but I’ll mostly maintain my release rate of 1 chapter per week.
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