Thank you, all that reviewed on my poll! Well, here's the story the majority was waiting for: Assassin Guardians! Originally known as Love Overcomes Everything, but my friend said the title didn't quite fit the plot (since I told her everything) and so I decided to change it! In my opinion, it's better, but if you like, you can call it Love Overcomes Everything as long as you know what you're talking about!

Yay, this is my thirteenth story and it fits this story! You'll see why later.

Summary: Paul, Drew, Ash, and Gary are trained assassins since the age of five years old. They're assigned a mission to kill four girls and head to a community to do so, thinking it will be easy. But it isn't as easy as you would expect. They're caught by this; how are they supposed to kill the girls they love? But if not, they'll be caught and killed themselves by either the police or their leader, so what will the boys pick? A momentary period of time with the ones they love, or kill them and get over it, not jeopardizing their own safety?

Follow my footsteps

To the darkest domain

A place of hatred and death

Of sorrow and pain

Here amidst the fire

Four boys lay

Their sleep disturbed

By the price they paid

Killing and slashing

Is what they do

No mercy or compassion

Will they give you

Trained from the age of five

They've hardened their hearts

Against emotion and love

Since their hearts are apart

Parents who left them

Giving pain beyond compare

Cutting their hearts

Way beyond repair

Turning them to heartless boys

Who would kill without regret

Making them feel all alone

But they're not in despair yet.

One thing the ice

Cannot stand against; melts to

Is a blazing fire

Of love and truth

"Are you kidding me? We could never fall for a girl!" a tall, auburn-haired boy with a spiky mane of hair scoffed to his friend, his night-black eyes scorning. He was currently wearing a dark purple shirt and black pants.

"I never said that!" his friend defended. He was pretty tall as well, with messy black hair under a baseball cap. On his shoulder was a Plump Mouse Pokémon, a Pikachu. His dark eyes were bright. "I just said I wonder if a girl would fall for us." A short-sleeved blue and white jacket with a black shirt inside, along with jeans, was his clothes.

"Of course a girl would fall for us," another boy, the same age as the two boys before, smirked, flicking his hair to the side. It was a light green color while his arrogant smirk was across his dark green eyes as well. He was wearing dark green pants and a long-sleeved black shirt."I mean, we're popular, handsome, perfect, amazing…"

"Don't let that get into your head," the last boy grunted. He was the oldest of the four boys but only by a few months. Their age was fifteen. He had plum-colored hair and dark, cold onyx eyes with a permanent frown on his face, but he was liable to smirk instead of smile or grin like the first or the second boy. He was also the tallest, but again by only a little bit. He was currently wearing a dark blue jacket with navy on it, a dark blue-gray shirt underneath it, along with gray pants.

"Why not?" the first boy asked snidely.

"Shut up, Gary," the second boy said, exasperated. "Don't get too cocky. Our next mission is going to be anyday yet."

"Whatever, Ashy-boy. Anyone else excited?" Gary Oak asked.

"Excited? Sure, whatever," the green-haired boy smirked.

"If you can be excited, Drew," 'Ashy-boy', or Ash Ketchum as he was named, pointed out. Drew Hayden shrugged.

"How about you, Paul?" Gary asked.

"It's just killing," Paul Ikari shrugged. "Whatever."

"Boys in Unit One! Come down to the Commander! Boys in Unit One, come down to the Commander."

"Oh, there's our call. C'mon." Gary picked up the lead and walked down the hallway down to the Commander's office. Drew, Ash, and Paul followed silently.

They were in the group called simply the 'Assassins'. They were well-known as merciless people who would kill without a second thought. These boys, Paul, Drew, Ash, and Gary, were trained personally by the Commander to not feel any emotion and to kill expertly without being traced. So far, ten years and the Commander's seeds have grown. The boys, who were known as the Ice-Types, had done their job easily and without restraint. Naturally, the Commander favored them the most.

Paul, who was the leader of the 'Ice-Types', was cold and apathetic. His onyx eyes and lightly tanned face never showed emotion other than annoyance, disgust, irritation, or a smirk once in a while. The group had never seen Paul smile, and they had known each other since birth. Never had he laughed either. He was the type to merely go up, corner their target, and slash without a second thought. Paul was best friends with Drew, and his identification name was Shadow during 'missions'.

Drew was arrogant. He didn't usually get angry, and only Paul, Ash, and Gary had ever seen him furious enough to kill (even though he kills anyways). His emerald eyes were too dark to distiguish much emotion. Smirking instead of grinning was what he usually did, but a grin here and there wasn't uncommon. Drew laughed more easily than Paul but not as much as Gary or Ash. Drew was the type for girls, because he would merely charm them, bring them on a date or meet them, and then kill them. Drew was best friends with Paul, and his identification name was Forest.

Ash was cheerful and easy to delight. But don't get him wrong; it was merely a decoy and meant to dislead the victim. No regrets were part of his system; all he had was cheerfulness that was genuine. Ash didn't often get angry, even though he was the most 'emotional' of the group. He's pretty friendly and often dense, but he's much smarter than he seems just to throw the victim off track. He grinned often and laughed whenever anything was remotely funny but was indifferent to the accusing stares of people. Ash was best friends with Gary and his identification name was Sky.

Gary was overconfident, but not so much that he would fail in a mission. To sum it up, he was arrogant. He was a playboy but he took his job seriously. Again, he had no regrets and killed easily and skillfully. He smirked a lot and mocked quite commonly. Gary had the same charm as Drew did, a bit more if Drew didn't kill him first. He was best friends with Ash and his identification name was Auburn.

"So, what's our mission?" Ash asked eagerly to the Commander, who was behind a shadow of a curtain so even they didn't know the identity of a Commander.

"It's simple," the Commander said in a quiet and sly voice. "Just hunt down the daughter of that gym leader Volkner. He has just trespassed a violation of the Assassin organization, and you know what that means." The boys snickered.

"He's going to pay; the hard way!" they chorused. Since just killing Volkner wouldn't be enough, they had to kill his daughter to cause him more pain. Call them cruel, and they'd just laugh it off before stabbing you in the heart.

I bet you you're thinking 'now that's sure pleasant', but remember, these aren't labeled the Assassins, or the Ice-Types for nothing.

"But I don't need all of you to go," the Commander continued. "Anyways, this is sort of a side job. You have a major one that involves four hard people." Ash's eyes shined.

"How hard is it?" he inquired eagerly.

"Well, these are hard girls to crack," the Commander said. The boys could just hear a shrug in his voice.

"Girls?" Drew repeated in disappointment. "Gary and I'll just land them and slash their hearts out. Simple. Why are they hard?" The Commander chuckled.

"It's not that easy, Forest, Auburn. How about Sky and Auburn go hunt down Amariah (A/N: Hebrew name that means 'lightning') and Shadow and Forest look at the profiles of the girls?"

"Works for me," Gary shrugged. "Let's go, Ashy-boy." Ash grinned and high-fived him.

"I call first hit!" he exclaimed.

"That's no fair!" Gary protested, running after his friend. "We have 100% accuracy, remember?"

"Too bad! You got that last time so I call it first!" Ash yelled back. Drew and Paul rolled their eyes.

"Well, let's go see who they are," Paul suggested. "Commander, what are the names?"

"The names?" the Commander sounded surprised. "Oh, the names of the girls."

"Yes, those names." Drew rolled his eyes. "Would you mind telling us why we have to hunt them down?" A low snicker was heard from the Commander's side and Paul and Drew exchanged an uneasy look.

"Oh, I'm sure you'd actually want to kill these girls," the Commander said slyly.

"Why?" Paul demanded. Another harsh snicker filled the room.

"Why, boys, didn't you always bear a grudge against those who killed your parents?"

"So, we're heading to Sunyshore, right?" Gary asked Ash.

"Seems like it!" Ash said cheerfully. He readied the weapon in his hand as they walked in the shadows.

"What are you doing here with a weapon? Aren't you under the age of eighteen?" a policeman cam out of the shadows suddenly. Gary immediately slashed forward with a knife and the policeman could only utter an "Assassin!" before breathing no more.

"That was sure easy," Gary shrugged. "I thought they trained policemen better than that."

"So, we leave our mark?" Ash asked.

"Why not?" Gary shrugged once more. He took out a Poké Ball-shaped item and opened it. An 'A' shaped piece of NeverMeltIce was inside and Gary pressed it to the dead policeman's forehead. "There ya go. Not going to disappear as easy."

"Let's go now," Ash grinned. "I'd like to see how the Electric-type Gym looks like."

"It's probably like a Dark-type gym now," Gary snickered. They laughed and continued on their way, kicking the policeman's body into the street.

They reached the gym and true to Gary's guess, the gym was dark. But the boys could make out a bit of light from the second level and they nodded at each other.

"Remember, I get the first hit!" Ash hissed.

"Oh, whatever," Gary grumbled. "I'll be there to hit your back." Ash grinned and climbed up the wall to the second level. Gary climbed up the wall to the roof to watch Ash's back like he had said.

Then he felt a text on his phone. Turning it on, Gary saw it was from Drew and Paul.

"Wonder what they want…" Gary muttered, looking at the text.

"Our parents were killed?" Paul managed to say.

"I thought they just left us!" Drew snarled, gripping his switchblade in his left hand.

"Of course not…they were killed and these girls are the daughters of the murderers of your parents," the Commander purred. Paul's grip on his dagger hilt tightened.

"Seems like we aren't the only ones who murdered in our lifetimes," Drew tried to joke, but his voice was wavering.

"What are the names?" Paul spat out. The Commander laughed.

"Hold on, hold on," the Commander told him, laughing. "Someone sure is ready to kill." Paul gritted his teeth. "Here are the names."

Drew grabbed the piece of paper and pulled his friend to their room where he logged onto the informational computer.

"What's your deal?" Drew hissed at his friend. Paul ignored Drew and typed in the first girls' name. The name was Mistia Waterflower.

"The last name sounds familiar," Paul said, not paying attention to Drew. "Waterflow, Waterflower. The girl is the daughter of Serenity, who was killed in a fight to the death with an unidentified personnel. Mistia's nickname is Misty, and she has three older sisters who are famous in the world. Look up the sisters, we might have to kill them too." Drew nodded and went on his own computer.

"Waterflower Sisters, also known as the Sensational Sisters. They're famous in the acting business and modeling as well. Apparently quite the lookers and they outshine their young sister quite easily."

"Mistia seems to have the love of swimming. She's afraid of carrots, peppers, and bugs. Also is a tomboy; but is a romance freak. Her nickname, and common name, is Misty, while her middle name is Kasumi."

"How did you get all this information?" Drew asked. Paul smirked.

"It's called 'hacking'," he replied. Drew walked over to Paul's computer.

"Hacking? But how?"

"Her personal page. I'm not sure who made this, but it's a site where everything about a person listed."

"Stalkers," Drew muttered, but went on the same site for a Leafina Green.

"Leafina's nickname is Leaf and she doesn't currently have a nickname. She's shy but can be outgoing and Leaf's really good with her friends. Seems to be friends with Mistia, Dawna, and Maybelle." Drew read aloud.

"These are getting interesting," Paul smirked. "Which one do you think will be easiest to kill?"

"How about Maybelle?" Drew suggested. "I'll take her."

"I'll take Dawna," Paul responded, tripping over the name. "Why on earth is her name Dawna?"

"You sound like you like her," Drew teased. Paul glared at him.

"I will never like these girls who are the daughters of our parents' killers," he snapped. "Never."

Gary looked at the text. It was the names of the girls.

Dawna Berlitz

Mistia Waterflower

Leafina Green

Maybelle Maple

Gary, you take Leafina. Ash will take Mistia. I take Dawna and Drew takes Maybelle.

-Shadow

Gary smirked. Leafina sounded good.

"I still won't ever fall for her though," Gary decided. "Though she may be interesting, no way."

Then Amariah's scream ripped through the night. After that followed was silence, and a quiet sob of grief.

How was it? Dark? Scary? Odd? I didn't add Amariah's death scene though I could have if I wanted too…but I decided it was dark already and the next chapter the girls will be introduced!

Review please!

Next Chapter:

Settling In: more about the Ice-Types are introduced...along with a girl they know very well named Victoria. They settle into Darkstone Academy very well...and then are surprised by a sinister call from her...