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Train Heartnet is a former assassin that has turned sweeper after his partner, Creed Diskenth, killed Train's dearest friend, Saya Minatsuki. With his new partner, Sven Vollfied, and infamous female thief, Rinslet Walker, Train goes against Torneo Rudman for the large bounty on the mob boss' head.
During this they encounter Eve, a young woman that was a test subject for nanomachines making her a living weapon. After defeating Torneo, Eve joins Sven and Train as a sweeper (she has a crush on Sven- random fact).
During the rest of the series there are many encounters with Creed and his group of terrorists, The Apostles of the Stars, who try to bring about a new world order. After finally defeating Creed, complications arise due to the real reason that Eve was created
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Train Heartnet,XIII,13,Black Cat
Train Heartnet, the "Black Cat", worked for a secret organization known as Chronos. His job: assassin! But then he left, abandoning that murderous existence. He choose to live his own life... as a bounty hunter!
Although he abandoned Chronos, his past returns as his old 'partner' came asking Train to join forces together to bring about a global revolution. Though Train refuses, a battle of old partners begins.
Now a lighthearted carefree Sweeper and partner of Sven, was once an Eraser and Number XIII for the secret organization Chrono. Known as Black Cat because of his cat-like mannerisms he was an assassin until meeting Saya Minatsuki, a Sweeper who lives life how she wants. Her death is what motivates him to chase after Creed Diskenth not to kill him but to capture him. He's an expert gunman and still wields the orichalcum gun he received on his induction into Chronos, Hades. He was originally trained to be assassin by Zanguine Axeloxe after killing his parents.
Saya Minatsuki
Before her death Saya was an accomplished sweeper, whose fun loving spirit and easy likability made her Train's first real friend. Her involvement with him lead to his more human outlook on life and his departure of the Chrono numbers.
Due to how close Train and Saya were, Creed grew jealous of the "Witch". Creed murdered Saya. She died in Train's arms during a fireworks show, the thing she was most looking forward to see. While she was alive she wore a yukata, just because she thought she looked cute in it.
Creed Diskenth
Creed can best be described as psychotic and obsessive. He believes himself and Train to be partners despite the fact that Train barely knows who he is. Due to the growing relationship between Saya and Train, Creed kills her in an attempt to keep Train as an eraser, only to have his plans backfire.
He later leaves Chronos to start his own organization, The Apostles of the Stars. All of his plans are attempts to get Train to join him as co-leader of the Apostles of the Stars.
He has the power to manipulate ki in the form of a sword known as the Imagine Blade. He seeks to become a god so he implants nano-machines to make himself immortal. Creed suffers from a painful childhood, having murdered his mother when he brought her home flowers and she beat him with them. He ran away and lived on the streets
Sven Vollfied
Sven is Train's partner. Before he became a sweeper he worked for the IBI with his partner, Llyod, who has the ability to see the future. One night Sven is captured by some thugs with a grudge against him. Llyod, "seeing" what was going to be Sven's fate, comes to Sven's rescue and dies in the process.
During all of this Sven's left eye is damaged and he receives Lloyd's, giving him the ability to look into the future - though only when the eye is uncovered (he wears the eye patch because it drains him to use his left eye too often) - and he can only see a few seconds ahead. He has a father-daughter relationship with Eve at the moment (though it seems at times that she thinks of him as more than just her dad) and is very firm to live by his self-made gentleman's code.
Eve
A genetically engineered bio-weapon, she uses nanotechnology to transform her body. Raised like a lab rat, Sven treats her like a real person and opens up her world. She tends to follow Sven, and since she and Train are so close, treats him as her rival as a Sweeper (although more so for Sven's attention).
Sweepers
In the world of Black Cat, Sweeper is a profession that specializes in capturing criminals for rewards. Sweepers are not unlike bounty hunters, they are licensed by the government and free to move about as they please, however, unlike real-life bounty hunters sweepers are internationally accepted and endorsed by the governments of the world and respected for their contribution to maintaining justice. The pamphlets with information on criminals are spread throughout the world in public places like bars, where Sweepers hang out.
Sweepers vary in their appearance and style of fighting, and many times conflicts erupt among themselves when two or more sweepers go after the same target. The criminals that sweepers have to capture are classified in levels, which range from F to SS, F being the least dangerous and SS the most dangerous. Legendary criminals who may never be captured are considered SS, the most violent and dangerous kind of criminal. An example of the SS is Creed Diskenth, leader and the most powerful member of the Apostles of the Stars.
Chronos
Chronos is the secret organization that rules one third of the world through underground business in various areas. Though despite being a shadow society most characters who spent at least some of their time digging into the underworld know that they exist. Incidentally almost all speaking characters in the series seem to know of Chronos and the Numbers. Most of the Chronos members occupy high positions, such as mayors, politicians, among others. To protect Chronos, there are assassins in the command of the three wise men in charge of Chronos, the highest of them being Willzark. Willzark commands a secret force of the best assassins in the world, sworn to protect Chronos, called the Chrono Numbers, which range from No. I to No. XIII.
Lower in the hierarchy are the Chronos Erasers, which are assassins in service of Chronos. An example is Creed Diskenth. Other members of Chronos play important roles in the story in the manga, such as Carl Walken, which is the mayor of a town that raised Train and asks him personally to take out a Taoshi who has been causing considerable damage in his city, Gyanza Rujike.
In the anime, the Zero Numbers send a swarm of nano-machine beasts to destroy the Chronos Headquarters while the Numbers were away on Clarken Island, killing the three wisemen. Financial support from practically all sources is cut, but Sephiria, No. I, and the remaining numbers decide to continue in Chronos, although they will have to raise it from its ashes.
The Apostles of The Stars
Sometimes simply referred to by the characters in Black Cat as "The Apostles", they are revolutionary group led by Creed Diskenth. Their aim is to "clean the world of filth", that is to say, kill people who cannot achieve the Power of Tao. Naturally, every member of the Apostles of The Stars has a power of Taoshi origin, which are awakened through the Shinkitou, a drink only concocted by Master Taoshis, such as Shiki. Another member of the Apostles, Maro, is also from the forbidden Continent, and together with Shiki, they bear the most traditional Tao power, such as controlling and summoning bugs (Shiki), using ink marks (Shiki) and controlling gravity (Maro).
Other members of the Apostles rely on more "deviant" powers, such as Creed's "Imagine Blade" in the manga, which is a sword that can expand for miles depending on Creed's mental power, even though in the anime Creed's power is just the materialization of a small invisible sword, in replacement for his old Kotetsu, broken by Train. Other Tao powers include Kyoko's "Fire Breath", Charden's "Blood", Durham's "Magic Shot" or Echidna's "Gate".
The Apostles do not just wish to bring about a world revolution, but they seek revenge against Chronos. Creed due to his expulsion after killing Saya, and Shiki and Maro due to the war that happened between the Taoshi and Chronos long ago, which decimated the Taoshi from the Secret Continent. Although Tao has been the primary source of the Apostles' power, Creed also relies on Doctor's investigations on Nanomachines to grant him eternal power and elevate him to a god.
