Hi Everyone, all my other stories are on hiatus right now because I am having a hard time trying to get new idea or I don't know what direction to take them in, at this point in time. However I have found writing Trigun comes incredibly easy for me, so look out for story updates. I do not own Trigun or its characters. Even though that would be insanely cool! Rate, review, and favorite my lovelies! VashXOC story. In this story I made Vash 6'7" although his profile say 5'7". Enjoy!
Summary: Natalie had no clue how she got there, or how to get back to her home. The only thing she knew was Vash had better be grateful that he was the main character and that she was a horrible shot. Otherwise she would have shot him by now.
The $$ 60,000,000,000 Man
Natalie turned her head to look at the clock beside her, 'Only 3:12am….why can't I sleep.' tossing herself back onto her side. 'I guess there is only one thing to do.', she pulled her laptop off the ground beside her bed, and proceeded to login to Netflix. Looking through the recently watched list she saw something catch her eye, Trigun, smiling she clicked play on the first episode.
Settling in as the theme music played, Natalie could already feel herself drifting off. She was almost asleep when the picture started to blur, and the voices started to become closer. It was almost like Johnny Yong Bosch was right around the corner; it was also getting warmer, almost uncomfortably hot in her jeans and blue sweater. Natalie went to throw the blanket off of her, but when she reached down she couldn't find it. She sat straight up, and almost fainted.
All around her was sand, sand, and more sand. "Okay, Okay, Natalie don't panic, but you're in a desert…", as she attempted to keep from hyperventilating, she heard gun shots. She looked ahead of her, and not too far away saw a group of men demolish a building; bringing it to its foundation. Her ocean blue eyes widened, and her mouth hit the ground.
She wasn't just in a desert, Natalie was somehow in the desert right outside of Felnarl, she watched as the fight slowly came towards her. She was in the same clothes she fell asleep in, as well as being completely unarmed, "Ah….hell." taking off quickly in the opposite direction of the battle. Not quick enough however, diving behind a rock, Natalie was suddenly greeted by the sight of a cowardly Vash hiding right across from her. He was actually quite tall she guessed he was about 6' 7", and he was even more handsome than the anime made him look. However he was in her hiding place, and he had to go.
"What the hell are you hiding over here for?!" making rapid shooing motions with her hands, waiving back and forth with a panicked look on her face. "I don't want to get shot at move it mister!" Natalie placed a heavy kick to his backside, proficiently punting him out of the hiding space. He turned to shout back, but was quickly silenced by gunfire. "He's over here!" He ran back over to her hiding spot, grabbed Natalie and ran for it.
She was about to snap at him again, she quickly shut up however as she saw her previous hidey-hole collapsed. "Thanks, but what's the plan now?!" He looked back, "Running and hiding works pretty well". She gave him a look as if to say 'Not amused buster.' Natalie kept running," They are pretty damn persistent." She hissed between her teeth. He just moaned, "I'm getting hungry…" She just glared at him, he sighed looked over his shoulder and hollered, "Ha ha ha we're like sitting ducks over here we're defenseless."
Elbowing him before he started to draw his face with the other man's gun, if she wasn't a terrible shot, and he wasn't the main character she would have shot him. "Damn it they didn't know I was here needle head!" Using Wolfwood's nickname for him. He looked back with a bashful smile then refocused on the man in front of him, who had conveniently noticed Vash. Pulling his gun to the bandit's head, Vash smiled innocently, "Shit…."was all the bandit could get out.
Continuing to grin like a creeper, "Now stand real still, wouldn't want this gun to go off would you?", seeing the bandit take a breath, Natalie went to stop him from giving their position away . Missing by just seconds he managed to squeal out, "I found him, he's over-mmghgph" Natalie had clamped a hand over his mouth standing to the side of Vash, giving him a death glare that could rival his boss, and nearly made him wet his pants. She removed her hand so that Vash could talk to him. "Um would you mind lowering your gun like a good boy?" the bandit looked at Vash like he was crazy, "Forget it." Vash changed tactic. "You don't like pain do you?" the bandit's eyes held fear for a brief moment before closing his eyes in resolve, "I'm used to it." ,he scoffed at Vash.
Keeping his face blank Vash continued to try to talk the guy down. Natalie had given up on the conversation, and had zoned out a bit; like she always did when she was inhumanly bored. However she was popped out of her reverie by Vash grabbing her shoulders and forcing her to the ground. She cried out as she saw the bandit take the hit of his boss's mechanical boomerang.
Sure the guy wasn't much to look at, but he didn't deserve to get hit, not to mention getting thrown about afterwards. Natalie could see how much this act bothered Vash. She looked up at the boss, TV didn't do his ugliness justice, up close was much worse she decided. "The only way he can be happy is when I am happy." Natalie and Vash had the same look on their faces, "Well that's just beautiful", they said together. It was then that the boss acknowledged her presence, she wished she had kept quiet, his lecherous eyes roamed all over her body.
Shivering Natalie wasn't a great beauty, at most she was cute, blonde pixie cut hair, blue eyes, and a bit on the chubby side. She quickly looked away, towards Vash when suddenly she saw a body flying out of her peripheral vision, it was the bandit from before. He hit Vash and started to shake from the pain; she tried to scoot over to help him off Vash, but was swiped off her feet by the boss. Vash was tied up and thrown against a rock, yelping indignantly. "Hey, couldn't you guys be just a little bit more gentle."
The boss then turned his ugly maw towards Natalie, "And who's this pretty lady? A friend of yours Vash?" She glared at Vash then looked back to the boss. "Put me down you big ugly lug, your breath stinks…", the boss looked boiling mad. He made fast work of tying her up, and tossed Natalie into the same wall as Vash. "Ow…well that hurt", Natalie had stars dancing across her vision, and she was pretty sure that blood was making its way down the side of her face. Her shoulder ached like hell from taking the brunt of the hit. 'Well isn't this peachy' Natalie grit her teeth as she sat up, or tried to anyway.
"Hey! That's not very nice!", something Natalie couldn't describe flashed across Vash's face. The boss turned to address his crew, as she let her mind wander, her head and shoulder still pounding from being tossed into a wall. It was then that Meryl and Milly chose to arrive, "Women, are they friends of theirs?" Vash had a confused look on his face, and Natalie shook her head for what was going to happen next.
It was pretty ridiculous to Natalie, when she watched the show, how silly Milly and Meryl could be. They started to shakily make their way towards the bandits, Milly hiding behind Meryl, 'Like that's any help' Natalie thought sarcastically. Shaking her head she continued to watch the scene play out with subdued amusement dancing in her eyes.
Vash caught the look she was giving them which only made him look more confused, Natalie almost toppled over with the need to laugh. 'If only he knew!' she giggled to herself. Her thoughts were silenced as a gunshot sliced through the air, 'I forgot about him.' Constance Rifle. Natalie found that she had started to caterpillar crawl around the rock, ignoring Vash's eyes staring after her, she was not going to get caught up in this fire storm. She heard Vash call over to Loose Ruth and the boss, "Did I miss something?" while Meryl and Milly debated stopping them.
Natalie put her head against the rock, how was she going to get out of this one? They were debating about who was truly Vash, she peeked her head around the rock and looked at Vash.
"When do you think they will figure out that you're Vash the Stampede?" She asked him, watching as his face turned from confused to surprise. "How'd you know that?" his voice full of shock. "Well you don't have to be a genius to figure that out Sparky, they just don't want to believe you're such a pacifist." She sweat dropped, really if these people truly looked at him it wasn't hard to guess, then again it's easy for her because he's the main character of the show.
She saw Ruth grab his grenade and Natalie hit the deck behind the rock again eager to come out of this in one piece. Some of the debris hit her in the back, it hurt but miraculously it cut through some of the ropes binding her. This allowed her to hightail it out of there with Meryl, Milly, and Vash. Soon out running Vash, she sure as hell wouldn't get left behind. Grabbing a pilfered doughnut from Vash as she pulled into the lead "Thanks Vash!" he went to grab the doughnut, "Hey! Give that back!" She made a face at him then put the whole thing in her mouth, looking like the cat that got the canary.
Vash went back to eating the sweets, playing keep away with Meryl. They suddenly stopped as Vash exclaimed, "Twenty-four hours!" in response to Meryl's statement about their job for the insurance company. "Oh I got it; alright I am prepared to make you a deal. In exchange for this and the doughnuts, would you two consider going into town, and warning the people? I'll even lend you my own personal thomis." as she handed both of us ten double dollars.
Vash looked at her incredulously, "You're really going back there?" She gave him a determined look, "It's the job, it's what I do." as she an Milly rode back towards the fighting. Leaving Vash and Natalie alone, after untying Vash , Natalie watched him mount up on the thomis. He looked down at her expecting her to follow "Um yeah I think I'll just walk there…." She said looking at the thomis warily. Vash laughed, "Why's that? You act like you've never ridden a thomis before."
She looked away blushing with embarrassment, "Well I haven't, we don't have thomis where I'm from…" Looking up at Vash just in time to see his mechanical arm reach down, and pluck her off the ground, depositing her in front of him on the thomis."There now it's not so hard." He gave her a grin; she nearly melted into a puddle of fan girl goo. She tensed up as the thomis started to run, it was a lot like riding a horse, Vash sensing her tension settled for distracting her. "So where are you from? You don't look like you're from around here; you're the first person I have ever seen in the desert with just a sweater and pants."
She sighed, "You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." She looked up at him; he gave her a look that said 'try me.' "I fell asleep on my couch at home, and woke up here in the middle of the desert." He looked puzzled, "How'd you go from your house to here?" Looking out at the land in front of her, "No clue, I don't really know how I got here but..." She paused deciding if she should tell him, deciding that it was better to get it out in the open rather than hide it from Vash and take the heat later. He looked at her intensely when she stopped talking so abruptly, urging her to go on. "Where I am from isn't even this time, planet, or even this universe! I'm from Earth, but not the same Earth that Rem was from." Vash tensed when she mentioned Rem. "Yes I know who Rem was, in my universe none of this exists. It's a story, not everybody knows about it, but that's all it ever was; a story."
She could almost feel his gaze at her face now, but refused to acknowledge it. "It became a show you could watch on tv, and that's what I would watch almost every day. I know who you are Vash, I know who you were, and most everything in between." His grip tightened on the reigns, they were almost to the village now. She looked at Vash's tormented face 'Probably thinking of all he's done, that he can remember anyway' Natalie mused to herself. She saw the pain lying there, right underneath his calm mask that most of the world couldn't see. It was a bit awkward, but she turned around in the saddle, as best she could; and hugged him.
She could tell he was surprised, but he gave her a half hug back, keeping control of the thomis. "And you know what Vash? I don't think there could be a kinder man in the whole world. You are a good person." She started to tear up a bit, thinking of the movie arch, and what Knives made his brother do to July. She looked up at him, to see him smiling softly, not his manic happy smile, but a real smile. He looked down at her "Thank you…" Natalie knew Vash was trying to remember if she gave him her name or not, so she helped him out. "It's Natalie Hewitt, just call me Tali or Allie though, my whole first name makes me think I'm in trouble" She said laughing.
He grinned, "Well then thank you Tali!" they were on the edge of town, and made their way to the town center. Vash hopped off the thomis, and ran to the center of the market. "Everybody Vash the Stampede is up on that ridge! I would advise you all to evacuate!" Chaos ensued as everyone ran around trying to gather all their belongings. Vash climbed back on the thomis, Natalie could guess where their next heading was. "We're going back."She stated, Vash looked like he was going to tell her to wait here. "I'm staying with you, I don't have anywhere to go and you are my best option. I trust you."
Natalie had a smile that said 'I will kill you if you disagree' gulping Vash nodded his head and gave the thomis a small kick to get it going. We were half way there when a loud noise spooked the thomis, Vash lost control of the reigns, and we were heading straight towards the bandits. "Damn it Vash! You're a walking disaster the show was completely right about that!" Vash was still in panic mode "Well I can't do anything about it right now!" They were coming up fast on the camp and she could see Meryl and Milly tied to the rock formation. "We have a big problem here!" Vash screamed. Natalie completely done with his shenanigans yelled "You think, you scruffy looking, needle head!"
As Ruth took aim, Vash threw Natalie off of the thomis. She hit the ground rolling, Vash shot the girls down. "Run!" He threw a look for Natalie to run as well. She headed towards Meryl and Milly, they all hid behind a rock to watch Vash's antics. "He did save our lives" Milly said sweetly. Meryl just looked ahead at Vash,"Pretty pathetic hero if you ask me." Natalie giggled from behind them. "That's just him though." Smiling she introduced herself, "Natalie Hewitt, just call me Tali or Allie though, and you ladies are?"
They looked at her with curiosity, "Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson" Meryl continued, "Are you with him?" Natalie sighed a little "Yep sad but true, never a dull moment though. I just met him today." They were in shock, "You're traveling with a man you just met?" Natalie sweat dropped, "Yes it's a long story, but he is really my best option right now." Meryl dropped the subject. Natalie followed behind the bandits, Meryl and Milly tried to tell her to stay put, but it was invain.
She ignored them, and hid behind the hill watching Vash scream 'mommy'. 'That man has way too much energy' She was amazed by his speed, as he used the giant man's own arm against him. Playing the dialogue in her head, chuckling, Vash had a funny sense of humor.
Two bandits rushed by her, she knew it was time to move before the grenade Ruth had in his hand exploded. She left just in time to see him get hit by the boomerang. I t made the little black piece of Natalie's heart giggle in gleeful delight. She saw Milly's yellow coat and walked over while the bomb went off. "Well I think we are going to be heading out, it was nice to meet you Meryl and Milly" With a wink, and a small grin at the disappointed looks on their faces; Natalie headed down to Vash.
"So much for not destroying things, you're a bit of a walking disaster aren't you?" Vash laughed bashfully, "Yep…ha ha ha The Humanoid Typhoon." Vash started to walk away, and Natalie followed after. "Are you sure you want to travel with me? It's pretty dangerous." He looked around at her. "Like I said you are my best choice, plus what's life without a little adventure?" They both laughed as they meandered through the desert, next stop, who knows?
'Those poor insurance girls, they don't know what they've gotten themselves into' thought Natalie as she looked into a world of new adventure and possibilities. 'I'm glad I am here' her stomach turned thinking about how the story went from here. Sure it was all light hearted fun for now, but a storm was brewing. Their journey had only begun.
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