Declaimer: I don't own Trigun, oh boo-hoo. :-P
Warning: Alternate Universe (otherwise known as AU), they may be a little bit out of character too, sorry about that! Hopefully not too much, though.
PRE-WARNING: This story take's a twist in the second season (or Saga, take it as you will). Yes, there will probably be three seasons/sagas (well, three so far, I hope).
Pairings: Vash/Meryl, Wolfwood/Millie, probably/others…probably.
Genre: Humor, Romance, Drama, Action/Adventure, more, more, and more!
Summary: Check out the everyday goings in Vash and friends' life! Can Vash survive High School? Can Wolfwood ever stop cursing? Can Knives ever stay out of trouble? Can Meryl adapt to this new town? And finally, can Millie ever go a day without pudding? Only one way to find out! Read! Read! READ! Oh, and review.
By the way, here are the ages of everyone: Everyone's seventeen (more or less). Yayzers. Everyone's in the twelfth grade.
Author Note: I just don't know when to quit! Here's another, and hopefully, it'll be better! Ya! Oh, just so y'all know, I don't live in Alabama. Hehe. Please read and review! The school was named Trigun High, but since I didn't post the story out on time, the school name was already taken… /sighs /
Major thanks to kitsune for beta-reading my story. Thanks a zillion and two!! You don't know how much it means to me to have you (An expert in Grammar and spelling) to beta-read my story!!
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Gunsmoke Alabama -- By SWT
Chapter I School Blues
Location: Kuroneko High School
Gunsmoke, Alabama
8:20 AM, Monday
Summer vacation was finally over, which meant school. School! Oh, how the very word made some unhappy students cringe. The thought made one sick to the stomach. School, how they despised it, loathed it. If only there was no such thing as that dreaded place. That place which is a prison for little kids, pre-teens, and teenagers alike. Some couldn't stand it, could not wait to get out. There were others who didn't mind, who actually ENJOYED the 'exciting' thought of that hellhole for children. Of course those students were constantly picked on and considered nerds. But no one at Kuroneko High felt that way about school. No, everyone here hated it. This place…this very building caused so much pain…so much suffering…Math….English…History…Oh! It pains to think of such things…school…high school, nonetheless.
"YEAH! ONE MORE YEAR AND WE'LL BE OUTTA HERE!" yelled one particular blonde that couldn't wait to start the new school year so it could be over with. He was pretty tall, maybe about six feet. He walked down the hallway with his best friend, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, priest in training, who, by the way, needed A LOT more training.
"Calm down, Vash. It's not that exciting, because we still have eight months of school ahead of us," Nicholas said, none too enthusiastically.
The tall blonde, known as Vash, grinned, with his hands thrown behind his head as he walked. "Yeah, but just think, after this year, we won't have to go anymore!" he shouted jumping up and landing hard on the tiled floor of the school building.
Nicholas shook his head, sighing. Vash and he had been best friends since they were in diapers, literally.
Vash grinned at his friend, "Hey, why don't we hang out tonight?" he asked excitedly, wanting to make some plans with his friend.
Nicholas shook his head. "No can do, I gotta pick up my cousin at the airport," he said, itching for a cigarette, but knowing that smoking was off limits in school. He sighed.
Vash scratched his head. "Your cousin? Well, bring him along too!"
Nicholas shook his head again. "I don't think she'll want to hang out with a guy she doesn't even know."
"Your cousin's a she?" the tall blonde asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yep. She's moving in with my family."
"How come?" Vash was curious.
Nicholas didn't say anything as he saw a familiar face in the crowd and grinned. "Hey! Millie!" he shouted, waving his hand frantically to catch the girl's attention.
Millie Thompson, with a smile that could melt the Arctic and could've saved the Titanic, waved at the two boys. "Nicholas! Mr. Vash!"
Nicholas smiled at the sight of the girl. They'd been dating for two years, and he still loved her as much as he did when they started dating (AW!). He walked up to her and kissed her on the cheek. "Hey honey, how was your summer vacation?"
Millie thought for a moment. "Well, it was okay visiting Grandma Ann for the summer, but I missed you!" She gave Nicholas a bone-crashing hug.
"ACK!" The priest in training gasped.
Vash grinned. "Hey there, big girl."
Suddenly the school's intercom came on and the voice of their principal bellowed through. "Ah! Good morning, students! This is your principal, BDN! Welcome back to another glorious year at Trigun High!" He continued on.
Nicholas rolled his eyes at the announcement, "I almost forgot about Principal Brilliant Dynamites Neon…"
Vash grinned. "I didn't! I remember his office like it was yesterday!"
"That's because you were in it, like, every other day, Tongari." Nicholas grinned as his friend pouted childishly.
Millie giggled. "Well, you and Knives both won the award for 'Best Trouble Makers in the School'."
"Yeah, I still have that trophy in my room…those were the days…" Vash sighed, remembering the 'good ole' days'.
Before any further conversation could be brought up, the bell rung, signaling the start of their first period class. The guys said their goodbyes to Millie, who had a different first period class, and went their separate ways. The two walked up to a door marked "History 101" and went inside. The teacher had yet to arrive as they took their respective seats.
Vash leaned back in his chair, raising the front two legs off the ground. "Man, I'm so jealous of you," he said, glancing up at the ceiling.
Nicholas gave him a confused look. "Why's that?"
Vash shrugged, not moving his eyes from that one spot. "'Cause, you got someone you love, and who loves you. Look at me. I only have, uh, well, nothing but doughnuts!"
The dark-haired boy shook his head with a chuckle. "Is that it? Come on, Vash. What about Jessica?"
Vash turned to his friend, "Jessica? She's cool and everything, but I can't seem to make myself, well, you know, love her…" He turned his eyes back up to the ceiling.
Nicholas sighed, but before he could say anything else, a voice boomed through the room, scaring half the class and causing Vash to fall back onto the ground in surprise.
"ALL SHALL BOW BEFORE ME!" Vash's twin brother, Knives, stood at the front of the room, arms stretching out towards the ceiling. On either side of him were his two 'minions', Legato and Midvalley. "I shall destroy you all, filthy spiders!"
Vash blinked in confusion as he rubbed his now sore head. "Knives? What are you doing?" he asked his older twin.
Knives grinned at Vash. "Join me, brother, and together we shall be undefeatable!" He chuckled like a madman.
Nicholas raised an eyebrow. "Looks like your brother cracked again," he whispered to Vash quietly.
Vash nodded. "I guess mom forgot to give him his medication this morning."
Knives glared at Nicholas, "Would you like to share with the class, Wolfwood?"
Nicholas stood up. "As a matter of fact I would, Knives. You see…I think…" He moved over to stand in front of Knives, "…that you have a lot of sins…" Magically, his trusty portable confessional popped out of thin air, "to confess!" He puts it over Knives' head as the other students laughed.
Knives growled as he ripped the portable confessional from his head. "What?! Wolfwood, how dare you!" He threw it on the ground.
Before Nicholas could retort, a powerful voice boomed over all else. "What in heaven's hell is going on here?!" All eyes turned around to see their teacher, a very muscular tall man with a thick mustache and large brown eyes. He glared at the students in front of him. "What are you doing out of your seats, boys?!"
Legato grinned sheepishly and hurriedly went to his seat in the back of the classroom with Midvalley. They weren't stupid enough to go up against Mr. Pigrally. Nicholas nervously waved while making his way back to his seat next, to Vash, who was sitting up straight and watching Mr. Pigrally tower over his twin brother.
Knives gulped before backing away from the teacher. "Eh, good morning, Mr. Pigrally…did you have a nice, uh, summer vacation?"
Pigrally glared at the teen. "What do you think, maggot," He growled out, "knowing that you little trouble makers would be back! UGH! I HATE MY JOB!" He grabbed his hair, ready to pull it out as Knives made it to his seat, nervous still.
Pigrally soon forgot about the little incident and grinned. "Today we are learning about…the war between the planets!"
"Oh! Is this gonna be like Star Wars?!" one boy asked, raising his hand.
Mr. Pigrally glared at him before shouting out, "NO! Now be quiet!"
The boy shut his mouth and sank down in his chair. Mr. Pigrally really scared him sometimes, well, most of the time…okay, ALL of the time…
The history teacher continued on. "Anyhow, this war started in 2049…"
Vash raised his hand this time. "But, Mr. Pigrally, it's only 2004…" he started, a bit confused.
Mr. Pigrally turned his always-glaring eyes upon the blonde teenager. "Shut up, worm! This is for future reference!"
Vash blinked. "Uh, okay…"
So, that's how his first period class went, smoothly…eh, not exactly. After a long and agonizing lecture from Mr. Pigrally about random facts that had absolutely nothing to do with history, Vash, Nicholas, along with Knives, Legato, and Midvalley (who, might I add, had his precious saxophone, Sylvia, with him), headed to their second period class, which so happened to be English. Oh, how they hated that dreaded subject! I still do… shudders at the thought Anyway, as they walked through the crowded hallways, one random kid, whose name was Tomas, went swinging through the hallway, bumping into more random people. "HEE-YA! I AM TOMAS THE MIGHTY!" He was swinging from a strange…substance….from the ceiling…and ran straight into a locker.
Vash blinked. "Well, that was…" He allowed himself to trail off.
"Completely random…" Nicholas finished for him.
Knives snorted. "Pathetic beings. I don't know why mom insists on us staying here."
Vash grinned at his brother, "Oh, come on bro! It's not THAT bad! I like it here…"
Knives snorted again, "You would. I can't see how we are related…"
"Me either…" Nicholas agreed. "Vash is all…love and peace like, while you are psychopathic, crazy, bent on world domination, weird, creepy…"
Knives narrowed his eyes. "We get it already…"
Nicholas continued, "…a lunatic, mad, inhumane…"
Knives growled, "ALRIGHT! WE GET IT! JUST SHUT UP!"
Vash laughed as Nicholas shrugged. "Okay." They all then headed towards English where they met up with Millie. "Hey, big girl!" he called out to her for the second time that day.
"Nicky!" Millie shouted once she saw them making their way towards the room marked "English Hell Room" with English being crossed out.
The group of teens walked into the room to find their English teacher inhaling the chalk. Their teacher was an elderly man with the soul of a demon (some said); he had short white hair and wooden teeth. He turned to the students as they took their seats. "Ha! Good morning children! I am your teacher, Mr. Hellborn. Please, don't fear the name…IT IS ONLY NATURAL!" He started to cackle evilly before he started to cough and hack. "Ugh…ANYWAY! It's time for ENGLISH! AH! I JUST LOVE ENGLISH!"
The students stared at him with wide eyes as he picked up a piece of chalk and begin writing something on the blackboard. Some of the students covered their ears as the chalk made a horrible screeching sound. It was very hard to…interpret the handwriting as most of the students squinted at the board.
Vash sighed. "Another year with Mr. Hellborn."
Nicholas chuckled. "Yeah, I heard that he was actually born in Hell."
"Isn't that a place down in Michigan?" Vash asked, sounding slightly confused. "Ya know, Hell, Michigan?"
Nicholas chuckled. "Yeah, I heard in Michigan, Hell freezes over." The two laughed at the stupid joke. Eh, right…
"Yeah, oh, I heard that there's a Hooker in California," Vash said with a grin.
Nicholas grinned, too. "There is? I thought hookers were all around this place…"
"You two be quiet or I'll send you to BLUE BALL, PENNSYLVANIA!" The teacher shouted at the two, earning disturbed looks from the class.
Nicholas stared at him with an incredulous look. "Shit, man, that's gross!"
"Watch your MOUTH, Mr. WOLFWOOD!" Mr. Hellborn pointed his ruler at him.
Nicholas crossed his arms, murmuring a 'whatever' and 'damn teachers'. And thus, that was how second period went. After class ended, the students were more than happy to be let out, and most rushed to their third period class, which was gym for the Trigun group. So, the group went to gym, did whatever they had to do, which was get into trouble (thanks to Knives), play dodge ball, which ended up with Vash having a concussion, Nicholas with a broken nose, and a new gym teacher (the old one was suffering from amnesia (Vash: I didn't mean to!)). After school, the students rushed out happily.
Vash held an ice pack over his head as he walked alongside with Nicholas, who had a band-aid on his nose. "Man, gym was hectic…Ow, my head…"
Nicholas nodded. "Yeah, and here I thought gym was gonna be one of the better classes. Well, look on the bright side, at least we get a new gym teacher." He looked around. "Hey, where's your brother?"
Vash shrugged. "You know him, he never walks home with us…oh, my achin' head…" He glanced up, "Hey, there's Millie," he said spotting the tall girl. She didn't have the last two periods with Nicholas and himself.
Millie walked up to them with a bag of something and her backpack tossed over her shoulder. "Hi guys! Want some pudding?" she asked, taking out a cup of pudding and quickly devouring it. "Yum!"
Nicholas shook his head. "Uh, no thanks sweetie. I gotta get going." He looked at his watch. "My cousin will be at the airport in a half hour." He walked over to his motorcycle.
Vash nodded. "Alright, hey, I'll be at your house around, uh, seven, okay? I wanna meet this cousin of yours!" Vash grinned as his friend started up the engine to his ride.
Millie agreed. "Me too! I bet your cousin is as nice as you are, Nicky!"
Vash laughed. "Nicholas nice? That'll be the day!"
The dark-haired boy rolled his eyes, then turned to the tall girl, "Millie, want a ride home?"
Millie shook her head. "No, I'm fine!"
Nicholas sighed and placed his helmet on his head. "Alright, I'll see you guys later, bye!" And then, he was gone.
"Bye, Nicky!" Millie waved as her boyfriend rode off into the sunset…eh, okay, not sunset considering that it was only four o'clock.
"Well, I'll see you later, Millie," Vash said as he made his way to his brand new red Corvette Convertible. He rocks!
Millie waved to him as he left in his nice car. After he was gone, she left to walk home. She didn't mind walking; as a matter of fact, she quite enjoyed it. Nicholas didn't like the fact that she walked home by herself, but she insisted on it. Millie hummed a tune as she walked the five blocks to her home while eating pudding. Walking was good exercise, as her big-big sister always said.
A mysterious black cat, who didn't seem to have any real purpose, appeared out of thin air and did a few cartwheels on the sidewalk. "Nyao!"
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Previews for the Next Episode: Vash looked up with a grin to see his friend's cousin when his jaw dropped open. He has never in his young life seen anyone so…so beautiful, so amazing, and so…so…short!
Next Episode: Cousins
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And thus, that ends chapter one. What did you all think?
I like doughnuts, I like pudding, I like to snooze, and I like reviews!
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