06/19/04

I had a dream last night. I think it was really fun to imagine, so here it is. It has a lot of animé and

manga characters in here, so look for them. Also, my dumb ass of a brother was in it. Phooie. I will add more to it, if people actually like it. I am included in this and so are a few of my friends. These are our nicknames that we will call each other throughout the dream:

(NOT WHAT WE REALLY LOOK LIKE! Only Andra does.)

Names Age Hair Eyes Personality

Niki - Kiharu (This is me) Age:13 Pitch Black Red Serious and cold, occasionally happy. Loves Japan. Is often found training, reading, on her laptop, or causing trouble for almost everyone in the world. Only Raya can stop her when she's on a role. Very dangerous and unstable. Always carries at least 300 weapons with her.

Aly - Andra Age:12 Brown Brown Hyper 100% of the time. She is always happy and only Kiharu can calm her down when she's on a sugar-high. (Which is almost always.) Very intellegent but uses it to help Kiharu come up with ways to cause trouble. Is Raya's competition for inventing new contraptions. Is often found in her garden and lab.

Tiffany - Raya Age 14 Black Blue Very intellegent and looks for a logical answer for everything. Is often found in her lab or in a library. Enjoys studying about Egypt and traveling. She uses her mind to outwit her opponents, and rarely fights physically. Her hobbies are annoying Andra and studying with Kiharu.

LET US BEGIN THE DREAM!!! Told from Author's POV

Kiharu couldn't believe it! Men and women from Japan had come to their school and set up a carnival! She, Andra and Raya were heading towards the sword fighting arena now, because Raya won a contest to fight with Sock 'em Bopper like swords with each other and with a swordsman. Kiharu spotted a tall man with blond spiky hair hair fighting with one of the women that opened a doughnut stand (HINT HINT!!!) and was trying to get extra money off hte man.

"No, that's not true! these doughnuts only cost $1.00! You said so yourself!" yelled the man. He wasn't mad, just exasperrated. Kiharu walked over to the man and pulled on his long red trenchcoat. (COME ON PEOPLE! YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS!) "GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!" growled the man. Kiharu looked at him and with held a gasp.

It was Vash the Stampede from Trigun! 'How did he get here? I thought Trigun was only an animé and manga! How can he be real?!'

"Ummm, excuse me sir?" spoke Kiharu. She didn't want him to know that he wasn't supposed to be real. Who knew what sort of trouble would happen if he knew? "Doughnuts don't cost $1.00 here. Only at the stand over there they do." Kiharu pointed to the stand next to the one they were at.

"Oh... I knew that. I was just testing you!" he exclaimed. Then he asked, "What is your name, little girl. Kiharu growled.

"My name is Kiharu and I'm 13." she said, hiding her anger. Like a mantra, she repeated 'He didn't know, he didn't know, he didn't know...' in her mind. "Do you want to come with me and my friends to a contest in swords right now, Mr. ...?"

"OH! My name is Vashu, but just call me Vash." he then winced. Kiharu pretended to be confused.

"What's the matter? Are the doughnuts bad? I always told Andra they poisoned them, but she never listens." Vash paled.

"They poison the doughnuts here...?"

"I have no idea, but it's funny to watch her reaction." He let out a breath.

"Thank god. I've been eating doughnuts since I was a little baby. How about you?"

"I don't eat. I just shove the food in my mouth and digest it. I don't pay attention to what I eat." Kiharu paused. "I remember I ate my 2nd grade math teacher, Mr. Maffet. He was nice, but then I got hungry."

"Ew. Why don't you pay attention to what you eat?" Vash asked.

"Because my parents beat me when I was a kid so everytime I ran away, I hid in the fridge and ate. Then I had to run for my life when they opened the door while I was still chewing and I always choked, so I stopped chewing." Kiharu answered.

"That sucks. Anyways..."

"What in the world brought up the converstation topic of chewing? No idea. We're here, though. Hey look! Andra and Raya started without me!" Kiharu exclaimed. Then she yelled to them, "Whichever one of you wins has to face me!" Both girls visibly paled. Kiharu was better than them when it came to physical activities.

Andra won and, while Raya pouted, yelled to Kiharu. "Kiharu! Get ready to lose, once and for all!" Kiharu smirked.

"Vash, how much do you bet that she wants to be anywhere but here?" Vash was confused, so he asked a stupid question.

"Why would she be?"

"I'm better than here at anything physical. She and Raya are the thinkers of the group, while I do all the physical stuff." Vash nodded.

"In that case, you'll win." Raya had noticed Vash and sent a message to Andra. Andra was about to ask Kiharu what she was doing with him, when Raya told her to contact Kiharu with her mind.

Oh yeah... shut up Raya. Hey Kiharu, what are you doing with Vash from Trigun?

-I found him at - guess where - a doughnut stand. Brought him with me. Don't mention anything about being an animé. It could cause trouble.-

I concur. It could damage the animé world and his mental health.

So Vash will become an idiot if he finds out?

- SHUT UP! -

The swordsman yelled at Kiharu to get onto the balance beam and she complied.

"Ready, set..." The girls tensed. "GO!!!" (I'm going to try a battle scene, so bear with me here.)

Andra aimed one end of the Bopper at Kiharu's stomach, but Kiharu jumped back at the last second. Kiharu then aimed her whole Bopper at Andra's feet, but Andra jumped into the air. Bad idea. Kiharu swung the Bopper upwards and smacked Andra in the chin with the metal of the Bopper. Kiharu stared at Andra as she started doing random moves from a few movies she'd seen.

"Who do you think you are? Jet Li or Jackie Chan? Doesn't matter, you'll still lose." Kiharu charged at Andra and hit her in the chin with such strength that Andra went flying off the balance beam and landed on the referee.

"The winner... Kiharu." The referee then pushed Andra off of him and onto her butt while he walked off mumbling things about stupid kids and their lack of control.

"Who said it was a lack of control, ya old coot?!" yelled Kiharu. The referee paused but then continued on his way to the medical tent. Vash and Raya went running up to Kiharu. Raya congradulated her briefly, then went to help Andra off her sore bum. Vash - on the other hand - was cheering like mad. Kiharu blushed deeply.

"Stop it, you're making a scene." she mumbled.

"Wow Kiharu-san! That was amazing! How did you do that?!" he yelled, ignoring Kiharu's pleas for him to quiet down. For some reason, he felt that he wanted to make her smile after hearing about her childhood, though they just met. What a sap...

"Anyways, I need you to stay here for a minute while Andra, Raya and I put on our kimonos. Then we'll walk around for a while. At midnight, they'll start up Six Flags next door and we''ll change again and go on all the rides, what do you think?"

"I like it. Do you have anything that you want me to hold while you get dressed?"

"No. I live on the other side of Six Flags and I get in free."

Meaning you sneak in and get on the rides when they start.

5 minutes later finds Vash waiting outside the changing rooms telling the passing women how they looked in their kimonos. he didn't realize the whole city was there! The second to last group that left happened to be a group of preps. (I don't have anything against preps, as long as they don't bug me.)

"Oooooh. Look at this hotty. Doesn't he look yummy, girls?" said the leader of the group, Taylor. GAG

"Excuse me, but can you tell me if Kiharu-san is ready yet? My feet are starting to hurt." whined Vash. Before Taylor could answer, they hear Raya yelling.

"ANDRA!!!!!! YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE! GET THIS MAKE-UP OFF OFF ME NOW!!!" Raya was, to say the least, very angry. Kiharu giggled. She had put the make-up on Raya, not Andra. "KIHARU! IT WAS YOU, WASN'T IT?!?!"

Raya stomped out of the dressing room. Vash looked at her kimono and said, "Very nice, Raya-san." Her kimono was a deep violet with light pink sakura blossoms in random places on it. The obi was a lighter violet and the tips of the kimono and obi were a dark pink. Her fan was also deep violet with sakura blossoms.

Andra came out next, putting the finishing touches onto her obi. Her kimono was dark green with slightly lighter green swirls. Her obi was an even darker green with the kanji for 'nature' on it. Her fan was a pale green with the kanji for 'mother' on it, forming the phrase 'mother nature'. Vash said "Describes you perfectly, Andra-chan."

Last came Kiharu, who was once again wearing an emotioness facade, though laughter had been heard seconds before. Her kimono was the darkest black imaginable with a fierce looking dragon staring at all on her front. The dragon was silver with two gleaming blood red eyes. Her fan was also pitch black, but it had a silver fox snarling at all who looked at it. The three girls all wore matching sandals.

Vash whistled while Taylor and her group all stuck their noses in the air and walked off. The group was wearing matching kimonos. They had wanted to look cute, to regain their boyfriends, so they wore bright pink kimonos with neon pink obis that held swans. They held no fans and wore matching neon pink high heels.

Taylor stumbled. Kiharu smirked and yelled, "Oh yeah, you're as graceful as a swan, klutz."

"Shut up! Like you are graceful in those shoes!" Kiharu walked calmly up to Taylor and flicked her nose.

"Yes. I am. Now if you don't mind, we have better things to do than look at your nasty faces." Kiharu walked over to a kimono shop and spoke with the owner. He nodded and went into the back room. Kiharu turned to Raya and Andra; smirked, nodded, and pointed at Vash. Raya smiled and walked towards the dressing room once again while Andra nodded, grabbed Vash by the arm, and dragged him to the dressing room.

In the dressing room

"Vash, Kiharu is getting you a kimono 'cause the guys have to wear kimonos as well. Don't worry, Kiharu won't make you look like a pansy. You got her to laugh, so that must mean she likes you. OH! Here she is now." Kiharu walked in with a package wrapped up neatly.

"Here. Put this on. I trust Raya and Andra filled you in on the situation?" Kiharu said.

"Yes, Commander Kiharu. I have been briefed on Operation: Kimono, SIR!" Vash saluted.

"All right, wise guy. put on this disguise and report outside in 0050 hours. DISMISSED!" Kiharu laughed. Vash at least had a sense of humor.

10 minutes later

"Um, is this how I put it on?" Vash asked. Raya turned around to look at Vash and nodded in approval. Kiharu had gotten Vash a bright red kimono with black sleeves and a black obi, matching his trenchcoat. Andra ran up to Raya and dumped scorching water onto her feet.

"What was that for?!"

"Kiharu told me to tell you that she wanted me to tell you that we're getting our pictures taken." Andra then gulped in a lungful of air, since she said that in one breath. Raya twitched.

"She knows I hate having my picture taken." Raya hissed.

"Hey, so does she. Remember in 5th grade when she finally noticed the camera that was going to take her year book picture?" Andra retorted.

"What happened?" questioned Vash.

"When she finally realized it was a camera taking her picture she spazzed. She yelled that cameras were soul stealers and ripped the camera to shreds. She had to pay the company a thousand bucks because it was brand new and a company product."

"Oh. Remind me to take pictures of her while she's distracted."

After having their pictures taken, eating sushi and rice, playing games and watching the girls dance, Vash wanted to do something ... drastic. Sneaking over to where the girls were talking to some boys from their classes, Vash quickly picked one up and threw him into a giant puddle of mud. The boy blushed because many people in the surrounding area was laughing at him. Vash then turned towards Raya.

"When can we go onto the roller coasters, Raya-san?" Raya checked her watch. Vash was jumping up and down and it was making her head hurt watching him.

"It is now... 11:55. We'd better change now so we can be among the first in Six Flags. Let's find Kiharu and change." After finding Kiharu shooting balloons with a shotgun, the group once again changed.

Vash was wearing indigo jeans and a red t-shirt. The girls knew the truth of his mechanical arm, but lead him on to believe that they believed that it was tatooed that way. He was wearing red socks and black sneakers. Andra had insisted on him wearing a necklace with a 14 karot-gold gun on it.

Raya was wearing black shorts and a blue halter top that had an obi-like tie in the back. On her feet were black boots. She was wearing a necklace with a 14 karot-gold sarcophagus on it.

Andra was wearing black shorts, but instead of a blue halter top, she was wearing a pale green halter top, with the kanji for 'mother nature' on it. Her socks were also green and her sneakers were black. Her necklace had a gold monkey.

Kiharu was wearing black baggy pants and a black tube top that had a silver dragon on it. She wore black socks and black boots on her feet. Her necklace had a gold fox on it. The four medallions were the size of Andra's hand.

"All right everyone, time for Six Flags!" screamed Andra.

I'm not going ot write about Six Flags. They went to Kiharu's house afterwards to have a sleepover.

"Hey Vash, what brought you to the city anyways?" asked Kiharu. She had been wondering about that all evening. Vash stopped laughing with Andra over a joke and a grave expression overtook his face.

"I'm looking for my brother; his name is Millions Knives and he killed one of my friends..."

"Rem." Vash looked at the three girls in suprise. 'How do they know Rem?' His eyes widened. 'Maybe one of them knows her! I doubt it, but it's worth a try!' But before he could ask, Andra beat him to it.

"Vash, what do 'Knives' and 'Rem' translate into?"

"Um, I believe they translate into 'Anthony' and 'Elizabeth', I think. Why?" Kiharu twitched. "Do you know them?"

"Ohhhh yeah. Kiharu knows them. You must have been summoned to this dimension to fulfill your oath. Her adoptive dad's name is Anthony. He's the only one in the city." Vash's eyes widened and he paled. 'Her adoptive parents? I can't kill her father. What do I do now?' Vash looked at Kiharu; she just shrugged nonchalantly.

"I couldn't care less if you killed him. I just need him for the money. Go ahead and kill him. Just to tell you, only Dad knows what happened to Mom and where she is, so don't ask." Kiharu said. She then got up and headed towards the kitchen. "Anyone want something to eat? Got a full fridge." The front door opened.

"Thank you, Kiharu-chan, I'd love some." a deep and smooth voice called from the hallway. Kiharu smiled.

"Welcome home, Dad. You have a visitor." Kiharu pointed in Vash's direction. A boot appeared in the doorway and a body was revealed.

Millions Knives had returned home.