Disclaimer: Trigun is sadly enough not mine, or there would have been way more episodes!

I hope everyone enjoys. Italics during the chapter that don't include POV are mind speech. Also, the name within the parentheses on the title means that that chapter is that persons view only, some chapters mirrors showing the different views of the events, in other cases it is a matter of completely different chapters but with only one view. I love reviews, so any are appreciated.

Chapter 1: Vash's POV
The return back was difficult with his brother slung over his shoulder and his entire body aching but he was determined to do it. He had a burning desire to discover what that look that Meryl gave him was about right before he left. He wanted to know if that look was a promise of something more, because about now he needed that promise. Sighing, he continues on his trek, feeling as if every step is taking him closer to home.

Minutes pass into hours, and hours into days before he finally stumbles into the town where he had left the girls. On his should he can occasionally feel Knives twitching, the patch job he had done on him falling apart. With a shake of his head, he focuses on making it to the hotel where the girls had been.

Luck was on his side he decided when he heard a very loud "Mr. Vash!" from Milly.

"Hey, insurance girl! Could you give me a hand?" Vash asks, "I am kinda tired."

Milly came rushing over to him, not a moment too soon, because almost as soon as she got to him, his legs gave out and she ended up catching the both of them.

Meryl's POV
Morning had started so simply, another day without Vash, but with hope for the future. She was sure he would be back soon, she just didn't know when. So she was mildly surprised when Milly and she were getting ready to walk out of the door to work and Milly yelled, "Mr. Vash!"

The next thing she knew, Milly was running across the yard towards the slender man walking into town. Almost as soon as she got to him, his legs gave out and he went down like a heap right into Milly. Running over to the two, she was almost surprised to see the blonde haired man laying beside Vash.

"C'mon Milly, let's get these two inside," Meryl tells her big friend.

Milly nods, hefting both of them up like sacks of flour and heads to the small house they had been renting. Meryl grabs the doors to the house and the bedroom, while Milly lays Vash on one bed, and the other guy on the other bed.

"Milly, grab the first aid kit, they're both bleeding," Meryl directs her as she begins to unfasten the strangers over outfit since he seems to be in worse shape than Vash.

The next several hours are spent with the two girls carefully working on the two men after Milly reported to their boss that a problem at home was going to cause them to miss working today. The second one must be Vash's brother Knives, which means, he is a killer of the worst kind, yet for some reason Vash had saved him. She would have to ask him about it when he woke up. When they are done getting them cleaned up Milly went to take a shower, while Meryl went to make dinner.

Wow, she thought to herself, he had said they were brothers but I really had not expected them look almost exactly alike. The resemblance is uncanny, I wonder how close of brothers they are? As she cooked, she carefully considered the damage done to both brothers and could not help but shake her head. Apparently, they liked to aim at the same spots since both have gun wounds to their shoulders and thighs, only Vash apparently better at hitting since his went through Knives, not just scrapped him. Lovely, more scars that he will be self conscious about, she thinks as she finishes up.

When she is done with dinner, she calls Milly into the dining room to eat, while she goes to check on the guys. Both seem to be out cold so she is surprised when Vash rolls over and blinks at her, startling her.

"Hi Meryl," he greets her as he slowly sits up and looks around.

She can tell that he is a bit disorientated as his turquoise eyes go over everything. When he had left they had still been in the hotel, but shortly afterwards had decided to get a small house to rent on the outskirts of town so that they would have somewhere a little more permanent to stay while they waited. Both girls had discussed his need to save people and had figured he would bring his brother back, even though Meryl hoped he would not.

"How long was I out for?" he inquires as he looks over at his brother.

Coming over to his bed, she perches on the edge of it and smiles at him, "Almost all day, you came staggering in this morning just as we were leaving for work. Milly went and told our boss we had an emergency to take care of, then we cleaned you both up, it was weird seeing you without your coat, did you destroy this one too?"

He smiles, shaking his head, "No, I left it with mine and his guns, and the Punisher. I'm going to have to go get them so the desert doesn't destroy them."

"Tomorrow, not today, you should rest," she tells him before switching topics, "Are you hungry? I just got done with dinner."

His smile seems to grow, "Are you kidding? Of course I'm hungry!" he answers sounding almost like his old self. Glancing over at his brother, he continues, "I think he will be waking up soon, so could you bring some for him too?"

Standing up, she nods, "I can do that, though we're going to need to have that talk you promised me. Don't do anything stupid while I get dinner alright?"

"Me?" he asks, trying to sound innocent as she leaves the room shaking her head at him.