Anything has its consequences. Chapter one- A simple Wish, complicated results.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Trigun characters..-.- Although..it'd be nice..The plot however is mine. XP so I'll enjoy my meager possesion, ok? Don't take it. *sniffle*
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Hoshi glared at the horizon. The sun beat down on both her and her companion.
" I'm never...ever..complaining about boredom again." She grumbled wiping the sweat off her brow. Her companion, Ai nodded.
" I'm not even gonna ask why, the answer will probably be something stupid like..'Be careful what you wish for ' Damn stories with morals. " Hoshi muttered.
"No..they'll , whoever they are...will explain that it all happened just because we're us.." She stopped. Ai glanced a bit with narrowed eyes. "Damn its hot."
A slight breeze blew and the sand at their feet was stirred leaving a thin tan film on their sneakers.
Why were two seemingly normal teenagers in the midst of a desert? I suppose an explanation should be given. It began not too long before the present circumstance. Ah the flash back begins...
Hoshi and Ai lay there. Interesting enough,ne? *ahem* Hoshi and Ai were bored and it showed in their expressions. Hoshi, a green eyed youth glared at the wall. It seemed that even with the j-rock blaring in the background they weren't aided in finding entertainment although every so often she'd sing along. Ai narrowed her eyes.
"Now seeing as we aren't going anywhere..what now?" She absently brushed a stray lock of sandy blonde hair from her hazel eyes. They were nearly opposites. Ai was taller, and of a more slender build, with a fair complexion and light hair where as Hoshi was shorter a bit more stocky her tanned skin accompanied by dark red brown hair. An interesting combination indeed. Eyes that were changing color constantly looked over at Ai.
"So we're all packed up and ready for..." she paused. "nothing. " Her eyes closed. "I'm open to any ideas you might have.."
"Same here." Ai chan replied her voice muffled as she rested her face upon her hands. "At this point I want something to happen...anything..ne? "
"True..I just wish something...no, anything would happen."
Those words were all it took. An impish sprite lingered near enough to hear those words. A smirk lit the small being's features. Eyes locked upon a Trigun poster.
"Ah with the magic words..these youths have won, a crossworld adventure. The perfect answer to the anything they so strongly crave." A light chuckle emitted from the creature.
A flash of light and both girls along with their belongings were transported to Gunsmoke.
Presently, Hoshi laughed. Ai stopped and sweatdropped. The laughing stopped abruptly as she stared mouth agape.
"Anou..Ai..you..you..sweatdropped.." Ai blinked and stared.
"Demo..it doesn't make sense..for that we would have to be..in.." Ai started trailing off paling a bit.
"..an anime.." Hoshi nearly fell over. A moment later she smirked then frowned. "We could be in any..one." The both surveyed their surroundings, which they'd hope would provide some shred of evidence as to where they were.
"Any one that has a desert.."
"Next thing you know monsters will chase us knowing our luck." Ai thwapped her.
"Don't jinx us...you know how saying things like that turns out.." Glaring Hoshi looked upwards.
"Eh..before you worry about luck ya might want to look up.."
"T-Two suns..?" Ai mirrored Hoshi's expression of shock.
"Which means.." Hoshi grinned and chuckled. "Time for a kick ass tan..! Even you could tan with two suns..ne?" Thwapped once more she glared at her assailant. "NAZE?!"
"Well seeing as we're in the middle of a desert shouldn't we get to a town and find water or something?"
"True. " As Ai turned her back she donned a smirk, evil to say the least. It widened as they walked. A loud thud was heard as a roll of paper connected soundly with the top of her head.
"Payback's a bitch." Hoshi smirked as Ai glared at her.
Walking along they noted it was later, both glancing at the suns which seemed a bit lower in the sky. Feeling a bit sunburned, Ai stopped.
"I bet we're wandering away from civilization.." Both sighed and silence followed. It was disturbed by the sound of a faint rumbling.
" Che...what now..an earthquake? "
"Pessimist." After Hoshi glared at the comment for a bit they both shrugged and walked figuring they had nothing to lose from continuing on ahead. They felt as if the faint rumbing was closer and gradually a city came into view. Currently they were atop a rather high hill and wasted no time in dashing down using momentum to help them along as they all but ran into the town.
Both were clothed in simple attire that one would expect in summer climate, Hoshi wore a red sleevless shirt with kanji in black that was centered bordered by a few extravagant lines that looked like painted flowers,with black jean shorts and black sneakers. Simplistic and comfortable her hair was tied back into a ponytail. As for further adornments she wore black stud earings and a necklace from which dangled a red flower.
Ai was clothed in green a color which brought out the green that lingered about the rim of her warm brown eyes. Her top was of a different cut the neck squared rather than rounded, in the middle a design of vines wrapped about each others a few reddish buds could be sighted all drawing focus to the blooming flower dead center. A wonderful shirt, one of her favorites in fact worn now with blue jeans and white tennis shoes.
As they walked into the city it became quite apparent that they were...different. From the first footstep all eyes of the few denizens were upon them, some curious, others with far less innocent appearances.
"Why do I suddenly feel naked?" Hoshi whispered self consciously.
"Their clothes...no summer..clothes..."
" They look like they came out of an old western..Hm." Hoshi noted their skin tone. She suddenly felt a bit outnumbered. " Guess I'm really a minority now,eh?" She sighed. Her sarcasm was something that kept her calm at times like this. Ai chuckled softly, it seems the dry humor was calming to her as well. "Ne, Ai-chan.. "
"Hai..? "
"Maybe you should be the one to approach them..you ..look more like them...kinda.." Ai sweatdropped.
" Fine. " And with that she set off to the nearest person as others wandered off continuing about their business. A moment later a perplexed looking Ai returned.
"Did you find out anything..? "
" Well...I asked where we were and what state it was in they gave me the weirdest look. It doesn't look like they know a thing of where we come from. "
"Kuso.." She sighed loudly.
"Of course..I asked where in the nine hells we were...and he muttered something about Gun...something.."
"Gun..smoke..?" Hoshi questioned carefully.
"Um...maybe that was it...or something like that.."
" Ai-chan..you know what that means..?"
"What?"
The rumbling grew within earshot.
"What the?" Both only saw a cloud of dust approaching and blinked eyes widened a bit as they tensed and glanced at each other then back at the cloud. Hoshi merely backed up as Ai did the logical..and, sidestepped a bit. A loud thud was heard as Hoshi and her belongings became the unfortunate victims of a head on collision with the Humanoid Typhoon himself.
"Itaiii.." Hoshi groaned softly. The lanky blonde sweatdropped looking at the young girl sit up stand and dust her rear end off.
"G-gomen..nasai.." He managed to stammer finally. Ai trotted over.
"BAKA! " She growled. " You could have hurt her. " Vash sweatdropped as she glared angrily.
Suddenly he felt as if being confronted with another Meryl. He gulped. He doubted he'd be lucky enough to survive two at once, seeing as he was sure the two insurance agents weren't too far off. Hoshi coughed and looked at the blonde as recognition kicked in. Her eyes widened.
"Well.." She began finally speaking."How about you tell us where we are and we'll call it even?"
"Eheh...well...to tell ya the truth..I'm a bit lost myself. "
"Imagine, Vash the stampede himself...lost? One would expect more from the infamous humanoid typhoon.." Hoshi mused sharing a look with Ai as Vash's eyes widened. It wasn't a normal thing to be recognized.
"Have..we..met? " He asked softly. Both of them shook their heads. He paused looking at them and grinned in that silly way that made him so endearing. He snaked an arm about both of their shoulders. "Well I'm sure we can work something out." He walked along taking them with him into a nearbye tavern.
" He's..so....cute .." Hoshi whispered to Ai. Ai grinned. Indeed this was better than boredom.
*-*-The sprite's cove-*-*
Elsewhere the spire whatched proud that its bit of mischeif was proving to be quite entertaining. In its tiny hands was what appeared to be a bag of popcorn. It chuckled and continued to watch as the events unfolded.
*-*- Back in Gunsmoke...-*-*
They walked into the tavern. Hoshi's eyes narrowed. Something she hated being confronted with was occuring, staring. It seems the whole room was silenced as its entire attention lingered on them.
"Relax.." Ai murmured. The last thing they needed was for her friend's short temper to cause some trouble.
"But...they're.. staring."Was the clipped reply.
"Who is? " Vash asked turquoise eyes reflecting his confusion.
"Everyone." She whispered eyes narrowed.
"Well..it could be your lack of clothing..." He stated.
"Its hot..what else would we wear? " Vash shrugged shifting his weight as Hoshis allowed her gaze to rest on her surroundings.
"Its like an old fashioned saloon." Most had resumed their previous actions a soft murmur filling the room , replacing the silence present only seconds ago. Various tables erupted with laughter every so often and the sound of shuffling cards and people conversing grew louder.
"And we're broke. " They both sighed simultaneously. Footfalls were heard rapidly approaching. Vash sweatdropped. He had a feeling who it would be. He took a breath.
"Vash-san!" The trio turned and their eyes fell upon Millie who was followed by none other then Meryl Stryfe herself.
Hoshi's eyes were wide.
"Sugoi...ne Ai-chan?"
"So desu. '
Meryl looked at the two youths then her gaze growing a bit suspicious went to Vash. There was a bit of a silence between them, the tension arising nearly tangible. Hoshi spoke up to break the tension filled silence.
" Anou..I suppose introductions are in order,ne?"
Meryl nodded eyeing the two warily. Hoshi nodded at Ai who stepped forward.
"Hajimemashite, watashi wa Ai desu." She bowed slightly.
"Watashi no namae wa Hoshi desu, hajimemashite."
Millie smiled. The taller woman was cheerful as ever and her welcoming smile relieved the two girls. Meryl still lacked that trust and , even if it was not her intention, gave off an aura of tension that did not bode well with them. It made them want to shiver.
"I'm Meryl Stryfe." Her blue eyes remained on them as she spoke and motioned to her companion. " and this is Millie Thompson."
"Pleased to meet you!" Millie added. Hoshi smiled. At least someone was being kind.
They were confronted with yet another silence. Meryl watched them. Hoshi twitched before asking dryly.
"Is there something I can help you with? " Vash and the others watched afraid that a volatile clash of personalities and temper would occur. Meryl shook her head before speaking, embarrassed after realizing that she'd been caught staring.
"Your clothing.." she began.
"We're not exactly from around here.." Ai said.
"Nope..nowhere remotely nearbye." Hoshi added.
"Eheh..I don't know about you guys but I'm parched!" Vash suddenly spoke up. All four females looked at him, he seemed unfazed that cheerful grin remaining intact. Hoshi and Ai shared a troubled look. Millie spoke then.
"Are you alright? "
"To tell the truth..no.." Hoshi sighed.
"We're lost broke..and seem to have attracted some..rather unwanted attention." Ai finished her eyes upon the group of older men leering at them. Vash looked over briefly.
" It seems you have admirers." He stated. Hoshi paled and tugged on his sleeve.
"Vash-san...?"
"Hai?"
"Um.." She began a bit shyly."I wanted to ask you a favor.."
"Hai.?" He arched a brow.
"Ya see..its kinda like this...Me an' Ai-chan are a bit defenseless and those guys are looking at us like we're a new entree on the menu.." He nodded. "And I was wondering..seeing as we know of your skills." Another nod and she continued. "If you could ..protect us? I promise I'll find a way to pay you somehow.." She looked at him pleadingly.
A smile appeared on his features his eyes rather gentle.
"Agreed."
She beamed. "Ah! You're great Vash-san!" She walked over to Ai and whispered as she nodded and in turn Ai grinned. They both approached him.
"Well Vash-san..I have a plan." He nodded. "If anyone asks..we're brother and sister..and um." Ai searched for soemthing in her mind. Vash tilted his head as he listened. "Hoshi..you look so damned hispanic...what are we gonna do with you?"
She shrugged. "I dunno..make something up genius." She arched a brow. "After all you said you had it all figured out,ne? " She smiled. Ai bit her bottom lip in thought. Moments passed. Hoshi grew impatient. "Just make it up! ANYTHING."
"Anything?" She asked amused.
"ANYTHING."
"Fine then. " She smirked."You can be Vash's lover!" She giggled as Hoshi blushed her mouth agape as she looked at her best friend.
"NANI?!"
"You said..anything."
Another reason why anything is a word that should be used with great care.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Trigun characters..-.- Although..it'd be nice..The plot however is mine. XP so I'll enjoy my meager possesion, ok? Don't take it. *sniffle*
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Hoshi glared at the horizon. The sun beat down on both her and her companion.
" I'm never...ever..complaining about boredom again." She grumbled wiping the sweat off her brow. Her companion, Ai nodded.
" I'm not even gonna ask why, the answer will probably be something stupid like..'Be careful what you wish for ' Damn stories with morals. " Hoshi muttered.
"No..they'll , whoever they are...will explain that it all happened just because we're us.." She stopped. Ai glanced a bit with narrowed eyes. "Damn its hot."
A slight breeze blew and the sand at their feet was stirred leaving a thin tan film on their sneakers.
Why were two seemingly normal teenagers in the midst of a desert? I suppose an explanation should be given. It began not too long before the present circumstance. Ah the flash back begins...
Hoshi and Ai lay there. Interesting enough,ne? *ahem* Hoshi and Ai were bored and it showed in their expressions. Hoshi, a green eyed youth glared at the wall. It seemed that even with the j-rock blaring in the background they weren't aided in finding entertainment although every so often she'd sing along. Ai narrowed her eyes.
"Now seeing as we aren't going anywhere..what now?" She absently brushed a stray lock of sandy blonde hair from her hazel eyes. They were nearly opposites. Ai was taller, and of a more slender build, with a fair complexion and light hair where as Hoshi was shorter a bit more stocky her tanned skin accompanied by dark red brown hair. An interesting combination indeed. Eyes that were changing color constantly looked over at Ai.
"So we're all packed up and ready for..." she paused. "nothing. " Her eyes closed. "I'm open to any ideas you might have.."
"Same here." Ai chan replied her voice muffled as she rested her face upon her hands. "At this point I want something to happen...anything..ne? "
"True..I just wish something...no, anything would happen."
Those words were all it took. An impish sprite lingered near enough to hear those words. A smirk lit the small being's features. Eyes locked upon a Trigun poster.
"Ah with the magic words..these youths have won, a crossworld adventure. The perfect answer to the anything they so strongly crave." A light chuckle emitted from the creature.
A flash of light and both girls along with their belongings were transported to Gunsmoke.
Presently, Hoshi laughed. Ai stopped and sweatdropped. The laughing stopped abruptly as she stared mouth agape.
"Anou..Ai..you..you..sweatdropped.." Ai blinked and stared.
"Demo..it doesn't make sense..for that we would have to be..in.." Ai started trailing off paling a bit.
"..an anime.." Hoshi nearly fell over. A moment later she smirked then frowned. "We could be in any..one." The both surveyed their surroundings, which they'd hope would provide some shred of evidence as to where they were.
"Any one that has a desert.."
"Next thing you know monsters will chase us knowing our luck." Ai thwapped her.
"Don't jinx us...you know how saying things like that turns out.." Glaring Hoshi looked upwards.
"Eh..before you worry about luck ya might want to look up.."
"T-Two suns..?" Ai mirrored Hoshi's expression of shock.
"Which means.." Hoshi grinned and chuckled. "Time for a kick ass tan..! Even you could tan with two suns..ne?" Thwapped once more she glared at her assailant. "NAZE?!"
"Well seeing as we're in the middle of a desert shouldn't we get to a town and find water or something?"
"True. " As Ai turned her back she donned a smirk, evil to say the least. It widened as they walked. A loud thud was heard as a roll of paper connected soundly with the top of her head.
"Payback's a bitch." Hoshi smirked as Ai glared at her.
Walking along they noted it was later, both glancing at the suns which seemed a bit lower in the sky. Feeling a bit sunburned, Ai stopped.
"I bet we're wandering away from civilization.." Both sighed and silence followed. It was disturbed by the sound of a faint rumbling.
" Che...what now..an earthquake? "
"Pessimist." After Hoshi glared at the comment for a bit they both shrugged and walked figuring they had nothing to lose from continuing on ahead. They felt as if the faint rumbing was closer and gradually a city came into view. Currently they were atop a rather high hill and wasted no time in dashing down using momentum to help them along as they all but ran into the town.
Both were clothed in simple attire that one would expect in summer climate, Hoshi wore a red sleevless shirt with kanji in black that was centered bordered by a few extravagant lines that looked like painted flowers,with black jean shorts and black sneakers. Simplistic and comfortable her hair was tied back into a ponytail. As for further adornments she wore black stud earings and a necklace from which dangled a red flower.
Ai was clothed in green a color which brought out the green that lingered about the rim of her warm brown eyes. Her top was of a different cut the neck squared rather than rounded, in the middle a design of vines wrapped about each others a few reddish buds could be sighted all drawing focus to the blooming flower dead center. A wonderful shirt, one of her favorites in fact worn now with blue jeans and white tennis shoes.
As they walked into the city it became quite apparent that they were...different. From the first footstep all eyes of the few denizens were upon them, some curious, others with far less innocent appearances.
"Why do I suddenly feel naked?" Hoshi whispered self consciously.
"Their clothes...no summer..clothes..."
" They look like they came out of an old western..Hm." Hoshi noted their skin tone. She suddenly felt a bit outnumbered. " Guess I'm really a minority now,eh?" She sighed. Her sarcasm was something that kept her calm at times like this. Ai chuckled softly, it seems the dry humor was calming to her as well. "Ne, Ai-chan.. "
"Hai..? "
"Maybe you should be the one to approach them..you ..look more like them...kinda.." Ai sweatdropped.
" Fine. " And with that she set off to the nearest person as others wandered off continuing about their business. A moment later a perplexed looking Ai returned.
"Did you find out anything..? "
" Well...I asked where we were and what state it was in they gave me the weirdest look. It doesn't look like they know a thing of where we come from. "
"Kuso.." She sighed loudly.
"Of course..I asked where in the nine hells we were...and he muttered something about Gun...something.."
"Gun..smoke..?" Hoshi questioned carefully.
"Um...maybe that was it...or something like that.."
" Ai-chan..you know what that means..?"
"What?"
The rumbling grew within earshot.
"What the?" Both only saw a cloud of dust approaching and blinked eyes widened a bit as they tensed and glanced at each other then back at the cloud. Hoshi merely backed up as Ai did the logical..and, sidestepped a bit. A loud thud was heard as Hoshi and her belongings became the unfortunate victims of a head on collision with the Humanoid Typhoon himself.
"Itaiii.." Hoshi groaned softly. The lanky blonde sweatdropped looking at the young girl sit up stand and dust her rear end off.
"G-gomen..nasai.." He managed to stammer finally. Ai trotted over.
"BAKA! " She growled. " You could have hurt her. " Vash sweatdropped as she glared angrily.
Suddenly he felt as if being confronted with another Meryl. He gulped. He doubted he'd be lucky enough to survive two at once, seeing as he was sure the two insurance agents weren't too far off. Hoshi coughed and looked at the blonde as recognition kicked in. Her eyes widened.
"Well.." She began finally speaking."How about you tell us where we are and we'll call it even?"
"Eheh...well...to tell ya the truth..I'm a bit lost myself. "
"Imagine, Vash the stampede himself...lost? One would expect more from the infamous humanoid typhoon.." Hoshi mused sharing a look with Ai as Vash's eyes widened. It wasn't a normal thing to be recognized.
"Have..we..met? " He asked softly. Both of them shook their heads. He paused looking at them and grinned in that silly way that made him so endearing. He snaked an arm about both of their shoulders. "Well I'm sure we can work something out." He walked along taking them with him into a nearbye tavern.
" He's..so....cute .." Hoshi whispered to Ai. Ai grinned. Indeed this was better than boredom.
*-*-The sprite's cove-*-*
Elsewhere the spire whatched proud that its bit of mischeif was proving to be quite entertaining. In its tiny hands was what appeared to be a bag of popcorn. It chuckled and continued to watch as the events unfolded.
*-*- Back in Gunsmoke...-*-*
They walked into the tavern. Hoshi's eyes narrowed. Something she hated being confronted with was occuring, staring. It seems the whole room was silenced as its entire attention lingered on them.
"Relax.." Ai murmured. The last thing they needed was for her friend's short temper to cause some trouble.
"But...they're.. staring."Was the clipped reply.
"Who is? " Vash asked turquoise eyes reflecting his confusion.
"Everyone." She whispered eyes narrowed.
"Well..it could be your lack of clothing..." He stated.
"Its hot..what else would we wear? " Vash shrugged shifting his weight as Hoshis allowed her gaze to rest on her surroundings.
"Its like an old fashioned saloon." Most had resumed their previous actions a soft murmur filling the room , replacing the silence present only seconds ago. Various tables erupted with laughter every so often and the sound of shuffling cards and people conversing grew louder.
"And we're broke. " They both sighed simultaneously. Footfalls were heard rapidly approaching. Vash sweatdropped. He had a feeling who it would be. He took a breath.
"Vash-san!" The trio turned and their eyes fell upon Millie who was followed by none other then Meryl Stryfe herself.
Hoshi's eyes were wide.
"Sugoi...ne Ai-chan?"
"So desu. '
Meryl looked at the two youths then her gaze growing a bit suspicious went to Vash. There was a bit of a silence between them, the tension arising nearly tangible. Hoshi spoke up to break the tension filled silence.
" Anou..I suppose introductions are in order,ne?"
Meryl nodded eyeing the two warily. Hoshi nodded at Ai who stepped forward.
"Hajimemashite, watashi wa Ai desu." She bowed slightly.
"Watashi no namae wa Hoshi desu, hajimemashite."
Millie smiled. The taller woman was cheerful as ever and her welcoming smile relieved the two girls. Meryl still lacked that trust and , even if it was not her intention, gave off an aura of tension that did not bode well with them. It made them want to shiver.
"I'm Meryl Stryfe." Her blue eyes remained on them as she spoke and motioned to her companion. " and this is Millie Thompson."
"Pleased to meet you!" Millie added. Hoshi smiled. At least someone was being kind.
They were confronted with yet another silence. Meryl watched them. Hoshi twitched before asking dryly.
"Is there something I can help you with? " Vash and the others watched afraid that a volatile clash of personalities and temper would occur. Meryl shook her head before speaking, embarrassed after realizing that she'd been caught staring.
"Your clothing.." she began.
"We're not exactly from around here.." Ai said.
"Nope..nowhere remotely nearbye." Hoshi added.
"Eheh..I don't know about you guys but I'm parched!" Vash suddenly spoke up. All four females looked at him, he seemed unfazed that cheerful grin remaining intact. Hoshi and Ai shared a troubled look. Millie spoke then.
"Are you alright? "
"To tell the truth..no.." Hoshi sighed.
"We're lost broke..and seem to have attracted some..rather unwanted attention." Ai finished her eyes upon the group of older men leering at them. Vash looked over briefly.
" It seems you have admirers." He stated. Hoshi paled and tugged on his sleeve.
"Vash-san...?"
"Hai?"
"Um.." She began a bit shyly."I wanted to ask you a favor.."
"Hai.?" He arched a brow.
"Ya see..its kinda like this...Me an' Ai-chan are a bit defenseless and those guys are looking at us like we're a new entree on the menu.." He nodded. "And I was wondering..seeing as we know of your skills." Another nod and she continued. "If you could ..protect us? I promise I'll find a way to pay you somehow.." She looked at him pleadingly.
A smile appeared on his features his eyes rather gentle.
"Agreed."
She beamed. "Ah! You're great Vash-san!" She walked over to Ai and whispered as she nodded and in turn Ai grinned. They both approached him.
"Well Vash-san..I have a plan." He nodded. "If anyone asks..we're brother and sister..and um." Ai searched for soemthing in her mind. Vash tilted his head as he listened. "Hoshi..you look so damned hispanic...what are we gonna do with you?"
She shrugged. "I dunno..make something up genius." She arched a brow. "After all you said you had it all figured out,ne? " She smiled. Ai bit her bottom lip in thought. Moments passed. Hoshi grew impatient. "Just make it up! ANYTHING."
"Anything?" She asked amused.
"ANYTHING."
"Fine then. " She smirked."You can be Vash's lover!" She giggled as Hoshi blushed her mouth agape as she looked at her best friend.
"NANI?!"
"You said..anything."
Another reason why anything is a word that should be used with great care.
