Disclaimer: I shall never own Trigun. I'm starting to be able to accept it.. I also do not own any Jewel song that I have used in the"chapters" of this story (P.S. all songs from the "Spirit" album--ergo the title). Poor Milly. I abuse her so much.
I plan to make this a sort of mini-series, that follows my favorite insurance girl (and why do I have Senpai in my name then? Well, my friend calls me senpai, so I guess that's why) and is just perfectly sweet, just like the Big Girl. Spoilers imminent. *=song lyrics. NEW: I am now putting lyrics in italics, too. Yay! Songs are the titles of the chapters.
The Spirit of Milly--Chapter One: Enter From the East
I was so glad Mr. Vash the Stampede paid our bus faire, even if Senpai and I had to pay him back when we get to May City. That was okay with me.
Mr. Vash looked out his window. "What's that?" He pointed at a glint of metal.
The driver detoured the bus to go after it at Mr. Vash's insistance. The driver, Mr. Vash, Senpai, myself, and a few others went out searching for the thing Mr. Vash saw.
*I went out a-wandering
Beneath an unknown sky
The heavens all shook violently
He caught my eye*
"That is one well-prepared dead guy," the driver said solemnly. We all nodded. It was too bad that this poor man had to die this way, out in the middle of the desert. He was leaning against a giant cross-shaped object.
"Well, praise the Lord!" the man's suddenly sprung open. They were an amazing light blue, which looked striking against his black hair. I felt myself blush a bit.
We led him back to the bus and we drove a while longer.
*Strange fruit fell
It struck me to the core
My heart became a single flame
It wanted nothing more
Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place
And own me, own me*
The man guzzled down Mr. Vash's water, much to the Humanoid Typhoon's dismay. Senpai obviously found humor in that. As he drank, he talked to Meryl and me, and introduced himself as Nicholas D. Wolfwood. Nicholas, a nice name.
"I'm a man of the cloth," he stated boldly.
"You?" Meryl was extremely surprised. "Really?"
I was confused. "What do you make pretty dresses?"
I thought Mr. Wolfwood was going to hurt me. He semi-politely explained to me that he was a priest. I renamed him in my mind. Bokushi-san.
"I'll bet you were the one who found me," I heard him say. I wasn't sure if he was talking to me or Senpai.
It was probably Meryl, because she answered him. "Actually, the one saw you when you were just a teeny speck on the horizon was that pathetic creature." She gestured to Mr. Vash, who was trying to catch the last drop of his water.
Mr. Vash introduced himself by some long ridiculous name that obviously wasn't his. "What are you talking about, Mr. Vash the Stampede?" I asked him.
"I hate it when you call me by my full name!" he cried at me.
*The clock became a bullet hole
Cruel and unkind
It hurt me with its second hand
Alone another night
Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place*
I was so glad that the little girl was alive. But, Mr. Vash and Bokushi-san were nowhere to be found, but, there was a huge hole in the ground. The little girl told me that her "rescuers" fell through quicksand. Meryl and I dashed to the hole, hoping that it led to the same place.
There was a giant submerged space ship, it seemed, at the bottom of the hole. I could hear the echoes of gunshots inside, and wondered if it was Mr. Vash's gun. Senpai ran towards where it sounded like the shots were coming from, but there was no real opening.
The gunshots stopped, which caused me to panic slightly. "Stand back," I told Meryl, aiming my stun gun.
A few direct hits at the shell of the ship made a hole large enough to fit the bus through.
"A little late I'd say!" Bokushi-san cried. We lowered a rope to pull them out, and Senpai started lecturing Mr. Vash again. It was quite funny.
*Blue, is that you?
Well, don't bother knocking on my door this time
Blue, go be true to someone else
There's no room inside this heart of mine*
Mr. Wolfwood was a truly wretched person. He cursed, smoked, probably didn't follow the same peaceful way of life as Mr. Vash, and I had a crush on him. I shook my head, watching them laugh.
"The birds of a feather have flocked together," Meryl moaned and got up.
Mr. Wolfwood, noticing the empty seat beside me got up and took it. He leaned against me. "Hey, you're really comfy."
*My heart has four empty rooms
Three wait for lightning and one waits for you
I must have you all to myself
Feel the full weight of your skin
I hollow out my insides
To place you in
Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place
And own me, own me*
The men threw the giant cross at Mr. Wolfwood. "That thing's heavy!"
"That my friend, is because it's so full of mercy." He called, nodded at us, and walked off.
"There went Wolfwood," I heard Mr. Vash sigh. I hoped to see him again, sometime soon.
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Yeah, not much there, but this is chronicling Milly. Chill, okay? Just CHILL!
This is why I'm taking my time with Chapter 12 from Gunsmoke High. Be patient, my friends.