Disclaimer: I don't own Trigun, but I do own Vash and Wolfwood, they're both mine! All mine!

More than a Memory

He sat on the bench, filling his face with doughnuts, his favourite food. A man walked past him and noticed his face. 'Hey, you're Vash the stampede aren't you?'

'Why yes I am but would you mind not calling me the stampede, that's something I'm not.' The man pulled a strange face at Vash, not sure at what to think. 'Thank you kind sir!' He then went back to his extra large bad of doughnuts.

'You'll be as round as a doughnut someday if you don't stop eating them.' The menacing insurance girl stood over him.

'Aw you take the fun out of it.' Meryl folded her arms in a scolding manner but turned around when she heard Milly.

'Heeyyy!' The larger of the two insurance girls almost stopped too late as she ran towards them. 'Hey Mr Vash look what we got you! Happy Birthday!'

Meryl put an arm behind her head in a slightly embarrassed way. 'Heh, yeah we bought you a birthday present.'

'But,' began Vash, 'I don't even know when my birthday is.'

'You don't? That's so sad,' said Milly

'Isn't it? I try so hard to remember,' Vash tried to get sympathy from Milly but his little speech was cut short by Meryl who hit him on the head. 'Hey is that the way to treat a hero! Wait a minute, where are my doughnuts?' He looked at Milly who was taking the last bite of the final doughnut. 'Noooo, Milly you ate my last one!' Meryl once again hit him, tired of his moaning. 'Ow!'

'It's a shame you don't know when your birthday is.'

'Which is why,' explained Meryl, 'we decided to give you a date on which you may celebrate your birthday.'

'Hehe, oh Meryl you sound so formal.'

Excitement crossed over Vash as he grabbed his gift and cried out in joy. He opened the box to find a coat inside. A coat identical the old one he had abandoned, except this one was a very dark blue. 'Thanks this is great. But don't you think...' Vash soon stopped his criticism when he saw the happy look on Milly's face, 'err... I mean it's great thanks!'

'Well now that's done, we're going shopping.' Said Meryl.

'What again?'

'Well we need to shop for ourselves you know.'

'Bye Mr Vash!' Meryl and Milly turned away and walked towards the nearest shop. Vash hoped they remember to go food shopping too. He decided to go back to the house they were staying at.

A widow used to stay there but had left to live with her daughter in another town and had asked Vash and the insurance girls to look after her house and in return they could stay as long as they liked.

Vash began to sing to himself as he stood outside looking at the night sky. 'So... On the first night, a pebble falls to the earth from...' Vash stopped when a chill wind blew past him, however he soon realised that the wind didn't move the sand on the ground, and didn't actually seem to move. It wasn't a wind, but whatever it was made Vash feel cold. As if he had been plunged in to a cold bath. Vash took his new coat from its box and put it on. He thought he had left some of it behind and jumped to discover it was just a black cat trying to sleep in his coat.

The mysterious chill came again but this time it came with a loud voice. 'Hello there! Happy Birthday.' Vash turned to see a familiar man, dressed in a black suit with black hair and stubble to match.

'Gaaahhhh!!!!!! Wolfwood! A ghost! AAAHHHHHH.' Wolfwood placed his hands on his ears to dampen the sound.

'Will you please stop shouting and screaming? You're giving me a headache.'

'Sorry. So what...who?' Vash didn't quite know how to begin.

Wolfwood gave a small laugh. 'You were right first time my friend. I am Wolfwood you're old buddy, who helped you on so many occasions.'

'You mean like when you signed me up for the quick draw contest?'

'And,' he continued, 'I am indeed a ghost.'

'Well I would like to test this theory.' Said Vash. He pulled his arm back and attempted to hit Wolfwood in the arm but failed as his fist went straight through and the chill went up Vash's arm. 'Eurgh. Will you stop giving me the shivers?'

'I can't help it.'

'So why are you here then?'

'I'm not too sure myself but I know one thing. My memories stayed with you and now my soul has come to join them.' Vash's eyes began to water at hearing something so sentimental. 'Now, lets go freak people out.'

'What kind of priest are you?!'

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AN: please review, especially if you liked it. Now on to chapter 2!