*****Hello all! this is my first time writing so be patient with
me. The long hot summers have left me with many hours of extra
time on my hands.. so one late night I caught my very first
episode of Trigun and I've been hooked ever since. So one day
I... blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Sam: o_O errrg she's doing it again!
Me: Oh, what huh? Sorry sometimes I get carried away but that Vash
you know.. *sigh* what a charmer! ok well lets begin shall we??
Sam: You do that
Me: shut up so I can!
Sam: -_- *sigh*
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Max Stood behind the bar wiping a dusty glass. It was quiet as
usual with a couple of card players in the corner and the usual
drunks tipping back tall mugs of Max's special brew. The quiet
was too much for Max... things were SUPPOSED to liven up with the
presence of the great Vash the Stampede, but somehow the novelty
of this renowned gunman faded just as quickly as it came. Max
thought the young lady Jessica might have something to do with
the matter. Vash would visit the bar every day and shortly after
his coming he would be promptly dragged away by the ever jabbering
Jessica. Max chuckled to himself, it struck him funny how the
most feared gunman known in these parts could be dragged of by
the ear by you're average love struck little girl.
"Honestly!" Max breathed, still winded from suppressing his deep
rolling laugh. Max set down his glass when two travelers made
their way to the bar.
"What can I do you fer??" Max said happily to the hooded
strangers.
"Water for him and somethin' strong for me." said a gruff female
voice from under the white hood.
"You betcha!" smiled Max as he turned to serve up the order.
He handed the second traveler, a cold glass of water. The traveler
pulled back his dusty blue hood and drank thirstily from the
glass.
"Hey! Vash!" Max said, finally some excitement!
"Well I haven't seen you in a day or two... hey what happened
to your red coat? I thou..."
The man looked up, Max was not surprised to see Vash's face
staring back at him, but there was something in his eye's that
told Max that this was not Vash.. just a sturdy young man who
looked like he could be Vash's brother or son..., But Max did not
have time to ponder his mistake for very long as he was immediately
suspended in midair, by a delicate woman's hand, at the mere mention
of Vash's name. How could something so frail looking have so much
power?!
"Did you say Vash??" said the harsh female's voice.
Max coughed and wheezed looking frantically around for help, the
cards men had fled as soon as the woman stood up in anger spilling
the contents of her glass all over the bar. There was only one
man left other than the boy, but unfortunately he was passed out
drunk in the corner.
"Well!?" said the woman shaking Max like a rag doll, which was
no small feet because max was three times her size.
"Y-y-yesss! *gasp*"
"He's here?" questioned the woman
Max nodded his now purple head. The woman dropped him and he
immediately began gulping in large quantities of air.
***
Lily's Heart was pounding. 'He's here! After all this time,
all the years of searching!' she thought excitedly
Lily promptly dropped the bartender who's face was now turning
a lovely shade of mauve.
"Where is he?" she said now more pleasantly.
***
Dagger looked at the big sweaty bald man dangling before him
It's hard to believe how vicious his sweet loving mother
could be in times of need. This Vash must really be something
to get his mum all worked up like this. The past five years of
their life had been dedicated to finding Vash and now the
search was finally over!
***
Vash sat under the cooling shade of Jessica's porch. She was just
a kid, but she had more power over Vash then most any other woman
had. Vash loved her... but more like a little sister than anything
else. The poor girl had a hapless crush on Vash and was tragically
set on marrying him.
'Well I can't help it if I'm such a hot ticket.' Vash thought to
himself. He got up and made his way towards the town. 'I wonder
if Max has any doughnuts??' Vash thought hungrily.
Vash walked up to the little bar and passed two strangers on
their way out, accidentally running into the second who was
wearing a white hooded coat.
"Ooof! Oh! Sorry." Vash said apologetically. The stranger looked
at him and turned to the first stranger in the blue coat.
Vash shrugged and walked inside. The stranger in white turned
and followed.
"Hey Max!" said Vash "What's up??"
"Vash!" Max said breathlessly "Thank the stars! This crazy lady in a
white coat is out there looking for you. She's quite strong and
there was a.."
Max was cut off for the second time in one day. This time by a
small dagger now quivering ominously by his hand. It was
thrown by the woman in white.
"YYYEEESHHH! Geese lady I said I was sorry!" Vash said, but he
wasn't surprised in the least, he saw her slip and hide in
the shadows.
"You're not fooling anyone Vash, you knew I was here the whole
time." the woman said.
Vash scratched his head "Well, yea..." he began, 'wait, her voice
it sounds very familiar.. ah whatever.
The woman walked up to Vash, and leaned in, she was so close Vash
could feel her warm breath on his face. She reached past him and
pulled back with the dagger now in her hand.
"Well *cough*" Vash said while straightening out his coat "Um...
*cough* you seem to know MY name but I don't believe I know your
name."
The woman pulled back her hood, she was smiling. Her long silver
and pink hair was flowing around her shoulders, and her pink eyes
were flashing with satisfaction and pleasure. Vash gasped.
'It's her!'
***
Lily smiled even wider. 'He sill has that look in his eyes
whenever he sees me.' Lily's heart was pulsing and throbbing in
her thought. 'After all this time, all the long hours of
searching and fighting were worth it.'
"Vash," she breathed heavily, her legs felt like jelly, 'Dammit
Lilly pull yourself together!!' she thought viciously to herself
'There are more pressing matters than your own personal pleasure'
"It's been a while hasn't it?" she said now more smoothly.
"You could say that," Vash said in his deliciously silky voice
Every nerve ending in Lily's body tingled with excitement.
"Hell, Vash its been torture finding you, there are so many places
to look, so many dead ends I damn near lost my mind looking for
you. I... I..." Lily started.
Lilly broke down, tears streaming down her face she was so
overcome with emotion. Vash stepped forward and drew her close.
Lily could feel his warm body pressed against hers, he gently
lifted her head and softly kissed her on the lips.
*sniff* *sniff*
"V-vash I-i-i *sniff*" 'damn' Lily thought "...*SIGH* Vash there's
something very important I have to tell you!"
"I can tell, but first things first, you really should give poor
Max here a break. He's only a bartender and he cant really defend
himself." Vash was smiling broadly
Lily laughed softly, "Well then Max, I'm sorry, it's been very
frustrating looking for Vash. He's never in one place for long."
Lily slapped down a few double dollars "Two shots of the good
stuff," she turned and smiled at Vash "before we begin."
Max quickly obliged, pulling down a dusty bottle from the shelf
and a couple of shot glasses from under the counter. He poured
the clear amber liquid into the small glasses, and handed them
to Lily. Lily and Vash made their way to a small table by the
window. Lily tipped back the first shot letting the warm liquid
slide smoothly down her throat. Vash reached for the second
shot.
***
Vash's mind was bursting with questions he had for Lily, 'I
wonder how long she's been looking for me?? Why would she be
looking for me?? I thought she would have found a better man than
me... someone who could um.. well not exactly take care of her but
uhhh.. well a better man.' Vash reached for the little shot glass
sitting on the table.
"What are you doing??" said Lily snatching the shot glass away from
Vash. "You know you have no tolerance for this stuff." she said just
before gulping down the contents of the glass. Vash smiled and
scratched his head 'she hasn't changed a bit'
"So what's the important bartender thrashing news you had for me??"
Vash said laughingly. Lily smirked, her eyes were now free of emotion,
Vash couldn't tell what she was about to say, curiosity was welling
up inside him ready to burst.
"Vash, the reason I've been searching for you so long wasn't just
because I love you, I do... you know that, but... *sigh* Vash, I..
well" she was having trouble finding the words. "Fifteen years ago
I had a son... your son... I trained him until he was old enough to
go with me and look for you. I want him to be with you incase
anything should happen to me..."
Vash frowned. He's was quite excited about the son thing... but what
could happen to Lily? How would something bad enough happen to her to
have to leave her only son in the care of a traveling gunman. No, it
was too dangerous for the kid...
"What's his name?" Vash asked
"Would you like to meet him?" Lily asked calmly... he could see the
eagerness in her eyes.
"Yea I would!" Vash said not bothering to hide his own excitement.
"Dag, c'mon out, it's ok, I want you to meet your father." Said Lily
directing her voice to a dark corner of the room.
For a second Vash thought Lily had gone nuts, the guy in the blue coat
was waiting out side... but the a boy stepped out from the shadows.
Vash's jaw dropped, the kid looked almost exactly like Vash himself,
right down to the earring... but he had silver hair like his mother
and a thin white scar on his left eyebrow. He was handsome more so
than his father, he carried himself with pride, like a great warrior,
Vash could tell he had a lot of his mother's spirit.
"Vash... this is Dagger, your son." Lily said happily, she was
watching Vash, searching his face for a reaction. Vash smiled broadly.
"Hey Dagger, its very nice to meet you. I can um see the resemblance,"
Dagger smiled equally as broad, "Yeah, Ma' said I looked a lot like you,
she didn't say that we were practically twins."
Vash broke out in a fit of Laughter. Dagger smiled awkwardly.
"...*GASP* hahaha hee heee, *gasp* I-i'm sorry... hee hee hee, It's
just, it's just, ha ha ha, Lily, hahaha a MOM!!! Heee heee heee,
she's just never seemed like the mommy type! Hahaha he he he!"
***
Dagger began laughing too. His father sure was strange but he was very
happy that this man was Vash, and the thought of the stuff his mother
probably put him through just added to the hilarity. His mother
giggled softly. Dagger sat down hard on the chair winded with laughter.
Vash was in stitches on the floor.
Max was in the corner... he thought they were all nuts.
me. The long hot summers have left me with many hours of extra
time on my hands.. so one late night I caught my very first
episode of Trigun and I've been hooked ever since. So one day
I... blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Sam: o_O errrg she's doing it again!
Me: Oh, what huh? Sorry sometimes I get carried away but that Vash
you know.. *sigh* what a charmer! ok well lets begin shall we??
Sam: You do that
Me: shut up so I can!
Sam: -_- *sigh*
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Max Stood behind the bar wiping a dusty glass. It was quiet as
usual with a couple of card players in the corner and the usual
drunks tipping back tall mugs of Max's special brew. The quiet
was too much for Max... things were SUPPOSED to liven up with the
presence of the great Vash the Stampede, but somehow the novelty
of this renowned gunman faded just as quickly as it came. Max
thought the young lady Jessica might have something to do with
the matter. Vash would visit the bar every day and shortly after
his coming he would be promptly dragged away by the ever jabbering
Jessica. Max chuckled to himself, it struck him funny how the
most feared gunman known in these parts could be dragged of by
the ear by you're average love struck little girl.
"Honestly!" Max breathed, still winded from suppressing his deep
rolling laugh. Max set down his glass when two travelers made
their way to the bar.
"What can I do you fer??" Max said happily to the hooded
strangers.
"Water for him and somethin' strong for me." said a gruff female
voice from under the white hood.
"You betcha!" smiled Max as he turned to serve up the order.
He handed the second traveler, a cold glass of water. The traveler
pulled back his dusty blue hood and drank thirstily from the
glass.
"Hey! Vash!" Max said, finally some excitement!
"Well I haven't seen you in a day or two... hey what happened
to your red coat? I thou..."
The man looked up, Max was not surprised to see Vash's face
staring back at him, but there was something in his eye's that
told Max that this was not Vash.. just a sturdy young man who
looked like he could be Vash's brother or son..., But Max did not
have time to ponder his mistake for very long as he was immediately
suspended in midair, by a delicate woman's hand, at the mere mention
of Vash's name. How could something so frail looking have so much
power?!
"Did you say Vash??" said the harsh female's voice.
Max coughed and wheezed looking frantically around for help, the
cards men had fled as soon as the woman stood up in anger spilling
the contents of her glass all over the bar. There was only one
man left other than the boy, but unfortunately he was passed out
drunk in the corner.
"Well!?" said the woman shaking Max like a rag doll, which was
no small feet because max was three times her size.
"Y-y-yesss! *gasp*"
"He's here?" questioned the woman
Max nodded his now purple head. The woman dropped him and he
immediately began gulping in large quantities of air.
***
Lily's Heart was pounding. 'He's here! After all this time,
all the years of searching!' she thought excitedly
Lily promptly dropped the bartender who's face was now turning
a lovely shade of mauve.
"Where is he?" she said now more pleasantly.
***
Dagger looked at the big sweaty bald man dangling before him
It's hard to believe how vicious his sweet loving mother
could be in times of need. This Vash must really be something
to get his mum all worked up like this. The past five years of
their life had been dedicated to finding Vash and now the
search was finally over!
***
Vash sat under the cooling shade of Jessica's porch. She was just
a kid, but she had more power over Vash then most any other woman
had. Vash loved her... but more like a little sister than anything
else. The poor girl had a hapless crush on Vash and was tragically
set on marrying him.
'Well I can't help it if I'm such a hot ticket.' Vash thought to
himself. He got up and made his way towards the town. 'I wonder
if Max has any doughnuts??' Vash thought hungrily.
Vash walked up to the little bar and passed two strangers on
their way out, accidentally running into the second who was
wearing a white hooded coat.
"Ooof! Oh! Sorry." Vash said apologetically. The stranger looked
at him and turned to the first stranger in the blue coat.
Vash shrugged and walked inside. The stranger in white turned
and followed.
"Hey Max!" said Vash "What's up??"
"Vash!" Max said breathlessly "Thank the stars! This crazy lady in a
white coat is out there looking for you. She's quite strong and
there was a.."
Max was cut off for the second time in one day. This time by a
small dagger now quivering ominously by his hand. It was
thrown by the woman in white.
"YYYEEESHHH! Geese lady I said I was sorry!" Vash said, but he
wasn't surprised in the least, he saw her slip and hide in
the shadows.
"You're not fooling anyone Vash, you knew I was here the whole
time." the woman said.
Vash scratched his head "Well, yea..." he began, 'wait, her voice
it sounds very familiar.. ah whatever.
The woman walked up to Vash, and leaned in, she was so close Vash
could feel her warm breath on his face. She reached past him and
pulled back with the dagger now in her hand.
"Well *cough*" Vash said while straightening out his coat "Um...
*cough* you seem to know MY name but I don't believe I know your
name."
The woman pulled back her hood, she was smiling. Her long silver
and pink hair was flowing around her shoulders, and her pink eyes
were flashing with satisfaction and pleasure. Vash gasped.
'It's her!'
***
Lily smiled even wider. 'He sill has that look in his eyes
whenever he sees me.' Lily's heart was pulsing and throbbing in
her thought. 'After all this time, all the long hours of
searching and fighting were worth it.'
"Vash," she breathed heavily, her legs felt like jelly, 'Dammit
Lilly pull yourself together!!' she thought viciously to herself
'There are more pressing matters than your own personal pleasure'
"It's been a while hasn't it?" she said now more smoothly.
"You could say that," Vash said in his deliciously silky voice
Every nerve ending in Lily's body tingled with excitement.
"Hell, Vash its been torture finding you, there are so many places
to look, so many dead ends I damn near lost my mind looking for
you. I... I..." Lily started.
Lilly broke down, tears streaming down her face she was so
overcome with emotion. Vash stepped forward and drew her close.
Lily could feel his warm body pressed against hers, he gently
lifted her head and softly kissed her on the lips.
*sniff* *sniff*
"V-vash I-i-i *sniff*" 'damn' Lily thought "...*SIGH* Vash there's
something very important I have to tell you!"
"I can tell, but first things first, you really should give poor
Max here a break. He's only a bartender and he cant really defend
himself." Vash was smiling broadly
Lily laughed softly, "Well then Max, I'm sorry, it's been very
frustrating looking for Vash. He's never in one place for long."
Lily slapped down a few double dollars "Two shots of the good
stuff," she turned and smiled at Vash "before we begin."
Max quickly obliged, pulling down a dusty bottle from the shelf
and a couple of shot glasses from under the counter. He poured
the clear amber liquid into the small glasses, and handed them
to Lily. Lily and Vash made their way to a small table by the
window. Lily tipped back the first shot letting the warm liquid
slide smoothly down her throat. Vash reached for the second
shot.
***
Vash's mind was bursting with questions he had for Lily, 'I
wonder how long she's been looking for me?? Why would she be
looking for me?? I thought she would have found a better man than
me... someone who could um.. well not exactly take care of her but
uhhh.. well a better man.' Vash reached for the little shot glass
sitting on the table.
"What are you doing??" said Lily snatching the shot glass away from
Vash. "You know you have no tolerance for this stuff." she said just
before gulping down the contents of the glass. Vash smiled and
scratched his head 'she hasn't changed a bit'
"So what's the important bartender thrashing news you had for me??"
Vash said laughingly. Lily smirked, her eyes were now free of emotion,
Vash couldn't tell what she was about to say, curiosity was welling
up inside him ready to burst.
"Vash, the reason I've been searching for you so long wasn't just
because I love you, I do... you know that, but... *sigh* Vash, I..
well" she was having trouble finding the words. "Fifteen years ago
I had a son... your son... I trained him until he was old enough to
go with me and look for you. I want him to be with you incase
anything should happen to me..."
Vash frowned. He's was quite excited about the son thing... but what
could happen to Lily? How would something bad enough happen to her to
have to leave her only son in the care of a traveling gunman. No, it
was too dangerous for the kid...
"What's his name?" Vash asked
"Would you like to meet him?" Lily asked calmly... he could see the
eagerness in her eyes.
"Yea I would!" Vash said not bothering to hide his own excitement.
"Dag, c'mon out, it's ok, I want you to meet your father." Said Lily
directing her voice to a dark corner of the room.
For a second Vash thought Lily had gone nuts, the guy in the blue coat
was waiting out side... but the a boy stepped out from the shadows.
Vash's jaw dropped, the kid looked almost exactly like Vash himself,
right down to the earring... but he had silver hair like his mother
and a thin white scar on his left eyebrow. He was handsome more so
than his father, he carried himself with pride, like a great warrior,
Vash could tell he had a lot of his mother's spirit.
"Vash... this is Dagger, your son." Lily said happily, she was
watching Vash, searching his face for a reaction. Vash smiled broadly.
"Hey Dagger, its very nice to meet you. I can um see the resemblance,"
Dagger smiled equally as broad, "Yeah, Ma' said I looked a lot like you,
she didn't say that we were practically twins."
Vash broke out in a fit of Laughter. Dagger smiled awkwardly.
"...*GASP* hahaha hee heee, *gasp* I-i'm sorry... hee hee hee, It's
just, it's just, ha ha ha, Lily, hahaha a MOM!!! Heee heee heee,
she's just never seemed like the mommy type! Hahaha he he he!"
***
Dagger began laughing too. His father sure was strange but he was very
happy that this man was Vash, and the thought of the stuff his mother
probably put him through just added to the hilarity. His mother
giggled softly. Dagger sat down hard on the chair winded with laughter.
Vash was in stitches on the floor.
Max was in the corner... he thought they were all nuts.