Obviously, I don't own Trigun. If I did, I wouldn't be sitting in front of a computer typing a stupid story and not getting paid for it.
Shesta: A new fan fiction, a new character, and a new set of Chibi-Guns!
Vash: Yeah, yeah… as long as Shesta can keep being half-way funny.
*SMACK*
Shesta: SO… they're starting after the first chapter.
Vash: @_@
Shesta: As for the name Mahou, many of you five readers probably know that mahou means magic. Boku, the prequel to this story, was named what it was because of the Second Donuts Happy Pack… if you don't know what I mean, gomen nasai. It's hard to explain. If you really want to know, e-mail me. This story is named Mahou since I was re-reading what I've written so far and though that Nomi just seemed to have the magic tough with Knives. So, it's magic.
Mahou: The Sequel to Boku Ending Two
Chapter One: Itai
Knives stared out the window at the starlit sky. For the first time he regretted what he had done.
"It didn't have to end like this! Knives, it didn't have to end this way!"
Knives pulled his legs to his chest and sighed. He knew there wouldn't be any sleep tonight either. Every time he closed his eyes he saw Vash's pained face. Every time his attention drifted he heard Vash's shuddering face. He regretted killing a human.
"Vash did this to me," Knives thought to himself, "but I don't only feel pain for hurting Vash… I actually feel pain for the child…"
After the ordeal, Vash had wandered out of the house and buried Remil by himself. He had fallen asleep on her grave, but none of them could find the strength to wake him. It was now three days since Knives had killed the child and Vash still refused to enter the house. He stayed by the tiny grave, refusing to eat or drink. Tonight Meryl had decided she would stay with him, so Milly and Knives were left to the house.
Milly had tried to comfort Knives on numerous occasions, but every time she seemed distant, as though not even she could find it in her heart to forgive him. Thinking of Milly made Knives' chest feel warm. Another human emotion was rising inside of him because of Vash. Knives mumbled and closed his eyes. Vash's face appeared before him and his eyes flew open again. Another sleepless night began.
Meryl watched Vash's chest rise and fall. His sleeping face looked peaceful and yet tortured at the same time. She knew it was wrong, but seeing Vash like this made her hate Knives. Vash had told her before he had fallen asleep that she shouldn't blame Knives for what happened. He told her that people have many different ways of thinking and that because he did what he thought was right, no fingers could be pointed. Meryl could see in his eyes that he was trying to make himself believe his own words.
"How can you still care for him," Meryl whispered, "when he is everything you strived not to be…"
As if to respond, Vash's steady breathing slowed. Meryl placed a hand in his disheveled blonde hair and sighed. She knew why he still cared for Knives. Vash had told her every aspect of their past. He had gone into gruesome detail on the files of Tessla*. Vash had told Meryl through his stories that, when they were children, Knives was the only person Vash could truly trust. Meryl wrapped her arms around Vash, lightly kissed him, and fell asleep.
A person cloaked in a ragged brown blanket stood atop the pile of rubble. The person gazed out at the endless desert then down at the ruins.
"You lookin' for a town?" and old man sat in a tattered rocking chair on a flat slab of debris. The cloaked figure looked down at the man. The man puffed on a cigar and ran a dirt caked hand through his greasy grey hair, "Vash the Stampede gone and destroyed this one. You best go back the way you came."
"Where is Vash the Stampede now?" the feathery voice from under the cloak made the man jump.
"Golly… How do ya's like that? I didn't'a realize you was a woman," the man stared up at the cloaked figure.
"Where is Vash the Stampede now?" the voiced repeated in the same light tone.
"Well… uh… some say he made his way out ta the desert and is probably long gone now," the man scratched his head and looked at the horizon, "others say he be out squattin' in the ol' Sato place. Figure with them huge, white wings he'd be pretty easy to spot, ya know?"
"Where is this Sato place?" the woman didn't change her tone.
"Well if ya just wait 'til the sun comes up you'll see it. Big green patch 'a land a few iles from here," the man threw his cigar to the ground, "What business you got wit' 'em? You a bounty hunter lookin' for that monster reward?"
The woman pulled the blanket from over her head and jumped down next to the man. Her long, dark hair cascaded down the cloak, a single piercing, green eye locked on the man, the other eye hidden behind a lock of dark hair. The man was speechless at her beauty and could only stare as she turned and walked towards the horizon.
Knives pulled open the door and walked outside. He looked up and sighed. He had never seen a bluer sky and something inside him wanted Vash to be standing next to him, looking up at it. Knives mumbled and walked across the porch.
"Mr. Knives!" Milly dashed from the house and grabbed him by the arm.
Knives felt his face burning at her touch. "What is this sensation I get when around this human?" Knives thought as he looked down at her smiling face.
"Mr. Knives, are you going to the town at the other side of the house?" Milly kept the same stupid grin on her face as they strode towards the edge of the yard, "Meryl and I found out there's a car behind the house. Meryl was going to go to that town for supplies, but she's with Mr. Vash."
Knives stopped. He shook Meryl from his arm and stared down at her.
"Don't you ever shut up?" Knives snapped, "Every time I'm stuck with you all you do is talk for hours about things I don't give a shit about. Why do you have to bother me? What's the matter with you? You're just a pathetic human. You have no right to talk to me."
"M-Mr. Knives… I… I…" Milly's face was red. She stared up at him in shock.
Knives felt his cheeks burning hotter. He hated this feeling. This feeling was too human for him. He had felt similar to this back on the ship with Rem. Knives looked at the ground.
"Go away," he mumbled, "looking at you is making my stomach turn."
Milly rubbed her eyes and smiled, "Okay… I'm sorry Mr. Knives… Have a nice trip…" Milly turned and ran back to the house, holding back her tears.
"It's for the best," now the burning was moving down his chest, tightening in his heart, "I'd just hurt her… not… that it matters."
Knives bit his lip and turned back towards the house.
"I was dreaming, Rem," Vash was laying in the sky, the red geranium petals floating around him, "I was with all the people I cared about, but no matter what happened I couldn't be happy"
"Sometimes things happen that make us sad, but as long as we are thankful for who we are with, the sad things won't be nearly as bad," Rem was laying beside him now. She smiled.
"It's so hard though… It's so hard to smile when things like these keep happening," Vash closed his eyes, "An innocent child was killed, and that isn't the first time something like this happened."
"Life is filled with good things and bad things," Rem watched the flower petals, "you simply have to look at life as though it takes many bad things to equal one good thing. People may die prematurely, but if you think of all the good things that happened when you were together, doesn't that make you feel happier?" Rem smiled again and began to fade away.
"NO! Rem, please don't go yet! I need you!" Vash sat up quickly, but she was already gone, "REM!"
"REM!" Vash screamed and jumped up.
"Vash?" Meryl gasped as Vash jumped up.
Vash looked around. Rem was gone. He looked down at Meryl and frowned as she stared up at him with a terrified look on her face. He sighed and sat back down next to her.
"Vash, are you okay?" Meryl rubbed his back. Her heart was still racing from Vash's sudden movement.
"I… just had a dream is all," Vash looked over at Remil's grave.
"Milly?" Meryl had turned her gaze from Vash to Milly as she ran towards the porch, hands covering her eyes. Meryl jumped up and ran to her, Vash following close after.
"What happened?" Vash followed Meryl and Milly as they walked into the house.
Milly sat in the den and Meryl sat next to her. Meryl put her arms around Milly and hugged her. Vash sat on the floor in front of the girls.
"Oh, Meryl…" Milly sniffed, "Mr. Knives… he…"
Vash narrowed his eyes as Milly recalled what Knives had said to her.
Knives stopped before the porch. He turned and looked back at the tree covered area he had just come from. He knew he could very easily just turn and walk away from everything, but something was pulling him forward, forcing him to stay with his dear brother and the humans. He turned and looked at the beaten area where the child's grave was. He sighed and walked towards it.
Knives knelt by the grave and placed a hand on the bare earth. He could feel the beating of the Plant that was growing the land.
"That's what I can do," Knives whispered, as he felt the pulsing, "That's what I can do to make up for all I've done to Vash." He stood and looked down at the grave, then turned and headed for the house.
"I just wanted to be friends with Mr. Knives," Milly sniffed.
"There's no helping that man," Meryl mumbled and she pulled Milly close.
Vash stood up and walked towards the door.
"Vash?" Meryl watched Vash.
Vash placed a hand on the doorknob just as the door opened. He stood face to face with his brother. Meryl and Milly looked up.
"Vash…" Knives gasped.
"Knives, what the hell do you think you're doing? Milly just wants to be…" Vash couldn't finish. Knives had him in an embrace and Vash could feel liquid dropping down his neck.
"He's crying," Vash thought in shock. He could feel Knives' stance weakening and the next moment they were both sitting on the floor in front of the door.
Meryl and Milly left their place in the den and moved closer for the huddled forms, looks of disbelief on both of their faces.
*Author's Note: In the Trigun manga (more specifically in Trigun Maximum Volume 7: Happy Days.) While on the SEEDS ship, Vash and Knives discovered hidden files on a Plant that was born before them. This was a girl named Tessla. When Tessla reached the age that Vash and Knives were when they found the files, gruesome experiments were run on her. Tessla quickly declined in health. She had cancerous tumors riddling her body. Her hair and teeth began to fall out. The crew proceeded with their experiments and Tessla died. After reading the files, Vash and Knives found images of Tessla's dissection. The crew had removed her arms, removed the Angel Arm from her right one, her internal organs were removed from her body, but left attached, and her brain was removed with the eyes still attached.
After views the files, Knives fainted and Vash's mental state declined. Rem found the boys in the operation room where the files were found. She apologized for what happened to Tessla, stating that she knew what was going on and house have stopped it before it went so far. Vash refused to trust Rem and would not eat. She brought him fruits and began peeling it. When she set down the knife, Vash grabbed it and attempted to slit his own throat. Rem grabbed the knife by the blade. The site of Rem's blood seemed to frenzy Vash and he proceeded to stab her. He smiled a wicked, Knives-ish smile as Rem lay motionless on the floor, then, releasing what he had done, tended to her wounds.
When Rem came to, she explained everything to Vash and told him about a dream she had while he stared at her all kawaii sipping on a juice pack. Knives came to later and seemed to block from his memory the Tessla files. Vash wanted his brother informed so he and Rem filled Knives back in on the files. So the insanity of Knives that was barely explained in the series can be related greatly to this little Tessla incident.
The New Adventures of Chibi-Gun
*Knives drags in two DDR pads and a Playstation 2*
Vash: What's this?
Knives: Battling failed, playing Go failed, so what left?
Vash: …Whatta you mean?
Knives: We have to prove which one of us is stronger. If we don't, there's no individuality!
Vash: Whoa… Déjà vu…
Knives: *sets up the DDR game* So I decided to do something practical. We'll dance non-stop and see who drops first.
Vash: ….
Knives: JUST GET ON!
*both hope on their respective pads and start the game*
Knives: Alright I'll pick a tough song… how about this one. *starts MAX 300*
Vash and Knives: Yoooooshi… *the arrows start and both flail*
Vash: HOLY….
Knives: HELL…
*both are barely standing, but, amazingly, are hitting all the arrows*
Legato: KNIVES-SAMA! *flies into the room and glomps Knives, taking Vash down in the process*
Knives: …you…stupid…piece…of…. garbage…
*Legato nuzzles Knives then glares at Vash*
Vash: Are you in love with my brother or something?
*Legato licks his left hand and grins \*
Vash: OH FOR THE LOVE AND PEACE! *runs off screaming*
Knives: Back to square one… *tries unsuccessfully to peal off Legato*