Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Nomad and Gunslinger. Enjoy the 2000-word chapter. I don't own NoN, Rooster Teeth and Georden Whitman do.

(Desert.)

Skout walked into the desert, the former Dandy Lion could see the Gunslinger sitting on a dune by himself, he looked up, as if expecting her.

"How did you… Screw it, you're the most persistent bounty hunter, I've ever seen…"

The Gunslinger muttered before pointing his magnum at the girl, she continued walking forward towards the teen.

"Where's the Nomad?"

Skout asked as the Gunslinger raised an eyebrow at the girl.

"He's off, I'm on my own, I'll catch up to him soon… Skout, don't come any closer, I'll shoot."

The Gunslinger warned as the girl walked closer, Skout called his bluff and within a minute, the barrel of the Magnum was pressed against her chest.

"I knew you weren't going to shoot me… And Toth isn't behind me…"

The girl said before reaching toward the mask on the boy's face, she had been curious, he looked surprised and went to stop her before she grabbed onto the mask.

"What are you-…"

The Gunslinger started to say before Skout lifted her hand, the Gunslinger's mask and hat were in her hand.

Looking at her was a boy around her age with piercing purple eyes, he had fair skin and black hair, 2 scars were the only signs of battle on the boy, one on his cheek right under his right eye and another near his lower lip.

"You… Are the most unpredictable girl I have ever met…"

The Gunslinger said before grabbing his hat and mask back from the girl and putting them back on, he looked her in the eye, as if trying to figure her out.

"You're the one who healed me, aren't you? You're the one who gave me this tattoo, right? It's pretty fancy."

Skout asked, causing the Gunslinger to raise an eyebrow under his mask.

"What in the world are you talking about, lady? I wouldn't… I didn't I…. Yeah, I did heal you… But tattoo? My magic wouldn't give you a tattoo… Let me see it."

The Gunslinger said as Skout raised her arm, the Gunslinger grabbed her arm and examined her arm, both teens blushed, Gunslinger was glad his mask hid his blush though.

"This… I haven't seen anything like this, my brother might know… Skout, are you sure the Dandy Lions aren't coming with you?"

The Gunslinger asked the Girl, she looked off into the distance before looking back at the Gunslinger.

"Me and Toth had a disagreement… I ain't on their side anymore… You can trust me."

Skout stated, the Gunslinger nodded, he took her hand in his and started to walk her into the desert.

"It isn't you that I don't trust, its Toth's boss… Skout, I know Toth is ruthless, but she wouldn't be ruthless enough to pick us over your safety… Hang on to me, this tends to make people queasy when I do it the first time."

The Gunslinger said as Skout did so, putting her arms around the boy's shoulders, the Gunslinger looked at her with a raised eyebrow as she shrugged, she didn't see a much better way to hang onto him without climbing onto his back.

"Uh… This is going to be awkward…"

The Gunslinger muttered before activating his teleporting magic as the duo vanished.

Both teens blushed but were silent as they vanished into a gust of Black Sand.

(With the Nomad, Abandoned town, 2 miles away)

The Gunslinger wrapped an arm around Skout to keep her from falling off the dune they were on.

"Sorry about that, most people that I've teleported aren't used to the spell."

The Gunslinger said as Skout wobbled around, dazed due to the spell as the Gunslinger slid down the hill and into the town.

"Little brother, we have a guest…. Come out."

The Gunslinger stated, Skout watched the Nomad peek out from an abandoned hotel, the Gunslinger kept his hands in his pockets.

"Why come with us? Last time I saw you, you were…. Hurt…. You were still a Dandy Lion."

The Gunslinger muttered, he looked at his brother, he walked to his brother which caused Skout to looked between both brothers who gazed at her.

"I don't…. I ain't a Dandy Lion… Not anymore… Captain…. Toth, she ain't thinking straight, she cared more about you then the lives of the other Dandy Lions…. I even saw one dead in Don Paragon's office…. She ain't the captain I joined and cared about…. And I know you both care about people, not matter what the others said."

Skout said, the Gunslinger and his brother looked at each other before they nodded, Skout watched the Gunslinger pull a parcel out of his back pocket.

"Well, that's proof… Damn, I owe you 10 bucks, little brother…."

The Gunslinger muttered, he looked at a confused Skout before holding up the parcel.

"I've taken several letters from Don Paragon… I ain't heard of that damn snake before… But I didn't know if they were telling the truth… Seems Toth knew about you and us… Uh… You protecting us and the soft spot you have for us… She suggested using you… As bait for us… I hate that idiot… I'm sorry Skout…"

The Gunslinger said before Skout hugged him, she had tears brewing in her eyes, the Gunslinger awkwardly looked at his brother as he patted the girl's hair, she accepted a tissue from the Nomad and blew her nose.

"Skout… Don't worry… Your safe with us, you know we aren't going to hurt you… But I do…. You can't go back, Toth probably thinks you're on our side or gone for good… And if this Paragon fella thinks you're a weak spot for us, he will use you against us… You have to come with us…."

The Gunslinger stated, causing Skout to nod, the Gunslinger turned to his brother before motioning for the horizon.

"Go see if you can find some horses, I'll stay here…. Little brother, remember, we can't stay here, this town wasn't abandoned for more than a week, there will be more Bounty Hunters coming here."

Gunslinger muttered, he looked at the sky before motioning for Skout to follow him.

"C'mon, you look like you haven't eaten in a few hours, we don't have much food but we have some to spare… I'm going to have to get more when we travel to the next town."

The Gunslinger muttered as they walked to a building in the town, the Gunslinger cursed as the door refused to open.

He sighed and kicked it off its hinges, he motioned to the inside of the building with Skout.

"Meet us at the edge of the town, take your time… We're going to have to… Never mind, I'll tell you."

The Gunslinger muttered as he walked off, Skout entered the room and looked around.

"She doesn't make sense at times, little brother… I can't figure her out…"

The Gunslinger muttered to his brother who had managed to find a saddleless horse, the Gunslinger sighed and looked around, he found a saddle on a water dish.

He grabbed 2 and put one on his brother's horse and the other on the other horse.

He watched his brother make some hand motions, Sign language, he understood Sign Language was something he could understand well.

"I don't know, brother, you know Toth is going to come after us… I want to see how skilled she is at fighting, Toth might… Not be a good person, but she either taught Skout some survival skills… But she isn't going to be able to make it with us if she can't fight…"

The Gunslinger stated before being cut off by the Girl, she walked over, a small satchel of food around her shoulders in her bag.

"I can fight, Gunslinger, I just don't like to all the time… Least, that's what I tell myself."

The girl said as the Gunslinger put his hands up and shook his head in defense.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I ain't trying to put down your skills, Skout… But your combat skills are…. Mediocre… I ain't saying your bad, but I've fought other Mercenaries, Bounty Hunters and the Dandy Lions… You need training, you nearly died fighting a Storm Rex… Your going to be fighting guys who have no qualms about killing a lady like yourself to get us… Don't take it like I'm saying you suck at fighting… But you do need to be helped with training..."

The Gunslinger muttered as the Nomad made a few more motions causing his brother to look at him in shock and annoyance.

"What the hell do you mean 'one of us is going to have to share a horse!?' I thought you had three… Damn it, little brother."

The Gunslinger muttered, his accent was something Skout noted, he didn't have one during the other times they had talked.

"I'll ride with the Gunslinger… You go on ahead, Nomad, you're the lookout… If we get into trouble, he's going to be the one able to teleport us away."

The Gunslinger heard Skout order, he laughed, only for Skout to frown at him.

"What? Your right… Uh… Not that you have to go with me… But I just figured your right in a way… I'm one of the only people that can get us out of the way of danger…. C'mon, let's go…. We have a lot of ground to cover before night…."

The Gunslinger muttered before he climbed onto his horse with Skout joining him, she wrapped her arms around the Gunslinger who blushed as did the girl.

They were silent as the Gunslinger gestured to the horse to start moving as it galloped into the desert with his brother following them shortly after.

(2 hours later, 100 miles away.)

The Gunslinger looked back at Skout who had fallen asleep behind him, he looked at her as the horse-riding trio walked through the desert.

"Little brother, how far do you think we've traveled into the desert? 50… 75 miles?"

The Gunslinger asked to his brother who shrugged, they looked at the town at the bottom of the hill, they slowly moved down towards the village, the Gunslinger looked around the village they walked around.

"Keep your eyes on the people, Little Brother… I don't know how many Mercenaries there are in this town… I don't want to get caught off guard…."

The Gunslinger muttered from his horse to his brother, he looked at the rest of the town, he hopped down from his horse he looked at his gun before patting it and walking off, Skout woke up and looked at the Nomad as he climbed off his horse.

"C'mon, Lady, we're going to be in trouble if we stick around here…"

The Gunslinger muttered as Skout nodded, she walked with the duo as the Gunslinger looked over to the girl and whispered into her ear.

"Stick close to us, half these folks look ready to carve us into pieces…."

The boy stated, Skout nodded, Nomad looked around, he walked next to his brother, he clung to his brother as the trio walked through town.

"Hey, aren't you the Gunslinger?"

The Gunslinger heard as he looked over his shoulder at a man with a beard and a shotgun.

The Gunslinger looked around as many more people turned their heads to look at the trio.

He cursed as they crowed around the trio, he cursed once again and drew his revolver as Skout and Nomad stood back to back with him.

He sighed and fired at one of the Bounty Hunters who lunged at him with a knife.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! The Gunslinger's accent is going to be explained later but he does have one, and yes, Skout did join the Gunslinger and Nomad, the romance with Skout will progress as the story goes on. Next chapter will be next Wednesday and will be 2000 words.