Here we go! 2nd Chapter. Thank you, my wonderful editor, Usa-chan for
being so patient with me!
I also want to thank everyone who reviewed my story. Thank you Aideen-chan for the nice words, it's very encouraging!
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Vash was bored out of his mind. Setsuna left him in the park and went to take care of some unfinished business, it's not that he minded being all by himself. This world was magnificent but it sure was boring just to stay put in the park like Setsuna told him to, and not to get to see more of this planet. Vash took a deep breath and looked around. This place of existence was everything compared to his. People were not suffering without water. Green trees, flowers and grass were here for everyone to admire them. Sky was blue and the air was fresh. He sighed and lay down on the bench, feeling overwhelmed by the beauty around him
Usagi was running through the park desperately trying to find Setsuna. "I hope I am not late. Well, she did say to get ready and come to the park, she didn't exactly said what time I should be there, so I am not late, so there!" She run into the alley and quickly scanned the area. Besides a bum in the red coat, the place was deserted. Usagi wrinkled her nose at the sight and continued on her search. A couple of minutes later she decided to stay in one place and wait for Setsuna to find her. She took her jacket off and decided to sit on the grass since the bench was already taken. She spread her jacket on the ground and lay on it looking into the sky. It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny. The air held a heavy scent of burned grass and leaves.
Vash casually spread his long body on the bench; his eyes under the half- closed lids were glued to the little blonde on the grass about 3 feet away from him.
Usagi's hair caught at a flying spider web and she tried to shake it off. She didn't really like touching it, because she was afraid that spider could be travelling along with it. So she got off the ground frantically shaking her head and brushing off her hair. "Eww! Stupid spider web!" Making a wrong step Usagi felt herself flying in the nearest bush. Vash raised his eyebrows at the petite teenager who was waving her arms in the air and then disappeared from the sight.
"Oh, God" - groaned a future ruler of the Crystal Tokyo. "What else is new? Usagi is falling on her butt AGAIN! Oh, come on, lets have all the people see me like that, Champion of Justice, on all fours in the middle of the public park! It's your entire fault, you stupid spider! A Spider????" Usagi's mouth turned into the perfect "O" as she viewed a giant black spider only few inches away from her nose and took a big breath to let out one of her trademark screams. Then she noticed a pretty white butterfly that was trapped in the web. "Poor thing! Let me help you! And you stay away from her - she pointed at the spider - as a champion of Justice I will punish.. She suddenly stopped in the middle of her famous speech and sat back. "That's not fair. He is certainly ugly and terrifying, but it's not really his fault that he is hungry. She felt someone's presence behind her but ignored the person concentrating on the dilemma before her. The butterfly frantically moved in the spider web trying to free herself. Usagi dug into her pocket and fished out a little manicure set with a tiny scissors. She carefully positioned it in the middle of the spider web and cut a big hole, separating spider from the butterfly. The person behind her took in a sharp breath. " See, Setsuna, I can save them both!" Usagi happily giggled as she saw the butterfly freeing herself and flying away.
Although the web stuck to the scissors and spider used it as a way to get onto Usagi's hand. The blonde squeaked, dropped her scissors to the ground, shook spider off her hand, and jumped at least 3 feet up in the air knocking Vash off his feet and sending them both to the ground.
The two proceeded rolling off the small hill and finally came to the stop with Usagi landing on top of the gunman. "Oh, you are not Setsuna? Oops!" She let out a small laugh.
"Yeah, right! Do I look like I have a green hair and all eternity long PMS?"
Vash took a good look at the tiny girl on top of him and for the first time in his long life felt himself speechless. "Wow, kid - he finally breathed out, - You are absolutely stunning! Do you need a bodyguard, or a personal trainer, or or or a... Dog! I'll be anything! Woof, Woof!"
Usagi fell into a fit of giggles and rolled off Vash. "Oh, mister, you are so funny!!!"
She sat up and eyed the stranger in the red coat. Usagi smiled and gave him her hand: "Hi, I am Tsukino Usagi, and I hope you are not mad at me for making you fall down like that. So how do you know Setsuna?"
Vash lifted himself off the ground and brushed leaves off his pants. " Well, it's a really long story, she owns me a lot of favors, I saved her life a thousand times." Vash found his gun on the ground that fell off his belt during their fall and started blowing into it trying to get the dirt out. He stopped when he saw Usagi froze and slowly move away from him. 'What's wrong?"
"W..W..What is that? - Usagi shakily pointed at his gun and continued crawling backwards.
"This? It's a gun! Do you have one of those?"
"You can't have one here unless you have a license or something, you can hurt someone with this thing!"
Vash laughed: "You have to have one in the place where I live! For protection, of course "- he quickly added. " It might look scary, but I've never killed anyone with it, I swear!"
Usagi looked into his honest green eyes and slowly let her breath out. " So you are the one that Setsuna wanted me to meet with!"
Vash smiled and hand his hand out "Yep, I guess so! I am Vash by the way!" Usagi blushed and shyly shook his hand. "So, you are that Champion of Justice old lady was talking about?"
Usagi's giggled "Setsuna? Boy! You are so lucky she can't hear you!"
Setsuna growled behind the bushes where she's been hiding all this time watching the two: 'When I get my hands on this clown I'll Dead Scream him so hard he will remember it for the rest of his life!'
"So, if you don't have a gun, Usagi, how do you manage to protect people in this world? You don't exactly look like an all mighty gungirl or anything of this kind" - Vash eyed a furiously blushing Usagi.
"Well, I use a magic crystal"
"That's all?"
"Well, me and my friends also use our Planet attacks and other stuff" Usagi scowled at Vash, whose face showed a great disbelief. She fidgeted for a few seconds and then decided something. "It's really powerful, I'll show you" She opened her star locket with the ginzuishou.
Setsuna almost fainted in her hiding place. "That little idiot! What is she doing! If she will transform in front of him, I will never get this pervert back to his dimension!".
Usagi was about to shout out her transformation phrase when Vash carefully laid his hand on top of the crystal. Usagi's eyes got as big as saucers when she felt the ginzuishou respond to the man's touch.
Soft gentle light surrounded them both. Vash closed his eyes and opened himself to the power of the crystal. Usagi felt herself going light in the head at someone's energy searching within her. She let out a muffled scream when both powers combined. She felt her energy that she lost in the battle 2 days ago completely restored. "What is this guy! He feels like my ginzuishou! He has the same power! How can this be?"
Vashes eyes shot open when he recognized the power. "Is she a plant too? It's unbelievable!" He removed his hand from the crystal and grabbed a still dazed Usagi in a bear hug. "We are both alike! I am so happy!" Tears were streaming from his eyes. "But you are so much stronger!" He suddenly ripped her jacket off looking over her arms and shoulders and happily squealed: 'Oh, great! You can even regenerate yourself, it's amazing!"
Usagi tried to free herself from the man's grasp: "ARE YOU NUTS?! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?" When she saw him lift her tank top to reveal her smooth stomach Usagi landed a punch in his face.
Vash fell backwards. "Ouch! That really hurt, you know!"
"You are such a pervert!" Usagi pulled her jacket back on and prepared to punch Vash again if needed.
Vash looked at her flushed and angry face and stopped whining. "Oh, I am sorry, I am not like that, it's just I've got so excited that you can heal yourself so fast! When still angry Usagi didn't respond back to him he sighed and took off his coat.
Usagi jumped away from the weird men and prepared to take off when he opened his shirt. "Hey!" She stopped dead on her tracks. There was no place on his body that wasn't covered with ugly scars and scratches. "Oh. My. God." Usagi slowly placed herself down next to him.
Vash sadly looked up at her and let out a small laugh. "I really don't like showing this to the girls. I am really sorry I scared you. I didn't mean it."
Usagi's eyes were full of pain. She placed her small hand on his chest. "Is it hurt?" Vash carefully removed her hand and put back on his coat. "Is there anything I can do to help? I am sure if I use."
"No," Vash interruped sharply. "you used a lot of energy in the last battle, you almost went over your limit, if you keep doing that, you'll end up looking like me or even worse!"
Usagi covered her mouth with her hand. "How do you know all that?"
"I felt it." He simply replied.
I also want to thank everyone who reviewed my story. Thank you Aideen-chan for the nice words, it's very encouraging!
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Vash was bored out of his mind. Setsuna left him in the park and went to take care of some unfinished business, it's not that he minded being all by himself. This world was magnificent but it sure was boring just to stay put in the park like Setsuna told him to, and not to get to see more of this planet. Vash took a deep breath and looked around. This place of existence was everything compared to his. People were not suffering without water. Green trees, flowers and grass were here for everyone to admire them. Sky was blue and the air was fresh. He sighed and lay down on the bench, feeling overwhelmed by the beauty around him
Usagi was running through the park desperately trying to find Setsuna. "I hope I am not late. Well, she did say to get ready and come to the park, she didn't exactly said what time I should be there, so I am not late, so there!" She run into the alley and quickly scanned the area. Besides a bum in the red coat, the place was deserted. Usagi wrinkled her nose at the sight and continued on her search. A couple of minutes later she decided to stay in one place and wait for Setsuna to find her. She took her jacket off and decided to sit on the grass since the bench was already taken. She spread her jacket on the ground and lay on it looking into the sky. It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny. The air held a heavy scent of burned grass and leaves.
Vash casually spread his long body on the bench; his eyes under the half- closed lids were glued to the little blonde on the grass about 3 feet away from him.
Usagi's hair caught at a flying spider web and she tried to shake it off. She didn't really like touching it, because she was afraid that spider could be travelling along with it. So she got off the ground frantically shaking her head and brushing off her hair. "Eww! Stupid spider web!" Making a wrong step Usagi felt herself flying in the nearest bush. Vash raised his eyebrows at the petite teenager who was waving her arms in the air and then disappeared from the sight.
"Oh, God" - groaned a future ruler of the Crystal Tokyo. "What else is new? Usagi is falling on her butt AGAIN! Oh, come on, lets have all the people see me like that, Champion of Justice, on all fours in the middle of the public park! It's your entire fault, you stupid spider! A Spider????" Usagi's mouth turned into the perfect "O" as she viewed a giant black spider only few inches away from her nose and took a big breath to let out one of her trademark screams. Then she noticed a pretty white butterfly that was trapped in the web. "Poor thing! Let me help you! And you stay away from her - she pointed at the spider - as a champion of Justice I will punish.. She suddenly stopped in the middle of her famous speech and sat back. "That's not fair. He is certainly ugly and terrifying, but it's not really his fault that he is hungry. She felt someone's presence behind her but ignored the person concentrating on the dilemma before her. The butterfly frantically moved in the spider web trying to free herself. Usagi dug into her pocket and fished out a little manicure set with a tiny scissors. She carefully positioned it in the middle of the spider web and cut a big hole, separating spider from the butterfly. The person behind her took in a sharp breath. " See, Setsuna, I can save them both!" Usagi happily giggled as she saw the butterfly freeing herself and flying away.
Although the web stuck to the scissors and spider used it as a way to get onto Usagi's hand. The blonde squeaked, dropped her scissors to the ground, shook spider off her hand, and jumped at least 3 feet up in the air knocking Vash off his feet and sending them both to the ground.
The two proceeded rolling off the small hill and finally came to the stop with Usagi landing on top of the gunman. "Oh, you are not Setsuna? Oops!" She let out a small laugh.
"Yeah, right! Do I look like I have a green hair and all eternity long PMS?"
Vash took a good look at the tiny girl on top of him and for the first time in his long life felt himself speechless. "Wow, kid - he finally breathed out, - You are absolutely stunning! Do you need a bodyguard, or a personal trainer, or or or a... Dog! I'll be anything! Woof, Woof!"
Usagi fell into a fit of giggles and rolled off Vash. "Oh, mister, you are so funny!!!"
She sat up and eyed the stranger in the red coat. Usagi smiled and gave him her hand: "Hi, I am Tsukino Usagi, and I hope you are not mad at me for making you fall down like that. So how do you know Setsuna?"
Vash lifted himself off the ground and brushed leaves off his pants. " Well, it's a really long story, she owns me a lot of favors, I saved her life a thousand times." Vash found his gun on the ground that fell off his belt during their fall and started blowing into it trying to get the dirt out. He stopped when he saw Usagi froze and slowly move away from him. 'What's wrong?"
"W..W..What is that? - Usagi shakily pointed at his gun and continued crawling backwards.
"This? It's a gun! Do you have one of those?"
"You can't have one here unless you have a license or something, you can hurt someone with this thing!"
Vash laughed: "You have to have one in the place where I live! For protection, of course "- he quickly added. " It might look scary, but I've never killed anyone with it, I swear!"
Usagi looked into his honest green eyes and slowly let her breath out. " So you are the one that Setsuna wanted me to meet with!"
Vash smiled and hand his hand out "Yep, I guess so! I am Vash by the way!" Usagi blushed and shyly shook his hand. "So, you are that Champion of Justice old lady was talking about?"
Usagi's giggled "Setsuna? Boy! You are so lucky she can't hear you!"
Setsuna growled behind the bushes where she's been hiding all this time watching the two: 'When I get my hands on this clown I'll Dead Scream him so hard he will remember it for the rest of his life!'
"So, if you don't have a gun, Usagi, how do you manage to protect people in this world? You don't exactly look like an all mighty gungirl or anything of this kind" - Vash eyed a furiously blushing Usagi.
"Well, I use a magic crystal"
"That's all?"
"Well, me and my friends also use our Planet attacks and other stuff" Usagi scowled at Vash, whose face showed a great disbelief. She fidgeted for a few seconds and then decided something. "It's really powerful, I'll show you" She opened her star locket with the ginzuishou.
Setsuna almost fainted in her hiding place. "That little idiot! What is she doing! If she will transform in front of him, I will never get this pervert back to his dimension!".
Usagi was about to shout out her transformation phrase when Vash carefully laid his hand on top of the crystal. Usagi's eyes got as big as saucers when she felt the ginzuishou respond to the man's touch.
Soft gentle light surrounded them both. Vash closed his eyes and opened himself to the power of the crystal. Usagi felt herself going light in the head at someone's energy searching within her. She let out a muffled scream when both powers combined. She felt her energy that she lost in the battle 2 days ago completely restored. "What is this guy! He feels like my ginzuishou! He has the same power! How can this be?"
Vashes eyes shot open when he recognized the power. "Is she a plant too? It's unbelievable!" He removed his hand from the crystal and grabbed a still dazed Usagi in a bear hug. "We are both alike! I am so happy!" Tears were streaming from his eyes. "But you are so much stronger!" He suddenly ripped her jacket off looking over her arms and shoulders and happily squealed: 'Oh, great! You can even regenerate yourself, it's amazing!"
Usagi tried to free herself from the man's grasp: "ARE YOU NUTS?! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?" When she saw him lift her tank top to reveal her smooth stomach Usagi landed a punch in his face.
Vash fell backwards. "Ouch! That really hurt, you know!"
"You are such a pervert!" Usagi pulled her jacket back on and prepared to punch Vash again if needed.
Vash looked at her flushed and angry face and stopped whining. "Oh, I am sorry, I am not like that, it's just I've got so excited that you can heal yourself so fast! When still angry Usagi didn't respond back to him he sighed and took off his coat.
Usagi jumped away from the weird men and prepared to take off when he opened his shirt. "Hey!" She stopped dead on her tracks. There was no place on his body that wasn't covered with ugly scars and scratches. "Oh. My. God." Usagi slowly placed herself down next to him.
Vash sadly looked up at her and let out a small laugh. "I really don't like showing this to the girls. I am really sorry I scared you. I didn't mean it."
Usagi's eyes were full of pain. She placed her small hand on his chest. "Is it hurt?" Vash carefully removed her hand and put back on his coat. "Is there anything I can do to help? I am sure if I use."
"No," Vash interruped sharply. "you used a lot of energy in the last battle, you almost went over your limit, if you keep doing that, you'll end up looking like me or even worse!"
Usagi covered her mouth with her hand. "How do you know all that?"
"I felt it." He simply replied.
