Man of God & Gunman of Gunsmoke
Warnings: It's in Vash's POV and sometimes Wolfwood's POV. I like that, it's neat. ^_^. Also, this is a yaoi story between WxV, before Vash meets Wolfwood. Start reading and you'll see what I mean.
Rights: I don't own Trigun or any characters related to it, Yushiro Nightow does. He made them, and I say..**poses**..BOW DOWN TO THIS WONDERFUL CREATOR AND HIS MASTERPIECE ANIME TRIGUN!!! ...Ahem...sorry..doughnut/sugar rush there for a minute...on with the story shall we?
Milly: Of course, Mr. Vash...
Meryl: Milly...Wolfwood's not here yet..
Wolfwood: YES I AM!! I've been standing here the whole time.
Vash: Eh....don't fight?
All but Vash: SHUT UP, VASH!!!
Vash: **fake cries** All the people pick on me, Mama...what shall I do mama!!?? Why am I crying in French?? **smacks Wolfwood, Milly, and Meryl then runs**
All but Vash: VASH!! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!
Vash: On with the story....^_^.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
We had been walking for hours. I was just about to faint, when all of a sudden, a bus pulled up.
"THANK THE LORD!! I thought I was gonna die..", I yelled teasingly, getting aboard the bus.
"That'll be $$80 please.", the driver said, holding out his hand.
"Of course my good man.", I replied, handing him my money. Then I remembered Milly and Meryl. Then paid for their rides too.
"That's way too much, who's going along? The whole county?", the driver joked, punching my arm lightly, I motioned behind me.
"It's for the two beautiful young ladies accompanying me.", I stated, smiling one of my usual smiles.
"Thank you, Mr. Vash...I owe you now..", Milly said, getting on board.
"Yeah, thanks again Vash...we owe you..", Meryl said, smiling and taking a seat beside Milly in the back. I followed them, and took a seat across the aisle from them.
"Hey...how much longer till Mei city?", I asked, looking over to Meryl.
"About...150 iles more to go...not that long by bus...but by walking it would take longer..", Meryl replied, leaning her head on Milly's shoulder to rest.
"Meryl...are you feeling tired?", Milly asked, looking happily at Meryl.
"Heh...", I muttered, looking out the window, I saw something shine of the whitest diamond.
"HEY! STOP! There's a man out there..", I shouted, running up to the front of the bus, the people on board giving me weird looks.
"Alright...but you have to go get him...", the driver said, pulling the bus over and heading toward the distant person.
I got off the bus, and ran up to the man. He was all in black, and his face was covered by black hair, against his back was a huge Cross type thing. I poked him, and he hastily jerked his head up.
"Uh...hi...I'm..", I said, smiling and offering my hand for a shake.
"OH THANK THE LORD!! YOU'VE SAVED MY LIFE! I'M IN TOTAL GRATITUDE!!", the man said, grabbing hold of me and hugging me. His eyes...they were so familiar..something I had seen in my dreams...they were of the deepest sapphire...and shined of a deep blue. He let me go, and picked up the Cross, and wrapped his arm around my shoulders, leading me back to the bus.
"Huh? I thought I saved you?", I asked, getting on first, him looking at me, with no expression on his face.
"That'll be $$80 please.", the driver said, doing the same routine as before. The man started to reach into his pocket, but I brushed it away.
"Here...it's the least I could do...after finding you...", I said, grabbing his hand and dragging him back to the seat I had vacanted before. I sat down, then dragged him down next to me. He propped his Cross against the edge of the seat, in the aisle.
"Thanks for paying my way, I owe ya now. Where's this bus going?", he asked, I put my chin into my hand, which I rested upon the window pane and looked out into the endless sea of desert.
"Your welcome...and this bus is headed toward Mei city...", I replied, smiling and putting on my glasses, but the man stopped me, by grabbing my hand, "What are you doing?"
"I want to see your eyes....and I want to know your name..", the man said, holding my wrist as I tried to pull away.
"I'm known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. Don't hesitate to call ...and who are you?", I asked, focusing my aquamarine eyes onto those sapphire blue ones, he looked so honest and pure of heart, yet his eyes were huge at the name I had just given.
"I'm Nicholas D. Wolfwood....and your eyes...their pools of pain and sorrow...you need someone to talk to about it?", Wolfwood asked, wrapping his other arm around the huge Cross.
"No thanks...even if I told you about my pain you'd never understand it...so...please...just let me rest..also...my real name is Vash the Stampede...", I whispered, pulling my wrist free from his grasp, his perfect lips forming a hurt frown. I looked back out into the sea of endless sand, as the sun had already set.
"WHAT THE HELL?! YOUR THE FAMOUS OUTLAW!!...oops..sorry about that...but it's nice meeting a man of your stature..", Wolfwood said, standing up, and leaving his Cross next to me, he went over and sat in the seat next to Meryl, "Mind if I sit here?"
"Sure..go ahead..", Meryl said, as Wolfwood sat down and leaned his head on her shoulder. Milly came back out and sat next to me.
"Hey...pss..Milly...can I ask you a personal question..?", I asked, leaning close.
"Of Course, Mr. Vash..", Milly replied, whispering.
"Do you believe in 'Love At First Site'?", I asked, looking at her green eyes.
"Of course, Mr. Vash...are you asking that because of Mr. Wolfwood?", Milly stated, as I pulled away and my face faultered.
"Heh heh...of course not...I was just wondering...that's all...", I replied, blushing bright red, and putting my hand behind my head.
"Oh..then I guess I'll boot Mr. Wolfwood out of my seat and make him sit here..", Milly said, smiling happily at me, then got up and force picked up Wolfwood and sat him down in the seat next to me.
"Hello again, Nick...err..sorry...Wolfwood..", I said, blushing even redder than before.
"Hey..it's ok if you call me Nick...I'll just call you Tongari..", Wolfwood whispered, laying his head down on my shoulder.
"Alright..but first of all...what does 'Tongari' translate to?", I asked, curiously as my face turned redder.
"Tongari means Broom Head...duh...now shut up and let me sleep ok?", Wolfwood replied, snuggling closer to me. I smiled for real, and layed my head on his. About after two hours, I drifted off into a light sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That morning I awoke with my head against the window, as I looked franticly around for Wolfwood.
"Where's Nick?", I asked Milly, looking for the huge Cross Punisher.
"Oh, he's outside the bus, taking a smoke...he wanted us to tell you that when you woke up..", Milly replied, sitting down while yawning.
"Thanks, Insurance Girls...you don't owe me now..", I stated, running up to the front, and getting off.
"Hey, Nick..how's it going?", I asked, he didn't shift his gaze from a mother and her two children.
"Mama...when will we be there...I'm hungry..", the brown headed little girl asked, tugging on her mother's dress.
"Mama...I'm hungry too..", the red headed little girl asked, also tugging on her mother's dress.
Wolfwood's gaze shifted upwards, to the mother's face. And he dropped his cigarette and stomped it out. Then walked over to the Mother and her children.
"Hey...are you guys hungry? Cause I got something you may like..", Wolfwood said, kneeling down in front of them, smiling while reaching into his pockets. He pulled out three candies, and put his hand out.
"This one's for you...", Wolfwood started, pointing to the brown headed little girl, "And this one's for you..", he finished, pointing the the other little girl.
"And what about the last one...", the brown headed little girl asked.
"That's for me..and a special person...", Wolfwood replied, shifting his gaze to me. I gasped, he hadn't mentioned me since he hugged me out in the desert and on the bus earlier that evening.
"Oh..thank you...thank you so much..", the mother said, leading her children away.
"May the lord protect you and always lead you with the light of Mercy..", Wolfwood said, smiling and waving to them. He walked back over to me, and leaned against the bus, as I looked up at him smiling a true smile.
"First time I've seen you smile..", Wolfwood said, taking out another cigarette, as I looked up at him and he looked down at me.
"Huh? I've smiled before...you just weren't paying attention..", I replied, my mouth twisting into a perfect smile.
"No you haven't...you smiled...but it was not for real..it was pain and sorrow...you remind me of me...how old are you? You don't look more than..oh..what...24?", Wolfwood asked, lighting his cig.
"I'm....if I told you, you would probably laugh at me..", I stated, resting my head on my upraised knee's. He looked at me quizically then kneeled next to me, he gazed into my eyes, but my gaze was on a metal looking object out in the desert.
"Oh come on...so I was wrong...but I swear I won't laugh...c'mon...", Wolfwood teased, poking me in the arm a few times, while smiling.
"I'm..131 years old...", I muttered, standing upon my feet as Wolfwood fell backwards and gave me a shocked look.
"WHAT?!? YOU ARE 131 YEARS OLD??? NO BODY CAN LIVE THAT LONG!!", Wolfwood shouted, standing up as well.
"Everyone..get back on the bus...it's too dangerous to be out now...", I yelled over Wolfwood, tying to ignore his judgings.
"Why not?", Milly asked, laying a hand upon my shoulder.
"Just, everyone get on the bus..something's coming and it will destroy you all...please..I beg of you..", I pleaded, putting my hands together into a praying position.
"Of course, Mr. Vash...HEY EVERYBODY LISTEN UP!! SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN...WE ALL GOTTA LEAVE NOW..OR WE ALL DIE.", Milly shouted, as Wolfwood walked behind the bus and I stared after him.
~What's he think he's doing now?~ I asked myself, as everyone boarded the bus.
"I'll stay behind and stop them...then I'll meet you all in Mei city...ok?", I stated, taking out my .45 colt and clicking it open.
"Of course, Mr. Vash..what about Mr. Wolfwood?", Milly asked, worriedly.
"Don't worry...I'll cover him...", I replied, waving to her as I put in real bullets and took out the rubber ones I normally left in the gun. The bus drove away, and I noticed in the dust was Wolfwood, standing next to his cross.
"What do you think your doing?", I asked, cocking the gun and started running toward the metal I had saw earlier.
"Going with you...can't have you killed now...", Wolfwood replied, picking up the Cross Punisher and following me. ~Cause your Vash the Stampede...and Legato and Knives need you..~ He thought.
Soon we came to a cliff edge, which I looked down upon the metal machines before. Wolfwood did the same, but he had a worried and aura of strength about him now.
"Those machines...their the old technology..their expiration dates are long gone...their supposed to be expired by now..", I muttered, Wolfwood giving me a weird look.
"Expiration dates? Lost technology? What in hell are you talking about, Tongari?", Wolfwood asked, taking out two of his handguns in the Cross.
"It is lost Technology...and I'm the only one who can shut if off...", I replied, standing up and drawing my gun.
"I'm going with you...I may have no idea about what the 'Lost Technology' is...but I can still help.", Wolfwood stated, picking up his cross.
"You can't take your Cross, you'll have to leave it outside..the lab won't allow it..", I said, walking ahead, and taking out 6 of the machines.
"Of course...I guess....", Wolfwood muttered, helping me take out the machines. In no time at all, we had cleared all the machines out, and we were the only one's standing.
"The entrance should be around here somewhere..", I whispered, feeling around for a switch Rem had told me of. I found it, and pulled it down, then me and Wolfwood fell into a sand pit.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up, sitting up and looking around I noticed that Wolfwood landed near me, with his Cross Punisher next to him.
I stood up and walked over to where Wolfwood lay.
"It would be better if you stayed here..", I muttered, noticing his bleeding head wound. I wrapped it up the best I could with what I had, then rose to my feet. I started walking down the hallway of pure metal, I heard footsteps, and turned around. And there, in all his battered glory, was Nicholas D. Wolfwood.
"What are you doing, Nick?", I asked, as we walked out onto some sort of bridge.
"I'm coming along...what else? You'll need a body gaurd...Mr. Vash the Stampede...", Wolfwood teased, lighting a cigarette he had between his lips.
"Fine...but don't blame me if you get shot...", I stated, getting ready to jump off the bridge, but Wolfwood grabbed me waist and pulled me down just as one of the machines fired a laser at me. It missed, but I landed on top of Wolfwood.
"UH...sorry about that Nick...", I stuttered, my face turning red. Wolfwood gave me a strange look, then stood up, leaving me on the floor.
"Why'd you want to commit SUICIDE!?!", Wolfwood yelled, throwing down his cigarette and stomping it out.
"Suicide? To tell you the truth I dislike suicide more than anything..", I replied, standing on the edge again, "And to get down there...I gotta jump from here...cover me!"
I jumped down and landed just behind one of the machines, I destroyed it with not much problem, and Wolfwood was covering me from up above.
I turned around for a split second, to look up at Wolfwood and smile, but as I did so a machine came up behind me.
"VASH! BEHIND YOU!", Wolfwood shouted, almost falling off the bridge trying to get to me. I turned around and transformed my arm into Gun arm for the almost first time. I destroyed this machine, and smoke followed, after it had cleared, Wolfwood landed next to me, and was shocked.
"What the hel-...", Wolfwood muttered, looking at me strangely.
"Don't worry...I did the job...", I replied, walking into a room ahead of me. Wolfwood followed, and his jaw dropped. I went to the control panel and started tapping buttons, "There's nothing for you to protect anymore..", I muttered, turning off the machine all together.
"So..what now?", Wolfwood asked, putting on his black sunglasses. I took mine out from my pocket, and put them on.
"Now...we go to July..", I replied, leading Wolfwood out of the Control room...
~*~*~*~End of Chapter 1~*~*~*~
Warnings: It's in Vash's POV and sometimes Wolfwood's POV. I like that, it's neat. ^_^. Also, this is a yaoi story between WxV, before Vash meets Wolfwood. Start reading and you'll see what I mean.
Rights: I don't own Trigun or any characters related to it, Yushiro Nightow does. He made them, and I say..**poses**..BOW DOWN TO THIS WONDERFUL CREATOR AND HIS MASTERPIECE ANIME TRIGUN!!! ...Ahem...sorry..doughnut/sugar rush there for a minute...on with the story shall we?
Milly: Of course, Mr. Vash...
Meryl: Milly...Wolfwood's not here yet..
Wolfwood: YES I AM!! I've been standing here the whole time.
Vash: Eh....don't fight?
All but Vash: SHUT UP, VASH!!!
Vash: **fake cries** All the people pick on me, Mama...what shall I do mama!!?? Why am I crying in French?? **smacks Wolfwood, Milly, and Meryl then runs**
All but Vash: VASH!! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!
Vash: On with the story....^_^.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
We had been walking for hours. I was just about to faint, when all of a sudden, a bus pulled up.
"THANK THE LORD!! I thought I was gonna die..", I yelled teasingly, getting aboard the bus.
"That'll be $$80 please.", the driver said, holding out his hand.
"Of course my good man.", I replied, handing him my money. Then I remembered Milly and Meryl. Then paid for their rides too.
"That's way too much, who's going along? The whole county?", the driver joked, punching my arm lightly, I motioned behind me.
"It's for the two beautiful young ladies accompanying me.", I stated, smiling one of my usual smiles.
"Thank you, Mr. Vash...I owe you now..", Milly said, getting on board.
"Yeah, thanks again Vash...we owe you..", Meryl said, smiling and taking a seat beside Milly in the back. I followed them, and took a seat across the aisle from them.
"Hey...how much longer till Mei city?", I asked, looking over to Meryl.
"About...150 iles more to go...not that long by bus...but by walking it would take longer..", Meryl replied, leaning her head on Milly's shoulder to rest.
"Meryl...are you feeling tired?", Milly asked, looking happily at Meryl.
"Heh...", I muttered, looking out the window, I saw something shine of the whitest diamond.
"HEY! STOP! There's a man out there..", I shouted, running up to the front of the bus, the people on board giving me weird looks.
"Alright...but you have to go get him...", the driver said, pulling the bus over and heading toward the distant person.
I got off the bus, and ran up to the man. He was all in black, and his face was covered by black hair, against his back was a huge Cross type thing. I poked him, and he hastily jerked his head up.
"Uh...hi...I'm..", I said, smiling and offering my hand for a shake.
"OH THANK THE LORD!! YOU'VE SAVED MY LIFE! I'M IN TOTAL GRATITUDE!!", the man said, grabbing hold of me and hugging me. His eyes...they were so familiar..something I had seen in my dreams...they were of the deepest sapphire...and shined of a deep blue. He let me go, and picked up the Cross, and wrapped his arm around my shoulders, leading me back to the bus.
"Huh? I thought I saved you?", I asked, getting on first, him looking at me, with no expression on his face.
"That'll be $$80 please.", the driver said, doing the same routine as before. The man started to reach into his pocket, but I brushed it away.
"Here...it's the least I could do...after finding you...", I said, grabbing his hand and dragging him back to the seat I had vacanted before. I sat down, then dragged him down next to me. He propped his Cross against the edge of the seat, in the aisle.
"Thanks for paying my way, I owe ya now. Where's this bus going?", he asked, I put my chin into my hand, which I rested upon the window pane and looked out into the endless sea of desert.
"Your welcome...and this bus is headed toward Mei city...", I replied, smiling and putting on my glasses, but the man stopped me, by grabbing my hand, "What are you doing?"
"I want to see your eyes....and I want to know your name..", the man said, holding my wrist as I tried to pull away.
"I'm known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. Don't hesitate to call ...and who are you?", I asked, focusing my aquamarine eyes onto those sapphire blue ones, he looked so honest and pure of heart, yet his eyes were huge at the name I had just given.
"I'm Nicholas D. Wolfwood....and your eyes...their pools of pain and sorrow...you need someone to talk to about it?", Wolfwood asked, wrapping his other arm around the huge Cross.
"No thanks...even if I told you about my pain you'd never understand it...so...please...just let me rest..also...my real name is Vash the Stampede...", I whispered, pulling my wrist free from his grasp, his perfect lips forming a hurt frown. I looked back out into the sea of endless sand, as the sun had already set.
"WHAT THE HELL?! YOUR THE FAMOUS OUTLAW!!...oops..sorry about that...but it's nice meeting a man of your stature..", Wolfwood said, standing up, and leaving his Cross next to me, he went over and sat in the seat next to Meryl, "Mind if I sit here?"
"Sure..go ahead..", Meryl said, as Wolfwood sat down and leaned his head on her shoulder. Milly came back out and sat next to me.
"Hey...pss..Milly...can I ask you a personal question..?", I asked, leaning close.
"Of Course, Mr. Vash..", Milly replied, whispering.
"Do you believe in 'Love At First Site'?", I asked, looking at her green eyes.
"Of course, Mr. Vash...are you asking that because of Mr. Wolfwood?", Milly stated, as I pulled away and my face faultered.
"Heh heh...of course not...I was just wondering...that's all...", I replied, blushing bright red, and putting my hand behind my head.
"Oh..then I guess I'll boot Mr. Wolfwood out of my seat and make him sit here..", Milly said, smiling happily at me, then got up and force picked up Wolfwood and sat him down in the seat next to me.
"Hello again, Nick...err..sorry...Wolfwood..", I said, blushing even redder than before.
"Hey..it's ok if you call me Nick...I'll just call you Tongari..", Wolfwood whispered, laying his head down on my shoulder.
"Alright..but first of all...what does 'Tongari' translate to?", I asked, curiously as my face turned redder.
"Tongari means Broom Head...duh...now shut up and let me sleep ok?", Wolfwood replied, snuggling closer to me. I smiled for real, and layed my head on his. About after two hours, I drifted off into a light sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That morning I awoke with my head against the window, as I looked franticly around for Wolfwood.
"Where's Nick?", I asked Milly, looking for the huge Cross Punisher.
"Oh, he's outside the bus, taking a smoke...he wanted us to tell you that when you woke up..", Milly replied, sitting down while yawning.
"Thanks, Insurance Girls...you don't owe me now..", I stated, running up to the front, and getting off.
"Hey, Nick..how's it going?", I asked, he didn't shift his gaze from a mother and her two children.
"Mama...when will we be there...I'm hungry..", the brown headed little girl asked, tugging on her mother's dress.
"Mama...I'm hungry too..", the red headed little girl asked, also tugging on her mother's dress.
Wolfwood's gaze shifted upwards, to the mother's face. And he dropped his cigarette and stomped it out. Then walked over to the Mother and her children.
"Hey...are you guys hungry? Cause I got something you may like..", Wolfwood said, kneeling down in front of them, smiling while reaching into his pockets. He pulled out three candies, and put his hand out.
"This one's for you...", Wolfwood started, pointing to the brown headed little girl, "And this one's for you..", he finished, pointing the the other little girl.
"And what about the last one...", the brown headed little girl asked.
"That's for me..and a special person...", Wolfwood replied, shifting his gaze to me. I gasped, he hadn't mentioned me since he hugged me out in the desert and on the bus earlier that evening.
"Oh..thank you...thank you so much..", the mother said, leading her children away.
"May the lord protect you and always lead you with the light of Mercy..", Wolfwood said, smiling and waving to them. He walked back over to me, and leaned against the bus, as I looked up at him smiling a true smile.
"First time I've seen you smile..", Wolfwood said, taking out another cigarette, as I looked up at him and he looked down at me.
"Huh? I've smiled before...you just weren't paying attention..", I replied, my mouth twisting into a perfect smile.
"No you haven't...you smiled...but it was not for real..it was pain and sorrow...you remind me of me...how old are you? You don't look more than..oh..what...24?", Wolfwood asked, lighting his cig.
"I'm....if I told you, you would probably laugh at me..", I stated, resting my head on my upraised knee's. He looked at me quizically then kneeled next to me, he gazed into my eyes, but my gaze was on a metal looking object out in the desert.
"Oh come on...so I was wrong...but I swear I won't laugh...c'mon...", Wolfwood teased, poking me in the arm a few times, while smiling.
"I'm..131 years old...", I muttered, standing upon my feet as Wolfwood fell backwards and gave me a shocked look.
"WHAT?!? YOU ARE 131 YEARS OLD??? NO BODY CAN LIVE THAT LONG!!", Wolfwood shouted, standing up as well.
"Everyone..get back on the bus...it's too dangerous to be out now...", I yelled over Wolfwood, tying to ignore his judgings.
"Why not?", Milly asked, laying a hand upon my shoulder.
"Just, everyone get on the bus..something's coming and it will destroy you all...please..I beg of you..", I pleaded, putting my hands together into a praying position.
"Of course, Mr. Vash...HEY EVERYBODY LISTEN UP!! SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN...WE ALL GOTTA LEAVE NOW..OR WE ALL DIE.", Milly shouted, as Wolfwood walked behind the bus and I stared after him.
~What's he think he's doing now?~ I asked myself, as everyone boarded the bus.
"I'll stay behind and stop them...then I'll meet you all in Mei city...ok?", I stated, taking out my .45 colt and clicking it open.
"Of course, Mr. Vash..what about Mr. Wolfwood?", Milly asked, worriedly.
"Don't worry...I'll cover him...", I replied, waving to her as I put in real bullets and took out the rubber ones I normally left in the gun. The bus drove away, and I noticed in the dust was Wolfwood, standing next to his cross.
"What do you think your doing?", I asked, cocking the gun and started running toward the metal I had saw earlier.
"Going with you...can't have you killed now...", Wolfwood replied, picking up the Cross Punisher and following me. ~Cause your Vash the Stampede...and Legato and Knives need you..~ He thought.
Soon we came to a cliff edge, which I looked down upon the metal machines before. Wolfwood did the same, but he had a worried and aura of strength about him now.
"Those machines...their the old technology..their expiration dates are long gone...their supposed to be expired by now..", I muttered, Wolfwood giving me a weird look.
"Expiration dates? Lost technology? What in hell are you talking about, Tongari?", Wolfwood asked, taking out two of his handguns in the Cross.
"It is lost Technology...and I'm the only one who can shut if off...", I replied, standing up and drawing my gun.
"I'm going with you...I may have no idea about what the 'Lost Technology' is...but I can still help.", Wolfwood stated, picking up his cross.
"You can't take your Cross, you'll have to leave it outside..the lab won't allow it..", I said, walking ahead, and taking out 6 of the machines.
"Of course...I guess....", Wolfwood muttered, helping me take out the machines. In no time at all, we had cleared all the machines out, and we were the only one's standing.
"The entrance should be around here somewhere..", I whispered, feeling around for a switch Rem had told me of. I found it, and pulled it down, then me and Wolfwood fell into a sand pit.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up, sitting up and looking around I noticed that Wolfwood landed near me, with his Cross Punisher next to him.
I stood up and walked over to where Wolfwood lay.
"It would be better if you stayed here..", I muttered, noticing his bleeding head wound. I wrapped it up the best I could with what I had, then rose to my feet. I started walking down the hallway of pure metal, I heard footsteps, and turned around. And there, in all his battered glory, was Nicholas D. Wolfwood.
"What are you doing, Nick?", I asked, as we walked out onto some sort of bridge.
"I'm coming along...what else? You'll need a body gaurd...Mr. Vash the Stampede...", Wolfwood teased, lighting a cigarette he had between his lips.
"Fine...but don't blame me if you get shot...", I stated, getting ready to jump off the bridge, but Wolfwood grabbed me waist and pulled me down just as one of the machines fired a laser at me. It missed, but I landed on top of Wolfwood.
"UH...sorry about that Nick...", I stuttered, my face turning red. Wolfwood gave me a strange look, then stood up, leaving me on the floor.
"Why'd you want to commit SUICIDE!?!", Wolfwood yelled, throwing down his cigarette and stomping it out.
"Suicide? To tell you the truth I dislike suicide more than anything..", I replied, standing on the edge again, "And to get down there...I gotta jump from here...cover me!"
I jumped down and landed just behind one of the machines, I destroyed it with not much problem, and Wolfwood was covering me from up above.
I turned around for a split second, to look up at Wolfwood and smile, but as I did so a machine came up behind me.
"VASH! BEHIND YOU!", Wolfwood shouted, almost falling off the bridge trying to get to me. I turned around and transformed my arm into Gun arm for the almost first time. I destroyed this machine, and smoke followed, after it had cleared, Wolfwood landed next to me, and was shocked.
"What the hel-...", Wolfwood muttered, looking at me strangely.
"Don't worry...I did the job...", I replied, walking into a room ahead of me. Wolfwood followed, and his jaw dropped. I went to the control panel and started tapping buttons, "There's nothing for you to protect anymore..", I muttered, turning off the machine all together.
"So..what now?", Wolfwood asked, putting on his black sunglasses. I took mine out from my pocket, and put them on.
"Now...we go to July..", I replied, leading Wolfwood out of the Control room...
~*~*~*~End of Chapter 1~*~*~*~