"Mr. Vash!" Milly calls out as the insurance girls arrive at the tank that is parked outside
a bar in another town. Ritsuko is performing maintenance while Vash rests lazily against the
armored vehicle.
"We have another assignment for you," Meryl says. "But we have to go to Japan for it."
Ritsuko suddenly catches attention, "Japan? We're going to Japan!?"
"Yes, why?" Milly asks.
"That's my home," Ritsuko answers. "That's where I've been trying to go all along."
"Well if that's where the young lady wants tog o, we should go there," Vash announces.
"Don't you want to hear what the mission is?" Meryl questions.
"Whatever it is, I will do," Vash replies.
"Well, first we have to meet up with the man who was the first to confront this villain,"
Meryl says. "We will meet him just outside Tokyo."
"Sounds good," Vash says.
"How am I suppose to take my tank?" Ritsuko asks.
"We're going by freight boat, it's cheapest, so you can ferry it over," Meryl answers.
"Great! Let's get going."
The group hops in the tank and they head towards the Pacific coast.
"Where is this legendary outlaw and his comrades," the cold former Shinsengumi says to
himself.
"Where is that samurai?" another voice calls out in the distance.
Saitou tosses another cigarette on the ground as he looks up to see a man in a red coat
standing on top of a T-74 tank coming his way.
He calls out to them, "Exactly what is this? A cannon on wheels?"
Vash answers him, "This is what we call a tank. It's going to help us."
"Sure it will."
The tank stops in front of Saitou. The rest of the crew get out to meet him.
"I'm Meryl Strife, from the Bernadelli insurance society."
"They said some group of insurance people were helping me," Saitou says. "I doubt you
will be of much help."
"I wouldn't be so quick to judge," Milly interrupts.
"And who are you?" Saitou asks coldly.
"I am Milly Thompson," she answers.
"Then you must be Vash the Stampede," Saitou say to the man in the red coat.
"That I am."
"I am telling you all right now, I personally think it is going to take more than this to
defeat our foe," Saitou warns.
"Then we should get some other powerful warrior to help us," Meryl says. "But who?"
Milly has momentarily left the group. She rests, back against the tank, reading a
newspaper. Meryl notices the headline, "Terrorizing Flamemaster Defeated"
"Milly?" she questions. "What are you reading?"
"This article about this great guy with a dragonslayer who defeat this other guy who had
this flame thing and was hurting villages in Europe."
"I think we've found our other person," Vash says.
"Yeah! More people to have fun with us!" Ritsuko suddenly shouts popping out of the
tank.
"Who is this?" Saitou asks unpleased.
"That's Ritsuko," Vash answres. "She will help us as well."
"Great," Saitou says sarcastically. "I'm in this deeper than I thought."
"Come on, we must find this Gatts person from the article," Meryl announces. "I will put
send a message through the insurance company to bring that man over here."
Dear Mr. Gatts,
It has come to our attention that you have great sword skills. We have a problem with a
certain individual here in Japan that we would like your help in dealing with. If money is an
issue, we can pay for your help. Please consider this.
Sincerely,
Meryl Strye
Bernadelli Insurance Society
A confused Gatts arrives on Japanese soil. He is immediately escorted near the
questionable shop in Tokyo. He finds the group he is suppose to work with and greets them.
"Hello," Vash greets offering a hand.
Gatts walks by without response, "So who is it we are dealing with?"
"There is a creature in this small store that is causing us a lot of trouble," Meryl tells
Gatts.
"He took my sword when I needed to escape," Saitou adds.
"So shall I just go in there and slash him for you?" Gatts asks.
Vash cuts in, "Ahh, maybe violence isn't the answer. You know, I believe in the
philosophy of love and peace."
The group stares at Vash. Saitou addresses Gatts, "Hate and War sound good to you?"
"That it does."
The group takes strategic positions. They slowly enter the store. Vash has his gun drawn.
Saitou has another sword at his waist. Gatts carries his dragonslayer tentatively in front of him.
Ritsuko keeps a hand on her ever-present pistol. Milly and Meryl follow behind the group. They
can't find the yellow emotionless creature anywhere.
Carefully they see a stairway leading down beneath the store. The group decides to head
down that way, Saitou and Gatts leading.
"It's a wine cellar," Milly happily announces when they reach the bottom.
"Shh!" the group gestures together.
They slowly move around the room. Milly is too tempted and decides to leave the group
to get just a sip. She takes a whole bottle.
They round a corner of shelves and there it is. Staring at them without change. They
yellow emotionless thing.
"Let me take care of this," Gatts announces.
He charges forward. The thing shifts just a little bit before it grows and engulfs Gatt's
entire sword.
"No way!" Gatts shouts backing away as the creature swallows it.
"Back off, I want revenge," Saitou states as he runs forward.
The thing begins to float in it's box. It dodges each of Saitou's attacks. Saitou regains
himself as the thing climbs up bobbing around the ceiling.
"Vertical Gotosu!" he shouts launching an attack upwards. The thing dodges the blade,
which gets stuck in the floorboards of the ceiling. The thing than comes crashing down in his
box on Saitou's head. Saitou gets knocked backwards knocking down most the shelves.
"My turn!" Ritsuko announces.
She draws her pistol and shoots rapidly at the thing. The yellow thing half dodges, half
eats the bullets shot at it.
"Ah, you are doing it all wrong," Vash says drawing out his gun.
Vash goes to shoot the yellow thing, but before he knows it, it is behind him. It opens it's
mouth as it gets larger and engulfs Vash's head. Vash runs around the room screaming in panic.
The thing spits him out and he knocks down the rest of the shelves revealing a rather drunk
Milly.
"Milly!" Meryl shouts. "This is no time for a drink!"
"It's ooo-kaay, ma'a'a'mm," Milly struggles.
"It's all over," Ritsuko complains. "We've all failed."
"Ooh!" Milly squeals in a girlish fancy. "A cuddly little teddy bear!"
She jumps to her feet, running forwards, tripping over bottles and shelves. She reaches
the yellow thing, pulling it out of it's box and squeezing it very hard. Milly rubs her face in it's
fur exclaiming, "My very own fuzzy teddy bear!"
The emotionless thing still gives no response, but it's color changes from yellow to blue
as it's breath is cut off.
"Quick!" Meryl shouts. "Capture it!"
Vash pounces on the yellow thing. Ripping it out of Milly's hands and Encasing it in it's
own box. Vash smiles sheepishly at his accomplishment. The box begins to rattle beneath Vash.
Saitou and Gatts both jump on it. The rattling stops.
"I think we did it," Ritsuko says.
"Yeah!" Milly shouts in her drunkenness.
"Milly, go get the..." Meryl stares at Milly who just fell unconscious due to her drinking.
"Never mind, I'll go get the industrial strength cage. You men hold it down.
"Will do," they all reply.
"I never thought I'd be doing this after the Meiji Restoration," Saitou complains.
"Years of mercenary service and this is the most embarrassing thing I've done," Gatts
also complains.
"And we didn't even hurt anything. Just like love and peace," Vash adds.
"What happened to my personal wine collection!" the manager of the store walks down
the steps.
"You were housing a criminal to the government," Saitou says.
"What!?" the man asks.
"The yellow bear-like thing that stays in your store was caught plotting to take over the
government.
"How?" the manager asks. "It doesn't feel anything."
"I'm sure it does feel," Gatts says. "Just it's good at not showing it."
"Whatever, take it away, I don't care."
"Thank you for your cooperation," Vash says.
The manager walks away and Meryl comes with the cage. Struggling to control it, the
three men manage to get the creature into the cage.
"There, now I'm sure to get a promotion," Meryl says.
"Promotion?" they all question.
"I didn't have to volunteer all our services for this, but I could use the extra money."
Complaining, the group splits up to head their separate directions.
"I'm going home," Ritsuko says.
"Me too," Saitou adds.
"Myself as well, but back to Europe," Gatts says. "The creatures there are not as much a
hassle as the ones here."
"Vash, Milly, come on, let's go back to where we are from," Meryl orders.
"Yes, ma'am," Milly says suffering from a hangover.
"Yes, ma'am," Vash says looking like he is suffering from a hangover.
"What's wrong with you?" Meryl asks.
"Too much, just too much," Vash answers.
"You must have faced worse than this before," she exclaims.
"You would be surprised," Vash tells her. "Fighting something without emotions is
treacherous. You were right to say we'd be involved in something dangerous."
They all head home, a job well done, a promotion well earned, and many a manhood lost
all thanks to a little yellow emotionless bear-like thing that liked to sit in a box at a small store
in Japan.
a bar in another town. Ritsuko is performing maintenance while Vash rests lazily against the
armored vehicle.
"We have another assignment for you," Meryl says. "But we have to go to Japan for it."
Ritsuko suddenly catches attention, "Japan? We're going to Japan!?"
"Yes, why?" Milly asks.
"That's my home," Ritsuko answers. "That's where I've been trying to go all along."
"Well if that's where the young lady wants tog o, we should go there," Vash announces.
"Don't you want to hear what the mission is?" Meryl questions.
"Whatever it is, I will do," Vash replies.
"Well, first we have to meet up with the man who was the first to confront this villain,"
Meryl says. "We will meet him just outside Tokyo."
"Sounds good," Vash says.
"How am I suppose to take my tank?" Ritsuko asks.
"We're going by freight boat, it's cheapest, so you can ferry it over," Meryl answers.
"Great! Let's get going."
The group hops in the tank and they head towards the Pacific coast.
"Where is this legendary outlaw and his comrades," the cold former Shinsengumi says to
himself.
"Where is that samurai?" another voice calls out in the distance.
Saitou tosses another cigarette on the ground as he looks up to see a man in a red coat
standing on top of a T-74 tank coming his way.
He calls out to them, "Exactly what is this? A cannon on wheels?"
Vash answers him, "This is what we call a tank. It's going to help us."
"Sure it will."
The tank stops in front of Saitou. The rest of the crew get out to meet him.
"I'm Meryl Strife, from the Bernadelli insurance society."
"They said some group of insurance people were helping me," Saitou says. "I doubt you
will be of much help."
"I wouldn't be so quick to judge," Milly interrupts.
"And who are you?" Saitou asks coldly.
"I am Milly Thompson," she answers.
"Then you must be Vash the Stampede," Saitou say to the man in the red coat.
"That I am."
"I am telling you all right now, I personally think it is going to take more than this to
defeat our foe," Saitou warns.
"Then we should get some other powerful warrior to help us," Meryl says. "But who?"
Milly has momentarily left the group. She rests, back against the tank, reading a
newspaper. Meryl notices the headline, "Terrorizing Flamemaster Defeated"
"Milly?" she questions. "What are you reading?"
"This article about this great guy with a dragonslayer who defeat this other guy who had
this flame thing and was hurting villages in Europe."
"I think we've found our other person," Vash says.
"Yeah! More people to have fun with us!" Ritsuko suddenly shouts popping out of the
tank.
"Who is this?" Saitou asks unpleased.
"That's Ritsuko," Vash answres. "She will help us as well."
"Great," Saitou says sarcastically. "I'm in this deeper than I thought."
"Come on, we must find this Gatts person from the article," Meryl announces. "I will put
send a message through the insurance company to bring that man over here."
Dear Mr. Gatts,
It has come to our attention that you have great sword skills. We have a problem with a
certain individual here in Japan that we would like your help in dealing with. If money is an
issue, we can pay for your help. Please consider this.
Sincerely,
Meryl Strye
Bernadelli Insurance Society
A confused Gatts arrives on Japanese soil. He is immediately escorted near the
questionable shop in Tokyo. He finds the group he is suppose to work with and greets them.
"Hello," Vash greets offering a hand.
Gatts walks by without response, "So who is it we are dealing with?"
"There is a creature in this small store that is causing us a lot of trouble," Meryl tells
Gatts.
"He took my sword when I needed to escape," Saitou adds.
"So shall I just go in there and slash him for you?" Gatts asks.
Vash cuts in, "Ahh, maybe violence isn't the answer. You know, I believe in the
philosophy of love and peace."
The group stares at Vash. Saitou addresses Gatts, "Hate and War sound good to you?"
"That it does."
The group takes strategic positions. They slowly enter the store. Vash has his gun drawn.
Saitou has another sword at his waist. Gatts carries his dragonslayer tentatively in front of him.
Ritsuko keeps a hand on her ever-present pistol. Milly and Meryl follow behind the group. They
can't find the yellow emotionless creature anywhere.
Carefully they see a stairway leading down beneath the store. The group decides to head
down that way, Saitou and Gatts leading.
"It's a wine cellar," Milly happily announces when they reach the bottom.
"Shh!" the group gestures together.
They slowly move around the room. Milly is too tempted and decides to leave the group
to get just a sip. She takes a whole bottle.
They round a corner of shelves and there it is. Staring at them without change. They
yellow emotionless thing.
"Let me take care of this," Gatts announces.
He charges forward. The thing shifts just a little bit before it grows and engulfs Gatt's
entire sword.
"No way!" Gatts shouts backing away as the creature swallows it.
"Back off, I want revenge," Saitou states as he runs forward.
The thing begins to float in it's box. It dodges each of Saitou's attacks. Saitou regains
himself as the thing climbs up bobbing around the ceiling.
"Vertical Gotosu!" he shouts launching an attack upwards. The thing dodges the blade,
which gets stuck in the floorboards of the ceiling. The thing than comes crashing down in his
box on Saitou's head. Saitou gets knocked backwards knocking down most the shelves.
"My turn!" Ritsuko announces.
She draws her pistol and shoots rapidly at the thing. The yellow thing half dodges, half
eats the bullets shot at it.
"Ah, you are doing it all wrong," Vash says drawing out his gun.
Vash goes to shoot the yellow thing, but before he knows it, it is behind him. It opens it's
mouth as it gets larger and engulfs Vash's head. Vash runs around the room screaming in panic.
The thing spits him out and he knocks down the rest of the shelves revealing a rather drunk
Milly.
"Milly!" Meryl shouts. "This is no time for a drink!"
"It's ooo-kaay, ma'a'a'mm," Milly struggles.
"It's all over," Ritsuko complains. "We've all failed."
"Ooh!" Milly squeals in a girlish fancy. "A cuddly little teddy bear!"
She jumps to her feet, running forwards, tripping over bottles and shelves. She reaches
the yellow thing, pulling it out of it's box and squeezing it very hard. Milly rubs her face in it's
fur exclaiming, "My very own fuzzy teddy bear!"
The emotionless thing still gives no response, but it's color changes from yellow to blue
as it's breath is cut off.
"Quick!" Meryl shouts. "Capture it!"
Vash pounces on the yellow thing. Ripping it out of Milly's hands and Encasing it in it's
own box. Vash smiles sheepishly at his accomplishment. The box begins to rattle beneath Vash.
Saitou and Gatts both jump on it. The rattling stops.
"I think we did it," Ritsuko says.
"Yeah!" Milly shouts in her drunkenness.
"Milly, go get the..." Meryl stares at Milly who just fell unconscious due to her drinking.
"Never mind, I'll go get the industrial strength cage. You men hold it down.
"Will do," they all reply.
"I never thought I'd be doing this after the Meiji Restoration," Saitou complains.
"Years of mercenary service and this is the most embarrassing thing I've done," Gatts
also complains.
"And we didn't even hurt anything. Just like love and peace," Vash adds.
"What happened to my personal wine collection!" the manager of the store walks down
the steps.
"You were housing a criminal to the government," Saitou says.
"What!?" the man asks.
"The yellow bear-like thing that stays in your store was caught plotting to take over the
government.
"How?" the manager asks. "It doesn't feel anything."
"I'm sure it does feel," Gatts says. "Just it's good at not showing it."
"Whatever, take it away, I don't care."
"Thank you for your cooperation," Vash says.
The manager walks away and Meryl comes with the cage. Struggling to control it, the
three men manage to get the creature into the cage.
"There, now I'm sure to get a promotion," Meryl says.
"Promotion?" they all question.
"I didn't have to volunteer all our services for this, but I could use the extra money."
Complaining, the group splits up to head their separate directions.
"I'm going home," Ritsuko says.
"Me too," Saitou adds.
"Myself as well, but back to Europe," Gatts says. "The creatures there are not as much a
hassle as the ones here."
"Vash, Milly, come on, let's go back to where we are from," Meryl orders.
"Yes, ma'am," Milly says suffering from a hangover.
"Yes, ma'am," Vash says looking like he is suffering from a hangover.
"What's wrong with you?" Meryl asks.
"Too much, just too much," Vash answers.
"You must have faced worse than this before," she exclaims.
"You would be surprised," Vash tells her. "Fighting something without emotions is
treacherous. You were right to say we'd be involved in something dangerous."
They all head home, a job well done, a promotion well earned, and many a manhood lost
all thanks to a little yellow emotionless bear-like thing that liked to sit in a box at a small store
in Japan.