Title: Forsaken
Author: Akima The Stampede Maxwell
Date begun: February 25, 2002
Anime: SHUT UP!!!
Pairings: Damn near break the thing off and wave it around in your face!!! COME ON!!!! IT GETS PRETTY OBVIOUS!!!!! Okay…MAYBE NOT PAIRING BUT ONE PERSON! GET ME?
Rating: NR for some suggestive themes and Knivishness…AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY HURT A GUY!!!!
Disclaimers: not mine once again
***Writer here again! I`m a little nervous about posting this one. I know that people are not bothered a lot by suggestive situations(I know I`m not) but I am really more worried about if I continued to keep the characters in their respective attitudes and such. I wrote this a month ago. I would like to hear comments about it. If people really don`t like it then I will revise it. Be gentle!!! I am only here to write fanfics!!
Chapter 6: Love Connection
They got three rooms. The prices were up pretty high (and Vash really wanted to get Meryl and Knives to make up). He conveniently situated them to where he was with Milly and Dryden was with Marianne despite her protest that she hardly knew him. Knives and Meryl sat silently in their room. Knives cleaned off his gun and aimed at various things in the room without shooting anything. Meryl pretty much did the same thing with her guns.
"Hey, Knives, could you hand me that rag you were using to clean your gun?"
He threw it in her direction. She caught it. Meryl`s brain kept going back to what everyone kept saying lately.
`Do you have any kids?....Why are you two together?...You two are the strangest couple!...How long have you two been together?...Bye, Mr. and Mrs. Knives! Why does everyboby we run into think we`re a couple! I hung out with Vash for a long time and nobody said anything! Perfect. Now even Vash thinks that something is going on. He did set me and Knives up in here. I have to get out of here for awhile.`
She got up. She just put her hand on the knob when a shadow fell over her.
"Where are you going?"
"I need to take a walk around the ship. It`s too stuffy in here."
Knives reached over her and opened up the door.
"Thank you." she whispered.
"I was about to leave. Don`t think of this as some gentleman thing I did."
"Just take a compliment once and a while."
She strolled on down the hallway as Knives walked the other direction.
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Vash, Milly, Dryden and Marianne sat at a table conversing and having drinks.
"So you really are trying to set up Knives and Meryl? Why them?" Marianne asked. Milly giggled.
"Vash explained everything to me! He knows that Meryl used to be in love with him or maybe still is! He knows that his brother is not very open and his attitude can be a lot like Meryl`s. He figured that putting them together would be good for them both! The whole thing with the kidnapping had nothing to do with it because he didn`t begin planning really until he picked me up!"
"They seem to quarrel a lot. Do you really think that this would work between them? Meryl`s a sweet girl and I don`t think that deceiving her would be in the best interest." Dryden stated. Vash laughed.
"Oh don`t worry! This won`t hurt them! They already seem to have something between them!"
Little did they know that Meryl walked into the room and stood only a few feet away hidden behind a plant.
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`They are setting me up with Knives? How…How could they do that? All this time…Vash put me with him to make us feel something for eachother? And I thought that he and Milly were my friends. Well…no. Milly was in on it too! She should have told me!`
"Why are you behind that plant?"
She shrieked. Knives stood by the wall sipping a glass of wine. Meryl panicked.
`They can`t see me here!`
"Uh…Knives, I want to see the view from outside! Care to join me?"
"I was just out there. Believe me. It is not…Hey!"
She dragged him by the arm. No one saw them.
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Meryl stopped when she reached the front of the ship. She let go of Knives who just stood against one of the posts. The sand all around them actually looked kind of peaceful at night.
"It`s beautiful." she said.
"It is sand. Get over it."
"What am I going to do with you? You never see anything as beautiful."
"Plants are always beautiful."
Meryl turned around. Knives blinked. He looked around.
"What?"
"Why don`t you come over here? There is a nice view right now."
"Fine."
He walked over and placed his arms on the railing. He stared off. Meryl did the same. They sat there with the wind blowing the dust around them. A loud clang resounded behind them. Knives pulled out his gun and whirled around. A shadowy figure rounded a corner. Meryl moved to follow him but he put a hand out.
"Knives! Let me…"
"Stay here! I have a feeling that this guy is one of the members of that gang that passed through that town!"
Knives ran after the figure. Meryl sighed. She walked off in the other direction.
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Knives trampled down the steps towards the lower cabins of the ship. The figure rounded the corners just ahead of him. He got to an open area and stopped. He looked around.
"Where the hell did he go?"
"Why are you following me?" came a deep male voice with hint of laughter. Knives pointed his gun around but no one was there.
"Who are you and why were you spying on me?"
"Not on you. On the girl actually."
Knives` eyes narrowed.
"What do you want that girl for?"
"Not me. The boss wants her. I believe that you already met him."
"The man with the wolfhead?"
"You are very perceptive, Mr. Millions Knives. I have heard of you. You caused a lot of pain to others to which many people died. A very impressive feat."
Knives slowly lowered his weapon.
"Are you trying to kiss up to me?"
"No. It really does impress me. You see…my gang began under the guidance of our boss who decided to start because of you. You are like a god to him. He is impressed. Very impressed."
Knives put his gun away.
"So what do you want with her?"
"It is extremely rare to find someone quite like her. She is one of the few humans with the ability to…"
"Knives! Hey, Knives! Where are you?" came Vash`s voice. Knives growled.
"Hello! HELLO!...Damn you, brother!"
Vash strolled in. Knives sighed heavily.
`I sure as hell am not going to tell him about this! He will just screw everything up! I need to find that girl. I am the only one who could possibly get information out of these guys! They hold me up like I am some kind of god! This could be to my advantage.`
"What are you doing down here, bro?"
Knives smirked.
"Nothing really. This ship is boring."
"Well then you will appreciate what we all decided to do."
"What? Get off?"
"No way! There`s a pool on here! We all want to go swim!"
"I don`t do swimming!"
"Ah, come on! Meryl`ll be there!"
Knives blinked.
"What do I care?"
`You need her to get information from those guys.` he told himself. Knives` face went maniacal for a moment. Vash stepped back a bit.
"You okay, bro?"
"I will play your little game."
Vash got behind him and pushed him along. Knives sighed and ran along ahead. He did not want to be pushed into anything by his fool of a brother.
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Meryl hugged herself. She wore a deep blue bikini (Trust me. She had one in her cape where everything else is.). Milly sported a very pink one piece.
"What`s wrong, Meryl?" she asked with a cheery voice. Meryl`s cheeks turned red.
"I don`t usually go swimming. I hate being in front of people with my suit on. Maybe I should just go and change. Maybe I can get some sleep…"
Milly pushed Meryl into the cold water. Meryl came up splashing around until she composed herself. She angrily glared at Milly who smiled broadly.
"You have to get used to it first!"
Meryl sighed. She heard Vash talking nonstop to someone.
`Sounds like he`s talking to Knives.`
She looked over her shoulders. Vash wore a grey shirt and a pair of black swim trunks. Knives only wore a pair of black swim trunks. Meryl felt her cheeks flush. She did not really know who she was blushing for. Marianne wore a green and blue bikini. She lay down to sun. Dryden apparently was not swimming right now as he still had on his usual clothing except for his coat which was probably in his room. Vash flapped about as he jumped into the water with no real rhythm. Knives, on the other hand, did a perfect dive (as if there was any doubt!). He surfaced at the other end of the pool. Meryl noticed an inflatable chair floating lonely in the water.
`Don`t mind if I do.` she thought as she climbed up on the float. She lay in the middle of it since this was built for two people. She found herself falling asleep. She heard a splash.
`Perhaps Dryden decided to take a swim.`
Suddenly a hand pushed her roughly. She nearly fell off but the back of the top of her suit was grabbed from behind. Whoever had grabbed her lay next to her. She felt her cheeks flush a deep red. She became furious.
"What the hell is your problem?! I…" she yelled as she turned her head around. Knives chuckled.
"Don`t mind if I do." he said, mimicking what she had said in her mind earlier. She blew out a ragged sigh.
"You could have at least asked me to move over for you!"
"Right! Then you could have chewed me out with that nagging voice of yours! I would rather take my chances."
Meryl gave up. She lay her head back on the headrest.
`He didn`t push me off.`
"That`s right." he said. Meryl could not take his mind reading anymore. Without thinking she pushed him off of the raft. His eyes went wide as he fell off. Meryl shrieked as the whole thing flipped. She felt water go up her nose. She felt like she was choking. A hand reached down and grabbed hers. She was pulled out of the water. She looked up. It was Vash.
"You okay?!"
Meryl coughed. She gave a thumb`s up. Vash let out a breath.
"Whew! Good thing! You would have killed me if I had to use CPR!"
As she burst into laughter along with Vash Knives got out of the pool on the other side. He looked around.
`Good. That bastard left. Good thing I distracted Meryl. He wanted to get her talking. That guy was not who I was looking for anyways. He looked like a lapdog for someone else…probably that wolfhead guy`s lapdog.`
Knives looked across the pool at Vash and Meryl laughing and turning red with embarassment. He suddenly wanted to not be there. He turned to leave. He began walking.
"Knives!"
He stopped.
"I am going back to my room, brother! I decided to get some rest!"
`Damn, I`m good at lying!`
He peered over his shoulder. Vash shrugged. Meryl tilted her head then turned away. Knives kept on walking.
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Knives heard the door open. He had himself turned towards the wall. He had been lying there for a couple of hours. The door closed.
"Knives?" came Meryl`s quiet voice. He did not move. He heard her go through her things. Another door opened and closed. He heard the shower turn on. He sat up. He took his gun from the sidetable. He yawned as he spun the barrel around. A couple of minutes later the door to the bathroom opened. Meryl stepped out in only a towel around her. A very small towel. She took one look at him and her face turned beet red. She shrieked.
"I thought you were asleep!"
Knives blinked.
"…Well…I wasn`t."
She grabbed her clothing she had laid out. She scowled at Knives. He sighed and turned around. Meryl slipped on her clothing.
"Okay."
He turned back around. He spun the barrel around again. Meryl sat down beside him. She leaned her head against the wall. She groaned. He eyed her.
"What`s with you? You sound and look like shit."
"Thanks!" Meryl stated sarcastically "I don`t feel very well!"
Knives turned his attention back to spinning his barrel. He frowned.
"Well this got boring fast!" he exclaimed. Meryl ignored him. He stood up and stretched. He took one step towards the door and Meryl`s hand reached out to touch his arm. He looked down at her.
"What?"
"Could you…stay with me?"
"Why?"
"I don`t feel well and this room scares me when I`m by myself."
"Silly spider emotions."
"Please?"
He did not know why but he had a strange feeling come over him. He brushed it off as a feeling of boredom. He sat down on the bed. Meryl leaned over. Her head rested on his shoulder.
"I knew it! I get sick when I ride these things! Maybe I should have mentioned…ohhhh!!"
She got up and ran into the bathroom. Knives lay back on the bed.
`Damn these one bedrooms!`
Meryl came stumbling out of the bathroom. She took a few steps towards the bed then she fell. She fell right on top of him and her hand…well…Knives` eyes became the biggest that they ever had before. Meryl fell asleep. His lip twitched.
`Shit! Shit! Shit!`
He reached down to move her hand. Her hand clenched. He bit his lip.
`She has a grip!`
He tried to forget about it. He even tried going to sleep but her grip got tighter. A drop of sweat fell from his face.
`How long can she hold on like that?!`
The door to their room opened.
`I will never live this down.`
Vash and Milly walked in.
"Hey, Knives! How is Meryl? She looked si…oh my!" Milly gasped. Knives` face twitched. His eyes were still wide. His teeth clenched. Vash stifled his laughter.
"She sure had a hold on you, doesn`t she?"
"Stop being stupid and get over here! Get her off!"
"Are you sure?"
Knives` eyes narrowed. Meryl clenched her fist again. He let out a sound that was a cross between a cry and a wail. Vash motioned to Milly.
"Okay. I`m going to grab a hold of Meryl and you get her to bend her fingers away from…you know."
"Wait a minute! Why her?"
"I think you want a girl doing this and not me."
Knives nodded. He had a point. Milly smiled nervously at Knives.
"I`m sorry about this! I wouldn`t normally…"
"Come on! This really hurts!"
"Right!" she exclaimed. She reached down. He closed his eyes. Milly blushed. Vash stifled his laughter as Milly pulled gently at one of Meryl`s fingers. Meryl`s eyes opened.
"Milly? Vash? What…"
She saw where her hand was. She looked up at Knives. He opened his eyes. They widened. Hers widened. They both screamed. She let go of him and he collapsed to the floor. He held himself as he rolled around cursing. Meryl jumped down to the floor and tried to calm him down but he took one look at her and he leapt up. He fell on the bed.
"Now I think that I`m sick." He mumbled. Meryl sat down beside him. Her cheeks were very red.
"Could you guys leave please? Thank you for trying to help."
Vash pushed Milly along. They left. Meryl lay down beside Knives who was groaning. She sighed and somehow fell asleep. Her cheeks were still flushed.
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Meryl woke up.
`That sounded like someone scratching at the door.`
She cowered against Knives. He mumbled something in his sleep about "not touching him there". There it came again.
`What is that?`
She heard someone laugh. It was cold. It was worse than Knives` laugh. She pressed up against Knives then crawled over him to lay against the wall. He stayed asleep. She lifted one of his arms and snuggled into his chest. She trembled violently. She was afraid that he would wake up but he never did.
`I don`t care what he thinks. I`m scared.`
She fell asleep. The laugh died away down the hallway.
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Vash and Dryden were telling each other about their travels in the breakfast area when Knives walked in yawning and scratching his head. He wore a pair of blue jeans and a black T-shirt. His hair stuck out in all directions. Meryl was at his heels in a long light blue shirt and a pair of skimpy night shorts. She looked a lot better.
"Yo! How did you guys sleep?"
Knives mumbled something then slammed his head down on the table. Meryl sat beside him.
"I slept pretty well." she said softly. Her voice was weak.
"You okay, Meryl?" Vash asked. She forced a smile.
"Yeah."
"Good! Hey, bro! How is…you know…"
Knives kicked Vash hard from under the table. Vash shut up. Meryl giggled. Knives got up.
"I`m not hungry. I am going to take a walk."
"Uh…me too!" Meryl exclaimed. She followed him.
"She certainly is attached to him." Dryden said as he lit a cigarette.
"Yep!" Vash stated with a smile on his face. A figure in the corner behind the plant that Meryl had hidden behind yesterday laughed.
"Tomorrow we will get her, master. Tomorrow is our day to get what is coming to us!"
*Who the hell is that?!?!?!! See in Chapter 7
Author: Akima The Stampede Maxwell
Date begun: February 25, 2002
Anime: SHUT UP!!!
Pairings: Damn near break the thing off and wave it around in your face!!! COME ON!!!! IT GETS PRETTY OBVIOUS!!!!! Okay…MAYBE NOT PAIRING BUT ONE PERSON! GET ME?
Rating: NR for some suggestive themes and Knivishness…AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY HURT A GUY!!!!
Disclaimers: not mine once again
***Writer here again! I`m a little nervous about posting this one. I know that people are not bothered a lot by suggestive situations(I know I`m not) but I am really more worried about if I continued to keep the characters in their respective attitudes and such. I wrote this a month ago. I would like to hear comments about it. If people really don`t like it then I will revise it. Be gentle!!! I am only here to write fanfics!!
Chapter 6: Love Connection
They got three rooms. The prices were up pretty high (and Vash really wanted to get Meryl and Knives to make up). He conveniently situated them to where he was with Milly and Dryden was with Marianne despite her protest that she hardly knew him. Knives and Meryl sat silently in their room. Knives cleaned off his gun and aimed at various things in the room without shooting anything. Meryl pretty much did the same thing with her guns.
"Hey, Knives, could you hand me that rag you were using to clean your gun?"
He threw it in her direction. She caught it. Meryl`s brain kept going back to what everyone kept saying lately.
`Do you have any kids?....Why are you two together?...You two are the strangest couple!...How long have you two been together?...Bye, Mr. and Mrs. Knives! Why does everyboby we run into think we`re a couple! I hung out with Vash for a long time and nobody said anything! Perfect. Now even Vash thinks that something is going on. He did set me and Knives up in here. I have to get out of here for awhile.`
She got up. She just put her hand on the knob when a shadow fell over her.
"Where are you going?"
"I need to take a walk around the ship. It`s too stuffy in here."
Knives reached over her and opened up the door.
"Thank you." she whispered.
"I was about to leave. Don`t think of this as some gentleman thing I did."
"Just take a compliment once and a while."
She strolled on down the hallway as Knives walked the other direction.
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Vash, Milly, Dryden and Marianne sat at a table conversing and having drinks.
"So you really are trying to set up Knives and Meryl? Why them?" Marianne asked. Milly giggled.
"Vash explained everything to me! He knows that Meryl used to be in love with him or maybe still is! He knows that his brother is not very open and his attitude can be a lot like Meryl`s. He figured that putting them together would be good for them both! The whole thing with the kidnapping had nothing to do with it because he didn`t begin planning really until he picked me up!"
"They seem to quarrel a lot. Do you really think that this would work between them? Meryl`s a sweet girl and I don`t think that deceiving her would be in the best interest." Dryden stated. Vash laughed.
"Oh don`t worry! This won`t hurt them! They already seem to have something between them!"
Little did they know that Meryl walked into the room and stood only a few feet away hidden behind a plant.
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`They are setting me up with Knives? How…How could they do that? All this time…Vash put me with him to make us feel something for eachother? And I thought that he and Milly were my friends. Well…no. Milly was in on it too! She should have told me!`
"Why are you behind that plant?"
She shrieked. Knives stood by the wall sipping a glass of wine. Meryl panicked.
`They can`t see me here!`
"Uh…Knives, I want to see the view from outside! Care to join me?"
"I was just out there. Believe me. It is not…Hey!"
She dragged him by the arm. No one saw them.
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Meryl stopped when she reached the front of the ship. She let go of Knives who just stood against one of the posts. The sand all around them actually looked kind of peaceful at night.
"It`s beautiful." she said.
"It is sand. Get over it."
"What am I going to do with you? You never see anything as beautiful."
"Plants are always beautiful."
Meryl turned around. Knives blinked. He looked around.
"What?"
"Why don`t you come over here? There is a nice view right now."
"Fine."
He walked over and placed his arms on the railing. He stared off. Meryl did the same. They sat there with the wind blowing the dust around them. A loud clang resounded behind them. Knives pulled out his gun and whirled around. A shadowy figure rounded a corner. Meryl moved to follow him but he put a hand out.
"Knives! Let me…"
"Stay here! I have a feeling that this guy is one of the members of that gang that passed through that town!"
Knives ran after the figure. Meryl sighed. She walked off in the other direction.
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Knives trampled down the steps towards the lower cabins of the ship. The figure rounded the corners just ahead of him. He got to an open area and stopped. He looked around.
"Where the hell did he go?"
"Why are you following me?" came a deep male voice with hint of laughter. Knives pointed his gun around but no one was there.
"Who are you and why were you spying on me?"
"Not on you. On the girl actually."
Knives` eyes narrowed.
"What do you want that girl for?"
"Not me. The boss wants her. I believe that you already met him."
"The man with the wolfhead?"
"You are very perceptive, Mr. Millions Knives. I have heard of you. You caused a lot of pain to others to which many people died. A very impressive feat."
Knives slowly lowered his weapon.
"Are you trying to kiss up to me?"
"No. It really does impress me. You see…my gang began under the guidance of our boss who decided to start because of you. You are like a god to him. He is impressed. Very impressed."
Knives put his gun away.
"So what do you want with her?"
"It is extremely rare to find someone quite like her. She is one of the few humans with the ability to…"
"Knives! Hey, Knives! Where are you?" came Vash`s voice. Knives growled.
"Hello! HELLO!...Damn you, brother!"
Vash strolled in. Knives sighed heavily.
`I sure as hell am not going to tell him about this! He will just screw everything up! I need to find that girl. I am the only one who could possibly get information out of these guys! They hold me up like I am some kind of god! This could be to my advantage.`
"What are you doing down here, bro?"
Knives smirked.
"Nothing really. This ship is boring."
"Well then you will appreciate what we all decided to do."
"What? Get off?"
"No way! There`s a pool on here! We all want to go swim!"
"I don`t do swimming!"
"Ah, come on! Meryl`ll be there!"
Knives blinked.
"What do I care?"
`You need her to get information from those guys.` he told himself. Knives` face went maniacal for a moment. Vash stepped back a bit.
"You okay, bro?"
"I will play your little game."
Vash got behind him and pushed him along. Knives sighed and ran along ahead. He did not want to be pushed into anything by his fool of a brother.
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Meryl hugged herself. She wore a deep blue bikini (Trust me. She had one in her cape where everything else is.). Milly sported a very pink one piece.
"What`s wrong, Meryl?" she asked with a cheery voice. Meryl`s cheeks turned red.
"I don`t usually go swimming. I hate being in front of people with my suit on. Maybe I should just go and change. Maybe I can get some sleep…"
Milly pushed Meryl into the cold water. Meryl came up splashing around until she composed herself. She angrily glared at Milly who smiled broadly.
"You have to get used to it first!"
Meryl sighed. She heard Vash talking nonstop to someone.
`Sounds like he`s talking to Knives.`
She looked over her shoulders. Vash wore a grey shirt and a pair of black swim trunks. Knives only wore a pair of black swim trunks. Meryl felt her cheeks flush. She did not really know who she was blushing for. Marianne wore a green and blue bikini. She lay down to sun. Dryden apparently was not swimming right now as he still had on his usual clothing except for his coat which was probably in his room. Vash flapped about as he jumped into the water with no real rhythm. Knives, on the other hand, did a perfect dive (as if there was any doubt!). He surfaced at the other end of the pool. Meryl noticed an inflatable chair floating lonely in the water.
`Don`t mind if I do.` she thought as she climbed up on the float. She lay in the middle of it since this was built for two people. She found herself falling asleep. She heard a splash.
`Perhaps Dryden decided to take a swim.`
Suddenly a hand pushed her roughly. She nearly fell off but the back of the top of her suit was grabbed from behind. Whoever had grabbed her lay next to her. She felt her cheeks flush a deep red. She became furious.
"What the hell is your problem?! I…" she yelled as she turned her head around. Knives chuckled.
"Don`t mind if I do." he said, mimicking what she had said in her mind earlier. She blew out a ragged sigh.
"You could have at least asked me to move over for you!"
"Right! Then you could have chewed me out with that nagging voice of yours! I would rather take my chances."
Meryl gave up. She lay her head back on the headrest.
`He didn`t push me off.`
"That`s right." he said. Meryl could not take his mind reading anymore. Without thinking she pushed him off of the raft. His eyes went wide as he fell off. Meryl shrieked as the whole thing flipped. She felt water go up her nose. She felt like she was choking. A hand reached down and grabbed hers. She was pulled out of the water. She looked up. It was Vash.
"You okay?!"
Meryl coughed. She gave a thumb`s up. Vash let out a breath.
"Whew! Good thing! You would have killed me if I had to use CPR!"
As she burst into laughter along with Vash Knives got out of the pool on the other side. He looked around.
`Good. That bastard left. Good thing I distracted Meryl. He wanted to get her talking. That guy was not who I was looking for anyways. He looked like a lapdog for someone else…probably that wolfhead guy`s lapdog.`
Knives looked across the pool at Vash and Meryl laughing and turning red with embarassment. He suddenly wanted to not be there. He turned to leave. He began walking.
"Knives!"
He stopped.
"I am going back to my room, brother! I decided to get some rest!"
`Damn, I`m good at lying!`
He peered over his shoulder. Vash shrugged. Meryl tilted her head then turned away. Knives kept on walking.
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Knives heard the door open. He had himself turned towards the wall. He had been lying there for a couple of hours. The door closed.
"Knives?" came Meryl`s quiet voice. He did not move. He heard her go through her things. Another door opened and closed. He heard the shower turn on. He sat up. He took his gun from the sidetable. He yawned as he spun the barrel around. A couple of minutes later the door to the bathroom opened. Meryl stepped out in only a towel around her. A very small towel. She took one look at him and her face turned beet red. She shrieked.
"I thought you were asleep!"
Knives blinked.
"…Well…I wasn`t."
She grabbed her clothing she had laid out. She scowled at Knives. He sighed and turned around. Meryl slipped on her clothing.
"Okay."
He turned back around. He spun the barrel around again. Meryl sat down beside him. She leaned her head against the wall. She groaned. He eyed her.
"What`s with you? You sound and look like shit."
"Thanks!" Meryl stated sarcastically "I don`t feel very well!"
Knives turned his attention back to spinning his barrel. He frowned.
"Well this got boring fast!" he exclaimed. Meryl ignored him. He stood up and stretched. He took one step towards the door and Meryl`s hand reached out to touch his arm. He looked down at her.
"What?"
"Could you…stay with me?"
"Why?"
"I don`t feel well and this room scares me when I`m by myself."
"Silly spider emotions."
"Please?"
He did not know why but he had a strange feeling come over him. He brushed it off as a feeling of boredom. He sat down on the bed. Meryl leaned over. Her head rested on his shoulder.
"I knew it! I get sick when I ride these things! Maybe I should have mentioned…ohhhh!!"
She got up and ran into the bathroom. Knives lay back on the bed.
`Damn these one bedrooms!`
Meryl came stumbling out of the bathroom. She took a few steps towards the bed then she fell. She fell right on top of him and her hand…well…Knives` eyes became the biggest that they ever had before. Meryl fell asleep. His lip twitched.
`Shit! Shit! Shit!`
He reached down to move her hand. Her hand clenched. He bit his lip.
`She has a grip!`
He tried to forget about it. He even tried going to sleep but her grip got tighter. A drop of sweat fell from his face.
`How long can she hold on like that?!`
The door to their room opened.
`I will never live this down.`
Vash and Milly walked in.
"Hey, Knives! How is Meryl? She looked si…oh my!" Milly gasped. Knives` face twitched. His eyes were still wide. His teeth clenched. Vash stifled his laughter.
"She sure had a hold on you, doesn`t she?"
"Stop being stupid and get over here! Get her off!"
"Are you sure?"
Knives` eyes narrowed. Meryl clenched her fist again. He let out a sound that was a cross between a cry and a wail. Vash motioned to Milly.
"Okay. I`m going to grab a hold of Meryl and you get her to bend her fingers away from…you know."
"Wait a minute! Why her?"
"I think you want a girl doing this and not me."
Knives nodded. He had a point. Milly smiled nervously at Knives.
"I`m sorry about this! I wouldn`t normally…"
"Come on! This really hurts!"
"Right!" she exclaimed. She reached down. He closed his eyes. Milly blushed. Vash stifled his laughter as Milly pulled gently at one of Meryl`s fingers. Meryl`s eyes opened.
"Milly? Vash? What…"
She saw where her hand was. She looked up at Knives. He opened his eyes. They widened. Hers widened. They both screamed. She let go of him and he collapsed to the floor. He held himself as he rolled around cursing. Meryl jumped down to the floor and tried to calm him down but he took one look at her and he leapt up. He fell on the bed.
"Now I think that I`m sick." He mumbled. Meryl sat down beside him. Her cheeks were very red.
"Could you guys leave please? Thank you for trying to help."
Vash pushed Milly along. They left. Meryl lay down beside Knives who was groaning. She sighed and somehow fell asleep. Her cheeks were still flushed.
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Meryl woke up.
`That sounded like someone scratching at the door.`
She cowered against Knives. He mumbled something in his sleep about "not touching him there". There it came again.
`What is that?`
She heard someone laugh. It was cold. It was worse than Knives` laugh. She pressed up against Knives then crawled over him to lay against the wall. He stayed asleep. She lifted one of his arms and snuggled into his chest. She trembled violently. She was afraid that he would wake up but he never did.
`I don`t care what he thinks. I`m scared.`
She fell asleep. The laugh died away down the hallway.
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Vash and Dryden were telling each other about their travels in the breakfast area when Knives walked in yawning and scratching his head. He wore a pair of blue jeans and a black T-shirt. His hair stuck out in all directions. Meryl was at his heels in a long light blue shirt and a pair of skimpy night shorts. She looked a lot better.
"Yo! How did you guys sleep?"
Knives mumbled something then slammed his head down on the table. Meryl sat beside him.
"I slept pretty well." she said softly. Her voice was weak.
"You okay, Meryl?" Vash asked. She forced a smile.
"Yeah."
"Good! Hey, bro! How is…you know…"
Knives kicked Vash hard from under the table. Vash shut up. Meryl giggled. Knives got up.
"I`m not hungry. I am going to take a walk."
"Uh…me too!" Meryl exclaimed. She followed him.
"She certainly is attached to him." Dryden said as he lit a cigarette.
"Yep!" Vash stated with a smile on his face. A figure in the corner behind the plant that Meryl had hidden behind yesterday laughed.
"Tomorrow we will get her, master. Tomorrow is our day to get what is coming to us!"
*Who the hell is that?!?!?!! See in Chapter 7