Title: Forsaken
Author: Akima The Stampede Maxwell
Date begun: March 2, 2002
Anime: where does Knives and the gang come from?....oh yeah! Trigun!!!! What about Dryden and Millerna?....Escaflowne
Pairings: no comment
Rating: NR for some suggestive themes and Knivishness…and ANGST PERHAPS!!!
Disclaimers: nope. Own none of them.
Chapter 10: Love`s Journey
Fenris laughed as he drank his wine. Currently he and his gang were lying low on the outskirts of Raditz behind a dune. They had a fire lit and the gang was having a great time. They danced, drank, and laughed. Fenris` silver eyes glittered in the fire.
"Where are you, my future queen?" he asked aloud "Why are you running from me? I offer my hand to the most beautiful female of my species and she ignores me. It must mean that she loves another. How unfortunate."
His thoughts went back to the ship. He growled.
"That tall blond who got in my way…she was dancing with him. She turned red when he touched her. Yes. Her heart belongs to him. I will just have to make them stay apart. I feel that her heart is in distress. The minute she gets close to him the necklace will become a beacon and show me where she is. Yes. All will turn out well and I will have my bride."
He laughed. The gang sat there staring at him then they all joined in.
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Knives sat in front of the window in the hotel room. He stared up at the sky. His face contorted into anguish.
`What is this pain I feel everynight? Why can`t I just feel like I usually did…before her? Why does that puny little girl effect my heart like that? Their species can`t do that to plants, can they?`
"Knives, are you okay?" Millerna asked. She sat reading in the bed. Everytime they got a room he stayed in a chair. Millerna assured him that she would not "fool around with him" but he refused. He did not sleep that much lately anyways.
"Just peachy." he said sarcastically.
"Are you thinking about her?"
"Who?"
"That girl…what was her name?"
"…Meryl."
"I knew it! You are thinking about her! Why did you leave her behind? I forget why."
"So I could get a handle on my life."
"Seems like taking her along would have been the best thing to do."
"What do you know?!" he snapped. She sighed.
"I should have made Dryden come along with me on that trip. When I came back it was too late. He got to know my friend and…"
"Shut up!"
His cheek ticked. Millerna took a step towards him.
"…You`re afraid that Vash will get her, don`t you? You`re jealous of your brother."
Knives` face went from anger to surprise.
"I..I`m not jealous of that fool! No girl…female spider…er….one of her species in her right mind would fall for him…except her."
He looked back at the window. His face went back to anger.
"That`s all she thought about was him." he continued with a hint of irritation "All she thought about and all her mind would scream at me."
"…I`m sorry."
"What are you saying sorry for? You didn`t put those stupid thoughts in her head."
"They are not stupid to her. She found something that she liked in him. He did save a lot of people. He tries to keep everyone alive in a fight. He is very handsome. He…"
"That`s enough! So my brother likes to help spiders! Big deal! I could do that!"
"You would change how you feel about everything for her?"
Knives growled.
"I didn`t say that!"
"You implied that. You said that you could save people too. Basically you said that if your brother can help others than you can. You`re saying that because you have feelings for that girl. I know what I`m talking about."
Knives looked away. He averted his eyes to the floor.
"Let`s just say…for this conversation`s sake that I did feel something for this….girl…what…would I do?"
"What do you mean what would you do? You would tell her or you would go find her right now. If I knew where Dryden…"
Knives tilted his head in confusion.
"Dryden?"
He grinned.
"You mean…Dryden is your long lost love?"
He began to laugh.
"What`s so funny?!"
"That guy was with us! He was on the ship with us and all over with us!"
Millerna`s eyes widened.
"He was with you guys the whole time?! Where is he now?! Do you know?!"
"No. They mentioned something about visiting this other girl`s dead lover…or something like that."
"Do you know where it is?!"
"No…nor do I care."
"But what about Meryl?"
"Damn you! Will you just stop talking about that?"
He faced her with an angry expression yet Millerna could see the underlying pain. His eyes looked wet. She thought it best not to push this subject any further unless he wanted to. He turned away towards the window. His eyes twitched. She knew that he was fighting back tears but she still did not know the whole story.
`Forget trying to be polite! I need to know! Maybe I can help him!`
"Knives…please…tell me what happened. Tell me why it is so hard to talk about Meryl. Even if it`s not love what is it?"
Knives scratched the top of his head. He did not face her as he spoke.
"There is a spider….guy looking for Meryl. He wears a wolfhead mask. He gave Meryl a necklace. I told the foolish girl not to wear it but she didn`t listen. Now it has embedded itself into her skin. She is his now. There is no way to take it off. It burns anyone who touches it."
Millerna understood.
"In this case…if you had feelings for her that were genuine….I would try to rip that necklace off of her no matter how much it hurt. Maybe that is the only way. Who`s to know though."
Knives remained silent. He thought deeply on her words. He closed his eyes. Millerna went back to reading only to find that she did not know what she was even reading anymore. She put it down. She took one last look at Knives before she went to sleep.
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Milly watched as Meryl grew more distant and angrier. She, at one point, became agitated like she once was when they sold insurance but it became worse. She berated anyone she asked questions to. Everytime she heard about this "blond girl with green eyes" she would lash out at the person telling her.
`Oh, Meryl…at least admit that you are jealous. I hope that if we find him that she will not be who you think that she is. I don`t think that Knives would be the type to run off for a girl…after all…he does call us all spiders.`
Meryl sat now on the motorcycle. She watched everyone as if they would attack her or something. She had that pain inside her eyes that Milly hated to look at. She kept out of her way and tried to put in a nice word every once in awhile.
"Meryl, how about we stalk up on more supplies?"
"You go. I`ll stay." Meryl said softly. Milly nodded and left. As soon as she disappeared Meryl turned around and took Wolfwood`s cross down She put it on the ground. She started the engine.
`I`m sorry, Milly, but I can`t endanger you. I have to find Knives and doing so may bring Fenris to me. If something happens to you then I would never forgive myself. Knives can handle what he gets.`
She drove away.
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Millerna thanked the bartender for her drink. She passed one down to Knives who accepted it without even a thank you. He had been silent since the talk a couple of nights ago. He only spoke if the situation truly called for it.
"Hey, buddy! Hey! Have you heard about this girl that`s been asking about a guy named Millions Knives?"
He looked at him and smirked.
"No. I haven`t."
"I was travelling around a couple of weeks ago. I met her myself."
Knives grabbed the guy by the collar. His eyes had flames dancing in them.
"Her?!"
"Y…Yeah! She had raven colored hair that came right to her shoulders! She wore a white cape that had guns on the inside of them…a lot of guns! She was pretty short and she looked upset. She asked me questions! She described this guy to me…which is you now that I notice…and she asked if I knew where you were! I told her that I heard about you and that girl you`re travelling around with! She became angry and came close to slapping me! I think she was jealous! That`s all I know!"
Knives let go of him. The guy edged away from him.
"One more thing…there was a white haired guy that came in here yesterday. He had silver eyes and he wore a wolf mask. He took it off then sat beside me. He gave off this weird vibe. He asked if I knew where that same girl was. He said her name was Meryl. He also asked about you."
Knives growled. The guy edged farther back.
"You didn`t tell him about her, did you?!"
"N..No! Like I said he gave off a weird vibe! I didn`t tell him! I lied and said I`ve never seen her before in my life!"
Knives slowly nodded. He took a long drink. He eyed the guy.
"…Thanks."
"…No problem."
Millerna smiled at Knives. She apparently had not heard the conversation. She noticed the look on Knives` face. He looked deep in thought.
"Knives, you okay?"
"She`s looking for me."
"Who?"
"…Meryl…she`s looking for me. Fenris is on her trail."
"How do you know that?"
"That guy told me."
"We need to go find her then! We can`t let this Fenris guy get a hold of her! We can be her bodyguards!"
"No."
"Don`t you have any feeling at all? She`s looking for you. She has to feel something for you. Why would she try to find you if she just wanted to be friends?"
"What do I care?"
"If you don`t look for her then I will."
She finished off her drink and went outside. She got on the bike. Knives ran outside.
"That`s my bike!"
"I don`t care. I am going to find that girl. She needs someone. She needs you but since you are too stubborn to try and help the one person who holds you up on a pedestal I will have to do."
She started the engine. Knives got on behind her.
"Let`s find her then."
She smiled.
"I knew you liked her."
"I didn`t say that."
"You`ll see when we find her. You will admit it."
"A plant doesn`t have those kinds of feelings for…humans."
"Now you`re just making excuses. Any species can have feelings for the other."
She sped off. Knives remained silent as always.
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Meryl whimpered as the desert winds blew around her. She had no choice but to sleep in the desert. Milly had most of the money and she had forgotten about that. Now she could not afford anything.
`If I don`t find Knives soon then I`ll probably waste away. No one would find me for awhile. No one will be there when I die.`
She smiled bitterly.
`He may not even want me around. That girl he`s with…Millerna...she could be so beautiful that he wants to be with her. Milly`s right. I do have feelings for him. I do. I need to tell him. I have to find him.`
She shivered as the wind picked up. She cried silently.
*Shorter chapter but not much I could say. Poor Meryl! She admits to having affection for Knives yet she is sad because she is afraid that Knives doesn`t want her. Sigh…if only she knew knew how much he…Chapter 11….
Author: Akima The Stampede Maxwell
Date begun: March 2, 2002
Anime: where does Knives and the gang come from?....oh yeah! Trigun!!!! What about Dryden and Millerna?....Escaflowne
Pairings: no comment
Rating: NR for some suggestive themes and Knivishness…and ANGST PERHAPS!!!
Disclaimers: nope. Own none of them.
Chapter 10: Love`s Journey
Fenris laughed as he drank his wine. Currently he and his gang were lying low on the outskirts of Raditz behind a dune. They had a fire lit and the gang was having a great time. They danced, drank, and laughed. Fenris` silver eyes glittered in the fire.
"Where are you, my future queen?" he asked aloud "Why are you running from me? I offer my hand to the most beautiful female of my species and she ignores me. It must mean that she loves another. How unfortunate."
His thoughts went back to the ship. He growled.
"That tall blond who got in my way…she was dancing with him. She turned red when he touched her. Yes. Her heart belongs to him. I will just have to make them stay apart. I feel that her heart is in distress. The minute she gets close to him the necklace will become a beacon and show me where she is. Yes. All will turn out well and I will have my bride."
He laughed. The gang sat there staring at him then they all joined in.
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Knives sat in front of the window in the hotel room. He stared up at the sky. His face contorted into anguish.
`What is this pain I feel everynight? Why can`t I just feel like I usually did…before her? Why does that puny little girl effect my heart like that? Their species can`t do that to plants, can they?`
"Knives, are you okay?" Millerna asked. She sat reading in the bed. Everytime they got a room he stayed in a chair. Millerna assured him that she would not "fool around with him" but he refused. He did not sleep that much lately anyways.
"Just peachy." he said sarcastically.
"Are you thinking about her?"
"Who?"
"That girl…what was her name?"
"…Meryl."
"I knew it! You are thinking about her! Why did you leave her behind? I forget why."
"So I could get a handle on my life."
"Seems like taking her along would have been the best thing to do."
"What do you know?!" he snapped. She sighed.
"I should have made Dryden come along with me on that trip. When I came back it was too late. He got to know my friend and…"
"Shut up!"
His cheek ticked. Millerna took a step towards him.
"…You`re afraid that Vash will get her, don`t you? You`re jealous of your brother."
Knives` face went from anger to surprise.
"I..I`m not jealous of that fool! No girl…female spider…er….one of her species in her right mind would fall for him…except her."
He looked back at the window. His face went back to anger.
"That`s all she thought about was him." he continued with a hint of irritation "All she thought about and all her mind would scream at me."
"…I`m sorry."
"What are you saying sorry for? You didn`t put those stupid thoughts in her head."
"They are not stupid to her. She found something that she liked in him. He did save a lot of people. He tries to keep everyone alive in a fight. He is very handsome. He…"
"That`s enough! So my brother likes to help spiders! Big deal! I could do that!"
"You would change how you feel about everything for her?"
Knives growled.
"I didn`t say that!"
"You implied that. You said that you could save people too. Basically you said that if your brother can help others than you can. You`re saying that because you have feelings for that girl. I know what I`m talking about."
Knives looked away. He averted his eyes to the floor.
"Let`s just say…for this conversation`s sake that I did feel something for this….girl…what…would I do?"
"What do you mean what would you do? You would tell her or you would go find her right now. If I knew where Dryden…"
Knives tilted his head in confusion.
"Dryden?"
He grinned.
"You mean…Dryden is your long lost love?"
He began to laugh.
"What`s so funny?!"
"That guy was with us! He was on the ship with us and all over with us!"
Millerna`s eyes widened.
"He was with you guys the whole time?! Where is he now?! Do you know?!"
"No. They mentioned something about visiting this other girl`s dead lover…or something like that."
"Do you know where it is?!"
"No…nor do I care."
"But what about Meryl?"
"Damn you! Will you just stop talking about that?"
He faced her with an angry expression yet Millerna could see the underlying pain. His eyes looked wet. She thought it best not to push this subject any further unless he wanted to. He turned away towards the window. His eyes twitched. She knew that he was fighting back tears but she still did not know the whole story.
`Forget trying to be polite! I need to know! Maybe I can help him!`
"Knives…please…tell me what happened. Tell me why it is so hard to talk about Meryl. Even if it`s not love what is it?"
Knives scratched the top of his head. He did not face her as he spoke.
"There is a spider….guy looking for Meryl. He wears a wolfhead mask. He gave Meryl a necklace. I told the foolish girl not to wear it but she didn`t listen. Now it has embedded itself into her skin. She is his now. There is no way to take it off. It burns anyone who touches it."
Millerna understood.
"In this case…if you had feelings for her that were genuine….I would try to rip that necklace off of her no matter how much it hurt. Maybe that is the only way. Who`s to know though."
Knives remained silent. He thought deeply on her words. He closed his eyes. Millerna went back to reading only to find that she did not know what she was even reading anymore. She put it down. She took one last look at Knives before she went to sleep.
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Milly watched as Meryl grew more distant and angrier. She, at one point, became agitated like she once was when they sold insurance but it became worse. She berated anyone she asked questions to. Everytime she heard about this "blond girl with green eyes" she would lash out at the person telling her.
`Oh, Meryl…at least admit that you are jealous. I hope that if we find him that she will not be who you think that she is. I don`t think that Knives would be the type to run off for a girl…after all…he does call us all spiders.`
Meryl sat now on the motorcycle. She watched everyone as if they would attack her or something. She had that pain inside her eyes that Milly hated to look at. She kept out of her way and tried to put in a nice word every once in awhile.
"Meryl, how about we stalk up on more supplies?"
"You go. I`ll stay." Meryl said softly. Milly nodded and left. As soon as she disappeared Meryl turned around and took Wolfwood`s cross down She put it on the ground. She started the engine.
`I`m sorry, Milly, but I can`t endanger you. I have to find Knives and doing so may bring Fenris to me. If something happens to you then I would never forgive myself. Knives can handle what he gets.`
She drove away.
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Millerna thanked the bartender for her drink. She passed one down to Knives who accepted it without even a thank you. He had been silent since the talk a couple of nights ago. He only spoke if the situation truly called for it.
"Hey, buddy! Hey! Have you heard about this girl that`s been asking about a guy named Millions Knives?"
He looked at him and smirked.
"No. I haven`t."
"I was travelling around a couple of weeks ago. I met her myself."
Knives grabbed the guy by the collar. His eyes had flames dancing in them.
"Her?!"
"Y…Yeah! She had raven colored hair that came right to her shoulders! She wore a white cape that had guns on the inside of them…a lot of guns! She was pretty short and she looked upset. She asked me questions! She described this guy to me…which is you now that I notice…and she asked if I knew where you were! I told her that I heard about you and that girl you`re travelling around with! She became angry and came close to slapping me! I think she was jealous! That`s all I know!"
Knives let go of him. The guy edged away from him.
"One more thing…there was a white haired guy that came in here yesterday. He had silver eyes and he wore a wolf mask. He took it off then sat beside me. He gave off this weird vibe. He asked if I knew where that same girl was. He said her name was Meryl. He also asked about you."
Knives growled. The guy edged farther back.
"You didn`t tell him about her, did you?!"
"N..No! Like I said he gave off a weird vibe! I didn`t tell him! I lied and said I`ve never seen her before in my life!"
Knives slowly nodded. He took a long drink. He eyed the guy.
"…Thanks."
"…No problem."
Millerna smiled at Knives. She apparently had not heard the conversation. She noticed the look on Knives` face. He looked deep in thought.
"Knives, you okay?"
"She`s looking for me."
"Who?"
"…Meryl…she`s looking for me. Fenris is on her trail."
"How do you know that?"
"That guy told me."
"We need to go find her then! We can`t let this Fenris guy get a hold of her! We can be her bodyguards!"
"No."
"Don`t you have any feeling at all? She`s looking for you. She has to feel something for you. Why would she try to find you if she just wanted to be friends?"
"What do I care?"
"If you don`t look for her then I will."
She finished off her drink and went outside. She got on the bike. Knives ran outside.
"That`s my bike!"
"I don`t care. I am going to find that girl. She needs someone. She needs you but since you are too stubborn to try and help the one person who holds you up on a pedestal I will have to do."
She started the engine. Knives got on behind her.
"Let`s find her then."
She smiled.
"I knew you liked her."
"I didn`t say that."
"You`ll see when we find her. You will admit it."
"A plant doesn`t have those kinds of feelings for…humans."
"Now you`re just making excuses. Any species can have feelings for the other."
She sped off. Knives remained silent as always.
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Meryl whimpered as the desert winds blew around her. She had no choice but to sleep in the desert. Milly had most of the money and she had forgotten about that. Now she could not afford anything.
`If I don`t find Knives soon then I`ll probably waste away. No one would find me for awhile. No one will be there when I die.`
She smiled bitterly.
`He may not even want me around. That girl he`s with…Millerna...she could be so beautiful that he wants to be with her. Milly`s right. I do have feelings for him. I do. I need to tell him. I have to find him.`
She shivered as the wind picked up. She cried silently.
*Shorter chapter but not much I could say. Poor Meryl! She admits to having affection for Knives yet she is sad because she is afraid that Knives doesn`t want her. Sigh…if only she knew knew how much he…Chapter 11….