DISCLAIMER: T_T Me no owny Trigun. Sad, ne?? I know, I know… *sniff, sniff*
Chapter Sixteen: A Warm Welcome
A knock on the door sent Meryl out of her seat and towards the door. 'I hope that's Millie! I'm really starting to get worried.'
She pulled the door open and was treated to a smiling Millie and a Knives that was almost hidden entirely from sight by the luggage he was carrying.
"Vash! They're here! Here Knives~san, let me help you with some of that. Millie! Why aren't you helping?" Meryl gave her friend a mock glare as she started to relieve the man of his burden.
"I'm sorry Senpai! But he told me not to carry anything," Millie said in her defense.
"Insurance Girl Number Two!" Vash cried jokingly.
"Vash~san!" Millie smiled. Meryl stepped aside and allowed Vash to approach his friend and brother. Smiling back, Vash held out his arms and Millie grabbed him in a hug. When they parted, Vash smirked at Knives.
"Is that my brother or a walking pile of duffel bags?" He laughed. He was able to glimpse, between the blanket and a small bag, his brother's narrowed eye and laughed harder.
"It's good to see you too, bro," came the muffled reply. Vash laughed again and took a few things off the pile. That left Knives with two bags, the blanket, and a canteen.
Meryl and Vash put the bags on the floor, opened them and checked whose was whose. They switched until Meryl had Millie's belongings and Vash had Knives'. Smiling (seems like he's forever doing that, huh?), Vash led his brother to the room they'd be sharing, leaving the girls to do the same.
"How was the trip?" Vash asked as he opened the bedroom door.
"Okay, I guess," Knives said, dropping his stuff in the middle of the room. There was one bed and a pallet on the floor. The bed looked slept in, so Knives assumed that the pallet was his. His assumption was proven correct when Vash put the rest of his stuff on the pallet.
"You're lying," Vash told his brother. Knives gave up and sat on the bed.
"First, the car broke down, forcing the girl and me to walk for a week to get here. Then she has nightmares about that priest. Then we're attacked by gang members who try to kill her," Knives explained. Vash had sat down beside his brother and was listening, wide-eyed.
"They tried to kill her?" Knives nodded and continued.
"But I got rid of them."
"You killed them?" Vash cried.
"No, she wouldn't let me. Jeez, keep your pants on!" Vash settled down but was plainly confused.
"Why were they after Millie of all people? There's no way she could be in any trouble or debt; she's too kind."
I have a feeling that it's not over yet," Knives said, getting up.
"What do you plan on doing about it?" Knives turned questioningly to his brother.
"Are you going to protect her?" he asked.
"I don't know. But I can't let them get her. Who knows what they'd do to her," Knives answered, then left the room. Vash smiled. He'd always known his brother had a heart.
*~Meryl's Room~*
"Senpai, I was so scared! I thought for sure that I was going to die! Knives~san was so awesome!" Millie told her friend. They were in the room that they were to share. Since she was pregnant, Millie had been given the bed and Meryl had volunteered to sleep on the floor.
"Millie, I would be careful if I were you," she cautioned.
"Senpai?"
"You have to remember, this is the man that wanted to wipe out humanity. He could go all psycho again at any minute. I'm not trying to scare you, Millie, but I don't trust him at all."
"But Senpai, he's saved me more than once. He's really nice when you get to know him!" At that moment, Knives threw open the door and stood there, his eyes focused on Millie. He didn't appear to have heard their conversation, but Meryl was ready if he was angry and tried to act upon that anger.
"I agree with her. But not be careful of me. Be careful of those guys that stopped us." He turned and slammed the door. Apparently, he had heard.
"Knives~san," Millie whispered.
~Yay! They finally made it! They're all back together now! Woo Haa! I'm almost done with Chapter Seventeen as we speak! Be prepared for it!
Chapter Sixteen: A Warm Welcome
A knock on the door sent Meryl out of her seat and towards the door. 'I hope that's Millie! I'm really starting to get worried.'
She pulled the door open and was treated to a smiling Millie and a Knives that was almost hidden entirely from sight by the luggage he was carrying.
"Vash! They're here! Here Knives~san, let me help you with some of that. Millie! Why aren't you helping?" Meryl gave her friend a mock glare as she started to relieve the man of his burden.
"I'm sorry Senpai! But he told me not to carry anything," Millie said in her defense.
"Insurance Girl Number Two!" Vash cried jokingly.
"Vash~san!" Millie smiled. Meryl stepped aside and allowed Vash to approach his friend and brother. Smiling back, Vash held out his arms and Millie grabbed him in a hug. When they parted, Vash smirked at Knives.
"Is that my brother or a walking pile of duffel bags?" He laughed. He was able to glimpse, between the blanket and a small bag, his brother's narrowed eye and laughed harder.
"It's good to see you too, bro," came the muffled reply. Vash laughed again and took a few things off the pile. That left Knives with two bags, the blanket, and a canteen.
Meryl and Vash put the bags on the floor, opened them and checked whose was whose. They switched until Meryl had Millie's belongings and Vash had Knives'. Smiling (seems like he's forever doing that, huh?), Vash led his brother to the room they'd be sharing, leaving the girls to do the same.
"How was the trip?" Vash asked as he opened the bedroom door.
"Okay, I guess," Knives said, dropping his stuff in the middle of the room. There was one bed and a pallet on the floor. The bed looked slept in, so Knives assumed that the pallet was his. His assumption was proven correct when Vash put the rest of his stuff on the pallet.
"You're lying," Vash told his brother. Knives gave up and sat on the bed.
"First, the car broke down, forcing the girl and me to walk for a week to get here. Then she has nightmares about that priest. Then we're attacked by gang members who try to kill her," Knives explained. Vash had sat down beside his brother and was listening, wide-eyed.
"They tried to kill her?" Knives nodded and continued.
"But I got rid of them."
"You killed them?" Vash cried.
"No, she wouldn't let me. Jeez, keep your pants on!" Vash settled down but was plainly confused.
"Why were they after Millie of all people? There's no way she could be in any trouble or debt; she's too kind."
I have a feeling that it's not over yet," Knives said, getting up.
"What do you plan on doing about it?" Knives turned questioningly to his brother.
"Are you going to protect her?" he asked.
"I don't know. But I can't let them get her. Who knows what they'd do to her," Knives answered, then left the room. Vash smiled. He'd always known his brother had a heart.
*~Meryl's Room~*
"Senpai, I was so scared! I thought for sure that I was going to die! Knives~san was so awesome!" Millie told her friend. They were in the room that they were to share. Since she was pregnant, Millie had been given the bed and Meryl had volunteered to sleep on the floor.
"Millie, I would be careful if I were you," she cautioned.
"Senpai?"
"You have to remember, this is the man that wanted to wipe out humanity. He could go all psycho again at any minute. I'm not trying to scare you, Millie, but I don't trust him at all."
"But Senpai, he's saved me more than once. He's really nice when you get to know him!" At that moment, Knives threw open the door and stood there, his eyes focused on Millie. He didn't appear to have heard their conversation, but Meryl was ready if he was angry and tried to act upon that anger.
"I agree with her. But not be careful of me. Be careful of those guys that stopped us." He turned and slammed the door. Apparently, he had heard.
"Knives~san," Millie whispered.
~Yay! They finally made it! They're all back together now! Woo Haa! I'm almost done with Chapter Seventeen as we speak! Be prepared for it!