Hello there;
Thanks for the reviews, I am glad that you liked the sequel, me and my dear editor Usa-chan work on it really hard!
When I wrote this chapter I couldn't help but mumble Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, well, you know how it goes: "Mama, just killed the man, put the gun against his head pulled the trigger now he is dead, Mama. blah, blah" Well, I guess you understand now what this chapter is all about ::sniffles:: Poor Vashie!
Meryl shut the door in Vash's room and closed her eyes fighting tears. She could hear his devastating cries and tried to separate herself from it all. She didn't know how to help him and she didn't know anyone who could. She sadly sighed and went to find Milly. Maybe a cup of coffee would clear her head and then they both could think of how to deal with the current situation.
Vash wanted to die. He wished he placed that gun to his own head and fired. That would be such an easy thing to do. But who would stop his brother after that? To let all humanity die because of the fact that he is a weakling? He clenched his teeth. He didn't know what to do anymore, how to end this madness without other people getting hurt; he didn't have much time before Knives would make his next move. If only he had more time to think about it all.
Sudden bright light in the darkened room made him sit up and cover his eyes with his arm. Everything happened so fast that he couldn't even reach for his gun when somebody landed on top of him. Wincing at the sharp pain in his wounds he flipped the person on their back pinning the intruder hard against the bed.
"Mphh" Usagi was so scared she couldn't even talk. The fact that someone was holding her by her throat wasn't helping either. She was in the complete darkness and couldn't move. She wasn't even sure if she was in the right place or even right dimension. It would be perfect just to faint, but Usagi wanted to find out her whereabouts first.
Vash felt a frantic heartbeat of the person crushed down under him. He didn't want to get up to turn on the lights and lose his hold on the intruder. He just realized that the intruder's build was very delicate, it could be either a very petite woman or a child. Vash moved his hand a little bit lower letting go of the late night visitor's neck and realized blushing that this indeed was a girl. 'If it is Meryl, she is going to flip!'
"Hentai!" he heard an all too familiar shriek and got a hard slap in the face.
'Nope, not Meryl but worse.' Vash sighed. "What are you doing here, Usagi?"
Usagi was overjoyed to hear the Humanoid Typhoon's voice. She happily squeaked and threw her arms around him. "I made it! I made it! It's you, Vash! I am so happy I found you!"
Vash pulled her arms away from his neck and firmly shook her. "I asked you a question, Usagi, what are you doing here?"
Usagi got quiet when she heard his stern voice. Something wasn't right here. She had a bad feeling growing inside of her. The clouds on the dark sky let the full Moon get through, blurry white light filled the room and Usagi was able to see Vash and her surroundings. She let out a small cry and covered her mouth in shock. The man that was sitting in front of her didn't look anything like the wild humorous fellow she met only a couple of months ago. His eyes were a dull color, his clothes were stained with blood that was coming through the fresh bandages on his chest. His blond hair was long and messily falling over his eyes giving him a troubled and haunted look. His lips were pressed hard together and his hands that were still holding Usagi by her shoulders were not gentle.
He gave Usagi another shake demanding the answer. "I.I am sorry.I came here because I thought you could help me.Please. you are hurting me.!" Usagi started crying. She was very scared. "I was right. you are in some sort of trouble, please tell me what is going on Vash!"
Vash didn't seem to be listening to her. He abruptly let go of the girl and got to his feet.
"Help you? You've come here to seek my help? Do you even know where you are?"
He lifted Usagi from the bed, held her up and practically yelled in her face: "We are not on a picnic here, Usagi! If you want to stay alive you have to get out of here immediately! I won't help you! I can't help you! Everything I've ever done is hurt people! I have a 60 billion double dollar bounty on my head and all the people on this planet want me dead including my dear brother!"
Tears were streaming down Usagi's face. She felt like she was in the middle of a nightmare. 'I am going to wake up in a minute and never sleep again!'
Vash looked like he gone mad. He grabbed Usagi by her arm and dragged her to the door. Then he suddenly stopped and took her to the window instead. 'I don't want Meryl and Milly to see her, they will ask questions and I have no explanation how a 15 year old girl appeared in my bedroom.' He opened the window and pushed Usagi out. Closing it, he sat on the floor and cried.
Usagi with her eyes as big as dinner plates was spread on the ground. Thankfully it was a first floor with the windows built very low. 'What just happened." One minute she had Vash screaming at her in pure rage, the next she was lying outside with her face in the dust. She got up brushing her clothes off trying to figure out what exactly was going on. Why was Vash was so mad with her? She didn't do anything! She had nowhere to go. How dare he threw her out like that! Setsuna sent Usagi here hoping that Vash could fix her Crystal. She could not transport herself back without his help. She had to get him to listen to her. Usagi lifted her body through the window back in the room. "Vash!" she called, sniffing, "Please don't be mad at me, I don't know what happened to you and why you are so mad at me, but please let me help you! I can't stand seeing you hurt like that; it's hurting me too! It's not my fault that my Crystal is reacting to your power, I didn't mean for this to happen!" She fell from the window onto the floor and lay on it sobbing.
The girl felt Vash lifting her up and tightly wrapping his arms around her. "I am sorry, Usagi, it's not you fault that I failed. I failed everyone: Rem, Wolfwood, girls, all the people that cared about me, and even you, Usagi. When I said that people die when they get involved with me, it was true."
"Oh, Vash! Don't say that! You are not a failure! How can you say that? Please don't feel that way about yourself!" Usagi closed her eyes "I wish I could help you, I'll be willing to give out all of my power just to make you feel better"
"You'll be wasting your precious energy on someone like me." Vash's face was gloomy. He looked into Usagi's face and whispered, his eyes holding eternal pain. "I killed him, I killed Legato, Usagi, I had no choice, my friends were in great danger. I wish there was another way, but I didn't think of it!" He was angry, frustrated, tired.
Usagi's face turned serious. "Sometimes there is no other way, Vash, think about it. Other choice could hold more danger and risking the life of many more people. I am not telling you that killing is right, but when you are trapped and there is only one way out, you have to take it!"
"What do you know about killing? You live a fairytale life! Magic, knights in shiny armor, beautiful sorcerers protecting the planet! This world is nothing like yours! It's full of anger, pain and desire to survive!"
Usagi freed herself from Vash's hold on her and got on her feet. "You know nothing about my world, Vash! Yes, it may seem like a beautiful place, but there are tears and pain there too! And I have to make my choice every day! My destiny is decided for me and I can't make even one wrong step without affecting it somehow. I know when I will get married, how many kids I will have and when I will die! You think I save the day and there are no consequences? You are wrong, Vash! I read the newspapers, I watch TV! There are people who get hurt during our battles and we are too involved fighting the monsters and can't see people getting injuries, or worse." Usagi was crying, letting out her frustrations. Her and her friends never spoke about it. It hurt too much to deal with the situation and all of them kept their feelings deep inside: guilt, sorrow, anger for not being able to help everyone.
"We're just doing our job, trying to stop the bad guy from hurting more people." Usagi sadly smiled remembering how she met Vash for the first time. "I was trying to save the butterfly but not kill the spider, well spiders and butterflies live by the course of nature, the spider is trying to catch his breakfast, lunch, and dinner to stay alive. Our enemies are not trying to survive. They are after the power to dominate the world or to kill people. We can't allow that."
They sat quiet for a while. Vash was trying to comprehend everything that Usagi had told him. He felt ashamed of himself for saying all those cruel words to her. Was his path wrong? Was Rem wrong? Or did he just misunderstand her? His head was hurting from all the questions he was asking himself. He had to do something. He spent two weeks in this town feeling sorry for himself without lifting a finger, with Milly and Meryl protecting him from the angry crowd. How pathetic was that?
Usagi didn't feel like herself either. Her sudden outburst surprised her, she was hoping she didn't make Vash mad. 'Yeah, like he is going to listen to a 15 years old kid, I have only been fighting for a year or so, he's been at this business for God knows how long.'
Vash suddenly got up and walked up to Usagi. "I am sorry, you didn't have to see me like this. I apologize for my behavior, you are a mere child, but you understand about all of this more then I do. Thank you for letting me know how you feel. It's still not safe for you to stay here. You have to contact your friends and leave this place. In the morning I have some important things to do and I can't have you stay here, I might not come back. Vash took pause and then shook his head trying to get rid of the bad thoughts. "Now, Usagi, show me what is wrong with your Crystal."
Usagi wiped her face and sniffed. "Where are you going? Will you be safe? Please be careful! I don't want anything happen to you, please promise you are going to be ok!" She clasped his hand.
Vash sadly smiled and brushed her forehead with his lips. "Of course. I am going to do something that I should've done long time ago. Your Crystal, Usagi". He took the locket Usagi gave him and opened it.
Usagi's locket was empty. The most powerful source of power in the Universe was gone.
Thanks for the reviews, I am glad that you liked the sequel, me and my dear editor Usa-chan work on it really hard!
When I wrote this chapter I couldn't help but mumble Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, well, you know how it goes: "Mama, just killed the man, put the gun against his head pulled the trigger now he is dead, Mama. blah, blah" Well, I guess you understand now what this chapter is all about ::sniffles:: Poor Vashie!
Meryl shut the door in Vash's room and closed her eyes fighting tears. She could hear his devastating cries and tried to separate herself from it all. She didn't know how to help him and she didn't know anyone who could. She sadly sighed and went to find Milly. Maybe a cup of coffee would clear her head and then they both could think of how to deal with the current situation.
Vash wanted to die. He wished he placed that gun to his own head and fired. That would be such an easy thing to do. But who would stop his brother after that? To let all humanity die because of the fact that he is a weakling? He clenched his teeth. He didn't know what to do anymore, how to end this madness without other people getting hurt; he didn't have much time before Knives would make his next move. If only he had more time to think about it all.
Sudden bright light in the darkened room made him sit up and cover his eyes with his arm. Everything happened so fast that he couldn't even reach for his gun when somebody landed on top of him. Wincing at the sharp pain in his wounds he flipped the person on their back pinning the intruder hard against the bed.
"Mphh" Usagi was so scared she couldn't even talk. The fact that someone was holding her by her throat wasn't helping either. She was in the complete darkness and couldn't move. She wasn't even sure if she was in the right place or even right dimension. It would be perfect just to faint, but Usagi wanted to find out her whereabouts first.
Vash felt a frantic heartbeat of the person crushed down under him. He didn't want to get up to turn on the lights and lose his hold on the intruder. He just realized that the intruder's build was very delicate, it could be either a very petite woman or a child. Vash moved his hand a little bit lower letting go of the late night visitor's neck and realized blushing that this indeed was a girl. 'If it is Meryl, she is going to flip!'
"Hentai!" he heard an all too familiar shriek and got a hard slap in the face.
'Nope, not Meryl but worse.' Vash sighed. "What are you doing here, Usagi?"
Usagi was overjoyed to hear the Humanoid Typhoon's voice. She happily squeaked and threw her arms around him. "I made it! I made it! It's you, Vash! I am so happy I found you!"
Vash pulled her arms away from his neck and firmly shook her. "I asked you a question, Usagi, what are you doing here?"
Usagi got quiet when she heard his stern voice. Something wasn't right here. She had a bad feeling growing inside of her. The clouds on the dark sky let the full Moon get through, blurry white light filled the room and Usagi was able to see Vash and her surroundings. She let out a small cry and covered her mouth in shock. The man that was sitting in front of her didn't look anything like the wild humorous fellow she met only a couple of months ago. His eyes were a dull color, his clothes were stained with blood that was coming through the fresh bandages on his chest. His blond hair was long and messily falling over his eyes giving him a troubled and haunted look. His lips were pressed hard together and his hands that were still holding Usagi by her shoulders were not gentle.
He gave Usagi another shake demanding the answer. "I.I am sorry.I came here because I thought you could help me.Please. you are hurting me.!" Usagi started crying. She was very scared. "I was right. you are in some sort of trouble, please tell me what is going on Vash!"
Vash didn't seem to be listening to her. He abruptly let go of the girl and got to his feet.
"Help you? You've come here to seek my help? Do you even know where you are?"
He lifted Usagi from the bed, held her up and practically yelled in her face: "We are not on a picnic here, Usagi! If you want to stay alive you have to get out of here immediately! I won't help you! I can't help you! Everything I've ever done is hurt people! I have a 60 billion double dollar bounty on my head and all the people on this planet want me dead including my dear brother!"
Tears were streaming down Usagi's face. She felt like she was in the middle of a nightmare. 'I am going to wake up in a minute and never sleep again!'
Vash looked like he gone mad. He grabbed Usagi by her arm and dragged her to the door. Then he suddenly stopped and took her to the window instead. 'I don't want Meryl and Milly to see her, they will ask questions and I have no explanation how a 15 year old girl appeared in my bedroom.' He opened the window and pushed Usagi out. Closing it, he sat on the floor and cried.
Usagi with her eyes as big as dinner plates was spread on the ground. Thankfully it was a first floor with the windows built very low. 'What just happened." One minute she had Vash screaming at her in pure rage, the next she was lying outside with her face in the dust. She got up brushing her clothes off trying to figure out what exactly was going on. Why was Vash was so mad with her? She didn't do anything! She had nowhere to go. How dare he threw her out like that! Setsuna sent Usagi here hoping that Vash could fix her Crystal. She could not transport herself back without his help. She had to get him to listen to her. Usagi lifted her body through the window back in the room. "Vash!" she called, sniffing, "Please don't be mad at me, I don't know what happened to you and why you are so mad at me, but please let me help you! I can't stand seeing you hurt like that; it's hurting me too! It's not my fault that my Crystal is reacting to your power, I didn't mean for this to happen!" She fell from the window onto the floor and lay on it sobbing.
The girl felt Vash lifting her up and tightly wrapping his arms around her. "I am sorry, Usagi, it's not you fault that I failed. I failed everyone: Rem, Wolfwood, girls, all the people that cared about me, and even you, Usagi. When I said that people die when they get involved with me, it was true."
"Oh, Vash! Don't say that! You are not a failure! How can you say that? Please don't feel that way about yourself!" Usagi closed her eyes "I wish I could help you, I'll be willing to give out all of my power just to make you feel better"
"You'll be wasting your precious energy on someone like me." Vash's face was gloomy. He looked into Usagi's face and whispered, his eyes holding eternal pain. "I killed him, I killed Legato, Usagi, I had no choice, my friends were in great danger. I wish there was another way, but I didn't think of it!" He was angry, frustrated, tired.
Usagi's face turned serious. "Sometimes there is no other way, Vash, think about it. Other choice could hold more danger and risking the life of many more people. I am not telling you that killing is right, but when you are trapped and there is only one way out, you have to take it!"
"What do you know about killing? You live a fairytale life! Magic, knights in shiny armor, beautiful sorcerers protecting the planet! This world is nothing like yours! It's full of anger, pain and desire to survive!"
Usagi freed herself from Vash's hold on her and got on her feet. "You know nothing about my world, Vash! Yes, it may seem like a beautiful place, but there are tears and pain there too! And I have to make my choice every day! My destiny is decided for me and I can't make even one wrong step without affecting it somehow. I know when I will get married, how many kids I will have and when I will die! You think I save the day and there are no consequences? You are wrong, Vash! I read the newspapers, I watch TV! There are people who get hurt during our battles and we are too involved fighting the monsters and can't see people getting injuries, or worse." Usagi was crying, letting out her frustrations. Her and her friends never spoke about it. It hurt too much to deal with the situation and all of them kept their feelings deep inside: guilt, sorrow, anger for not being able to help everyone.
"We're just doing our job, trying to stop the bad guy from hurting more people." Usagi sadly smiled remembering how she met Vash for the first time. "I was trying to save the butterfly but not kill the spider, well spiders and butterflies live by the course of nature, the spider is trying to catch his breakfast, lunch, and dinner to stay alive. Our enemies are not trying to survive. They are after the power to dominate the world or to kill people. We can't allow that."
They sat quiet for a while. Vash was trying to comprehend everything that Usagi had told him. He felt ashamed of himself for saying all those cruel words to her. Was his path wrong? Was Rem wrong? Or did he just misunderstand her? His head was hurting from all the questions he was asking himself. He had to do something. He spent two weeks in this town feeling sorry for himself without lifting a finger, with Milly and Meryl protecting him from the angry crowd. How pathetic was that?
Usagi didn't feel like herself either. Her sudden outburst surprised her, she was hoping she didn't make Vash mad. 'Yeah, like he is going to listen to a 15 years old kid, I have only been fighting for a year or so, he's been at this business for God knows how long.'
Vash suddenly got up and walked up to Usagi. "I am sorry, you didn't have to see me like this. I apologize for my behavior, you are a mere child, but you understand about all of this more then I do. Thank you for letting me know how you feel. It's still not safe for you to stay here. You have to contact your friends and leave this place. In the morning I have some important things to do and I can't have you stay here, I might not come back. Vash took pause and then shook his head trying to get rid of the bad thoughts. "Now, Usagi, show me what is wrong with your Crystal."
Usagi wiped her face and sniffed. "Where are you going? Will you be safe? Please be careful! I don't want anything happen to you, please promise you are going to be ok!" She clasped his hand.
Vash sadly smiled and brushed her forehead with his lips. "Of course. I am going to do something that I should've done long time ago. Your Crystal, Usagi". He took the locket Usagi gave him and opened it.
Usagi's locket was empty. The most powerful source of power in the Universe was gone.