Hey there! I am so sorry! I know I've been an extremely irresponsible
author, but first I was at the Fanime Con, then was glowing in the
aftermath (that was the best anime convention EVER!) then finally started
writing the new chapter. That was hard!!! Well, I am here now, I hope you
missed me!
Thank you so much, Kei-chan. You are so good to me!!! *glomps*
I don't own Trigun or Sailor Moon. *starry-eyed* I wish I owned a few Fanime cosplayers: Hotohori, Larva, Vash and Knives. Their costumes were THE BEST!
Ehhhhh…I need help… I am so out of it! LOL!
Enjoy! Thanks for the great reviews!
Chapter 18. The Beach
When they finally reached the house, it was already dark. Usagi fell asleep on Vash's back, but woke up as soon as Haruka opened the front door. The little blond screamed in rage at the taller woman: "How dare you leave us in the park like that? We had to walk all the way back here!"
Vash coughed: "~I~ had to walk all the way back here..."
Usagi smacked Vash's head. "I am not talking to you! Besides, it was all your fault!"
Haruka snickered: "What happened to the public transportation? Did Vash blow up the bus too!"
Vash opened his mouth and let out a loud wail.
Usagi hurried and clasped a hand over his mouth. "I left my purse at home and Vash spent all his cash on the doughnuts!"
Vash pulled Usagi's hand off his mouth and sniffed. "You were the one who ran and bought those for me, after cleaning up my pockets!"
"That was the only way to shut you up!" Usagi smacked Vash again.
*******
Vash dropped Usagi on the couch and fell next to her, sighing dramatically. "My BACK, it hurts so much! I will never walk again, OOOOHHHHH!"
Usagi felt terrible. "I am so sorry, you offered a piggy back ride and I just couldn't refuse…"
"Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!" Vash crawled towards Usagi, placed his head in her lap, and turned around to look at her, his eyes full of sadness and despair.
Usagi sniffed, unable to look into those pained green orbs. "What can I do to make you feel better, Vash-chan?"
Vash's eyes lit up. "Food, beer, and a massage would definitely save me!"
Haruka bust out laughing as soon as Usagi ran out of the room to the kitchen.
She looked at the blond outlaw with amazement. "Tell me your secret, Doll Face, how do you do it!"
Vash lay on his stomach motionlessly, saying: "Whining… That's my strongest point."
Haruka rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right! I can't pull this stunt with Michiru, she'll shoot me!"
Vash turned to look at the sandy blond and flashed her a big grin. "Of course it won't work with Michiru! You don't have my good looks or the charming personality!"
Haruka snorted in annoyance and slapped his leather-clad bottom.
"Hentaiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!"
**************
When Usagi woke up, Chibi-Usa was already gone from their bed, and the blond was actually embarrassed that she slept longer than the child.
Usagi ran downstairs and waved to Haruka. "Where is Vash, Haruka?"
The sandy blond raised her eyes from the newspaper. "Good question. I haven't seen him this morning."
"I think I saw him going to the bathroom, do you think he is hiding there trying to avoid his chores?" Michiru blew on her fingers, drying her nail polish.
Haruka shifted uncomfortably and put the newspaper away. "Uh, actually, I have a feeling he found my dirty magazines in the bathroom."
"YOUR WHAT?" Michiru looked pissed and Usagi decided to retreat for her own safety.
She found Vash and Chibi-Usa in the garage working on Haruka's car. Chibi- Usa blew a raspberry at Usagi. "Oh, joy! Look who finally decided to join us! You missed breakfast, Usagi-baka, Vash-chan made me an egg sandwich!"
Usagi's face fell.
Vash wiped his greasy hands with a towel and smiled at the sad blond. "Haruka said if I could fix her old car we can all go to the beach this afternoon and take your friends with us as well."
Usagi squealed and hugged Vash. "That's great, Vash-chan! You'll fix the car, right?"
Vash threw his head back and laughed. "I'm trying really hard not to blow up anything!"
**************
Usagi changed into her swimsuit and turned to Rei, who was impatiently waiting for her.
The dark-haired priestess looked Usagi over and smirked. "Oh, boy, Usagi, how old were you when you mother bought you this swimming suit?"
Usagi pouted. "What's wrong with it?"
Rei rolled her eyes and turned to leave the dressing room. "It looks so old, that's what! The color is indescribable and you barely fit into it!"
The blond sniffed. "You are so mean, Rei! The other one I have has holes in it, and I didn't have time to fix it!" She pulled on her beach dress and angrily stormed off. "Fine, I am not going to swim at all!"
Usagi fell on the sand next to Vash and looked with jealousy at Ami, Makoto, and Minako splashing each other. Chibi-Usa, in a cute little pink bikini, ran into the water with a loud squeal and threw a beach ball at Rei.
The blond pouted and looked at the man next to her. "Vash-chan? Why aren't you swimming?"
Vash nervously coughed. "Ah, well, uh…"
Usagi watched with amazement how his face and neck slowly turned a light shade of pink.
"Koneko!" - Haruka threw a bottle of the sun lotion in Usagi's lap - "Get it on before you go swimming."
Usagi stuck out her lower lip. "I won't be swimming. Baka Rei said my swimming suit is ugly."
Haruka laughed and looked at Vash. "What about you, Doll Face, you sure stand out with all of your clothes on! Are you trying to prevent a sunburn like that?"
Vash avoided looking at Haruka and her soul mate, both dressed in very revealing bikinis.
Haruka grabbed the lotion from Usagi and pulled on Vash's shirt. "Oh, don't be shy, nobody will bite you. You'll die from heat stroke! "
Vash moved away from Haruka and tried to hide behind Usagi's back. "I don't need sun lotion. I can reflect the sunbeams and readjust my body temperature."
Haruka looked startled for a second and then winked at the blond outlaw. "Oh, I see, your kind comes with UVA/UVB protection and a cooler? How interesting…" - the sandy blond elbowed Michiru - "Hey, we should get one of those for our house, we'd save tons of money on the air conditioner!"
Vash frowned at Haruka's words and opened a can of beer. Humans on the Planet Gunsmoke were using plants to supply the whole cities with power. Suddenly he realized that he and Knives were just lucky that they were born outside of the bulb. He couldn't imagine himself working as an air conditioner or a heater in Haruka's house! He shrugged at the thought. He understood why Knives was so pissed at the humans, but his brother's actions could not stop the humans from abusing the Plant beings. Killing was not right, there should be another way for everyone to survive.
Usagi fanned herself with her hands. It was bloody hot! She grabbed Vash's beer and placed it to her forehead, trying to cool off her burning face, then took a little sip of the liquid inside. "Ewww! How can you drink that stuff? It tastes awful!"
Rei fell on the sand next to Usagi. "So, Usagi, are you hot? Why don't you go swimming?"
Usagi didn't spare a glance at the priestess. She threw her head back and downed the contents of the beer can in her throat. "I'm not hot, I have this cold beer and I feel great!"
Rei looked with worry at her friend. "Usagi, are you mad? Beer has an alcohol in it!"
"It does not!" Usagi stubbornly shook her head.
"Yes it does, baka! You are going to get drunk and embarrass us all!"
"I am not drunk!"
"Not now, but in ten minutes you will be! Remember that British party we went to? You drank that punch and ended up throwing up all over yourself!"
"I did not, Rei! I just felt dizzy and that's all!"
"Anyway," - Rei dramatically closed her eyes and got to her feet - "I am not staying here to find out what happens to you after that full can of beer!"
Usagi pouted, stuck her tongue out at the priestess and hiccupped.
"Usagi? Where is my beer?" - Vash looked at Usagi, who was looking at him with a stupid grin on her face. - " Oh, no…"
Usagi crawled closer to the blond man and leaned against him, purring: "Vaaaaaaash-chan, let's go swimming…"
"I don't think it's a good idea." Vash realized that Usagi had finished the contents of his beer can and he looked with worry at the teenager next to him.
The blond was tugging at Vash's shirt and pants. "Hurry up, Vash-chan!"
"Usagi, no, I don't want to go swimming."
Vash shifted uncomfortably when he found himself face to face with the beautiful girl.
"Why not, Vash-chan! Pretty pleeeeeeeeease!"
"I can't… I don't look like a normal human being, Usagi, I'd rather stay and watch you and your friends swim, really…"
Usagi's lower lip started trembling. "I am so sorry, I hadn't thought of it! Even with your scars almost gone, you still have all that metal crap attached to your body! I am so sorry, I am such a meatball head!"
She threw her arms around him in a tight hug and suddenly screamed in delight. "I know! We'll go somewhere else! I'll take you where there are no people and you can go swimming there!"
Before Vash could protest, Usagi yanked him to his feet and pulled him away from the beach.
**************
Usagi was sitting on a stone, bathing her feet in cool water and laughing hysterically at Vash. "You look like a big yellow rubber ducky, Vash-chan!" She squealed and jumped to her feet when Vash splashed her with water.
Swimming was definitely the best thing in this world. Vash held his breath and went underwater, enjoying the cool feeling for a few minutes. He came up for air and swam closer to the stone where Usagi was sitting. "Hey. Why don't you swim?"
Usagi frowned. "Uh… the water is kind of cold… I'll just cool off my feet, I don't want to go swimming."
Vash glanced mischievously at the frowning blond. "Oh, you don't like the water?" He concentrated for a few seconds and then looked up at Usagi, smiling broadly. "Try now."
Usagi placed her feet back in the water and her eyes widened in the utter surprise. "It's warm! Like in my bathtub! Unbelievable! How did you do that?"
Vash laughed at the startled blond and offered her his hand. "It's a secret. Hop in, Usagi, you have no more excuses for not swimming."
Usagi felt like her whole body turned red when she took off her pink beach dress in front of Vash and carefully stepped into the water. Vash realized that he was gawking at the girl and flushed with embarrassment.
Usagi tripped and fell into the water with a loud splash. She immediately felt Vash's strong arms around her waist, pulling her to the surface. The little blond coughed out some water and let out an unhappy sigh. "Why can't I do anything right?"
"What are you talking about, Usagi? Anyone can slip and fall…" Vash gently moved the long hair away from Usagi's face.
Usagi's hands hit the water in frustration. "I wanted to be graceful and pretty but fell down on my butt instead. Again!"
Vash shrugged his shoulders and stated matter-of-factly: "You are the prettiest girl in this world, Usagi, you really don't need to worry about being graceful. Everything you do is cute anyway."
Usagi looked in his honest face and threw herself in his arms. "That is the best thing I've ever heard, Vash-chan, thank you." She looked up at him and chewed uncertainly on her lower lip. "You really think I'm pretty?"
"Yeah… In fact, if you were just a few years older, you would be in big trouble right now, staying here alone with me, Usagi." Vash was busy trying to untangle himself from Usagi's long hair. It wrapped around his arms, his waist, and his legs. It was everywhere: a sparkling blond mass covering the water and moving slowly.
"Why?" Usagi giggled at his attempts to free himself from her hair.
Vash gave up and looked down at Usagi, his eyes glittering with laughter. "Because I am not only known as the Humanoid Typhoon, but also as the biggest womanizer in my world."
"Woma-what?" Usagi pressed herself closer to the blond man, admiring his aqua eyes.
"A womanizer…" - Vash realized that he still had his arms around Usagi and lightly blushed - "Uh… you don't want to know… really…" He silently cursed himself and his big mouth.
"No! I want to know, Vash-chan!" Usagi got on her tiptoes and hotly whispered in his ear: "Would you kiss me if I were a few years older?"
Vash wasn't looking forward into practicing adultery with a 15-year-old girl. He looked at her flushed face and realization slowly dawned on him. "Usagi? Are you drunk?"
Thank you so much, Kei-chan. You are so good to me!!! *glomps*
I don't own Trigun or Sailor Moon. *starry-eyed* I wish I owned a few Fanime cosplayers: Hotohori, Larva, Vash and Knives. Their costumes were THE BEST!
Ehhhhh…I need help… I am so out of it! LOL!
Enjoy! Thanks for the great reviews!
Chapter 18. The Beach
When they finally reached the house, it was already dark. Usagi fell asleep on Vash's back, but woke up as soon as Haruka opened the front door. The little blond screamed in rage at the taller woman: "How dare you leave us in the park like that? We had to walk all the way back here!"
Vash coughed: "~I~ had to walk all the way back here..."
Usagi smacked Vash's head. "I am not talking to you! Besides, it was all your fault!"
Haruka snickered: "What happened to the public transportation? Did Vash blow up the bus too!"
Vash opened his mouth and let out a loud wail.
Usagi hurried and clasped a hand over his mouth. "I left my purse at home and Vash spent all his cash on the doughnuts!"
Vash pulled Usagi's hand off his mouth and sniffed. "You were the one who ran and bought those for me, after cleaning up my pockets!"
"That was the only way to shut you up!" Usagi smacked Vash again.
*******
Vash dropped Usagi on the couch and fell next to her, sighing dramatically. "My BACK, it hurts so much! I will never walk again, OOOOHHHHH!"
Usagi felt terrible. "I am so sorry, you offered a piggy back ride and I just couldn't refuse…"
"Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!" Vash crawled towards Usagi, placed his head in her lap, and turned around to look at her, his eyes full of sadness and despair.
Usagi sniffed, unable to look into those pained green orbs. "What can I do to make you feel better, Vash-chan?"
Vash's eyes lit up. "Food, beer, and a massage would definitely save me!"
Haruka bust out laughing as soon as Usagi ran out of the room to the kitchen.
She looked at the blond outlaw with amazement. "Tell me your secret, Doll Face, how do you do it!"
Vash lay on his stomach motionlessly, saying: "Whining… That's my strongest point."
Haruka rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right! I can't pull this stunt with Michiru, she'll shoot me!"
Vash turned to look at the sandy blond and flashed her a big grin. "Of course it won't work with Michiru! You don't have my good looks or the charming personality!"
Haruka snorted in annoyance and slapped his leather-clad bottom.
"Hentaiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!"
**************
When Usagi woke up, Chibi-Usa was already gone from their bed, and the blond was actually embarrassed that she slept longer than the child.
Usagi ran downstairs and waved to Haruka. "Where is Vash, Haruka?"
The sandy blond raised her eyes from the newspaper. "Good question. I haven't seen him this morning."
"I think I saw him going to the bathroom, do you think he is hiding there trying to avoid his chores?" Michiru blew on her fingers, drying her nail polish.
Haruka shifted uncomfortably and put the newspaper away. "Uh, actually, I have a feeling he found my dirty magazines in the bathroom."
"YOUR WHAT?" Michiru looked pissed and Usagi decided to retreat for her own safety.
She found Vash and Chibi-Usa in the garage working on Haruka's car. Chibi- Usa blew a raspberry at Usagi. "Oh, joy! Look who finally decided to join us! You missed breakfast, Usagi-baka, Vash-chan made me an egg sandwich!"
Usagi's face fell.
Vash wiped his greasy hands with a towel and smiled at the sad blond. "Haruka said if I could fix her old car we can all go to the beach this afternoon and take your friends with us as well."
Usagi squealed and hugged Vash. "That's great, Vash-chan! You'll fix the car, right?"
Vash threw his head back and laughed. "I'm trying really hard not to blow up anything!"
**************
Usagi changed into her swimsuit and turned to Rei, who was impatiently waiting for her.
The dark-haired priestess looked Usagi over and smirked. "Oh, boy, Usagi, how old were you when you mother bought you this swimming suit?"
Usagi pouted. "What's wrong with it?"
Rei rolled her eyes and turned to leave the dressing room. "It looks so old, that's what! The color is indescribable and you barely fit into it!"
The blond sniffed. "You are so mean, Rei! The other one I have has holes in it, and I didn't have time to fix it!" She pulled on her beach dress and angrily stormed off. "Fine, I am not going to swim at all!"
Usagi fell on the sand next to Vash and looked with jealousy at Ami, Makoto, and Minako splashing each other. Chibi-Usa, in a cute little pink bikini, ran into the water with a loud squeal and threw a beach ball at Rei.
The blond pouted and looked at the man next to her. "Vash-chan? Why aren't you swimming?"
Vash nervously coughed. "Ah, well, uh…"
Usagi watched with amazement how his face and neck slowly turned a light shade of pink.
"Koneko!" - Haruka threw a bottle of the sun lotion in Usagi's lap - "Get it on before you go swimming."
Usagi stuck out her lower lip. "I won't be swimming. Baka Rei said my swimming suit is ugly."
Haruka laughed and looked at Vash. "What about you, Doll Face, you sure stand out with all of your clothes on! Are you trying to prevent a sunburn like that?"
Vash avoided looking at Haruka and her soul mate, both dressed in very revealing bikinis.
Haruka grabbed the lotion from Usagi and pulled on Vash's shirt. "Oh, don't be shy, nobody will bite you. You'll die from heat stroke! "
Vash moved away from Haruka and tried to hide behind Usagi's back. "I don't need sun lotion. I can reflect the sunbeams and readjust my body temperature."
Haruka looked startled for a second and then winked at the blond outlaw. "Oh, I see, your kind comes with UVA/UVB protection and a cooler? How interesting…" - the sandy blond elbowed Michiru - "Hey, we should get one of those for our house, we'd save tons of money on the air conditioner!"
Vash frowned at Haruka's words and opened a can of beer. Humans on the Planet Gunsmoke were using plants to supply the whole cities with power. Suddenly he realized that he and Knives were just lucky that they were born outside of the bulb. He couldn't imagine himself working as an air conditioner or a heater in Haruka's house! He shrugged at the thought. He understood why Knives was so pissed at the humans, but his brother's actions could not stop the humans from abusing the Plant beings. Killing was not right, there should be another way for everyone to survive.
Usagi fanned herself with her hands. It was bloody hot! She grabbed Vash's beer and placed it to her forehead, trying to cool off her burning face, then took a little sip of the liquid inside. "Ewww! How can you drink that stuff? It tastes awful!"
Rei fell on the sand next to Usagi. "So, Usagi, are you hot? Why don't you go swimming?"
Usagi didn't spare a glance at the priestess. She threw her head back and downed the contents of the beer can in her throat. "I'm not hot, I have this cold beer and I feel great!"
Rei looked with worry at her friend. "Usagi, are you mad? Beer has an alcohol in it!"
"It does not!" Usagi stubbornly shook her head.
"Yes it does, baka! You are going to get drunk and embarrass us all!"
"I am not drunk!"
"Not now, but in ten minutes you will be! Remember that British party we went to? You drank that punch and ended up throwing up all over yourself!"
"I did not, Rei! I just felt dizzy and that's all!"
"Anyway," - Rei dramatically closed her eyes and got to her feet - "I am not staying here to find out what happens to you after that full can of beer!"
Usagi pouted, stuck her tongue out at the priestess and hiccupped.
"Usagi? Where is my beer?" - Vash looked at Usagi, who was looking at him with a stupid grin on her face. - " Oh, no…"
Usagi crawled closer to the blond man and leaned against him, purring: "Vaaaaaaash-chan, let's go swimming…"
"I don't think it's a good idea." Vash realized that Usagi had finished the contents of his beer can and he looked with worry at the teenager next to him.
The blond was tugging at Vash's shirt and pants. "Hurry up, Vash-chan!"
"Usagi, no, I don't want to go swimming."
Vash shifted uncomfortably when he found himself face to face with the beautiful girl.
"Why not, Vash-chan! Pretty pleeeeeeeeease!"
"I can't… I don't look like a normal human being, Usagi, I'd rather stay and watch you and your friends swim, really…"
Usagi's lower lip started trembling. "I am so sorry, I hadn't thought of it! Even with your scars almost gone, you still have all that metal crap attached to your body! I am so sorry, I am such a meatball head!"
She threw her arms around him in a tight hug and suddenly screamed in delight. "I know! We'll go somewhere else! I'll take you where there are no people and you can go swimming there!"
Before Vash could protest, Usagi yanked him to his feet and pulled him away from the beach.
**************
Usagi was sitting on a stone, bathing her feet in cool water and laughing hysterically at Vash. "You look like a big yellow rubber ducky, Vash-chan!" She squealed and jumped to her feet when Vash splashed her with water.
Swimming was definitely the best thing in this world. Vash held his breath and went underwater, enjoying the cool feeling for a few minutes. He came up for air and swam closer to the stone where Usagi was sitting. "Hey. Why don't you swim?"
Usagi frowned. "Uh… the water is kind of cold… I'll just cool off my feet, I don't want to go swimming."
Vash glanced mischievously at the frowning blond. "Oh, you don't like the water?" He concentrated for a few seconds and then looked up at Usagi, smiling broadly. "Try now."
Usagi placed her feet back in the water and her eyes widened in the utter surprise. "It's warm! Like in my bathtub! Unbelievable! How did you do that?"
Vash laughed at the startled blond and offered her his hand. "It's a secret. Hop in, Usagi, you have no more excuses for not swimming."
Usagi felt like her whole body turned red when she took off her pink beach dress in front of Vash and carefully stepped into the water. Vash realized that he was gawking at the girl and flushed with embarrassment.
Usagi tripped and fell into the water with a loud splash. She immediately felt Vash's strong arms around her waist, pulling her to the surface. The little blond coughed out some water and let out an unhappy sigh. "Why can't I do anything right?"
"What are you talking about, Usagi? Anyone can slip and fall…" Vash gently moved the long hair away from Usagi's face.
Usagi's hands hit the water in frustration. "I wanted to be graceful and pretty but fell down on my butt instead. Again!"
Vash shrugged his shoulders and stated matter-of-factly: "You are the prettiest girl in this world, Usagi, you really don't need to worry about being graceful. Everything you do is cute anyway."
Usagi looked in his honest face and threw herself in his arms. "That is the best thing I've ever heard, Vash-chan, thank you." She looked up at him and chewed uncertainly on her lower lip. "You really think I'm pretty?"
"Yeah… In fact, if you were just a few years older, you would be in big trouble right now, staying here alone with me, Usagi." Vash was busy trying to untangle himself from Usagi's long hair. It wrapped around his arms, his waist, and his legs. It was everywhere: a sparkling blond mass covering the water and moving slowly.
"Why?" Usagi giggled at his attempts to free himself from her hair.
Vash gave up and looked down at Usagi, his eyes glittering with laughter. "Because I am not only known as the Humanoid Typhoon, but also as the biggest womanizer in my world."
"Woma-what?" Usagi pressed herself closer to the blond man, admiring his aqua eyes.
"A womanizer…" - Vash realized that he still had his arms around Usagi and lightly blushed - "Uh… you don't want to know… really…" He silently cursed himself and his big mouth.
"No! I want to know, Vash-chan!" Usagi got on her tiptoes and hotly whispered in his ear: "Would you kiss me if I were a few years older?"
Vash wasn't looking forward into practicing adultery with a 15-year-old girl. He looked at her flushed face and realization slowly dawned on him. "Usagi? Are you drunk?"