A TRIGUN FIC

BY

Chiriko-chan

^_^= You know the drill! ^_^=

RECAP!!!!

Vash the Stampede, our hero, has been in the town of November, where he and Wolfwood where assailed by Midvalley the Horn Freak. Where upon he was killed by a faction of recently initiated Gun Ho Guns. That are rebelling against the other older Gun Ho Guns and attempting to save the planet from total destruction. So, what else is new?

Three: How the Stampede was Won!

T.T. "One more time, pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaasssssseeeeeee? I slill don got it," whined Vash a cheep saké bottle in his hand which straddled the counter as he slouched in his stool.

"Ew… ok, but only if you promise not to breathe on m-" Seiko was cut off as Vash belched a world record brake-ing-ly loud belch right in his face. "OK THEN I WON'T TELL YOU!"

"Ha Ha! I'll tell ya Vash, first off we're the children of four different Gun Ho Guns," mumbled Med (Medioric's nickname). "Then we all got trained in special attacks of Gun Ho Guns who came before us, usually our parent's techniques. Then, Seiko refused a mission from Legato because it would destroy a town. So, he then managed to escape from Chi's dad's power an' made a brake for a town that is, or was, iles an' iles from where we were. While we where just sitting thinking how he had actually wanted to go and kill all of those people. He had a soft spot for life, the last gift of his mother before his father killed her fer it. Then he struck, and Knives came an' hunted down Seiko, but he escaped again. Then we were sent to hunt him with Midvalley and OH SHIT!"

"Wha?…," muttered Vash. When Med stood up lashing out at a wall with an explosive spike that sot out of the odd red ball he carried, then took the ball and harmlessly whacked the sleepers at the bar into consciousness.

"Get out all of ya' yes even you, Mr. Bartender!" yelled Med as he lifted the bartender, who was the only other person at the bar, up and ran towards the door. Then the other Gun Ho Guns followed suit, dumping the bartender out of the door and then drew their weapons, and came back inside as the dust cleared.

Critos stepped towards the dark form in the smoke, "Come out, Lenenov, I can tell that's one of your puppet spies, so just give up coward!"

"Lenenov! Shit, not here! Hey where's my cross?!" yelled Wolfwood.

"Over here, Wolfwood," yelled Seiko, picking up the cross and chucking it at Wolfwood, who stumbled when he caught it, then pulled the strap back opening the machine gun side.

"So, you know I'm here, that I-" The puppet began to speak, but Seiko immediately cut him off with a shattering blast from his gun.

"Chi! Hurry before he retracts the string!" yelled out Med.

Then Chi raised his hand causing a force of unseen magnitude to erupt, and hundreds of small red strings fly to the air. "Now, all of you before I lose the strength to… hold him."

So, the young group raised their weapons in unison, each calling out in an unintelligible language. Then, they put down their weapons as Chi slowly stopped the ground shaking and put the string down as black mist seeped to the floor dissipating quickly.

"There, Vash, no one has died, his body had been cleansed of the demon and is at last free," Critos told answering Vash's confused thoughts.

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20 iles to February

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"Ya know what, Needle Noggin, I don't believe you. I'm NOT a dad," decided Wolfwood, arms folded across his chest. "I never once broke my vows as a priest."

"So, what did you do when you killed that Gun Ho Gun that had Milly at gun point, huh, Mr. Thompson?" grinned Vash evilly. Then he thrust his left hand into his pocket producing a picture of Meryl, Milly, and himself. Also, a little boy that looked like the little Wolfwood from Wolfwood's death scene. Only with a male version of Milly's eyes, and another boy about the same age with dark indigo spiky hair and aqua eyes were in the picture.

"I don't believe you Needle Noggin," declared Wolfwood not even noticing the picture in Vash's hands.

"Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thompson," Vash sang tauntingly.

"Needle Noggin, shut up! I am not Mr. Thompson!"

"What, Mr. Thompson, are you having an identity crisis?" asked Vash in a high, squeaky voice.

"Uncle Vash you're back!" screamed the first boy from the picture. "Uncle Vash, Mama and Aunt Meryl went shopping, but they said if you came to tell you they'd be right back!" exclaimed the exuberant boy in one breath as he latched onto Vash's leg.

"Hey, I've missed you too, Nick. How's everything been going since I left you? You didn't get into any trouble; did you?" asked Vash kneeling down to the boy's level. "Hey, where's Kamui?" asked Vash, his eyes moving around the small town in front of him.

"Oh, he's inside eating some of those round tire thing-a-ma-jigs that you really like," explained Nick as he drew a doughnut in the air. "Hey, Uncle Vash, who's that over there?" inquired the little boy as he pointed to Wolfwood.

"Uh… He's a friend… of mine. Yes, a friend of mine!" exclaimed Vash patting Wolfwood on the back, deciding to leave the business of Wolfwood's fatherhood to Milly.

"Ok."

"Hey, D-man, lets go inside!" Vash smiled at Wolfwood, who narrowed his eyes, unsure of what Vash was doing. Vash was using his middle initial after all… "Want to come with us…?" but Vash was cut off when a car pulled up, Milly, and Meryl hopping out, and calling for the little boys. "Meryl-chan I'm over here and I brought a guest!" screamed Vash hopping up and down while waving like a lunatic.

"Um, Vash, maybe you should walk over there and say 'hi' in normal decibels so you don't ruin that kid's hearing," stated Wolfwood as Vash ran over to the car dragging Wolfwood along.

"Look who I found, Milly, it's Wolfwood!" declared Vash dragging the poor priest upright.

"Vash, you shouldn't tease her like that it's not nice to…" Meryl started to scold Vash, but decided to stop when Milly embraced the man Vash was dragging around her yard.

"See, Meryl, I'm not kidding, it is Wolfwood, trust me even I still don't entirely believe it," Vash commented giving Meryl a hug and one of his famous dorky smiles.

Atop a nearby building, a shadowed figure watched this scene unfold, "It's so sweet I almost hate to destroy his life…."

To be continued…