A/N Hehehe…only a five or so more chapters to go till the end…well, at least till the next 'volume' in the story.

And thank you all for voting, Cathowl ( I LOVE YOUR STORIES!!! WRITE MORE SOON, PLEASE!! Oh, and check out geocities.com/animelemontree, it's all DBZ lemony goodness!! GO G/V) Lynda-chan (GWSTT is so awesome! Quick, everyone, go read it!!) and Dark Knight9745 (gomen, but someone asked for that pair…eep!) and to Madison-kyten, you rock!! I love you all! Keep reviewing and make me happy! purrs, tail waving happily

IMPORTANT!! Okie-dokie, so far the vote tallies are thus:

Vash/ Meryl- 2

Knives/ Nicky- 1(sort of…)

Vash/ Knives-1 (oh, how I love who voted for this ^_^)

Vash/ Nicky-0 (darn it…)

Triangle- 1 (*stifles a giggle* well, technically.)

So, looks like it's going to be a Vash/ Meryl/ Knives triangle…with Nicky in for the ride. You no like the pairs??? THEN REVIEW AND VOTE ALREADY!!! You still have some time…love ya. ^_^

Yin & Yang Ch.15

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Vash looked curiously between his brother and the suddenly present female.

"Where did you come from?" Knives asked, contempt dripping from every letter; and just enough rise in the question to hint at curiosity as well.

Nicolae didn't blink. The only action she performed in acknowledging the question was to gesture vaguely to somewhere over their heads.

Out of reflex, Vash looked up, curiosity plain on is alabaster face. His brother's eyes twitched in his direction but refrained from looking away from the girl, who did look at Vash, smirking at his inquisitive nature.

"I don't get it, there's nothing up there. Except for the spire's peak!" The cyan-eyed plant frowned at Nicky, who in turn just shook her head. Glancing at Millions one last time, she slipped quickly to his twin's side and folded her lithe body beside him.

"That would make sense since that's where I was." She answered, tilting her head back to gaze up and contemplate the time she had been upon the curved mountain peak.

The Stampede blinked, throwing his head back to once again take in the pinnacle's head. "But…how did you get all the way up there?"

"Isn't it obvious you idiot? She climbed!"

Both entities quickly turned their attention to the cynical plant. Vash with a blank face and Nicolae looking mildly confused and surprised.

"How do you know?" she asked, her curious gaze fixed on Knives.

He rolled his eyes, as though it were the most obvious answer in the universe. "Your hands." He gestured, refusing to look at her. "They're scrapped."

Both Vash and the owner of the appendages looked curiously at them.

"Hn." The girl stated.

"He's right." Vash said, surprised, earning a disdainful 'humph' from his counterpart.

Nicky and her blond friend contemplated the scrapped hands a moment longer before she finally got tired of it and folded her hands into her lap.

"Alright, as fun as that was, what are we gonna do now?"

"What do you mean?" The ocean-eyed male asked.

"Well…" Nicky paused, leaning backwards and laying out on the sands, watched by both men. "I mean, where do we go from here? Where are we going?"

"Uh…"

"No, wait a minute, she's coming with us?!"

Both Vash and Nicolae turned, startled, and looked at Millions Knives. "What?" they chorused, confused at his aggravation.

"That, that…filthy human is going to travel with us?!" he yelled, eyes bulging, a small vein pulsing wildly in his temple. His thoughts kept returning to the look she gave him after he awoke. It wasn't helping his feelings at all.

The Humanoid Typhoon shifted uncomfortably, his cyan orbs betraying his nervousness at the confrontation.

"Oh, shut up already Knives! I don't have cooties."

Both men turned their attention to the languid female as she lay in the sands, absently rubbing at something under her shirts. Gazing up into the bright morning sky, Nicky hummed quietly to herself, off in her own thoughts.

"What are, 'cooties'?" The ice-eyed plant asked his brother.

"Um…they're germs, basically." Vash replied, reaching behind his twin for his black duffle bag. Dragging it to his side, the lanky plant started to rummage through all the belongings, intent on finding…something.

Knives just remained seated and looked out into the desert, his brows drawn into a scowl. He desperately wished he had his Colt. Things always seemed clearer with its heavy metal in his hands. "Everything has germs." He muttered absently to himself.

"Ah ha!"

The homicidal plant glanced at his other half. Vash sat up, proudly displaying a box of donuts. Knives took on a disgusted look and returned to the desert scenery, refusing to eat those confections his brother adored so much.

Several minutes passed without anyone speaking. The cyan-eyed plant content to savor his food while the other two brooded. But some questions needed answering.

"How about we head to New Oregon?"

Knives craned his head toward his twin in question.

"Well, I went there to find you. I ended up getting involved in an old feud. I'd like to check up on the people, make sure things are going well. Unless there's somewhere else either of you'd like to go."

Millions' mouth twisted with disgust. "Why would we want to go to another human settlement?"

Vash shrugged. "Just a thought."

The ice-eyed plant huffed, standing up and walking to the far side of the monolith's shadow.

Nicky listened quietly to the exchange, her right hand twitching, anxious to grip the leather wrapped handle of her Colt…

Humanities First Localized sighed and turned to quiet 18 year old.

"So, what do you think?"

Nicolae quickly stilled her hand and cracked a dual-hued eye at her friend. "Doesn't matter to us. We're both fine with whatever. As long we get moving."

The plant blinked, confused for a moment, and then raised his blond eyebrows in realization. "Both of you?"

The female opened her remaining eye. Yawning, she stretched and sat up. "Yeah, It's been really restless recently. Once we get moving It'll be fine."

Vash cocked his head slightly, interest evident in his depthless eyes. "Since you came down, from the spire?"

She nodded, ruffling her hair absently. "But, It's fine now." Nicky looked pointedly at his brother. "Just try and keep him under control, OK?"

The Stampede smiled sheepishly and nodded.

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Knives glared out into the bright desert morning, listening absently to the other two talking, cursing the girl, cursing his brother, cursing the humans, and just cursing things in general and being pissy.

He really wasn't a morning person.

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"He really isn't a happy person is he?" she asked, watching the mortals curiously.

"No." he answered his counterpart, eyebrows raised over shifting, inky depths.

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"Macaroon?" she offered cheerfully, holding out a platter she took from…..somewhere.

"Why thank you, I'd love one!" he bounced happily.

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And so Life went on, unaware of the omnipotent beings watching them and…eating macaroons…

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A/N My, that ended…oddly…0_o;; dodges tomatoes HEY!! I thought it was funny!

Well, school's getting harder, and chapters seem to be getting shorter.

Gomen nasai.

Inane Statement of the Chapter: I hate it when they use strategically placed shadows!! Quit censoring all the good stuff! growls, tail lashing back and forth Yes, I have a tail! It's my story damn it!

Thanks to all of you who reviewed and voted, keep it up!

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-Gemi