^^;;;;; Sorry about that last chappy being short, this one looks to be just
as short, but its also funny!!! I'm getting quite close to the end of this
part of the fic. (yes, there are more after this, just have to get them
from a certain SOMEONE. *briefly glances at Tara *) Oh yeah, I do not own
Trigun or its charas. Enjoy the fic!
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Chapter 14: Overboard
There were four people outside a door. They carefully opened the door and entered the room. In the room, Vash was fast alseep on his bed. Two of the poeple grabbed everything that was Vash's while the other two carefully heafted him off the bed. Together they headed out to the deck of the sandsteamer. The two people that were carrying Vash tossed his sleeping form over the edge of the deck. The other two tossed his posessions over after him, then tossed a canteen full of water over. Then they all turned away from the edge of the deck and walked away.
*****
Astra bolted upright on her bed. Something's not right, she thought. She carefully climbed out of bed, feeling a slight ping of pain from her ribs that were taped. Having her pajamas on, which were a pair of baggy dark gray sweatpants and a black tank top, she slipped her only other pair of shoes on, a pair of dark brown sandals. She didn't need to turn her light on as she left her room into the lighted hallway.
She walked down the hall and stopped in front of Vash's room. Gently, she knocked on the door. No one answered the door.
Questioningly, Astra opened the door a bit so she could look in. She saw leave his bathroom with only a pair of gray sweatpants and no shirt. He was working on towel-drying his hair, which wasn't sticking upwards. Vash glanced at the door that was slightly opened.
Astra gasped and shut the door. She stood next to the door, back pressed against the wall. Her cheeks grew warm from her blushing as she recalled what Vash looked like. The only main thing that she remembered was his many scars. She glanced at her wounded shoulder. That is what this is going to look like once it is all healed up.
The door next to her opened and jumped with its sudden movement. Astra lifted her head to see Vash sticking his head out the door, towel drapped over his shoulders, around his neck.
"Would you like to come in or do you prefer peeking through my door?"
Her cheeks grew even warmer as she followed Vash into his room and sat down in a chair. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to check you out-I mean-on you."
Vash casually smiled at Astra's slip of tongue. "You do know that if you blush anymore than you are now, your face would match my coat?"
Astra gave a small smile as she covered her eyes with her hand.
"Oh, and don't worry about it. You're not the first person who's done that."
"That's a relief," Astra muttered.
Vash continued. "And I wanted to talk to you, but you were alseep earlier, and I wasn't expecting you to come to me."
"Well," Astra started. "I actually had a dream that some people were tossing you off the sandsteamer."
Sitting on his bed, he gave her a quizzical look. "Interesting."
"I know, but I've had them, or something like them before."
Vash nodded slowly and decided to change the subject as he stood. "You thirsty or hungry?"
"Both actually."
Vash picked up a white, button-up shirt and put it on. Then he picked up a box and tossed it to her. She caught it easily, but it felt heavy.
"Go ahead, open it." He nodded his head towards the box as he started to button up his shirt and found some money in his one trench coat pocket.
Raising her one eyebrow, she opened the box and looked at what it was inside. She blinked a few times as she pulled out a dark blue, leather trench coat that looked a lot like Vash's red one. Astra stood, letting the box fall off her lap and unfolded the coat.
Vash smiled at Astra as she scanned the trench coat. He slipped his boots on, but didn't fasten them. He was about to leave when Astra spoke.
"You know, you didn't have to get me this."
He turned and gave Astra a friendly smile. "Well, at least you won't have to worry about being cold the next time you go to look at the stars. I'll be right back."
Vash left the room, leaving Astra alone.
After Vash left, Astra smiled and turned her attention back to the coat. She swung it around her and put it on. It fit her perfectly. The leathery perfume from it she would get used to eventually.
Vash came back with two beers and a box of dozen donuts. He gave one beer to Astra and opened his. She finally sat down in the same chair that she sat in earlier. Opening her beer, she took a sip out of it. Astra watched Vash take a sip out of his beer and eating a donut.
Astra rolled her eyes. "You really like donuts, dun you?"
Vash swallowed the part of the donut he took a bit out of. "What makes you say that?"
She giggled. "No reason, donut boy."
This time, Vash raised an eyebrow. "Donut boy?"
Astra leaned back in her chair, leaning against the wall and laughed. "Yes, for your mini obsession of donuts."
He sat down and kicked off his boots. "Ah, yes. I think that donuts should be one of the basic food groups."
They both started laughing. Then Astra brought up something that Vash mentioned earlier.
"So, what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Uhh..." Vash hesitated a moment trying to think on what to say. "Actually, I forget what I wanted to talk to you about."
Astra was taking a few gulps of her beer as Vash answered. Then she chuckled, the beer was starting to kick in. She stood, allowing her chair to fall on all fours. She finished off her beer. "In that case, I should get going. I need the rest and so do you. Night."
She snagged a donut before leaving. Vash gave her a little wave. "Night."
*****
Knives, Gavin, Legato and Antan walked down the hall. They didn't bring any attention to themselves. Antan crouched down in front of Vash's door and slipped a small item under the door. It was a liquid that when mixed together would make the person who inhales it out cold. They waited as some smoke came out from under.
"You know what to do," Knives growled as he opened the door.
They entered the room and saw Vash fast asleep with an empty box on a table. Antan and Legato grabbed whatever was Vash's as Gavin and Knives lifted Vash off the bed. Carefully, they walked out of his room and headed for the deck. The suns have already set and the moons shone brightly in the night sky. Gavin and Knives lifted Vash's sleeping form over and tossed him over the edge of the deck. From behind, Legato and Antan tossed his belongs after him, even a canteen of water.
"There," Gavin stated. "That'll take care of him. Now, I will do my part, Master, in destroying my sister."
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Chapter 14: Overboard
There were four people outside a door. They carefully opened the door and entered the room. In the room, Vash was fast alseep on his bed. Two of the poeple grabbed everything that was Vash's while the other two carefully heafted him off the bed. Together they headed out to the deck of the sandsteamer. The two people that were carrying Vash tossed his sleeping form over the edge of the deck. The other two tossed his posessions over after him, then tossed a canteen full of water over. Then they all turned away from the edge of the deck and walked away.
*****
Astra bolted upright on her bed. Something's not right, she thought. She carefully climbed out of bed, feeling a slight ping of pain from her ribs that were taped. Having her pajamas on, which were a pair of baggy dark gray sweatpants and a black tank top, she slipped her only other pair of shoes on, a pair of dark brown sandals. She didn't need to turn her light on as she left her room into the lighted hallway.
She walked down the hall and stopped in front of Vash's room. Gently, she knocked on the door. No one answered the door.
Questioningly, Astra opened the door a bit so she could look in. She saw leave his bathroom with only a pair of gray sweatpants and no shirt. He was working on towel-drying his hair, which wasn't sticking upwards. Vash glanced at the door that was slightly opened.
Astra gasped and shut the door. She stood next to the door, back pressed against the wall. Her cheeks grew warm from her blushing as she recalled what Vash looked like. The only main thing that she remembered was his many scars. She glanced at her wounded shoulder. That is what this is going to look like once it is all healed up.
The door next to her opened and jumped with its sudden movement. Astra lifted her head to see Vash sticking his head out the door, towel drapped over his shoulders, around his neck.
"Would you like to come in or do you prefer peeking through my door?"
Her cheeks grew even warmer as she followed Vash into his room and sat down in a chair. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to check you out-I mean-on you."
Vash casually smiled at Astra's slip of tongue. "You do know that if you blush anymore than you are now, your face would match my coat?"
Astra gave a small smile as she covered her eyes with her hand.
"Oh, and don't worry about it. You're not the first person who's done that."
"That's a relief," Astra muttered.
Vash continued. "And I wanted to talk to you, but you were alseep earlier, and I wasn't expecting you to come to me."
"Well," Astra started. "I actually had a dream that some people were tossing you off the sandsteamer."
Sitting on his bed, he gave her a quizzical look. "Interesting."
"I know, but I've had them, or something like them before."
Vash nodded slowly and decided to change the subject as he stood. "You thirsty or hungry?"
"Both actually."
Vash picked up a white, button-up shirt and put it on. Then he picked up a box and tossed it to her. She caught it easily, but it felt heavy.
"Go ahead, open it." He nodded his head towards the box as he started to button up his shirt and found some money in his one trench coat pocket.
Raising her one eyebrow, she opened the box and looked at what it was inside. She blinked a few times as she pulled out a dark blue, leather trench coat that looked a lot like Vash's red one. Astra stood, letting the box fall off her lap and unfolded the coat.
Vash smiled at Astra as she scanned the trench coat. He slipped his boots on, but didn't fasten them. He was about to leave when Astra spoke.
"You know, you didn't have to get me this."
He turned and gave Astra a friendly smile. "Well, at least you won't have to worry about being cold the next time you go to look at the stars. I'll be right back."
Vash left the room, leaving Astra alone.
After Vash left, Astra smiled and turned her attention back to the coat. She swung it around her and put it on. It fit her perfectly. The leathery perfume from it she would get used to eventually.
Vash came back with two beers and a box of dozen donuts. He gave one beer to Astra and opened his. She finally sat down in the same chair that she sat in earlier. Opening her beer, she took a sip out of it. Astra watched Vash take a sip out of his beer and eating a donut.
Astra rolled her eyes. "You really like donuts, dun you?"
Vash swallowed the part of the donut he took a bit out of. "What makes you say that?"
She giggled. "No reason, donut boy."
This time, Vash raised an eyebrow. "Donut boy?"
Astra leaned back in her chair, leaning against the wall and laughed. "Yes, for your mini obsession of donuts."
He sat down and kicked off his boots. "Ah, yes. I think that donuts should be one of the basic food groups."
They both started laughing. Then Astra brought up something that Vash mentioned earlier.
"So, what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Uhh..." Vash hesitated a moment trying to think on what to say. "Actually, I forget what I wanted to talk to you about."
Astra was taking a few gulps of her beer as Vash answered. Then she chuckled, the beer was starting to kick in. She stood, allowing her chair to fall on all fours. She finished off her beer. "In that case, I should get going. I need the rest and so do you. Night."
She snagged a donut before leaving. Vash gave her a little wave. "Night."
*****
Knives, Gavin, Legato and Antan walked down the hall. They didn't bring any attention to themselves. Antan crouched down in front of Vash's door and slipped a small item under the door. It was a liquid that when mixed together would make the person who inhales it out cold. They waited as some smoke came out from under.
"You know what to do," Knives growled as he opened the door.
They entered the room and saw Vash fast asleep with an empty box on a table. Antan and Legato grabbed whatever was Vash's as Gavin and Knives lifted Vash off the bed. Carefully, they walked out of his room and headed for the deck. The suns have already set and the moons shone brightly in the night sky. Gavin and Knives lifted Vash's sleeping form over and tossed him over the edge of the deck. From behind, Legato and Antan tossed his belongs after him, even a canteen of water.
"There," Gavin stated. "That'll take care of him. Now, I will do my part, Master, in destroying my sister."