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I guess no one really wants to hear a story about Vash's son. OH WELL! I must continue! For the insane voice in the back of my head tells me to!
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Vash the Stampede JR.
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Part 3-The night on the roof, and the stupid plan
((Vash's sons POV.))
The night was pretty uneventful, if you didn't notice the fact that I was sleeping on the roof of the hotel instead of in the bed. Ok, long story short, Meryl tried to kill me with my pillow.
Ok, just because I peeked in on her BY ACCIDENT when she was changing, doesn't mean I should be kicked out of my own room!
I sighed. It was morning already and I was awake already. I was watching the two suns raise. It was a beautiful sight to see. Too bad I couldn't see it more often. I was usually too bussy to notice such small things like this anymore. Ever since I started my training, it's been hard to keep track of things like this. I guess, people take advantage of the things they think they will have forever. I, on the other hand, try to admire each and everything that passes by.
For I know, what pains it costs to lose something you thought you'd have forever.
'Mother..' I thought to myself. My mother was practically my life for the longest time, Then we began to fight over little things for no apparent reason. We stopped talking to each other... then it happened.. She got sick. I didn't mind it much because now we could talk. I was sure she was going to live. But when I left for a day to help out a friend,... she passed away when I was away.
A single tear slid down my cheek. I wasn't even there for my own Mother's passing. Nor for my sisters. She was shot down nearly four iles away from home. I wasn't even informed of what happened, til a week later. A WEEK!
Nothing had caused me more pain then to know I would never see them ever again.
I quickly got rid of my tear and sat up. There was work to be done here! I had to do what I came to this town to do!
This was going to be my ultimate training test. If I passed, then I would live. If I didn't pass.... well.. I died. Simple as that.
I clentched my fist and unclentched it. This was going to be a task like never before. I had to do this. I HAD TOO! I owed it to the people of this town.
You see, this is the town where my father became the legend. This is the city of July. It's completely rebuilt, brick by brick. The whole town was restored to it's full wonder.
I looked around. This was going to be it. Either the beginning of my gunman life, or the end of my life.
I sighed again. I half-way couldn't believe what I was about to pull off here. That is, IF I could pull it off. I know my Father could... but could I? I had trained for this for the past four months, but was that good enough?
Dout was setting in quickly the more I thought about what I was going to do in just a few minutes. I just hoped the towns people didn't own a lot of guns.
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((Merly's POV))
I sat up and looked around. It was mid-morning. I looked over to my left and saw Milly and Wolfwood sleeping next to each other. Both wrapped up in their own world.
I smiled. I was both happy and jealous at that. I thought, once that I had found the man I've been looking for my whole life! The perfect person for me.
'There is no perfect person for me.' I thought to myself dully. 'Oh Vash. You went away so quickly, I didn't have time to tell you how I really felt. But, why didn't you come back? You seemed to have forgotton me. I wonder, have you found someone else? Did you not love me at all?'
I shook my head. There were more important things to worry about. But, the way he looked at me when we saw each other again.. in his eyes.. I seemed forgein.. like he didn't even know me.
'That couldn't be! This is Vash! He was probably too dence to remember that far back! But, he did remember me... he did.. does that mean.. '
Then there was a huge uproaring crowd heard outside. I ran ot the window. Milly and wolfwood woke up. We all looked out the windows to see what was happening.
'We caught Vash the Stampede!!' One person shouted.
The crowd roared. People clapping and cheering echoed off the whole town.
"They caught him?! What happened?" I asked myself.
"He probably turned himself in, or cause some trouble as usual." Wolfwood answered like it was just the local news.
"Yeah. He probably caused trouble. Time to help him out guys." I said, while putting my hand on my forehead. 'What am I going to do with you Mr. Vash the Stampede?' I thought to myself.
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((Vash's son POV))
"Hey! Come on! I didn't order any vegetables!" I squealed.
People were throwing vegetables, fruits and everything they could find at me right now. I was tied up to a stage like floor, elevated off the ground so the town's people could see me. I was tied tightly to the pole in the center by my waist. I was pinned against it and my hands were tied behind the pole. My feet were also tied to the pole.
"Here you go Vash the Stampede!" Another person said as he threw a tomato at my face.
It hit me dead on. The crowd cheered again. I spit out what got into my mouth. I rubbed my cheek against my coat. This was getting much more rougher then I first thought.
"VASH!!!" A voice cried out. The crowd partly opened up as Meryl stepped forward. And boy did she look mad!
She stalked up to the stage like platform and got up. She stomped up to me and pointed a finger at my face.
"Just what the HELL do you think you're pulling here?!?!" She yelled at me.
"Just hanging out." I said as the man brought over the rope to hang me with. Then set down an axe at my feet. They did this just in case I didn't sufficate from the rope, or escaped I would have my head cut off. "Well, I will be in a little bit."
"Just how the hell did this one happen?" She asked, tapping her foot and putting her hands on her hips.
"I turned myself in." I said with a shrug. "Hey! You think you could wait and tell the world that you caught me first?!" I yelled out to the mayor.
"Slended idea! I'll call everyone I know from other towns to tell them we will soon rid the world of you." The Mayor said in an accent.
"Just what are you pulling here? We both know you could get out in a few seconds if you wanted too, so why are you still here?" She asked me, whispering to me.
"Like I said, I turned myself in. Don't worry Meryl. I got it all under control." I said in a sure fire voice.
Then what looked like bounty hunters walked closer to the stage and pulled out their guns.
"No one move! We are going to capture Vash the Stampede!" The leader said.
"Ok.. maybe I don't.." I said in a nervous voice. I didn't plan on this!
'Damn! My plan is going to be blown up if those jerks don't move it! I'll never get my target if they do this!' I thought to myself.
Then, the man next to me started to get into it. He was the man who brought the rope. He started to grab out his gun, when the gang leader fired at him.
I quickly kicked up the axe that was laying at my feet into the air. The axe took the hit from the bullets and fell down. I looked down and noticed my foot wasn't in the ropes anymore and quickly put it back in. I didn't want them to notice that I could get out. These ropes were tight enough and I didn't need anymore to slow me down.
Everyone made a gasping noise. I nudged Meryl.
"Meryl. Take care of these guys really quick will yeah? I have a plan and these guys are going to ruin it!" I whispered to her.
"Umm.. sure." She said as she quickly brought out her gun. She fired and knocked the leader down. The rest looked at their fallin leader, then ran away.
The leader quickly followed suit.
"Nice work." I comment with a grin.
"Thanks." She said with a smile.
"We are very grateful for your help miss, but could you please move away from him now? We would like the hang him if you don't mind." The mayor said.
"Umm sure." She quickly got off the platform, but not before giving me a deadly look. I gave a nervous smile, afraid she was going to kill me after this was all through, that's if I didn't fail at this.
'Well, there is always the chance Wolfwood would save me if I did fail.' I looked out into the crowd and saw all three of them looking at me. I gulped. Wolfwood didn't even have his cross with him right now! He wouldn't be able to help me in time if something did go wrong!
'Ok.. this is my one chance to fully train myself. If I live that is.' I thought to myself.
The man put the noose ((Spelling please!)) around my neck. The other people by him quickly untied me from the pole, but retied my hands and feet together.
'Wait! They weren't suppose to tie my feet together! That might cost me some time!' I thought nervously. I couldn't back out now. This was it. I had to do this. This was the ultimate escape and save test. I just had to hope that I was skilled enough to pull it off.
I gulped as I took a deep breath. I held my breath without anyone knowing while the man pulled the switch. The floor below me gave way as I fell. The rope tighten around my neck. I was swung back and forth by the rope. My neck nearly snapped from it.
I held my breath and tried to keep a level head. I looked around. The crowd was cheering. They were all happy to see me go, but my new three friends. I could see Milly already cring into Meryl's shoulder. Wolfwood was watching me intensely. I thought his stare would burn me!
'Ok, now it's time... ' I looked up on the city building. There he was. The guy I was after. The guy who killed 30 innocent people back in Saint Grey's city! I thought I saw him come into the city.
I nearly grinned. My plan was finally put into action.
I tightened my neck muscles and pulled myself up a bit to get a better veiw. Then swung up and grabbed the rope with my now loose feet. I had slipped out of my foot ropes almost as soon as I felt the floor below me give way. I quickly pulled myself up and got out of my hand ropes before anyone could react.
I pulled the rope from my neck and swung up onto the platform. I pulled out my gun, which I kept hiden under my sleeve, and fired at him.
I hit him right in the leg. Then I fired again. I hit him in the other leg this time. He fell from the building, which was only one story high, and landed right in the street. The crowd quickly paniked and started to run. I climbed onto on the pole and looked around.
I had lost him in the confusion of people. Once most of the crowd got away, I looked around for him.. nothing.
"DAMMIT!" I shouted. This put me back at square one! I had spent eight months looking for him, and now he was gone. I sighed. Nothing I could do right now. I jumped down and was greeted by a solid hit on the head.
I turned around and saw Meryl.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!?!" She shouted at me.
"I can explain. Follow me." I walked over to the hotel. I quickly got upstairs and started packing my things.
"Now, care to explain why you pulled that little stunt?" Meryl asked.
It was strange. Wolfwood and Milly were so quiet right now. They probably were just letting Meryl blow off some of her steam.
"That guy I shot was a guy I've been chasing for awhile. I saw him come into town. He wouldn't come out in the open no matter what I did. I learned that from past experences with him. The only way I could pull him out into the open and long enough for me to get a good shot, was the fake my capture. I knew that would pull him out." I said as I finished packing. I went over to the mirrior and looked in it. I had a big black and blue bruise starting where the rope was around my neck.
"And you couldn't do that in a safer way because?" Meryl asked, tapping her foot.
".. ummm..." I said... I was in for it now.
"YOU HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT THIS THROUGH HAVE YOU? YOU WERE GOING TO SHOT HIM, SETTLE IT AND THEN WHAT? UMM? NOW YOU CAN'T EVER COME BACK HERE AND FOR WHAT? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MAN YOU WERE AFTER?! AND YOU PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER!!" She yelled, then started rubbing her temples.
".. I'm sorry.. I should have thought it through more, but he was going to leave today, so I had to do something. He killed 30 people from Saint Grey city.. and probably was the one who killed my sister.. I felt like I had to do everything to stop him." I said as I started to head out the door. "I really am sorry Meryl. I won't ever do something like that again. I promise."
Then I walked out the door. I walked to the counter and placed the money for the room, then left.
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((Wolfwood's POV))
".. Did I hear him right..? That guy killed his sister?" Meryl slowly asked.
"Yeah you did Meryl. Poor Vash. I bet he feels aweful right now for what happened. He would never put anyone in danger like that unless something was very wrong." Milly said.
"You're right milly. Vash knew what he was doing. He would never get someone else hurt."Meryl said.
I looked out the window at him leaving.
'What are you hiding kid? There is something.. hiden behind everything you do. You seem to be straining yourself from screaming out everything you want us to hear. What is your secert?' I thought to myself. Something wasn't right with this picture. Vash was good at everything he did.. but this.. vash.. was.. Just unblieveable. He showed more emotion and talent for the gun then .... before...
I gasped. Something clicked. I suddenly grabbed my cross and ran out the door leaving a very confused Meryl and Milly.
I ran after him. My thoughts jumbled together. This was the only way. This was the only way! I finally caught up to him on the edge of town.
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OH NO! Does Wolfwood know his secert?!?! FInd out in the next chapter!
I guess no one really wants to hear a story about Vash's son. OH WELL! I must continue! For the insane voice in the back of my head tells me to!
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Vash the Stampede JR.
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Part 3-The night on the roof, and the stupid plan
((Vash's sons POV.))
The night was pretty uneventful, if you didn't notice the fact that I was sleeping on the roof of the hotel instead of in the bed. Ok, long story short, Meryl tried to kill me with my pillow.
Ok, just because I peeked in on her BY ACCIDENT when she was changing, doesn't mean I should be kicked out of my own room!
I sighed. It was morning already and I was awake already. I was watching the two suns raise. It was a beautiful sight to see. Too bad I couldn't see it more often. I was usually too bussy to notice such small things like this anymore. Ever since I started my training, it's been hard to keep track of things like this. I guess, people take advantage of the things they think they will have forever. I, on the other hand, try to admire each and everything that passes by.
For I know, what pains it costs to lose something you thought you'd have forever.
'Mother..' I thought to myself. My mother was practically my life for the longest time, Then we began to fight over little things for no apparent reason. We stopped talking to each other... then it happened.. She got sick. I didn't mind it much because now we could talk. I was sure she was going to live. But when I left for a day to help out a friend,... she passed away when I was away.
A single tear slid down my cheek. I wasn't even there for my own Mother's passing. Nor for my sisters. She was shot down nearly four iles away from home. I wasn't even informed of what happened, til a week later. A WEEK!
Nothing had caused me more pain then to know I would never see them ever again.
I quickly got rid of my tear and sat up. There was work to be done here! I had to do what I came to this town to do!
This was going to be my ultimate training test. If I passed, then I would live. If I didn't pass.... well.. I died. Simple as that.
I clentched my fist and unclentched it. This was going to be a task like never before. I had to do this. I HAD TOO! I owed it to the people of this town.
You see, this is the town where my father became the legend. This is the city of July. It's completely rebuilt, brick by brick. The whole town was restored to it's full wonder.
I looked around. This was going to be it. Either the beginning of my gunman life, or the end of my life.
I sighed again. I half-way couldn't believe what I was about to pull off here. That is, IF I could pull it off. I know my Father could... but could I? I had trained for this for the past four months, but was that good enough?
Dout was setting in quickly the more I thought about what I was going to do in just a few minutes. I just hoped the towns people didn't own a lot of guns.
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((Merly's POV))
I sat up and looked around. It was mid-morning. I looked over to my left and saw Milly and Wolfwood sleeping next to each other. Both wrapped up in their own world.
I smiled. I was both happy and jealous at that. I thought, once that I had found the man I've been looking for my whole life! The perfect person for me.
'There is no perfect person for me.' I thought to myself dully. 'Oh Vash. You went away so quickly, I didn't have time to tell you how I really felt. But, why didn't you come back? You seemed to have forgotton me. I wonder, have you found someone else? Did you not love me at all?'
I shook my head. There were more important things to worry about. But, the way he looked at me when we saw each other again.. in his eyes.. I seemed forgein.. like he didn't even know me.
'That couldn't be! This is Vash! He was probably too dence to remember that far back! But, he did remember me... he did.. does that mean.. '
Then there was a huge uproaring crowd heard outside. I ran ot the window. Milly and wolfwood woke up. We all looked out the windows to see what was happening.
'We caught Vash the Stampede!!' One person shouted.
The crowd roared. People clapping and cheering echoed off the whole town.
"They caught him?! What happened?" I asked myself.
"He probably turned himself in, or cause some trouble as usual." Wolfwood answered like it was just the local news.
"Yeah. He probably caused trouble. Time to help him out guys." I said, while putting my hand on my forehead. 'What am I going to do with you Mr. Vash the Stampede?' I thought to myself.
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((Vash's son POV))
"Hey! Come on! I didn't order any vegetables!" I squealed.
People were throwing vegetables, fruits and everything they could find at me right now. I was tied up to a stage like floor, elevated off the ground so the town's people could see me. I was tied tightly to the pole in the center by my waist. I was pinned against it and my hands were tied behind the pole. My feet were also tied to the pole.
"Here you go Vash the Stampede!" Another person said as he threw a tomato at my face.
It hit me dead on. The crowd cheered again. I spit out what got into my mouth. I rubbed my cheek against my coat. This was getting much more rougher then I first thought.
"VASH!!!" A voice cried out. The crowd partly opened up as Meryl stepped forward. And boy did she look mad!
She stalked up to the stage like platform and got up. She stomped up to me and pointed a finger at my face.
"Just what the HELL do you think you're pulling here?!?!" She yelled at me.
"Just hanging out." I said as the man brought over the rope to hang me with. Then set down an axe at my feet. They did this just in case I didn't sufficate from the rope, or escaped I would have my head cut off. "Well, I will be in a little bit."
"Just how the hell did this one happen?" She asked, tapping her foot and putting her hands on her hips.
"I turned myself in." I said with a shrug. "Hey! You think you could wait and tell the world that you caught me first?!" I yelled out to the mayor.
"Slended idea! I'll call everyone I know from other towns to tell them we will soon rid the world of you." The Mayor said in an accent.
"Just what are you pulling here? We both know you could get out in a few seconds if you wanted too, so why are you still here?" She asked me, whispering to me.
"Like I said, I turned myself in. Don't worry Meryl. I got it all under control." I said in a sure fire voice.
Then what looked like bounty hunters walked closer to the stage and pulled out their guns.
"No one move! We are going to capture Vash the Stampede!" The leader said.
"Ok.. maybe I don't.." I said in a nervous voice. I didn't plan on this!
'Damn! My plan is going to be blown up if those jerks don't move it! I'll never get my target if they do this!' I thought to myself.
Then, the man next to me started to get into it. He was the man who brought the rope. He started to grab out his gun, when the gang leader fired at him.
I quickly kicked up the axe that was laying at my feet into the air. The axe took the hit from the bullets and fell down. I looked down and noticed my foot wasn't in the ropes anymore and quickly put it back in. I didn't want them to notice that I could get out. These ropes were tight enough and I didn't need anymore to slow me down.
Everyone made a gasping noise. I nudged Meryl.
"Meryl. Take care of these guys really quick will yeah? I have a plan and these guys are going to ruin it!" I whispered to her.
"Umm.. sure." She said as she quickly brought out her gun. She fired and knocked the leader down. The rest looked at their fallin leader, then ran away.
The leader quickly followed suit.
"Nice work." I comment with a grin.
"Thanks." She said with a smile.
"We are very grateful for your help miss, but could you please move away from him now? We would like the hang him if you don't mind." The mayor said.
"Umm sure." She quickly got off the platform, but not before giving me a deadly look. I gave a nervous smile, afraid she was going to kill me after this was all through, that's if I didn't fail at this.
'Well, there is always the chance Wolfwood would save me if I did fail.' I looked out into the crowd and saw all three of them looking at me. I gulped. Wolfwood didn't even have his cross with him right now! He wouldn't be able to help me in time if something did go wrong!
'Ok.. this is my one chance to fully train myself. If I live that is.' I thought to myself.
The man put the noose ((Spelling please!)) around my neck. The other people by him quickly untied me from the pole, but retied my hands and feet together.
'Wait! They weren't suppose to tie my feet together! That might cost me some time!' I thought nervously. I couldn't back out now. This was it. I had to do this. This was the ultimate escape and save test. I just had to hope that I was skilled enough to pull it off.
I gulped as I took a deep breath. I held my breath without anyone knowing while the man pulled the switch. The floor below me gave way as I fell. The rope tighten around my neck. I was swung back and forth by the rope. My neck nearly snapped from it.
I held my breath and tried to keep a level head. I looked around. The crowd was cheering. They were all happy to see me go, but my new three friends. I could see Milly already cring into Meryl's shoulder. Wolfwood was watching me intensely. I thought his stare would burn me!
'Ok, now it's time... ' I looked up on the city building. There he was. The guy I was after. The guy who killed 30 innocent people back in Saint Grey's city! I thought I saw him come into the city.
I nearly grinned. My plan was finally put into action.
I tightened my neck muscles and pulled myself up a bit to get a better veiw. Then swung up and grabbed the rope with my now loose feet. I had slipped out of my foot ropes almost as soon as I felt the floor below me give way. I quickly pulled myself up and got out of my hand ropes before anyone could react.
I pulled the rope from my neck and swung up onto the platform. I pulled out my gun, which I kept hiden under my sleeve, and fired at him.
I hit him right in the leg. Then I fired again. I hit him in the other leg this time. He fell from the building, which was only one story high, and landed right in the street. The crowd quickly paniked and started to run. I climbed onto on the pole and looked around.
I had lost him in the confusion of people. Once most of the crowd got away, I looked around for him.. nothing.
"DAMMIT!" I shouted. This put me back at square one! I had spent eight months looking for him, and now he was gone. I sighed. Nothing I could do right now. I jumped down and was greeted by a solid hit on the head.
I turned around and saw Meryl.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!?!" She shouted at me.
"I can explain. Follow me." I walked over to the hotel. I quickly got upstairs and started packing my things.
"Now, care to explain why you pulled that little stunt?" Meryl asked.
It was strange. Wolfwood and Milly were so quiet right now. They probably were just letting Meryl blow off some of her steam.
"That guy I shot was a guy I've been chasing for awhile. I saw him come into town. He wouldn't come out in the open no matter what I did. I learned that from past experences with him. The only way I could pull him out into the open and long enough for me to get a good shot, was the fake my capture. I knew that would pull him out." I said as I finished packing. I went over to the mirrior and looked in it. I had a big black and blue bruise starting where the rope was around my neck.
"And you couldn't do that in a safer way because?" Meryl asked, tapping her foot.
".. ummm..." I said... I was in for it now.
"YOU HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT THIS THROUGH HAVE YOU? YOU WERE GOING TO SHOT HIM, SETTLE IT AND THEN WHAT? UMM? NOW YOU CAN'T EVER COME BACK HERE AND FOR WHAT? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MAN YOU WERE AFTER?! AND YOU PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER!!" She yelled, then started rubbing her temples.
".. I'm sorry.. I should have thought it through more, but he was going to leave today, so I had to do something. He killed 30 people from Saint Grey city.. and probably was the one who killed my sister.. I felt like I had to do everything to stop him." I said as I started to head out the door. "I really am sorry Meryl. I won't ever do something like that again. I promise."
Then I walked out the door. I walked to the counter and placed the money for the room, then left.
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((Wolfwood's POV))
".. Did I hear him right..? That guy killed his sister?" Meryl slowly asked.
"Yeah you did Meryl. Poor Vash. I bet he feels aweful right now for what happened. He would never put anyone in danger like that unless something was very wrong." Milly said.
"You're right milly. Vash knew what he was doing. He would never get someone else hurt."Meryl said.
I looked out the window at him leaving.
'What are you hiding kid? There is something.. hiden behind everything you do. You seem to be straining yourself from screaming out everything you want us to hear. What is your secert?' I thought to myself. Something wasn't right with this picture. Vash was good at everything he did.. but this.. vash.. was.. Just unblieveable. He showed more emotion and talent for the gun then .... before...
I gasped. Something clicked. I suddenly grabbed my cross and ran out the door leaving a very confused Meryl and Milly.
I ran after him. My thoughts jumbled together. This was the only way. This was the only way! I finally caught up to him on the edge of town.
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OH NO! Does Wolfwood know his secert?!?! FInd out in the next chapter!
