^_^ Hello! This chapter took me awhile to write mainly because I wanted to add in the story's bad guy in this chapter! He's fully introduced in this chapter! Hope you like it! See ya!

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Vash the Stampede JR.

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Part 14- Vash's Bad day

((Hakura's POV.))

"Holy cheese and crackers!" I yelled as I dove under the bed. I really didn't want to face what was after me. I held me knees to my chest in fear of what was after me. It was the most horrorible thing in the world! The one thing I was dreafully afraid of! And it was in my room and mad!

"HAKURA!!!" Meryl screamed as she turned my only cover over. I gave a nervous grin up at her... she was going to kill me..

"Umm.. hiya.." I said with a huge sweatdrop on my forehead.

She growled at me and grabbed my colar, pulling me to my feet.

'Boy! She's stronger then I thought!' I thought to myself.

"Hakura! I told for a thousand times this week!! Don't you DARE, EVER PEEK ON ME IN THE SHOWER AGAIN!" She screamed, bashing me upside the head a few dozen times. I laid on the ground sporting a lot of lumps.

Pain was throbbing in my head everytime my heart would beat. I sighed as she stormed out of my room. Wolfwood was in the room with me. I completely forgot he was there. Currently he was rolling on the ground laughing his ass off at me.

"It's not that funny..." I mumbled, rubbing my still tender head.

"Yes it was needle-nose!" Wolfwod said, his laughter bringing him to tears. He was clentching his side and rolling on the ground laughing.

"SHUT UP OLD MAN!" I shouted at him. That got his attention. He got up and bomped me on the head. I yelled in pain and started to cover my head with my arms.

"I didn't hit you that hard." He said, taking out a bent cig. and putting it on his mouth.

"You hit me right where she did. Now it hurts even worse." I said in whinning voice. I continued to rub my tender skull.

"You deserved it." The smoking priest exclaimed, nearly knocking me on the head agin. He settled down and decided to leave before he cause me real harm. But he had to ask something before he did. He turned back to me. "Why did you peek on her anyways?"

"Well,.. my dad said she had the cutest birth mark on her butt.. and I wanted to see it." I said, blushing and drawing circles on the floor with my index finger.

"..How did your dad know?" Wolfwood questioned through his cig.

"How should I know?" I questioned, looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Nevermind. That dog. I knew they got it on." Wolfwood said with a smirk.

"SICK!" I said with my tongue hanging out of my mouth. "I don't want to hear what my dad did! YUCK!"

Wolfwood shook his head at me before leaving me to myself. I rubbed my head again for good messure. It was still hurting a lot. I got up and fixed my bed before deciding to go out into the town. I needed some donuts and to sing. I hadn't had a single performance since I met up with them.

I really missed it too. So, I shrugged my shoulders and went out to do just that.

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A man cloaked in shadows watched as the vermen drank down their alcohalic drinks. The man sneered as he watched them drink away.

'What flithy vermen all of them are.' He thought to himself. His nose wrinkled at the smell of the men at the bar. His fingers tencing up, wanting to reach of his gun and kill them all off. He hated all of them. They were degusting creatures who killed the weak and depended on plants to survive.

He always felt himself become sick when he was in their presents. Such weak beings deserved to die. They were nothing but pitiful spiders. Half.. of what he was.

He threw his glass against the wall. It shattered in a hunderd shards as it fell to the ground. The noise did not go unnoticed by everyone. They turned in his direction. He didn't care about them. Soon, they would be dead.

'Father.. why did you allow youself to die?' He thought to himself. He growled in fustraition.

The woman waistress came by him. A nervous look on her face. She had been leachered all day by these men. But this man.. scared her more then any of the other ones. She held her arms close to herself, trying to stay as far away from the man as possible.

"Is something wrong sir?" She questioned, her fear appearent in her voice. The man shot from his seat, causing the woman to scream in fright from his movement. She flinched and held her arms in front of herself, preparing herself for a blow. But.. it didn't come.

"Nothing is wrong Verman." He answered, grabbing his bag. he slung it over his shoulder and passed the woman. But before he did, he whispered something to her.

She shuddered at his voice, too scared to move from her spot. The man smirked at her fear, savoring the smell of it, before walking out of the saloon. Everyone returned to what they were doing, besides the woman. She fell to the ground.

A man ran up to her and checked her. Her skin was pale, almost the color of pure white. Her fingers gripping onto her serving tray so tight, her skin broke. Her pupils were the size of a needle, and wide open. Her heart had stopped.

The man looked up. "She was.. scared to death.." Everyone turned and looked at the swinging doors. The man was no longer in sight.

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"VASH!" A voice ran out to me. I was walking down the road, minding my own business. A donut was sticking out of my mouth and the box was in my hands. I turned to see who called out for me. It was none other then Ace.

We have arrived in Piliot town the day after I got my new arm, but we didn't see Ace anywhere. But, there he was. Calling out my name with a shiny new gun in his hand.

"Phce?! Morph wa phu." I yelled with the donut still in my mouth. Wolfwood was standing next to me. He hit me in the back of the head.

"Swollow you idiot!" He yelled at me. I quickly chewed up my donut, then swollowed it.

"Did you have to hit me so hard?" I whined back at Wolfwood. Wolfwood glared at me. It was hard to tell if he did because had his sun glasses on.

"Needle-Nose! Pay attention!" He yelled at me.

"Are you two quite done?" Ace asked, rolling his eyes at us. I grinned at him with a blush on my face.

"Yeah.. we're done.." I said, rubbing the back of my neck. I handed the box of donuts to Wolfwood. "Keep them safe for me."

I turned to Ace and started to walk towards him. I stopped half way to him and stared at him. I pulled my sunglasses out of my pocket and put them on. The world turned to an orange tint through the glasses.

Ace held up his brand new gun. His classic black, high cuffed coat on. He put on his black sun glasses, and brushed back a bang behind his ear.

"You ready, Vash the Stampede?" He questioned.

The crowd around us gasped and stared at me. I could feel the hot looks some people were giving me. I smiled at him.

"So. How long did you really wait anyways?" I questioned him.

"Long, the damn, enough." He answered back with a smirk.

"So. What now?" I questioned, my hand hovering over my Colt.

"We draw." He answered, pointing his gun at me. I grabbed my Colt.

He fired at me, and I fired. The bullets hit each other and stopped one another. Ace smirked at me.

"And here I was afraid you became rusty." He said, pulling a leaver. The gun popped open with eight barrels pointing at me. He smiled devilishly at me. I smiled back at him.

"Not only that.. but I have a few more tricks." I said, smirking. I held up my new arm.

He eyed it for a few seconds. Then his eyes went wide. "Y-you got a new arm?"

"That's right." I said smiling at him. He pointed my gun right at him. "So. Will you continue this senceless fight, or give up?"

"I'll never give up!" He yelled, firing his gun at me. Eight bullets launched out of the gun, heading straight for me! I fired my Colt til it was empty. I dropped it, before pointing my arm at the bullets. I closed my eyes and concentraited. I still hadn't prefected thsi yet. I heard the rip of the leather on my arm,and the sound of metal grinding.

The smell of gunpower and grease entered my nose. I opened my eyes. My gun arm was working. The gun was out and my other arm was holding it. The kick was more then I thought it would be. I had skidded back four feet.

Ace was looking at me with wide eyes. I stared at him. "Will you end this now?"

"Never." He answered back firing again. I shot my gun arm again, hitting all the bullets. This time I aimed my gun at him. I fired. I hit his gun out of his hands. This was my chance! I ran as fast as I could over to him. I was planning on knocking him out.

He was a step inhead of me though. He pulled out a knife and aimed it right at my throat. My gun arm was aimed right at his head. My other hand was grabbing his hand, to stop the knife. His other hand was holding onto my gun arm, to stop me from firing. We stared at each other.

"You're fast." I said.

"So are you." He said, flipping his knife back. He put it away. He stood back and smirked at me. "I admire you for not shooting me Vash. I know you could have. You could have killed me."

I stood back, putting my arm gun away. "I could never kill anyone."

We stood there looking at each other, wondering what the other was thinking. Who will be the first person to make peace?

"Oops.." Wolfwood said, as he looked at the donuts. He had dropped the box without knowing it. My jaw dropped to the ground as I looked at them.

"NOOO!!!!!!!!!" I yelled.

Ace couldn't help but crack up at that. I started to run around, whining about my poor donuts. How could Wolfwood do such a thing?

I turned to Ace. ".. You're laughing at me.."

Ace stopped laughing. He walked up to me. "I think we still have a crowd." He said, nodding his head to the rather large crowd of people watching them.

I blinked a few times in confusion. "Man... Now they all know.. great.. Guess I can't come back here.."

I sighed and went to gather my things. Wolfwood quickly followed me, patting me on the shoulder. "That was easier then what it should have been. How could you predict his moves like that?"

"I watched him closely when we fought before. I knew he what he was going to do before he did it." I explained, walking over to the nearest Donut shop.

"Hey Needle-Nose! I thought you were going to pack first." Wolfwood said.

"Well, I need my daily dose of donuts. I'm starving!" I complained, holding my hands to my stomach for effect.

"Vash. Don't think this is over." Ace said, walking up to me. One hand was in his pocket and the other by his side.

"I guess not. Are you after stupid reward?" I asked him.

"Sort of. I was really asked to hunt you down by a guy I met." He said.

"Wait til we get into a private place first Ace. I think I know the guy you're talking about. there is a good chance he has someone spying on you." I said, grabbing my new box of donuts. The Woman was eyeing me, watching my every move. That kind of got me nervous! I paid for the box and headed up stairs.

We all sat down in chairs. Meryl and Milly were also there. Wolfwood was leaning against the wall next to his cross. A cig. in his mouth and the sunglasses still on.

"For God's Sake Wolfwood! Open a window if you're going to smoke in here." I said, waving my hand in front of my face. The smoke was filling up the room already.

"Alright." He grumbled, opening a window.

"As I was saying. I met the man in the desert." Ace said.

**Flash Back**

A man who was standing in the way of one of the suns stood in front of Ace. A devilish smile on his face. You could only make out his teeth and one of his eyes.

"Who are you?" Ace questioned, holding up an arm to get the glare out of his eyes.

"That is none of your concern. I am here to ask you a favor." He said with a sneer.

"What type of Favor?" Ace asked, not liking to tone of in this person's voice.

"You want your 'Grams' to live peacfully and the town to have enough money to get decent water.. do you not?" The man questioned.

Ace growled at the man, clentching his fists. "What do you know about my town?"

"All I know if, you need money. Well, I got a job that will get you all the money you need. $$60 billion to be exact." The man said.

"You mean.. hunt down Vash the Stampede? Why would I want to do that? Wouldn't he just kill me off?" Ace asked, lighting up a cig. He took a drag before putting his hands into his pockets. The cig. still in his mouth. "Besides, if I wanted the money I would have went after it. I don't need you to order me around."

"This is my point. You can't take him down with your gun. You need this." The man said, holding out a brand new gun. Ace reached for it. The man gave it to him. "All you do is pull that leaver on the end. The gun will do the rest for you."

"Why would you give me this? I mean, if the gun can take him down why don't you go do it yourself?" Ace asked, not liking the man's request. It seemed off.

"I can't do that. You see, I had a run in with him. He shot me in the legs. Now, it's hard to run. If he were to fire anything at me, I couldn't get out of the way. I want to get him back for what he did to me!" The man said, his eye narrowing.

"I see. And you want me to get revenage for you. I'll take him down. Don't worry about it." Ace said, turning around and waving at the stranger. "He'll be dead soon enough."

Ace could hear the man chuckle. Ace turned back around. "Say. what's your nam-" But he was cut off. The man was gone. Ace's cig. dropped from his mouth. "Oh great. What have I gotten myself into now?"

**End of Flash back**

"It's him." I said, glaring down at the table. "I KNOW it's him!"

"Him who?" Meryl questioned.

"..Knives.. Jr." I said.

"Knives had a son?! I thought he would never.." Meryl started. Everyone knew what she was talking about, besides Milly of course.

"He knew there was a good chance Vash was going to kill him, so he made sure his offspring could finish what he started." I said, chewing down on my thumb. This was bad. He was still alive and after me. He was going to hire every bounty hunter to start looking for me! This was just great..

"So, how many 'offpsing' did Knives have anyway?" Wolfwood questioned.

".... well... only one child.. but.." I started. A nervous laugh escaped my lips before I could finish.

"But what?" Wolfwood questioned.

"But.. he kind of.. made... clones of himself.." I said, my nervus laugh getting a little louder.

Wolfwood ran over to me and grabbed me by the coat colar. He pulled me to his face. "NEEDLE-NOSE! YOU KNEW ALL THIS TIME THERE WERE CLONES OF KNIVES AND DIDN'T TELL US?!?!"

"umm... yea.." I answered. Oh boy. he was going to kill me.

"YOU IDIOT!" He said, putting me in a head lock. He started to tighten the hold. "How could you keep that kind of information from me? Huh? I don't care who's kid you are! If you ever keep that kind of information away from me again I'll shoot you! Got it?"

"I got it! I got it!" I said, trying to squeeze out of his hold. His tighten his grip on me. "AWW! MERCY! MERCY! MERCY!"

Wolfwood finally let go of me. I fell to the ground with swirls in my eyes.

Everyone had a huge sweatdrop on the back of their head.

"It's hard to believe he's Vash.." Ace said. "wait.. didn't you refer to Vash as someone else? If he isn't Vash.. then who is he?"

"Well, I.. um.. "I started, getting up. I started to rub the back of my neck. "Well.. I'm Vash's Son. Hakura. Pleasure to meet you."

"Vash's Son?! You mean all this time.. I've been going after somone that doesn't have a bounty?!" He yelled at me. Then he started to put me in a strangle hold. "Damm you! Why didn't you tell me sooner?!"

"AWW!! MERCY!!!!!!!!" I screamed.

Milly smiled and looked at Wolfwood. "I think you and Ace would make great friends."

"I guess so." Wolfwood said, taking my chair. I continued to try to get out of the strangle hold Ace was putting me in.

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