Author's note: Ya know the drill, at least I hope you do. Trigun's not
mine. *Vash* you just wish it was Denisuko. I can't say I blame ya
though.after all.who wouldn't want to own me?*Vash gets malleted by a short
woman* Pervert! *Denisuko rolls her eyes* Oy, Meryl, get back to the story,
okay? *The author calmly shoves all the characters back into the story*
Translations: Baka: Idiot. Denisuko tends to call Vash this more than Tongari. Itai: Ow. Pretty much self-explanatory. Yarou: jerk. Also self-explanatory. ¡Ay que hombre! : Man, oh, man! Denisuko uses this phrase whenever she is surprised.
Chapter Two: Educated Guesses Vash shifted uncomfortably. The girl he had saved had some form of telepathy, and it made him nervous. Denisuko sighed a little, and then realized that Vash's shirt was kind of red.
"umm.Vash.either you're bleeding, or I am." Vash blinked and fainted when he saw the gash on Denisuko's arm, which was the source of the blood. "Oh great job Tongari." Denisuko muttered under her breath. She looked around, and realized that her Thomas had run off. "Damnation!" she shouted at the top of her lungs. Vash opened his eyes in a confused way.
"What's wrong?" Denisuko paused from her string of cursing to glare at Vash the same way that Meryl normally did. Vash took note of that and quickly shut up.
"My Thomas is long gone, and I had a first aid kit in my packs, which were on my Thomas. Think about it a bit baka." Vash frowned a little and rolled his eyes.
"We could always take my bike." Denisuko's eyes widened, revealing a hint of aqua hidden by the blue. Vash nodded. "Even though, technically, it is Wolfwood's bike."
"One question.okay, two.who's Wolfwood, and why didn't you say anything about the bike when I went to go find my Thomas?!"
"Wolfwood was a friend of mine. And I didn't know that you were gonna be leaving so soon."
"I'm starting to see why my mom was so violent towards you now.you're infuriating!" Denisuko paced around a little bit.
"if you're done playing Twenty Questions, I've got a few questions for you."
"Like?" Denisuko felt a small smirk starting to grow. Vash took a deep breath.
"Like.why the heck are you wearing contacts? And what the heck were you doing here in the first place? And where's your house so I can get you home in one piece and alive?" Denisuko felt her jaw dropping at all the questions.
"¡Ay que hombre! Slow down! I can only answer one question at a time here!" Denisuko looked Vash in the eye to see if he was kidding about any questions. Much to her dismay, he wasn't.
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"fine.I'm wearing contacts because my mom doesn't want people to think I'm related to some outlaw.I'm here because my grandparents won't let Mom and me stay with them because apparently, I'm 'non-legitimate' which is a load of bull-shit.and my aunt's house is about twenty iles east of here." She sighed. Vash looked at her with concern.
"why are you considered 'Non-legitimate?'" Denisuko frowned, not sure if she could trust Vash. She decided to take a leap of faith and hoped that she wouldn't get shot in the back, so to speak.
"Because my father left my mom and me when I was four. I know I'm legit because I remember the wedding. I can even tell you what color of napkins there were." Denisuko smiled a bit at the memory. "But apparently, my word's not good enough for my grandparents.the bastards." Denisuko practically spit the last word out. //wow.I've never told anybody about it.but for some reason.\\ [I feel better.] Vash nodded a little.
"I'm willing to bet that getting all that off of your chest feels better than keeping it all inside." Denisuko nodded.
"Maybe we should be going.it is getting late.and I can tell from here that the first sun is already beginning to set." Vash's eyes widened a little, as a quick breeze caused his overly long hair to move a little.
"What do you mean 'we'?" Denisuko smirked a little, causing Vash to take a step back. "Oh no you don't! I'm not gonna face Meryl's wrath again!" Denisuko blinked in confusion.
"We could always say that you're not from around here.. And I did overhear my mom and Aunt Milly talking about how I need a better education.soooo." Vash shook his head.
"Not gonna happen. I'm not some tutor from a college."
"I never said that.I was gonna suggest that you act like a travelling teacher.that way.Mom wouldn't recognize you, and you could have a better place to stay than out in the desert." //plus I could ask you a few questions about your past.\\ Denisuko smiled sweetly. Vash sighed. The offer of a nice place to stay was tempting, and he could get some more credentials as a teacher by going with Denisuko.
"Alright.I'm convinced. Cept.how are we gonna fool Meryl?" Denisuko sat down and thought about the problem for a moment. That's when she spotted her backpack from the city of Augusta. Her eyes widened and sparkled.
"That's it!" Vash jumped slightly.
"Ummm.what is?" Denisuko quickly jumped down from where she and Vash were and retrieved her pack. She pulled out a box of some kind. Vash watched her curiously.
"pure and simple.we just have to change the color of your hair. I bought some hair dye when I was in Augusta. That should be enough.although.I can think of a few things that you could do to fool Mom even more."
"Like..?"
"Well.for one thing.you could fake a British accent.that'd fool Milly at the very least."
".Alright.alright.just so long as I don't have to make any permanent changes to my appearance."
A half an hour later, the sound of a motorcycle could be heard swiftly approaching the house where Meryl was. The bike pulled to a stop near the front door, and Denisuko got off. The first thing Meryl noticed about Denisuko was that Denisuko was badly shaking.
"Denisuko! Are you alright? What happened to you?! And who's this?!" Meryl asked all of these questions in one breath. Her last question was directed at Vash. Vash took a deep breath, and in the accent that he had practiced, he calmly answered Meryl's questions.
"Madam, calm yourself. Your daughter got caught in the crossfire of two rival gangs of bounty hunters, who were after Vash the Stampede. She was mistaken for someone named Slash the Stampede." Meryl looked as though she was going to faint.
"Wait.you never answered my last question! Who the hell are you?! And why the hell did Denisuko come back with you?!" Vash took a deep breath.
"My name is Mark Eriks. I'm a teacher at the high school level, and I was on my way to the city of September, when I met your daughter. The bounty hunters knocked her off of the cliff face and I happened to be the one who kept her from becoming a splat on the rocks."
"I really, really wish that Milly had decided to buy carpet." Meryl chose that moment to faint, but she didn't land on the floor due to the fact that Vash caught her quickly.
Okay. That chapter took me a little while to finish. But I hope you guys liked it. I kept having bouts of writer's block. *Denisuko the character glares at the writer* "What?! Am I not good enough to write about anymore?!" *Vash comes over and offers Denisuko a doughnut and they go off stage right* Well.that was odd.*the author facefaults* Anyhoo..review!
Translations: Baka: Idiot. Denisuko tends to call Vash this more than Tongari. Itai: Ow. Pretty much self-explanatory. Yarou: jerk. Also self-explanatory. ¡Ay que hombre! : Man, oh, man! Denisuko uses this phrase whenever she is surprised.
Chapter Two: Educated Guesses Vash shifted uncomfortably. The girl he had saved had some form of telepathy, and it made him nervous. Denisuko sighed a little, and then realized that Vash's shirt was kind of red.
"umm.Vash.either you're bleeding, or I am." Vash blinked and fainted when he saw the gash on Denisuko's arm, which was the source of the blood. "Oh great job Tongari." Denisuko muttered under her breath. She looked around, and realized that her Thomas had run off. "Damnation!" she shouted at the top of her lungs. Vash opened his eyes in a confused way.
"What's wrong?" Denisuko paused from her string of cursing to glare at Vash the same way that Meryl normally did. Vash took note of that and quickly shut up.
"My Thomas is long gone, and I had a first aid kit in my packs, which were on my Thomas. Think about it a bit baka." Vash frowned a little and rolled his eyes.
"We could always take my bike." Denisuko's eyes widened, revealing a hint of aqua hidden by the blue. Vash nodded. "Even though, technically, it is Wolfwood's bike."
"One question.okay, two.who's Wolfwood, and why didn't you say anything about the bike when I went to go find my Thomas?!"
"Wolfwood was a friend of mine. And I didn't know that you were gonna be leaving so soon."
"I'm starting to see why my mom was so violent towards you now.you're infuriating!" Denisuko paced around a little bit.
"if you're done playing Twenty Questions, I've got a few questions for you."
"Like?" Denisuko felt a small smirk starting to grow. Vash took a deep breath.
"Like.why the heck are you wearing contacts? And what the heck were you doing here in the first place? And where's your house so I can get you home in one piece and alive?" Denisuko felt her jaw dropping at all the questions.
"¡Ay que hombre! Slow down! I can only answer one question at a time here!" Denisuko looked Vash in the eye to see if he was kidding about any questions. Much to her dismay, he wasn't.
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"fine.I'm wearing contacts because my mom doesn't want people to think I'm related to some outlaw.I'm here because my grandparents won't let Mom and me stay with them because apparently, I'm 'non-legitimate' which is a load of bull-shit.and my aunt's house is about twenty iles east of here." She sighed. Vash looked at her with concern.
"why are you considered 'Non-legitimate?'" Denisuko frowned, not sure if she could trust Vash. She decided to take a leap of faith and hoped that she wouldn't get shot in the back, so to speak.
"Because my father left my mom and me when I was four. I know I'm legit because I remember the wedding. I can even tell you what color of napkins there were." Denisuko smiled a bit at the memory. "But apparently, my word's not good enough for my grandparents.the bastards." Denisuko practically spit the last word out. //wow.I've never told anybody about it.but for some reason.\\ [I feel better.] Vash nodded a little.
"I'm willing to bet that getting all that off of your chest feels better than keeping it all inside." Denisuko nodded.
"Maybe we should be going.it is getting late.and I can tell from here that the first sun is already beginning to set." Vash's eyes widened a little, as a quick breeze caused his overly long hair to move a little.
"What do you mean 'we'?" Denisuko smirked a little, causing Vash to take a step back. "Oh no you don't! I'm not gonna face Meryl's wrath again!" Denisuko blinked in confusion.
"We could always say that you're not from around here.. And I did overhear my mom and Aunt Milly talking about how I need a better education.soooo." Vash shook his head.
"Not gonna happen. I'm not some tutor from a college."
"I never said that.I was gonna suggest that you act like a travelling teacher.that way.Mom wouldn't recognize you, and you could have a better place to stay than out in the desert." //plus I could ask you a few questions about your past.\\ Denisuko smiled sweetly. Vash sighed. The offer of a nice place to stay was tempting, and he could get some more credentials as a teacher by going with Denisuko.
"Alright.I'm convinced. Cept.how are we gonna fool Meryl?" Denisuko sat down and thought about the problem for a moment. That's when she spotted her backpack from the city of Augusta. Her eyes widened and sparkled.
"That's it!" Vash jumped slightly.
"Ummm.what is?" Denisuko quickly jumped down from where she and Vash were and retrieved her pack. She pulled out a box of some kind. Vash watched her curiously.
"pure and simple.we just have to change the color of your hair. I bought some hair dye when I was in Augusta. That should be enough.although.I can think of a few things that you could do to fool Mom even more."
"Like..?"
"Well.for one thing.you could fake a British accent.that'd fool Milly at the very least."
".Alright.alright.just so long as I don't have to make any permanent changes to my appearance."
A half an hour later, the sound of a motorcycle could be heard swiftly approaching the house where Meryl was. The bike pulled to a stop near the front door, and Denisuko got off. The first thing Meryl noticed about Denisuko was that Denisuko was badly shaking.
"Denisuko! Are you alright? What happened to you?! And who's this?!" Meryl asked all of these questions in one breath. Her last question was directed at Vash. Vash took a deep breath, and in the accent that he had practiced, he calmly answered Meryl's questions.
"Madam, calm yourself. Your daughter got caught in the crossfire of two rival gangs of bounty hunters, who were after Vash the Stampede. She was mistaken for someone named Slash the Stampede." Meryl looked as though she was going to faint.
"Wait.you never answered my last question! Who the hell are you?! And why the hell did Denisuko come back with you?!" Vash took a deep breath.
"My name is Mark Eriks. I'm a teacher at the high school level, and I was on my way to the city of September, when I met your daughter. The bounty hunters knocked her off of the cliff face and I happened to be the one who kept her from becoming a splat on the rocks."
"I really, really wish that Milly had decided to buy carpet." Meryl chose that moment to faint, but she didn't land on the floor due to the fact that Vash caught her quickly.
Okay. That chapter took me a little while to finish. But I hope you guys liked it. I kept having bouts of writer's block. *Denisuko the character glares at the writer* "What?! Am I not good enough to write about anymore?!" *Vash comes over and offers Denisuko a doughnut and they go off stage right* Well.that was odd.*the author facefaults* Anyhoo..review!