Twinge of Pain
Amaru abruptly snapped her eyes open and saw two women looming over her with concerned looks on their face. Amaru sat up as the two women moved out of the way and looked around.
"Where am I?" Amaru asked staring at the tall women with golden brown hair and blue eyes.
"Your home." She answered with a smile.
"That's not what she means. Your at our house not to far from town." The one with short dark blue hair and gray blue eyes said. She was shorter than the other woman was. Amaru sat up in the bed she realized she was in and looked at both of them.
"Who are you two?" Amaru asked switching her gaze left to right.
"Oh, I'm Meryl and this is Millie." The woman with dark blue hair said pointing to her and the tall women with blue eyes next to her. Nightingale only nodded her head.
"What's your name? Knives brought you in here last night but didn't tell us your name." The one named Millie said. Nightingale couldn't decide whether to tell them her real name or the name people call her. She stared at both of them for a couple of seconds before answering.
"A-Amaru." She said. She didn't know why she just told them her real name maybe it was because that girl Millie reminded her of her sister. That had to be it.
"What a beautiful name." Millie said as Meryl nodded her head in agreement.
"Thank you." Amaru said moving off the bed and getting to her feet.
"You must be hungry, I'll breakfast. I'll go and make you a plate of bacon an eggs, do you want toast?" Meryl asked walking out of the room through the door.
"Yes, thank you." Amaru said. Millie walked out as well leaving Amaru by herself.
Amaru looked around the room and saw her black cloak, Guitar case, and her sword in a corner. All she was wearing under her black cloak was tight black pants with black boots. Her dark blue turtleneck shirt was sleeveless. She walked over to the door and stopped at the center of the door. She saw a couch with three men sitting on it talking; a chair was across from it with Millie sitting on it talking with them as well. Two of the men she recognized from the bar. She figured this room was the living room and spotted another door to her left. It was op and she could see Meryl washing a plate and setting it on a table. Amaru looked at the four people to make sure they hadn't seen her and started to make her way towards the kitchen very quietly as to not catch their attention. She was almost there when she heard someone call her name.
"Hey, Amaru!" She recognized the voice to be Millie. She didn't turn around but stood there frozen. She felt somewhat defeated.
"Yes, Millie?" Amaru asked with her back turned.
"Where are you going?" She heard Millie ask.
"Oh, umm… I was going to ask Meryl something." Amaru answered feeling a little nervous, as she was now the center of attention.
"Oh okay." Millie replied. Amaru sighed with relieve. She was so glad she didn't want her to introduce herself to the three men.
"Oh, wait Amaru, I haven't introduced you to Vash, Knives, and Mr. Priest." Amaru heard Millie say. Spoke too soon. Amaru thought.
"Ohh… you just did. See ya." Amaru said and ran into the kitchen where she saw Meryl putting scrambled eggs on six plates. Meryl must have heard her coming because she looked up and smile as Amaru came in.
"I see you've met the others." Meryl said.
"Not really." Amaru said with a sigh.
"Oh, well breakfast is ready." She said and handed Amaru a plate of bacon and eggs and a paper towel with toast. Amaru quickly ate the toast and gobbled down the eggs and bacon. She handed the plate back to Meryl who stared in surprise.
"Thanks that was delicious. I thank you for your hospitality." Amaru said smiling for the first time.
"Your welcome. You can stay as long as you like, if you want." Meryl said.
"Really? Thank you so much." Amaru said with tears welling up in her eyes. She ran back to the room passing the living room where she saw Millie talking to the three guys about something. She quickly walked into the room and lifted up her guitar she wrapped the guitar strap around her shoulder. As she ran out the door she banged her head against someone's chest. Amaru looked up and saw it was the man that shot the huge man named Geo. She didn't get a good look at him when she passed out in the bar, but from how close she was near him she could. He had light blonde hair with blue eyes and short spiky hair he and was a foot taller than she was. Something about him she didn't like but she couldn't quite figure it out what it was some.
"Oh, sorry." Amaru apologized walking around him with a slight blush on her face. She walked into the living room to see what Millie was doing and saw her still talking. Millie stopped talking when she saw Amaru with a guitar over shoulder.
"Oh, Amaru. You know how to play a guitar?" Millie asked looking at Amaru than the guitar.
"Yes." Amaru answered.
"Wow, do you think you could play for us?" Millie asked with her eyes shimmered with joy like a child's.
"Umm…sure." Amaru replied and sat down on the chair that Millie was sitting at before. As she sat down she pulled the guitar out in front of her. She thought for a second what song she could sing for them that wasn't sad. She began to play her guitar and sang.
I was lost
And you were found
You seemed to stand on solid ground
I was weak
And you were strong
And me and my guitar,
We strummed along, oh
Sweet misery you cause me
That's what you called me
Sweet misery you cause me
I was blind
But oh, how you could see
You saw the beauty in everything
Everything and me
I would cry
And you would smile
You'd stay with me a little while
Sweet misery you cause me
That's what you called me
Sweet misery you cause me
And in my heart I see, oh
What you're doing to me
And in my heart I see, oh
Just how you wanted it to be
Sweet misery
Oh, whoa
Sweet misery you cause me
That's what you called me
Sweet misery you cause me
And in my heart I see, oh
What you're doing to me
And in my heart I see, oh
Just how you wanted it to be
Sweet misery
I was weak
And you were strong
And me and my guitar,
We strummed along
Amaru said the last words with an echoed tone of voice. She heard claps and saw the three men clap and heard another clap from behind her to see Meryl. She looked over to Millie and saw her eyes filled with tears. Amaru was taken back by the woman's change in emotion.
"Amaru, that was so beautiful and sad." Millie said.
"Uha." A man said from on the couch with tears streaming down his cheeks. He had turquoise eyes and blonde hair that was darker than the man she bumped into did.
"I'm sorry. I should stop singing such songs." Amaru said with an apology.
"Its okay. I really liked it." Millie sniffed wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Oh, You guys, breakfast is ready." As soon as Meryl said that Millie and the three men ran to the kitchen faster than a blink of an eye. Amaru and were the only ones left in the living room. Meryl blinked a couple of times in surprise.
"I think they set a new record." Amaru said with a grin.
"I think you're right." Meryl replied with a nervous laugh.
"So tell me, who's who?" Amaru asked.
"Well, Vash is the man in the red coat, Knives is the one with the black jacket on and Mr. Wolfwood is the one with the dark blue suit on." Meryl said pointing to each guy at the table.
"Oh, okay." Amaru said nodding her head.
"Amaru, could you do me a favor?" Meryl asked with a smile.
"Of coarse." She answered.
"Could you go to town and pick up these things on the list. Here's the money." Meryl said handing her a sheet of paper and hundred and fifty double dollars. Amaru nodded her head and went to the room to tie her sheathed sword around her waist. She came back out of the room wearing her black coat and her sword at her side. The cloak covered the sword so you could barely see it. Her hood was down and she had her light blue hair braided, which fell to her waist. She no longer cared who saw her face in fact she wouldn't even mind.
"I'll be back in probably twenty minutes." Amaru said and ran out the front door.
She looked around the huge town for a grocery store that Meryl describe on the sheet of paper. People were running from here to there, some kids played a game of tag while others watched with cheerful faces. She spotted a store to her right that Meryl had described and walked over to it. Walking inside she saw an elderly man sitting on a chair reading a newspaper behind the counter. She looked around the store and grabbed a little casket and walked over to the shelves with food lined on each side. Amaru read the list and started searching for the items.
The first thing that was on the list was pudding. Amaru searched the shelves and found pudding. Reading the list she grabbed twenty things of pudding and placed it in the basket. The second thing on the list was three boxes of donuts. She spotted the boxes of donuts on the shelf behind her. Grabbing the two boxes she placed them in the basket. Third on the list was six bottles of beer. She walked all the way down to the end of the shelf and grabbed six of the bottles of beer and scanned the list for the last item, which read bottles of water. She searched the shelves and found ten bottles. She found them in the shelf over next her. When she checked her basket to make sure she had everything she needed and went over to the counter and set the basket on top of the counter and rang the little bell to gain the elderly man's attention. He dropped his newspaper with a bored expression and checked the items over and turned to a cash register and ranged the items price up and turned back to Amaru.
"That will be ninety five double dollars." He said. Amaru handed him the money. He placed the items in a brown paper bag. Amaru thanked the man and walked out of the store carrying the brown bag in her arms. She walked down the road of the town heading back to Meryl's home when she felt like someone watching her. She whirled around and saw no one and continued to walk. She reached the house just as Knives walked out. She avoided his gaze and continued to walk to the front door. She opened the front door and walked in.
Meryl was typing on the some sort of typewriter in the kitchen on the table and saw Vash passed out on the couch. Wolf wood sitting in the chair reading a bible with Millie reading it with him. Amaru placed the brown bag next to Meryl on the table and left to go to the room and take a nap. She placed her guitar in the corner of the room along with her sword and black cloak. She walked over to the bed and passed out.