I don't own Trigun. Get off my back.
Facing It
Ryu shot upright in her bed. Rays of light came through her blinds and birds could be heard singing outside the window.
Vash was asleep in a chair across the room, Nick next to him. Of course, Ryu had no idea who these people were. And in the bed next to hers, was the sleeping form of her sister.
Ryu could only see the top part of her face, but it had to be her. After so long, she couldn't help but to look at every face if there was the slightest chance of it being Iris. She stepped cautiously over to the women's bedside, and sure enough, it was her. After all her years of searching. Her sister was back. Ryu fell to her knees beside the bed and cried. "I'm sorry."
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"Vash! Don't you walk out on us again!" Nick yelled at Vash's receding form.
"I need to find something. I. I might come back. And I only cause problems for you all anyhow."
"Vash, please! We all want you here! Nobody wants you to leave. If not for you, Iris might never have been reunited with Ryu, what about that? That wasn't a problem you caused for us. Please. Don't go." Meryl trailed off. Milly put her hand on Meryl's shoulder for support.
"Mr. Vash, you are like family to us. We are one big, odd-ball family. And that's the way I like it. And I think we just got two new members. You can't leave now. We are family. You can't walk out on family. I still write to mine. I would never let them go. They mean the world to me."
Milly had a passionate way of talking about the things that really meant something to her. And it was evident that she did not want the outlaw to leave.
Iris spoke up. "Vash! You're a coward! All these people here put their own feelings on the line to make you feel happy. To be friends with you! But you just want to leave them, afraid that if you stay, they will all get hurt. Well, if you go, you'll hurt us worse than any bullet could. You just want to run away from your problems. And, I see now, you can't. You can never escape them, until you confront them. And Vash, you never lose by loving, you lose by holding back."
Iris turned away from the startled Vash, then proceeded to walk back to the Inn.
Vash looked down at his feet, ashamed of his selfishness. "I just don't know anymore. How can I face it. How can I face him."
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"So what do you plan on doing then." Nick sat in a chair in Ryu's room. She was busy taking food and such and putting it into a small backpack that she carried. He was smoking a cigarette, and the smoke whirled around his face in the fading light.
"I need to stop. I just need to go back, and do some things over. And I'm afraid, Nick, that I don't know how. But I know that somehow I have to make it better. All these things. I need to make it better. But...I....I....don't know how. Please help me." Ryu collapsed in heap to the side of her bed, her arms resting on the mattress, and her face buried in her chest.
Nick put his cigarette out, then squatted down beside Ryu, he draped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer. "Hey, don't cry. I'll help you anyway I can. I'll always be here for you. You know that. You can always come to me."
Ryu sobbed louder and threw her arms around Nicks waist, letting the tears run steadily down her cheek. Nick held onto her, his chin resting on her head. He sighed, then smiled. He would always help her. He loved her too much to say no to her.
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"Iris! Iris! Where are you?" Vash called searching the room of the Inn that Iris had been staying in earlier.
He found her packing away clothes.
"You can't leave. You can't leave the family Iris. I didn't. And you can't either."
Iris smiled, trying to stay light-hearted, when there was obviously something deeper that hurt her. "I'm not leaving the family. I promise I'll come back," she sung the pack over her shoulders, avoiding Vash's eyes, "just think of it as if I'm away at summer camp. I shouldn't be gone long. I just have to face my problem. And Vash, I stopped you today from leaving because I had a feeling you wouldn't come back."
Vash stared ahead. Not looking at anything. Iris was unsure if he had even heard her.
"Yeah, I'll come back. But I won't leave until you come home. I won't leave unless I know that you're safe. And that you can keep the rest of the family safe."
Vash grinned. Iris smiled back. She took a few hazy steps forward. Then wrapped her arms around Vash.
"Then this is goodbye," she mumbled into his chest.
"Yeah." He reached down and lifted her chin to his face. They kissed.
Facing It
Ryu shot upright in her bed. Rays of light came through her blinds and birds could be heard singing outside the window.
Vash was asleep in a chair across the room, Nick next to him. Of course, Ryu had no idea who these people were. And in the bed next to hers, was the sleeping form of her sister.
Ryu could only see the top part of her face, but it had to be her. After so long, she couldn't help but to look at every face if there was the slightest chance of it being Iris. She stepped cautiously over to the women's bedside, and sure enough, it was her. After all her years of searching. Her sister was back. Ryu fell to her knees beside the bed and cried. "I'm sorry."
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"Vash! Don't you walk out on us again!" Nick yelled at Vash's receding form.
"I need to find something. I. I might come back. And I only cause problems for you all anyhow."
"Vash, please! We all want you here! Nobody wants you to leave. If not for you, Iris might never have been reunited with Ryu, what about that? That wasn't a problem you caused for us. Please. Don't go." Meryl trailed off. Milly put her hand on Meryl's shoulder for support.
"Mr. Vash, you are like family to us. We are one big, odd-ball family. And that's the way I like it. And I think we just got two new members. You can't leave now. We are family. You can't walk out on family. I still write to mine. I would never let them go. They mean the world to me."
Milly had a passionate way of talking about the things that really meant something to her. And it was evident that she did not want the outlaw to leave.
Iris spoke up. "Vash! You're a coward! All these people here put their own feelings on the line to make you feel happy. To be friends with you! But you just want to leave them, afraid that if you stay, they will all get hurt. Well, if you go, you'll hurt us worse than any bullet could. You just want to run away from your problems. And, I see now, you can't. You can never escape them, until you confront them. And Vash, you never lose by loving, you lose by holding back."
Iris turned away from the startled Vash, then proceeded to walk back to the Inn.
Vash looked down at his feet, ashamed of his selfishness. "I just don't know anymore. How can I face it. How can I face him."
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"So what do you plan on doing then." Nick sat in a chair in Ryu's room. She was busy taking food and such and putting it into a small backpack that she carried. He was smoking a cigarette, and the smoke whirled around his face in the fading light.
"I need to stop. I just need to go back, and do some things over. And I'm afraid, Nick, that I don't know how. But I know that somehow I have to make it better. All these things. I need to make it better. But...I....I....don't know how. Please help me." Ryu collapsed in heap to the side of her bed, her arms resting on the mattress, and her face buried in her chest.
Nick put his cigarette out, then squatted down beside Ryu, he draped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer. "Hey, don't cry. I'll help you anyway I can. I'll always be here for you. You know that. You can always come to me."
Ryu sobbed louder and threw her arms around Nicks waist, letting the tears run steadily down her cheek. Nick held onto her, his chin resting on her head. He sighed, then smiled. He would always help her. He loved her too much to say no to her.
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"Iris! Iris! Where are you?" Vash called searching the room of the Inn that Iris had been staying in earlier.
He found her packing away clothes.
"You can't leave. You can't leave the family Iris. I didn't. And you can't either."
Iris smiled, trying to stay light-hearted, when there was obviously something deeper that hurt her. "I'm not leaving the family. I promise I'll come back," she sung the pack over her shoulders, avoiding Vash's eyes, "just think of it as if I'm away at summer camp. I shouldn't be gone long. I just have to face my problem. And Vash, I stopped you today from leaving because I had a feeling you wouldn't come back."
Vash stared ahead. Not looking at anything. Iris was unsure if he had even heard her.
"Yeah, I'll come back. But I won't leave until you come home. I won't leave unless I know that you're safe. And that you can keep the rest of the family safe."
Vash grinned. Iris smiled back. She took a few hazy steps forward. Then wrapped her arms around Vash.
"Then this is goodbye," she mumbled into his chest.
"Yeah." He reached down and lifted her chin to his face. They kissed.