Chapter Three; The Departure
Milly walked in front of Vash as they walked pass the clerk in the hotel, so that he wouldn't notice Meryl. They made it up to the room. Milly opened the door for Vash. Vash laid Meryl on his bed.
'Good, the bullet paced right through.' Vash thought.
Milly came around and handed Vash some towels. He lifted Meryl's shirt half way above stomach so it still covered her chest. (Come on people don't think that way.) Vash grabbed two towels and placed them gently against Meryl's wound. He propped her waist up and wrapped another towel around her to hold the others in place.
"Mr. Vash will Meryl be alright?" Milly worried.
"Yes, when she wakes up." He answered. "You should get some rest Milly I have the feeling that it's going to be a busy day for you two tomorrow."
"But, what about . . ."
"I'll be fine." He reassured.
"Okay." She said. She sat on her bed staring at Vash. Vash rested his hand on Meryl's, and put his head down. Milly turned off the light and laid down and was out for the night. Vash waited till she was dead asleep. He got up and gathered his things together and switched back to his clean red jacket. He wrote a note and placed it on the table next to Meryl.
He stood next to Meryl, and then bent down on his knees. He moved her bangs out of her face. Vash began to softly cry tears of sorrow. He leaned over and kissed He on the lips then her forehead. He stood back up and covered her with a blanket.
"Good-bye you guys," Vash cried, he wiped the tears from his eyes, "I'll miss you."
He slung his bag over his shoulder and walked out the door, out of town and out of their life.
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The Next Morning;
The sun blazed through the hotel window onto Milly. Milly stirred a bit then decided to get up. She grabbed some clothes and took a shower after she was done and was fully awake she sat down next to Meryl.
Meryl opened her eyes very slowly, adjusting to the brightness in the room.
"Good morning Meryl." Milly greeted.
"Yeah," Meryl responded. She slowly sat up, so she wouldn't open her wound back up.
"Are you feeling okay?" Milly asked.
"Yes, thanks." Meryl said.
Milly glanced on the table and saw the letter left by Vash. Meryl looked around the room.
"Hey," she said, "where's Vash?"
"I don't know." Milly answered. She reached for the letter and read what it said.
"What's that?" Meryl asked.
"It . . . It's a letter from Mr. Vash." Milly sobbed.
"What does it say?" Meryl asked.
"It says, "To Meryl, I am truly sorry for what I did last night. I don't now what came over me. By the time you read this I'll be long gone. I'm leaving because I don't want to cause you any more harm. I would prefer that you don't follow me. It would be best at least until I figure out what's wrong with me. I hope you feel better. Always, Vash. P.S. I'll forever love you." Milly said.
A tear ran down Meryl's cheek.
"That idiot." She laughed.
In the city of Marea;
Vash walked through the streets of Marea to find a local tavern. The morning air was unusually crisp. The wind blew through his hair, his jacket swung delicately back to were it originally was. Vash adjusted the strap on his bag and glanced down one of the alleys.
He stopped walking and starred at the figures he saw down the alley. One was a man, tall and muscular. While the other was a young girl of, what looked about, seventeen.
"Come on, babe." Vash heard the man say.
"I said NO!!" she yelled. The man grabbed her arm and swung her against the alley wall. Vash slowly started to get angry. The tall man grabbed the girls face and kissed her. She pulled back.
"You pig." She yelled. She tightened her fist and socked him in the nose. Breaking it of course. The man let go of her and fell to the floor clutching his nose in pain. The girl ran down the alley and noticed that Vash was standing there.
The man reached for the gun he hid.
"You'll pay for that, girly." He stated.
The girl ran up to Vash, grabbing his jacket.
"Sir, please help me?" she pleaded. Vash looked down at her. She was really beautiful, that's probably the reason the guy wanted her. Vash nodded his head and calmly stepped in the way of fire.
"Get out of the way, if you know what's good for ya." The man yelled.
"You will not harm this young lady." Vash argued.
The man stood up and aimed the gun at Vash. Vash drew his gun out and aimed it at the man. The girl clenched the back of Vash's jacket in fear.
"Don't worry I'll protect you." Vash reassured.
"So, what's the name of the man I'm about to kill?" the man asked.
"None of your business." He commented. Vash pulled the trigger shooting the gun out of the man's hand.
The man franticly ran down the other half of the alley screaming.
Vash put his gun back in his holster and started walking away from the girl.
She called after him. She ran up next to Vash. "My name's Lily. I really appreciate what you did back there, I'm in your debt."
Vash just kept walking.
"Just name it I'll do anything, you want to return the favor." She pleaded.
"I have barely any money for a room at the hotel here. And I don't know anybody here." Vash stated.
"Then you can stay with me as long as you'd like. I have an extra room anyways."
"I'm a complete stranger to you and you will still let me into your home?" he asked.
"Well, my big brother always told me that kindness should be reward no matter who it is." She said.
"Thank you, for your hospitality." Vash smiled.
"So what is your name?" she asked politely.
Vash hesitated before answering her. "My name is, Vash, the stampede."
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WASN'T THAT TEAR JERKING (softly cries) THE LAST CHAPTER IS HERE!!!
Milly walked in front of Vash as they walked pass the clerk in the hotel, so that he wouldn't notice Meryl. They made it up to the room. Milly opened the door for Vash. Vash laid Meryl on his bed.
'Good, the bullet paced right through.' Vash thought.
Milly came around and handed Vash some towels. He lifted Meryl's shirt half way above stomach so it still covered her chest. (Come on people don't think that way.) Vash grabbed two towels and placed them gently against Meryl's wound. He propped her waist up and wrapped another towel around her to hold the others in place.
"Mr. Vash will Meryl be alright?" Milly worried.
"Yes, when she wakes up." He answered. "You should get some rest Milly I have the feeling that it's going to be a busy day for you two tomorrow."
"But, what about . . ."
"I'll be fine." He reassured.
"Okay." She said. She sat on her bed staring at Vash. Vash rested his hand on Meryl's, and put his head down. Milly turned off the light and laid down and was out for the night. Vash waited till she was dead asleep. He got up and gathered his things together and switched back to his clean red jacket. He wrote a note and placed it on the table next to Meryl.
He stood next to Meryl, and then bent down on his knees. He moved her bangs out of her face. Vash began to softly cry tears of sorrow. He leaned over and kissed He on the lips then her forehead. He stood back up and covered her with a blanket.
"Good-bye you guys," Vash cried, he wiped the tears from his eyes, "I'll miss you."
He slung his bag over his shoulder and walked out the door, out of town and out of their life.
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The Next Morning;
The sun blazed through the hotel window onto Milly. Milly stirred a bit then decided to get up. She grabbed some clothes and took a shower after she was done and was fully awake she sat down next to Meryl.
Meryl opened her eyes very slowly, adjusting to the brightness in the room.
"Good morning Meryl." Milly greeted.
"Yeah," Meryl responded. She slowly sat up, so she wouldn't open her wound back up.
"Are you feeling okay?" Milly asked.
"Yes, thanks." Meryl said.
Milly glanced on the table and saw the letter left by Vash. Meryl looked around the room.
"Hey," she said, "where's Vash?"
"I don't know." Milly answered. She reached for the letter and read what it said.
"What's that?" Meryl asked.
"It . . . It's a letter from Mr. Vash." Milly sobbed.
"What does it say?" Meryl asked.
"It says, "To Meryl, I am truly sorry for what I did last night. I don't now what came over me. By the time you read this I'll be long gone. I'm leaving because I don't want to cause you any more harm. I would prefer that you don't follow me. It would be best at least until I figure out what's wrong with me. I hope you feel better. Always, Vash. P.S. I'll forever love you." Milly said.
A tear ran down Meryl's cheek.
"That idiot." She laughed.
In the city of Marea;
Vash walked through the streets of Marea to find a local tavern. The morning air was unusually crisp. The wind blew through his hair, his jacket swung delicately back to were it originally was. Vash adjusted the strap on his bag and glanced down one of the alleys.
He stopped walking and starred at the figures he saw down the alley. One was a man, tall and muscular. While the other was a young girl of, what looked about, seventeen.
"Come on, babe." Vash heard the man say.
"I said NO!!" she yelled. The man grabbed her arm and swung her against the alley wall. Vash slowly started to get angry. The tall man grabbed the girls face and kissed her. She pulled back.
"You pig." She yelled. She tightened her fist and socked him in the nose. Breaking it of course. The man let go of her and fell to the floor clutching his nose in pain. The girl ran down the alley and noticed that Vash was standing there.
The man reached for the gun he hid.
"You'll pay for that, girly." He stated.
The girl ran up to Vash, grabbing his jacket.
"Sir, please help me?" she pleaded. Vash looked down at her. She was really beautiful, that's probably the reason the guy wanted her. Vash nodded his head and calmly stepped in the way of fire.
"Get out of the way, if you know what's good for ya." The man yelled.
"You will not harm this young lady." Vash argued.
The man stood up and aimed the gun at Vash. Vash drew his gun out and aimed it at the man. The girl clenched the back of Vash's jacket in fear.
"Don't worry I'll protect you." Vash reassured.
"So, what's the name of the man I'm about to kill?" the man asked.
"None of your business." He commented. Vash pulled the trigger shooting the gun out of the man's hand.
The man franticly ran down the other half of the alley screaming.
Vash put his gun back in his holster and started walking away from the girl.
She called after him. She ran up next to Vash. "My name's Lily. I really appreciate what you did back there, I'm in your debt."
Vash just kept walking.
"Just name it I'll do anything, you want to return the favor." She pleaded.
"I have barely any money for a room at the hotel here. And I don't know anybody here." Vash stated.
"Then you can stay with me as long as you'd like. I have an extra room anyways."
"I'm a complete stranger to you and you will still let me into your home?" he asked.
"Well, my big brother always told me that kindness should be reward no matter who it is." She said.
"Thank you, for your hospitality." Vash smiled.
"So what is your name?" she asked politely.
Vash hesitated before answering her. "My name is, Vash, the stampede."
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WASN'T THAT TEAR JERKING (softly cries) THE LAST CHAPTER IS HERE!!!