Back where Dark Vash was, a fight was about to begin. Wolf Wood and Knives both held up their guns, pointing them at their enemy. About to fire, Meryl ran in front of Nikki and Knives. "STOP IT!" Meryl yelled. Just then, The Dark Vash dropped his gun. He then put his hands on his head and started to scream in pain. "What is wrong?! Wait, Can it be?!? I was created from the real Vash meaning that I'm like him, with his mind" He thought to himself. He then looked up with an evil glare in his eye. "I'll let you go for now, but once I get rid of this mind and find one that does not try to stop me from fighting, don't expect me to go easy on you" He said while starting to walk away. The Dark Vash then thought to himself "Damn, When the hell will Totoya find others to make me invincible? Just Having Vash's DNA in me isn't good enough!" then he disappeared into the horizon with Knives and Wolfwood watching and looking confused.

"Should we stop him?" Knives asked. Nicolas then looked up at Meryl who was standing in front of him. "Are you alright?" he asked to Meryl. Meryl looked at Wolfwood, forced a smile and nodded.

Milly walked up to Meryl. "I don't that was Mr. Vash, he would never kill anyone" She said putting her hand on Meryl's shoulder and smiling.

Just then Shizuka walked up to Wolfwood, Knives, Meryl and Milly. "Wait, the guy you're looking for is Vash?!? Are you crazy? He'll Kill you!" She exclaimed. Wolfwood walked up in front of Shizuka and faced her. "You wouldn't understand, you never met the guy" he said. Shizuka started to blush. She then grabbed Wolfwood's arm laying her head on him and said "Maybe you're right Nikki! I'm sorry, can you forgive me for saying such bad things about you're friend?". Before Wolfwood could answer, Milly walked over with a angry face on. She then grabbed Wolfwood's other arm and rested her head and said "Shouldn't we get going honey?". This only made Shizuka angry.

Meryl and Knives were watching this. "Do you think we should be following Vash to see where he's going?" Knives said to Meryl. Meryl looked up at Knives. "I agree but, I don't think that's possible, Just look at those guys over there" she said pointing at Wolfwood, Milly and Shizuka. "It looks like Wolfwood has started his own fan club". Meryl then asked "He used to work for you, didn't he?". Knives was silent for about 3 seconds then replied. "You mean Nicolas? Umm, well, Yeah, he did. Why do you ask?. Meryl then replied "Then you would have know that he was shot and didn't make it". Knives sighed. "I know, but what about it?" Meryl then smacked Knives across the head. "What was that for?" Knives asked. "DON'T YOU GET IT?!?" Meryl exclaimed. "When we found Wolfwood in the chapel, he was dead. It's not possible that he can be here in flesh?!? There is something about that girl, Shizuka". Knives nodded "I think you're right" he said quietly. They then both walked over to Shizuka, Nicolas and Milly.

Meryl tapped Shizuka on the shoulder. "May I have a word with you?" she asked quietly. Shizuka nodded and released Wolfwood's arm and because Shizuka and Milly were trying to pull Nicolas towards them, this caused Wolfwood to fall on Milly. "Sorry Nikki!" Shizuka said turning and walking with Meryl and Knives. "What can I do for you?" Shizuka then asked. Meryl stopped walking. "Wolfwood was dead when we found him in the chapel. How is it that now he's alive and well?". Shizuka shrugged and said "I don't know". Knives then said "Who exactly are you, and how is he alive? I know you know, don't give me this ~I don't know crap". Shizuka then turned around and looked at Wolfwood. "Ok. Fine. I'll answer you're questions. My name is Shizuka Kamrio, I am 21 and ever since I can remember, I've been able to heal people". Meryl was shocked to hear this. "I had no idea there was still people like you around!" Meryl said. "How did you know Nicolas was in the chapel and how could you heal him if he was already dead?" Meryl then asked. Shizuka gave a smile. "That's easy. I was walking by a chapel in Augusta City, when I saw Nikki walking up the steps leaving a trail of blood. I decided to follow him inside. I was hiding behind a statue and quietly watched him and when as I was about to go help him, a tall man with blond hair and a red coat entered, went to Nikki realizing he was dead and left to go tell some people , or so I think. Too answer you're other question. I was able to heal him because, when a person dies, their spirit doesn't fully leave the body right away. He may have been dead as in not breathing, no pulse and not being able to move physically, but, his spirit was still active inside his body making it still possible to heal him. Do you understand now?" Shizuka then asked. Knives and Meryl nodded their heads.

Knives walked over to Milly and Wolfwood. "We should go now" Knives said. Knives then turned to Shizuka and Meryl. "Are you ready to go? We should try and catch up to Vash to see what's really going on". Knives then said. As they started to walk Shizuka said "I wonder that Vash meant when he said something about a new mind". Milly replied. "Maybe Mr. Vash is tired of being himself so he wants to be someone else?" she said. Everyone got a good laugh out of that. The group then exited the town.

Vash and Miaku were walking through the forest. "Do you think there are any dangerous animals in this forest?" Miaku asked Vash. Vash laughed and replied. "I don't think so. Besides, I'm here to protect you ok?". Miaku smiled. "OK!" she said. Miaku then grabbed Vash's arm and Leaned her head on him. "I'm glad I ran into someone like you" she said quietly. "That reminds me" Vash said. "I was wondering, Why were you being chased?". Miaku opened her mouth to tell Vash what happened. She stopped and said, My family and I owned a restaurant, and this place was just a rented building, so we paid the real owner monthly. It was normally my parents who cooked the food and paid the man, but about 2-3 months ago, they died and I was left with the store and within those few months, business has been horrible. Those boys are the ones who came in to collect the rent for the building and when they found out I couldn't pay rent for having the building for those months I had it, they attacked. Luckily, I ran into you and you saved my life. I forget whether I said thanks or not but, Thank you". Miaku said looking up at Vash. When she finally looked up at his eyes she noticed that he was crying. With tears in his eyes, said "That is so sad!". Miaku then grabbed Vash's arm and started to walk. "It's alright now, lets get going" she said. Vash nodded and they started too walk.

"you know, you run pretty fast, you have great agility" Vash said to Miaku. Miaku was silent. She blushed and leaned her head on Vash's shoulder. Just then. Vash then suddenly stopped. "Did you hear that?" Vash said. Miaku replied quietly. "It's probably just the wind" she said. They then took a step which released a net from underneath them, catching them and bringing them up into the air.

Vash quietly said to Miaku, "It's ok, I'll get us out". He then tried to release the knife in his boot but is wasn't coming out. "DAMN! DON'T TELL ME TOTOYA TOOK THE KNIFE OUT!" Vash yelled. Vash then lifted his arm which then turned into gun. "Miaku, it's not a very far fall down, I'm going to shoot the rope, are you ok if I do that?" Vash asked. Miaku nodded. "Ok Here we go" Vash said while pressing the trigger on his hand gun. "DAMN! HE ALSO DISABKES MY GUN!" Vash then yelled. Miaku then said in a calm voice. "Maybe we can rip the net?" Miaku said. Vash nodded his head then used all his strength too try and break the rope creating the net. "No use. Maybe someone will come" Vash said. Vash then said "Well, who knows how long we'll be here for. Tell me a little about you're self Miaku". Miaku replied "Ok, well, My name is Miaku Seado. I am 21 and well, I don't know what else to say. Tell me about you're self Vash." Miaku replied. Vash was silent. "All you really need to know is that I'm Vash" he said.

"I think I get it!?!" Vash said. Miaku was confused. "What do you get?" she said. Vash laughed. "Sorry, I've discovered why there was a trap here. Just beyond this forest is the end range of the tracking device, and they don't want me to exit that range and because Totoya is away, they can't keep me at the lab because no one's allowed in the Lab when Totoya's not there. And they know that if I knew if there was a distance where the tracking device would end, They know that I'd try to escape!" Vash exclaimed. Miaku was ever more confused. "What the hell are you talking about?!?" Miaku asked. Vash looked at her and said, "Oh It's nothing ¦I've just figured something out, you don't really need to know".

Just then a couple of men came to the net. "WE'RE SAVED!" Miaku said. "I don't think so" Vash said quietly. "They look like Totoya's workers" Vash thought to himself.

One of the men climbed up to branch where the net was attached. He took out a knife and cut the part tied around the tree branch. The net fell with Vash and Miaku inside. Just before the net hit the ground, Vash moved around in the net so that Miaku landed on him instead of the ground. They landed. Vash gave a small moan of pain. "Vash?!? ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!?" Miaku asked. Vash looked at Miaku and said "Yeah, I'm fine". Miaku then looked at the men who were there. She got on her hands and knees trying to move away (not like she can really get far in a net) from Vash because she didn't want to hurt him anymore. "Could you please get us out of this net? All you did was cut it down, it's still tied in a know at the top and we can't get it" she said. Vash grabbed her arm and pulled Miaku down towards him. "These guys aren't who you think they are, just be quiet" He said too her.

Just then one of the men walked up to them and smirked. "So you've finally discovered why you're here. Well, you may have discovered that but, you don't know what our plan is!" He said. Vash sat up. "I'll go quietly with you, but let her go" he said. The man then squatted down so he was face to face with Vash. "Like I said you have no idea what our plan is". Then, a couple of the other men Cut the net grabbing Miaku and Vash. They then tied their hands behind their backs and then they stared to walk, taking Miaku and Vash with them.

While they were walking, Vash asked "I know Totoya is away so, we can't go to the lab, where are you taking us?". But everyone ignored him. Miaku whispered to Vash. "What are we going to do?" she said. "I'm not really sure, just do what they say for now, we'll figure something out soon" He whispered back.

After a while, they left the forest and entered the desert. Everyone stopped walking and a man up in the front knelt down and opened a door that was buried in the sand. "A hidden hideout" Vash thought to himself. They then started to walk again. They entered the underground base.

The base was all a rusted red colour and very dusty. Right besides the stairs were a bunch of silver bars from the roof to the ground which formed a square with a couple of benches inside. This is where they threw Miaku and Vash in and locked the cell door.

After they put Miaku and Vash in the cage/cell, the men all walked through a door at the back of the room. The closed the door shut. "Now's our chance too escape" Vash said. Miaku turned to Vash. "how?" she asked. Vash sighed and sat on a bench. "I don't know he said". Miaku then went too the side of the cage closest to the room the men went into. Maybe we can hear what their saying!" she said. Vash walked over as quiet as possible to try and hear as well. As they were trying to listen a they heard a voice just outside the cage saying "It's not nice to eavesdrop". Vash and Miaku looked and saw a man who looked like Vash smirking. Miaku went back against the wall standing in the centre trying to get away from him, but Vash stood eye too eye with the dark Vash. The dark Vash then reached his hand through the bars and grabbed Vash from the through pulling Vash towards him. Vash took his hands and tried to release the Dark Vash's grip around his neck. "VASH!" Miaku yelled running up too him from behind.

"So you're Vash, I'm glad I can finally meet the weakling I was created from".

Just then the men came running out of the room. "Oh it's you. We thought the prisoners were trying to escape". One of the men said. The Dark Vash then through Vash down onto the ground on top of Miaku. The Dark Vash then turned and walked over to the men. "Don't worry, they won't escape. And I haven't returned for long, IâEm going out tomorrow" He said with a smirk on his face. The men nodded then they went back inside the room.

The Dark Vash turned to Vash and Miaku. "It was nice meeting you Vash, have a good night" He said in a sarcastic voice. He then walked up the stairs and outside.

Miaku sat up and looked at Vash. "I'm tired, I'll sleep on this bench and you can have that one" she said. Miaku then went over to the bench, laid down and fell asleep.