The Adventures of Chibi-Gun
*Knives is sitting cross-legged on the floor, enthralled with Fooly Cooly, Vash is curled up on the couch reading Trigun Maximun Volume Six, and Shesta is tapping random keys on her laptop.*
Shesta: Long time without an update.
Vash: Yep.
Shesta: Was preparing for Otakon.
Vash: Yep.
Shesta: Now it's over.
Vash: Yep.
Shesta: Putting pictures on my site soon.
Vash: Yep.
Knives: It's so… random and… hypnotizing… It makes no sense and yet… does…
Vash: I can't read Japanese…
Knives: So this is what humans can do…
Shesta: Writer's block…
Vash: I don't even know what my name looks like in Japanese…
Shesta: Where did I leave off…?
Knives: Maybe I can control a small group of humans and make them make more shows like this… Put the scum to use…
Vash: My coat looks funky…
Knives and Shesta: YOSHI!
*Vash falls off of the couch.*
*Knives and Shesta drop what they're doing and run out of the room."
Vash: …….?
Chapter Eight: Reunions
Vash, Meryl, and Remil had made their way off the pile of rubble that once was a town and were now only a yarz or two from the green patch of land. Remil was back in Vash's arms, barely awake and still clinging to the doll she had found in the debris.
"My god…" Meryl gasped. She pulled the blanket tightly around her shoulders, "It's a plant…"
Now only a few fields from the rough edge of the green ground, Vash put Remil down. She rushed onto the grass and ran up to the door of the extremely large building nestled in a group of tree.
"It's my home! Come on, hurry up!" Remil rushed into the dark building.
Meryl stopped in front of the steps leading up to the door and looked back at the rubble.
"Milly's still out there…" Meryl sighed.
Vash placed a heavy hand on Meryl's shoulder and smiled down at her.
"I'm sure she's fine… It's too dark to see anything in the rubble now, but if we wait until morning, we'll have a much better shot at finding both her and Knives." Vash grabbed one of her hands and pulled her into the building.
"Knives… I don't know if I want to see that man again," Meryl mumbled.
At first he wasn't sure what the warm pulsing in his arm was. It was only a light burn so he thought a part of the building must have fallen on him during the explosion. Now that he and Milly had been walking for over an hour, he realized what the burning truly was.
"I can feel him," Knives stopped and starred at his right arm.
"Huh?" Milly stopped near Knives and looked down at his arm.
"The warmth in my arm… It's getting stronger. He must be near Vash," Knives rubbed his arm, "My angel arm wants to release."
Milly bit her lip and grabbed Knives' arm.
"Come on let's find Meryl and Mr. Vash quick," she began to pull him towards the horizon.
Meryl set the steaming cup down in front of Vash. Remil had rushed to her room as soon as they had walked in the door and Vash felt it was best not to bother her, so Meryl made tea for the two of them. Vash had seemed distant since they had met up and it was worrying her. His eyes seemed cold and empty, as though he had lost something, but wasn't quite sure himself what it was.
"My stomach hurts is all," Vash's voice startled her.
"H-huh?" Meryl jumped.
"You looked like you're worried about me… but my stomach just hurts. I'm fine." Vash was starring out the window and tapping the teacup, his wings twitching with each tap.
Meryl pushed her chair away from the table and walked behind Vash. She placed her trembling arms around him and laid her head on his shoulder. His wings twitched.
"It doesn't scare me anymore…" she whispered, "The angel arm… Neither yours or Knives'"
"You're nuts," Vash took a sip.
"It isn't your fault…" She wrapped her arms tighter around him.
"I could have prevented it." He took another sip.
"You did what you could…" She sighed.
"MERYL!" the door flung open and within seconds Meryl was on the ground. Vash took another sip.
"M-Milly?!" Meryl blinked and pushed herself off the floor, "How did you get where? Where were you? W…" Meryl trailed off and Knives quietly walked in the room and stood next to Vash. Vash took another sip as though nothing was happening.
"Mr. Knives found me and we were looking for you, but then Mr. Knives said he saw Mr. Vash walking out here and we followed where Mr. Knives' arm told him to go and we got here!" Milly hugged Meryl tight.
"His arm?" Meryl didn't like how that sounded. She had witnessed the angel arm one too many times, she wasn't sure she could take much more of it.
Vash took another sip as Knives strode towards him. His wings twitched as Knives stopped behind him. He ran a hand down one of Vash's wings then leaned down until his face was even with Vash's.
"When the angel uses too much of its power, its hair turns black and it dies…" He whispered into Vash's ear.
Vash moved an eye to meet Knives' and continued to tap the cup. He felt a heat in his back as his wings twitched again. Vash took another sip.
"What do you mean?" Vash set the cup down.
Knives smiled and walked into the next room. Vash knew he was being played with, and yet he was compelled to follow anyways.
Knives sat in a rocking chair facing a window. He knew Vash would follow him. After 180 years Vash was still as predictable as ever. Knives moved his gaze out the window as Vash entered the room.
"What do you mean?" Vash strode over to Knives' side.
"The wings are getting smaller," Knives closed his eyes and smirked, "And have you looked in a mirror recently?"
Vash blinked. He ran a hand along one of the wings. Knives was right; the wings were a bit smaller. Vash looked out the window. The view was overlooking the rubble that used to be a town. A reflection in the window caught Vash's view; an unfamiliar face was starring back at him. Vash blinked again and felt a chill run down his spine. The unfamiliar face was his own, the sides of his hair completely black.
"Must be the lighting in the room that made the girls not notice," Knives rocked back and forth, the smirk still plastered on his face.
"What…" Vash ran a hand along his hair, "what is this?"
"Our fate," Knives stood up and walked behind Vash. He placed his hand on the tips of Vash's wings and pushed on them with all his strength. Vash gasped in pain and fell to his knees as his back began to burn. He could feel the pain of the wings being forced back into his body. Vash screamed in pain as his vision went dark.
Meryl and Milly sat across the table from each other. Neither of them noticed Vash and Knives leaving the room. Milly was smiling as always, but all Meryl could think of was the murderous psychotic man that was going to be staying under the same roof as her.
"I'm sure he was just upset and just wanted to protect Mr. Vash," Milly sighed.
"Yeah…" Meryl closed her eyes, "but he could have done it some way different."
Meryl and Milly's eyes met. Meryl was startled by the look of pain in Milly's eyes. Milly smiled and sighed. A scream startled both of them. They stared at each other for a few moments until they both realized that whose scream it was.
"Vash!" Meryl jumped from her seat and ran to the next room. Milly was close behind.
Meryl felt weak when she saw the scene. Vash was huddled on the floor, the back of his coat ripped and his back covered in blood. Knives was standing over him, blood dripping from his hands.
"Wh-what have you done?" Meryl stammered.
Knives looked past Meryl and Milly and dropped his hands to the side. Meryl and Milly turned to see what Knives was staring at. Remil was gripping the doorway, a look of terror on her face. Tears ran down her cheeks as she stared at Vash.
Milly began to move towards the girl as Vash groaned. Meryl stepped forward and Vash groaned again. She dashed to his side and pushed Knives back. She knelt beside him and placed a hand on his face.
"Oh, Vash…" Meryl wrapped her arms around him.
Knives stepped forward and pushed Meryl away. He picked up Vash and placed him over his shoulder.
"I'm taking him upstairs. We still have things to talk about," Knives glared down at Meryl and pushed his way out the doorway.
Milly pulled Remil into her arms. Meryl narrowed her eyes and stumbled to her feet.
"That… that monster," she mumbled.
Meryl stumbled towards the doorway. Milly sighed and hugged Remil. She knew there was nothing she could do to stop Meryl.
Chibi-Gun Again
Vash: So we're going to another convention already!
Knives: I'd rather be dead than have to deal with a crowded human scumland again…
Vash: *glomps Knives* Aww come on! Cons are fun! And this one is in Canada. CNAnime in Toronto! *tugs on Knives' hair* And Shesta has vowed to track down a Knives and glomp 'em in her Vash costume. AND she's gonna wear white wings.
Knives: Greeeeat…
Shesta: *glomps Knives* Awww come on! Knivesy is sooooo adorable and he should wuv to be gwomped! Plus, I got a new dog tag for my dog collar. I'm gonna wear it on my bionic arm… It says "Property of Millions Knives."
*Knives growls and tries to escape the glomps.*
*Legato jumps from out of nowhere and lands on the pile*
Legato: KNIVES-SAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Knives: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
