Shoot me shoot me
Danni was the first one awake the next day which surprised even herself. She crept around quietly, showering, dressing, and started to make breakfast. She was in an overly-Vash-like mood today. She didn't know why, it was this baby thing.
'Too much like him already,' she thought to herself flipping the bacon over.
She could hear a sniffing noise over her shoulder. She narrowed her eyes and turned around. Vash was practically floating over to the stove and sniffing at the bacon. He put his head on her shoulder and sniffed one last time.
"I'm glad you can cook." he said grabbing her around the waist and hugging her from behind. He kissed her on the cheek and went into the bathroom.
By the time Vash came out breakfast was on the table and Danni was waking everyone up. Britt swatted at her head, but Danni ducked it and pulled her out of the bed onto the floor, which pulled the sheets off Meryl and Millie waking them up. Wolfwood was already sitting up on his bed smoking. Vash took it from him and threw it out the window. Wolfwood scowled and walked over to the breakfast table. Jacki woke at the movement of Wolfwood and rubbed her eyes sitting up.
**********
"So how are we going to get home?" Danni asked as they sat around the table eating.
"I know a doctor who can make anything!" Vash said through a mouthful of eggs and bacon. "He can probably make something that'll get you home safely.
"Where is he!?"
"He's in.......Gerania. I think..."
"You think?"
"No," was the unanimous response.
"TO GERANIA!....anyway..."
**********
The group of 7 started off toward Gerania. They trudged through the sandy desert in search of the city. They reached a small town full of life. Shops and saloons where ever you looked. People were shopping and enjoying the life they lived. "I can't believe we're following *him*" Wolfwood said very grumpily, for he hadn't had his breakfast cigarette.
They went to the first hotel they saw and got just one room. They walked up to the room, the room they could afford. Britt opened the door. It had 3 beds and one was only a single. There was a cot in the corner. Only three beds. There were seven people. The girls all turned and looked at Wolfwood and Vash. They sweat dropped. There was a mad dash for the beds. Jacki ended up with Meryl, Millie with Britt, and Danni in the single. Wolfwood and Vash knew they were out. They looked at each other. There was a second mad dash for the cot. Vash got there just before Wolfwood and lay down in it grinning. The girls glared at them. Then a smile grew across Danni's face.
"You can sleep with me Wolfwood."
He grinned at Vash and hopped in the bed. Vash's jaw hit the floor.
"But I....no fair!!" he whined.
"You wanted the cot, man." Wolfwood said.
Vash whimpered.
"Eh...what ever I'm hungry anyway," Danni said getting up and walking to the door. "Later!"
She walked out, taking her red coat off the chair and putting it on. The door slammed behind her.
"Should she be going alone?" Meryl asked.
"Probably not, but she has her gun," Britt said rolling over.
***********
Danni wandered out of the hotel. She walked into the middle of the town and sat on a bench in front of a fountain. There were several kids playing with a giant red ball. It rolled over to her feet. She went to pick it up and a gun shot rang out popping the ball. The kids gasped and started crying. Danni looked over to where the bullet had come from. There was a tall African-American girl with dark brown hair and dark chocolate eyes looking back at her with her gun out. She was in a pair of tight blue jeans and a tight shirt to match the jeans. Danni stood, facing her.
'Awe c'mon I just wanna get home, why do people always wanna kill someone...and it turns out that they decided to kill me?! What do I have a sign on me saying "My name is Danni, my boyfriend is Vash the Stampede, if you try to kill me you could try to get 60 billion double dollars! SHOOT ME SHOOT ME!!"'
She sighed and the girl shot again. Danni jumped over to the right, barely missing the bullets. She definately did not have Vash's agility.
"My name is Erika, I'm a bounty hunter. I hear you have a bounty on your head now a days. A bounty for 30 billion double dollars."
"WHAT!? HOW THE HELL DID I GET THAT?!!?"
"It seems your boyfriend is Vash the Stampede. So they decided to put a bounty on your head too. How could you fall in love with a murdering piece of shit like him?"
"YOU'RE WRONG!" she screamed at her. Erika looked taken aback.
"He... he would never kill an innocent person! Unlike some people who are trying to kill me THIS MOMENT!!"
The girl rubbed her eyes, gun still pointed at Danni.
"Let me get this straight. Are you saying he didn't destroy July?"
"I....no...I'm not. That wasn't his fault. He has no memory of it. IT WASN'T HIS FAULT!"
Danni pulled her gun out of her holster around her waist and pointed it at the girl.
"Gonna shoot me are you? I don't think that would go over to well with your boyfriend."
She smirked. Danni lowered her gun and started to turn to walk away. She knew it was stupid and was going to get shot, but she did it anyway. Erika shot, Danni jumped as fast as she could trying to get out of the way, yet the bullet skimmed her side, making a tear in her shirt. Blood dripped out of the gash in her side. A man in a dark suit stepped out from behind the fountain. The whole town surrounded it by now, watching the scene. Danni blinked and looked more clearly. It was Wolfwood and he had his cross punisher aimed at Erika.
"Wolfwood don't!" Danni yelled getting to her feet.
"She's going to kill you," he said seriously, not taking his eyes off the girl.
"Please, she can't kill me." she said sarcastically.
She took out her gun and pointed it at her again.
"She's a bit out numbered in case you didn't notice." She said nodding to her left. Vash had turned up on Danni's other side with his gun pointed at the girl. Erika smiled.
"You need two men to protect you? What kind of woman are you?!"
"I didn't ask them to come! They're friends, it's what friends do."
"You match the blonde," she smiled wider. "This must be Vash."
Danni couldn't see Vash's eyes through his glasses, but she knew they didn't even blink away from the bounty hunter.
"MOVE!" he yelled at the citizens of the little town. They scattered, running into saloons, houses and stores. The group's weapons never moved from their position aimed at the girl's chest. He started to mumble out of the side of his mouth.
"When I say so, shoot the gun out of her hand, tell Wolfwood to shoot at her feet, ok?"
"Got it."
She told Wolfwood what to do. They stared at each other for a few seconds.
"GO!"
3 shots rang out. Danni knocked the gun out of her hand, Wolfwood shot twice at the sand near her feet. Vash was standing over her. She was on her back in the sand. She looked up to him, eyes stern and serious. Wolfwood and Danni stood over her on either side of Vash. Danni looked into her eyes, there was terror behind the shield of bravery. The three pointed their guns at her. She never blinked. Danni kneeled down and took her gun and put it in the holster on her hip.
"Go," she said turning around and starting to walk off. Vash followed. Wolfwood stayed his punisher still pointed at her.
"You're lucky, if they weren't here I would have killed you."
He turned and walked off with Danni and Vash. Danni led them into the saloon, forgetting she was still carrying her gun. The bar tender's hands shot up. She looked at him confused and looked down to her gun.
"Oh sorry, I just want a drink," she said smiling a warm smile and put the gun in the other side of the holster.
"Can I have a Strawberry Daquari and a wet cloth please," she said through the searing pain in her side. She put her hand to her side and pulled it away. It was pretty deep. She was still losing blood.
"Um...quickly please!"
The bartender came out with the cloth and the drink. She mumbled something about getting the cloth out before the stupid drink. She pressed the cloth to her side hard. Vash and Wolfwood came in and sat on either side of her. They ordered beers.
"You better not go getting yourselves drunk, cuz I'm not cleaning up after you. And don't follow me, I knew you were there the whole time," she said still holding the cloth to her side. She sipped the drink and pulled the cloth off, the bleeding had stopped. Vash looked down at the cut.
"That's deep."
"It's not that deep, I'll survive." Danni said drinking the Daquari.
She rubbed the cloth around the wound cleaning the blood off her skin. She cringed, her nail hitting the cut.
"I think we should go back to the hotel," Vash said looking at the pained face she wore.
"No."
"Danni...."
"Vash, leave her be," Wolfwood said lighting a cigarette.
"I.." he sighed and sipped his drink.
"I'll be fine ok?"
He didn't answer.
'She has a bounty on her head, because of me. My god, what is wrong with people!?'
"Vash it's not your fault I have a bounty too," she said knowing exactly what he was thinking. "You blame yourself for everything."
"Well if it wasn't for me, that wouldn't have happened."
"You don't know that."
They sipped their drinks at the same time. Wolfwood laughed and stood.
"You two are perfect for each other," he said and walked out, tossing some money on the table.
Danni finished off her drink and did the same, leaving enough for Vash's drink too. Vash just followed them out.
*******
"What happened to you!?" Britt yelled looking at Danni's side when she took her coat off.
"I have a bounty on my head! Isn't that just great! Damn politicians put a bounty on me because I'm with Vash! Isn't that stupid! And he thinks it's all his fault."
She sighed and sat down on the bed. Meryl, Millie, and Jacki were out some where to get dinner. Vash and Wolfwood hadn't returned from the saloon after walking out.
"DAMN IT!" Danni screamed and threw a cup at the wall. "Why!?"
"Danni calm down, it's no ones fault. Don't worry about it!"
"Hey!! Since my bounty is for 30 billion, maybe you guys can turn me in, and I could just escape! We could get the money and split!" She grinned at Britt. "All of you guys turn me in and take the money, I'll will break out when they go to execute me and then we run, and never return to this town!" Danni laughed at herself.
"Good idea!" Britt said.
"I...I was just kidding you dork!"
"Let's do it!" ____________________________________________________________________________ __
Danni was the first one awake the next day which surprised even herself. She crept around quietly, showering, dressing, and started to make breakfast. She was in an overly-Vash-like mood today. She didn't know why, it was this baby thing.
'Too much like him already,' she thought to herself flipping the bacon over.
She could hear a sniffing noise over her shoulder. She narrowed her eyes and turned around. Vash was practically floating over to the stove and sniffing at the bacon. He put his head on her shoulder and sniffed one last time.
"I'm glad you can cook." he said grabbing her around the waist and hugging her from behind. He kissed her on the cheek and went into the bathroom.
By the time Vash came out breakfast was on the table and Danni was waking everyone up. Britt swatted at her head, but Danni ducked it and pulled her out of the bed onto the floor, which pulled the sheets off Meryl and Millie waking them up. Wolfwood was already sitting up on his bed smoking. Vash took it from him and threw it out the window. Wolfwood scowled and walked over to the breakfast table. Jacki woke at the movement of Wolfwood and rubbed her eyes sitting up.
**********
"So how are we going to get home?" Danni asked as they sat around the table eating.
"I know a doctor who can make anything!" Vash said through a mouthful of eggs and bacon. "He can probably make something that'll get you home safely.
"Where is he!?"
"He's in.......Gerania. I think..."
"You think?"
"No," was the unanimous response.
"TO GERANIA!....anyway..."
**********
The group of 7 started off toward Gerania. They trudged through the sandy desert in search of the city. They reached a small town full of life. Shops and saloons where ever you looked. People were shopping and enjoying the life they lived. "I can't believe we're following *him*" Wolfwood said very grumpily, for he hadn't had his breakfast cigarette.
They went to the first hotel they saw and got just one room. They walked up to the room, the room they could afford. Britt opened the door. It had 3 beds and one was only a single. There was a cot in the corner. Only three beds. There were seven people. The girls all turned and looked at Wolfwood and Vash. They sweat dropped. There was a mad dash for the beds. Jacki ended up with Meryl, Millie with Britt, and Danni in the single. Wolfwood and Vash knew they were out. They looked at each other. There was a second mad dash for the cot. Vash got there just before Wolfwood and lay down in it grinning. The girls glared at them. Then a smile grew across Danni's face.
"You can sleep with me Wolfwood."
He grinned at Vash and hopped in the bed. Vash's jaw hit the floor.
"But I....no fair!!" he whined.
"You wanted the cot, man." Wolfwood said.
Vash whimpered.
"Eh...what ever I'm hungry anyway," Danni said getting up and walking to the door. "Later!"
She walked out, taking her red coat off the chair and putting it on. The door slammed behind her.
"Should she be going alone?" Meryl asked.
"Probably not, but she has her gun," Britt said rolling over.
***********
Danni wandered out of the hotel. She walked into the middle of the town and sat on a bench in front of a fountain. There were several kids playing with a giant red ball. It rolled over to her feet. She went to pick it up and a gun shot rang out popping the ball. The kids gasped and started crying. Danni looked over to where the bullet had come from. There was a tall African-American girl with dark brown hair and dark chocolate eyes looking back at her with her gun out. She was in a pair of tight blue jeans and a tight shirt to match the jeans. Danni stood, facing her.
'Awe c'mon I just wanna get home, why do people always wanna kill someone...and it turns out that they decided to kill me?! What do I have a sign on me saying "My name is Danni, my boyfriend is Vash the Stampede, if you try to kill me you could try to get 60 billion double dollars! SHOOT ME SHOOT ME!!"'
She sighed and the girl shot again. Danni jumped over to the right, barely missing the bullets. She definately did not have Vash's agility.
"My name is Erika, I'm a bounty hunter. I hear you have a bounty on your head now a days. A bounty for 30 billion double dollars."
"WHAT!? HOW THE HELL DID I GET THAT?!!?"
"It seems your boyfriend is Vash the Stampede. So they decided to put a bounty on your head too. How could you fall in love with a murdering piece of shit like him?"
"YOU'RE WRONG!" she screamed at her. Erika looked taken aback.
"He... he would never kill an innocent person! Unlike some people who are trying to kill me THIS MOMENT!!"
The girl rubbed her eyes, gun still pointed at Danni.
"Let me get this straight. Are you saying he didn't destroy July?"
"I....no...I'm not. That wasn't his fault. He has no memory of it. IT WASN'T HIS FAULT!"
Danni pulled her gun out of her holster around her waist and pointed it at the girl.
"Gonna shoot me are you? I don't think that would go over to well with your boyfriend."
She smirked. Danni lowered her gun and started to turn to walk away. She knew it was stupid and was going to get shot, but she did it anyway. Erika shot, Danni jumped as fast as she could trying to get out of the way, yet the bullet skimmed her side, making a tear in her shirt. Blood dripped out of the gash in her side. A man in a dark suit stepped out from behind the fountain. The whole town surrounded it by now, watching the scene. Danni blinked and looked more clearly. It was Wolfwood and he had his cross punisher aimed at Erika.
"Wolfwood don't!" Danni yelled getting to her feet.
"She's going to kill you," he said seriously, not taking his eyes off the girl.
"Please, she can't kill me." she said sarcastically.
She took out her gun and pointed it at her again.
"She's a bit out numbered in case you didn't notice." She said nodding to her left. Vash had turned up on Danni's other side with his gun pointed at the girl. Erika smiled.
"You need two men to protect you? What kind of woman are you?!"
"I didn't ask them to come! They're friends, it's what friends do."
"You match the blonde," she smiled wider. "This must be Vash."
Danni couldn't see Vash's eyes through his glasses, but she knew they didn't even blink away from the bounty hunter.
"MOVE!" he yelled at the citizens of the little town. They scattered, running into saloons, houses and stores. The group's weapons never moved from their position aimed at the girl's chest. He started to mumble out of the side of his mouth.
"When I say so, shoot the gun out of her hand, tell Wolfwood to shoot at her feet, ok?"
"Got it."
She told Wolfwood what to do. They stared at each other for a few seconds.
"GO!"
3 shots rang out. Danni knocked the gun out of her hand, Wolfwood shot twice at the sand near her feet. Vash was standing over her. She was on her back in the sand. She looked up to him, eyes stern and serious. Wolfwood and Danni stood over her on either side of Vash. Danni looked into her eyes, there was terror behind the shield of bravery. The three pointed their guns at her. She never blinked. Danni kneeled down and took her gun and put it in the holster on her hip.
"Go," she said turning around and starting to walk off. Vash followed. Wolfwood stayed his punisher still pointed at her.
"You're lucky, if they weren't here I would have killed you."
He turned and walked off with Danni and Vash. Danni led them into the saloon, forgetting she was still carrying her gun. The bar tender's hands shot up. She looked at him confused and looked down to her gun.
"Oh sorry, I just want a drink," she said smiling a warm smile and put the gun in the other side of the holster.
"Can I have a Strawberry Daquari and a wet cloth please," she said through the searing pain in her side. She put her hand to her side and pulled it away. It was pretty deep. She was still losing blood.
"Um...quickly please!"
The bartender came out with the cloth and the drink. She mumbled something about getting the cloth out before the stupid drink. She pressed the cloth to her side hard. Vash and Wolfwood came in and sat on either side of her. They ordered beers.
"You better not go getting yourselves drunk, cuz I'm not cleaning up after you. And don't follow me, I knew you were there the whole time," she said still holding the cloth to her side. She sipped the drink and pulled the cloth off, the bleeding had stopped. Vash looked down at the cut.
"That's deep."
"It's not that deep, I'll survive." Danni said drinking the Daquari.
She rubbed the cloth around the wound cleaning the blood off her skin. She cringed, her nail hitting the cut.
"I think we should go back to the hotel," Vash said looking at the pained face she wore.
"No."
"Danni...."
"Vash, leave her be," Wolfwood said lighting a cigarette.
"I.." he sighed and sipped his drink.
"I'll be fine ok?"
He didn't answer.
'She has a bounty on her head, because of me. My god, what is wrong with people!?'
"Vash it's not your fault I have a bounty too," she said knowing exactly what he was thinking. "You blame yourself for everything."
"Well if it wasn't for me, that wouldn't have happened."
"You don't know that."
They sipped their drinks at the same time. Wolfwood laughed and stood.
"You two are perfect for each other," he said and walked out, tossing some money on the table.
Danni finished off her drink and did the same, leaving enough for Vash's drink too. Vash just followed them out.
*******
"What happened to you!?" Britt yelled looking at Danni's side when she took her coat off.
"I have a bounty on my head! Isn't that just great! Damn politicians put a bounty on me because I'm with Vash! Isn't that stupid! And he thinks it's all his fault."
She sighed and sat down on the bed. Meryl, Millie, and Jacki were out some where to get dinner. Vash and Wolfwood hadn't returned from the saloon after walking out.
"DAMN IT!" Danni screamed and threw a cup at the wall. "Why!?"
"Danni calm down, it's no ones fault. Don't worry about it!"
"Hey!! Since my bounty is for 30 billion, maybe you guys can turn me in, and I could just escape! We could get the money and split!" She grinned at Britt. "All of you guys turn me in and take the money, I'll will break out when they go to execute me and then we run, and never return to this town!" Danni laughed at herself.
"Good idea!" Britt said.
"I...I was just kidding you dork!"
"Let's do it!" ____________________________________________________________________________ __