Bounty and Rain
They walked out of the house and down the street, everything was so quiet and still. Danni kept looking around nervously, looking to see if someone was going to pop out and yell "GOTCYA!" They walked through Danni's old school yard. Elementary school. It was so small now. They passed a small convenience store. Danni stopped. She turned around and started toward the store. Britt turned and noticed her as she walked into the store, stopped and looked around.
"What are you doing?!" she yelled from across the street.
She growled and followed her into the store. The others walked in seeing Danni with over 20 bottles of water in her hands.
"Gimme your bags."
They all handed her the bags, she put the water in. She walked through the store and took random things off the shelves, shoving them all into the bags.
"Alright let's go."
They all turned to leave. She stopped again.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Jacki asked.
She ignored the question and followed the faint sound she heard. She went into the back and upstairs. She climbed ths stairs slowly, not making any sounds what so ever, listening for the faint sound she heard. Upstairs was an apartment. It was small, but cozy. It belonged to the owners of the store. She heard the sound and swung around. It was a barking. She ran into the small kitchen and searched frantically for the noise.
"Puppy?! Puppy where are you!?"
A bark and a whimper met her ears. She rushed over to the fridge and yanked it open. A little black lab puppy was huddled in the corner, trying to keep warm inside the wintery refrigerator. She pulled it out as the rest of the gang came bounding up the stairs. She cuddled it in her arms, trying to warm it up.
"Vash, find me a towel!"
He nodded and rushed off to the bathroom he passed on the way in. Jacki walked over to Danni and the puppy.
"He's so cute!!"
"He's starving and freezing."
Vash came back in with a dark green towel. He handed it to Danni. She wrapped the puppy in the blanket and rubbed it quickly trying to warm it. She wandered downstairs and pulled crackers off the shelf. She unwrapped it with the puppy still in her arms and fed it to it. The dog ate it quickly and begged for more. She put some water into a paper cup and held it to the puppy's mouth. He drank happily and munched on the crackers. It's tail started to wag as it licked her face. He jumped out of her arms and lunged at Vash. She let out a small shriek of surprise and laughed as it started to chase Vash around the store. Jacki picked it up as it ran by her, Vash panting in front of the store.
"I think I'll call you Bounty," she said grinning at Vash who scunched his nose at her.
"Alright, c'mon enough wasted time here. We have to get back. This place is depressing," Britt said walking out of the store and up the street.
*******
Where in the hell did you get that?!" the doctor asked when they appeared back in his living room, scaring him out of his wits.
"We found him in a refrigerator," Jacki explained still petting him. "We named him bounty cuz the first thing he did was chase Vash around."
He laughed.
"Thank you so much for the necklace. We'll be getting out of your hair now," Danni said picking up her bag.
"It was no trouble at all, It was fun actually," he said walking them to the door. They walked off the porch and down the block.
"I still can't believe your whole family is gone," Millie said sounding very sad.
"It's alright Millie, we'll be ok," Britt said walking next to her.
They walked until it got dark. The puppy was getting tired and restless and decided to plop down in the middle of a sand hill.
"He's got good ideas that one," Wolfwood said sitting next to him.
They set out the blankets, preparing to spend the night there. The girls built a fire and sat around it. Bounty was still bothering Vash after being thrown about 3 feet. Vash got knocked upside the head by Jacki who went and snuggled her puppy.
Danni stood and put her red coat back on.
"I'm going to go for another walk."
"I'm coming with you," Vash said putting his coat on and walking up to her. "Every time you go for a walk, something bad happens."
Danni hit him playfully and they started walking. He wrapped his arm around her waist and held her close to him.
"Look isn't that cute?" Wolfwood asked mocking them.
"No its repulsing," Britt quipped.
They walked for a while through the sand, not saying anything, just taking in the stars and moons and each other. Feeling the warmth from the other's body being so close, enjoying togetherness, yet aloneness. A huge boulder was splat in the middle of the sandy plain. They looked at it oddly and Vash hopped on top of it. He held his hand down for Danni to grab and helped her up onto the rock. They sat closely together, arms wrapped around each other, taking in their time alone. He was looking up into the sky, she looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
'He's so innocent, and yet so powerful. So childish, yet so perfect. So clumsy and yet graceful as a bird. And those aqua eyes, full of depth and passion. Why is he so god damn pretty!?'
She laughed at her thoughts and shook her head. Vash looked at her, holding her chin in his hands. Time seemed to stop, to stand still, frozen in the moment. She wanted nothing more then for everything to stay how it was at this exact moment. He smiled at her and she melted inside.
'(growl) How could he melt me like this?! With just a smile?! And those eyes of course, but still! I've never felt this way before. I've always been so tough when it comes to guys. He's broken me down. Not in a *bad* way, no, he made me *feel*, with real loving emotion. It feels so weird and so right at the same time. Every touch makes me warm all over, like his loving caring, trusting ways are being poured into me. I could stare into his eyes forever.'
Her thoughts were interrupted by a warm soft sensation coursing through her body, like poison of love searching for her heart. It felt as if nothing could ever go wrong. Vash had kissed her and she let herself fall into it. Her held the (for the moment) helpless girl in his arms so tightly and at the same time so gently that its felt like he would never let go. For once she felt safe and loved. Nothing could possible go wrong.
She relaxed in his hold. She could feel him smile through the kiss. His lips pulled apart from each other and it quickly turned from an "I love you" kiss to an "I want you kiss." His tongue wandered along her bottom lip and she slid her hands from around the blonde's neck to his face. His cheeks were warm, she could feel him blushing.
'Why?'
She ran her hand through his hair, making it fall limp to the sides and into his face. His grip wandered from her waist to the small of her back, puller her closer, farther into him.
Danni felt something fall onto her head, something small, cold, and wet.
'Ah, it's just rain....WAIT JUST RAIN!?'
Vash felt it too and they pulled apart. They both looked up as it decided to down pour.
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"AHH!! RAIN!!! I HATE THE RAIN I HATE THE RAIN!!" Britt screamed running around trying to find a shelter, while collecting the stuff they had already set up.
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Immediately the pair were soaked to the bone, but it didn't matter! There was rain! On Gunsmoke! They started spinning around, holding onto each other, until they both fell, Vash on top of Danni. He looked at her. Her hair was soaked through and sticking to the sides of her face. Her green eyes sparkling in the rain. He swept away a few strand of hair and grinned at her. She smiled back at him and laughed. His golden blonde spikes, instead of reaching for the sky, were plastered down to the side of his face and hung in his beautiful aqua eyes.
He kissed her again, his tongue slipping inside her mouth, caressing what it could reach. She started to laugh when they pulled apart. It was the most amazing kiss she'd ever felt. Warm and caring and loving all at once. A girl couldn't be happier.
"Something funny?" He asked smirking.
"No it's just...."
She sat up as it stopped raining. She sat on the gunman's lap and her put his arms around her, his hands wandering under her shirt and resting on her stomach.
"It's just....I always dreamed of being kissed in the rain by the man I loved," she said blushing a little.
She could feel the metal of his arm through her wet jacket and clothes sticking to her like a second skin. It was cold from the rain, yet comfortable none the less, it felt right. Vash's clothes stuck to him, not letting go. They could feel every part of each other.
"We'd better get back to see if the others found shelter," he said. She knew he didn't *want* to go back by the tone of his voice.
"Do we have to?" she asked softly putting her hands over his, that were still on her stomach.
She really didn't want the night to end.
"Well....we don't *have* to, but I doubt we can sleep on a rock."
"Sure we can!" she said leaning back in to him, feeling his body heat against her back, she shivered.
He gave a small laugh and pulled her hair around to the side. He kissed her shoulder, slowly up her neck and around her jaw line. She turned her head, smiling at him. He kissed her again softly on the lips.
"I love you, Vash" she said and kissed his nose.
"Love you too.......Danni-Noodle."
She looked ta him shocked as he picked her up, still sitting, and put her down next to him. He hopped off the rock and held his hand up to her. She hopped down into his arms, receiving a kiss on the forehead.
"Don't talk to Britt anymore, Dork."
He smiled and kissed her again. They walked back trudging through the sand, soaked through to the bone. There was a rather large puddle before them. Vash went around it, while his over hyper girlfriend jumped splat into it. The splash went far enough to hit Vash in the face. He looked at her wide-eyed and they both fell out laughing. Vash jumped in a puddle, making the water spray come straight at her, she jumped out of the way just as a second splash was aimed where she was now standing. It hit her straight on. She rubbed her eyes with her wet sandy hands, not making much of difference. She scowled at him and threw a ball of packed sand at him. She missed just by a little, he was to fast.
"NO fair!! You can't move!!"
"You want me to just stand there!?"
"Yes."
"Fine, you won't hit me anyway, you throw like a girl."
She smirked at him and packed a softball sized ball of sand. She grinned at him evilly. He just stood there looking smug. She brought her arm back and fired. The ball sped at him and hit him smack in the face, stayed there for a minute, before falling off into the sand by his feet. He looked at her shocked and she ran over to him.
"Throw like a girl, and damned proud."
She stuck her tongue out at him and rubbed the sand gently off his face, out of his eyes, and mouth.
"I'm going to start calling you sand man, or maybe Mr. Foot-In- Mouth."
They laughed and he put his arm under her jacket and around her waist, making their way back to camp.
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The group found shelter under a rather large stone cliff, that looked more like a cave.
"They must be having fun out there," Wolfwood said through a cigarette, while petting Bounty.
"Exactly what are you implying Wolfie!?" Britt yelled in a bad mood because of her pregnancy, which she now referred to as "her little problem."
Vash and Danni dragged their feet into the cave like shelter still laughing from the way home. The dry members of their group looked oddly at them. They fell into a sitting position on the empty side of the cave. They stopped giggling and finally noticed that their friends were staring at them. Wolfwood's cigarette had fallen out of his mouth. Even Bounty was silent.
"Hi!" They said together which made them laugh harder.
"Are you two drunk?" Britt asked with a confused look on her face.
"No we were just messing around," Danni said.
5 pairs of eyebrows went straight up.
"Not like that you preverts!" She yelled and got up grabbing her bag off the floor of the cave. She went into a darker part of the cave and changed into dry clothes.
She came out in Black jeans and a black tank. She went back over to Vash who was already dry.
"How... Oh never mind," she said shaking her head and sat back down on his lap. He put his arms around her again, resting his hands again on her stomach.
He was so warm. Even his metal arm seemed to be filled with the warmth of the rest of his body. She leaned back feeling his whole body against hers. She smiled and leaned her head back resting it on his shoulder. He kissed her cheek and they closed their eyes in unison.
"Wow," was the only thing she heard before she fell asleep in his arms. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
They walked out of the house and down the street, everything was so quiet and still. Danni kept looking around nervously, looking to see if someone was going to pop out and yell "GOTCYA!" They walked through Danni's old school yard. Elementary school. It was so small now. They passed a small convenience store. Danni stopped. She turned around and started toward the store. Britt turned and noticed her as she walked into the store, stopped and looked around.
"What are you doing?!" she yelled from across the street.
She growled and followed her into the store. The others walked in seeing Danni with over 20 bottles of water in her hands.
"Gimme your bags."
They all handed her the bags, she put the water in. She walked through the store and took random things off the shelves, shoving them all into the bags.
"Alright let's go."
They all turned to leave. She stopped again.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Jacki asked.
She ignored the question and followed the faint sound she heard. She went into the back and upstairs. She climbed ths stairs slowly, not making any sounds what so ever, listening for the faint sound she heard. Upstairs was an apartment. It was small, but cozy. It belonged to the owners of the store. She heard the sound and swung around. It was a barking. She ran into the small kitchen and searched frantically for the noise.
"Puppy?! Puppy where are you!?"
A bark and a whimper met her ears. She rushed over to the fridge and yanked it open. A little black lab puppy was huddled in the corner, trying to keep warm inside the wintery refrigerator. She pulled it out as the rest of the gang came bounding up the stairs. She cuddled it in her arms, trying to warm it up.
"Vash, find me a towel!"
He nodded and rushed off to the bathroom he passed on the way in. Jacki walked over to Danni and the puppy.
"He's so cute!!"
"He's starving and freezing."
Vash came back in with a dark green towel. He handed it to Danni. She wrapped the puppy in the blanket and rubbed it quickly trying to warm it. She wandered downstairs and pulled crackers off the shelf. She unwrapped it with the puppy still in her arms and fed it to it. The dog ate it quickly and begged for more. She put some water into a paper cup and held it to the puppy's mouth. He drank happily and munched on the crackers. It's tail started to wag as it licked her face. He jumped out of her arms and lunged at Vash. She let out a small shriek of surprise and laughed as it started to chase Vash around the store. Jacki picked it up as it ran by her, Vash panting in front of the store.
"I think I'll call you Bounty," she said grinning at Vash who scunched his nose at her.
"Alright, c'mon enough wasted time here. We have to get back. This place is depressing," Britt said walking out of the store and up the street.
*******
Where in the hell did you get that?!" the doctor asked when they appeared back in his living room, scaring him out of his wits.
"We found him in a refrigerator," Jacki explained still petting him. "We named him bounty cuz the first thing he did was chase Vash around."
He laughed.
"Thank you so much for the necklace. We'll be getting out of your hair now," Danni said picking up her bag.
"It was no trouble at all, It was fun actually," he said walking them to the door. They walked off the porch and down the block.
"I still can't believe your whole family is gone," Millie said sounding very sad.
"It's alright Millie, we'll be ok," Britt said walking next to her.
They walked until it got dark. The puppy was getting tired and restless and decided to plop down in the middle of a sand hill.
"He's got good ideas that one," Wolfwood said sitting next to him.
They set out the blankets, preparing to spend the night there. The girls built a fire and sat around it. Bounty was still bothering Vash after being thrown about 3 feet. Vash got knocked upside the head by Jacki who went and snuggled her puppy.
Danni stood and put her red coat back on.
"I'm going to go for another walk."
"I'm coming with you," Vash said putting his coat on and walking up to her. "Every time you go for a walk, something bad happens."
Danni hit him playfully and they started walking. He wrapped his arm around her waist and held her close to him.
"Look isn't that cute?" Wolfwood asked mocking them.
"No its repulsing," Britt quipped.
They walked for a while through the sand, not saying anything, just taking in the stars and moons and each other. Feeling the warmth from the other's body being so close, enjoying togetherness, yet aloneness. A huge boulder was splat in the middle of the sandy plain. They looked at it oddly and Vash hopped on top of it. He held his hand down for Danni to grab and helped her up onto the rock. They sat closely together, arms wrapped around each other, taking in their time alone. He was looking up into the sky, she looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
'He's so innocent, and yet so powerful. So childish, yet so perfect. So clumsy and yet graceful as a bird. And those aqua eyes, full of depth and passion. Why is he so god damn pretty!?'
She laughed at her thoughts and shook her head. Vash looked at her, holding her chin in his hands. Time seemed to stop, to stand still, frozen in the moment. She wanted nothing more then for everything to stay how it was at this exact moment. He smiled at her and she melted inside.
'(growl) How could he melt me like this?! With just a smile?! And those eyes of course, but still! I've never felt this way before. I've always been so tough when it comes to guys. He's broken me down. Not in a *bad* way, no, he made me *feel*, with real loving emotion. It feels so weird and so right at the same time. Every touch makes me warm all over, like his loving caring, trusting ways are being poured into me. I could stare into his eyes forever.'
Her thoughts were interrupted by a warm soft sensation coursing through her body, like poison of love searching for her heart. It felt as if nothing could ever go wrong. Vash had kissed her and she let herself fall into it. Her held the (for the moment) helpless girl in his arms so tightly and at the same time so gently that its felt like he would never let go. For once she felt safe and loved. Nothing could possible go wrong.
She relaxed in his hold. She could feel him smile through the kiss. His lips pulled apart from each other and it quickly turned from an "I love you" kiss to an "I want you kiss." His tongue wandered along her bottom lip and she slid her hands from around the blonde's neck to his face. His cheeks were warm, she could feel him blushing.
'Why?'
She ran her hand through his hair, making it fall limp to the sides and into his face. His grip wandered from her waist to the small of her back, puller her closer, farther into him.
Danni felt something fall onto her head, something small, cold, and wet.
'Ah, it's just rain....WAIT JUST RAIN!?'
Vash felt it too and they pulled apart. They both looked up as it decided to down pour.
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"AHH!! RAIN!!! I HATE THE RAIN I HATE THE RAIN!!" Britt screamed running around trying to find a shelter, while collecting the stuff they had already set up.
********
Immediately the pair were soaked to the bone, but it didn't matter! There was rain! On Gunsmoke! They started spinning around, holding onto each other, until they both fell, Vash on top of Danni. He looked at her. Her hair was soaked through and sticking to the sides of her face. Her green eyes sparkling in the rain. He swept away a few strand of hair and grinned at her. She smiled back at him and laughed. His golden blonde spikes, instead of reaching for the sky, were plastered down to the side of his face and hung in his beautiful aqua eyes.
He kissed her again, his tongue slipping inside her mouth, caressing what it could reach. She started to laugh when they pulled apart. It was the most amazing kiss she'd ever felt. Warm and caring and loving all at once. A girl couldn't be happier.
"Something funny?" He asked smirking.
"No it's just...."
She sat up as it stopped raining. She sat on the gunman's lap and her put his arms around her, his hands wandering under her shirt and resting on her stomach.
"It's just....I always dreamed of being kissed in the rain by the man I loved," she said blushing a little.
She could feel the metal of his arm through her wet jacket and clothes sticking to her like a second skin. It was cold from the rain, yet comfortable none the less, it felt right. Vash's clothes stuck to him, not letting go. They could feel every part of each other.
"We'd better get back to see if the others found shelter," he said. She knew he didn't *want* to go back by the tone of his voice.
"Do we have to?" she asked softly putting her hands over his, that were still on her stomach.
She really didn't want the night to end.
"Well....we don't *have* to, but I doubt we can sleep on a rock."
"Sure we can!" she said leaning back in to him, feeling his body heat against her back, she shivered.
He gave a small laugh and pulled her hair around to the side. He kissed her shoulder, slowly up her neck and around her jaw line. She turned her head, smiling at him. He kissed her again softly on the lips.
"I love you, Vash" she said and kissed his nose.
"Love you too.......Danni-Noodle."
She looked ta him shocked as he picked her up, still sitting, and put her down next to him. He hopped off the rock and held his hand up to her. She hopped down into his arms, receiving a kiss on the forehead.
"Don't talk to Britt anymore, Dork."
He smiled and kissed her again. They walked back trudging through the sand, soaked through to the bone. There was a rather large puddle before them. Vash went around it, while his over hyper girlfriend jumped splat into it. The splash went far enough to hit Vash in the face. He looked at her wide-eyed and they both fell out laughing. Vash jumped in a puddle, making the water spray come straight at her, she jumped out of the way just as a second splash was aimed where she was now standing. It hit her straight on. She rubbed her eyes with her wet sandy hands, not making much of difference. She scowled at him and threw a ball of packed sand at him. She missed just by a little, he was to fast.
"NO fair!! You can't move!!"
"You want me to just stand there!?"
"Yes."
"Fine, you won't hit me anyway, you throw like a girl."
She smirked at him and packed a softball sized ball of sand. She grinned at him evilly. He just stood there looking smug. She brought her arm back and fired. The ball sped at him and hit him smack in the face, stayed there for a minute, before falling off into the sand by his feet. He looked at her shocked and she ran over to him.
"Throw like a girl, and damned proud."
She stuck her tongue out at him and rubbed the sand gently off his face, out of his eyes, and mouth.
"I'm going to start calling you sand man, or maybe Mr. Foot-In- Mouth."
They laughed and he put his arm under her jacket and around her waist, making their way back to camp.
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The group found shelter under a rather large stone cliff, that looked more like a cave.
"They must be having fun out there," Wolfwood said through a cigarette, while petting Bounty.
"Exactly what are you implying Wolfie!?" Britt yelled in a bad mood because of her pregnancy, which she now referred to as "her little problem."
Vash and Danni dragged their feet into the cave like shelter still laughing from the way home. The dry members of their group looked oddly at them. They fell into a sitting position on the empty side of the cave. They stopped giggling and finally noticed that their friends were staring at them. Wolfwood's cigarette had fallen out of his mouth. Even Bounty was silent.
"Hi!" They said together which made them laugh harder.
"Are you two drunk?" Britt asked with a confused look on her face.
"No we were just messing around," Danni said.
5 pairs of eyebrows went straight up.
"Not like that you preverts!" She yelled and got up grabbing her bag off the floor of the cave. She went into a darker part of the cave and changed into dry clothes.
She came out in Black jeans and a black tank. She went back over to Vash who was already dry.
"How... Oh never mind," she said shaking her head and sat back down on his lap. He put his arms around her again, resting his hands again on her stomach.
He was so warm. Even his metal arm seemed to be filled with the warmth of the rest of his body. She leaned back feeling his whole body against hers. She smiled and leaned her head back resting it on his shoulder. He kissed her cheek and they closed their eyes in unison.
"Wow," was the only thing she heard before she fell asleep in his arms. ____________________________________________________________________________ __