Disclaimer: again, I do not own Trigun or the lovely characters that are in it. : curses : so, ahem, anyway…here's the story and feel free to review and stuff in case I didn't mention earlier, this is my first fiction so…be nice ^_^
* these are the characters thoughts, they can also mean actions *
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Vash put a finger to his lips and motioned Fenella out of the saloon. When they got outside, Fenella seemed very reluctant to talk or look at Vash. Whenever Vash tried to take a step towards her, she stepped back. Mainly it was because the thought in her mind was still inconceivable; she was with a man who had a very large bounty on his head. A 60 billion double-dollar bounty. Her eyes had begun to twitch slightly.
"I have no intention of trying to hurt you." He said, still trying to step towards Fenella, "Maybe if we know each other a little better, hopefully, you'll be able to trust me."
"What?" Fenella replied, "Do you realize what could have happened if those guys hadn't gone easy on you?" She stood silent for a minute. *You could have been killed* To Vash, it was obvious that she was a little shaken up by the near kidnapping.
"Well, yes, and besides…it's nearly dinner time anyway. If you're hungry, I'll buy you dinner." Said Vash, quietly thinking to himself *please say 'yes', please say 'yes'…*
"Is that all you can say?" she nearly yelled, but seemed to calm down at the thought of food, "Then again, I could go for some food. I haven't eaten anything all day."
"I thought you wanted to look for a hotel."
"I did, I mean…I do! It's just that, I wanted to eat dinner * with you * first."
"Okay then, * grin * , shall we look around then?"
Fenella randomly looked up at the sky to see the sun setting in a beautiful red sky that mixed harmoniously with blue and stars. She realized it was later than she thought and hunger had slowly settled in without her being aware of it. When she turned around, she saw Vash on the ground with several little boys crawling on him. From Fenella's view, it seemed to her as though they were wrestling. The boys seemed to be rough with Vash, the kids had even managed to pick him up and throw him towards Fenella's feet. Fenella stood there looking down at Vash with a sweatdrop at the back of her head. The best he could do was look up at her and that revealing skirt. Fenella never seemed to notice that Vash was staring up her skirt, she just picked Vash up from the ground and literally dragged him until she found a hotel.
When she finally did find a hotel with vacancy, she turned around to see how Vash was doing. To her surprise, he was asleep. The last thing she needed was for him to be sleeping when she had to climb a few steps. Fenella just shrugged and went inside to check in. At the main desk, the clerk told her that there was only one room left and it contained one four-poster bed.
* Oh, peachy. I get to share a bed with a man whom I barely know *
The clerk gave her a key, the room number, and the bill. Since Vash was going to be paying for her dinner, she might as well put the money she was originally going to use for dinner to good use. Fenella paid the bill and went outside to find Vash. While outside in the moonlight, she couldn't find him where she left him. Fenella stood in the place where she had dragged Vash to try and find some signs of him somewhere. Without a noise, she felt a hand on her left shoulder and she immediately freaked out. She didn't have to see the person's face to kick him senseless, but she knocked him out anyway. When Fenella turned around to see the face of the man she kicked, she laughed. It was Vash and by now, he seemed to be in love with the ground, especially since he was always down there so often. She bent down and slapped him across the face to try and knock some sense back into him. After a few minutes, he began to stir.
"It's about time you woke up." Said Fenella.
Vash was still a bit dazed. He pulled out something from his pocket and handed them to Fenella. She took the little wrapped packages and opened them. He bought her some sandwiches and soup. A sudden wave of guilt passed through her. She didn't ask him to buy the sandwiches, and after all, he was being nice. All Vash did was ask her out to dinner, not to sandwiches. Even though he bought the sandwiches specifically for her, she still managed to give him a mini-beating. Fenella assisted him on their way to the hotel room. When they got to the door, she had some difficulty opening it, but she got through. After closing the door, Fenella had to find a way to get Vash to the bed so she could put a damp cloth on his head. She finally reached the bed and promptly dropped Vash on it. Although when she did that, he pulled her down with him. It was as though Fenella was a big plush teddy bear and Vash was too sleepy to tell the difference between a woman and a plush toy. Even though in the reality, Fenella was anything but big. Fenella had made a few attempts in vain to get up without disturbing Vash so she could get to her sandwiches. Every time Fenella tried to get up, Vash pulled her closer and he became more comfortable.
Fenella looked over to him and noticed that he was a very handsome man. She also noted that she didn't mind being this close to him, even though they had just met. Vash had his head on her chest and his right arm wrapped around her waist. Fenella felt tired and she didn't plan on sleeping this way, but she eventually gave in and fell asleep in Vash's arms.
Later on that night, Vash woke up to something he couldn't explain. He had also managed to wake Fenella up. Fenella just laid in bed while Vash stood up and stretched, but then he took off his red trench coat and shirt revealing deep scars on his back. Even though Fenella was lying down, she had to see him with his shirt off. She gasped as her eyes were laid upon the various scars running through his back and to his chest. Vash turned around to see Fenella staring at the various scars on his body. A frown appeared on his face.
"You must think I'm ugly." He said in a low voice.
Fenella looked up at him and shook her head.
"That wouldn't be right of me." She said, "I barely know you, so I can't exactly judge you. And even when I do get to know you a little better, I'm not the kind of person to judge others." While she said that, Vash had sat next to her on the bed.
"I wish other people had that knowledge." Said Vash, "In all the towns I had visited, there always seems to be trouble following me. Something always ends up being destroyed."
"Why is that? Do you know?"
"No, I don't. It could even as simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Well, I can assure you; as long as you're with me, I won't let anything happen to you. I promise." Fenella said.
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Tank you!!
- Finland