…Grr…I still don't own Trigun.

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Fenella woke up in a dark room lit by a lone lamp, it was nighttime. She tried to sit up, but there was still a sharp pain in her side. When she looked down, she saw that her torso was wrapped in bandages and that there was also a big bloodstain on her left. Since the pain in her side was too much, she ended up just lying on her back. She would have been alone if Vash hadn't been sleeping in the chair next to her bed. Fenella was surprised to see that he also had been injured. From Fenella's view, Vash had been shot in his right shoulder. Fenella felt awful about it. She felt as though Vash's injury was her fault. After all, it was her that Terrie wanted. Terrie wanted to know where Knives' stolen money was. Fenella didn't want to give the money back. She couldn't. Not after she heard the plans of what the money was going to be used for…

"I will never give it back," Fenella whispered in the dark, "I'll never let him have it. That bastard better not let Legato loose on me either."

Vash opened his eyes to see Fenella lying awake in bed, staring at the ceiling and speaking her thoughts. He had no idea that she didn't know he was awake and listening on her train of thoughts.

"…my family, my friends, and Terrie. You killed them all and you're slowly killing Terrie."

"You know her?" Vash said quietly, giving Fenella a small scare.

"How long were you listening?" asked Fenella, wide-eyed with surprise.

"Long enough."

"Y'know…maybe I shouldn't be mentioning this to you."

"Why not?"

"Because," Fenella sighed, "the last time I had this conversation with someone, I ended up in tears. I really don't want to have another 'soft' moment."

"That shouldn't be a problem." Vash laid his hand on Fenella's, giving her support if it was needed. Fenella looked at Vash's shoulder and turned away feeling guilt in her heart.

"Yes, if I had told you everything about Knives…then somehow I'd tell you that I'm sorry because you got shot. Then things would keep escalating until I'm completely crying my heart out and wishing for my life of solitude to end."

"Well, who was the last person you said this too?"

"It was Terrie, but that was before she fell in love with Knives. Although I'm not completely sure whether he loves her or not. Also, I've never met Knives before, but I have heard that he looks a lot like his brother. So, if I ever wanted to know what he looked like, I would just have to look at you."  Fenella sat up and leaned against the headboard of the bed.

"I wouldn't think so." Said Vash, smiling as he sat on the bed to get closer to Fenella. She gave him a look of curiosity.

"Well, you haven't seen the way he looks at her. I actually think it's cute, but there's still something about it that I don't trust." she said.

"I can imagine."

"You better start imagining because I can't think of a thing. I'm just relying on instinct."

"Is it helping?"

"If it were, neither of us would be here."

"Well, I don't mind being here."

"Of course you'd say something like that, these people give free donuts."

"No, I don't mean the donuts, I mean being here with you."

"Why would you want to be with me anyway? Wait a minute, how long have we been here?" asked Fenella.

"It's been about two days already. You must've gotten kicked really hard to stay asleep that long."

"Two days?" she said, painfully trying to make her way out of bed, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Fenella got to the edge of the bed to reach the rest of her clothes, but the pain in her side was too much for her. When she stood straight up, she fell to the ground. Vash got out of his chair to help her up. He picked Fenella up and gently placed her on the bed. This time, she pulled his shirt to herself and began to kiss him. She let go of his shirt and he slowly pulled away. Vash gave her a look of surprise and confusion.

"Why did you do that?" he asked, breathlessly.

"The last time I tried to get you to a bed, you pulled me down with you and wouldn't let me go until a few hours later. I was just simply returning the favor." Fenella replied.

Fenella helped Vash take off his shirt, revealing the scars on his back to Fenella once again. He leaned in closer to Fenella and slowly kissed her while trying to not put too much pressure on her side. She still whimpered in pain, so Vash moved to the side and helped Fenella take off what was left of her blouse. After her blouse was taken off, she painfully sat up and pushed Vash on his back while still on the bed. She climbed on top of him and leaned forward kiss him. While she did that, Vash's hand explored her back until he noticed a single long scar running across her back. Fenella pulled away and put her head on Vash's shoulder.

"How did you get that?" He asked.

"It's the price I had to pay to save my family's lives for a few moments." She said softly, "I literally turn my back for a moment and I get slashed."

"By who?"

"My sister," Fenella was thankful that Vash couldn't see her eyes, but she felt as though he could feel her pain. Even though he didn't have to look into her eyes, their hearts were close enough to share pain, "I can't blame her for it though. I knew it was Legato who had manipulated her. * sigh * It was my little sister who cried as she unwillingly killed our family and then turned the knife on herself. When it was all over, I got to my feet to try and face Legato, but by that time I had lost so much blood that I could barely confront him. Although I was badly injured, Knives still took me in for some reason. I don't know why he wanted me to live, but I did.

A few years later, Knives and Legato had stolen money from some pirates and they were going to use it to pay for these criminals with certain powers that could kill off the human race. When I heard about it, I had taken the money that night and put it some place where they would never find it."

"So, where did you put it?" Vash asked.

Fenella kissed him deeply while fumbling around his pants until she found a small gun. She quickly put it to his head and pulled away from the kiss.

"If I told you that, I'd have to kill you." Said Fenella in a deathly tone.

Vash rolled over on her, still keeping some of his weight off of her side, took the gun away from her and resumed kissing her. His kisses strayed from her lips and made their way down. The night passed with new experiences and a beginning of a love

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Well, this chapter took me three days to finish! And it's finally done.. phew..