Okay, don't get mad. This is a one shot. It was written for a friend who
is too wimpy to write the story herself. So here it is. The premise, a
whole buncha anime guys sitting around a fire telling their war stories.
Characters include: Vash the Stampede (Trigun), Aoshi and Kenshin
(Kenshin), Gene Starwind (Outlaw Star), Ryu Soma (Argentosoma). I think
that's all of them.
VASH: Well, this one here (pointing to the side of his chest here a metal bandage covered half of his rib cage) is where I got shot up by the bad lads.
GENE: Yeah, well these I got dealing with a PMSing Ctarl Ctarl (pointing to the multiple scars all up and down his arms.)
AOSHI: Well, I got this from the Battosai when he used the Amakakeru Ryo no Hiro Meki on me during our last battle together. (He opened his shirt and showed the deep scar that ran diagonally across his chest)
GENE: Yeah, well these (brushing his left cheek) I got when my safety pod crashed onto a planet after my father threw me in it to save me from the pirates that attacked our ship and killed him.
VASH: Yeah, well my own brother shot off my left arm!! See this, it's a fake. Actually, it's a machine gun now. Comes in kinda handy really.(muses to himself ignoring the others)
RYU: That's pathetic.
GENE: What you say???
RYU: Those wounds are all superficial. Did they really change anything about you other than skin?
AOSHI: What do you mean?
(Vash still mutters away at himself. Kenshin sits quietly listening to their tales)
GENE: Yeah, hotshot (points at Ryu) so how'd you get your scars?
RYU: (laughs quietly to himself in sober memory) The love of my life was killed by a rogue alien that destroyed the building we were all in. I lost everything, my Maki, my face, my real identity. I became another person, lived someone else's life. This scar, this face is just a reflection of the one on my heart.
(All the men including Vash who is now paying attention sit with quiet awe. Finally after a few minutes Gene speaks again.)
GENE: (addressing Kenshin) So what about you shorty? You haven't said much tonight. How'd you get your scar?
(Aoshi glares at Gene's insolence)
KENSHIN: (face turning slightly red) Who me?
AOSHI: Yes, Battosai. Tell us your tale. Please.
KENSHIN: Well, (gets far away look in his eye.) It is said that one's scars only disappear after the person who made them forgives you.
VASH: So what did you do to deserve uh, that?
KENSHIN: Well, this (he said running a finger over part of his scar) was given to me by my wife's first love.
RYU: And the other half?
KENSHIN: (his eyes grow weary and he lowers his voice. All the men lean in to hear his explanation) My wife gave me that before she died in my arms. I ran her through with my own blade. (he bows his head in shame)
VASH: That's it!
RYU: You win.
AOSHI: I'm going to bed.
GENE: Show off.
(The four men walk off in their own directions leaving Kenshin sitting alone by the fire)
KENSHIN: ORO???
ME: Tell me what you think. Good for a laugh or no? PS to all you who are waiting for the continuation of Vicious Cycle, it is coming. I just had to get this out of my head so I could think more clearly about my real story. Thanks to all who took the time to read my little mind fiasco.
VASH: Well, this one here (pointing to the side of his chest here a metal bandage covered half of his rib cage) is where I got shot up by the bad lads.
GENE: Yeah, well these I got dealing with a PMSing Ctarl Ctarl (pointing to the multiple scars all up and down his arms.)
AOSHI: Well, I got this from the Battosai when he used the Amakakeru Ryo no Hiro Meki on me during our last battle together. (He opened his shirt and showed the deep scar that ran diagonally across his chest)
GENE: Yeah, well these (brushing his left cheek) I got when my safety pod crashed onto a planet after my father threw me in it to save me from the pirates that attacked our ship and killed him.
VASH: Yeah, well my own brother shot off my left arm!! See this, it's a fake. Actually, it's a machine gun now. Comes in kinda handy really.(muses to himself ignoring the others)
RYU: That's pathetic.
GENE: What you say???
RYU: Those wounds are all superficial. Did they really change anything about you other than skin?
AOSHI: What do you mean?
(Vash still mutters away at himself. Kenshin sits quietly listening to their tales)
GENE: Yeah, hotshot (points at Ryu) so how'd you get your scars?
RYU: (laughs quietly to himself in sober memory) The love of my life was killed by a rogue alien that destroyed the building we were all in. I lost everything, my Maki, my face, my real identity. I became another person, lived someone else's life. This scar, this face is just a reflection of the one on my heart.
(All the men including Vash who is now paying attention sit with quiet awe. Finally after a few minutes Gene speaks again.)
GENE: (addressing Kenshin) So what about you shorty? You haven't said much tonight. How'd you get your scar?
(Aoshi glares at Gene's insolence)
KENSHIN: (face turning slightly red) Who me?
AOSHI: Yes, Battosai. Tell us your tale. Please.
KENSHIN: Well, (gets far away look in his eye.) It is said that one's scars only disappear after the person who made them forgives you.
VASH: So what did you do to deserve uh, that?
KENSHIN: Well, this (he said running a finger over part of his scar) was given to me by my wife's first love.
RYU: And the other half?
KENSHIN: (his eyes grow weary and he lowers his voice. All the men lean in to hear his explanation) My wife gave me that before she died in my arms. I ran her through with my own blade. (he bows his head in shame)
VASH: That's it!
RYU: You win.
AOSHI: I'm going to bed.
GENE: Show off.
(The four men walk off in their own directions leaving Kenshin sitting alone by the fire)
KENSHIN: ORO???
ME: Tell me what you think. Good for a laugh or no? PS to all you who are waiting for the continuation of Vicious Cycle, it is coming. I just had to get this out of my head so I could think more clearly about my real story. Thanks to all who took the time to read my little mind fiasco.