I'm sooooooooo sorry for taking so long to post another chapter, but.......I have so many other stories and things I need to finish and new stories and such popping into my head all the time! *sigh* Well, I promise to try and update more often! OH!!!! And plz review! Input! Need input ppl! lol....

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CHAPTER FOUR: EXPLANATIONS AND AN UNEXPECTED KNIGHT

"What do you mean you're not human? Of course your human! You look just like a human!" Knives growled.

"Well, YOU look like a human, but your not." she cossed her arms.

"She's got you there Knives." Vash said, rubbing the back of his head. Knives Just glared at them both.

"Well," she started, ignoring Knives' glare at her, "As I said before: I'm not human. I've been traveling around looking for people like me but I've had no luck so far. I'm a demon." she pointed to her head.

"What the!?" Vash said. Nestled in her hair were two big dog ears. Knives reached out a hand and petted them. She purred.

"Stop that!" she growled.

Knives, angry at what he'd just done, turned his back on her and stared at the sunset.

"I also have a tail...I hide it under my coat. Otherwise the humans I come across would try to kill me."

"That still doesn't explain why you think you're older than Knives. If anything we should be older than you!" Vash started pacing.

"I hate to admit it but Needle noggin here has a point." Knives replied, still looking at the sunset.

"Well, As far as I know Demons in general live for long periods of time. The stronger the demon the longer the life I guess. Considering how long I've been alive I should be-- HEY!!!" she bashed Vash on the head. He was looking under her coat at her tail.

Vash lay on the ground, rubbing his head, "What'd you do that for?" Knives smiled slightly.

"You PERVERT!!! You're lucky I haven't killed you! NEVER do that again! understand!?" Vash coward in fear against a nearby rock, nodding his agreement.

Footsteps could be heard running towards them, "Wait! Please ma'am! We only want to help you!" the doctor and some other men were running slowly towards them.

The lady paled and whimpered, "I don't wanna go back to that place! Please don't let them take me back to that place!" she hid behind Knives.

Knives, completely at a loss stared at the group of humans. Eventually they caught up to them. "Didn't know I had walked that far.' Knives thoguht.

"Please, Ma'am. We only want to do a few tests before you leave....to make sure you're completly healed.

"I'm fine! And I don't wish to return to that hell hole of a hospital!" she growled from behind Knives.

"But, Ma'am..." the doctor said, inching closer.

"She said she didn't want to go back." Knives glared at the doctor. The he pulled out his gun again and pointed it at the doctor.

'Knives no! Don't kill!' "Dont kill!" Vash said out loud.

"Boo!" Knives said. The doctor and the men ran for there lives. He holstered his gun.

"Thank you." the girl said, fainting. Knives caught her.

"I think we should head home." Vash got up. Knives made as if to hand her to Vash but Vash walked off, leaving Knives to carry the girl.

'Why me?' Knives sighed, dropping his walking stick to pick the girl up. Once he got her weight distributed evenly he headed back to the house he had sought to run away from.

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What do you think? Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh?????? Took me a bit to figure out what to write, but once I got into the groove it went smoothly! Yay for me!