DISCLAIMER: (this is probably the only one you'll ever see) I don't own any of the characters from Inuyasha, Trigun, YYH or Rurouni Kenshin because if I did… trust me… you'd know. ^_-
Wow! You guys ask lots of questions! That's ok though, me like long reviews! ^_^ As for one of the questions, Saku is Vash's spirit guardian even though she is the daughter of Suzaku and Kageunsei. As for the orbs, one of them 'just so happened' to land on Kat's sceries of Trigun and that's how Vash is there… but that's not all… *grins evilly* Oh, and not like this really matters but I'm related to Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women). Not like anyone really reads her stories (I know I haven't. Well ok, I got half way through little women but I was eight at the time so I gave up since it was so boring.) She was my great (to like the thousandth power) aunt on my mother's side. But TRUST me, I don't get my talents from her (or at least I don't think I do. Anyone know if that's inherited or not, or are scientists still debating that?) Oh yes… and one more thing… this chapter brings me to 75,000 words! I'm aiming for over 100,000 and TRUST me this story alone will get me over 100,000.
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Tsukamaru Kai Tenshi… The Scarlet Ibis
Chapter 7
*Back at the hut*
"Vash, just thought I'd bring you some tow-" Kat paused when she entered the room.
There was Vash, wearing nothing but a pair of sweats standing in the center of the room drying his hair. They stared at each other for a few seconds before Vash whipped the towel off his head and wrapped it around his chest. He pulled the strangest and stupidest face Kat had ever seen.
"I'm sorry!" Kat said turning to leave, "I should have knocked!"
"It's ok…I'm just not used to women seeing me like this," he said.
Kat sat down on her futon and watched as Vash sat down on the one across from hers, "You have so many scars. They look deeper and more painful in person."
Vash shifted the towel to cover the largest scar on his body (which was the metal grate), "Do they bug you?"
"No not at all, they just look…painful."
Vash caught her staring at one of the larger scars on his stomach. Kat stopped staring at the scar and tried to focus on something else, "It's so deep. How did you get it?"
"I was attacked by a man with a knife."
Kat pointed to another scar, "And that one?"
"Gunshot."
"This one?"
"Gunshot."
"That one?"
"Fell off a Thomas."
"You what?"
Vash grinned sheepishly, "I've never been any good at riding one." Their eyes met and Vash was surprised to see such sorrow in Kat's emerald orbs. 'My scars may be deep, but yours are deeper...'
Kat broke eye contact knowing that he had picked up her true mood. Vash continued to stare at her waiting for an explanation. "I guess we have something in common after all… our hearts are just as scarred as our skin."
'But what could have scarred you this badly?'
Kat seemed to read his mind and being as mysterious as she was, Kat could have done just that. Vash pulled a bottle of beer out from nowhere and took a long swig. He then passed it to Kat, not expecting her to drink it, just doing it to be polite. Kat stared at the bottle for a second. 'Why not? I got nothing to loose.'
She snatched the bottle and downed the rest of it in two gulps, "Thanks."
Vash stared at her in complete shock, "How long does it take for you to get drunk?"
Kat shrugged, "Until today it seems as if I've had no reason to drink. Hangover's a bitch though."
"Got that right," Vash agreed.
"If you don't get drunk then how would you know?"
"How would you know that?" She shrugged, "That's something I don't think you'll find out no matter how drunk I am."
(A/N: This sentence doesn't make much sense but it's basically Vash asking how she would know what a hangover's like if she's never her had one. Her answer: 'How would you know if I've never gotten drunk?'
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*A few hours later.*
"You know, *hic* if you didn't act like such a moron, *hic* you'd probably get laid more often," Kat said, more drunk than she had ever been in her life.
"Don't say that!" Vash exclaimed.
"It's true though. *hic*"
"You know, I think you're really drunk."
"No shit," Kat said and tried to stand. She wobbled and swayed as took a few clumsy steps. Her legs gave out when she reached Vash's futon and he caught her before she could hit the floor.
He set her down next to him and she swayed a bit more, "Hum. Brings back old memories."
"What?"
"You're smashed, not deaf. I *hic* know you heard me." Kat stopped swaying and got dead serious.
'There's something she's hiding and she's not doing a good job hiding it.'
Kat began to feel uncomfortable under his intense stare and she made to stand up. Her legs failed and she passed out from too much alcohol. Vash caught her again and laid her down on his futon. He stood up and covered her with his blanket. He decided to steal Kat's bed for the night seeing as she wasn't going anywhere and, taking one last swig, he crawled under the warm covers of Kat's futon.
(A/N: The covers are warm because Saku was snoozing there earlier. Nothing else to say except… PLEASE REVIEW!!!)