Trigun Fanfic
Trigun © Yasuhiro Nightow * Shonen Gaho-sha * Tokuma Shoten * JVC * Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc.
The following fanfiction was written by me (Chiruken) and is intended for the sole purpose of shared entertainment and not intended for publication or sale.
--Ohayou, My Dear—
Trigun Fanfic Featuring Vash and Meryl. "Pervert!" "Wh-what are you doing in my bed?" "Put some clothes on for God's sake!"
By Chiruken
Chapter 14
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Millie bowed her head, hands clasped in her lap and avoided looking at her companion. She could actually **feel** the anger radiating off of him in waves of negative emotion. She swallowed and shifted uncomfortably in the sand. "Well…it's like this, Mr. Vash." She drew in a deep breath and gathered her courage to sneak a peek at him. **Oh boy…he looks really angry.** "You and Meryl were so angry with each other and not talking and I could tell how much it hurt the both of you and I can't stand to see my friends so upset so I thought I should do something about it but I didn't really know what so I wrote a letter to Mr. Knives and I was going to post it to him but I ran into him so that saved me postage and then I talked to him and we came up with a plan and he said he'd try to help and then we decided the best thing to do would be to separate the two of you…Meryl and you, that is…and so we agreed that we'd give you a week to think things over and he took Meryl with him and I was supposed to stay with you and we were going to talk to you two and try to fix things but I never thought that you'd get so upset and I'm really very sorry, Mr. Vash." She gasped for breath having tried her level best to say everything in one hurried rush. She closed her eyes tightly and waited for the very angry man beside her to respond. Several moments passed and he still hadn't moved so she sneaked another peek at him. He was staring at her with an incredulous look, green eyes wide with shock. "Say something, please, Mr. Vash…" She whispered softly, anxiety curling through her at his continued silence.
Shaking himself out of his shocked stupor Vash narrowed his eyes on the woman sitting beside him. "You…" He choked and gritted his teeth, hands closing into fists. "You **knew** where he was? All this time, you knew where my brother was and you never said anything?! How could you, Millie?!"
"I'm sorry!" She cried, tears filling her eyes. "I promised Mr. Knives that I wouldn't tell on him and I always try to keep my promises. He wanted a chance to start over…"
"And you believed him?!" He shouted incredulously. "Millie! He tried to kill **everyone**! He caused the Great Fall! He's responsible for Wolfwood's death! All those towns we came across with no people…he was behind that! I can't believe you fell for…" He cut off the rest of the angry sentence and jumped to his feet. "Don't you know what he's capable of? God, Millie! There's no telling what he's doing to Meryl even as we speak! How could you do that to your friend?"
Millie rose quickly to face off against him, her own anger rising. "Don't you say such mean things about Knives! I won't stand for it! He's been trying really, really hard to be a good person and start over with a new life but you can't get passed your anger to see that! He's a good person deep down, I know it!" She was shaking so hard she could barely remain standing as tears blurred her vision. "Knives isn't evil like you keep saying. He can't be because if he was he wouldn't have been so nice to me and he wouldn't have tried so hard to be my friend!" She swiped a hand over her face, wiping away the angry tears. "An evil man would've have been able to say such nice things to me and treat me so nicely. He's the first person to not just treat me like I'm stupid!" She spun away and dropped to her knees in the sand. "He only wants to help you, Mr. Vash…why can't you see that?" She whispered hoarsely, covering her face with shaking hands as she cried.
Vash stared down at her, his anger evaporating immediately. "Millie…" He knelt beside her and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "I didn't know, Millie. I-I'm sorry…" Never, in his wildest dreams, could he have imagined the gentle woman he'd come to know would ever fall in love with his brother. **Knives…what have you done?** He thought sadly and shook his head. He had no doubt that his brother had turned on the charm to sway Millie to his side and used her to escape. That he could twist her emotions like this was unconscionable and unforgivable.
"He's really trying, Mr. Vash…why can't you believe that?" She looked up at him through her tears. "It's been three years and he hasn't done anything to hurt anybody…and still you don't believe that Knives has changed. Why can't you believe in your own brother?"
"I want to…I really do…but I can't just forget everything he's done over the passed hundred and thirty years either." He sighed and sat beside her, leaning against the car. "Maybe he is trying…I'll give you that…but there's no telling what might set him off again. Knives isn't stable, Millie."
She snorted and wiped her face with her sleeve. "So you say." She drew her knees up to her chest and hugged them. "He was hurt, scared, and lonely. His only brother abandoned him, betrayed him…in his mind…and he blamed us humans for it all. He couldn't understand why you would choose the human race over him and that confusion made him lash out at those who'd caused the rift between the two of you. Of course, that doesn't excuse everything he's done. I know that. He knows that. But you don't have to make it harder for him. Give Knives a chance, Mr. Vash. That's all he really needs right now."
He frowned and stared down at the sand, studying the tiny grains as if they held all the answers to the questions he held deep within his heart. "All right, Millie. Let's just say what you said is true…" He looked up slowly. "But why did he have to kidnap Meryl?"
She smiled brightly and stood, stretching her arms above her head. "That's easy, Mr. Vash. It's because I told him to." Ignoring his wide-eyed look of surprise she bent to pick up the dropped luggage. "Which car should we take?"
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