I DO NOT OWN TRIGUN KK? but Lu, Aldy and other ppls r mine teehee
If im not real clear on the writin just ask a ? and i'll asnwer okie dokie?
I will not use net language...but this is the first time every writing on my computer not using net slang so...THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP FOR ME!!! thanks for compliments guys, helps alot!
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Meryl sat on her bed alone. She had told Millie to help the girls with dinner. She had to think about what to do, what to say and how to say and do. Her world was about to crumble down. It had been crumbling for 16 years, but the downfall was about to come. Meryl had told Lu that her father was dead and now for her to explain that he was very much alive was going to be complicated. Especially the part about her father being the famous outlaw known as Vash the Stampede. How would Vash take it? Meryl had been running from him for a long time...ever since her pregnancy and Knives...
"Knives" Where was he now? Did that pyscho know about Lu? Meryl knew he did. There was no possible way he couldn't know. Could he really have changed like Vash said? No, not him...never. Meryl shook her head. She couldn't spend her time thinking about Knives! Her attention should be focused on how to break the news to Lu and Vash.
"Please Aunty Mil!?" Lu was down on her knees with her hands folded in a prayer. Millie was cutting carrots on the counter as Aldreasa prepared the chicken. "Tell me...purrty sparkling please!" Millie laughed at the blond girl's despair.
"Little Lulu," That was Millie's pet name for Lu, which she didn't mind being called. "You know who Mr. Vash the Stampede is. Don't you remember him coming to play with you when your mommy was away?" Lu wrinkled her nose.
"Not really." A black cat sat in the window sill above the sink. It meowed lightly. Aldreasa turned abruptly from the stove, with a spoon in her hand.
"My goodness! Lu, he's the guy you always called tomato-san because he always wore red." Millie began laughing as a memory flooded into her mind.
"You two went to the Nicholas D. garden one day. When Mr.Vash came home, you egged him with tomatos." Aldreasa and Lu joined in the laughter. "Poor Mr. Vash, that was the day our water had stopped working and he went around smelling like tomatos all day."
"Millie!" The tall woman set down her knife as she heard Meryl call from downstairs.
"Coming, sempai!" Millie began taking her apron off. "Finish up for me Little Lulu" She pet the blond head as if she were a cat then exited down the stairs. Lu slowly stopped laughing and picked up the white apron from the chair.
"What I wanna know is how my mum knows Vash. She wasn't even around when he was there. I remember that." Aldreasa nearly fell to the floor. Her hand grabbed the edge of the stove for support.
"You've got to be kidding me! Didn't Meryl tell you anything about life before us?" Lu shook her head, putting the apron back down on the chair. "My goodness..."
"Tell me the story! Please?" Lu smiled sweetly at her friend. Sighing, Aldreasa began pouring gravy on the chicken.
"Alright."
"YES!" Lu jumped on top of the counter with her hands in her lap ready to listen attentively. She sat indian style while Aldreasa cleared her throat.
"Well, our mothers didn't always just work behind the desks and fill out paper work for Bernidalli..." She told Lu about their mothers chasing the famous outlaw known as Vash the Stampede.
Millie entered Meryl's room quietly. Right away she could tell Meryl's stress level was at max. Meryl's face was scrunched up with brows furrowed in hard concentration. The petite body was tense and her small hands gripped the blankets on her bed. Millie put on a smile. "You called for me, sempai?" Meryl looked up at her tall friend with out her expression changing.
"Millie, I'm not sure what to do..." Meryl searched her friend's eyes hoping to find an answer as Millie looked into Meryl's eyes wishing she could give one.
"I'm sure Mr. Vash won't be upset with you, Meryl. He has a great sense of understandment and I'm sure he'll see why you did what you did." Meryl looked down at the wooden floor. Her boxes were half unpacked and there were various things lying on the floor.
"I know you didn't want me to run from him, Millie. After what happened with Wolfwood..." Millie's smile changed to a sad one. Millie had always wanted Vash and Meryl to live happily ever after, but Meryl had her weaknesses which made her run. Of course Millie disagreed with Meryl's actions because she had a certain way of thinking. Why should Meryl leave her love when he was still right there, living and breathing while Millie sat at home day to day knowing her love wasn't living and breathing...
"Its ok, sempai. We're not the same person with the same ideas and thats what makes us such great friends!" Millie said sitting down on the bed next to Meryl. Meryl smiled.
"Sometimes I wish everyone could see the way you think. Then we wouldn't be such numbskulls who stumble into situations like this..." The smile faded. Millie looked at her grief stricken friend. It hurt her to see Meryl this way.
"Cheer up silly! We gotta pick out what you're going to wear tonight!" Millie jumped from the bed and began digging through Meryl's suitcases and boxes.
"W-what?" Meryl was shocked as she watched Millie hold up different dresses. A red one, blue one, yellow one...
"You have to look perfect for Mr. Vash! You haven't seen eachother in over 13 years! Thats a long, long time!" Meryl was speechless as Millie picked up a pretty white dress and smiled. "This is your night to catch up on things. No worries tonight ok?" Meryl nodded her head and smiled.
"What would I do with out you, Millie?" Meryl said to her dear friend. Millie smiled brightly.
Vash was pacing back and forth in his hotel room. "Ok, Number one, don't get drunk. You act like an airhead and say stupid things when you get drunk. I wouldn't want to blurt out how old she's gotten." Vash stopped pacing and took that into consideration. "Number two, don't say anything about her being old or getting gray hairs, if she has any." He began pacing the floor once again "Number three, try not to act super duper ubelievably heartbroken if she's married, which I pray she isn't!" Vash got down on his knees as he listed number three. "Number four, DO NOT under any circumstance bring up Knives. You'll get a cup full of water splashed right into your face if you mention your brother." Vash looked at himself in the mirror. He wore black dress pants and a white dress shirt. He had his hair spiked up as usual. A smile creased his face as he remembered Meryl calling him broom head.
Then a thought popped into his mind...What if Meryl doesn't show up? She could be packing her things up and leaving town this very moment! Vash began panicking. He hadn't tracked her down while dodging bounty hunters and making sure his brother didn't go homecidal just to be left in the dust again. Grabbing his poncho and forgetting his keys, Vash ran out of the room.
"Wow...your dad died saving an orphanage?" Lu asked amazed. Aldreasa nodded her head. They were sitting at the table now. Lu still giving Aldreasa her 100% undivided attention. The black haired head gave a proud nod. "That's amazing! Who could imagine a priest saving his beloved church and traveling with Vash the Stampede while saving poor little children!"
"You better believe it. He's the reason why my mother and I worked so hard at the orphanage. We even named it after him. Nicholas D. Wolfwood foundation for orphans." Lu's blue eyes sparkled in awe. The timer went off on the oven.
"How did your mum jump right back into the action with Vash after Wolfwood's death?" Aldreasa got up from her chair to open the oven. Lu's eyes followed her as the steam rose from the oven. The sweet smell of tender chicken seized the room, making Lu's mouth water.
"My mother's a strong woman. They had to take care of the Humanoid Typhoon! I doubt anything could take our mothers down." This gave Lu a different opinion of her mother. She wasn't all mean and bitchy for no reason. Her mum had traveled for a year with a famous outlaw! She had to be tough for that. Her mum must've been the authority.
"Go get Meryl and mom, chickens ready." Lu gave her a small salute and made her way out of the kitchen. Her eyes caught the back of Millie's white chair and noticed Aldreasa had gotten most the chocolate off. If you looked carefully you could still see brown stains though...
Meryl was twirling around in the white dress, still surprised at the fact she could fit into the old thing. Her hair was pulled up onto the top of her head. Random strands fell down about her face. Milli had done her best to hide the gray hairs as Meryl instructed. Meryl also wore plain white heels that made her a tiny bit taller and a white pearl necklace around her neck. "You look wonderful, sempai!" Millie said clapping her hands.
"You really think so?" Meryl said straigtening out the skirt which stopped at her knees. Lu began walking quietly up to her mother's door. Easedropping was one of her favorite pastimes.
"Of course! Its beautiful. Mr. Vash will be very impressed." Meryl smiled. She felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach. It was just like the way she usually felt when Vash was mentioned.
"But, Millie...What should I do about Lu? Shouldn't I tell her first?" Meryl's eyebrow furrowed again with stress. Millie shook her head 'no'.
"No, don't worry about Little Lulu. I'm sure she'll take everything just fine. She's very much like Mr. Vash." Lu quickly burst into the room. She wasn't about to let Millie talk her mother into telling her something that she didn't know. Lu certainly didn't want this Vash guy to know something before she did.
"What should you tell me first?" The blond said with great interest. Meryl and Millie both jumped at Lu's unexpected entrance. Millie saw Meryl at a loss of words and smiled.
"Oh, nothing dear!" Millie rose up from the bed. "Lets leave sempai alone before her big date." The tall woman began pushing Lu gently towards the door, but Lu ducked under Millie's arms to stand directly in front of her mother.
"I wanna know first, please!" Lu begged to her mother. Meryl's face was a little frightened, but she nodded at Millie to leave the room. Bowing her chesnut hair, Millie closed the door behind her. "Score!" Lu cheered. Meryl gently took her daughter's arm.
"Come sit down with me, BayLu." Lu immediately snapped out of her go-lucky mood. 'BayLu' meant serious time and/or angry time. She could tell her mother wasn't angry at the moment which meant serious talk.
"I'm scared. What's going on?" The young blond girl said as she and her mother sat down on the bed. Meryl looked into her daughter's radiant blue eyes. They were so much like Vash's and the long blond hair was the same color as the Stampede's. "Mum?" Meryl straightened up. She must stay strong and get the truth out.
"Before you were born, I traveled with Vash the Stampede for the Bernidalli Insurance company, keeping him under 24-hour servalince." Lu waved her hand in the air.
"Aldy already told me about this. Its not that big of a deal, mum. I think its pretty cool that you fought and traveled with the Humanoid Typhoon." Meryl sighed an uneasy sigh.
"Well, over the time I spent with Vash...I...we grew to care about one another...and, uhm, after the battle with Knives-" Lu's jaw dropped open.
"You were in love with Vash the Stampede? That is wack! I never thought you could love a man!" Meryl put her hands on her hips giving her daughter a stern look.
"And how do you think you were born?" Lu gave her mother a weak smile as she looked off into the distance, avoiding eye contact with Meryl. "Now, BayLu."
Oh, boy...there was her full name again. It sent chills down Lu's back making her feel like her mother was about to tell her a life altering thing. What if she was going to be sent away to boot camp or a private school or worse...the Bernidalli Insurance company! Lu turned to her mother with great fears in her eyes. She was giving Lu her life story just before she sent Lu away to a Catholic school to become a nun! Then Meryl would run off with an old boyfriend! (gasp) Lu's mind was ticking nervously with ideas of what was to come next.
"I know I told you that your father was dead, but I know he's alive and doing well..." Lu stopped breathing...hoping she wasn't going to say what the blond girl was thinking. Meryl saw the look in her daughter's eyes. Meryl had never spoken a word about Lu's father, only that he was dead and to be never brought up. What Meryl saw in Lu's blue eyes was a mix of desperation and fear. Not being able to take the look, she threw her arms up. "Ah! Lu, Vash is your father"
'Real smooth, Meryl. Just blurt it out!' Meryl thought to herself as she turned to face the new look on Lu's face. There were tears in those lustrous blue eyes. Were they tears of happiness, saddness, hurt, anger? Meryl couldn't tell. She just wanted to shake Lu and yell at her until she told her what she was feeling.
"Vash..." Lu said quietly almost not believing it. But why shouldn't she believe it? Lu felt the water building in her eyes. Trying her hardest she tried to push them down. They only came harder as she realized what her mother had just said. Turning her face to Meryl, Lu look angrily at her mother. "You...you lied to me?" Meryl was taken aback. It didn't even cross her mind that Lu would even concieve to say that.
"Lu," Meryl said comfortly. She set her delicate hand on Lu's shoulder. Pulling voilently away, Lu stood in front of her mother still refusing to let the tears fall from her eyes.
"You lied to me! All my life! It was a big fat lie!" Meryl had never seen her daughter this upset. Actually, Meryl had never seen her daughter with REAL tears in her eyes. Lu had never yelled like this either. It scared Meryl and it hurt her to see her daughter this way. The silence Lu was getting made her even more pissed. "Why? WHY would you do this to me!? HOW COULD YOU!?"
"I, its hard to explain Lu" Meryl was again at a lost for words. It wasn't the smartest thing to say to her daughter, because this reply made Lu furious.
"You won't even explain to me!?" Lu tensed every single muscle to keep from punching a hole into a wall. The blond didn't get angry often, but when she did it was hard to keep her anger in check. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" She stomped out of her mother's room to the living room. Meryl followed close behind in a desperate attempt to calm her daughter.
"Lu! STOP!" Meryl stood in the archway of the hall. Millie and Aldreasa stood at the top of the stairs hearing the commotion. Lu picked up a pillow from the couch and threw it at her mother. It nailed her square in the face.
"Leave me alone!" She continued her fiery gait through the living room. Meryl re-composed herself from the pillow attack, which to her surprise actually hurt.
"Lu, please, I did what I thought was right! I didn't WANT to lie to you." Lu stopped on the stairs to look her mother in the eyes. What Meryl saw in her daughter's eyes nearly took the life from her. They were nearly glowing blue, the blue Vash's had glown the night of Monev the Gale's attack.
"You didn't WANT to? BUT YOU DID!" Meryl stood her ground trying not to cry at the sight of her daughter. The glow was frightening her.
"Lulu, please settle down." Millie interjected. She had never seen either Meryl or Lu so upset.
"I'm sorry!" Meryl yelled. Lu's temper went down a notch to dim the glowing sensation in her eyes. "There were so many complications with your father that I thought it better-"
"You thought wrong." Lu spit back, her anger once again rising. At that moment, there was a pound on the door. Meryl shot a look at the door that would make it burn. If that was a neighbor coming over because of noise...
"GO AWAY!" She screamed. Meryl didn't need anyone's complaints about noise or whatever the reason was at the door. It was hard enough keeping her daughter from blowing her top.
"Meryl? Its me, Vash. Are you alright?" His voice was concerned. Meryl's breath caught short in her lungs. Vash burst through the door to see a shocked Meryl, who looked just gorgeous as he remembered, but with longer hair.
"Vash..." There he was. The love of her life who had just came bursting through her door at the worst time imaginable. She counldn't breath.
"Oh great! Dad's home!" Lu said before stomping up the stairs. Vash looked from the retreating Lu to Meryl in confusion.
"Daddy?" He asked to no one in particular. Lu pushed past Millie and Aldreasa before they could get out of the way. Meryl took a deep breath as Vash's wandering blue eyes found her. "Meryl?"
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i kno its dramatic, but ya gotta keep reading!
If im not real clear on the writin just ask a ? and i'll asnwer okie dokie?
I will not use net language...but this is the first time every writing on my computer not using net slang so...THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP FOR ME!!! thanks for compliments guys, helps alot!
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Meryl sat on her bed alone. She had told Millie to help the girls with dinner. She had to think about what to do, what to say and how to say and do. Her world was about to crumble down. It had been crumbling for 16 years, but the downfall was about to come. Meryl had told Lu that her father was dead and now for her to explain that he was very much alive was going to be complicated. Especially the part about her father being the famous outlaw known as Vash the Stampede. How would Vash take it? Meryl had been running from him for a long time...ever since her pregnancy and Knives...
"Knives" Where was he now? Did that pyscho know about Lu? Meryl knew he did. There was no possible way he couldn't know. Could he really have changed like Vash said? No, not him...never. Meryl shook her head. She couldn't spend her time thinking about Knives! Her attention should be focused on how to break the news to Lu and Vash.
"Please Aunty Mil!?" Lu was down on her knees with her hands folded in a prayer. Millie was cutting carrots on the counter as Aldreasa prepared the chicken. "Tell me...purrty sparkling please!" Millie laughed at the blond girl's despair.
"Little Lulu," That was Millie's pet name for Lu, which she didn't mind being called. "You know who Mr. Vash the Stampede is. Don't you remember him coming to play with you when your mommy was away?" Lu wrinkled her nose.
"Not really." A black cat sat in the window sill above the sink. It meowed lightly. Aldreasa turned abruptly from the stove, with a spoon in her hand.
"My goodness! Lu, he's the guy you always called tomato-san because he always wore red." Millie began laughing as a memory flooded into her mind.
"You two went to the Nicholas D. garden one day. When Mr.Vash came home, you egged him with tomatos." Aldreasa and Lu joined in the laughter. "Poor Mr. Vash, that was the day our water had stopped working and he went around smelling like tomatos all day."
"Millie!" The tall woman set down her knife as she heard Meryl call from downstairs.
"Coming, sempai!" Millie began taking her apron off. "Finish up for me Little Lulu" She pet the blond head as if she were a cat then exited down the stairs. Lu slowly stopped laughing and picked up the white apron from the chair.
"What I wanna know is how my mum knows Vash. She wasn't even around when he was there. I remember that." Aldreasa nearly fell to the floor. Her hand grabbed the edge of the stove for support.
"You've got to be kidding me! Didn't Meryl tell you anything about life before us?" Lu shook her head, putting the apron back down on the chair. "My goodness..."
"Tell me the story! Please?" Lu smiled sweetly at her friend. Sighing, Aldreasa began pouring gravy on the chicken.
"Alright."
"YES!" Lu jumped on top of the counter with her hands in her lap ready to listen attentively. She sat indian style while Aldreasa cleared her throat.
"Well, our mothers didn't always just work behind the desks and fill out paper work for Bernidalli..." She told Lu about their mothers chasing the famous outlaw known as Vash the Stampede.
Millie entered Meryl's room quietly. Right away she could tell Meryl's stress level was at max. Meryl's face was scrunched up with brows furrowed in hard concentration. The petite body was tense and her small hands gripped the blankets on her bed. Millie put on a smile. "You called for me, sempai?" Meryl looked up at her tall friend with out her expression changing.
"Millie, I'm not sure what to do..." Meryl searched her friend's eyes hoping to find an answer as Millie looked into Meryl's eyes wishing she could give one.
"I'm sure Mr. Vash won't be upset with you, Meryl. He has a great sense of understandment and I'm sure he'll see why you did what you did." Meryl looked down at the wooden floor. Her boxes were half unpacked and there were various things lying on the floor.
"I know you didn't want me to run from him, Millie. After what happened with Wolfwood..." Millie's smile changed to a sad one. Millie had always wanted Vash and Meryl to live happily ever after, but Meryl had her weaknesses which made her run. Of course Millie disagreed with Meryl's actions because she had a certain way of thinking. Why should Meryl leave her love when he was still right there, living and breathing while Millie sat at home day to day knowing her love wasn't living and breathing...
"Its ok, sempai. We're not the same person with the same ideas and thats what makes us such great friends!" Millie said sitting down on the bed next to Meryl. Meryl smiled.
"Sometimes I wish everyone could see the way you think. Then we wouldn't be such numbskulls who stumble into situations like this..." The smile faded. Millie looked at her grief stricken friend. It hurt her to see Meryl this way.
"Cheer up silly! We gotta pick out what you're going to wear tonight!" Millie jumped from the bed and began digging through Meryl's suitcases and boxes.
"W-what?" Meryl was shocked as she watched Millie hold up different dresses. A red one, blue one, yellow one...
"You have to look perfect for Mr. Vash! You haven't seen eachother in over 13 years! Thats a long, long time!" Meryl was speechless as Millie picked up a pretty white dress and smiled. "This is your night to catch up on things. No worries tonight ok?" Meryl nodded her head and smiled.
"What would I do with out you, Millie?" Meryl said to her dear friend. Millie smiled brightly.
Vash was pacing back and forth in his hotel room. "Ok, Number one, don't get drunk. You act like an airhead and say stupid things when you get drunk. I wouldn't want to blurt out how old she's gotten." Vash stopped pacing and took that into consideration. "Number two, don't say anything about her being old or getting gray hairs, if she has any." He began pacing the floor once again "Number three, try not to act super duper ubelievably heartbroken if she's married, which I pray she isn't!" Vash got down on his knees as he listed number three. "Number four, DO NOT under any circumstance bring up Knives. You'll get a cup full of water splashed right into your face if you mention your brother." Vash looked at himself in the mirror. He wore black dress pants and a white dress shirt. He had his hair spiked up as usual. A smile creased his face as he remembered Meryl calling him broom head.
Then a thought popped into his mind...What if Meryl doesn't show up? She could be packing her things up and leaving town this very moment! Vash began panicking. He hadn't tracked her down while dodging bounty hunters and making sure his brother didn't go homecidal just to be left in the dust again. Grabbing his poncho and forgetting his keys, Vash ran out of the room.
"Wow...your dad died saving an orphanage?" Lu asked amazed. Aldreasa nodded her head. They were sitting at the table now. Lu still giving Aldreasa her 100% undivided attention. The black haired head gave a proud nod. "That's amazing! Who could imagine a priest saving his beloved church and traveling with Vash the Stampede while saving poor little children!"
"You better believe it. He's the reason why my mother and I worked so hard at the orphanage. We even named it after him. Nicholas D. Wolfwood foundation for orphans." Lu's blue eyes sparkled in awe. The timer went off on the oven.
"How did your mum jump right back into the action with Vash after Wolfwood's death?" Aldreasa got up from her chair to open the oven. Lu's eyes followed her as the steam rose from the oven. The sweet smell of tender chicken seized the room, making Lu's mouth water.
"My mother's a strong woman. They had to take care of the Humanoid Typhoon! I doubt anything could take our mothers down." This gave Lu a different opinion of her mother. She wasn't all mean and bitchy for no reason. Her mum had traveled for a year with a famous outlaw! She had to be tough for that. Her mum must've been the authority.
"Go get Meryl and mom, chickens ready." Lu gave her a small salute and made her way out of the kitchen. Her eyes caught the back of Millie's white chair and noticed Aldreasa had gotten most the chocolate off. If you looked carefully you could still see brown stains though...
Meryl was twirling around in the white dress, still surprised at the fact she could fit into the old thing. Her hair was pulled up onto the top of her head. Random strands fell down about her face. Milli had done her best to hide the gray hairs as Meryl instructed. Meryl also wore plain white heels that made her a tiny bit taller and a white pearl necklace around her neck. "You look wonderful, sempai!" Millie said clapping her hands.
"You really think so?" Meryl said straigtening out the skirt which stopped at her knees. Lu began walking quietly up to her mother's door. Easedropping was one of her favorite pastimes.
"Of course! Its beautiful. Mr. Vash will be very impressed." Meryl smiled. She felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach. It was just like the way she usually felt when Vash was mentioned.
"But, Millie...What should I do about Lu? Shouldn't I tell her first?" Meryl's eyebrow furrowed again with stress. Millie shook her head 'no'.
"No, don't worry about Little Lulu. I'm sure she'll take everything just fine. She's very much like Mr. Vash." Lu quickly burst into the room. She wasn't about to let Millie talk her mother into telling her something that she didn't know. Lu certainly didn't want this Vash guy to know something before she did.
"What should you tell me first?" The blond said with great interest. Meryl and Millie both jumped at Lu's unexpected entrance. Millie saw Meryl at a loss of words and smiled.
"Oh, nothing dear!" Millie rose up from the bed. "Lets leave sempai alone before her big date." The tall woman began pushing Lu gently towards the door, but Lu ducked under Millie's arms to stand directly in front of her mother.
"I wanna know first, please!" Lu begged to her mother. Meryl's face was a little frightened, but she nodded at Millie to leave the room. Bowing her chesnut hair, Millie closed the door behind her. "Score!" Lu cheered. Meryl gently took her daughter's arm.
"Come sit down with me, BayLu." Lu immediately snapped out of her go-lucky mood. 'BayLu' meant serious time and/or angry time. She could tell her mother wasn't angry at the moment which meant serious talk.
"I'm scared. What's going on?" The young blond girl said as she and her mother sat down on the bed. Meryl looked into her daughter's radiant blue eyes. They were so much like Vash's and the long blond hair was the same color as the Stampede's. "Mum?" Meryl straightened up. She must stay strong and get the truth out.
"Before you were born, I traveled with Vash the Stampede for the Bernidalli Insurance company, keeping him under 24-hour servalince." Lu waved her hand in the air.
"Aldy already told me about this. Its not that big of a deal, mum. I think its pretty cool that you fought and traveled with the Humanoid Typhoon." Meryl sighed an uneasy sigh.
"Well, over the time I spent with Vash...I...we grew to care about one another...and, uhm, after the battle with Knives-" Lu's jaw dropped open.
"You were in love with Vash the Stampede? That is wack! I never thought you could love a man!" Meryl put her hands on her hips giving her daughter a stern look.
"And how do you think you were born?" Lu gave her mother a weak smile as she looked off into the distance, avoiding eye contact with Meryl. "Now, BayLu."
Oh, boy...there was her full name again. It sent chills down Lu's back making her feel like her mother was about to tell her a life altering thing. What if she was going to be sent away to boot camp or a private school or worse...the Bernidalli Insurance company! Lu turned to her mother with great fears in her eyes. She was giving Lu her life story just before she sent Lu away to a Catholic school to become a nun! Then Meryl would run off with an old boyfriend! (gasp) Lu's mind was ticking nervously with ideas of what was to come next.
"I know I told you that your father was dead, but I know he's alive and doing well..." Lu stopped breathing...hoping she wasn't going to say what the blond girl was thinking. Meryl saw the look in her daughter's eyes. Meryl had never spoken a word about Lu's father, only that he was dead and to be never brought up. What Meryl saw in Lu's blue eyes was a mix of desperation and fear. Not being able to take the look, she threw her arms up. "Ah! Lu, Vash is your father"
'Real smooth, Meryl. Just blurt it out!' Meryl thought to herself as she turned to face the new look on Lu's face. There were tears in those lustrous blue eyes. Were they tears of happiness, saddness, hurt, anger? Meryl couldn't tell. She just wanted to shake Lu and yell at her until she told her what she was feeling.
"Vash..." Lu said quietly almost not believing it. But why shouldn't she believe it? Lu felt the water building in her eyes. Trying her hardest she tried to push them down. They only came harder as she realized what her mother had just said. Turning her face to Meryl, Lu look angrily at her mother. "You...you lied to me?" Meryl was taken aback. It didn't even cross her mind that Lu would even concieve to say that.
"Lu," Meryl said comfortly. She set her delicate hand on Lu's shoulder. Pulling voilently away, Lu stood in front of her mother still refusing to let the tears fall from her eyes.
"You lied to me! All my life! It was a big fat lie!" Meryl had never seen her daughter this upset. Actually, Meryl had never seen her daughter with REAL tears in her eyes. Lu had never yelled like this either. It scared Meryl and it hurt her to see her daughter this way. The silence Lu was getting made her even more pissed. "Why? WHY would you do this to me!? HOW COULD YOU!?"
"I, its hard to explain Lu" Meryl was again at a lost for words. It wasn't the smartest thing to say to her daughter, because this reply made Lu furious.
"You won't even explain to me!?" Lu tensed every single muscle to keep from punching a hole into a wall. The blond didn't get angry often, but when she did it was hard to keep her anger in check. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" She stomped out of her mother's room to the living room. Meryl followed close behind in a desperate attempt to calm her daughter.
"Lu! STOP!" Meryl stood in the archway of the hall. Millie and Aldreasa stood at the top of the stairs hearing the commotion. Lu picked up a pillow from the couch and threw it at her mother. It nailed her square in the face.
"Leave me alone!" She continued her fiery gait through the living room. Meryl re-composed herself from the pillow attack, which to her surprise actually hurt.
"Lu, please, I did what I thought was right! I didn't WANT to lie to you." Lu stopped on the stairs to look her mother in the eyes. What Meryl saw in her daughter's eyes nearly took the life from her. They were nearly glowing blue, the blue Vash's had glown the night of Monev the Gale's attack.
"You didn't WANT to? BUT YOU DID!" Meryl stood her ground trying not to cry at the sight of her daughter. The glow was frightening her.
"Lulu, please settle down." Millie interjected. She had never seen either Meryl or Lu so upset.
"I'm sorry!" Meryl yelled. Lu's temper went down a notch to dim the glowing sensation in her eyes. "There were so many complications with your father that I thought it better-"
"You thought wrong." Lu spit back, her anger once again rising. At that moment, there was a pound on the door. Meryl shot a look at the door that would make it burn. If that was a neighbor coming over because of noise...
"GO AWAY!" She screamed. Meryl didn't need anyone's complaints about noise or whatever the reason was at the door. It was hard enough keeping her daughter from blowing her top.
"Meryl? Its me, Vash. Are you alright?" His voice was concerned. Meryl's breath caught short in her lungs. Vash burst through the door to see a shocked Meryl, who looked just gorgeous as he remembered, but with longer hair.
"Vash..." There he was. The love of her life who had just came bursting through her door at the worst time imaginable. She counldn't breath.
"Oh great! Dad's home!" Lu said before stomping up the stairs. Vash looked from the retreating Lu to Meryl in confusion.
"Daddy?" He asked to no one in particular. Lu pushed past Millie and Aldreasa before they could get out of the way. Meryl took a deep breath as Vash's wandering blue eyes found her. "Meryl?"
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i kno its dramatic, but ya gotta keep reading!