i dont own trigun (vash, meryl, milli, knives, wolfwood)
The chaps might b a lil slow right now, but i promise they'll get interesting once Lu and Aldy run away!
Thanks for the reviews! i love ya guys!
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Blue eyes fluttered awake in the night. "NIGHT?" Lu shot straight up from bed. Aldreasa was on the other side of the bed dreaming with a stern look on her face. Lu rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and stretched her arms out over her head. Just then she heard Vash's voice from the kitchen.
"There was nothing to be afraid of, Meryl. I promised to protect you." Lu's arms fell down as she remembered the events of the day.
"It wasn't a bad dream..." She groaned. Her feet slid silently on the cold floor. Opening the door gently she slid to the end of the hall to get view of her mother and Vash at the table. Milli was no where ot be seen.
"What were you scared of?" Vash asked with a serious tone. Meryl fiddled with her hands. She looked everywhere besides his face. Vash put his hands on Meryl's to make them stop moving. "Its ok" He assured.
Meryl looked at him in disbelief. "No, its not Vash" Her mother was still in that white dress and her hair was a little out of place but still looked beautiful.
"I've given everything to come and find you. You mean the world to me, Meryl Stryfe, and BayLu too." He laughed and put his arms behind his head. All the sincerity disappeared. "Just didn't think I'd have a daughter when I found you, I was more afraid of you being married!" Meryl smiled.
"She's a lot like you! But...what is she, Vash?" The spiky blond looked stunned by her question. Lu had confusion written all over her face. "Is she human? Are the things that happened to you, going to happen to her? Is knives going to hunt her down? Does he even know? Will he try to use her?" Her questions were overwhelming for Vash. Lu didn't understand what she was talking about.
'What did she mean am I human? What happened to Vash that she's so scared of happening to me? Who the hell is Knives and why would he hunt me down? WHATS GOING ON!?' Lu's silent questions weren't answered. Vash smiled warmly, turning back into his serious side.
"I haven't heard from Knives in 10 years." He took her face in his hand and looked deeply into her eyes. "You have nothing to worry about. Everything is fine. I can protect you." Meryl smiled at him, melting into his earnest words. She took his hands in hers. Vash's lucent blue eyes looked to the floor. "I'm not sure what Lu is or could be...Anything out of the ordinary happen?" Meryl put her hands in her lap looking down.
"Today, her eyes glew like yours did that one night..." Vash knew which night she was talking about. The night the Gun-ho gun had killed so many innocent people just to get Vash.
'My eyes glew?' Lu winced when she heard the strange occurance. The blond girl hadn't even noticed a difference when she was angry. 'I have glowing eyes...' She thought with a lighter attitude. 'wicked'
"She was angry at me...but I really don't want to talk about that." Vash nodded his head in understandment. "When she was little, she woke up screaming and crying because of her head hurting. It seemed her eyes were far away and her body shook, but I remember you having nightmares before." Meryl's face was etched with worry, concern and fear. Vash could only imagine how difficult it was for Meryl to take care of Lu. She didn't understand what Lu was going through. Meryl tried to laugh. "She's just crazy about donuts! Especially cream filled with rainbow sprinkles."
A black cat with large green eyes began playing at Lu's feet, batting at her shoe strings. Lu shooed it away, but it attacked her hand, making Lu jump. It made a loud noise on the wooden floors which made Meryl jump to her feet.
Vash motioned for her to stay as he silently moved out of his chair. Lu quickly ran to Aldreasa's bed with out a sound. Vash opened the door to Aldreasa's room when the cat came scampering out. Vash stared at the sleeping girls as she shut the door, leaving it just a crack open.
"Is everything fine?" Meryl asked a little concerned. All the talk about Knives was getting her edgy. Vash came into the kitchen smiling.
"Just the cat" Vash lied. He knew it was Lu, but wasn't going to say anything. "Lets take a walk" Vash offered his arm to Meryl. She smiled accepting it. Lu lay still until she heard the door click shut behind her mother and Vash. Looking out the window, she watched them walk towards the outskirts of town. Lu sat down cross legged on the bed.
"He thinks he's so smart..." Lu pouted. She looked over at Aldreasa who was soundlessly sleeping. Lu tapped her shoulder. "Aldy? Aldy wake up" Aldreasa's eyes didn't open, but she moaned.
"What is it?" She didn't even bother sitting up and sounded rather annoyed. The dream she was having had a sexy prince and she was his princess. A young childish dream, but she was enjoying it nevertheless.
"Do you know anything about my dad?" Lu asked. Aldreasa groaned and rolled to her side in an attempt to go back to sleep. Lu was about to punch her shoulder when Aldreasa spoke.
"He's an outlaw, Mama used to track him down, friend of my father's." Aldreasa just repeated everything Lu knew. Aldreasa had known all this for a long time, even the part about Vash being her father. Lu could tell that it was no big deal to her friend.
"How did you know about that? I mean bout Vash being my dad?" Aldreasa sighed heavily while rolling back to face the young girl sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Mama told me the day after my 14th birthday. Right after you and Meryl left again. She decided I was grown enough to know the story of my father." Lu's lip pouted. She was 16 and Meryl hadn't told her anything about family. Never a word was spoken about Meryl's family and she was told her father was dead. LAIR!
"So, your mum told you bout your dad then?" Lu asked in a whisper.
"Yea, He was a tall handsome man with jet black hair like mine and dark eyes. He was a Reverend." Aldreasa said proudly. Lu wrinkled her nose.
"A priest?"
"Yes! That's what a Reverend is Lu!" Aldreasa wasn't whispering anymore. "I already told you about this, go to sleep!" The girl with long blond hair didn't get the point of her friend's treading voice.
"Is that all you know?" Lu said, curiousity in her voice. Curiousity killed the cat..."UMPF" A mouth full of feathered pillows knocked Lu right off the bed.
"Get out of my room or go to sleep! I have school in the morning, and so do you." Aldreasa pulled the covers over her yellow pajamas for more warmth. Burying her head in the soft pillow she got ready for the wonderful dreamworld.
"Did Wolfwood ever kill anybody?" Lu blurted out.Aldreasa sprung of her bed and began beating Lu severly with her pillow.
"Lu! You chickenshit! Of course he didn't!" She said inbetween large swings at the blond head. Lu rolled out of her range to hide behind a chair.
"You said he was with my dad and he ain't no saint" Aldreasa chucked the pillow at Lu, only hitting the books on her shelf. "You really do have bad aim..." Lu whispered.
"He was a priest for crying out loud! GIVE IT UP!" Aldreasa climbed back into bed and lay facing the wall. Lu studied her friend's back thinking that Milli might lie to her daughter to keep a good image of her father alive.
"Are you sure?" Lu asked cautiously. Aldreasa threw her pillow which landed on the floor nex to the blond. Aldreasa fell back down to sleep.
"Stop nagging and go to sleep, Lu." She said through clenched teeth. Lu decided to stay quiet for a moment. Her blue eyes studied the designs on the blanket. She looked at the back of Aldreasa's head about to ask something, but closed her mouth. Lu opened it right back up again.
"Are you human?" With that question Aldreasa popped her body straight up on the bed, throwing another pillow at the dumb blond. Which missed.
"IN THE NAME OF THE LORD LU, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING!?" Aldreasa's voice was loud enough for the whole town to hear, but surprisingly it didn't stir Milli. Lu scrunched down a bit at Aldreasa's angry voice.
"I-I dont smoke, but-"
"Get out of my room right now Lu!" Sighing, Lu left the room and headed down the hall to her own. She heard the door to the house open and the voices of Meryl and Vash. Lu watched as they said their goodnights, giving eachother a sweet kiss on the cheek. Lu gagged at her lovey dovey parents. Meryl went down the hall to her room while Vash plopped down on the couch. Lu stood there in the dark house for a moment before taking the daring steps towards Aldreasa's room.
"Aldy?" Her voice was just above a whisper.
"I'm not going to answer your stupid questions!" She replied in a hissed whisper. Lu took a step inside the bedroom.
"Just one more! Please, Aldy. I promise its the last one and then I'll let you sleep." Lu begged leaning over the dark haired girl. Aldreasa sighed deeply as she propped herself up on the bed, facing Lu.
"Promise?" Aldreasa raised her eyebrow to her younger friend. The blond hairs moved slightly as Lu nodded. "Alright, but this is the last and it better be good." Aldreasa closed her eyes for a moment as Lu climbed onto the bed. She bit her lip hoping that her question wouldn't be a stupid one.
"Who's Knives?" She asked queietly not looking at Aldreasa. The green eyes shot open in surprise.
"How do you know that name?" She could feel her skin go pale and the hairs on the back of her neck stand. Lu quietly began stuttering something, but then Aldreasa grabbed her by the shirt collar. "Tell me right now, BayLu" Lu looked away at the sound of her name, but Aldreasa shook her violently.
"I heard my parents talking about him in the kitchen and-" Aldreasa let go of Lu and looked down at nothing in particular.
"Don't ever say that name again or I swear to god, I'll smack you straight across the face, you understand?" Aldreasa's words were threatening and harsh. Lu blinked her eyes in amazement. She hadn't seen Aldreasa this upset in a long time.
"Yes ma'am" She spoke gently. Aldreasa's black hair met the comfort of her pillow, but both green eyes stayed open. You could hear the crickets outside the window. "Aldy?" Lu said in her most compassionate voice.
"What do you want?" Aldreasa answered coldly. Lu took a big gulp and concentrated on the back of Aldreasa's head.
"You never told me who he is..." Aldreasa closed her green eyes to hold back what might have been tears. As she sat up, Lu's hands went up, preparing for another attack, but it never came.
"He's the devil walking on Gunsmoke spreading his disease and sickness among the living. My mother told me that MAN is the reason why my father died defending his church...Mama told me not to blame Knives, but I do." Silence settled in the room as Lu stared at Aldreasa who was looking down at the floor again.
"Is Knives still alive?" Aldreasa nodded her head 'yes'. Tears were beginning to form in her green eyes. She lay back down and covered herself with the blanket. Lu looked down on her friend. She rubbed Aldreasa's shoulder to give some comfort. "I'm sorry, Aldy" Lu got off the bed and picked up a tan back pack, dumping out Aldreasa's books.
"What are you doing?" Aldreasa sniffled as she sat up to watch Lu.
"I'm leaving." Lu stated light-heartedly. She began packing some things in her small pack. Aldreasa was shocked.
"What do you mean? You're just gonna pick up and go?" Lu finished stuffing stuff into the bag, tying up the ends. Then she focused her blue eyes on Aldreasa.
"I'm sick of being lied to. I never get told the whole truth. Haven't you noticed we're told happy stories, lies or bits and pieces of what's really going on? We get a very thin outline of what's going on." Aldreasa shook her head.
"No, that's not true. We're told what we need to hear and nothing more." Lu put her hands on her hips and looked quizzically at her friend.
"You've never wanted to know how your father got mixed up with Vash or why Knives was after the church in the first place? You said they never found his body, maybe he's still alive somewhere!" Aldreasa wanted to say something, but nothing came to mind. A large grin spread across the blond's face.
"Come with me?" Lu asked her friend.
"No way!" Aldreasa harshly whispered.
"You know you wanna" Lu taunted.
"We can't just leave! There's planning to a journey...and there's no real point to this one. You just wanna runaway because your life has gotten a little complex!" Lu threw her arm out in front of her.
"No! I'm going out there to find the truth about Mr. Vash the Stampede, my father, and why my mum is so scared of Knives and who the hell this guy is. I know you want to find out what really took your father away from you" Lu was right about Aldreasa wanting to know, but the young christian girl shook her head 'no'. She knew running away wouldn't help.
Lu shrugged her shoulders, "Suit yourself," and began walking to the door. "I'll wait 15 minutes by the fountain. If you're not there by then, I'll be gone." The green eyes held the blue ones. Then with the turn of a head, the blue eyes looked away. The door shut silently behind Lu, leaving Aldreasa along in the room with moonlight shining down on her.
"Oh, Lu..." Aldreasa sighed as she looked out the window into the lonely night. Then her eyes caught the alarm clock on the floor. It read 1:49 a.m.
After picking up a few things from her room, Lu moved throughout the kitchen. She could remember which floor boards squeeked as she grabbed food and water from the cupboards. One cupboard squeeked as she shut it and Lu heard someone move downstairs.
Back straight, body stiffened, her left foot touched lightly on the first stair. She walked upright and tense down all the steps until she stood in the living room. Then she crouched down and began walking to the door. Vash began snoring loudly. Lu grinned and turned around. She walked on her tiptoes over to where Vash slept. She inspected his body carefully then spotted the possession in which she wanted to steal. His gun.
Vash rolled in his sleep murmuring something that Lu couldn't make out. The slender fingers walked across the back of the couch making their way down to his gun holster. She took a deep breath. Carefully, she slid the silver weapon out of the black leather. Vash moved once again, making Lu dash to the darkest corner. She didn't make another move until the reassuring snoring started. Silently, the slim figure cracked open the door and in the same silence, slipped out closing the door behind her with a faint 'click'.
Lu stood on the porch of her aunt's home. She let out her breath and began gasping for air. "Never...held my breath for so long..." After her coughing fit, her finger pointed out into the night. "Onward!" Taking the first step away from home and into the lonely sand of the road, Lu began her way out into Gunsmoke.
**The moon was full in the night sky. Its luminous light outlined a slim figure that sat near a fountain. Wearing a light brown jacket that fell to her thighs, a green shirt and black pocketed pants was Lu. Her green sneakers shifted in the sand as she moved the weight of her pack to the left shoulder. The time on her watch read 2:17 a.m. Sighing heavily, Lu turned to the street that would lead her out of town. "Guess I'll be going solo..."
As she reached the outskirts of town, she could hear the clanking of a car. It was her mother's rickety automobile. "Aw, man...I can't believe she squealed on me!" The car stopped right beside her and to Lu's surprise it wasn't her mother that was driving the car. "ALDY!" Lu squeeled. The black hair was pulled up into a tight pony. Her gloved hands were gripping onto the steering wheel. The tan gloves matched her tan leather jacket, which was zipped up to her neck. In a great pounce Lu gave Aldreasa a tackle hug. "I knew you wouldn't leave me out here all by my lonesome!"
"Lu! Get off me!" The blond girl let go of her friend as she hopped into the passenger's seat throwing her bag in the back. "I couldn't let you run wild and get into all sorts of trouble. Only god knows what mayhem you'll start."
"Aw...come on, Aldly. You wanted an adventure that would satisfy your thirst for knowledge and TROOOOTH!" Lu said as she took a pose. Aldreasa slammed on the gas smacking Lu back into her seat. "Ouchie"
"Its more like babysitting because I'm not the kind of girl with the thirst for adventuring." Aldreasa's words were harsh to Lu's poor little ears. The blue-eyed girl just made the most cute, heart-warming face known to man kind.
"Your heart will not lie to my ears, young raven haired lady." Lu stood up in her seat and opened her arms out to the desert. "There is truth everywhere on Gunsmoke! CAN YOU HEAR IT CALLING OUR NAMES!?"
"Yea, yea, that's great. Now where are we heading?" Lu put a finger to her mouth, still standing up on her seat.
"I dunno" Aldreasa slammed on the breaks making Lu fly over the windshield into a tumbling heap of sand. The girl's body landed more than 10 meters from the car. Lu's head was spinning drastically. Aldreasa stood up from her seat.
"What do you mean you don't know!? You expect to run until you bump into a town?" Lu could barely hear what her friend was yelling at her. She tried standing up, but fell right back down.
"Wowsers..." Lu's world was fading black.
"BAYLU CATILONA STRYFE!" Not even Lu's entirely full name brought her around.
"Suki, Suki, AIRPLANE!" Those were her last words as Lu slipped into the world of unconciousness.
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okie dokie the next chappie is gonna have an outlaw named Mad Dog terrorising a village, are the chapters to short or to long?
The chaps might b a lil slow right now, but i promise they'll get interesting once Lu and Aldy run away!
Thanks for the reviews! i love ya guys!
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Blue eyes fluttered awake in the night. "NIGHT?" Lu shot straight up from bed. Aldreasa was on the other side of the bed dreaming with a stern look on her face. Lu rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and stretched her arms out over her head. Just then she heard Vash's voice from the kitchen.
"There was nothing to be afraid of, Meryl. I promised to protect you." Lu's arms fell down as she remembered the events of the day.
"It wasn't a bad dream..." She groaned. Her feet slid silently on the cold floor. Opening the door gently she slid to the end of the hall to get view of her mother and Vash at the table. Milli was no where ot be seen.
"What were you scared of?" Vash asked with a serious tone. Meryl fiddled with her hands. She looked everywhere besides his face. Vash put his hands on Meryl's to make them stop moving. "Its ok" He assured.
Meryl looked at him in disbelief. "No, its not Vash" Her mother was still in that white dress and her hair was a little out of place but still looked beautiful.
"I've given everything to come and find you. You mean the world to me, Meryl Stryfe, and BayLu too." He laughed and put his arms behind his head. All the sincerity disappeared. "Just didn't think I'd have a daughter when I found you, I was more afraid of you being married!" Meryl smiled.
"She's a lot like you! But...what is she, Vash?" The spiky blond looked stunned by her question. Lu had confusion written all over her face. "Is she human? Are the things that happened to you, going to happen to her? Is knives going to hunt her down? Does he even know? Will he try to use her?" Her questions were overwhelming for Vash. Lu didn't understand what she was talking about.
'What did she mean am I human? What happened to Vash that she's so scared of happening to me? Who the hell is Knives and why would he hunt me down? WHATS GOING ON!?' Lu's silent questions weren't answered. Vash smiled warmly, turning back into his serious side.
"I haven't heard from Knives in 10 years." He took her face in his hand and looked deeply into her eyes. "You have nothing to worry about. Everything is fine. I can protect you." Meryl smiled at him, melting into his earnest words. She took his hands in hers. Vash's lucent blue eyes looked to the floor. "I'm not sure what Lu is or could be...Anything out of the ordinary happen?" Meryl put her hands in her lap looking down.
"Today, her eyes glew like yours did that one night..." Vash knew which night she was talking about. The night the Gun-ho gun had killed so many innocent people just to get Vash.
'My eyes glew?' Lu winced when she heard the strange occurance. The blond girl hadn't even noticed a difference when she was angry. 'I have glowing eyes...' She thought with a lighter attitude. 'wicked'
"She was angry at me...but I really don't want to talk about that." Vash nodded his head in understandment. "When she was little, she woke up screaming and crying because of her head hurting. It seemed her eyes were far away and her body shook, but I remember you having nightmares before." Meryl's face was etched with worry, concern and fear. Vash could only imagine how difficult it was for Meryl to take care of Lu. She didn't understand what Lu was going through. Meryl tried to laugh. "She's just crazy about donuts! Especially cream filled with rainbow sprinkles."
A black cat with large green eyes began playing at Lu's feet, batting at her shoe strings. Lu shooed it away, but it attacked her hand, making Lu jump. It made a loud noise on the wooden floors which made Meryl jump to her feet.
Vash motioned for her to stay as he silently moved out of his chair. Lu quickly ran to Aldreasa's bed with out a sound. Vash opened the door to Aldreasa's room when the cat came scampering out. Vash stared at the sleeping girls as she shut the door, leaving it just a crack open.
"Is everything fine?" Meryl asked a little concerned. All the talk about Knives was getting her edgy. Vash came into the kitchen smiling.
"Just the cat" Vash lied. He knew it was Lu, but wasn't going to say anything. "Lets take a walk" Vash offered his arm to Meryl. She smiled accepting it. Lu lay still until she heard the door click shut behind her mother and Vash. Looking out the window, she watched them walk towards the outskirts of town. Lu sat down cross legged on the bed.
"He thinks he's so smart..." Lu pouted. She looked over at Aldreasa who was soundlessly sleeping. Lu tapped her shoulder. "Aldy? Aldy wake up" Aldreasa's eyes didn't open, but she moaned.
"What is it?" She didn't even bother sitting up and sounded rather annoyed. The dream she was having had a sexy prince and she was his princess. A young childish dream, but she was enjoying it nevertheless.
"Do you know anything about my dad?" Lu asked. Aldreasa groaned and rolled to her side in an attempt to go back to sleep. Lu was about to punch her shoulder when Aldreasa spoke.
"He's an outlaw, Mama used to track him down, friend of my father's." Aldreasa just repeated everything Lu knew. Aldreasa had known all this for a long time, even the part about Vash being her father. Lu could tell that it was no big deal to her friend.
"How did you know about that? I mean bout Vash being my dad?" Aldreasa sighed heavily while rolling back to face the young girl sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Mama told me the day after my 14th birthday. Right after you and Meryl left again. She decided I was grown enough to know the story of my father." Lu's lip pouted. She was 16 and Meryl hadn't told her anything about family. Never a word was spoken about Meryl's family and she was told her father was dead. LAIR!
"So, your mum told you bout your dad then?" Lu asked in a whisper.
"Yea, He was a tall handsome man with jet black hair like mine and dark eyes. He was a Reverend." Aldreasa said proudly. Lu wrinkled her nose.
"A priest?"
"Yes! That's what a Reverend is Lu!" Aldreasa wasn't whispering anymore. "I already told you about this, go to sleep!" The girl with long blond hair didn't get the point of her friend's treading voice.
"Is that all you know?" Lu said, curiousity in her voice. Curiousity killed the cat..."UMPF" A mouth full of feathered pillows knocked Lu right off the bed.
"Get out of my room or go to sleep! I have school in the morning, and so do you." Aldreasa pulled the covers over her yellow pajamas for more warmth. Burying her head in the soft pillow she got ready for the wonderful dreamworld.
"Did Wolfwood ever kill anybody?" Lu blurted out.Aldreasa sprung of her bed and began beating Lu severly with her pillow.
"Lu! You chickenshit! Of course he didn't!" She said inbetween large swings at the blond head. Lu rolled out of her range to hide behind a chair.
"You said he was with my dad and he ain't no saint" Aldreasa chucked the pillow at Lu, only hitting the books on her shelf. "You really do have bad aim..." Lu whispered.
"He was a priest for crying out loud! GIVE IT UP!" Aldreasa climbed back into bed and lay facing the wall. Lu studied her friend's back thinking that Milli might lie to her daughter to keep a good image of her father alive.
"Are you sure?" Lu asked cautiously. Aldreasa threw her pillow which landed on the floor nex to the blond. Aldreasa fell back down to sleep.
"Stop nagging and go to sleep, Lu." She said through clenched teeth. Lu decided to stay quiet for a moment. Her blue eyes studied the designs on the blanket. She looked at the back of Aldreasa's head about to ask something, but closed her mouth. Lu opened it right back up again.
"Are you human?" With that question Aldreasa popped her body straight up on the bed, throwing another pillow at the dumb blond. Which missed.
"IN THE NAME OF THE LORD LU, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING!?" Aldreasa's voice was loud enough for the whole town to hear, but surprisingly it didn't stir Milli. Lu scrunched down a bit at Aldreasa's angry voice.
"I-I dont smoke, but-"
"Get out of my room right now Lu!" Sighing, Lu left the room and headed down the hall to her own. She heard the door to the house open and the voices of Meryl and Vash. Lu watched as they said their goodnights, giving eachother a sweet kiss on the cheek. Lu gagged at her lovey dovey parents. Meryl went down the hall to her room while Vash plopped down on the couch. Lu stood there in the dark house for a moment before taking the daring steps towards Aldreasa's room.
"Aldy?" Her voice was just above a whisper.
"I'm not going to answer your stupid questions!" She replied in a hissed whisper. Lu took a step inside the bedroom.
"Just one more! Please, Aldy. I promise its the last one and then I'll let you sleep." Lu begged leaning over the dark haired girl. Aldreasa sighed deeply as she propped herself up on the bed, facing Lu.
"Promise?" Aldreasa raised her eyebrow to her younger friend. The blond hairs moved slightly as Lu nodded. "Alright, but this is the last and it better be good." Aldreasa closed her eyes for a moment as Lu climbed onto the bed. She bit her lip hoping that her question wouldn't be a stupid one.
"Who's Knives?" She asked queietly not looking at Aldreasa. The green eyes shot open in surprise.
"How do you know that name?" She could feel her skin go pale and the hairs on the back of her neck stand. Lu quietly began stuttering something, but then Aldreasa grabbed her by the shirt collar. "Tell me right now, BayLu" Lu looked away at the sound of her name, but Aldreasa shook her violently.
"I heard my parents talking about him in the kitchen and-" Aldreasa let go of Lu and looked down at nothing in particular.
"Don't ever say that name again or I swear to god, I'll smack you straight across the face, you understand?" Aldreasa's words were threatening and harsh. Lu blinked her eyes in amazement. She hadn't seen Aldreasa this upset in a long time.
"Yes ma'am" She spoke gently. Aldreasa's black hair met the comfort of her pillow, but both green eyes stayed open. You could hear the crickets outside the window. "Aldy?" Lu said in her most compassionate voice.
"What do you want?" Aldreasa answered coldly. Lu took a big gulp and concentrated on the back of Aldreasa's head.
"You never told me who he is..." Aldreasa closed her green eyes to hold back what might have been tears. As she sat up, Lu's hands went up, preparing for another attack, but it never came.
"He's the devil walking on Gunsmoke spreading his disease and sickness among the living. My mother told me that MAN is the reason why my father died defending his church...Mama told me not to blame Knives, but I do." Silence settled in the room as Lu stared at Aldreasa who was looking down at the floor again.
"Is Knives still alive?" Aldreasa nodded her head 'yes'. Tears were beginning to form in her green eyes. She lay back down and covered herself with the blanket. Lu looked down on her friend. She rubbed Aldreasa's shoulder to give some comfort. "I'm sorry, Aldy" Lu got off the bed and picked up a tan back pack, dumping out Aldreasa's books.
"What are you doing?" Aldreasa sniffled as she sat up to watch Lu.
"I'm leaving." Lu stated light-heartedly. She began packing some things in her small pack. Aldreasa was shocked.
"What do you mean? You're just gonna pick up and go?" Lu finished stuffing stuff into the bag, tying up the ends. Then she focused her blue eyes on Aldreasa.
"I'm sick of being lied to. I never get told the whole truth. Haven't you noticed we're told happy stories, lies or bits and pieces of what's really going on? We get a very thin outline of what's going on." Aldreasa shook her head.
"No, that's not true. We're told what we need to hear and nothing more." Lu put her hands on her hips and looked quizzically at her friend.
"You've never wanted to know how your father got mixed up with Vash or why Knives was after the church in the first place? You said they never found his body, maybe he's still alive somewhere!" Aldreasa wanted to say something, but nothing came to mind. A large grin spread across the blond's face.
"Come with me?" Lu asked her friend.
"No way!" Aldreasa harshly whispered.
"You know you wanna" Lu taunted.
"We can't just leave! There's planning to a journey...and there's no real point to this one. You just wanna runaway because your life has gotten a little complex!" Lu threw her arm out in front of her.
"No! I'm going out there to find the truth about Mr. Vash the Stampede, my father, and why my mum is so scared of Knives and who the hell this guy is. I know you want to find out what really took your father away from you" Lu was right about Aldreasa wanting to know, but the young christian girl shook her head 'no'. She knew running away wouldn't help.
Lu shrugged her shoulders, "Suit yourself," and began walking to the door. "I'll wait 15 minutes by the fountain. If you're not there by then, I'll be gone." The green eyes held the blue ones. Then with the turn of a head, the blue eyes looked away. The door shut silently behind Lu, leaving Aldreasa along in the room with moonlight shining down on her.
"Oh, Lu..." Aldreasa sighed as she looked out the window into the lonely night. Then her eyes caught the alarm clock on the floor. It read 1:49 a.m.
After picking up a few things from her room, Lu moved throughout the kitchen. She could remember which floor boards squeeked as she grabbed food and water from the cupboards. One cupboard squeeked as she shut it and Lu heard someone move downstairs.
Back straight, body stiffened, her left foot touched lightly on the first stair. She walked upright and tense down all the steps until she stood in the living room. Then she crouched down and began walking to the door. Vash began snoring loudly. Lu grinned and turned around. She walked on her tiptoes over to where Vash slept. She inspected his body carefully then spotted the possession in which she wanted to steal. His gun.
Vash rolled in his sleep murmuring something that Lu couldn't make out. The slender fingers walked across the back of the couch making their way down to his gun holster. She took a deep breath. Carefully, she slid the silver weapon out of the black leather. Vash moved once again, making Lu dash to the darkest corner. She didn't make another move until the reassuring snoring started. Silently, the slim figure cracked open the door and in the same silence, slipped out closing the door behind her with a faint 'click'.
Lu stood on the porch of her aunt's home. She let out her breath and began gasping for air. "Never...held my breath for so long..." After her coughing fit, her finger pointed out into the night. "Onward!" Taking the first step away from home and into the lonely sand of the road, Lu began her way out into Gunsmoke.
**The moon was full in the night sky. Its luminous light outlined a slim figure that sat near a fountain. Wearing a light brown jacket that fell to her thighs, a green shirt and black pocketed pants was Lu. Her green sneakers shifted in the sand as she moved the weight of her pack to the left shoulder. The time on her watch read 2:17 a.m. Sighing heavily, Lu turned to the street that would lead her out of town. "Guess I'll be going solo..."
As she reached the outskirts of town, she could hear the clanking of a car. It was her mother's rickety automobile. "Aw, man...I can't believe she squealed on me!" The car stopped right beside her and to Lu's surprise it wasn't her mother that was driving the car. "ALDY!" Lu squeeled. The black hair was pulled up into a tight pony. Her gloved hands were gripping onto the steering wheel. The tan gloves matched her tan leather jacket, which was zipped up to her neck. In a great pounce Lu gave Aldreasa a tackle hug. "I knew you wouldn't leave me out here all by my lonesome!"
"Lu! Get off me!" The blond girl let go of her friend as she hopped into the passenger's seat throwing her bag in the back. "I couldn't let you run wild and get into all sorts of trouble. Only god knows what mayhem you'll start."
"Aw...come on, Aldly. You wanted an adventure that would satisfy your thirst for knowledge and TROOOOTH!" Lu said as she took a pose. Aldreasa slammed on the gas smacking Lu back into her seat. "Ouchie"
"Its more like babysitting because I'm not the kind of girl with the thirst for adventuring." Aldreasa's words were harsh to Lu's poor little ears. The blue-eyed girl just made the most cute, heart-warming face known to man kind.
"Your heart will not lie to my ears, young raven haired lady." Lu stood up in her seat and opened her arms out to the desert. "There is truth everywhere on Gunsmoke! CAN YOU HEAR IT CALLING OUR NAMES!?"
"Yea, yea, that's great. Now where are we heading?" Lu put a finger to her mouth, still standing up on her seat.
"I dunno" Aldreasa slammed on the breaks making Lu fly over the windshield into a tumbling heap of sand. The girl's body landed more than 10 meters from the car. Lu's head was spinning drastically. Aldreasa stood up from her seat.
"What do you mean you don't know!? You expect to run until you bump into a town?" Lu could barely hear what her friend was yelling at her. She tried standing up, but fell right back down.
"Wowsers..." Lu's world was fading black.
"BAYLU CATILONA STRYFE!" Not even Lu's entirely full name brought her around.
"Suki, Suki, AIRPLANE!" Those were her last words as Lu slipped into the world of unconciousness.
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okie dokie the next chappie is gonna have an outlaw named Mad Dog terrorising a village, are the chapters to short or to long?