I do not in ne way own trigun.

Ravage blue, you're so cute! lol THANKS FOR UR REVIEWS, they make me feel special ^_________^ i really don't understand how some people can get over 200 reviews...sheez

Tearron Walker, i had no idea what had happened to Ruth Loose and i really tried to find out, but i didn't so i just used him blindly! sorry if it disappointed u!

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Aldreasa woke up in the car as the sun's rays hit her face. She stretched and looked over to see Charle still sleeping in the driver's seat. As she yawned, her green eyes stumbled upon an empty back seat. "BAYLU!" Charle jumped in his seat at her holler. Its a pretty rude awakening when you're woken up by Aldreasa's angry voice.

"What's wrong?" Charle asked, blinkly the sleep from his eyes. Aldreasa opened the car door and glanced about the alley. Charle got out as well, just noticing that was Lu was not where he had left her.

"Lu!" Aldreasa yelled once again. She was seemingly very nervous. "Ok, first, calm down, she won't do anything that drastic..." The dark haired girl coached herself. Charle looked at her like she was some kind of basket case.

"You shouldn't worry so much." His voice was calm as his pale blue eyes. Aldreasa nearly choked on thin air at the young man's statement. She shook her head and waved her finger at him.

"Oh no, you don't know Lu like I do. Last time she wandered off on her own, the water tower fell down thanks to the little blond, making the town a miniature swimming hole. And that's when she was 10! Just think what she'll do now!" Charle shook his head and began walking down to the corner. "Where are you going?" He looked over his shoulder at the girl.

"I'm hungry." He said plainly. "Aren't you?" Charle put his hands in his black pant pockets waiting for Aldreasa to make up her mind. She was about to protest when she gave a great sigh.

"Yes, food sounds good..." She almost sounded depressed as she drug her feet over to follow Charle in their quest for some brunch.

"She'll be fine." Aldreasa looked at Charle and wanted to believe him, but she knew Lu too well to know that. With the blond wandering on her own there was bound to be some kind of trouble somewhere.

Lu was actually far from trouble. The girl in her black wardrobe was walking down the sidewalk humming a light tune. She had a small bounce in her step and a happy grin on her face. "Watch out!" Lu looked dumbly to her left just as a ball came flying at her head. BOOM! Lu fell straight to the ground as the ball went flying off her head. Little stars danced around the blond head. A group of little kids came running up to her. "Are you ok miss?" A little boy asked cautiously. Lu jumped to her feet laughing hysterically.

"Of course lil boy! No sweat!" The children all gave her strange looks. A little girl came rushing up to the group of kids with excitement in her big hazel eyes.

"Jeremy! You threw the ball into Mrs. Kurik's yard!" All the kids said "ooo" in unision at the little boy known as Jeremy.

"You threw it! So you have to go get it!"

"Yea, or else you can't play with us!" The brown haired kid was about to protest when all the other kids turned their backs before he could get a word out. Jeremy turned and began walking down the street with his head down.

"Aw, man. You chicken!" The kids yelled insulting words after him.

"Now we won't have a ball to play with anymore." The children groaned. Lu looked from the group of whining children to poor little Jeremy walking down the sidewalk.

"H-hey! Kid!" She ran up to him then put her hands on her knees in exhaustion. That boy must've been power walking to get so far away in a short time. 'Maybe if I didn't have these stupid boo-boos...' Jeremy stopped and looked at her with his brown eyes. "I'll help you get your ball back." She said after catching her breath. He stared at her for moment and then burst out into laughter.

"Yea right! Why would a grown up help me?" In Inepril, the adults would ignore children because everyone was so busy improving the town and tending to tourists. It was one of the largest growing cities on Gunsmoke. Almost like a re-invented July City. Lu looked slowly to her left, and to her right. The boy followed her sparkling blue eyes carefully. Then Lu looked behind her and then behind the boy.

"What grown up?" Lu asked. Jeremy held her gaze for a moment. His face lit up when he was convinced Lu was serious about helping him. Grabbing her hand, they ran past the group of kids.

"This way! We can get into Mrs. Kurik's yard through the alley." All the other children chased after Jeremy and the blond. They stood at the corner of the alley waiting too see if their ex-friend was going to get the ball. Jeremy pulled the loose fence board open. "Ok, here's the situation soldier." Jeremy turned into military mode as Lu stood at attention. "This is your battlefield, Commi-Nazis territory." He directed her eyes to Mrs. Kurik's back yard. There were dead trees and large brown weeds that stood higher than the fence itself. There was a strange statue of a man holding a water bowl in the center. The yard seemed like a barren wasteland with no life. It seemed dark even though there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

"Creepy..." Lu whispered. She had never seen a place like this before. Now she understood why the boy was going to walk away with his head down rather than go into THAT dead man's land.

"The enemy is inside her base as we speak. There is a high chance she may come into the wasteland to check on her guards who are mostrous animals with dark fur, red eyes and sharp teeth that would chomp once to devour a child for breakfast!" Lu gulped as Jeremy described Mrs. Kurik's pets. "Our package lies on the enemy's porch." Lu saw the red ball lying on the not so innocent steps. "On my signal..." Both got ready. Jeremy waited for the old woman to move across the living room to where the bathroom was located. "Go!" They both went in running. The children climbed on top of eachother trying to see what was going on. Lu and Jeremy hid inside a dead bush, breathing deeply.

"Now what?" Lu asked. Jeremy was still gasping for breath and coughed. Concerned flashed across Lu's face. "Hey, you ok kid?" Jeremy nodded, but kept breathing deeply, trying to steady himself. "Ok, here's the plan captain. I'm gonna run up to the porch and grab our package to complete our mission. You whistle if the guards come or the enemy is in sight."

"Sounds good soldier. You've just been promoted to private." Jeremy wheezed. Lu's eyes sparkled with great joy. Private...Jeremy hit her in the head. "Snap out of it private, we've got a mission!" Lu saluted him.

"Yes sir!" Her head popped out of the bush with leaves sticking out in various spots. Two brown eyes were looking at the yard from the bush underneath her. They waited for just a moment.

"Clear!" Lu went running with lightning speed to pick up the red ball. Just as her fingers grasped the red rubber, Mrs. Kurik's door to the bathroom opened. A sharp whistle came from the bushes. The children behind the fences closed their eyes. When they opened once again, Lu was hiding behind the statue in a peculiar stance. The old lady sat down in her seat, not noticing Lu hiding behind the statue. Taking out a neelde and thread, she began crocheting. Lu could feel the bullet wound on her shoulder re-opening and it did not feel that good. She tried ignoring the pain as sweat ran to her face.

'Ouchie, this is insane...' Lu looked over to the bush and saw Jeremy's brown eyes and the children peaking their head over the fence. She smiled bravely. 'What am I thinking!? I AM INSANE! One shot isn't gonna bring me down! I WILL COMPLETE THE MISSION!' She thought to herself.

"Come on!" One of the little girls whispered, grabbing her friend's arm. "We gotta help them!" The two kids went running to Mrs. Kurik's front door. They both cautiously walked up to the door. "Ready?" The little girl nodded. They both raised one hand to a fist. "Go!" They banged hard on the front door and ran. Mrs. Kurik got out of her chair to answer her door. Jeremy popped out of the bush.

"Come on private! Lets get out of here!" Lu nodded and began to run after Jeremy who was stopped by a large black and brown mutt. Everyone froze as the dog gave a low growl to the little boy. Jeremy gulped hard as he stared into the dogs yellow eyes. It took a step towards him bearing its razor teeth. The red ball hit the dog upside the head.

"Hey you stupid mutt! Over here!" Lu danced around in the yard then got down on all fours like an animal. "Look! I'm a kitty! Meow, Mreow." The dog snarled as it moved towards the blond who was pretending to be a cat. "MEOW!" The dog took chase. Lu jumped to her feet and began running frantically. All the children watched the brave girl with awe. Jeremy was still frozen in position, watching Lu. The girl scurried up a tree like a cat would. The dog barked at as her as if it were crazed. Another mutt came from the dead weeds, heading towards the little boy. "Jeremy! The ball! Get the ball and RUN!" Lu screamed while she clung dearly to the leafless tree. Jeremy snapped out of his trance and picked up the ball, running as hard as he could to the fence where the other children cheered him on. As the little boy made it to the other side, he began gasping for air. The second mutt slammed into the fence, making it rock. It shook his head after impact. The children mobbed over Jeremy with congradulations while he still breathed deeply.

"Alright Jeremy!" Lu cheered from above. Her branch began to break. "Uh-oh..." The girl dropped to where the large dog was barking, waiting for his meal. "AHHH!!!!" There was rustling, growling and screaming from the mob of blond hairs and fur.

Aldreasa heard the screams from across the streets as her and Charle ate lunch outside a cafe. "Did you hear that?" Charle looked up from his newspaper. Aldreasa shook her head and returned to her pasta. "Never mind, I'm just paranoid. Anything interesting in the paper?" Charle set it down to show a picture of Mad Dog behind bars and below it was a picture of Lu singing next to an embarrassed Aldreasa. The headline red 'Hometown Hero' Aldreasa blinked her green eyes. "Oh, that, haha" She gave a weak and nervous laugh.

"Are you two bounty hunters?" Charle said with no hint as to whether it was a bad thing or good thing. Aldreasa stopped her weak laughs and looked rather stunned.

"No, of course not. I'm only 18." Charle picked up the newspaper, taking her word for it. Aldreasa began playing with her noodles and returned thinking about the images that flashed in her head that night at the bar.

'Were they warnings? No, it must've been Lu accidently channeling something to me while she was drunk.' She took a bite of her food, accepting that as her answer.

Lu was still wrestling around with the mutt and now the other one had joined in to gang up on the blond. "I love dogs! I really do!" Mrs. Kurik came to her porch to see what all the commotion was about.

"Poochy! Darling! What's going on?" The old woman carefully walked down her steps. Both the dogs and Lu stopped struggling against one another. The two mutts went jogging happily towards their master. The blond girl took this opportunity to escape through the fence. Mrs. Kurik saw the girl shut the board behind her. "You...you bothersome children! The sheriff will hear about this!" The old woman shook her hand in the air. Lu's jacket was torn to bits and she was bleeding again, plus her bandages from yesterday were already torn off. She sighed heavily as she examined herself. It was a lucky thing that she was wearing Charle's jacket instead of Aldreasa's. She'd have a fit and mutalize Lu.

"Jeremy!" One of the little girls yelled from down the alley. Lu ran over to the group of kids. Jeremy was laying on the ground wheezing. Lu picked him up while freaking out.

"What's wrong with him!? Why's he breathing funny!?" Lu said in a frenzy. One of the little boys tugged on Lu's pants. He was more calm than Lu.

"He's got as ta attack." That made Lu even more scared.

"What's as ta!?" Her face was purely horrified. Could she get this as ta?

"Its breath problems!" A boy yelled at her. "Use his medicine!" Lu began fumbling around in Jeremy's pockets until she found a weird shaped object known as an inhaler. "Put it to his mouth!" The little kids instructed. Lu fumbled around and put it in his mouth. Jeremy kept on wheezing.

"Its not working!" Lu panicked.

"You gotta squeeze it!" They yelled at her. Lu began pumping the inhaler. All the kids watched with curious silence as Lu tried to save the boy's life. Jeremy then grabbed the inhaler from Lu's hand and opened his eyes. A great cheer raised from the alley. "Yay for Private-sama!" They called her Private-sama. How cute! She squeezed the poor little boy in her arms as he coughed.

"You're alive!" Lu yelled happily.

"What's going on!?" All the kids looked to see the sheriff. "Hey you! Let the boy go!" He pulled out his gun as Lu slowly let go of Jeremy. All the children began to scatter. "Stop!" They all ducked into fences and backyards as Lu stood there with her hands raised. Even Jeremy disappeared.

"Hello, sir." Lu said cheerfully.

"Shut up!" The sheriff stalked towards the blond. Mrs. Kurik came slowly around the corner. "You better have a good explaination, girl."

"I, uh..." Lu couldn't think of a GOOD explaination, especially with her clothes looking the way they were.

"That's her sheriff! That's the BRAT that disturbed my poor puppies." Lu gave an innocent look as the old woman pointed an accusing finger. The sheriff gave the blond girl a stern look. She drastically threw her arms out in front of her, getting ready to be cuffed.

"Do what you must officer! I will go willingly in the name of TRUTH." The sheriff studied her for a moment, deciding whether he should put the hand-cuffs on her or not. One angry glare from Mrs. Kurik made the man slap those metal braclets on Lu's wrist. "WHAT!? You're actually going to take me to jail?" Lu disappointly said.

"You, miss, have been convicted with disturbing the peace, invading private property and brawling." He began pushing Lu down the alley as the children watched.

"The dog attacked me! I want my rights! Aldreasa!" Lu's blue eyes caught Jeremy and another child hiding behind a trash can. "Go find a girl named Aldy with long black hair and tell her Lu's in jail." Jeremy nodded as the kids ran down the other end of the alley. "C'mon officer, I'm sure we can work something out." In reply, the sheriff pushed Lu roughly forward.

Aldreasa was in line for buying tickets. She was tapping her foot at the middle-aged woman in front of her, who was taking a little too long. "Now, are you sure my Muffins," She was refering to her small dog. "will be well taken care of if I put her in the hands of YOU people?" The ticket man smiled weakly.

"Yes Mrs. Doubtfire. I can guarentee you-" The middle-aged woman turned sharply around at Aldreasa.

"Stop that insufferable tapping this instant! A young lady as yourself should be standing with poise! Not slouched over with arms crossed and tapping impatiently at a wealthy woman as myself. Didn't you mother teach you any manners!?" Aldreasa smiled sweetly.

"As a matter-of fact, yes she did. She taught me not to turn around like a madwoman when someone tends to annoy me and then not to yell insanely at them." Mrs. Doubtfire huffed as she turned on her heel and stomped off into the city with her precious Muffins in her purse. The man at the ticket booth was relieved.

"Thank you so much for getting rid of her. I thought she would never leave." Aldreasa sighed as she stepped forward to the ticket stand.

"You're welcome, now I need to buy 3 tickets to Glory." The man did some clicking on the cash register. Aldreasa noticed some children running around talking to every black haired lady. The cashier ripped off 3 paper tickets.

"Here ya go, that'll be $$90" He said with glee. Aldreasa's mouth dropped open.

"Are you kidding me?" Sighing, Aldreasa dug out the last bit of money she had. "Here you go, and Thank you." The man gladly took the money, waving good-bye to Aldreasa as she complained under her breath about unreal prices for low-class travel. She stopped and looked around. "Where'd Charle go?" Just then a small boy with brown hair tugged on her tan coat.

"Excuse me miss, is your name Aldy?" Aldreasa knelt down and smiled at the boy, tucking the tickets in her pocket.

"Yes, what may I do for you, young man?" Jeremy's face light up as he turned around to call for the other children.

"I FOUND HER!" About 12 children came running from all directions to where Jeremy and Aldreasa were. The young woman stood up afraid she was going to get mobbed to death. "Private-sama told me to tell you that Lu is in jail." Aldreasa looked down at the boy in pure shock.

"WHAT!?"

"OOODELADAY! Release the innocent! JUSTICE! TRUTH AND JUSTICE!" Lu hollered from the cell she was being held in. Her cup clanged against the metal bars as she ran around the 7x7 square room. Her ranting had been going on and on for over an hour. The sheriff and officers were surprised she hadn't lost her voice yet. Losing their amazement at her never-ending voice, the police were getting quite annoyed by the blond. "ALDY! SAVE ME! CHARLE! ANYBODY!?"

The sheriff heaved himself out of his chair, grabbing Lu's arm. "SHUT UP!" He took the cup she was clanging against the bars and threw it in the garabage. Lu gasped.

"How dare you throw aside a fellow protestor! YOU'RE EVIL!" The sheriff sat down in his chair, next to anther officer. The officer leaned over to speak with the sheriff as Lu's shouting about the sheriff being evil continued.

"Why in the Lord's name did you arrest that kid!? She's done nothing but holler since she got in here! Its almost like she enjoys watching us suffer." The sheriff furrowed his brow and closed his eyes, trying to tune the blond out.

"Tu eres el diablo! Aldy save me!"

"SHUT UP! You got a visitor, Lu the Stampede." The sheriff chuckled again. The girl had told them her name was Lu the Stampede, after her father. Lu sighed with relief, because her voice was getting a little raspy. Jeremy had finally found Aldreasa. An officer came around the corner and to Lu's surprise it wasn't Aldy that followed him.

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Dunanana! okie dokie, there ya go! I'd write more but i gotta get to school, the evil prison. I won't be updating that often cuz i gots drivers ed right now... ITS SO BORING and the teacher doesn't like me :( but its all gravy! oh and don't worry Tearron Walker, Lu will use her angel arms eventually, but its not gonna b for awhile yet. Trust me, you'll b surprised when you find out who she uses it against...