I DO NOT OWN TRIGUN BLAH BLAH BLAH

Okay here's chapter four and I've only gotten one real review. What's up with that? How's anyone supposed to hone their skills if no one reviews... I feel so unloved. Okay well anyway here's a nice Vash/Meryl pairing enjoy!

It was dark out when Vash made it to the town. He slowly made his way to the middle of the town, searching out a familiar doorway, he could barely knock on the door he was so tired. A few minutes passed before a sleepy gray eyed girl answered. She was just about to start grumbling about how late it was, but stopped when she saw the man standing before her. He looked exhausted, with a thin film of dust covering his body, and dried blood streaking through his golden hair.

"Vash? Wha- what happened to you?" she instantly pulled him into the house and set him on the couch. Her mind fluttering with what to do first. She rushed to the kitchen, filled a glass with water, and handed it to him. Vash savored the cool water and was silent for a few minutes trying to collect himself. Meryl sat there tense; waiting to find out about what had happened between Knives and him.

"What is it Vash? Tell me what happened."

"Knives got away. He pistol whipped me and I got knocked out. Now he's god knows where." he began to ramble, "I tried contacting him with my mind but I can't, I don't even know where to start looking. I just don't know what to do now. I'm so confused." his voice sounded distant as if he were just talking out loud to himself.

Meryl felt like she had to do something for him to make him more comfortable. Kneeling on the floor before him, she began unbuckling his complicated boots as she listened to the whole story come tumbling out of Vash. He told her about the fight, about how Knives had been shot and unconscious for days. She heard a groan of relief once she had successfully pulled his boots off; and noticed him wiggling his toes for a moment before resuming his story.

She set his boots aside and then proceeded to wipe the grim and blood from his now limp hair. She noticed the lump on the back of his head, it looked like it was going down, but he had a nice cut on his head as well. He winced slightly as she cleaned it and gave him some aspirins for his head. During the middle of the story Meryl pulled him up out of the chair and helped him out of his dusty red coat.

Vash stood there as she pulled the coat off. He had never realized how caring Meryl could be, it was so unlike her to be so motherly. Except what she was doing didn't feel like a mothers love, it felt like more than that...so much more. He smiled and decided to temporarily forget about his brother. He was so tired, and she was just being so sweet. Besides there wasn't much he could do about his brother until the morning. Vash had other needs to tend to until then.

Meryl went to hang up his coat on a nearby hook, and jumped when she turned back and saw Vash behind her staring at her.

"What?" she asked, worried that maybe she had been smothering him.

"I missed you." he said quietly. Meryl blushed.

"I missed you too" she stared at her feet, a bit nervous at how intimate they had become in such a short amount of time.

"I'm glad you waited for me." he said, taking her hand

"I told you I would." she whispered. Vash touched her face tipping her chin up to him. Her skin was so soft, the complete opposite of his rough, calloused skin. Meryl prayed that he couldn't hear her heart beating., as she went up on her tiptoes, "he's so darn tall." she said to herself. Noticing the height disadvantage Vash bent down towards her, and touched his lip to hers in a soft kiss. The kiss took Meryl slightly by surprise, she had dreamed of this moment for so long that she could hardly believe it was happening.

Vash's blood was racing, he had kissed a lot of girls, but it had never felt like this. It felt electric, like he was getting a slow tingling shock through his entire body. His breath quickened, dizzy from the intense sensations he was feeling. Seeing her again was affecting him more than he had ever thought it would. Suddenly kissing her just wasn't enough anymore, he engulfed her in his embrace, picking her up off the ground.

Meryl, broke the kiss finally. Vash looked down at her shining gray eyes, noticing a slight pink color tinting her cheeks.

"Welcome home."she whispered. She wrapped her arms around his neck, as her feet dangled in the air. She wasn't expecting this type of reunion, she figured it would have been more awkward, more foreign. But now that she was cozy in his loving embrace she was kicking herself for thinking that it wouldn't have been anything but wonderful.

Vash let her down, not wanting to let go of her. Meryl smiled and took his hand, "We'll worry about Knives in the morning. Until then..." her voice trailed off as she led him to her room. Vash laughed to himself. "This girl really is something else."

Millie heard footsteps coming down the hall. She peeked out into the hall, just in time to see Meryl leading Mr. Vash into her room, and shut the door. Millie let out a quiet squeak of glee.

"I knew he wouldn't keep her waiting" she giggled and she shut the door and went back to sleep.

****So what do you think? I know it's not much but I was going for a sweet little reunion. Nothing fancy. I hope you liked it.****