Oh dear god it's been like a freekin year since I updated this story… I don't even remember where I was going with this story! NO!!! I have to figure out where to go with this… -_-
So with that said… here goes nothing.
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Dedicated to Dev…
Chapter 14
'I'm no good at decorating…' Kat thought as she attempted to hang up streamers she had managed to find. She stepped on top of her homemade ladder and it creaked in protest. 'If only I were as tall as Vash…'
Knives watched from where he was sitting in the next room over and he flipped the page of the book he was reading acting as if he wasn't interested. He could hear Kat's pathetic ladder creak and he could see her climb to the top of the ladder out of the corner of his eye.
'Where'd I put the tape?' Kat wondered as she fumbled around in her pockets. 'Knives, you seen the tape?!' Kat asked, startling him.
Knives pretended to ignore her but Kat could feel him probing her mind.
'I really wish you wouldn't do that!' Kat grumbled and threw his powers back at him. She then went on to read his mind. 'I don't remember dropping it,' Kat muttered continuing to talk to herself if plant speech.
Knives was amazed and shocked that she had read his mind so easily. 'I didn't even have time to block her. She's not a spider; our sisters must have transferred powers to her when she was healing. Unless she was born like that… That's impossible though.' He shook off the thought and went back to watching Kat hang up the party decorations. Kat had managed to uncover some of the party decorations the gun-ho-guns had used when they were still around.
Kat bent over to grab the tape, being too lazy to get off the ladder to get it, and her face paled when it began to creak and splinter. 'Uh…oh…'
Kat still wasn't very good at covering her thoughts and Knives heard her. He saw the nails begin to slide out of the steps of the ladder and the wood pieces begin to fall off.
"Help me!" Kat yelled as the ladder finally gave way.
Knives leapt out of his chair, tipping it over in the process, and moved as fast as he could to catch Kat before she fell. 'I'm not going to make it!'
A blur of red flashed in front of Kat she connected with something soft. She blinked and opened her eyes to find she was sitting on top of Vash, who in turn was smashing Knives against the floor.
Kat blinked again, stunned that Knives had tried to save her and even more surprised that Vash could move so fast. She got off Vash and apologized to the plants, then helped them up.
Vash looked around at the brightly colored room and Kat blushed.
'Knives said it was your birthday today… Happy 132!' Kat said to him.
"You're getting better and better at plant speech," Vash noticed.
"It gets easier the more I practice," Kat admitted.
"So where are the presents?" Vash teased.
Kat produced one from behind her back, "It was all I could think of…"
Vash unwrapped it and was surprised to see that it was hand made.
"It's called stained glass," Kat said as she took the present from Vash and held it up to the window.
"What animals are they?" Vash asked as he examined the artwork.
"I think they're called wolves. Rem always had a ton of books lying around with all sorts of odd earth creatures in them. I just always loved how graceful the wolf looked," Kat told Vash as she glanced at what she had made.
Three wolves one white, one brown, and one black were running across a snowy landscape, kicking up white powder as they flew over drifts.
'Beautiful…' Knives thought as he scanned the image.
"Glad you think so," Kat teased as she picked up his thoughts.
Knives snorted but didn't have any comments.
"So what did you get me brother?" Vash asked.
"You haven't been out into the rec. room have you?" Knives asked.
Vash cocked his head in confusion but followed Knives out into the halls of the ship. Kat trailed behind just as curious as to see what Knives had planned for his brother.
The reached the door to the rec. room when Knives stopped them and handed Kat a sweater, "You're only half plant so you can't tolerate extreme temperatures like Vash and I. Please put this on."
Kat didn't object but she still had no idea why she would have to wear something that warm.
The door to the rec. room slid open and all three were hit with a cold blast of air. Kat opened her eyes and her mouth dropped open, 'Snow…' Her feet crunched over the newly fallen white and she was so fascinated that she didn't realize just how cold it was.
Vash was the last to follow and the rec. room door slid closed behind them and activated its hologram, making it look as if there was no door. He just stood there in complete shock staring out at the winter scene.
Kat saw Vash standing there and decided to be a bit evil. She scooped up a wad of snow and hurled it at him. He let out a bewildered yelp and was knocked over onto his back. Kat laughed as she walked over, "Sorry abo-" She was cut off as something collided with her back.
Stunned, Kat turned around to see Knives, with an amused expression on his face, 'So is this what snow is used for Katsura?'
'He said my name!' Kat smirked and scooped up another wad when she was hit again this time by Vash. Both brothers began to toss snow balls at Kat and she took off screaming bloody murder.
When Kat reached the top of a hill she paused, which was a mistake because she was hit hard with two large snow balls. But Kat wasn't paying attention to their war, she was staring transfixed at something in the distance, 'It can't be…'
'I see you found part two of my gift,' Knives said as he reached the top of the hill.
Vash came up behind them and gaped, "Are those… wolves?"
Knives snorted, "Don't be so surprised brother, you're ugly enough already."
Vash ignored the comment and stared with sparkling aqua eyes at the sleek and slender animals racing across the tundra. "Knives… how-?" Vash paused to see his brother had disappeared. Footprints lead back in the direction of the door and Vash guessed he had decided to leave the two alone.
Kat's knees gave way and she collapsed in the snow. Vash sat down next to her. "It's impossible. These are the wolves from my stained glass… It's the same scene from my dream," Kat whispered as she watched the pack chase each other.
"You dream of wolves?" Vash asked.
Kat closed here eyes and tilted her head upwards to feel the snow flakes on her face, "Yeah sometimes… but in my dreams there was always someone else standing beside me, holding me close." Kat hugged herself and thought, 'If only my dreams would come true…'
Vash heard the thought and fumbled around in his pockets nervously, "Well uh…"
Kat sighed and her breath came out as a puff, "I don't mean to sound strange…"
"There's been something I've been meaning to ask you…" Vash paused as his hand closed around what he had been searching for.
Kat's face was still tilted skyward and Vash took her hand and slipped something over her finger. Surprised, Kat looked down to see a ring with three glittering diamonds on it as white as the now and clear as water.
"Will you marry me?" Vash finished his sentence.
Kat stared at him with shocked golden eyes, "But weren't you going to adopt me? Don't you think I'm still just a little girl?" Her eyes shown with tears.
Vash took her hand and rubbed it against his face. He looked into her eyes, "If I asked you to marry me, do you really think that I consider you as my daughter?"
"We're over one hundred years apart…" Kat protested but found that she wasn't even convincing herself.
Vash kissed her, "You know what I really wanted for my birthday?"
Kat took a handful of snow and rubbed it into his hair over the black parts, "A new gun?"
Vash laughed and he knew that Kat was just joking, "I wanted you."
Kat smiled and kissed him, "I know…"
A howl sounded in the background joined by a chorus. The song of the wilderness was carried all the way to Knives, who was about to leave the rec. room. 'I'm happy for you Vash. You're entire life has been filled with pain. I may not understand what love is, but I'm getting there. Someday, I'll accept my past and find happiness just as you have…'
The door slid closed behind him leaving Kat and Vash alone in the snow.
"I love you…"
~*~OWARI~*~
(A/N: Now originally, I figured that this story would be over twenty chapters but then I forgot all about it and lost the story line as well as whatever ideas I had so I decided to end it here. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I loved writing it! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)
