Hey! Zuka and Stelmaria here! We finally have the next chapter for you guys! Here you go, we hope you enjoy! Vash gets into some trouble this time.... I wonder how he will escape? Or will someone get $$60,000,000,000 richer? *Read to find out*
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Meryl's eyes popped open. Instantly she was wide awake, sitting straight up in her small hotel room. "Hmm." Images of Vash, the local plant facility, and bright blue lights flashed through her mind. "Well, that certainly was an interesting dream." She let out a large yawn and climbed out of bed, heading for the bathroom to wash up before breakfast. She felt strangely confident this morning. Her feet were gliding more smoothly across the floor than they usually did. She reached the mirror. Her calm mood evaporated the instant she saw her own reflection.
"AHHHHHHHHH! Vash, get in here, NOW!" She waited three nano-seconds before totally blowing her top. "VASH! You empty headed, bug eyed, pea brained, donut guzzling, attention craving, broom headed poor excuse for a plant! Get your stinking behind in here now or else!
She heard a wail and a loud crash downstairs. In seconds the Humanoid Typhoon was standing in the doorway before her.
"Yes, Meryl? Is something wrong?" He fixed his attention on a crack in the floorboard, purposefully avoiding her piercing glare.
"My memory doesn't seem to be responding at the moment. WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU DO TO ME?!?"
"Ah. Well..."
"Well, WHAT?"
She was really much more intimidating with those blue eyes blazing and pale locks curling out in every direction, he decided. Softly he said, "Um... it seems as though the plant's extra energy transformed your appearance as well."
"No! Really?"
They were both silent for moment.
"So, I'm a plant?
"Yep."
"Like you?"
"Perfect, huh?"
"So, how are we gonna fix this little problem?"
Vash looked nervous. "Well, um... See... about that... I'm not really sure."
"WHAT?"
Vash grabbed his head and ducked for cover.
"Meryl..." He pleaded in vain. "It's not my fault, Reeeeaally. It's not like I asked you to follow me or anything!"
Meryl's eyes started to shine with a demonic light. Uh oh, Vash thought, he had really done it this time.
"Arg! Never mind! I should have known better than to ask YOU anyway. I'll fix it BY MYSELF!"
"Meryl," Vash said in a soothing voice, trying to calm her down. "There's just one little thing... I think it might be permanent."
"YOU THINK?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure..." He said in a tiny voice. "You're just like me now, no going back."
"No way!" She said. "There is no way I can be a plant. It's just IMPOSSIBLE!"
Meryl bowed her head and clenched her fists. 'What has that nut-brain done to me? It's all his fault!' She was so angry, all she saw was red. She felt her rage slowly build, getting stronger and hotter.
Vash suddenly stopped cowering and sat up. His laughing green eyes narrowed and got serious. He could sense Meryl's energy building within her. If she couldn't control it people could get hurt! He might have had 133 years of practice holding his plant powers in check, but she only had her instincts. Right now they were non-existent, disappearing in her rage. He would have to find some way to get through to her.
The air between Vash and Meryl began to spark and crackle. Bolts of white-hot light filled the hallway.
Meryl felt the rage burn within her. Her vision blacked out and she couldn't see anything. Only the fierce anger coursing hotly through her body. As it reached a fevered pitch she screamed in agony, "Vash!"
He had been kneeling next to her when a ball of brilliant white light engulfed her body. Suddenly, he was blown backward by a wave of ferocious energy. "Vash!" he heard her call out to him, before he lost her voice in the inferno. Clenching his teeth against the searing energy surrounding them both, he slowly crawled toward her.
"Meryl, let me help you." He called out to her desperately. "Meryl, please... Listen to me!" He looked up to see that her head had turned towards his voice. "Meryl, it's Vash." He said softly. "Please, Meryl. If you don't stop people will die. You have to come back, Meryl. No one has the right to take the life of another."
At those words, Meryl seemed to hesitate. Her brilliant blue eyes bore into his, as if to search his very soul. They gazed at each other for an eternity, silently sharing hopes and dreams. Then, Vash stood up and leaned his forehead against hers.
"I know you're here, just come back to me. Give me back the Meryl I know and love."
He absently raised a finger to stoke her cheek. With that single motion, all the energy dissipated around them. Gasping in surprise Meryl blinked and looked up at Vash.
"Oh, Vash..." She whispered. She was shaking uncontrollably. Tears poured down her cheeks. She swallowed and tried to shut away the indescribable fear that had welled up inside her. She had lost touch with herself so easily. She might have seriously hurt him if she hadn't been able to stop, and here he was, still standing beside her, protecting her. She wanted to say something, to tell him how much this meant to her. Why couldn't she stop crying? What an idiot he must think she was. Vash the Stampede. He was so close yet so distant...
Vash was preparing to lean over and give her a warm, comforting hug when he heard it. A dangerously quiet cracking coming from the strained boards of the ceiling above. Time froze as they both became aware of the fact that Meryl's little explosion had taken out the surrounding walls. Walls which had played a necessary part in supporting the two floors of hotel looming above their heads.
"The building's gonna collapse!" Vash wailed.
The next thing she knew, his hand closed around hers and they were flying down the hallway at a speed faster than she had ever run before.
"Everyone get out of here, NOW!" he shouted as he pulled her past closed doors.
Around them, the magnitude of the ominous creaking was increasing. 'We'll never make it,' she thought desperately. They were still on the second floor. Ahead she spotted a large broken window.
"We have to jump!"
"What? But I thought you disapproved of suicide!"
Meryl let out an ear-splitting scream as they cleared the window's ledge and the ground came rushing up at them. She braced herself for the end. Her feet hit the rock and her knees buckled under her. Surprisingly there was very little pain. In fact, nothing even seemed to be broken. Vash had landed neatly beside her, unfazed.
They both helplessly turned back to the building. All at once, four stories of hotel rooms came crashing down into an immense pile of rubble. Thick clouds of dust and sand rose slowly from the desolation. Everything was deathly silent. Even the air had a certain leaden weight.
Meryl stared in horror at the mound of destruction before her. Destruction she had caused.
"What have I done?" She gasped. "What sort of monster have I become?"
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Meryl's eyes popped open. Instantly she was wide awake, sitting straight up in her small hotel room. "Hmm." Images of Vash, the local plant facility, and bright blue lights flashed through her mind. "Well, that certainly was an interesting dream." She let out a large yawn and climbed out of bed, heading for the bathroom to wash up before breakfast. She felt strangely confident this morning. Her feet were gliding more smoothly across the floor than they usually did. She reached the mirror. Her calm mood evaporated the instant she saw her own reflection.
"AHHHHHHHHH! Vash, get in here, NOW!" She waited three nano-seconds before totally blowing her top. "VASH! You empty headed, bug eyed, pea brained, donut guzzling, attention craving, broom headed poor excuse for a plant! Get your stinking behind in here now or else!
She heard a wail and a loud crash downstairs. In seconds the Humanoid Typhoon was standing in the doorway before her.
"Yes, Meryl? Is something wrong?" He fixed his attention on a crack in the floorboard, purposefully avoiding her piercing glare.
"My memory doesn't seem to be responding at the moment. WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU DO TO ME?!?"
"Ah. Well..."
"Well, WHAT?"
She was really much more intimidating with those blue eyes blazing and pale locks curling out in every direction, he decided. Softly he said, "Um... it seems as though the plant's extra energy transformed your appearance as well."
"No! Really?"
They were both silent for moment.
"So, I'm a plant?
"Yep."
"Like you?"
"Perfect, huh?"
"So, how are we gonna fix this little problem?"
Vash looked nervous. "Well, um... See... about that... I'm not really sure."
"WHAT?"
Vash grabbed his head and ducked for cover.
"Meryl..." He pleaded in vain. "It's not my fault, Reeeeaally. It's not like I asked you to follow me or anything!"
Meryl's eyes started to shine with a demonic light. Uh oh, Vash thought, he had really done it this time.
"Arg! Never mind! I should have known better than to ask YOU anyway. I'll fix it BY MYSELF!"
"Meryl," Vash said in a soothing voice, trying to calm her down. "There's just one little thing... I think it might be permanent."
"YOU THINK?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure..." He said in a tiny voice. "You're just like me now, no going back."
"No way!" She said. "There is no way I can be a plant. It's just IMPOSSIBLE!"
Meryl bowed her head and clenched her fists. 'What has that nut-brain done to me? It's all his fault!' She was so angry, all she saw was red. She felt her rage slowly build, getting stronger and hotter.
Vash suddenly stopped cowering and sat up. His laughing green eyes narrowed and got serious. He could sense Meryl's energy building within her. If she couldn't control it people could get hurt! He might have had 133 years of practice holding his plant powers in check, but she only had her instincts. Right now they were non-existent, disappearing in her rage. He would have to find some way to get through to her.
The air between Vash and Meryl began to spark and crackle. Bolts of white-hot light filled the hallway.
Meryl felt the rage burn within her. Her vision blacked out and she couldn't see anything. Only the fierce anger coursing hotly through her body. As it reached a fevered pitch she screamed in agony, "Vash!"
He had been kneeling next to her when a ball of brilliant white light engulfed her body. Suddenly, he was blown backward by a wave of ferocious energy. "Vash!" he heard her call out to him, before he lost her voice in the inferno. Clenching his teeth against the searing energy surrounding them both, he slowly crawled toward her.
"Meryl, let me help you." He called out to her desperately. "Meryl, please... Listen to me!" He looked up to see that her head had turned towards his voice. "Meryl, it's Vash." He said softly. "Please, Meryl. If you don't stop people will die. You have to come back, Meryl. No one has the right to take the life of another."
At those words, Meryl seemed to hesitate. Her brilliant blue eyes bore into his, as if to search his very soul. They gazed at each other for an eternity, silently sharing hopes and dreams. Then, Vash stood up and leaned his forehead against hers.
"I know you're here, just come back to me. Give me back the Meryl I know and love."
He absently raised a finger to stoke her cheek. With that single motion, all the energy dissipated around them. Gasping in surprise Meryl blinked and looked up at Vash.
"Oh, Vash..." She whispered. She was shaking uncontrollably. Tears poured down her cheeks. She swallowed and tried to shut away the indescribable fear that had welled up inside her. She had lost touch with herself so easily. She might have seriously hurt him if she hadn't been able to stop, and here he was, still standing beside her, protecting her. She wanted to say something, to tell him how much this meant to her. Why couldn't she stop crying? What an idiot he must think she was. Vash the Stampede. He was so close yet so distant...
Vash was preparing to lean over and give her a warm, comforting hug when he heard it. A dangerously quiet cracking coming from the strained boards of the ceiling above. Time froze as they both became aware of the fact that Meryl's little explosion had taken out the surrounding walls. Walls which had played a necessary part in supporting the two floors of hotel looming above their heads.
"The building's gonna collapse!" Vash wailed.
The next thing she knew, his hand closed around hers and they were flying down the hallway at a speed faster than she had ever run before.
"Everyone get out of here, NOW!" he shouted as he pulled her past closed doors.
Around them, the magnitude of the ominous creaking was increasing. 'We'll never make it,' she thought desperately. They were still on the second floor. Ahead she spotted a large broken window.
"We have to jump!"
"What? But I thought you disapproved of suicide!"
Meryl let out an ear-splitting scream as they cleared the window's ledge and the ground came rushing up at them. She braced herself for the end. Her feet hit the rock and her knees buckled under her. Surprisingly there was very little pain. In fact, nothing even seemed to be broken. Vash had landed neatly beside her, unfazed.
They both helplessly turned back to the building. All at once, four stories of hotel rooms came crashing down into an immense pile of rubble. Thick clouds of dust and sand rose slowly from the desolation. Everything was deathly silent. Even the air had a certain leaden weight.
Meryl stared in horror at the mound of destruction before her. Destruction she had caused.
"What have I done?" She gasped. "What sort of monster have I become?"
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We really had fun with this part! We hope you had fun reading it! Drop us a line and tell us how it was! And remember.... Zuka and Stel love you all!
We would like to thank all our wonderful reviewers.... It flatters us that you would actually take the time to say such nice things... Thank You!
Hecate
blood-lust6
Lafeil
kimmy
Roganu-chan
Souten
AnonymousTrigunOtaku
ShinMegami-Sama