MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm doing so well today.... I'm getting this story together! Yawns Hopefully it's making sense because I'm just typing. Well review on Vash and Meryl on Earth because I'm hoping to update on that soon.

Crap! Man my dad won't let me on the Internet to publish the last three chapters that I have been writing!

Trigun

Chapter 8: Hope's Plan

Hope chewed her lip as she thought about how to tell Vash about how she was the Bounty Hunter that was supposed to take him down.

Lib sat down she was a cute little thing with little blonde locks and purple eyes. She was getting irritated by Hope, "You really need to tell them Hope... How are they going to trust you if you aren't straight forward from the beginning?"

Hope gave Lib a warning glare as she shakes her head and heard Vash looking around for her she grabs Lib and hides her behind her. "Over here Vash!" Lib struggles in her palms but she keeps her hidden behind her, she didn't want another person talking for her again that day. She felt useless and she hated that the most and she wasn't going to allow that right now when it was in her control to be in control of her life.

Vash walks in smiling with a box of donuts in his hands and he bites into one gratefully, "Great Donuts Hope!"

Hope smiles as she bites back a laugh, "Yea... I guess there all right. I see you found the kitchen quite fine."

Vash grins heartedly as he walks over to Hope and grins do at her but his face grows concerned as he saw the upset look on her face, "What's wrong Hope?"

Hope looked down as she took his hand and then a tear goes down her cheek as she spoke, "I haven't been totally truthful with you Vash."

Vash's eyes soften as he moves his hand to her cheek and she pressed her hand to his, "Hope it can't be so bad..."

Hope's eyes sadden more as she thought but in the end she found no other way to say it so she just spat it out, "Vash... I'm a Bounty Hunter!"

Vash's eyes widen as he tries to process the information, "Why is this of great importance?"

Hope sighs as she turns around, "It's of great importance because I know your Vash the Stampede."

Vash the Stampede blinks, "Damnit! How'd you know?!"

Hope sighs sadly as she walks over to the window, "Legato... Legato Bluesummers... Name ring a bell?"

Vash's eyes turn from sad and surprised to cold and alert, "Yes, Is this the reason why you helped me? Legato got you to do this so he can set me up right?"

Hope turned around her eyes widen, "No that's not why... Legato just told me to bring you Little Jersey whenever I get the chance..."

Vash walks over to Hope with anger in his eyes as he grabs her collar with his hands, "How do I know that you're telling the truth?"

Hope's eyes widen as she gasps, "because I wouldn't of told you."

Meryl walks in and then he runs over to Vash and hits him on the head, "You jerk!" Turns to Hope, "Are you alright?"

Vash twitching on the floor with tears going down his face, "You don't know the whole story!"

Hope looks away, "Listen Meryl I'm a bounty hunter and Legato wants me to bring Vash to Little Jersey and wants me to kill him."

Vash jumps up and then yells, "You didn't tell me that he wants you to kill me!"

Hope looks irritated, "I haven't had the chance!"

Meryl walks over to Vash and stands beside him, "but how do we know that you aren't tricking us now?"

Millie walks in through another door and sees Lib behind Hope's back... it's a wonder Vash didn't see her. Millie walked over and hit Hope on the head... Taking Lib from her watching Hope fall over to twitch on the floor.

Lib smiling up at Millie, "Thank you so much."

Meryl looking at the two-inch tall person, "Wow... what's your name?"

Vash also stares as he walks towards Millie to listen not paying attention to Hope get back to her feet.

Lib was happy but she didn't like how they were treating her mistress, "I'm Lib and Hope is telling you the truth! I think yall should make planes before we have to get to Little Jersey."

Hope for once was happy to have Lib around as Vash's face shows kindness again. "Yes I do agree."

Millie smiles down at her with kind eyes, "Aren't you cute."

Thorn having been listening at the door nodded, "Yea... My mom is a very trust worthy woman..."

Meryl looking over at Thorn trusting him more then Hope asks, "Do you think that your mother will break a bond agreement?"

Thorn nods his head, "If she finds it necessary... Especially if Legato is involved... Janeba and Legato are good friends... have been for years."

Hope smiles as she grins at her son with agreement.

Millie nods, "I think we can trust her."

Vash the turns to Hope having listen to all of this... he blushes, "Sorry." He sees her nod and then smiles and he asks, "What's your plan?"

Hope moves over to a board and smiles, "Alright. I plan to go to Little Jersey like I would... When we get to the battlefield I will have a bullet that I will shot Vash with that will look like he was shot but he really wasn't... Then...."

Meryl and Vash waves there hands, "Then?"

Hope smiles, "We play it by ear."

Everyone in the room falls over and starts twitching and she blushes, "What? Oh come on you try coming up with something better. I'm going to bring the sedatives so I can put Legato and Janeba out so we can get out of there..."

Millie grins, "Let's do it... We have nothing to lose."

Meryl shakes her head, "Yea only our lives."

Vash shakes his head, "Let's do it, We honestly it might give us some kind of an advantage." He said all mysteriously.

Hope smiles at Vash and they both stare at each other as they thought about how ironic the situation actually was.

Lib piped up, "Well Hope your upgrade needs to be done!"

Hope nods as she walks away, "We have a day... Then... We go to Little Jersey."

(A/N: Sorry if you didn't like but I thought it was rather needed.... Two plans.... Let's see how it starts to unfurl in the next chapter.)

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