Yawn, well I really don't have much to say about this chapter, I think it's longer than the rest of them, but I'm not sure. I wanted some humor, so I put the last little bit in the end, but I'll have you know that the idea is from the original show it's self. Yup! I just saw the episode and thought that would be a great idea for this next chapter. Well hope you enjoy!

Dead Start

Chapter 9: Leaving

"Ugg," Meryl muttered as her eyes snapped open from the pain, she found herself in her bed with Cale in a chair next to her. His expression on his face before he saw Meryl awake was shocking, he looked terrified, not of what happened, but of himself.

"Oh," he muttered, "how do you feel?" he asked with worried eyes when he noticed Meryl starring at him. Meryl could still see the pain that Cale was going through, she had been shot once, but Cale was shot four times, and a had a broken arm.

"I'm fine, what about you?" Meryl asked, watching Cale flinch as he turned to face her. His eyes told her it all, he would heal on the outside, but the internal damage within would scar him for life. Meryl felt so sorry for Cale, even if she didn't know what exactly went on, she could feel the depression emitting from him. What a crazy day it's been, Meryl thought, I meet some member of the Dead Start gang, rescue Cale, and get shot. But the day was almost over, it was well into the night, and Meryl wondered what was happening at the school. Were Vash, Wolfwood, and Millie ok? As Meryl worried through the night, a war was raging out on the school grounds.

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"DIE!" Kiki screamed, as many bullet shells hit the ground with a clang. There was a constant bang streaming through out the cold barren school yard, as Vash and Wolfwood dodged, blocked, and ran from many bullets whizzing towards them.

"What are we going to do?" Wolfwood yelled over to Vash, blocking the bullets by a large cross, "I mean we can't keep this up all night!"

"How much ammo does she have?" Vash cried out exasperated, dancing around dodging bullets. He didn't want to kill her, but he couldn't dodge bullets all night.

"I have no idea!" Wolfwood bellowed over the noise, we are so screwed!

"Mr. Wolfwood look out!" Cried a voice from the near by tree, Wolfwood just in time ducked as bullets hailed over his head. Now she has a Machine gun, he thought as more bullets were shot. Millie had just warned Wolfwood in the nick of time, he was thinking about the situation, and failed to realize Kiki whip out a machine gun. This is getting out of hand, we have to end it, Wolfwood thought, knowing that Vash would oppose to this proposition, but it was too risky to do other wise. Wait where is Vash, Wolfwood wondered, noticing he had disappeared.

"AAHHHHHHH!" screamed a familiar voice, Wolfwood spun around to see Kiki holding a gun at Millie's head.

"Put the gun down or I'll shoot!" Kiki laughed madly, her finger trembling to pull the trigger.

"STOP!" yelled another voice, and in an instant Vash was running towards Millie.

"Stay back!" Kiki bellowed, driving the gun more into Millie's head.

"Don't do it!" Vash begged, tears pouring from his eyes, "I beg you don't! She didn't do anything to you, leave her be, PLEASE!" Kiki stared in disbelief as Vash went on his knees dropping his gun, and begged.

"Hehe, fine then, you'll die instead!" Kiki laughed as Wolfwood couldn't do anything when she pulled the trigger. BANG!

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Wolfwood screamed, dropping onto his knees burying his face in his hands, to hid his tears. The school grounds were dead silent almost as if they were in disbelief themselves, until a loud thud echoed through out the grounds. Wolfwood looked up to find that Kiki was on the ground, dead, blood stained her shirt, as she had been shot straight through the heart.

"Takes care of that nuisance once and for all," cried a voice coming from one of the entrances to the school yard, it was Knives! Vash looked up to see that the bullet had missed him by only a couple inches, and there was Knives holding his smoking gun. Every one was in shock except for the killer himself, all was silent once again.

"Close one huh, bro?" Knives laughed, holding out his hand towards Vash, but Vash just starred at the lifeless body. Wolfwood immediately went over to Millie who was crying for Kiki, and put his arm around her. He knew that it was going to be hard to forget seeing someone get murdered, and felt sorry that she had been mixed up in this.

"It's so wrong," Millie managed to mutter to Wolfwood who remained quite, "Did she really have to die? Couldn't there have been another way? I mean..." but Millie was interrupted by Vash.

"Why! Why did you do it Knives?" Vash hollered, standing up, glaring at Knives with his tear stained blue eyes.

"She would have killed you," Knives said calmly, watching Vash.

"Liar! She missed!" Vash screamed.

"She only missed because I shot her," Knives said, making excuses, because it wasn't possible that his bullet hit her before she shot her bullet. But he wanted her dead, it didn't matter I mean he killed their enemy, now the Dead Start gang would be safe.

"That's not true!" Vash yelled, punching Knives, who stumbled back surprised, "She missed on purpose and you killed her!"

"Yea, so what? She was after me what was I supposed to do, let her kill me?" Knives asked, not at all caring that he killed someone.

"You didn't have to kill her Knives, there could have been another way," Wolfwood piped in, he now began to realize that all this blood shed wasn't necessary, "And what about Cale? He wasn't trying to take over or anything, you didn't have to sent Midvalley on him! And look what it did, Midvalleys dead! Dead because of you!"

"What are you siding with this weakling now?" Knives asked implying to Vash, "Midvalley was getting annoying anyway, I am not sad that he died."

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Vash hollered, "I QUITE! Here and now, I will never be in the Dead Start gang again! You are a ruthless murder, and I don't want to be with you any longer!"

"Me too," Wolfwood added, he was tired of fighting people, he didn't want another person to die when there were other options.

"You can't quite!" Knives yelled, "You are staying!"

"No were not," Wolfwood said calmly, picking up Millie, and started walking away with Vash. Knives was shocked, they can't quite, no one can ever quite!

"YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!" He screamed madly, and insane glint hinted in his eyes, but they didn't care, and kept on walking. Leaving the insane Knives, to never return. Where were they going to go, they had no idea, but any place was better than there, they would be free, free from the killing.

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"You did WHAT?" Meryl cried out as Wolfwood and Vash were explaining what had happened that night the next day. All four of them were at Meryl's house, well including Cale, retelling the exiting events of the night before.

"So you quite," Cale said quietly, "Isn't that a bold move? What if Knives comes after you or something?" Vash and Wolfwood looked at each other, they both knew that was exactly what Knives was going to do, but they didn't want these guys to worry.

"He wont do anything dangerous," Vash said falsely, only Meryl and Wolfwood could tell though. Meryl knew those two were hiding something, but she didn't feel like asking.

"Oy! We had better be getting back to school," Wolfwood exclaimed looking at his watch which was saying it was 3:45.

"Right," Meryl replied, watching Millie, Wolfwood, and Vash head towards the door, but suddenly the lights switched off and Meryl screamed.

"Meryl!" Vash cried out heading to where he heard the scream. A lot of noise came after that, Meryl was wrestling with someone, as Vash was trying to help. Millie had tripped over something, and fell on Wolfwood. Wolfwood was crushed, Millie fell on his head and his body was somehow twisted around Meryl's chair. The lights flicked back on, as Meryl's mom flicked the switch apologizing for hitting the wrong light switch. She quickly left to the kitchen to escape the anger emitting from the room.

Meryl found herself pinned on her bed, by Vash. His hands were holding down her wrists as Cale was grabbing onto her leg on the floor. Wolfwood's head was up against the table, and Millie was sitting on his chest, as his torso was twisted into the chair, his legs were stuck under the metal bar at the bottom of the chair. Every one in the room were either in pain, or in shock. Quickly Millie got off Wolfwood and was attempting to help him out of the chair. Cale had fell just as the lights went out and grabbed Meryl's leg which caused her to scream. Vash heard the scream tripped over Cale's body on the floor and ended up wrestling Meryl.

Vash immediately got off Meryl, slightly blushing while Meryl was trying to sit up without hurting her leg. Cale, in a lot of pain, just stayed on the ground utill Wolfwood helped him up.

"Well, I didn't know you two were so close," Wolfwood grinned looking at Meryl and Vash both turn red.

"Me close to that upside down haired moron?" Meryl laughed, still red, "As if!"

"Hey I think my hair is sexy, thank you very much!" Vash replied, "Plus it attracts the beautiful, kind, and cough non violent cough women!"

"Oh, I suppose you believe that, and end up crying your self to sleep," Meryl snorted, "as if you could get anyone!"

"Thanks a lot dream crusher!" Vash muttered.

"What was that!" Meryl demanded, glaring at Vash.

"Oh nothing!" Vash lied, trying to look innocent under Meryl's vicious stare. She humphed and walked over to Millie, who was smiling at her. Vash quickly left out the front door with Wolfwood, avoiding his eyes.

"I think you two get along so well," Millie cried out happily unaware of the icy stare Meryl gave her.

"With that needle head, no way!" Meryl said, watching Millie leave with them. But something in the back of her mind said that she did get along with him, yet she chose to ignore it.

Who would like that moron? She thought to herself as she crawled into her bed, ready for a nice long sleep.

I don't know it this is the action that you Vash/ Meryl people want, but no worries there will be more! So what do you think Good, Bad, Odd, Not interesting enough, Funny, Mysterious, Weird, Boring, Action packed, BLOODY? So tell me what you think by REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!