Yay! Chapter three is already here. Gah it just seemed like
a few hours ago when I wrote the second one and only yesterday when the
first one came out. O wait thats how it was. Silly
me. Anyway I decided to start this series off with three
chapters, that's why I was so quick to write them. If it seems to
have a good following (review review review) then I'll be more likely
to add on (the same idea goes with my other stories if you haven't
figured that out by now). Well on to the chapter:
disclaimer today brought to you by Millie:
O I'm so pleased that Miss Candy asked me to tell all you folks out there that she doesn't own us or sailor moon. Though I see her at times dancing like an baka saying Vash is dancing with her. I think she's nuts. *hehe* Cuz we all know Vash can't dance, I mean really.
*glares at millie which makes her laugh nervously*
Anyway she doesn't own Trigun or Sailor Moon if you must know so don't sue! She's a broke college student, you couldn't get anything but a few dozen hamsters out of her anyway!
Chapter Three
Flame Shooter
Blinking Raye opened one eye to check on the surroundings they were in. The first thing she noticed was the sun was beating way down upon her.
"Ug..." She said rolling up so she could sit up. Rubbing the other eye she blinked a few more times as her eyes ajusted to the amount of light that was being fed to this barron landscape. "...Vash?" Turning she saw him sitting, his back turned to her. He said nothing though. Looking up she covered the light slightly to see what time it was only to find there were two suns.
"This isn't Earth." Vash mumbled as if he knew what she was thinking. "I told you we were going to Gunsmoke." Raye came up and stood beside him.
"O." Was all she said. "Why here?"
"Cuz this is were we all landed." Vash said. "This is MY home." Raye then looked out across the desert frowning.
"It's hot here." She finally stated playing with her bangs.
"Always is." He added sounding even more distant then the first time.
"Vash..." She said looking down at him. Why was he being so distant? Sighing she picked up all her hair in the back and dropped it allowing the back of her neck to get the air it was craving for. It was so unbarably hot here. That's when a gloved hand was infront of her face.
"You may want to tie that all up." He said. In the fingers was a rubber band. Nodding Raye took it and pulled her hair back, tieing it up in a loose bun that allowed some of her longer strains of hair to fall out. "We'll get you better cloths when we hit a town." Standing up he turned to her. Raye looked up at Vash wishing he held the kiddish face he always had back on Earth.
"What ever happens Vash, we'll make it out ok." She said putting a hand on his shoulder. She knew since the day she layed her eyes upon this man that he wasn't no ordinary human. With him coming from a different planet it made him sorta not a human at all but even the people on the moon that wern't royalty were homosapiens. He wasn't.
"Let's go." He just muttered walking ahead of her in some random direction she thought.
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"He's a moron." Meryl muttered looking outside the window. "I mean we've been waiting for like two months yet the boss still won't change our jobs. He doesn't believe that Vash has just disappeared." Millie took a sip of her drink chuckling at the smaller insurance lady.
"Come now Meryal, Mr. Vash will show up soon. I'm sure our boss is right in this situation. Vash couldn't just leave Gunsmoke, now could he?"
"I guess not." Meryl sighed looking down at her drink. "Even if he was we couldn't tell him that anyway." Millie just chuckled at the last comment. "So what are we going to do today since Vash doesn't seem to be showing up."
"I was thinking about going to that new shop that opened up last week. I want to check out it." Meryl nodded looking out the window.
The cup about crashed. The door had just opened. The spikey haired blonde that both girls knew stood there looking around as if to be looking for something.
"Hey Vash!" Millie shouted also seeing the blonde enter. He put on a smile and waved at them walking up to the table. "You've been gone for a while."
"Yah I know." He chuckled rubbing the back of his head. Meryl was about to say something when someone hidden behind him walked forward. It was a girl, younger then them in strange clothing and her hair tied up. "Guys this is Raye, Raye this is Meryl and Millie. Their the insurence girls that follow me around." Meryl's temper had had it. She stood up trying to get in his face as best as she could.
"How dare you leave us here for so long just to go looking for a woman!" She yelled. Nervously laughing Vash backed up slightly waving his hands infront of him.
"It's not what you think Meryl, honest!" He said. "I swear!" Meryl glared at him but just rested her arms across her chest glaring at him. Raye looked at the three of them not knowing what to do or say when Millie broke in first.
"Please to meet you Raye."
"Uh...thanks." Raye said taking her hand and shaking it. This girl seemed way more airheaded then Serena ever was. "Vash is right. He didn't leave you by choice I suppose."
"See!" Vash said pointing to Raye. "I had no choice!"
"But he is an ideot." Raye added making Vash hang his head down. Were was the vunerable Raye he had seen yesterday on Earth? It didn't matter he guessed. Turning his eyes back on the insureance girls he just sighed. "I don't know why someone would pay you to watch him. I wouldn't have taken the job." Millie just chuckled while Meryl rolled her eyes.
"If we knew who the real Vash the stampede was I would have never left." She said at the girl. "Why are you wearing those weird cloths may I ask? I mean they look hot."
"That was our next stop." Vash broke in. "She left her...temple, that's it and well we had no time to get her cloths there so I have to buy them here."
"O she works at a temple?" Millie asked. Raye nodded. "Cool, so your a girl of the faith then." Raye looked up puzzled at Vash who looked nervous,
"Yah, she is. That's were I met her."
"She suits you." Meryl broke in making Raye blink and blush and Vash just laugh nervously as red crept to his cheeks.
"What do you mean?!" Raye said taking it as an insult. "I SUIT nobody!"
"It was a complement!" Meryl yelled back. "Shut up and grow up! How old are you, 16-17. You shouldn't talk to your elders like that." Raye rolled her eyes. If they only knew the truth. Did she want to really get into the whole story with a bunch of strangers?
Nah
"So who cares." Raye waved it off. "I mean I have enough maturity then you twice over." Meryl became flushed in the face as she grabbed Millie's arm dragging her to the door.
"Mr. Stampede once you have lost your access luggege Millie and I will be happy to resume our jobs of twenty-four hour survanlence and damage control but till then GOOD DAY!" With that and a nervous wave from Millie Meryl slammed the door on the bar.
"That went well." Vash said with a sigh. "You could have been nicer."
"Like I want to be nice to her." Raye spat glaring out the window at the woman. "She needs to treat with respect before I even consider giving respect." Raye stood up. "Anyway lets get me some cloths, that Meryl woman was right, these are quit hot." She walked out the door leaving Vash pounding his head on the table.
"This has got to be a nightmare..." Looking up though he saw her through the window. Additude was written all over her features for a few moments and when it seemed the street had cleared her eyes filled with sorrow. Vash sighed standing up. "She should really stop it with that tough guy front, it'll get her killed one day..." And with that he walked out the door after her.
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Raye came walking out of the tailors shop with a red coat, not to far off from Vash's a white shirt underneight it, black skirt and a pair of long black boots to finish it. An accomplished look was upon Raye's face as she checked her new outfit out. Vash on the other hand came out with a wallet in his hands that was odveously empty.
"Bye bye money..." He muttered sticking it somewhere in his jacket.
"Come on now." Raye said glaring at him. "You got to admit, I do look good in this." She twirled around happily. Vash chuckled admitting inwordly that the miko was right this time. She looked gorgeous; like she had walked out of one of those model magizens they had on Earth. "Now lets go kick this Knive's butt once and for all so I can go..." Raye looked up at Vash to see a look of pain enter in his eyes. She wondered if it wasn't cuz Knives or her. "I mean lets just go." He nodded as they walked away from the store and around a corner. On the other side where the two insurence girls again. Rolling her eyes Raye stopped when Vash did.
"Hey guys. I'm really sorry for what Raye did." He said. "She just doesn't get out much."
SMACK
A hand flew across the back of his head.
"What did you do that for?!" Vash yelled glaring at her.
"I get out just fine." Raye calmy stated. "I can't help it that your so nieve that it makes my temper go off every two seconds you baka!" Meryl just chuckled seeing the two argue like that.
"Fine." She responded wiping the smile off her face. "Lets continue with our job." Millie jumped up slightly clapping happily.
"Yay! We won't loose our jobs now. I'm so relieved." Vash just laughed as the entire group headed toward a hotel. That's when a gun fire rang alloud echoing off the buildings. Turning Vash instinctivly pushed all the woman behind him looking were the gunshot had come from. His eyes narrowed to see a shady figure in an alleyway with what looked to be a shot gun in his hands.
"Mr. Vash the Stampede. I was wondering when you would show your ugly face around these parts again." The man's voice hissed as he stepped into the light. He held a cowboy hat upon his hair. Underneight it was grey and brown hair along with a few days growth of berd. His cloths were worn and tattured and his boots made a chaching sound as his moved. Overall this guy looked like he had walked out of one of those "western movies" Raye had showed him back on Earth.
"What do you want?" Vash said coldly.
"Why to fufill my job." The man said pointing the gun at him. Vash's face became twisted as he stared at the man. He couldn't move all of them.
"MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!" Raye's voice screamed from behind. That's when balls of flame lept from behind him.
"What the..." Vash said taking cover along with Meryl and Millie. The man screamed as he dropped the gun trying to stop the burning sensation that had formed upon his hands. Raye stood there, in some weird outfit, her other one no where to be seen Vash realized. The smell of embers and fire radiated from her. The man stopped jumping glaring at the group, two of them on the ground still; Vash had gotten up.
"What the heck are you?!" The man yelled. "He never told me of this!" With that the man took off in the alleyway. Not knowing what exactly had happned Vash turned to Raye.
"Um..." He said nervously.
"Yah?" Raye glared as rings of fire appeared and the weird swim suit outfit melted away revealing the one he had bought her not to long before.
"What just happened?" The more daring Meryl shouted. "No ordinary human could possibly do that without some weapon of sorts." Raye just laughed quietly,
"Well then." She said. "Shall we head? I mean we are going to be late if we don't hurry now."
"But we're really not going anywhere." Vash said trying to figure this girl out. "I was going to rent us two rooms so we can sleep. I don't know about you but I'm really beat. It's already been a long day." That's when Raye realized that she two was tired and trying not to yawn.
"Well then Meryl and I can check out that shop we were going two before Mr. Vash showed up while you two sleep."
"But Millie....that girl ain't normal by any means. We should said word back to our boss and..."
"Come now Meryl, shopping!" She said cheerfully dragging the one insurence girl by the arm. Raye chuckled at Millie waving by to the sandy blonde.
"Meryl is right you know." Vash said looking accusingly at her. "That ain't normal."
"Well neither are you." Raye accused. "Lets finish this conversation if we must have it in one of our hotel rooms. Like I need people staring at me like I'm some sorta freak. I already get that back on Earth." She whispered. Vash nodded as they headed to the hotel infront of them.
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"She threw fire at me!" The man complained. "That was never appart of our agreement! I was sappose to injure the woman and try to kill Vash but she THREW fire at me with no gun!" Knives stood there under the tree listening to the worthless human complain about the newly found information.
"I thank you for your couaperation but your services are no longer required." He said and with a flick of the hand the man kelled over and died. Knives glared down.
"Well then brother...what did you find on that forsaken planet?" He muttered thinking about the girl and her rude ways. It didn't really matter to him. She had to be human, why would a plant or any creature above the humans want to be reconized as one like his brother wanted...
It was all nonsense.
With another flick of the hand another man came walking up.
"Do as I ordered to the last man and this time I want her hurt. I don't care if she throws a building at you, she will be hurt and bleeding by tomorrow." The man bowed and left. Knives grinned. "Soon you will understand how lowly and febule the human race really is..."
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Raye had told him everything she could remember. He just sat there nodding, his face unchanging throught the entirty of it. She told him of Serena being the moon princess and how Beral had killed her twice on two seprate occasions. How she was a lot older then she looked and she had the ablity to minupulate fire any way she well pleased. He stood up once she had finished and walked to the window.
"I am sorta immortal..." Raye muttered. "At least thats what I get from the future I have seen. I look then as I do now." She looked up trying to read the blank expression that Vash held. She wished he would just smile goofy like he normaly did and laugh but he didn't look like he was.
"So..thats what I saw when I looked in your eyes the first time." He said bringing a flush to her cheeks once again. Nodding is how she responded remembering what Vash had told her about the ghost girl in the desert that looked a whole lot like her. Vash turned and sat on the bed again. "Well at least you can defend yourself from my brother. I don't need you getting hurt cuz of him. I would never forgive myself." That made Raye turn even redder then before. Giving her one of his smiles he stood up. "Well I guess you should go to bed. We have a long day tomorrow."
"Yah I guess so." Raye said standing up. "I'll see you in the morning." Turning she thouched the door knob.
"Goodnight Raye." He said turning to her slightly. Nodding Raye smiled to him.
"You too Vash." Shutting the door she left the room, leaving him alone. Chuckling to himself Vash looked back out the window. Wishing that Raye was that way all the time; not fearing to show her true self around others he thought about her a little. Though a lot of his memories on Earth of her where her yelling and very angry there was one that kept coming back to him.
(Memory)
He was on sweeping duty again in the temple. The last room that he hadn't touched that he was about to go clean was the one that Raye spent the most time in; the fire room. Stepping in there he gazed at the giant roaring flame in the middle of it in ah. With that he began to sweep the area. In no time the soot and dust had been swept into a corner and there he stood looking at the fire wondering how Raye could possibly "read" it. To deep in his thoughts he never noticed the spark that had landed on the arm of his kimno. Smoke began to fill his nose when he turned his head instantly freaking out.
"AHHH!" He screamed bursting out of the fire room and running down the hall. Without warning a big blanket hit him in his side knocking him to the ground. Before he passed out he saw a small figure looming over him with violet eyes. "...Raye..." He muttered.
The next thing he remembered was him waking up in his room. There wasn't much to it but it had been given to him as he stayed at the temple. Turning his eyes to his arm he saw that he had no shirt on and it was bandaged up looking very professional. Then turning his head he saw a sleeping upright figure in a chair not to far from the bed.
It was Raye.
Blinking in surprise he reached out to touch her with his real hand that had been burnt. Touching her she jumped awake, her violet orbs flaring open.
"Ah..." She said then sitting back yawning and rubbing her eyes. "What time is it?"
Turning his head to the clock he realized it was 8.
"8 o'clock Raye." He said then turning back to her. Vash was ready to be yelled at by her temper but instead she turned to him with kindness in her eyes and worriedness in her voice.
"You've been out quit a while." She added standing up. "You got to be more careful in the fire room Vash." Stretching she headed toward his door then turning back to face him with a smile. "Goodnight Vash." He sat there blinking at the door that was now closed cuz of her. A blush came to his cheeks realizing how long she possably could have sat there waiting for him to wake up. Why did she act so differenty.
(end of Memory)
A smile slid across his features as he thought about it. Her friends where right. She really didn't mean half the crap that she said and threatened. Maybe she would show more of that to him now. He was likeing it...
....more like liking her though then anything else.
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Raye had just gotten to her room sighing and looking down upon the floor. Why was he so sweet? He wasn't Chad! A tear slid down her cheek as she headed toward her bed slipping off the boots and jacket. She was going to have to let him go sooner or later and move on. For the first time in a while she felt happy. Though Vash could annoy her like Serena, she enjoyed it for the most part. He was able to be himself without worry. That's why she realized she was falling head over heals for the spiked blonde hair doofes. Maybe Vash was feeling something as well....
Nah that blonde doofes wouldn't realize that she was really begining to care for him one bit. He was brain dead. Chuckling at the last thought she curled up in her bed after switching back to her kimno shirt to sleep in. Though the odds might be against them he could find the bright side in it all. It was strange. But that's why she liked him. Turning off the light she rolled so she could stare at the ceiling. Closing her eyes pictures of the blonde doofes flooded her mind and she just smiled with a slight blush to her cheeks. Maybe after all this was said and done she could tell him...though he might want to stay here. Her eyes flaring open it had finally hit her.
"O god..." She began to cry. Serena and the others would probaby try to find her and bring her back; she had to go back. She was a senshi, protector of Serena. Tears flowed unchallenged from the corners of her eyes, wetting the pillow below her. He would stay here and she had to go back. Pain began to eb at her chest as if her heart was crying as well. Raye sat up wiping the tears away quickly. It wouldn't matter if she told him cuz in the end they would have to leave each others company. Raye didn't want that. She wanted Vash by her, till his dying day (he hadn't told her just yet his little secret). Who ever brought him to her was playing some crewl practical joke on her. "I hate this..." Turning she forced herself to go to sleep.
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This chapter took the longest to do out of the three though I went back and added a few things to this and the other ones. What I need now is a vote who Knives will fall in love with. Yes I'm not killing Knives in this story. So who will it be?
Knives/Serena
Knives/Lita
Knives/Amy
Knives/Mina
Knives/Human Luna
Knives/???(You can vote for Knives with whoever in the series though it would be hard to write someone else who isn't a scout somehow getting to gunsmoke but I am willing to do it if it's the popular choice)
Maybe it could even be Raye with Knives so vote. So when you review put who you would like to see with Knives so I know cuz in the next chapter I'm going to be sending at least one scout to Gunsmoke (If there is a tie and one of them isn't Raye then I'll send both cuz Knives won't fall in love till a few chapters ahead so we can have a tie breaker).
These three chapters are just a taste of what's to come, an introduction to the story. So I hope you like it ^^. Review before you leave and as always thanks for reading one of my stories.
disclaimer today brought to you by Millie:
O I'm so pleased that Miss Candy asked me to tell all you folks out there that she doesn't own us or sailor moon. Though I see her at times dancing like an baka saying Vash is dancing with her. I think she's nuts. *hehe* Cuz we all know Vash can't dance, I mean really.
*glares at millie which makes her laugh nervously*
Anyway she doesn't own Trigun or Sailor Moon if you must know so don't sue! She's a broke college student, you couldn't get anything but a few dozen hamsters out of her anyway!
Chapter Three
Flame Shooter
Blinking Raye opened one eye to check on the surroundings they were in. The first thing she noticed was the sun was beating way down upon her.
"Ug..." She said rolling up so she could sit up. Rubbing the other eye she blinked a few more times as her eyes ajusted to the amount of light that was being fed to this barron landscape. "...Vash?" Turning she saw him sitting, his back turned to her. He said nothing though. Looking up she covered the light slightly to see what time it was only to find there were two suns.
"This isn't Earth." Vash mumbled as if he knew what she was thinking. "I told you we were going to Gunsmoke." Raye came up and stood beside him.
"O." Was all she said. "Why here?"
"Cuz this is were we all landed." Vash said. "This is MY home." Raye then looked out across the desert frowning.
"It's hot here." She finally stated playing with her bangs.
"Always is." He added sounding even more distant then the first time.
"Vash..." She said looking down at him. Why was he being so distant? Sighing she picked up all her hair in the back and dropped it allowing the back of her neck to get the air it was craving for. It was so unbarably hot here. That's when a gloved hand was infront of her face.
"You may want to tie that all up." He said. In the fingers was a rubber band. Nodding Raye took it and pulled her hair back, tieing it up in a loose bun that allowed some of her longer strains of hair to fall out. "We'll get you better cloths when we hit a town." Standing up he turned to her. Raye looked up at Vash wishing he held the kiddish face he always had back on Earth.
"What ever happens Vash, we'll make it out ok." She said putting a hand on his shoulder. She knew since the day she layed her eyes upon this man that he wasn't no ordinary human. With him coming from a different planet it made him sorta not a human at all but even the people on the moon that wern't royalty were homosapiens. He wasn't.
"Let's go." He just muttered walking ahead of her in some random direction she thought.
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"He's a moron." Meryl muttered looking outside the window. "I mean we've been waiting for like two months yet the boss still won't change our jobs. He doesn't believe that Vash has just disappeared." Millie took a sip of her drink chuckling at the smaller insurance lady.
"Come now Meryal, Mr. Vash will show up soon. I'm sure our boss is right in this situation. Vash couldn't just leave Gunsmoke, now could he?"
"I guess not." Meryl sighed looking down at her drink. "Even if he was we couldn't tell him that anyway." Millie just chuckled at the last comment. "So what are we going to do today since Vash doesn't seem to be showing up."
"I was thinking about going to that new shop that opened up last week. I want to check out it." Meryl nodded looking out the window.
The cup about crashed. The door had just opened. The spikey haired blonde that both girls knew stood there looking around as if to be looking for something.
"Hey Vash!" Millie shouted also seeing the blonde enter. He put on a smile and waved at them walking up to the table. "You've been gone for a while."
"Yah I know." He chuckled rubbing the back of his head. Meryl was about to say something when someone hidden behind him walked forward. It was a girl, younger then them in strange clothing and her hair tied up. "Guys this is Raye, Raye this is Meryl and Millie. Their the insurence girls that follow me around." Meryl's temper had had it. She stood up trying to get in his face as best as she could.
"How dare you leave us here for so long just to go looking for a woman!" She yelled. Nervously laughing Vash backed up slightly waving his hands infront of him.
"It's not what you think Meryl, honest!" He said. "I swear!" Meryl glared at him but just rested her arms across her chest glaring at him. Raye looked at the three of them not knowing what to do or say when Millie broke in first.
"Please to meet you Raye."
"Uh...thanks." Raye said taking her hand and shaking it. This girl seemed way more airheaded then Serena ever was. "Vash is right. He didn't leave you by choice I suppose."
"See!" Vash said pointing to Raye. "I had no choice!"
"But he is an ideot." Raye added making Vash hang his head down. Were was the vunerable Raye he had seen yesterday on Earth? It didn't matter he guessed. Turning his eyes back on the insureance girls he just sighed. "I don't know why someone would pay you to watch him. I wouldn't have taken the job." Millie just chuckled while Meryl rolled her eyes.
"If we knew who the real Vash the stampede was I would have never left." She said at the girl. "Why are you wearing those weird cloths may I ask? I mean they look hot."
"That was our next stop." Vash broke in. "She left her...temple, that's it and well we had no time to get her cloths there so I have to buy them here."
"O she works at a temple?" Millie asked. Raye nodded. "Cool, so your a girl of the faith then." Raye looked up puzzled at Vash who looked nervous,
"Yah, she is. That's were I met her."
"She suits you." Meryl broke in making Raye blink and blush and Vash just laugh nervously as red crept to his cheeks.
"What do you mean?!" Raye said taking it as an insult. "I SUIT nobody!"
"It was a complement!" Meryl yelled back. "Shut up and grow up! How old are you, 16-17. You shouldn't talk to your elders like that." Raye rolled her eyes. If they only knew the truth. Did she want to really get into the whole story with a bunch of strangers?
Nah
"So who cares." Raye waved it off. "I mean I have enough maturity then you twice over." Meryl became flushed in the face as she grabbed Millie's arm dragging her to the door.
"Mr. Stampede once you have lost your access luggege Millie and I will be happy to resume our jobs of twenty-four hour survanlence and damage control but till then GOOD DAY!" With that and a nervous wave from Millie Meryl slammed the door on the bar.
"That went well." Vash said with a sigh. "You could have been nicer."
"Like I want to be nice to her." Raye spat glaring out the window at the woman. "She needs to treat with respect before I even consider giving respect." Raye stood up. "Anyway lets get me some cloths, that Meryl woman was right, these are quit hot." She walked out the door leaving Vash pounding his head on the table.
"This has got to be a nightmare..." Looking up though he saw her through the window. Additude was written all over her features for a few moments and when it seemed the street had cleared her eyes filled with sorrow. Vash sighed standing up. "She should really stop it with that tough guy front, it'll get her killed one day..." And with that he walked out the door after her.
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Raye came walking out of the tailors shop with a red coat, not to far off from Vash's a white shirt underneight it, black skirt and a pair of long black boots to finish it. An accomplished look was upon Raye's face as she checked her new outfit out. Vash on the other hand came out with a wallet in his hands that was odveously empty.
"Bye bye money..." He muttered sticking it somewhere in his jacket.
"Come on now." Raye said glaring at him. "You got to admit, I do look good in this." She twirled around happily. Vash chuckled admitting inwordly that the miko was right this time. She looked gorgeous; like she had walked out of one of those model magizens they had on Earth. "Now lets go kick this Knive's butt once and for all so I can go..." Raye looked up at Vash to see a look of pain enter in his eyes. She wondered if it wasn't cuz Knives or her. "I mean lets just go." He nodded as they walked away from the store and around a corner. On the other side where the two insurence girls again. Rolling her eyes Raye stopped when Vash did.
"Hey guys. I'm really sorry for what Raye did." He said. "She just doesn't get out much."
SMACK
A hand flew across the back of his head.
"What did you do that for?!" Vash yelled glaring at her.
"I get out just fine." Raye calmy stated. "I can't help it that your so nieve that it makes my temper go off every two seconds you baka!" Meryl just chuckled seeing the two argue like that.
"Fine." She responded wiping the smile off her face. "Lets continue with our job." Millie jumped up slightly clapping happily.
"Yay! We won't loose our jobs now. I'm so relieved." Vash just laughed as the entire group headed toward a hotel. That's when a gun fire rang alloud echoing off the buildings. Turning Vash instinctivly pushed all the woman behind him looking were the gunshot had come from. His eyes narrowed to see a shady figure in an alleyway with what looked to be a shot gun in his hands.
"Mr. Vash the Stampede. I was wondering when you would show your ugly face around these parts again." The man's voice hissed as he stepped into the light. He held a cowboy hat upon his hair. Underneight it was grey and brown hair along with a few days growth of berd. His cloths were worn and tattured and his boots made a chaching sound as his moved. Overall this guy looked like he had walked out of one of those "western movies" Raye had showed him back on Earth.
"What do you want?" Vash said coldly.
"Why to fufill my job." The man said pointing the gun at him. Vash's face became twisted as he stared at the man. He couldn't move all of them.
"MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!" Raye's voice screamed from behind. That's when balls of flame lept from behind him.
"What the..." Vash said taking cover along with Meryl and Millie. The man screamed as he dropped the gun trying to stop the burning sensation that had formed upon his hands. Raye stood there, in some weird outfit, her other one no where to be seen Vash realized. The smell of embers and fire radiated from her. The man stopped jumping glaring at the group, two of them on the ground still; Vash had gotten up.
"What the heck are you?!" The man yelled. "He never told me of this!" With that the man took off in the alleyway. Not knowing what exactly had happned Vash turned to Raye.
"Um..." He said nervously.
"Yah?" Raye glared as rings of fire appeared and the weird swim suit outfit melted away revealing the one he had bought her not to long before.
"What just happened?" The more daring Meryl shouted. "No ordinary human could possibly do that without some weapon of sorts." Raye just laughed quietly,
"Well then." She said. "Shall we head? I mean we are going to be late if we don't hurry now."
"But we're really not going anywhere." Vash said trying to figure this girl out. "I was going to rent us two rooms so we can sleep. I don't know about you but I'm really beat. It's already been a long day." That's when Raye realized that she two was tired and trying not to yawn.
"Well then Meryl and I can check out that shop we were going two before Mr. Vash showed up while you two sleep."
"But Millie....that girl ain't normal by any means. We should said word back to our boss and..."
"Come now Meryl, shopping!" She said cheerfully dragging the one insurence girl by the arm. Raye chuckled at Millie waving by to the sandy blonde.
"Meryl is right you know." Vash said looking accusingly at her. "That ain't normal."
"Well neither are you." Raye accused. "Lets finish this conversation if we must have it in one of our hotel rooms. Like I need people staring at me like I'm some sorta freak. I already get that back on Earth." She whispered. Vash nodded as they headed to the hotel infront of them.
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"She threw fire at me!" The man complained. "That was never appart of our agreement! I was sappose to injure the woman and try to kill Vash but she THREW fire at me with no gun!" Knives stood there under the tree listening to the worthless human complain about the newly found information.
"I thank you for your couaperation but your services are no longer required." He said and with a flick of the hand the man kelled over and died. Knives glared down.
"Well then brother...what did you find on that forsaken planet?" He muttered thinking about the girl and her rude ways. It didn't really matter to him. She had to be human, why would a plant or any creature above the humans want to be reconized as one like his brother wanted...
It was all nonsense.
With another flick of the hand another man came walking up.
"Do as I ordered to the last man and this time I want her hurt. I don't care if she throws a building at you, she will be hurt and bleeding by tomorrow." The man bowed and left. Knives grinned. "Soon you will understand how lowly and febule the human race really is..."
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Raye had told him everything she could remember. He just sat there nodding, his face unchanging throught the entirty of it. She told him of Serena being the moon princess and how Beral had killed her twice on two seprate occasions. How she was a lot older then she looked and she had the ablity to minupulate fire any way she well pleased. He stood up once she had finished and walked to the window.
"I am sorta immortal..." Raye muttered. "At least thats what I get from the future I have seen. I look then as I do now." She looked up trying to read the blank expression that Vash held. She wished he would just smile goofy like he normaly did and laugh but he didn't look like he was.
"So..thats what I saw when I looked in your eyes the first time." He said bringing a flush to her cheeks once again. Nodding is how she responded remembering what Vash had told her about the ghost girl in the desert that looked a whole lot like her. Vash turned and sat on the bed again. "Well at least you can defend yourself from my brother. I don't need you getting hurt cuz of him. I would never forgive myself." That made Raye turn even redder then before. Giving her one of his smiles he stood up. "Well I guess you should go to bed. We have a long day tomorrow."
"Yah I guess so." Raye said standing up. "I'll see you in the morning." Turning she thouched the door knob.
"Goodnight Raye." He said turning to her slightly. Nodding Raye smiled to him.
"You too Vash." Shutting the door she left the room, leaving him alone. Chuckling to himself Vash looked back out the window. Wishing that Raye was that way all the time; not fearing to show her true self around others he thought about her a little. Though a lot of his memories on Earth of her where her yelling and very angry there was one that kept coming back to him.
(Memory)
He was on sweeping duty again in the temple. The last room that he hadn't touched that he was about to go clean was the one that Raye spent the most time in; the fire room. Stepping in there he gazed at the giant roaring flame in the middle of it in ah. With that he began to sweep the area. In no time the soot and dust had been swept into a corner and there he stood looking at the fire wondering how Raye could possibly "read" it. To deep in his thoughts he never noticed the spark that had landed on the arm of his kimno. Smoke began to fill his nose when he turned his head instantly freaking out.
"AHHH!" He screamed bursting out of the fire room and running down the hall. Without warning a big blanket hit him in his side knocking him to the ground. Before he passed out he saw a small figure looming over him with violet eyes. "...Raye..." He muttered.
The next thing he remembered was him waking up in his room. There wasn't much to it but it had been given to him as he stayed at the temple. Turning his eyes to his arm he saw that he had no shirt on and it was bandaged up looking very professional. Then turning his head he saw a sleeping upright figure in a chair not to far from the bed.
It was Raye.
Blinking in surprise he reached out to touch her with his real hand that had been burnt. Touching her she jumped awake, her violet orbs flaring open.
"Ah..." She said then sitting back yawning and rubbing her eyes. "What time is it?"
Turning his head to the clock he realized it was 8.
"8 o'clock Raye." He said then turning back to her. Vash was ready to be yelled at by her temper but instead she turned to him with kindness in her eyes and worriedness in her voice.
"You've been out quit a while." She added standing up. "You got to be more careful in the fire room Vash." Stretching she headed toward his door then turning back to face him with a smile. "Goodnight Vash." He sat there blinking at the door that was now closed cuz of her. A blush came to his cheeks realizing how long she possably could have sat there waiting for him to wake up. Why did she act so differenty.
(end of Memory)
A smile slid across his features as he thought about it. Her friends where right. She really didn't mean half the crap that she said and threatened. Maybe she would show more of that to him now. He was likeing it...
....more like liking her though then anything else.
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Raye had just gotten to her room sighing and looking down upon the floor. Why was he so sweet? He wasn't Chad! A tear slid down her cheek as she headed toward her bed slipping off the boots and jacket. She was going to have to let him go sooner or later and move on. For the first time in a while she felt happy. Though Vash could annoy her like Serena, she enjoyed it for the most part. He was able to be himself without worry. That's why she realized she was falling head over heals for the spiked blonde hair doofes. Maybe Vash was feeling something as well....
Nah that blonde doofes wouldn't realize that she was really begining to care for him one bit. He was brain dead. Chuckling at the last thought she curled up in her bed after switching back to her kimno shirt to sleep in. Though the odds might be against them he could find the bright side in it all. It was strange. But that's why she liked him. Turning off the light she rolled so she could stare at the ceiling. Closing her eyes pictures of the blonde doofes flooded her mind and she just smiled with a slight blush to her cheeks. Maybe after all this was said and done she could tell him...though he might want to stay here. Her eyes flaring open it had finally hit her.
"O god..." She began to cry. Serena and the others would probaby try to find her and bring her back; she had to go back. She was a senshi, protector of Serena. Tears flowed unchallenged from the corners of her eyes, wetting the pillow below her. He would stay here and she had to go back. Pain began to eb at her chest as if her heart was crying as well. Raye sat up wiping the tears away quickly. It wouldn't matter if she told him cuz in the end they would have to leave each others company. Raye didn't want that. She wanted Vash by her, till his dying day (he hadn't told her just yet his little secret). Who ever brought him to her was playing some crewl practical joke on her. "I hate this..." Turning she forced herself to go to sleep.
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This chapter took the longest to do out of the three though I went back and added a few things to this and the other ones. What I need now is a vote who Knives will fall in love with. Yes I'm not killing Knives in this story. So who will it be?
Knives/Serena
Knives/Lita
Knives/Amy
Knives/Mina
Knives/Human Luna
Knives/???(You can vote for Knives with whoever in the series though it would be hard to write someone else who isn't a scout somehow getting to gunsmoke but I am willing to do it if it's the popular choice)
Maybe it could even be Raye with Knives so vote. So when you review put who you would like to see with Knives so I know cuz in the next chapter I'm going to be sending at least one scout to Gunsmoke (If there is a tie and one of them isn't Raye then I'll send both cuz Knives won't fall in love till a few chapters ahead so we can have a tie breaker).
These three chapters are just a taste of what's to come, an introduction to the story. So I hope you like it ^^. Review before you leave and as always thanks for reading one of my stories.