Beach Fun

Author: Mystic Rains (I know, where has SHE been? -.-)
Rating: G, booorrringgg.
Pairing: Meryl/Vash (A match made in hea- well hospital)
Spoilers: Um, not too much. I don't think.
Disclaimer: I would have gotten fired if I had owned it.
Summary: The sun beating down. Heat waves strike the area. No fan. No air-conditioning. What are two insurance girls, a priest, and a legendary outlaw to do? Except maybe...go to the beach?

Author Note: I can't even begin to apologize for people who actually read my story and liked it enough to watch over it and hope I would post. I'm sorry I disappointed you. I went on a year exchange in another country and there would have been no way I could have uploaded on this story. I should have given proper warning to tell you guys. Now that I have more time though, I won't ever let that happen again. I deleted the third chapter because to me, it was crap. This was suppose to be a fun fluff story, and I'm going to keep it that way.

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If it's sunny tomorrow

Let's go to that beach

And change the pain of yesterday's tears

Into tenderness

The wind just blows above my head

The sun shines through the clouds

Everything is washed away

By the sound of the waves coming and going

I feel as if I've found something

I'd been searching for for a long, long time

July 1st - Hamasaki Ayumi (Rainbow)

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Meryl almost jumped out of her skin, as she squeezed the bottle with all her force. The lotion flew up into the air like nothing she even seen before and landed in her hair. Luckily it wasn't that much, but she was shocked all the same. Growing angrily, she took the near empty bottle and smashed it upon Vash's head several time.

"How could you just sneak up on me like that? Haven't you heard to ever sneak up on a woman?! You could have given me a heart attack!"

"Sorry Sorry!" Vash whined, holding his hands above his head, wincing in pain as he tried to duck off her attacks. "You just seemed so lonely and I wanted to cheer you up."

"Huh?" Meryl asked, holding the bottle up in the middle of an attack. She lowered it down gently and blushed to herself. "Well, I guess that's okay. Still, don't jump up on people like that."

Vash laughed slightly as he lowered his hands down, worried about another on slaughter. Catching a glimpse of the lotion, he laughed slightly and reached out try and cleans it with his hand.

"You know, normally this stuff is suppose to go on your skin," he whispered softly, as he dabbed his other hand into the lotion and rubbed a small dab onto her face, massaging it in. Meryl blushed lightly, but didn't make a single complaint about him touching her. In result, he dabbed a little more and brushed it against her cheek.

"You're hands are so soft. It's like it's never been scarred at all." She whispered lightly, rather to herself than to him. Vash blushed softly as well, as he noted she had her eyes closed. He pulled away slightly, which caused her eyes to fly open and blush even more. "I didn't mean to insult you or anything. I was just thinking, I'm sorry." Meryl blushed, leaning her head down.

"Probably when I'm fighting I need my gun in this hand, so the fingers are constantly wrapped against trigger are protected." He muttered softly to her, stroking her chin and causing her to look up at him. "It's probably the only part." He finished lightly. "I think you're finished now." He said with a laugh, rubbing his hands of the remaining sunscreen.

"Yeah, guess so." Meryl laughed, dropping the sunscreen.

"That means you can go swimming with us!" Vash smiled, and made a motion towards her.

"No way! Not a chance! And if you try I'll make sure you nev-AH!" Meryl stopped short as Vash ran for her and picked her up. He threw her over his shoulder and ran towards the water at lightning speed.

"You'll love it!" Vash laughed. "Love & Peace & Surf!" He yelled as he ran straight into the water and threw her in. The water washed up upon her, as she fell under, washed by the tide. He laughed and made his infamous V for Victory sign at Milly and Wolfwood. They looked at him with a small laugh, which quickly changed into a face of fear. Vash gave them a look of bewilderment. Simultaneously, they pointed behind him and he turned around slowly, only to find Meryl's furiously red face. He held his hand up in surrender.

"Loveâ€andâ€peace?" Vash whimpered.

Meryl simply glared, and before he knew what happened, she had tugged him under the surf, holding him down.

"LOVE AND PEACE?! I'LL SHOW YOU LOVE AND PEACE!" Meryl screamed, as Vash fought his way to the surface, to take a breath of air, before he was dunked in once again.

A bit farther, Milly and Wolfwood looked upon the scene.

"Aren't they cute? Vashu and Senpai!" Milly clapped her hands happily, with a look of content on her face.

"Like a dog and a cat" Wolfwood sighed. "So cute it's almost sad to watch. Hey darling?"

"Yes Mr Wolfwood?" Milly asked, still gazing at the "loving" couple. She blushed however, when Nicolas held her around her waist and squeezed her to him. "I'm quite hungry. Would you like to get some sandwiches which we could eat together?"

"Alrightâ€Nicolas " Milly blushed lightly, as Wolfwood gave a large smile. They slowly made their way from the scene "But no smoking honey, bad for the baby."

"But honey! I need my"

"Sorry love, no exceptions." She laughed as they went to have some peaceful time alone.

"Hey, where did Milly and Wolfwood go?" Meryl muttered, lifting her arms away from Vash's figure. He slowly floated up to the top, his back to the sky.

"Vash, vash, wake up." Meryl poked him. He turned up, suddenly sputtering bubbles. "Did you know where Milly and Wolfwood went?" He replied with a couple of bubbles.

"Vash! I'm serious!"

"No clue." He muttered softly, floating gently. He slowly fluttered his eyes opened, and looked up at Meryl, who looked down upon him. Her hair, now damp, hung longer than it usually was, and the point of view that he held at that moment gave him a view he never expected she had. He blushed horribly and stood up quickly, next to her.

"It's probably not a good idea to go look for them" He laughed. "They probably wanted to give us some private time." Scratching the back of his head lightly, and looked up at the seemingly ever blue sky. Meryl blushed at the implication, and looked down at the water.

"Hey girl! How would you like to have a real man to be your swimming toy!" A man shouted from shore, flexing his muscles at Meryl and walking towards their way. She looked up at him and self consciously took a step back into Vash.

"She's a bit busy at the moment, sorry." Vash laughed at the man, "You wouldn't want her anyways, too feisty." Meryl turned at him and growled, baring her nails with her teeth exposed. He laughed nervously at her and didn't even notice the guy coming from no where. Before he knew it, the man was upon them and took a swing towards Vash. Vash tumbled into the water, and the guy, obviously very content that he wouldn't come up, grabbed Meryl and try to lead her out the water.

"Get your hands off me you jerk!" She screamed, trying to wrestle her hand away from his grasp.

"Stop fighting, you need a real man and I'm willing to give it to you." The man said cruelly, giving her the once over and grabbing his crotch area with a gapped grin.

"You know, I don't like the way that sounds."

"Huh?" The man turned, soon enough to see Vash's hand smash into his nose. It was enough strength to free Meryl from his grip and causing him to sail to the beach sand, obvious out cold. Meryl tumbled against him lightly, as Vash caught her gently.

"Thank you." Meryl sighed.

"My pleasure Meryl." Vash muttered softly, glaring at man on the beach, leaning his cheek on the top of his head. She looked up at him curiously, at the mention of her name. He looked back down at her, and catching her violent gaze, smiled lightly. She smiled back.

"Come on, I saw a really nice place along a cliff not too far from here. I want to talk to you." He muttered, and without a response, picked her up for the second time today, this time like a child, and walked towards the secluded area.