I must truly say that all of you are really my faithful, loyal, truthful readers! Thank you for your patience. AP English is a bitch and I got into our fall drama play, which is "The Crucible" so I'll be extremely busy. Just for being so patient, at the end of this chapter, everyone gets to walk away with their favorite Bishie clone! A tremendous shout out to:

allin656- Yes! I'm finally updating!

Moon-Gazer- I'm very glad I'm helping you with your French. I'm a third year French student so I should be halfway decent with the language!

Fox Xanatos- Thanks for reading my story!

Kawaiibabe14- Glad you didn't think it was crappy! This one might be…I don't know…

crossfire- (laughs) Everyone tells me not to stress out. I'm like very paranoid so I can't help it. Probably one day it's going to kill me.

balletanimerose- …dude…are you psychic or something? I was kind of mad it was short and all. I thought I'd use this chapter for comic relief. Thanks for reviewing!

Psychobunnygrl13- I do have an aim sn. It's englishpoppit. The thing is I don't do aim or emailing that much because I have so much freaking homework! It's taking over my life! (sigh) AP English is hell; that's all I can say.

Dragon of Sesshomaru- That will be my new mantra. Don't let school get you down…or send the bishies to annihilate it!

kawaiirock86- (gasps) I loved that so much! That was so cute! It's funny to hear Vash saying that he's ashamed to be Knives' brother. It's usually the other way around. Wow, you must have a complicated school schedule. I have six classes a day, each is fifty minutes long. Whew, glad my school isn't that confusing! Keep up the drabbles!

jewelofbeauty- Thank you very much. I'm deeply flattered with all your complements. I really wasn't sure if I pushed it too fast between the drama and comedy but I'm glad it played out nicely. Since this is my first story I might be sticking to Trigun for a while. Maybe later on I'll write about stories in different anime. Thanks for the review!

vashluver1- Gah! I feel so guilty for keeping everyone and for the short chapter. So that's why I took out my tank of comedy and infused the chapter with laughs. Thanks for reviewin'!

Pyro- (dodges evil wrath) Ack! Terribly sorry (bows down a gazillion times until I hit my head on the floor) Ouch. That kind of hurt. AP English is what's keeping me away from my beloved computer. Everything else is easy. I just have so much crap to do for that class. Weekends are the only time I have time to do anything. So I will try to update as much as possible. (nearly gets singed by a fireball) AAAHHHH!!!

WolfsSora- I'm glad you liked it. Thank you very much for reviewing!

Elf3748- Hehehehehe…I loved that little drabble! I like it when my reviewers write little drabbles in the reviews. (giggles) Poor Vashy is confused.

Demon Eyes- I know I'm harsh on myself but that's how I've always been. I get better results the next time because I try to out do the last chapter and all. I really hope my work settles down too.

Niea- I'm glad you like the Vash and Nick fiasco. It just popped into my head because I had no clue what to write about next. That was like my savior.

Candie- Fabulous! I'm glad everyone is liking this chapter. Honestly I thought it really wouldn't be such a great hit but I'm glad it worked out nicely.

KeNsHiNs GuRl- Wolfwood! (pops out of nowhere) Resuscitation now! I hope that helps. ;)

Me: Let's do the dis- (a white wolf comes trotting forward) Awww…what a cutie pie! (white wolf starts licking face). That tickles! (gasps) Oh…my…god…KIBA!!!

Kiba (grins sexily)- Hello! (Knives growls in the background)

Me: (drool) So what brings you to Gunsmoke?

Kiba: I heard from a little bluebird that a certain pretty girl needed someone to do the disclaimer.

Me: Will ya?!

Kiba (licks my face) (Knives' hand starts twitching around his gun): That's why I'm here aren't I?

Disclaimer (by Kiba): The author claims that she "doesn't own Trigun or any of its characters." (Vash walks by and stops to look at Kiba)

Vash: You have the same voice as me.

Kiba: Really?

Vash: Yeah…that's kinda weird isn't it?

Kiba: Yeah… (for the next hour or so, they contemplate on that thought)

Chapter 18: Partay Time!!!

"C'mon Meryl! You have to do it!" said Milly.

"No!"

"We all did it," said Wolfwood. "It's very easy."

"What happens if I don't?" asked Meryl.

"Then you'll get a phone call from the school saying that you didn't come to school today," said Vash. Meryl sighed. Why did I have to skip school today? I'm never doing it again!

"Alright, alright. I'll do it," muttered Meryl. She picked up the phone and started dialing the school's number. Vash came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her slim waist. He started nipping at her neck and Meryl had to smack him away. "Do you want me to get in trouble?" Vash whimpered and Meryl rolled her eyes. "Such a baby."

"Good morning. This is Mr. Morris. How may I help you?" Meryl cleared her throat.

"Good morning sir," said Meryl. "This is Jacqueline Stryfe, Meryl's mother. I just called to say that Meryl will not be coming to school today because she's feeling a bit sick. I really hope you don't mind."

"Not at all Mrs. Stryfe!" said Mr. Morris. "I really appreciate you calling in. Now I know where Meryl got her respectfulness from." Meryl laughed lightly.

"Why thank you Mr. Morris. Is there something I have to do? Pick up homework or anything?" Wolfwood rolled his eyes. Meryl caught this and brought her foot up to his face to look like she was going to kick him. Wolfwood squeezed his eyes shut and Meryl smirked. Quickly Meryl gave him a sharp punch in the stomach and Wolfwood keeled over. Meryl almost forgot that Mr. Morris was still on the phone.

"-no need to come. That will be all Mrs. Stryfe and once again thank you for calling in."

"Your welcome. Have a good day," and Meryl hung up. She crossed her arms and gazed down at the twitching figure of Wolfwood. "You had it coming."

"You didn't need to hit so hard," wheezed Wolfwood. Vash slung his arm around Meryl and chuckled.

"Who's the wuss now preacher man?" teased Vash.

"Would you like to join Wolfwood too?" asked Meryl sweetly.

"No!" squeaked Vash. Milly helped Wolfwood up.

"You know dear, you must be more careful. Actions speak louder than words," said Milly.

"Right. I'll remember that next time."

"So Mr. Vash, what were you going to say last night?" asked Milly. The foursome was currently walking around the mall. It was Milly's idea to go since she wanted to go shopping.

"About what?" asked Vash dumbly.

"About next Saturday you dork," said Wolfwood.

"Oh yeah! That's right. I was going to say that next Saturday is going to be my eighteenth birthday," said Vash.

"Your eighteenth birthday huh?" said Meryl. "Well I've got some planning to do." Vash leant down to her ear and softly brushed his lips against her ear. Meryl shivered slightly.

"What did you have in mind?" he whispered. "Do a little dance? Make a little love?" Meryl smacked him playfully.

"You'll just have to wait and find out," said Meryl slyly.

"Tell me!" said Wolfwood. Meryl took one look at him and snorted.

"No," Meryl simply stated.

"Why not?" whined Wolfwood.

"Because knowing you, Vash will beg you to no ends to tell him what the surprise is and you'll get fed up, give Vash a knock in the head, and end up telling him anyway." Wolfwood stared at Meryl wide-eyed.

"Wow. You're good," said Wolfwood in awe.

"Damn straight I am," said Meryl.

"What are you exactly planning for Mr. Vash?" asked Milly. Meryl and Milly were going through some clothes racks at a store while the two boys stood outside waiting ever so patiently. Meryl sighed.

"Promise you won't tell Vash or Wolfwood?" said Meryl skeptically.

"Cross my eyes!" said Milly cheerfully and did so too. Meryl looked at her in amazement. Sometimes Milly could be so incredibly smart and sometimes so incredibly, well, to put it nicely, not all there.

"I think you meant 'cross your heart'," said Meryl.

"Oh…okay!" said Milly and this time she correctly crossed her heart. Jeez, thought Meryl.

"Okay. I'm going to…" Meryl whispered the rest of it in her ear. Milly leaned back and giggled.

"Oh my Meryl! That would be so much fun! But are you sure you can even reserve-"

"I've got my connections." Meryl winked.

"Mr. Vash is going to like this a lot! Suddenly an angry yell could be heard outside of the store.

"You idiot! You knocked my cigarettes into the fish pond!"

"I'm sorry! I didn't know it was beside me! It's not my fault! Next time you shouldn't have been so stupid and put it somewhere safely!"

"Why you…" Meryl sighed and began to mentally count in her head. 3…2…1. Milly and Meryl covered their ears as a girlish scream pierced the air. Once the deafening sound subsided, Meryl sighed.

"C'mon Milly. We better wrap it up in here. We can't leave the children alone for long," said Meryl.

"I agree," said Milly. "Some stranger might kidnap them and we'll never see them again." Meryl fell down anime style.

"I'm talking about Vash and Wolfwood," Meryl gritted out. A look of confusion crossed Milly's face and then a light bulb seemed to switch on in her head.

"Oh! I get it! My bad!" said Milly.

"Sometimes I worry about you," said Meryl.

Vash's POV

Woo-hoo!!! It's Saturday! Yay me! I thought happily. I hopped out of bed and washed up. I wonder what Meryl has in store for me… My imagination went wild with ideas of what she could've planned for me. Before I could think of any more perverse ideas my phone rang.

"Hello?" I said.

"Good morning birthday boy," came a soft, lusty voice.

"Meryl?" I squeaked. Whoa, do I get to have a sexy obscene morning phone call?

"Mmm hmm," she said. "What would you like for your birthday?" My hormones getting the best of me, I gave her a response before I could stop myself.

"You on my bed naked and letting me have my way with you," I slightly moaned out. I quickly covered my mouth. Oh crap. You just had to say that. "What I mean is- uh-"

"Is that what you want for your birthday? That can be easily arranged." Meryl's taunting was arousing me faster than I liked. I heard Meryl giggle softly on the other end of the line. "Does Wolfwood know where to go tonight?"

"Yes," I replied.

"Good. I'll see you tonight." As I was about to hang up, Meryl's voice called to me again. "Oh Vash! I suggest you wear loose fitting pants." Then she hung up. I placed the phone back on its receiver and sat on the edge of my bed. I had to take deep breaths to calm myself down. What is the little vixen up to?

By the time 7:00 p.m. came around the corner, Vash was extremely nervous. Why hasn't Meryl called? Where the hell's Milly? Many other questions raced through Vash's mind.

"Ready to go Vash?" asked Wolfwood.

"Yup," said Vash. He checked his appearance in the mirror before heading out into the car. Wolfwood sat in the drivers' seat and they drove off. During the ride, Vash just didn't know how to shut up. It was the same damn question that he asked over and over again…

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No!"

"Are we-"

"God damn fucking NO!!!" shouted Wolfwood. He angrily stuffed a cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

"You don't have to be so mean! You didn't even let me finish my question," whined Vash. Wolfwood growled. Why me God? What have I done in my past life to deserve such punishment? They made a right turn and Wolfwood pulled up to a nightclub called "Rain." Wolfwood glanced at his watch and unbuckled his seatbelt.

"Right on time," said Wolfwood. He got out of the car and Vash followed suit, a bit confused about the location.

"Why are we here?" asked Vash. "Wouldn't Milly and Meryl be mad to find us at a nightclub?"

"Ah don't sweat it," said Wolfwood. He slung his arm around Vash. "Tonight's your birthday! Enjoy yourself!" Wolfwood tossed his keys to a valet guy and led Vash into the nightclub. Inside the club, the bass pounded loudly, its sound resonating against the walls. Vash followed Wolfwood up a staircase. He looked down and saw many people gyrating against each other. Girls danced around in cages enticing the dancers surrounding them. Vash nearly bumped into Wolfwood as he stopped in front of two bulky men.

"Name?" said one of the tall bodyguards.

"Nicholas D. Wolfwood and Vash Saverem," said Wolfwood. The bodyguard scanned his clipboard. Once he found their names, he nodded to the other bodyguard and he opened one of the double doors.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!" Vash jumped a bit and smiled. All his friends were there.

"Happy Birthday Mr. Vash!" said a cheerful Milly. She wrapped her arms tightly around Vash and swung him around in the air. When he was put down Vash wheezed slightly.

"Be careful Milly. We shouldn't get Vash out of breath just yet. He's going to need all the breath he can get tonight!" said Wolfwood winking.

"Huh?" asked Milly confusedly. Wolfwood smacked himself on the head.

"Never mind," he mumbled. Wolfwood led Vash to a seat in front of a stage.

"Hey Wolfwood, have you seen Mer-" but Vash was interrupted when Milly got on the stage.

"Good evening everyone! Tonight we're here to celebrate Mr. Vash's birthday!" Everyone cheered and hollered and Wolfwood began to rile up the crowd even more. "Okay now. We ha-" Milly noticed that no one was paying attention to her because everyone was still cheering and Wolfwood wasn't helping at all. "SHUT UP!!!!" screeched Milly. Everyone immediately shut up. Wolfwood gave a disgruntled huff and plopped down next to Vash. "As I was saying, we have some very special entertainment tonight. So let the festivities begin!"

The lights dimmed slightly and the curtains were raised. Vash's eyes nearly popped out of its sockets. Women in sexy stances were on the stage. When the music began, they started to move sensually to the music and all the guys started hooting. The women started swinging around on the dancing poles while the guys starting throwing dollar bills at them. Vash couldn't believe what was going on. He glanced at Wolfwood who was practically drooling.

"Wolfwood! We can't be here! Meryl's going to kill me if she caught me over here!" said Vash nervously. Suddenly a huge birthday cake was rolled onto the stage. The two girls who rolled the cake on stage spotted Vash and waved flirtatiously at him. Vash slightly blushed. Reality hit Vash like a speeding train and began to beg Wolfwood to leave with him.

"Dammit Needle-Noggin! Just sit down and shut up!" growled Wolfwood. Vash sighed and glanced at the cake. The top of the cake opened and Vash nearly had a heart attack.

"W-W-Wolfwood" said Vash shakily.

"What now?" said Wolfwood, who was smirking at Vash's stunned look.

"Hit me." Wolfwood gave him a hard smack.

"Owww," whined Vash. He blinked rapidly at the sight that was before him.

MERYL?!?!?!?

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Back to the cliffys! I wonder how Vash and Kiba are doing….

Meryl, Milly, and Knives watch Vash and Kiba as they stare at each other.

Meryl (whispers): How long are they going to keep this up?

Legato: I don't know. I'm going to get laid. See you later.

Meryl, Milly, and Knives: O.O

Milly: Dude, I thought he died.

Me (god-like voice): I brought Legato back to life.

Meryl and Milly: O.O

Knives: Ewww….