Trigun part deux
By otaku no baka
Even though the storyline has been in my head, I couldn't put it up because I did not know of the location to the Bernedelli insurance society!
Most writers would put in a filler chapter if this happens, but this part goes along with the storyline, and makes me realize that this fic is more like the manga than the anime, (to viewers of the anime, you probably didn't really know about Vash and his origins until like a bit after episode 16 or so. Heck, the first Gun ho gun appeared really late compared to the manga!)
Oh well, so the storyline reveals sooner than I thought, but I am still going to tie this in with the anime though.
Nah I still don't own Trigun or that loony black cat. Tanto and the others I do get credit for, but Nightow can borrow them if he is going to make a sequel!
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Tanto and the so-called, "Man" group, were lost.
"I told you that we should have waited before we went on! Now, with the help of a sandstorm and walking over a dalmslad spray, we are in the middle of nowhere!" Madison was ranting at her navigator, who sat down near his toma and glanced at her as if she was loony.
Michm rolled his eyes and looked over to Tanto, busy working with his bike, Lea watching and observing. "Its just overheated from the sand and the weather. I guess I pulled the engine too far in the storm."
"Michm Strife are you listening to me?!" The woman grabbed her partner and shook him a bit. "ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
He responded by giving her a canteen of water. The women's eyes widen as if she was about to explode. But instead of going off, she let out a sigh and let him go. Lea looked at him questioning. "The heat gets to her...happens only when she is dehydrated." He pointed to the sight of the bounty hunter drinking water and giving some to her toma. "Either that or she really is bipolar..."
The man barely dodged the canteen. "I heard that."
Michm only smiled before blowing her a kiss. "Ah but my dear Middy, its not good for you to fight in this climate." This seemed to infuriate her more.
"I think the heat got to both of them." Lea stared at Madison wrestling with her partner in the sand.
"Hey, I don't hit girls...ACK!"
"You sure have the gall to piss them off though!"
"Give it a few minutes and it should be on the road again." Lea turned to see Tanto right next to her, with his coat open showing a white t-shirt and goggles on his head. "What's up with those two?"
"I have no idea..." Michm tried to get serious, but ended up running for his life when the other woman pulled out her rocket launcher.
"Well...they need a break anyway." The pastor smiled to himself and nodded. The wanderer only coughed a bit.
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After a short break, the group ended up on the road again, but found out that the two natural incidents caused them to be completely off course. They ended up in some strange town. It wasn't as developed as the others, and looked like a sandstorm hit it, but it had a lot of vegetation as well as a plant in the middle of it.
"I need another bath." Madison rubbed her gritty hair, as a result of sparring with Michm.
The man in question felt like a zombie. His partner fighting with him took the last of his energy. It didn't help matters that the spray ended up damaging his M203, and he needed to find parts to fix it. Also, the storm might have eaten some of his cash from the last bounty that him and his partner did. "I guess I better go ask for directions then." They hosted their few belongings and went in.
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Michm sighed after taking a shower. His predictions were correct; he did end up losing some cash in the storm. From his figures, they had enough to go to Bernardelli Insurance Society and maybe another town, but that was it. Part of him wondered why he didn't settle down after all.
"Well mom, I guess your past caught up with me huh?" He could picture her dark eyes smiling at him, a contrast to his own forest green ones. They must have came from father or something.
Wraith walked out the door to the washroom with a towel around his shoulders and an extra pair of boxers. Tanto opted to clean everyone's clothes, and Michm did not refuse, since it saved on cleaning cost, except his coat that ended up in the community cleaners.
"Maybe I should have listened to that silly woman..." He laughed to himself, but glanced to see Tanto on the bed with a pair of shorts and a small contraption.
"What is that?"
"Oh this...its just a bomb." He shrugged as if that saying was as common as telling it was dinner.
Michm processed that. "A bomb."
"Yes...its one of my handmade ones..." The cleric fiddled with a few wires and sighed. "I'm not sure if this town has the parts I need..."
"You make your own bombs?" The man didn't comprehend why a bishop would do that.
"Oh...well...I learned this before I joined the minister." He touched his platinum blond locks as if they told his thoughts. "It's a habit I guess."
Michm decided to put that in a part of his mind that he humorously labeled, "The mysteries of Tanto." Even though it wasn't any of his business, he had an urge to find out more about this man.
"Tanto, were did you exactly come from?"
Tanto stopped what he was doing and turned his attention to the man. "Well...December...from the church...they sent me on an assignment in order to investigate about Bloody Villie, since she has lost the faith of the people."
Michm sat on the bed and pondered. Where have he heard December from? I think it must have been from Madison's relatives or something.
"How about you Michm?"
The man looked up from Tanto's question. "Oh...me?" He put his thoughts together. "Well, me and Madison traveled for some years after our caretakers died. We haven't really decided on what to do, since we started off raising money to help our folks, and it became a habit." He shrugged, feeling calm actually talking about his past.
"I see..." Tanto moved his feet on the floor and reached for his sword, which had a leaf and a tree insignia on the sheath. Michm noticed that symbol, but before he could ask about it, the bishop responded. "I'll go pick up your coat and our clothing. I assume that you are going to ask for directions before you go eh?"
The bounty hunter only nodded before the other put on a shirt and gloves and was out the door. That symbol...I remember that symbol...mom used to talk about it...it represents something about plants...
"It's none of my business...if he wants to, he will tell me about his past." But the man had an urge to find out about some of the questions and mysteries he had for Tanto.
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"Yeah...my brother used to admire Ericks, so that is why he became a gunslinger."
Tanto ran down the stairs to the Inn to see Madison and Lea talking, the former listening and eating pudding.
"I'll be back ladies...I just have to pick up a few things..."
"Ok, sure thing bossman!" Madison waved and talked around a mouthful of the dessert.
Tanto sweatdropped at the nickname they gave him and went outside. The suns blazed with their solar heat, making it feel like an oven. Kids still participated outside with the atmosphere though, running to some area. The clergyman hummed to himself as he went behind the Inn and pulled down his parties' articles.
He could distinctively hear a noise that sounded like metal in contact with an item. He hoisted the laundry basket and walked in the direction of the cleaners, seeing more children pass him by.
"Hello?" He went inside the building and beamed at an elder short man with glasses.
"Oh hello there, how can I help you?"
"I'm here to pick up a trench coat...black with a belt? If you need co dentals ..."
"Oh no, I remember you..." He went off in the back a bit before coming back with a pressed and folded coat. "You was with that party...a bursting young man and lady...yes yes..." The clerk laughed a bit before giving it to him. "Here you go, just the way he said it."
"Thank you very much." Tanto accepted it gratefully and bowed a bit. He put the coat inside with the basket and looked around a bit to get his directions straight.
"The Niji-teki na Gakubu isn't like the legendary Jigenzan-Itto school, but..." He turned in the direction of the voices and saw a small shack bunched up with a few others, but comparing to the others, it seemed enormous. In bold letters on a wooden sign it said, "Niji-teki na Gakubu: Secondary school of Swordsmanship." All the kids from earlier were doing various fencing exercises.
"You're doing better Ryan, just work on your swing and stance." In the middle of the students was a man, who wore much different garments than the locals. He had on Japanese like clothing, a gi top with pants, and a pair of sandals with socks. A blade on his side showed that he was probably a teacher of the school. Black matted short hair and dark eyes that constantly showed what he was feeling focused on instructing the younger students.
Tanto found a man close to him and asked, "Who is that man?"
"Oh that..." A middle-aged guy shrugged. "You must be new...he is Soba Urami. He trains the swordsmanship school in this town here...second best to the best school on Neo Gunsmoke, Jigenzen-Itto."
The bishop could feel the emotions from that man. He seemed spiteful and angry. Tanto turned briefly to head back to the hotel, when the man caught his eye.
"You must be part of that caravan that just came here." Soba sprinted towards Tanto. He surveyed him a moment. "You are more than you seemed to be." His eyes burned holes into him, a mixture of curiosity and interest. Tanto remained unperturbed though.
"Yes, I am Tanto, a traveling bishop. I only passed by your school on an errand and was inquiring..." He heaved the basket and bowed slightly. "Now many I be on my way..."
"No wait." The sensei noticed the bishop's sword. "That's a tanto isn't it?"
"Yes it is." Tanto did not like how this was going.
"So you practice swordsmanship eh?" He looked him in the eye, showing his cross-shaped scar. "Well...maybe you can demonstrate a few moves here..."
"No...I'm sorry but I really don't use my sword, that and I am a bishop and all. You would really fight me, a servant of God?"
The man chuckled, finding amusement in that. "No, I think that you are beyond human...and don't put your standards in your religion; since that's rather a cover up..." Tanto frowned at the insult. "But no matter..."
Soba turned his attention back to his students and began showing them a few techniques. The bishop closed his eyes and breathed. He felt that it wasn't the last he saw of him.
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"The Niji-teki na Gakubu? I think I remember that..."
Tanto laid across the bed with his robes in thought and Michm gazed out the windowsill with his dress shirt and pants. "Yeah...the school was founded after the fifth moon incident. The Jigenzen-Itto was popular afterwards because one of its students happened to be there during the incident. Niji- teki na Gakubu started off as a traditional class, but expanded since it competed with other skills on Neo Gunsmoke. It only became second best of all the swordsmanship skills on this planet but never first. So this man...his name was Soba?"
Tanto nodded his head and the bounty hunter pondered this for a moment. "It sounds like I heard him before." He snorted at his fault and shrugged. "It will come to me eventually."
"How do you know all of this?"
Michm glanced at him with the corner of his eyes. "I've been traveling for four years so news gets around..." It was only half the truth though, and decide to let him know the rest if they get to the agency.
They sat in stillness, until someone knocked on the door. "Huh? Madison?" Michm opened it to see his partner with a scowl.
"Michm, there's a guy that wants you."
"Oh great..." The navigator hoped it wasn't another crazy person like before.
"No, I think its serious this time." Her voice seems to be grave. "He wants me as well."
Michm didn't like her words, so he picked up his trench coat and made sure he had his equipment. "Alright, I'll be down in a few minutes." He looked at his leader. "Don't worry bossman, I dealt with worse situations."
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Both bounty hunters were outside to see a man with Japanese clothing. "So you are Wraith and Boom Boom Madison eh?" He had a piece of grass in his mouth.
"Yes...so what do you want?" Madison didn't enjoy the vibes she received from this guy.
"Well forgive my formalities...I am Soba Urami...an assassin. It seems to be that you are worth a lot on the black market."
Michm figured as much, since most of the guys he put in were wanted for crimes with big wigs as their bosses.
"But what interested me wasn't you but your leader..." Both of them blinked in confusion. "So I decided on a deal. If he fights me, I will leave you alone, but well...if he doesn't, I guess I can cash in on you two for my school then. Both of you are worth enough that I don't have to pay funding for the rest of my life."
"I'll do it."
All of them were surprised to hear the voice they were speaking about. "Tanto...but you don't have too...." Madison pleaded.
"No its fine. It seems to be that Soba has persistence, even use manipulation to get what he wants." The bishop frowned slightly, showing a portion of his emotions.
"Good then. We'll meet tomorrow at noon then." A small breeze blew through the sand and he was gone with it.
"Tanto I have a bad feeling about this." Michm turned his gaze on him, feeling annoyed that his lifestyle came back to him again.
The bishop only stared up to the moons in the sky.
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Ok, there are two parts to this, since its pretty long and all. I am actually trying to put out three parts to this story before I just take a break for a while, so that is another reason why the delay. My motivation for this is still strong, and I might finish this story before any of my other stories! O_o
I also might make a log at the end to show how I came up with the cast's names as well as locations in the first place, but its debatable. Oh well, I'll say if I do it or not. Many of them are funny, but some of them make sense.
Next episode: Tanto fights against the leader of the Niji-teki na Gakubu school in a heated sword battle, and they finally reach their destination to discover some surprising things about Michm and Madison.
By otaku no baka
Even though the storyline has been in my head, I couldn't put it up because I did not know of the location to the Bernedelli insurance society!
Most writers would put in a filler chapter if this happens, but this part goes along with the storyline, and makes me realize that this fic is more like the manga than the anime, (to viewers of the anime, you probably didn't really know about Vash and his origins until like a bit after episode 16 or so. Heck, the first Gun ho gun appeared really late compared to the manga!)
Oh well, so the storyline reveals sooner than I thought, but I am still going to tie this in with the anime though.
Nah I still don't own Trigun or that loony black cat. Tanto and the others I do get credit for, but Nightow can borrow them if he is going to make a sequel!
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Tanto and the so-called, "Man" group, were lost.
"I told you that we should have waited before we went on! Now, with the help of a sandstorm and walking over a dalmslad spray, we are in the middle of nowhere!" Madison was ranting at her navigator, who sat down near his toma and glanced at her as if she was loony.
Michm rolled his eyes and looked over to Tanto, busy working with his bike, Lea watching and observing. "Its just overheated from the sand and the weather. I guess I pulled the engine too far in the storm."
"Michm Strife are you listening to me?!" The woman grabbed her partner and shook him a bit. "ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
He responded by giving her a canteen of water. The women's eyes widen as if she was about to explode. But instead of going off, she let out a sigh and let him go. Lea looked at him questioning. "The heat gets to her...happens only when she is dehydrated." He pointed to the sight of the bounty hunter drinking water and giving some to her toma. "Either that or she really is bipolar..."
The man barely dodged the canteen. "I heard that."
Michm only smiled before blowing her a kiss. "Ah but my dear Middy, its not good for you to fight in this climate." This seemed to infuriate her more.
"I think the heat got to both of them." Lea stared at Madison wrestling with her partner in the sand.
"Hey, I don't hit girls...ACK!"
"You sure have the gall to piss them off though!"
"Give it a few minutes and it should be on the road again." Lea turned to see Tanto right next to her, with his coat open showing a white t-shirt and goggles on his head. "What's up with those two?"
"I have no idea..." Michm tried to get serious, but ended up running for his life when the other woman pulled out her rocket launcher.
"Well...they need a break anyway." The pastor smiled to himself and nodded. The wanderer only coughed a bit.
****************
After a short break, the group ended up on the road again, but found out that the two natural incidents caused them to be completely off course. They ended up in some strange town. It wasn't as developed as the others, and looked like a sandstorm hit it, but it had a lot of vegetation as well as a plant in the middle of it.
"I need another bath." Madison rubbed her gritty hair, as a result of sparring with Michm.
The man in question felt like a zombie. His partner fighting with him took the last of his energy. It didn't help matters that the spray ended up damaging his M203, and he needed to find parts to fix it. Also, the storm might have eaten some of his cash from the last bounty that him and his partner did. "I guess I better go ask for directions then." They hosted their few belongings and went in.
***************
Michm sighed after taking a shower. His predictions were correct; he did end up losing some cash in the storm. From his figures, they had enough to go to Bernardelli Insurance Society and maybe another town, but that was it. Part of him wondered why he didn't settle down after all.
"Well mom, I guess your past caught up with me huh?" He could picture her dark eyes smiling at him, a contrast to his own forest green ones. They must have came from father or something.
Wraith walked out the door to the washroom with a towel around his shoulders and an extra pair of boxers. Tanto opted to clean everyone's clothes, and Michm did not refuse, since it saved on cleaning cost, except his coat that ended up in the community cleaners.
"Maybe I should have listened to that silly woman..." He laughed to himself, but glanced to see Tanto on the bed with a pair of shorts and a small contraption.
"What is that?"
"Oh this...its just a bomb." He shrugged as if that saying was as common as telling it was dinner.
Michm processed that. "A bomb."
"Yes...its one of my handmade ones..." The cleric fiddled with a few wires and sighed. "I'm not sure if this town has the parts I need..."
"You make your own bombs?" The man didn't comprehend why a bishop would do that.
"Oh...well...I learned this before I joined the minister." He touched his platinum blond locks as if they told his thoughts. "It's a habit I guess."
Michm decided to put that in a part of his mind that he humorously labeled, "The mysteries of Tanto." Even though it wasn't any of his business, he had an urge to find out more about this man.
"Tanto, were did you exactly come from?"
Tanto stopped what he was doing and turned his attention to the man. "Well...December...from the church...they sent me on an assignment in order to investigate about Bloody Villie, since she has lost the faith of the people."
Michm sat on the bed and pondered. Where have he heard December from? I think it must have been from Madison's relatives or something.
"How about you Michm?"
The man looked up from Tanto's question. "Oh...me?" He put his thoughts together. "Well, me and Madison traveled for some years after our caretakers died. We haven't really decided on what to do, since we started off raising money to help our folks, and it became a habit." He shrugged, feeling calm actually talking about his past.
"I see..." Tanto moved his feet on the floor and reached for his sword, which had a leaf and a tree insignia on the sheath. Michm noticed that symbol, but before he could ask about it, the bishop responded. "I'll go pick up your coat and our clothing. I assume that you are going to ask for directions before you go eh?"
The bounty hunter only nodded before the other put on a shirt and gloves and was out the door. That symbol...I remember that symbol...mom used to talk about it...it represents something about plants...
"It's none of my business...if he wants to, he will tell me about his past." But the man had an urge to find out about some of the questions and mysteries he had for Tanto.
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"Yeah...my brother used to admire Ericks, so that is why he became a gunslinger."
Tanto ran down the stairs to the Inn to see Madison and Lea talking, the former listening and eating pudding.
"I'll be back ladies...I just have to pick up a few things..."
"Ok, sure thing bossman!" Madison waved and talked around a mouthful of the dessert.
Tanto sweatdropped at the nickname they gave him and went outside. The suns blazed with their solar heat, making it feel like an oven. Kids still participated outside with the atmosphere though, running to some area. The clergyman hummed to himself as he went behind the Inn and pulled down his parties' articles.
He could distinctively hear a noise that sounded like metal in contact with an item. He hoisted the laundry basket and walked in the direction of the cleaners, seeing more children pass him by.
"Hello?" He went inside the building and beamed at an elder short man with glasses.
"Oh hello there, how can I help you?"
"I'm here to pick up a trench coat...black with a belt? If you need co dentals ..."
"Oh no, I remember you..." He went off in the back a bit before coming back with a pressed and folded coat. "You was with that party...a bursting young man and lady...yes yes..." The clerk laughed a bit before giving it to him. "Here you go, just the way he said it."
"Thank you very much." Tanto accepted it gratefully and bowed a bit. He put the coat inside with the basket and looked around a bit to get his directions straight.
"The Niji-teki na Gakubu isn't like the legendary Jigenzan-Itto school, but..." He turned in the direction of the voices and saw a small shack bunched up with a few others, but comparing to the others, it seemed enormous. In bold letters on a wooden sign it said, "Niji-teki na Gakubu: Secondary school of Swordsmanship." All the kids from earlier were doing various fencing exercises.
"You're doing better Ryan, just work on your swing and stance." In the middle of the students was a man, who wore much different garments than the locals. He had on Japanese like clothing, a gi top with pants, and a pair of sandals with socks. A blade on his side showed that he was probably a teacher of the school. Black matted short hair and dark eyes that constantly showed what he was feeling focused on instructing the younger students.
Tanto found a man close to him and asked, "Who is that man?"
"Oh that..." A middle-aged guy shrugged. "You must be new...he is Soba Urami. He trains the swordsmanship school in this town here...second best to the best school on Neo Gunsmoke, Jigenzen-Itto."
The bishop could feel the emotions from that man. He seemed spiteful and angry. Tanto turned briefly to head back to the hotel, when the man caught his eye.
"You must be part of that caravan that just came here." Soba sprinted towards Tanto. He surveyed him a moment. "You are more than you seemed to be." His eyes burned holes into him, a mixture of curiosity and interest. Tanto remained unperturbed though.
"Yes, I am Tanto, a traveling bishop. I only passed by your school on an errand and was inquiring..." He heaved the basket and bowed slightly. "Now many I be on my way..."
"No wait." The sensei noticed the bishop's sword. "That's a tanto isn't it?"
"Yes it is." Tanto did not like how this was going.
"So you practice swordsmanship eh?" He looked him in the eye, showing his cross-shaped scar. "Well...maybe you can demonstrate a few moves here..."
"No...I'm sorry but I really don't use my sword, that and I am a bishop and all. You would really fight me, a servant of God?"
The man chuckled, finding amusement in that. "No, I think that you are beyond human...and don't put your standards in your religion; since that's rather a cover up..." Tanto frowned at the insult. "But no matter..."
Soba turned his attention back to his students and began showing them a few techniques. The bishop closed his eyes and breathed. He felt that it wasn't the last he saw of him.
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"The Niji-teki na Gakubu? I think I remember that..."
Tanto laid across the bed with his robes in thought and Michm gazed out the windowsill with his dress shirt and pants. "Yeah...the school was founded after the fifth moon incident. The Jigenzen-Itto was popular afterwards because one of its students happened to be there during the incident. Niji- teki na Gakubu started off as a traditional class, but expanded since it competed with other skills on Neo Gunsmoke. It only became second best of all the swordsmanship skills on this planet but never first. So this man...his name was Soba?"
Tanto nodded his head and the bounty hunter pondered this for a moment. "It sounds like I heard him before." He snorted at his fault and shrugged. "It will come to me eventually."
"How do you know all of this?"
Michm glanced at him with the corner of his eyes. "I've been traveling for four years so news gets around..." It was only half the truth though, and decide to let him know the rest if they get to the agency.
They sat in stillness, until someone knocked on the door. "Huh? Madison?" Michm opened it to see his partner with a scowl.
"Michm, there's a guy that wants you."
"Oh great..." The navigator hoped it wasn't another crazy person like before.
"No, I think its serious this time." Her voice seems to be grave. "He wants me as well."
Michm didn't like her words, so he picked up his trench coat and made sure he had his equipment. "Alright, I'll be down in a few minutes." He looked at his leader. "Don't worry bossman, I dealt with worse situations."
***********************
Both bounty hunters were outside to see a man with Japanese clothing. "So you are Wraith and Boom Boom Madison eh?" He had a piece of grass in his mouth.
"Yes...so what do you want?" Madison didn't enjoy the vibes she received from this guy.
"Well forgive my formalities...I am Soba Urami...an assassin. It seems to be that you are worth a lot on the black market."
Michm figured as much, since most of the guys he put in were wanted for crimes with big wigs as their bosses.
"But what interested me wasn't you but your leader..." Both of them blinked in confusion. "So I decided on a deal. If he fights me, I will leave you alone, but well...if he doesn't, I guess I can cash in on you two for my school then. Both of you are worth enough that I don't have to pay funding for the rest of my life."
"I'll do it."
All of them were surprised to hear the voice they were speaking about. "Tanto...but you don't have too...." Madison pleaded.
"No its fine. It seems to be that Soba has persistence, even use manipulation to get what he wants." The bishop frowned slightly, showing a portion of his emotions.
"Good then. We'll meet tomorrow at noon then." A small breeze blew through the sand and he was gone with it.
"Tanto I have a bad feeling about this." Michm turned his gaze on him, feeling annoyed that his lifestyle came back to him again.
The bishop only stared up to the moons in the sky.
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Ok, there are two parts to this, since its pretty long and all. I am actually trying to put out three parts to this story before I just take a break for a while, so that is another reason why the delay. My motivation for this is still strong, and I might finish this story before any of my other stories! O_o
I also might make a log at the end to show how I came up with the cast's names as well as locations in the first place, but its debatable. Oh well, I'll say if I do it or not. Many of them are funny, but some of them make sense.
Next episode: Tanto fights against the leader of the Niji-teki na Gakubu school in a heated sword battle, and they finally reach their destination to discover some surprising things about Michm and Madison.