Trigun part deux
By Otaku no baka
It took a long time to update this because: 1) I no longer have a pc, and 2) I am down to using public computers. It doesn't help that I wrote the part out and lost the pages to it....
Oh well. It's here, but the parts are still slow due to personal issues like moving around from place to place. Hey better than nothing is what I say!
'' Means talking in a person's head in case you didn't know.
Chat: Me: Like...Trigun is not mine man.
Someone-else: Really? that's so no u you know what I mean?
Me: LOL!
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"So, you are related to the great Knives and the legendary Vash the stampede?"
"Well, not really. Only a fraction of their blood is in me. I'm mostly the gene of other plants." Tanto sat down with Michm outside the hotel along with Maria. The bishop munched on a donut, a sweet he hasn't eaten since his childhood.
"So that means..." A Punic square appears behind them, both deformed. "A quarter of you is Vash," Michm points to a square with a picture of him. "And a quarter of you is Knives," he points to the other man in another square. "The other halves are various plant genes." He then points to various bulbs in squares. "Of course, you must account for the fact that Vash and Knives are twins, but plant genes are different than humans so the figures could be different like half and half or..." The navigator pondered this while Tanto sweatdropped.
"Michm it's not that serious! You'll be able to judge it out sooner or later!" Tanto waved his arms and his voice raised an octave.
"Ok ok bossman!"
Maria blinked at a black cat with eyes almost as big as it's head. "Well hello there. What is your name?" She crouched down and smirked.
"Nyao."
"Hmm....that's an unusual name. Well where are you going?"
"Nyao."
"Huh? You don't know? That doesn't make any sense."
"Nyao."
"Hey just because I am human..."
"You might not get much information from that cat." Tanto rubs his face. "It reminds me of our cat."
"Your cat?" Both Maria and the big-eyed animal cocked their heads.
"Yes, we found a cat that looked exactly like the one on the ground in the outside world. We brought him to Eden and took care of it for a while before letting it go." The clergyman smiles brightly and leans down to scratch under the kitty's chin.
"...There's so much I am still learning about you, Master Tanto." The bishop meets his eyes with the enigma child.
Before he could say anything, Madison runs out the hotel with a smile on her face. "Are you guys ready to go?"
"Hmm, that's a new look for you woman." She rolls her eyes from her partner's comment and plays with her medium length locks. Instead of her old outfit, she had a sleeveless black shirt with her usual poncho, except it was backwards showing a cross on it. She kicked the ground with her heavy brown boots.
"Whatever Mich." The ex bounty hunter places her hands on pants covered hips. "If you are done with your stupidity, then can we get ready to find Villie?" She gives him a look as he opens his mouth to stick out his tongue wildly.
"Well it's very hard to go anywhere when we haven't packed our supplies or find a permanent location on our girl." Wraith smirked and leaned back on the steps to the hotel.
"Here's everything Madison." Michm's eyes widen and he jumped with the others when Soba dropped their luggage right next to them. The cat only yawned.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnd....since it seemed to be that you needed help finding our friend, I looked over your work, and with my assistance, I was able to pinpoint her at Dankin." She had a smile that reached all ears as she handed her partner a map.
Mich scanned it quickly as the scowl on his face deepen and deepen. He sighed and grabbed the paper. I'll never get a damn break! Wraith did inherit his mother's short temper, but used a completely different method to steam it out.
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The navigator gripped the sides of Tanto's sidecar. He listened to the roar of the engine, but his thoughts were elsewhere. After the Man group worked a month in July, they earned enough not only to pay off their fares, but also buy an all terrain jeep with a satellite radio communicator.
Maybe I should put dye in her shampoo again...purple wasn't bad on her. Michm put a hand to his face in concentration as the wind made the hair under his helmet blow around. Or maybe I should tie dye her clothes this time...or steal her underwear and put them in Louise's room...
Maria rolled her eyes at the navigator's thoughts. Her curls were neatly tucked under a sand design helmet and goggles. She sat in front of the sidecar, her vision mostly on the man riding the bike: bi-colored hair blowing in the wind, goggles firm on his eyes focused on the vast sands ahead. Now why can't humans be more like master Tanto. Makes us seem more unworthy...
"Ok from the map," the clergy growls as he tries to drive and read the map at the same time.
...Although he acts like a human. Maria sweatdropped with the others.
"Maybe you should let one of us...?" Lea sighs and decides to leave Tanto to his own devices. She glances to the others in the jeep; all of them sleep except the driver Soba. "Maybe some music can help out." The woman ignores the passed out ones' snoring and fiddles with the knobs. "There..." She stops at a woman singing a familiar tune. "Huh? But that's...wake up Louis, and Maidson! Guys listen to this!"
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Villie sighed and shifted on her bed. She spent her free time with the Winter and the gang as the singer. They traveled a bit in Neo Gunsmoke on gigs, and took a short rest in their head court before going on into February.
The troubled woman turned to the side, facing the mirror in her room. She gazed into her reflection and plucked her shabby short sunny blond hair. Ah, my poor hair. At least it's growing back. The woman smoothed it back out and smiled weakly.
"Miss Villie?" Dire, another band member knocked. "The others need you downstairs."
"Ok, give me a minute." She hopped off the bed and took her jacket off the bedpost; futuristic with buckles and straps on the sides that reaches only to her waist. The gunslinger reached over to slip on her shoes, being careful of the tubes extending from the sides of her pants.
Villie jumped up, half her size now and completely deformed. "Alright, I am ready to go!" Strips spiraling around appeared behind her. She puts up her index finger and in a flash, she is gone.
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"I hope she comes soon." Zan mumbled around a cigarette.
Kyo blinked at the sparkles near him and jumped when Villie appeared at the seat next to him.
"She never cease to amaze me with that." Zan calmly takes a drag and sighs.
Winter walks right next to her and bends down to her level. "So are you ready? Can you do this?" The plant woman nods briefly before she begins her breathing exercises.
"Ok guys, is the satellite equipment ready?" All the heads except Villie shrug clueless. "Oh thanks a lot." The violinist rubs off her split hairs and lets out a breath she didn't know was holding. "Well get the instruments together and I'll see." The pale woman says this in a low tone and skips off while the others rush around. Villie only chuckles and sweatdrops
"Well the tech people say everything is in order. Villie? Men?" Both groups nodded. "Then let's get this started." The leader hops on the stage and swings on the mic stand. Zan laughs and walks up the left wing, picking up the case to his saxophone. The others gather around to their places.
Villie looks around to see that the whole place is empty except them. She takes a deep breath and sings, her voice starting with a light alto. Winter listens for her cue, and pulls out her instrument. Her hymns went along with the woman, and soon all the members played.
The troubled woman sung a particularly high note and opened her eyes. Navy blue pupils were glazed over and her voice took on a hypnotic, magnetic effect. People gathered in the bar like flies to a flame.
Soon, most of the town gathered to the club, listening and humming along the song. The people settled down and conversed to themselves, but still paying most of their attention to the woman's sympathy.
"Wow. Ever since they hired that Villie girl, the band is better than ever!" One man didn't join in the festivities. He stood in the middle of the crowd and his smirk seemed to grow and grow the more the band played.
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"So this is Dankin...." Tanto pulled off his goggles and rubbed his hair. The Man group searched around the town. Most of the people were out of their homes.
"I hear something...like music?" Louise scratched his chin. Maria's head shot up and she frowned, sensing something amiss.
'Master Tanto...I need to part briefly.'
The bishop nods mutely. 'Ok, just be careful. I feel that something is off in this town.'
"Hey what happened to the kid?" Madison noticed now she was gone.
"Don't worry. She went to take care of some business. Let's follow the music first and met her there, since it might lead to my sister." The members glanced at him in question, but gave in and went towards the sound.
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Maria wandered the empty streets of Dankin, vaguely listening to the distance music. I sensed him; I know I did. But why would he be here of all places? I guess Miss Villie's singing powers attracted him.
"Maria Bluesummers. I am not surprised to see you here." The teen didn't turn at the deep voice.
"Juliean, you have no right to be in this town." A man stepped out of the shadows. His hair had a shade of bluish purple and eyes a dark gold that reminded Maria ironically of sand.
"Why not? You were drawn to her as well."
Maria slowly turned around to face him. "Unlike you cousin, I actually have a mission."
The man smirked and held up both hands. "Touché dear cousin." He turned his head to the right as if he could hear something that no one else did, but kept his eyes still on the girl. "What happened to your dear parents?" Those words caused the girl's eyes to show emotion for once, but it disappeared as quickly as it came.
"They were killed by slave drivers a while ago. Of course it doesn't matter to you anyway. You always were a self sacrificing human and you thought my mother was foolish and unworthy to be related to Legato..." Her eyes flashed and they started to glow, creating a hue around her.
The man frowns until he suddenly looks up; gazing at the sky if it had the answers he wanted. "Ah I see now why you are here. Hmmm...he's just like HER isn't he?" Both of them stood facing each other and then vanished when a wind blew lightly in the sand.
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"Excuse us, we need to get through." Tanto could feel that his sister was close. The others spent their time getting through the crowd and pondering about the occurrence. Near the club there was practically a riot. People outside gathered, chatting excitedly.
"Master Tanto!" At the entrance of the place was Maria. "Let's hurry please before he shows up!"
"What's wrong Maria, and who is this man you speak of?" Tanto stared down at the short woman.
"I'll explain when we get inside." She pulled on the leader's pants leg. "But now it's time to haste." They all tried to get inside the club with the music and one particularly voice ringing out.
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"So....hitotsu-me no yoru ni, zuko kara koishi ga sekai ni ochiru." Villie closed her eyes and focused on the emotions in the words instead of the sullen melody that the band played.
"So....futatsu-me no yoru ni, koishi no ko ga te wo tori warutsu wo kaku. Sound life." (1)
Juliean frowned at the words coming from the plant's mouth. They seemed familiar to him somehow. It's probably nothing or a premonition of another human's soul when that woman was still alive. He knew that his great uncle had connections to plants from his father's tales that ended up motivating him to go down a similar road as Legato instead of steer him away from it....
"Villie!" The girl blinked at the voice, but continued to sing. Her music didn't have the same harmony as before, but still was enjoyable.
'Tanto....brother I am over here' The bishop rushed towards the stage before the others could get through.
"Why does he do that?" Michm growled out in complete exasperation. He really wanted to just shoot his gun in the air to make it easier, but they might end up losing the woman again in the crowd and he just wanted to find her and take a break.
The clergy felt elastic when he approached, until a wave of forbearing hit him. There is something wrong here...something that reminds me of what Father Knives told me....
He remembered his father telling him about a man that was completely devoted to him, since he saved him from the previous life he had and practically raised him. The human even denied his own race to serve his father's propose then.
The bishop almost bumped into another person around the same height as him. "My apologizes...I just want to get near the stage."
"Oh it's quite alright." The tenor voice had a tone of amusement in it that Tanto had to glance up at to see the person. His golden eyes flashed in hidden power, one hidden by a shade of hair that in another time would had made the bishop chuckle since it was a similar shade to Michm.
Tanto bowed slightly and went on, motioning Villie to meet him after the show was over. The girl nodded and started to finish up with the eight night.
'Ah, so you are a plant. No wonder Maria joined up with you.' The bishop ran a hand through his hair at the voice in his head.
'And you must be a psychic like Maria then....and related to her I presume.'
'Hmph. We are only cousins. Her mother is nothing related to the great Legato.'
Tanto twitched visibly. 'So you are related to Legato then...'
The golden-eyed man shrugged. 'Only by a strong distance. His sister didn't share the same talent as he, but instead it was passed on to her children and grandchildren. Maria's foolish mother actually tried to help this planet with her powers.'
"Bossman! Are you alright?" Madison stole a worried glance at him. "You look like you are in a trance..." She had to practically yell over the crowd when the song ended.
Maria scowled at the woman and Tanto shook his head. "I...I am fine Madison..." He turned his head to find the man that spoke to him, but discovered him missing. "We have to met Villie backstage."
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"That was once again a great show." Winter said as she sipped a glass of water. The others were backstage taking breaks and relaxing.
"What's wrong Villie? You haven't touched your chocolate milkshake yet." Shinya said as he munched on a glazed donut.
"Huh? Oh....it's just that my brother was here." It never ceased to amaze the band members of Villie's honesty. She twirled the straw in her milkshake and sighed.
"Brother? You had a brother?" Kyo raised his head from the bar-table, his dozing interrupted.
"Yes she does." All of them turned to the blue haired man in the doorway, standing very casual for a restricted area.
"Umm...sir, you know that only band members belong here." Winter had that feeling again, like she did with Villie's other side, except this man just dripped with venom and malice intents....
"Yes....but I will only be a minute." He smirked and nodded his head in the plant's direction. "I only came for her."
"Me? But...I never seen you before." Villie rose from her seat to start at him. He did seem recognizable and for some reason her thoughts jumped to the past with her creators.
Bluesummers only shrugged and approached her. All of the members were alert now and Winter pulled out her violin. "If she doesn't know you, then you have no business being back here."
The man raised an eyebrow in mock intimidation. "Really now, what can a human like you do?"
The pale women knew that tone of voice and became nervous, but held her ground. "A lot more than you can think." Both the man and the band members stared off at each other.
"Villie are you back here? The guard said I could pass..." The poor girl and Juliean turned to the voice. Tanto and the others went past the doorway and Winter stared at the group. She felt that she knew the clergyman from somewhere...bi hair...those sea green eyes...
"It's just a regular party back here." Karou, another band member, replied with sarcasm. He blinked at the violinist's unusual expression. "What's up Winter? You know this man?"
She shook her head and Tanto cast a curious glance at her. "It must be my imagination. I thought he looked familiar." The thought of a man though with a t-shirt and bi colored hair smiling didn't vanish in her mind though....
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Yes this is the end of this part! I worked really hard to get this out, so I hope you review at least! It's ironic that this part is longer than a few other parts I put out :P (1) This is the first few Japanese lyric to "Sound life."
"So... On the first night, a pebble falls to the earth from somewhere."
So…on the second night, the pebble's children hold hands and sketch a waltz. Sound life.