Blu: wow, fifty reviews!
TK: fifty EIGHT! …it's sad how many times that number has changed and you still haven't updated
Blu: SHUT UP! -is sooooo happy- THANKIES SO MUCH GUYS! I'M SO HAPPY YOU ALL LIKE THIS!
Hustino- Let's just say…a little birdie told me…
TK: Diablo caved
Blu: SHH! I'm glad you liked it, even tho it made you sad! THANKIES AGAIN, CONDOM BOY! –hides-
Black Betty- I knew someone would hate me for that! I'm really glad you're still reading tho! …what did you mean 'what was up with Wolfwood'? I would love to answer you…but I don't get what you mean…I'm so thick headed XD
Ryoko Kashino- You know, I pride myself on speed (TK: no you don't) Shuddup! Anywho, that other guy was my friend Hustino, he always beans my poor sword boy with shoes XD THANKIES FOR YOUR REVIEWS!
Kitara-Kama- I'm really glad you liked those chapters! Thankies for reviewing!
Tongarisangel- Well, I'm glad I could include you in my authors note! Besides, I can read minds! (TK: can not) SHUDDUP! Damn you, sword boy! Jeez. Tis MY Reviewers! Anywho, Thankies for the reviews!
Terry- Wolfwood KICKS ASS! Anywho, your question will be answered soon…
Otaku Sarri- BREATHE, girl, BREATHE! Ok, to answer your questions in order;
Wolfwood might return to normal, but you have to keep reading
Legato hasn't died yet, this happens RIGHT after episode 23
He did die by bang, tho
The Shoes are punishment for TK, caz the bastard up and left when I needed him most! (he's my muse, so I can't write without him)
And, finally, yessh I will update!
Dark-Pyro-Angel-2- Chapter Four: I'm glad you're finally a reader!
Chapter Five: heh! Bad me! I went and got you addicted!
Chapter Nine: I'm glad that, one, you strayed from the calling of VM to check this out and, two, thought this went with the 'better Trigun ones'! THANKIES AGAIN!
Paranoia Central- YAY! ANOTHER READER! DON'T GO! I'm sorry I made you cry! –hands you another shoe- Here, throwing really does help! Thankies for reading! It means much! And don't worry –puts on a REALLY fake/cheesy/fake-cheesy English accent- WE'RE ALL MAD HERE!
Blu: THANKIES ALL! It meant a lot for all of you telling me I did ok with the sad scene! THANKIES MUCH! And the thanking took up more then a page! GO YOU GUYS!
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Chapter Ten: Flipside
"Awe Man!"
"Tenth Chess game of the night," I say in the best announce-type voice I can muster, "goes to…MILLIE THOPSON!" Grabbing up her hand, I thrust it into the air.
"YAY!" Big Girl cries out in joy before bursting into a giggle fit. Vash pouts on the other side of the board while Meryl gives her partner-in-crime a high-five.
"I told you, Vash," the shorter insurance girl says, giving the outlaw a self-satisfied grin, "you just can't beat Millie at chess."
"…Actually WOLFWOOD told me that," he corrects, earning himself a large bump on the back of his head. Rubbing his battered skull, the Humanoid Typhoon lets out a whimper. "You're so cold."
"Gee, Sempai, I never knew you two were on such friendly terms!" Big Girl jokes, fighting to hold back another wave of giggles. It must be some inside joke, because even Meryl is cracking. Soon all three are holding their sides, leaving me staring blankly.
"Uhh…did I miss something?" I ask, raising a hand. Meryl stands up, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"No, it's nothing," she replies, still laughing slightly. "Just Vash being an idiot."
"Me!? What did I do?" he asks, crossing his arms for the ultimate pout.
"YOU ONLY TACKLED ME OUT OF THE BLUE!" short girl screams back, bending down to yell in his face.
"He…tackled you?" I ask, unconvinced that Vash made such a bold move before meeting me. Everyone knows I was the one who corrupted his innocent little mind. "He tackled…you?"
"What does it matter?!" the Stampede asks, obviously uncomfortable about the subject. "Besides, it's late as it is." The Humanoid Typhoon sticks a thumb at the window, motioning to the moons. "We should hit the hay."
"I guess you're right," the insurance girl nearest to him says, picking up some of the trash scattered around our hotel room. Letting the small wad of garbage fall from her hands, Meryl plops down onto her lumpy bed and starts to dig through her bright pink travel bag. Millie lets out a long yawn before draping her arms over my shoulders.
"I'm sleepy!" she announces before breaking into another yawn.
"We did get up really early this morning," Meryl says, heading for the bathroom with her toothbrush in hand, "and I don't remember anyone sleeping on the ride over." As the door shuts behind her, the room slips into silence. The back of my mind replays what happened almost 24 hours prier. I don't think I'll get to sleep tonight.
I'm somewhat glad I can't say the same for Big Girl…
…who is snoozing sprawled out over my shoulders…
…but not really seeing as I can't move now, and that this body can't support her weight.
"Millie, hon, wake up!" I whisper, trying not to wake her up too suddenly. She doesn't budge. "Come on, Big Girl..." Letting out a sigh of defeat, I move to the last resort. "Pudding."
"What?" she asks sleepily, her head shooting off my shoulder.
"Nothing," I reply quickly, pulling out from under her. "Let's head to bed."
"So…what are we gonna do?"
Meryl lets out a sigh, cradling her coffee cup with both hands. "I-I don't know!" she blurts out, trying to keep all the emotions from this morning cooped up. "This getting out of hand."
"It's been out of hand, we've just choose to ignore it," Vash replies, resting his forearms on his chair back. He takes a quick look over to the beds some few feels away, making sure he didn't wake the two already sleeping before continuing. "But it seems this time the demon is handling things differently. All of the other were more straight foreword. It was in the house, but it didn't go for any of us…"
"Could it be this one isn't after you?" the insurance girl across from him asks, after a sip of her drink to think it over. "I mean, Legato's massage came to Wolfwood, not you."
"It's a possibility," Vash answers, removing himself from his chair, "but it would be unlike Legato to stray from my brother's orders." Meryl almost drops her cup.
"Your brother?" she asks, shooting up. "Your brother's the one who did of this?!" The outlaw on the other side of the table presses his index finger to his lips, motioning for her to 'take it down a notch'. Returning to her seat, the woman tries to hide her blush of embarrassment from her little outburst.
"Yeah, it's a total bummer," he whispers only loud enough for the two to hear. Vash stands up and heads for the room's corner where a crumpled blanket and pillow wait for him. "I think we should just lay low for a while; play it nice and slow. Night, insurance girl."
"Yeah, night."
"…sleepy head, get up!"
Groggily I open my left eye, searching for the source of the random voice. Noon-day sun streams in from the windows, the bright light making my one open eye squint. "What time is it?" I ask, sounding more asleep then awake.
"About two in the afternoon," the voice replies, still disembodied. I close my eyes again, pushing them together tightly. It's a female voice, but I'm not awake enough to place it. "We were hoping you would wake up on your own, but you took forever." Groaning slightly, I push myself into the sitting position. Slowly I open my eyes, them meeting with two blue ones.
"Millie!" I shriek, falling back down onto the bed.
"Sorry," she mumbles, standing up. "I just didn't know if you where getting up or not."
"Where is everyone?" I ask, staring around the empty hotel room.
"Sempai drug Mr. Vash with her to get some coffee," Big Girl replies, dipping down to get something. It looks like she's going through her bag. "I was the first to get up, about an hour ago, then Mr. Vash, then Sempai." Bouncing back into view, she thrust a bundle of cloths at me. "Here, I picked these up for you."
"What is it, Millie?" I ask, stupidly.
"It's some cloths, silly!" she replies before plopping onto the end of the bed. "You have to have more then the cloths Mr. Vash found you in."
"Good point."
"I'll leave you to change," Big Girl says before raising and heading out the door. "I'll meet you in the lobby!"
Blu: THANKIES AGAIN EVERYONE!
TK: …no more shoes
Blu: yessh, more!
TK: NO MORE
Blu: yessh more.
TK: NO MORE!!!!
Blu: YESSH MORE!
Hustino: …I'm going with Blu on this one –hits TK with a shoe-
Wolfwood: Peaceful dreamers have peaceful dreams. That would be a given. The only problems with dreams are they end, we wake up, and life goes on. In this world, there is no such things as 'peaceful days', at least not for everyone. Some one is always suffering, some one is always hurting, and some one is always dying. That's just the way it is. I know a peaceful dreamer, in fact I know manly. It helps to know that in this hellish world, my friends fine some kind of peace in their day. They find happiness in their dreams. And the best thing is, they share their dreams with me.
Next Chapter: Just Walk it Off