I'm extremely sorry that it took me such a long time to update, just that I've had a lot of school work lately and I've just wanted to finish it up. Well I really hope that you enjoy this chapter since it's the last one, but I will start a part two soon, though it's going to involve kenshin/karou so if you want to read it go underneath their show. Thanks and bye now.
-Chapeter 9-
" Meryl…?" said Vash with a confused and worried face as he slowly walked up to her. As he was about to place his hand on top of Meryl's shoulder a force pushed him back.
"What happened?" he asked as he quickly got up.
"She surrounded herself with a force field to protect herself, since right now she is defenseless because of the chanting" replied Natalie as she watched her sister.
"What is she chanting?" asked Vash as he looked at Meryl with curious eyes.
"A spell to wake Joachim" answered Natalie.
"I thought that he was dead!" yelled Knives.
"His body is and that's why she's doing the charm, but his soul has been put under a spell and can't rest."
"…but from I've read no vampire has ever had the power to do that" commented Knives as he looked at Natalie with curious eyes.
"Well we're special because of our mother's angelic blood, remember jackas-"
Natalie was suddenly interrupted by the sound of someone's voice. Infront of them stood a man that looked exactly like Julius but with sad blue eyes.
"Thank you" were the words that escapes Joachim's mouth and interrupted Natalie.
"Julius?" questioned Meryl as she touched his face softly and slowly with her hand.
WHY THE HELL IS MERYL TOUCHING HIM LIKE THAT. SHE DIDN'T TOUCH ME LIKE THAT WHEN I CAME BACK! Thought Vash to himself as he saw what Meryl was doing.
"I'm sorry to say that I'm not my beautiful angel. Julius is my younger brother."
Grabbing Meryl suddenly Vash enrolled her in his arms in a protective way.
"I'm sorry sir, I didn't know that you were her lover" apologized Joachim as he looked at Vash. Meryl was about to open her mouth to say something but Vash quickly said something before she could.
"It's alright just never again talk to her like that" said Vash as his eyes stopped turning blue. Everyone looked at him with shock writhen on their faces, but Knives was the first recovered and decided to take advantage of the situation that his brother had gotten himself into.
"Well I must say Vash I never thought that you were so possessive with your woman" commented Knives with eyes that said trouble.
"Well now you know" replied Vash as he scratched the back of his head with one of his hands.
"WHAT THE HELL AR-" shouted Meryl but was quieted by a kiss from Vash. At first she struggled but then gave into the passion of being kissed by the man that she loved but never told.
Oh my god she actually is kissing me back! This feels so right but I wonder how the rest of he- suddenly Vash's thoughts were interrupted as he felt the tongue inside his mouth stop moving and weight on his arm. Looking down Vash saw that Meryl had fainted.
"Wow I know that that kiss was passionate and all but that's still no reason for her to faint" said Vash as he carried Meryl in his arms.
"Keep dreaming lover boy she didn't faint because of that. She fainted because of the energy that she had to use to cast the charm. Hell I'm surprise that she didn't faint right after she finished it" said Natalie as she looked at Vash.
"How long is she going to be out?" asked Vash with a smile as he saw the sleeping angel in his arms.
"I don't really know. It took me three days of sleep to regain my energy after I bought Wolfwood back from the dead."
"Are you saying that it's going to take her that long!" shouted Knives at Natalie but his answer came from someone else.
"Of course not, it's a different thing to bring someone back from the dead then to just restore them" stated Alucard as Knives glared at him.
"The sun is almost down so lets go" said Natalie as she looked at the sun.
"I agree with her" said Joachim and shortly they started again on their journey.
-That Night-
"Damn it I knew that we should have hurried!" said Meryl as she started shooting at the monsters that surround her and the others.
"Well Meryl look at it this way, you woke up just when the battle began" said Natalie as she sliced through the bodies of the monsters with her sword.
"Guess you're right Natalie" smiled Meryl as she kicked one out of existence.
"You girls want to tell me what's so great about that?" shouted Vash through the chaos.
"Well for starters Vash, I didn't get enough time to kick your ass for that kiss, which is good for you" said Meryl.
"Well that's good for me but why are you happy?" asked Vash as he tired his best not to get killed.
" The thrill of the hunt and the battle" whispered Meryl softly more to herself then to Vash, but he still heard her.
" MERYL HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?" asked Vash shocked by her response.
"I'm a vampire Vash, it's in my blood to fight and love the smell of blood" replied Meryl not wanting to turn her head around because she didn't want to see Vash's reaction, but curiosity got the best of her. As she turned her head around, she put her guard down and was thrown of the cliff that they were fighting on.
"MERYL!" shouted Vash as he saw her fall. Thinking only of her he jumped after her with the hope that he could rescue her or die trying. After falling for some seconds he felt two arms wrap around his waist and the speed that he was falling declined immediately. When he turned his head around he saw Meryl's beautiful eyes looking at him. As soon as they reached the ground he turned around to see Meryl looking at him and a pair of beautiful large, black feathered wings coming out of her back and wrapping around her as if they where hugging her.
" Meryl you have wings and their black…" whispered Vash never taking his eyes off of her.
"Of course you broomhead, I am part angel after all remember" responded Meryl as her wings disappeared and she started walking towards the castle.
"Hey where are you going? The battle is that way" pointed Vash as he grabbed Meryl's arm with one of his hands.
"Oh don't worry about them the battle is almost done, I can feel it. And if you must know I'm going towards the castle, but if you want to you can stay and wait for them they won't take long" answered Merryl as she removed Vash's hand and started once again for the castle, but then she stopped and turned around to face Vash.
"Why did you kiss me?"
"Oh because…" replied Vash as he began to blush and scratch the back of his head again.
"Vash if you don't tell me why now I swear that I'm going to beat the shit out of you!"
OH my god what am I going to do?! She going to beat the shit out of me and I can't just tell her that I did it because I think that I've fallen for her!
Without thinking Vash grabbed her and kissed her again but with more passion then the last kiss.
Holy shit what am I doing kissing him back! I should be beating him up but this feels so right and I love him.
Feeling her hands going to his head and passionately drawing him closer to her he slowly lowered his hands so that they were wrapped around her tiny waist.
Her body feels so right against mine, almost as if we were made for each other.
She felt as his hand slowly worked its way up her body and under her tank top but did nothing to stop him because she loved the feel of his flesh against hers.
Without a second thought he pulled her top over her head and ran his hands over her breast receiving a gasp from her.
Slowly he laid her on the ground and started sucking her breast slowly and gently but stopped when he felt her trying to take his shirt off. Smiling at her he help her take it off quickly so that he could continue what he was doing.
Softly and barely touching his skin she traced her fingernails across his back hearing a moan escape his mouth as he laid passionate kisses on her skin.
"Meryl I-" said Vash as he looked at Meryl's eyes which held passion in them but was interrupted as he heard someone call their names.
"Shit! That's Natalie and the others!" whispered Meryl into Vash's ear. Quickly the both of them got up and dressed.
"Well, well, what happened here dear brother of mine?" asked Knives with eyes that spoke trouble.
"Oh nothing at all Knives, we were just waiting for you guys to come that's all" replied Vash while trying to keep a straight face.
"Well Vash if you ask me I think that the last girl you had was prettier. You know which one I'm talking about right, the one you had before we left on this journey" lied Knives knowing very well that he had never seen any creature more beautiful then the two sisters that were with them, and that his brother hadn't had intercourse in a very long time.
Vash was about to open his mouth to respond to Knives but Meryl spoke first with a firm and emotionless voice " Let's go we're wasting time" and with that she was off.
Vash quickly ran to Meryl's side eager to explain everything to her but didn't when he felt someone nearby.
"I must say this is an interesting group. Two that have angel blood mixed with demon blood, two that have plant blood running in their veins, one traitor, and finally the son of Dracula and a mortal woman" spoke Lord Walter as he stood infront of them with his long red hair moving with the wind.
"Well I must say that you're interesting too Lord Walter. It's not everyday that I get to see a man who died hundreds of years ago come back to life along with his army of demons and brainless monsters" said Meryl with a fake sweet voice.
"This is the great Lord Walter?" asked Knives with an annoyed look on his face.
"Yes" replied Joachim as he looked at the man that he had betrayed many years ago.
"I came here to fight" said Meryl as she started shooting Lord Walter with her gun hitting him in the arm. Red blood fell to the floor and then the evil Lord surrounded himself with a barrier to protect himself.
"Well I must say that was impressive but I think that I'll even out the odds here" said Lord Walter as he quickly looked at Knives and Alucard and said "Back to his time must go the half vampire, sleep must consume the traitor, and away to another place must go the plant."
Immediately the three vanished.
"The rest of you I will met in my castle but before I do.." before she could move Natalie was hit by an attack and fell to the floor.
Running towards her sister Meryl sat down and called Vash to her.
"Vash take my sister back to the house and go to my room. There you'll find a small bottle with purple liquid in it. You must make her drink it so that she can heal."
"I'm not leaving you alone Merl."
"Yes you are Vash, because I will never forgive you if my sister dies because of your stubbornness."
"Meryl you'll die if you fight him all by yourself!"
"And what do you plan on doing Vash? You don't have your special gun to perform your angel arm attack. Look Vash just go!"
"Meryl all you have a is a gun that can barely hurt him!"
"Vash I'm a hell of a lot more stronger than you think, and a hell of a lot more powerful. Now go and save my sister."
Before Vash had time to say something she was up in the sky with her black wings that symbolized humanities sins taking her to the castle.
"By Meryl.. I needed to tell you that I love you" whispered Vash as he saw the last of her leave his sight.
-Three Days later-
"Vash I'm sorry that I yelled at you but you shouldn't have left my sister."
"Why not Natalie? You yourself said that you can't feel the castle calling to you, and that could only mean that your sister defeated Lord Walter. So she is probably going to come home soon!" said Vash happily as he sat by the window waiting for the return of his beloved.
Looking at his happy face full of hopes her pain doubled knowing that she was going to have to tell him the truth.
" Vash please get away from that window Meryl isn't coming back."
"What do you mean she isn't coming back?" asked Vash with the innocent eyes of a little boy.
Natalie whispered softly with pain in her voice " Vash she did defeat Lord Walter but she used too must of her energy and couldn't escape from the castle as it disappeared. She's alive but trapped inside the castle."
"Why do you say such horrible lies!?"
"Because their not lies, I can't feel her energy as I always could."
"That's why you asked Milly to go buy pudding huh Natalie?' asked Wolfwood standing next to Vash.
"Yes I didn't want her to find out like this."
"But there has to be a way to free her. There just has to be one" said Vash with a pleaded voice and a tear covered face.
"Now that you mention it Vash I think there is, but I'm not sure if it's just a legend though, but I am willing to give it a try. I'll go right now to see what I can do but lets not get our hopes high" said Natalie as she quickly exited the room.
Looking out the window Vash could only think of what he lost, his fallen angel.