Fate of Awakening Love
Disclaimer: I don't own Trigun. Life is that cruel.
A/N: Hello everyone. Still remember me? Or this story? Yeah, probably not. You'll have to reread the entire story. ::crawls behind a couch:: I'm really sorry I have not updated in nearly 3 months. My excuse? I just didn't get around to it and I did have a bit of writer's block but I'm back now and I'll try to update at a better pace. So then, I'm glad everyone liked chapter 3! YAY! I hope chapter 4 will be just as good, hopefully even better.
Have any of you read the manga of Trigun finally released in the US? Reading it, I was really happy I had seen the anime first. Otherwise my feeble little mind could not have followed the story, anyway enjoy my wonderful reviewers!
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'My plan is working perfectly.' Knives thought as Meryl slipped out of his room. He listened as Vash settled back down in his own room and "watched" as floaty dreams entered his brother's mind.
'Once I'm completely healed my plan can take its physical appearance. For now I'll just continue to play with Meryl and my dear sweet naive brother. I can tell without much trouble Meryl is softening for me. So much like a human to drop their alertness when things melt over.'
He gazed at the night sky and smiled a dangerous smile. He watched as a shooting star flung across the black sky and shiver of a thought crept through his mind. When Meryl laid her hand over his arm he had intended on at least tensing but instead his body did not react in that intended fashion.
'Watch yourself Knives!' He warned himself. 'Don't let her kindness fool you. You are the superior being. Take charge of her life.'
"I'm fully aware," he said a loud talking to himself. "But when she asked if I hated her I saw the curious hope in her eye. Perhaps she.... is not that bad."
With that having left his lips he began to internally fight himself. One side, a far larger side arguing she was still a filthy human brat, the other, a mere sliver, protesting that she, personally had done nothing wrong as far as he could see. Far into the evening the larger part of him decided nothing would be done about it for the time being and the plan would continue as if nothing had happened.
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Having just nearly fallen asleep he heard a few noises and woke back up instantly that day, but without being able to move he did nothing but stare out the faintly lit sky. 'This is going to be quite the day.' He thought to himself. As the sky grew lighter and the suns finally rose to a reasonable height in the sky he started to hear sounds that let him know that the others were indeed up as he had originally thought.
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Vash walked in the kitchen yawning and giving himself a slight scratch. "Good morning girls!" He said cheerfully to Meryl and Millie who were making breakfast.
"Morning Vash." They both responded in unison.
"Millie please take this tray and head for Knives bedroom. I'll be there in a short second." Meryl ordered handing her it to her.
"Okay Meryl." Millie took off for Knives room while Meryl stayed to load the other trays with food.
"What's going on?" Vash asked, trying not to think of the previous night. Though he could hardly help it since he swore he could still feel Meryl's wondrous touch on him. It was a miracle he could talk to her, but Meryl seemed unaffected and if she could so could he.
"Millie and I decided that in order for Knives to be involved in the conversation we would have breakfast in his bedroom. There are a lot of things to talk about today, or have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten." He responded quietly. "Umm, Meryl?"
"Yes?" She asked, continuing to load food onto the trays.
"About what you did last night..." As he trailed off he noticed Meryl abruptly stop loading the food.
"Yeah...." She turned around to face him with a sheepish look. "Sorry about that. I was completely out of line, but it was weird seeing a friend in such condition. Anyway," She picked up a tray and handed it to Vash and picked up a separate one. "We'd better get to Knives room, who knows what torture he feels Millie is putting him through."
Without giving another glance at Vash, Meryl proceeded in the direction of Knives room. Vash followed slowly behind her.
'Why did you have to be sorry about it?' He thought.
Entering Knives room, he saw Millie talking on a chair facing him, Knives looking rather annoyed and slightly murderous, and Meryl starting to sit on the edge of Knives' bed by his feet. Vash decided to remain standing by his brother's head.
"You're sure you won't eat Knives? It's a good breakfast. Millie and I made it together." Meryl told him
"I said no!" He thundered.
"Sheesh, well, it's good that you're up." She said cheerfully.
"Up. I never went to sleep." He murmured tiredly, and then yawned as if to prove he had a sleepless night.
"What?!" Meryl exclaimed surprised. "But I left you seven hours ago."
"Yes well, I couldn't get back to sleep afterwards."
Without much warning, Meryl began to feel his forehead and cheeks. At the quick unexpected touch he shrank his head further in the pillow and she pulled her hand away.
"Sorry." She sighed. "But Knives, you're burning up!"
'Happens when you're having an inner war inside your head the entire night.' He thought to himself but said nothing to her.
"And you've got the worst timing! Vash has to be out of this town by today remember?"
"Vaguely." He responded weakly, caving in a bit to the fever.
"You do not look that.." Millie stopped in mid sentence when she caught a better look at him.
"Knives are you alright?" Vash asked.
"I'm fine." He replied with a rather unconvincing voice.
"No he's not. He's definitely got a high fever." Meryl corrected Knives.
"Oh..." Vash said quietly. "Then there is no other alternative. With him injured and sick we can't move him. It wouldn't be right. You'll have to stay with him Meryl. And Millie you ought to stay with Meryl. I'll be fine on my own."
"Vash the Stampede! You are not going anywhere by yourself and that's final!" Meryl nearly yelled exasperated.
"Well what do you suggest Meryl?" Millie asked her.
"I suggest...." Meryl began when Knives interrupted her.
"I suggest none of you carry on about it. I suppose none of you inferior's have noticed, but this town is completely desolate."
"What?!" Millie, Vash and Meryl said at the same time.
"What are you talking about brother? What do you mean nobody is here?" Vash asked.
"I mean nobody is here you half wit. Take a look outside. Explore the town if you must but you'll realize soon enough that the only being's left in this town are the four of us."
"You're lying." Millie whispered.
"Am I?" Knives challenged her. "Then go see for yourself. Go anywhere in the town you would like. You will not find a single human soul besides the one beside you."
Giving each other looks Vash and Millie sprinted out of Knives bedroom door, while Meryl stayed by his side.
"What did you do with them all Knives?" She asked quietly.
"Why do you assume I've done something with them?"
"Because it wouldn't be the first time a whole town disappeared without a trace, due to your schemes."
Knives snorted, then grabbed his ribs, the snort hurt him a bit.
"In case you have been blind the past few minutes you would notice I'm not exactly in the best of shape Meryl, so even if I wanted to, I doubt I could get away with doing away with all the worthless humans without you being slightly aware of it."
Meryl said nothing as she looked back at him, staring hard into him.
"What?!" He would have yelled if he didn't feel quite so feverish.
"What did you call me?"
"What are you talking about? I didn't call you anything!" Knives told her bewildered ready to defend himself from her angry verbal attacks.
"Yes you did. You called me Meryl. Not spider, or inferior or what other demeaning names you've got inside your horrible head, but Meryl. My name."
Knives just realized this. "So I did. Who cares?"
Meryl gave him a bright smile. "Obviously, you do."
Just as he was about to respond Vash and Millie came back in, Vash lunging himself at his brother, but before he could attack him Meryl stepped in between them.
"Vash what the hell are you doing?!"
"He was right Meryl! All the people! Everyone is gone! Just like before! And I want to know what he did with them and why!"
"Calm down idiot. I didn't do anything to them. You got that?" Knives sighed annoyingly. "A few hundred people go missing and you all think I had something to do with it!"
"Because you ALWAYS have something to do with it!" Vash yelled at him. Feeling suddenly tired Vash sat down and rubbed his hands in his face. When he looked up again he looked like an old man.
"Knives, you seriously had nothing to do with this?"
"Seriously." Knives responded rather pissed off that no one believed him.
"Seriously?" Millie asked.
"Yes!" He barked.
They all sat in silence for awhile.
"But now that everyone has gone missing it's more urgent that we leave this town at once. If people find that only four people are still here, one being Vash the Stampede we'll get asked a lot of questions we couldn't possibly answer." Meryl stated standing up.
"But what about Mr. Knives, Meryl?" Millie asked
She looked at him. "He'll have to grin and bare the pain. I'm sorry Knives but that is your only option." Knives said nothing and looked away out the window. Instead of leaving him Meryl sighed and walked around the bed so he was looking directly at her. "Don't tell me you're mad?"
He clenched his teeth. "You have little, make that no idea, of how unbearable, the pain throughout my entire body is. Not to mention that I'm seeing three of you because of this annoying fever."
"I can imagine how you feel Knives, but think of our position." Meryl's voice softened. "I'll take care you Knives, I promise."
Hearing her say that hit both Vash and Knives like a ton of bricks. Feeling the oncoming tension Millie stepped out to start packing. 'Oh Meryl, what have you done?.' She thought to herself.
Back in Knives room Meryl seemed to realize that what she just said was a grave mistake.
"Did I say something wrong?" She bravely asked.
"I promised Rem I'd take care of Knives." Vash told her.
"Rem was a fool, Vash. I don't need taking care of, by her, you, or you." He said looking at Meryl.
Looking at Meryl's face as he said that, a sharp pain struck his chest, but he hadn't moved.
'Where is this pain coming from?' He thought to himself. 'I feel weird, I feel bad, liked I wronged something.' He looked back over at Meryl. 'Meryl.'
Vash looked at his brother, looking at Meryl. 'Knives.'
'What?' Knives thought back to his brother not looking away from Meryl who was looking out the window.
'What have you been thinking?' Vash asked.
Knives finally tore his gaze from Meryl. 'Just that....' He found himself looking deep inside himself, ignoring the annoying voice that warned him to stay away from humans, that humans were only good when they were dead. 'She's mine Vash. You had your chance.'
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A/N: One more chapter down! I will try harder to have the next chapter out sooner (I'm already working on it) but I'm not making any promises. Though I hope you liked this one (even though everyone's getting a bit OOC. Oops.) And I can't wait to see your reviews!
Knives: Try not to take a million years putting up the next chapter inferior.
A/N: Ah, Knives.:: gives him a swift kick in the shin:: Always speaking on behalf of the readers.
Yours truly,
Faery Goddyss
BTW- Don't forget to Read and Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Trigun. Life is that cruel.
A/N: Hello everyone. Still remember me? Or this story? Yeah, probably not. You'll have to reread the entire story. ::crawls behind a couch:: I'm really sorry I have not updated in nearly 3 months. My excuse? I just didn't get around to it and I did have a bit of writer's block but I'm back now and I'll try to update at a better pace. So then, I'm glad everyone liked chapter 3! YAY! I hope chapter 4 will be just as good, hopefully even better.
Have any of you read the manga of Trigun finally released in the US? Reading it, I was really happy I had seen the anime first. Otherwise my feeble little mind could not have followed the story, anyway enjoy my wonderful reviewers!
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'My plan is working perfectly.' Knives thought as Meryl slipped out of his room. He listened as Vash settled back down in his own room and "watched" as floaty dreams entered his brother's mind.
'Once I'm completely healed my plan can take its physical appearance. For now I'll just continue to play with Meryl and my dear sweet naive brother. I can tell without much trouble Meryl is softening for me. So much like a human to drop their alertness when things melt over.'
He gazed at the night sky and smiled a dangerous smile. He watched as a shooting star flung across the black sky and shiver of a thought crept through his mind. When Meryl laid her hand over his arm he had intended on at least tensing but instead his body did not react in that intended fashion.
'Watch yourself Knives!' He warned himself. 'Don't let her kindness fool you. You are the superior being. Take charge of her life.'
"I'm fully aware," he said a loud talking to himself. "But when she asked if I hated her I saw the curious hope in her eye. Perhaps she.... is not that bad."
With that having left his lips he began to internally fight himself. One side, a far larger side arguing she was still a filthy human brat, the other, a mere sliver, protesting that she, personally had done nothing wrong as far as he could see. Far into the evening the larger part of him decided nothing would be done about it for the time being and the plan would continue as if nothing had happened.
-
Having just nearly fallen asleep he heard a few noises and woke back up instantly that day, but without being able to move he did nothing but stare out the faintly lit sky. 'This is going to be quite the day.' He thought to himself. As the sky grew lighter and the suns finally rose to a reasonable height in the sky he started to hear sounds that let him know that the others were indeed up as he had originally thought.
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Vash walked in the kitchen yawning and giving himself a slight scratch. "Good morning girls!" He said cheerfully to Meryl and Millie who were making breakfast.
"Morning Vash." They both responded in unison.
"Millie please take this tray and head for Knives bedroom. I'll be there in a short second." Meryl ordered handing her it to her.
"Okay Meryl." Millie took off for Knives room while Meryl stayed to load the other trays with food.
"What's going on?" Vash asked, trying not to think of the previous night. Though he could hardly help it since he swore he could still feel Meryl's wondrous touch on him. It was a miracle he could talk to her, but Meryl seemed unaffected and if she could so could he.
"Millie and I decided that in order for Knives to be involved in the conversation we would have breakfast in his bedroom. There are a lot of things to talk about today, or have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten." He responded quietly. "Umm, Meryl?"
"Yes?" She asked, continuing to load food onto the trays.
"About what you did last night..." As he trailed off he noticed Meryl abruptly stop loading the food.
"Yeah...." She turned around to face him with a sheepish look. "Sorry about that. I was completely out of line, but it was weird seeing a friend in such condition. Anyway," She picked up a tray and handed it to Vash and picked up a separate one. "We'd better get to Knives room, who knows what torture he feels Millie is putting him through."
Without giving another glance at Vash, Meryl proceeded in the direction of Knives room. Vash followed slowly behind her.
'Why did you have to be sorry about it?' He thought.
Entering Knives room, he saw Millie talking on a chair facing him, Knives looking rather annoyed and slightly murderous, and Meryl starting to sit on the edge of Knives' bed by his feet. Vash decided to remain standing by his brother's head.
"You're sure you won't eat Knives? It's a good breakfast. Millie and I made it together." Meryl told him
"I said no!" He thundered.
"Sheesh, well, it's good that you're up." She said cheerfully.
"Up. I never went to sleep." He murmured tiredly, and then yawned as if to prove he had a sleepless night.
"What?!" Meryl exclaimed surprised. "But I left you seven hours ago."
"Yes well, I couldn't get back to sleep afterwards."
Without much warning, Meryl began to feel his forehead and cheeks. At the quick unexpected touch he shrank his head further in the pillow and she pulled her hand away.
"Sorry." She sighed. "But Knives, you're burning up!"
'Happens when you're having an inner war inside your head the entire night.' He thought to himself but said nothing to her.
"And you've got the worst timing! Vash has to be out of this town by today remember?"
"Vaguely." He responded weakly, caving in a bit to the fever.
"You do not look that.." Millie stopped in mid sentence when she caught a better look at him.
"Knives are you alright?" Vash asked.
"I'm fine." He replied with a rather unconvincing voice.
"No he's not. He's definitely got a high fever." Meryl corrected Knives.
"Oh..." Vash said quietly. "Then there is no other alternative. With him injured and sick we can't move him. It wouldn't be right. You'll have to stay with him Meryl. And Millie you ought to stay with Meryl. I'll be fine on my own."
"Vash the Stampede! You are not going anywhere by yourself and that's final!" Meryl nearly yelled exasperated.
"Well what do you suggest Meryl?" Millie asked her.
"I suggest...." Meryl began when Knives interrupted her.
"I suggest none of you carry on about it. I suppose none of you inferior's have noticed, but this town is completely desolate."
"What?!" Millie, Vash and Meryl said at the same time.
"What are you talking about brother? What do you mean nobody is here?" Vash asked.
"I mean nobody is here you half wit. Take a look outside. Explore the town if you must but you'll realize soon enough that the only being's left in this town are the four of us."
"You're lying." Millie whispered.
"Am I?" Knives challenged her. "Then go see for yourself. Go anywhere in the town you would like. You will not find a single human soul besides the one beside you."
Giving each other looks Vash and Millie sprinted out of Knives bedroom door, while Meryl stayed by his side.
"What did you do with them all Knives?" She asked quietly.
"Why do you assume I've done something with them?"
"Because it wouldn't be the first time a whole town disappeared without a trace, due to your schemes."
Knives snorted, then grabbed his ribs, the snort hurt him a bit.
"In case you have been blind the past few minutes you would notice I'm not exactly in the best of shape Meryl, so even if I wanted to, I doubt I could get away with doing away with all the worthless humans without you being slightly aware of it."
Meryl said nothing as she looked back at him, staring hard into him.
"What?!" He would have yelled if he didn't feel quite so feverish.
"What did you call me?"
"What are you talking about? I didn't call you anything!" Knives told her bewildered ready to defend himself from her angry verbal attacks.
"Yes you did. You called me Meryl. Not spider, or inferior or what other demeaning names you've got inside your horrible head, but Meryl. My name."
Knives just realized this. "So I did. Who cares?"
Meryl gave him a bright smile. "Obviously, you do."
Just as he was about to respond Vash and Millie came back in, Vash lunging himself at his brother, but before he could attack him Meryl stepped in between them.
"Vash what the hell are you doing?!"
"He was right Meryl! All the people! Everyone is gone! Just like before! And I want to know what he did with them and why!"
"Calm down idiot. I didn't do anything to them. You got that?" Knives sighed annoyingly. "A few hundred people go missing and you all think I had something to do with it!"
"Because you ALWAYS have something to do with it!" Vash yelled at him. Feeling suddenly tired Vash sat down and rubbed his hands in his face. When he looked up again he looked like an old man.
"Knives, you seriously had nothing to do with this?"
"Seriously." Knives responded rather pissed off that no one believed him.
"Seriously?" Millie asked.
"Yes!" He barked.
They all sat in silence for awhile.
"But now that everyone has gone missing it's more urgent that we leave this town at once. If people find that only four people are still here, one being Vash the Stampede we'll get asked a lot of questions we couldn't possibly answer." Meryl stated standing up.
"But what about Mr. Knives, Meryl?" Millie asked
She looked at him. "He'll have to grin and bare the pain. I'm sorry Knives but that is your only option." Knives said nothing and looked away out the window. Instead of leaving him Meryl sighed and walked around the bed so he was looking directly at her. "Don't tell me you're mad?"
He clenched his teeth. "You have little, make that no idea, of how unbearable, the pain throughout my entire body is. Not to mention that I'm seeing three of you because of this annoying fever."
"I can imagine how you feel Knives, but think of our position." Meryl's voice softened. "I'll take care you Knives, I promise."
Hearing her say that hit both Vash and Knives like a ton of bricks. Feeling the oncoming tension Millie stepped out to start packing. 'Oh Meryl, what have you done?.' She thought to herself.
Back in Knives room Meryl seemed to realize that what she just said was a grave mistake.
"Did I say something wrong?" She bravely asked.
"I promised Rem I'd take care of Knives." Vash told her.
"Rem was a fool, Vash. I don't need taking care of, by her, you, or you." He said looking at Meryl.
Looking at Meryl's face as he said that, a sharp pain struck his chest, but he hadn't moved.
'Where is this pain coming from?' He thought to himself. 'I feel weird, I feel bad, liked I wronged something.' He looked back over at Meryl. 'Meryl.'
Vash looked at his brother, looking at Meryl. 'Knives.'
'What?' Knives thought back to his brother not looking away from Meryl who was looking out the window.
'What have you been thinking?' Vash asked.
Knives finally tore his gaze from Meryl. 'Just that....' He found himself looking deep inside himself, ignoring the annoying voice that warned him to stay away from humans, that humans were only good when they were dead. 'She's mine Vash. You had your chance.'
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A/N: One more chapter down! I will try harder to have the next chapter out sooner (I'm already working on it) but I'm not making any promises. Though I hope you liked this one (even though everyone's getting a bit OOC. Oops.) And I can't wait to see your reviews!
Knives: Try not to take a million years putting up the next chapter inferior.
A/N: Ah, Knives.:: gives him a swift kick in the shin:: Always speaking on behalf of the readers.
Yours truly,
Faery Goddyss
BTW- Don't forget to Read and Review!