Ok... For those who waited I thank you sssoooo much... Now.. Enough of me
talking and on for what ya have been waiting for!
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~Chapter 13~
Sand blew into Vash pushing him forward over the large sand duns in the forsaken desert he traveled in for years. The sun was as tormenting as ever against everything in the vast old desert. When Vash left the town behind him, he wasn't prepared for anything like he always has been. No food, water, money and not even a cloak to block the burning sun. He was still lost in thought as he was for the past few hours not thinking of himself. What if leaving Meryl behind was for the best? He had thought. Lagato and that man he could have killed to end all his misery? Or would it have ended all his misery? No nothing will ever end for Vash. If anyone met Vash, they could sense it from the start he was forever cursed. Vash had to know he was going to walk this path from the very beginning. Though for Knives it was a hunting game of torture and delight. He hated humans. He hated mankind. He hated this fitly planet. All he had to do know is get rid of his first obstacle. Vash.
Vash looked over the desert as he reached the top of a sand dun he just climbed. He's been traveling head on without taking a break. He didn't want to take a break. To him he didn't want to risk it. He knew that someone could be trailing him or the faster he could get through this, the faster he can return to normal life. With Meryl. Or so he thought was normal. Perhaps that was the closest to normal he ever had been to. Yet there was facing what was between his goals that were troubling him the most. He'd have to meet the one person he hated. Yet, loved the most. Had the urge to kill and to save. His twin. His brother Knives.
How much pain will this bastard keep causing until his satisfaction is creased?! Will it ever be creased? Is Vash's death the only cure to his evil incitement? Is he truly mad to the point he'd take his own life to end Vash's? Who knows what the crazy sick-o thought. (But he still is fffiinnneee...lol... anyway!! ^.^ )
Vash's eyes began to sting. He wasn't just about to cry over his brother but the hot sun and his dry throat was catching him a headache. He'd left Meryl again like he did after the fight with 'Devil's eye'. Except this time the ending was all different. Why did it seem time was repeating itself? Vash had the glimpse of Meryl in his head just before he turned away from her in the bar after the incident with Lagato. Her face was troubled, twisted with pain and sorrow. He shook his head. He wanted to remember her smiling. Laughing and even getting mad at him for doing foolish things. But.. He couldn't.
'I... I did the right thing.. It was best to leave Meryl in the town. It's safer. I won't have you get involved as far as this. I promise' Vash thought as he studied the tops of the duns beyond his. The ever lasting sea of sand in front of him seemed to sizzle under the blazing sun. Vash still saw this place as beautiful. The desert was told to be a large pathway to your future once you cross it, wherever you land. Vash knew what it meant. He's crossed this wasteland many times in his life and every time he did the tables turned and he was lead to a new destination.
He felt his body tremble as a brush of wind hit his body. Then suddenly another brush hit him harder. He turned to face the wind. Just as he turned he staggered back as he faced a man who's eyes pierced into his.
He was dressed in a Kimono and Hakama with a red and white belt made of thick rope tied around his waist dangling with large bells at its tips. His hair pulled back under his Chinese style hat and at his waist, pushed under his belt was two swords. Vash stared at him in fear.
"You're! You're..." Before he could finish the man cut him off, "Forgive my lack of manners..." he smiled, "I am the Ninth Gun Ho Gun of the Jiginsan, trained by the masters of the Ito school.. I am Rai-dei, The Blade!"
(NOTE: If you watch this episode this is actually what he says.. lol some of the stuff he says and Vash is off that episode.. I don't remember the name of the episode but you can gladly remind me if you want ^_'^ ;; also I might be misspelling Rai-dei but that's the closest I could think of.. )
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Meryl walked into her room slowly closing the door after her. It was already two hours when Vash left her. She had to lower the commotion in the town after it was heard that Vash the Stampede was in town. It took a while to convince the people to clam down. When they asked why she was acting weird before they left, she answered that she wasn't feeling well the other day and she was still sick. They took the bait. For a town it was easy to convince people here. Vulnerable and pathetic. No wonder they were over protective. They knew that they were Vulnerable and the new arrivals mixed in with them once they stepped into the town.
Meryl leaned against the door behind her. She couldn't cry anymore. There wasn't any tears for her to weep. The man she cherished rejected her for her own good. But there was something she had told many times to Vash. Has he forgotten already? Did he forget what he promised her? How dare he leave her like she was some child not able to protect herself! She's more that you'll ever expect from such a small woman but yet she has her weaknesses. She knew Vash was only trying to protect her but... He never breaks a promise.
Meryl felt her eyes sting and swell up. He body was weak and so was her spirit. "Vash..." she whispered.
Forcing her to move she pushed off the door and flopped on her bed. Her life seemed empty. She had no one to talk to but Jake. Though half the time Jake is busy at his bar and taking reservations, she thought he had forgotten about her. And Millie? She's probably half way home already. How much she needed her right now. She truly was alone. This was something she wanted to stay away from since she was little.
"You promised.." she began. She took her knees up to her chest and gripped onto the blankets under her to keep her from crying. "You promised you wouldn't leave me..".
The memory of Vash making his promise ran through her head. She lipped his words slowly. She breathed in deeply and exhaled. Meryl made up her mind. She was about to cry all the way till he comes back. She was going to go after him. And if he tried to stop her, she's going to give him a lesson he will never forget. She grinned. Suddenly she heard chuckling around her.
"That's right.. He left you and your all alone. Yet there is someone who would love your company.." A voice said behind her. Meryl spun around sitting up on her bed pulling out one of her Taringers pointing it toward the voice. The man smiled.
"You're a beautiful spider..." He said, "And my brothers sent reeks on you... How about I take care of that?"
"Knives?!" Meryl gasped. She quickly got to her feet. Knives smiled.
"Worthless humans... Haven't you ever heard of respect your elders?" he said sliding his hand into his hair laughing, head back. From behind Meryl she felt the touch of cold steel at her back.
"I wouldn't try it Meryl Strife.. My master is in need of you" the second voice said. Meryl recognized the voice. It was the same one that taunted Vash to kill him under the evening sky.
"What do you want from me? Lure Vash to you by using me?! Pitiful! You could do better!" she yelled.
She watched as Knives lose his expression. Yet he was still smiling. He reached out slowly, staring into her eyes snatching up her gun. He threw the gun like a useless toy behind him. Knives stepped up to her touching the edge of her chin with the side of his index finger.
"Your right.. I can do better.. How about.. I take you.. Destroy this town and burn it to pieces! That would make him mad, wouldn't it?!" He began to laugh when he saw Meryl's shocked face, "Lagato, take her out into the west desert.. You know what to do with her.. But before you go.. I want her to hear what Vash hears all the time" He began to laugh again. Turning from them he walked out the door leaving it open. "STOP! PLEA-" Before she could finish she blacked out. Lagato hit he from behind with his fist into her shoulder..
Meryl could hear Knives cocking his gun and his footsteps walking down the stairway. Suddenly cries broke out and gun shots were heard from all around. Screaming, people begging for mercy and children crying out for their parents. Meryl laid listening to the screams and moaning, she couldn't do anything! Damn it! She felt so weak and defenseless. She really wanted Vash now.. Not to save her, but to feel confident and secure again. Behind her Lagato picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. Meryl hear Jake,
"Please! Don't! I'll give you anything you want!!" Jake pleaded. Two more shots were heard. Then the crashing of glass against the floor and the sound of fire whipping around the room, smoke traveling up the stairway into her room. Then it was silent.
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Vash slid back with his arms protecting his head as wind whipped about him with sand scratching into his skin. Vash charged at him trying to tackle him but the Gun ho Gun turned, dodging his attack and thrashed Vash's back with his sheath.
"Is that all you got?! Cause me REAL harm!!" Rai-dei yelled as he jumped back releasing another shock wave slicing into the sand to Vash. Vash rolled to the side sliding down the sand dun he was on. Vash slowly stood up and looked up the tall sand hill to Rai-dei who was staring down at him not looking pleased.
"Your nothing of what Lagato told me about" Rai-dei started as he sheathed his sword, "Master Knives sent me here to give you a small gift", He said reaching into his Kimono. He pulled out something, still clenched in his fist he laughed before throwing it down to Vash. Vash looked down at the object.. It was Meryl's bowtie.
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..heh heh.. Ok... It's been a while since I wrote something and I'm rreaaallyy sorry for the wait... I'm not so happy about this chapter and I think I could have done better so Gomen for that too.. But I promise the next will be better and exciting... If you think this was fine arigatou!! I HAVE A LOT IN STORE FOR YOU!! YOSH! Until next time! MATTA NE!
OH and I'll be looking forward for your comments!! ^__'^;;
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~Chapter 13~
Sand blew into Vash pushing him forward over the large sand duns in the forsaken desert he traveled in for years. The sun was as tormenting as ever against everything in the vast old desert. When Vash left the town behind him, he wasn't prepared for anything like he always has been. No food, water, money and not even a cloak to block the burning sun. He was still lost in thought as he was for the past few hours not thinking of himself. What if leaving Meryl behind was for the best? He had thought. Lagato and that man he could have killed to end all his misery? Or would it have ended all his misery? No nothing will ever end for Vash. If anyone met Vash, they could sense it from the start he was forever cursed. Vash had to know he was going to walk this path from the very beginning. Though for Knives it was a hunting game of torture and delight. He hated humans. He hated mankind. He hated this fitly planet. All he had to do know is get rid of his first obstacle. Vash.
Vash looked over the desert as he reached the top of a sand dun he just climbed. He's been traveling head on without taking a break. He didn't want to take a break. To him he didn't want to risk it. He knew that someone could be trailing him or the faster he could get through this, the faster he can return to normal life. With Meryl. Or so he thought was normal. Perhaps that was the closest to normal he ever had been to. Yet there was facing what was between his goals that were troubling him the most. He'd have to meet the one person he hated. Yet, loved the most. Had the urge to kill and to save. His twin. His brother Knives.
How much pain will this bastard keep causing until his satisfaction is creased?! Will it ever be creased? Is Vash's death the only cure to his evil incitement? Is he truly mad to the point he'd take his own life to end Vash's? Who knows what the crazy sick-o thought. (But he still is fffiinnneee...lol... anyway!! ^.^ )
Vash's eyes began to sting. He wasn't just about to cry over his brother but the hot sun and his dry throat was catching him a headache. He'd left Meryl again like he did after the fight with 'Devil's eye'. Except this time the ending was all different. Why did it seem time was repeating itself? Vash had the glimpse of Meryl in his head just before he turned away from her in the bar after the incident with Lagato. Her face was troubled, twisted with pain and sorrow. He shook his head. He wanted to remember her smiling. Laughing and even getting mad at him for doing foolish things. But.. He couldn't.
'I... I did the right thing.. It was best to leave Meryl in the town. It's safer. I won't have you get involved as far as this. I promise' Vash thought as he studied the tops of the duns beyond his. The ever lasting sea of sand in front of him seemed to sizzle under the blazing sun. Vash still saw this place as beautiful. The desert was told to be a large pathway to your future once you cross it, wherever you land. Vash knew what it meant. He's crossed this wasteland many times in his life and every time he did the tables turned and he was lead to a new destination.
He felt his body tremble as a brush of wind hit his body. Then suddenly another brush hit him harder. He turned to face the wind. Just as he turned he staggered back as he faced a man who's eyes pierced into his.
He was dressed in a Kimono and Hakama with a red and white belt made of thick rope tied around his waist dangling with large bells at its tips. His hair pulled back under his Chinese style hat and at his waist, pushed under his belt was two swords. Vash stared at him in fear.
"You're! You're..." Before he could finish the man cut him off, "Forgive my lack of manners..." he smiled, "I am the Ninth Gun Ho Gun of the Jiginsan, trained by the masters of the Ito school.. I am Rai-dei, The Blade!"
(NOTE: If you watch this episode this is actually what he says.. lol some of the stuff he says and Vash is off that episode.. I don't remember the name of the episode but you can gladly remind me if you want ^_'^ ;; also I might be misspelling Rai-dei but that's the closest I could think of.. )
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Meryl walked into her room slowly closing the door after her. It was already two hours when Vash left her. She had to lower the commotion in the town after it was heard that Vash the Stampede was in town. It took a while to convince the people to clam down. When they asked why she was acting weird before they left, she answered that she wasn't feeling well the other day and she was still sick. They took the bait. For a town it was easy to convince people here. Vulnerable and pathetic. No wonder they were over protective. They knew that they were Vulnerable and the new arrivals mixed in with them once they stepped into the town.
Meryl leaned against the door behind her. She couldn't cry anymore. There wasn't any tears for her to weep. The man she cherished rejected her for her own good. But there was something she had told many times to Vash. Has he forgotten already? Did he forget what he promised her? How dare he leave her like she was some child not able to protect herself! She's more that you'll ever expect from such a small woman but yet she has her weaknesses. She knew Vash was only trying to protect her but... He never breaks a promise.
Meryl felt her eyes sting and swell up. He body was weak and so was her spirit. "Vash..." she whispered.
Forcing her to move she pushed off the door and flopped on her bed. Her life seemed empty. She had no one to talk to but Jake. Though half the time Jake is busy at his bar and taking reservations, she thought he had forgotten about her. And Millie? She's probably half way home already. How much she needed her right now. She truly was alone. This was something she wanted to stay away from since she was little.
"You promised.." she began. She took her knees up to her chest and gripped onto the blankets under her to keep her from crying. "You promised you wouldn't leave me..".
The memory of Vash making his promise ran through her head. She lipped his words slowly. She breathed in deeply and exhaled. Meryl made up her mind. She was about to cry all the way till he comes back. She was going to go after him. And if he tried to stop her, she's going to give him a lesson he will never forget. She grinned. Suddenly she heard chuckling around her.
"That's right.. He left you and your all alone. Yet there is someone who would love your company.." A voice said behind her. Meryl spun around sitting up on her bed pulling out one of her Taringers pointing it toward the voice. The man smiled.
"You're a beautiful spider..." He said, "And my brothers sent reeks on you... How about I take care of that?"
"Knives?!" Meryl gasped. She quickly got to her feet. Knives smiled.
"Worthless humans... Haven't you ever heard of respect your elders?" he said sliding his hand into his hair laughing, head back. From behind Meryl she felt the touch of cold steel at her back.
"I wouldn't try it Meryl Strife.. My master is in need of you" the second voice said. Meryl recognized the voice. It was the same one that taunted Vash to kill him under the evening sky.
"What do you want from me? Lure Vash to you by using me?! Pitiful! You could do better!" she yelled.
She watched as Knives lose his expression. Yet he was still smiling. He reached out slowly, staring into her eyes snatching up her gun. He threw the gun like a useless toy behind him. Knives stepped up to her touching the edge of her chin with the side of his index finger.
"Your right.. I can do better.. How about.. I take you.. Destroy this town and burn it to pieces! That would make him mad, wouldn't it?!" He began to laugh when he saw Meryl's shocked face, "Lagato, take her out into the west desert.. You know what to do with her.. But before you go.. I want her to hear what Vash hears all the time" He began to laugh again. Turning from them he walked out the door leaving it open. "STOP! PLEA-" Before she could finish she blacked out. Lagato hit he from behind with his fist into her shoulder..
Meryl could hear Knives cocking his gun and his footsteps walking down the stairway. Suddenly cries broke out and gun shots were heard from all around. Screaming, people begging for mercy and children crying out for their parents. Meryl laid listening to the screams and moaning, she couldn't do anything! Damn it! She felt so weak and defenseless. She really wanted Vash now.. Not to save her, but to feel confident and secure again. Behind her Lagato picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. Meryl hear Jake,
"Please! Don't! I'll give you anything you want!!" Jake pleaded. Two more shots were heard. Then the crashing of glass against the floor and the sound of fire whipping around the room, smoke traveling up the stairway into her room. Then it was silent.
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Vash slid back with his arms protecting his head as wind whipped about him with sand scratching into his skin. Vash charged at him trying to tackle him but the Gun ho Gun turned, dodging his attack and thrashed Vash's back with his sheath.
"Is that all you got?! Cause me REAL harm!!" Rai-dei yelled as he jumped back releasing another shock wave slicing into the sand to Vash. Vash rolled to the side sliding down the sand dun he was on. Vash slowly stood up and looked up the tall sand hill to Rai-dei who was staring down at him not looking pleased.
"Your nothing of what Lagato told me about" Rai-dei started as he sheathed his sword, "Master Knives sent me here to give you a small gift", He said reaching into his Kimono. He pulled out something, still clenched in his fist he laughed before throwing it down to Vash. Vash looked down at the object.. It was Meryl's bowtie.
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..heh heh.. Ok... It's been a while since I wrote something and I'm rreaaallyy sorry for the wait... I'm not so happy about this chapter and I think I could have done better so Gomen for that too.. But I promise the next will be better and exciting... If you think this was fine arigatou!! I HAVE A LOT IN STORE FOR YOU!! YOSH! Until next time! MATTA NE!
OH and I'll be looking forward for your comments!! ^__'^;;