See Me

"Talking"

'Thinking or Mind Talk'

Stressed Words


Meryl sat in her corner as she watched Knives lightly snore in his sleep. She yawned and then looked into the mirror before she sighed. Today was the day that she was going to earn her body back. Purgatory didn't seem that far away since all she had to do was go through a mirror. She looked at the clock and saw that it was already noon. Since it was Saturday, Milly didn't have to work. She was going to stay home and do laundry while she made Vash go into town. She floated over to the window when she heard a door shut and watched as Vash walked towards town.

"Go with him," Knives said as he rolled to his side.

"Are you sure?" Meryl asked.

"Yeah, I'm not as incompetent as that idiot," Knives mumbled as he fell asleep. Meryl smiled before she flew out the window and towards Vash.

"Vash!" Meryl yelled as she flew towards him. He stopped walking and could hear Meryl coming closer.

"I'm waiting," Vash whispered to her.

"Where are you going?" Meryl asked.

"The Market to get tonight's dinner," Vash explained.

"God help Milly and Knives," Meryl mumbled.

"Hey!" Vash yelled causing peopled to turn and look at him.

"Mommy that man's talking to himself," the little girl whispered.

"Just ignore the strange man," the mother said as he pulled her daughter away.

"Great," Vash whispered as he walked into the market.

Vash was about to pick up hamburger meat only to feel something press into his back.

"Meryl?" Vash asked.

"Guess again blonde," a deep voice said.

"Shit," Vash whispered.

"Just stay where you are and no sudden movements!" The guy growled.

"Everybody put your hands up and don't move!" Another man yelled as he shot into the air.

Vash slowly tried to look to his left to see that there were three men in the store, including the guy with the gun in his back. The guy that didn't talk went around to the registers and started to collect the money. Meryl watched as the man that let off the first shot guarded the doors making sure that nobody tried to get out or in.

"Frank! The cops are here!" The guy yelled to the one at the cash registers.

"Willy, why are you just guarding that guy with the spiked hair?" Frank asked.

"I saw him at a gun tournament," Willy answered.

"Bob," Frank yelled to the man at the doors.

"Yeah?"

"Guard the idiot with the hair so Willy can take money from the others," Frank ordered.

When Willy left Vash turned around and saw that there were people with their money out. He patted his side and realized that the only weapon he had was his fake arm gun and the knife in his boot. He cussed in his head when he looked at the guy walking towards him

'If I could just get him to let the people go,' Vash thought.

"Don't talk to me Vash, but don't do anything stupid," Meryl warned.

"You know he's going to do something dumb," Wolfwood said. Meryl jumped in surprise before she turned around and punched him in the face.

"Why they hell are you here?" Meryl asked.

"Why hello to you too. Anyways, Milly's down at her work picking up her check," Wolfwood answered as he rubbed his cheek.

"Why aren't you with her?" Meryl asked as she watched Vash.

"Knives is with her," Wolfwood said.

"Then leave me alone while I watch Vash," Meryl growled and then looked over to see that he was already gone.

When she looked back down she gasped when she saw two of the thieves knocked out and Vash and the other one at a stand off. Vash was weaponless and the other thief was shaking with his gun in his hand. Meryl floated down to the ground and stood in front of Vash knowing that something was bound to go wrong.

"Why don't you just calm down and let the people go," Vash suggested as he took a step foreword.

"I said stand where you are!" The thief yelled as he aimed his gun more steadily.

'Shit he's going to fire,' Meryl thought in a panic.

"Come on, I'm sure you want to leave," Vash said.

"Shut up and stay where you are!" The thief yelled as he aimed for Vash's heart.

'He can't dodge a unexpected bullet,' Meryl thought as she looked at the unsuspecting Vash.

"How about you just let us go and you can out run the cops?" Vash asked.

"I said SHUT UP!" The man yelled as he fired.

It was to close to move out of the range of the bullet. Meryl threw her hands in front of her with her palms facing out. She concentrated and a pure white energy came from within her that made a wall in front of Vash and her. Vash watched in amazement as he watched what seemed like a bright light appear in front of him. He thought he was dead, but when he saw angel wings of a pure white he smiled. He saw a short girl with short black hair. He could just imagine the look of determination on her face.

"Meryl," he whispered as he watched the energy spike die down.

The thief was on the ground and passed out. Meryl turned around and smiled at Vash as she walked towards him. People that were still inside the market were in shock as they cried. Children were asking their parents if they saw that angel. Vash wanted to so badly to reach out and touch her. She shook her head before she smiled and vanished into the air. Vash frowned and went back to his shopping like nothing had happen.


Meryl waited inside the house for Vash to return. She had a strange feeling that Knives wasn't happy. She floated up into Knives' room and sat on the bed while she waited for them to return home. She flinched when she heard the door slam and heard footsteps coming up the stairs. The door to his room swung up without him touching it and just as quickly closed when he stomped in.

"What's wrong?" Meryl asked knowing that he about to go one about some stupid spiders.

"What's wrong? What isn't wrong?" Knives asked as he almost yelled.

"The sky isn't wrong, fate isn't wrong, you're not wrong," Meryl listed as she slightly moved over when Knives sat down.

"Fate is wrong!" Knives argued.

"Why what happened?" Meryl asked.

"I hate the fact that I have to sit here and deal with those pathetic spiders," Knives growled as he pointed out the window.

"Those pathetic spiders happen to be my race, and I know for a fact that you will have to deal with them," Meryl growled out in irritation.

"If only Vash would of seen things my way I…"

"You still would have been miserable and missing something in your life," Meryl cut him off.

"I just want to clean this planet up of the spiders," Knives said as he dropped his head into his hands.

"You don't have to kill all of us in order to do that," Meryl said. Knives looked up and gave her a puzzled look.

"Explain," he said.

"Not all of us are evil. There are some us that even fear our own because of what they choose to do. We can't control the actions of others, but we can try and stop them," Meryl explained with a smile.

"What do you choose to do when you 'stop them'?" Knives asked.

"It is true that we can't save everyone, because some people truly enjoy the evil they create. They take pleasure in the suffering of others, but we use a system where we try and make the best choices."

"How are you positive that your choice is right?"

"The truth is we're not always positive. We try the best we can based on the facts, Knives. If you still want to judge the whole race based on the actions of a few, please look at the good and not just the bad."

Knives sat there in silence and Meryl knew that he was truly thinking over her words. Meryl smiled and watched Knives think in what was a comfortable silence.

'Vash is right, Knives can be saved,' Meryl thought careful not to broadcast.

Meryl was about to say something when the bedroom door swung open. Knives looked up and growled at the fact he was being interpreted during his thoughts. Meryl gasped and smiled when she realized that the person in khaki pants and a white shirt was looking at her. He ran over and tried to pull her into a hug, but settled for just sitting on the floor next to her.

"I thought this would never happen."

"Vash, you needle noggin, get out of my room!" Knives yelled.

Vash squealed like a girl before he ran out of the room and Meryl went with him. Before Meryl left she smiled at Knives and waived bye. She rolled her eyes when she heard something falling down the stairs. She took on a more solid form before she walked down the stairs. She lightly touched Vash on the cheek and gasped when his aquamarine eyes opened. He pushed himself up and reached up to lay his hand on hers.

"I thought I'd never see you again," Vash said as tears welled up in his eyes.

"You'd honestly think I'd let you off of the twenty-four hour surveillance?" Meryl asked with a smile.

"Not really," Vash answered with a goofy grin.

"Would you like to sit down or do you enjoy the floor?" Meryl asked before she pulled out a chair and sat down. Vash looked confused before he decided to stand up and walk over to the table and take a seat.

"Want something to drink?" He asked. Meryl gave him a dry look before Vash realized she didn't drink or eat anything.

"I need to tell you something very important," Meryl began.

'Maybe I'll get an I love you,' Vash thought with a blush. Meryl's left eyebrow rose in confusion as she gazed at Vash.

"I'm going to be going away for a while."

"What?" Vash asked in shock.

"I know you just finally started to hear me and now see me," Meryl said as she looked at her transparent form.

"Why do you have to go?" Vash asked in desperation.

"Yes, why go now?" Knives asked as he walked into the room.

"I have something important that I have to do before I earn my body back," Meryl said.

"Or are you tired of being my angel?" Knives asked. Vash looked between Meryl and Knives and shook his head. This was news to him, Meryl a guardian angel, especially Knives' angel.

"You're his angel?" Vash managed to ask.

"Yes, and I can't tell you anymore then that," Meryl stated.

"Tell me where you're going and why," Knives ordered.

"Vash can you leave the room?" Meryl asked.

"I don't want you to go," Vash said.

"I have to if I ever want to live again," Meryl said.

"Then why do I have to leave the room?" Vash asked as he stood up.

"This is something that you can't hear," Meryl said as she let the sorrow show through her eyes.

"Get me before you leave," Vash said as he left the room. Meryl deeply sighed before she smiled and then let Knives sit.

"You want to know where I'm going?" Meryl angrily asked.

"Yeah now spill," Knives demanded.

"I have to go to purgatory to find a lost soul. This soul is in a deep depression and can't move on to heaven or hell," Meryl explained.

"Whose soul is it?" Knives asked.

"You should know, you're the reason he's dead," Meryl calmly said.

"Who? I was the reason for a lot of peoples deaths," Knives calmly stated.

"Legato," Meryl answered.

"Why didn't he just get sent to hell?" Knives asked.

"I can't believe you!"

"What? What did I do?"

"The reasons he can't go anywhere is because the choices he made are because of what you did to him. Do you think it's fair that he is punished because of another's sin?" Meryl asked.

"It's not like I cared, so don't go all self righteous on me" Knives defended.

"Would you want to be judged for someone else's sin?" Meryl asked as she left Knives in a thick and guilty silence.

She floated through the door and saw Vash looking out a window. She never noticed, but there was a mirror right next to that window. She walked over to Vash and looked into the mirror. Vash lazily looked over Meryl and saw her staring into the mirror. He stood up and walked behind her and only saw his reflection in the mirror.

"What do see when you look in the mirror?" Meryl asked.

"I see my reflection," Vash answered.

"No, what do you see in your reflection, your eyes?" Meryl seriously asked without turning around.

"Nothing, but a man with nothing," Vash truthfully answered.

"Do you want to know what I see?" She asked.

"Is it bad?" He asked.

"Vash, you're anything but bad. I see a kind, loving man with everything to offer," Meryl answered as she lightly blushed.

"Wow, being dead has made you more calm," Vash said ruining the moment. Meryl growled before she turned around and smacked him.

"Least Knives doesn't ruin our moments," Meryl mumbled. She quickly regretted that sentence when she saw that his eyes were sharp with anger and laced with hurt.

"Well, then go find your precious Knives, because I obviously don't want you" Vash said as he got up and left.

Meryl went to reach out for him but stopped knowing that it was to late to talk to him since he was gone. She could feel her heart breaking and knew that if she left now it might not be so good. She covered her face and began to sob until she heard a noise. Knives walked into the room with a doubtful face when he saw that Meryl had tears on her face.

"What happened?" Knives asked while pretending he didn't care.

"Nothing, I have to go. If I don't come back by tonight tell Vash … tell him …"

"You love him?" Knives asked.

"Yes, tell him I'm sorry and that I really do love him," Meryl said with a haunting smile before she left through the mirror.

Knives just stood there stunned. It wasn't Meryl's confession that stunned him. It was that way she smiled and that tear stained face. He had only seen that smile on certain people. He never expected to see that smile on her face. Knives followed Vash's thoughts upstairs to his room and paused at the door. He pushed open the door and saw Vash lying on the bed with his face in his pillow. Knives glared and scoffed before he punched Vash in the side of the head.

"What the hell was that for?" Vash yelled.

"That is for being such an idiot!" Knives yelled back.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Vash demanded to know as he glared at his twin.

"What did you do to make Meryl so upset?" Knives demanded to know.

"What did I do? You're the one that took her from me!" Vash accused as he stood up and glared.

"Now what the hell are you talking about?" Knives asked with a look of confusion.

"You took the only person that cared for me away!"

"You truly are an idiot," Knives growled.

"Stop calling me that!"

"If you only took the time to notice then you'd know that she is the one that love's you!" Knives yelled out making sure that he didn't miss a word.

"She love's me?" Vash asked.

"Yeah, but now you may never see her again."

"She love's me."

"When she left she was going to purgatory."

"She loves… what? Why?"

"She may get stuck there."

"Why did she go?"

"To save a soul!"

"Why won't she come back?"

"When she left she gave me a smile of a person that goes somewhere they know they'll die at," Knives said.

"Not again," Vash whispered. "Why does everyone I care about die?"

That one sentence cut Knives deeper then any knife or gunshot wound could. He remembered Rem and knew what he did was wrong.

"I think she love's you enough to come back. The decision is left in her hands not yours," Knives said.

"What?"

"Everyone makes a choice and they have to ether live or die by that choice," Knives said before he left Vash alone.