Hello, readers out there. It is I, K. Mishima, your loving writer. I
kinda feel as though chapter 3 sucked and I STILL can't come up with a name
for Chapter 2! Sheez. Anyway, thank you for waiting (for all of you who
did), and my eternal thanks to those of you who wait for the next chapter.
Anyway, I did change things up a bit; Meryl doesn't love Vash, she just
likes him as a friend. Sooo. I'm gonna have a Meryl and Knives coupling.
Scary, ain't it? Well, don't expect it soon and once again, thank you!! Oh
yeah. and since fanfiction.net doesn't do italicizing, I'll use **, mmkay?
Thanks! ^^
The Unlikely Couple
Millie woke up when the telephone rang, and then picked it up. She yawned loudly, put it to her ear, then let you a soft sigh.
"Millie Thompson speaking."
"Thompson, where's Stryfe?" the chief asked loudly into the phone, fully waking her up. The brunette shook her head, and then yawned lightly.
"She's out shopping with Mr. Vash."
"Damn it! Well just to let you know, Vashu has escaped!"
"Vashu?"
"Remember the woman from the crash site?"
"Yeah."
"That's her name, supposedly, and she's escaped from prison! She's made her way to May City and has destroyed almost half of it! You know the drill..."
"Yes sir! I'm on it!" With that, Millie hung up, jumped out of bed, and then ran towards the bathroom. "I have to hurry!"
Knives sat on the couch in a pair of baggy, red sweatpants watching TV. He arched an eyebrow when Millie came running down the steps with her stun gun, a serious expression on her face. She stopped when she got to the door, and then looked at him.
"Mr. Knives!"
"What?"
"I have to go-the lady from the crash site escaped from jail!"
"Damn Vash. that idiot!"
"You stay here and wait for Mr. Vash and Meryl to come back and tell Meryl, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah." The brunette ran over to the plant, kissed him on the cheek, and then ran out the front door. The blonde scratched his cheek, and then just arched an eyebrow. "And I thought she was only interested in the Wolfwood type."
Vash chased after Vashu, riding on a chaotic Tomas. The woman seemed to have the advantage, being that Vash couldn't get a clear shot with the creature swerving and bouncing all over the place.
"Oh man, this is tougher than I thought!" he whined as the Tomas cried out loudly, trying to through him off. The Humanoid Typhoon groaned, seeing that he had no chance of catching up with her, and then did the worse-he jumped. "Look out beloooow!!!"
Vashu looked up, but before she could scream, the plant had landed on top of her, causing them to roll across the dirt for a bit. When they finally stopped, Vash was on top of her and had her pinned, causing her to grin slightly.
"Must we always meet like this, Mr. Humanoid Typhoon?"
"Well, I think I kinda like it," he told her with a laugh, "Sooo. why aren't you being a good girl?"
"It's never been my nature to be good."
"You've only been here for a few days and you're already worth $$ 1 million!"
"So does that mean you're going to turn me in?" Vash grinned, then smiled brightly as his eyes started to sparkle, glitter marks appearing around his face.
"Oh no! I was more thinking about whisking you off your feet and treating you to a moonlight dinner." The woman rolled her eyes, and then folded her arms over her chest once Vash had let go of her arms.
"Ya know, I dunno how you became the Humanoid Typhoon." She squealed when the plant picked her up in his arms, then tossed her onto his shoulder. "Agh! You're nothing but a big FLIRT!!!"
Millie arrived in May City on her Tomas, and then rode over to the town sheriff. She blinked, and then hopped off of the creature as she looked around for the wanted woman. The sheriff looked up at her, and then scratched his head.
"A note from Vash the Stampede, Miss Thompson!" He handed a folded sheet of paper to her, and then stood back. The woman unfolded it, and then began reading it aloud.
"'Dear Millie and Meryl,
Don't follow me! DONOT follow me! Don't follow Vashu! DONOT FOLLOW US!! I'll return with her in a week, more or less. I promise! Later! ^^v
Sincerely,
Vash P.S.
Oh yeah, DON'T follow me, Vash the Stampede AKA Humanoid Typhoon BKA Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stravidari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser IV, or her, Vashu!! DONOT follow us!!!'"
The sheriff and Millie both blinked, then sweat dropped before looking at one another.
"Are you going to follow him, Miss Thompson?"
"Well, it's not our duty to, and we have to keep an eye on his brother! I guess Mr. Vash will be fine with her. He's a good man!"
Knives kicked his feet up on the table as he read the letter, then handed it over to Meryl, who snatched it from him, then crumbled it into a ball.
"I can't believe him! What the hell is he up to?!"
"I knowing my brother, it could be anything."
"But he's with a dangerous, murderous bounty! He's putting everyone in danger!"
"Look, woman, you're suppose to keep your eye on me, not Vash. I'm the 'dangerous' and 'murderous' one, so forget him-If he wants a damn week, give him the damn week." The shorthaired woman growled, then threw the ball of paper at the plant, hitting him in the head. **Vash, you damned idiot!!! **
Vashu sat down at the fire in the desert, letting out a bored sigh. Vash took a seat next to her, then lied down in the sand.
"Ya know, staring at the stars and the moons relaxes me a bit. I kinda think about the good parts of my childhood. with Rem."
"Rem?"
"Yeah, she took great care of Knives and me. Heck, she even saved us from getting killed when the crew found us! She taught my brother and me about love, kindness. all the good points in life. It was great, until that one day."
"That one-day.?"
"Yeah. It was seven of us-Knives, Rem, Joey, Steve, Mary, Rowan and me. Everyone but Steve cared for Knives and me. Steve was so envious because we had such a high IQ. He'd always beat on us. and he called us monsters. I think that's probably what caused Knives to snap.
"One day, there was a spider and a butterfly in the recreation center. The butterfly was trapped in the spider's web and I wanted to save it. However, Knives killed the spider, which made me angry. I jumped on him and started yelling at him, then quickly got off him. we were so different. Knives began hating humans then. Steve had been put into a cryo-sleep for it was said that he had raped Mary. Then, Rowan went insane and killed Mary. Rowan was about to kill Knives until Rem stepped in the way and demanded for him to give her the gun. However, Joey didn't see that much and, out of Rem's safety, opened the hatch, causing Mary's corpse and Rowan to be sucked into space..
"Knives had gone to talk to Joey, but didn't agree with his ideals so. he killed him. My brother then changed the course to all the SEED ships so that they'd all crash into the planet, but the plant ships would survive. So, it was Rem, Knives and I, heading for the escape pods. Rem paused, pushed me into the pod, and told me to take care of my brother, then left to change the course of the ships shedding soft, warm tears. Once our pod had escaped and the SEED ships' course had been changed, the main ship blew up. killing Rem. the first woman I had ever loved in my life. She was like a sister, a mother. even a lover. She was there for Knives and me. Now all I can see her is in my dreams." Vash looked away from Vashu, letting a tear slide down his cheek. The cat woman sighed softly as she hesitated, then wrapped her arms around him as she began whispering softly to him.
"At least you have good memories of your childhood. My parents were killed when I was three, so I was an orphan. When I was eight, a genetics doctor named Dib Kulich adopted me, however, he didn't adopt me for the wanting of a child. I was a lab subject."
"A lab subject?! That's horrible!"
"Oh, but that's only the beginning. Kulich and his colleagues began altering my genes and DNA so that I would have catlike abilities-this was a success, as you see. Five years afterwards, they managed to buy a report from Gunsmoke off of the black market. And do you know what that report was about?"
"Er.no?"
"Two plants. Two humanoid plants by the names of Millions Knives and Vash the Stampede. They read about your abilities and as much as they could about your history. They even managed to get a sample from the black market of Legato's left arm."
"Yeah, my arm."
"As well as Knives's hair sample. They started studying deeper into your genes, trying to figure out how they could alter mine. It only took three years before they were finished their studies and began their work on me. As time progressed, I started gaining the power to dodge bullets, amazing flexibility, outstanding speed and perfect shooting. I was a flawless weapon and soldier.
"When I was twenty years old, being released at the age of eighteen, I was able to get married. They had finally decided to let me start my own life. or so I thought. I had twins, both boys. To my surprise, the scientist had actually arranged for my husband to meet me and marry me, as well as get me pregnant so that they could see if my altered genes would be passed onto our children. The scientists were angry-the genes didn't get passed on.
"So they decided to try their new experiment, which was age altering. I didn't quite understand the technology, but they could make you many years younger. A senior could become a mature adult. a mature adult could become a young adult. a young adult could become a teenager, a teenager a child, a child a baby, and a baby. either a fetus or a fertilized egg. My boys were ten years old, so they were going to try to reverse the altering to make them older, then make them into fetuses so that they could insert the gene into them. However, I refused it all."
"What'd the scientists do?"
"I loved my sons. Even though their father was a big fraud, I loved my sons to death. They're lives wouldn't be like mine. So, I let the scientists try their experiment trials on me. I was made twenty years older. Then thirty-four years younger-That was their biggest mistake."
"What'd you do?"
"Being that I was younger, that caused my abilities to slightly strengthen. With that to my advantage, I killed them all. every single scientist, even my so-called 'husband'. I took the Gunsmoke files and my sons, freed all the experimented people and creatures, then destroyed the lab. I left the twins with my sister, who wanted children of her own. I was a wanted experiment and the government wanted me to be used as their war tool, so I escaped."
"I'm sorry, Vashu. I'm very sorry." Vash sat up, then looked at her, seeing that she was starting to cry. He quickly wrapped his arms around her, then hugged her tight. "I'm here for you, don't worry. I won't leave you. I promise."
Vashu sat up, then poked her head out of the tent she was sleeping in. She blinked, then looked to see Vash practicing drawing his gun, making sure the egg didn't hit the ground. He looked up, then groaned when he saw the egg hit the dirt. With a loud sigh, he only shook his head, put his gun away, then smiled at the woman.
"G'morning, Miss Vashu!"
"Morning, Vash. You're up awfully early."
"You could say that. the rising of the suns usually wakes me up. Anyway, what are you to doing?"
"I don't know. I don't quite know my way around here."
"Well then, let's go to town. We need some new attire for you!"
The two walked into a clothing store in New Oregon, then began looking around. A grin spread across Vash's face when he caught sight of a skimpy, blue, silk dress with spaghetti straps. He immediately grabbed, ran over to Vashu, then held it in front of her.
"Lookie lookie!!" The woman rolled her eyes as she shifted her weight onto her hip, folding her arms.
"I am NOT wearing that."
"Please?"
"No."
"Just for one day?"
"No."
"It's sexy! C'mon!"
"NO!!!"
"Well. would you at least try it on? Pretty please?" The woman sighed, snatched the dress from him, and then went off to the dressing room. When she stepped out, all Vash could do was stare at her and drool- the dress was revealing every single curve of her body since it was clinging to her. The cat woman groaned, then quickly folded her arms over her chest as she started blushing.
"Happy?"
"Yeah, yeah! So Vashu, how about-" She covered his mouth with her hand, then held her index finger to her lips, whispering lowly.
"Shhh! Don't call me that, you moron!" Vash blinked as he moved her hand, then scratched his cheek.
"Then what should I call you?"
"January. Keori January."
"All right then, Miss Keori, how about we get some shoes for that dress?" Keori growled, whacked him over the head with her fist, and then stomped off to the dressing room.
"No, no, no, NOOO!!! AND NOOOO!!! I'M picking the rest of my clothes, thank you very much, Mr. Humanoid Typhoon!" Vash sighed hopelessly, then plopped down on a bench in the store, rubbing his head. **Man, she's no fun.**
Keori walked down the street in a lime green and black tank top that came above her stomach, baggy, black denim jeans, black boots and a black cloak. She had the hood of the cloak over her head, a black choker on her neck, and goggles with a lime green band hanging off her neck and black gloves on her hands.
"You out did yourself," Vash groaned as he looked over her body, walking beside her. The cat woman just giggled, then wrapped her arms around Vash's.
"You're so sweet!"
"A little too sweet."
"Hee hee. Oh!"
"Oh?"
"I'm hungry!"
"Greeeaaaat! More money to spend!"
Vash sat across from Keori, watching her eat the red spaghetti. He yawned lightly, then arched an eyebrow, watching her slurp up a noodle.
"So. I take it your real name is Keori?" he asked, grabbing some spaghetti with his fork. The woman nodded slightly as she wrapped some of the stringy pasta around her fork.
"Yes, my birth name. Dr. Kulich called me ExpeKulich. I wasn't expected to have a name. However, my public name was Kuli."
"Ooooh. So no one ever called you-"
"It's Vashu!!! Everyone get down 'cause I'm gonna shoot her!!" a man called out, pulling out a machine gun. Vash yipped when a bullet hit his fork, then grabbed Keori before pulling her with him as he jumped out the window. All of a sudden, hundreds of bandits started appearing, shooting at them both.
"Damn! Just my luck!" Vash cried, pulling the woman onto him as he bend backwards, kicking his foot up into the air for balance, three bullets flying pass. He then twirled the woman around, then pressed his body against his, causing her to lean backwards, dodging another two bullets.
"YOUR luck?! I'm the one they're after, remember?" Keori grabbed Vash's gun, aimed at the bar's support column, then shot it, causing it to break and the whole building to collapse. The plant growled and snatched his gun back, putting it back in its holster.
"You're NOTHING like me! You just go and kill and destroy things without a second thought!"
"What's your point?"
"You're like my damn brother!" Vash quickly picked up the woman, then jumped up, a bullet flying into the building behind them. He then began running towards the nearest alley, ducking and dodging bullets, while at the same time preventing Vashu from grabbing his gun. "Don't touch it!!"
"Oh c'mon, please?" The Humanoid Typhoon growled at her, then pulled her into the alley with him.
"No, no, no and no! Now, c'mon!" He pulled her hand, causing her to jerk forward as they began running for a way out of the city. "Why can't I just live a peaceful LIFE?!?!"
Two weeks had passed since the incident in New Oregon, leaving the gunman and woman stranded in the desert until the chaos that had spread into other cities finally calmed down. They had been chased all the way to the other side of Gunsmoke-each city they went to, Vashu was found and the town was sometimes halfway destroyed, as well as some of the townspeople being killed! In this, Keori's bounty had risen to $$5 million already, causing more to want to catch her! It seemed that returning anywhere was absolutely hopeless.
Vash sat at the campfire with Keori leaning against him. The plant smiled slightly, then wrapped his arm around her shoulders. The cat woman looked up at him, then arched an eyebrow slightly.
"Lemme ask you something, Mr. Vash the Stampede."
"Er. alright."
"You like woman, correct?" Vash blinked, then laughed sheepishly as his arm dropped from her shoulders, slipping around her waist.
"Yes, you could say that." He rested his head on her shoulder, then closed his eyes with a smile on his face. "However, as odd as it sounds, I'm just looking for the right woman."
"Mmhmm. so, have you ever been involved with a woman? Like. ya know, 'physical activity'?"
"Heh heh, I don't know if I should answer that, but since it's only us here. No. I haven't."
"You're 131 years old, maybe even older and you're NEVER gotten laid?!"
"Well, if you're truly dedicated and trusting. you'll wait for the right person to come along." Keori arched an eyebrow as she turned around to face Vash, then tilted her head to the side.
"You're an interesting one."
"Weeeeellll. I'm looking for a woman like Rem, who might be able to understand my ideals, ya know?" The blonde ran a hand through the woman's hair, then smiled softly. "And it makes me wonder. did I just happen to find that woman?" Before she could question him, Vash had leaned towards her and gently pressed his lips against hers! The Humanoid Typhoon had just kissed her! The plant soon broke the kiss, then smiled at her, his cheeks turning bright red.
"V-vash, you."
"I know it's only been a few weeks, but I think I'm in-love with you, Miss Keori."
"Oh, Vash." The cat woman wrapped her arms around his neck, then pressed her lips against his firmly, soon earning another kiss from the blonde. The two embraced each other as they broke the kiss, looking into each other's eyes deeply.
"I love you, Miss Keori."
"And I love you, Mr. Vash."
Vash woke up and looked down at the sleeping woman in his arms (No, they didn't do anything physical u.u;). He smiled softly as he took his arms from around her, gently placed her on the sleeping bag, then crawled over to the tent entrance. He poked his head out and to his surprise, a sand steamer was heading in their direction!
"Miss Keori, get up!" He quickly crawled over to her and started shaking her, trying to wake her up. However, the cat woman only groaned, said something about waffles, then turned onto her stomach. Vash sighed, rolled her onto her back, leaned against her backwards, pulled her arms over his shoulders and her legs around his waist, and then sat up. He quickly started cleaning up their campsite and repacking, holding Keori securely on his back. Within five minutes, the ace gunman had finished and was running towards the sand steamer, waving his money in the air. "Let me ON!!!"
The Unlikely Couple
Millie woke up when the telephone rang, and then picked it up. She yawned loudly, put it to her ear, then let you a soft sigh.
"Millie Thompson speaking."
"Thompson, where's Stryfe?" the chief asked loudly into the phone, fully waking her up. The brunette shook her head, and then yawned lightly.
"She's out shopping with Mr. Vash."
"Damn it! Well just to let you know, Vashu has escaped!"
"Vashu?"
"Remember the woman from the crash site?"
"Yeah."
"That's her name, supposedly, and she's escaped from prison! She's made her way to May City and has destroyed almost half of it! You know the drill..."
"Yes sir! I'm on it!" With that, Millie hung up, jumped out of bed, and then ran towards the bathroom. "I have to hurry!"
Knives sat on the couch in a pair of baggy, red sweatpants watching TV. He arched an eyebrow when Millie came running down the steps with her stun gun, a serious expression on her face. She stopped when she got to the door, and then looked at him.
"Mr. Knives!"
"What?"
"I have to go-the lady from the crash site escaped from jail!"
"Damn Vash. that idiot!"
"You stay here and wait for Mr. Vash and Meryl to come back and tell Meryl, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah." The brunette ran over to the plant, kissed him on the cheek, and then ran out the front door. The blonde scratched his cheek, and then just arched an eyebrow. "And I thought she was only interested in the Wolfwood type."
Vash chased after Vashu, riding on a chaotic Tomas. The woman seemed to have the advantage, being that Vash couldn't get a clear shot with the creature swerving and bouncing all over the place.
"Oh man, this is tougher than I thought!" he whined as the Tomas cried out loudly, trying to through him off. The Humanoid Typhoon groaned, seeing that he had no chance of catching up with her, and then did the worse-he jumped. "Look out beloooow!!!"
Vashu looked up, but before she could scream, the plant had landed on top of her, causing them to roll across the dirt for a bit. When they finally stopped, Vash was on top of her and had her pinned, causing her to grin slightly.
"Must we always meet like this, Mr. Humanoid Typhoon?"
"Well, I think I kinda like it," he told her with a laugh, "Sooo. why aren't you being a good girl?"
"It's never been my nature to be good."
"You've only been here for a few days and you're already worth $$ 1 million!"
"So does that mean you're going to turn me in?" Vash grinned, then smiled brightly as his eyes started to sparkle, glitter marks appearing around his face.
"Oh no! I was more thinking about whisking you off your feet and treating you to a moonlight dinner." The woman rolled her eyes, and then folded her arms over her chest once Vash had let go of her arms.
"Ya know, I dunno how you became the Humanoid Typhoon." She squealed when the plant picked her up in his arms, then tossed her onto his shoulder. "Agh! You're nothing but a big FLIRT!!!"
Millie arrived in May City on her Tomas, and then rode over to the town sheriff. She blinked, and then hopped off of the creature as she looked around for the wanted woman. The sheriff looked up at her, and then scratched his head.
"A note from Vash the Stampede, Miss Thompson!" He handed a folded sheet of paper to her, and then stood back. The woman unfolded it, and then began reading it aloud.
"'Dear Millie and Meryl,
Don't follow me! DONOT follow me! Don't follow Vashu! DONOT FOLLOW US!! I'll return with her in a week, more or less. I promise! Later! ^^v
Sincerely,
Vash P.S.
Oh yeah, DON'T follow me, Vash the Stampede AKA Humanoid Typhoon BKA Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stravidari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser IV, or her, Vashu!! DONOT follow us!!!'"
The sheriff and Millie both blinked, then sweat dropped before looking at one another.
"Are you going to follow him, Miss Thompson?"
"Well, it's not our duty to, and we have to keep an eye on his brother! I guess Mr. Vash will be fine with her. He's a good man!"
Knives kicked his feet up on the table as he read the letter, then handed it over to Meryl, who snatched it from him, then crumbled it into a ball.
"I can't believe him! What the hell is he up to?!"
"I knowing my brother, it could be anything."
"But he's with a dangerous, murderous bounty! He's putting everyone in danger!"
"Look, woman, you're suppose to keep your eye on me, not Vash. I'm the 'dangerous' and 'murderous' one, so forget him-If he wants a damn week, give him the damn week." The shorthaired woman growled, then threw the ball of paper at the plant, hitting him in the head. **Vash, you damned idiot!!! **
Vashu sat down at the fire in the desert, letting out a bored sigh. Vash took a seat next to her, then lied down in the sand.
"Ya know, staring at the stars and the moons relaxes me a bit. I kinda think about the good parts of my childhood. with Rem."
"Rem?"
"Yeah, she took great care of Knives and me. Heck, she even saved us from getting killed when the crew found us! She taught my brother and me about love, kindness. all the good points in life. It was great, until that one day."
"That one-day.?"
"Yeah. It was seven of us-Knives, Rem, Joey, Steve, Mary, Rowan and me. Everyone but Steve cared for Knives and me. Steve was so envious because we had such a high IQ. He'd always beat on us. and he called us monsters. I think that's probably what caused Knives to snap.
"One day, there was a spider and a butterfly in the recreation center. The butterfly was trapped in the spider's web and I wanted to save it. However, Knives killed the spider, which made me angry. I jumped on him and started yelling at him, then quickly got off him. we were so different. Knives began hating humans then. Steve had been put into a cryo-sleep for it was said that he had raped Mary. Then, Rowan went insane and killed Mary. Rowan was about to kill Knives until Rem stepped in the way and demanded for him to give her the gun. However, Joey didn't see that much and, out of Rem's safety, opened the hatch, causing Mary's corpse and Rowan to be sucked into space..
"Knives had gone to talk to Joey, but didn't agree with his ideals so. he killed him. My brother then changed the course to all the SEED ships so that they'd all crash into the planet, but the plant ships would survive. So, it was Rem, Knives and I, heading for the escape pods. Rem paused, pushed me into the pod, and told me to take care of my brother, then left to change the course of the ships shedding soft, warm tears. Once our pod had escaped and the SEED ships' course had been changed, the main ship blew up. killing Rem. the first woman I had ever loved in my life. She was like a sister, a mother. even a lover. She was there for Knives and me. Now all I can see her is in my dreams." Vash looked away from Vashu, letting a tear slide down his cheek. The cat woman sighed softly as she hesitated, then wrapped her arms around him as she began whispering softly to him.
"At least you have good memories of your childhood. My parents were killed when I was three, so I was an orphan. When I was eight, a genetics doctor named Dib Kulich adopted me, however, he didn't adopt me for the wanting of a child. I was a lab subject."
"A lab subject?! That's horrible!"
"Oh, but that's only the beginning. Kulich and his colleagues began altering my genes and DNA so that I would have catlike abilities-this was a success, as you see. Five years afterwards, they managed to buy a report from Gunsmoke off of the black market. And do you know what that report was about?"
"Er.no?"
"Two plants. Two humanoid plants by the names of Millions Knives and Vash the Stampede. They read about your abilities and as much as they could about your history. They even managed to get a sample from the black market of Legato's left arm."
"Yeah, my arm."
"As well as Knives's hair sample. They started studying deeper into your genes, trying to figure out how they could alter mine. It only took three years before they were finished their studies and began their work on me. As time progressed, I started gaining the power to dodge bullets, amazing flexibility, outstanding speed and perfect shooting. I was a flawless weapon and soldier.
"When I was twenty years old, being released at the age of eighteen, I was able to get married. They had finally decided to let me start my own life. or so I thought. I had twins, both boys. To my surprise, the scientist had actually arranged for my husband to meet me and marry me, as well as get me pregnant so that they could see if my altered genes would be passed onto our children. The scientists were angry-the genes didn't get passed on.
"So they decided to try their new experiment, which was age altering. I didn't quite understand the technology, but they could make you many years younger. A senior could become a mature adult. a mature adult could become a young adult. a young adult could become a teenager, a teenager a child, a child a baby, and a baby. either a fetus or a fertilized egg. My boys were ten years old, so they were going to try to reverse the altering to make them older, then make them into fetuses so that they could insert the gene into them. However, I refused it all."
"What'd the scientists do?"
"I loved my sons. Even though their father was a big fraud, I loved my sons to death. They're lives wouldn't be like mine. So, I let the scientists try their experiment trials on me. I was made twenty years older. Then thirty-four years younger-That was their biggest mistake."
"What'd you do?"
"Being that I was younger, that caused my abilities to slightly strengthen. With that to my advantage, I killed them all. every single scientist, even my so-called 'husband'. I took the Gunsmoke files and my sons, freed all the experimented people and creatures, then destroyed the lab. I left the twins with my sister, who wanted children of her own. I was a wanted experiment and the government wanted me to be used as their war tool, so I escaped."
"I'm sorry, Vashu. I'm very sorry." Vash sat up, then looked at her, seeing that she was starting to cry. He quickly wrapped his arms around her, then hugged her tight. "I'm here for you, don't worry. I won't leave you. I promise."
Vashu sat up, then poked her head out of the tent she was sleeping in. She blinked, then looked to see Vash practicing drawing his gun, making sure the egg didn't hit the ground. He looked up, then groaned when he saw the egg hit the dirt. With a loud sigh, he only shook his head, put his gun away, then smiled at the woman.
"G'morning, Miss Vashu!"
"Morning, Vash. You're up awfully early."
"You could say that. the rising of the suns usually wakes me up. Anyway, what are you to doing?"
"I don't know. I don't quite know my way around here."
"Well then, let's go to town. We need some new attire for you!"
The two walked into a clothing store in New Oregon, then began looking around. A grin spread across Vash's face when he caught sight of a skimpy, blue, silk dress with spaghetti straps. He immediately grabbed, ran over to Vashu, then held it in front of her.
"Lookie lookie!!" The woman rolled her eyes as she shifted her weight onto her hip, folding her arms.
"I am NOT wearing that."
"Please?"
"No."
"Just for one day?"
"No."
"It's sexy! C'mon!"
"NO!!!"
"Well. would you at least try it on? Pretty please?" The woman sighed, snatched the dress from him, and then went off to the dressing room. When she stepped out, all Vash could do was stare at her and drool- the dress was revealing every single curve of her body since it was clinging to her. The cat woman groaned, then quickly folded her arms over her chest as she started blushing.
"Happy?"
"Yeah, yeah! So Vashu, how about-" She covered his mouth with her hand, then held her index finger to her lips, whispering lowly.
"Shhh! Don't call me that, you moron!" Vash blinked as he moved her hand, then scratched his cheek.
"Then what should I call you?"
"January. Keori January."
"All right then, Miss Keori, how about we get some shoes for that dress?" Keori growled, whacked him over the head with her fist, and then stomped off to the dressing room.
"No, no, no, NOOO!!! AND NOOOO!!! I'M picking the rest of my clothes, thank you very much, Mr. Humanoid Typhoon!" Vash sighed hopelessly, then plopped down on a bench in the store, rubbing his head. **Man, she's no fun.**
Keori walked down the street in a lime green and black tank top that came above her stomach, baggy, black denim jeans, black boots and a black cloak. She had the hood of the cloak over her head, a black choker on her neck, and goggles with a lime green band hanging off her neck and black gloves on her hands.
"You out did yourself," Vash groaned as he looked over her body, walking beside her. The cat woman just giggled, then wrapped her arms around Vash's.
"You're so sweet!"
"A little too sweet."
"Hee hee. Oh!"
"Oh?"
"I'm hungry!"
"Greeeaaaat! More money to spend!"
Vash sat across from Keori, watching her eat the red spaghetti. He yawned lightly, then arched an eyebrow, watching her slurp up a noodle.
"So. I take it your real name is Keori?" he asked, grabbing some spaghetti with his fork. The woman nodded slightly as she wrapped some of the stringy pasta around her fork.
"Yes, my birth name. Dr. Kulich called me ExpeKulich. I wasn't expected to have a name. However, my public name was Kuli."
"Ooooh. So no one ever called you-"
"It's Vashu!!! Everyone get down 'cause I'm gonna shoot her!!" a man called out, pulling out a machine gun. Vash yipped when a bullet hit his fork, then grabbed Keori before pulling her with him as he jumped out the window. All of a sudden, hundreds of bandits started appearing, shooting at them both.
"Damn! Just my luck!" Vash cried, pulling the woman onto him as he bend backwards, kicking his foot up into the air for balance, three bullets flying pass. He then twirled the woman around, then pressed his body against his, causing her to lean backwards, dodging another two bullets.
"YOUR luck?! I'm the one they're after, remember?" Keori grabbed Vash's gun, aimed at the bar's support column, then shot it, causing it to break and the whole building to collapse. The plant growled and snatched his gun back, putting it back in its holster.
"You're NOTHING like me! You just go and kill and destroy things without a second thought!"
"What's your point?"
"You're like my damn brother!" Vash quickly picked up the woman, then jumped up, a bullet flying into the building behind them. He then began running towards the nearest alley, ducking and dodging bullets, while at the same time preventing Vashu from grabbing his gun. "Don't touch it!!"
"Oh c'mon, please?" The Humanoid Typhoon growled at her, then pulled her into the alley with him.
"No, no, no and no! Now, c'mon!" He pulled her hand, causing her to jerk forward as they began running for a way out of the city. "Why can't I just live a peaceful LIFE?!?!"
Two weeks had passed since the incident in New Oregon, leaving the gunman and woman stranded in the desert until the chaos that had spread into other cities finally calmed down. They had been chased all the way to the other side of Gunsmoke-each city they went to, Vashu was found and the town was sometimes halfway destroyed, as well as some of the townspeople being killed! In this, Keori's bounty had risen to $$5 million already, causing more to want to catch her! It seemed that returning anywhere was absolutely hopeless.
Vash sat at the campfire with Keori leaning against him. The plant smiled slightly, then wrapped his arm around her shoulders. The cat woman looked up at him, then arched an eyebrow slightly.
"Lemme ask you something, Mr. Vash the Stampede."
"Er. alright."
"You like woman, correct?" Vash blinked, then laughed sheepishly as his arm dropped from her shoulders, slipping around her waist.
"Yes, you could say that." He rested his head on her shoulder, then closed his eyes with a smile on his face. "However, as odd as it sounds, I'm just looking for the right woman."
"Mmhmm. so, have you ever been involved with a woman? Like. ya know, 'physical activity'?"
"Heh heh, I don't know if I should answer that, but since it's only us here. No. I haven't."
"You're 131 years old, maybe even older and you're NEVER gotten laid?!"
"Well, if you're truly dedicated and trusting. you'll wait for the right person to come along." Keori arched an eyebrow as she turned around to face Vash, then tilted her head to the side.
"You're an interesting one."
"Weeeeellll. I'm looking for a woman like Rem, who might be able to understand my ideals, ya know?" The blonde ran a hand through the woman's hair, then smiled softly. "And it makes me wonder. did I just happen to find that woman?" Before she could question him, Vash had leaned towards her and gently pressed his lips against hers! The Humanoid Typhoon had just kissed her! The plant soon broke the kiss, then smiled at her, his cheeks turning bright red.
"V-vash, you."
"I know it's only been a few weeks, but I think I'm in-love with you, Miss Keori."
"Oh, Vash." The cat woman wrapped her arms around his neck, then pressed her lips against his firmly, soon earning another kiss from the blonde. The two embraced each other as they broke the kiss, looking into each other's eyes deeply.
"I love you, Miss Keori."
"And I love you, Mr. Vash."
Vash woke up and looked down at the sleeping woman in his arms (No, they didn't do anything physical u.u;). He smiled softly as he took his arms from around her, gently placed her on the sleeping bag, then crawled over to the tent entrance. He poked his head out and to his surprise, a sand steamer was heading in their direction!
"Miss Keori, get up!" He quickly crawled over to her and started shaking her, trying to wake her up. However, the cat woman only groaned, said something about waffles, then turned onto her stomach. Vash sighed, rolled her onto her back, leaned against her backwards, pulled her arms over his shoulders and her legs around his waist, and then sat up. He quickly started cleaning up their campsite and repacking, holding Keori securely on his back. Within five minutes, the ace gunman had finished and was running towards the sand steamer, waving his money in the air. "Let me ON!!!"