Disclaimer: Blah blah blah I don't own Trigun yada yada yada
It's night time and everyone's asleep…..Well, almost everyone…
"WAHHHHHHHHHH!" came a cry of a baby.
"I'll get it…" Wolfwood said in a groggy voice, slowly rising from bed. It had been the third time that night that he had to get up and comfort one of the babies.
Milly said nothing and continued sleeping.
Wolfwood was wearing striped pajama bottoms with no shirt. He slipped on his pair of slippers and slowly walked into the babies' room. He walked over to the crib where the baby was crying. It was Katie. (He knew this because they put the names of each baby on their beanies.) She was standing up, holding on to the bars of the crib. The second that Katie saw him she stopped crying. She sat down and smiled while holding her arms up wanting to be held.
"Alright, alright…" He said as he picked her up.
He sat down in a near by rocking chair and slowly began to rock back and forth. He looked down at her. She was looking up at him with those big, dark, blue eyes of hers. He smiled then leaned his head back and began to hum a little lullaby. He eventually lulled himself to sleep. Katie snuggled closer to her daddy and fell asleep as well.
Morning
"Good morning honey" Milly yawned and sat up in bed. She looked to the side of the bed where Wolfwood should have been lying (He wasn't there). "Nick?" She got out of bed. She slowly walked into the babies room. She smiled when she saw Wolfwood sound asleep in the rocking chair, with a small baby, also asleep, in his arms. She walked up to him and gently put her hand on his shoulder. "Nick, honey time to wake up." she said quietly, not wanting to wake the babies.
"Huh…oh…ok.." He said in a groggy voice.
He slowly got out of the chair and handed Katie to Milly. She gently put Katie back into her crib. Wolfwood slowly walked to his own room. He stood next to the bed and plopped down on it and fell back asleep. Milly walked into the room and saw Wolfwood asleep on the bed.
"What am I going to do with you?" She sighed and shook her head. She shook him trying to wake him up. "Wake up sleepy head!"
"Unh….Five more minutes!" He mumbled.
She sighed "Fine, five more minutes. But you'd better be down by then." With that said she walked out of the room.
Ten minutes had past when Milly sent Vash to get Wolfwood.
"Oh Wolfwood." Vash said sneaking in Wolfwood's room. Vash was still in his pajamas. "Wake up!" He shouted jumping on Wolfwood's bed trying to wake him up. Wolfwood still slept. "Hmmmmm….Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" He yelled jumping up and down on the bed…..Nothing. "That's it…Body slam!" He cried jumping on top of Wolfwood. He got back up. Wolfwood seemed to be unfazed. "Damn he's a sound sleeper." Vash said scratching his head. "Hmmmm….I've got it!" He said snapping his fingers. He knelt next to Wolfwood. "Hehehe!" he snickered with an evil grin. "I know who's ticklish!" He said as he began to tickle Wolfwood all over.
"Ahhhhhh! What the hell?" Wolfwood screamed as he flipped Vash off the bed and grabbed him in a headlock.
"Ack! Time to wake up!" Vash said choking.
"Huh?…Oh…Yeah." Wolfwood said releasing Vash. "Give me five minutes to get ready."
"You've had ten minutes already!" Vash said rubbing his neck.
"It's not like I'm going to be late to work or anything! I'm a priest for God's sakes! Now get out of my damn room!" He said shoving Vash out of his room.
"Sheesh. What a baby." Vash mumbled to himself in front of Wolfwood's door.
"I heard that!"
"Eek!" Vash ran down to the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"Is Nick coming down?" Milly asked in a concerned tone.
"Yeah, he'll be down in a little while." Vash said in an uncaring voice.
Five minutes later Wolfwood came down fully dressed (you know, his typical outfit), looking very tired and very unhappy.
"Morning sunshine." Vash said in a sarcastic voice, who was also dressed.
"Shut the hell up!" Wolfwood said sitting down at the table. He put his head on the table.
"Sleep well?" Vash asked again sarcastically.
Wolfwood just flipped him off not taking his head off the table.
"Now, now honey. Be nice." Milly said helping Meryl put breakfast on the table.
"I'm sorry Milly. It's just I haven't been getting much sleep lately." Wolfwood said looking at Milly.
"Psht! That's only half of it!" Vash said casually.
Wolfwood glared at Vash then looked back at Milly. "I guess that's why I'm a little on the grumpy side." He said with an innocent smile.
"Ha! 'A little'?" Vash said bitingly.
"Shut-up needle noggin!" Wolfwood said tackling Vash.
"Ahhhh!" Vash screamed as Wolfwood knocked him out of his chair.
"You're the other half of why I'm so stressed!" Wolfwood yelled while punching Vash on the head.
"Don't blame me! You know you're grumpy cause you haven't had a smoke in almost a year!" Vash said trying to push Wolfwood off of him.
"Why you little-!" Wolfwood said wrapping his hands around Vash's neck trying to strangle him.
"Knock it off you two!" Meryl shouted.
Wolfwood ignored her and continued strangling Vash.
"I said-" Meryl smacked Wolfwood on the back of the head "knock it off!"
"Ow! That hurt!" Wolfwood said rubbing the back of his head.
"Now you know how I feel." Vash said sitting up, rubbing his neck.
"What was that?" Meryl said towering over Vash.
"Oh nothing dear!" Vash said as a sweat drop came from his head.
"Well, not that anyone is interested anymore, but breakfast is ready." Milly said watching the three of them argue.
"Oh ok." Vash and Wolfwood said calmly walking to table and taking their seat.
After breakfast Wolfwood and Vash cleared the table while Milly and Meryl tended to the babies.
"You know Vash, I don't appreciate it when you talk about my smoking problems in front Milly like that…" Wolfwood as he was washing a plate. "She gets a little disappointed when she thinks that I'm having trouble quitting. I'd rather have that she didn't, ya know, know anything. That way she won't worry about me. It's tough enough taking care of all the kids. The last thing I want is for her to worry about me." Wolfwood looked at Vash who wasn't paying much attention because, he was too busy blowing bubbles with his hands, in the dish soap. "Vash!" Wolfwood screamed in an agitated voice.
"What?" Vash screamed not knowing why he was being yelled at.
Wolfwood sighed agitatedly. "Never mind." He said as he went back to washing the dishes.
There was a moment of silence before Vash asked "So, how are you handling not being able to smoke?"
"Well, I found out that chewing gum helps." Wolfwood said while drying a glass.
"I thought you said the gum didn't help? I thought you used patches?" Vash asked.
"I still use the patches. And well the nicotine gum taste like crap, and there's not enough nicotine to help anyways." He said as he put the glass in the cupboard. "So I just chew normal gum."
"Oh, that's good, I guess." Vash said casually. "So you think you're almost over your addiction?" He asked.
"Heh, no." Wolfwood said with a small, uneasy grin. "After the fifth month of not being able to smoke I've been s-" He stopped.
Flash back
You see Wolfwood sitting in his room alone. He's chewing some gum and just sitting on his bed. Suddenly he looks to his side and sees a man sitting next to him. The man is dressed like an old western cowboy.
"Howdy partner." The man said
Wolfwood, startled, fell off his bed. "W-who are you?" He asked in a nervous tone.
"I'm John Wayne, partner!" He said standing up.
Wolfwood slowly stood up. "H-how'd you get in here?"
"I came threw the door, partner." John said walking towards Wolfwood.
"But you're supposed to be dead…You died over a hundred years ago." Wolfwood said in an unsure voice.
"Well I'm right here, partner."
Just then Milly walks in the room.
"Nick, who are you talking too?" She asked.
Wolfwood looked to where John Wayne was standing. He wasn't there anymore. Wolfwood looked back at Milly.
"Uh…No one." He said with a crooked smile.
End Flash back
"Wolfwood! Wolfwood! Come back, Wolfwood!" Vash said snapping his fingers in front of Wolfwood's face.
"Huh? What?" Wolfwood said coming back to reality.
"You said 'after the fifth month of not being able to smoke I've been…' you've been what?" Vash said looking at Wolfwood expectantly.
"Huh? Oh, uh, it was nothing." He said drying off his hands. He walked over to the couch and sat down. He stretched his arms across top of the couch and leaned his head back.
"What do you mean 'it was nothing'?" Vash asked in an agitated tone walking over to Wolfwood. "I want to know what you've been doing after your 'fifth month of not being able to smoke'!" Vash said standing in front of Wolfwood.
"Trust me, it was nothing." Wolfwood said not even bothering to look at Vash.
"Please, tell me! You can't just start a sentence and not finish it without someone wanting to know the rest!" Vash begged.
"You'll be a lot happier, and your life will be less complicated if you didn't worry about it believe me." Wolfwood said casually.
"Ok, fine!" Vash said as he sat next to Wolfwood.
"Oh Nick! We need your help!" Milly called from the babies' room.
Wolfwood sighed. "Ok honey." He called. He stood up from the couch and looked at Vash. "I'll be back in a few." He said as he walked into the babies room.
Vash was sitting quietly on the couch, twiddling his thumbs, thinking "I'm sure glad I don't have kids."
Suddenly he hears from the room "Good God woman! What have you been feeding these children?"
Vash snickered. "Poor Wolfwood, having to change diapers." He said quietly to himself.
"Aw! Nasty!" Wolfwood gagged as he ran down the stairs with a bag of dirty diapers.
Vash watched him as Wolfwood ran outside and slammed the door.
Just then Wolfwood opened the door and popped his head in. "Oh, Vash they need your h-" Vash was gone. "Err, that rotten needle noggin. I'm gonna kill him." Wolfwood mumbled.
After Wolfwood threw away the bag, he went back up stairs to the babies' room to finish helping out. When he was finished he went back down to the living room, while Milly and Meryl stayed and played with the babies.
As soon as Wolfwood came down the stairs Vash came out of the closet. "Oh hey Wolfwood I didn't see you there." He said with an uneasy smile as a sweat drop fell off the back of his head.
"Oh, Shut-up! Ya stupid jackass." Wolfwood walked over to the couch and sat on it. "Ugh, I need a vacation." He said as he laid his head back.
"Hey! Ya know what? That's a good idea!" Vash said sounding like he had an idea.
"Please, I'm not in the mood for sarcasm." Wolfwood said sounding exhausted.
"No! I'm serious! I mean taking care of six kids has got to be tiring. You and Milly can go away somewhere for a while and take a break and Meryl and I will take care of the little ones!" Vash stopped and waited for a response.
Wolfwood looked at Vash. "…..That-is-the-Greatest idea you've had since-since…" Wolfwood pause and thought for a minute. "I don't think you've had many good ideas in the past, but this one's a good one."
"Hey! I've had plenty of good ideas!" Vash protested.
"Oh yeah? Name one." Wolfwood said with a smirk.
"Well there was that one time…No wait…Uh- Well I can't think of any at the moment but, that's not what we're talking about. We need to talk to Milly and Meryl about you guys taking a vacation!" Vash said changing the subject.
"But where would we go? If you haven't noticed we're on a desert planet, there's not many vacationing spots." Wolfwood said as he got up from the couch.
Vash thought for a while. Finally he said "I'm sure Knives can hook you up with a nice spot."
Wolfwood looked at Vash blankly. "….Your brother, Knives? The insane, psycho, 'I'm going to destroy all humans' Knives?…Ok cool!" Wolfwood said casually.
"Yeah well he's changed…A little…Anyways, don't worry about him. I'm sure he's got a nice little spot he'll let you borrow." Vash said confidently.
"Well what if he doesn't let us borrow it? What do we do then?" Wolfwood questioned.
"Oh, don't worry. I can be very, very persuasive. Hee hee." Vash said with an evil grin.
"Ok. Well, were is Knives gonna stay?" Wolfwood asked.
"Uhhh, I guess he'd stay here." Vash said in an unsure voice.
Wolfwood blinked. "Uhhh, Vash, no offence but, I don't want your psycho brother any where near my children." Wolfwood said in a some what agitated voice.
"Oh don't worry! He's changed. And besides I'll be here to protect them, if anything goes wrong!" Vash said with a big grin on his face.
Wolfwood blinked again. "Now that I think about it, maybe this vacation isn't such a good idea after all." He said as he sat back down.
"Hey wait a minute! Meryl's gonna be here! And she's gonna help me take care of the babies. She's a very responsible woman ya know." Vash said.
"Ok, as long as she's in charge around the house and not you." Wolfwood said calmly.
"Deal!" Vash said shaking Wolfwood's hand. "…Hey! Wait a minute!" Vash protested.
"Ha! To late you already shook on it! Meryl's in charge!" Wolfwood said sticking his tongue out. He hopped off the couch. "Hey Milly! Pack your bags we're going on vacation!" Wolfwood called as he ran up stairs.
Vacation Day!
"Hurry Milly! We're gonna miss the bus!" Wolfwood called.
"I'm coming! Just hold on a sec.!" Milly called back. "Ok Meryl, Here's the list of everything about and what the babies need. And all the supplies are in the closet and-"
"It's ok Milly I know where everything is and I know how to take care of them. Now go and enjoy yourself and don't worry." Meryl said in a comforting voice.
Just then Knives burst threw the door.
"Ah, crap." Wolfwood said under his breath.
"So hic where am I gonna sleep? hic" Knives asked in a drunken voice.
Milly stood motionlessly as she watched Knives stagger threw the living room. Her eye began to twitch. "I don't want him near my children." Milly said emotionlessly.
"Heh heh! Don't worry about him, he usually sleeps all day." Vash said trying to comfort Milly.
"Yeah and if he gets within ten feet of the children I'll take care of it." Meryl said also trying to comfort Milly.
"C'mon Milly! We need to go now! Don't worry, Vash and Meryl will take care the kids!" Wolfwood called.
"Ok I'm coming!" She called as she ran down the stairs.
Milly and Wolfwood ran out the door and on to the bus. Meryl and Vash watched them drive off.
"I said hic where am I gonna sleep! hic" Knvies said staggering around the house. He finally fell on the couch and fell asleep.
"Ugh…I think I liked him better when he was a psycho." Meryl said while watching the drunken Knives sleep.
"I don't know. I think the alcoholic thing is an improvement." Vash said a small smile on his face.
"Yeah well, at least he's quiet." Meryl said also smiling. "So…What now? Milly and Wolfwood are gone, I don't have to work, and all the babies are asleep including Knives." Meryl asked looking at Vash.
Vash looked at Meryl. "I have a couple of things in mind." Vash said with a big grin on his face.
Milly and Wolfwood
"Wow! For a drunken idiot he sure knows how to raise a nice place." Wolfwood said as they stood in front of Knives's place.
It was beautiful, with green trees and flowers of all colors every where. In the middle there was a small little cottage.
Wolfwood looked at Milly "After you my dear." He said with a smile. He bowed slightly and put one hand behind his back while holding the other one out.
"Your so silly." Milly giggled.
They both walked into the little cottage. It was a cozy little place, nothing to fancy. They dropped their bags on the floor.
Milly gasped. "It's absolutely adorable!" She said eyeing the entire place.
"It's ok." Wolfwood said shrugging his shoulders.
Milly plopped down on the bed. "The bed's so comfortable!"
Wolfwood looked at her and raised his eyebrow. "Is it now?" He said with a smirk. He walked over to the bed and laid next to her. "So…What do you want to do on this 'comfortable bed'?" He asked with a big smile on his face.
Milly smiled. "What else would you do on a comfortable bed." She scooted a little closer to him. "Sleep!" She rolled over and fell asleep.
Wolfwood frowned then sighed. "Fine be that way." He said rolling over on his side. He sniffed. "But me so horny." He said in a little voice.
Milly rolled over and hugged him. "I was just kidding!" She said with a smile.
"Yessssss!"
Mean while
"Oh yeah! Oh yeah! It's so good!" Vash screamed.
"Faster, Faster!" Meryl shouted.
"Phew! Meryl I'm tired can't I take a break?" Vash asked.
"No! Keep going! Faster!" Meryl shouted.
You see Vash and Meryl sitting in the kitchen. Vash is stuffing his face with doughnuts and Meryl is cheering him on, while holding a stop watch.
"But Meryl, I'm stuffed I couldn't eat another bite." Vash said holding his stomach.
"Aw come on Vash, you're almost at a new record." Meryl pleaded.
"Fine!" Vash grabbed some more doughnuts and started shoving them in his mouth.
"Thirty seconds! Stop!" Meryl said as she pressed a button on the stop watch. "How many doughnuts did you eat?"
"Ugh, thirty-five." Vash said in a groggy voice.
"Yes! New record!" Meryl in a happy voice.
"Great! Now can I go throw up?" Vash asked while holding his stomach.
"Go ahead." Meryl sighed.
"Thanks!" Vash jumped out of the chair and ran to the bathroom.
Meryl shuttered as she listened to Vash vomiting. Suddenly Vash stopped. She heard the toilet flush. Then Vash walked out of the bathroom and leaned against the wall in a sexy manner.
"Hey baby. Wanna go up stairs and have some fun?" Vash said in a deep voice.
"Ugh! Brush your teeth first!" Meryl said in a disgusted tone.
"Hee Hee!" Vash giggled as he ran back into the bathroom. He quickly brushed his teeth and ran upstairs. Suddenly he heard a baby cry. Then all of them began to cry. "Awww man!" Vash said in a disappointed voice.
Meryl sighed as she came out of her bedroom. "Come on Vash. Lets go."
One Week later
"So…Tired…Must…Sleep." Vash said crawling to his bed. Suddenly a baby started crying. "Awwwww! C'mon!…Meryl!" He wined "It's your turn!"
"No it's not! It's your turn!" Meryl said in a groggy yet angry voice.
"Fine! But you'd better remember this!" Vash said as he slowly stood up. "I can't wait until Milly and Wolfwood get home tonight." He complained as he slowly walked to the babies room.
Vash didn't realize it, but before he even got into the room the baby had stopped crying. He slowly walked into the room. All the babies were sitting up, quiet as can be, staring blankly at Katie's crib. It was empty.
"AHHHHH! Oh my God! Oh my God! One of the babies is gone!" Vash shrieked as he realized that one of the cribs was opened, and the baby was missing. "Who's missing? Uhhh…Josh, Jake, Joe, Kimmy, Karri….AHHHHH! Katie! Where's Katie?" He screamed. "Katie! Here Katie, Katie, Katie!" He called while looking all over the room. Finally he ran back to his room. "Meryl, Meryl, Meryl!" He yelled as he burst open the door.
"What, What, What?" Meryl said as she hopped out of the bed.
"Katie, Katie, Katie!" He said freaking out.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Said anxiously.
"She's, She's, She's!" Vash said still freaking out.
"Just spit it out Vash!" Meryl yelled.
"Katie's missing!" Vash sobbed.
"What?" Meryl exclaimed. "Well let's look for her! You stay upstairs and look for her and I'll go down stairs." She said trying not to panic.
"Ok! That's a good idea!" Vash said as he started to search.
Meryl ran down stairs and began to search frantically.
"Katie!" Vash called. "Are you in here?" He said as he opened the lid of the toilet. "Nope." He shut the lid. "Are you here?" He said looking into the faucet. He turned it on and water sprayed his face. "Nope…Katie!" He ran down the hall. He looked into the closet. "Katie?" Suddenly, Kuroneko popped out wearing Katie's little beanie.
"Neow!"
Vash picked up Kuroneko. "Oh no!…Knives turned Katie into a cat!…Damn you! A caaaat!" He yelled as he kneeled down and held Kuroneko. "It's ok Katie…I'll turn you back!" he said with hope in his voice.
"Cat!" came a small voice.
"Yes Katie, you're a cat." Vash said in a weepy voice. "Wait a minute! Cats can't talk!" He said as he held up Kuroneko and observed it.
"Neow?"
"Cat!" came the little voice again.
Vash looked down and saw little Katie looking up at Kuroneko, holding her arms up. "Katie!" He happily exclaimed. He dropped the cat and picked up Katie. "I'm so glad you're ok!" He said as he hugged her.
"Cat!" She said trying to reach Kuroneko.
"You said your first word!" Vash gasped.
"Cat!" Katie said in a whiny voice.
"Oh, ok!" Vash put Katie next to Kuroneko.
Katie grabbed the cat and hugged it. "Cat!"
"Neow!"
Vash took the beanie off Kuroneko and put it back on Katie. "Meryl! Come quick!" Vash called.
"Did you find Katie?" Meryl called back.
"Yeah!"
"Oh, thank God!" Meryl said as she ran up the stairs. Suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks. "What is that?" She asked pointing at Kuroneko.
"Cat!"
"Yes I know it's a cat! But what is it doing h-" Meryl stopped and looked at Katie. "Oh my God! Katie just said her first word!"
"Yeah I know!" Vash said excitedly.
Suddenly they heard the door open.
"We're home!" Wolfwood called as he put their luggage on the floor.
"Where are my babies!" Milly called as she ran up the stairs.
Vash picked up Katie, who was still holding on to Kuroneko. He tried to take the cat away from her. "Come on, give uncle Vash the kitty."
"Cat!"
Milly gasped. "Oh my gosh! She said her first word!" She said jumping up for joy.
"She did! What'd she say?" Wolfwood asked in an excited tone as he ran up the stairs.
When Katie saw Wolfwood she dropped Kuroneko and reached for him.
"Neow!"
"Cat!"
Vash handed Katie to Wolfwood. "Here you are."
Wolfwood smiled as he held her. Suddenly Katie looked down at Kuroneko.
"Cat!" She said pointing at it.
"You want the cat?" Wolfwood asked. "Ok, here." He said as he knelt down and grabbed Kuroneko.
"Cat!" She said as she grabbed it from him.
"Neow!"
"How are the others?" Milly asked as she walked into the babies room. Wolfwood followed her.
Vash walked down stairs to where Knives was still sleeping.
"Knives. Knives!" Vash said nudging him. "You can go home now!"
Knives slowly woke up. "Huh?…Aww man! I've got the worst headache!" He said rubbing his forehead.
"That's because you've been asleep for a week straight, with out any alcohol. You're having withdraws." Vash said calmly.
Knives looked at him blankly. "…Who are you?"
"Ugh! Just go!" Vash said pushing him out the door.
"Ok! Ok!…Uh, where do I live?" Knives asked in a confused tone.
"You live in the place where there's lots of trees! Good bye!" Vash said in a irritated voice and slammed the door.
"Oh yeah!" He said as he began to walk away.
"Finally!" Vash said as he walked over to the couch. He plopped down on it and fell asleep.
Milly and Meryl came down stairs talking about what they did during that week. Wolfwood was a few feet behind them. He noticed Vash asleep on the couch.
"Heh! Pay back time!" He said to himself with a grin. He snuck up to him and knelt next to Vash. "Oh Vash." He said with an evil grin. "Wake up!" He yelled as he threw Kuroneko on Vash's face.
"Neow!"
"Ahhhh! Get it off! Get it off!" Vash screamed as he jumped off the couch, trying to pull Kuroneko off his face.
"Neow!"
"Ahahahaha! That's what you get!" Wolfwood said while laughing his head off.
Vash finally managed to pry Kuroneko off his face. "Grrr! Oh yeah? Catch!" He said as he threw the cat at Wolfwood.
"Ahhhh!" Wolfwood screamed as he tried to pull Kuroneko off his face.
"Ha Ha!" Vash laughed pointing at him.
Wolfwood pulled the cat off his face. He gave Vash an evil glare. Vash glared back. Then they both began to laugh.
"It's good to have ya back Wolfy!" Vash said as he put his arm around Wolfwood.
"It's good to be back Needle noggin!" Wolfwood said as he put his arm around Vash.
Suddenly all the babies began to cry.
"Uh, Gotta go!" Vash said as he ran away.
"C'mon Nick! Let's go take care of our babies! I've missed them so much!" Milly said as she put her arm around Wolfwood's arm.
"Yeah, I missed them too." He said with a crooked smile.
Well, that's the end of chapter 3! I hope you liked it! Oh and for those who didn't know Meryl and Vash are supposed to be married. Reviews please!