Hey everybody, I'm back and I have some fun stuffs. I'm going to concentrate on writing right now so there won't be any conversations in the beginnings for awhile. They'll come back though. Other than that, I'm going to make the fic, tricky and interesting. If you don't like it, I'm sorry, you don't have to continue reading if that's the way you feel. Well onto the fic!

Chapter 7:Thoughts On The Enemy

Kat snapped out of her Legato induced trance and looked away to see Vash, sitting in the corner, looking extremely shocked. She just looked very ashamed and ran past Legato and out the bedroom door. As she ran, so many thoughts ran through her mind that she could hardly contain herself in her own body. She picked up some cash that was in a jar on the mantle of the fireplace. She had stashed money there so no one would find it. The money was shoved into the back pocket of her jeans. Out the door ran a very sad and confused girl. Wolfwood and Milly saw the girl and looked at each other . They knew something was wrong with her because she didn't have anything with her and loud voices could be heard from the house. Milly, holding Daniel, ran into the house while Wolfwood ran into the town and eventually the desert looking for the half plant.

Wolfwood ran into the sandstorm of the desert looking for the girl. Wolfwood continued to run despite the sand flying though the air. In the distance he could see a faint figure. He squinted a bit and then ran full speed to her. Kat was huddled up against a rock in the desert crying. The storm was beginning to pass, and she intended to follow it to the next town, away from this confusion. She stood up to stay in the safety of the tail end of the storm. Wolfwood caught her though. He grabbed her around her shoulders and turned her to look at him. She fought with him and escaped his grasp.

"Kat wait just a second, Please?" Wolfwood shouted. The storm was now passed and she was to late to catch the camouflage qualities of it. She decided to stay and leave later. She would go home get her stuff and sneak out at night.

"What!" she yelled angrily, tears in her voice.

"Where ya goin' Kat?"

"I'm leaving this place." She stated simply.

"Why?"

"Just... because ok? That's it! I just want to leave! She stated, aggravated by the third degree she was receiving.

"So that's it huh?" Wolfwood was becoming peeved himself. "You're just gonna walk out of here and break Vash's heart again, is that it? 'Cus if that's the reason, I'll just let you go. But I will not let you leave because something happened and I will not have him worry day and night! It was good for him, when he found you, when the nightmares stopped!"

"Nightmares?" Kat whispered.

"He didn't tell you!" Wolfwood yelled into the dry, desert air. "He didn't sleep! He just half consciously mumbled to himself at night! afraid that if he slept, he'd see your face and be reminded of how he failed the only person, in his opinion, worth living for!"

"Well I have nightmare's too!" Kat screamed. She collapsed on the desert floor and cried. Wolfwood stood silently astounded and let her cry. After the initial shock wore off he quickly fell down beside her and held her close. He rocked her back a forth while petting the top of her head, mumbling things like, 'It's alright', and 'shhh it's ok'.

"It's hurts so much, the dreams do." Kat clamped her eyes shut and just rocked with Wolfwood. At that time, Vash had found them and ran over to her. Wolfwood let her go and when she felt his retreat, she looked up and pleaded with her eyes to stay. That's when she saw Vash. She leap up into his arms. "I'm sorry Vash but I can't stay." She said between sobs.

"What are you talking about?" Vash said, not paying any attention to the comment but holding on to her for dear life.

"Knives, I have to go see Knives." She whispered, against his neck while nuzzling into the hollow of his shoulder. She breathed in the scent of him while he stopped breathing.

"What?" he murmured

"I have to go see him. He did something to me. He was you. I need to go to him." Her body was calling out to his at the mere thought of Knives. She needed him beside her for a while, before she could let go.

"I'm not letting you go into danger deliberately!" Vash argued. He could feel Kat begin to squirm in his arms. Her breathing became labored and her eyes were half closed.

"Vash," she whispered into his neck.

Wolfwood had left a while ago and Vash could hear him back at the house talking to Legato.

Meanwhile, Kat had begun to kiss and nip at Vash's neck. Her arms were snaking lower over his muscled chest.

"Vash," Her breathy voice called out his name. It drove him mad. "Vash, I need you..."

"No you don't." It pained him to say the words, because even if she didn't need him, he needed her. He needed her desperately.

"Yes, I do Vash,... I need to remember how you feel,... not how Knives feels... I need you... to erase the memories." Her voice was soft and insistent. She did need him. It put him out of his mind. He didn't just want her, he needed her.

He lowered his head to hers and whispered against her ear. "Where can we go for a day or two?" His hands roamed her body hungrily. Finding their way around every curve she had. She was ready for him and he for her.

Kat gasped at the feel of his hands on her body. "What about the others," she whispered into chest.

He has breathing rather heavily now. "Screw the others," he breathed.

Her hands roamed over this body. Everywhere she could touch, she did. She felt around his face, in his hair, his neck, his chest, back, arms. She remembered his body from long ago. She did need his body. She was so accustomed to Knives that she had forgotten how he felt in her. She need Vash. Plain and simple.

She and Vash had gone back to the town reluctantly, but instead of going home, they went to the hotel. The rented a room and then proceeded to go to that room. Once inside, they began to kiss each other deeply. They held onto each other tightly and they moved towards the couch. When they got there they fell onto it. Though it was quite uncomfortable, it would have to do because neither of the two was willing to wait any longer. They began ripping at each others clothes finding them a burden on their hot skin. Once unclothed, Vash began to examine her body. He hadn't seen her in so long he could hardly remember how it looked under his, but he did find some new things that he definitely remembered weren't there before. He found scars. One across her collarbone, a few on her abdomen and a couple on her legs. As he carefully moved his hands to her back, he felt more. He saw some on the back of her shoulders. He stopped his exploration and looked into her eyes. She looked away for a second but unexpectedly turned back to him and kissed him deeply, pulling his attention away from her scars and back to her.

Vash was the first to wake up after their little escapade. He looked at the woman sleeping in his arms. In his opinion, she was the most beautiful creature to walk any planet. As he surveyed his surroundings, he found they were still laying on the couch where they had dropped. He picked her up and moved them both to the bed. Once he set her down, he decided to see just what the damage was. He looked on the back and saw the long clean cut scars. They weren't jagged like his were. All she had were scars . No bolts or pins or grates like he had. Then again he had been through a lot more with Knives than she had. As he looked her up and down, she started to stir. Her eyes opened groggily and she looked over at him.

Vash cracked a weak smile, "Hey there. Have a nice sleep?" Though he was smiling, she could see that he really didn't want to be. His eyes were those of a sad, thoughtful person.

"Yeah..." she said somberly. "So, we match now!" She joked, trying to lighten the mood but to no avail.

"Yeah, we do." Vash tried. He meant it to sound like a good thing, but i just came out like he was trying to humor her. Vash stood and put his pants on. "...So, what now?" He mused, more to himself than to her.

"Well you should get back to your "family"." She ventured. 'Out on a limb again, Kat.' she thought to herself. Sighing she stood up and found Vash's coat. She put it on and buckled the buttons that were down the front to a point. Vash looked at her and could help but think that she was gorgeous. She walked up in front of him and put her arms around his waist, pulling him to her in a hug. He hugged her back and set his chin on top of her head.

"What about you?" He questioned.

"You already know what I going to do."

"Stay with me forever and never leave my arms?" He tried.

"Vash..." She pulled away and looked up at him.

"Hey, I could only hope."

"Maybe... someday, when everything gets a little easier... we could do that."

"Then why not now? I know things are a little rough around the edges right now, but we've got a good thing going! Why not stick with it?"

"Because, I have to go. I can't stay for long." She pulled on her pants and top, then discarded his coat.

"Why can't you stay? I don't understand!" Vash wasn't upset, or angry even. He was just confused and didn't want to let her go again.

"Vash, please don't do this! You're right! You don't understand! But..."

"But what." Vash said calmly, hoping to finally get the real reason she couldn't stick things out with him.

"But, I can't ok! I need him right now! I don't know why, but it 's what I've known for so long... It's hard to let go sometimes!"

"Kat! He's evil! He's hurt you so many times! And now you want to go back?" Vash stood looking at her, astounded.

"YES VASH! I want to go back to him! I can't stay here, if I do, I have to relive all these bad things, and even the good memories hurt now! There's nothing I can do about it!" Kat screamed at him.

"Kat, listen to me..." Vash started but was cut off.

"No! You listen to me! You don't understand how it feels! ok!"

"Then tell me!" Vash yelled at her. Kat was taken aback as this was the first time she could remember him actually yelling at her.

"He broke me, ok! I was wild and I was crazy and I was with you! When he took me away, he broke me! I hate saying it but it's true! I don't like complications or challenges anymore! I don't like to be the one to win the race! I want to be quite and just laid back! I don't want to be alone, I don't want to have a say in things. I tried to go back Vash, when I saw you and stayed with you for the short time, but I just can't!"

Vash stood dumbstruck. He looked at her and almost couldn't believe what she was saying to him. Knives broke her. Jaded her. She would never be the same. But he wouldn't let Knives keep her. "Kat. Do you think if you go back to him, things will change?"

"No, I know they won't but I just want him to treat me like I should be, I want him to hide me away from the world. I will come back someday Vash, don't worry about that. Just let me go for awhile ok? Forget about me." She didn't look at him or even say good bye. She just let the awe stricken Vash stand there and watch her leave. She went back to the house where she found Milly, Meryl, Wolfwood, Daniel, and Legato, all sitting around the table talking. She walked past them all and up to her room to pack her things.

Legato got up from the table and followed her up. She was packing her things quickly and her breathing was heavy. She was crying. Legato walked over to her and held her still. She fought with him and finally broke free of his grip. Looking up at him, she walked over to the edge of the bed and sat, staring at the floor, crying. Legato walked over to her and crouched down in front of her.

"Hey." He said in his beautiful monotone voice. Kat just sighed a bit and turned away from him, getting up once again to pack. "Ok, then. I'll ask the questions. Where are you going? Didn't you just get here?" Legato tread this ground softly for he knew something had to be wrong if she was leaving the man she talked so much about in the mansion.

"Away from here." Her voice was weak and dry, you could tell she'd been crying, even if you didn't know her.

"Away... to where?" He asked softly.

"Back to Knives." She said in a shallow tone.

"Oh... I see. You're leaving Vash for his maniacal twin? That makes sense."

"Ha ha. You're just goddamn brilliant today!" Kat's voice held menace though her volume wouldn't rise.

"Why."

"Because I have to."

"No, you don't. What's the real reason."

"It's different here, I can't stay."

"Liar."

"What do you know anyways."

"I know enough to tell when someone's running away--"

"I Am Not Running Away!" Kat practically yelled at him. "I'm just leaving for awhile, I'll be back."

"Who are you trying to kid, Kat? We both know you aren't. The only one who doesn't... is Vash."

"I am coming back, someday."

Legato followed Kat when she walked out of the room and down the stairs. She stopped and said thank you to the other people and the proceeded to the door. She was stopped though. By Vash. He was standing in front of the doorway. Before she could say anything, he held out his gun. Upon closer inspection one couild tell that it was not , in fact, his gun, but hers. He handed it to her hilt first. She took it and looked at it a bit.

"Where did you find it?" She asked meekly, turning her face down so as not to see his face.

"You left it in... my coat." Vash lied, though both knew she had forgotten it on her way out of the hotel room.

"Thank You."

"Yeah." Vash grunted out. Before he moved to let Kat by, he looked Legato square in the eyes. The two made a silent truce for the time being, neither of them wanted Kat hurt. Little did they know that there was a third party wanting the same thing.

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