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Cat Fight

It had only been a few hours since Vash, Knives, Stella and Meryl had settled into the little town now known as Beginnings. A name that suited the people and their out look on life far better then any other town the sisters had come across.

Knives and Stella had, after putting their things into the bedrooms headed with the doctor to his workshop to begin creating the weapons that the brothers were planning on using. Stella wanted to stick with Meryl since she had been so upset, but she knew that if she had left Knives alone for any length of time, Stella herself would be strung up.

Knives could care less. He was just there to protect his mate, and if that meant that she was going to watch him like a hawk, so be it. They both knew who ruled in the bedroom. In reality Knives in his arrogance thought that he did, but everyone knew otherwise.

Both siblings had sent a message to their other half before disappearing. Vash was quite happy to get some time alone with Meryl and Meryl like wise. They both had some issues to go over before they reached May.

This is how the two were found, both naked in the narrow bed. Their bags tossed carelessly (by Knives) on the floor. Meryl lay on her stomach while Vash kissed tender lips to her spine.

"So tell me again how you are intending on infiltrating the compound?" whispered Vash through his kisses.

Meryl sighed and smiled, feeling Vash's lips return to their previous places. "We have to get in the back way. As far as I recall they haven't changed the design of the place. And since I have such a superb memory, I believe we can get back in the way Stella and I had originally gotten out."

Vash chuckled and rolled Meryl over him. "Is that so? Well then I best stick with you then shouldn't I?"

Meryl grinned toothily and nodded. "But I still believe that I need to con you into it. Therefore," Meryl rose and pulled on Vash's discarded shirt and her spare jeans, not bothering with underwear, "I believe that you need some donuts."

Vash's smile rose even higher. Though he loved Meryl to death, the idea that he could have both donuts and Meryl at the same time was exciting. "You go and do that. I'll wait here expectantly."

Meryl sighed and headed out. She threw a mental note to Stella not to bother going to get her and Vash for lunch…they were eating in.

Though Meryl had no real idea where she was going she headed in the general direction of where she assumed the food would be, she passed happy people living their lives something up until the fall of the ship, they did with trepidation. Children ran by her legs using her as a foe wall. Meryl smiled softly that was what Vash wanted more then anything in the world, children to call his own. That was why he had been so instant that he and Knives have weapons, so that Vash could protect the only thing, the only one that could give him that. Meryl was so entranced by her thoughts of how Vash would spoil the kids rotten, and what a wonderful father he would be, she never noticed the person that came up behind her and pushed her.

Meryl stumbled and shook herself out of her daydreams to face and possibly apologise for her clumsiness, until she was faced with the recipient.

"Jessica?"

"You…you stole my Vashy from me. HOW DARE YOU!" Jessica lunged forward, her small hands reaching for any article of Meryl's clothing.

Meryl wasn't expecting the attack but her instincts kicked in and she dodged easily, if not a tad sloppily. "Jessica? What's the matter? What do you mean I stole Vash from you?" Meryl continued to dodge Jessica's half assed attempts to hit her, while running off her questions.

"You! You're the one that Vashy choose not me; I should be the one with him. What didn't you think I couldn't hear you two? You may have been quite but I could hear Vash calling your name. It should have been me! He took Brad from me, he owes me!" Jessica screamed and reached for Meryl's shirtsleeve catching her off guard.

'Shit,' groaned Meryl as she was forced to the ground. 'Damn it, now I remember why I don't wear loose fitting clothes. Stella get your ass down here!'

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Stella's head shot up like she had been smacked, when in reality that's exactly what it felt like to have Meryl yelling for help. "Knives we have to go…something is happening and Meryl's in the middle of it." Without a second glance Stella headed out of the workshop and for the general direction where she heard Meryl yell.

The two made their way quickly and soon came upon a crowd of people. Some screaming 'hit her', 'punch her', 'take her out Jessica!'. None of which sounded in Meryl's favour, especially the one with Jessica's name in it.

Knives pushed and made way for Stella into the centre of the crowd. What the two saw there stunned them.

Meryl was rolling around trying desperately to fend of the enraged attacks from Jessica. Jessica screeched her displeasure and began to toss fist's full of dirt into Meryl's eyes. Meryl brushed it aside and tried ever harder to toss the girl from her perch on Meryl's waist. Finally Meryl wedged herself low enough to kick her legs out and toss Jessica onto her back, momentarily stunning the girl. Just as Meryl went to stand Jessica pulled once again on Meryl's shirt. Meryl yelped and was pulled back into the fray once again.

"Knives! Call Vash get him out here to stop this!" cried Stella as she clasped Knives' shirt.

"Damn it." He grumbled. "Why can't she finish the spider off on her own?"

"Because if she does she might kill her!" Stella whispered hoarsely.

"Fine." 'Vash?' called Knives, his eyes never leaving Meryl and her desperate fight.

'What is it brother?' came Vash's tired voice; he had been napping readying himself for his Meryl.

'You need to come down to the square; your mate is in a bit of a scuffle. She needs you.'

'WHAT?' cried Vash. Knives could feel his distress and the fact that Vash had fallen out of the bed.

'Just get down here.'