I'm sorry it's taken me so long to publish this chapter
Every time I would sit down to write I couldn't think of anything but now I have finally finished the chapter
Hope you like it

Chapter 3

Destiny Has Been Chosen

Vagari sat up, she was panting and sweating.
The girl groaned and threw the sheets aside. She stood and walked to the bathroom and stood looking in the mirror.

A million thoughts ran through her mind but one stood out the most.
She thought to herself
"Is this really me? Am I meant to live all my life a killer? Is this my destiny?"
Vagari washed her face and looked at her reflection in the mirror.
The same questions ran through her head.
She closed her eyes and clenched her hands into fists and all of a sudden her eyes flashed opened and she punched the mirror,
"This is me. My destiny has been chosen"

Meryl stood looking out the window.
She, Milly, Wolfwood Jr and Vash had been traveling for almost 3 months.
The images played over and over in her head.
They had found Vagari in their third day of traveling and they had all watch her take the life of a boy.

Meryl could feel tears running down her face.
All of a sudden she could feel someone hugging her from be hide and knew who it was.

"Meryl don't cry. I hate seeing you sad"

"Oh Vash, Those images keep playing over and over in my head and I still can't believe Vagari could do something like that"

Vash wrapped her into a tight embrace. The same images ran through his mind and in his dreams.
Vash looked out the window as he thought about his promise he had made to Meryl.

"Meryl, I promise I'll get her back"

Milly was the first one awake out of all four of the travelers.
She had gone and brought fresh bread and made their breakfast.

Milly had just set the table when Wolfwood Jr came into the room

"Morning Mum, It smells good. Does that mean breakfast is ready?"

She turned and smiled
"Nick, go see if Mr. Vash and Meryl are awake"

After a few mumbles about being hungry,

He left the room to go check on Vash and Meryl and soon all four were sitting down at the table.
After Milly had made them pray, she was the first to break the silence

"So, where are we heading today?"

Vash looked up.
"Towards the East, I've heard rumors that that's the way the went"

Meryl sat there looking at her toast
"What if the rumors aren't true?"

"Well at the moment we have nothing so for now it's just going to have to do"
Vash smiled at her knowing that inside Meryl was breaking down

Knives finished cleaning Vagari's hand
"You didn't tell me what happened"

"There's nothing to tell. I got frustrated and took it out on the mirror. End of story"

Knives stood and looked down at her
"What got you frustrated? Was it something to do with you taking that boy's life?"

Vagari turned and glared at him
"Part of it. What really frustrated me was the fact that my stupid parents are out there looking for me because they believe they can save me"
She turned away and looked out the small window in her room
"But the thing is I don't need to be saved. I chose this life"
Vagari turned and to face him, softly saying
"It's what I wanted"

Knives smiled and walked over and he too looked out the window
"I'm glad to hear it. When they arrive are you going to tell them?"

Vagari turned away and looked out the window once again
"Of course. If they chose to believe I need saving then that leaves me with once choice"

Knives smiled and got the evil look in his eyes
"To Kill them"

The four entered the town. It was now a ghost town.
If they had arrived a week before there then there would have been a huge population out and around town.

Vagari sat on a roof top looking down on them
"I thought you's would never show up"

She smirked and stood then jumped from the roof, landing on her feet.
Vagari wore a black singlet top and cargo pants with camouflage prints on them as well as boots similar to Vash's

"I've been waiting for you"
She stood and walked towards them
"I was starting to think you's would never show up"

Vagari knew what they were all thinking.
She smiled an evil looking smile
"Finally I can end this. I know you came here to save me but I don't need saving. As you can see I'm fine"

Vash frowned
"The Vagari I knew would never of taken a child's life or act this way"

Vagari felt anger and rage run through her veins
"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?" she screamed
Tears welling in her eyes and falling down her cheeks
"You never knew me so how can you say that. You weren't there when I was growing up, never there when I needed a father"
She felt the tears running more freely now down her cheeks

"I went through my whole childhood without a father and then on my 18th birthday you how up wanting to be a happy family acting like none of that ever happened"
Vagari was almost screaming at him now
"well I have news for you Pal, I don't want to be part of that family or old life"

Once again the evil smile appeared
"I'm happy with my new life"

Meryl cried out in pain as the doctor removed the bullet from her shoulder.
She thought of the fight.
Vash, Knives and Vagari had been badly injured.
Vash was conscious but Vagari and Knives had become unconscious after waking from their operations.

Vash sat next to Meryl's bed.
She groaned as she slowly woke

"Vash how's Vagari and Knives?"

Vash looked down."
Knives has regained conscious but doctors are now saying the doubt that Vagari will ever regain conscious"

Meryl froze as she heard the news and tears started falling from her eyes.
She didn't believe it, she couldn't.
How could she believe her only child my never wake again

"How do they know that? For all they know she could wake up"
She soon broke down into tears and sobbing

Vash wrapped his arms around her and tried to sooth her and comforts her in her time of need.

Meryl just couldn't control her tears.

For Meryl the last few days had past in a blur.
So far nothing had changed in Vagari's condition and doctors believe with each pasting day Vagari's changes of waking became slimmer and slimmer.

All of a sudden Vash came bursting into the room.
He was meant to be taking things easy but there was a good reason why he had been rushing the way he had

"Meryl…Meryl" He panted trying to catch his breath

"Meryl, She's awake. Vagari's awake"

Vagari groaned as the sun shined on her face.
She sat up and looked around but had to lay down again as she felt sharp pains through out her body.

All she could see was green and flowers
"Oh My God, I'm Dead"

"No your not. What makes you think that?"

Vagari turned to see a preacher man in black.
She stared "Now I know I'm dead"
Vagari looked at her feet then back at the man in black.

"You look like Nick. Are you Nick?"

He sat next to her
"No, My name is Nicholas. D Wolfwood"

Vagari looked at him.
"Your Nick's father but I was told you were dead so does that mean I'm dead?"

Wolfwood lit a cigarette.
"You're not dead. I'm in your dream and I came to tell you to turn your life around"

Vagari frowned at him and looked away.
"Did my father tell you to come lecture me too"

Wolfwood laid back.
"No, I came to tell you as I was once having the same troubles as you. I was a gung- Ho Gun and sent to kill Vash but I became friends with Needle-Noggin"
Wolfwood sat up and flicked his cigarette away
"Since I broke my promise to Knives I was killed"
With that he looked at Vagari

"When I realized that I wanted to help out Needle-Noggin and wanted to be with the woman I loved it was to late for me to turn back but you have the chance to start over"

Vagari looked at the ground and tears falling from her eyes
"I….I….I don't think I can. I killed innocent people"
More tears now fell freely from her eyes

Wolfwood helped her up and wiped them away
"It's never too late to start over again and don't throw this chance away. It only comes around once"

Vagari stared at him thinking about everything he had just told her and she knew it was all true and right
"I guess I could give it a shoot"

Wolfwood smiled
"Now go wake up. Your parents are worried about you"
He stepped away and started walking away.

Vagari stood and started walking the opposite way
when she heard her name being called and she turned to face Wolfwood who was now looking at her.

"Tell Milly I love her and I'll always look over her and Nick" he said

Vagari smiled and called back "I will and Wolfwood, you're my light at the end of the tunnel. You helped me see the errors of my ways"

I hope you liked it and sorry once again for taking so long to right
I'm writing the next chapter at the moment so hopefully it will be up soon