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Epilogue

Love and Peace

"Oh no! You got me! Please spare me! I'll do whatever you want, Mr. Sheriff!"

"Then get on your knees and beg, Vash the Stampede!"

"Same goes for you, Bladed Siren!"

"Hey, wait a second! Why do I have to be the chick?"

"Because you're more girly than uncle Vash, daddy!"

"What did you say, you brat?!"

Alexia laughed from her seat on the porch as Alexander began to chase his son and daughter around the yard. Vash kept his seat on the ground, watching with a laugh of his own.

"Is the monster still kicking?"

At the voice, Alexia glanced at the man that sat beside her. "No, they've settled down for now."

Wolfwood smiled at his wife. "Good. It's due any day now so I want you well rested for it, understand?"

"I've given birth before, Nicholas. I know how it goes."

It had been nearly ten years since the showdown between Vash and Kyri and their siblings. Ten long years that turned out to be more peaceful than most could imagine it would be. Alexander and Alexia had left the group behind but, as fate would have it, they continuously ran into Vash over and over until, finally, Alexander called it quits. He had married Milly a year after everything happened and had a son and a daughter.

Alexia was now married to Wolfwood with their second child on the way themselves and neither could have been happier.

With Knives and Kyra defeated, the Eye of Michael had been freed from their hiding and Livio was able to return to the Orphanage that he and Wolfwood had grown up in, both men running it now that no one was left to do so.

Kyri's predictions of Legato and Eryn sticking to her like glue had come true, just like Sylvia and Midvalley did, too. The four of them had turned into Bounty Hunters just like the Rush Twins, pleased with their new life styles.

Yes, everyone was living happily together where they were. When Wolfwood and Livio returned to the Orphanage, Alexia went with him and soon the once devastated town was blooming with the arrival of so many new faces. They were all neighbors to each other now, one special house in the middle of it all.

Vash stood up from the ground, still smiling as his friend played with the children in the yard. Kyri had created another red jacket for him, claiming that he just didn't look right in anything else after so long.

Kyri and Vash had been offered the house they now lived in when Livio returned to the Orphanage. After they agreed to take it, the others followed them. Midvalley and Sylvia shared the house to the left while Alexia and Wolfwood lived in the one on the other side and Milly and Alexander were across the street. The strange travelers had turned into even stranger neighbors but it pleased Alexia to see that everyone had grown together over time. She hadn't seen a sad look on either Vash or Kyri since they started living here, making her hope that maybe, finally, the two of them got the long deserved rest that they needed.

"Hey, Wolfwood," Vash called over to his neighbor. "I'm going to go save Ki from your hellions. Make sure you don't let Alexander kill his kids, alright?"

"I make no promises," The priest shot back. "But if you don't hurry back then I'll go find all those donuts Kyri makes you and eat them all."

Vash gasped in horrible before taking off for the orphanage, crying out how horrible the priest was.

Alexia laughed as eh hurried away. "There's never a dull moment around here; ever."

Vash slowed down to a walk as the orphanage came into view. Figures could be seen playing outside, Kyri and Milly among them. Midvalley and Sylvia had taken up another bounty request to deal with the Nebraska Family and had taken Eryn and Legato with them or else you could find the four of them helping with the orphanage too or playing music at the bar that was a little further into the town. Since their arrival to the town eight years ago, it had prospered immensely. Vash had helped fix the plant, returning life to everything in the area. The best part was that no one knew who he and Sylvia was and if they did, they didn't say a word about it. It was like their pasts had faded away; as much as was possible, anyway.

"Vash!"

At the young girl's squeal, Vash grinned and picked the child up as she ran to him. "Hey there, beautiful! You've been behaving yourself, right? No hard times for Ki?"

"Of course not, Vash!" The girl giggled as the children swarmed him.

"If you keep being sweet on them, you'll break their hearts, Vash." A voice scolded.

Vash gave a sheepish grin as he looked at the love of his life. "You know I can't help it, Kyri! Just thinking about how beautiful they'll turn out to be makes me all tingly inside."

Kyri gave her man a look of horror. "I knew you were a freak, Vash, but I'd rather you keep those impure thoughts to yourself."

He pulled a look of horror. "Not like that, Ki! You know me!"

Kyri giggled as the children all began to pick on Vash. She was…happy. She thought they would wander for the rest of their days but to find a place to settle like this, at least for now, it was like the little home that she had always wanted. She didn't even mind Meryl coming around every now and then to check on Milly and the twins. Now that she no longer had to fight…she felt at peace.

"Let's hurry home before that priest steal all my donuts," Vash commented, reaching for Kyri's hand. "I don't feel like beating him for breaking and entering our house."

"All right, all right," She took his hand before turning back to the building. "Ki-Ki, Knives, are you coming?"

At their names, the duo conversing with Livio turned. "Just a moment."

Vash watched as his brother and Kyri's sister continued to talk about expanding the Orphanage to make more room for more children. He couldn't be prouder. To think that the two of them were trying to save human children now instead of killing them…it made his eyes water.

Vash and Kyri had locked both the Revolvers and the Gunblades away in the house that they shared with their siblings, keeping them out of reach. Knives and Kyra fought them every step of the way but eventually began to see things differently than they originally had. Both rather liked dealing with children than adults still but it was a work in progress. It had taken Vash nearly twenty years to change Kyri; he would wait another twenty if it meant that their siblings would stop killing and live peaceful lives as well.

"You know," Kyri's voice made Vash look back at her as the sun began to set behind the town. "I know a lot of people died because of us, because of what we've done, but to be honest, I wouldn't change anything I've done." She turned and looked up at him. "I'd do it all over again if it meant I could be here with you like this again."

Vash smiled at her. This was the woman he had loved since he could remember. If things hadn't gone the way they had, he knew that he still would have loved her, no matter what, but their story was one of a kind and he wouldn't change it for the world.

"I wouldn't want it any other way, either," He leaned down to kiss her. "Not now and not ever."

And as time went on, the stories of The Humanoid Typhoon and the Bladed Siren fell from stories of fear and destruction into ones of Love and Peace.

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