Wolfwood's new profession

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Ranmene: I love your review! And yes I know what you mean with the whole ‘FUCK RIGHT NOW’ kinda thing…I’m deciding to take this a bit slower than most of my other fictions…because people don’t always just jump into bed together and it’s all happy and wonderful…know what I mean? Lol but thanks for your review and I hope ya like this chapter!

genuinelies: Lol! Yeah I’m kinda impressed that I can write this so fast! All my fans in the DBZ section hate this story cause I’m spending more and more time on it, so they get less updates…but this is so much more fun to write! Lol! Thanks for your review!

specimennumber1:lol…yeah it made me laugh when I wrote it…such a Wolfwood thing to think! And when I’ve got time I promise I’ll read your fics! *grins* Thanks for your review!

fluffmaster: NOOO!! No kill Hella! *cowers* Here …here… *hands new chapter* and vacation finished early so that’s why I’m updating now and not in two-three days time! Lol thanks for your review! *grins*

Zierra: lol! Glad you liked it! It’s certainly quite enjoyable writing this fiction…I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun writing before! Thanks for your review! (and yes…Meryl is super dense….*shakes fist*)

aspiker: lol! Yeah I know what you mean…it looks like this may turn out to be quite long too…at the moment it’s kinda resting on about 20 chapters but I have the feeling if it wants to be fleshed out…well…yeah there’s no telling how long it’ll be! Thanks for your review and I’m glad you liked the fact that I chose to plot it! I didn’t want to upset anyone! Lmao!

Pips: *worships you* I LOVED your review…so much that I actually printed it out and whenever I felt like ‘why the hell am I even bothering to write this?’ I got it out and read it and it puts a smile on my face. It’s nice to be so appreciated and to know that people spot the little things that I make an effort towards! Thanks for your review and I hope you like the next chapter!

Okay! Just thought I’d throw out some warnings cause I realises I didn’t at the start and my wonderful sister pointed this out to me! Lol, so warnings FOR: Meryl bashing (I seriously can’t stand her…), intelligent Milly (She’s so awesome!), emotional (yet beautiful) gunmen, character death, charcter reformation, lemon (obviously), gruesomeness in later chapters, rape, a faint bit of het *cowers from glares*, cheesy-ness and I think that’s about it…so…yeah…just to let you know!

But thanks everyone for even bothering to click on this story and read it! It makes my day to know that some absolute crap that comes from my imgaination is actually entertaining people! *hugs everyone*


Without further ado….

Chapter Five: Breakfast


Wolfwood woke slowly, and rubbed a grainy eye with his fist, yawning loudly as he rolled onto his back. One thing about living on a planet of sand is that it gets everywhere…

‘Even into eyes that have been shut all night’ he though wryly. Events of the previous evening slowly came back to him. A flash of lips too soft to be real, a flicker of someone whispering his name between moaning pants, a glimmer of a well-treasured dream blissfully coming true. Wolfwood smirked widely as it all came back in a rush, a warm hand feeling adventurously across the bed.

“Vash? Vaaaaaash….” His palm encountered nothing, not even a slightly warm patch where he might have lain, and Wolfwood shut his eyes again, letting out a heavy sigh.

‘So it was all a dream then? Damn…’ He felt like crying, actually scrubbing at his eyes for a few seconds as they misted in sheer frustration. He sat up and surveyed the room, finding himself alone. The bed across the room was made but that wasn’t unusual. Vash always made his bed once he got up, something about making less work for other people. Vash was always thinking of everyone else. It made Wolfwood want to cry again.

‘How much longer can I go on like this? I was so sure it was real this time…so sure…’

Wolfwood swung his legs off the bed, sighing with relief at the coolness of the floor. He glanced outside, already seeing faint heatwaves radiating off the windowframe. Two birds tried to land but fluttered uselessly over the hot sill before flying off, coming to the same conclusion as the priest.

‘Damn..its going to be a hot one today…’

He scrubbed his hands through his hair, then arched to stretch his hands above his head, yawning again. A quick knock sounded at the door, opening before he could grant permission. Spiky blonde hair and a grin entered, quickly followed by Vash.

“Hey!” He raised a hand, noticing Wolfwood’s dour expression. He came forward with a coy smile, leaning down to kiss a suddenly stunned Wolfwood on the cheek. “Just coming to tell you that the girls are buying us breakfast down in the restaurant! Vash grinned and walked back to the door. “Better hurry, else I’ll eat it all!” He shouted, voice fading and feet thumping joyously down the hallway. How the man could make the act of running sound so happy, Wolfwood had no idea.

The priest touched his cheek gently, then pinched it, just to make sure.

‘No…not dreaming….’

A silly, stupid grin plastered itself across his face and he giggled, suddenly glad he was by himself. No one should ever be witness to a grown man giggling like he was right now. His stomach growled and he suddenly remembered what Vash had come in for.

He leapt from the bed and scrambled for his shoes, running a hand absently through his hair to make himself presentable. He did, after all, have his pride as a tradesman to think about.

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Wolfwood paused at the base of the stairs, Vash’s raucous laughter reaching his ears. He smiled to himself and headed into the restaurant, scanning tables for the red coat. He found it without difficulty, seeing as how everyone else had chosen this morning to dress in rather drab colors and the gunman stood out like…like…something that really stood out a lot.

Wolfwood was only half-awake and unable to think of a better metaphor as he navigated tables and arrived just as the food did.

‘Perfect timing…as always…’ He silently congratulated himself, pulling out a chair.

He sat down, exchanging a knowing glance with Vash, as Meryl smacked the Stampede’s hand out of habit when he reached for a plate of waffles.

“No, Vash…we have to wait! Oh…you’re here now…” The last was said with no lack of resentment, seemingly dripping with fake politeness. Wolfwood snorted in reply, shooting Milly a welcoming smile which she returned with her usual enthusiasm for all things friendly.

“So…” Milly idly swirled a stick of waffle through the syrup on her plate. “Did you two have a fun night last night, Mr Priest?” She asked, eyes flicking up to take in both gunman’s expressions, watching for minute changes without seeming to. She wouldn’t have seen it if she didn’t know what she was looking for though. Both started slightly, exchanging the smallest of ‘caught’ looks before Wolfwood coughed, stretching to grab a piece of toast to buy himself time.

“Uh…actually…yeah we did…uh…kinda…well no…not really…not at all in fact…” He glanced at Vash again as the gunman almost choked on his waffle, trying to muffle his laughter.

Milly nodded, appearing vacuous but secretly enjoying making the two of them squirm. She popped another piece of waffle in her mouth, chewing slowly then swallowing, giving them time to think they were out of the woods.

“What did you two…get up to? She asked innocently, and Meryl had to slap Vash on the back as he started choking for real. Wolfwood eyed her warily, pausing in buttering his toast, unsure if she knew something. Milly just smiled back as she awaited the answer.

“Uh…not much…we just lay around for a bit, then went to bed…Are you OK there, Vash?”

The gunman’s eyes were watering as he thumped a fist against his chest, taking a big gulp of air when the blockage finally cleared. He immediately reached for another waffle and they all rolled their eyes.

“Vash…you’ll choke again! Let me cut it up or something!” Meryl admonished, trying to grab the waffle from his hand. Vash frowned at her and held it over his head where she couldn’t reach it.

“Nuh-uh…I won’t…” He said, leaning further back in his seat as she sat up, still trying to grab it. Wolfwood and Milly looked on, trying to see who would win out, Meryl, or the chair Vash was sitting on, which looked to be precariously close to toppling.

“Yes you will! Gah!” She finally gave up and sat back down, crossing her arms angrily. Milly giggled as Vash quickly brought his hand down and stuffed the whole waffle in his mouth, chewing noisily. He grinned at her through the mouthful, making Wolfwood snort with laughter when bits of waffle fell out of his mouth and landed on the table. He quickly picked them up and put them in his mouth again as Meryl practically gagged.

“That’s revolting, Vash!” She shrieked, her face screwing up.

He shrugged and began to load his plate, drizzling the lot with maple syrup.

“Droo we haff anry branaras?” He asked, still chewing, a small piece of waffle flying out of his mouth and landing on Meryl’s plate. The insurance girl threw her hands up in disgust and left, dragging Milly with her. The bigger girl grabbed for her plate and carried it with her, waving at the two gunmen over her shoulder.

“Well catch up with you two later, ne?” She shouted.

Wolfwood nodded and Vash waved back.

“Brye!!”


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Hope people enjoyed this chapter! I certainly enjoyed writing it! I’ve read this chapter to so many of my friends and family and they all really like it, so I hope you did too! It\'s been the most fun to write so far!

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Here is the alternate ending - for newcomers reading this for the first time...i have written an alternate ending for this chapter because of a suggestion for a reviwer...It may appear similar for a while but it\'s not...


Alternate Ending


“Vash…you’ll choke again! Let me cut it up or something!” Meryl admonished, trying to grab the waffle from his hand. Vash frowned at her and held it over his head where she couldn’t reach it.

“Nuh-uh…I won’t…” He said, leaning further back in his seat as she sat up, still trying to grab it. Wolfwood and Milly looked on, trying to see who would win out, Meryl, or the chair Vash was sitting on, which looked to be precariously close to toppling.

“Yes you will! Gah!” She finally gave up and sat back down, crossing her arms angrily. Milly giggled as Vash quickly brought his hand down and stuffed the whole waffle in his mouth, chewing noisily. He grinned at her through the mouthful, making Wolfwood snort with laughter when bits of waffle fell out of his mouth and landed on the table. He quickly picked them up and put them in his mouth again as Meryl practically gagged.

“That’s revolting, Vash!” She shrieked, her face screwing up.

He shrugged and began to load his plate, drizzling the lot with maple syrup.

“Droo we haff anry branaras?” He asked, still chewing and spraying waffle, a small piece flying out of his mouth and landing on the side of Meryl’s face. Wolfwood choked back a snort of laughter and struggled to keep his face straight. Milly’s mouth tightened in her attempt not to smile and Vash froze, mouth half-open, staring at the insurance girl.

Meryl just twitched and stared straight ahead, color slowly rising in her face. The restaurant suddenly seemed quieter, or it could have just been that Meryl’s shouting was that much louder.

“VASH!!” She sounded appalled and shot daggers with her eyes at the gunman. “Oh. My. God…” She cringed away from her cheek as she slowly raised a finger and flicked it off with a wince. It landed back on the table and everyone’s mouths dropped open in shock when Vash picked it up and put it back in his mouth. He looked round at everyone’s faces.

“What? It’s still good…” He said, shrugging and going back to his plate.

Wolfwood just shook his head and laughed, glancing at the gunman beside him. The insurance girl threw her hands up in disgust and left, dragging Milly with her. The bigger girl grabbed for her plate and carried it with her, waving at the two gunmen over her shoulder.

“Well catch up with you two later, ne?” She shouted.

Wolfwood nodded and Vash waved back.

“Brye!!”

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Hope everyone enjoyed this. If it’s better than the original I might replace it entirely. Please tell me whether this would be a decent idea…*hopeful eyes*

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