Studies of the Heart

Wooo hoo I finally got my computer back! It was taken from me after I got fired and i still haven't found a job but I've been let back on so hopefully I cna get somewhere with this and give you another good chapter. Now without further ado...

Disclaimer=I don't own trigun yada yada yada you get it there.


Studies of the Heart
chapter 8

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Nick coughed and opened his eyes. The first sensation that hit his senses was the reek of sex and he wrinkled his nose and tried to keep from gagging. The last thing he remembered was the two men who'd been sent to gaurd him finishing off and then leaving him to lay there after cutting him loose. He sat up wincing a bit feeling the soreness in his backside, plotting revenge on the two of them if he ever saw them again. He looked around noting that the sun was starting to rise in the distance and he knew that soon the public would be reentering the park. He had to find Vash and fast.

"Damn....this isn't good...where'd they take him? Ugh vash why do you always manage to get yourself into trouble?.."

He sighed and took off in the direction of the woods, following the intuition of the other knowing he must have been lured into them and remembering hearing his partner's screams from that direction the night before.


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Vash felt sick. The cold of the clearing had soaked through the fabric of his tattered jacket he'd pulled over himself, as well as the blood from his wounds. He lay in the center of it where they'd left him under the badly sputtering lamppost. He felt shivers running up his spine as his mind forced him to replay the grisly rape over and over before his eyes. His entire body ached, dark bruises lining his hips and dried blood caked on his inner thighs. he knew he couldn't move if he wanted to, and the thought brought a fresh spring of tears to his eyes spilling down already stained cheeks and he curled even tighter around himself.

"Nick....I wish you were here....what have they done to you?....it's all my fault..."

He shivered as a cold bracing morning wind hit him and tucked the battered jacket around his thin form wracked with sobs. They'd hurt him badly and he knew he needed medical attention. He could already feel the damage they'd done and knew he would be there a while but none of that mattered to him at the moment. He knew what he wanted more than anything but he couldn't get to him. He wanted Nicholas. He wanted to know that he was safe and unharmed and that he'd be reunited with him. As the first rays of the sun hit him he prayed that Nick would soon find him, and he let the darkness tugging at him take him once again.

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Wolfwood ran as fast as his sore body could carry him following faint tracks in the dirt path of the wood trail until something caught his eye. A lamppost jutted a bit above the treeline the bulb on it's last leg, but that isn't what caught his attention and he almost screamed as he beheld his friend and lover on the ground huddled under a crimson stained, badly torn jacket.

"Vash!!"

He ran over and pulled the jacket away gathering the battered body into his arms and holding him close trying to keep him warm. He gasped in shock feeling Vash's skin was like ice and he pulled his own jacket off and wrapped it around his thin shoulders.

"Oh Vash....please hang on buddy, I'm going to get you some help..."

He got up and looked around the clearing grimacing at how much blood covered the ground and finally found Vash's pants. He picked them up and broguth them back over to him carefully pulling them back on him. He then stooped and gently lifted him into his arms, making his way away from the clearing and the scene of the crime. From there he made his way out of the park even though the added weight of carrying Vash made his own wounds protest he wasn't about to let him go. He continued to walk until he got to the street where he hailed a cab. He set Vash gently into the back seet and told the driver to make for the hospital.

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"Damn....that was the last of my cash...."

Wolfwood fumbled through his wallet desperately looking for any spare change he had, also searching his pockets, becoming more frantic when he couldn't find any.

"Damn I need a cigarrette..."

He sighed reluctantly turning away from the machine and heading back to vash's room only to collide with a frantic Knives who turned the corner with no regard for the fact he was in a hospital and collided with the other.

"Whaoh whoah Knives slow down! You're gonna kill someone!"

"How is he?! Is he ok?! What did they do to him!?"

Knives was panicked and kept trying to push past Nick who had him but the shoulders.

"He's alright knives he needs to rest. You can see him a little later ok?"

Knives sighed but nodded and walked with Nick down to the waiting room.

"God how could this have happened....I shouldn't have yelled at him so much about it.."

Wolfwood looked at him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You couldn't have known Knives. It's not your fault dn't blame yourself for this. That Legato is a malicious bastard."

Knives nodded and the two of them sat down to wait.

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Vash opened his eyes closing them again with a bit of a wince as bright light flooded his vision and his head complained. He blinked them open again after the pain cleared and looked around him. He was in a white room with intruments along the walls and an iv was in his arm. A quick glance around told him he was in a hospital but he was clueless as to how he'd gotten there. He still had pain throbbing within him but it was the least of his worries at the moment. He wanted Wolfwood and he was scared to be in the room by himself. He shivered and pulled the blankets up higher tears forming. He'd tried to be strong for the other but now his resolve cracked and he needed him more than ever.

"Nick....where are you?"

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A little while later Nick and Knives came back to the room and found vash awake and sitting up crying. Knives rushed to his bedside and nearly crushed his brother in a hug remembering to be gentle at the last second. Nick came over and smiled seeing that vash was alert and awake and when knives let him go hugged his lover close comfoting him and assuring him that he was ok. Vash cried but out of releif to see that Wolfwood was for the most part unharmed, and laughed when he described just what he was gonna do to the two men who'd gotten him. The mood instantly shifted and the hurt and the pain of the past day was forgotten replaced by friendly words and comforting embraces when memories resurfaced. A little later Meryl and Milly showed up to give their regards and broguth vash a box of donuts whitch he graciously thanked them for. Through all the bad they'd been through legato's plan had failed. He hadn't broken anything only brought them closer.

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Legato fumed pacing back and forth in front of the two beaten men lying on the floor.

"This is unacceptable!! The two of you were supposed to kill him instead you just left him there!! That is not what I ordered! Idiots!!"

He gave them both a swift kick to the side and turned to Midvalley who was leaning against the doorframe chuckling at the mens' pain.

"And I suppose you don't give a shit either do you Midvalley!? It was you these men ordered to and it was you who was supposed to give them their assignment! I feel you've failed me but I'm going to give you one more chance and this time you are to kill Nicholas D. Wolfwood understand?!"

Midvalley gave a curt nod and smirked.

"As you wish Legato-sama. It will be done by the order of one Legato Bluesummers Nicholas D Wolfwood will wish he'd never seen the light of day."

With that he left the door swining shut behind him, bathing the room in an eerie yellow glow from the setting sun. Leagto walked to the window, the pattern of the blinds reflected across his face as he glared out of it.

"Last time we made an error in judgement but not anymore. The kid gloves are off this time Vash....this time your lover will die..right in front of you. You will feel eternal pain and suffering at my hands for what you have done to me..."

To be continued.....

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Ok there you go another wonderfully crapped out chapter for you to enjoy. did i make Legato a little too cliche? Oh well he is cliche so rawr sue me. Hope you all liked this one leave me some juicy comments and I'll get back to you with another chapter soon as i can. till next time
J-chan(aka Vash)