Trigun Fan Fiction ❯ CrossFire ❯ Try Again ( Chapter 6 )

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Try Again

By Kouji

"People who sin say this: That they had to, to survive.

People who sin say this: That it's too late to stop.

The shadow called Sin dogs them steadily without a word.

Remorse and Agony are repeated, to finally end up at Despair.

But sinners don't know... that if they turn around, there is a light...

a light which keeps shining on them every so warmly." *

Jin thought of those words taught to him by his father. He wondered what they actually meant. He never got any of that philosophy stuff. He glared at Jay, who was just sitting in a lawn chair. He smiled, got up from the chair, and faced Jin. "So, you came back? Where's your friend? He didn't abandon you, did he?"

Jin growled. "No, he's still around. He's just too injured still to fight! I bet if he were fine he'd help me kick your ass…"

Jay glared. "You have a sharp tongue… Maybe I should cut it off!"

"I'd like to see you try…"

"You're an anxious one, aren't you… Well you'll have to wait, because we're fighting in a certain arena…"

"Alright then… Where is it?"

"In the middle of the desert just outside March City"

"Yes but where is it?"

"You'll find out…"

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"Sly? What are you doing here?" Jin asked, finding Sly in the desert.

"Um… I got lost…" Sly muttered.

"… Idiot… Well c'mon, we gotta find the 'arena'…"

"… Are you gonna use them?"

"…Yeah…"

"Be careful…"

"Hm?…"

With that, they continued on their way.

~~~

"Water… waaateeeer…" Sly groaned, crawling on the sand.

"Donuts… doooonuuuuts…" Jin said, also crawling.

"Hey, ya know what would be funny?"

"What?"

"If there was a huge neon sign that said 'ARENA HERE!'"

"… Get ready to laugh…"

"Why?"

Jin pointed to a huge neon sign that says 'ARENA HERE!' "That's why…"

"Oh… Then let's go!"

~~~

"So… You found me?" Jay said, standing up from meditation.

"Yes, no thanks to your cryptic clues…" Jin said, standing across from him.

Sly blinked. "I'll just stand here, then…" he said, watching Jin and Jay walk into the stadium.

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"Welcome to my arena, Jin the Stampede!"

"Enough with the chit chat, let's get this over with…"

"Fine then, but only if we add one simple rule…"

"And what is that?"

"We begin it in an old fashioned showdown. We face each other in opposite directions, back to back, and walk 10 paces. After that, we face each other and shoot. If both of us are still alive, anything goes after that!"

"… Fine then…"

The two got ready, walked 10 paces and fired. Jin got shot in his right leg, and Jay got hit in both arms. Jin flinched, and hunch down to the ground. Jay ran toward Jin, but Jin swung his leg, released a foot blade, and sliced Jay in the face. Jay growled and kicked Jin in the face. Jin went flying through the air. He grabbed a railing, swung off it, and kicked Jay. Jay hit a wall, and Jin fell to the ground, his right leg further injured.

Jin groaned as he struggled to get up. "Why… can't I activate them?…"

Jay walked over to Jin and picked him up. "I would kill you if it wasn't for the reward…"

Jin smirked. "Do you really hate me that much?…"

"Yes. I hate you with a vengeance!"

"But why? You could easily beat me right now…"

"Because… my father was killed by the actions of Vash the Stampede…"

"What?!"

"Yes… His damn 'Love and Peace' philosophy let insane criminals free! One of the people he let go eventually came to March and slaughtered hundreds of people, and thanks to my father's sacrifice, the man was brought down… Now Vash is dead and I have no one to take my pain out on… Except the son that is walking in his father's footsteps…"

"That's no reason to--"

"Your father was an idiot…"

"… What did you say?!"

"Your father's philosophy was stupid… Evil people deserve to die, even if they can change…"

"… But aren't you being an 'evil person'?"

"Maybe so… But this must be done…"

"… Then I guess you deserve to die!" Jin screamed, as the Spirit Gun Blades arose from the watches on each of his wrists. His now hateful looking eyes glowed blue.

"What the hell is that?!"

"Your executioner!" Jin said, as he stabbed Jay in the stomach.

"Agh!"

Jin then shot Jay, pulled the blades out, and stabbed him in the shoulder, right near his heart. He then pulled outward, tearing off Jay's arm off, as blood flew onto the floor, splattering on Jin's face. Jay was now on the floor.

Jay writhed in pain on the ground, as Jin picked him up, and prepared to give the final blow.

"Go ahead… Do it…" Jay gurgled. "Kill me, you freak…"

Jin froze as he remembered his father's words.

"People who sin say this: That they had to, to survive.

People who sin say this: That it's too late to stop.

The shadow called Sin dogs them steadily without a word.

Remorse and Agony are repeated, to finally end up at Despair.

But sinners don't know... that if they turn around, there is a light...

a light which keeps shining on them every so warmly."

It was at that moment that Jin knew what his father meant. If you do something wrong, you had no right to do it, and there is always a chance to try again and make things right. So he slowly put Jay down, and began crying for what he had done. His eyes slowly went back to normal and the blades retracted.

~~~

In a dark room somewhere, Daggers was cursing. "Damn, I lost control of him… Even in death, my father still ruins my plans… But you can't and won't stop me the next time I strike, Vash…" He picked up his 2 guns and loaded them. "Jin… I'm coming after you…"

~~~

As Jin cried, a badly injured Jay aimed a revolver at him. "Goodbye, freak…"

"Sorry…" said Sly, shooting Jay in the head with a pistol. "I can't let you do that…"

Jin got up and grabbed Sly by the collar, shaking him. "What did you do that for?!"

Sly was unfazed. "He was going to kill you, so I shot him… It's as simple as that…"

"But… We could have changed him!"

"But what if we couldn't? Let him go and have him try to kill you again?"

"Just… leave me alone…"

"…… Fine. You want me to leave? I'll leave. You can just stay here feeling sorry for yourself…" Sly began to walk off.

"… Wait…"

Sly stopped. "What?"

"… I'm hungry…" Jin then passed out.

Sly smirked a bit. "… I just can't stay mad at you…" he said as he picked Jin up and carried him on his shoulder. "… Wow, you're surprisingly light…" Sly then carried his friend out of the arena.

The End… for now!

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… Goodnight, everyone…

~ Kouji

*=Vash's quote to the preview of "And Between the Wasteland and Sky"