Trigun Fan Fiction ❯ Unseen Scars ❯ And He Has No Mercy ( Chapter 6 )

Unseen Scars Chapter: 6

 

Milly worked silently, re-bandaging his battle wounds from his very violent and intense family feud. Her smile, still plastered on her face as if she was a child's lifeless doll seemed more fake than usual. Her eyes weren't filled with happiness, but instead with anger.

 

No one could blame her after all. He was the one that killed the only man she'd ever loved and tried to do the same to her best friend. He was going to kill his only family. For them to be brothers, they were much different. The only characteristic the twins shared was the strong passion they had for their own beliefs.

 

Meryl still hadn't told Milly why she was so upset three days before hand. Of course, she still hadn't come out of her room since then either. Neither had Vash. She didn't know whether or not their problems were the same ones, but she was sure Knives had something to do with one of them.

 

"Mr. Knives, you're done. Do you want anything to eat?"

 

"No. But I would like to know something from you. Why is it that you do not cower in the sight of me? Has my brother told you nothing about me?" Knives glanced up at her curiously.

 

"Actually," Milly responded. "Mr. Vash has told me everything about you. It's just that my anger with you covers up my fear of you. Besides, my middle big brother used to always tell me 'there's nothing afraid of but your own fear.'"

 

Knives smirked. "Smart words for a spider to say. Though I would like to know why you are angry with me."

 

"You'll find out some day." And with that statement, she left him to think.

 

 

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Meryl stared blankly at the plate Milly had left her sitting on the night stand. It was the fifth plate Milly had left there in the past three days. And the fifth plate the tall woman would take back, cold and untouched. If Milly was lucky, the water she had left would be gone. But that had only happened once when Meryl threw the glass against the wall.

 

The short girl's eyes were red and swollen to the point in which it hurt to blink. So she actually tried to restrain it. It also hurt to move her eyes as if to look around, so she stared straight ahead, day and night, except when she might get a five minute nap and an eternal nightmare.

 

 

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Vash's knees hadn't come out of his chest. His body hadn't moved from that very spot against the wall. His back was hunched over and his arms were laying on his knees and being used as a cushion for his head. Tears still streamed down his cheeks and his eyes were red from how often they would have tears forcing their way out.

 

The tall man forced himself to his feet, knowing he couldn't sit there in his room forever, no matter how much he wanted to. He had to do as Rem said. He had to take care of Knives.

 

He stepped over the now cold plate of food Milly had left sitting on the floor, and made his way to speak to his brother once again.

 

 

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"So you finally decided to leave the depressing state in your room, eh Vash?" Knives looked up at his brother with "innocent" eyes.

 

"I can't stay anywhere forever with a brother like you. After all, I can't even stay in a state of happiness without you messin' it up."

 

"I'm sorry Vash."

 

"No you're not."

 

"I know."

 

Vash glared at Knives. "Why do you love it when I suffer? What did I do that was so horrible to you Knives?"

 

"Well, since the crash you never treated me like your brother, but more like your enemy. So I though, why not make it a two-sided battle, you know, make our feelings mutual. So I made you my enemy as well."

 

"You weren't my enemy. But you weren't my brother either. You changed after a while on the ship, and then you decided to kill everyone. I couldn't let you do that."

 

"You are so naive Vash. "

 

"Why? Because I am optimistic and try to see the good and not the bad? Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but that doesn't always happen. I never do see good in you. You know why? Because you are nothing but pure evil!"

 

"No, Vash. Pure evil is humanity. They kill, steal from and rape their own kind, sometimes their own family. They have no mercy." Knives looked Vash straight in the eye. "Wouldn't you consider that pure evil?"

 

"Yes. But you do have a similarity between them you know."

 

"What's that?"

 

"You are stereotypical. You see a human and think, 'murderer' before you even get to know them. What about the good people. The ones that actually help and not kill?"

 

"Name one."

 

"Milly."

 

"Who?"

 

"The tall girl who has been helping you all this time. She re-bandaged you fed you, fed me, and actually took care of you after all that you've done to her."

 

"She only did that to help you. She wouldn't help me if she didn't have to."

 

"Exactly. I treat her nicely, and she treats me with the same respect. If you were to respect them, they would help you out Knives. Even if they hate doing them."

 

"What the hell have I done to that girl Vash! Why the hell have you told her!"

 

"Everything. You killed my family on the ship, you caused July and Augusta, you tried to kill me, you killed her only love, you want to destroy all humans you-"

 

"Wait, her 'only love'? What kind of mushy shit is that?"

 

"That mushy shit is the truth. There is a thing out there called love Knives and please, do not make me explain the birds and the bees."

 

"Oh, please, I know what love is."

 

"And one day you might just feel it. Until then, just know that you took away her most important person in the world."

 

"Hm." Knives laid his head on his pillow and grinned proudly.

 

"What are you so happy about?" Vash glared at his smiling twin.

 

"I actually caused her a lot of pain. How nice."

 

Yeah, that deserved, and earned, a hard punch in the jaw from Vash. "You dirty bastard. You talk about humans not having any mercy when you sit here laughing at someone's pain. You're sick."

 

Vash walked towards the door and opened it. "Where are you going?" Knives asked.

 

"I need a drink."

 

 

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