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Trigun before the Aftermath

WOOT ALL OF THE SUMMARIES ARE FINALLY DONE!!!

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Episode 1, The $$60,000,000,000 Man
Scene One ~Vash is in a bar looking all cool and calm... ~Men in the bar are talking about him... not knowing that he's listening in... ~Out of nowhere a giant boomarang cuts the bar in two and a sign flys up and lands hard into the ground. ~ In the midst of the dust and rubble flying everywhere, men that surrounded the front side of the bar start shooting inside, what reason? Rumors of the Humanoid Typhoon. ~As soon as the dust starts to part, the men all stop shooting and a monsterous man, named Descrates, grabbs hold of the giant metal boomarang that he threw. ~There's a long pause... then from behind the sign that fell, Vash the Stampede puts down a drink calmly and stands up. He draws his gun smoothly and points it at the men. Scene Two ~Milly and Meryl are in a bar sipping on a sundae and tea when they ask the bartender about who Vash the Stampede is. (The reason they are looking for him is because they work for an insurance company ad they need to keep him under 24 hour survalence because of all the things that get blown up around him) ~The bartender tells them that Vash is a tall man with short legs, a mohawk, and a huge metal weapon. Scene Three ~Vash is under the sand with a straw in his mouth to breathe when he grabs one of Descates' henchmen and knocks him out. ~Flashback Moment: After pointing the gun at the men, (in scene one) Vash pulls the triger on the gun to find that there was no bullets. He runs away like a maniac dodging lotsa lotsa bullets. ~End Flashback ~After this, Vash has a little happy and polite converstion with the guy he knocked out, (even though the man had a gun pointed to his back) ~They're caught by Descrates and the henchman is severally wounded. ~Then Vash is caught and tied up. Scene Four ~Milly and Meryl are riding (I think they're called Jordans... can't remember) out into the dessert where Vash is rumored to be. **they still think that Vash looks like the description of Descrates... just so you know** ~Then they meet up with Descrates and his henchmen with Vash the real Vash tied up and against a stone. ~They offer Descrates a box of doughnuts but he's stunned (but doesn't say anything) that they think he's the legendary gunslinger. ~Then a bounty hunter named Ruth appears on the scene and all hell breaks loose. **Ruth thinks Descrates is Vash, Milly and Meryl think Descrates is Vash, Descrates is having his doubts about the real Vash and thinks its Ruth...yada yada yada...** ~Then M&M are riding away and Vash is running along side them with the box of doughnuts they brought. Meryl gives Vash $$10 to go warn the town about Descrates (who they still think is Vash) and they give Vash Meryl's own personal thomas to ride. ~Then M&M go back to try and negotiate with Descrates to come and find that Ruth and Descrates are talking calmly together. They agree that they were both mistaken and knew the real Vash was the real Vash. ~They tie up Milly and Meryl and it looks like Descrates is about to rape them, when a stray bullet hits the ropes and cuts them down. They see that it's the real Vash and he's come to help them. ~Then Descrates and Ruth have Vash cornered tthe peak of a huge cliff. ~Descrates throws his boomarang and Vash says as he dodges, Dangerous are fun but if you don't be careful someone might get hurt and jams the bomerang contraption on Descrates side knocking him out easily. ~ Then Vash turns to look at Ruth and tries to warn him, "Hey you there better look out!" but alas... he's hit with the stray boomarang. ~Then a bomb goes off (that ruth through in a last ditch effort) and the cliff begins to fall, Vash shocked begins to freak out, then turning to the girls he gives a thumbs up and screams, Hey there did I work of the doughnuts and the ten double dollars?! He laughs insanely and the girls sigh back to their zero in the search for Vash. No one is killed... just injured. Scene Five ~Meryl is typing on a typewriter about what happened and she is forced to pay all the insurance bills. (the town was crushed but Vash had already warned them)

Episode 2, Truth of Mistakes
Meryl and Milly are stranded in a town with no water, they wander until they spot a well the well however is dry and no water can come out. Milly spotting a mansion runs for it, Meryl tries to tell Milly to stop but its to late at the mansion they ring the doorbell, Vash is at the door, Meryl holding another box of Donuts is about to offer them when Vash snatches them and begins eating them. Vash had already given glasses of Water to the two girls and now offered to share his donuts, Milly gratefully excepted while Meryl impatiently awaited an explanation for Vash's appearance at this place. Inviting them in Vash brings the girls to Cliff and Maryanne, Cliff explains he would of hired anyone who came to the add and said that person was Vash just to scare off the people who plan to kill Cliff and stop his Water Tyrancy. Meryl offers to help with being a Body Guard and Milly is forced into it as well. Meryl is outraged when she learns that she has to cook with Milly instead of getting to fight. Before dinner Vash walks down the halls and hears the water running in Maryannes room, like the womanizer he is he would sneak outside and lower himself to her window, looking in to see nothing but an empty bath. Milly sees Vash and questions him, Vash explains how he thought he heard "spooks" on the roof tops, Milly believes him and they head to Dinner. After Dinner Vash comes to talk with Maryanne about the stars and their future, he hugs her and Maryanne reveals a bit of pain from the touching of her right shoulder, Vash doesn't notice but Maryanne says someone is watching them, Vash angered that he got cut short of his time with her dashes tackling the spooks. He sees there actually Milly and Meryl, angry he looks back and yells everything is ok. Maryanne is gone, the three search the mansion, Cliff nor Maryanne are anywhere to be found. After Milly reveals to Meryl that Vash had been trying peep in on Maryanne Vash accidently finds a hidden passage. All is revealed Maryanne is a cop trying to stop Cliff from gaining money from a natural resource, before the shots are fired Vash comes to the rescue. He jumps in and dodges Cliffs bullets easily while making it seem like flukes. After beating Cliff and redirecting the bullets the water tank explodes and the scene cuts. The entire group are outside the city on a large cliff, looking down at the now water hole. Maryanne thanks Vash and asks if he dodged the bullets while aware of his actions. Vash explains how it was fluke but asks what if he did. Maryanne explains that if he was Vash the Stampede she would have to arrest him. His identity still a secret Vash leaves talking to himself about how he wanted to be with Maryanne but he didn't want to be arrested. Maryanne reveals her feelings for Vash as well, saying she could come to love that man...

Episode 3, Peace Maker
This episode starts off with Vash entering a town looking for a man named Frank Marlin, a famous gunsmith. However, upon entering the town Vash finds out that Frank Marlin is way past his prime and is now famous only for drinking. Vash and Frank get drunk together and Frank tells Vash of his philosophy, which is based on the belief that no matter what you do, someone will gain and someone will lose. Frank's solution? He does nothing-that way it's fair for everyone. Anyway, some bandits, one of whom pretends to be Vash the Stampede, hold up the town bank. Vash challenges them, though it seems as though he forgot his gun while he was drunk at Frank's house. Fortunately, an elderly lady comes out wielding a Frank Marlin .38 Special. It soon turns out that all the townspeople carry guns and rifles designed by Frank. The bandits flee. However, Frank sees all this selfless courage and determination, and his life is turned around. He fixes Vash's silver gun, which was out of alignment, for free and puts the booze behind him for good. At the last, Meryl and Milly are about to find out Vash's true identity, though he ends up vomiting.

Episode 4, Love & Peace
This episode starts out with Meryl and Milly in a bar, a wild girl is continually playing some card game, Meryl and Milly turn down the offer to play with her but a man steps up and says if he wins he will kill her. Now with a hostage situation in progress the Sheriff and the Mayor hear the mans demands, the man now has henchmen. They want $$100,000 and a get away wagon. Vash now makes his appearance, with head phones and chewing gum he dances, he dodges the various bullets coming at him even though he isn't aware of the situation. The Mayor and Co call him an idiot and as Vash walks into the bar he gets beat up and starts whining about how bad things always happen to him. He sees the insurance girls and says to them, ever since I met you i've get into alot of trouble. The insurance girls say that they're the ones in trouble. Vash now seeing the lovely card girl crawls over to her, the girl grossed out by Vash's attempts to coress her screams, one of the guards pummels Vash to the ground and Vash manages to say, thats no way to treat a lady. Meryl snarls in with, hey we're ladies too! Vash says he forgot they we're ladies and is forced against the wall again. After awhile the men put the girl at gunpoint for her mouthing off. Before he gets to fire the boss steps in and stops his aim at the girl. The leader takes the gun and tells his henchmen to cool down. The leader now notices gum disabling the gun from shooting, he looks to Vash and says, it couldn't be. After awhile the Sherif brings in mercinaries that will kill anyone for the right price even there own families, after setting a trap one of the henchmen go to check out the goods, he gets knocked out on his way there then two more get knocked out, the mercanaries start shooting everyone and everything, ducking behind the counter the group waits for them to stop firing. One of the mercanaries is about to shoot the girls butler when Vash knocks a table over with a solid object, making his gun fly up and come to him. Now he leaps over the counter and holds the mercanary at gun point. The other mercanaries tell him to do it so they can get more money, not doing it the group behind Vash knock out everyone else and the group walks outside. Vash explains the mans new demands and the Mayor meets them. The Mayor and the Man meet face to face, Vash and the others watch, the man frees the Mayors daughter and then shoots the Mayor, Vash is thankful that the man didn't kill the Mayor and starts crying the man can't believe Vash is actually crying and claims his aim was blow to the side by the wind. Now the Sheriff comes and demands that the man resists him so that he can kill him for a good headline. Everyone is forced to drop their weapons and the Sheriff calls them foolish dogs. Then Vash asks, how does it feel to shoot the innocent unarmless, the Sheriff says that its not his fault that you dropped you're weapons, Vash leaves the sheriff alone now, but just as the sheriff is about to shoot the man, Vash signals Meryl to unload her one shot massive armory of guns on the men, they are forced to drop their own weapons and Vash is free to pick his up. Putting the Sheriff at gunpoint Vash begins to speak, however the Sheriff was able to pick up his gun to, shooting at Vash's head the Sheriff grins, Vash able to dodge it easily asks the Sheriff, How does it feel to be the gunpoint of a foolish dog? The Sheriff gives up and is forced to retire early. Vash tells the Sheriff to repeat after him, This world is made of, The sheriff studders after repeating it, Vash starts over, This world is made of LOVE AND PEACE! He does a cheesy Peace Sign....

Episode 5, Hard Puncher
Vash shows up at yet another backwater town that's in disrepair because the townspeople lost their power plant and they don't have the money to fix it. Some roughnecks get a lead on him and alert the whole town of his whereabouts. A huge chase scene erupts as hundreds of desperate townspeople seek Vash out so they can claim the reward and fix up their town. During this Vash begins to cry in French and wonders why... Then Vash miraculously eludes his captors until he is cornered in a bar. The mayor hires a pair of crazed mercenaries called the Nebraska Family to finish Vash off. Meryl finally wises up to the fact that Vash really is the Humanoid Typhoon. Meanwhile, Vash finally fires his big gun in order to save some townfolk who were injured by the Nebraska Family. By launching 5 bullets he diverts the large fist flying at the innocent, then the Nebraska family baffled wonders how with 6 bullets Vash could stop a large attack like that, Vash speaks, I did it with 5 bullets this is my special one, he spins the cartrige and pulls the trigger with a loud Bang! He knocks out the Nebraska Family with ease. In the end, Vash says his "Love and Peace" line about twenty times as the townsfolk stop chasing him.

Episode 6, Lost July
In this episode vash is in a town where everybody was trying to kill him for the $$60 billion double dollars. Their plant had broken down and they needed the money. but now, since he saved the town he was freinds with them. He was hired by the woman who was incharge of the new plant to protect her from an assasin. But she set it up. She made it so that the plant was about to blow up. She lead Vash into the core or area where the problem was. There was a guy in there with him that he easily stopped earlier. Then she locked Vash in and told him that he would pay for blowing up her hometown of July. She said that the people became mad and killed eachother. But a strange thing happened. The next scene was her memory of finding her parents dead. She was walking and crying.Then she bumped into a man in bandages and a red coat. (obviously it was Vash ) Then she said u can die and walked out and told everybody to evacuate now vash looked deeply depressed. Then the man that the woman had hired to pretend to be the assasian woke up and was freaking out because vash seemed to be controling the plant and stopping the problem. Everyone in the town was watching and praying. All the children were asking for vash. Then Vash walked out of the door.. All the people started running to the plant while screaming thankyou. Then the lady (not sure of her name) walked up to vash and pressed a gun up to his chest. She kept asking why did you do that I want my revenge. Vash said he couldn't let all the towns people die. And that he was sorry that he destroyed the town but he couldnt remember anything just childhood memories and walking through the rubble of the town. Of course the lady was upset she said no I need my revenge then Vash started crying and hugged her she looked up at him and realized he was the man that hugged her because she was crying because her parents died. Now she was having a fit "No it was you the whole time." She said.

Episode 7, B.D.N.
Vash finally leaves Inperil City on the very same sandsteamer that brought Elizabeth in the last episode. One of the workers on the sandsteamer asks Vash if he will "guard" it from a notorious gang in exchange for a better room. Apprently the sandsteamer is heading for the Bad Lad Gang's territory. Vash gets annoyed at being treated differently from the rest of the passengers and says no. He heads off to the bathroom. As Vash is washing his hands, the vent above him opens and nails him directly in the face. A little boy named Kaite, says sorry and disappears back inside. Enraged, Vash breaks through the vent and pulls the screaming kid out. Kaite begins to cry and begs Vash not to turn him in as a stow-away becuz he is running from his abusive family. The story is obviously fake, but Vash breaks down in tears and promises to take care of Kaite until they get off the sandsteamer. Kaite can't actual believe someone was dumb enough to fall for his stupid story. In his room, Vash and Kaite are eating until my poor Vashy mysteriously passes out. Kaite holds up a blue veil and apologizes to Vash's sleeping body. Outside several bright green and yellow lights appear on the horizon. The Bad Lad gang, led by a huge cowboy-looking guy named Brillant Dynamites Neon, breaks into the sandsteamer when Kaite gives the signal. Back in his room, Vash is dreaming about his past. We get to see a woman with long black hair surrounded by red flower petals, shes humming some kind of song. Vash falls underneath his bed and wakes up screaming: "Rem Rem REM!!" When he calms down, one of B.D.N's henchmen opens his door, but since Vash fell behind the bed the guy doesn't see him. Up in the control room B.D.N. is argueing with the guy who steers the sandsteamer. Neon wants to drop the sandsteamer off of a cliff in order to break open the safe inside. He ends up shooting the guy when he gets angry. Kaite appears and Neon asks him if he can steer the steamer. Kaite admits that it's his father's steamer and he can, but refuses when he realizes wut B.D.N. wants to do with it. Feeling Kaite has outlived his usefulness, B.D.N. places his gun into the kid's mouth. Vash appears behind him, rescues Katie, and ends up getting knocked out the window. We last see him and Kaite clinging for their lives on the outside of the sandsteamer. Inside M&M, trap two of B.D.N.'s henchmen in a storage room. Meanwhile upstairs, B.D.N. is holding a woman at gunpoint and threatening to kill her if the captain of the ship doesn't steer for him. Reluctantly, the guy does it.

Episode 8, And Between the Wasteland and the Sky...
Starting where the last episode left off, the sandsteamer is hiding towards the end of the cliff at the fastest speed possible. When the captain tells B.D.N. that him and his gang are going to die along with the passengers, B.D.N. laughes and explains that he has getaway cars following behind the sandsteamers that he'll jump onto at the last minute. Vash and Kaite are now back inside and hiding in a vent shaft. Kaite explains what B.D.N. is planning and then begins a boring flashback about how his Dad was a workaholic. Kaite pulls out a map/blueprint of the entire ship and the two begin thinking of a plan. Climbing down from the shaft, Vash throws several empty oxygen tanks at two members of the Bad Lads gang and attacks. He accidently hits them in critical spots and stops to give them first aid. Kaite starts preaching to Vash about unwise it is not to kill anybody, and how much easier it would of been for the two of them if he did. As he's talking he sees blood seeping out of Vash's side and realizes he was shot earlier by B.D.N. Kaite leds Vash to a voice-tube type room where he can lead Vash around without getting him into fights with anyone. One of the Bad Lads that Vash patched up stumbles into the room where B.D.N. is and collaspes. He has a cartoon drawn by Vash on his back that causes B.D.N. to laugh and send out more of his gang. From the voice-tube room, Vash pretends to be a Bad Lad and gives them a false postion as to where he is. Vash then hands Kaite a pen looking thing that acts as a microphone that is also connected to Vash's earring. While Vash is running through the hallway's being careful not to kill anybody, Kaite has a flashback. Apprently his Father died not to long ago, and he's been living on the street. B.D.N. offered him a lot of money to work for him, so he took it. Anyway, B.D.N. figured out the postion Vash gave him was false, so him and a dozen or so Bad Lad's open fire on him when he opens a certain door. They only fire around him, and Vash just stands there calmly. Through his earring he can hear Kaite getting beaten by two Bad Lad's down the hallway. As B.D.N. begins charging up his gun, one of his "Bad Lads" puts a gun to his throat. Remember how M&M jumped two Bad Lad's in the last episode? Well they stole their outfits. Vash quickly agrees to a duel outside with B.D.N. if he wins the sandsteamer has to be stopped. Out on the deck B.D.N. says that the two will duel as soon as his coin hits the deck. Vash agrees, and the coin is tossed into the air. As the coin is falling, the sandsteamer bumps into the side of the canyon and boulders fall onto the deck. Vash dives behind a larger one and hits B.D.N. lightly in the shoulder/dynamo area. B.D.N. misses but notices that Vash is fighting with wounds he recieved earlier. Realizing it's not a fair fight, B.D.N. calls Vash the winner and gives up. Although Vash won, the emergency brakes won't work right. With Vash hurt, it's up to Kaite to stop the sandsteamer. Using his Father's map/blueprints he crawls over burning hot pipes and pulls the emergency switch. Still the sandsteamer won't stop, so B.D.N. uses his getaway car from earlier and drives it right into the sandsteamer, this causes the sandsteamer to stop just before falling off the side of the cliff. The next morning Kaite wakes up covered in bandages with Vash sitting by his bedside. They wind up sitting on top of the motionless sandsteamer to rest for a bit. Kaite begins humming sound life, and Vash looks like he's going to cry. The episode ends with the two of them argueing over the song.

Episode 9, Murder Machine
Since the sandsteamer is broken, the passengers must all take a bus to the city. M&M are completely broke, so they whined until Vash agreed to pay for their bus fare. As the bus is traveling along the empty desert, Vash spots a figure in the distance. He orders the bus driver to pull over, and the guy goes to investigate. The figure is none other then Nicholas D.Wolfwood, a chain-smoking, sometimes fowl-mouthed priest, who isn't afraid to kill. Wolfwood takes a seat near M&M on the bus, and gladly drinks all of Vash's water. Wolfwood explains that he was riding his motorcycle when it broke down about a 100 iles from where he was when they found him. Millie accidently mentions Vash's name and Wolfwood gets excited. The bus stops for a few minutes so the passengers can strech and the driver can count Wolfwood's fair. He doesn't have enough, but the driver gives him a discount anyway. Wolfwood thanks the guy and plops his portable confessional, and tells him it's on the house. The driver declines, and Vash begins asking Wolfwood a few questions about his job. Wolfwood explains that he works for a Church/Orphanage. It constantly needs money to operate, so thats what he's doing. Just then Vash and Wolfwood spot two little girls begging their Mother for food. Wolfwood immedately gets up and offers them his own. As he's walking back, Wolfwood comments on Vash's smile. Somehow he's able to correctly guess at his past, and then tries to sucker Vash into using his portable confessional. Before Vash can cough up some money, people start screaming that one of the passengers is hurt. Apprently he was shot in the arm by some sort of robot thingy. Millie blows it away with her stungun, and everyone gets back onto the bus so it can speed away. The Mother of the two girls, starts screaming that one of her daughter's is missing. She barely finishes her sentence before Wolfwood and Vash are jumping out the bus windows. In his haste, Wolfwood forgot his Cross Punisher, so Vash lends him a knife. As Vash is lying in the sand moaning over the wounds B.D.N. gave him one episode ago, Wolfwood attacks a robot. His knife easily breaks on the top of it. Vash shoots it in the nick of time of course, and the two begin searching for the girl. They manage to free the girl, but sink quickly in a pit of quicksand. They land in some sort of ancient ship that produces the robots. While hiding from the robots, the two plan to find the main control panel and shut the place down. Vash hands Wolfwood his gun and tells him to cover him. All is going good until Wolfwood runs out of bullets. One of the robots knocks him down, and he closes his eyes waiting to die. Seconds pass and of course, no death blow. Wolfwood slowly sits up and sees Vash's left arm smoking. Vash calmly walks into the control room and shuts the place down. A few minutes later, Mille breaks through the ceiling with her stungun and rescues the two. Later on the bus, Wolfwood talks to Vash for awhile and then gets up and falls alsleep on Millie. The next morning they arrive in the city, Wolfwood wishes them all well, and leaves...

Episode 10, Quick Draw
Well, the episode is kinda slow until Vash meets Wolfwood unexpectantly while going out for a bite to eat. It turns out that Wolfwood wants Vash to sign up for a Quick Draw contest in order to help a family in need that is in a lot of debt. Vash consents, and the next day.. Vash does exactly waht he's supposed to do: Kick butt! However, Vash secretly signed up Wolfwood too! In the end stages, there is a battle between the two of them, they are the only contestants who didn't get shot in the showdown part. Earlier, the mayor, and judge of the contest told Wolfwood to look in the window. There, the family that Vash and Wolfwood were going to help, stood at gunpoint. The deal was supposed to be to kill Vash and Wolfwood would get half of the prize money, he was going to take the deal. The two of them act like they are gonna kill each other.. until they both shoot each other at the same time! Of course, they are only acting, but some more of the town men are going to shoot both dead anyways. This is the first time we get to see Wolfwood use his Cross Punisher, he pulls out a barrage of hand guns and takes out all the shooters. No one is killed, and the family gets some money to pay off their debts.

Episode 11, Escape from Pain
This episode opens with Wolfwood playing chess with a man in a caravan. His fair is riding on the game, and its obvious he's losing. He's considering making a run for it but remembers he's a Priest. He just so happens to notice the dancing girl behind him and comments on how she needs lessons. Millie walks in and tries to order some pudding. The man behind the bar says they don't have any and she gets upset. But she suddenly perks back up when she spots Wolfwood. She takes one look at the chessboard, moves one piece, and wins the game for Wolfwood. A few minutes later, Millie and Wolfwood are walking down the street, when the dancing girl suddenly comes running up and begs the two to hide her. Without hesitation Millie hides the girl, her name is Moore, behind her and Wolfwood. When a group of men surround them and ask if they've seen Moore, Wolfwood replies that shes behind them but they're not getting her until they explain why shes in trouble. One of the guys goes to grab her anyway, and steps on one of Millie's pudding cups. Millie gets ultra angry and shoots them all with her stungun, and then hides Moore under her shirt. Over in another tent, Meryl is trying to argue with Vash. He won't respond and just sits there stareing at the ceiling. A couple guys walk in and ask him if he's the real Humanoid Typhoon becuz they have a job for him. The Mayor of the caravan explains that his foster son Julius has run off and he needs Vash to bring him back. Vash replies that he'll do it for no less then $$20 million double dollars. Reluctantly the Mayor agrees if Vash will do something else for him... Away from the caravan, Millie and Wolfwood have found Julius. Apprently him and Moore are "best friends" and are planning to run away from the caravan together. Wolfwood explains how the caravan will go under without Julius and a lot of innocent people will die becuz of him. To prove his point he puts his own gun to his temple and tells Julius that if he walks away, he'll shoot himself. Julius grabs Moore and the two slowly walk away as Millie begs them not too. Wolfwood pulls the trigger of his gun, Julius nearly has a heart-attack, and Wolfwood shows that they were no bullets in his gun. The kids choose to still leave anyway, and Millie goes with them. Wolfwood stays behind. A few miles away, Meryl and Vash are driving in a jeep. Vash is surprisingly silent, and won't answer any of Meryl's questions. She demands to know what the Mayor wanted and even points one of her Derringer's at Vash's head. Vash easily shurgs her off, and then admits he was hired to kill someone... Meanwhile, Millie, Moore, and Julius have been captured by some caravan members. They're about to shoot them when Wolfwood shows up and saves the day. But just when they think its safe, several more members show up, Vash included. Vash draws his gun and effortlessly shoots Julius and Moore in the back. Both collaspe in the sand. The caravan members all get scared of Vash, leave the money, and run away. Millie and the other hand gets incredibly upset, and punches Vash in the face. Wolfwood snatches up Vash's gun and studies the bullets. He suddenly fires one directly into Vash's side. Vash wails like a baby and claims that rubber bullets hurt at such a close range. Julius and Moore pop up next to the jeep alive and well. Meryl tells Julius that his foster Father is sorry, and that Julius is free to go and do as he pleases. Vash attempts to give the teens the $$20 million he got, but they both say their not going to rely on anyone anymore. Wolfwood leaves as well riding off on his motorcycle, M&M, and Vash travel with the caravan...

Episode 12, Diablo
The sky is dark. Lightning flashes and thunder roars. A muscular man, who is surrounded by bullets and knives, is exercising. There is another flash of lightning. He turns to see a man now standing in front of the window. The muscular man asks how long the man has been standing there. The man replies he has been watching the entire time. The muscular man comments that the man is one creepy guy. The musuclar man soon asks who he is hunting. The man in front of the window's words are covered by thunder. The muscular man is satisfied with his target. Elsewhere, the sky is red, and Vash appears to be talking to the owner of the shoe store. (In the manga, this scene was of some significance, however, in the anime, it really makes no sense. So, let's move on.) The next day, the sun is shining and people are enjoying themselves. Meryl and Milly are sitting on a bench commenting on the beautiful day. Milly tries to get out of work for the day, but Meryl catches her, saying it was a nice try. On the other side of the monument is Vash. He is sitting on a bench, daydreaming about Rem. Suddenly, a ball comes out of nowhere and knocks Vash and the bench down. The kids apologize and Vash suddenly jumps up with the ball in his mouth, calling himself "The Deadly Dodgeball Head", as he chases the kids. Meryl wonders what the hell Vash is doing and she suddenly gets a flashback. In the previous episode, Vash was silent, not smiling, and not moving a muscle. Milly says it's great to have the old Vash back. Vash treats the kids to ice cream, and gives Meryl the money. Meryl notices that it's one too many and Vash points to a lonely little girl. Meryl comes back and offers some ice cream to the girl. The girl smiles and is about to take it, but she suddenly runs off. The group has some fun and Vash gets the ball and shows off. The kids tell him to give them a turn and Vash is about to until a man with a skull, spikes, and gold eyes passes by. The man is revealed to be the one from the first scene of the episode. He sits behind Vash, claiming he has found him. Vash asks who the man is. The man says he is Legato Bluesummers. Milly notices Vash, and asks for him. Vash just smiles and gives her the ball. Milly runs back, concerned about the way Vash looked before. Vash puts up his sunglasses and asks what Legato wants. Legato replies that he wants Vash's life. He laughs and says he is actually a messenger. Legato has come to warn that Vash's life is going to end that day. Legato smirks and then looks at the little girl seen earlier. The girl walks over to Legato and he offers her a hot dog. Vash looks at Legato, who is rubbing her head. Suddenly, Legato tightens his grip and the girl cries out. Vash quickly turns around to see the girl run off, happily. Legato laughs at Vash's shocked reaction, saying that he could kill everyone here in just a blink of an eye. Legato finally looks back at Vash, asking him if Vash has called a draw. Vash angrily looks at Legato until Legato walks off, saying he has left a gift. Suddenly, a woman runs into the town, screaming that her husband was killed. Vash realizes the murder was Legato's gift. Later on, Meryl tries to tell the sheriff that Vash didn't do anything. It turns out that the sheriff discovered that Vash is the Humanoid Typhoon, so they put him in jail, believing he caused the man's death. Inside his cell, Vash sits angrily, remembering Legato's words. He knows Legato could not be after the $$60 billion reward, so he instantly thinks it was someone Vash refers as "Him". Vash has a flashback. In what appears to be a golden city, a dead body is found in a puddle of blood. Next to the dead body is a man (Vash's "Him") who turns around and says hello to Vash. Vash is shocked. A scene of destruction with a red sky is shown. Meryl and Milly walk into the room and Milly suddenly notices Vash's eyes are glowing blue. Milly freaks and Meryl asks if everything is all right. Vash is shown with a smile, and his eyes are normal, saying that he just needs some time alone. Back in the sheriff's room, the door flies open as a large man walks in. Vash senses this and the large man reveals his weapon. Vash yells to get down as Legato is seen on an overlooking cliff. The large man begins to fire, destroying the wall. He calls for Vash the Stampede, introducing himself as Monev the Gale, and telling Vash he came to kill him. Vash tells Meryl and Milly to run, but Meryl questions this. Monev appears and presses Vash against the wall. Meryl holds out a Derringer, but she is easily knocked away by Monev. Monev is about to kill Vash until Milly fires her Stungun, helping Vash to escape. Vash runs through the town, telling everyone to run. Soon enough, Monev decides to kill all the people along with Vash. With a storm of bullets, an area of the town is destroyed. Vash survives but he sees that he is now surrounded by dead bodies. Monev rejoices, believing he has killed Vash until Vash begins to fire at him. Monev looks at Vash, seeing his eyes are glowing blue. Monev says looking into those eyes is like looking at the eyes of the diablo (devil). Vash fires another shot, but Monev escapes. Meryl and Milly are now seen walking through the destruction as they come upon Vash. Vash orders them to stay away from him. Meryl begins to wonder if this is the real Vash the Stampede, as Vash walks away. Elsewhere, Monev can't believe how the gentle Vash had shot at him. Still, he has to kill him. Vash is now seen in a bank, ordering the banker he has to use the safe. Monev figures out Vash's plan. Vash is planning to use the safe door as a shield. Monev begins to fire and Vash sends something flying at Monev, giving him a chance to fire. Knowing that Vash has no more bullets, Monev gets ready to fire once more. Vash jumps up, as his left hand pulls down, revealing a gun. Vash fires, and Monev is knocked down. Vash walks toward Monev, saying people are dead. Monev replies that no one cares and Vash kicks him and then holds him at gun point. Vash says for the death of those people, Monev will now die. Monev begs for his life and Vash's eyes open wide as it appears he was sent into a dream-like world with Rem. Vash begins to talk to Rem, telling about his dream, where he had always wondered why the people who had dry hearts continued to live that way. Rem laughs at this, saying Vash is always so serious, even when he's dreaming. Rem explains that the choices we make in life have unlimited possibilities. She begins to sing "Sound Life" as we return to Vash and Monev. Vash slowly moves moves his gun away from Monev. Vash hugs his left arm as a tear drops into it. Vash asks Rem if she would really die if he shot him. He asks if it's wrong to shoot him.

Episode 13, Vash the Stampede
Wow.. a unwanted recap episode. After episode 12 you think their going to get on with the actual Trigun story. Oh no, not until we have to sit through an entire flashback episode. The beginning has a few new scenes. Vash is still pointing his gun in Monev's face trying to deciede if he should kill him or not. Rem's memory gets the best of him, and he lets Monev go. Back at her hotel, Meryl is typing up a report for her insurance company. The flashbacks begin... If you've read my other 12 episode summaries, you already know what happens. So theres no sense in explaining it. You get to see a few selected scenes from past episodes. Such as Gofsef from "Hard Puncher" shooting his fist, or Elizabeth from "Lost July" trying to blow Vash up. Stuff like that. Meryl comments on how she can't believe how different the real Vash is from what she was expecting, yadda yadda. At the end of the episode, Meryl finishes her report and her Millie go into Vash's room. Vash isn't done getting dressed, and both girls see his horribly scarred body. He has scars everywhere. Arms, legs, back, chest, neck, even on his hands. When asked where they all came from, Vash admits its from his habit of not killing people. He's suffered becuz of his refusal to break his promise to Rem. But he'd obviously rather have the scars then have to take somebody's life. How deep is that?

Episode 14, Little Arcadia
This one is mostly about Meryl. Milly wakes up and has a box of letters to her family. She was up all night writing them again. Her and Meryl talk about family. And they here a gun fire. This old man and his wife semed to be attacked by this guy. Milly and Meryl come racing out and Milly shoots the thing behind him and then Meryl shoots the board that was holding a roof up. The couple asks them if they would be there body guards. Meryl rejected and they asked Vash. Meryl stood up and argued with Vash about his habits. Then she took the job. Vash went with them to there house. They had trees and grass growing on the property. They had a few other guards there. Then their son came and wanted to talk his parents. Milly and Meryl found out he was their son, and Milly broke out in an angry rage and said you should never even think about killing your parents. Some people came and wanted them to sign the precious land over to them, cuz it is worth a lot of money. Then a hired mercanary much like the Nebraska Family but females attacked the home. They came out and attacked back. Then the leader came and talked to them. The couple still refused to sell the land to them. The son grabbed a letter that had to go to the bank. Got on his motorbike and was heading to the company that they were signing the land over to. The mercenary threw a large ball at him. Meryl shot at it trying to throw it off course, and at the same time Vash shot at it and he was the one that shot the attack off course. He was hiding in a trash can. They got scared, then ran away from Meryl. At the company, the son gave them the letter and there was another piece to it. Part of it was signed to him. He was about to cry. The next scene is Milly and Meryl Trying to hurry to get on the bus Vash was on before it left. Meryl mailed a letter to her family before she got on.

Episode 15, Demons Eye
Meryl and Milly are slowly on their way, and Vash is the one forced to carry them there. Apparently, Vash was the one who wrecked their car. All he wants to know is if they are there yet... At Jeneora Rock, a group of men and a few women walk into a saloon. The men are the Roderick Thieves and the women are their new captives. They toy with one of the waiters until one member notices his lady is staring at something. She looks at the blue-haired man sitting in front of them, eating cake. The woman continues staring, so the member begins to beat her for doing so. The leader tells Nagi to stop since the blue-haired man could only be a lady-killer, the kind women all go after. Nagi angrily asks the blue-haired man if he thinks he is too good for them. The man continues eating, so Nagi pulls out his gun and shoots the head of the fork off. The man simply asks for another fork, and Nagi begins to fire recklessly at him. The saxophone player stops and the blue-haired man, who is obviously Legato Bluesummers, stands up. Legato walks up to Nagi and kills him using his Mind Control. The Roderick Thieves all pull out their guns, but they, too, all die from Legato's power. Before he heads out of the bar, Legato walks up to the crying women and tells them that the day it all ends is near. As Legato walks through the town, he is reminded of Vash the Stampede and how his very existence causes him irritation. Later, Meryl, Milly and Vash finally get into town. Wanting a drink, Vash walks into the local saloon to find the corpses of the Roderick Thieves. On top of Jeneora Rock, the rest of the Roderick Thieves have surrounded Legato. Giving out an order just to kill half of them, a number of different attacks are hurled at the Roderick Thieves. With the half of them dead, Legato finishes off the leader with his Mind Control. As the Gung-Ho-Guns are introduced, it is revealed that the saxophone player from the bar is Legato's right hand man. Legato notices Chapel's absence and Midvalley responds that he is being his untrustworthy self. The order is given, and the next member to attack Vash is Dominique the Cyclops. After going through town for answers and getting his finger injured by a door being slammed closed, Vash then notices Legato on top of Jeneora Rock. Without saying a word to Meryl and Milly, Vash jumps to the top. When he gets there, he finds more corpses, and greeting him is Dominique. After talking for a while, Vash gets ready to pull out his gun. In a flash, Dominique appears beside him and fires her gun. Vash dodges, but the same event occurs again. Dominique threatens Vash to shoot her this time, and knowing this is not an empty threat, Vash stares at her. Dominique then vanishes again and appears right next to Vash. She fires her gun and the bullet cuts across the bottom of his chin. With his gun out of reach, Vash tries to figure out how Dominique is able to move that fast. He recalls her vanishing repeatedly until he finally gets it. Vash closes his eyes and starts screaming in pain. Confused of what is going on, Dominique opens her eyepatch and runs toward Vash. Vash suddenly opens his eyes, reveals his hidden gun, and fires at Dominique. Shot, Dominique is flung back. Holding her eyepatch where she was shot, Dominique asks how Vash did that. Vash answers that the Demon's Eye has the power to numb opponents using hypnotic charm. Since the Demon's Eye affects all five senses, Vash concentrated on pain to follow her movements. Again, Dominique uses her Demon's Eye to get behind Vash, but she finds his hidden gun already aimed. With Dominique defeated, she drops her gun. Meryl and Milly arrive at the scene and Meryl immediately slaps Vash. Milly asks Dominique if she is all right and Vash cannot believe the two did not see anything of what just happened. Using the Demon's Eye, Dominique leaves the scene before saying to Vash that this is not the end. While running away, Dominique is in disbelief that she was beaten. She then comes across Midvalley and gasps. Back with Vash, Meryl, and Milly, they hear saxophone music from above. They look to see no one other than Legato and Midvalley. Dust begins to roll past and the two men have vanished. Vash tells Meryl this is the end of them traveling together. It is too dangerous and her life would be at risk if he explained why. Vash suddenly perks up and begins to walk away, vowing he will find Legato, whatever it takes.

Episode 16, Fifth Moon
As Legato devours ice cream, a man in a large shell asks his boss if he can go, since they already lost two of their men. Legato hesitantly agrees, and says he will even set the stage for him. The man says he hopes that the reward will be reasonable before walking away. Midvalley asks if Legato is letting him go alone. Legato replies that it is his logic that the greater the tragedy, the greater the emotional effect. Midvalley smirks in agreement. Back at Jeneora Rock, Milly says she is worried; it has been two whole weeks. Meryl remains silent, remembering what Vash had said before he walked away from them. Milly wonders how Vash is doing and Meryl says he is probably goofing off somewhere, but it is obvious she is also worried about him. The two start hearing men bad talk Vash, so Meryl decides to stand up for him. She suddenly realizes what she just did, so she walks away in embarrassment. Now walking through the town, Meryl explains it is not just their job, but now their mission to track Vash down. Moreover, if necessary, she will follow him to the ends of the earth. 40 iles to Augusta, Vash is just hanging out in some bar, thinking about what he is going to do when he does find Legato. Vash starts freaking out and complaining that there is no way he can win, so Vash decides to back out. A very pale man walks up to Vash and tells him "he" will be waiting for him in Augusta. He then says if he does not come, this is what will happen: The man fires his gun at himself and falls to the floor. Vash notices there is no blood and figures this is the work of Legato. Vash decides that he will fight Legato. 65 iles to Augusta, a man runs in, panicking that Vash the Stampede is here. Wolfwood overhears this. Elsewhere, Meryl and Milly learn that Vash is in Augusta, firing his gun like a maniac. Meryl wonders what Vash is possibly thinking. Over in Augusta, Vash eventually scares everyone out by running through the town and firing his gun. While walking through the now abandoned town, he comes across a destroyed building and knows something is not right. Something falls from above and onto Vash's neck and he learns that it is blood. Vash looks up to see Monev the Gale and Dominique the Cyclops hung on a water tank, dead. A man from behind asks if Vash likes his "decorations". Vash turns around to see the man in a large shell. The man introduces himself as the fifth Gung-Ho-Gun, E.G. Mine. They begin to talk and E.G. reveals his spikes and fires. In a flash, Vash is now right next to him and holding him at gunpoint. A shockwave is hurled at Vash and he quickly dodges and aims at the source. The dust clears, revealing a samurai-like man. He introduces himself as the ninth Gung-Ho-Gun, Rai-dei the Blade. Rai-dei challenges Vash to a duel to the death, but E.G. Mine complains it is his job to kill Vash. E.G.'s shell then falls off and Rai-dei tells him that E.G.'s duel was over before he had arrived. Vash had fired at E.G., cutting the threads that held his shell together. He then dodged the spikes and finally put E.G. at gunpoint. For E.G.'s failure, Rai-dei kills him. Vash and Rai-dei begin to fight and Vash manages to dodge each attack Rai-dei delivers. They pause only to talk, but Rai-dei ends the conversation by sending another huge shockwave at Vash. The attack was powerful enough to slice down a building. On a cliff, Midvalley and Legato watch the fight. Meryl and Milly also watch as the building is destroyed. Meryl decides to go, figuring that Vash must be around. Milly tries to stop her, but Meryl goes anyway. Rai-dei continues sending shockwaves and Vash is thrown aside. Soon, Vash decides to take advantage of the fight and reveals his hidden gun. However, before Vash can fire, Rai-dei shoots the blade of his sword at Vash and then reveals that his sheath is a rifle. Rai-dei fires at Vash, who is still in mid-air. Vash collapses against a wall and Rai-dei continues to fire at him. Suddenly, Vash hears Legato in his mind, telling him to use "it". Vash screams to stop and Rai-dei claims Vash is a coward for begging for his life. Then, a light bursts from Vash's gun. In seconds, the top part of the gun flies off, and more light shines. Vash has a flashback of a city, a man, him with two guns, and the strange light. He then remembers himself with a strange transformation. Meryl and Milly find themselves in rubble and Meryl gets a glimpse of a large piece of Vash's jacket. Meryl almost runs off again, but Milly grabs hold of her. A bright light bursts in the sky and Milly quickly reacts by grabbing Meryl and taking her away from Augusta. Back with Vash, his strange transformation continues and Rai-dei looks on in fear, wondering what this could be. The light forms into a ball and the gun continues changing. Vash orders Rai-dei to run, but a building collapses in his path. With Vash's Angel Arm fully transformed, it begins to collect energy. Vash forces himself to move the arm upward and aims at the sky. Vash fires his Angel Arm. A huge ball of light engulfs the city. Wolfwood, Midvalley, and Legato are all watching this event. Legato explains that this is the second time that this has happened. The first had taken the city of July twenty-three years ago. Meryl and Milly also watch in horror as the Angel Arm fires into the sky. Meryl remembers Vash as she and Milly watch as a hole is burned into the Fifth Moon. The light soon dies down and Legato smiles in pleasure. With Augusta now in ruins, Rai-dei climbs out and finds Wolfwood there. Rai-dei, supposedly knowing him, tells Wolfwood to join him. Instead, Wolfwood takes out his gun and kills him. Wolfwood asks Vash if this is the path he has chosen. Meanwhile, a man talks about Vash the Stampede and how he destroyed Augusta as the people Vash had met and helped are shown. Meryl looks out a window, crying. Milly walks in saying that they received a letter from the main office. Meryl reads the letter, learning that they are to return immediately. Meryl begins to cry again as she reads that with anything involving Vash, Bernadelli Insurance will stay uninvolved. Meryl cries that she cannot believe this and begins to weep against Milly. Milly, also crying, tells Vash that he is a jerk for making Meryl cry. Beneath the Fifth Moon, where the mark of Vash the Stampede remains, he is nowhere in sight and has disappeared without a trace.

Episode 17, Rem Saverm
Out in space, there are groups of ships. While a voice talks, the name of a ship is shown: "SEEDS". In the ship, a picture of a planet pops up on the screen and the crew members rejoice. A woman named Rem says that the planet could be their new home. Rowan replies that according to some data, it's close to home. Another man, Steve, says they should just land already. Rowan says it's impossible to live there, but it's not their decision. Meanwhile, two other members of the crew are shown, twin boys. One of them has a funny pair of glasses on and sends confetti flying. Rem then asks Joey if flowers are on that planet and he replies that they might be. Rem hopes they're red ones. Later on, in the cold sleep control room, young Vash is looking through the glass. Rem walks in and asks him where Knives is. Instead of answering Rem's question, he asks one of his own. Vash asks why the millions of people through the glass never wake up; it's too quiet in the ship. Rem answers that it's time to tell him the name of the ship, Project Seeds. Vash questions the name. She says that the ships are filled with genes of the human race and that they are the population for the new world. She also says that the crew are kind of like the caretakers of them. Rem finishes by saying the human will to survive is desperate. A fight awaits them on a new land. Until then, it's the crew's job to let them sleep in peace. Knives then walks in asking if they're having lunch in the usual place, the recreation room. In the recreation room, Rem hums a song and Knives says Rem really likes that song. Rem says she just hums it when she's happy. Knives says it's a nice song and then asks why every time they go into the room it's different. Rem answers because it's alive. Knives says the recreation room must be like the outside world. Rem says our world is more expansive and filled with plants and animals. Vash says he would really like to that. Rem replies that they're not just going to see it, they're going to create it. Knives and Vash both say it will be a sin free world. Later in the briefing room, Joey says our world was so desperate, Project Seeds had to be drafted. Knives says that according to data, it was mankind who was destroying the Earth. Joey says that it's true and Rem says the will to survive made this project. Rem then asks if there is a meaning to life with such sacrifices. Rem replies humans can right their wrongs and can learn from their mistakes. Afterwards, Joey talks to Rem saying he can't teach Vash and Knives like a father. Rem replies she doesn't know a thing about kids either. Then Joey asks why they came here anyway. Rem says it's because they're angels and God sent them to point them in the right direction and lead them to their dream. Steve walks in and asks if Rem is there. Rowan says Rem's in the recreation room with Vash and Knives. Steve then says there are still three plants left to adjust. Rowan replies that while Steve was sleeping, Vash and Knives have already done that. Steve can't believe they accomplished that so fast. Mary and Rowan both exclaim that it's because their IQs are way higher then theirs and that he should be thankful they are here to help. Steve angrily says that they're monsters, pointing out how much they grew in just one year. Knives opens a door, finding Vash crying. He asks why Vash is crying again and Vash says it's because Steve hates him. Knives replies that to the rest of the crew they're just uninvited guests, and they only need to be patient until they can accept them. Vash says Rem said they could stay. Elsewhere, both Knives and Vash stare at an apple on a tree. Knives asks Vash why plants can't talk. Vash answers that Rem said that plants are stronger then they are, and since they use all their energy on living, they don't need to talk. Knives then points out that they eat their fruit. Vash replies they need the fruit to live. Knives asks Vash if he might be eating someday. Vash answers definitely not, because Rem said they were making a new kind of eating. Knives has a flashback of him being beaten by Steve and he asks himself then what his purpose is. Then we see two babies crying. The crew was going to kill them but Rem stopped them by standing in the way. Knives knows there has to be a reason. Rem calls on Knives, telling him his turn for a haircut won't be much longer. While cutting Vash's hair, Rem says it's becoming quite a trim. Then Rem exclaims that she has an idea. Rem holds up the mirror and Vash sees his hair... it's sticking up. Rem says it reminds her of someone she loved very much. Vash asks Rem where he is now. Rem says he's in the land of angels: heaven. Thanks to him, Rem was able to face her mistakes. Vash then says he won't leave, because he really loves her. Rem laughs and calls for Knives, who isn't there. Meanwhile, hair is scattered all over the floor along with an apple with a bite taken out of it. Knives is cutting his own hair and pounds his fist, saying it's all wrong. Vash walks in and sees Knives' haircut and asks him what happened. Knives answers that it was a small change of heart and if they stayed the same, there is no individuality. Rem compliments on Knives's haircut, saying it's wonderful. Knives says he strangely feels refreshed. Mary and Rowan also compliment on Knives's haircut, saying he looks intellectual and like a little philosopher. Vash asks what he looks like and they all answer a mama's boy. Vash says that's mean and the others have a quick laugh. Steve interrupts saying he can't believe they can eat with those "monsters". Knives cuts in saying that Steve is misbehaving in front of innocent children. Steve laughs insanely, leaving the room. Knives continues saying that it's because he's afraid. Later, Rowan complains about Steve as the door opens revealing Knives. The same thing happens with Mary. In the recreation room, Vash spots a butterfly trapped in a spider's web. The spider gets closer to the butterfly. Vash tries to figure out if he can help it. Out of nowhere, Knives's hand grabs the spider and crushes it. Both Rem and Vash are shocked. Knives claims killing the spider was the only way to save the butterfly. Vash yells, saying he wanted to save them both. Knives says that's impossible because if the spider hadn't caught the butterfly, it would die of starvation. Rem replies they're both living creatures, but Knives interrupts her, saying he's not wrong; wanting to save both is a naive contradiction. While Knives continues talking, Vash tackles him down on the grass, screaming at him that Knives doesn't understand and that he wanted to save them, both the butterfly and the spider. Vash and Knives get up and Knives leaves the room, saying Vash doesn't make any sense. Vash replies that Knives is the one who doesn't make any sense. Joey announces that Steve will be put in the freezer due to his actions. Vash and Knives watch, and Knives gives a smirk. Steve says all he did was get a little drunk. Rem also comes in saying they should hear Steve's side of the story. Rowan replies that he saw Steve go into Mary's room, and Mary says Steve raped her. Joey also goes against Steve, and Steve is taken away. Vash asks Rem why they all can't get along. Rem answers that people have a different way of thinking, but better choices can be made next time, and if you keep your vision clear, you will see the future. Meanwhile, Rowan is asking Mary to marry him. Mary says he's teasing. Joey is talking to Rem, Vash, and Knives. Back to Rowan and Mary, Rowan claims he adjusted the freezer. Mary tells him they weren't supposed to kill him. Rem, Vash, and Knives are walking until they hear gunshots. Rem runs to see what's happened and so does Joey, but someone has turned off the monitors. Rem finds out where the gunshot came from, Rowan. Rowan has shot Mary and says that Mary had betrayed him. He also says that Mary had said she loved him and there is no excuse. Then Rowan aims at Knives' forehead, saying it was his fault Mary had to die. Rem stands in the way telling Rowan to stop this. Rem starts to walk closer to Rowan and Joey sees what's going on. Rowan claims something has broken inside of him. Rem continues to walk closer, and Joey tells her to get out of there. Once it seems that Rowan is about to shoot Rem, Joey opens the airlock, letting Rowan get sucked into space along with Mary's body. Rem is blocked from this and tries to grab Rowan's hand, but fails. Rem cries for the loss of Rowan, and Joey says he had to make a choice quickly. Knives tells Joey that he agrees with him and that Joey did the right thing. However, Joey claims maybe Rem was right about him not shooting her. Knives cuts him off, saying he's just human, and aims a gun at Joey. Knives says he knows his decision is the right one. Another gunshot. Knives goes into the ship's computer, altering the ship's course. On the new course, all the ships will be destroyed by crashing into the planet. Knives claims that Rowan must have done this and says Joey told them to run to the escape pods. Vash worries about the sleeping people onboard. Knives says to forget it and get out of the ship. Vash asks Rem what they should do, and Rem answers to the escape pods. In suits, Vash, Knives, and Rem head for the pods. Knives steps in and Vash steps in behind him. Vash tells Rem to hurry in. Rem starts remembering what she had said about the future. Then she asks her loved one to give her strength. Rem starts to close the escape pod door and Vash begs Rem not to leave them. Rem says that she's sorry and tells Vash to take care of Knives. Rem finally tells Vash not to worry, and the door closes for good. Vash sees a ship destroyed and knows he has lost Rem forever. Knives laughs sinisterly, saying humans are incomprehensible by making such foolish sacrifices. He was going to allow Rem to live because Vash was so attached to her, but he saw how perfect she really was; it was a good thing she died. Knives also says humans are like a disease to the universe. Vash figures out that Knives has planned all of this. Knives replies that Vash is correct and that both he and Vash will live. Knives made sure that the ship carrying plants was safe, but the ship carrying humans will be destroyed. Vash tells Knives to bring back all of them and tries to fight Knives, but Knives kicks Vash away. Then Knives hears a computer voice say the course has been corrected. Knives can't believe that Rem has actually done it. In tears, Vash says he's sorry to Rem. On the planet, the ships land, producing life. Memories of Rem and one of Rem's final words echo in Vash's mind: "Vash, take care of Knives". 107 years later in Julycity, Vash overlooks the city and tells Rem to trust him; he will take care of him.

Episode 18, Goodbye for Now
Julycity: Vash sees a dead body and the murderer...Knives. Vash is shocked. Knives claims that everything that brought Vash and Rem together is gone. Vash, who is in tears, angrily asks if this is Knives's excuse for killing. Knives then asks if Vash has learned anything in the past 100 years; Vash can't even regenerate the scars on his body. Knives says that it shows Vash's foolish waste of energy. Vash then says it is not Knives's decision if they live or die; they deserve a chance. Knives asks what the point is of growing up if the only thing that grows is Vash's sentimentalism - he's just a good-for-nothing, pathetic wimp. Knives holds up his gun, and Vash quickly pulls out both of his. Knives pulls the trigger first, and Vash's left arm is shot off. Vash is thrown against the door, suffering from his lost arm. Knives walks closer and snaps his fingers, making Vash's other gun break apart. Knives says this is what he and Vash are capable of, and now it's time to take this garbage and get rid of it forever. Then something happens to Vash's right arm. It transforms into Vash's Angel Arm. Vash aims his arm at Knives. Knives asks if Vash is really aiming at him again. Knives says it once more and Vash fires his arm, making everything break apart and crumble into dust. Years later, a girl calls for a man named Ericks. She opens the door, continuing to wake him up. A vehicle drives into the town. As people gather, out walks Wolfwood. As the people struggle to get on, Wolfwood continues walking. He walks into a bar and the men inside draw their guns, but then withdraw. Wolfwood goes over to the bartender, saying there's a lot of tension in the town. The bartender assumes Wolfwood has just arrived, and Wolfwood replies that he's right. The bartender tells him that he's never going to leave. Meanwhile, the vehicle is shot and it falls over, then explodes. The bartender claims that the entire town has been taken over by bandits, and Vash the Stampede is running the show. They had sent the town sheriff to talk to the bandits, but when he came back, he had doubled his weight in lead. Walking into the town is like walking into a giant spider web. Wolfwood then asks if the bartender believes the legendary gunman is really behind this. The bartender doesn't know what to think. Vash the Stampede is the one who turned two of the seven cities into ashes, and he is known as mankind's first localized disaster. Some people even claim that Vash the Stampede is the one who put that huge crater in the moon. Wolfwood replies whether the legend is true or not, the town is in some big trouble. The bartender then asks Wolfwood about his cross. Wolfwood tells him he's a traveling priest. The bartender replies Wolfwood will be good for funerals; they took out the chaplain a while back. Just then, someone walks in. The men draw their guns, but withdraw when they see who it is. It's Ericks with the girl in his arms. A man sighs, saying that it's only Lina. Lina angrily asks what that means and jumps out of Ericks's arms. She walks over to the bartender and he asks what Lina has done this time. Ericks replies that Lina doesn't know when to quit. Lina angrily responds someone deserved it. Ericks replies that he didn't, all he did was grab her rear end. Lina then kicks Ericks's own rear end and tells him to keep quiet. The bartender figures out what has happened and panics. The bar's wall is blasted by the bandits and a pig-man outside. The pig-man, claimed to be the legendary gunman, yells that he's looking for the girl who struck him with her heel. Ericks says that the heel looks more like a whole footprint. Holding a man as a hostage, the pig-man calls for Lina, or else the man will be killed. He counts down and at the last second, Ericks steps in. Ericks says he is unable to give up Lina, because it seems that the bandits will harm her or kill her. Then Ericks gets on his knees and hands, and continues asking them to let her off the hook. The pig-man replies that if Ericks is going to get down on all fours, he should act like a dog and he should show some real commitment. Naturally, that means getting naked. Everyone gasps in the bar. Ericks stares at the pig-man and says that it's a deal, but he'd better keep his word. Lina tries to stop him, but Wolfwood tells her that's just the way he is. Vash strips and begins to bark and act like a dog. The pig-man aims his huge gun at Ericks, but stops when he sees Wolfwood. He orders his men to go, but as soon as they're out of sight, the pig-man orders one of his men to shoot him, and he does so. Ericks is rushed to the doctor. The doctor says it's Ericks again, and asks what's happened this time. Two other men begin a conversation. One asks what would you choose between your life or your pride. The other man replies that he would never strip and act like a dog. The man says that's something for a wimp like Ericks. Wolfwood sends his cross between them, saying that if it wasn't for that wimp, they would both be dead. Lina's grandmother walks in and stands by Ericks. She starts crying, asking what gives the pig-man the right to take away what little family she has left. Without thinking, Lina's grandmother tries to reach for a rifle. They stop her, but she then tells them to go in her place. There is no response, so Lina's grandmother laughs, calling them cowards. Lina says this is all her fault, because if she would have never gotten near Ericks- Lina is cut off by her tears, and both Lina and her grandmother leave the room. The doctor and his assistant are about to get ready until Wolfwood walks over. Wolfwood says he just stopped by to see if he could help. Wolfwood sees the sleeping Ericks and then suddenly punches him in the face. The doctor begins to pull on his cheek until the doctor's assistant points out that Ericks is wide awake. The doctor says he's amazed that Ericks has gained consciousness so quickly. Ericks speaks up asking if the doctor could leave the room for a while. The doctor and his assistant walk off as the doctor tells Wolfwood to not let Ericks strain himself. As soon as the doctor and his assistant are gone, Wolfwood looks at Ericks and says that it's been a long time to Vash the Stampede. (c'mon...you should have known Ericks was Vash the Stampede by now...) Wolfwood claims he finally found him, and asks what a legendary guy like him is doing in a place like this. Vash replies that Wolfwood has no idea what he's been through; he could have destroyed the entire planet with his Angel Arm. It gets worse; there's a loss of memory. Wolfwood asks if he knows he did it. Vash says he does. He may have fragmented visions, but there's an ache in his heart telling him he did it. Vash knows he put the huge crater in the Fifth Moon. Wolfwood then asks Vash if he's so afraid of what he can do, he's living in easy retirement. Vash answers no; he just wants to live quietly for once. So Vash changed his name and his way of life. Vash gets up, asking why Wolfwood is here. Wolfwood replies that he came to take Vash away. Vash asks where. Wolfwood responds that if he's looking for a final destination, he has no idea. One thing he does know is that he needs help. Wolfwood reaches into his jacket, and throws Vash's gun onto the bed. Wolfwood asks Vash if he's heard of someone named Frank Marlon. He just mentioned Vash's name and he fixed the gun for free. Vash asks why Wolfwood would give it to him. Wolfwood says he thinks Vash might need it. Vash says that he wants to live a life in the town with Lina. Elsewhere, Lina and her grandmother are going through some clothes. Lina's grandmother asks her granddaughter why Ericks was hospitalized the last time. Lina responds that he tried to stop a violent man at the bar and the time before that he fell off a thomase. Lina's grandmother reminds Lina to thank him, and Lina says she will. Going through some more clothing, Lina comes upon a dirty and ripped cloth. Lina remembers seeing Vash on the street, and her grandmother cleaning him up. But someone outside is spying them. Back to Wolfwood and Vash, Wolfwood asks if he's really staying in the town. Vash tells him anytime he does something, people die. Wolfwood walks toward the door, saying if he's willing to give up everything for his small pathetic life, he should go for it. Vash has a quick image of Rem. Before walking out, Wolfwood asks Vash if he's heard of a town named Carcasses. Something really strange happened there a few months ago. It seems the entire population suddenly disappeared. There was no sign of a single struggle. Everything looked normal, but all the people just vanished like a mirage. They sent some cavalry men and they couldn't find a soul. One cavalry man did find something very odd. In the town square, there was a name on the center monument. The name was carefully written in red. The name was Knives. With an evil look on Vash's face, Wolfwood leaves. Vash says it doesn't matter how far he travels: His destiny will always be followed by blood and gunsmoke. The result is the same every time, mountains of death and debris. Vash has a memory of himself telling Rem to get into the escape pod so she won't leave them. Rem tells Vash to take care of Knives, and the escape pod door closes, but without Vash seeing a tear run down Rem's face. Vash starts to cry, asking himself what he should do. Vash suddenly hears Lina's grandmother asking for a man's gun. The bandits have captured Lina. With a moment of thought, Vash decides to go. Walking out with his gun, Vash tells Wolfwood he was kind of fond of his life in the town. He really hates to leave. Wolfwood says that he's sorry, but those are the breaks. Someone has to get tough or those maniacs will destroy the town. A man rushes out with a note, saying Vash and Wolfwood have gone to save Lina. What they can't believe is that they're going by themselves. Vash and Wolfwood walk towards the building where the bandits are waiting. Wolfwood asks how many there are, and Vash assumes about 200. Wolfwood replies that it's a hundred for both of them, and sees that's not fair, revealing his Cross Punisher No. 2. Vash exclaims that he doesn't want Wolfwood killing anyone, asking what kind of church man he is anyway. Wolfwood says it's deja vu, he's heard that one before. Now Vash is beginning to sound like his old self. The bandits start shooting and Lina calls out for Ericks. With their fingers on their triggers, Vash and Wolfwood begin. Later on, Vash is sitting on a chair as Lina walks to him. Lina asks why she talked to someone that filthy anyway, she must be crazy for thinking that. Back at the bandits' building in ruins, two men wonder how only Vash and Wolfwood could manage to take down all those men. Lina begins to cut Vash's long hair as Lina's grandmother remembers Vash telling her that he had to leave, and he's sorry for doing so. Over at the bar, men talk about how unbelievable it is that Ericks was really Vash the Stampede. All this time they had thought the pig-man was really the legendary gunman. Lina continues cutting Vash's hair. Vash remembers Rem cutting his hair many years ago. Wolfwood talks to Lina's grandmother about Vash leaving. He too says he's sorry. Lina remembers all the fun times she had with Ericks and finishes Vash's hair cut. Lina pulls the cloth over her head as she begins to cry. Vash gets up and hugs Lina, saying thank you for everything. Lina says she wanted to save him, but it turned to be the other way around; she says she was too weak. Vash tells her not to be ridiculous. Lina then says thank you, and she's sorry. Vash tells her he's the one who should be saying that. Vash walks toward Wolfwood and looks back at Lina and her grandmother. He waves to them and tells Lina good-bye...for now.

Episode 19, Hang Fire
As Vash's Angel Arm fires at the Fifth Moon, a huge crater is being burned in. Meryl looks up, seeing the massive beam. A voice constantly calls for Meryl, and she wakes up, seeing it was her office mate, Karen, back in the Bernadelli Insurance Society main office. Karen comments on Meryl's "make-up job", referring to some ink marks on Meryl's cheek. Meryl wipes them away as another office mate enters, starting a conversation about Vash the Stampede. Meryl defends Vash until her boss walks in and Meryl's two coworkers rush out. Meryl's boss asks Meryl to come into his office and Meryl receives some orders that give her a shock. Meryl walks into another room, calling for Milly. Milly appears outside of the window, dressed as a window washer, and says this is her punishment for coming in late for work 20 times in a row. Meryl tells Milly that Vash the Stampede has made an appearance in Little Jersey, and it's up to them again to follow him. After fixing themselves up, the two insurance girls are ready to leave. Meryl waves good-bye to Karen, and Karen sighs as the bus heads out of view. Elsewhere, a man asks some people if they're dead or not, and then offers them a ride. The two men, Vash and Wolfwood, bless the man. Soon they're both on the back of the man's truck. Wolfwood rejoices just as Vash takes his water bottle. They have a small argument until the man tells them to keep quiet. He then asks where the two are headed. Wolfwood answers Kansas, while Vash answers New Oregon. Vash and Wolfwood argue again until the man shuts them up. Vash and Wolfwood apologize as the truck continues driving. Over at Little Jersey, Meryl mentions how the place is really falling apart. A man explains how a nice guy came over to help, but destruction was the result. Milly enters the scene saying she knows where Vash is. The man questions the name. Meryl explains Vash's story as the Humanoid Typhoon. The man then pulls out a wanted poster featuring an SD Vash, who is eating donuts and weeping at the same time. Meryl duly says Vash's favorite food is donuts. The man can't believe that nutcase was indeed the legendary gunman. Milly gives more information about Vash, saying he's heading to New Oregon. In some unknown area, a group of men appear to be devising a plan against the Polo family. The plan is settled, but one man doesn't seem so thrilled... In New Oregon, a voice announces that a typhoon is headed towards the town. It's not the Humanoid Typhoon, it's a real one named Jacquelyn. The townsfolk of New Oregon are getting prepared for the storm as Vash and Wolfwood are over at a restaurant, eating red spaghetti. Wolfwood jokes about Vash's relation to Jacquelyn as Vash scarfs down the spaghetti. Wolfwood then tells Vash that this town isn't safe. There is a quarrel between the Polo and Freeze family. A distant relative of the Freeze family was just murdered and it's a high stakes feud. Vash begins to whimper and Wolfwood stops him. Wolfwood continues talking about the situation, but finds Vash has been replaced by Kuroneko (very funny scene). As Vash walks away, Wolfwood calls him "Needle Noggin". Afterwards, a man walks in telling Slader Polo someone's asking to be let in. Vash explains that he came by to see his old friend, Max Simon. Slader Polo gives permission and Vash walks away. On a sandsteamer, Meryl and Milly talk about how it was a good idea to get into second class since their last ride on a sandsteamer was filled with bandits (the encounter with B.D.N. and the Bad Lad Gang). While brushing their teeth, gunshots are heard and the door opens, revealing a bandit. Meryl and Milly do as the bandit orders, screaming, "Not again!" Now Meryl and Milly are hostages on the sandsteamer while Vash enters Max Simon's room, saying Max hasn't changed a bit. They talk some until a HUGE crash is heard. It turns out to be the sandsteamer Meryl and Milly are being held hostage in. The bandits break out, heading toward Slader Polo. An announcer explains how a sandsteamer has just crashed into his place of work while Slader Polo rushes into the room. The door is shot down, while Wolfwood tries to get through the crowd. The leader of the bandits announces that Slader Polo is now his hostage. Vash decides to step in. Back on the sandsteamer, the remaining bandit announces their plan: To kill Polo and use Jacquelyn for cover. Meryl questions the name and the bandit explains it's the incoming typhoon. Meryl and Milly laugh at their mistake and Meryl claims that was not the answer she wanted. Meryl... uh... Meryl does a few tricks with her feet and then manages to knock out the bandit with Milly's Stungun. Then they make their escape. Vash takes two bandits down, shooting the bandits' guns right out of their hands. They ask if Vash is a Polo bodyguard and Vash answers he is not. Max Simon announces that the man is Vash the Stampede. In fear, the two men run off after Vash appears to be aiming his gun at them. Slader Polo is still being held hostage, and one of the men is about to pull the trigger on him. The leader stops him, just as the previous two bandits bust in warning that Vash the Stampede is coming. The bandits are in shock, but the leader tells them to keep calm. Footsteps are heard, and Vash begins to sing. Vash and the leader begin to talk, but one of the men hesitates and shoots a large missile at Vash. Vash kicks away the missile and uses his gun to knock out all of the bandits, except for one man and the leader, who escaped. The man explains how Slader Polo has killed his daughter and he wants revenge. Vash attempts to stop the man, getting a few punches as the crowd listens. As a final attempt, Vash gets on his knees and begins to beg for the man to stop. Crying, the man does stop. Just then, Meryl and Milly enter the room, and Meryl is relieved that Vash is okay. Later on, Vash, Meryl, Milly, and Wolfwood are on a cliff, looking at the town of New Oregon. Wolfwood gives Vash a tip and walks away with Milly following him. Meryl hands Vash an icepack and sits next to him. Vash says "long time, no see" and Meryl agrees. Elsewhere, the bandit leader appears, splits apart, and floats into an old man's suitcase. The old man announces that he has found Vash the Stampede and that he has begun to move. This announcement was to... Legato Bluesummers.

Episode 20, Flying Ship
Vash and Wolfwood manage to board a huge flying ship, the SEEDS ship from the "Rem Saverm" Episode. Vash is meeting Brad and a doctor on board. Inside they also meet Jessica who really like Vash. Inside Wolfwood is left to hear that they other people on the ship don't like him, because he is an outsider. Vash is talking to the doctor and recieves a new arm, including a new gun built in. Meanwhile Wolfwood hears screaming and hurries to find a room full of dead people. All of the passenger people think wolfwood did it, but Brado after preparing to kill him realizes that Vash said he was okay, and suddenly has other things on his mind when everybody that was once behind him is dead. They look to see Leonof's puppet from the previous episode. The puppet is all shot up, but more come and one even has Jessica. They are still shot up leaving the girl alone. Vash comes along and sees what happened. They prepare to fight as Leonof through his puppet tells him that he's not the only one sent to kill him.

Episode 21, Out of Time
Back on the ship Vash and Wolfwood split up to find the other bad guys. They continue to blow away puppets, and it doesn't take too long for Wolfwood to find Gray the ninelives, who has fingertip machine guns, and what I like to call nipple rockets. Wolfwood starts to shoot him, but it is doing very little, he even shoots him with missiles and they don't do much. Meanwhile we find out that they wish to destroy the plants so that the flying ship will crash. Vash and Brado hurry off to one of the plants and find hoppered the gantret. Hoppered and vash fight. Hoppered is actually winning until they manage to get him down momentarily. Wolfwood has done nothing to Gray except blow off his fake skin to reveal he is a robot. Hoppered has managed to crack the plant and while hoppered is down Vash talks to a being inside the plant, but hoppered manages to destroy it and the lady/heart/scary monster is killed. Meanwhile the ship falls down. Wolfwood finally manages to kill Gray the Ninelives after many missiles and some good luck. The ship crashes and by the way hoppered was killed. All of the people come out of the ship and Brad and Vash are talking. Jessica comes running up and she points a gun at Vash, and proceeds to shoot. However Brad puts his body in the way and dies in Vash's arms, I don't remember who kills the Jessica puppet. Wolfwood then comes out of the ship with the real Jessica who he has just found, and everybody is sad, because Brado is dead. Also at the very end Wolfwood goes and kills Leonof with a missile, Vash sobs for awhile about Brad's death.

Episode 22, Alternative
Under the darkness of night, Vash stares at the campfire and is reminded of the many gunshots. Wolfwood sighs, telling him that they did everything they could; it was just fate that things turned out this way. Vash replies that death shouldn't be given a simple word, and he recalls the residents of Sky City dying, Brad being shot, and being in front of Brad's grave. Vash knows he was the one who killed Brad. Meryl, who was supposedly asleep, is wide awake, and has heard everything. Arriving in the next town, the men guarding the gate won't let them in. Vash gives in, and turns back to spot a child searching through their things. The child notices he is caught, so he runs off with a water bottle. He doesn't get very far, because Milly ends up blocking him and then asks him to say "thank you" to Vash. He does so and quickly leaves. The group follows this boy to a small building. After knocking, the door opens and the children of the building start throwing items at them. Wolfwood quickly offers some food and they are welcomed in. The children are all orphans. Every area, except Keebas - the town which the group is not allowed in - was abandoned. All of the orphans' parents had stopped what they were doing and began to walk away as if something were controlling them. The orphan that Vash and Wolfwood are talking to also mentions a voice that said, 'This is what you get for taking so long.' Vash knows it was Him... Knives. After a great supper, Meryl tucks in the sleeping orphans. The blonde boy who took Vash's water bottle earlier begins to cry in his sleep. Seeing this, Vash feels that he just can't leave the kids. Wolfwood tells Vash to loosen up, so he offers Vash a drink. Back in Keebas, hidden in the darkness, is Legato. Some townsfolk run over after hearing a gunshot and find the gates open and two men dead. Nearby the site is Midvalley the Hornfreak. That morning, the orphanage is rudely awakened by the men of Keebas firing at them. Vash and Wolfwood walk out, but they are beaten for being accused of killing the two men last night. The ground then begins to shake and a gigantic sandworm erupts. Everyone wonders what sandworms are doing there. Before Vash and Wolfwood distract the sandworms so the others can get to safety, the blonde boy wishes Vash good luck. The two run about and discover that this is too organized for regular sandworms. Someone must be controlling them. Vash then realizes that this must mean the sandworms are also in the town. Once there, Vash orders Meryl and Milly to take the children to the tops of buildings, where it's safe. One of the boys runs off, so Milly and Wolfwood follow him. Vash begins to fire his machine gun to stop the sandworms, but there are too many. A sandworm begins to reach over to Wolfwood and another at Vash. Vash runs out of bullets, so he is forced to draw his silver gun. As he passes the children, he notices something strange about the blonde boy. Vash fires his gun and the sandworms begin to retreat. However, Vash had fired his gun in the opposite direction of the sandworm. It turns out Vash had shot at a green device in the blonde boy's hair that was controlling the sandworms. Vash asks why has he done this. The boy smirks and he pulls off his poncho. The boy is the fourth Gung-Ho-Gun, Zazie the Beast. Zazie says he hates children because they lack free will. He aims one gun at Meryl and the other at Vash after he shoots away Vash's gun. Vash replies that Zazie is forcing himself to do this, because he witnessed him crying last night. Zazie shoots at Vash's shoulder, saying that he is a demon now. Vash continues talking and Zazie appears to be giving in. Suddenly, Zazie is shot in the temple and is killed. In horror, Vash turns to see who had shot him - Wolfwood. Wolfwood explains that if he hadn't shot him, Vash would be the one lying there dead. He punches Vash to the ground saying there was no other alternative for them if they want to survive. Vash disagrees. They are searching for a place where people can live. Not wanting to hear anymore of this, Wolfwood walks away. Overlooking the town is a man with a large, metal cross. He smiles, holding a green apple in his hand...

Episode 23, Paradise
The episode begins with Wolfwood explaining his past. A gunshot is heard in the town he grew up in. Wolfwood reveals that at the age of seven, he picked up his first gun and fired. With that one shot, he killed the man who called himself Wolfwood's guardian. Young Wolfwood was then raised by Chapel the Evergreen, who taught him to be the Wolfwood we now know. Wolfwood also explained how he did not want other kids to grow up like him, so he started his own orphanage. He was doing something for the good of others, yet Wolfwood sometimes thinks to himself that there is nowhere else worse than the planet which he lives on. In an empty and ghost-like town, Vash stares at the monument with "Knives" written on it. Meryl watches him from close by. Vash remembers Brad and Zazie's deaths, and his struggle with Wolfwood. Suddenly, Meryl hears a gunshot. She looks to see Vash has just fired his gun at "I" in Knives. Vash asks himself how he does not understand how his brother can enjoy this. Wolfwood is fixing his motorcycle and starts to smoke. He recalls Vash saying Zazie was not going to shoot him. He also recalls Milly's grim face and pleads her not to look at him like that. Wolfwood then hears footsteps. His eyes widen as he turns around to see Chapel. Wolfwood tries to grab his master's apple, but is unsuccessful. Chapel grabs Wolfwood by his shirt collar and tells his student that he is hesitating. Chapel then asks Wolfwood why he has changed. Wolfwood responds he has been traveling around with a real troublemaker. Chapel orders his student to kill this man, Vash the Stampede, now. Wolfwood replies that Knives himself told him to bring back Vash alive. Chapel tells his student that the order has been retracted and Wolfwood is now a Gung-Ho Gun. Meanwhile, in the desert, a masked man extends his extremely long sniper rifle. He loads, aims, and blends into his surroundings. It appears he is aiming for the town below him. Wolfwood comes across Vash, and the two remain speechless. Eventually, Wolfwood walks off leaving Vash shocked. At the house he's staying in, Wolfwood thinks about his encounter with Vash that day. His thoughts are interrupted by Milly, who walks in offering sandwiches and coffee. Wolfwood asks Milly why she has not said anything about shooting Zazie. Milly answers that both he and Vash were right in ways. Wolfwood then asks how Vash can say that no one had to die. Milly tells him that is the way Vash has lived his entire life. Through flashbacks, it is proven this is how Vash is. Wolfwood begins to cry and Milly embraces him. He drops his coffee mug and Milly asks him to eat the sandwiches. Wolfwood asks if Milly would like to eat them with him. That night, Meryl looks out the window, wondering where Milly is. Vash, still depressed, asks Rem what he should do. Milly is asleep in a bed. A shirtless Wolfwood glares out the window. The next morning, Vash walks out to be greeted by Wolfwood. Suddenly, Wolfwood reveals his Cross Punisher II and aims at Vash. Wolfwood orders Vash to draw his gun. Vash says he will only do so if Wolfwood promises to never shoot anyone again. Wolfwood asks Vash what he intends to do when he finds Knives. Vash explains how Knives had taken someone very important to him many years ago. Wolfwood then asks if it's revenge. Vash simply answers that he doesn't know. Wolfwood withdraws his Cross Punisher II, until a bullet is fired from nowhere. The two run into a building for cover. Vash asks who is firing. Wolfwood explains it is Caine the Longshot, and he is not alone. Wolfwood tells Vash to take care of Caine; the other is his. Vash jumps out and drives away in a nearby car. Wolfwood looks behind him to see Chapel. Chapel reveals his cross, which is actually two machine guns. The duel between Wolfwood and Chapel begins. Meanwhile, Meryl enters a room asking about the gunfire, but instead, she finds Milly. Milly explains how Wolfwood made her promise to stay there until he comes back. Vash is driving, trying to avoid Caine's fire, while Wolfwood is trying to defeat Chapel. Vash's car soon comes to a stop and Caine begins to aim the final shot. Before that happens, Caine's gun is shot down by Vash. Defeated, Caine pulls out another gun and aims for his own head. Wolfwood continues fighting Chapel until his master drops his guns in exhaustion. Instead of firing, Wolfwood withdraws his weapon. He walks up to his master and takes the green apple that he had failed to catch before. Chapel asks why his student chose otherwise. Wolfwood answers he just did things differently before walking away. With Wolfwood's back turned, something appears to have taken over Chapel. Chapel again aims at his student and tries to warn him. Wolfwood does turn, expecting his master not to shoot. Chapel fires. Wolfwood walks back to Vash, who is saddened that he failed to save someone again. Wolfwood then states that Knives is in Demitrihi. Vash is shocked and asks how he knew that. Vash looks up to see Wolfwood gone, but he sees a trail of blood as well. Wolfwood walks into a church and leans against his cross. More blood drips from his body as he starts to ask for God's forgiveness. Wolfwood falls to his knees, saying that today he made peace with himself. He asks why he did not see that Vash's ways were right before it was too late. He lights a cigarette, but he remembers Milly telling him smoking is bad. Wolfwood apologizes and lets the cigarette drop from his mouth. Wolfwood then says he would like to be reincarnated somewhere peaceful. In Eden, he would be with Vash, Milly, and Meryl. Wolfwood tries to get up, saying he wants to stay with them, he does not want to die. Wolfwood remembers his past and begins to cry. His hand falls to the floor. His eyes close... Back in the house, Milly cries uncontrollably, Meryl hides her face as she cries, and outside, Vash remains silent.

Episode 24, Sin
In an unknown location, a pair of thomases pull a metal wagon in toward a figure. Out of the wagon step Midvalley and Legato. The man waiting for them is Chapel. Legato walks towards Chapel, explaining he had been expecting him and he knows that Chapel is angry at him for forcing him to kill Wolfwood. Suddenly, Chapel reveals his two machine guns and is ready to fire until he falls under Legato's mind control. As Chapel screams in his painful stance, Midvalley gets ready to play his saxophone. He stops as the metal doors behind Chapel open revealing... Knives. Knives walks to Chapel, asking why has he come. Knives then explains how Chapel's decision and the human race are pathetic. So, Knives begins to engulf Chapel in a black ball of darkness. Midvalley looks in disgust as Chapel vanishes into nothing. Legato looks up to his master, saying he understands. Vash the Stampede shall face eternal pain and suffering. In the town of LR, Vash buys a bag of donuts and eats them in delight. After taking a bite from one, he then drops the donut he was eating and the whole bag as he begins to cry, covering his face in his hands. Back in Tonim Town are Meryl and Milly. With a sad look on her face, Meryl remembers seeing Vash silently leave. She stands in his way and demands to know who Knives is. Instead, Vash answers how everyone is dying because of him. That is why Meryl can not stay with him. Again Meryl asks who Knives is. Vash finally tells her that he is his brother. Meryl is completely shocked. Vash explains the conflict he and his brother had. Meryl listens as tears begin to form. After telling the whole story, Vash began to walk out the door, reminding Meryl there is a girl who really needs her support. Meryl's thoughts are stopped by Milly, who asks if Meryl is going to follow Vash. In a happy tone, Meryl quickly rants on how they should get the report done. Milly interrupts saying she can handle it. Milly then explains with a smile on her face how if they don't work, they don't get paid. But Meryl can tell Milly is hiding her sadness. Getting ready to leave, the two silently cry. Two boys marvel at the sight of a grown-up crying. Vash explains that everyone feels like crying sometimes. One of them asks why he is crying. Vash answers a friend of his died. But then, the two start saying that it was because of him Wolfwood had to die. Vash looks up and the two boys collapse. He looks around to see the once active town have all stopped and suffered the same fate as the two boys. Vash quickly turns around to find Legato. Just as Vash is ready to draw his gun, a child speaks up saying someone will die if he does so. Legato tells Vash that he had already killed many, he only thinks he has not because Vash did not personally pull the trigger. In anger, Vash aims at Legato. Legato then reveals to Vash that his left arm is actually Vash's. Surprised by this, Vash is told that Legato will be waiting for him on the mountain. Legato walks away and the townspeople slowly recover. A man begins to speak up, introducing himself as the eleventh Gung-Ho-Gun, Midvalley the Hornfreak. Midvalley calls Vash by his full title and the people quickly rush out, leaving the town empty. As Midvalley raises his saxophone to his lips, Vash quickly fires a bullet. But Midvalley plays his saxophone and the bullet is pushed back before it even gets near him. No matter how many times Vash fires, Midvalley is able to push the bullet back and cause destruction as he plays his saxophone. Vash asks why Midvalley hasn't finished him off yet. Midvalley answers that he is under orders. Vash knows he means Knives. A man begins to walk forward, and Vash knows this is Legato's work. Midvalley begins to play his saxophone again and Vash quickly shields the man. With every hit, Vash becomes more injured and weak. Outside of town are Meryl and Milly. Meryl stops in remembering Vash's words. Milly tells her to stop because she is going to regret it later. Meryl snaps out of it and a man walks up to them. Meryl offers the man water but he looks up at her with expressionless eyes. With his gun out of reach, Vash remains on the ground. Midvalley walks up to him and Vash quickly reveals his machine gun. But before Vash can fire, Midvalley stops him. Midvalley gets ready to play his saxophone again and Vash begins to fire. After the attack, Midvalley blows into his saxophone but no sound comes out. However, Midvalley isn't finished yet. His saxophone opens up, revealing a number of guns. Vash tries to stop him but Midvalley smirks as he fires. As the dust settles, it is revealed that Midvalley has committed suicide. Saddened by seeing another one die, Vash knows he has to face Legato. On the mountain, Legato explains how both he and Vash should have died a long time ago. This is why he is ending it now. Vash fires at Legato and aims his gun to Legato's head. Legato then raises his hand and the top of Vash's gun blows off. The light begins to grow and Vash's arm slowly transforms into an Angel Arm. Vash remembers Meryl, Milly, Wolfwood, Lina, and Rem and he manages to cancel out the transformation. A bullet is fired and Vash is knocked down. He looks to see the townspeople under Legato's mind control. Vash aims at Legato again. Legato asks why Vash hasn't shot him yet; he wants to die. Vash refuses to kill Legato, and he puts down his gun. Legato sends out two more people: Meryl and Milly, who are being tortured by the townspeople. Using his mind control, Legato forces Vash to aim his gun at him again. Legato tells Vash it is foolish to listen to the words of a woman whose idealistic terms are worthless. Rem Saverem, a wasted existence, a worthless human being just like himself, Legato. Enraged more than ever, Vash stands up, still aiming at Legato. Vash remembers the words of Wolfwood and Rem as he hears Meryl and Milly's cries for help. A tear falls from his eyes as Vash's vision of Rem fades away. Vash pulls back the trigger, the barrel turns, and he fires. Legato's body drops to the floor, dead. Legato has kept his words. He has made Vash face eternal pain and suffering. In the far distance, Knives begins to laugh sinisterly in triumph.

Episode 25, Live Through
Hearing Rem's voice, Vash slowly awakens. He looks around the room and gets up. Vash wonders where he is, until suddenly... he remembers. Wolfwood, leaving Meryl and Milly, Midvalley, Legato... his eyes widen in shock. Vash remembers standing in front of Legato's dead body. He was the one who pulled the trigger. He was the one who killed him. Vash grieves until he hears Meryl's voice from behind the door. Meryl enters the room and there is silence for a moment until Meryl speaks up, saying she is glad to see Vash up. Meryl explains that they are in a small village about 200 iles away from L.R. and explains how they let them stay in the house so she could heal Vash's wounds. She offers Vash some of her soup, but Vash simply says he remembers everything. Meryl looks saddened for a second until she makes up an excuse that she has to go somewhere. She leaves, closing the door, but she lays against the door to hear Vash's cries turn into screams. While walking through the village, an old man asks Meryl how her friend is doing. Meryl replies that he has finally regained consciousness. Suddenly, out of the well sprays a large rock that just nearly misses Meryl. Milly pops out of the well and apologizes. Meryl and Milly begin to talk and Milly says she is glad that Vash is awake. Meryl tells Milly that she is sorry for making her do all the work. Milly replies not to worry, and that while she works, she does not have time to think about her problems. Meryl then asks how the well is going. Milly answers that they should reach the underground water vein in a week. With bags of groceries in their hands, Milly explains to Meryl how the village reminds her of her hometown. Although it was a quiet, ordinary village, it was a great place to live because her whole family was there. Suddenly, something catches Meryl's eye. She spots a man on the cliff, and realizes that it is Vash. Vash looks to the horizon, knowing his brother, Knives, is out there. He remembers Wolfwood asking him what he would do when he does find Knives. Vash answers that Knives stole someone who was very important to him. Wolfwood then asks if it is revenge. Vash told him he did not know. Vash asks Wolfwood what he should do. He actually killed someone with his own hands. He is no different from his brother. Vash begins to cry to Rem, saying he is sorry for what he has done. Meryl and Milly appear, asking what Vash is doing there. Vash answers that he has to go to Rem. Meryl asks what Vash is talking about. Crying, Vash says he killed Legato and there had to be another way to end that. He calls to Rem until he collapses to the floor. Back in the house they are staying in, Meryl explains how it was a bad idea to follow Vash after all. If they did not go, Vash would not have to suffer like this. Milly tells Meryl that she is wrong. Meryl followed Vash because she cares about him. With her head down, Meryl says maybe Milly should be making the decisions now. Milly looks in confusion, but Meryl snaps out of it telling her never mind, they have a lot of work to do. As the days pass, Meryl and Milly worked on the well as Vash slowly recovered. One night, while sewing Vash's red coat, Meryl accidentally pokes her finger with the needle. She looks up and sees the Fifth Moon and its crater, and is reminded of Vash. One day, Meryl and Milly left the house while Vash stayed outside on the porch. Noticing a mysterious black cat beside him, Vash decides to offer his hand. Instead, the black cat scratches him and runs off (Bad Kuroneko!). Meanwhile, a truck pulls over and a man walks out, explaining how there have been a number of disappearances. He notices Vash, but cannot exactly remember him. Unfortunately, another man inside the truck does. He orders his friend to get inside the truck and they drive off. The man asks what is going on and his friend tells him that was Vash the Stampede. That night, Vash is on a cliff, stargazing. Quietly, he begins to sing "Sound Life" until someone joins in. Meryl walks over and sits down beside him. Meryl tells Vash he can stay as long as he likes. Vash replies it sounds nice, he would really like to. Meryl smiles and continues to look at the stars. The next morning, Meryl walks inside the house, apologizing that she is late because she did not get enough sleep last night. She is interrupted by Milly, who is surrounded by angry men. Seeing this, Meryl gets a very worried look on her face. The men begin to surround Meryl and Milly, scolding them for bringing Vash the Stampede to endanger their lives. Meryl looks out the window to see Vash being continuously dragged by a truck. The man driving the truck walks up to Vash and asks him if Vash felt the pain of the people who died. They continue to let Vash suffer so Meryl runs up to him with Milly following behind. Meryl begs the man not to kill Vash, but the man argues that they have every right to shoot at him. Meryl raises her head, telling the man he is wrong. No one has the right to take the life of another. Everyone deserves a future. Vash slowly begins to look up, his eyes widening. Meryl's words are that of Rem's. Vash looks at Meryl and sees her resemblance to Rem. He has seen the Rem Saverem in her. Although the man is aiming at her, Meryl slowly walks up to him. She says they have to stop the hatred; they were not born to cause others harm. Everyone watches, and the man does not fire as Meryl puts down the gun. Time has passed and the men have left. Vash asks how Meryl and Milly could have been so reckless. Milly replies that what they did is exactly what Vash has always done. In her heart, Milly knows Wolfwood would have chosen to do the same. Vash smiles, exclaiming they have just given him the answer. He runs up to Meryl and hugs her. This shocks Meryl at first, but she soon begins to smile. Vash explains that even if a mistake is made, as long as you realize your mistake it is possible to make it right again. If you keep your vision clear, you will see the future. Vash kisses Meryl on the cheek, and unfortunately gets over-excited, so Meryl is forced to punch him down. Vash falls to the ground, complaining that he is already injured as Meryl and Milly walk away. The next morning, the sun slowly rises as Vash fixes himself up. Looking at his red coat, he explains the geranium, the flower Rem loved. Putting it on, Vash states that in the language of the flowers, geraniums mean "determination". Vash looks at his silver gun as he remembers some words of his brother. He spins his gun on his finger, places it into his pocket, and walks out the door. Just outside, is Meryl. She asks Vash if he is going and Vash replies that he is and also tells Meryl not to worry. Meryl looks up and smiles, telling him good luck. Vash smiles back and thanks her for everything. Milly runs up to Vash, placing Wolfwood's Cross Punisher in front of him. Milly explains how she wants Vash to take it with him; it would honor Wolfwood. Vash takes the cross, saying it is pretty heavy. Milly smiles, replying that of course it is; That's because it's full of mercy. With the cross on his back, Vash says good-bye and walks off into the horizon. Meryl and Milly wave good-bye as well. Seeing Vash fade away, Meryl begins to cry, saying that she could not say anything to him. Milly tries to cheer her up by saying she can tell him everything when he gets back. With the wind blowing against him strongly, Vash remembers Rem telling Vash to take care of Knives as the Project Seeds escape pod closed shut. Vash says he finally understands the last thing Rem tried to tell him. Vash will never do wrong again; humans are survivors, so Vash will take care of his brother. He will save Knives.

Episode 26, Under the Sky So Blue
The dual suns shine above the desert planet. With Wolfwood's cross on his back, Vash heads toward his brother Knives. It appears Knives has been living in a greenish area, filled with grass and trees. Knives takes a sip of wine and then turns to see his brother has arrived. Knives smiles and waves as Vash puts down Wolfwood's cross and pushes it into the ground. As they silently stare, the flashbacks begin. 130 years ago, Knives and Vash landed onto the planet. Although Vash could not stand his brother for killing the entire crew, he followed him. Knives says the humans will leech off their siblings, the plants. Vash asks if that is why Knives kills people. Knives answers he is correct, he kills spiders to save the butterflies. Still angry, Vash continues following his brother. That night, when Knives was fast asleep, Vash stood next to him with a large rock. He reminds himself that he killed the crew, but remembering Rem's words, Vash stops. The next morning, Vash wakes up to see his brother with a friendly smile. A few months later, the human race slowly settled on the land. One man became angered, cut into a line for water, and greedily took some water for himself. The people were angered and the fighting began. Knives and Vash, who were on an overlooking cliff, saw all of this. Knives says that is the true nature of the human race. They are all selfish, arrogant, and imperfect. Knives evilly widens his eyes causing a nearby plant to glow brightly. Knives tells Vash that they were born with free will, and he walks away. Ten years later, although the brothers are only eleven, they now look like full grown men. Knives says he found it, referring to a remaining Project Seeds ship. Knives looks inside and tells Vash that he is going to find something he left behind and that it might take a while, so he suggests Vash should stay behind. One year later, Vash is still there. Just then, Knives finally returned. After leaving the ship, Vash asks where Knives is now going. A blast of wind and light occur, and Vash covers himself. The blast was caused by Knives, holding a black gun. He turns to Vash saying a silver gun is now his brother's. Knives says they will use the two guns to destroy the human race. Vash replies that he would never do that. Knives asks why Vash followed him and waited for him. He then asks if it's because Vash knows he's hopeless on his own. Knives tells Vash to just watch him kill them. Vash knocks down Knives and the two guns are dropped. They race for their guns. Knives gets his first and aims at Vash. Knives asks his brother if Vash is still affected by Rem's words, and he puts down his gun. Vash quickly picks up his gun, saying he won't allow Knives to kill any more people. Knives replies Vash has misunderstood him, and he's aiming at the wrong person. Vash knows this is wrong and he suddenly shoots Knives's right leg. Knives can't believe Vash actually shot him. Vash runs off in tears, grabbing both the silver and black gun, and leaving Knives in pain. Two years later, Vash wandered the planet on his own until he suddenly collapsed. When he regained consciousness, Vash learned he was saved by the residents of Sky City, the Project Seeds ship that didn't crash onto the planet. There, Vash got his red jacket and left for a while. Vash worked on his gunmanship, got drunk, and just watched the sunset. Vash returned to Sky City and 80 years later, Vash (with The Doctor and a young Jessica and Brad close by) was looking through the ship's files and learned a relative of Rem (Alex Saverem?) was alive and living in Julycity. Vash left the ship and arrived in Julycity. There he found Knives and the Julycity incident occurred. Vash was left in the city, surrounded by wreckage. Sometime later, Knives had ordered Legato to make sure Vash would suffer for all eternity. Legato promises he will do as ordered; he will make sure the man belonging to his left arm will suffer. Then all the Gung-Ho-Guns are shown, from Monev to Midvalley. This includes the death of Brad and Nicholas D. Wolfwood. Finally, it shows when Vash was forced to kill Legato. Returning to the present, Knives asks his brother if the humans treated him well and if he had fun. Vash smiles, answering that he did - it was the best thing that ever happened to him. Vash pulled out his gun and aimed at Knives. The showdown begins. The guns' bullets fly everywhere, destroying just about everything. It comes to a point when both Knives and Vash lose their guns (including Vash's Machine Gun). The brothers race toward their black and silver guns, grabbing them at the same time, as well as aiming at the same time. They are about to fire but they now see each other's gun right in front of their face. One hand is holding the other gun's revolver, while the other hand is on the trigger. At the same time, they unloaded the other's gun, grab one bullet, load, and get ready to fire. This time, one hand is on the trigger, while the other hand is trying to stop the other brother's hand. The two brothers wait for the next move. They fire, but Vash gets shot and is thrown to the ground. Knives aims again, but the top part flies out. Vash knows what's going to happen. Knives's right arm transforms into a bigger, stronger Angel Arm. Vash remembers the destruction of Julycity and Augusta, and the time he had shot Knives in the leg. Knives fires his Angel Arm. A white ball of energy pushes away the ground as it spreads, but that white ball is covered by a black one. It was Vash with his stronger Angel Arm that canceled out Knives'. They charge up their Angel Arms as Knives tells Vash he is not human, but a plant. Vash replies that he knows. Knives then tells Vash he's a superior being. Vash disagrees. They fire, but the blast does not spread because their arms are trying to cancel out each other. Their arms soon turn back to normal. Vash falls to ground and Knives reloads his gun, and then shoots five times. Vash fires from his gun, but nothing happens. Knives kicks Vash away, sending Vash's gun into the air. Knives catches the silver gun and turns BOTH of his arms into Angel Arms. Vash closes his eyes until he hears Wolfwood's voice. Knives begins to charge as Wolfwood tells Vash "it"'s right next to him. Vash knows what to do. He reaches into the ground and pulls out... Wolfwood's Cross Punisher No.2. Knives looks in fear as Vash fires. The multiple bullets turn Knives's arms back to normal as Vash reaches for his gun. Vash aims his gun, a few flashbacks occur, and Vash fires. The bullet goes straight through Knives. After a few seconds of pain, Knives fires at Vash again. Vash reloads and begins to fire again. The last bullet knocks away Knives's gun. Knives is motionless, yet alive. Vash walks over to his brother and says that he will survive. Meanwhile, the well literally explodes with water and the people rejoice. Milly asks if Vash will come back. Meryl answers that of course he will, he wouldn't dare keep a good woman like her waiting. Vash stares up at the sky, throws his gun onto the ground and his jacket into the air, and then picks up the bandaged Knives. With Knives on his shoulder, Vash tells Rem he will continue to believe in her, but from now on, Vash will look for his own words for guidance. An image of Rem is shown in the sky, smiling down at Vash. Vash begins to walk away from the battle area as the special end credits roll. With a huge smile on his face, Vash knows he can now live in peace.

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