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After May our quartet headed onto June, because..heck, anyone with a Calendar knows that June comes after May.
June had recently been turned into a Geo plant for purposes fitting only this story. For any good story should, at some point, have a hot springs. "NOO!!!" Vash wailed and clung to the June Hot Springs' sign post, "I don't want to go swimming! I don't know how! I'll drown!" "You moron!" Meryl latched onto the spazzing rabbit and tugged, "The water isn't deep enough to drown in!" "Yeah, Needle Noggin," Wolfwood nodded, "How can you not enjoy this much water?" Before Vash could respond, Milly distracted the crew, "Look at the pretty lights!!" And as surely as she spoke, the brand new Neon lights memorized all the passerbys. "Yes!" A voice boomed over a loud speaker, "This hot springs is now beautiful and sparkling!" "I don't believe it! It's Brilliance Dynamite Neon and the Bad Lads!!!" Milly's eyes sparkled with glee. "Aren't they bandits?" Vash inquired, letting one ear flop to the side. Meryl swatted him, "Are you kidding?! They're a band!" With a flick of her tail she stormed into the Hot Springs of June City. "This is really strange." Vash whimpered, figuring that nothing good would come of this. "Ah, cheer up!" Wolfwood patted the rabbit on the back. "Why don't you just enjoy yourself for a change?" "But I.." "No 'Buts!'" With that, Wolfwood grabbed Vash by the ears and drug him into the hot springs. --- "Where could that imbecile be?" Meryl chattered away, "He better not be making trouble! Him and that preacher just disappear all the time!" "Hey, now, Meryl," Milly smiled at her friend, "We're here to relax, so don't worry about it! I'm sure that they'll be fine!" "I sure hope so. I don't need my job getting any harder than it already is." --- Vash walked out of the changing room in a full bathrobe. He looked about nervously, wondering if anyone was watching. "Geez, it takes you longer to change than it does for most girls." "Well, excuse me, I-.." Vash couldn't find the voice that addressed him. He looked about. "Down here!" Vash looked down to find a little chipmunk boy standing before him. The boy spoke again, "Here's your towel, sir." "My towel? You work here?" "Of course I do, you dumb sh*t! Do you think I randomly give people towels just for the heck of it?!" The dark-haired kid threw the towel down at Vash's feet then stomped off, "Damn tourists." --- Vash trudged about the hot springs looking for a spot where he might feel at ease, but found none. He did enjoy the beauty of the geo plant though. "Ah, Rem, if only you could see..." If only Vash could see! The next thing he knew the little jackrabbit was clotheslined from behind, "AHHH!! What's going on?!?!" He had been picked up by a frantic wolf skating on a wet bar of soap. "Sorry about this, Vash!" Wolfwood clung to the rabbit as they skated onward, "I wasn't watching where I was go-..Holy..!" He pointed ahead, "FENCE!!" And a fence it was. And they toppled right through that fence, and into the hot springs that was occupied by Meryl and Milly, who both screamed with surprise. "You perverts!! I'll sue!!" Meryl wrapped her towel tighter around her body. "I'M SORRY!!" Vash bowed in apology to the ticked-off squirrel, letting his robe fall off of his shoulders. Meryl just stared. "EEK!" Vash recoiled and hid himself, "I almost forgot about those scars.." "Yeah, well, you've forgotten something else too!" Wolfwood shouted in a panic as he pointed back at the fence. "What do you mean, Mr. Preacher?" Milly looked at the fence in shambles. "All of the fences in this hot springs are somehow connected to each other! They rely strickly on the support each one gives, and now that the one has been damaged..." "OHHH NOOO!!!" They all cried as the whole hot springs establishment came crashing down. --- "Blast!" B.D.N. growled, "I got a crappy part!" "You got a crappy part?!" Kaite scolded and snapped a towel at B.D.N. "At least you weren't the towel boy!" |