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pairing(s); outlaw!vash x (GN) reader summary; you've finally caught the human typhoon! now all you have to do is turn him in - cowboy au with bounty hunter reader and outlaw vash warnings; cleaning a wound, mentions of violence word count; 2k notes; finally getting my cowboy au stuff done!

You’ve done it. You’ve finally done it! After months of searching, preparing, and training you’ve finally managed to catch the slippery outlaw known as the Human Typhoon. “Not so tough now, are we?” You laugh a little bit as you tighten the rope around his wrists. You’ve had this man in your clutches so many times, and the scum has always managed to escape somehow. But now? You’ve got him tied up on the side of the road, with no sign of his little friend to help him.

“Looks like the law finally caught up to you, eh Human Typhoon?” you mumble, stepping back to admire your work. He’s got his head down as he sits on the dirt path, his arms tied behind his back. He doesn’t say anything, he just sits there with a sad little pout plastered across his face. You don’t care about his lack of reaction, you’ve finally caught the son of a bitch and you couldn’t be happier.

You make sure he can’t move anywhere and brush the dust off your hands as you turn to your horse. “Good job girl.” You run your hand along the side of her neck, and give her a little praise for working so hard to catch up to the wanted man. “She’s a pretty horse.” The blonde bandit suddenly says, making you pause what you’re doing.

You look over at him and smile proudly. “And she’s fast too. Best horse I ever owned.” you pull some sugar cubes out of your bag, offering them to your steed. “I mean, she managed to catch up to the infamous human typhoon.” you give her one final pat before turning to face the sorry sack sitting by your feet once again.

He cringes at the nickname. “Actually It’s Vash.” he tries to correct you, but you ignore him. If he wanted to be called by his first name, then he shouldn’t have caused so much destruction. “Whatever you say, blondie.” You wave him off, stretching your arms up in the air. You then tilt your head from side to side to crack it. “We better be off. It’s late, I’m not so sure if we’ll make it into town before night time.” You say, mostly to yourself.

“Come on.” you grab the man’s arm and hike him up, pulling him towards your horse. It’s a little tricky trying to get him onto your horse, since the man is so much taller than you. But you end up throwing him over the back of the horse as best you can. You climb on after a second, and head off into the sunset.

As you ride, you every once in a while look behind you to make sure the man is still there. He seems to have resigned to his fate as he hangs there. He’s quiet too- you expected him to be a lot more talkative. Especially since he never seemed to shut up the other time you had tried to capture him. After a little while you find yourself growing a little worried. Is he planning something? Is that why he’s being so quiet? Or has he truly just accepted what’s to come?

“Hey, Typhoon, why so quiet?’ you ask him, eyes focused on the road in front of you.

He doesn’t say anything for a second. The silence is almost deafening before he finally replies with “Why are you so adamant about bringing me in?” You let the question stew for a moment, before sighing. “I mean the reward-”

“But you’re not after that, are you?”

You shut up instantly, grinding your teeth with an annoyed huff. He’s read you a little too well. It’s true, you’re not after the reward. The money will be nice, but you’re doing all of this for personal reasons. Not that he has any right knowing that.

You weren't always a bounty hunter. In fact, you used to live on a pretty decently sized ranch with your family before it was all destroyed in a giant fire. A fire caused by none other than Vash the Stampede. It took over the town you lived in within an instant. You lost everyone that day. Now fueled by vengeance, you’re hoping to see justice brought to the man that did it.

“It ain't none of your business.” you grumble, picking up the speed a little bit. The faster you get to the next town, the faster you can get rid of this criminal. “I mean it kind of is- It’s my head on the line…” he responds, his voice muffled and unsure. You sigh, hands gripping onto the reins so hard your knuckles are turning white.

“Well, too bad.” You aren’t telling him anything.

The silence takes over again, and this time you don’t feel like breaking it. The sun eventually falls behind the mountains, shrouding the land in darkness. You are more than willing to continue your little adventure throughout the night, but you can feel your horse getting tired. You decide to scout out for a little place to camp out for the night.

You spot a tree in the distance, and decide it might be the best place to stay. You slow your horse to a stop near the tree, and hop off. “Hey- What are we doing?” the Typhoon asks, trying to get a good look at where you are. “We’re gonna stop here for the night.” you let him know as you grab him, pulling him off the horse. You yank him over to the tree, and take your lasso out, tying him against it so he can’t escape.

He doesn’t resist.

You find yourself wondering if this truly is the firecracker that everyone says he is. The rumors all state that he’s crazy, a criminal who doesn’t care about taking human life. But this guy is more like a sad puppy dog than a wanted outlaw. You pull on the rope to make sure it’s tight, earning a light gasp from the blonde.

You pause and kneel down next to him. “What was that?’ you ask him suspiciously. You notice he’s avoiding your gaze. “It’s ah- Well it’s nothing to worry about.” He answers. You don’t believe him. You sigh and begin to look him over, eyes zoning in a dark spot forming on his shoulder. You reach your fingers out and press them against the spot. He flinches the moment you make contact.

It’s blood.

“God damn it.” you whisper standing up. “What happened?” You ask, heading back over to your stuff. “I just had a little shoot out before you found me- the bullet just grazed me. Nothing too bad.” he explains. Your curse at yourself for not seeing it before. He was too quiet, too calm, and not once did he try to run away when he caught sight of you. Of course he was hurt before you caught him- that’s the only way you could have ever gotten the Human Typhoon in your clutches.

You hurriedly put together a small fire to illuminate the area around you, before pulling out a few things from your bag. You sit down next to the outlaw, reaching out to unbutton his shirt. He tries to pull away from your touch, staring at you with wide eyes. “Hey! What are you doing?” he asks defensively.

“Relax Typhoon- I can’t let you bleed out before I hand you in.” You grumble, holding him in place. “I could do it myself, you know!” he exclaims. You let out a chuckle and shake your head. “Nice try. I’m not gonna let you go that easily. Look, it won’t take too long. I promise I won’t hurt you on purpose or anything…”

“It’s not that...I just..”

“What?”

“Nothing. Go ahead.”

You sigh in relief and start to strip off his shirt so you can get to work. Your fingers dance over the buttons, slowly opening up the front. Each time you unbutton a button, you see a little more of the scars that decorate his body. You have to hold yourself back from physically reacting to them. No wonder he was so hesitant to let you do this. This man….

How is he not dead?

You rip your gaze away, and continue to shed his shirt off. You decide to only peel off the left side of his shirt, where the wound is. There’s no reason to make him more uncomfortable than he needs to be. The wound isn’t very big, but it is bleeding. You grab the alcohol from your side, and pour some on a handkerchief.

“This is gonna hurt.” you mumble softly. You dab the cloth onto the wound to start cleaning it up. He winces a bit, but makes no noise. He must be used to this by now. You slowly work on cleaning the wound, then patching it up. Neither of you talk. The only sound comes from the world around you.

When you’re done, you hastily pull his shirt back on to cover the scars. “Thank you.” he whispers softly, and you just nod. Trying not to think too hard about the situation, you put all the stuff back in your bag. Minus the handkerchief, which you leave laying by his side. You sit down after you’re done, and put your hands over the flames to warm your freezing fingers.

The awkward silence takes over again. You find yourself looking over at him, eye him up and down. He doesn’t look much like the criminal type, with his blonde hair and innocent face.

Plus he’s got soft eyes. They’re a beautiful blue color, and seem to scream kindness. You’re almost drawn to them. When he meets your gaze, you turn away. Your cheeks burn a little pink after being caught staring.

“You’re a lot different than most bounty hunters.” he tells you over the glow of the fire. You’re not sure what to make of the comment. Is it a compliment? Or an insult? You suppose most bounty hunters are kind of jerks. They shoot first, and are only after the money. They tend not to care about anything else.

“I try not to be like them.” you answer honestly. You don’t care about the money. You don’t care about the glory of bringing in the wanted. You’re only after justice.

“I like that about you.”

You turn away from Vash, blushing for some unknown reason. Why do you feel so flustered around this criminal? Sure he’s different than you would have thought, but he still is the man who destroyed entire towns. He destroyed YOUR town. Your hands clench into fists at your sides.

“Tomorrow.” You mumble quietly, making Vah’s head tilt in confusion. “We’ll head out early tomorrow morning.” You say louder this time, unclenching your fists. You begin to unpack your bed roll, laying it out near the fire. Vash seems to understand the situation, choosing to stay quiet as he watches you.

Once you have everything set up, you lay down- but keep your gun close by. Nights are often dangerous in this area. You might have found a nice hidden spot away from the path, but it’s always better to be safe than sorry. You lay on your back and stare up at the night sky.

“Goodnight.” Vash whispers from across the fire. You don’t answer. You just let yourself slowly fall asleep.

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The sound of birds chirping rips you from your pleasant sleep. You slowly open your eyes, groaning slightly. You hadn’t meant to fall asleep. Once the realization hits you, you sit up hastily and look around the mini camp you had set up the night before. Everything seems to be in place….except…

The tree is empty.

“Shit-” You curse and hop to your feet, running straight to the tree where Vash should be. You bend down to pick up the loose rope on the ground, observing it. The rope seemed to have been cut- but that would mean he could have escaped that entire time. Why would he stay with you for so long? The moment you cleaned his wound he should have cut free, attacked you, and fled.

Who cares about his reasoning. You let your guard down, and once again let him escape. You stand up straight, clutching the rope in your hands. You make a vow there and then. The next time you catch the Human Typhoon you won’t let him get away.

#vash x reader #vash the stampede x reader #vash x you #i've been working on this for so long #excuse any mistakes #no beta

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pyromaniac-cyndaquil · 1 year

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It's been a lot of work over a lot of time but I think I can finally share this...

PMD:EoS, but with all of the starters!

...Including Grookey, finally!!!!! 🥳

Introducing PMD: Expanded Sky!

This is a public mod available to download now! It adds in all starters from unova all the way to paldea, as well as zorua, axew and rockruff, and allows evolving eevee into sylveon.

Speaking of which, fairy type has been patched into the game! Disarming voice replaces milk drink and moonblast replaces judgement, which was unused.

Some non-traditional starters are no longer available as hero options in this due to lack of space, but are still available as partners. (Skitty can be chosen as a hero in version 1.0.0 only, so download that version instead of the latest if you wanna use her! Riolu and Shinx are available in version 1.2.1 and below)

If one of your faves was taken off the hero roster (eg vulpix, skitty, riolu, munchlax, etc), I have a tutorial here on how to quickly edit the patched file to put them back in :)

Several regional variants have been added! Alolan Raichu, Alolan Marowak and Hisuian Typhlosion are now available as potential evolutions for their respective base stages.

Partners across both rescue team and all three versions of explorers are available too, including Cubone, Munchlax, Machop, Vulpix, Riolu, etc

Sprites and portraits are courtesy of the brilliant PMD Sprite Repository and the many incredible artists who contribute to it!

Credits for all improvement patches, sprites and portraits are included in the download, as well as an explanation on how to patch the game and the full starter list.

The mod is split in two versions to accommodate all the partners - MIDDAY version and MIDNIGHT version. The download includes both, as well as the tool required to patch your game! You'll need a clean US copy of pmd eos at hand.

A full list of moves learned by newly added Pokémon can be found here, as well as info on how to evolve them and their IQ groups.

If you run into any issues, feel free to drop me an ask or DM and I'll see how I can help/what I need to fix!

You can find the download for this rom hack here!

Edits/updates noted under the cut:

(27/04/23)

The overall mod now has a name - expanded sky! Reflected earlier on in the post.

I've been informed that the included patching tool (XDelta) doesn't work on mac, and after some digging around and discussions in dms we found this tool works for Mac instead.

Added graphics to the post displaying which heroes and partners are part of the hack.

(11/05/23)

Added link to learnset compilation for all new pokémon.

(17/05/23) Version 1.1.0 has been released!

Sobble is now a starter, replacing Skitty (Skitty is still accessible by downloading v1.0.0 on the download page). Sobble is also now a partner in MIDNIGHT.

Zorua/Zoroark's moveset has been tweaked slightly

Base forms of all new starters can now be found in Oran Forest, and can be recruitable in the post-game. The new fire starters can also be found in Giant Volcano.

Extra portraits and sprites were added for Cubone, Psyduck and Machop. Like the rest of the new assets in this mod, these were imported from the PMD Sprite Repository, and credits are on the title screen and in the readme.txt.

Extra credits + more in-depth instructions for patching the game included in the readme.txt.

(18/05/23)

Added a link to a tutorial on swapping out heroes for others already existing in the game.

(22/05/23) - Version 1.1.1 has been released!

Fixed genders for female starter options on the quiz. Updated Fuecoco to use new portraits and sprites. (Credits to Garbage)

(23/05/23) - Version 1.1.2 has been released!

Female starters from gens 5-9 can now evolve correctly (save for starters who don't have evolutions in the game yet - these are listed in the text file in the download)

Rockruff can now evolve, and Midnight Lycanroc's evolution method has been fixed to use the Lunar Ribbon as intended.

(15/06/23) - Version 1.2.1 has been released!

In 1.2.0, a second version of the mod was included in the zip compatible with melon emulator, and potentially others that were having issues with saving.

Fairy gummis were also made available as mission rewards and shop items.

There's a couple more things that can be seen in the changelog including bugfixes, but the main other thing promised was that Froakie and Litten can now evolve directly into Greninja and Incineroar. Due to an evolution flag not being set this ended up untrue, but has been fixed in 1.2.1.

This post claimed dazzling gleam is in the game, but it should've said disarming voice.

🆕 (10/03/24) - Version 1.3.0 has been released!

Dusk Lycanroc, Drizzile, Inteleon, Grookey, Axew and Fraxure have been added, as well as Alolan Raichu, Alolan Marowak an Hisuian Typhlosion.

Axew replaces Shinx in the hero roster, and Grookey replaces Riolu. Additional portraits and sprites added for starter evolutions, including vanilla starters. Sleep animations have been copied over to EventSleep/Laying/Wake animations if missing.

Greninja erroneously had the same moveset as Froakie. This has now been fixed.

Credits are no longer displayed on the title screen.

Sprite, portrait and patch credits can now be viewed by talking to a Cyndaquil NPC on the crossroads.

Evolution help can also be accessed by talking to this same NPC.

#pokemon #pmd #eos #pmd eos #rom hacks #I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SO LONG... REALLY HOPE U GUYS LIKE IT #pmd expanded sky

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