Underneath the Endless Blue Sky

Vash's final showdown with Knives. Their past is revealed in a long flashback, then they draw their guns.

Live Through

Vash is finally forced to confront the fact that even though he tried to avoid killing, many people nevertheless died because of him. He considers giving up his search for Knives, but Millie and Meryl help him out and get him to finish the job.

Sin

Provoked by Legato, Vash prepares to fight. Just as he is leaving, however, the last of the Gung-Ho Gang, Midvalley the Hornfreak attacks with his death-dealing saxophone. And beyond him, Legato waits.

Paradise

Wolfwood reveals that he is not who he claimed to be, but had been following Vash for another reason. However, he is torn between Vash's admirable philosophy and the only way of life he has known. Gung-Ho Guns nine and ten, Chapel the Evergreen and Caine the Longshot, attack, and Vash struggles with some serious issues.

Alternative

Refused entry to a paranoid city, Vash, Wolfwood, Meryl and Milly stay with a group of orphans in the hills. Gung-Ho-Guns number eight, Zazie the Beast, launches a sandworm attack. Wolfwood reacts, apparently without thinking, and Vash gives him grief for it.

Out of Time

The continuation of "Flying Ship." Leonof and Gung-Ho Guns six and seven, Hopperd the Gantlet and Gray the Ninelives, attack. Vash shows his experience with the power plants, and a deceptive plot is uncovered.

Flying Ship

Vash and Wolfwood hitch a ride to Sky City, an old plant that never crashed and still sustains a sizeable population suspended in midair. But the people there are unfriendly to ousiders, especially to Vash and Wolfwood.

Hang Fire

Meryl and Millie re-enter the story as the hijacked sand steamer they're on arrives in the town where Vash is visiting an old friend. Meanwhile, Gung-Ho-Guns number five, Leonof the Puppet Master, catches up to Vash.

Goodbye for Now

Two years have passed since the Fifth Moon Incident. Vash has changed his identity and is living more or less peacefully with a young girl named Lynna and her grandmother. Wolfwood tracks him down to deliver some disturbing news, and after dispatching a local gang, it's time for Vash to leave again.

Rem Savarem

A flashback to Vash's past on board a ship, with him, Knives, and Rem. Knives is revealed to be an extreme sadist, but he and Vash plan to escape anyway, along with Rem.