Hey everyone! Lately I've been obsessed with FMA so I decided to make a fic for it. Oh, also. I apologize in advance for any spelling/grammar/punctuation errors. I am currently writing this on an iPod and the damn autocorrect won't leave me alone. :( Grr...but don't let that ruin the story! Enjoy! :) Also, I haven't decided on whether this will be an EdXWinry or an EdXKiri (Kiri is a made up character that will be a main character I this fic) so please vote on my poll and decide for me.
He he. ^.^' The original format to this was a mess, and there were a few contradicting elements to it, so I changed it. Hope it's better now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal alchemist or Maximum Ride (read the ending) I also don't own Naruto, 1985, American idiot, Percy Jackson, IPod touches, IPod nano, ceiling fans, your mom, the hula, hulu, apples, the American flag,YouTube, Google...*goes on forever about crap she doesn't own*
Oh wait! But I DO own Kiri!
Kiri: I feel like a slave!
Me: Shut up! You're a fictional character!
Kiri: *runs off crying*
Me: *reads bunch of parenting books that don't teach crap*
so, you have to ask before using her in another fic or such, but if you ask nicely I'll probably let you ok?
I've talked enough! Let's get on with the story:
Chapter 1: The Weary Travelers
It starts with a currently unnamed character...
When my stomach first started growling, I thought it was bad. That was two days ago. I was starting to feel lightheaded from the absolute lack of water and food. But I gritted my teeth and kept walking forward as if I had just had a wonderful meal and a gallon of water. That was all good and everything until my legs gave out. Despite my best efforts to keep them open, my eyes fluttered shut and I passed out.
"Brother look!" Al suddenly yelled from the backseat of the horse-drawn wagon that they were in.
"What is it?" Ed irritably replied, trying unsuccessfully to keep the scorching heat off of his automail arm.
"Sir can you stop?" Al said quickly to the farmer that they were getting the ride from.
"You know 'im?" the old farmer asked.
"No." Al said.
"Then why stop? I'd be a waste of time."
"But he could die!" Al protested.
"People die every day." The old farmer scoffed, still not stopping.
"What are you talking about?" Ed asked.
Al looked at him for a second, and then jumped off of the cart.
"Al wait!" Ed shouted, quickly putting his coat on and jumping off.
"I ain't waiting." the farmer warned.
"That's OK, thanks for the ride." Ed called, waving.
"Youngins these days..." the farmer muttered, and then rode off.
Ed walked over to his brother. "Oh, so this is what you wanted to stop for?" he said looking at a bedraggled person that was laying on the side of the road.
Al turned the person over for a better look. "Oh!" he said in surprise, "It's a girl!"
Ed looked at the girls face. It was covered with dirt and grime, yet still retained a feminine look with feral features. She had reddish hair and an angled chin. He face was smudged with dirt.
Al poured some water from his bag into her mouth. She was still for a long time, and Ed was afraid that she was dead, when she coughed.
She sat up with a start, but fell back down again. Al gave her some more water and she poured it down her hot throat.
It was a long time before she spoke but eventually she said, "Thank you, you saved my life." Ed looked into her eyes. They were cold and hard but at the same time full of gratitude.
"No problem." Ed said
"Are you sure you'll be alright?"Al asked worriedly.
"I'll be fine." She assured him, then walked stiffly forward, not falling once.
After about a half hour Ed decided to break the silence. "So uh, do you have a name?"
The girl waited for a moment. She seemed to be thinking over whether or not to tell him. "No, when I came into this world I had no name. But my little brother always called me Kiri so you may call me that also."
"You never had a name? Why?" Ed asked the girl, now dubbed Kiri.
Kiri thought this over for a minute. "I guess it's because I had no one to name me. I have no memory of either of my parents. I have no recollection of my father and my mother died..." she paused for a second, turning her head, "During birth." Ed had a feeling that she wasn't telling them everything, but he didn't pry.
"You mentioned your little brother a while earlier; where is he?" Al asked.
Kiri halted to a stop. He hands shook as she said, "He's dead."
"Oh! I'm so sorry." Al said, stunned.
"Don't be; it wasn't your fault." Kiri said, starting to walk again.
Everyone was silent for a minute. Then Kiri asked, "I didn't catch either of your names."
"Oh, my name is Alphonse Elric, but please call me Al" Al said.
"And mines Edward, but Ed's shorter."Ed said.
"Since you guys seem to like asking personal questions..." Kiri started.
"Hey!" Ed protested.
"...I will ask you one: Ed, how did you get your prosthetic arm and leg?"
Ed looked at her funny for a minute. "Okay, anyone can see my arm is fake, but how did you know about my leg? It's fully covered right now to keep the heat off of it."
"Oh there were lots of ways I could tell, you slightly favor your left leg and it leaves a deeper footprint on the ground. That means it's heavier, and therefore must be fake." Kiri said, "You still haven't answered my question. How did you get them?"
"Aren't you perceptive?" Ed said, "Well, there was this accident in the Eastern war..."
"If you're going to tell a lie, tell a good one." Kiri said, stopping him. "The Eastern civil war happened over 11 years ago, you would have been about five then. No one would shoot at a five year old amestrian kid." She continued, giving him a sideways glance. "Now, come on I want the truth."
Ed and Al stared at her, astonished. Then they looked at each other uneasily. "Fine you got me. It happened in an alchemy accident. There was this rebound that took my arm and my leg."
"Oh, so you're an alchemist?" Kiri said quietly, narrowing her eyes.
"Yeah I am." Ed said, wondering why her mood had changed so suddenly.
"Brother's an amazing alchemist." Al piped in.
"Are you an alchemist too, Al?" Kiri asked.
"Oh yes," Al said, "But brother's much better then me! I mean he can transmute without a transformation circle!"
Kiri stiffened. Then she smirked, "So it wasn't a complete lie." she muttered to herself.
"What?" Ed asked.
"Nothing." she said.
A few hours later they arrived at the eastern city that eastern command was located in.
"So...freaking...HOT!" Ed yelled once they had finally gotten in the shade.
"Brother, I think we need to get to eastern command. It seemed pretty urgent when Colonel Mustang called us on the phone." Al said worriedly.
Kiri stiffened. She turned towards Ed. "Wait, an alchemist AND you work for the military...are you a state alchemist?"
"Yeah I am." Ed said slowly.
Kiri stood up. It looked for a second like she was going to slap Ed, but then she just walked away.
"Kiri? Where are you going? What's wrong?" Al asked, confused.
"What's wrong? I'll tell you what's wrong. State alchemists have no morals, hearts, or souls. It disgusts me that I ever met you."
"For someone with no soul, I sure saved your sorry ass." Ed yelled at her.
Kiri straightened up. She looked back at Ed, almost looked sorry for a moment, and the turned and walked away.
A few minutes later, Ed and Al were walking towards Eastern command.
"I wonder why Kiri acted that way when she learned that you were a state alchemist." Al said quietly.
"I don't know." Ed said, "It was too bad; she was nice."
"Yeah." Al said.
"Fullmetal Alchemist." someone said behind them.
The Elric brothers wheeled around. They saw the person that was talking to them.
Ed's eyes widened. "Who are you? How do you know my name?" he asked in an angry voice. Somehow he doubted that this was a fan wanting an autograph
"Fullmetal Alchemist." Scar said, "You alchemists change natural objects from their original form and convert them into something grotesque. On behalf of my people, I am here to bring judgement."
"You're that murderer! How could you kill so many people?" Ed shouted back at him.
"As long as there are creators, there will be destroyers." Scar continued, then started walking forward, his arm lighting up with evil reddish light.
"Stop talking in riddles!" Ed yelled as he clapped his hands together and transmuted his automail into a sword. Then he charged. He and the man had almost collided when someone shouted, "MORON!" and pushed him down on the ground.
He looked up; that was distinctly Kiri's voice that he had heard, but, it wasn't Kiri...the person had wolfish paws for hands, wolf ears where her ears should of been, and a wolf tail. "Who are you?" he asked, "And WHAT are you?"
"Take a good look Ed...This is what happens when you are born into the life of an alchemist's scientific experiment." Kiri said.
"An alchemist did this to you?" Ed asked, horrified.
"Why are you defending him?" The man asked, "He's also an alchemist, just like the one who changed you from a normal human into that grotesque chimera."
"Yeah, but I put my grudges against alchemists behind me...to save a friend." Kiri said, then clawed Scar's arm, scratching out a bit of the tattoo.
There was a great flash of light, and then Scar ran away, clutching his bleeding arm.
"Kiri?" Al asked, looking at her.
"Well, looks like I repaid my debt." Kiri said, smiling.
"What debt?" Ed asked, confused.
"For saving my life." Kiri said, tilting her head.
"Oh, so you're leaving now?" Ed said, picking himself up off the ground
"No, I think I'll hang around; besides I still have another debt to repay you guys."
"What?" Ed and Al said at the same time.
"For being my friend." Kiri said, smiling.
*One touching moment later*
"So you have dog DNA in you?" Ed asked slowly.
Kiri froze. Then she turned toward Ed slowly. Then she screamed, "DON'T CALL ME A DOG!" while punching him.
"Oww!" Ed said, "Then what are you?"
"I'm half WOLF not dog! Kiri said angrily, "Get it right!"
"We need to get to Eastern HQ brother." Al said.
"Yeah we do." Ed sighed, "I can just imagine Mustang now: where are you? Oh, sorry I didn't see you there because you're so SHORT! Oh and good job with spending our money on useless fairy tales Elric! Hahahahahahahahahahaha!"
"Is he really that bad?" Kiri asked, dubious.
"Yes, now come on; we need to get to HQ."
So how'd you like it? Good? Please review.
Announcer: Next time on the lost chimera! (Why is my voice in bold letters?)
Announcer: Kiri revisits some childhood haunts while in Eastern HQ...will she ever really learn to trust Ed and Al? (Wow! That sounds really entertaining! *not*) Now If you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch the real fullmetal alchemist brotherhood.
Me: Aww come on announcer! You too?
Kiri: You still have me!
Me: Oh joy.
Until next time R&R people!
Fang: wait, were the hell am I?
Me: oh, you're in the Fullmetal alchemist fanfics. Maximum Ride is THAT way.
Fang: Oh thanks! Wait-did you say Fullmetal alchemist?
Me: yeah I did!
Fang: I love Fullmetal alchemist!
Me: Really? Oh remember the risk when...
*Me & Fang chatter on for hours about fictional characters*
Fang: Well I they need me over in Maximum Ride so see you later!
Me: Bye!
(If you didn't get any of this that means you haven't read Maximum Ride and therefore, have no life.)