If you came here expecting hard core slash and a quick romantic story about Kevin and Edd, I suggest turning around now; but continue to read on if you have some patience. This is the first chapter in a, relatively long, story line about how Edd and Kevin go into a relationship. Its slow and takes time. I'll be highlighting Ed, Edd, and Eddy's relationships, because I cannot stand how people rip apart such a lovely friendship for the strict purpose of shoving two characters together for romantic and sexual interests. I'm not saying thats it wrong or you should stop if you like doing it, but I do not like it. I appreciate the time it takes to form relationships between two people and their friends. That is why I'm trying to create such a story here.
There will be some "KevEdd" further into the chapters and different stories. Do not worry, it will be there. However, the story starts during their childhood. Certain events happen, which causes friendship to grow and certain eyes to take interest in Edd. I am also not a slash writer. I will hover over the romantic scene in a mild manner, but there will be detail about what there doing. There are other stories for those kind of interests.
My username is CodeWord:Sierra, but you can call me by Code. Enjoy the stories, and if you don't please respectfully leave. I will be happy too take reviews, but I will not read reviews that are ignorant, violent, and hateful. If you feel like offering me advise, learn how to do it in a peaceful manner so I can respect you. Thank you.
Only One Ed Needed
The day started off as usual. The sun was basking in the sky above that early morning as the Ed boys' prepared another reveal of Eddy's "glorious" scam. Eddy was leaning up against the faded wooden fence in one of the ally ways of the cul-de-sac. He was watching as Edd calculated mathematical problems, of which he did not understand, that related to the creations below the lanky boy's sides. Ed was slamming himself into the fence as he attempted to place a pile a junkyard materials near Edd. The boys had to work here, for fear of the other children seeing their plans. Eddy stood there watching his two friends prepare for his scam, until his legs started to cramp up.
"Come on, Sock-head! How much longer are you going to take?" Eddy yelled as he reached down to message his leg better.
"Eddy! You cannot rush my work! I must properly prepare each machine to perfection. Then we have to conduct a standard test of said product to ensure it functions properly." Edd replied defensively. " Besides, I do not see you helping Ed or I with this hard work, for your scam." Edd turned his head from Eddy back to his work. Edd never took Eddy's impatience as an insult. He understood that patience was not a virtue Eddy valued as highly as he did.
"Yeah, well that's why I have you Double D. I come up with the scams, you make it happen. And Ed here is our muscles!" Eddy said smirking as he wrapped his arm around the large boys shoulders, and drug Ed down until his head was level with Eddy's. Edd laughed a bit as the scene of Ed having to bend to Eddy's unusually small height.
"Well, Eddy, if it is the way you say then perhaps you will allow me to finish my work on my terms, rather than your's? Eddy and Ed stared at Edd trying to work out the sentence that had just been spoken from the boy. " Just let me finish my work, and stop complaining!" Edd scoffed, frustrated at the lack of intelligence from his two friends. Eddy shrugged his shoulders and let go of Ed's head. The larger boy stood up straight and stared off into space with that goofy smile of his.
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When Edd had finally finished checking his calculations and making sure his creations were properly assembled and solid he turned to Eddy with his gaped-toothed smile.
"The machines are now ready for testing Eddy!" Edd exultingly said. Eddy rushed over to Edd as quickly as he could to look over Edd's hard work. Ed followed suit, when he saw the small boy run past him. The three boys looked over at the two metal Pitcher Machines. Edd had managed to create a similar design to the expensive and well used Baseball Pitcher Machines; like those seen at baseball fields.
"Double D. these are amazing!" Eddy yelled as he rubbed his hands over the rigged metal surface of one of the machines.
"Thank you Eddy, it only took a month to come up with the blueprints, and another week to create the product!" Edd said as he started to gather up his Father's tools.
"It looks like a plasma shooter you Guy's!" Ed said as he picked one up and examined it closely. Edd laughed at his friend.
"Ed, this is a Pitcher Machine." Edd said grabbing the machine from Ed's hands and placing it safely on the ground. "It fires baseballs at you, at a desired speed, and you hit it the ball with a baseball bat. They will improve..."
"Yeah, yeah Double D. Lets fire up one of these babies and see how they work!" Eddy said smiling widely. A little frustrated Edd stepped over to Eddy and flicked a button up. The machine purred to life, and stood slightly convulsing in front of Eddy. Edd had created the machine with scrap metal from the junk yard. So it was not as appealing and smooth as the real thing, but for scamming young unsuspecting children from their allowance? It appeared and worked perfectly well for that. Eddy let out a snide snicker and slapped Edd over the shoulders.
"Way to go Double D.! This is perfect for the scam." Edd smirked at Eddy's words. Edd would never say it aloud, but he thought he did a good job as well. "Now lets make it shoot something! Ed, grab the baseballs you got from the Junk Yard." Ed slapped himself in the forehead, in a weird salute, and retrieved a baseball for Eddy.
" Here you go Eddy. One plasma ball!"
"Its a baseball, Ed." Eddy said snatching it from his hands, and hovering it over the machine. Edd grabbed a hold his shirt in anticipation. Eddy let the ball go, and a screech came from the machine as the ball hurled through the tube and out into the world again. The ball flew a few meters ahead of them. The three Eds' bellowed their joy into the air.
"Finally something works!" Eddy yelled happily.
" My machine works perfectly Eddy!" Edd jumped up and down in joy. Ed stood there and laughed, before scooping both the boys into his arms. Shoving their faces together.
"Ed! You're messing up my hair!" Eddy yelled, pushing away from the large boy. Ed continued to laugh, and hug Edd, as Eddy grabbed a handful of baseballs. "All right boys. Lets get this over to my house." Ed dropped Edd and rushed over to scoop both machines under his arms. Edd grabbed his fathers toolbox, and followed up behind Eddy and Ed.
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They took the old wooden stands out of Eddy's garage and set everything up perfectly. Edd repainted the sign to read " Baseball Pitching only 25¢" and Ed helped him move the stand to the edge of the drive way. Eddy created a net, made from his fathers old fishing net, facing away from his set the two machines on the other side of the net, so the baseballs would be caught between the rough ropes; instead of firing out into the road.
"All right everything is ready over here!" He yelled at his two friends.
"As well as over here!" Edd replied.
Ed and Edd walked over to where Eddy was. The children of the cal-du-sac was not present at the moment. Edd took the chance to have a second glance at the set up and nodded his head approvingly, before speaking to Eddy.
" All right Eddy, now listen here. The battery life on these machines only last about two hours. Do not, and I repeat, do not ever put the speed up over 5!" Edd said pointing to the speed dial that read "1,2,3,4,5" The machine will go out of control. It's not able to handle the belts spinning at such a speed." Edd stared into Eddy's light green eyes, with s stern expression. " Do you understand, Eddy?"
"Yeah Sock-head, whatever you say." Eddy said shoving the boy away, and scrambling over to the stand. Edd, not convinced, followed suit. Ed was left poking the machines, checking for any Alien clues.
It only took ten minutes of waiting, and Eddy shouting "Baseball Pitching only 25¢!" every 5 seconds, before the Ed Boys' first sucker came to the stand. The boy Johnny stood, holding Plank as always, looking over Eddy's shoulder to the mysterious machines.
"Heya, guys!" He said turning his attention to the Ed Boys'. "Whats that?" He said pointing to the machines.
" Why, it's a Baseball Pitcher Johnny!" Edd said.
"Only 25¢ Johnny." Eddy said smoothly. " You can practice your baseball skills for this upcoming school year."
"Correct! This machine will help you hit baseballs better than you ever have before!" Edd finished. Eddy and Edd smiled down at the boy, waiting for an answer. Johnny 2x4 was always easier to fool or talk into situations than the other children. He was the loner of the cal-du-sac, and always carried around that plank of wood, of which there as a small face scribbled with crayon on it, with him.
"Hmmm." Johnny pondered there for a moment. Then turned and placed Plank up to his ear.
"Come on kid, we don't have all day." Eddy said impatiently taping the stand with his fingers.
"Plank said he wants to try it Eddy!" The boy said with a smile, and shoved Plank into Eddy's face. Eddy, ignoring Plank, smiled widely and tugged Johnny towards the net and machines. He picked up an old baseball helmet and shoved it on top of Johnny's large head. "Plank wants one too!" The dark boy said. Eddy, annoyed, rummaged through his garage for another helmet. When he found it he placed it atop Planks head, and handed Johnny the baseball bat.
"All right, you get 5 minutes. Stand behind that tape, and don't forget to have fun." Eddy said with heavy sarcasm. "Oh, and don't forget my 50¢." Johnny dug around in his pockets and gave Eddy the money. Eddy smirked at the glimmering money in his palms.
Edd stood to the side and watched as Plank went first. Jonny placed the bat to his side, and cheered him on from the sidelines. Of course a plank of wood could not swing at the baseballs whizzing by, but Johnny cheered him on anyway. Edd, wished he had such a carefree and ignorant attitude.
"How simple it must be to live like Johnny." Edd found himself thinking. When Plank's time was up, Johnny replaced him, and took his turn. The Loner was not so bad, but he could have been better. When the boy finished, he grabbed Plank and waved goodbye to the Ed Boys'.
It took a few seconds to sink in, but when it did both Ed and Eddy gasped.
"That worked? Nothing went wrong, or some spontaneous situations had arisen to destroy all our hard work?" Edd questioned himself.
"It worked! Double D, Ed! For once my scam actually works!" Eddy said ecstatic.
The boys luck did not end there either. The Ed Boys' had managed to draw in a decent crowd of children to work the Pitcher Machines. With Eddy's jar of change being filled by the turns. Rolf, Jimmy, Johnny, returned again, and Sarah all stood in a line to play with Edd's machines. Edd blushed from joy at how well his machines were working. Eddy was blushing from all the change in his jar, and Ed was just making sure nothing went wrong at the net, and surprisingly did not cause any problems himself.
By the time the jar was decently filled, the Ed Boys' talked over stopping the scam and stopping by the Candy Store before the evening forced the shop to close. Jimmy was finishing his turn, when Edd announced that the games have come to and end.
"That is all too sad Double D. EdBoy!" Rolf said. " I have, for once, had fun with you and Ed Boys' odd creations."
Edd smiled modestly. He could not believe everything had gone so well today. Usually their scams ends up it ruin; with the three friends having some sort of physical or mental punishment set upon them.
Edd knew the three of them were outcasts, and very well hated or ignored by the other children, Sometimes the Ed Boys' deserved what they got. At other times bad things happened to them out of spite, or the universe was just against them that day. It always seemed like everything was against them. However, that never stopped Ed, Edd, and Eddy. No matter how hated they were, or how different they appeared in the cal-du-sac, they always had each other. Eddy sometimes wanted to fit in with the other children, but even deep inside himself he understood that all he ever needed was Ed and Edd.
Rolf and Johnny had departed after Edd's announcement, and Sarah waited on Jimmy to finish. Sarah was just as surprised at how well the Ed's had done in their scam, but she would never allow herself to say something like that out loud. Jimmy had two minutes left, and she waited by the net, cheering her small and feeble friend on.
"Go Jimmy!" She cheered. "You can hit it!"
Eddy watched disgusted from the stand, as he always did when it came to Sarah. Ed had started to cheer on Jimmy as well, with his younger sister.
"Go Jimmy! Don't let the plasma balls hit you!" He yelled. Edd giggled, and walked over to the three. He didn't cheer, but he watched and kept a close eye on the time. Jimmy only had one minute left. He was already tired, and missing almost every ball that the machine had thrown at him. He was wheezing and could barely hold the bat up. It was not surprising to Edd, he had played since lunch that day.
"Come on Jimmy!" Ed yelled excitedly waving his arms back on forth furiously.
Doing this caused Ed to smash his arms into one of the machines, causing it to fall over. Luckily it was the machine not in use at the moment, and Ed quickly picked it up; before Eddy could yell at him. Only it seems as though the Eds' luck had expired. Somehow Ed had managed to switch on the second machine and it started convulsing in Ed's arms. He quickly dropped it, and the machine partly shattered on the ground. Edd's heart had dropped as the machine sprawled apart around the large boy's feet. Then he quickly started to shake in fear as the machine, what was left of it, had begun to shoot baseballs everywhere around them. The fall had somehow caused a short-circuit in the speed dial, and now the balls were firing at a rapid seed from the machine.
They wheezed past Edd's head in a blur. Eddy has dropped to take shelter in front of the stand, and Ed ran behind some bushes near the house. Edd had dropped to the ground and covered his head with his arms.
The machine was running along the ground shooting the balls in random directions. It even came near Edd, but he managed to kick it away from him; before any damage was dealt. The balls shot all around them, and Edd cursed himself for leaving the spare balls in the machines container. Eddy could see the rogue balls smacking into the other houses of the cal-du-sac, and some others rolling along the ground; as they did not make it as far as the others. Ed watched as a ball smacked Jimmy in the face, bending his retainer, and Sarah rushing to cover Jimmy in a protective hug. They all froze and waited for the baseball horror to end.
The last ball in the machine finally made its way out. However, it also made its way to a window, and the three Eds' froze as they heard a large shattering sound from next door. They all waited until they were positive the machine had run out of ammo. Eddy was the first on the scene as he pulled Ed from the bush by his ear.
"You Idiot!" Eddy yelled into Ed's face. "What did you do?" Eddy's face had turned red as a beat, and his eyes where wild with anger. Edd quickly stood and rushed to Ed's aid.
"But Eddy! The machine just turned on!" Ed pleaded innocence.
"Now Eddy!" Edd said quickly making himself a wall between the two. "Whether it was Ed's fault does not matter. We have a crisis of baseballs around the cal-du-sac! I think one broke a window, Eddy!" In complete worry.
"Dang it!" Eddy yelled, flinging his arms in frustration, which thankfully was not at Ed. "Just when this day was going so well!" He yelled to the sky as if talking to life itself.
"Ed!" Sarah's voice broke through the sky. She was marching violently towards her brother, a scowl of both anger and embarrassment upon her features. "Your stupid machine hit Jimmy in the face, and bent his retainer!" Jimmy curled himself into a ball, and whimpering at his bruised nose. Edd felt a tinge of guilt.
"Shut it Sarah!" Eddy snapped. "Its not our fault Jimmy can't duck for nothing!" Sarah and Eddy shoved their faces together in a scowl and heated comments. Edd, tried to calm both down before they attracted unnecessary attention, but it failed. The other children, who had heard the wild baseballs crush into their houses; and the screaming and shouting of the two kids was enough to draw a quick crowd. The heavy atmosphere fueled a full on argument between everyone, but Edd and Ed. Edd pleaded for calmness and Ed cowered behind Edd from his sister. Eddy was arguing with Sarah about Jimmy, and the other children over there bruised homes.
As everything was spinning out of control a voice broke all the arguing within seconds. Kevin had emerged from his house, face as red as fire, veins pulsing, and pieces of broken glass in his inclosed fist. Edd never felt fear as when Kevin was angered. Sarah was just a simple brat compared to fury that was Kevin.
"WHO BROKE MY WINDOW?" Kevin yelled as loud as a banshee. He stomped over to Eddy's house, loosing none of his anger, as he grabbed Edd by the hat. Edd's hand immediately clutched at the cloth and held it to his head. Kevin's bright emerald-green eyes glared daggers into Edd's cyan blue ones. Edd bit his lower lip and trembled as he held close to the red-head. Ed sensing a danger to Edd, grabbed him quickly away from Kevin. Speaking nonsense, he then attempted to grab Eddy who rapidly found his friends a good feet away from the jock. They all crowed into a protective wall, as the other children clustered around them like predators.
Kevin listening in on the rambling of the other children, quickly learned that it is the Eds' at fault for his shattered window.
"Oh, you're going to pay Dorks!" He yelled as he lunged at the three. Ed managed to shove him away with his foot, and he picked his shorter friends up to his shoulders, and backed away.
"Were sorry, it was an accident!" Edd yelled apologetically. "Please have the decency to let us speak!"
"Yeah, listen to Double D.!" Eddy pleaded. The children refused to let them speak, they never did, and, like always, the only thing to do was for the Eds' to flee. Nothing was faster than Ed running from fear from a threat to him or his friends. The larger boy ran as quickly as he possible could, towards the Junk Yard. Towards the only safe haven for the boys.
"Run away Guys'!" He yelled picking up more speed.
Eddy and Ed held tightly to Ed's head as he ran for all their lives. This was a time Edd was thankful for Ed's inhuman strength. The boy ran and ran, as the other children chased after them, but they were unable to catch up to Eds' speed. When the Junk Yard came into view, they silently cheered, and urged Ed to keep running until they reached their safe haven.
The old van appeared over the horizon, and Ed pushed himself to run faster. They reached the van in time to cower inside and lock all the doors. They huddled together in silence, and listened as the other children swarmed the Junk Yard. They could hear Kevin shouting only a few feet away, but luckily for them no one knew of the van. It was a rusty old thing, from a different era. The only widows were up at to drivers and passengers seats. A water-bed filled the back, where the Eds' were, and some rugged orange carpet. The vehicle was thick and heavy, even Kevin and Rolf combined could not topple or break through this van.
When the children finally disappeared, the boys relaxed and sat in silence. Edd looked over at Eddy, who seemed defeated and tired. Even Ed, was sullen and wary. Edd felt just as exhausted as well. Just like any other day, it had ended in an utter disaster.
"Man this sucks!" Eddy said, in a frustrated voice. "Why don't they ever listen to us?"
"Maybe, because we always cause trouble for them Eddy." Edd replied a little frustrated as well. " I mean, imagine the consequences Kevin has to face for a broken window by his parents, or the chores the children will have when cleaning up our baseball mess." Eddy sunk his head in his arms, and Ed patted him on the back.
"Its not like we meant too." He said pouting.
"No, we did not mean too." Edd agreed.
The boys sat there until they thought it was safe to leave the van. It was already dark out, and the other children would be home; most likely getting punished for the Eds' mistakes. They walked together in the dark to the cal-du-sac. Ed tried too lighten the mood, and he succeed to a point as he had Eddy and Edd smiling on the way there, but they all knew they were going into trouble.
When their houses came into view, each friend felt like rushing back to the van. Perhaps they could sleep there tonight. Stay together, they were always stronger together, but they knew they could not so they walked towards the houses; but as slowly as possible. Ed and Edd walked Eddy up to his house, and they saw the old stand torn to pieces, wood thrown around the yard like sticks. The once jar of cents was empty and laying on the ground. Edd stared over at his destroyed machines with a heavy heart. There was hardly anything left of them.
Eddy kicked the jar across his yard, and slumped up to his door. Edd and Ed waved goodbye, and watched Eddy disappear behind the door.
"All right Ed." Edd turned towards Ed. "I'm going to return home and face my punishment. I'll see you tomorrow, Ed." Edd waved goodbye, but Ed grabbed Edd by the hips and help him tightly there.
"I'm scared Double D.!" Ed whimpered into the boys hips.
"Oh, Ed!" Edd said grabbing Ed into a hug. "I'm a little scared too, but we have to face punishment." Ed with tears let go and walked in shame towards his house. Edd watched him go, and then turned to leave. Edd always felt bad for Ed when in situations like this. Ed never handled punishments well from his parents, and his parents can have some disturbing ways of seeking out those punishments. Eddy got punished like any other child, and Edd himself tended to get it easier, being an only child and all.
He reached his house, and peered back towards his friends houses. He stared at them for a few seconds before entering his home to retire for the night.