Prologue
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Truth watched the gate opened and there stood the one and only Death God. Its white robe flowing behind him even though there was no wind there. The usual black hands danced around him, but none dared to touch it. It was the Death God after all.
"Hey! Long time no see! How have you been?" Truth greeted in its usual cheerful tone and waved its hands around, its infamous toothy grin plastered on its face.
The Death God however, didn't return Truth's cheerfulness, instead it just stood there and watches Truth's every move. "Don't be so happy." He said dryly, his voice low and intimidating.
Truth's grin disappeared and was replac with a scowl. "Tch. Just trying to be friendly. You should try that sometimes," Truth said sarcastically. "So, what brings you here today?"
"Souls of the mortals in your realm," The Death God said calmly, as if it was an everyday thing. A wide grin appeared on Truth's face.
"Oh? And why should I give them to you?" Truth's tone told the Death God that Truth was challenged instead of frightened.
"They have done enough sins." The Death God stated.
"And yours don't?" Truth retorted.
"They do. But I've taken care of them."
"Good for you then. Go play with the other mortals. Bye!" Truth waved its hands as a sign of goobye, but the Shinigami didn't leave.
"They are corrupt, impure, and one of them even tried to surpass Gods. They deserve to be punished."
"By giving them to you?" Truth scoffed. "No thanks. I've got it under control. Just go back to your realm and mind your own business. Shoo shoo." Truth said and turned away, ignoring the existence of the Shinigami.
"You know I can take them by force," It said.
Truth gritted its teeth. The Death God was not someone to be underestimated. Truth was powerful, but so was the Death God. It could take lives as easy as taking candy from babies. And if it did take them all, then Truth was in big trouble.
There must be a way out of this. There must be! Truth raked his brain to save itself. He could make a deal with the Death God to avoid destruction of its realm. Think, Truth... Think! He'd been making deals with mortals for as long as it can remember. This shouldn't be much different too, right?
And that it came. Truth proudly turn around with a broad grin across his face and the Death God raised an eyebrow at its sudden change of demeanor. "You have something in mind. Speak," It ordered.
Truth felt sligthly irritated at the Shinigami's attitude, ordering it around as if it was a dog when they were actually on the same level. Truth quickly pushed the feeling down. Truth knew it had to play nice to survive.
"A deal," Truth said, smiling, even though it was dead serious. When the Shinigami didn't speak, Truth continued.
"I will send some of my mortals to your realm and I'll prove to you that not all of them are corrupt, or impure, or whatever." The Shinigami pondered about this for awhile. Truth was silently hoping that this would work. If this didn't... Well let's not get to that part.
"If they succeed?" Death asked after much consideration.
"You will never disturbed me again. Ever."
The Death God nodded in agreement. "Seems fair. And if they fail, what will happen to you?"
Truth grimaced for awhile. This was a risk Truth was taking, a very big risk.
"If you want to withdraw your choice, this is the time," The Shinigami taunted.
After a few moments of debating with itself, Truth looked up and smiled at the Death God with pure confidence. "You can take them all away,"
"Very well. I agree. And who are this mortals you speak of?"
"I haven't chosen them yet. But there is one that I will certainly send," Truth said.
"Name?"
"Edward Elric."
~Somewhere in Konoha~
A man with jet black hair walked on the crowded street of Konoha. He was dressed in a simple brown T-shirt, black pants and sandals. His onyx black eyes gazed here and there even though he knew they couldn't see the light anymore. The soft taps of his cane againts the hard ground joined the noises of different people's chatters.
A soft sound of bell ringing made its way to his ear and he knew he was close. He made his way around a corner and pressed his right hand on the building in front of him. This was it. The meeting place.
He moved the edge of his cane a little bit to the front to make sure there was nothing in front of him and slowly walked in. He heard a woman welcoming him. This must be the waitress. He requested for a table for two and she helped him to get there. He sat down on the wooden chair and placed his cane exactly beside the table. He ordered a cup of tea as he waited for the person to arrive.
The tea arrived shortly. His hand scanned the table and his skin slowly met with a warm solid substance. His fingers slowly grabbed the handle of the cup and carefully lifted it into his mouth.
The person he was anticipating for hadn't arrived yet and the man decided to occupy himself with other things. His fingers tapped the surface of the wooden table, creating a new rythm and his ears would silently listened to people's conversation. Once in a while, he shifted in his seat to a more comfortable position.
After finished drinking his tea and wasted for a long whole hour, he grumpily decided to pay the bill and leave. That is until he heard someone panting in front of him and slumped on the chair.
"Sorry. I got lost in the way." The person in front of him said. His tone indicating that he'd been running for hours without rest.
"What's wrong? Can't navigate his own way, Fullmetal?" The man send him a taunting smirk. "Even a blind man could find this place easily."
"Shut up, colonel." The person called Fullmetal growled.
Roy chuckled slightly and rested his hands on the table. His gaze slightly missed the person's head.
"So..." Ed began. "Truth took you before you got your eyesight back, huh." Roy scoffed. "He took me when I was just about to gain my eyesight back. I was going to meet ," Roy said, irritated.
Edward called the waitress and ordered himself a glass of water. He then turned back to his ex-superior. "It's not surprising to find you in the Fire Country, you know." Ed said with a smirk.
Roy snorted. "Sarcastic as always." He commented. Ed was about to start his real business with him, but was interrupted by the arrival of his order. Ed waited fof the waitress to leave before speaking again.
"Have you found the others' location?" Ed asked his colonel. Roy shook his head, causing Ed to frown. He'd been hoping for good news from him. That was why he went to see him as soon as possible when he found him.
"Haven't heard any interesting in this village. And my blindness makes things worse." Roy replied. "How bout you?"
"Well, I've searched a whole country and didn't find a trace of them," Edward said.
"And which country is that?"
"The Lighting Country."
"Hmph. Didn't seem surprising either," Roy commented. Ed quietly grunted and drank his water.
"I still don't understand why Truth gave your alchemy back but didn't give my eyesight back," Roy said dryly. Ed smirked, even though he knew Roy couldn't see it.
"Cause I'm way more awesome than you are," Edward boasted. Roy only gave him a sigh in response. He was still childish even though he was 16 years old.
"So, how many more people do we have to find?"
"My guess is about 5 to 6 people." Ed said. "And one of them... Is definitely Al," Ed added quietly. Even without being able to see, Roy could tell the blonde was angry. His brother was involved in something dangeorus again. Something that could risk his life.
"So, we're one team again, huh," Roy said dryly, trying to occupy the boy's mind with something else before he burst. "Saving the whole world again."
"Yeah. Show time.."
Okay! So did you guys like my idea? If you guys like it, then I'll continue it. If you guys don't, I'll delete it. Just click that review button and tell me what you think!
So I haven't revealed much in the prologue. I didn't give much detail too. But it's clear here that, Truth is having trouble with the Death God and sent Ed and co. to help! I'll reveal their mission in the next chapter!
And I haven't checked this yet so I apologize for any mistakes here!
Anyways, thanks for reading!
