Blue Pain.
Reiuki: Hey everyone! My name is Reiuki (RAY - YOU - KEY). And I am a total anime freak! I practically live on full metal so I often come up with stories about
it. XD! So even though I do not own FMA (Cause if I did I sure as hell wouldn't be here! (HAHAHA)) I will write these fics to give my life just a little more meaning. I have no idea how long I will make this story, so be prepared. (AN: BTW. You'll get the title sooner or later. Cause it does have meaning)
Just so you know: Edward and Alphonse are normal humans no metal parts, and no alchemy or military crap. Trisha is still alive, Hoenhiem is gone, still the same dead-beat dad, we know and loath, and Winry is 16, while Ed is 15, and Al is 14.
OKAY! Let the games begin!
Chapter 1 A New Life
"Damn it Al! We're gonna be late on the first day!" Ed yelled as he ran down the street, Al slightly behind him.
"I can't help it Ed, you know I can't run like you!" the young dark blonde headed boy yelled back at him. He spoke the truth, he had pretty bad asthma, so physical activity was difficult for him
It was their first day of school in Central, and they could not be late, and it probably didn't help any when they got lost, so now they had to book it.
"There it is brother!" Al yelled as the large gray school building came into view. He was out of breath, but still let out a large sigh of relief when they reached the school.
"You okay?" he asked, concerned about his little brothers health. When he got a small smile and a nod as a response, he smiled back. "All right then let's go." He pushed open the doors and stepped into the main hall in the school. (AN: BTW: Since I've never been to Japan, and have absolutely no clue to how a school day goes, I will base it on my own.) "Shit Al! We must be really late!" he said, looking around the empty school.
Al dug into his book bag to get his schedule, so did Ed. They compared them again checking them over. They only had three out of seven classes together, not counting homeroom. (They are both freshman even though Ed is older. (He failed kindergarten)).
"Art." Al said, looking back to his brother,
"Math." Ed responded with utter distaste. He hated math. Al gave him a reassuring smile, and flicked Ed's ever-present blonde cowlick. He glared back, but could not be angry with his brother, and soon smiled back.
After a quick exchange of 'See you later's' the boys split up and went on the hunt for their first class. Al had no trouble, Ed was not so lucky. He searched the halls desperate to find his most-hated math class.
"204... 204...WHERE THE HELL IS ROOM 204!" he shouted, losing his temper. That happened a lot.
"If you're having trouble finding room 204. You might wanna ask someone, versus talking to yourself, kid." Ed looked around, trying to find the person who spoke.
It was a young girl with long almost-white hair, and big blue eyes. She wore a plain white tank-top and a short black skirt, and her pretty face held a playful smile.
"Yeah well… What do you know!" he said still angry.
"Mmm. A little touchy, huh kid?" Her smile didn't change, despite the rude tone in Ed's voice.
" Yeah, so… And I'm not a kid!"
"Really? You look like a kid to me. Exactly how old are you anyway?"
He wanted to say that it was none of her business, but he saw no point and answered her, with a mumbled, "15."
"Ya sure don't look it." Ed sighed, "Look are you going to help me find my class or not?"
"Sure. It just so happens that I have that class now too. So come on, kid." She turned quickly on one foot and set off down the hall. Ed was hesitant, but followed her anyway. "Oh, by the way. The name's Winry. Winry Rockbell. "
"Uh mine's Edward Elric."
"Well nice to meet you Edward!" She said still smiling. Ed could not help but smile back, she was odd, but she seemed nice enough. He could not decide if he liked her or not.
"Okay kid. Here we are. Room 204, Mr. Tringham ,Algebra part 1." She announced sounding a lot like a tour guide. She reached for the door, but Ed grabbed her hand,
" Uh Winry, just how late are we?" he asked, getting almost worried, he was nervous. She laughed.
" Don't worry kid, you're with me so it's okay." she smiled again and pushed open the door, Ed pondered over her statement but followed her in.
"Miss Rockbell, so nice of you to finally join us." said a less than friendly voice from the room.
"You're lucky I had to help the newby here," she said motioning to Ed, "or I probably wouldn't have shown up at all." Her voice was full of sarcasm, but she smiled rather sweetly.
Mr. Tringham sighed, "Please take your seat Miss Rockbell."
She turned to Ed, winked at him and took her seat. Ed was still taken aback by her sudden attitude change, but guessed by the teacher's reaction, this happened pretty often. "You must be Mr. Elric."
"Uh yeah, sorry I'm so late but my brother and I got lost and-"
"I understand, Mr. Elric. We're just starting on our Geometry section so-" he was cut off by some sarcastic remark from a student Sigh"Look just take a seat…" he looked around the room searching for a place to sit him, he saw only one empty spot, and he sighed again, "Please take a seat behind Miss Rockbell."
Ed walked through the isles between desks and sat in the one mentioned, Winry turned in her desk to face him. "Long time, no see," she said playfully, and winked at him again. He blushed. And she giggled at his antics, "So, you got a brother?"
"Ah, yeah." "Is he as cute as you?" he blushed again.
Ed caught the unfriendly look from a nearby girl with short black hair, he looked at Winry. "Don't worry kid. She's probably just jealous that a cute little chibi like you is talking to me and not her." She ruffled his hair.
" I'm not short and don't call me kid!" He said using his hand to check his braid, making sure it was okay. He glared at her, still upset over the whole 'short' thing, his height was a touchy issue with him.
"Sure thing… kid." and she turned back around, so she could pay semi-attention to the speech that the teacher was giving, leaving a fuming Edward behind her.
.XXX.
"So brother, how's your day going so far?" Al asked, looking around the lunchroom for an open spot.
"It's going Okay I guess, what about you?"
"Oh it's going great!" said Al cheerfully, he was always able to make friends with everyone so he was easily adjustable, unlike Ed, who was taking the move rather hard. When the company where their mom worked, down sized, Trisha lost her job, and had to relocate when she found a new one as a waitress.
"Hey kid!" Ed turned at the sound of the familiar voice, to see Winry waving him over to her empty table.
"A friend of yours?" Al asked, looking to his brother.
"Uh, kinda." Ed said as he made his way over to her,
"Hey kid, is this your brother?" She asked, surveying Al. "Yeah…" Ed said as he sat down across from her. Al followed. " Thought as much, except for the hair, and the fact that he's almost a foot taller than you, you two are almost identical. But don't worry kid I still think you're cuter." She smiled at the boys, and Ed was both embarrassed and angry at her statement. " I-"
"Hi, my name is Alphonse, but most people call me Al." He said shaking her hand and saving his brother from making a rude comment to the girl.
" Winry Rockbell, and you don't wanna know what most people call me!" She laughed, Ed liked her laugh ."So you're his older brother?" She asked Al,
"Uh, actually I'm a year younger than him."
"Really? You really are a chibi huh?" Ed could keep quiet no longer, "JUST WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT A FLEA WOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE IN A FIST FIGHT!" "Brother please calm down," Al said, placing a hand on his brothers shoulder. Winry just smiled at his over-dramatic display.
"Look girls it looks like somebody's got a new friend!" A sly voice came from behind them, the boys turned to see a pretty girl with brown hair and pink bangs, along with a small group of girls behind her, one of them was the dark haired from his math class. "Figures that the only people who would hang out with you are new here, they don't know your reputation."
She gave a smug smirk to Winry who just glared back at them. "Yeah Rose, it also figures that the only people who would hang out with you are stuck up bitches." She retorted, looking almost bored.
"Hmmph!" She turned back to the brothers, "You should know that you're sitting with the town whore, she's like the village bicycle, everyone's had a ride. " At this, the group of girls laughed, "Anyway you sh-"
"I don't think that we asked for your opinion, Rose, so if you don't mind I'm trying to eat." Ed's voice was sharp, and this got a mixture of reactions. Rose and her friends seemed offended, (and pissed.) Al looked a little shocked, and Winry was trying to hide a laugh, (and not succeeding).
It even shocked Ed, who normally didn't say stuff like that, but he really didn't like her talking bad about Winry.
After Rose and her friends stormed off, Winry's not so well consealed laugh broke loose. " Oh dude, she is pissed! No one besides me has ever spoken to her like that!" She looked at Ed, their eyes met and Ed blushed. "Thanks kid."
She caught Al's skeptical glances and sighed. "Look, I'm not gonna lie, I'm long since being a virgin, but I assure you I'm not as bad as she would like you to believe."
She saw the young blondes blush at the word 'virgin' but neither of them said anything.
.XXX.
"It's not fair that we have to walk all the way home, it's like ten blocks!"
Ed wined as the boys left the school.
"It isn't her fault Ed, she has to work, and besides, walking is good for you!" Al said in his usual cheery voice. Ed just shot him a 'Yeah right' glare.
"Hey Alphonse!" The boys turned to see a young red-headed boy. "Oh Sean, what's up?" Al said to the boy.
'Must be one of his many new friends.' Ed told himself as he glanced around the school yard, the two were talking about some art thing, so Ed was not interested. He spied Rose and she tossed him a look of pure hatred. He also saw some boys he recognized from some of his classes but-
Ed's train of thought was interrupted by the sudden blare of a car horn next to him. "WHAT THE FUCK! " He yelled jumping up. He heard someone laugh behind him and turned, to see the old grey car. "Mom!" Al said from behind him, obviously alerted by the horn.
"Goodness Edward, You're so jumpy. I just thought that maybe you'd like a ride home." Ed smiled at his moms kind face, Al took after her more than Ed did, but they both took after their dead- beat dad in looks.
Ed hated his dad for leaving them, and often got upset with is mom for defending him, but didn't say anything.
He pulled open the car door, and got into the front seat, Al got in the back. "Hey Mom I thought you were supposed to be at work?" "I was, but my boss let me off early so I could go to my other interview."
"Wait. What other Interview, You're getting another job!" Ed said slightly annoyed.
She smiled and nodded," I'm just not making enough with one, I can barely pay the bills, so I have to take another shift." Ed was getting more annoyed now, he did not like the fact that his mother had to work so hard, and she refused to let Ed get a job to help out, so he could nothing but support his mothers choice. No matter how much he disliked it.
She pulled up in front of the house waved bye to her sons and drove off. Ed fumbled with the keys, and gave a triumphant 'ah ha' when he found the one that fit.
'CLICK' he pushed the door open and sighed, happy to finally be home after a long day at school. He plopped onto the couch, and closed his eyes.
.XXX.
Winry pushed open the door to the small café that she worked at. She rushed her way through, to her bosses office. "I'm sooooo sorry I'm late Mr. Bradley, I was having some car trouble and I-" He held his hand up, signaling for her to stop, he smiled.
He was a kind man, older with black hair, matching facial hair, and an eye patch. She had been working at the café for almost two years now, so he knew that if she was late, that she had a good reason. "I'm glad you're here since I have to be leaving, and I have a woman coming in, I need you to interview her for me. I trust your judgement.
He handed her a small stack of papers and left, she smiled after him, the man had been the closest thing to family she's ever had considering that she's lived on her own for a couple years now.
About five minutes later a knock sounded at the office door. "Come in!" She said in a friendly voice, a middle-aged women with light brown hair and soft eyes came in. She looked very familiar. (Guess Who!) "Please have a seat Ma'am." She said. The woman studied Winry, shocked that such a young girl was doing the interview.
"So Ms. Elton is it?" Winry asked looking at the kind face in front of her.
"Uh actually it's Elric." She corrected politely, smiling.
"Wait, Elric" She repeated suddenly remembering the blonde haired kid from school, (Well actually she hadn't stopped thinking about him.) "Any relation to Edward and Al Elric?" "Yes They're my sons,"
"REALLY?…" Winry's smile turned mischievous.
Reiuki: Well Did you like it? I hope so, Cause if not my life will fade into an eternal nothingness….. (Pretend faints) (Gets back up) Man I really gotta stop talking to myself. People might think I'm Crazy! (Which I'm not! (MWAHAHAHAHA!)) (Chokes on cheese doodle. Passes out for real)
(Two hours later) Reiuki: OKAY I'm back People, You can't kill me that easily Mr. Doodle! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SIGH (I need more friends… --)
Reiuki: Seriously though please review so I can Write More! Cha right like I give a fuck what you say, I'm gonna continue anyway! Asta La Bye Bye, Bitches!