A Mixed-Up Manga

Story plot by: Emily

Revised: Ann

Inuyasha woke with a start. Something was wrong. It was after dark now, but Kisa had told him she would wake him for dinner. It had to be at least midnight. Where is she? He thought, and with that, went inside the house he and Kisa had been sharing. But she wasn't there. Kisa was his girlfriend and they had been together for a while now. Inuyasha knew it wasn't like her to take off like this. The house smelled thickly of demons, and it looked like there had been trouble. The kitchen ware was all over the floor as if they had been flung at something. If there was a struggle, why didn't I hear anything? Inuyasha thought. But, in a moment, he found out why. There had been a sound barrier up, he could tell because when a sound barrier is disappearing, like it was now, it makes a high-pitched noise only a dog can hear. So, they must have left recently if the sound barrier is just now disappearing, Inuyasha decided, and quickly left the house.

"Let go of me you ugly gorilla!" Ann shouted. She was in a tight spot, she was being held in the air by...by this thing. It was huge, and that was an understatement. It was at least 20 feet tall, give or take a few inches. It looked like a green gorilla, but it had no fur. It was the ugliest thing Ann had ever seen. She didn't know what it was, but she knew she didn't like it.

"Hold on!" Ed shouted. He had never seen anything so ugly either, or so tall. It's trying to piss me off, he thought. Compared to the monster he was about the size of a penny and it had grabbed his girlfriend. It was going to pay for that.

The monster lunged at Ed, and Ed quickly got out of the way. At least I'm smarter than it, Ed thought. But by the time he turned around to see what the monster was going to do next, it was gone. Oh crap, now what do I do? Ed asked himself, how could a thing that big get away so quickly? You'd think I'd still be able to see it. He stood there for a few more minutes before deciding to go tell the colonel.

The colonel was in a bad mood. Something in the night had come and took his girlfriend away, too. At that moment he didn't know this was the same predicament for seven people. Colonel Mustang looked around, nobody was there. He was alone. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Nikki, his girlfriend, was usually there to give him advice on a case or something. But Nikki was gone, snatched away in the middle of the night by…something. He and Nikki had gone out on a late dinner date and he was walking her home when that thing attacked. Colonel Mustang couldn't get a good look at the figure; it was just a bulk of something in the night. It was fast, and before Mustang even knew what happened, Nikki was gone.

Then the door opened. In the door frame stood a short golden-eyed, blonde-haired boy. It was Ed. What does he want? Thought Mustang, who was trying to think of a way to find Nikki, was not pleased by this intrusion.

"Ann's been taken." Said Ed bluntly.

"By who?" Asked the colonel, very surprised by the news that Ed had just reported.

"Not 'who', 'what'." Said Ed, "and I don't know." He added. "It was a huge monster looking thing. It grabbed Ann and then took off."

"Didn't you try to stop him, Fullmetal?" Asked Mustang.

"Of Course I did! What do you think I did? Drank Tea and ate cake?!?!" Ed yelled. He didn't want to report this to the colonel, but he had no choice. He didn't know what else to do.

"I've got bad news too." Said Mustang, "Nikki was taken by a monster looking thing also."

"So what is this, an epidemic?" asked Ed, sarcastically.

The telephone started ringing. It was a male voice. The man on the telephone was reporting his girlfriend had been taken in the night by some monster. Mustang asked for his name and his girlfriend's name, and when the man answered, Mustang said bye and hung up.

"That was a Mr. Kyo Sohma. It seems his girlfriend Megan was stolen in the night." Mustang said. "It would seem this might be an epidemic after all, Fullmetal."

It seemed like a million telephone calls came that day. Really there were only three after Mr. Sohma. But still, Mustang was getting tired of the phone ringing. All the reports were of girlfriends getting stolen in the night.

Ed was still hanging around the office. As much as he detested being near the colonel, there was not much else he could do. He had no idea where the monster went or what he would do to Ann. This feeling of uselessness was making him angry. He didn't like waiting around for something to happen. And he hated the fact that these monsters were kidnapping all these girls.

All of the sudden something shot through the window. Shattering the glass and landing on the floor next to Mustang. He picked it up. It was a rock with a paper tied to it. The colonel untied it and read the note carefully.

"It would seem our monster friends want something. They want a powerful item, something called the Jewel of Ages." Mustang said still holding the piece of paper to his face.

"And what, pray tell, is that?" Ed asked, looking puzzled.

"I don't know, but the note says if they do not get it in six days there will be a feast for them. They will eat the girls." Mustang replied.

"WHAT?!?!" Ed shouted.

"It seems the monsters took these girls because they each share a unique talent and each of their boyfriends has a unique talent as well." Mustang said.

"IF THOSE MONSTERS HARM EVEN ONE HAIR ON HER HEAD I'LL SHOVE SKITTLES UP THEIR ASSES AND MAKE THEM TASTE THE RAINBOW!!!" Ed yelled.

"I know you're mad Ed, but we can't do any thing until we find this Jewel of Ages. I think we should assemble the rest of the men who lost their girlfriends and set out to find it." Said Mustang starting to pick up the phone to call one of the men.

"….Ok." Said Ed reluctantly.

Soon all the men who had called in were assembled. Kyo Sohma, the first one who called in, was standing up straight. He had orange hair and looked like he had to be about 18.

The second man to call in was Inuyasha, a Silver-haired boy who had dog ears. He looked angry and nobody was about to go over and disturb him.

Another silver-haired man was standing in a corner, away from the others. He had face paint on; purple marks were on his cheeks. His name was Sesshomaru.

Another orange- haired boy was there; his name was Ichigo Kurosaki. He was tall and skinny. On his face was a frown, which it looked like it was always there and never changed into a smile.

"Ok men, It seems we all have something in commen. All our girlfriends were stolen by these, uh, monsters." Said Mustang.

"They're called demons, idgit." Inuyasha said rudely.

"All right then, these demons have taken our girlfriends and now they are holding them ransom fo a thing called the Jewel of Ages. Do any of you know what that is?" Mustang asked.

They all shook their heads. They had never heard of such a thing.

"Ok, well then, we'll have to split up and look for it then." Decided Mustang.

"What?! That's the best you can come up with?! How are we supposed to find something like that in a big country like this?!?" Ed shouted angrily.

"Who said it was in this country? It could be anywhere in the world." Said Mustang, who was now leaving to go start the search.
"That makes it worse you idiot!" Ed shouted at Mustang, who had opened the door.

"Well, you better start then." And, with that, the door slammed shut.