Ichidai Ichikoi Chapter 1, a fullmetal alchemist fanfic

Ichidai Ichi-koi

Author's notes!

A little fic bit spawned by my incredible writer's block on my main fic Hollywood Died. Don't expect this to be the same level of plot or detail as Hollywood Died! There is a reason this is just a pet-work! Hehe. It's a two-part complete story!

Warnings: YOAI Swearing, Blood, Yaoi, EdxEn, Au, Off-cannon, slightly OOC, yaoi...Dont like, don't read. For the mature (not just in age, I mean mentally ;P ) or maybe immature (you pervs you ;P) Also, I havn't as thoroughly spell/work checked this! Why? BECAUSE IT'S SMUTT! Seriously, not a huge amount of plot so deal ;P HEHEHE.

Chapter one: Ichi-dai

"Central Headquarters secretarial office, this is Mary, how may I direct your call?" A pleasant voice said over the phone. It was how most phone calls made to the common number for central were answered. Her reply was less than pleasant though. A raspy breathing sounded through the speaker, and the voice that spoke sounded...pained. And sinister, sultry at the same time.

"Give me Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist. Now." It demanded.

"I'm sorry...er..." She couldn't seem to decide on a "sir" or a "ma'am". "We cannot give out phone numbers and Major Elric is not in the office right now. I can connect you to Colonel Mustang, his directly commanding officer if you like?" She said, having dropped back into her sugary-sweet tone trained for customer service.

"Yeah, whatever. That's fine, as long as he can let me talk to full metal." The voice said, before rolling into a tirade of coughing. The woman put the line on hold and pressed the button to buzz the colonel's office.

Buzz.

"I really wish he would answer on the first ring like all the others." Mary muttered to herself.

Buzz

"Colonel Mustang." Roy's voice said coolly over the line.

"Sir, it's Mary at the front desk."

"Mary! Have you called to confirm our Friday date?"

"No Sir."

Silence...

"Sir I have someone on the other line demanding to speak to Major Elric the Fullmetal. I told them I would patch them through to you since I wasn't sure if Major Elric was still under secure watch."

"Really. Put them through, I will filter the call and see if Fullmetal needs to take it. Thank you Mary, that is all. Now about fri-"

The phone like clicked. Another click signalled the connected call.

"Colonel Roy Mustang here, state your buisiness."

"Mustang...I need to..." The caller paused. They sounded as though they were in pain. "I must speak to Edward Elric. It's urgent."

"Who is this?" Roy asked incredulously.

"I...I am an old friend from rockborro. It's a small town in the countryside. The...um...hero of the people...he was here and helped us build a...bridge. But we need his help because the um...engineers out here...don't know how it was built so they can't fix it. Just...let me speak to him, he will remember me if he hears my voice." Envy knew it was a long shot, but he couldn't manage to even change his vocal chords to match that of someone familiar to Elric.

"I will inform Major Elric of you-"

"I really need to talk to him...it's rather important. People's lives are in danger."

"Major Elric is-"

"I'm what, Mustang?" Edward Elric spat as he entered the room, unannounced as usual. It was obvious to anyone that the boy didn't have any reguard for military rules. He didn't wear the standard uniform. He didn't announce himself, or salute anyone he didn't think he had to.

Roy put the phone on mute.

"Elric there is someone on the phone for you...they claim to be from some small town that you made a bridge for.

"That's rich...let me talk to them." Edward said, laughing a little.

"Are you sure that's wise Fullmetal? It could be a trap...there are still people looking for you..."

"I'll be careful. I'll take the call in the other room."

"Fullmetal..."

"Listen, Mustang, I don't need your protection!" With that, the blond stalked out of the office, letting the door slam behind him. Roy cringed and picked the line up. He transferred it to the adjoining office.

"Major Elric speaking." Ed said curtly.

"Fullmetal...I need you to meet me."

"Who is this?"

"A friend." Ed stared at the reciever a moment. That voice sounded incredibly familiar...and left him with a distant sense of dread.

"What kind of 'Friend.'"

"Please...I don't have time for games Elric. You...and your brother...I need your help. It's a matter of life or death. I'm on the corner of..." The person seemed to pause to check. "First and Main...Hurry...I'm going to bleed to death..." The voice on the line sounded weaker by the word before the reciever finally hung up.

"Dammit." Ed muttered to himself, biting his lip with indecision. It could well be a trap, but he also could be held responsible for someone's death if he didn't go. He was a military man, which means you take responsibility for your actions.

Envy dropped the handset back onto the reciever. Now he had to wait...and pray, if there was such a thing for someone like him to do. One shaking hand clutched back over the bleeding wound on his shoulder as he slid down the cold glass of the phone booth, smearing it with blood and dirt. His vision blurred as he dizzied. He couldn't recognize the time that passed as he waited, every so often everything fading to black or to white. His vision and hearing came and went as he was vaguely aware of someone trying to enter the phone booth only to run away screaming. 'I really must look like a mess...' He thought to himself. He could tell several ribs were cracked, blood was coming from his arm, back, head, leg and side. He felt a large bruise forming on his shoulder, too...he might have chipped the bone. The strange thing was that the pain wasn't going away. He couldn't believe it. He had only one life left...and his only hope for surviving it laid in the mis-matched hands of someone he tried as often as he could to cause misery to. Envy barely noticed as night time crept in around him. Darkness had long fallen into his vision.

"So be careful Al, we don't know who it is that called. I'm sorry to drag you into this but I need backup and I don't trust anyone who's around central today." Edward said, stomping rapidly along to catch up with his brother's wide strides.

"It's okay brother, it's not like people can do me a lot of harm unless they know a lot about me." Alphonse replied. He turned his metal head to look back at Ed, slowing down to let his brother match his pace. It was very difficult for the smaller alchemist to do, after all, his legs were unusually short for his age.

Finally they approached their destination as the sun went down. Ed took a broad survey of the area before taking another step. It didn't look like anyone was dying here. There was just an emtpy street corner, a closed shop and a phone booth. That must have been the phone booth the person called from. Ed stepped forward, hands posed ready to transmute. It didn't seem like anyone was in it, but then again...Ed moved into the lamplight and gasped. He rushed forward and nearly pulled the phone booth door completely off it's hinge. Quickly he bent and turned the person over, paling when he saw the amount of blood that pooled around the subject.

"Brother..." Al stepped forward.

"They weren't kidding, this person's about to bleed to death..." Ed pulled the limp form out and into the light to get a better look, laying them on their back. Another gasp escaped his lips as he recognized the victem. Immediately he jumped back.

"Get back Al!" He shouted, transmuting his automail immediately to strike a defensive pose. "It's fucking Envy."

"But...why is he bleeding?"

"It's a trap!"

"no..." Envy's weak voice came, before being followed by a string of gargled coughs. Envy rolled onto his side, letting the dark blood and saliva spill from his mouth onto the sidewalk. "i...i can't expa..explain now...i need your help. i'm going to die..." He sounded absolutely desperate as he tried to haul himself up onto one elbow. He failed, falling with a sickening crunch onto the pavement. Ed eyed him suspiciously. He backed up several paces and turned towards Alphonse.

"Do you think we can trust him?" He asked.

"No, but I think we have no choice...he really is going to die, and he asked us to help him." Al replied, though he sounded nervous about the arrangement. Edward stepped forward again, muscles tense.

"Temporary truce, Envy. You break it or do anything out of line I will finish you off." He spat, kneeling next to his enemy's prone form.

"Whatever Elric..you would just be saving that person the trouble of hunting me down." Envy shot back acidly.

"Where can we go?" Ed asked as he waved his brother over. Alphonse knew what to do. He bent down and lifted the limp body from the ground. Normally, Envy was unnaturally heavy, but now Al knew something was different by how much time it took to life him. You see, Alphonse couldn't feel through that Armor, being just an empty shell with a soul attached to it, however, the ind has an amazing power to compensate. Things like automatically being able to calculate the time it took to lift someone from the ground to a standing position told him roughly how much that person weighed. And Envy...weighed less than someone like Rose. Reasonable less. It was as though Envy's thin-ness finally matched his weight.

"T...to a hospital, dumbfuck." Envy muttered, hissing against the cold of the metal armor. Being carried by Alphonse would not be a pleasant venture.

"No shit. What kind? I can't take you to a military hospital..your body makeup is probably unusual. Hell I can't take you to a civilian one either..."

"There is always that private doctor...the one who handles...you know." Al chimed. Envy thought blearily that Al was very chipper for someone trapped in a metal case holding a bleeding monster. 'But then,' he reasoned, 'I probably don't know a lot about this kid.'

"The one who handles everything in top-secret...all the military's dirty little secrets..." Ed mumbled. His face was suddenly set, determined. "Let's go." He said finally.

"Code call?"

"Rank, Major. No reports, no records, no questions, answer directly to me. No commanding officers. Alias, Tall Boy."

"That's a funny Alias brother..." Alphonse sniggered behind Ed. The man behind the door closed the peep-window and opened the door, admitting Edward, Alphonse and Envy. Inside the rusty-looking door was what appeared to be a small but fully-functional military hospital.

"I must ask you as standard code not to speak of anything you see or hear in this place, as your own priviacy will be disbanded as well as you will be anonymously removed from the military and executed."

"Understood." It really was risky using this place. A last resort. But even so, there was nowhere else to go.

"How the hell long does it take to-" Edward had just risen from his seat in annoyance when the doctor finally stepped through the door into the tiny ICU waiting room. Ed's attitude deflated somewhat when he saw the doctor. He seemed like a haunted man, distant. Ed would have guessed he was in the war if he needed to guess.

"He's going to be alright. So far nothing more than some deep cuts, broken ribs and severe bruising. He took a beating, that's for sure." The man sighed.

"I know it's tough not to ask any questions." Ed said, staring at the ground.

"It's not that. Your friend is pretty normal compared to most of what we treat. In any case, it makes my job easier not to ask questions. Your friend needs some recovery time, probably three, four days until he is ready to be out of here. There are staying rooms upstairs, if you want to let him live here a week or so. The charge is-"

"I don't care what it is. Take it out of my Alchemy Research fund. Make sure it's listed as a book fee or something reasonable for a state alchemist." Edward said.

"Of course anonymity is promised. You can go in and see him now." The doctor said, getting up to leave. He paused and looked back. "You should be careful...a wolf's head can still bite...once it's been cut off. He is by no means tame, even if he is mortal now." He said before dissapearing behind the door. Ed stared...so the doc knew what envy...Either way, he still had to find out what was going on.

"I'm going to visit him, Al...you go on home, okay?"

"Are you sure you will be safe brother?" Al asked, his voice awash with worry.

"I'll be fine! You know, I have fought this guy a lot before. I can always get away. I just need to find out what he knows and why the hell he's doing this..."

"If you're sure...don't you want me to stick around in case-"

"I got it...I want to come home to something to eat, please? I'm going to be starving, this is stressful. Plus, I left the apartment unlocked, I don't want anyone getting in." He excused. Really he just wanted to get his brother out of potential danger. Envy knew Al's weakness, and had no reason not the dispose of the younger Elric given the opportunity. Not to mention this hospital, if any crazies managed to get away or anyone dangerous found out that they were here, he wanted Al out of the crossfire.

"Okay, brother...you call the phone there if you need me and I will come, okay?"

"'kay Al...see you." And with that Ed gave his brother a pat on the shoulder (only possible because Al was sitting down on an end-table in the waiting room and Ed was standing) before slowly opening the ICU. He walked past several beds with patients hooked up to moniters...a multitude of heartbeats beeped around him, making him cringe and look straight ahead. He reached the back where the last curtain marked the space where Envy was laying. Surprisingly enough the humonculus was concious when Ed approached.

"Hello Fullmetal." Envy said slowly. His voice was distant and still rough, but it was the sin's eyes that caught Ed the most. Were those eyes always so emotional or was it just the once-demon's state that made them look that way. Those violet eyes that were always filled with malice were now blank, placid and seemed to look to the center of the earth as the humonculus stared at the ground. They had no shine, no luster, not even a spark of the fire they usually held. It was this look in his eyes that both unnerved Ed and made him feel he had nothing to fear from Envy when he was like this. The blond took a seat next to the bed.

Envy looked terrible. Aside from his usual pale complexion and thin features, he was covered in white bandages. His head, shoulder, half his bear chest, arm...it seemed he had some sort of bandage or wrapping everywhere it was possible to be hurt. He had bled through the one on his back, staining the white gauze red. Ed winced. It always bothered him to see someone injured for some reason. Maybe because he had sustained so much pain in his life, he hated to see others in that condition. He had to remind himself who he was dealing with. An ancient monster, responsible for the death and suffering of thousands. And he, Edward too-soft-for-his-own-good Elric, had rescued the damned creature. Still, wasn't it Edward himself who refused to believe that the humoculi were less than human.

"Are you going to sit there and stare at me all day or ask me what you want to know? I'll tell you whatever you want me to. I have no future." Envy muttered, even his sarcasm had dulled. Ed glared at him.

"Tell me what happened...why aren't you healing yourself." he began.

"I am down to one life. They tried to kill me. They brought me down by getting me close to the real thing. They were about to take my last life, the one that truly belonged to me after I had given up all the lives stored in the red stones that I use like batteries to heal and regenerate..and change my form. I got away, and now the others are after me. They want me dead."

"Why."

"I..." Envy looked at the wall, refusing to meet Ed's gaze. "I...went against orders. I didn't want to do something that they wanted me to do. After four hundred years of not listening to anyone's orders...they finally decided i wasn't of any use to them."

"Four...hundred? You've lived four hundred years?" Ed asked, his gold eyes wide.

"Yeah, and now I'm down to perhaps my last eighty or ninety...amazing isn't it?" Envy mocked a smile. It looked sick on his completely downcast face. Finally he turned back to the alchemist. "More questions for me? Or is this interrogation done?"

"How do I know I can trust you. How do I know you aren't just faking?"

"You don't. Honestly I'm surprised you trust me this much. The only proof I have is myself. I don't control my healing ability, so the fact that these wounds keep bleeding...if I were just making it appear that way, the blood wouldn't flow...and if I were shifting to make it look that way...there would be a flash of light. Besides...do you think I would use this face...if I wanted to trick you?" Envy pointed to his androgynous face, still gracefull even with a large square bandage over one cheek and a band of gauze in lieu of his normal black headband.

'he's...beautiful...in a girl way...' Ed thought to himself absently. Immediately he reprimanded himself for the direction his thoughts took.

"Next question? I'm getting sleepy. Apparently human medication works on a body that closely resembles human..." Envy said impatiently as his eyelids seemed do droop a little more.

"What do you want me to do now? I can leave you here, or I can get you out of central...to the countryside somewhere..."

"Ha...funny Full metal, like you want to help me. Let me get better and let me think. I will figure it out on my own. The only reason I kept myself alive is because...i...couldn't decide if i wanted to die yet or not. I want it to be my choice...so don't be surprised if I get better, then let myself get run over by a train or something."

"You better not!" was Ed's all-too-quick reaction. Immediately afterward the blond sobered. "I mean...because I am paying for you to get better."

"Bring me some water." Envy said suddenly, ignoring the outburst completely.

"What? I'm not your little slave, do it yourself!" apparently Edward was a little defensive in his embarrassed state.

"I. Cant." Envy said seriously.

"oh...right...your wounds." Ed said quietly. He jumped up and made his way down the hall. He passed by the doctor, who was shutting off the lights in all the wards. They read each other's mind's wordlessly through the other's eyes. The doctor warned Ed to be careful...of himself and of Envy. Ed voiced his sympathy and informed the doctor that he simply wasn't jaded enough not to help someone who asked. The doctor just shook his head.

Ed creaked the door open as quietly as he could when he returned, carrying a paper cup and a bottle of water. He walked down the aisle to Envy's corner.

"I'm back." He muttered. He was answered with silence. "Hello?" Ed leaned forward and realized that Envy had slipped down to a laying position facing up. His eyes were closed and he was breathing slightly open-mouthed. "You bastard, your sleeping aren't you." Ed said quietly, pouting a little as he set the water bottle down.

"Your an asshole." Ed added. He wanted to make sure Envy was really asleep. "I think I want to kiss you." That should get a rise out of him. Nothing. Okay, so maybe the idiot was actually sleeping. Ed sat back down, pulling his chair closer to the head of the bed and looking over the lines of Envy's face. He had soft, smooth features. Inhumanly perfect, though that wasn't hard to believe considering Envy had constructed this body and face himself. It was strange that he would have a desire to make a unique persona if the humonculi really didn't have emotions. Ed leaned closer, studying Envy. It couldn't harm, since the dark-haired "teen" was really asleep. Ed's face was inches from Envy's. He looked at how perfectly even envy's hairline (what could be seen of it) sat, how his eyelashes curved just so, how they didn't stick out in every direction like Ed's long, naturally blond ones. He cocked his head, taking in how Envy's nose was small and round without being out of place...it didn't curve too much and it wasn't to small...Ed's gaze travelled down to the small divot between Envy's nose and his upper lip. Envy's lips.

Ed took a sharp intake of breath, surprising himself. He was suddenly painfully aware of his own breathing, which was getting a little heavier for no appearent reason. Ed shook his head a little. 'It's just that comment I made earlier, it has to be.' He told himself. Even still...he couldn't look away from those lips, parted slightly. He could hear Envy's shallow breathing moving in and out of the small space his open mouth made. Ed found himself moving closer. It was those thoughts...illogical actions you do when you believe you are totally alone, like talking to yourself or dancing like no-one's watching. It was those completely abnormal, illogical, subconcious. Automatic thoughts that drove Ed to do what he did next. He leaned far enough forward that the was on his feet now, hovering over the chair he had been sitting in, a mere inch or so away from Envy's lips. His eyes graced over the pale pink lips that tempted him. They were small, graceful, like a young woman's...but not as full...prettier actually, because of that. Perhaps Envy's small mouth was more like that of a child, but it was amazing how that mouth could express so much. Often times a wide, evil smile would cross it. But now...now it was innocent, uttering small, whining noised as the boy slept.

Curiousity and those damned illogical thoughts made Edward close the distance. He let out a slow, shuttering breath over Envy's lips before he pressed his own gently against them. Immediately he could feel the warmth of the other boy's breath mingling with his own in his mouth. It made his skin tingle and buzz and nearly made him shiver with the sensation. His pressed in a little, licking his lips automatically, somehow forgetting Envy's were still attached to his. His tongue slid across both mouths...Ed's stomach jumped when he realized he brushed against Envy's teeth. He could taste Envy on the tip of his tongue. The sin's mouth was just as soft as it looked, his lips like silken cloth...and he tasted slightly sweet and spicy at the same time. Ed let out an involuntary moan. The noise being uttered by his own vocal chords snapped him out of the trance and he pulled back immediately, staggering several steps back and holding his arm over his mouth as if protecting it. He was hot all over...his face, and some other part of him that he didn't care to think about especially.

"So...that's how it is..." Envy's voice slowly drawled. Ed's eyes widened and he was unable to speak as the former-hummonculus he was just...just liplocked with...sat and turned to face him. Envy's lips were pulled into that unmistakable smirk once again...Ed's heart pounded in his chest, beating all the way to his throat. Envy placed his cheek on one delicate hand that rested on his knee.

Ed however was already backing away.

"I...I...I'll...come back in the morning..." He stuttered before turning and dashing down the hallway. He didn't see the toothy grin that followed him.

"Brother! Are you okay? You look like you ran the whole way! Did something happen?!"

"Eh...um...it's...hard to explain..." Ed explained hastily.

"Are you hurt in any way?"

"No..."

"Okay...so.."

"Bed."

"Okay."

Post-notes!

Chapter two coming soon! As in, tomorrow or the next day. Anyway, hope you enjoyed! PS: The title means (roughly) One lifetime, One Love.

PEACE!