Prologue to Kai
It was raining that night, the night I tried so hard to bring my sister back. I had done everything, down to the last molecule. One last thing was needed to finish the transmutation. My blood. "Don't worry Kari, I will bring you back." I whispered and drew a small knife over my palm. Crimson blood dripped onto the ingredients.
I knelt down. "Ok, here we go." I slammed my hand onto the transmutation circle and prayed for the best. Golden lights started to dance around me and Kari with the occasional blue alchemic lights. All was going to plan and I let out a small smile. That is, until the lights turned into a demonic purple with red lightning. Soon, I felt pain shoot across my shoulder and I gasped out in pain. "Wha- whats going on?" Everything went still as the smoke cleared.
A figure was lying in the middle of the circle, breathing and whispering my name. "Kai... Kai, it hurts." I stumbled over to the thing that was my sister. Small, grotesque and deformed. Everything was wrong, even the hair color was wrong. This wasn't my sister, this wasn't even human. I stumbled back and landed on the ground. Pain shot across my shoulder again causing me to look down at the now bloodied and town shirt, my whole arm gone past the shoulder. I let out a blood curtailing scream from both terror and pain. What have I done?
Chapter one: Meeting the Elrics
I thought today was a decent day to walk around Central. All of the citizens were busy with buying or selling merchandise. I walked around aimlessly for a short while, looking at wares and goods. The military barely noticing little old me as I swiped their wallets. One wallet I snatched was full of pictures of a little three year old girl, weird.
As I made my living, I noticed a short blond boy walking in my direction with a large suit of armor next to him. Well, they look like they need a little help getting around. I smirked to myself and carefully slipped behind the armor clad one. "I don't see why Colonel Mustang needs to see me. Why can't he just send someone and have them tell me the lead? I don't want to see that mans face and his nonchalant attitude." The blonde one grumbled as I snuck my right hand into his left pocket, nothing. "You know, Ed, the Colonel just wants to tell you himself."
I almost jumped at the sound of a small boys voice coming from the large suit. Better check the other pocket before... "Hey you!" Crap. I quickly turned to see two officers running at me. "You little pick pocket! Halt!" The blonde boy turned and saw me with my hand in his pocket. I gave him a cheesy grin, snatched whatever my hand grabbed and dashed off down a side ally.
Soon enough though, the small blonde, armor and the two officers were hot on my tail. I turned a few corners and clapped my hands together, slamming them on a brick wall. The bricks turned into water and flooded the ally way, almost taking the pursuers with it. My long silver hair flung water as I turned and sprinted once again. I felt the ground beneath me shake, causing me to lose my balance. My knees hit the ground and I was tackled by the shorty.
"Alright, hand me the watch and you wont get hurt." He said, holding me in a choke hold. I lifted my red eyes to his face and lifted my hand in surrender. The blondy smirked and loosened his hold, only for me to clap and place my hands on the ground. Hope you can swim, short stuff. I thought as the ground beneath us dissolved into a deep hole of water. "What the *cough* you- you didn't *sputter* Use a tra- transmutation circle!" He all but drowned while pointing that out. I shot him a smirk and dove under the surface.
I achemied my way from that little situation and popped up in the back streets of Central. You know, the usual bad bar fight places and gang hang outs. I walked away from my little water hole and made my way to my current place of residence. A small shop with crude owners that have no idea I'm squatting in the basement. Before I could open the lock, a certain half pint boy started yelling in my direction. "YOU LITTLE THIEF! GIVE ME THE WATCH AND TELL ME HOW YOU CAN DO ALCHEMY WITHOUT A CIRCLE!" So demanding. too bad I have to disappoint him.
Being hog tied and carried by a person is one thing, but when the person doing the carrying is a mere four inches taller that the carried? It can cause problems. I jerked and wriggled in his hold as he took me to some hotel. He tossed me on the floor and sat on one of the sofas. "Alright, now. How can you do alchemy?" The boy asked as his companion walked in soon after. "Oh, there you are, brother. I was wondering where you went." The suit of clunky armor looked down at me. "Is that the thief?" Blondy nodded and held up his silver pocket watch.
We all sat in a is silence, the boys waiting for me to spill my secrets while I enjoyed their awkwardness. "Come on already. Can't you at least tell us your name?" The short one exclaimed, his brother took the initiative. "How about we go first. I'm Alphonse Elric and this is my older brother Edward. He's a state alchemist if you couldn't tell by the watch." I looked at the 'younger' sibling with a silver eyebrow arched. Giving out a quiet sigh, I lifted my hands that were bound behind me and slipped off the ropes.
Edward was about to go ballistic, but I waved my hands in a way to say 'I'm not leaving yet.' I looked at Alphonse and held my palm flat while acting like I was writing with the other. "Oh! You're a mute. One moment." He quickly went to get something for me to write with and returned soon after with a note pad and pen. "Here you go." I smiled a thank you and started scribbling down who I was and such.
Hello there, Elrics. My name is Kai. Just Kai, thank you. Anyway, I have a deal for you. You tell me your story and I write down mine. I have a feeling that they are quite similar.
I handed my short note over to Edward and he looked it over. "Alright, Kai. What makes you think our pasts are similar?" I pointed at his left foot and right hand, then to Alphonse followed by pointing to my own left arm. Edward's eyes widened as he put the pieces together. "You tried human transmutation as well." I solemnly nodded and kept eye contact with the older boy. Alphonse spoke this time. "With us, it was our mother." I took the paper back and scribbled two words. Twin sister.
The two boys took a deep breath but continued with the question and answer. "Kai, how did you lose your voice?" Alphonse asked. I sighed and pulled down my leather collar, revealing a pale scar stretching from both sides of my neck. Edward whistled and came closer for a better look. "Looks like some kind of dog bite, a big one from the size of it." I nodded and pulled up my collar again. A knock at the door ended the Q&A session and Alphonse went to answer it. "Oh, hello Colonel Mustang. Come in." I heard Edward groan in annoyance as a tall black haired man walked in with a blonde haired woman by his side.
"Fullmetal, I hear you had a small amount of trouble when you arrived in Central. Tell me, if you have time to chat with a pretty girl, why did you not report to me?" His voice was smooth and precise, someone I wanted to mess with just to knock him down off his perch. Edward ran his hand through his hair and sighed. "This girl was the trouble. She can do alchemy like I can and seems rather good. I wanted my watch back and I was also curious to see what all she can do." Mustang nodded and turned to me, his eyes practically begging for a demonstration. Which I complied to. Swiftly clapping my hands together, I moved my hands in a fluid motion. At first the small water droplets simply gathered together, then one snap sent the bubble splashing onto the colonel instantly soaking him.
Mustang had the look of utter surprise as his hair and clothes dripped on the carpet. "well... that was something." I gave him a smirk and sat back down. The blonde woman was soon getting the colonels attention. "Sir, the lead for the Elrics." Mustang snapped his fingers. "Ah, yes. Thank you Hawkeye. Ed, there have been reports on a desert town called Lior. It seems they have a miracle worker using alchemy. You can go check and see if that's what you're looking for or not." The two military personnel gave a casual salute and left, Mustang leaving sopping footprints out the door.
"Lior, huh? Alright then. We'll leave tomorrow ok, Al?" Ed said to his younger brother. "Sure." I raised my hand with a pleading look. Ed and Al both looked at me then at each other. "She would be useful in the desert." Al said and Ed just sighed. "Alright, you can come too." I jumped up with my fist in the air. Finally. I thought. I get to see new places.
(A/N: Hey there readers! I hope you like Chapter one of Typhoon in Amestris. Let me know your thoughts and inputs. Thank you for reading and look forward to the next installment!
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