Metal, Flame, and Fangs
I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist.
Set roughly around Three Almost Four years after Brotherhood series, Edward is now 21 and is a Brigadier General, he still has both automail arm and leg and he can use his Alchemy, he also is looks like he could still be a teenager of about seventeen to Twenty. Roy is a General. Ed and Roy have been dating in secret ever since Ed turned 18. This story may end up a crossover between other things later and I will let you know when and if that happens.
Summary: Edward has been secretly dating Roy Mustang for about three years now, but something is starting to bother him, well two things really. First is the fact Ed feels like he is slowly getting weaker, second is the fact that in the ten years he has known Roy... Roy never seems to age.
Now on to the story.
Edward walked down the hall of central HQ slower than normal. The mission he just came back from was unusually tiring for him. It was a simple job, go investigate the cause of a building explosion, but he ended up fighting an Alchemist using alchemy similar to Scar but not as destructive. Ed noticed during the fight that he was getting worn out faster than normal, luckily he was able to capture the bad guy and turn him in. Now Edward is heading to General Mustangs office to turn in his mission report.
Edward entered the office and closed the door before sitting on the couch in front of the Generals desk.
"Welcome back Fullmetal" Roy greeted without looking up from his paperwork.
"That mission you sent me on was exhausting Mustang" Edward said as he placed his written report on the generals desk. Roy looked at Edward and frowned, Eds looked paler than normal and he looked absolutely exhausted.
"Are you feeling alright Fullmetal, a simple mission like that wouldn't normally wear you down like this" Roy asked with worry in his eyes. Ed saw the worry and smiled at his secret boyfriend.
"I'm fine general, just need a little rest is all, I'm sure I will be back to normal by tomorrow." Ed say with a smile. Roy looked at Ed with a doubtful look but nodded anyway before picking up Ed report and reading it over.
"Everything seems to be in order, why don't you take the rest of the day off and get some rest" Roy said starting to sign more paperwork.
"Sounds like a good plan" Ed yawned as he layed down on the couch with his eyes closed.
"I didn't mean here Fullmetal" Roy said but sighed when he got no response, Ed was already asleep. Roy got up and quietly placed his coat over the golden haired man before sitting back down and continuing his work. "Now it begins... this is not good" Roy thought sadly.
(line break, Three week later)
Edward calmly sat on the couch in Roys living room as he waited for Roy to finish making dinner. He looked at all the pictures that were on the wall that he never really paid attention to before, but something about the pictures made him start thinking about something. The pictures ranged from times of the Ishval Civil war to the current time. Edward noticed something off about the photos... Roy looked the same in all of them, he didn't seem any different after so many years.
"Ed Dinner is done" Roy called, and Ed slowly stood up and walked to the dinning room where the table had a bowl of his favorite stew waiting for him.
Over the past Three weeks Edward has just gotten even more tired and has developed a cough, Roy told him to take off work until he feels better. For the past week Ed has been staying at Roys house because Roy also didn't want Ed to be alone since Alphonse moved back to Resembool and married Winry.
"Thanks Roy" Edward said as he sat at the table and started eating.
"Feeling any better" Roy asked as he sat down and started to eat. Edward sighed and shook his head no.
"Just always feel tired, and I'm starting to get nauseous lately" Edward sighed. Roy frowned at that.
"Maybe you should go see a doctor" Roy said.
"No way, I hate hospitals" Edward yelled.
"fine you don't have to see one yet, but promise me that if you get any worse that you will go see a doctor" Roy said sternly.
"Fine" Ed said.
"Promise me" Roy said.
"I promise" Edward sighed.
Soon after eating dinner Edward was sitting in Roys study reading some of his Flame alchemy books when suddenly he stood and rushed to the restroom and puked in the toilet. Roy hearing him rush to the restroom entered and pulled Edwards long golden hair back so Ed wouldn't accidentally get puke in his hair.
After cleaning up Edward went straight to bed and was asleep withing moments. Roy decided to call it a night as well so he got in the bed next to Edward and pulled him into a secure hold before closing his eyes.
(Two more weeks later)
Ed sat on the cushioned patient bed in examination room, Roy stood leaning against the wall with his arms crossed as he watched as Edward had another coughing fit. Edward was Pale, even his golden hair and eyes looked pale, he lost weight because he couldn't keep any food down, and over the past two weeks he has gotten weak enough that he could barely walk around without help.
Soon a doctor walked in with the results of his examination, the doctor looked at him with a sad look and instantly Edward felt like he was hit in the gut.
"I'm sorry mister Elric, but you have a very rare disease and it is Terminal" The doctor said, Edward stared with horror in his eyes.
"How long" Roy asked.
"I say he has another month, maybe more if he takes it easy" the doctor said.
"I will take care of him" Roy said calmly.
(Two weeks later)
Edward has been in bed ever sine returning from the doctor, Roy could tell he didn't have much time left in him, Roy estimated Ed wouldn't make it through the night. Roy went to make Edward a small dinner, when he came back his heart nearly broke when he saw Ed was crying. He set the food on the dresser and climbed on the bed where he hugged Ed who buried his face in Roys chest.
"I don't want to die" Edward cried.
"I wont let you die ed, I love you to much" Roy said, "I can save you, if you want" Edward looked up in confusion.
"How" Ed asked.
"There is something I haven't told you... or anyone for that fact" Roy sighed as he laid Edward back down into the bed. "Truth is, I'm a vampire, and I can turn you so you will live again, with me forever" Roy said. Edward stared in shock.
"Prove you are telling the truth, if you are joking with me I with punch you with my Automail fist" Ed said with narrowed eyes. Roy opened his mouth and let his fangs lengthen. Ed stared for a moment in awe, "So that is why you never seem to age" Ed said, Roy looked at him in slight surprise, he expected Edward to be scared of him, that is why he didn't tell him, but he was surprised that Ed seemed calm and that he noticed that he never aged.
"So you noticed that huh" Roy said with a small grin, Edward nodded, "Then if you noticed that means others are going to notice, that means it is almost time for me to leave and find a new life. So I need to know now Edward, will you come with me as my Vampire Mate" Roy asked seriously. After a few minutes of silence Roy thought Ed was going to say no and stood to leave when Eds flesh hand grasped weakly onto his wrist.
"Yes" Edward said, "I want to be with you Roy, forever. I don't want to Die" Edward said. Roy turned to see the Recently Pale golden eyes were now bright with the fire of determination that he loved so much. Roy sat back down on the bed and looked sternly at Edward.
"Then you need to know that Human blood is strictly off-limits, you and I will feed only on Animal blood. When you re-awaken as a vampire you will be compelled to try and drink from humans by newborn vampire instincts, you need to fight these instincts." Roy said Edward nodded, "We may also have to disappear for a year, until your instincts are in check"
"What about Alphonse, and your dream of being Fuhrer" Ed asked.
"We can keep in touch with Al if you really want to, and after the year is up and you wont try to attack humans anymore we can visit, but after a while Al will notice you wont be aging, and that will be when we should not see him in person anymore. As for my dream, I'm already being noticed for my non-aging, so I was going to have to give up soon anyway and move before I am found out, because if Hawkeye was to find out what I am she may actually shoot me"
"Okay" Ed said. "anything ells"
"One more thing, Vampires have gifts witch are like powers, we do not have a gate and therefore we do not have Alchemy" Roy said.
"But you use Alchemy" Ed pointed out confused.
"No, my gift is flames, I found an Alchemy that I could pretend to be using so I could use my gift" Roy said and to prove his point he snapped his fingers without wearing his special gloves and flames flashed lighting a candle across the room
"Okay" Ed said.
"Are you ready, it is going to hurt" Roy said, Edward nodded and closed his eyes.
Roy bit his own tongue to make it bleed before lightly brushing Edwards hair away from his neck, ed gasped at the light brush of Roys fingers on his neck before almost yelling in pain as Roy bit his neck piercing the soft skin with his fangs and injecting his own blood through the wound. Roy pulled back panting from fighting his instincts when he tasted Edwards blood and watched as the bite healed itself and Ed started to scream in pain.
"I'm sorry Edward, I wish I could make it less painful" Roy said as he run his hand through Edwards hair until Ed passed out and stopped breathing, "You must also die before you can live again" Roy whispered and kissed Eds forehead before standing and cleaning himself up, he then went into his basement to a fridge and pulled out a bag of animal blood and brought it back up to his room and awaited for when Edward would wake up.
(Line break, about a week later)
It has been a week now since Roy turned Edward, and they were surprised to find out two things. One Edward could still use his Alchemy, Roy guessed it was his Vampire gift because he has seen his gate and seen the truth inside it, but they also found that his Alchemy was defying the rules of equivalent exchange, Roy believed this was because he no longer had a gate.
The second thing that mostly surprised Roy was the fact that Edward was not being compelled to attack humans at all, it was like he didn't thirst for human blood at all, and because of this they were staying just a little longer in central to formally resign from the military, But the entire time Ed was in public and at headquarters he had to wear a pair of dark tinted sunglasses to hide the fact his eyes were now red.
Edward was currently walking up the steps to headquarters with his resignation papers in his hands, he greeted his friends when they said hi in the halls as he headed straight for Mustangs Unit.
"Morning General Mustang" Edward said as he entered his office to see Hawkeye complaining about how Roy was not getting his paperwork done, and the rest of their team silently watching. Edward coughed to get their attention, Hawkeye stopped and everyone looked at Edward, Roy gave a grateful smile to his lover.
"Good morning Fullmetal" Roy said with a smile that the rest of the team haven't seen before. "I trust your papers are in order" Edward nodded and the team looked at him confused.
"What paperwork, Edward hasn't been on a mission since he got sick" Fuery asked.
"Well this is the paperwork saying I am resigning from the military" Ed calmly said as he handed the papers to Roy.
"WHAT" everyone yelled except Roy who took the papers and started to look them over.
"Well these seem to be in order, I will turn them into the Fuhrer myself along with my own, hopefully in the next three weeks we will be able to leave" Roy said with a grin at Edward.
"What are you talking about Mustang" Hawkeye asked.
"I want to tell them now that we are already resigning" Edward said.
"Okay Roy agreed and looked up to face the rest of the team, "For the past three years Edward and I have been dating" Roy said calmly.
"I KNEW IT" Breda yelled excitedly, but everyone ignored him.
"Ed almost died from his illness, when he started to get better he told me he wants to travel around the world, I thought it would be nice to travel around together so we decided to resign from the military and travel together." Roy said as he went into his office room and back to his desk where he sat while Ed came in and sat on one of the couches.
"But Sir, I thought you wanted to be Fuhrer, that was your dream" Hawkeye said as she also entered the office.
"I changed my mind" Roy said, He then grabbed his own resignation papers and started to leave the room.
"I wanna come too" Edward said as he stood and followed, leaving a still shocked team behind.
The man who was appointed Fuhrer after Bradly was a nice man who always looked after his people, his name was Yami, he was in his forties. He had short brown hair and blue eyes, and wears glasses, he was an Alchemist that specialized in earth and wood, with his transmutation circles tattooed to his hands. He also was always seen with a pet Chimera that was a black cat with eagle wings.
Roy and Edward walked into Yamis office and Roy gave him their papers, he looked them over in silence before looking up at them. His Chimera flew over and landed on Edwards head and started to purr earning a smile from the Fuhrer.
"General Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist, and Brigadier General Edward Elric the Fullmetal Alchemist youngest State Alchemist there ever was, also the youngest Brigadier General." Yami finally greeted after reading over their papers, "Why is it that two of the best Alchemists in the military want to leave at the same time"
"We want to travel" Roy answered and Edward nodded.
"I understand that Edward here could have recently died, does the sudden want to travel have something to do with that" Yami asked with a grin that said I already know.
"Yes Sir, when I thought I was going to die I realized there was so much I haven't got to see or do, so I decided I wanted to travel the world, Roy and I grew close as he was taking care of me while I was ill, he decided to travel with me" Edward said. Yami leaned back in his chair and hummed as he thought this over with his eyes closed.
"Very well, I hope you two have nice travels, in two weeks you two will be officially resigned from this military" Yami said. Roy took out his State Alchemist silver watch and placed it on Yamis desk, Ed quickly placed his next to Roys.
"No, you two keep the watches, you two helped save this land from Bradly and the other Homunculi, and I want these to be symbols of who you two were, who knows they may just come in handy, you may also keep the funds that are already in your accounts as well as the money you earn in these last two weeks, use them wisely" Yami said with a caring smile. They were shocked but they grabbed their watches and the cat chimera flew over and landed on Yamis shoulder. "You two are dismissed" Yami said, Roy and Ed saluted and left his office.
"Just two more weeks of paperwork and missions, then we can go to Resembool and stay there for a while, I want to learn all I can about Automail so I can help fix it if it ever has any problems" Roy said as they walked down the halls back towards his Unit.
"That will surely come in handy, especially when we can no longer see them in person" Ed said with a little sadness at not seeing his brother and Winry.
"We still have a while before that happens" Roy assured as they stopped in front of the doors to his Units work area, "For now lets enjoy our last two weeks of work here and say our good-byes to our friends, beside I have your next mission waiting, it came in this morning" Roy casually said and grinned when Edward growled in annoyance at having to still work. They entered the Door to see Everyone actually working, except Havoc who was nowhere to be seen.
"This is surprising" Roy whispered to Ed as they walked to the door in the back that lead to Roys actual office, "I thought they would still be shocked about us" They entered his office to see Jean Havoc sitting on one of the couches waiting for them. When Roy noticed him he closed the door and calmly walked to his desk and sat in his chair as Edward went and sat on the other couch with his feet resting on the small table between the two couches.
"So you are really leaving" Havoc asked looking at Roy.
"Yes, we are leaving, we have two more weeks of work here and then we are going to start our travels" Roy said as he started to shuffle through the papers on his desk looking for Edwards next assignment.
"first stop, Resembool" Edward said.
"Going to visit Alphonse" Havoc asked as he lit a cigarette.
"That and Roy wants to learn about automail encase anything happens on our travels he can help fix it" Edward said with a smile.
"That is pretty smart of him" Havoc joked and Roy threw a pen at him causing Havoc to laugh before looking at Roy seriously, "If you ever need my help you know how to contact me, I will be there no matter how long I don't hear from ya, after all a Knight is always loyal to the King" Havoc said seriously, there was something about how he said it that got Edward thinking.
"Thanks, I can always count on ya" Roy said as Havoc stood and left the office.
"Roy, is Havoc like us" Edward asked. Roy nodded. "Does he have a gift" Edward asked.
"Yes he does" Roy answered as he looked at the papers some more.
"Does he ever use it"
"Not really, there is no way to cover up his gift, so he doesn't use it" Roy said then handed Edward the papers for his next assignment. Edward read over the papers and sighed.
"I can already tell this one is going to be annoying as hell" Edward Growled. Roy chuckled.
"Just two more weeks Ed, and try not to reveal you can ignore Equivalent Exchange" Roy said, "I expect a full report upon completion, You are now dismissed" Roy said as he started to work on the stacks of paperwork on his desk.
(Line break, three weeks later)
"Ready to go?" Roy asked as Edward exited his apartment with a few bags. Edward was wearing a black tee-shirt and leather black pants and black combat boots, his signature red coat was tied around his waist, and his long golden hair was in a normal pony-tail instead of his signature braid.
"Yeah I'm ready" Edward said as he put his bags in the taxi car that Roy hired to take them to the train station. As they were headed to the train station Edward sat comfortably next to Roy in the back of the taxi leaning his head against Roys shoulder with Roys arm around him. When they arrived they saw from the car that their entire team plus Armstrong, Ross, Brosh, and even Sheska waiting on the train platform waiting for them. Ed put on his sunglasses and exited the car, Roy had already paid the Taxi driver and grabbed all their belongings.
"We all came to see you off" Havoc said. Edward smiled at them. Each of them gave their own farewell and as the train pulled out of the station with Roy and Edward aboard, they waved until they were out of sight.
"So next stop is Resembool, Wonder how surprised Al and Winry will be to see me, and to find out we are together" Edward said with a smile.
"You know Winry will throw that wrench of hers at your head because you didn't tell them we are coming, not to mention keeping a secret from her" Roy said and Edward paled a little.
"Yeah, I know, but I can't wait to see Al, last I talked to him was when I first started to get ill" Edward said with a small smile, "He told me Winry and him were going to have a baby"
"That's nice, it's about time, they have been married for how long now" Roy asked with a smile.
"It's only been a little over a year, they don't have to instantly become parents after marriage Roy" Edward answered.
"I know that" Roy sighed. The rest of the train ride was quiet, Edward got bored halfway through it and decided to sleep the rest of it off even though he no longer really needed to sleep. This was just the beginning of their long forever together.
A/N
I decided to stop it here for now, it is a good stopping point, Until next time...
Sneak peak:
"Brother, what happened to your eyes!"