The Xingnese Rebellion
So this is the third and final part of the soul eater/Fullmetal alchemist story. Enjoy.
Dr. Michael Leone, Ishval
I was eating my lunch in the shade of the temple when Scar came over and sat down next to me.
"I have a message from the Fuhrer." He said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Your friend the General was captured. He wants you to go fight to get him back." Scar said.
I stopped eating and looked at him.
"Mustang wants me to go get Andrew back?" I asked.
"Yes sir. What should I tell the Fuhrer?" Scar asked already knowing the answer.
"Tell him that Angela and I are on our way." I said flexing my automail hand.
Derick, 14 Years after Father Event
I leaned against the rail of the lookout platform. Resembol was bathed in a golden light as the sun started to set.
I was on one of the observation decks at the Amestrian Branch of the DWMA. We had built the Academy into the mountains and it was home to my family, Alistair's family and a few of the Demon Weapons that had appeared in the past few years.
My mind wandered to the others.
Mike and Angela were in Ishval helping Scar rebuild with their two children, Andrew had ended the war in the south and become one of the best Generals in history. He was currently leading the army against Drachma. Ed was in the west again after a few brief visits home.
Emily wandered from place to place and she visited occasionally. Finally Al had gotten married to May and the couple was currently helping Ling reform the Xingnese Government.
"Hey dad? Can we get the lesson started?" Spirit called from the door.
I turned to see Spirit, Kate, Rachel and Jesse waiting for me.
"Sure but you need to find your mother." I said.
The four of them eagerly ran to find Rai inside the academy. I put my hands in my pockets and walked after them.
Spirit and Kate had been raised together by Rai and I. Rachel and Jenny were Al and Elsye's children.
I walked down the hallway and I was about to open the training room when a ragged soldier came tearing down the hallway.
"Sir! I have an Urgent message from Fuhrer Mustang!" He said waving a piece of paper.
I grabbed the paper and read it as fast as I could.
DWMA Teacher,
General Andrew has been captured by the Drachman forces and I would like you to rescue him. Michael has already been informed and is on his way. My officers have been told to treat each of you as a general and to obey any order you give.
Yours truly
Fuhrer Mustang
"Damn it Andrew." I said taking off down the hall to the main entrance of the Academy.
"Al! Rai! Elsye! Report to the entrance ASAP!" I yelled my voice echoing through the halls.
I waited about a minute before they arrived and I showed them the message.
"He wants us to fight an army? Does he want them to be defeated in ten minutes?" Alistair asked whistling.
"I need a few minutes to grab my stuff." Rai said running up the stairs.
"So what about the kids?" Elsye asked.
"The Adults can watch them." I said.
"Yes of course. The normal adults can watch over the superhuman children and the god child. That's such a good idea." She said rolling her eyes.
"What if I watched them?" A voice said from the shadows by the door.
"So you came back? Good timing." I said turning to face Emily.
"I brought Cassie and Jeremiah." She said as two very tan children of about ten years of age walked up behind her.
"Hi kids how are you?" I asked.
Cassie hid behind Emily and I caught a glimpse of a marking on her shoulder, but I forgot about it when Jeremiah crushed my fingers in a handshake.
"Hello. Are you really the Death Scythe my dad told me about?" He asked.
"Yes why?" I asked.
"I want to see how strong you are." He said preparing a punch.
"Now wait just a minut-" I stopped as he sent me flying backwards into a wall.
I pried myself off the wall and looked at the kid. He was scrawny but he had a harder punch than either Al or I.
"Is he a weapon?" I asked.
"He's a shield. And she's a witch." Emily said laughing.
"A shield? Never heard of that." I said.
"The Unbreakable shield, Aegis. And his sister the sword." Emily said pushing Cassie into the open.
Now I fully saw the mark on her arm and recognized it. It was a spiral line of dots ending in a snake head.
"Is she really...?" I asked not daring to say it.
"Yes she's the newest snake witch." Emily said.
"But she's like Angela right? She's not going to destroy everything?" I asked.
"She won't hurt anything. That's why her dad taught the two of them Alchemy. They defend and heal not destroy." She said.
"So the exact opposite of their parents and relatives." I laughed.
"Yep." She said as Rai jumped over the railing two swords strapped to her waist.
"I told the kids we're leaving and that she's in charge." She said tying up her hair.
"Then let's go." I said leading the four of us out of the Academy towards the Station.
Kate
I watched as my adopted parents and the others left heading for the train station.
"So what do we do now? All of our teachers are gone." I said.
"You still have me. I can train you. Or I can supervise you in training." Emily said.
"Supervise what exactly?" I asked.
"You could train against each other." She offered.
"Anyone else like that idea?" I asked.
As the oldest the others looked up to me and not only because I looked almost sixteen because I aged faster than them.
"We don't have a problem with that." Rachel and Jenny said together.
"What about you two?" I asked looking down to where Cassie and Jeremiah where.
"Sure. Cass?" Jeremiah asked looking at his sister.
"I don't know. Should I?" She said timidly looking up to Emily.
"It might help you gain confidence. You should try at least." The older girl said with a smile.
The three of them followed me to the death room. Now everyone else said that my father and grandfather had a death room in another world and that it was a desert area.
I didn't like that so I made mine my way. You opened the door and stepped onto a circular platform surrounded by a seascape that was permanently set in a rising dawn.
In the center of the platform was a floating mirror through which I could speak to my family.
"I think this area will do. It's separate from the rest of the building so we won't disturb anyone." I said as we walked in.
"Okay I will be choosing the matches. Kate you will fight... Jeremiah." Emily said.
"What?! But I can't fight without a weapon!" I cried.
"Tough luck. Besides your father and grandfather both could beat my dad without using a weapon." She said sitting down.
"Really? How? Because Uncle Alistair always says Blackstar was the strongest Meister." I said.
"Ha! Is that what he thinks? I hate to break it to you but Death or Stein could beat up Blackstar. And probably Marie..." She said reminiscing.
Jeremiah and I faced each other on the platform and waited.
"Alright rules. You may use weapon abilities, Magic or Reaper powers but no alchemy. Am I clear?" She asked.
"Yes ma'am." Everyone said quickly.
"Good. No maiming or major injuries and I will step in if I think the fight gets out of hand." She said.
"Can we start now?" I asked.
She nodded and I shifted into a defensive stance. It wasn't exactly true that I couldn't fight without a weapon. Derick and Rai had trained me to use something very special.
I remembered what they had taught me and a glossy black covered my arms and legs. Jeremiah stretched and cracked his knuckles then ran towards me faster than I thought possible.
I blocked his first punch with my forearm and I felt the black blood armor crack under the force of the blow. Then he clocked me in the chin with a swift punch that sent me flying out over the water.
I summoned the small jets that allowed me to fly and hovered over the water. The second punch had stung my chin and left a black and blue bruise.
I rocketed back toward Jeremiah and threw a bunch directly at his face. He held one arm in the shape of a kite shield and didn't budge an inch. I formed spikes from the black blood and caught him by surprise when I cut his cheek.
He hit me in the stomach with his other hand and I fell to the floor gasping for air.
"Okay this is over. I think it's clear who won there. Next up we'll have Jenny and Spirit." Emily said.
"But I don't wanna get up." Spirit said sitting on the ground next to the others.
Emily yanked him off the ground and threw him into the center of the island. He caught himself and balanced on one hand.
"But I was going to. Sheesh." He said as he pushed off the ground and landed on his feet.
Jenny walked to the opposite side of the arena and assumed a defensive position. She had long black hair braided to ensure it would stay out of her face and a deadly serious glare.
In contrast spirit had bright silvery white hair and was as relaxed as ever. He appeared to be ignoring her but I saw and felt the madness in his soul.
"Begin." Emily said and she backed up to where the rest of us had backed up to.
Jenny had a slim wiry frame that seemed very weak but she packed almost as much force as Alistair or Derick. But she couldn't hold a candle to Rachel or Jeremiah.
Spirit held out a hand and blocked her initial strike then drove home a scythe blade into her stomach.
Jeremiah and Cassie both cried out and Emily ran over and sent him flying with a blow to the face.
Jenny landed cat like on her feet and stretched as the wound closed up almost instantly.
"What? How did you do that?!" Emily screeched.
"Rachel and I both got extreme regenerating abilities. I can even copy Lust." Jenny said.
She shot her fingers outward about ten feet and retracted them in less than a second.
"So you're both homunculi?" Emily asked confused.
"Yeah. Now can we get back to the fight?" She asked.
"Sure." Emily waved and Jenny disappeared.
A few seconds later Spirit came flying back onto the island and he dusted himself off. Jenny was close behind and he blocked all of her strikes using just hands or feet. The two of them were the only weapons other than our parents who could fight using their weapon forms.
Spirit summoned his Scythe Handle. It was a black staff with three blades protruding near the top and each was black with a silver edge.
Jenny drew a chain scythe out of thin air. She wrapped the chain around Spirits blades and yanked the scythe from his grip.
He let go of the scythe and rushed toward her, delivering a crushing blow to her stomach. He let her drop to the ground and turned his hand into a blade then Rachel and I were holding him back.
"Spirit come back! Leave the Madness!" I yelled holding him with a Full Nelson.
Rachel had her arm pressed to his neck in the shape of a black sword. He stopped struggling and after a few minutes of breathing hard he gave us a thumbs up to show he was calm.
After that he and Jenny left and walked off somewhere together.
"What was that?" Emily asked.
"He has fits where he loses himself in Madness. When it's really bad he has to be stopped by Derick or Alistair." I said.
"Okay anything else I should know? Like ya know if you have a demon locked under the academy?" Emily asked incredulous.
"Nope." Rachel said standing at one side of the arena waiting for her fight.
"Okay so all that's left is Cassie and Rachel. Are you ready?" This last part was directed at Cassie.
"Yeah. I think I am." She said as she rose to her feet.
There was something different about her but I couldn't place it so I sat down and watched.
"Alright begin!" Emily said.
"Vector Storm!" Cassie yelled.
A hundred arrows, like the kind that direct you, shot out from her feet and towards Rachel. I looked at her soul with Soul perception and saw something strange.
Her soul was pinkish purple as normal for a witch but a strange symbol was forming on it.
"Emily what's that on her soul?" I asked.
She looked then paled.
"Jeremiah knock her out!" She yelled already leaping to her feet.
I looked again the design was three vertical eyes but I couldn't figure out why this was so bad.
"That's the Kishinn symbol of madness. Kate pour your wavelength into her!" She yelled at me.
I ran over and simply placed my hand on her forehead. I sat there for a few minutes until Cassie's face calmed then I stood up and Jeremiah carried her to her room to rest.
"Okay that's enough excitement for one night. Let's go to sleep before anything else happens." Emily said.
Rachel and I heartily agreed.
Mei Elric, Youswell
I snuck through the dark streets quick and silent as a shadow. On my back I carried Laki who was still unconscious from her wounds.
Ling's orders ringing through my head.
Take Laki and go to Amestris. Find Ed and the others and tell them what is happening. Don't go to the military the rebels might try to stop you.
Then he joined Lan Fan and Alphonse in fighting the usurpers.
I was being followed that much I knew. I already had a large gash on my ribs and a lot of bruises. I couldn't stop until Laki was safe and that wouldn't be for a few hours at my current pace. But it was fine because of my recent job running messages all over Xing for Emperor Ling.
I had left Xiao Mei at the Palace because although it pained me to say it she would only slow me down.
I hurried into the night as a kunai flew past my head and buried itself in the ground.