Chapter 1
Back in Dublith
Akira Ito, The name that was lay upon me at my innocent. I grew up in Rush Valley. I am known as the MetalGear Alchemist my name extended to a complex journey that changed my life not by the actions but by the sense of mind.
My name is Akira Ito and I am the first Xingese State Alchemist!
I was only ten years old a live in a house with 3 three brothers, my mother, and my father. I was in my room on my bed, I was bored to death I was looking at my old ceiling fan the hot air was over powering me while the cool breeze was trying to defeat it.
"Akira!" It was my older brother Mika he was 15 at the time he opened my door and ran into the room with a big piece of paper I looked over
I didn't even move "Akira! Dad just taught me about this amazing science called Alchemy!" Alchemy…the word that will describe my near future I sighed "Oh come on Akira! Hiro and Sam didn't care and mom and dad are to busy with the costumers out front, come on!" I sighed and got off my bed "Geez Mika, sometimes you act like the younger brother." I told him, Mika smiled "Okay watch!" Mika unfolded the big piece of paper; I saw a weird designed circle which I would see as an everyday image "It's a transmutation circle!" Mika told me "Akira! Your about to see the power of science." He told me, He laid out some dusty material He clap his hand together and put his hands on the transmutation circle, Then the transmutation circle was making something, shining light was coming from the circle I was amazed, After that the dusty material turned into a doll "Whoa!" I was amazed, "You can have the doll, Akira." He told me I giggled and picked up the doll "That is my first transmutation!" Mika told me, Then we heard footsteps running down it was Hiro and Sam "What was that?" Sam asked Mika. Sam was 12 at the time and Hiro was only 7, Sam slammed open the door "Mika what the hell was that?" Sam asked "We heard it from the other room." Hiro shouted "It was Alchemy, The thing you refused to watch me do." Mika told them Hiro and Sam gasped "Big Brother can you teach me that?" Hiro asked happily and ran up to Mika "No, Mika teach me Hiro only 7!" Sam asked Mika angrily "Calm down, Calm down." Mika told my brothers he wrapped up the paper, he stood up and walked out the door "I'm not teaching anyone." Mika told my younger brother "Ah! Come on why not?" Sam and Hiro shouted together at Mika. I picked up the doll Mika made for me and looked at it, I smiled. I love it.
Five years later, my brother was a professional alchemist, He decide to take the State exam. He passed we were all so happy about it. Mika Ito, State Alchemist a.k.a. the Puppet Alchemist he used Alchemy to make dolls move on there own and he made them use as soldiers. Amazing how the first thing he transmitted would be what he uses to get an important place for a Courtney. Later on, Mika wasn't well…It's wasn't normal for him to not call for weeks. We began to worry we didn't know what to do. Should we contact the Military or to wait? I couldn't stand anymore nor could my family we called Mika's boss, He said Mika had commit suicide on the battle field and he was too busy to tell us "To busy? To tell one of soldier's family that he toke his own life?" My mother shouted on the phone with Mika's boss "Listen I'm sorry but I-""Go to hell!" My mother shouted and smashed the phone on the floor, my mother was angry my father was depressed, Hiro and Sam were crying I had my arms around them trying to calm them down. I looked at my father and knew one thing I was going to learn Alchemy to bring my brother back to life. My brother's body was buried in a field near our house 3 weeks later. I have been study all nighters for 3 weeks with my father he didn't know I was bringing Mika back he thought I wanted to take the state exam like my two brothers. At least two years later I had all the knowledge to commit Human Transmutation, I set up everything and I got all of Mika's ashes together, I cut my finger a scratch of blood, for equivalent exchange. I drew a transmutation circle for Human Transmutation "Mika…" I looked at the Mika's ashes "I'm bringing you back for your mistake!" I shouted and clap my hands together and did something that would probably change my life, I smiled "Mika…" I said smiling then, I blacked out. I woke up and my arm was gone I screamed as loud as thunder and lighting, my father walked inside "Akira!" He called out for me, He grabbed me and he saw what the remains of Mika was whatever it was it wasn't human.
I woke up; I probably blacked out again "Akira!" My mother ran to me, my arm was wrapped up and the bleeding stopped she hugged me she began crying and crying "Akira! What the hell where you thinking?" My father asked me, I looked ay him and stood try to stand up, My mother let go of me I had a hard time walking I tried to walk up to my father but I fell over, I was weak and pathetic. "What did I do here?" I thought I looked at my sump of an arm wrapped in ban aids, I remembered my old arm and felt some ashamed of myself "I tried to bring Mika back…" I told my father "By using a taboo! Akira how idiotic can you be at a time like!" He yelled at me, I closed my eyes "I try to teach you an art but instead you use it for the devil's work!" He spoke to me again. I looked at him with my big green eyes full of shame and weakness and broke down "Akira….Akira…." My father kept repeating my name, He turned around a looked at me with his lips moving, and He wasn't trying to keep away the tears away. He couldn't take it anymore and he ran up to me and hugged me, He was crying and so was I…That day was never spoken about after that night….While my Hiro and Sam were taking the state exam, I was at home, I committed a Taboo…And it all my fault and in the process I never found out why my brother committed to take his own life I was in my bed it was day. I looked at my sump of an arm again, my mother walked in "Are you doing okay?" She asked me, I nodded. My mother sat on my bed "Listen Akira what you did last night isn't your fault…It's no one fault." My mother told me "No! It was my fault mother!" I protested she looked at me, "It not your fault nor dad or Mika's fault! I decided to do that because I thought I could bring Mika back! Instead I committed, to try to bring him back…I was a pathetic idiot! I don't have the right to even be respected anymore!" I hold on tightly to my blanket "I don't even to deserve to use Alchemy anymore…You clearly can't trust me anymore!" I told my mother "Akira, we trust you fully." My mother told me she ran her fingers in my hair and smiled. She took her fingers out of my hair and looked out the window "Were so lucky we live near Rush Valley, Automail is everywhere there." My mother told me I nodded "You maybe you could be a state alchemist like your brothers and use Metal Alchemy." My mother told me and laughed "Why are you laughing?" I asked my mother "Well, I could never see you as a state alchemist going out into battle." My mother told me, I was so angry when she said that I punched the wall with my fist "What are you trying to say?" I asked trying to calm down "I'm trying to say your just to reckless to take seriously in the military, that's all." My mother told me "So are you saying I was reckless when I was trying to bring Mika back?" I asked angrily, My mom began walked toward the door "Answer me!" I yelled she had her hand on the door nob. She let go "Akira stop being reckless it worries me." She told me and opened the door and left. I tried to pull my angry back and I did but…I could tell my mom was lying when she said she worried…She didn't worry she was embarrassed to have a daughter who committed a Taboo. I looked out the window and spoke to myself "One day…." I put my fist down from the wall "I don't know who you are but." I put my hand on my lap "Someone out there is going to open up my light again." Those words.. That I spoke that day will change my life for the rest of my days…Because what I said was going to be true and turned into a reality…