1st person Neku view
I woke up in a hospital bed. I sat up, pain all over my body. I could remember getting thrown into a building and losing consciousness. I thought back to yesterday. Those two weird people, that guy who nearly killed me, all this weird scenery, I was confused. I was worried I would never get back to Shibuya.
The door opened and I saw the last person I expected: the boy from yesterday. He looked fine, except for a few visible bruises and a missing arm. A person in armor walked in with the boy. "Hey. My brother said we should come here and apologize for yesterday." He said. He sounded like a little kid. The boy rubbed the back of his head like it was in pain. It wouldn't surprise me. He sighed. "Well, anyway. We never introduced ourselves to each other. My name's Edward, and this is my brother, Alphonse." He knocked on the armor with the back of his hand. It sounded hollow. I was too deep in thought to hear to blonde boy.
"What's your name?" I snapped back to reality. "Neku. Neku Sakuraba." Ed sat on a chair at the far end of the room. "Sorry about yesterday. The idiots at HQ didn't do their job. You shouldn't have gotten involved." I heaved a sigh. "I've been through worse. It's fine." I wanted to ask about Shiki, but they probably don't know anything. Just then, the door opened and I saw Shiki in the doorway. "Neku! You're alive!" She squealed. "Calm down, Shiki." The brothers were giving my confused looks. Another girl came into the room. "Ed, Al, what are you two doing in here?" She asked. "Well, I just wanted to make sure this kid was alright. That's all." Ed answered. She looked at me. I looked down and saw bandages around my midsection. Don't know why I didn't notice that before. My right arm had them, too.
"Ed, what happened yesterday?" She asked. "Like I said, I was fighting some guy and a bystander got hurt." He replied. "Hey, I wasn't standing around doing nothing!" I yelled. "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be here right now!" He sighed. "I guess I forgot that. I've been trying to forget since last night." He stood. "Anyway. Winry, could you make me a new arm?" Ed asked the girl. She nodded. "I'll start working once I get to the Hughes' house."
I was getting tired and wanted some alone time. "You guys leaving?" I asked. "Huh? Yeah, why?" I looked to Shiki, then back to Ed. "Could you take Shiki with you? She doesn't have anywhere to stay." I told him. "I guess. Come on." Shiki looked at me. I urged her to go. She nodded hesitantly and left.
I sighed. "How long am I gonna be in here?" I asked myself. I picked up a Player pin, and curiosity filled me. "What if I tried to scan someone here?" I looked at the pin. "Well, worth a shot." I threw the pin up into the air and caught it, scanning the area. I didn't hear any thoughts, which confused me. Right when I was about to stop, I heard one thought.
"Where is Edward? This is urgent and if he heads out in his condition, he's going to get killed!"
Was that guy talking- er, thinking about Ed? The door opened. A man with dark eyes and dark, messy hair was in the doorway. He wore a blue uniform and white gloves with a strange symbol on them. "Was Edward Elric in here?" He asked. "Does he have blond hair, gold eyes, and wear a red coat?" I asked. "Yes, have you seen him?" He looked me dead in the eye. "He just left." I answered. "Damn. Thank you, sir." He then ran off. I had to help. They could get killed.
I got up and put my shirt on, since the doctors had taken it off to get the bandages on. There was still a rip were my side was cut, but Shiki could probably fix it later. I ran outside, and the guy with the scar was there, fighting the man I saw earlier. Ed didn't seem to notice me. He looked like he was in a daze. Probably still in shock from the sudden attack. I charged and used the Masamune pin. I struck blow after blow, then struck with Murasame, leaving me out of breath. "N-Neku! What are you-" Ed began. My side ached, and it began to hurt. I was worried I put too much strain on my body with a simple combo. Ed ran over. "What are you doing out here?! You should be inside in bed!" He scolded. I saw the guy with the scar (still waiting for Ed to tell me his name) charging at both of us. Not just Ed, the both of us. Neither of us were able to fight. I looked to my side and saw that the wound reopened. "Dammit." I fell to my knees.
The guy with the black hair (again, waiting for Ed to tell me his name) snapped his fingers and shot fire like a flamethrower. I was amazed. The scarred man stopped dead in his tracks as the fire shot passed him. I felt a sharp pain in my side where the cut was. I clutched my side. Ed seemed to notice that. "Are you alright?" He asked. "I'm fine. Mind telling me their names?" I asked, pointing to the scarred man and the living flamethrower. "The guy trying to kill us is Scar." He started."Scar? Pretty lazy name, if you ask me."
"The guy that shot fire is Roy Mustang. He's an annoying prick." He finished. I looked at Shiki. She looked extremely scared and concerned. She ran over. "Neku, what were you thinking?! You could have gotten yourself killed!" She scolded. "Shiki, go back over there! I'm fine." I growled. Scar had returned his focus to me and Ed. Shiki hadn't moved an inch. "Shiki, go! Now!" I yelled. I stood up. I stumbled a bit, but I was able to balance myself out. I saw Scar's arm glow. I was confused. I shook it off and guarded Shiki. Ed kicked Scar back, saving me from certain death.
I knew this battle wasn't going to end until one of us was dead, no matter who it was. I used the Top Gear pin and teleported to a wall far away from danger, knocking the wind out of me. Usually I would be fine until 9 or 10 times, but I guess today just wasn't my day. I rested against the wall. Just about everyone (except Scar and Roy) was around me. "Neku, are you okay?" Shiki asked. "I'm fine. Just...a little...tired." I said, panting. I felt like I was gonna faint on the spot. And I did.
1st person Ed view
Neku passed out as soon as he finished speaking. I grabbed his wrist before he hit the ground. Barely. It's hard to catch someone with one arm. Shiki sat Neku down and stayed by him. "Brother, I'm going to go help the Colonel." Al ran off to fight. I felt useless. I couldn't do anything but watch. My little brother was out there fighting a serial killer and I could only watch.
After a while, someone coughed. I jumped and looked to Shiki, who was looking at Neku. Neku coughed again. He opened his eyes. "Hey, you okay?" I asked. He put a hand to his head, as if trying to ease pain in it. "What's wrong?" Shiki asked. "...It's nothing. I'll be fine." He answered. Winry grabbed my arm. "Ed, I have a feeling we should get out of here." She said. Scar had escaped again.
At least, that's what I thought. Just when we stood up, the ground crumbled beneath our feet.
I was dozing off writing this. I was super tired, but I wanted to keep writing. I'm falling asleep just writing this.
