Here's the next chapter...I know people are actually READING this, so I shall update! Last night, as soon as I put the first chapter up, He got online...so, naturally, we started again. I almost cried while we did this one...T_T
I forgot a disclaimer last chapter...Oops. *puts one in* There.
Disclaimer: Myles and I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist. We just enjoy the characters and build off of them.
All of this is the original Roleplay that we did. I only added a few things...building on Ed's character as well as my own.
Edward walked around, looking for Edalyn from yesterday. He sighed, "Well, We we're suppose to meet--..." Ed was used to the girl showing up after the time mentioned…he really wanted to get going. Al wasn't going to find himself!
Suddenly, the sun was blocked out...a shadow covered the spot where Edward was standing...an eclipse?! no...it was...
Edalyn!
"SORRY I'M LATE!"
She landed...like a kitten pouncing on her prey...once again, catching him off guard.
"Damn i--" Edward was tackled by the eccentric girl. He really needed to start paying attention to his surroundings. Maybe get a motion sensor…
Edalyn got up and laughed nervously, "I got carried away...I'm sorry."
"Well, as long as you keep it to once a day…" Edward said for the millionth time since they met. So far, the girl held true to that rule…
"Will do, Mr. Fullmetal Alchemist sir!" She saluted him respectfully. Eda didn't do that very often, and this seemed like one of those times that she should. Ed seemed like he was in a good mood.
"Al-...Alright then...Onto business!" He clapped, and held out a map of the land, "....Well....Er...Where to start..."
Anime sweat drops appeared over both of them. They had both realized that Edward had no idea where they were going.
"I thought you knew..." Edalyn wasn't surprised by this move. Lately, Edward was becoming very forgetful. Not that it surprised her.
"Err....Well, you know Alphonse...He could be anywhere..." Ed stated…trying to conceal the nervous hint in his voice.
"Where was the last place the two of you were together?" the girl next to him asked. If Ed could remember that, they had a lead. A lead was what they needed…Desperately!
"I....Don't even remember..." He rubbed his own head, feeling incredibly guilty. How could he forget the last time he and his younger brother were together?
"You don't remember?!" She yelled at him unintentionally. That wasn't a good thing…now the two of them had no hope of actually going somewhere that would make sense.
"Well, It was like...A...Year ago..." He gripped his hair. Ed hadn't realized how long it had been since he saw Al. He wondered how they could stay apart for so long…
"What? Has it really been that long?" It surprised her. Now, she was worried about Alphonse!
Ed seemed to be thinking the same thing, "Yeah....I think....W-We gotta find him-- ALPHONSE!!!! AAAALLLPHONSE!!!!!" Edward began to scream his name, to the point where his voice cackled and screeched as he called for him.
Edalyn helped for awhile. She was slightly worried that both of them would lose their voices at some point. Regardless, they persisted and continued to call for Alphonse. They looked everywhere…searching the city thoroughly. Still, they found nothing and the two became tired.
"Ahh--, I-It's no use....Damn it!!--" Edward hit a tree with his metal arm, causing the tree to crack with a loud pop.
Eda gasped and ran to stand next to him, "Edward, calm down!" She grabbed onto his arm, trying to quiet him while holding on firmly, "Don't hurt yourself..."
"T-Th--...Hurt Myself? Have you forgotten about my arm? I Don't Feel anything!!" He was a little upset...well...More than a little, but his brother meant alot to him, and to neglect him for so long...
"I'm not talking about that...You might accidentally...really hurt yourself..." She hated seeing him like this...it hurt her, too. For both of their sakes, Edalyn hoped Al was okay. There weren't many times she had seen them apart...and when they were, it seemed like there was a strange feeling in the atmosphere.
"I....I gotta find him, Eda-San...." He hugged her tightly, the wind blowing unusually hard at the moment. She hugged him back and nodded. "I know..." The wind made things worse, it seemed.
"I--....I-I'll let him have a cat....I-I Prom-m-mise!!!" He broke the last words in huffs of tears, crying over his brother. Edalyn was shocked…this was the first time she had ever seen Edward cry. Sure, he had tried to hide it by saying something like that, which she later found kind of funny, but he was crying for sure. She hugged him a little tighter, showing that she wasn't going to leave him. In the process...the girl found herself coming to tears. Edward let out every tear he had held in at that moment, as he gripped the shirt of the girl as tight as he could.
"It's okay, Edo..." That was all Edalyn said...knowing that it was all she could say...and hoped it would help at least a little bit.
After she said those words, Edward raised and wiped his nose on his sleeve, like a little kid that didn't get the new toy. In a way, It was cute, "I'm...Better."
Edalyn smiled slightly. He was going to be okay...but she wanted to confirm, "You sure?"
"Y-Yeah..." To tell the truth, Edward was a little embarrassed at crying so much...He didn't cry a lot, and hadn't for years.
Edalyn put her hand on his head, "Hey...Don't worry..." She wanted him to know it was okay to cry.
"I-I'm Not worried, Al will b-be fine!" Edward crossed his arms, and huffed.
Edalyn giggled and put her hands on her hips, "That's the spirit!" She thought it was funny...watching Ed start acting like a tough guy again.
Edward wiped his nose again, and puffed his lip out in an even bigger pout, feeling like a little kid all over again, "Well....What now?"
Edalyn's eyes shimmered with a hint of happiness as she thought about what they should do next. She spoke calmly, "I think we should head to Resembool the first chance we get..." It was a start. Resembool was their hometown after all. If Al was unharmed, that's where he would be, and they were assuming he was perfectly healthy.
Suddenly, Edward's head snapped up, as Mud and water began to stream again down the dirt road from the rain, as he took of down the road, "Alphonse!! I'm coming!!"
"Edward! Wait up!" Edalyn screamed as ran after him, wondering how he could run so fast!
Edward ran to fast for Eda to keep up, but was soon cut short, as he slid on a long trail of soft mud, left by a soon passed car, leading to him falling onto a ridged rock, breaking his left leg all to shattered metal, "G-G-Gaaahh!!! D-Damn it!!" He sobbed, as he dug his knuckles into the mud, in an attempt to keep pulling his-self forward, but the mud held him firmly in place, as he kept yelling his brothers name in devastating cries.
Edalyn gasped and (un)gracefully slid to his side, "Edward..." She put her hand on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.
"I-I promised him...I-I would c-c-come get him if he was lost!! I-I Pro-o-o-mised!!" Edward's face was drenched in tears and mud, as he kept digging further into the soft earth, not giving up the effort so deeply buried into his mind.
Edalyn looked up at the sky for a moment. The weather wasn't going to let up, and that wasn't a good thing. She returned her gaze to Edward. The girl didn't know what to do anymore...
Edward pulled his body off the ground, and began to walk on his palms to the town, not caring how long it took, just as long as he got there, "C-Come on, E-E-Eda~!" The girl next to him put her arm out to make him stop.
Edalyn pulled Ed to his feet and frowned. She spoke, her voice soft, "You always do things the hard way..." She looked straight into his eyes, "You have to let other people help you...You can't always be the Protector..." Edward balanced on the leg he still had, and hopped along with Eda.
"I-I let him down..." he said after a moment. Edalyn looked over at him, "Don't say that..."
"I....Wonder if he even misses me..." Edward thought of the times when Al ran off, saying the ever famous "I Hate you, Brother!" ...Sometimes he thought that Alphonse really should hate him.
"Of course Al misses you! Why wouldn't he...?" After everything the Elric Brothers had been through, why would Alphonse hate Edward? It wouldn't make sense. Ed had always told Al to blame him for what they did when they were younger, but Al never ONCE blamed him. Never. Why would he start hating Edward now?
"I-I just miss him...I'm talking crazy..." he admitted. Ed's guilt and anger had taken over his thoughts. It was a good thing that he was strong enough to be aware of it, he thought.
"Well..." Edalyn debated for a moment over if she should say what she thought. In the end, she decided that she should, "It really scares me..." Eda waited for the impact of words she expected him to say.
"Ohhh....Well…" He paused, "I'm.....sorry," Edward managed an apology for acting so rash in his thoughts.
"It's okay...You aren't thinking straight..." Edalyn looked back to the road ahead, a small blush crossing her face. She was a bit ashamed of herself for saying something selfish like that...the girl mentally slapped herself.
The end of chapter two! It isn't as long and I kind of dropped off there, but the next chapter might continue right where this one left off. It depends on what HE does. -.-
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