Chapter 2
Okay so in the last chapter, everyone thought that Winry was gunna go all midival on Ed and Keelah's butts, but she didn't! She and Keelah have something in common! Oh, and the new OC will be introduced in this chapter... I hope... Yeah, so I hope you all like it!! XD
NOTE: PLEASE NOTE THE CURSING AT THE END
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Keelah and Winry were going on about auto-mail while Ed and Al just sat there, mouths wide open chibi style at how fast they were talking. They couldn't understand a single word of it! Then Winry turned around. "Oh Eeeeedd... Could you come over here for a bit? Come on, you know you want to." She called in a sing songy voice. Ed's stomach dropped. He knew this would happen, it happened a year ago at Rush Valley that ended him taking off his pants in public, twice! He shook his head. "No way! I am NOT stripping in front of two girls!" He blushed.
Then, quick as lightning, Keelah clapped her hands together and slammed them on the floor to create carpet hands that grabbed Ed and pulled him over to where they were, then Winry pulled his pants off. (NO, NOT THAT WAY PERVERTS[sorry if I gave you a mental image... that's not happening yet...) They got together and examined his auto-mail and Keelah "oohed" and "aaahhed" at Winry's 'masterpieces.' All Ed could do was hang there, helpless and without pants. He sighed, annoyed look on his face. "WHY must I be the one to examine? You have DEN! He'll gladly let you look at his leg! He doesn't have any pants for you to strip off!" He fumed, his face red.
"Oh calm down, you big baby." Both the girls said, and continued examining it. "Well, it seems I have no adjustments to make to your arms and legs, so you're free to go." Winry said, and walked off. Keelah followed her to the workbench. Ed was stuck there, with no pants, and was just hanging there. "HEY, LET ME GOOO!!!! Al, come let me go, will ya? Damn girls." He cursed at them.
Al got up, stretched his legs and walked over to his brother. "You know, I think that looks very comfortable, you can sleep there if you want." Al said, with an evil glint in his narrowed eyes. "You wouldn't." Ed hissed, venom in his voice. "Oh... Yes, I would." Al glanced at Ed, that same evil glint in his eyes. He walked off, leaving Ed hanging there, with soft fuzzy carpet and Den to keep him company. Granny had left for the night, she had an emergancy call, and had to leave, being a surgeon and all. He hung there, bored and lonely. Why did they have to torture him like this? He couldn't move, he has filled with energy, and his hands here spread apart, so he couldn't use Alchemy.
Finally, Keelah came in, and walked up to Ed. "What do you want?" He spat, the same venom in his speech. "Well, I WAS going to let you out, but with that additude, I don't think I will." She said, turning around. "WAIT!" Ed called. "I'm sorry that I was mean and hateful. Please let me out, I've been here for hours and my back and neck are cramping up." She sighed, and turned back to face Ed. "Fine, I'll let you out, but be nice okay?" She clapped her hands together, and pressed them against the carpet hands, and they repelled into the floor again. Ed stumbled onto the floor, he was being held up only by a foot or so, and Keelah caught him. She was just the tinyest bit shorter than him, but you couldn't really tell. She hugged him, and told him to get on the floor so she could make his back and neck better.
She massaged his back, noticing all the stress knots and tensions in his shoulders and neck. "You are under alot of stress aren't you? I can tell, you have lots of tention in your neck and back. Relax." She continued massaging. "Yeah, that feels good. I didn't know you were a massuse... And a good one at that!" Ed complimented her, and moaning softly in delight as she got all the right places where he was hurting. Keelah was bursting inside that she was massaging the Fullmetal Alchemist! She almost couldn't keep it inside. He got tense again. "RELAX!" She commanded him. "Alright, alright, no need to yell. Damn woman." He mumbled the curse under his breath.
"What'd you say?"
"Uhh... You're awesome?"
"That's what I thought you said."
"Alright! All done!" Keelah said happily, getting up off of the floor. "Already? But it felt so good!" Ed said, getting up and stretching. "Wow, you did a good job! I feel alot better! You do a better job than Winry when she's in a happy mood!" He said, a little too loudly. Unfortunately, Winry was right behind him, finished with the auto-mail that was supposed to be done, with a wrench in hand. "WHAT?!? She's better than me?!? NO WAY!!!" She whacked him over the head repeatedly with her wrench. "AHHH! GOD DAMMIT WINRY! YOU'RE GUNNA KILL ME!" Ed screamed. Winry 'hmphed' and walked away.
Keelah got up and walked away too, leaving an injured Ed on the floor, bleeding from his head. Al was somewhere, chasing a butterfly in the orange evening light.
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Myrai Lyone was ouside looking at some glass figues inside a shop, her big green eyes wide, her blonde hair in her face, and her breath fogging the window. She let her eyes wander over to the price of the figures and she nearly fainted. "WHAT!???!?!? HOW COULD SOMEONE AFFORD THIS?!!???! THIS IS INSANE!" She screamed, and some people stopped and stared at her with wide eyes, thinking she was going to attack them or something. They hurried along, trying not to make eye contact with her.
Myrai calmed down, and continued her way to where she was going, which she forgot, because she got distracted by the insanely, overly expensive shiny glass glinting so beautuifully in the evening light. She continued walking, until something caught her eye, again. This time it was a skirt that was totally awesome. It was a mini skirt, dark blue, plaid with light blues and light greens, and it was totally awesome. She had to have it. She let her eyes wander to the price tag, and she fainted.
She woke up later, how long, she didn't know, but it didn't look too later, maybe five minutes, and she was offended that no one stopped to help her. "What kind of place is Central?!? NO ONE HELPS YOU!" She stomped out of the street and went to the train station, where she went alot, she was a Wanderer, a Drifter, going from place to place, trying to find a good place to stay.
She got on the train to a place called Resembool, that looked like a nice place to visit... She sat down at a seat and started humming to herself. She kept getting distracted by everything around her like someone's shoes, trees outside, and pennies. Definately the pennies. About an hour or two later, she got off at the Resembool train station. She looked around. 'Plains, plains, plains, ooh a tree!' "Uh... let's see here... uh my instincts say to go... LEFT!" She shouted randomly, then headed to her right.
She walked down a dirt road, having no idea where she was going, then looked on her left. There was a boy, about her age, 15, who was chasing a butterfly. She ran over to him. "Hey! What are you doing?" She asked the boy.
"I'm chasing a butterfly. I want to give it to my brother." He stopped chasing the butterfly and looked at Myrai. "Do you like pennies?" He asked. "YES OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM!!!" She exclaimed. "Hey, what's your name?" She asked.
The boy looked at her. "Oh, me? I'm Alphonse Elric. I'm the brother of Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist. Have you heard of him? Oh, what's your name?" Al asked her. She gave him a puzzled look, wondering who Edward was. "Hmm... nope, never heard of 'im. I'm Myrai Lyone, and I like kitties." She said, with a proud look on her face. Al's eyes widened with excittement and happieness. "REALLY?!?!? I LOVE KITTIES TOO!!!" He excaimed. They danced around in a happy circle, singing random songs, and talking about random things.
Later, when it was dark, and they were looking up at the jewel filled night sky, Myrai told Al that she didn't have a place to stay, since she was a traveler, and so Al offered his place at the Rockbell home. She gladly accepted and they went to the door, the lights were out in the windows except two, the living room light and the one in Ed's room, and walked in as quietly as possible, but sadly, that failed. Myrai ended up tripping over Den and screaming, Den yelped and knocked over Al, who fell on Myrai after knocking over the coffee table.
Ed came stomping down the stairs, looking annoyed with his brother, who had come home at two in the morning, and was holding something in his hand that Al couldn't reconize. He walked over to his brother and hit him on the head with the thing in his hand, which happened to be a dark peice of wood, transmuted from Ed's floor. "OWWW! Big brother, why'd you do that?" He rubbed his head, then Ed hit him again. "What the hell?!?" Al asked again, but Ed just hit him, and flipped him onto the floor. "Al... tell me one thing. Would you? Just one little thing..." Ed stained, containing himself from screaming his head off. "Y-yes nii-san?" Al whimpered.
"Al... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING LATE AT NIGHT WITH A GIRL, NOT CALLING HOME TO TELL US YOU'D BE LATE, NOT EVEN CARING WHAT I THINK, FOR ALL I KNOW, YOU COULD'VE BEEN KILLED! OR WORSE!" Ed screamed, while Myrai was cowering in the corner like a chibi, then noticing a penny, picking it up, and examining it. "Al... I'm disappointed of you, but," Ed continued. Al took this in, his brother had almost NEVER yelled at him like this before, but he took it. "But what?" He asked nervously. "I'm happy you got yourself a girlfriend! And a good looking one, too!" Ed siad, picking up his little brother and hugging him. Al was surprised. "Oh, this is Myrai Lyone, and she like kitties!!" Al told him happily. "That's great! Now, let's get her a bed, she must be tired, and you get to bed too." Ed acted like a protective mother, which was very unusual for him.
Al and Ed went to bed, and Myrai went to sleep in a different room downstairs. There were alot of people in the house that night. They slept and slept, and the next morning, of course, Al was first to wake up. He went downstairs to make breakfast for everyone, because he was such a nice guy, and woke everyone up, Ed being last.
"Ed, wake up, breakfast is ready!" he called, knowing that he wouldn't get up for about another three hours, he waited for about five minutes, and went upstairs. He had to shake his brother awake, and to literally pull him out of bed. "Ed! Wake up! Everyone is waiting downstairs!" He cried. "...Nhhhhgggnnn..." the Zombie-Ed replied. Al took that as an okay, and started talking about something else. "Do you think Myrai likes me?" He asked, blushing. "...nngghhh... Yeah... uh huh... wait, what?" Ed snapped awake. "Uh yeah, but I haven't really met her yet, so I don't know... but you two look like such a cute couple!" Ed gushed, not acting normal. "Big brother, are you okay?" Al asked, a concerned look on his face. "Oh, yeah, I'm okay... It's just... I don't know... I'm so confused... Which one? Keelah, the new friend who is a State Alchemist, has a past like ours, has alot in common, and is pretty? Or, Winry, the long time childhood friend, who's always been there for me, awesome, and also pretty?? AHHH!! I can't decide!!!" He pulled his bangs, which were messy like his bed and room.
"Uhh... I don't know either... But all I know is that both Winry and Keelah like you, so... give it some thought! I'll go see the wonderful blonde Myrai now!" He lept down the stairs with such grace and balance that Ed had never seen before.
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Winry was walking past Ed's door when she heard Ed talking. She paused, right at the edge of the door, not making a sound. "...I'm so confused... Which one? Keelah, the new friend who is a State Alchemist, has a past like ours, has alot in common, and is pretty? Or, Winry, the long time childhood friend, who's always been there for me, awesome, and also pretty?? AHHH!! I can't decide!!!" She gasped, Ed actually liked her back! She took a few steps back, and sliding into Al's room next door, and if anyone asked, she was looking for a wrench in there. But, something - someONE was in the way of her and Ed being together. Keelah. She narrowed her eyes. She knew that Keelah liked Ed because she was told that by Keelah herself.
Flashback Time!!
Keelah was walking with Winry towards the workbench where Winry made all of her auto-mail. "Winry?" Keelah asked. "Yeah? What is it?" Winry asked, tinkering with the auto-mail that was needing to be done. "Well, uh I was wondering, do you think Ed likes me?" Those words stabbed Winry's heart. "Uhh... I'm not so sure, he's so unpridictable, but yeah, I think so." She told her, hoping that he actually didn't. "Well, I like him, and I might ask him out soon!" Keelah said in excitement. "Oh, but don't you want to see if he likes you back first?" Winry suggested, hoping that it would buy her time to get Ed for herself. "Yeah, that's a good idea, you are so smart..." She said, putting a finger to her chin. "I'll ask him at lunch tomorrow, so that'll be around what? One-ish? Yeah, I'll ask him then." Keelah planned, while Winry was coming up with a plan to stop that ever happening.
End of Flashback Time!!
Winry sat in Al's room, schemeing and planning for her next move. 'I should tell Ed that Keelah hates him, and so I'll have time to get him to be happy again and he'll like me! But, first I have to send Keelah on a little trip...' "Hehehe..." She chuckled. Ed looked over into the doorway. "Uhh... Winry? Why are you cackleing evily?" He asked with a quizzical look on his face. "Uh... uh... Nothing! I wasn't cackeling, I was chuckleing! And, uh... it's because I found my other rubberband I was looking for! Eh hehehe...?" She laughed nervously. "...Uh huh... Yeah... You do that..." He hurried downstairs. He was starving. Winry followed closely behind, stopping at the top of the stairs to think. Her plan was going to work.
"Hey, Keelah, could you do something for me please?" Winry asked sweetly to her new friend. "Sure, anything for you, Winry!" Keelah cried as she hurried over to Winry. "Yeah, what do you need?" Winry thought for a second. "Uh... I need you to go to Central and pick a few things up for me, can you so that? I can't leave because a customer might come, and I can't really count on Ed." She said. "HEY!!!!" came from an angry Ed. "Oh, shut up, you big baby!" She yelled back. "So, do you think you could do this for me? Pretty please?" She asked as sweetly as she could, batting her eyes. "Uh... yeah, sure! What do I need to get?" Keelah said, not noticing the overwhelming cheerfulness coming from Winry.
Keelah got on the train to Central and headed off, with Winry waving to her, smiling. "Thanks so much!" She called. Winry ran back to the house to talk to Ed. Her plan was about to unfold. She ran up to Ed, telling him all that Keelah had "told" her.
"Ed, I'm sorry, but Keelah had to leave." She told him with a fake saddness tone that anyone would buy, and fake tears in her eyes. "WHAT? Why?!?" Ed asked suprised. "Well, she said she couldn't stand being here, and that she couldn't stand being with you anymore." Winry said, the fake tears running down her face. "I miss her too, I'm just so sad!" She started to fake cry, but Ed, Al and Myrai couldn't tell the difference. They all hugged her, Winry was hugging Ed with all her might, enjoying every second of it. Ed hugged Winry, and Al and Myrai were just patting Winry's back.
Ed was sad that Keelah left, but he was holding Winry, something he had never done before, but Keelah had told him that she liked him too, and he liked her back, and he had asked her out, and she said yes, but then she left. So, since she's gone, could he love Winry? 'Yes, you can. Keelah left you. So, Winry is here, so you are happy.' He thought to himself. 'Yes, Winry. I'll ask her later.' But he couldn't wait any longer. "Winry? Could you come with me?" He asked her. Winry wiped the fake tears away from her eyes. "Yeah, I'll go..." She trailed off as Ed led her to the backyard.
"So, why did you bring me to the backyard?" She asked, her plan working totally. "Well, uh, I wanted to know... if you would..." He blushed, and stammered. "You...? What?" She asked, pretended to be oblivious to what he was asking. "I would like to know if... AHEM!" He cleared his throat. "If you would be my girlfriend?" He asked, blushing alot. "YES!!! OH YES YES YES I WILL!!!" Winry squealed, glomping Ed. Unfortunately, Keelah had gotten back early, so she had gone to the backyard to drop the things at the workbench since it was closer to the back door, and saw it.
Edward, her one love, was kissing her best friend. She gasped severely, tears rushing to her eyes like waterfalls. How could he do this to her? She dropped the things and ran, hearing Edward call her name, but ignoring it. "KEELAH!!! STOP!!!!" Ed screamed, chasing after her with all his might. 'Wait... I'm an Alchemist!' He just remembered and clapped his hands together, creating a big box around them, pinning her to one of the dirt walls, hands separated. "Keelah..." He started.
"NO! I don't want to listen to you! I don't care what you say! You cheated on me!!!" She screamed, eyes filled with tears. "You damn bastard! I trusted you! I thought you loved me! I HATE YOU!!!" She struggled and struggled to get free of the stone, but it was no use. Ed came close to her, and started apologizing profusely, saying how he thought she was gone, and how Winry told him... "Winry told you? WINRY?" She blurted. "You're blaming Winry?!? I can't believe you!" But, the more she thought about it, the more sense it made. "Winry... how could she?" She asked herself. "I don't know." Ed said, caressing her cheek and wiping the tears away. "But, I love you, and her. I can't choose between you two. Winry's been my best friend for years, and you, I just met you, but I love you too! It's so confusing." He kissed her.
Keelah pulled away, her face etched with anger. "Well, if you don't know, then why don't you just not do anything about it, and leave us alone? I'll just disappear out of your life." She put her hands on the wall and it exploded. She had clapped them before the wall came up, but didn't get to smack them against something in time. She ran out of sight. She promised herself to never come back.
Ed dropped to his knees, destroyed, love-less, broken. He cried, leaning against the wall sobbing. "What a fool I was. I'm such a damn idiot." He punched himself in the face with his right hand. "Edward! Are you okay?" Came Winry's voice in the distance. She was right next to him, but it felt like she was a million miles away. He looked at her with his golden eyes. "She's gone Winry. Actually gone this time, and it's all your fault!" She was deeply hurt by this. "Oh, Edward, I'm sorry, I just got jealous, and it got the best of me. Please... please... forgive me... please..." She begged. "She'll come back. I'm sure of it." She reasurred him, rubbing his back. "No, Winry. She's never coming back. Never." He leaned his head against Winry's shoulder. "Yes, she will. You never know, she might." She wraped her arms around him and they stayed there for a long time. It started to rain. "Come on Ed, let's get back to the house." She picked him up, and helped him walk to the house, becasuse he lost feeling in his knees.
Winry helped him into his pajamas, it was around eleven at night, and layed him into bed. She kissed his forehead goodnight and left. Ed fell asleep quickly, but his dreams were not pleasant at all. Winry hated him, Keelah killed herself and Ed had no heart. He also dreamt of him drinking milk. He woke up screaming and Winry and Al came running into his room. "WHAT IS IT?!?" They both asked him, very worried. "Nothing... just had a bad dream... go back to sleep... Winry stay here for a minute... please..." Al went back to his room next door, and Winry stayed at the foot of his bed. "Yes Ed? What is it?" She asked, getting up, and sitting next to him.
"Winry, I know it's a little weird, but... could you stay in here for the night? I can't sleep, and when I do, I have nightmares and so..." He trailed off, blushing and feeling a little humiliated. "Oh of course Ed! I would do anything for you!" She layed down behind him, undid his braid and played with his hair and humming. "What's that tune? I like it..." Ed said sleepily. "Oh this? I don't know, I'm making it up as a go along... haha." She laughed and played with his hair some more and humming still. Ed soon fell asleep, but had good dreams, of him and Winry, together. He had made his mind up in his dream to be with Winry. He did not drink milk in his dream, but in fact, got rid of it all in the world.
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A/N: So... Did you like it? It seemed kinda sappy to me, but that's okay, I was feeling a bit sad... I don't know why... but, I was thinking of having Ed die, then I thought, WHAT THE HELL? ED DYING?!?! WHAT AM I THINKING?!?!? Then I hit myself in the head... Sorry for the language again... It went from funny, to sad. I'm sorry about that, I think in the next chapter I'll make it happy again. Will Keelah ever come back? You decide! VOTE! XD REVIEW!!!! Please?