Chapter 2: Blooming worries
"Romanage!" the conductor yelled signaling the group to wake up and get their butts in gear.
"Ahh I didn't get much sleep, we're here already?" Allen whined.
"Oh hush, you've slept more than any of us here, Allen." LenaLee stated getting off the train with everyone else.
"Yeah… but, I'm hunnngggrrrryyyy!" Alleen said clutching his stomach.
"You eat more than all of us combined, plus, it's not our fault you wasted your energy fighting with Kanda." Lavi stated. Kanda just 'ched' again…
"you're not parasite types! I need food otherwise I'll diiieee" Allen said very matter-of-factly.
"True, but, you can wait until we get to the outskirts of town." LenaLee said picking up her bags.
They all followed LenaLee's action. They couldn't get a taxi, so they unfortunately had to walk.
"Does this place go on forever?" Lavi asked in amazement.
"If you're sightseers you better get along before the cursed man sees you." An old lady appeared.
"AH! Wait… we're not sightseers, we're hear for a call about the curse. We think it's a lead to something very important to us." Lavi said.
"Then, you best be leaving, that man never lets anyone interview him or anything. He really is cursed you know." The old lady said again.
"Okay, but, I have one question, what kind of curse does this man have?" LenaLee asked.
"The curse of death. Sadly, almost everyone ever infatuated with him either die of disappear." The old lady said obviously deeply saddened.
"The curse of death… Lavi? Can people who aren't users of the innocence, use the innocence at all?" LenaLee asked.
"I don't know, we better go check it out. Ma'am where is this mansion?" Lavi responded.
"Turn around and keep going straight, you can't miss it. Be careful, don't throw your lives away, this man is dangerous." The old lady warned.
"Thank you, we'll be careful." LenaLee said walking away with the others falling behind.
"the curse of death? I've never heard of it. How do we know this 'man' is even human?" LenaLee thought outlud.
"That's the problem, we don't. for all we know he could be a Noah, or an akuma in disguise." Lavi replied
"He might even be the Early for all we know." Allen added.
"Look! Up there!" LenaLee said pointing at a big structure.
"Wow" Lavi said star-struck.
"let's go up and knock on the door, Allen, take it away." LenaLee said with a nervous smile.
"Yeah… okay here I go…" Allen said, then, he knocked on he door.
They were all surprised when a young child looking to be not over 5 years old staring into Allen's eyes.
"Well, hello there." Allen said bending down with a kind smile on his face.
"Umm… hi, big brother said not to talk to strangers…" The young boy replied.
"then, can we please speak to your big brother?" Allen said.
"Sure… but he's not feeling well. Big brother! Someone's here to see you!" Thee young boy called.
They heard a door slam from inside and running footsteps down some stairs.
"What did I tell you about not opening the door to strangers!?" A young man, probably only a teenager yelled at the young boy. "Go on, go back and play." The young man said again putting a nice warm smile that soon turned very harsh and cruel with the look of death in his eyes. "Now, what hell do you want with me?!" The young man yelled.
"Look, we mean no harm. We were told to track down a thing called innocence in this place. Have you heard of it?" Allen asked. The others were still standing back listening. Kanda, was… asleep?
"I haven't, so get away!" The teen yelled.
"Look, we're doing this so you won't be in danger." Allen said starting to get annoyed.
"We're not in any danger! The only danger here is you!" The boy yelled.
Lavi stepped up and put his hand on the young boy's shoulder, which, the young man quickly swatted away. glaring at the redheaded offender.
"Look, we just want to protect you, we mean no harm. We just want to make sure it's a false lead, just to be safe." Lavi said.
The boy seemed to deem Lavi trustworthy, and stepped aside to let the others inside. but, not without giving a nice hrad glare at everyone telling them to watch they step for they are treading on dangerous ground.
"I'm going to let you in, but you do not get out of my sight." The young man said.
"Okay, hey, wait, what's your name?" Lavi asked.
"Edward Elric, call me Ed." He replied.
"well, I'm Lavi, the girl is LenaLee, the white haired dude is Allen, LenaLee's boyfriend, and the dude that hasn't said a word is Kanda, his first name is Yuu, call him that to get him angry." Lavi said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you." Edward said uninterested. he was taught manners, and still had a habit of using them. especially when it came to ladies.
"so, if you don't mind me asking, why do they call you cursed?" LenaLee asked.
"Because, my whole family died, and friends too. They also think it's somehow my fault that my friends die in war." Ed said, almost as if he had practiced it. he said such harsh and gloomy words like he was asking what time it was
"That's horrible!" LenaLee said putting her hand over her mouth.
"yeah, anyway. Look around and see if you can find what you're looking for, but don't touch anything no matter what. also, you cannot, and i repeat, CANNOT, go upstairs, nor down stairs." Edward scorned.
"okay," Allen said.
"Big brother! Are they here to hurt you again?!" another young boy panicked running into Edward's arms.
"No, but, can you go get my medicine from my desk? I need to take it soon." And Edward sent the boy off with a smile.
"Okay!" the boy yelled from behind him.
"Are you sick?" Lavi asked
"Uh, that's none of your business!" Edward yelled.
"Okay, I'm going into town, I'll see you guys!" Lavi said waving back at his comrades.
They all nodded at him, telling him it was okay.
Lavi finally made it into town and someone walked up to him…
"Are you apart of the group who went to see the cursed man?" An elderly woman named Pinako asked.
"Yes, but don't call him the cursed man." Lavi said with a bit of a scowl.
Pinako was slightly taken back by this statement. She had been taking care of those boys for as long as she could remember, only recently did it so happen, she was only taking care of one.
"Okay, but, make sure Edward takes his meds." Pinako said.
"Is he sick?" Lavi asked.
"Yes, it's a sickness that took his whole family, he is the only known Elric left." Pinako said.
Lavi was surprised, he was so young… and he might not live… Lavi felt bad for the young man. But, he got what he needed and started back to the mansion.
Back at the mansion.
Allen was checking around every nook and cranny, looking for something that may be of use, while, LenaLee was going in add out of rooms, just to get a feel of the place. no it wasn't pointless, she was seeing if any of the rooms felt... off, somehow. Kanda was looking around very cautiously. like he already had a reason to believe the kid was a noah either that, or Kanda just enjoyed looking at paintings on the wall. again, it wasn't pointless. he was checking if anything seemed odd about paintings, or a certain way something was placed. small things like that.
"Hey, Allen?" LenaLee asked, coming out of one of the rooms.
"Hmm?" Allen answered, looking at a painting that caught his eye.
"I couldn't help but notice, that, Kanda has been quiet the whole time. Also, i find it strange for him to be so cautious. obviously, he thinks there is something to be cautious about. but, i can just see a boy, who is suffering, and also taking care of kids. What do you think?" LenaLee added.
Please take note, Kanda is in another room, and can't hear them.
"Well, Lena. i'd say, after hearing everything we heard, i'm being cautious. and Kanda being Kanda, and having no trust in anyone of anything, he's probably expecting something to happen." Allen said, a finger on his chin.
"I hope you're right..." LenaLee said. then, they bth looked back at what they were focusing on.
yeah, they sure did hope Kanda was only being cautious.
Ok soooo, this is sligtly rewritten. i was debating on if i should discontinue this story or not. those of you who wanted me to keep going, thank you! but, please i'd like you to thank the person who encouraged me to keep going, Dark Cat Food Lover. thank you, thank yo very very much for telling me you liked it. i probably wouldn't have continued if it wasn't for you. so yeah. i just wanted to fix this chapter, then, i'll write the third chapter soon!
