Chapter 2: Learning the rules
Matsuoka Rin
"The names Matsuoka…Matsuoka Rin"
Rin looked down at the kid he just saved, he was glad that he wasn't in this situation all alone. One moment he was heading to practice the next he was running from some freaks. "So whats your name Kid?" he asked the blonde kid, he had strange clothes on but that was the least of his worries. "Don't call me a kid…" the boy started saying "The name is Edward Elric…" he finished looking a bit for firey than before which made Rin smirk. "Well alright then Ed, firstly do you know what the hell is going on?" he asked getting straight to the point to which Ed just shook his head. "No, clue…it looks like were in the same boat…by my guess I'd say were both far from home, maybe we were transported here?" Edward suggested. He surprised Rin with how calm he was, in fact he seemed to be taking this situation more calmly than him, which sort of baffled Rin considering the apparent age and obvious height difference. "I..I see...well if we were transported here then it's best if you stick close to me…it would be dangerous to go out by yourself" Rin sighed and looking out the window his vibrant red eyes widened when he they met with a pair of gray lifeless ones, immediately the all too familiar sounds of moaning and screeching filled the void outside of the door. "Ah shit…looks like they finally caught up!" he said backing up as the door began getting pounded on by what seemed like twenty pairs of fists. "we go-" rin started saying before getting interrupted by a spark of electricity and the wooden door fusing into the wall, herubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't crazy. "Wh-what the..."he began saying before he felt his hand getting grasped by Ed "Come on Rin we gotta go!" Ed yelled as he was dragged up stairs. "R-right!" he yelled finally gaining his composure as he followed Edward up the many flights, taking the time to look at the detail of the building Rin assumed it was an apartment complex of sorts. "Lets head to the roof!" he suggested to which Ed nodded as he kicked open the door at the top of the staircase opening up to the gray sky once again.
"Alright…that should be far enough…" he said taking in a bit of short breaths looking over to Ed "you alright?" "Yeah I should be fine…I just hope that door will hold them for a bit." Ed answered sitting down on a broken cooling system. "So what exactly was that back there?" Rin said clapping his hands together as a bit of a mimicry gesture. "The flash of light and the door?" "Oh that was alchemy…" Ed said very nonchalantly taking off his red coat. Rin was dumbfounded at his words "A-alchemy?...what the heck is that?" he asked not knowing what in the world he was talking about. "Oh…yeah I suppose it is a bit strange, you see it's a scientific marvel where I come from, the concept of equivalent exchange in which…" Edward went on a twenty minute rant on scientific mumbo jumbo that Rin was completely lost to. "…the thing is, my alchemy seems to be considerably weaker here, but enough about that, what about those things downstairs?" the blonde asked looking over at Rin. "I have no idea…but I do know that you don't wanna get bitten by one of them, it…turns you into one." Rin said shuddering at the thought, he had seen what they could do and it wasn't pretty, there was an akward silence between the two when suddenly Ed leapt down from the AC and enthusiastically said "Well we'll be toast if we don't get away from here, let's find a place less dangerous so we can think of a way out of this situation alright?" Rin smirked and nodded in agreement, this boy was a lot more mature than he appeared in Rin's eyes. "The question is…how do we get down from here…" Rin said looking over the side, those creatures were still banging at the door and they didn't look like they were quitting any time soon.
A million thoughts were racing through his head before a distinct clap was heard, he turned around just in time to see Ed fiddling with some wooden boxes, sealing them together and making a long stretching plank. "Alright Rin, help me get this to the edge…" he said with a bit of a forced tone, he seemed to be struggling, Rin jogged over and the two managed to make a make shift bridge from their roof to the roof next door, crossing over swiftly as they both pulled the plank onto their new location, Ed was a bit out of breath and Rin was panting slightly. "Y-you know you're a lot stronger than you look" Ed said after a few gasps giving Rin a thumbs up, to which he smirked and returned the gesture "I do a lot of swimming, keeps me in shape" the two chuckled at his words and after a while they repeated their new found strategy going from roof to roof. Little did they know, someone was observing them from an open balcony to a rundown church, His dark hair hanging in his face as he observed the two rooftop runners observing them with a thumb pressed against his mouth.
"Hmm, perhaps these two could be useful allies…or even more dangerous enemies…"
