Hey again everyone! This is chapter one! I just want to let everyone know that they don't have to worry about this only having a few chapters and not finishing because I already have several chapters done. I'll post a chapter every now and then and the speed I post chapters all depends on how many views and reviews I get. That way I know people are actually reading and possibly enjoying this. By the way, questions are welcome! And without further ado here is chapter one!
Something felt different. It wasn't just the fact that he was no longer floating or that he felt a strange beating sensation in his chest that seemed to spread unfamiliar warmth throughout his whole body. No, it was something else, a feeling of fitting in his own body. No longer did he feel as if he was inside a shell or loose fitting clothing, he felt somewhat complete. Envy opened his eyes after a few moments of debating and sat up. The now half homunculus was on the floor of what looked to be a dining hall with a long narrow table in the center surrounded by much smaller tables and a door that he assumed lead to a kitchen. Having taken in his surroundings he then proceeded to look at his body, feeling his hair to realize it was the same, dare he say palm tree style, he had grown accustomed to. It was then he remembered what the voice had said and the realization hit him that he was alive. Alive...
Envy jumped to his feet and looked over himself quickly. He was alive, he could barely believe it. He has his own body and it was as good looking as he remembered and oh it felt so much better. It was then another realization hit him and he grinned, shutting his eyes for a moment before jumping up on the table and throwing his fists in the air.
"Yes I'm no longer a worm! Yes! Yes! Y-" Getting the feeling he wasn't alone he slowly turned his head to see his siblings, Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Sloth, Wrath and to his annoyance Greed, staring at him.
An awkward silence followed the discovery of his siblings, only broken by a cough from Wrath who was attempting to make things a bit less awkward. After a few more moments of this silence Envy sat down cross legged on the table, leaning to the left with his elbow on his leg and his cheek resting on his fist, his right hand on his hip. "It looks like I'm not the only one that was brought back." He mused.
"No, in fact you were the last one to be brought back." Greed sneered and put his hands up in the air a bit along with a shrug. "I was beginning to think that you weren't going to be brought back at all. I of course was brought back first. I guess the world just can't get enough of me."
"Or it was saving the best for last, you were probably brought back first so you wouldn't be forgotten. After all you are quite forgettable with how you run off on your own so often." Envy made a slight shooing motion with his hand.
Greed grinned at this, knowing that he had something against Envy that could settle this little dispute so easily. And as his name suggested, he was greedy to take the win. "That's a lot of talk for someone who was weak enough to commit suicide in the end. I can't say I'm surprised though, I always thought you weren't much of a man. I mean, just look at yourself!"
"Why you, I'll tear you apart!" Envy jumped to his feet and started walking towards the other sin, exaggerating the movements of his shoulders as he walked, only to be stopped by a sword blocking his path. "What gives?!" Envy glared at Wrath, the owner of the sword.
"We were just brought back to life I don't think any bloodshed is wise. We were given another chance and none of us are at our full strength yet. For whatever reason we were all brought back to life and I for one don't want to have my privilege of living taken away because of something so petty as this." Wrath sheathed his sword with a sigh. "There's better things for us to do than kill each other, wouldn't you agree?"
Envy knew that the elder sin was right as much as he hated to admit it, and he really hated to admit it. Sometimes it was as if his own pride outranked the sin named as such and the same went for his wrath. Grudgingly he ignored the amused look in Greed's eyes for being scolded and folded his arms. "Alright fine, fine. So now what?"
Wrath turned his gaze towards Lust and nodded before looking at Envy. "You were indeed the last of us to be created and it has been a few weeks since the first of us was brought back. Lust will take you to our new father where you will undergo a physical check-up as well as be more informed about our current situation."
Physical check up? What was this some type of clinic? If there was one thing that Envy hated most it was to be poked and prodded by someone else and examined like some type of lab rat. He might have little shame but he did have boundaries believe it or not and if any of them were crossed he knew it wouldn't end well for someone. He sighed and followed Lust down the hall silently, making sure to stick his tongue out at Greed as he passed.
As he continued following Lust he came to the conclusion that this place seemed to be set up like a college, minus the lockers. It was strange that he even knew what a college looked like being as he had never been to one, in fact he had never been in a school period, all of his knowledge was given to him when he was created. He decided against questioning it, he didn't find it very interesting anyway.
He did his best to avoid looking at Lust, he had always felt a bit uncomfortable around her. Her voice and the way she carried herself around seemed almost hypnotic and sometimes it drove him mad that she could always keep up that calm tone. It wasn't that he was sexually attracted to her, that was completely absurd besides she wasn't his type she just drove him up the wall with that goody two shoes seductive act of hers.
Although there were other sins that made him even more pissed off. Wrath and his uppity ways for instance, he hated how Wrath seemed to automatically assume he was in charge and took it upon himself to "keep the peace". Pride he didn't really have much of a problem with, as long as the little brat didn't bother him and he rarely did.
Gluttony, now Gluttony was a bit different he both despised and tolerated him. The way he talked, that childish voice with innocence and that damn stomach of his drove Envy up the wall! But the fact that he would do pretty much anything Envy said as long as Lust didn't say anything about it was something that he liked.
Sloth? Well he could tolerate Sloth, as long as he wasn't talking or..well around. That voice of his was so annoying, so slow and so tired it was almost enough to make Envy tired. And that sleeping of his, God! He can't sleep quietly that lumbering oaf is so loud with that snoring of his and his complaining was enough to make Envy want to jump off the nearest cliff.
Greed, just thinking his name made Envy want to vomit. That egotistical bastard with his demeaning mocking voice made Envy think about introducing a new form of wrath to that man's head! Envy's eyes narrowed as he continued thinking about how much he hated the sin, always treating Envy like less of a man and disposable. He even had the nerve to call him ugly, ugly! At this point he was simmering with rage and showed it in his tone when he heard Lust say something. "What?!"
Lust cocked a brow at Envy's tone and gestured towards the door. "You'll have your physical first, it's right in there. Please try not to give the nurse too much trouble, she had enough of it with Greed trying to flirt with her, and she didn't take kindly to that at all."
Envy rolled his eyes. "Well well looks like I should watch myself then. Don't want to get hurt by someone that has access to a bunch of narcotics." He shrugged with a fake frown and walked into the nurse's office, shutting the door and looking around. The room was almost cozy looking, well despite the examination table in the back of it that, although looked comfy was armed with restraints in case anyone got out of hand. He continued looking around, spotting a bunch of needles. It wasn't that he was afraid of needles, not like that Elric pipsqueak but he hated the idea of anyone invading his personal space and underneath the skin was way too personal.
"Well it looks like you did get brought back after all. I was beginning to think that Greed was right about you."
Envy snapped his head up at the slightly familiar voice, looking over in shock at who was to be his nurse. "Izumi, I didn't expect to see you anytime soon. I take it you stopped teaching alchemy to snot nosed brats then." He smirked, brow raised and leaning against the wall with one hand on his hip.
Izumi looked at Envy and shook her head. "No I stopped teaching when I was given the opportunity to be paid highly for a job to take care of you and your siblings. Besides in a way you are my responsibility, seeing as how you gave a lot of trouble to a student of mine. And I know I can keep you in line better than anyone else." Izumi smiled slyly at the last part, she knew all too well that the homunculus would be a bit difficult towards any nurses and she took it upon herself as a challenge to keep them in order and a challenge to help teach them right from wrong. In fact it was because of her abilities that she was given such an opportunity by the one that brought them back. She wasn't sure herself why they were brought back or why she had accepted this job in the first place, the most logical conclusion she could come to was the fact that she would have a good challenge and felt partly responsible for them and didn't want them to go after her dear ex-students of hers again. Besides, something told her that she would find some amusement in this job.
Envy didn't doubt that the ex-teacher was strong, it was easy to see that she had been through many hardships by the coolness in her eyes but that didn't mean he would just roll over for her. If he wanted to do something he would do it and not worry about what she may or may not do to him for it, after all she was put in charge as a nurse not an executioner. For now he decided to play along, he wasn't at full strength anyway and it wasn't smart to start a fight this early in being brought back, Wrath made a good point of that. "Whatever you say princess. I'll behave for now as long as you do." It was a small threat he had to admit it wasn't his best one but the point got across nonetheless.
"I have no interest in causing any issues. It's really up to you as to whether I behave or not, now then let's get this examination over with. Sit on the table and I'll get started."
Envy, not wanting to let this draw on much longer decided the best thing to do was just bear with it and go along with it until it was over. He walked over to the table and sat on it with a bored expression, trying to pretend he was doing something more interesting and more worthwhile. He stayed put and let Izumi get on with the examination, reading an eye chart first before she got a bit more physical and begin feeling his back with the stethoscope. He gritted his teeth at this, hating to be touched and every part of him screaming to reach back and punch her, he managed to endure it without snapping. Just when he thought she was almost done he was snapped back into his senses after hearing something he was sure he had misheard. "What was that?"
"I said take your clothes off. It's important for this examination." A smirk crossed Izumi's face. "Or are you embarrassed or shy about your body?" She knew that this provocation would be enough to get him to strip and let her get on with the examination. Someone as prideful as Envy wouldn't let her get away with saying something like that without proving her wrong. And she was right, Envy let out a growl before taking his clothes off. She went over to him and continued the examination, examining his chest and going lower and lower. She wasn't particularly fond of this part, only that it would strip the half homunculus of his pride a bit.
Envy looked at the ceiling, becoming more aware of the hand moving down towards his more personal area. Was she examining him or molesting him? His breath hitched in his throat as he heard the snapping sound of a change of examination gloves and felt them examining his most sensitive of areas.
His change in composure didn't go unnoticed and Izumi paused to look up at the sin. "It's alright I'm not going to cut them off." She tried her best not to laugh at the annoyed expression on his face and continued checking him. It was then she paused and looked at her patient. "Envy you have the ability to shape shift correct? Can you shape shift into a female form?"
Envy rolled his eyes at the stupidity that he just heard. Can he shape shift into a female, of course he can. He wouldn't be much of a shape shifter if he couldn't. To make it easier he decided to just shape shift his chest and genital region, he wasn't feeling like transforming completely anyway. "Yes nurse but I didn't think you were into that, what would your husband think?" He smirked before changing into a female.
Izumi decidedly ignored that remark and got back to business, looking down at "his" genital region to get a confirmation on something. What she saw made it hard for her to stifle a chuckle and she cleared her throat and stood upright. "Well it seems that you are indeed able to change into a female form perfectly. I think it's safe to say that you are indeed both male and female."
At this Envy looked at Izumi and narrowed "his" eyes. "What do you mean by both male and female? I'm a male!"
Izumi choked down a chuckle and looked at Envy in the eyes. "Envy even for a shape shifter it's impossible to completely replicate the genitalia of another sex. If you were indeed purely male then you wouldn't of been able to replicate what you have down below. However if you were purely female then you wouldn't be able to replicate the male genitals either. Now do you have all of the organs of a female? That I'm not sure about but the fact of the matter is that you are both male and female and will remain that way, but despite that you are indeed more male than female due to the fact that you're normal body without shape shifting is male."
The look of horror and utter disbelief in Envy's eyes was as clear as the philosopher's stone is red. He just couldn't believe what he was hearing, and worse if Greed found out...He clenched his fists, anger seething in eyes.
As if Izumi could read his mind she said "Don't worry I wont tell anyone but the one that brought you to life. This is completely confidential and who knows otherwise is entirely up to you." She could visibly see the sin calm down and sighed inwardly. She was glad that he didn't get out of control and have to be sedated. After that she was able to finish up his exam pretty quickly while he remained silent, not wanting to give her a reason to tell anyone else about his little "predicament". She found it was quite a bit easier to take his blood than it was to take Greed's who had made a big deal about her taking his "possession". She rolled her eyes at the thought and finished his examination, watching as he put his clothes on to make sure he wasn't dizzy from the loss of blood and then watching him leave the room. This was going to be an interesting job indeed.
Well here's the chapter, geez it looks shorter than it does in my word program. xD Anyway is this formatting okay or do you think I should add more spaces in between lines? Input is greatly appreciated!
