Be warned of some strong language. Heheh. Kyoko's got a sailor's mouth :3
"Well then." Kyoko said as she twirled her lance into an offensive position. "That wasn't very nice."
"Where the hell did you get that from!?" Ed demanded, stepping back a bit. His eyes traveled to the red gem on her chest, then he glared at her. "And that gem! It definitely looks like what I'm looking for!"
The redhead smirked, tapping the pole of her lance on the ground. "Magic." She grinned as she twirled her lance to the side again, landing the tip on the ground.
Ed looked at the ground around her and then at the lance. No signs of any transmutations, but what else could it be!? "Magic doesn't exist! Quit lying dumbass!" Ed growled. "You're using a Philosopher's Stone, aren't you!?"
Kyoko sighed. "Silly little," She stepped to the side to dodge a punch. "Alchemist. Ya ain't very open minded, are ya? Also…" She swung the pole of her lance at him. Kyoko had decided that she didn't really want to hurt either of the boys, so she wasn't going go and stab them or anything.
Ed dodges the pole with ease, but much to his surprise, it separated into segments.
"Look out!" Al warned his brother as he goes in to help, but red barriers rise out of the ground to stop him. "Ah! What is this…?"
Kyoko took a few stepped towards Ed, and on the last step she turns slightly and slings the whip of metal at him with striking speed.
"Wha- Agh!" The chains slam into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him and throwing him into the wall.
The lance reconnected, and Kyoko smirked. "…Don't try to hit me." She finished as Ed tries to regain his breath, coughing heavily.
Ed looked up and quickly clapped his hands together then slammed his palms onto the ground. A stone hand shot out of the ground, trying to grab the threat in front of him. Kyoko gasped and leaped back to avoid the hand, but the sound of heavy clanking behind her came to her attention. She glanced back and paled as a pair of metal hands grabs her. Al had used alchemy to make a pathway over the red barriers.
"Hey! Lemme go!" She yelled as she tried to squirm away.
"We just wanted to ask you some questions!" Al said with an upset tone. "Why would you attack my brother!?"
Kyoko scowled. "Are you freaking blind!? He attacked me first!"
"You called me little." Ed coughed, standing up.
"That is a fuckong stupid reason to attack someone!" Kyoko snarled at him. She yanked herself away from Alphonse then dashed back to a safe distance. "And you have no business asking me about my things! And I'm pretty damn sure it ain't what you're looking for! In fact, I know it's not what you're looking for!" She looked around, looking for an escape route.
"How can you be so sure?" Ed argued. "We barely know anything about it and we need all the clues we can get! So just answer us this: Is that a Philosopher's Stone?"
Kyoko glowered at him and she stuck the tip of her lance into the ground. "No it's not a damn Philosopher's Stone. Is that some alchemy bullshit?" She growled. Her scarlet eyes glittered with annoyance. "Because this is definitely not alchemy."
"What? But it-"Ed starts. He stepped forwards, then stops as Kyoko put her hand on her hip and frowns at him.
There was a red flash, and Kyoko's spear vanished and her dress was replaced by her teal jacket, mini shorts, and brown boots. She sighed and stretched.
"So all ya did was chase me 'round for nothin'." Kyoko said as she turned around. "Here's something to keep in mind… Don't assume things 'cause when you assume you make an ass of you and me."
"Uh… Hey, wait!" Al called after Kyoko as she dashed away.
"Not again." Ed mumbled as he ran out of the alley to chase after the enigmatic girl, but when he looked around, she was nowhere to be seen.
No matter where they looked, they found no trace of her. And after a couple days of asking around the city and checking all the places people usually hide, they gave up.
One year later...
Kyoko was just minding her own business, enjoying a delicious cookie and watching some guy. Said guy was kinda weird. He had slightly stringy black hair tied up in a ponytail, and he was wearing a tattered looking cloak over a blue military uniform. And he was killing people with alchemy.
"Witch's Kiss or… Nah." She concluded after stepping closer to look at the guy as he froze someone.
The man looked at her, obviously confused by the little girl approaching him. "Get lost, kid." He growled.
"Nah man, I'm good." She said as she takes a bite of the cookie. "Hmm… Yeah, you look pretty normal. Or crazy. Yep, you're insane, ain'tcha?"
The man blinked. "Do you have a death wish or something?" He asked, narrowing his eyes.
An MP ran closer to them, pointing his pistol at the man. "Hey, little girl! Get away from there right now!" He shouted.
Kyoko ignored his warning and shrugged, continuing to eat her cookie. She watched as the killer turned to the soldier, dodging bullets and pushing his hand forwards onto the MP's head. There was a gauntlet of some sort on his hand, and it had a transmutation circle on it. Another death.
Then the frosty freezy murderer man pressed his hand down on a puddle as more soldiers approached. Steamy freezy murderer man, it appears.
"Eh? WOAH!" Kyoko gasped as a huge burst of steam erupted from the puddle.
…
She looked down at her cookie… Her… cookie. It was all soggy and fell apart in her hand.
"!" Kyoko's eyes widened. "M-my cookie! It's wasted! That asshole made me waste food!" She roared as she looked around. "Motherfucker's gonna get gutted for this!"
Seething with rage, she dashed off in the general direction of where the steamy freezy cookie murderer man had run off to.
She transformed mid-run into her dress and she picked up more speed.
"Where'd he go…?" She mumbled after a while. She was now on top of a building, trying to get a higher view to spot the cookie killer. "Hmm… ah-ha!" She heard clanking and voices a few houses away, and she leapt towards the noise. "Yeah, that's definitely him…" Her lance materialized in her hands. She was entirely focused on the guy that killed her precious cookie, and not on the other two in the alley. Without a second thought, she hops down, landing with her lance pointed downwards.
The cookie killer noticed at the last second and jumps back, avoiding the lance. Shards of stone and rock fly through the air as her lance pierces the ground.
"MOTHERFUCKER! Stay still and let me kill you!" Kyoko roared as she landed neatly on the ground, pulling the lance up. She pointed it at him.
"Get away from there!" An echoey voice said behind her. "You're gonna get hurt- huh?"
Kyoko paid no attention to the people behind her and glared at the man in front.
"You're that kid from earlier… I've been attacked by two little kids today…" He muttered.
Kyoko frowns and slammed him into the side of the alley with the pole of her lance. "Quit callin' me a little kid." She growled, her eyebrows twitching in annoyance.
"AND DON'T CALL ME LITTLE!" Another, much louder, voice behind Kyoko yelled. She hadn't bothered to look behind her since she wanted to focus on her task, but she recognized that voice.
There was a clap, then sparks, then the man in front was surrounded by stone.
Kyoko quickly turned around to face some familiar alchemists. "No way. It's you guys!" She gasped as she looks at Ed and Al.
"Who're you…?" Ed said before he blinked in realization. "Wait… you're that girl we saw in east city! Kyoko, right? Why are you here?" He remembered her struggle quite well and wasn't all that pleased to see her.
"Yep, it's me." She grinned. "Just chasin' down a cookie killer."
"Cookie killer?" Al echoed.
"Yeah. This retard thought it would be a good idea to fuck up my snack." Kyoko growled, pointing at the man. "So I've decided he should die."
"You're going to kill him over a cookie!?" Ed exclaims, staring at her with wide eyes.
"Must have been a pretty good cookie…" Al comments quietly.
"Hell yeah, it was an awesome cookie! Was." She said, putting her free hand on her hip. "And I'd kill him even if it was a bad cookie. Wasting food is the worst possible thing."
Ed and Al sweatdropped, then they turn their attention back towards the "cookie killer".
"You can't kill him though." Ed said as he crouches down over his jacket, which was on the ground. "It's up to the military to decide if he should die or not. And… How old are you? You shouldn't try to kill people!"
Kyoko shrugged. "'re you in the military then? And it's rude to ask a girl her age." She said, tilting her head slightly. Her gaze travels to his right arm, which was shining in the light of streetlamps and the moon. Not a big deal to her, so she looked back at the guy.
"Yeah, I'm in the military." Ed grumbled as he fixed his jacket with alchemy. "And how is it rude?"
"Just is." Kyoko said. She turned her attention back to her cookie's murderer. "So. What's your name?"
"Why should I tell you?" He grunted. His face was kinda squished by the stone, so he sounded funny.
Kyoko grinmed evilly. "Because I'm the one with the big-ass lance." She said, holding up her weapon.
"Mmfgh… Isaac McDougal." He responds.
"Well then, Isaac. You're lucky." Kyoko said.
He gives her a strange luck. "Oh yeah? How so?" He challenges her.
"Cuz I ain't gonna kill you. Yet." She smirked. "You'd better watch your back."
The Freezer alchemist glared at her, then frowns as the MPs arrive.
With a sigh, Kyoko glowed red and her clothes change to normal, then she leaned against a wall to watch what's going on.
…
One of the MPs handcuffed McDougal, and another talked to Al while Ed checks his jacket for any missed spots.
"You know, I helped out too." Kyoko muttered. An MP turns to her.
"Really? Well thank you as well! But you really shouldn't mess with guys like him. You could get hurt!" He said. He catches a glimpse of her eyes and gulps. "Erm, are you Ishvalen?"
Kyoko scowled. "Why does everyone ask that? Is it 'cause of my eyes?" She said with an irritated tone. "I ain't Ishvalen!"
The MP paled at her tone, so he left her alone. Kyoko watched as they take the rogue state alchemist away with a frown. After a moment, she looked back at Ed and Al.
"Eh…" She mutterd, looking back at the MPs and. "I still need to punch the guy for wasting food."
She started to follow them, and just as she walked up behind them McDougal fell down into a puddle. "Huh?" Kyoko blinked. "Aw, CRAP!" A burst of steam fills the area, scalding Kyoko. "OW, SON OF A FUCK!" She yelled in anger and pain. Then something shoved her, causing her to smack her forehead on a wall. She jerked back for a moment, swaying slightly, then she sunk down to her knees. Her forehead started to feel wet and warm and pretty painful.
Ed and Al turned towards the noise. "A steam attack!?" Ed gasped as he and Al stepped forwards.
Kyoko gritted her teeth in agitation, then red light covers her. The light the broke away, almost like it was shattered glass. The gash that had opened up on her forehead when she fell healed, and her irritated skin healed as well. "That didn't feel good." She muttered as she shakily pushed herself up to sit against the wall. Her head was spinning from the impact, though it didn't hurt as much anymore.
Ed and Al stared at the scene. "She healed herself?" Ed thought as he and Al walk over to her.
"Are you alright?" Al asked as he pulled her up off the ground.
"Yeah, 'm fine." Kyoko muttered as she blinks a few times, trying to stand up now. She tottered, then skipped a bit to try and keep balance.
"Yeah, right. You were just in the middle of a steam blast! And your forehead has blood on it. No wound though, and everyone around you seems to be fine… Well, not bleeding." Ed pointed out. "That's pretty damn suspicious."
Kyoko steadied herself and stares at Ed. "'m fine." She repeats dully.
"Uh huh..." Ed clapped his hands and crouched down. He pressed his hands on a pair of broken handcuffs, then after a flash of blue alchemical light they were fixed. He picked them up then stood up, turning to Kyoko. Her eyes had a dizzy look in them, and she was distracted by her lack of balance.
"Hmm. And now we can get some answers out of you without a big struggle." He said as he put the handcuffs around her wrists.
"Brother!" Alphonse scolded. "You can't do that! And she's hurt too!"
"I ain't hurt! 've had worse, too!" She protested as she looked at the cuffs. "'m not goin' to jail, am I…?"
"No, you aren't going to jail." Ed said, feeling the need to explain to the disoriented girl. "That's just so that you can't pull a lance out of nowhere and run away."
A lopsided grin slides onto Kyoko's face. "I can still use magic, dumbass." She laughs. "I jus' need my soul gem… Where izzit, anyways? Oh, it's in my pocket… Kyubey is an asshole, you know?"
"Did you get brain damage?" Ed muttered. He sighed and glanced over his shoulder. "Whatever. Let's just go."
"Fullmetal, you do know that this isn't McDougal right?" Mustang smirked as he looked at Kyoko, who was currently lying on a couch trying to rest.
"Of course I know that." Ed scowled. "Remember last year when I told you about a strange girl?"
Mustang nodded. He rests his elbow on his desk with his chin resting on his fist.
"Well this is her." Ed finished.
Mustang looked at Kyoko with a blank stare, then he looked back at Ed. "Really? She doesn't look like anything special. She hasn't even opened her eyes since you brought her here." He commented, still smirking.
Al shifted a bit. "Um, Sir… Before we came here she had been in the range of one of Isaac's attacks." Al told him, thinking back to the event. "And she hit her head on the wall. She healed the wound almost instantly, and it looked like there was absolutely no alchemy involved. She was just covered in red light, and then all her injuries vanished."
The Flame Alchemist raised his eyebrows. "She could have had a transmutation circle somewhere." He reasoned. Then his eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he thought harder about it. " But medical alchemy is extremely difficult and only those who have studied immensely can accomplish it without complications."
"That's why I said she's strange." Ed reminded him. "She has a strange stone as well. And I don't think it's a Philosopher's Stone, either. It's definitely different from what we're used to."
Mustang thought about it for a moment, then frowned. "Of course, based on her behavior and your description, she didn't heal completely." He notes. "This girl, what did you say her name was?"
"Kyoko Sakura." Ed answered lazily.
"Kyoko Sakura… Sakura... I've heard that name before, but I can't remember where." Mustang mused as he looked at the redhead. "Anyway, you said she has a strange stone? Do you know where it is?"
Ed nods and gets up. He walks over to where Kyoko was resting and he stopped. She looked a lot different when she was sleeping. Calm and quiet. He gulped and crouched down next to her.
He looked at the pockets on her jacket, and he notices that one of them had a roundish bulge. It glowed a soft red through the fabric, so he decided that it was the soul gem. He swiftly reaches into her pocket and gently pulls the crimson gem out, careful not to wake her. "Almost done..." He thought as he looked at the little gem. Then Kyoko shifted and mumbled something, causing Ed to jump back in surprise. After a few moments, she stopped moving and resumed her nap. Ed let out a sigh of relief, then he stood up straight.
"This is it." Ed said as he walked over to Mustang's desk. He practically dropped it onto the desk, and though they didn't notice, Kyoko's peaceful expression changed into a deep frown as it hit the desk's surface.
Mustang stared at it with curiosity, then he picks it up to get a better look at it. "Well, it's nothing I've ever seen." He concluded after a while of observation. Something about the gem was special though, like it was something living. Gave him the creeps.
"Do you know what it is?" Mustang asked, looking at Ed.
"I, uh… I think she referred to it as a soul gem." Ed said after pausing to think.
Mustang glanced back at the soul gem again with increased interest. "I wonder why it's called that…" He muttered.
A few moments passed, then Al joined the discussion, bringing up different possibilities of what it could be and how she called it magic…
…
They all dismissed that immediately.
"Well I think-…" Mustang started, but then the sound of light metal clinking drew his attention.
Kyoko was sitting up and glaring at Roy, Ed, and Alphonse. Her gaze was primarily focused on her soul gem, which was in Mustang's hands. "What the hell are you doing!?" She snarled.
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