Wow! I sure got a lot of reviews on that last chapter. I can't believe how much you guys like cliffhangers, hehehe. (I get so many more reviews on chapters with cliffhangers than I do on chapters without, unless the chapter's just plain cute, or something. Why, I don't know. I guess that people just like to have their emotions toyed with.)
Anyway, here's SakuraSagura's next installment. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as possible. Sorry that this wasn't up sooner. I overslept yesterday, and didn't make it to the library. (Gotta love that overnight shift that makes you sleep during the daytime.) Hope you like it. I like it, anyway. Heh. I happen to enjoy her style of writing, and I like the way she's writing this story too, hehe.
Disclaimer: Neither one of us owns FullMetal Alchemist, though she has confirmed for me that she indeed likes to pretend she owns it, just like I do. Heh. Yep, just as I had guessed. Hehehe. Hmmm...is there any way to trick Ed into thinking that I do own him? There must be a way...
Everything was silent with all eyes on Ed. People passing by on the popular country road stopped and stared at the mechanical boy. The car kept driving away, its motor coughing all the while. The girl he just saved gazed over at him with big brown eyes.
"What is it?" Ed asked as he struggled to stand. Alicia stepped back behind Johan and Ted, she let out a gasp. She looked like she had just seen a ghost.
"What the..." Ted's voice cracked as he stared dumbly. Ed looked down at his body. Oh no! Now they would find out!
"Um, I can... I can explain!" Ed said hastily and waved his working hand back and forth. Johan and Ted exchanged glances.
"What happened to you?" Johan questioned suddenly. They didn't know?
"Ah, well, actually, I kind of, you see..." Ed blushed brightly, which was odd because of being an android and all, and grabbed his left arm with his right hand. "Winry made some really good 'auto-mail' for me!"
He said. At that moment his knees gave way.
"Are you alright?" Ted asked as he and Johan helped him up. "We better take you to the Rockbells'. They'll fix your broken auto-mail for you."
Ed felt fear tred over him. What would Winry do when she...
"EDWARD ELRIC! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MASTER PIECE?" Winry screamed when she saw Ed hobbling with Ted, Johan, and Alicia up to her house. Winry stood on the porch next to a barking Den. Her face was mixed with pure anger and worry. Den dashed over to the four and barked them all the way home.
"Sorry..." Ed sighed as he bumped his way up the steps. Nothing was going right anymore!
"Is that all you can say? I don't know what you did but you could have died!" Winry shouted with tears in her blue eyes. The heavy depression
Ed was already bearing became heavier. He was supposed to be dead anyway.
"Winry," Alicia came over to Winry and put a hand on her shoulder before continuing, "Ed's only hurt because he saved someone's life. Without him Miranda would be either hurt badly or dead!"
"It's true." Johan said when Winry gave him and Ted an 'are you serious' look. Winry, tears still threatening to fall, called Ed a life saving idiot before going inside to get ready for repairs.
"Thanks guys... I thought she'd kill me." Ed chuckled slightly. Ted and
Johan helped him onto the couch and Alicia went over to the phone to call home and tell her parents where they were. Later, when Al came into the room, he started franticly talking with Ed. It was more so a one way conversation since Al didn't wait for Ed to respond.
"Brother, what happened? Where'd you go? Why are Ted and Alicia and Johan here? What happened to your legs? Your arm is busted too? Why did you leave so early? Why didn't you take Den along?" Those, and many more questions, came spewing from Al's mouth. Ed tried his best to answer but he couldn't keep up with Al. After about two minutes, and 200 questions, Ted cut in,
"Let him breath Alphonse!" He laughed as he entered the room with some equipment of Winry's. He gently set it down on a nearby table. Ed cringed, was it going to be worse than auto-mail pain? That's when it really hit him that he couldn't feel.
"Hey, we'll need to go soon guys." Alicia piped up from the kitchen, where she was helping Pinako with supper. Ted looked over his shoulder and called,
"Ask Ma if we can stay for dinner!" Alicia said she would. She quickly went over to the phone and began to dial.
"Sorry, Al..." Ed whispered to his little brother. Al jerked around to face an upset looking Ed. He looked relieved and yet filled with regret as he said,
"No Edward, I'm the one that's sorry."
"For what?"
"...This." Al whispered back. Ted, who wasn't all that far away, turned back to setting up the equipment. It was rude to eaves drop.
Winry came into the room with Alicia. She was looking slightly rushed as she went over to the work table. She said to Ted, "Your mom wants you to come home. Sorry, for all the trouble."
"Okay, take care. Come on guys!" Ted called as he went to get ready to leave. Alicia and Johan both said their goodbyes and proceeded to leave.
"Thanks Winry." Ed mumbled from the couch. Winry looked over at the android. His golden eyes portrayed hurt. The smile on Winry's face faded quickly. Poor Guy...
"No problem! We didn't have enough food for them anyways!" She perked up happily. Winry gave an okay sign when she said, "Besides, when you get the bill you'll owe us a pretty penny or two." That made Ed and Al both feel better. She was treating this like it was just another auto-mail tune up. Ed smiled at the thought that crept into his mind.
Just like old times...
He then had a burning desire to do something. Ed simply brushed it aside before saying in a jerky tone,
"So, uh, will this hurt?"
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