Ikiru's POV
Well, we were walking in the desert. And it's hot. And Ed is complaining about needing water.
"Well if you wouldn't need to wear long sleeves and such you'd be fine."
"Oh shut up Ikiru. Hey where's Al? Al? Al?"
"I'm down here." And up came Al's hand from underneath the sand. And Ed almost shit himself. We dug Al out.
"Why do you keep sinking?"
"Because I get full."
"Full of what?" Ed kicked Al's chest plate and out came tons of sand, burying Ed. Well, Al scooted away and as soon as Ed got out he was chasing Al in circles.
"Come on boys. Playtimes over. Let's go." They followed. We finally made it and Ed found a fountain. It was full of wine. We were brought to a juice bar. After a bit the owner of the juice bar turned his radio on. This man came on. Father Cornello. For some reason he pissed me off. Like badly.
Ed decided he wanted to leave and when Al stood the radio fell to the ground and broke. The man got a little upset and a small crowd began to form as Al drew a transmutation circle to fix it. Which he did and some 'random lady' mentioned the Fullmetal Alchemist and they all swarmed Al. As soon as he said it was Ed they commented on his height and he snapped and started to swing them around in circles. Then the juice bar guy started to talk to a girl and she offered us a place to stay. Al was trying to protest when Ed agreed. We followed and went into our room. I stared out the window.
"Ikiru?"
"Yeah?"
"What's up?"
"What was being said on the radio. Saying he was a man of god. Which god?"
"Why do you care? We're scientists."
"And your point is? I'm a scientist and happen to believe in God." He put his hands up in defense.
"Sorry Ikiru."
"Better be." I looked back out the window and there was Rose, the girl who helped us with our boarding. She was with who I guess is Father Cornello. She was at a grave. I squinted. Cain? Must be a family member or lover. But the look on her face screams lover.
We slept peacefully and woke up to go see Father Cornello perform his 'miracles'. I glared at the crowd. This dumbass was no man of God. A little girl brought a dead bird to him and he brought it back to life. I gritted my teeth.
"The philosopher's stone."
"What? No. They're miracles!" I rolled my eyes. Later, Ed and I went and sat in the sanctuary where Rose was praying. All of a sudden Ed pulled out a book and started listening off the human chemical composition. And almost flat out told Rose that people don't come back, no matter what.
Then Al turned the corner and got shot by some prick. Well, Ed grabbed his helmet and threw it at the dude, then Al caught it and put it back in place, and Rose ran off. Damn it.
When we found her she was with Father Cornello. He sent chimeras after us after moving the sand under our feet. Ed summoned his spear and threw the lion chimera. Then another one appeared behind him and bit his right arm. But nothing of course. Since that's his automail arm. Cornello pointed out the arm and human transmutation.
"Take a good look Rose. This is what happens when you try to bring people back to life." Then Cornello sent the parrot that he had brought back to life after Ed and he stopped it with his automail foot. Then Cornello summoned a machine gun and right before we got hit by the bullets Ed transmuted an iron wall. Then the door behind us opened and the 'followers' came and started to shoot at Al. So Ed transmuted a door and we escaped through it.
We went back to the city and the radio turned on. They were saying we tried to kill Father Cornello and they came and tried to run us out of town... or kill us... I wasn't all that sure. In the end however, Ed and I got knocked out. We woke up being held by some of Cornello's followers. He took our pocket watches.
"I'd like to see you try to transmute something now that I've taken the source of your alchemy." We put our heads down. We ended up getting locked up in a jail cell together. Rose came in and brought us our food. Ed joked about her feeding him and she put it by his feet then she left. I sighed.
"How long is Al gonna take?" I asked.
"I don't know. You tell me."
"He's your brother and it was your plan." He shrugged and the wall behind him disappeared a bit and a microphone came out
"There we go. Now we wait." I nodded and half an hour later, Cornello came.
"Why hello you two." And off he went. Talking about his big plan. And Ed transmuted the handcuffs off and started to eat. Took Cornello a minute to realize this. And when he did, Ed leaned to the side and showed Cornello the mic.
"What!" And then our mini plan was revealed and him and Ed got into it. I waited a bit till there was a yell and transmuted myself out. That dickhead left me here! I started out when Cornello ran past me with a fucked up arm. Soon followed by Ed.
"Ikiru? I was just coming to get you."
"Thank you so much for waiting for so long. I managed to get myself out okay." We were about to leave when Rose stopped us. Being all nasty and bitchy.
"You have two good legs. Use them and walk on your own." Ed told her, and we left.
We headed for the next stop. A small water town where there was a thief. I knew where this was going and we were asked to help catch the thief. Well, that night we were waiting for them and saw her. Ed and I ran after her and he tripped, landed on top of her, and SQUEEZED her CHEST! I was pissed. She even unzipped her top a bit to reveal a transmutation circle and a deck of cards. She got away. We found Al and we went to the hospital to get Ed checked out. I was so pissed off.
"Ikiru? Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Fucking peachy." Al felt the dark aura coming off my body.
"What did you do Brother?"
"I don't know." Well, Ed went around the hospital and found out the nurse that Al looked up to like a mother was the thief. She did her sob story. We let her go. And the hospital was destroyed. Then a church, then a school, then she was caught. Al was pissed as hell. Then the thief struck again. I rolled my eyes and scoffed.
"Whore."
"Says the club dancer." I glared at Ed.
"At least I'm not ripping people off and telling sob stories to keep from being caught by the people who know my true identity."
"Someone's got a temper." I smirked.
"At least it's not as short as you." Anime vein.
"Why don't you say that to my face?!"
"Kay shorty."
"That's it." I dodged and grabbed him from behind.
"Now now. Don't make me punish my little alchemist."
"Ikiru." Al said.
"Yeah?"
"I think you're gonna make Brother explode." I looked at Ed's face. It was so red and his eyes were so sinister. I smirked.
"Someone mad?"
"What do you think?" I burst out laughing and got onto the train. Next stop. We came out and were welcomed with warm arms, until Ed and Al said they were the Elric brothers.
"What the hell?"
"The Elric Brother's are up on the hill working with..." I zoned.
"You guys are all on crack, do they have the Füher's daughter with them?"
"No. They said she went back to see her father and stepmother." I glared. Seriously? No one gets the tension between me and that bitch? Damn it. Well, we stayed out and went to the mansion on the hill. Found the imposters, and I gritted my teeth.
"Hey shit face!" The older brother looked at me.
"Who are you?"
"Ikiru Bradley. The Füher's daughter. If you're gonna lie to people make sure that when you lie about me you get it right! I have no connections to that bitch my Father married. Am I understood?" After a small fight between Ed and the older brother we left because of the damned guards. We were taken in by the village leader's brother and the leader's daughter came, and got sick. And Al was sent to get medicine.
Ed and I went to find some information and the bastards. We found Al and planned to go back to the mansion. We did and found a small sewer with red water. Ed passed out. I didn't. The door opened and the little brother was there. He helped us out. Al told me everything.
"So your name is Fletcher? How cute." He blushed a little. "Too bad your brothers a load of shit." And speak of the devil, guess who walked in. The load of shit. "Hey load of shit."
"What the hell are they doing here Fletcher?" And then all this shit happened and we had to leave. The owner of the mansion found us and brought us in.
"I'm so sorry. They had me fooled. I should've known they weren't the true Elric brothers." Bull shit asshole.
"Don't worry about it. Where are they?" Ed asked.
"In the dungeon. I plan on having them punished as soon as possible."
"I think I'll go see them." Ed looked to the side and smirked and squinted his eyes a little. "I haven't killed anyone in a while." He gave the owner a sideways glance, which was really sinister and HOT! "Wanna watch?"
"No. I think I'll stay here."
"Suit yourself." Ed shrugged.
"I wanna kill one Ed. I wanna tear the cute one to bits and shove them down his brother's throat."
"Sounds like a great idea Ikiru. Let's go!" And away we went. After we were out of earshot, Ed looked at me. "That was good acting Ikiru." I kept my smirk on and creepy eyes. "You were joking right Ikiru?"
"Of course. But I wanna see if I can make them piss themselves." He laughed sheepishly. We got there and right off the bat, the older brother freaked the fuck out. I laughed so hard.
We got them out and went up to the bastard who owned the joint. Ed told him that he knew his plan and in the end the dude died and Fletcher transmuted trees to absorb the red water, then destroyed them. We said our goodbyes, took some oranges, and headed for Central. I was so excited.
