Mel: I finally found a website that will allow me to watch FMA!! So, here's chapter ….. Uhh ….. I can't remember but here ya go! Also, there's a new character borrowed from Chibi Neko! Not her full name but I can't concentrate on two things.
"Episode 8 – part 1"
Soon after Tsuki had run off in hopes of being alone and after she was nearly run over by Mustangs car, Edward was absolutely heartbroken and devastated. Slamming his hands against the wall, you could hear the sobs escaping from his pale lips and tears running down from dark anguished amber eyes. Al could only stand there and watch, feeling like he couldn't do anything, not even comfort his older brother.
Meanwhile in the car, two people, Roy Mustang himself, and Riza Hawkeye sat, both slightly wide eyed after nearly running over the young girl. A few minutes and calmed nerves later, Riza turned a bit to look at Mustang.
"It's cruel isn't it?" She stated. "If the devil really does exist then we've seen his work tonight." She quietly told him. Roy kept staring out of the car window, over to the alleyway where the boys still stood.
"The devils work huh?" Roy murmured quietly and emotionlessly. "We State Alchemists are human artillery they rule out if nothing else works. And when the military calls, it's our duty to respond regardless of how grotesque the scenario. To serve, we have to distance ourselves from emotional attachment and in that way, we aren't so different from Tucker." His speech slightly unnerved Riza, but she quickly brushed it off.
"With respect, that's the reason from an adult, but those children are still just children." Riza replied back quietly, now glancing out the window she was sitting next to.
Alphonse looked behind him and gasped quietly, before turning around and staring at his brother.
"Brother?" Slowly, Al put his right hand on Edwards' shoulder causing him to stop sobbing for a moment. "Brother, it's the Colonel." Ed slowly turned around with a tortured look on his face. Roy stood standing a few meters away from the Elrics in a long black trench coat.
"There's no use kid." Edward turned fully now glaring at him angrily. Roy stayed standing there with an emotionless mask. "You can't go around trying to bring every thing that dies on you back to life Edward. It's not possible and it's not healthy."
Edward gritted his teeth, quickly getting angrier with every word out of his mouth, yet knowing he's right.
"Anyway, who would you be helping by bringing back a malformed chimera." Edward took a step back in shock and hurt, Al standing with them, knowing every single word was indeed true, while Roy slowly started to raise his voice, quietly yelling at Edward. "It's an ugly world out there, and here on out it's only going to get uglier on the path you've chosen. Just be thankful it wasn't you and get on with your life!"
"GET ON WITH MY LIFE?!" Edward yelled at his boss, only to shrink back and lift both arms up to protect himself. Roy rushed forward and grabbed Ed's right arm, making sure that his next words was listened to thoroughly.
"There's a reason you became a State Alchemist, right Ed? Can you really afford to be distracted by every little lost cause!?" Roy told him sternly. Edward froze at his questions, and now depressed and angrier than before. Taking a few steps back and letting go of Edwards arm, Roy looked over his shoulder then looked at Edward.
"It's up to the Investigations Department now. Step aside." Roy told him, now more calm than he was a couple of minutes ago. Ed glared murderously at Mustang before taking off running out of the alley in hopes of getting far away from Nina's dead remains.
XX with Tsuki while that was going on XX
Tears were like a river pouring from her dark purple eyes, causing her vision to be blurred as she ran and ran. Her legs were pumping their hardest, her body working to its limit. Her new tail that Tucker had so graciously gave her, was drenched in blood, her new ears were matted with her hair in blood.
"WHY DAMN IT! WHY HER AND NOT ME!" Tsuki screamed out to the world as she slowed down. Jogging up a steep hill, Tsuki could only think of Nina, which dulled the pain in her body slightly. When she finally made it up the hill, Tsuki collapsed in anguish, exhaustion, pain, and despair. Her cousin didn't have to die like that; she shouldn't have tried to bring her dead father back, now all her family that she ever knew of was gone.
XX Flashback XX
A younger Tsuki was on a wooden floor, crying in despair. Her father had died after an enemy hit all of his vital organs, causing his body to immediately shut down.
"I'm going to bring daddy back mommy. I promise, and with the help of his book, I can do it!" Tsuki promised her mother who was holding her baby girl. Tensing, her mother's eyes hardened and she glared at her daughter.
"No, you are not allowed to do that kind of alchemy ever! Do you understand me!? NEVER!" She yelled while smacking her daughter. Tears sprung forth once again, only in anger.
"I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I'M GOING TO BRING DADDY BACK WITHOUT YOU THEN!" Tsuki screamed before running off towards her dead fathers study. Running down the hall, Tsuki turned a right and ran through the doorway before slamming it shut and locking it. Banging sounds came from the other side as her mother tried to break in.
"OPEN THIS GOD DAMN DOOR TSUKI!" She shouted. Tsuki ignored her and looked around a desk in the middle of the room for the 'Human Alchemy' book. A few seconds later, she found it in the bottom right drawer. So with her discovery, she ran into the other room where there was tons of space for her to perform the alchemy.
"Soon daddy. Soon." she muttered before opening the book, and started to draw the circle. A determined glare in her bright purple blue eyes, and it was a while before she finally finished the entire drawing. A small smile lightened up her face as she went around and looked in a closet on the far left of the room, hoping and praying for the ingredients to be there. Shoving the closet doors open, she found that indeed all the things she needed were there. So grabbing every single vitamin, mineral, and unknown, she poured the right amount for the normal human body.
Grabbing a knife, she cut her hand and let a few drops fall into the pile, so as to hopefully symbolize the soul.
"Okay daddy. Here I come and you better be ready." Tsuki murmured to herself in hopes that he heard. Sitting down in front of the door, she clapped her hands and slammed them down onto the outer edge of the circle. It glowed yellow, like golden yellow for a few seconds, and then it turned to a deep and menacing purple black, scaring her to back up into the wall right by the door. A huge black gate come from the middle, and as it opened, black tentacle things came from inside, swirling and moving quick enough that Tsuki couldn't dodge.
"MOMMY!" Tsuki screeched while clawing at the floor to try and get away from the gate. The door burst into shards, her mother coming in with an axe. Her moms brown eyes were wide and full of fear and rage. Running over to her baby girl, she swung the axe down onto the black tentacles and grabbed Tsuki's now bloodied hands and pulled her out the door, as far away as she could, until she was grabbed around her waist and yanked into the gates causing them to close and disappear from Tsuki's eyesight. Shocked, Tsuki could only watch and then,
She screamed.
"MOMMA!"
XX End Flashback XX
All Tsuki could do now was cry hysterically, curled up into a ball on the ground, loud sobs, rattling body, tears raining down her cheeks, her bloodied tail wrapped around her waist, and her ears pressed down into her fake blond hair. The blond in her hair was fading more and more the longer she sat in the pouring rain underneath a thunderstorm, and decided to stay there for a few more days, just to get herself under control.
But all she could do was cry for her family, cry for herself, and cry for Edward.
XX The next day with Ed and Al XX
Edward and Alphonse were sitting on the steps of their building, Ed playing with a lighter, Al sitting there and staring into space. A man with blond spikes and brown hair underneath walked up to them in a blue uniform.
"Ed, Al, I have an assignment for you two." The man told them. The boys nodded and stood up then crawled into the car. Inside the car was silent and nobody was even whispering.
"Say, do you know where Tsuki is sir?" Al suddenly asked. Ed's hard eyes were staring at the man in the drivers' seat.
"I don't know. In fact, nobody knows Al. We've honestly looked everywhere here in Central. We just can't find her." He sighed sadly and worn down. Edward glanced at Al before staring at the driver.
"But she was bleeding. If it doesn't get attention soon, then she'll die!" Edward told him worried. If Al was human, he would've smirked at the concern glowing in his older brothers' eyes, if he knew Tsuki was going to be alright. The officer stared at the boys through his mirror and gave them a stern look.
"We haven't called off the search parties, but we know that when she doesn't want to be found, we can't find her. I'm sorry Ed, but it's best that you leave it to us." He told them. Edward calmed down after hearing that they were doing all that they can and Al sat there praying that she would be all right. A few minutes more of silence and the officer pulled up to a set of gates. They all open their doors and walked out and up the stairs. A set of cadets signaled the doors to be opened and as they walked in, Edward slouched.
"Aside from Tsuki missing, why are you so glum Elric?" The officer said going back to being formal. Ed smiled a tense smile and replied.
"This job is a little more real than I bargained on. I think I just need something to take my mind off this whole mess." He told him. The man just glanced back and smiled a bit.
"So, ah, what's this assignment you have for me?" Ed asked. The man stopped at a pair of doors and thrusted them open.
"Here ya go!" Suddenly, they were overcome with growling, and screeching from many attempted experiments in cages. Ed tensed up at seeing all of them.
"Your orders are to go and sort through all of this stuff. You should go and familiarize yourself with all of Tucker's experiments."
"So, you want me to, take over that maniac's research!?" The man turned and glared slightly at Ed.
"True, he may have gone around finding it the wrong way, but some of his research could be of great use to the military."
"Why Don't You Let that WACKJOB help you himself!!" Ed stated lividly. All he got was a small short reply.
"He can't. He's dead." Ed gasped.
"His guilt was so obvious that they decided to skip the embarrassment of a trial and straight to the execution."
"So they covered it up! How could they –"Ed froze in mid sentence when the man in front of him took a very small step closer while waving his book around and tapping it on his shoulder.
"We don't question the wisdom of the military. You see, that's the first law of State Alchemy Ed." He told him before putting the book in Ed's hands and walking away. Al was silent and walked into the room. Ed followed with muggy and hard amber eyes.
XX with a Young Stranger XX
Sighs escaped from soft pale pink lips as her skater shoes lightly grazed the grass from walking up a steep hill. She had traveled for 2 days straight hoping to arrive at Central to get help in finding her lost little sister, Miki. Her deep brown eyes glanced over the grass in front of her as she neared closer and closer to the top of the hill. A gust of wind blew her vibrant fire red hair in gentle bursts, causing her to move it out from her eyes. A tall apple tree shaded the area underneath it as she finished treading up the hill, only to find a young girl with blood red hair in knots and greasy, the blond dye fading and only showing midway up her hair, leaning against the bass of the tree. Her skin was ghostly or sickly pale, and she had sweat beaded on her forehead showing signs of a fever and a deadly illness if not treated right away.
Another sigh came from her lips as she noticed blood coming from her back and right side above her hip, plus the odd drip coming from the girl's left wrist. Dropping the dirty brown bag onto the ground by the girl, she rested one hand on the girl's neck just underneath her hair, and then her arm wrapped around the girl's waist before slowly and carefully lowering her to the ground so as not to rattle the bruised, beaten, and scratched up body.
"Who are you?" the blood red haired girl managed to whisper, half lidded purple blue eyes gazing at the girl trying to help her. A small grin spread on the brown eyed girl's pale lips.
"Welcome to the living! The name's Renee, the Mockingbird Alchemist! Now, shut up and let me take care of you kid." Renee told the girl who was going in and out of consciousness.
"Th-the name's Ts-suki. Human and Elemental Alchemist…." Tsuki managed to say before giving into the dark spots clouding her vision. A grin slightly showed on Renee's pale lips as she shook her head and grabbed some bandages and other things before starting to take care of the worst of the wounds on her right side that nearly hit a vital area.
"Dude, it looks like you were in a war not long ago…"Renee muttered to herself while carefully picking up the girls left wrist, receiving a wince from the unconscious Tsuki. Or used to be unconscious Tsuki.
"T-take m-me to C-c-cent-t-tral H-hosp-pital……p-please…"Then that was the last word Renee heard from the girl. Looking at Tsuki's face, she noticed that her fever was causing her pain, and with the loss of blood, bringing her to death's door rather quickly. Groaning, Renee quickly threw her messy bag on her back before kneeling down and picking up the smaller girl bridle style for an easy run.
"Sorry Hun, but this is going to hurt." She warned Tsuki quietly before taking off at a very fast running speed. However, they would not get back without running into at least one person.
TS about 25 minutes later TS
Panting, Renee could only think of one or two things. This girl was dying and she was having troubles to stay running, and secondly, she was worried sick about her younger sister. The city's buildings were whizzing by as she ran, people either shocked or angry at her for shoving them out of the way, and a building that was spotted with people in blue uniforms, and someone with a metal suit of armor. Wait, what?
"HEY! SHORTY AND TINMAN! WHERE THE HELL'S THE HOSPITAL!?" Renee yelled at them twenty feet away and nearing them. The short kid she yelled at got a very dark and pissed off look on his face and started spazzing out.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT AN ANT IS THE DAMN UNIVERSE COMPARED TO IT!!??" He shouted, the armor dude holding him back.
"She didn't even say that brother!" A soft echo of a voice told him. Blondie quickly calmed down when he saw a familiar silhouette formed clearer and clearer as Renee became closer to them.
"Tsuki?" he whispered. The armor gasped and ran forward with his brother.
"Is she okay?!/How did you find her?!" The boys asked at the same time confusing and pissing Renee off more and more. Her brown eyes narrowed and she growled out her question again.
"Where. Is. The. HOSPITAL!" Tin man shrunk back slightly while Shorty yelled back.
"No need to get SNAPPY! Give me Tsuki and I'll take her to the hospital!" He said. Renee held the girl closer before taking off running after glancing at the Tin man who was pointing straight down the street.
"DAMN IT AL!" Shorty yelled at the now named Al. Renee was running as fast as she could, although, she was slowing down tremendously. Gasping for breath, Renee burst through the doors demanding help. Doctors and nurses ran in with a gurney and placing Tsuki gently on it took off running yelling and shouting while running through the emergency doors. The front doors again burst open, only this time by an enraged Ed and Al. Renee groaned again and got ready for another yelling match.
"Look, before you go screaming at me and anything else, I found her on death's doorstep and ringing the doorbell like no tomorrow. Now she's in the hospital, and you can't do squat about it!" Shorty gazed worriedly towards the doors Tsuki went through, perhaps a little too long.
"Oh I get it! She's your girlfriend so you're worried about her!" Al snickered and Edward glowed red.
"NO SHE ISN'T!"
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Hello! I'm so sorry this took so long to type up! I really am! I've been busy with trying to catch up with science and English and Art that I forgot about the story! Forgive me?
Oh! And here's a preview of another story that I'm writing!
"Great, just great…" I muttered dejectedly. I noticed the guy I was leaning against tense up and I snapped out of my thoughts while bringing my katana, which I will now officially name Soot. No idea why but I just did. Anyways, I brought up Soot and barely managed to slice one of the things coming at me, and then I realized that we were now surrounded by black grey things, surrounding us from everywhere.
And just as they seemed to have of appeared, they disappeared, like a snap of the finger. Can anyone say creepy? Hmm….okay now I'm just uncomfortable – OH MY GOD!! I'm in so much pain no scream can help express it!!! HOLY HELL!
"Hey," I heard the blond behind me. He had a nice deep and sexy voice that I won't deny even in this pain stupor. "Are you alive back there? If you are and think you can last another 10-15 minutes, then make a movement or something, 'kay?"
Quietly and quickly, I lifted my gun up and fired it into the sky, unintentionally killing a vulture. Meh, oh well. A silent chuckle came through him and vibrated my back, which felt really cool. But, pain overruled, again.
XXX
But yes, this is a preview for all those who like or love FF7. Again, sorry!!
-Meli