Kiki's Saga Chapter 7

Complications

Kiki's day did not improve much at all because of the, " package." The captive unfortunately had very dedicated family members.

She and Greed had gotten back in time to hear Doroche and Marta talking about Greed's influence in their lives. It was Doroche who spoke last though.

" -he took us out of the cages and gave us all a place to call home." Not two seconds later Greed interrupted wtih me and other gang mambers behind him. The cheetah blonde guy was Ray( Raymond ), the racoon darkish man with the scar across his right eye was Dave ( David ), and then there was Law and Dido;and the latest other than Kiki, Shou Tucker.

The Sewing Life Alchemist. Currently a monster no one can identify. Kiki stayed away from him like she did Kimblee. She'd heard about what he did and sure it was worse than George's and Kiki's conflict; although George had turned Kiki into a monster too. Surprisingly though, she was happy he did. She had more family now than ever.

Kiki was behind Law, who lately had become her silent protector. It was like he knew how hard she was trying to make it in the Devil's Nest. When they all entered the room she'd watch from the door.

" That's right guys. See... this place is hand crafted for outlaws. Where people who don't fit in on the outside can hide out for awhile." They had started to walk into the room at the time, making Kiki peer around the corner to see. The, " package" happened to be a big metal suit of armor with red, glowing eyes. For some reason Kiki caught her breath. She knew who this person was! She had planned on going to him about George's experiments! He was the Fullmetal Alchemist! Kiki finally got what his name meant. He was the Fullmetal Alchemist, made out of metal! It made so much sense now!

Then Kiki's mind wandered to the fact that Greed had kidnapped an alchemist. A famous one at that. Plus, why wasn't the alchemist trying to get out of this pickle? Was he biding his time.. to wait for reinforcements? Or was he the alchemist that she thougth he was?

All this took only one second to process. She looked at the alchemist, Edward..wasn't it?, as he searched through the group and found Tucker. His voice seemed very high for an alchemist. Then Kiki remembered that Edward had joined the military at the age of twelve.

" Tucker?" he said mutely. Tucker was studdering like a babbling idiot. Edward's voice got louder and more determined as he distinguished who it was. " Tucker! " he stated. " Why are you here?' So they knew each other? Hm...small world. Like always Tucker was quick to answer. " Don't misunderstand Al. I'm not here by choice I promise."

Ray then spoke in a matter of fact tone. ' Show off ' I thought. " If things don't go as planned the doctor here's the only one who can cure us chimeras. " Tucker bowed his head in shame. Kiki didn't know whether Tucker could cure them or not. ' But, if he could why hadn't he done it already?' she wondered.

Greed sorta huffed in amusement before walking towards Edward. Without asking, Greed grabbed Edward's helmet and snatched it up. Kiki saw, instead of his face, nothing but an empty suit. This was a surprise that quickly diminished. Greed had explained why he wanted Ed. For his secret.

Greed, with helmet in hand, answered his own thoughts." I'll be damned. Just like you said Dr. Tucker. It really is empty." Tucker, as usual was defending himself when he spoke. " But.. but I'm not the one who told them how to apprehend you Al." Kiki's eyes widened in shock. Tucker had said Al. Does that mean that this kid is Alphonse Elric. The... the younger brother? Kiki shuddered at the thought of how tall and massive the actual Edward Elric must be. No wonder the military had hired him. They must have been too scared not to.

Greed bent and put his hands on his knees as he became eye level with Alphonse.

" It's a treat to meet'cha kid. You can just call me Greed. I'm your new friend." Kiki scowled. Offcourse he's throwing sarcasm around. Alphonse seemed not too interested in the greeting. He had bent his head to look at Greed's hand. " Eh. A tatoo of the Oroborous." Kiki had been looking at it ever since she had met Greed. She knew what it symbolized and that Greed sometimes showed it off like it was the Queen's Dowry.

Greed smirked before standing straight once more. He raised his hand and looked at it like it was no big deal. " So you know what that is. Well, this should go quickly then."

Alponse answered smartly. " That makes you a friend of Envy, Lust, and the others doesn't it.?" Greed answered him like he didn't really care about the subject. " I wouldn't say friends. More like sworn enemies if you want to get down to the grit." he put an emphasis on grit, showing his irritation about having to talk about it. Kiki was watching Greed's back intentily. Alponse had a confused look to his eyes. " I don't get it?" Then, Greed bent to a squat. " Well Al. That is your name right?" His knee went down as he leaned in closer. " Tell me, how does it feel to have your soul attached to this empty armor?" As to emphasize he knocked on the suit with his knuckles, and stood again.

More talking to himself than to Al, Greed kept going. " To exist as a chunk of solid metal rather than a soft and cushy human worm. In other words, completely unaffected by weaknesse's like hunger, fatigue, and old age. You could call that eternal life...couldn't you?" Alphonse obviously seemed mad or offended by what Greed said. " Eternal life?That's why you kidnapped me? Eternal life? Kiki bowed her head in embarrassment. ' Here it comes.' she thought miserably.

Greed's hands were clenching in front of him like he wanted something. " THEY DON'T CALL ME GREED FOR NOTHING! I want money! I want women! Statis, and power! I want everything this world's selling and ETERNITY'S TOPPING THE LIST! Kiki saw his hands clench into fists. He kneeled again in front of Alphonse. This time it was more of a whisper.

" Do you understand? You can help me acheive what I'm going for Al...and you will help me here. Because if you don't tell me how your soul's bound to that armor, I'll break it apart to find out."

Another Chapter is up and this one involved a cliffhanger. Hope you guys are begging for more. I will post the next chapter as soon as I can. Luna Blyeth