Hey guys, sorry for the long wait, I've been totally into World of Warcraft again, and it's been nearly impossible to get off of it. I have a level 72 hunter I've been working on, so…yeah, if you played…You know. YOU KNOW!
So, in any case, I hope you enjoy the chapter, because the next one is gonna be even better! Just get to the bottom you'll see what I mean…Onward!
Disclaimer…No own-y Greed! But I do have the DVD's. OH! That reminds me, has anyone seen the bloopers to FMA Brotherhood? Funny stuff guys, funny stuff! I like how Scars bloopers more though. THOSE were funny… "YOUR FACE EXPLODE!"
Chapter X: The Elric Project
The both of them had barely remembered how or when they fell asleep that night, and after a few weeks, it seemed that the gang was back to normal, a little on edge, but some what normal none the less. Elise had done her mourning for her friend, and now, it was time to take it one day at a time.
Today was a little different though, it was one of those days that left Greed and the chimeras planning and hanging around the nest, "Have you figured out a plan for the Elric's yet, boss?"
"As a matter of fact, I have Dorchetto. I'm so glad you mentioned that." He smirked at his gang and fingered them all to come closer. He could see Elise busy with dishes and lunch, but knew she was in ear shot of him and listening in, " I just got word from Bido that the Elric's are staying with an Izumi Curtis, here in Dublith. And since Elise has been out more than most, I was hoping she'd map out a blue print of our fine city to see if we can't pint point a location to exact an ambush. That is, if she doesn't mind." Everyone had turned to Elise to see he looking at Greed with a blank look, but pulled back when she saw all eyes were on her, "Uh…I guess. Sure. I might-, need to go on an expedition to get the blue print you're looking for though."
"No problem doll, me or one of the boys will go with ya."
"Okay." Her response was so gentle that it left Greed to wonder if she really had recovered from her dramatic experience.
A lot had happen in the last couple of weeks, and ever since Greed had been keeping his eyes on her like a hawk, making sure she wouldn't snap again or for that matter, leave him all together.
"Oh, lunch is ready guys if you want it, come and get it." The others didn't need to hear any more, the moment those words left her mouth, the entire room stood up from their seats and walked over Ellie and her big pot of beef stew she had been brewing for the last two hours. Everyone else was swarming the thing, grabbing their set of silverware and bread rolls while Greed apparently wasn't too interested in the food since he stayed behind in his seat.
And from what Elise could tell he was already had his thinking cap on by the way he positioned himself. His fingers tips touching his lips and his eyes looking into the distance as he tapped his foot to the ground.
No one noticed except Kitty, and with a slow close of her eyes, she reopened them to walk over to him, feeling his mood waver drastically the closer she approached her pondering boss.
When she got close enough, he noticed quickly and looked up to her, before smirking at opening his hand to her so she could sit on the arm of his chair.
It was comfortable to cross her legs and leaned her back against the chair, "Penny for your thoughts?" Greed just smirked even more to see a feature he hadn't seen in a while.
The comforting smile that always attached itself to her glistening lips. Every time he was introduced to it, it actually calmed him in some way or another; like he enjoyed it, "Not a thing doll. Just a lot on my mind, that's all." Out of a tick, he caressed the bottom of the girl's chin with his finger tips, only to hear a small purr come from Ellie as she closed her eyes to the feeling.
"Good or bad?" She suddenly asked dreamily, giving into her cat's instinct to let Greed 'pet' her, which abruptly stopped for a second when she had asked him that. And yet, he shrugged at her, slightly checking her out like he always did as he wondered how to answer her question, "Both, I guess."
"Mm." Her response made him soften his brows, and a small chuckle couldn't help but leave him as he continued to watch her nuzzle her head under his hand this time, having him scratch the back of her ear now to hear her purr even louder, "You finally gave into your animal instincts huh?"
Elise just snorted softly and sighed happily, "I gave in awhile ago."
"Oh?"
"Mm-hmm. I just never told you."
"Ah, I see. I should watch out for you." They both gave a small chuckle before taking in the moment of silence and enjoyment in the petting fest.
Then, when Greed stopped, Elise, this time leaned her head to the side of his shoulder and sighed again, now out of exhaustion, "Huh, I'm beat. You should get some of that food before the boys eat it all." She warned looking up at Greed from her little spot, only to see that Greed had also looked down to meet her gaze.
"Heh, No, that's okay. I'm content being right here." She tried to avoid his gaze with a soft sheepish laugh as she attempted to hide her face away, but in doing so she only caused him to laugh to the shy reaction, "So, on a different note, tonight, we'll go and do the blue print, and then we'll come back to get started by paper. We want to be ready for them when they come."
"Of course, boss." She changed her attitude from shy to happy in a split second flat that Greed could only do a double take as he looked to her and petted her head with an uncomfortable look on his face, "You know, you don't have to call me boss it's so unlike you."
"Why? Technically you are, aren't you?" She countered looking away for a split second.
"Yeah…, But from you-, it's different."
"Then what do you want me to call you? Mr. Greed, like everyone does? Avarice…? Or how about this one-, Dude?" The look on his face you could say was absolutely priceless that it made Elise look away laughing, only to look back to see that the expression hadn't change, which made he laugh even more, "I'm totally kidding." She admitted not wanting him to take offense to, what she thought-, was her tasteless humor, but then again she just needed to laugh. She hadn't in so long.
"No, I think Greed will do just fine."
"Well okay then." She turned herself, laid a hand on his bicep and secretly kissed his cheek, leaving a tingling sensation down the homunculus's spine. She then leaned into his ear and purred as she pulled out a piece of chocolate from her vest pocket, and stuck it in her mouth slowly.
She must've not realized how she was doing it, because the next thing she realized was how intensely Greed was watching her. She could feel this force around him that was filled with a consuming need of desire, and it made her blush a little and attempt to walk away from him when she felt it became too much. It wasn't that she could read his mind, but it was close enough to make her want to hide away in a blushing fit.
But before she could get out of his reach, the Avaricious grabbed onto Ellie's wrist, and roughly pulled her back into his lap with a light grin on his face. It only widened though when he heard a small squeak escape from her the second she landed on his thighs.
She giggled afterwards until she noticed the tension of lust run across his eyes. She slowly tried to stifle herself and eat another piece of candy when she noticed that look on his face never changed.
Greed stifled another noise, almost a very quiet growl or groan leaving his throat getting Elise to tilt her head and flick her ears back, "What?" She asked innocently, oh but he knew better, "Has anyone ever told you how much of a cruel tease you are?"
"Nope. This is the first I've heard of it." She lied, leering right through it with her arms reaching around his neck, and her legs straight up into the air.
It seemed to get his attention even more with an intrigued brow raising to her very fine legs calling out to him like a wolf to meat, it was just so unfair, "Mm, I guess I'll have to tell you more about it later then, won't I?" He then slipped his hands over her stocking covered thighs and felt out the garter that held itself together by her under wear.
If only he could get into her underwear was the problem, because as much as they both were enjoying this, Elise only felt her nerves build with each passing second. For what she wasn't sure, but all she knew was that she was still…Uneasy. What could she say, she was still a virgin for god sakes, it wasn't easy to just give it up the way he may have wanted her to, but it was no lie that she was starting to want him too. More than she wanted to admit to herself she wanted nothing more than he wanted.
Was something wrong with her? Too many questions became unanswered and with a nervous stomach she sighed, closed her eyes and pulled his hands away from her thighs and into he hands, "A lot later." She finally said sadly responding to his last statement.
"Awe…But why not now?" Greed was never really sure if she did this on purpose sometimes or just out of pure torture and fun, but when she pulled herself out of his lap, he saw a weird look had quickly crossed her features.
It was obvious that something was bothering her, Elise's entire body language was showing the Avaricious she wanted to tell him what was wrong. Not only that, he noticed her chocolate habit had increase; it was just one piece after the other.
Yeah, and that was the obvious part
Of course while he was pondering and thinking all of this, he had complete blocked out the fact that Ellie was actually talking to him as he stared off into space, "Greed? Did you hear me?"
"Hmm, What? No, sorry doll, say that again?"
"We have a job to do soon? We should actually do it before it gets late. Um, speaking of stuff going on, I-, kind of found out something 'new' about myself." Elise's face changed the more Greed studied and recognized the expression she was giving him. It something of hesitance, and being uncomfortable, which he never liked to see on a woman, especially his own, "What's on your mind beautiful?"
Whatever it was, it definitely made Elise take another piece of chocolate into her mouth and look deep into the homunculus's eyes till she slowly began to scan the entire bar with her kitty cat orbs. She studied all the people she came to know over the years and then looked down at the floor with a deep feature before she rested her head onto Greed's shoulder for comfort.
Okay, he felt a little better knowing that it was something else bothering her, "Listen, Ever since that day…Back with Hakuro-, those bastards in white did something to me. They know I'm here which is why they took this opportunity to kidnap me and do another test. At first I thought nothing happened. But then… "
"They terrorized you pretty badly…" He admitted bitterly and unwontedly.
"No, I-, I saw something other than those souls Greed. Something big. I can't even explain it to you, I would have to show it to you. Upstairs…" This made Greed more than anxious to know what she was talking about, and out of shear curiosity, he now wanted to see this secret of hers, "Okay then, show me."
She took him upstairs to her room, making sure no one else could see what she was about to do, "You ready?" They both stood in front of her dresser where a few her necessities laid, and put his hands to his waist, "As ready as I'll ever be."
"Okay, here I go." She took a deep inhale and sighed closing eyes before searching for a certain object. "See that candle?"
"Yeah?" As he awaited for something to happen, Elise suddenly raised her hand, looked at it, and then pointed her finger at the candle to lifted it into the air.
Greed didn't know what to make of it, he was shock and speechless, except, "Oh. Wow." She raised it higher. Then she used her other hand to lift some long stick matches up to the wick and lit it in one setting. She sat the lit candle back on the table down and smiled triumphantly as she looked back at he boss, but it quickly changed when she saw that light bulb brightening over his head as he turned to her, "You cheeky little chimera…So that was you back at there at the warehouse. That was you that shook the ground?" Ellie could only smile, "How'd you-,"
"I don't know. I just discovered them a couple of days ago. When I was trying to find my brush. It was just three days afterwards."
"Why'd you wait this long to tell me?" He suddenly asked with a frown. She didn't know what to say, she just wasn't sure who to tell when it occurred, "I guess I was still trying to come to terms with what happen…This isn't-, normal for me. Even after a year of being abnormal? I still can't get use to the changes of my body. I mean, anything could come next…anything…"
"Yeah." Now having a reason, Greed smirked sensually, "It could. That's why we need to get those brothers…The sooner the better."
"Right. So, what does this mean?"
"Well, you said it could've happened back at the warehouse, so I'm assuming 'dear' old pops has got big plans for you. But, when I was back with them, I never saw anything like this done to any of the other experiments…So it's all new to me, sorry."
That was not as reassuring as she would've hoped, "Yay…" Was all she could respond plainly before she sighed and crossing her arms across her chest, "Well, that's okay, I'll just have to thank your dad for giving me a new ability to kick his ass when I meet him. It sounds like he's the one behind these situations." As she stared at the candle she had previously levitated, she suddenly turned to Greed with a pondering look, which made the Avaricious feel a little odd, and sweaty, "What?"
"You know, you told me you were created by your father, but you haven't told me much about him…Like where he is, or what he's been doing…Besides doing the experiments what else is he trying to do?"
"Heh! Beats the hell out of me. I'm doing my own thing remember? It just so happens I have his most prized possession from the looks of it, apparently. It makes sense since I am a part of him. Literally." His once proud smirk he used to hide behind vanished and he looked deep into Ellie with a strange sour look, "My father seems to be very interested in you." For second, he began to trail off, and stare at Ellie as if he was hiding something, and the way he bit his lip and looked away regretfully, didn't help Elise one bit. She only became more confused to his look and eyed his carefully, "Alright what is it?"
"What makes you think I'm thinking anything?" Just from the question alone, she could tell there was something bothering him, "Come on Greed…Please?"
He didn't want to say anything to what he was stirring up, but knowing it was already noticeable to the kitten, Greed had no choice but to tell Elise the truth.
Well, more of it anyways, there was always more to tell her, and knowing that gave him the strength to sigh hopefully and caress the girl's hand without warning, "Ellie…" He signaled her to side down on the bed with him, and attempted to say something. But nothing came out.
Greed sighed frustrated at himself at first, and then took a deep breath before looking back to Elise's knitted face that was filled with concern, "Ellie girl? Did it ever occurred you on the day your parents brought you to Central they, themselves could have made a deal with my father?"
"No…" She replied carefully, "Why would you think that?"
Of course she wouldn't have known.
He never told her about his father controlling the entire military of Central. All she knew, was what had happened to her, and that her parents were a part of the Military. Greed wanted to smack himself for not realizing she hadn't put two and two together. Was it not in font of he this whole time?
Then again, it did come to seem that Elise did already have a lot on her plate. She had just found out a lot about herself, more than she ever thought she did, and thanks to him and the others, she was able to be the wicked bad ass he knew she could become in combat. Sure she had flaws, but who didn't? He sure couldn't-, in hell did-, say he didn't. I guess she has a right to know, huh? Well-, it's now or never…
Greed sat down on the bed and laid back, more relaxed than usual since he closed his eyes and sighed though his nose before opening his eyes up at the ceiling, "Well, it goes like this. My father…He's a homunculus too. I was literally pulled from his flesh and made as his reincarnation of Geed, am not only his son. I am him in a different from you could say. But I'm much more handsome." He joked seeing Elise chuckle a little, "Oh?"
"Mm-Hmm. Anyways, you know already a little of the story from there-, centuries I worked for him, blah, blah, blah, did experiments and killed a few big mouths along the way, and then…You came." He fingered her to sit next to him, and with a bit of a hesitance, she felt herself flush a little and walk over instinctively next to him, feeling his hand and arm strongly pulled her closer.
He sat up a little making sure that when he told her, it would be while staring into her lovely green orbs, "I over heard my father talking about you way before we had ever met." Her eyes widened a little, but she didn't say anything, she just listened, "He was talking about taking a trip up to the surface to meet up with some scientist/doctors that said something about having a new candidate for a new passage to 'God'. I didn't know what it meant then, until I heard the story about your parents."
Greed paused and looked down at Elise, soon realizing he was drifting off the subject, and released the kitten from him to walk around the room to he light up a quick cigarette, "Anyways, I followed him and Envy to the surface to see what they'd discovered that was so important for dear ole dad to leave the safety of his underground lair. He ended up with those doctors up in the Labs, and a couple weeks later…"
He then looked to the kitten again with one of those chasseur cat grins of his as he blew smoke form between his teeth and nose, "What do I find, but you locked in a cage with a bunch of chimeras." He had finished his stick by this time and flicked the butt out the window, "You were a human turned into some kind of hybrid homunculus, which has never happened in the history of all Amestris, hell, in all of the world, until you. Pops thought you died on the slab, but instead-, you were actually a slow success."
After his quick smoke, the homunculus had began to stare out the window, tired of looking at the same knick knacks as he told her the story, and more, "Now that he knows you're alive, he wants to see what you can do. Maybe that's why the coats took you to the warehouse. They were probably trying to see if you could do more with that stone…" He looked back to Elise from the window with a ponder, itching his chin as his brain ticked, "If that's the case then you may have just become the portal to the other side of the gate…You will be the one he uses to reach his goal in swallowing this God of his. If he finds out that you're more than eligible, he'll ended trying to take you back to Central." He mocked the last part shaking his head in disbelief that could happen, "Heh, idiot like he could."
When he finally finished talking, Greed took in Ellie's speechless expression, with her mouth agape like she had just been slapped in the face, it could only make him laugh with a soft chuckle, "Well that was expected."
"WHAT? THEY-, YOU-, Y-YOU'RE DAD AND MY DAD…! WHAT! I'VE SHOULD'VE KNOWN!"
~Downstairs~
From the bar, Dorchetto and Roa had sat at the bar talking to Martel and a few of the other guys when suddenly a glass liquor bottle from the top shelf fell just a few feet away from where Martel was standing, and a dirty empty dish one of customers had on the table flew at the side Roa's head.
He didn't flinch, but looked to the side of him to find no one there. No one was sitting next to him, which left him and everyone else who looked to see what happened-, a little more than confused.
"What the f-,"
"Okay calm down Kitty you can barely make a sentence. Your brain might explode." He couldn't help the joke, but by the way her eyes were shifting around the room, he could tell maybe it wasn't a good idea to tell her everything just yet.
Well, he had to! He couldn't have just left her in the dark knowing that she was going to be killed. He didn't want that.
If anything, it had to be scary knowing that she was-, of all humans, the next portal to open heaven for his father to gain the universes knowledge and ultimate power. He wish he could have told her before, but he couldn't. He felt that he wanted no part in assisting to freak her out more than she already was. She was fucked up enough that any ordinary human would've killed themselves out of insanity.
But that wasn't the case for Elise Whitely.
He could see that she wanted to cry, but she was too speechless and stunned to say anything, the only thing that was keeping this kitten from falling apart was the Avaricious and his hands holding her face in a sweet, tender hold, "Don't you loose it on me Ellie. Not yet. Just remember, you're Elise, no one else can tell you who you are o what you stand for, expect yourself. I will do all that I can to protect you, but you need to help me out. You need to help me in keeping you safe. Understand?" She didn't want to, she wanted to run away and hide in a hole where no one would ever find her, but that would've been the cowardly way out.
And she wasn't coward!
She had to be strong, like she promised herself in beginning of this mess. With a change in attitude, Elise closed he eyes and raised her ears up when she gave Greed a strong determined face, one that he could be proud of, "Yes." At that Greed couldn't do anything but smirk back and slick some of her strands away from her face, before patting her head, "That's my girl. Now come on, ya ready to show me how you're landscaping is?"
Elise almost didn't get what he meant by that, but when the thought of her job and going outside became appealing, she did nothing more than perk her cat ears up to the homunculus and smiled thinking of the fresh air to come.
For them both, "Okay, definitely."
They had left the Nest at a quarter to four in the late afternoon; being able to see their grounds when the sun was just hitting the town just right, made it just that much easier for Ellie to see the buildings better. She listened in on the citizens voices in a six mile radius, hoping that someone would give her and Greed a clue in where the Full Metal Alchemist could be, "Anything yet?"
"No…Not yet. When did you say they were suppose to be arriving?"
"Today. Just be patient doll, they'll be here." Greed's response only made Ellie huff and pouted, crossing her arms and legs with boredom, "Well I hope so, this wasn't exactly what I was thinking when you said-," Just then Greed patted down the side of her arm to get her attention, ceasing her train of thought when he pointed to a familiar face, "Look!" He whispered harshly only to fill the excitement rise within them both.
"Well, he won't be hard to track if we loose him; not with that type of armor walking along side him." Elise then got a flash back of her old home.
It was back in her father's office where he kept his books, where she learned most of her traits she knew today. She remembered sitting in the big desk chair as a little girl, reading over a thousand books in the library they had, and there in the corner were two empty large suits of armor exactly like the one she was seeing now, "I think I remember having two in our library. Back when I was a kid." She interjected her thought to her boss, seeing the smirk on his face shine brighter as he watched his two main targets.
Honestly, she had never seen Greed this ecstatic before, by the smile he wore, the man was just that happy of being closer to his goal, "Good, then he'll definitely be easier to track down later when we head back for the plan of attack."
Jumping across town, from building to homes they followed the two till they came to a small home, which was indeed, the home of the woman Izumi he spoke about. It had to be the right house because the moment they knocked on the door the woman slammed the blonde boy to the ground with her foot, and the boy in armor was taken to the ground as well.
With ease, and that was more than enough information for Greed to chuckled being obviously amused, and after they watched almost a few other people walk inside the Curtis house, at the Elric's arrival, Greed gripped the girl's hand and gave her acknowledgement that he was ready to take off.
After all, he had found what he was looking for.
"Good, now to get Bido."
"You're going to have him watch the boys for you again, huh?" The homunculus chuckled again and this time grinned back at the girl with an evil look in his eye, "Oh yes. There will be immortality, Kitty. And in a few days, we won't have to live in that small hole in the wall of a home we have…The whole world will be free to roam."
Suddenly, out of the pleasure of being enthralled, Greed excitedly wrapped the Elise's arm around his neck, and lifted her up by her thighs to keep her steady above his torso. It was so sudden, it left Ellie literally clawing into him a little, "Heh, heh, hold on there doll. I wouldn't want you to fall off."
"Oh ha, ha."
Like a flash of light, Greed jumped up into the air and landed onto the next couple buildings ahead, getting immediate giggles out of Ellie as they made their way back home. The whole way, Greed's face was stretched out to the size of a crescent moon, even Elise was a little worried when she saw it, "You're just that happy, aren't you?"
"I'm thinking…"
"Are you now?" She giggled wrapping her arms around him comfortably as she moved her chin to his shoulder, "Indeed."
He then turned his cheeky smile to her and raised his eyes brows up and down, "How about we go out on the town tonight. The guys, you-, we'll have a ball tonight before we take this world by the horns."
"Isn't it taking the bull by the horns." Greed merely chuckled and kissed the side of her cheek, "You're too cute baby doll. But yeah, you're right, I just like the way I said it."
Before long the two were back at the nest, and apparently while walking in there was a big drinking game going on by the time they had returned. Arm wrestling, the oldest guy game to be played since Greed had found them this place.
"Hey! Boss you're back!"
"Sure am! And you'll never believe what we found…"
"The Full metal alchemist." Martel was the first to speak as she sat back in the open chair at the arm wrestling table, preparing herself for her turn to take someone down.
"Oh just ruin all the fun why don't you?" Elise laughed before seeing the flat look on Greed's face, "Yeah for real. Just sucked it out." She stifled the second one as she rubbed his chin lightly before walking down the steps to meet up with Dorchetto who was walking over to one of the pool tables, Greed followed as well, and pulled out a pool stick for himself and Elise as the three gathered around to start up a game.
"So, what else did you figure out while you were out there."
"Eh, nothing much. But do remind me to tell Bido to leave later tonight to watch over those boys. Speaking of which where is the little guy?"
"I don't know, he was watching the wrestling matches early. He might be just taking a quick snooze. You know how lizards are, they like cold places."
"Is this place not cold enough?" Elise joked with a small smirk on her face as she took her first turn. As she was bending over the table, Greed could only find one interest and that was at the kitten's ass as she putted the ball to separate the rest like a firework, "Nice." Was all Greed could say as he tilt his head to get a better angle of her tail wiggling triumphantly above her butt, thinking of horrible things that even made his dick twitch.
Little did he know, all the things he was thinking, Elise could not only sense, but hear like a whisper in her ear; which twitched as well when she thought she had heard him say something, "Huh?"
"What?"
"Did you say something?" She asked a little confused, but he only shrugged as he shook his head, "Oh."
She tried to go back to pooling, but as she slid the stick a few times for aim, Ellie thought she heard him whispering again, this time the words were becoming more coherent as she attempted to aim for the white ball. It got to the point she could hear bits and pieces of his thoughts, like he was murmuring them, loudly. In such a husked filled voice that nearly sounded like he was growling at a moment. The more he babbled on, the more she heard, and the more she began to blush, and feel her tummy toss and turn with summersaults unlike any she ever experienced.
…Is he talking to someone? Was all she could really think, everything else in her began to feel numb and tingly. Her head and body began to throb, with need and desire, What am I doing?
Suddenly, Elise gasped and turned around to notice him looking away. He had never came up behind her, he never spoke, but she did catch him staring at her; for a split second it was with an amorous glare, she could tell. So she began to wonder if what she heard or what she thought, actually happened.
There's no way I can hear him in my head now. I-, I mean how many people are telepathic now a days? NONE! That's how many-, damn white coats. This has to be all their doing. What else!
After drifting off, she shook her head, trying not to blush at the things she heard, only to look at Greed again with the questions that were slowly bubbling to the top of her head, "Are you sure you didn't say anything?"
"Yeah. Why, you hearing things?" He joked only to see that she really made no reaction to it. Well, she did, but not as smiley as he would've thought. Which got him to thinking if she suddenly heard him, No…
"Huh." Her eyes stared at him surprised and then shifted back to the pool table with her answer. When she finally scratched her ball, she walked passed him, trying not to look up-, which she did-, to hide the blush that coated her apple cheeks, "Your turn."
"Alright." The game went on for a good 30 minutes, and with beers on the side the day was looking like a good one. Everyone was in a good mood, laughing and cheering, and some enjoying the company of others.
Greed even noticed the mood around his bar had a joyous aura around it. He even gave a crooked smile to the sight of it, as if it was a memories occasion. When his eyes shifted he looked up to the clock hanging over the bar, and smirked even more to the time, "Almost."
"You know if you want, I can go instead of Bido." Elise spoke up after chugging
"Hmm? No that's alright. Bido's a lizard, he can climb on the side of the wall and listen in on what their next move is. If they plan on leaving Dublith, we'll know. Get my drift?" Elise sighed disappointedly since she did like the night time air, but her boss had a point. Bido was a little better equipped for the job; so she smiled and blew a strand of hair from her face, "Fine. Alright then so when are we gonna leave tonight? And do even have a place in mind?" She asked leaning over the pool table with her stick holding half her body by the shoulder, "I haven't really thought about it yet, maybe we'll just bar hop it and see where it takes us."
"That's one way to recruit more people in the process." Dorchetto interjected as he hit a ball into a corner pocket, "What's all this talk about going somewhere?"
"Greed was thinking of going out with a bang. On the way home he was talking about celebrating for the new findings." Elise didn't seem to realize it, but Martel was coming up right behind her, making sure not to make herself known until she spoke and spook the hell out of the panther, "Then lets do it! I'm game."
"Dang it Martel why must you do that?" Elise pouted when she saw that Martel was playfully smiling at her, "Sorry kitty, old habits die hard."
"Yeah I bet they do…"
"Yo Bido!" Suddenly Greed's voice bellowed calling for the person he finally wanted to see, "Coming boss!" Everyone looked around and looked up to the ceiling realizing that the guess of Bido being upstairs was confirmed.
"What is he doing upstairs again?"
"Why would you want to know that?" Dorchetto joked to watch his friend shrug, "I'm a curious cat."
"Curiosity killed the cat." He waved a finger at her, to have her until she came over, inches away from it and bit down causing Dorchetto to hiss, "Owe, what'cha do that for?"
Kitty dropped her hands to her hips and leaned forward, "I don't like it when people wave a finger at me. I was teaching you a lesson."
"You're so mean…" He laughed in the process of shaking his hand of the little sting, "You got me good too."
"Awe…You want me to kiss it and make it better?" Elise giggled grabbed his hand to actually kiss the wound, but Dorchetto learned once not to let her do that, "No, I'm good." He replied with a nervous laugh, backing away as Elise continued to giggle, and attempt to 'kiss' his boo-boo, "Oh come on Doro!"
"No! Get away!"
"No!" She declared tackling him.
"Yes! Ah! No, don't do that-, YIKES! ELLE!" As Kitty antagonized her pup to near death, the others watched in amusement and laughter, all the while Greed just seemed chuckle more to himself than out loud.
Possibly, again, pondering on a questionable thought; but not for long, "Hey boss." Bido smiled happily looking up at his boss to get the homunculus to grin down at his friend, "Could you do me a favor?"
"Anything for you boss."
"Excellent." He slapped Bido's shoulder, before leaning in to whisper in his ear. Bido merely nodded to his every word and after he was done the lizard laughed with a grin on his face, "No problem boss. I'm your guy for the job."
"Good. Anytime you're ready, you know what to do."
"I'm on it like Elise's home cooking." The joked caught Greed off guard and caused him to widen his eyes and blink a few times before he snorted and smacked his head with a leaking laugh as well, "I like that, that's good."
"Heh, glad ya like it. Well, see ya." With that Bido was out the door, just as Elise was passing by, "Be careful Bido!" She called out, of course, ease dropping involuntarily with those ears of hers, but the two men, Greed and Bido, smiled at her, and when the lizard man was gone, the kitten turned her attention to her boss and smiled widely at him.
He in returned smiled back, but only wondered what she was about to say to him, "What's going on Elise the Great?"
"Nada. I was just talking to Dorchetto and Martel about your little celebratory tonight, and they say that they know the perfect place to go for fun and excitement." The last two words were full of song in her voice and Greed could only be intrigued by what the three had in mind.
"Like?" He sang back before leaning his forehead into hers, but just for a second before he raised a hand to her hip and walked her back to the pool table, "There's a few places on the east side of town. More games and more bars-," Before she could finish Greed sighed a little louder than he meant to and looked down at the two drinks left behind for them, and then back up at the girl, "You know, the bars are so cliché…" He trailed off when he saw the slightly widened eye expression in her eyes, "I'm mean-, I kind of just, want to roam the town tonight, you know? Maybe…We can just go to the north side, and enjoy the seasonal festivities."
Elise didn't really know how to respond at first, but in the seconds ticking she eventually looked up at the lowered her head slowly to give a final nod, not refusing, "Okay. Whatever you feel like. We're down. But we're still gonna drink right?" She asked glaring him down before he just shook his head and itched her chin to make her close her eyes in contentment, "Hell yeah we're gonna drink. Why wouldn't we?"
"Sweet. So it's official. What time?" Yeah, she was more than happy about that. Her eyes gleamed as bright as the hot lamp above them, and she jumped up and down with excitement.
"Well, I haven't really picked a time. But if you'd like to make the time and place, I'd be more than glad to hear what time you want to go?"
"Oh, well. We can always leave at 9:00."
"Why so late?" Dorchetto asked only to get a small clever smirk from his panther friend, "That's when the actual fun happens. Sorry old yeller you're gonna have to deal."
"Old Yeller…? You're messed up." He chuckled slapping his hand over his eyes before looking back up to Elise to see she was giggling too.
Dorchetto wasn't going to fight it, he didn't mind the time and he liked it more that his friends were happy, "Alright, I'm game."
"Alright then, well-, until then, I'm going for a cat nap." Elise said before reaching over to her small drink and finished the rest of it with a small look up at her homunculus boss she had to pass by to put it down, and smiled at him, "See ya."
"Night. Oh, and if you're not ready by that time you made, I'm gonna wake you up in the worse way possible."
"Yeah, yeah." Elise put her pool stick back on the rack before walking off to her room with a wave up in the air to the others, smiling as she did, "Night-y night guys."
"Sweet dreams doll-face." She hated when he said that some times, he wanted to see her smile grow, and it did indeed. Even when she turned back to smile, it was genuine and brightened with a glow, all while breathing out a soft gentle laugh.
She was out of sight soon enough, and when she was, Greed just kept staring off at the stairway, thinking of following his 'tired' panther up to her room to have a little fun with her.
After all, his Avarice was calling to him, loud and clear of what he truly wanted. And he was going to get it.
Elise took a quick 5 minute shower, rinsing away the morning and afternoon, only to grab a pair of dark greed silk matching undergarments that was decorated with black frilly lace outlining it.
It didn't take her long to slip into her dark, almost see-through night gown, and in no time she jumped back onto her bed to finally rest in peace and quiet.
It was very tranquil, and the quietness, was actually a little nice for once. Usually when it was too quiet she'd get paranoid, but this time she felt at ease. Her heart rate was normal, and her breathing was unnoticeable, especially to the man peaking his head through the door to see his kitten asleep.
Yep, he had taken that thought into consideration, and slowly made his way into the room, hoping to make no noise to ruin the kitten's sleep; or so he thought. When he had poked his head in, Elle had already closed her eyes and began to drift off into her deep thoughts she kept hidden to herself.
Sometimes, it was about everything, the homunculi, her past, her life in general. But this time. There was only one thing on her mind. Greed.
He had been more on her mind than she ever thought. Her stomach got butterflies twice as much they began to feel like bumble bees buzzing around in her stomach and up into her chest, and when she flirted with him…Well, that's just the thing-, she was flirting with him, the whole morning, she teased him, and tangled him in a little web. She didn't know how deep she was until it was too late. Now, the sensation of want and need resonated with her. But that innocence to her always seemed to get in the way of things. She would feel so nervous that she'd push him away when he'd get too close to her lower half. She didn't like doing it, but she didn't know how to over come those special funny butterflies that kept her at bay.
It was all so very confusing, and yet, she decided not to worry about it. It was something that was suppose to come naturally, nothing to be rushed.
With that thought in mind, her body ceased being so tease, and with a small sigh she suddenly gave into the fact that someone else was in the room with her, "You know I can hear you right?" She finally revealed to her smirking boss hovering over the side of the bed when he chuckled at her, "Clever girl."
By the sound of his voice, something was a mist, but Elise decided to play stupid to see what was on his mind, considering her eyes were still closed, and her hands still behind her head, "I'm only clever around you." She laughed.
"Hmm, is that so?" Just then, she felt the bed shift a little, which let her know the homunculus was making himself comfortable before putting his hand on both sides of her.
So, out of curiosity, the kitten opened her eyes finally, only to see a lustful stare over to obtain Greed's features while he 'studied' her. Observing the cat from her silk legs to Elise's face.
With that stare, he could've turn her into jelly if he wanted. She looked back at him with a gaze of wonder, feeling her heart pound against her chest like church bell. Her blood quickly heating her skin as he tilted his head to the side.
Then, his face went curious, "Well, then, can you tell me what I'm here now?" Her body shivered to his words, "What do you mean?" She asked meekly, gulping back to the out-of-rhythm heart beat she was detecting once again. It made her body shake, oddly feeling cold, and warm at the same time.
Greed then licked his bottom lip, having her eyes stir to the motion.
God, she was sure if she was trembling out of anxiety or anticipation as he slid a hand over her stomach. It made her butterflies and bees return ten fold, and her want him more and more.
What exactly was she waiting for?
As the thought passed her mind, Greed brushed his nose up against hers to savor her scent. When he exhaled, he closed his eyes and let out an animal-like sound that made the girl's pupils grow slightly to the sound. This time, she gulped back to hold off the urge of lust beginning to ripple itself inside her.
When he re-opened them, he had such a longing fix trickling out of his dragoness orbs.
"I'll give you a hint…" He finally said, only to trailed off for with a raucous tone.
Elle to waver between his eyes as he leaned, dangling his lips over hers in a teasing manner to get the panther to gently part her lips.
The look in his face, was the first Elise had ever seen of it. She didn't know how to react, since she wasn't sure whether he was frustrated with her or sexually deprived.
When that thought came to mind, she blushed even harder and felt Greed finally pressed his lips against hers, until they were molded to one another, so she could no longer protest, even if she wanted to.
He took the moment to heatedly cup the side of her face and head to bring his kitten deeper into his welcoming kiss. Just from the waves of anticipation alone, Elise couldn't help the small noise in her throat, letting her hands take control as they embraced the homunculus above her.
He didn't know when it happened, but he soon pushed his knee in between her legs to get a more comfortable spot conquering over her completely now, making Elle smaller compared to him. He then began to suck and nip at her bottom lip with such a sour look on his face, as if he wanted to bite down harder than he was, but released her, licking her sweetened lips one last time before he slowly devour her chin, jaw line, and neck.
The scent of that sweetened candy was again, beginning to over power Greed's sense of smell, only making nibble a little more onto her as if she were that piece of chocolate he so dear crave.
He gnawed his teeth into her to get that true smell deep within the layers of her skin. When he heard the gasps and soft panting slowly coming from the kittens' mouth he merely smirked into her and pecked teasingly at her flesh ever so softly, until he came to her cleavage, letting his tongue savor the taste of her, groaning the more he felt out her curves and all.
His hands couldn't stop touching her, the more she shivered and moan and pressed against him it only brought Greed closer to tearing the thin layered gown from her heated body, "Greed…!" She hissed when he left a mark above her cleavage, signifying her with his sharpened fangs, and licked and sucked at the spot with his warm tongue.
"Ellie…" He teased back taking his opportunity to lick the blood away before it began to heal, "Tasty." He complimented licking the blood away as he looked up seeing Elise's face redden as she looked away, taking the back of her hand to lay it upon her cheek.
When she had opened her eyes, she found Greed hovering over her, staring her down like a wild beast, slowly studying her timid action as if he was trying to figure it out.
Then he asked, "Why is it always so hard for you to look at me?" They were eye to eye as they watched the others reaction to the minor question. Elise closed her eyes slowly to ponder her answer, enjoying the tranquil energy they created around each other.
She gulped back hesitantly and licked her lips to say something, but only came out as a more gulps. When she knew nothing would work she tried to look down to avoid his gaze.
Of course, Greed's face only light up with a smirk, letting a hand gently scoop up her chin and turned her gaze back to his own, thinking that her perfect green orbs could be the portal to truth itself. But she soon answered with only a shaken whisper, "Because I hate admitting myself to you…" Although he understood the hate was a figure of speech, Greed blinked taken back by what she meant, slowly smirking again once he sat her up in his lap before he barely grazed Elle's lips with his own, "How do you think I feel about you doll?"
"I don't know… Do I want to know?" Both let out a light laugh, and attempted to fall back into what they had started, but just as the two had connected, there was a loud knock at the door, startling Ellie from underneath the strong homunculus who only wrapped his arm around her shoulders to calm her.
Greed, being him, sighed with a grim look on his face as he looked to the door.
Every time that they would have a moment of peace together, there would be someone screwing it up from them. would get his chance to get Ellie and for Greed, the interruptions were getting old. Really old, "This better be good!" His back was still to the door while he stared down at Elise.
"I-It's Dorchetto. I hate to break up the party, but um-, Bido's back, and he has news on the Elric's."
"Well can't it wait?"
"…Not really. It's about the armor boy, Alphonse Elric? He's definitely not in the armor, it's just like Elise said." When they both heard that, Ellie and Greed exchanged glances to one another before Greed sunk his head against the kitten's shoulder, "Damn it...Alright! Meet ya in 10!" He didn't want to comply but he had to, wanting to what it was that awaited him downstairs.
Elise knew that this moment had to be put on hold, but when it came time, she knew she would be ready for him.
Considering, when it came to her boss's goal, she wanted to be the last person to stand in his way of his dream, and soon smiled up at him contently, feeling it was better they waited than rushed right into it.
"It's okay." Her voice was so confident and soft, that her boss's face softened when he looked down upon her gentle features, and sighed with a look of disappointment, "You sure?"
"Mm-hmm." She nodded with reassurance, and patted his chest with the tip of her fingers while she bit her lip, "Go, I'll be down in a minute."
He had to make sure she was really alright with it, and as he stared at her longingly, he gave one last tender smirk and leaned into her nose until they touched, "Fine…" He suddenly trailed off only to lick the finger he had used on her clean, and then forced her to get a good feel of the big hardened bulge within his pants. She gasped and blushed again, feeling his thick member twitch at the feel of Elle's hand making contact. She also heard the sound of Greed growling lowly into her jaw, "But we're not finished…" His voice was dripping with such hunger that it sent a bolt of energy rolling down the panther's spine before he softly kissed her cheek, "Is that clear?" He nibbled at the side of the kitten's ear now, hoping it would make some kind of reaction.
It did, and in hearing a small renounced purr coming from her throat, Greed gave an even wider smirk, and chuckled huskily, "Good."
With that, the homunculus removed himself and left to wash his hands before he departed downstairs.
Ellie decided to dress herself in the meantime, and as she sat in front of the mirror brushing her hair of tangled knots, she couldn't stop the content smile that kept showing itself on her naturally reddened lips.
She put the brush down, and looked to her closet to see if one of her special abilities would work even to as simple as getting her outfit. So, with a skeptical look to the door, she slowly waved her hand elegantly in the air, and swayed the door slowly opened before curling her finger upward to summon an option of fabric.
She grabbed a black silk corset decorated in silver lining, and a similar skirt to go with the outfit.
By the time Greed had came out of the bathroom, he looked over to see Kitty attempting to lace the back of her corset, "Need some help?"
"Huh? Oh yes, please." She twirled her hair up into a bun for him, and let him strap the back to her torso; although, all the while he was attempting not to look down her cleavage as he finished it off, "Alright, you're all set."
"Thanks." She smiled at him and walked towards her mirror again as she let a few strands fall before sticking a glittering pin into her mane, now happy with her look.
"You ready beautiful?" He snaked his hands barely caressing the top of her shoulders as he looked into her reflection and he puffed his chest out to making Elise stifle a silent laugh, "Yeah."
By the time they had made their way down the hall, they could hear the commotion about Bido's return, "I'm telling you that blond boy Edward Elric saw the portal! He was talking to his teacher about the day he tried to bring back his mother-," Suddenly the chattered stopped when Greed and Elise made their appearance, and the chimeras were always the first to greet them, "Hey Elise!"
"Hey Martel. So, what's this news that was so important?" She asked eyeing Dorchetto who cringed merely when she entered the small circle around the two couches in the bar.
Greed smiled from the other side of the room, looking around to make sure everyone was there to start the 'meeting,' "Yes Bido, tell us what you found out."
And so, Bido told everyone on how he found the Elrics, and what the two have told their long childhood teacher of what happened. Apparently, the teacher had also tried human transmutation as well from what the Lizard heard, and her, as well as Edward were the only to that could remember anything of that day on the other side of the portal.
For Alphonse, he had remember little to nothing of what happened that day, but he was the only one to survive in a huge suit of armor. Not many would've been able to do that, but Edward did. He was able to put his brother in a suit of armor, loosing something in order to do so. It made Elise ponder on what the two brothers really knew about their Military and who they were working for, but by all that she saw from afar, the boys didn't seem violent, and it was making the pondering pool in Ellie's mind deeper as she continued to listen to her friend's discovery.
When he was finished, there was a short silence before Greed gave out a chuckled and crossed his legs on the coffee table in front of him, "Guys, this is it! Tomorrow." He announced confidently, only to not say much and leave everyone a little confused.
"Tomorrow?" Elise spoke crossing her legs and stretching out her arms and entire torso over the back of the couch till her back cracked, "Yep. Tomorrow we're going to capture the youngest Elric brother, Alphonse Elric. Bido has confirmed that the boy in the armor isn't real, and that he has seen the other side of the gate apparently, and that's all we need to make our move. He may not remember much, but it'll be enough."
"He knows how to get immortality?" Elise asked again, getting eye contact from her boss as he smiled at her.
Well, his version of smiling, "Possibly, kitty cat. Possibly. We'll have to wait for the older brother to leave. Knowing that brother he's always on the move, and when he does we'll make our move. Here's the plan, we wait outside the home, earlier morning to make sure we can't miss Edward leaving. When he does, your going to leave a note by his door, and again, we're going to wait for him to respond." That smile he wore grew bigger and bigger till it plastered his entire face.
The only thing that could be seen was that deviate excitement being brought to life in his eyes. It gave Ellie goose bumps just from seeing, "Then we take our prize."
"What happens if Ed comes looking for his brother?" Elise was doing little to try and under mind her boss, but she needed a back up plan to be prepared if the blonde would catch up to them. After never being really prepared for attacks, she wanted to make sure she was ready for this one.
"Then that's where you come in." He said simply rubbing his chin as he moved his gaze over the ceiling and the other side of the room to avoid her stare now, "WHAT!"
Then he looked back quickly, "Yeah. If he tries anything, you can hold him back."
"Oh with what my strength?" Her voice slightly risen in the heat of the moment. But Greed raised his brows and shrugged with the same plastered smile on his lips, "Or something else."
"My charisma?" She joked laughing shakily, but stopped when he slowly leaned over and smirked at her, "With that pretty little head of yours, doll." Elise froze up, with a surprised feature crossing her face, "Greed…" She was shocked and trailed off not sure on what to say to that.
But the others, did.
They were curious to what their boss meant, "Okay, I don't know what's going on, but I'd like to know what you're referring to." Martel was the first to make that clear to Greed who was still continuing to stare at Ellie as he leaned back into the couch, and put his hands behind his head, "Would it be so terrible if I told them?" He asked out of respect for the panther and at first, she hesitated not sure if it would make a big difference if they knew.
In a way, it didn't, she told the chimeras almost as much of everything as Greed, so why stop now? "Sure." She finally complied and watched as Greed's expression lightened to her answer.
"Okay. Well-, Elise here, has new found power. The day back in the where house. She didn't tell anyone until she told me…" He stopped noticing the shameful look on Ellie's face, as she lowered her sights from him, "Heh don't be ashamed, it's pretty nifty if you ask me."
"So-,…THAT'S WHY THINGS WERE FLYING AROUND THE BAR! IT WAS YOU!"
"What are you talking about?" Elise raised a brow to the pup who just seemed dumb founded and wide eyed from putting two and two together, "Earlier this morning, after you and Greed went upstairs. Everyone was minding their own business when a plate came out of nowhere and smashed into Roa's face."
"What! Why didn't you-, Roa are you okay!" Even though it was obvious nothing was wrong with the ox, Elise felt overwhelming guilt for having no control. And yet, Roa just gave a hardy chuckle and patted the girl's head with a single hand, "Never better."
"I really am sorry. I'll be more careful, for sure."
"You better, who knows what would happen if you flew off the handles. This place might just be in ruins." Martel laughed along with the others who joined in, but Elise rolled her eyes with a forced smile creeping up on her lips, "You bitch." Martel just hugged her tightly, until she lifted the girl off her seat, "And ya love me for it!"
"Oh god, I can't breathe." The kitten laughed through the constriction, only to finally be let down trying to catch her breathe, "Oh shoot, guys it's getting late. We should get going or we'll never get out of here."
"Yeah, yeah! Let's go, let's go!" Elise's ears perked up to the idea, and wasting no time she put on her hooded fuzzy coat, and grabbed onto Dorchetto, and Martel's hand to drag them with her out the door. The others followed in suit laughing on the way out as they watched the two were literally sliding on their heels, "Hey Kitty! Wait for everyone else!"
"Can't! Too excited!" She stated in short bursts of energy, before Greed smacked his forehead with a laugh and rolled his shoulders back to hear them crack, "Alright, I guess I'll have to tame the cat then."
"Huh?" Ulchi was about to open his mouth to say something, but before he could make a syllable, Greed was already running up to stop the skipping kitten in her path, and embraced Elise in his arms so she'd let go of her friends currently crushed hands, "Whoa, full of energy tonight are we?" He laughed twirling her in his arms to hear her giggle until he lifted her high enough so she could slump over his shoulders as he continued to walk, "Hee, hee, I can't help it. Full moon."
"Full moon's make you hyper?" Greed asked amused as he looked back at her giggling face. She wasn't even going to answer, he knew she was full of it, and carried her back to the group until they made it to the other side of town.
"Uh….So…When are you going to put me down, Greed?"
"Huh? Oh sorry." Apparently after 10 minutes of walking he had forgotten he had been carrying her the whole time and put her down steadily, "Better?" But he had yet to remove his hand from her waist, "Uh-huh. Oh! Look! Food!" Immediately Elise zoomed out of the grasp and over to the stands with many different trinkets, jewelry, and food that were catching her eyes, "Ooh…That's so cool. Can I see?"
When she saw a porcelain kitten playing with a small ball of yarn, she just had to take a better look at it.
"No problem, help yourself." She picked it up gently, and held it in her hands, like she use to hold Hakuro in her hands. Elise smiled at it with a drop of her lids, and admired the piece of work made by hand, "It's lovely. Sorry, I was just window shopping ma'am."
"No harm done. You have a wonderful evening dear."
"You too." Greed watched Ellie bow her head to the woman and walk back over to him, feeling like they needed to find some more entertainment, "You were thinking of him weren't you?" Her boss suddenly interjected in their walk, making Elise look up in his direction, which he welcomed when he shifted his eyes to her, "Hmm, I know you too well Kitty."
"Yeah. A little too well sometimes."
"Awe, cheerful doll, this is suppose to be a happy night for us. You want be happy for Hakuro right?" As much as he didn't believe in heaven, he wanted Elle to smile, which she did not a moment sooner, "That's my girl. Come on, how about an ice cream."
"YAY, ice cream!"
"Whoa, you really are hyped up on something. What'd you take?"
"Nothing, just natural instincts being filled with energy I guess! I can't stop feeling excited, I just feel like I want to climb a mountain, and then jump off that mountain!" Greed's eyes were widen with bewilderment at Elise's behavior, and by her widened eyes that were no longer with slit pupils but with rounded dilated orbs.
Greed could only assume it was what she said and smirked afterwards and laughed, "Oh boy, this is going to be an interesting night. Ain't it kitten?"
"Only one way to find out. Follow me!" Elise took Greed's hand now, and looked back the others who were also looking around at the time until they saw the dragging continue with Greed's heels, "See ya boss! Don't be out too late!" They all laughed in the distance only to have the homunculus groan and then slightly chuckle at the speed that the panther was going to get in with the festivities.
Again, the under world was far more silence this evening. Father sat at his stone cold throne staring off into the distant darkness as he thought, and thought about his next move, "Father…" The darkness called to him in a small cool child like tone.
"My son…" The aged man replied giving his eldest son acknowledgement.
"It's just like you said Father. The Elric brother's are in Dublith. Isn't that where Greed is?"
"Yes, well, we're going to need a little bit of fire power before we decide to bring that rebellious son back. You know he won't come willingly, and the brothers won't be able to do it alone either…So-," Coming to a conclusion the Father smiled at his son with big grin, "Get Wrath to assist the Elric's in the capture of Elise. I want her home…And make sure that he is the one to bring Greed home."
He paused for a moment before giving an even grimmer frown than before, "I think it's time we all had a little chat as a family again. Don't you agree, Pride?"
"Yes father." Pride's was exhilarated by the idea, and with a crack of a million smiles that not even the darkness could hide, the shadows around Father vanished into the shadows of the abyss, leaving the man to himself, and the sounds of his home rumbling against the underground walls of Central.
They tried samples, and got little trinkets that they gave out on the streets. Elise's favorite was a tiny necklace that was made of blue dyed leather strings, and it held a small charm in the small pouch it was that had a symbol of strength engraved on the silver metal; on the opposite side their was love.
Whatever, Elise was more interested in the fact she got a souvenir than she was in what it said, or what it was, either way she liked it, "I love it."
"I don't know, charms aren't really my thing."
"Okay, then give me yours." She insisted putting out her hand.
"Are you crazy, it's mine." Greed protested with a chuckle only to straighten out the string so he could rope it around his neck.
"You just said you didn't want it."
"I didn't say that I was going to throw it away though." Greed left it at that by intertwining his fingers into Elise's to move on to the next thing, "You thirsty?"
"A little." She chirped softly, going off into her own world as she looked around with awe. Greed had to admit, she was acting like a kid at a carnival, which was kind of adorable coming from her. She was half cat so it was to be expected that when she was happy, she got excited, like a cat on nip. Actually, if anything, it was funny to the older homunculus.
"What do you want?" He asked trying not to laugh at the way her head went from left to right, taking in the events around them, and people having a good time. It only brought Ellie closer to him, till he could wrap an arm around her shoulders, and nuzzling his nose against the side of her head, "I'm up for whatever's…Alcoholic."
"Really? Alright then, hard or carbonated?"
"Good question." She laughed when they finally stopped in front of a little stand that used little glass jugs, "You pick."
"Hmm? You want me to pick for you?" His brows cocked upward, both of them, only to receive a smile and a nod as Ellie looked up at the menu again.
Greed could only shrug and just picked the simplest one. He knew she'd drink whatever he would and picked out two beers, figuring that the night was young and there was no need in rushing it.
They merely walked around aimlessly after that, talking and enjoying their beers, every now and again play the tiny games they had displayed to kill the hour.
When the hour was up, Greed whistled out to the chimeras to gather just outside the entertainment, making sure not to make themselves to noticeable to the crowd of people that were standing around for, something, they didn't really pay any attention as to what; well if you count Kitty how was looking into the crowd rather than paying attention to what the next move was.
"That was fun. It's nice to do something other than train for once. Or go to the bar."
"Well, too bad it couldn't last." Dorchetto said already somewhat plastered from the many beers him and the guys had already guzzled down during the festival, "Can't risk it guys, sorry, but hey, the party doesn't have to stop because this thing. Let's go and bring it home, shall we?"
"Hell yeah! I'm feeling frisky tonight!" Ulchi laughed making a few others laugh before Martel looked around Roa to see that Kitty had disappeared, "Hey, where's Elle?"
Everyone's heads shifted back and forth only to find no sign of her. She had left, and no one knew where, "Elise!" Martel called out only to get no response over the sudden loud music going on, "Uh…Guys, look. I think I may have found where she is." Dorchetto was chuckled with a drunken blush powdering his nose, pointing her out in a crowd of dancers, where she was mimicking their moves.
And the crowd was loving it. They were clapping to her and the dancers chorography, and Ellie was smiling bigger than she ever smiled trying to keep up with the others. It wasn't that she just invited herself to dance, no they pulled her into it, and asked her to; so she did.
And she loved every moment of it as if it were her last. If she were to die dancing she would happy, because she the feel of her feel moving and kicking, hips twisting and swaying as she twirled around and bobbed her head to the music. Her hair swam outside of the hood-y she wore; her velvet strains danced around her cheeks and spilled over her shoulders until her entire form was in complete poetry in motion. From her head to her fingers to her toes, she moved with a gracefulness.
When the others saw this, they two began to watch and cheer a little in their own way.
Although when Greed saw her, he too wanted to cheer her on, but he was so awe struck on her smile, that he could only smile back at her as his eyes shined with something unreadable.
After a couple minutes, the song had ended and everyone that witnessed the dance of the entertainers, and Ellie whistled and cheered till it rang in the allies. The panther smiled and tried to make her way back to her group, all while getting compliments about her participation.
But wasn't like she had intended it, but what can she do in front of billions of people?
"What was that all about?" Dorchetto said amused with widened eyes.
"Yeah, you were here one minute and gone the next."
"Sorry. I wanted to see what all the commotion was, and when I got to the front, the girl pulled me in to dance with her…So, I did." She grinned happily, only to receive more laughter from the group.
"You're so random." Roa put simply to get the girl to look at him surprised before she laughed softly, "Aren't I?"
"Alright guys, come on it's getting late."
"Heh, right boss. Let's finish this night back at the bar!" Greed was already leaving by himself when the chimeras caught up with him, and started conversations of randomness. It was kind of getting hard for Elise to keep up with everyone, but then again she wasn't really paying attention.
The boys were laughing and acting like jackasses, while Martel, Roa, and Elle were the silent ones watching the others as they wrestled one another and made prime fools of themselves. Funny fools that made Elise laugh behind her hands to keep her titters contained.
Suddenly, she felt a hand bigger than hers warm her shoulder, and pulled her to the nearest person who had embraced her. Of course, she didn't need to think on who it was and smiled as she leaned her head into his shoulder, listening to the others, until Greed began to slow down his walking pace.
To Ellie it was unnoticeable in the beginning, but when he kept stopping every once in a while, it was then that the panther was starting to notice them falling behind everyone,
"Wait." He whispered.
"What are you-," He hushed her softly before she could finished, and waited until the gang was completely out of sight, and heading back home without noticing that the two homunculus' had vanished…
"Come on, this way." Greed ushered gently gripping his kitten's hand to lead her down an alley way that was leading up to where they usually trained, near the willow tree, only this time, they were taking the long way there.
"Where are we going?" She asked beclouded, only to get an answer of Greed showing her a broad smile, "To the stars."
"Huh?" Well, that didn't answer her question, but as she followed her boss, the more Elise decided not to care where he was taking her. She trusted him, and let him take her wherever he wanted to go…Even the stars.
Next- Chapter XI: Come As You Are
Whether it was always an unspoken love or just mindless infatuation…
This was going to be a night to remember.
A night that would last a life time when it would end and remain alive when they were good and gone…
Tonight, they would truly see the other for what they were…Worth it.
I hope you liked it, I know there wasn't much going on, but hey, the next chapter is a lemon :3 That's right the first lemon made for my Greed story, I'm just as excited as you are...I'll make it good for ya x3 But! Until next Super Readers!