Hey, guys!
A lot of you were wondering (or worrying) about my "Death of a main character" quote, but don't worry. They might not have to die… -evil smirk-
Anyhow, thank you reviewers!!! To answer some of them:
Ling Yao- Thank you, my pretty, for reading it!!! –Hugs-
Jenelric- Everyone needs a break from psychopathic killing every now and then! XD
Kyorma- I would never kill of Riza! She's one of my favourite characters!!!! She may get hurt though… -Plotting-
Meganekko- -Takes cookies and pie- Mmmmm, pie! XD Thank you! Don't worry; I cant kill Roy! He's another one of my favourite characters!!! Heh, I seem to like all the characters… except Winry. Her voice drives me crazy :3 –Gets beaten up by Winry supporters-
Thank you all! Now, lets go! –Likes to rhyme-
Changing colors
"Al, Ed, stop now!" Roy roared, jumping in front of them. Al immediately came to a grinding halt, skidding slightly as he narrowly avoided the black-eyed man before him.
Edward, however, continued to run forward, leaping over Roy's head and landing behind him, avoiding the bullets that were shot at him with ease. He smiled, revealing his sharp teeth, before kicking Al squarely in the chest so he flew backward a few metres. Before he had time to recover, Ed had hit him yet again, making him crash into the floor before he had time to react.
"You always used to beat me at sparring, Brother." Edward purred, sitting atop Alphonses body, while tracing circles with his metal finger so sparks flew away from it. "What happened?"
Al jolted upwards, so Edward fell off, but quickly resumed his posture.
Roy, on the other hand, being absolutely useless in this weather, was trying to calm his officers down.
"Don't fire! That's an order!" He snarled, jumping in front of them. They all looked at each other, but didn't lower them.
"Sir- I mean Roy-" Hawkeye began, swallowing hard. Roy stared at her with big eyes at the sound of his name. "You have been reported as dead. You are no longer a military man. And the Fuhrer has said, that in the unlikely event you were alive, you are to be suspended from the military on accusation of murder."
Roy felt his breath catch in his throat. He didn't murder anyone!
"Lieutenant, I didn't kill anybody-"
"A few days ago, a squadron was sent to your house. They didn't come back, and there was extensive fire damage to your front yard, as well as tell-tale signs, suggesting they were burnt to death." Hawkeye hacked out, the words making her feel like a traitor.
"We have to capture the Full metal alchemist, or our jobs will be one the line!" Fuery whispered, handgun shivering in his hands. He had obviously not used one before.
"But he's in our team!" Roy argued. "We cant abandon him…." Trailing off, he looked down at the floor, waiting for the others to speak
"Well… he is kind of like our little brother…" Havoc started, glancing at the others.
"He played chess with me when no-one would…" Breda grumbled.
"I found his theory's intriguing to listen too…." Falman murmured.
"He played with me and black Hayate when he had spare time…" Fuery stuttered.
Everyone at that point looked at Riza, expecting her to say something. She looked around slowly at all of them, sighing slightly.
"He… called me Mom…" She whispered, gaining surprise looks from her comrades.
In silence, each one of them stared thoughtfully at the brothers as they battled it out ruthlessly, Edward having speed o his hands and looking very much offensive while Al was on defence, blocking all of Edward's attacks. Edward however, did look like he was slowing down as he got more and more worn out.
"Come on, guys." Roy pleaded, looking at them with a sympathetic glint in his eyes. "Help him."
Riza sighed again and lowered her gun, remembering what it was like the last time she had saw him at the bridge. It wasn't Ed's fault really, but she could never forget someone that tried to kill Roy mustang, especially right in front of her eyes.
Soon after, they all began to lower there guns, looking speechless. They couldn't believe themselves- even though he wasn't there commanding officer anymore, they were still willing to listen and obey them.
Thank god. Roy sighed mentally, congratulating himself on a job well done. Still have to stop the fight-
Suddenly, his train of thoughts were cut of as the two brothers exploded apart as blue light flared above the ground, rows of fists erupting out of nowhere.
"You will stop this- now!" Said a stern, female voice, blue lights crackling again. And there, wearing her white, buttoned up trench coat, stood Izumi Curtis, a fierce scowl on her face.
"What? How?" Edward snarled quietly, the wind clearly knocked out of him.
"Do you think I would not be informed of your behaviour, Edward? Nothing escapes me." She spat back, walking over to him. The military gang looked startled, but said nothing.
"That means," Roy whispered to them, "That Pinako, Winry's grandmother, rung her after what happened at her house with Winry."
The gang didn't have a clue what he was talking about, but nodded their heads in understanding. They watched intently as Izumi picked Edward up by his collar and placed her face near his. He didn't do anything to resist.
"The innocence…" She said quietly, transfixed by his golden gaze. In them, there was nothing but hate and despair. "The innocence has gone from your eyes!" she suddenly snapped at him, but he didn't even flinch.
Instead, he grinned.
"My innocence was gone years ago-" He didn't have time to finish before he was flung threw the air, hitting the earth with a heavy thud.
Roy's gang, including him, nearly ran over to Ed but decided to stop. They didn't want to get in trouble with the frightening woman also.
Edward shivered, standing up once more.
"You don't scare me, anymore." He hissed getting ready to clap his hands together.
"You foolish boy." She smiled back, poising her hands as well. "You'll wish you'd never said that." And then suddenly, a rush of spikes came spouting beneath Edwards feet, making him jump back in surprise. But by the time his feet had touched the floor his arm was already a blade, sharp and dangerous.
He charged back at her, his golden eyes shining through the darkness as he raised his arm to strike her. She easily dodged and rolled underneath him while he was in the air. Kicking out, she managed to hit him in the gut, leaving him yet again sprawled in the mud.
Breathlessly, he coughed and gagged on the air, his chest heaving. He looked at Al, who was now watching on the sidelines, eyes wide. He didn't want to fight anymore.
That's my little brother. He smiled mentally, trying to get air into his lungs. Look how big he is…
He barely had time to avoid the second attack from his teacher as he stumbled to his feet, still gasping. Blood slowly leaked from every inch of his body, making him ache. She hadn't been able to get a clean hit on him yet, but she had managed to scrape him a few times. He was sick of this.
Sick of hurting.
Sick of pain.
Sick of fighting and never getting anywhere.
And so, he decided to play dirty.
Jumping around Izumi, he ducked under her kick, scooping the mud off the floor before throwing it in her face as fast as he could. She cried out, blindly stumbling backwards as she attempted to wipe it from her face. He had slyly jumped behind her as this was happening, causing her to fall over in a pitiful display of treachery.
"You bastard!" She roared, quickly getting to her feet and launching alchemy at him again as he bounded away. Her vision was bad- It was dark, and the mud that she couldn't get out stung her eyes, blurring everything together. She decided to continue fighting anyway.
That was mistake number one.
Creating spikes from the earth, she launched them at her student with relentless force, watching as his body weaved out the way in slow motion. And, by unfortunate luck, instead of breaking down like she intended for them to do, they surged forward, towards the military group. Every single one of them dodged out of the way, there military training making there reflexes sharp, but Fuery, the youngest of the group, just about avoided getting hit by the deadly spikes. Though, by bad luck, he had managed to knock his glasses off by mistake.
"Guys!" He wailed, stumbling around blindly. "My glasses!"
The group, who scattered around now, glanced at him before searching for Fuery's lost item. He was almost blind with out them. He couldn't even pick out his friends anymore: they just looked like blue blurs, only to be seen when the electric lights of alchemy sparked through the air. He continued to wander about, bending over to feel the ground.
Mistake number two.
A little way behind him, Edward had just cart wheeled away from his teachers attack once more, scrambling to land safely. He was tired, from fighting Al and barely getting any sleep. Also, on top of that, he was fighting Izumi: he had to keep on his toes if he wanted to stay alive as long as he could.
Standing in a stance, she could see his chest fluttering wildly as he tried hard not to show weakness.
"Edward, you've lost. Give it up!" She panted herself, also tired. No matter how strong she looked, she was still ill. "I can help you-"
"No-one… can help me!" He felt ready to collapse on the spot there. He was wet, cold, tired, and hurt. This was the last thing he needed.
Getting ready to launch another attack, Edward clapped his hands, only to be knocked over by Fuery, who couldn't see him.
And then, landing on his front, he rolled to left to get ready to get up, letting his right arm flop beside him.
That's when he heard the scream.
It was loud, and right in his ear. He didn't even want to look to his left, for he already knew what had happened. Halting his breath, he slowly turned his wide eyes over to his side and gasped.
There, on the floor, lay Fuery, Ed's blade half imbedded in his back. He could clearly see the blood dribbling along its silver edge before dripping on to the wet colored earth, seeping into the mud.
Oh god oh god oh god-
Fuery screamed out in pain again, Roy and his gang running over to him. They stopped about a metre away, there eyes either narrowed with anger or wide with shock.
I didn't want this!
"E-Edward!" Falman stammered, rushing over to his injured friends side, where blood was gushing out.
By then, Edward had started to panic, trying to get his arm out of the poor boy.
"Ed! No! Don't!" Roy said, panicking himself. Havoc quickly climbed on top of Edward, holding down his arms and sitting on his legs, staring deep into the other boy's eyes with his blue ones.
"Don't. Move." He whispered harshly. Edward immediately obeyed.
"Fuery! Can you hear me?" Roy said softly, kneeling by his head. Fuery nodded shakily, tears leaking from his eye's. Inspecting the wound, Roy noted it wasn't really that deep; but the sheer length of it meant it was bleeding: a lot.
"Ok, Edward, I want you to lift your arm extremely slowly." Roy ordered, shaking the hair out of his eyes. Edward did as he was asked, closing his eye's in the process. He didn't want to watch.
In the process of moving it, Fuery screamed again, making Ed jerk in fear, and making him press his blade into the man further.
"Fuery! Don't scream!" Roy pleaded, rustling his hair. "Ed, try again." Yet again, he raised his arm. This time, he managed to slot it out, scrambling away as soon as he was free and Havoc had got off of him, tears gathering in his eyes.
Fuery withered on the floor, crying out for help as his friends done everything they could to stop the bleeding, tearing up there uniforms and using them as bandages until it finally stopped after a while.
"Carry him to the Rockbell's: they'll know what to do." Roy sighed, letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding. It didnt look fatal, at least. Nodding, Breda and Havoc grabbed Fuery between them, Falman and Riza following. And slowly, they lifted him up (making Fuery wince in pain) and marched through the mud towards the house that they could see faintly in the background.
"You know," Roy whispered to Riza as she went past him. "It wasn't his fault."
She looked up at him with sorrow in her auburn eyes and stopped, letting her crew walk on.
"Roy-"
"Riza, im going to be doing something dangerous pretty soon, and I might not come back." Roy whispered, making her eyes widen.
"But Colonel-!" She was cut off as he fimly pressed his lips to hers, passionately kissing her before breaking free. She gasped, but didnt look frightened or shocked at all. She looked pleased.
"I love you, Riza. Remember- im not a millitary dog anymore."
She lowered her head, tears filming her eyes. If he had told her that, that must mean he expects to die...
"I'll be waiting for you to return, Roy." She sniffed, standing on her tip-toes to quickly kiss him back before running off to the rest of her group.
Izumi watched the whole scene from a distance, not really caring. They were in the military. They didn't disserve sympathy, or love. Instead, she fixed her icy glare on her pupil, who was standing shakily away from Roy, and looking towards Al, who seemed to be in shock.
He was about to make a dash for it, darting round the older man, but before he got anywhere, Izumi stepped in front of him, her arms open. He just looked at her with glazed, amber eyes.
Then, suddenly, he leaned into her, allowing the woman to hug him while he broke down in her arms.
"Edward; It wasn't your fault." She whispered, all anger disappearing from her. She silently noticed how his mood had changed. "It was an accident."
Edward didn't answer, but leaned into her more. He couldn't forget the way Riza and her group had looked at him when he had done it. Like they blamed him, or it was done entirely on purpose. He didn't even know Fuery was near him! Last time he had look, the man was far from his position…
"Roy." Izumi hissed, snapping the man out of his daze. It was a wonder she even called him by his first name, instead of using her colourful language on him.
"Can I look after him for a while?" She asked quickly, looking down at the boy.
Al and Ed gasped together. She had asked, when she usually would have just taken!
Roy wasn't sure about that. He wanted to help him, and after all they had been through, he felt he had to protect him now… but this was his teacher, and she had known him far longer. He was no longer a Colonel, but a normal man now. Ed no longer had to see him if he didn't want to…
"Of cou- yes." He sighed, messing up his hair. At the answer, Ed pulled away from Izumi and hugged Roy as well, burying his head into the mans chest. He could smell the familiar smell of ash on him.
"Don't worry, Ed. We'll get through this." He whispered into the boy's ear. "Be good for your teacher."
"Don't worry; I will." Edward sniffed, a dark look suddenly appearing in his tear-filled eyes, though not showing on his face. Roy noticed it, but kept the information to himself. He backed away so Edward could walk over to Al, his head hung low. Al didn't ay anything.
"Sorry." Edward breathed so only Al could hear, before running back to Izumi, where they walked off together, the rain and darkness swallowing him whole. Roy silently padded over to Al, joining him in watching them leave.
I hope Fuery's gonig to be ok. He mused. He didnt even find his glasses.
Awww, poor Fuery! Hope he gets better!
OMG, Izumi's here now! Wow, there is going to be some Ed torture soon! She has harsh methods with dealing with him… Wow, im evil XD
I GUARANTY ONE OF THE MAIN CHARS IS GOING TO DIE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS. DONT ASK ME HOW LONG, I DONT KNOW YET. XD
It's nearly always raining in my fic, since I like Roy to be useless :D Hey, Havoc climbing on top of Edward is a nice mental image… -Drools- Don't worry, there wont be any yaoi XD
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