Angel of Alchemy
Chapter Ten: Bonding Time Part 1
Chapter Ten!
Now...THANK YOU SARAH! -huggles- You helped my writer's block DISAPPEAR (for now at least...)!
This and the next chapter is all thanks to Sarah, so be very grateful to her -nods-
And I'm still open for future ideas if you have any.
Any. Idea. Is. Welcomed.
Really.
Aaand...um...yeah...that's it...
So...
CHAPTER TEN! WHOOOT!
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"Are you sure it was Amaris?" Al whispered, looking at his brother. Amaris was asleep in her bed, Maes having left a few minutes ago to do something (although he promised to return soon). Ed was sitting upright in his bed.
"Yeah, it was her...the man even said her name." Ed said in monotone, glancing towards Amaris a little as she stirred in her sleep. When she didn't wake up, he looked back to Al.
"Who was the man?" Al asked curiously.
"I didn't get his name...but I think he was her father." Ed said. Al stayed mute a moment.
"...and...he..." Al went silent.
"Took a knife and cut a transmutation circle into her." Ed said finished for him. "I saw it Al, I was there. It matched her scars perfectly and he even said her name."
"But you said her hair was black and her eyes were green." Al looked towards Amaris. "It doesn't make sense...her hair is white and her eyes are..." Al paused. "I never noticed it before..." he said. "Her eyes...they're lavander and red, right?" he asked, turning to his brother. Ed furrowed his eyebrows in thought.
"...now that you mention it...they are." Ed said. "Maybe...maybe something happened to change her...maybe there was more then what I saw..."
"I wonder why her father would...do that." Al whispered. Ed just sighed, laying back down and staring up at the ceiling.
"I don't know..." Ed said, his mind reeling around before coming up blank. It was silent for a while.
"Dammit, we shouldn't be here." he said, trying to keep his voice down so Amaris wouldn't wake up. "We should be looking for the philosopher's stone, not sitting in a hospital!"
"You know you can't leave until you find out what happened to her." Al said quietly. Again, silence followed Al's words as the words sunk in. Ed sighed, letting his eyes drift towards Amaris.
"Yeah...I know." he muttered.
"Why do you think Colonel didn't want us to meet her?" Al asked, also looking towards the sleeping Amaris.
"Who knows...probably because it would make him look bad if we found out what happened to her or something."
"Ed, there has to be another reason." Al said, wishing his brother would view Roy in a different way then a power hungry military man. Ed just shrugged.
"I'm just saying that's probably why." Ed said, not really caring. Al sighed, shaking his head a little.
"Hughes...what the hell are you doing?" Roy asked impatiently from behind his desk. His eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep, a frown on his face as he watched Maes scribble words rapidly on a notepad.
"Haven't you noticed how Ed and Amaris always conflict towards each other?" Maes asked. He was sitting on the ground, leaned over the notepad. He looked up as Roy nodded.
"Yeah." Roy said, not getting where the conversation was going.
"Well, I thought they could be good friends if they just bonded a little!" Maes said cheerfully, holding up the notepad which Roy now saw was filled with places, times, activities and more.
"What the hell?!" Roy nearly shouted. "What makes you think this will work?!"
"Well, I-"
"And we agreed it would be better if they're seperated!"
"Yeah...but they already had a duel, so her abilities aren't exactly a secrete anymore. Ed could protect her more then we could, don't you think?"
"No." Roy stated plainly, glowering. "She stays here."
"Listen, I know she's like a daughter to you but-"
"No she isn't."
"Don't deny it. She's like a daughter to you and you're just getting over protective." Maes said, waving his finger at Roy.
"No I'm not."
"Yes you are." Maes continued, not letting Roy defend himself. "The point is, you'll have to let go of her eventually, and don't you think it would be better if she traveled with Ed and Al? It's dangerous, true, but it'll be a lot more dangerous if she leaves on her own. You know she won't be considered normal, Mustang." Roy stayed silent, letting the words sink in.
"...you're not saying they should "get together", are you?" Roy asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Ooovvveeer proootectiiive." Maes sung out, grinning. Roy threw a paperweight at him, although it missed and hit the wall behind him, leaving a giant hole. Maes seemed unphased as he continued.. "Don't worry, I meant to the extent of friends."
"Just friends, best friends or special friends?" Roy asked.
"Over pro-"
Thunk.
"Say that one more time Hughes, and you'll regret it." Roy warned. Maes rubbed the bump that was forming on his head, another paperweight on the ground beside him from recently being thrown at his poor skull.
"Sheesh, touchy." Maes muttered. "Just friends." he said, which made Roy relax a little. "Anyways, I made a schedule for all five of us to do." Maes said, flipping through the notepad.
"Five?" Roy questioned. Maes nodded.
"Ed, Amaris, Alphonse, me, and you."
"...I have to go?" Roy asked, his eyebrow twitching slightly in annoyance. Why did he have to get dragged into this?
"You know," Maes got a sly look on his face. "I'm not in charge if they become more then friends."
"I'm going." Roy stated immediately. He realized he had said it maybe a little too quickly.
'Over protective.' Maes thought to himself. He felt something his his head.
"Ow, what was that for?!" he asked, looking over to Roy. The thrown pen laid on the ground.
"You were thinking I'm over protective." Roy stated. Maes just blinked in surprise, but otherwise remained silent. A clock's chime made Maes jump up.
"Later Mustang!" he said. "Promised to visit the two today!" Roy watched as his friend sprinted out. After Maes had left, Roy sighed.
He really had to visit Amaris...
Who...was alone for most of the day...
With a blond haired boy...
"Ah, damn it." Roy muttered, getting up and walking quickly out after Maes.
"What's wrong with them?" Maes whispered to Al, looking at Ed and Amaris who seemed to be having a glaring contest.
"I don't know." Al admitted.
Usually, Ed and Amaris would be shouting out insults, but they had all been used so they settled for glaring silently. Maes waited a moment before smiling brightly.
"Okay everyone! I have an announce to make!" he whipped out the notepad, showing it for all to see. "As soon as you two are out of here, we're all going to go bonding!" he said cheerfully.
"WHAT?!" Amaris and Ed screamed, staring with wide eyes at Maes.
"Bonding?" Al repeated, looking at Maes a little confused. Maes nodded proudly.
"Since Ed and Amaris always bicker, I've decided that they should spend some quality time together to build a friendship." he said.
"WHAT?! NO WAY!" Ed shouted, shaking his head.
"NO WAY IN HELL AM I SPENDING ANOTHER DAY WITH THAT BASTARD AFTER I'M OUT OF HERE!" Amaris screamed, pointing at Ed with her good arm in anger. Ed shot her a glare.
"Anyways, me, Al and Mustang will be going too." Maes continued, ignoring the protests erupting from Ed and Amaris. "We can eat lunch, go to stores, walk around town..."
"Colonel bastard is going too?!" Ed shouted angerily.
"Don't call him that!" Amaris yelled, wishing she had something to throw and the annoying blond.
"Why did you decide this so suddenly?" Al asked calmly, not against the idea at all. He agreed that the two needed to get over their differences.
"Just thought it could be a fun experience." Maes said, grinning towards the younger Elric.
"And Roy agreed to go?"
"Well, you see, when it comes to Amaris and boys, he naturally gets over pro-"
"Shut the hell up Hughes." Roy said, standing in the doorway with an angery glare. Maes just laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck in a sheepish manner.
"Eh...anyways...get better soon and we'll do the whole bonding thing! See ya in a few months!" Maes said, waving shortly before hurrying past Roy and out the hospital.
"Aren't you leaving?" Ed asked, raising an eyebrow towards Roy.
"Like hell." Roy retorted, glaring at the blond before walking over to a chair placed between Amaris and Ed, sitting down without ever removing his eyes from Ed.
"So why is it that you didn't want us to meet Amaris and now all of a sudden we're going to do "bonding time" together after we're out of the hospital?" Ed asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Hughes suggested it." Roy said plainly, although he didn't stop glaring.
"And you agreed?"
"You think I wanted to?" Roy spat out.
"Then why are you going if you don't want to?!"
"Because who knows what you'll do."
"What's that supposed to mean?! We've been alone plenty times before!"
'...it's going to seem like forever before I'm out of here...' Amaris thought to herself as the bickering continued.
"Would you two shut up?!" Amaris snapped, a vein appearing on her head.
"Stay out of it!" Ed shouted back.
"Watch you'r tongue, shrimp!" Roy warned, his teeth clenched.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!"
"He called you a shrimp, midget." Amaris said in an annoyed tone of voice.
"I SAID STAY OUT OF IT! AND I TOLD YOU TO STOP BEING RACIST!"
"Don't make me put my gloves on, pipsqueak." Roy threatened.
"I'M NOT SHORT, DAMMIT!"
"You're in denial." Amaris and Roy stated in unison, making Ed scream out in fury.
"Two against one isn't fair! Alphonse!" Ed shouted, looking at his brother pleadingly.
"Keep me out of it." Al said, backing up and waving his arms in front of him.
"Traitor!" Ed shouted. Al didn't reply as he watched Amaris stick her tongue out at Ed.
The next few months in the hospital...
Would be chaos and hell.
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Okay, any ideas for what their little "Bonding Time" will have in store would help a lot! I'll give credit...but the whole idea of even creating this bonding time goes to:
SARAH!
Okay...let's see...yeah, that's around it and...I'VE REACH DOUBLE DIGITS! I have never in my life gotten to chapter ten of anything have written...
ANOTHER RECORD!
Aaaand...I have all of you to thank for it!
So, yeah...thanks:)
And remember, any ideas for the story are highly appreciated, even if I spelled that wrong.
Review Replies!
Sarah: Yeah, I try to add comedy at the end of my chapters, so I'm glad you like Ed and Amaris' bickering (because I oh so enjoy typing it!). THANKS FOR THE IDEA! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! -hands you millions of Ted the bear replicas and muffins-
Dark Blood Alchemist: Yup, Amaris and Ed are going to be paired up...but I added a love rectangle so Al and Envy will also be paired with her. I'm probably going to make three different endings so the reader can read an ending with Amaris paired with whoever they believed she belonged with.
Yakami: Yeah, I personally think Ed and Al are a bit nosy too...but mainly Ed and then Ed drags Al into it - And yes, food fight! (warning: later chapters may contain much throwing of random objects including food).
DemonRaily: Will do! I'll keep it going for as long as people enjoy it (well...it has to end sometime...-sweatdrop-)
Luca4ever: Food won't be the only thing they'll be throwing in later chapters...most likely sharp and pointy objects later -evil grin- oh...and, of course, Roy will continue to throw paperweights at Maes -sweatdrop- so much throwing...
Yashi Inuzuka: Yay! You love the story! And a kiba muffin! Kiba is awsome and so is Akamaru...but I like Sasuke and Itachi more -nods- and no...I'm not a Sasuke fan-girl... .