Kai: Hi to all non-insane author (esse) s out there!
Kuwabara: Great, here comes another one.
Kai: Hush, silly monkey. Now, whom did Mashin ask me to pair up today? (Looks around through notes) Oh yeah! Ed the shorty and Kagome the girl everyone bends the personality of!
Ed: I'M NOT SHORT!
Kai: Okay, let me rephrase that: Midget.
Ed: Damn you!
Sango: I already miss Mashin….
Sakura: I know. Now let me start the story already.
Title: Changing the future
Pairing: Kagome and Edward
Summary: As the dreams haunt his mind, something haunts his body, controlling it. Will Edward and everyone find out what's controlling him before it's too late? It killed them, it might kill her.
Song: There really is no one song in mind, but this was done while listening to trance. There will be no lyrics, but I recommend listening to 'Drop' by East Clubbers, and 'Walk Alone' by East clubbers again. There are other songs like 'Eurodancer' but they were only listening to for a few minutes.
Notes:This is darker and more gruesome than what Mashin types, so this is where it would turn T at least. If you're some eight year old somehow on this website on an account and reading this, only read if you'd like. I felt in a destructive mood when writing this.
Disclaimer: Me and Mashin own nothing. All things involving the animes/mangas mentioned belong to their rightful owners. Except for the Tsubasa wristband Mashin owns, and the manga books, but that's all. Oh, and the Tsubasa poster she has, that too. And if we somehow bash one of your favorite characters, we apologize, for it is just for mere fun and humor.
"Why do you continue to search for the stone?"
"So me and brother can return to normal again, where we can live a normal life."
"There's no such thing as normal. And if you want a normal life, you would have to quit being a state alchemist and meeting people like me."
"But-"
"You said you wanted a normal life? Then quit being who you are, an alchemist. You quit; you get a normal life. You want a normal life? Stop talking to me."
"Ka-"
"This is what you wanted."
The girl pulled out a small engraved gold locket, a picture of her, the man she was talking to, and a suit of armor in the back. Clenching her fist, the sharp point of the golden heart cut through her skin, and as she gave it back to the man, her blood dripped from the point onto his hand.
"Goodbye."
"Kagome!"
Sweat ran down his face, joining with tears along the way as he brushed his blond bangs out of his eye's way. Ocher eyes widened and looked around frantically, controlling his head as it swiveled back and forth.
Sighing as he soon realized he was alone, he leaned his head back on the pillow. It was another nightmare, of how she was going to leave. They've been coming for weeks now, each ending with the pendant he had given her. Of course, when he had told her about the dreams, she had merely brushed it off and said she would never leave him. How he was too precious.
Combing his tangled hair with his left hand, he glanced down at his right arm and his foot made of metal sticking out from the bed sheets. He both hated it and loved it at the same time. He was declared a 'supernatural being' on first sight for the fake arm and leg, and yet, they saved his life many times. Without them, he wouldn't be an alchemist, and he wouldn't be able to save and help all those people that he did.
Clenching his metal fist, he looked up at the ceiling, deciding it was better for him to try another attempt at sleep.
I want to be normal…normal and accepted…It had been a week after that. There were no more dreams, but nightmares. They either ended with him being killed by Kagome, or Kagome dying right in front of his eyes, him unable to do anything. He was certain they were a sign, and they slowly teared at his sanity.
He had distanced himself from her, and she and his brother had noticed. Merely thinking it was something not important, they shrugged it off. Until he had lost control against a chimera and killed it senseless, driving his blade though it even after it was dead. Kagome had to go up and hold down the bloody Edward, and he just looked at her with that sadness in his eyes. Immedietly, she had left him go and he had merely laid there in shock.
Everyone was scared at how he had turned out after it all. How he had suddenly changed to that of a homicidal man. They gave him another chance, and he had calmed down. Things were looking back to normal.
But then again, there was never a thing such as normal in the Elric lives.
"Ed-kun (1), what's on your mind?"
"Huh?"
Kagome and Edward were sitting on a couch, Al right beside Ed.
"What made you act like that?"
"Act like what?"Kagome and Al's eyes widened as they looked at him, and he scratched his head like he had no idea whatsoever what they were talking about.
"What are you guys talking about?""You don't remember? You don't remember driving your blade through the chimera, even though it was dead?"
Kagome was looking very concerned while Al was holding his fists in anger, thinking his brother was lying. Ed just shook his head slightly, holding onto his forehead.
"HOW CAN YOU NOT REMEMBER THAT?! How can you say that you don't remember destroying the chimera's body completely! Are you that desperate to avoid the subject, or are you so forgetful that you don't remember it! BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER HOW IT ASKED FOR MERCY IN IT'S EYES, AND YOU JUST STABBED IT OVER AND OVER!"
His voice softened "Can you remember how it looked at you with a bit of humanity in it, how it asked to be saved? Can you remember how it looked like a human in that last moment, how it showed concern and clemency in it's eyes? Can you remember that?"
By the end of it, Al was standing up with angry eyes as Kagome held his arm whispering 'Calm down Al-kun.' and Ed merely stared at him.
"I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking about. All I remember was being knocked away from the chimera and seeing black. I thought that I had lost consciousness, because the next thing I saw was Kagome standing over me."
Kagome stared at Ed clenching her fists, looking as if to be in deep concentration. After a few seconds, she stopped."He's telling the truth Al-kun. He really doesn't remember anything."
Al just stood there shocked, his fists loosening until his arms hung limply at his side. Horror was seen in his golden orbs of artificial eyes. "You really can't remember."
"No Al, I already told you. I can't remember anything. But can you guys please tell me what I did?"
Kagome looked at Al and enveloped Ed in a hug of compassion and concern, Al right above them. "There are some things you're better off not knowing Ed-kun, there are some things."
It had been 2 weeks after that, and Ed was still relentless in demanding that Roy Mustang tell him what he had missed in the incident, why people labeled him as a bloodthirsty man. Even after all the bickering and arguments, Roy refused to tell, until Ed and Kagome were attacked one day.
Roy soon learned that he had probably needed to tell Ed before December 31, right before New Years.
"EDWARD ELRIC!"
Ed and Kagome turned around to see a chimera. It looked mostly like a crocodile, wearing a torn shirt and shorts, with floppy ears covering it's neck and rings around its nose. (2)
"I SHALL GET REVENGE FOR MY KIN!"
And almost immedietly, the chimera had started to attack, lunging forward with its claws.
Dodging to the left in time, Ed clapped his hands and made a barrier of cement and concrete, yellow flashes still surrounding it as the after-effects of transmutation as the chimera's claws hit the concrete dead on. Thinking they were safe, Ed grabbed Kagome's arm and started to lead her away. Until the chimera's other hand destroyed the wall. Damn.
Running faster, he transmuted another wall-which the chimera just destroyed as well, but it bought them some time. Hiding in an alley, he sighed, as Kagome stood beside him in the narrow passage full of shadows.
Looking out of the alley, he didn't see the chimera, and assumed that it had run off, pressed himself against the cold wall. However, no matter how keen and alert he was, he didn't notice the chimera right besides him, claw ready to dig deep into his chest and rip out his throat. Until Kagome yelled and suddenly ran in front of him.
Ed felt someone press himself or herself against him, as he smelt something coppery, and felt in front of him, only to feel black hair and blood. The blood was what made him snap. The blood was all over the place, and Kagome was looking at him with eyes of fading life.
That was it. Somewhere deep inside, he had snapped. Gently laying Kagome down on a transmutated wall so that it let her sit, he had grabbed the chimera's hand and transformed his arm into a blade. The exact same blade that had killed the other chimera.
Screams from the chimera were heard as blood enveloped the alley and it's surrounding. After a few minutes, Ed was found a few blocks away carrying an unconscious Kagome. Fortunately, her wound didn't go that deep, so he was able to keep her alive until he ran into Riza.
Immedietly asking what had happened, Ed's eyes had turned from his deep red eyes, to his normal amber ones. Noting this, Riza had walked to where Kagome's blood first started, only to gasp and call a squad over.
Hours later, the block was cut off, and Roy was staring at the stab wounds in the chimera's body.
"He did it again. Edward did this."
That was what nobody wanted to hear as Roy bowed his head, not noticing how Riza's eyes widened in shock and how she had grabbed a spare truck and drove off.
The squad and Roy had decided to not tell about it to the higher-ups, but decided to say that the chimera had attacked Ed and Kagome, hurt Kagome, and Ed had acted out of self-defense, accidentally killing it. But that was getting old, and the higher-ups were suspicious now.
Nobody had heard from Riza after that incident, until a few days after Kagome was released out of the military's health care and back in Edward's guardianship.
Riza's appearance was in the shape of a phone call from an outside line, in case the military was eavesdropping.
"Riza Hawkeye speaking, can I help you?"
"Riza, it's Roy. Where the hell have you been over the week?"
"Wow. So nice to see you care Colonel." You could feel the sarcasm through the telephone line.
"Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, you full know what I meant! What have you been doing?"
"Researching and looking up information about anything that can control a human being, and the host will have no memory of said thing controlling it."
Roy's brain clicked into gear as he fit the pieces together. "You think Edward Elric is being controlled by said thing."
"5 points to the Colonel. Yes, and I found information."
"Is there any way for me to meet you in person and discuss this?"
It was silent on the other end for a while.
"Meet me at Edward's house in an hour. If you need to bring somebody, make sure you can trust him or her and he or she know about this. You may only bring one person Colonel."
And after that, Riza hung up. Sighing, he put the telephone back in the receiver. Better to go alone. And guessing by Riza's tone, it was pretty important. So no pevertedness.
Everyone was in the Elric's temporary living room. Ed and Al were beside Kagome on one couch, Ed on her left, and Roy and Riza were on the other couch. It was silent for a few seconds, until Ed's dry throat managed to make a sound. He had a bad feeling about this.
"So will someone explain to me what this is all about, and why Riza locked herself in our library?"
Roy looked at Riza. "You didn't tell him?"
"That's your job sir."
Roy grew an anger mark.
Scratching his head, Ed leaned his arm on the pillow behind him. "So can somebody explain everything to me? Like how people are concerned that I blacked out during a Chimera fight?"
Riza's expression turned grim, and Kagome followed her line of sight to the bunch of papers in her hand.
"Edward Elric, FullMetal Alchemist, this is a future note for you until we finally get our sources right: You are not allowed to participate in anymore battles, nor are you allowed to use alchemy."
A metal fist banged on the table separating the two couches as Kagome tried to help Ed calm down. "What the hell are you saying Mustang?!"
"Exactly what I mean. I just looked through these-" He said, pulling out a copy of the notes Riza was holding, "And you need to read the first paragraph right now to understand.
Grabbing the 1st page, Ed brought it to his eyes as Al looked behind him. Kagome was fiddling with her thumbs beside the brothers. As soon as Ed finished reading the paragraph, his eyes turned blank with horror and his fingers tightened their grip on the paper.
"-As said in the sentence before, this type of youkai can erase the memories of the encounter in the host's body, so the host will take the blame for its actions…you think a youkai is controlling me when I fight chimera?"
Kagome picked up some tea from the table. "No. We know. Remember how I told you that I'm a miko?"
Ed and Al nodded while Roy looked up with curiosity. "A miko?"
"Yes. Part of the reason I'm here is because of my quest as a miko. Anyways, back on track. Mikos can sense demons. That's why I let go of Ed-kun during the fight against the first Chimera."
Al looked up at the ceiling with a sigh. "I think I'm starting to get it now."
"I would too, if someone explained to me what happened when I spaced out!"
Kagome sighed. "As I said before Ed-kun, there are some things better left unsaid."
"But how does this tie in with me not using alchemy?"
"Read the second paragraph."
Ed picked up the paper again, reading through the second paragraph as Al looked from above him again. "-This type of youkai is called a Nagori-Gomu (3), roughly translated to 'Memory Eraser' from Japanese to English. The Nagori-Gomu is attracted to humans with abnormal energy or powers, and will inhabit their bodies in a battle. Since the Nagori-Gomu is a battle creature, they cannot inhabit a host's body outside of battle. Wait, you're saying this thing is taking over me when I black out?"
"Yes, that's exactly what we're saying Ed-kun."
Ed sat down abruptly as he held his head. "So somewhere out there, there's a Nagori-Gomu taking over me when I fight against Chimera."
"Yes, and you use alchemy when fighting. That's what the Nagori-Gomu is attracted to."
Ed just stared at the ground for a few seconds, Kagome rubbing soothing circles on his back.
"Is there any way to find out where it is?"
"There's no need."
Ed looked up to see Riza holding up a jar, with a little creature in there jumping up and down. It looked like a miniature human frog, holding a brown jar with green lining on it. The lining looked like slime.
"Kagome here managed to catch if a few hours ago, shrinking it with her powers and we stuck it in this jar. Apparently, it's been near your pocket watch the whole time Edward."
Ed just stared at it. "That's what's been controlling me?"
"Yup. Isn't it ugly!"
Ed's eye twitched as he poked the jar, Riza immedietly pulling it away from him.
"We don't know if its powers can still work while being captured, so you need to be careful."
Nodding, he dropped his finger as Kagome tapped the glass.
"Don't do that, lowly human!"
Everyone but Kagome gasped at how it was able to talk in the human language as Kagome merely huffed. "Well, this 'lowly' human just captured you. Besides, you're not that strong."
The creature gasped and pulled out…. dust from the jar. "I could take over your body in an instant with this! I am no ordinary Nagori-Gomu! I can control humans out of battle!"
Kagome twitched as she shook the bottle, making whatever in it move around.
After a few seconds, everyone got out of their shock and started staring at the thing.
"Well, I think that's enough for a day. Roy and Riza, you're free to stay here if you'd like."
Roy merely shook his head and pulled on Riza's hand. "I'd like to take up the offer, but this lady here has a lot of work waiting at the headquarters. I'll see you three tomorrow."
And with a pull of his cloak and a protest from Riza, the duo left for the office.
Sweat dropping, Kagome put the jar on a table nearby as she yawned. "Well, I'm tired. Time to hit the sack."
Nodding, Al and Ed moved to the two couches and laid down on them, ready to sleep, while Kagome went to do her hygiene routine before going to sleep.
Ed was woken up by someone touching his shoulder. Slowly opening his eye, he came face to face with a tired Kagome. "Kagome? What time is it?"
Kagome's face turned red as she looked down at the couch. "Um…Ed-kun?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I sleep with you tonight? In case of the nightmares?"
A 'slight' blush covered his face as he nodded, moving over a bit for Kagome to fit on the couch. Surprisingly, they both fit without anyone falling off.
Sighing, Kagome snuggled into Ed's arm as she closed her eyes and her breathing slowed down. She felt safe in his presence, safer than with Inuyasha. It felt good to be safe again.
Ed's eyes drooped as he wrapped one arm around her waist, to make sure she didn't fall off.
Al peered at the two, smiling softly and closing his eyes, pretending to sleep.
However, nobody noticed how the Nagori-Gomu got out of its jar, pulled out a secret vial of blue powder, and sprinkled it all over Ed and Kagome.
"This powder will make your deepest nightmares come true…for a price paid by you…"
And with that, the creature disappeared.
It was now morning, and Al had gone out to get some stuff for them. Kagome had finished changing into a baggy pants and a sleeveless shirt. Ed was in his usual clothing, although his coat was a bit tattered.
He didn't know how it turned to this, how he and Kagome had started arguing. But he thought it had something to do with the stone again.
"Why do you continue to search for the stone?" Kagome's voice was lower than her usual level now.
"So me and brother can return to normal again, where we can live a normal life." But from what he had seen, was it worth it?
"There's no such thing as normal. And if you want a normal life, you would have to quit being a state alchemist and meeting people like me." He let the words she said flow into his mind. Was being normal worth it? Just to lose everyone he met?
Everything going on felt like Déjà vu. Where had all this stuff happened?
"But-"
"You said you wanted a normal life? Then quit being who you are, an alchemist. You quit; you get a normal life. You want a normal life? Stop talking to me." No, she got it all wrong!
Another flash in his mind.
She ran out the building, running onto the street as she tried desperately to get away from the man she loved. Ed called from the door of the place, desperately trying to get her back. She was in the middle of the road when she looked back, no cars on the road. Except for the one heading straight for her. Her eyes filled with unshed tears as she looked at him with eyes of regret and sadness.
"Ka-"
"This is what you wanted."
She pulled out a small-engraved golden locket, with a picture of her and Ed in it hugging. He remembered that picture. It was the picture they had gotten when Al had gotten a camera for them. When he had confessed his love to her. He remembered that clearly. The camera was still in Kagome's room, sitting there. There was silver lining on the locket, and it was shaped as a heart, with the sharp end poking Kagome's palm. Blood dripped onto the locket as she put it in his hand, the blood flowing onto his fingers. Now he remembered where this was from. His dream. His dream was coming to life.
One more flash.
The car didn't stop; it hit her at 70 miles per hour, as her limp body flew up ten feet into the air. She landed with a crunch on the ground as the car just kept on speeding. Immedietly, people crowded around her, as he immedietly identified one face as Al.
Al walked up to him, poking his chest. "Are you willing to let her die? To end her life like this?"
That didn't sound like Al's voice. It was gruffer and a deeper tone, with a sense of anger behind the words.
"Of course not!"
'Al' smirked. "Then save her. You have the control to change this. It's not too late. But it you don't do anything in the next five seconds, it will be too late, and you'll find yourself regretting everything that's happened."
The images around him started to fade as he cried out to the figure. "Wait! Who are you?"
The figure smirked, changing from Al's identity to a totally different one. It looked like the figure was in a red outfit, with long pale silver hair and sharp gold eyes. Two fluffy ears were on top of his head, with claws instead of fingernails. Ed wondered it he was a chimera.
"Do not mention me to her. It's too early for her. But my name is Inuyasha, and I hope you have a good life with her. Don't' let her go, unlike what I did."
And with that, the figure faded.
"Goodbye." Ed snapped out of his trance to see Kagome at the door, opening it. Its not too late was what pounded into his head as he rushed forward, slamming the door and facing her.
"Kagome!"
She looked into his eyes and flinched. His eyes showed determination and sorrow.
Immedietly, she was engulfed in strong, safe arms. The powder around them faded to nothing as he continued to hug him.
"Please, I'm sorry. I'm sorry; I'm sorry, just don't leave. Please."
Kagome's eyes widened as she listened to Ed beg over and over, saying different things to make her stay. As the happiness in her eyes came back to life, she smiled and embraced him.
"I'll stay Ed. Just don't turn normal."
Ed merely nodded as they stayed there, both shedding tears of happiness and with the fact they almost lost who they wanted.
Meanwhile, up in Heaven, Inuyasha was giving the Nagori-Gomu hell. The Nagori-Gomu had been run over by the car outside, which Inuyasha had 'accidentally' got moving.
Kai: This was actually pretty fun to write. But just to tell you guys. I do not share this account with Mashin, no do I have my own. My sister has one, but I don't. I merely email the plot and anything I think she should at to her. Okay?
Notes at the bottom. And Mashin told me to say this: Review Dammit! Or I'll stuff some random male characters in a basement, and you'll never see them again! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yusuke: (Sweat drop) And when did your mom drop you on the head.
Kai: Never. She threw me.
Notes:
(1) Kagome will be the only one here that uses Japanese honorifics, because she's the only one from Japan, and people in the FullMetal Alchemist world don't know Japanese honorifics. And if Kagome were to teach them all, I'm pretty sure people like Havoc won't remember it anyways.
If you need a picture, please search up Ba'Gaman (Sp?) From FFXII. It can be from either FFXII: Revenant Wings, or FFXII. But just see him with sharper teeth, no staff, and bigger claws.
(3) There really is no history of a youkai called by this, but I needed a name, since the idea was 'Memory stealer'. But the websites I used didn't have the word 'stealer', so I used eraser. And I needed to call it that because Microsoft doesn't accept Kanji or anything other than English symbols. Mashin's computer is racist...
