I own nothing. This is the last chapter before the main fights begin so they will be uploaded in chronological order. The outfit I refer to about Blackstar is Manga only so look it up if you don't know!
Derick
It was two days until the promised day and I was sitting in the center of the Kanama slum. The Ishvalans here were very kind and allowed me to wait for the others to show up.
I had changed up my outfit in the last few months so now I was wearing a dark blue T-shirt with Jeans and my black trench coat. The coat now had the little soul symbol that my dad always wore on his hat emblazoned on the back.
My training had been very good in my opinion. I had learned to control the black blood much better and now could use it for offense and defense.
I was staring up at the sky when a shadow fell across me.
"Hello Mr. Death Scythe." A female voice said.
I focused and standing over me was Rai. Her hair was still black with blue tips but she had let it grow out and she was carrying a pack that sounded like it contained metal. At her waist was a sheathed long sword.
"You're early." I said.
"So are you." She said sitting down next to me.
"Are you ready for this?" I asked.
She nodded and started sifting through her backpack.
"I have something for you." She said lifting out an Automail arm.
The arm was similar to my current one but it had smooth metal plates covering it where as mine had open slots.
"This should be better for combat than your current model it has a lightweight frame and is as durable as the iron model that most combat models are made of." She said.
I took off my coat and held out my arm. She detached it quickly and attached the new one without missing a beat.
"So what else do you have in there?" I asked.
"While I was training I found a new way to fight using my electricity." She said pulling out what looked like metal gloves and shin pads.
She put them on and I could hear a slight humming noise.
"So you charge those plates and zap anyone you punch or kick." I said realizing.
"Yep I've got another surprise but I can't show you that right now." She said.
"I missed you." I said.
"I missed you to." She said kissing me on the cheek.
"Aww what a touching reunion." A guy said behind us.
I turned around to see Angela Emily Mike and Andrew.
Angela and Emily were wearing ninja style clothing like Tsubaki's and Andrew was wearing a military uniform.
Mike looked very different. He was wearing a T-shirt and I could see transmutation circles painted on the front and back of his hands and around his forearms.
"Hey guys. So how was your time off?" I asked.
"Well I think I can say that we aren't going to be useless this time." Mike said.
"You're never useless." I said.
"Angela!" Rai said running over and giving her a hug.
Unfortunately she was still wearing her gloves so Angela got a douse of electrical shock.
The rest of us broke into laughter while Rai tried to snap Angela out of it.
A few hours later Ling arrived with Ed, Darius and Heinkel following.
"Hey guys." I called.
Darius said hello and apologized to Rai for when he hit her. He gave her one free punch which was a mistake.
She sent him flying down the small path between houses and then helped him get back up.
That night we all shared stories about what we had done over our training periods. Ling had been traveling around so that Father couldn't track him down and he had run into Scar a few times but Scar refused to tell him what he was doing.
The next morning Hohenheim arrived With Alistair Elsye Yoki Marcoh Chujo and Zanpano. Alistair was wearing an outfit exactly like Blackstar's Spartoi outfit. Elsye was wearing Lust's signature black dress but the others didn't look much different.
"Hey wasn't Al with you guy's?" Ed asked.
"He left to go find more information about the military's movements a little while after Scar arrived." Alistair said.
"Then he should be here soon." Ed said relaxing again.
"No he won't." Somebody said groom a nearby rooftop.
We all looked at the person who had spoken. Kevyn sat on top of a house with blood running out of his shoulder.
"Pride carried him off somewhere. I tried to stop them but as you can see that didn't work out." Kevyn said.
"What?! But how did they carry him off?" Ed said.
"The homunculi were formed from the soul of Father who shares my blood. It's possible that they have very similar souls as the two of you." Hohenheim said.
"Dammit!" Ed said punching the ground.
"The good news is that they need Alphonse here for the ritual." Elsye said.
"What? Why didn't you tell us that earlier?!" Ed yelled.
"Because Pride would just drag you back here." She said.
"Fair enough." He said.
We split into groups and wandered around. Rai and Elsye patched up Kevyn while I talked to him.
"So Ed told us about Kayla in Resembol." I said grinning.
"What?! Um that... I Um... Uh." He stammered.
Rai broke out laughing at his response. Elsye just looked confused.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"Kayla's pregnant!" Rai said as she caught her breath.
"Really?!" Elsye said bursting into laughter.
Kevyn's face grew bright red and he got up and left.
We stayed there for a few minutes laughing like idiots. Then the power went out.
"What's going on?" I yelled after a few seconds.
"There!" Rai said but I couldn't see anything.
I used soul perception and saw a few people in the distance. Greed Darius Heinkel and Ed were facing a homunculus soul and another was off to the side away from the others.
"Battles starting early lets go!" I said grabbing Rai and Elsye.
Alistair
I was running up the hill toward the fight when I ran into Elsye, Rai and Derick.
"Any idea what's going on?" I asked.
"Well if the lights are out and its pitch black I'm guessing Pride is here." Elsye said.
"So who's the other one?" I asked.
"Probably Sloth or Gluttony. Wrath can't leave Central without guards and Envy should be in Xing by now." She said.
We reached the group and Ed jumped up when I tapped him on the shoulder.
"Ed relax its Alistair." I said.
"Okay. Gluttony's here and Prides off in the woods. He was controlling Al and I'm trying to figure out how to break his control." He said.
"I'll go after Pride." Derick said.
"We'll stay here and deal with gluttony." Rai said.
Derick ran off into the woods and disappeared. I focused on Gluttony and drew my Sword.
I dived forward and hit Gluttony in the forehead. He started yelling saying.
"That's not fair! How can you see me in the dark?" He said.
I didn't bother answering but as I was about to attack again a black cloaked figure come down and hit him first.
"Long time no see." The figure said.
"Lan Fan?" I asked.
"Yep. You didn't think Angela trained by herself did you?" She said.
"Not fair now there are two of yo-" Gluttony started but then he was knocked backwards.
"Nope it's three." Greed said.
"Young lord." Lan Fan said quickly.
"Ling is that you?" I asked.
"Yep Greed can't sense where Gluttony is so I'm fighting for now." He said.
We hacked and slashed Gluttony I don't know how many times before I saw a fire burning in the distance.
"Prides back." I said cursing afterward.
Derick
Heinkel and I had been killing Pride for a few minutes when a group of guys showed up with a lantern.
Pride used it to start a fire and the two of us backed up.
"Heinkel you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah think my arm might be busted but I can still fight." He said.
"No! Get back he'll kill you otherwise." I said.
He ran off into the trees and I was left alone facing pride.
"So Pride are you ready to finish this?" I asked.
"Ahh your the one from the tunnel. I thought you were familiar." He said.
I made a scythe in my right hand and held it defensively. Pride wasn't some pushover he was a very dangerous opponent. And this time I couldn't turn out the lights.
I was about to attack when I heard a clanking noise off to my right. I turned and saw Al but Prides shadows were oozing out of the plates in the armor.
"Really a hostage? I thought you were supposed to be proud of your invincibility." I said.
"That doesn't mean I can't use tools to defeat my enemies." He said.
"No it doesn't." Alistair said appearing next to me.
Pride's chest exploded as a line of blood poured out of his chest.
"I spent the entire time training my Speed and weapon skills." He said.
"So you can move faster than I can see?" He said.
"Maybe when you drop your guard." Alistair said grinning.
He fought off Pride's main shadows while I tried to keep Al from hurting anyone while under Pride's control.
He couldn't hurt me so I just keep blocking his punches while waiting for a solution.
"Duck!" I heard Ed yell.
I did and a bright light lit up the sky. I shielded my eyes. Ed ran up with Darius and they hauled Al off into the trees.
As the light from the flash bang subsided I turned my attention to Pride.
Alistair and I stood shoulder to shoulder smiling at Pride.
"What's so funny?" He asked.
"Well it seems to me that if I alone could hold you off then the two of us together should be able to kill you." I said.
He smirked and said.
"But I'm not alone either."
Gluttony stumbled into the clearing we were in and walked over to Pride.
"Gluttony. How many times have you died?" Pride asked.
"I don't know. A lot." He said.
"Hmm so have I. If this continues on we might actually die." Pride said.
"Unless..." He said smiling.
"Unless what Pride?" Gluttony asked.
Pride didn't answer instead one of his shadows ripped Gluttony in half and ate the upper body.
"Don't do it Pride." Gluttony said crying.
Gluttony disintegrated and all that was left was a philosopher's stone. Pride ate that and smiled.
"Now I can tell where all of you are. I can beat all of you without even using my eyes." He said.
A shadow came forward and hit my stomach knocking the wind out of me and launching me backwards. I saw Alistair suffer the same fate a few seconds later.
We flew back down to the outskirts of Kanama and I blacked out.
Rai
I watched as Pride ate Gluttony and sent the boys flying. Elsye was next to me and I saw her clench her fists in anger when Gluttony was eaten.
She stormed out and lanced all of her fingers into Pride.
"How could you!? He was our Brother and you killed him without a second thought!" She screamed.
I put on my gloves and drew my sword.
Lust was freaking out and I couldn't tell if she was going to calm down any time soon. I ran forward electricity arcing off my sword and dispersing Prides shadows.
I lunged forward and caught him on the shoulder sending a lethal dose of Electricity into his body.
He had a short muscle spasm then regained control and I retreated to the edge of the clearing.
Hohenheim stepped into the clearing and drew Prides attention.
"So you choose to appear now?" Pride asked mockingly.
"The hero always appears at the last second." Hohenheim said.
Alphonse was sneaking up behind Pride and it was working because Pride was so focused on Hohenheim.
Al grabbed Pride and Hohenheim used Alchemy to cause the ground to rise up and form a giant dome around the two of them.
"HOHENHEIM!" Pride screamed.
A shadow shot out of a crack in the unfinished but stopped an inch short of Hohenheim's face.
"Are you crazy?" Ed yelled running over.
"It was his idea Edward."
"Why what does this solve?" Ed said.
"If everyone was worn out fighting Pride then we wouldn't be able to go ahead and stop Father."
Derick and Alistair walked up leading the others who hadn't noticed the fight.
"What's that? Derick asked looking at the Dome.
"Prides cage." I said sheathing my sword.
"Oh." He said.
"Well if Al did this himself we can at least plan our attack." Ed said.
So we sat down in a circle and we planned out how we were going to get to Father.
"I can do more if I'm with the soldiers so I can heal them." Mike said holding up his hands with his transmutation circles.
"Fair enough. We can get to the underground area by going through the third Laboratory." Elsye said.
"I'll stay on the surface without Kayla I can't fight." Kevyn said.
"We'll stay up to we may be strong but we won't stand a chance against Father." Angela said.
"Dr. Marcoh Yoki you to stay with Heinkel. You can watch the Dome and make sure Pride doesn't escape." Scar said.
"Okay." They said.
"That leaves the rest of us to fight underground." I said.
We broke up and I walked over to where Fuu was arguing with Lan Fan.
"You can't go. Someone is bound to recognize you." Fuu said.
"But we have to find the young lord." She said.
"Stay here." Fuu said as he leaped away towards the city.
Lan fan leaned against a tree and grumbled to herself.
Greed had disappeared after Pride had been sealed up and now they were angry about him leaving. So I left her to be angry by herself.
I slipped my backpack off and went through the supplies again. Metal gloves. Check. Shin plates. Check. Radio. Check.
Derick and Alistair were off talking about the upcoming fight and looking out at the city.
Angela and Emily were talking with Mike and Andrew. Scar was leaning against a tree apparently sleeping. Ed was talking with Dr. Marcoh. Yoki eating something by the four Chimeras. Kevyn was testing out his shoulder.
I sat down against a tree and Dozed off at some point.