LunarFallenStar: Hey guys! Another late update... as usual... /awkward silence. Anyway! Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
~Previously~
Ed and Winry sat on one of the plush couches, the host club sitting on the couch opposite of them. Well, Kyoya and Mori were standing, but that's beside the point. On the table between them, lied the shattered remains of the sculpture.
Kyoya stared at them, glasses glinting dangerously, "Now, Edward, if you wouldn't mind explaining just what you did to repair this piece of art before Tamaki carelessly destroyed it... again..."
Edward gulped, golden eyes darting around the room. A dry chuckle passed his lips, and his mouth went dry, 'Mustang's gonna kill me...'
Ed fidgeted uncomfortably in his seat and Winry wasn't much better either.
"Well? We're waiting," Kyoya said, his dark eyes flashing with something that Ed didn't like.
Ed gritted his teeth, 'You fucking bastard... I bet you're happy. I knew there was something I didn't like about you... you're like a walking talking replica of the Colonel Bastard.'
The golden haired boy sighed, "Winry, my parents, and I are from a different country, as you know. However, the country we're from is very... different from this one," Edward said carefully, contemplating the right words to say.
Winry noticed her childhood friend's discomfort and took over for him, "Our country, the country of Amestris, is very low in the field of technology compared to the rest of the world, especially Japan. A lot of the things we've seen here are pretty new to us, like the phones and cars here."
"What kind of stuff did you have back in Ame-what's-it?" Honey asked, nibbling on some cake.
Placing a hand on her chin, Winry mulled over her thoughts, "Hmmm, how would you describe them? We have phones with dials, and the cars are a really old style. In short, we would be still in the early stages of the Industrial Era the people in the modern world underwent."
"That's beside the point," Kyoya intersected, "You were telling us about this country, Amestris, of yours, and about how you fixed the sculpture."
"Amestris, however, still is advanced in some areas. What you saw me use was alchemy," Ed replied.
"How can that be?" Haruhi inquired, tilting her head to the side slightly, "Alchemy's a dead art."
"To you all it is, but in Amestris, it's quite abundant," Ed replied.
"So you can turn lead into gold if you wished?" Kyoya asked, making notes in his ledger.
"A skilled alchemist could, but it's illegal in our country," Edward replied, "Alchemy isn't an all-powerful art though. It has laws and abides by rules. Alchemy is the metaphysical science of manipulating and altering matter by using natural energy. In other words, it's the process of de-consructing and re-consrtructing matter in the form of something else. The natural process is comprehension, de-constructing, and reconstructing, otherwise known as a transmutation-"
Ed was cut off by Winry, who whispered harshly, "Just get to the point, alchemy-freak."
"Be quiet gear head," Ed whispered back before clearing his throat and continuing, "The main rule of alchemy is Equivalent Exchange. In order to obtain, something of equal value must be lost. Equivalent Exchange is separated into two parts: The law of natural providence and the law of conservation of mass."
"Can you explain it in less scientific words?" Tamaki asked, many of the words flying over his head.
Ed sighed, "Basically, I can't just create something out of thing air. I can only use the amount and kind of matter I'm given."
Tamaki nodded.
"Can you... give an example?" Kyoya inquired, his glasses glinted dangerously in the light.
Clapping his hands, Ed was grateful he didn't tell them about transmutation circles. He placed his hands near the sculpture, blue light shining and flashing, blocking everyone's view. When the light dimmed, the fixed sculpture stood unharmed, perfectly fine.
Honey and Haruhi gaped. Tamaki gloated in confidence at him not dreaming the whole thing. The twins plotted on how they could use this for a prank. Kyoya made notes in his ledger. Mori remained expressionless.
The two stifled a giggle at their reactions (Ed was slightly worried about the twins scheming though). Ed calmed down and became serious again, "Any more questions?"
Silence settled over the room and Ed took it as his queue to leave. As he headed for the door, a single question wafted in the silence, "What's Amestris like?"
A melancholy look settled on his face, and Winry's expression grew worried. Ed exhaled slightly, "It's a lot like here, actually... except not quite as peaceful put mildly."
He opened the door, and left quietly. Might as well get home and get his beating over with.
Ed walked into the large house, trying to be as quiet as possible. Halfway through being sneaky he just tossed the whole idea out the window and yelled loudly, "I'm home!"
He waltzed into the kitchen. Might as well be happy before he gets the crap beaten out of him.
He sat down at the counter and looked at Riza who sat beside him, reading.
"You seem chipper today, Fullmetal," Roy said as he walked over, tone laced with amusement.
Ed swerved to face him, mumbling under his breath, "Might as well be before I get killed."
Mustang stared at the boy quizzically but Hawkeye had heard the mumble perfectly well. She stared intensely at him, eyes burning into the back of his skull, "And why exactly are you getting killed?"
Edward gulped nervously, scratching at his cheek. He had planned to come right out and say it, but now that he was cornered, he couldn't help but want to back out, "W-well, I thought it would be better to outright tell you... rather than to wait for you to find out about it, one way or the other..."
"And what exactly did you not want us to find out about, Fullmetal?" Roy asked seriously, quite tempted to crack a joke about Ed finally finding a girlfriend or that he was shrinking and what not.
Swallowing the fear, Ed quickly said, "Ikindoflettheothersfindoutab outalchemy."
"What?" Mustang asked, "Speak slower, Fullmetal."
Ed began to cough, "Kind of let... others... alchemy."
Those were the only words understood by the two adults through all the coughing.
"Edward, seriously," Hawkeye spoke up, "What happened?"
"I kind of let... the others find out about..." Edward swallowed, preparing himself for their reactions, "Alchemy..."
"WHAT!?" The two shouted. Ed was surprised that even Hawkeye relatively lost her cool.
"How could you do something, something so so," Mustang ranted, pacing, "STUPID! This is too dumb. Even for you! How did this even HAPPEN?!"
"I broke a sculpture by accident and fixed it later that night when no one was there," Ed replied, "But naturally, that idiot Tamaki had to be walking around and see me. He blabbed to the other club members and that's how I ended up here."
"What else did you tell them," Hawkeye inquired.
"I just told them a little about Amestris, and the basic outline of alchemy," Edward replied, "Nothing major. I kept out all major details and didn't even tell them about state alchemists, our mission, or anything besides the technology and what alchemy is!"
Mustang sighed, "At least you didn't put our mission into jeopardy... but really Fullmetal? All this over a sculpture?"
"It was better than having to forcibly join the Host Club and constantly wear a monkey suit!" Ed retorted.
The image popped into Mustang's head and he couldn't help but snicker. Hawkeye whacked him lightly on the head, "Now's not the time for that, sir."
Roy coughed into his hand, "Yes of course."
"Now what will your punishment be?" Hawkeye inquired aloud, "Since we're your 'parents' on this expedition of ours, it'd be natural that we're in charge of punishing you. How about..." She thought for a few seconds, "Yes... that'll be good. You need to work at the host club until this mission is finished. Since you seem to hate it so much, it seems to be the perfect disciplinary measure."
"Come on, Lieutenant? Don't you think that's a little harsh?" Ed groaned in annoyance.
"No. You almost blew the cover of our whole mission. This actually seems like a pretty light punishment compared to the others I had in mind," Hawkeye said darkly, sending the two males in front of her cowering back at her dark aura.
Ed sighed throwing his hands up in defeat, "Fine, fine..."
He looked out the window in annoyance. He was so not looking forward to school the next day.
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