Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist, hell I don't own the title to this fan fic. FMA belongs to Arakawa-sama and the title and song belong to the writers, editors, and whatnot of Martina McBride. I do not condone abuse nor am I a fan of it. I also do not own any characters from Naruto or familiar characters from other series, they belong to Kishimoto-sensei and their respective artists.
A/N: Dark themes, child abuse, violence, language. This story is fictional and should it offend anyone please do not read. Flames will be used to make smores and comments and constructive criticism is welcome. This story is un-beta'd and edited by me. Oh, and here's a shocker, Hoenhiem is the good parent in this, OMFG. lol.
Additional Warning: Alcohol, drugs, and implied sexual abuse content. And scary Uchiha's.
Chapter 12
When they got to the house where Tidus had told them they were staying Ed nor Sasuke had expected a party to be going on. Neither of them were really known to be social but Tidus and Shuyin had dragged them out of the car and into the beach house despite protests. There was loud music playing and Ed thought he recognized the bands playing, so at least they were playing music he could stand to listen to. As soon as they made it inside both of them were introduced to everyone, who cheered at seeing them when they walked inside.
The first ones they were introduced to were two gorgeous girls who were Shuyin and Tidus' ages. Shuyin being three years older than Tidus meant his girlfriend was older than Tidus' naturally. Both were wearing matching blue skirt with knee high, lace up boots that matched their red and pink blouses. Tidus' girlfriend had her long hair tied back in a braid with red ribbons in it to match the rest of what she wore while the other girl wore her hair down. They smiled and greeted them with exclamations of how handsome they were and both of them ended up blushing as the two older girls grabbed their arms and pulled them into the kitchen in front of Tidus and Shuyin were grinning and saying hello to everyone.
"So, you must be the prodigy genius Tidus brags about so much," Yuna, he thought that was her name said with a smile.
Ed shrugged and pried his arm free to sit down at the table in the kitchen ignoring the empty beers and soda cans and Sasuke took the initiative and pulled free from Shuyin's girlfriend and sat down next to him. Sasuke glared at the cans on the table as the girls exchanged glances, shrugged and then walked away. Tidus came over to them and sat down at the table and offered them two sodas which they took silently. After a few minutes Ed glared at Tidus, "Are you out of your mind bringing us to a high school or college party?"
Tidus chuckled, "Yes I am out of my mind, what was I thinking introducing my two mature, genius classmates to a party where kids the age of the kids in your classes are at? Look, you two always act so damn smug and mature, I thought it was time you see what your maturity will lead you."
Ed looked around and noticed a group of guys chugging beer from a keg across the room with a group of other guys and girls cheering them on with beer cans in their hands. Then he looked to the crowded living room where empty cans and chip bags littered the floor, table, and the other furniture was and there were small groups of people laughing, talking, and swaying while drinking even more beer were gathered. Just about everyone was drinking and there were a few smoking cigarettes as well and the music kept getting louder and louder and despite that Ed was a fan of rock music he was finding it hard to hear himself think with how loud it was.
"You call all these idiots mature?"
Sasuke looked at Ed and then at Tidus with a glare that said he clearly agreed with Eds' assessment. Tidus sighed and got to his feet, "This isn't the beach house I meant, the one my parents and Yuna's family are at two miles further down, feel free to follow the shoreline and you'll see it. White, lights, porch all the way around it."
"Your parents don't care that all of you are here, getting drunk, being stupid, and doing whatever the hell else a bunch of high school idiots do?"
"Hey, you're in high school too genius, and no, not really. They know we're here."
"Seriously," Ed asked incredulously with a glance at Sasuke who looked away.
Tidus shrugged, "Yes seriously. Why would my folks care, they did the same thing when they were fifteen."
Ed shook his head and got to his feet, Sasuke did the same. Ed looked at Tidus, "Alright Tidus, well have fun at your party, me and Sasuke are going to go meet your parents. We might be there when you show up, we may not, I'll figure it out later."
Tidus' grin faded and he followed Ed to the front door and watched his younger friend and his cousin shrug off everyone that tried to get them to stay or hand them a beer. "Ed, hey wait a minute kiddo." Ed turned and glared at Tidus who stopped in the doorway with his hand raised.
"I'm going, you stay here. I'm mad at you for being an idiot but give me some time and I won't end up beating the shit out of you for it."
"Whoa, hey, what the hell did I do wrong here? I invited you both to a party with a bunch of older kids, most people would love to come to a cool party."
Ed shook his head in disbelief, "Cool party? You call a bunch of minors getting together and drinking cool? I'd rather keep my brain cells for better use thanks."
Sasuke walked down the stairs and Ed was about to follow him when Tidus reached out and grabbed his arm, Sasuke paused and looked up just in time to see Ed scowl darkly and his eyes turn a dark gold he noticed even in the dusk approaching. Ed turned slowly and narrowed his eyes dangerously at Tidus who immediately let go and backed up a step. Ed turned away and he and Sasuke walked first to Shuyin's car to grab their bags and then walked up the hill leading to the road and Tidus watched them go without saying another word.
Hoenheim was cleaning up the mess from the take out he'd order for dinner when the phone started ringing. He picked it up after two rings, "Hello?"
"Dad, it's Ed, me and Sasuke need you to come pick us up."
"Is everything alright, where are you?"
"Hold on a minute, hey Sasuke do you know where we are?"
Hoenheim could hear Sasuke's voice but couldn't make out what he was saying. Ed came back on the line, "Do you know where the beach is at, near the uh, state line?"
"State line, you couldn't have been there for more than an hour if you went that far."
"That's besides the point," Ed growled, "do you know where it is? Can you come and get us, we're standing outside a diner, there's a payphone in the parking lot."
"Of course I can come get you. Can you go inside the diner to wait for me to get there?"
"Not really, there's some shady characters in the diner."
"Okay, just stay there, I'm on my way to you both."
"Yeah, like I'm going to go anywhere or going to hitch a ride with some weirdo."
"Edward."
"Okay, we'll be right here when you get here."
Hoenheim hung up and finished up cleaning after himself quickly then grabbed his keys, wallet, and cell phone sitting on the table in the hallway then headed to the front door. He locked it behind himself and walked to his van. He hoped nothing went wrong and that both boys were safe when he got to them.
Ed hung up the phone and sighed, he stepped out of the phone booth and leaned back against it with his arms crossed over his chest next to Sasuke who stood with his hands in his pockets.
"This sucks you know," Ed said with a huff.
"Hn."
"Can you believe that shit?"
"Yes, it's his usual behavior."
"Is that why you don't like him much?"
"Hn."
"Isn't his mom your aunt or something?"
"Yes."
"Your family doesn't talk about his family much."
"Now you see why."
"That's still fucked up, your family, doesn't anyone try to change that?"
"Not anymore."
"You've tried?"
"Before."
"They didn't take it well huh?"
"Hn."
"Well, it still sucks. Hate to admit it, but twelve and thirteen is pretty young for parties like that shit."
"Hn."
"Oh shut up, smug bastard."
"Hmm."
Ed glanced around and noticed someone walking towards the phone booth. Sasuke tensed beside him and it took Ed a moment to realize why. This guy walking towards them was wearing dark clothes and Ed could tell his eyes were yellow, a brighter color than his own unique eyes and that creeped him out. Especially when he noticed the look the guy was giving both of them and how his eyes narrowed in lust as he got closer. Ed shivered beside Sasuke who was standing there probably trying to figure out if the guy was real or a figment of his imagination. Ed smacked him on the arm and Sasuke turned to glare at him.
"Maybe we should-I don't know, get moving or something," Ed whispered to him. Sasuke stepped away from the phone booth and Ed pocketed his hands and did the same grabbing his own bag after Sasuke. Before they got more than ten steps away the guys slithery voice called out to them, "Well, well, what are two young boys like yourselves doing out here so late, by yourselves?"
Ed decided to follow Sasuke's lead and ignore the guy but he felt his stomach tighten itself in knots when he heard footsteps following them and definitely not heading for the phone booth. Ed glanced at Sasuke who was looking towards the road and they kept walking away.
"I find myself lucky enough to run across two shy boys tonight as well?"
Ed gritted his teeth, he really wanted to turn around and punch this guy in the face and make a run for it. Something about this guy made his skin crawl, so he didn't plan to stick around and beat the hell out of him. They just kept walking and refusing to reply to the guy who was following them all the way out to the road. Ed gripped his phone in a death grip in his pocket and was about to turn and tell the guy to leave or he was calling the cops when Sasuke grabbed his arm and pulled him forward.
"Oh, I see, you assume if you just ignore me I'll go away?"
Sasuke gave Ed a pointed look which Ed returned with a glare and a subtle shrug. Earlier they'd argued over stopping at the payphone by the diner and just continuing to walk down the road until they had a signal. Ed swore he was never going anywhere this far away from the city ever again after this night. The man kept following them and he was silent for a while but the echoing footsteps told them he was still there so they just remained silent and kept moving.
"Its' a nice night out, moonless and dark, hard for anyone to really see two boys and myself walking along a deserted road."
Ed's skin did crawl and his blood ran a little cold, he was having a really, really bad feeling that there fucked up night was about to become a night of fighting to get away from this pedophile following them, or whatever the guy was. Ed felt a jolt run up his spine and not one to ignore his instincts he shoved Sasuke forward and turned around just in time to see the guy suddenly lunge at him. Ed had his fists raised and when he made to swing he found the tall, skinny looking guy was a hell of a lot stronger than he thought because his wrists were caught in a death grip.
Sasuke grunted as he got to his feet and in the blink of an eye Ed found himself turned around with both wrists held securely against his chest in the iron grip of one hand while the cold feel of metal touch his throat. Ed looked at Sasuke and immediately realized why the guy had made the sudden move. Sasuke was holding a pocket knife, blade withdrawn, in his right hand flipped back in his hand to remain concealed by his wrist and his eyes were narrowed dangerously and nearly red with what Ed couldn't decide was fear or anger.
"Well, it seems you two have some talents," the man hissed into Ed's ear making Ed shiver in disgust and try to turn his head away only to have the knife at his throat pressed harder against his neck.
Sasuke's eyes took on a more ominent red hue and Ed tried to convey that Sasuke should run but his raven haired friend either ignored him or didn't catch the look in his eyes. Sasuke instead decided to finally say something and the threat and venom in his voice would have made most people rethink their very existence but the guy just pulled Ed closer against him in response.
"I know who you are so it would be best to release him."
The guy laughed and Ed tensed and tried to pull his hands free only to have nails dig into the skin of his wrists and the blade being pressed hard enough against his skin that he felt the warmth of his own blood roll down his neck. Ed gritted his teeth and kept his hands fisted digging his own nails into his palms. He hated cowards, he really hated it when he was trapped in the hold of a coward, hated it even more that this guy was sporting a fucking erection that was digging into the small of his back and made him feel a very powerful need for a scalding hot shower right fucking now.
"No why would I do that Sasuke-kun," Ed felt a chill run through him with the way the guy had practically purred his friends name.
"My family will put you back in prison Orochimaru," Sasuke snarled challengingly.
Orochimaru? Ed could swear he'd heard the name before but right now he couldn't remember where and damn it this guy better stop grinding his fucking dick into his back before he just bit his tongue and bled to death to escape how gross it was.
"They will try, but I will have my revenge and I believe I should start by having a bit of fun with this golden sun here and then of course I'll have my way with you."
"Oh hell no! Let me go you son of-gah!" Ed's snarled, threatening words were cut off when a long, disgusting tongue suddenly swept up the side of his face and Ed closed his eyes and turned his head away not caring about the blade that was digging into his neck. The blade left his throat and Ed struggled to get free again only to have his hair grabbed and his head pulled back violently making him growl angrily.
"Well, what do we have here, it seems golden boy has already been toyed with," Orochimaru said with interest before he completely released Ed and shoved him forward. Ed hit his hands and knees and then shot up from the ground and turned to face the fucker with his fists raised. The man continued to watch them but made no indication he felt threatened. Ed lunged before Sasuke could stop him, he was going to beat this guys face in and then he was going to cut off his dick and feed it to him.
But when he lunged the guy merely side stepped him but Ed wasn't an amateur, he turned on the ball of his foot and aimed a kick at the guy. Which was soundly grabbed by the ankle and pulled to try and throw Ed off balance. Ed turned into the attempted throw and used the palms of his hands to turn around and aim a kick with his other leg which met with a forearm but gave Ed the time needed pull his leg free and he ended up doing a one handed side flip to regain his balance.
His skin felt like it had been burned where the guy and any part of him had touched him and that just fueled Ed's anger even more so he lunged again and his lunge was side stepped and the guy just dodged every attempt. Ed didn't give the guy a chance to put his hands on him and when he found himself suddenly on the defensive dodging moves he was too concentrated and not letting the guy touch him again that he tripped and landed on his ass.
Before Ed could recover his footing the guy looming over him with a smug look on his face was suddenly on the ground and rolling down the ditch along the side of the road. Sasuke appeared in his vision and held out a hand to help him up. Ed took it and got to his feet and brushed himself off but before Ed could think to do anything else Sasuke grabbed him by the arm and they started running down the road picking up their discarded bags as they went.
"How the hell do you know him," Ed called as he got his arm free and ran up beside Sasuke. Sasuke didn't answer him and with both of them running there wasn't really a chance to discuss it further. They ran for a few miles, at least an hour, and Ed took his phone from his pocket and let out a sigh of relief after he caught his breath and called his fathers' cell phone.
He picked up after two rings and Ed let out another sigh, "Change of plans old man, we're walking down the road so you don't have to go all the way to the diner just watch for us along the interstate."
Sasuke kept looking around them to make sure Orochimaru wasn't following them or had caught up to them when he heard Ed say angrily, "No, I didn't tear the place up and make a run for it! There was this creepy guy that came up to us, I told you there were shady people there. Yeah well we had to run for an hour straight for me to get a signal otherwise I would have called you from somewhere other than a payphone. Look, just keep an eye out for us and I'll tell you when we are safe and on our way home alright old man?"
Ed was silent for a moment and then he glared at the night around them, "Hell no I'm not drunk, thanks dad, I'm so happy you have such faith in me. Just hurry the hell up before that guy shows up again alright? I'll tell you when you get here my mind is kind of preoccupied right now!" Ed hung up and put his phone back in his pocket.
He knew they had at least another hour to kill before his father got anywhere close to them, it took three hours for them to even get out here in the first place. He was indefinitely never coming out here again, never. It really pissed him off the more he thought about, here he was, older now, and fucking scared of some creepy guy in the middle of fucking nowhere when he'd spent two years on his own taking care of his little brother, by himself. But that was in the city, his mind supplied him. It was easier to run away and lose some creep than it is out here where you can't get away because there's not a bunch of alleyways to run down and get the creep lost in. Besides, landing in some free clinic half dead and bleeding to death a few times was hardly surviving.
"Fuck," Ed hissed angrily and Sasuke looked at him, "What?"
Ed shook his head and winced when his neck stung from that action which of course made him notice his brusied, but wrists from the bastard digging his nails into his wrists and that in turn made a flood of disgust run over him and he shivered hard at the way his skin felt like it was going to burn off and he wanted to peel it off. He adjusted the strap biting into his shoulder from his bag, "Nothing, just thinking about how fucked up this is. I took care of myself just fucking fine in London, for two years, on my own, while caring for my brother and this shitheat shows up and actually makes me worried and fucking scared and I hate that."
Sasuke was silent for a moment and just watched him as they kept walking down the deserted and dark road before he said, "That man went to prison six years ago, he must have broke out because he should still be there."
Ed looked at him, "How do you know that creep anyway?"
Sasuke looked away, "He's Naruto's uncle actually, was a private tutor for families like mine."
Ed was silent a moment and thought about how disgusting the guy was and how plain his lust was for both of them. He looked at Sasuke sharply but Sasuke didn't elaborate or explain. Ed had the feeling that the guy had done something to deserve going to prison and from the way it sounded it wasn't anything pleasant and was done to Sasuke. What he really wondered was what exactly and whether or not the guy had messed with his nephew as well.
Al was always telling him he jumped to conclusions but he wasn't sure whether or not he should ask outright or try and be subtle, which really wasn't a talent of his. "Was it just you or was Naruto-umm . . . "
Sasuke sighed, "Two years and both of us, considering that Naruto is that snakes' nephew, unfortunately. It might have been longer with Naruto since I was seven when he became my tutor."
"But haven't you and Naruto always been friends?"
"Yes, because of our fathers', they grew up together. But my parents didn't like him so they didn't let him in our home before the tutoring."
Ed nodded, "Looks like everyone has their own secrets, must have some magnet that attracts all those with a past," he ended with a shrug.
Sasuke looked at him, "He said something about you . . ."
Ed looked at him with a cool expression then up at the night sky, "Yeah, well getting cornered and tortured by three psychopaths tends to leave scars behind."
"Hmm."
"They didn't do anything like what you and Naruto had to deal with, but not from lack of trying."
"What happened?"
Ed gave a humorless laugh before answering, "They removed the shackles, stupid fucking gits. After all the hell they'd put me through they thought they broke me. I caught them by surprise and turned tail and ran. Got away but not without a price, Al found me passed out in an alleyway covered in my own blood and a lot of wounds."
Sasuke closed his eyes briefly, "Maybe the fucked up ones should stick together."
Ed looked at him in shock and Sasuke scoffed before Ed started laughing, "Damn, didn't know you had a sense of humor Sasuke." Sasuke smirked then smacked Ed upside the head which made Ed stop laughing and then they were running down the road with Ed threatening to beat Sasuke's face in.
Hoenheim spotted them walking along the road and immediately pulled over, when they came towards the car he noticed the dirty, ripped clothes, grazes, and both of them looked like they had been fighting each other. But then he noticed the marks on Ed's wrists and the cut along his throat as Ed climbed into the front passenger seat after tossing his bag into the back seat next to Sasuke who put his own on the floorboard. Hoenheim unbuckled his seat-belt and seized Ed's arms before his son could put on his seat-belt. Ed tensed and flinched back then scowled at him, "I'm fine let go."
Hoenheim continued to hold him even when Ed pulled back, "What the hell happened?"
Ed twisted his arms free and Hoenheim sat back in his seat and looked at him expectantly, Ed crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in his seat and turned to glare at the window. "You're going to tell me when we get home."
Ed shrugged, "Fine, can we go now?"
Ed put on his seat-belt and Sasuke silently did the same and Hoenheim let out a sigh before he re-buckled his and turned the car around to head home. He had a feeling it was going to be a really long night and that he'd probably be spending most of it trying to find out what happened from two stubborn boys and then another night speaking with Sasuke's parents explaining why he'd thought it was a good idea to let Ed go somewhere alone with two older boys when he didn't know where they were going or what they were doing.
The Following Morning . . .
Hoenheim was proved right, naturally, and now found himself on the receiving end of the infamous Uchiha glare from not just Mr. Uchiha but Mikoto Uchiha as well. They were seated in the living room and Hoenheim was exhausted, stressed, and still pretty angry at what he'd managed to pry out of Ed and Sasuke before sending them to bed to get some rest after their especially trying night.
He sat on his favorite couch, across from the Uchiha's and ran his hands through his hair tiredly and then over his face and Mikoto's glare softened a bit before it turned to one of concern.
"Hoenheim-san, have you gotten any sleep since last night?"
"No, both of those boys are stubborn and were very tight lipped about telling me what happened."
"What did happen," Fugaku Uchiha said in his ever present stoic tone of voice with the same constantly present blank expression. Only a slightly red tint to his dark eyes gave away how angry he was and Hoenheim found he rather liked being on the Uchiha's good side.
"Ed informed me that he was highly mistaken and deceived about what was going on at the beach house where Tidus invited him. There was a party going on, not the one Ed was told was going on, so Ed and Sasuke decided to leave."
"Sasuke-kun should have known to go to his aunts and ask them for a ride home," Mikoto said casually but there didn't seem to be a reprimand in her voice. She probably had reasons to believe why Sasuke had not done as she suggested.
"Elric-san should not have allowed them to go without any confirmation from an adult that they were going to be in a safe environment. None of this would have occured if he had done so."
"Now dear, don't place all the blame on Hoenheim-san. There was no way for any of us to know that man was anywhere in the vicinity."
"So you do know who this Orochimaru is," Hoenheim asked with some of his anger slipping into his voice. He hated the marks on his son and hated it even more how Ed flinched away from physical contact. Ed had spent an entire hour in the shower and used up all the hot water, which usually lasted for at least three hours if the three of them and their friends staying over taking showers for that long was anything to go by. That told Hoenheim that his son had taken a scolding hot shower and with how red and blistered Ed's skin was even when he went to bed he'd even spent the entire time trying to rub his skin off.
Mikoto and Fugaku both exchanged glances and then Mikoto gave a slow nod, "Yes. He is Naruto-kun's great uncle, the brother of his grandfather Jaraiya-sama. We still don't know how long Naruto was being abused, but we do know that our son was a victim to that vile man for two years, two years while we thought the man was tutoring our son."
There was such shame and sadness in Mikoto's voice that Hoenheim felt his anger fade only to be renewed as he realized why Fugaku was so angry. How could the police let a sick man like this Orochimaru run around freely?
"We pressed charges and went to court and he was supposed to spend twenty years in prison in a different state and we placed a state wide restraining order on him. Naruto-kun testified against him as well, but he never told anyone how long it had gone on. Not even Sasuke-kun knows."
"Why the hell is this guy out of prison then?"
"We don't know, he obviously broke out of prison and we are going to find out why and report this to the police as soon as the boys wake up."
Hoenheim nodded and Mikoto got to her feet, "And when you get some rest yourself. Go to bed, my husband and I will stay here and mind the house and the boys while you sleep."
Hoenheim made to protest but then Fugaku spoke up, "You will be of little use to us in your state."
Mikoto smiled at her husband and Hoenheim got to his feet only to have Mikoto make a shooing motion at him, "Go on, go get some rest. When you wake up you will feel better." Hoenheim let out a sigh and did as she said, he was too tired to argue that this was his house or anything along those lines.
Mikoto turned to her husband as she took her seat on the couch next to him, "We're going to have to have a talk with our son when he wakes up. I've also been meaning to speak with Edward about something as well."
Fugaku nodded and leaned back on the couch and put his arm on the back of the couch to which Mikoto took the invitation and leaned into him. "Why do you continue to use honorifics around everyone else when you talk freely around me?"
Mikoto looked up at him from where she rested her head against his shoulder and smiled, "I think some of the honorifics can be used to express endearment."
"You enjoy embarrassing all the boys, now I understand."
Mikoto laughed softly, "Yes, that is why as well. Don't change the subject though."
"Of course, I agree with having a talk with our son. I, however, see no need to involve ourselves even more in the life of the Elrics."
"I see reason to involve ourselves, both Edward and Alphonse are in need of a mother figure in their lives and Hoenheim is having much difficulty being a parent after years of running away from such responsibilities."
"A consequence of life. Their mother died and that is extremely unfortunate. As for Mr. Elric, I believe his sons will be sure to teach him of the consequences to his actions. From what you have told me Edward gives his father much grief about his leaving them."
"That is all true, but I still wish to do all I can for both of the Elric boys and I wish to help Hoenheim protect and care for them."
"On your own head be it, I will not stop you, but you will have to do this on your own for I will not help you either. We have our own children to take care of."
"I am fully aware of that, having given birth to both of them. That does not mean that we should not help the friends of our sons all that we can."
"We do not have to raise them."
"The world has done most of the raising, as well as their own parents. Everyone needs assistance now and again and I aim to offer aid when it is the time for the need of it."
"Very well my dear wife, as you wish. I will support you but I can offer you nothing more than that. I do not wish to involve myself in the lives of those other than my own sons. They are enough to handle for me, I am not multi-talented and able to take on many things at once as you are."
Mikoto smiled sweetly at her husband and leaned up and kissed him. He returned her kiss and her smile before he looked up at the sound of footsteps on the stairs. Mikoto sat up and moved a little away from her husband, she was fine with his preferences of not displaying any type of affection or letting his mask slip in front of others. It did bother her when the only emotion either of their sons or their friends had ever seen from the man was anger, but she was often the one to smooth things over.
Sasuke stepped into the doorway of the living room, his hair still sticking up in odd places from sleeping but he was dressed in clean clothes and looked mostly awake as he wordlessly stepped into the living room and sat down on the couch across from his parents. Mikoto and Fugaku both scrutinized their son as they checked for injured. He had a few scrapes on his elbows and his knees, given that he was wearing his usualy baggy, dark shirt with white shorts and socks. There was a bruise forming on his left cheek and before either parent could ask Sasuke looked at them.
"Ed and I were wrestling," he stated simply before raising his hand to cover up a yawn.
Mikoto looked at him sharply, "You two were wrestling? After what I heard happened last night?"
Sasuke sighed, "We were working out adrenaline because of what happened last night."
"Was last night your first recent encounter with him," Fugaku asked his son and gave him a look that clearly said Sasuke better tell him the truth and be quick about it.
Sasuke averted his gaze, "No, but I didn't think it was really him."
"Why didn't you tell us," Mikoto said with a stern look at her son.
"I didn't think it was really him."
"You still should have said something, we would have known he had broken free sooner if you had."
"So last night was my fault," Sasuke asked his mother irritably.
"Don't take that tone with your mother," Fugaku snapped and Sasuke immediately bowed his head in apology and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, you're right, I should have told you even if I didn't believe it was really him. Forgive my tone mother."
Mikoto looked at Fugaku and narrowed her eyes before turning back to her son, "Did he do anything to you?"
Sasuke shook his head, "No, he seemed more interested in Ed than me. We also didn't give him the option."
"Did he mention that he would?"
A silent nod but Sasuke refrained from saying anything. The three Uchiha's remained silent for several minutes before Fugaku stood and pulled out his cell phone and left the room. Mikoto got to her feet and walked over to sit on the couch next to Sasuke. She traced the bruise on his face and he turned his head away with a glare but she just smiled, "You're not just telling me you two wrestled to soothe me are you?"
"No mother," Sasuke snapped.
Mikoto smiled and got to her feet, "Go shower, brush your teeth, and your hair and then come downstairs to eat some breakfast. I'm sure as soon as I start cooking Edward-kun will wake up."
Sasuke got up and followed her out of the living room and then went upstairs as she made her way to the kitchen. When Sasuke came back down thirty minutes later Ed was following him, dressed, showered, and his hair tied back in a lose ponytail. He was wearing a light, long sleeved, button up, white shirt with a pair of blue jean pants and barefoot as he sat down at the small kitchen table.
Mikoto gave him a pleasant smile as she sat two plates on the table just as Sasuke took his own seat. She fixed two more plates and then walked into the dining room where Fugaku was still talking on the phone. She said casually as she set their plates on the table and turned to retrieve their glasses of milk from the kitchen, "Eat something dear." When she returned Fugaku closed his phone and sat down to join her for breakfast.
Sasuke and Ed ate in silence and Ed gulped down a glass of orange juice and made to stand but found that Fugaku was watching him intently and Mikoto was standing at the sink holding out her hand expectantly for his dishes. Ed looked at Sasuke but Sasuke got to his feet and handed his dishes over to his mother without a word and Ed reluctantly did the same. Don't get him wrong, Ed liked Sasuke's parents, when Mikoto wasn't hovering over him and Mr. Uchiha wasn't looking at him like that anyway.
Ed turned to leave the kitchen but Fugaku's sharp voice stopped him, "Sit down young man," Ed sat down at the table immediately. Fugaku released him from his gaze to look at Sasuke sternly, "Call Kushina-san, she wishes to speak to you."
Sasuke nodded and gave Ed an apologetic look before he walked out of the kitchen. Ed looked at Mikoto and found that he liked her motherly concern much better than this stern, expectant look she was giving him right now as she finished up the dishes and moved to stand next to her husband. Ed found himself thinking that these two could take over the world or at least make a hell or a lot of money as interrogators. Who the hell could lie to them when they were looking at him like that, he felt like spilling his soul to them just to get them to stop doing that, intimidating staring thing they were currently doing. How the hell did Sasuke, Itachi, or anyone else survive that?
"Start talking, tell us what happened Edward-kun," Mikoto stated, not asked or requested, stated calmly, but it was demanding at the same time.
"Umm . . . " Ed began lamely before he found himself telling them everything that had happened from the moment they arrived at the party they were not told was a high school or college party, he wasn't sure since he hadn't stuck around long enough to find out. He hesitated when he got to the part where that creepy guy had grabbed him but after some prompting from more of their intent and expectant gazes he told them everything he could remember up until his father had finally arrived to take them home. The kitchen fell into a tense silence and then Mikoto's expression softened suddenly and she moved towards the table and kneeled down in front of him as Mr. Uchiha turned and went back into the dining room.
"Thank you Ed-kun, we appreciate you telling us everything," she stood up and held out her hand with a kind smile, "let me look at your wounds, I'll help you take care of them so that they don't get infected."
Ed hesitated but eventually took her hand and let her help him up and then lead him upstairs to his and Al's shared bathroom. He found he was grateful his brother was such a neat freak because he would have been embarrassed to have Mrs. Uchiha walk into the upstairs bathroom and see it a mess of dirty clothes, trash that just missed the trash can, and an old, possibly week old towel thrown over the shower curtain and rod.
She didn't take long to guide him to sit down on the toilet after closing the lid and then set to searching the four drawers for gauze, as he noticed when she pulled it out, cotton balls and scissors. Ed touched his fingertips to his throat, just noticing that the cut was too long for a band-aid to cover up. Then she took out neosporin, band-aids, and peroxide from the medicine cabinet above the sink.
She soaked a cotton ball with peroxide before she lifted Ed's chin with her other hand so she could clean the cut on his neck. Ed let out a hiss as the medicine burned and made him fully aware of how deep and jagged the cut was. He couldn't stand cuts, especially deep ones from knives that were inflicted by sick pedophiles, those royally blew. When she got another cotton ball Ed glanced at the bloody one she tossed in the small trash can between the sink and the toilet, "Bloody hell," he said through a hiss when she pressed the cotton ball to a particularly deep part of the cut on his neck, it was dangerously close to his jugular vein and he shivered slightly at the realization.
"I believe that's the first time you've used such language other than the more rugged American cuss words," Mikoto said with a smile and a light chuckle. Ed grimaced when she threw away that cotton ball to get another one, "Is that cut really that bad?"
"It did start bleeding again when I started to clean it," she replied as she moved to press another cotton ball to his neck. Ed looked up at the ceiling and they fell into a comfortable silence as she doctored his wounds. She even cleaned the grazes from him and Sasuke's rough housing. She disposed of everything and put things back in their places before she stood and looked at him with her hands on her hips, "Now, you be sure to clean those wounds and change the bandages regularly. You haven't been out of the hospital for more than a week and already you're hurt again."
Ed shrugged, "That's just my luck. I will, I swear I'll take care of them and clean them and change the bandages and eat my vegetables," he said when Mikoto looked at him sternly. She laughed, "Alright then."
Ed got to his feet as she turned to leave the bathroom, "But I'm not drinking milk."
Mikoto laughed and left Ed to do as he wished as she returned downstairs. Ed let out a sigh of relief and turned off the bathroom light and then headed to his study where he'd spent most of the night being unable to sleep. He wanted to work on deciphering those journal logs, at least to give him something to do to keep his mind off of everything else. He walked in to see Sasuke lounging on the couch in the middle of the room reading the book Amateur Mistakes of Alchemists and smirked, "Didn't know you were interested in alchemy Sasuke."
"Hn."
