Not A Normal Girl

EdXOC

Holy crap another update! =) like i said i'm on a roll. This week is exam week and when I'm done studying i write. Also after I'm done with an exam i start writing in a note book. I realized that i get chapters done faster if i start writing them down on paper before typing them. ANYWHO ENJOY!

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Oh yeah and one more thing! If you notice that some 'W' are missing that is because my 'W' button is screwed up on my laptop and when i went back to read it i didn't catch it. NOW, you may go and read.

Izumi walked back into the room and tossed me the book I as reading earlier along with the pad of paper.

"As soon as you finish that book I want you to contact me." She instructed.

I nodded, "Alright, hopefully I'll finish it soon."

I watched her stand there as if she was thinking of how she would say her next statement.

"Mikayla, do you know why your body went into shock like that?" She asked.

I shook my head, "No."

She said, "I have a theory why."

"What is it?" I asked curiously.

"There's a possibility that the gate took one or more of your organs and its just now taking effect." Izumi explained, "But there's also a chance that your caught in between."

I blinked, "Caught in between?"

"As in you fully didn't cross over The Gate. Half of you is here but the other half is back in your time, your world. It could be that your soul and your body was separated, but you would be suffering a lot more."

"So either way, The Gate messed me up?" I asked wearily.

She nodded with sadness in her eyes, "I'm afraid so."

I looked up at the ceiling and pinched the bridge of my nose, "Oh that's great! Now I have a bunch of health issues and we really don't know why!"

"From now on you'll have your good days and bad days." Izumi said, "Look on the bright side you could be bed written."

I sighed and suppressed the urge to roll my eyes.

"What I really want to know is who's after me."

"Some ones after you?" Izumi asked, surprised at the new information.

I told her about the message that I had gotten before I had passes out on the bathroom floor and she frowned.

"This isn't good, what if its one of the homunculus?"

I groaned, "I hope not. That would just add on to all my issues."

Izumi sighed, "I'll look into more about what's making you ill but until then you need to lay low. Try not to perform alchemy too much and stay close to Ed and Al. Because we don't know who's after you it could be virtually anyone."

"I think I can manage that." I said.

I then started coughing again but to my relief no blood came out.

"Are you alright?" Izumi asked, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I nodded and my voice sounded hoarse, "Yeah I'm fine."

I cleared my throat to make the mucus clogging the back of my throat go away.

Dr. Justin came into the room and walked over to me, "Any blood."

I shook my head, "Nope."

He smiled, "That's good."

He then took out a syringe, "Let me give you your medicine. It will make you sleeping so its best if you just lay down.

I looked at the needle and tried to squirm away from him. No matter how hot this doctor was there was no way I was going to let him give me a shot.

"Mikayla stay still." Izumi ordered, holding me down by my shoulders.

"But I don't wanna shot!" I shouted childishly.

I felt the needle go into my forearm and yelped.

"See, it wasn't so bad was it?" He said, putting a band-aid on my forearm.

I looked away and mumbled under my breath how I hated shots. A few moments later I felt the drowsiness kick in.

"I'll be back later, Mikayla," Izumi said.

I nodded sleepily and fell asleep as Dr. Justin and Izumi walked out.

The rest of my hospital visit was uneventful. I was glad that I felt well enough to be released.

I had changed out of the ugly white gown and into a clean red tank top and shorts.

"Make sure you take this every morning on an empty stomach." Dr. Justin had instructed before I left.

I looked at the small blue bottle in my hand, I highly doubt this stuff will work.

I shoved the bottle in my pocket. After I had left the hospital I had went back to Izumi's to get my stuff. We said our good-byes and walked to the train station.

"Did you take that this morning?" Ed asked, as we boarded the train.

"Yep."

"How are you feeling?"

We took a seat near the door of the train. Ed and Al sat on one side of the table in the middle while I sat on the other.

"Pretty good." I replied, "Ed I swear if you starting asking me how I'm feeling every five minutes I will hurt you."

Ed smirked, "Alright, alright."

We sat up in silence for a few minutes and It gave me a chance to bring out the book Izumi had given me.

"So," Ed started, "How are you feeling?"

I glared at him and kicked his shin, "Ow! Wrong leg!"

Ed chuckled, "Next time you want to kick me try kicking me on the leg that doesn't have automail."

"Thanks I'll remember that for next time!" I muttered, and went back to reading.

I heard him chuckle lightly and I looked up and glared at him, "Something funny Edward?"

"Oh nothing, Kayla."

"So I said your whole name and you say my nickname?"

"Yep." He said.

I looked at him blankly, "Why are you so weird…runt."

He glared at me, "We're the same height! What the hell are you talking about? Who are you calling a runt?"

"Obviously you. If I called Al a runt it would make no sense. I am the correct height for my age."

I decided to tune his ranting out by reading my book.

This will be a long ride…

When we got to Rushvalley we walked to the shop Winry was working in.

Maybe I should warn him that he will be beaten with a wrench. I thought to myself, Nah!

"Mikayla, why are you smiling like that?" Ed asked.

I smirked and shook my head, "No reason."

"Is she going to beat me?"

"But of course, Ed!" I said brightly.

"Kayla." He stopped walking and gave me puppy dog eyes, "Please don't let her beat me."

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't."

He saw the gears in his head quickly think of something, "I saved you from coughing out all your blood!"

I sighed, "Fine, I'll save your sorry behind from getting a beaten."

"Thank you, Mikayla!" He said, happily.

I heard Al laugh at his brother, "Oh Ed, you've gotten beaten with a wrench before!"

"That doesn't mean I want to be beaten again!"

When we got to the store Winry worked in she was outside taking out some boxes.

"Ed, Al, Mikayla! It good to see you guys again!" She said with a smile, "You guys don't really keep in touch, why the sudden visit?"

Ed moved behind me and stuck his trashed arm out.

The look on Winry's face was priceless. She had that smile stuck on her face but at the same time you could see evilness behind it.

Winry grabbed Ed and dragged him into the shop.

"Mikayla you were suppose to protect me!" He shouted.

"I tried!" I shouted back.

"Liar! All you did was stand there!"

I shook my head and looked up at Al, "I guess we should go see if we need to plan his funeral."

Al laughed and we went inside the shop to see a beaten Ed and an angry Winry holding a wrench.

Paninya suddenly came through the widow, "Hey its Al, Mikayla and…Ed?"

"This was Ed." Winry said angrily.

"Mikayla I hate you." Ed groaned.

I simply smiled at him, "You're my best friend too, Ed."

As Winry evaluated the damage to Ed's arm, I decided to take a walk around town. It was nice to have time to myself.

I think we go back to Central now and I think we take Winry with us. Crap, Ed's going to find out that Meas is dead.

A wave of sadness went over me. I felt so guilty! I could have done something to prevent his death but no, I didn't. What if they blame me for his death? Just the thought of it scares me.

I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder that jerked me to a stop. I turned around as saw a man at least in his 50's glaring down at me.

"You an Ishballen, girl?" He asked harshly.

I felt myself shaking, "No, sir I'm not."

I pointed to my eyes, "See, my eyes are brown. My skin is just dark because of all the time I spend in the sun."

So that was a lie but here they don't have African-American's, thus I cannot say I am.

He looked at me sharply before pushing me away and walking past me.

I turned around and started walking as quickly as possible back to the shop Winry worked at (the name of it escaped me).

It was just a mistake, it was just a mistake. I kept thinking to myself, looking at the ground as I walked.

I have never experienced direct racism. I knew it was there but it was never directed at me. The look in that guys eyes frightened me. It was as if, if I said yes he would kill me on the spot.

Ok maybe I'm over reacting but still.

"Mikayla!"

I looked up and saw Ed and Al walking towards me.

"What's wrong?" Ed asked.

He must of saw the look of fear I still had in my eyes which I quickly hid, "Nothing."

I said that a little to quick…crap.

"What is it?" He asked, crossing his arms.

"Nothing! Really Ed, eh? Al where are you going?" I said, but off in mid-sentence when I saw Al run over to an ally.

"Al, if it's a cat you know we can't keep it." Ed said.

"But brother look!" Al said, picking up a boy by his jacket.

Hey! Its that one guy! I can't remember his name though…it will come to me eventually.

"Al, put him back were you found him." Ed ordered.

"But brother that's inhuman! He looks starved and dehydrated." Al argued.

Ed sighed and looked at me, "Who is he and what should we do."

I rolled my eyes, I should have seen that one coming.

"I can't remember his name."

"Thanks, Mikayla." Ed said sarcastically

I glared at him, "Shut up!"

Out of the kindness of our heats *cough* *cough*

We took the unconscious boy to a small restaurant so he could eat and gather his strength back up. I swear he eats more then Tyson from Beyblade. It was actually kind of scary.

I sat back in my chair in slight disgust. The boy the patted his mouth with his napkin and turned towards me. I guess he was looking at me. I couldn't tell because they were closed. It reminded me of Fuji Syuuske from Prince of Tennis. Gosh this guy was like a clash of anime characters combined.

"Thank you for helping me! My name is Lin You and I am from Xing." He said with a kind smile.

I smiled back, "Your welcome, I'm Mikayla."

"Mikayla? What a pretty name!"

I felt my face heat up, "Thanks."

"Hey! She's not the one paying for all the food you just ate!" Ed cut in.

"Your accent gave away that you were a foreigner but you're a long way from home." Al said, "Wasn't the desert hard to cross?"

"Yes, it was rather hellish." Lin replied.

He made two circles in the dirt with a stick to symbolize the two countries and then two lines in between to symbolize the path in between.

"The railroad that was suppose to be in between our two countries is covered with sand making it unusable. I had to swap between camels and horses to get here."

"Wouldn't it have been easier if you just would have taken the sea rout?" Al asked.

"Yeah, but I wanted to see Cselkcess Ruins." Lin replied.

By now I tuned their conversation out completely. It was boring me that I could almost recite their whole conversation before they could say anything. I already knew Lin only came to this country to learn about its alchemy. I really didn't need to hear it for the fifth time (I watched the anime and read the manga of this part a few times).

The next thing I knew Ed was pulling me up by my hand.

"Come on, Mikayla we're leaving." He said.

Lin snapped his fingers, "Oh no you don't."

A blade was at my neck and one was at Ed's. Al had a sword to his back.

I felt Ed grip my hand protectively.

"What do you want with the Philosopher Stone?" Ed asked seriously.

Lin smirked, "To find a way to gain immortality!"

Ed and I looked at each other out of the corner of our eyes.

He gave me this, 'you knew didn't you' look.

I simply looked away from his knowing gaze.

"Some other guys were looking for immortality too. What is this the new hyper?" Ed asked, "How idiotic."

"I'm serious." Lin said, with that same smirk on his face.

"Is this the kind of attitude you give people who are asking questions?" Ed asked, he then looked at the person behind his sharply. He tugged me down to the ground harshly and I barley missed the knife that was at my neck. He then pushed the person behind him backwards.

"Brother don't fight!" Al shouted.

I sighed and stood up, "Just don't Al, just don't. This is going to last a while."

Hmm...looking at this chapter i don't think its the best...but that's for you guys to decide! Review please! It makes me happy =)