Chapter 21

They got to Rana and went looking for Hirome. After about an hour, they were finaly sent in the right direction. By the time they got to Hirome's house it was dark. They knocked on the door and no one answered. They knocked again and this time they heard footsteps and then the door unlocking. A man stuck his face out. He staired first at the seven foot tall suit of armor, then the man in the military uniform. His eyes then turned to the short blonde teenage boy and finaly the girl.

"Kesho! I thought you were dead!" Hirome stutured.

"Oh, I'm not dead. I'm very much alive, no thanks to your sorry ass. And I ready to kick that sorry ass of yours." Kesho glarred daggers at Hirome as she said this. Hirome opened the door all the way and let his visitors in.

"Kesho, how did you survive? I was shot in the leg and I fell to the ground and played dead. The military men left and I left town." Hirome said.

"Well, it was thanks to this military man that I'm alive right now. Did you tell the military what was going on?" Kesho was mad and everyone could tell that if Hirome said the wrong thing he was going to die.

"I...I told them that your parents were trying to create a creature that could use alchemy and they didn't like that. Back then I was an informant for the military. I never told them that your parents were trying to create a human capable of controling or harnessing the power of the Gate."

"Why did you betray my parents trust in you?" Kesho was yelling at this point, "They believed that you could help them. I found the notebooks that my parent's wrote their notes in. It says that you had supplied them with something called Red Water. I found out what that was a long time ago! Maybe it's you I'm going to take my revenge out on."

"Kesho, be reasonable." Hirome gasped. Kesho stepped forward and handed Hirome the note she had gotten from Pride. Hirome read it and sighed.

"Well it looks like they figured it out and so did you." Hirome got up and went to his bookcase, "It's time to show you where it all started."

He led them down a dark flight of stairs. He had a lantern in his hands. It took them a while to get to where they were going. When the stairs finally ended, Kesho gasped. She had seen this room before.

"Brings back memories doesn't it?" Hirome said, "You were born, or should I say created, in this very room. Your parents were expecting a child. When it was time for your mother to give birth something happened. The thing that came out was not human. Within the first minute of being in this world it died. Your parents were overcome with grief.

Then suddenly the thing started to glow. It glowed with a sickly red light, that filled the room. When the light was gone we saw not the thing but a baby girl. Your parents were so happy that they started to cry. I was the first one to notice that something was off. You have the appearence of a human girl but you are truely, a creature of the gate, born into this world."

Kesho gaped at the man who she thought had been a nutcase, but what he was saying was making sense. It was then that she realized that the reason she could use KETAH was not because it was something her parents had put in her brain, but a gift from the Gate.

"Kesho, you are starting to learn the truth of your ablities. You have the ability to gain wings. That is both from the Gate and your parents experiments. The gate gave you the ability to do things not possible for normal humans. Your parents just helped the process of your evolution.

"You are the chosen one, the person who can control what happens around you. Can sense when things are wrong. You have the power of the Gate inside your heart."

"You mean, that I'm part of the Gate? Why did the Gate Choose me?" Kesho asked. She felt a sharp pain where her wings were when she called them forth. They erupted from her shoulders, but this time they were not the usual white. They were black. They had silver markings on them, and the markings looked like ruins. Kesho screamed in pain as the wings started to elongate. They were now double the size they normaly were. Kesho slumped to the ground. Mark knelt beside her. She looked up at him with crimson eyes.

"Well, well. It seems that it's time to take the Gate under our control." said a cool voice from behind the group. They all turned to see Pride.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?!" Hirome yelled.

"Oh just getting the key to the Gate." Pride said. He started to walk forward but Hirome stepped in front of Kesho as if to protect her.

"Kesho, I know that I betrayed your parents 12 years ago and I want to make it up to you by trying to protect you."

"Oh how very sentimental, and sickining." Pride said. He drew the sword that hung from his belt and rushed forward. He killed Hirome in one stroke of the blade. As Hirome fell Kesho could see a look of happyness on his face. She realized that he had done the one thing that he had wanted to do for so many years. Protect the child of his best friends.

"It's too crowded in here. Let's have another fight. This time no holding back and this time whoever interfears will die by my blade." Pride turned around and left the room and headed out side. Kesho stood and followed him out side. Mark, Ed and Al followed.

Kesho and Pride staired at each other for what felt like forever. Then Pride rushed forward and the fight for Kesho's life began.

SK: see i told you that i would have the note explained and would have the fight started in this chapter. and it's somewhat long

Kesho: Yay I finally get to fight Pride full force! hey sukoshi didn't you have something to tell me?

SK: oh yeah this morning as i was talking to my brother i noticed something about some of the names in my fic. the creater of Fullmetal Alchemist name is Hiromu Arakawa. Kesho's last name is Hitome and The sorry s.o.b. is Hirome. Look how close they all are. funny aint it. well see yall in chapter 22 where you get to see Kesho and Pride fight.

SK & Kesho: Chao!!!!!!! 8) .