Chapter 21
Despair woke up confused. Thinking back he realized he must of fell asleep after his brother left. His brother. He had no idea what Master would want to do with his brother, but he knew it couldn't be exactly good, seeing as she never seemed exceptionally happy talking about this Full metal Alchemist. He never asked about it because it never interested him. Just do what Master tells you and you can do whatever you want when your done. That's what he though and didn't ask questions because of it. Now he almost wish he did. If someone made Master angry they usually died, and if Master is angry at brother then… Despair shook his head, he didn't want to think like that.
Stretching from his nap, Despair got up. Remembering Wrath Despair quickly started to head home. Despair hoped he had calmed down from his meeting with Ed. Reaching the house, Despair sighed and pushed open the big doors, not quite sure he wanted to go in.
Despair decided to find Wrath first. Going to Wrath's room, Despair knocked on the door, hoping he was there so he wouldn't have to search the whole house. Despair received no answer at first so tried to call him. Hearing footsteps Despair smiled. Wrath opened the door and peeked out.
"Can I come in?" Despair asked his friend. Wrath opened the door wider signaling for Despair to come in. Once in Wrath shut the door and Despair sat on his bed. "So, you met my brother before?" Despair asked. Wrath shrugged.
"I didn't know it was your brother at the time," Wrath explained. Despair nodded.
"He told me to tell you he was sorry," Despair said, remembering what Ed had said before he left. Wrath cocked his head to the side, which he did when he was confused.
"Why?" Wrath asked. Despair shrugged, not exactly sure why himself.
"I don't know, for offending you or something I guess," Despair said.
"So, where's your brother now?" Wrath asked. Despair tried to hide his distress at remembering who his brother was and why he was in Central.
"Central," Despair said. When Wrath looked confused Despair explained that it was for his work, but didn't tell him what his work was exactly. Despair stayed for a wile longer before heading off to his room. About halfway there he ran into Envy.
"Hey Envy, what did Master say about my power?" Despair asked happily. Envy gave a small half smile.
"She said It was good," Envy said. Despair nodded. "So, where've you been all day?" Envy asked.
"Out in the forest with Wrath, but then he got mad and left and I fell asleep," Despair said. He decided it wasn't really a lie, because everything he said was true, he just didn't tell him everything. Even though, it still made him feel guilty. Envy chuckled. He had to admit, it was a good lie, but he knew what he was really up to, not that he'd let Despair know he knew. Envy nodded. Despair walked away after that.
Once Despair got to his room he started to think. Why his brother? What did Dante want with him? Why was Envy nicer to him then the others? What should he do? Despair flung his head onto his pillow, he never had a headache before and he didn't like it. Rolling onto his back Despair decided to just try to push these thoughts out of his head, once he needed to get involved he would. Still, it didn't feel right to him to just push everything away. Groaning Despair decided to go back to sleep, figuring that he had slept more since he had met his brother then in his entire life.
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Edward got onto the train heading for Central. Leaning back, he tried to remember why he had even been in that town in the first place. Remembering his freak out at that grave made him shudder. Sighing, Ed tried to get his mind off of the grave and looked at the scenery sweeping by.
By the next day Ed was in Central. Walking into central base Edward wasn't exactly happy about being there. He inwardly groaned when he ran into Mustang.
"Well Fullmetal where have you been?" Mustang asked. Ed shrugged.
"Like it's any of your business where I am," Ed muttered. Roy smirked, this was just the type of response he expected from the teen alchemist.
"Why yes, as my subordinate, it is my business to know what you have been up to," Mustang replied, still smirking. Ed growled quietly.
"Well I'm still not telling you, I don't feel like it," Ed stated stubbornly. Roy sighed, he never was good with kids, especially stubborn ones like Full metal.
"Fine, just keep yourself out of trouble, anything you do bad reflects me," Roy ordered. Edward rolled his eyes and pushed past the Cornel.
Getting to his little room in Central base Ed dropped onto his bed only to not even lay a minute before someone knocked at his door. Groaning something to let them know they could come in Ed sat up. Edward sat right back down when he saw it was Mustang who came in.
"Fullmetal is that anyway to respect your higher ups?" Roy asked. Edward didn't even look up when he gave him the answer of a simple "Nope" Roy sighed. Ed sat up.
"Look, I'm tired, I wasn't doing anything dangerous, I visited my alchemy teacher, happy?" Ed said, flopping back down onto his bed after he was done. Mustang nodded and smirked.
"See full metal, was that so hard?" Roy asked. Ed frowned and glared at the older man.
"Would you leave, I've got a headache," Ed moaned. Roy kept the smirk on his face and left.
Alone in the room Ed sighed to himself. His thoughts quickly drifted back to Al. He wondered if Al would be alright by himself for a whole month. Ed shook his head, Al had lived there for years, he'd be fine for one month. That settled in his mind he remembered Al's friend, that Wrath kid. Ed couldn't help but chuckle at the fact they had run into each other before them.
Small world, Ed thought. Yawning, Edward slowly lost track of his thoughts and nodded off.
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Ok, sorry not much happened in this chapter and it took so long to get up, and I can't really say I've been busy cause that would be a lie. So sorry if this wasn't very fulfilling, I'll try to make the next chapter come sooner and be more exciting.