After The Battle (An FMA Story) Chapter 34: Sister?
"Really!? COOL!" Silver said and hugged the puppy. The puppy barked happily and licked her face," Hmm...what to name you...That's it !I'll call you Sakari!" she said happily. Sakari barked again.
Kitty smiled and stroked Tenshi-Neko. She laid down and fell asleep with the kitten in her arms.
The puppy yawned and so did Silver. She went to a tree and leaned up against it. Sakari curled up against Silver and fell asleep. Silver's tail wrapped around her waist as she fell asleep .Ed climbed up onto the shore," Finally!" He said. He fell flat on his face asleep.
Kitty woke up in about 3 hrs or so. Her eyes shot open and it was now dark. She looked sound nervously and got up walking along the lake. She sighed and looked up. "good, it was just a dream..." she said to herself and looked out at the island. "or...was it?" she asked herself then walked back over to Ed, Silver, Sakari, and Tenshi-Neko and fell asleep again. She woke up at dawn and yawned. she sat up and picked up the kitten, petting her. Tenshi-Neko purred and Kitty looked over at the island.
Sakari woke up and licked Silver's face," yawn oh good morning..." she said and sat up. She looked at Kitty," You ok Kitty? You were hurt pretty bad yesterday."
Kitty turned her head slightly to face Silver. "yes, I am..." she said and sighed. "how about you? that fight with Envy did you some damage as well." she said then turned to look out. She saw Cat on the island from far away. "no, it can't be..." she said and blinked looking again seeing that she was gone. Kitty shook her head then turned back to Silver.
"Yeah I'm fine. A little bruised but fine." she said and smiled,"...what's the matter? You look like you just saw a ghost."
Kitty's eyes glazed over. "I think you hit the target...I could've sworn that I'd just seen Cat, which is impossible, since I watched her die before my eyes 6 years ago." she said then looked over the water again. "I heard a strange rumor, but never quite believed it, and quite frankly, I still don't..." she said turning back to Silver and sighed. "It was probably just my eyes playing tricks on me." she got up and offered Silver her hand.
"Ok." Silver said and grabbed Kitty's hand and got up. Sakari barked at Tenshi-Neko. She wanted to chase her again. Silver smiled.
Tenshi-Neko mewed and began running around in circles around the bush. Kitty: looked at them and laughed then walked over to Ed and poked him. "Ed, wake up, we need to go...somewhere..." she said and sighed then called out tp Sakari and the kitten. "Come on you 2!" she called out and began to walk blindly.
Ed just twitched his leg. Silver laughed and followed Kitty. Sakari barked and stopped she ran after Kitty.
Kitty continued to walk then stopped and turned. "he'll catch up eventually..." she whispered under her breath as Tenshi-Neko climbed onto her head once again.
Silver stopped and turned left. She started to wander around town. Sakari trotted by her side. Silver stopped and sniffed the air. Blood. A lot of it. She followed the scent to a old building that looked like a church. She walked in and looked around. She saw a girl laying in a corner and she ran over to her. The girl looked about the age of 17. She was a skinny girl and was 6'0. Her hair was short and black. She wore a black shirt with black jeans and a pair of black sneakers. There was blood all around her. Silver shook the girl," Hey! Are you ok?" She asked her. The girls eyes opened. They were aqua marine, "..h-huh? Where am I?" she asked. Her voice sounded soft and nice. "I'm not sure and I don't know how you got here but are you ok?" Silver asked. The girl lifted herself up," Y-yes I'm fine just a little bruised. Oh my name's Sapphire." she said," I'm Silver. Nice to meet you Sapphire." Silver smiled." uh I don't have anywhere to go. Can I come with you?" Sapphire asked," ...Sure!" Silver said and smiled. Sapphire smiled and they walked out of the church. A man sat on top of an alter and watched them," The plan is working out perfectly." he said and smirked then disappeared.
Kitty ran after Silver and stopped when she saw Sapphire. Kitty's eyes widened remembering yesterday. 'Envy: I personally think her looks better as a 6' tall skinny girl with black hair.' she turned pale and stared then backed up slightly and stared at her with disbelief. "Gluttony..." she whispered under her breath then looked at Silver. "Um...There's something I need to tell you Silver, may I speak to you alone for a moment?" she asked her in a shaky voice.
"Sure." Silver said. She looked at Sapphire and Sapphire nodded she walked over to a building and leaned against it waiting. "What is it Kitty?" Silver asked her confused.
Kitty replayed Envy's words over and over again churning them in her head. "Silver, be careful." she said lifelessly. "I have a feeling..." she replayed the scene another time. "That girl isn't who you think she is. There is a slight possibility that she might be...but if I'm right, by his...well I suppose her words now, then..." her voice trailed off and her eyes drifted away towards the girl. "Then that girl isn't really a girl at all, not even human, and if I'm correct..." her eyes went blank as Envy's words circled her head again. "Then she is dangerous, more then you could ever know. Remember yesterday I said that Envy still lived? Well, so do Lust and Gluttony. All three of them were brought back as the opposite gender." she stated blankly and replayed it 1 more time. "I can only remember one of their descriptions, Gluttony's. He was brought back as a 6' tall skinny girl with long black hair." she pointed out and looked at "Papphire" Kitty looked down to the ground. "That was all the information before he...SHE..." her voice trailed off again and she closed her eyes. Kitty shook her head. "Never mind, just, never mind" she said then opened them again staring Silver in the eye. Some of the color had returned to her skin but her eyes still looked empty and lifeless.
Silver stumbled back when she heard all of this," But wait. You said long black hair right? Sapphire has short black hair and if what you said is true where's the oboros sign on her?" Silver said looking at Sapphire. She kinda believed Kitty but kinda didn't.
Kitty shrugged, "dunno...I suppose, it won't hurt us, I still want you to be careful though..." she and looked over at Sapphire, and even if she is who I believe her to be, I want information. Just...be careful alright? I don't want you to get hurt." she said and looked over once more then her eyes light up with ice again and the veil lifted on her eyes. she forced a smile and walked over to "Sapphire"
"Ok." silver said and followed Kitty over. Sapphire looked at Kitty and smiled," So what's your name?" she asked.
"I'm Kitty." she said and smiled trying to hide her jumpiness. The skin had returned to her skin and she was trying to be pleasant. She struggled trying to keep the icy tone in her voice at bay. Kitty stared at Sapphire, her personality, which had been shaken by the previous day's events was now back to her normal deceitful.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Sapphire." she said and smiled. The man that was on the altar was in an alley across from them. He wore a black sleeveless shirt with denim shorts. His hair was black and short. His eyes a dark shade of pruple. He looked about 20 and was 6'5.He smirked, "Good. Win their trust then you know what to do." he said not talking to anyone particular. Envy sat down in the same alley," How long is this gonna take Lust?" she asked the man. Lust smirked," Gluttony already has Silver's trust now all she needs is Kitty's." He said. Envy smirked, "Master will be pleased when he hears the news." She said
Kitty's eyes twitched and she turned around. "what was that?" she said turning around facing the ally, since she'd heard slight noises coming from it. she looked at it suspiciously for about 5 min. She wasn't ready to trust this person. She continued to stare into the darkness then walked to the ally. She saw Envy and stopped dead in her tracks. The red haired girl came up behind Kitty. "Welcome, Kitty. It's been too long, hasn't it, sister dearest." Cat smirked behind Kitty. Kitty's eyes widened. "C-C-Cat..." her eyes went cold and she stared at Envy and Lust. "don't tell me, Lust, correct?"
Lust smirked, "Yes. Hello again, Kitty." he said. Silver stumbled back a little when she saw them,"..wait.1, 2,...Uh oh." she said and looked at "Sapphire" Sapphire smirked," Hey Lust! Can I eat her now?" she asked. "Yes go ahead." Lust told her. Silver flinched and backed away from her," Ok Kitty! I believe what you said now!" 'Sapphire' walked towards Silver smiling. Oh her palm was the oboros sign. Envy stood up and walked over to Lust," It may not be going how we planned but at least its working." She said," Yes. Cat, you can do whatever you want to your dear sister." Lust said.
Cat put her hand to Kitty's chin and pulled her closer. Kitty's eyes widened and stared at her. "Of course, Silver, when someone kills somebody they usually tell the dead person valuable information!" she said still staring at her sister. She drew her sword putting in front of her face. "So, it's true, Catherine, this is what you've become after all, you were never meant to come back to me." Cat's eyes gleamed. "oh, I'm not coming back to you. YOUR coming back to me." she said with a menacing tone. Kitty looked into the eyes of what appeared to be Cat. Not having the heart to kill her sister she walked towards Gluttony. "You know, it's not often my victims come back from the dead." Kitty said smirking. "I suppose I didn't do it well enough the first time." Cat leaned on the wall and watched. "yes, this will be interesting." she held up a sword almost identical to Kitty's and watched from the shadows.
Gluttony stopped and looked at Kitty," You know I should thank you. I'm smarter than I was before." She said. "Duh." silver said under her breath. "But now I can do what I couldn't before I died. Devour you two." She said and smirked. Silver flinched and ran behind Kitty. Sakari barked at Gluttony and bit her in the leg. Gluttony looked down at Sakari and grabbed her by the scruff making her let go of her leg. Sakari yelped and struggled. Silver looked at them," YO! Put...My...Dog...Down...NOW! "She yelled angrily. Gluttony smirked and gripped Sakari tighter. Silver growled and walked out from behind Kitty and right in front of Gluttony," PUT HER DOWN NOW!" She yelled. Gluttony let go of Sakari and grabbed Silver by the neck. Silver growled at struggled trying to get her to let go. She wasn't scared of Gluttony as much as she was before.
Kitty glared at gluttony. "oh?" she said then smirked. "You should know, I've killed you once and I most certainly can kill you again...well...actually...Silver killed you last time, but still!" Tenshi-Neko jumped off of Kitty's head and onto Gluttony's gripping her claws into her head. Kitty drew her sword and held it to Gluttony's neck putting the stone on her forehead. In a flash of light Gluttony was turned human. She grinned. "You know, I missed this so much! Now this is returned to me!" she said slicing her head clean off. Kitty felt a hand grab her mouth and a sword against her neck. She pushed the blade away and turned to get the hand off. She held the point of her sword straight to the heart. Cat smirked. "What's the matter Kitty? Not glad to see me after all this time?" she said smirking. Kitty stumbled back some. "You are NOT my sister!" she yelled out and turned her human, but didn't kill her, instead she moved onto Envy. "Well, well, well. What have we here?"
Silver moved away from the body," Ok ew." she said. Sakari barked and licked Silver's leg. Silver kneeled down and pet her. Sakari barked," Your welcome." Silver said and smiled. Envy backed up," Uh Lust don't you think Cat can do this herself?" she asked. Lust nodded," Retreat. Let Cat handle this." He said and ran into the alley. He jumped from wall to wall all the way to the roofs and sped off. did the same. Silver stood up and walked over to Cat," Who are you?" She asked in a stern voice. She hated all homunculi...except Wrath.
Cat smirked as Kitty watched the 2 disappear. Kitty's eyes seemed to burn as Cat began to spoke. "You mean to tell me that after all this time, Kitty still hasn't told you...? My name is" "CATHRINE ANNA CUKLINSKI!!!!!!!!!!!" Kitty yelled cutting off her sister. "What the hell did you think you were doing?! I've never seen you act like this before, what happened?! And if I killed you then why aren't you dead yet?!" she demanded fiercely. Cat just smirked. "You'll figure that out soon enough." she said swinging her sword and stopped it in front of Kitty's neck. Kitty nodded slightly and Tenshi-Neko came running at Cat in such a way that it knocked her over. Kitty slammed the tip of her sword down beside her sister. "I want answers, talk!" Cat smiled and suddenly jumped up hugging Kitty. She stumbled backwards. "what in the...?" she said shocked and looked over at Silver.
Silver looked at the two confused, "Wait, weren't you just trying to kill her, Cat?" She asked. Sakari barked at Cat.
Kitty blinked and tugged Cat's hair. "Were you under some kind of mind control or something?" she asked confused then looked at Silver shaking her head. "I'm...confused..." Catherine pulled away. "...why...didn't you kill me?" she asked looking up at her sister with pleading eyes. Kitty looked down at her. "wow...I didn't think it was even possible, you're even more naive then you were when you were 7!" she said and laughed then her face turned stern. "you know perfectly well why I didn't." she said getting up and putting her hand out. Tenshi-Neko ran onto it and onto Kitty's shoulder as she walked over to Silver.
Silver looked at Kitty then at Cat,"...Ok I'm confused." She said.
Kitty sighed and pointed to Cat, "that is my younger sister, who died 6 years ago. She was turned into a homunculus and wanted to kill me, I turned her human, and it appears that she believes herself to be 7 again." she said looking at one then the other. Cat crawled over to Kitty. "Kitty...? did I do something bad?" she asked her eyes filling up with tears. Kitty's eyes widened with shock. "um...Silver...? Where's Ed and Al?" she asked turning to her.
"...uh well Al went back with Izumi to shore and Ed's probably still sleeping on the shore." Silver said.
"That works." she said and smiled then began to walk away back to Izumi's house. Cat kneeled down and looked at the ground, eventually running off in the other direction.
Silver looked at Cat then looked at Kitty. She followed her. She ran up beside Kitty," Do you think your sister will be ok?" she asked. Envy saw Cat and jumped down in front of her," Where do you think you're going Cat?" she asked," did you get rid of your sister?"
Kitty nodded. "yup! no doubt in my mind, she's more brutal then me sometimes, same tactics on fooling people too." she laughed slightly and continued to walk. Cat looked up at Envy. "I'm going shopping! wanna come with? oh, and yup!" she grinned.
"...?Oook no I don't want to. Oh and master wants you back in an hour." Envy said and ran off."...You know if you tell people that they'll think that your talking about yourself!" Silver said jokingly and smiled.
Cat looked at Envy and called out as she ran away. "Want anything?!" she called out. Kitty laughed slightly. "who knows, maybe that's a good thing." she said and smiled. continuing to walk.
Silver smiled and followed her. Envy turned back," No!" She called back.
Kitty continued to run and stopped where Ed was, and he was still asleep. "Ed! Wake up already will you?!" she said shaking him. Cat went shopping for an hour for who-knows-what and returned to her master. "Hi!" she said perkily. "you wanted to see me master?"