Vyser D: And here it is…the question answering chapter! There are some old questions here, but that's why I've got a couple of bonuses in stored for everyone!

Enjoy!

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Chapter 55

Question

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In a dark room with a single light over him, Cain sat in a small brown fold up chair with a small table to his side with a pitcher of water with a few glasses on it. Over his usual black attire, Cain was wearing a dark yellow Ra yellow uniform with a baggy right sleeve. "Hello…since Vyser Dragoon decided it would be fun for people get some questions and comments out…well, you already know…"

"First of all, I took care of a majority of the comments about my height…so you people won't be getting a cheap laugh off of that!"

Cain lifted up a small letter from the left side and unfolded it. "Now that we got that out of the way, let's start off with this comment…"

'No questions, just comments.

Cain, try not to let their comments about your size get to you, and believe me, being tall is no picnic either, I'm 6 foot 4 inches, and I don't exactly have it easy either.

Mustang, seriously, you need to get a life and stop acting like your God's gift to women. You might just be the second most annoying character I have ever seen in a fanfiction (fan-made or from what the fanfiction is based off of), but it's a very close race.

From, Ruin Queen of Oblivion'

Cain just smiled as he tossed the letter to the side. "Okay, first of all, thank you very much Ruin! About time someone else agreed with me on Mustang! But if you were about my height, it'd be a challenge to reach the top of the dressers or getting on roller coasters…"

"Ya know, I don't act like I'm God's gift to women," Mustang chuckled appearing in the seat next to Cain, that's when Cain jumped out of his seat at the sight of the Die Hard Duelist.

"ACK! What the!?!" Cain shouted glaring daggers at Mustang. "Where did you come from!?!"

"Blame my parents," Mustang joked around lifting up the letter that Cain threw to the side. "But back to the comment, that second annoying character thing really gets me upset…"

"Hell yeah!" Cain added thinking that Mustang might've just gotten sense kicked into his head.

"I should be the first annoying character!" Mustang laughed loudly making Cain fall out of his seat. After Cain slowly got back into his seat, Mustang ended his laughter and had a more serious look on his face. "Ya know, I like a girl who can tell me the truth…"

"Oh dear lord," Cain moaned rubbing his forehead. "Are you hitting on a reviewer?"

"…maybe…" Mustang snickered before shaking his head. "But, all in all, I actually wasn't meant to be like that…"

"Yeah, he was originally supposed to be the quiet guy who was afraid of girls!" Cain laughed reading a small paper that was next to him. "…At least from what Vyser D says from his paper…Ha! And he was supposed to break out in hives from being touched by them!"

"WHAT!?!?!" Mustang roared nearly ripping the paper from Cain's hands. "I was supposed to be like that!?!?"

"I knew you weren't perfect," Cain chuckled lifting his next paper up. "Next question!"

"Hey hold on here!" Mustang pleaded with tears appearing in his eyes.

'I would like to put a question to Cain. Are you going to ask Kazica out or what?

And good work with the chapter, especially having Tai carried over Goliath's shoulder. J

From, Agent of the Divine One'

A large blush appeared over Cain's face as he threw the paper over his shoulder. "W-w-what kind of question is that!?!?"

"Heh, I think it is a decent question," Mustang chuckled with his hand to his chin. "When do you plan on asking her out?"

"I-I-I don't think the viewers are interested in that answer!" Cain protested trying to cover up his blush.

"Well he asked the question, so apparently they do," Mustang replied shrugging his shoulders. "Cause if you don't, I might…"

That's when Cain slammed his right hand into Mustang's cheek, sending the Die Hard Duelist flying out of his seat. "Don't…even…try!"

"Hmm…Mr. Sonryu, you must be very attracted to Miss Citidal to punch Mustang…" Goliath sighed before lifting a glass of water to his lips.

"Where do you all keep coming from?" Cain asked with Mustang jumping back into his seat.

"You knock one of down," Mustang chuckled rubbing his cheek. "And another will appear with the original."

"Damn it…" Cain groaned slipping back into his seat. "This wasn't in my contract…"

Goliath was reading the letter that was next to Cain. "Hmm…Thank you very much! Although, we had to have a few cuts till we had that scene done correctly. First I just threw Tai past my shoulder, the next time I accidentally knocked his head in the wall, and the third time…well, I landed on him on the stairs…"

"I wondered why he needed all of those bandages…" Cain questioned as Goliath lifted the next paper.

"Let's get the next great question!" Goliath announced lifting the next paper. "Oh, this one happens to be from our best and favorite reviewer!"

'Oh, oh, I have a question, I have a question!

Why won't Cain ever wear his DA uniform?

BTW, great chapter.

From, Phantom 1.'

"I have a question…Why does everyone like to string random letters in their reviews on Mustang asked with a confused look on his face. "I just don't get it."

"…Their called acronyms, dumb ass," Cain groaned. "Can we get on with the question?"

"…Then what does BTW stand for?" Mustang questioned turning towards his two answering companions.

"It means 'By The Way'…" Goliath answered handing the paper to Cain.

"Oh, and I get this a lot in my reviews," Mustang started raising an eyebrow. "Everyone says WTF, what does that mean?"

"Um…Whack The Frog…" Goliath stuttered with a slight blush on his face mainly because he was embarrassed that the third best duelist in the school didn't know that.

"What the? No it doesn't!" Cain groaned slapping his left hand on his forehead. "It means What the Fu…"

Before Cain could finish, Goliath had slapped his hand over Cain's mouth. "Not in this chapter! Back to Phantom's question…"

Cain immediately moved Goliath's hands, he glared daggers at the Colossal Kaiser for a small second before shaking his head. "Yeah, yeah, anyway, what in the world are you talking about? I always wear my uniform…I just alter it…"

"Yeah…how do you do that?" Mustang asked a little bit interested himself.

"Well, I, uh, um…know how to…" Cain stuttered to himself while poking his fingers together before whispering…

"…sow…"

"Aha! I knew it!" Mustang shouted jumping from his seat and pointed a finger at the short duelist. "I knew you sew!"

"This coming from the guy who didn't know what an acronym is…" Cain retorted with his right hand in front of his face. "And don't forget, you were supposed to be afraid of girls!"

"Really?" Goliath questioned scratching his head. "Well, from what I read before, I was supposed to be something else than a bodybuilder…"

"What'd Vyser want you to be?" Mustang asked twitching his right eye.

"Um…I'd rather not say…" Goliath sighed lowering his head. "…Anyway, Sonryu, is there another reason why you keep changing your uniform?"

"Yeah…I hate the color yellow!" Cain shouted while pulling on his uniform's collar. "I just can't stand it!"

"What? I'd figure you'd hate red…" Mustang stated scratching the side of his cheek.

"More comment's please…" Cain sighed lifting up his next letter…

'And the Die Hard Duelist delivers a one-two-three-four knock-out Uzumaki style!

Ah, so Mustang doesn't have memories of his past. Now the biggest mysteries about him remaining revolve around one thing. Is his name Mustang? Is it his first name? His last name? A nickname? Let's find out the truth!

From, Seeker of the Soul.'

"What in the?" Cain questioned before Mustang snatched the letter from Cain's hands.

"First of all, thank you very much for the compliment! I do try to please the crowds at home!" Mustang laughed with his ego slightly swelling. "But as for my name…Well, I'll just say that it's not a nickname…"

"Oh come on ya deadbeat!" Cain yelled jumping from his seat. "Stop being so full of yourself and tell us if that's your real name or not!"

"It just so happens to be my real name," Mustang retorted closing his eyes. "However, I can't really remember if it's my first or second name…but I'll let you all in on something…"

"…Until the day I remember my full memory, I and my childhood friend would only have one part of our names…somewhat of a promise to each other…"

"Huh…I didn't really know that Mustang…" Cain moaned lowering his head down.

"No worries little guy," Mustang replied slapping Cain on his back. "Let's just get on the next comment!"

'Yeah, go Raitai, kick butt! So…they're inviting a TV host guy? What's he doing there and why do I hear the Crocodile Hunter theme playing in my head?

From, Phantom 1.'

"…Hmm, again with this guy?" Mustang questioned looking at the letter. "He must really like this story…"

That's when Raitai walked from the dark shadows reading the letter behind Mustang's back. "…Thanks Phantom 1! Although I really oppose violence…"

Everyone jumped forwards at the sight of Raitai, but Cain immediately slammed his foot into the ground. "Okay! Where do you all keep coming from!?!"

"Oh and Phantom 1…about the TV host guy, you'll find out later, in next chapter," Raitai explained stealing Cain's chair. "I'd say more but I'm afraid of Vyser…but why you're thinking about the Crocodile Hunter theme in your head…well, it's beyond me…"

"Get out of my seat," Cain ordered while everyone else sat down in their seats.

"My turn gentlemen," Goliath announced pulling the next letter from his seat.

"HEY! Don't ignore me!" Cain roared throwing his arms to his sides.

'I love this fanfic! I have a question though…are Cain's chaos monsters (i.e. Chaos Leo Breaker) your creation or are they real cards? In any case I love this fanfic!

From, snowpenguin55.'

"What a great name from a great fan!" Goliath laughed loudly crossing his arms. "Thank you very much for your support!"

"And to answer your question," Cain grunted trying to pull Raitai from his seat…

…failing by the way. "…those chaos cards were created by Vyser D in the early stages of the fanfiction before someone planted the idea of using Alchemists…not that I'm complaining about that…"

"Yeah, whatever," Mustang sighed lifting up the last letter. "And the moment we've all been waiting for! Our next question!"

'Now the ultimate question remains. Which is better? Fullmetal Alchemist or Final Fantasy Seven? Only time will tell on that one...

Moving on! Great chapter with a nice conclusion, especially at last seeing The Fullmetal Alchemist as a card. Perhaps some more details on how the combination to get Cain his metal arm worked would be nice.

Can't wait to see what sort of other weirdos show up and exactly what/who Big Boss is.

From, Seeker of the Soul.'

"As a note, I would like to say that Vyser really likes this commenter's works," Mustang chuckled tossing the letter to the side. "And he's really excited that this person's taking an interest in this story..."

"You better be careful Mustang," Goliath warned covering his eyes. "Vyser doesn't like it when you tell secrets about him to other writers..."

"Oh yeah?" Mustang chuckled standing up from his seat. "Well then, our author is also short, he's not even six feet tall and he's a high school student! And for the fact that he himself is often made fun of by his height..."

All of a sudden a powerful bolt of lightning came out of nowhere zapping the Die Hard duelist till he fell to the ground with many burn marks all over his body and making him cough up some smoke. "...PAIN!"

"Okay," Cain sighed shaking his head slightly. "Anyway, if you couldn't tell, Vyser is a fan of FMA and FF series, and he's been trying to come up with a style of cards apparently with it, he just felt it was convient with the fact that Abel was creating new bodies for himself...but I personally think FMA is better somewhat, mainly because we've been waiting for a remake of FF7 and still it's being dangled in front of our faces!"

"As for my arm...think of it when Mustang merged with his Die Hard Captain, only mine's now fully linked with my body..."

"So I'm stuck hiding it from everyone else...but later in the story or in the sequel we'll be getting a true explanation and flash back as to what really happened..."

"Um, next letter!" Raitai laughed trying to brighten up the mood lifting the last letter up. "Oh! And it's from the same guy!"

'Ah, here's a few questions actually.

About how long do you anticipate ATD being? It doesn't feel like its really over yet, but you never know.

Here's a question directed at all characters who fit it. What do you think of your duelist title and do you find it appropriate?

Similarly who comes up with those titles. Is it the duelists themselves, or other people?

From, Seeker of the Soul.'

"Sweet! About time someone asked this question!" Rioko announced jumping from the ceiling and landing right next to Cain.

"ACK! What the hell!?!" Cain roared jumping backwards before Raitai pulled Cain by his left shoulder.

"This doesn't concern us," Raitai stated walking off the stage dragging Cain, as he entered the darkness, Vic and Entei slowly entered the interview area. "So, let's head out!"

"What!?! But I'm the main star of this story!" Cain shouted before pulling into the darkness.

"About time we got rid of that runt…" Vic chuckled combing his hair back. All of a sudden, a duel disk came flying into the side of Vic's head sending him to the ground.

"Shut up you damn bastard!" Cain shouted from off the side.

"Get a hold of yourself Cain!" Raitai roared grabbing Cain and putting the small duelist into a headlock. "Don't make me turn to violence!"

"HELP ME!" Cain shouted before being pulled back into the darkness.

"Okay…now then…" Mustang coughed before turning towards the screen. "First, we still have another saga coming up in this story, so that may be another twenty-five chapters there along with the gift that Goliath keeps mentioning every now and then…so keep watching! And even with this done with we still have Duelist Open Destiny...where I reappear and there's also Duelist Twilight, where I'll make an appearance too!"

"That'll do Mustang," Goliath announced standing onto his feet. The lights died down around everyone else until they singled on Goliath. "Now then, to the name questions...we do not come up with our own names, but I seem to enjoy my title…seems to be respectful and makes people take respect to me!"

"Yeah, yeah, Colossal Kaiser," Vic chuckled waving his hand as the lights began to circle around him. "As you all know, I'm known as the Dark World Prince…I never liked it to begin with, but I can see that it works for me…I guess…has that feel for fear if you ask me…"

"You really need to work on your people skills," Mustang chuckled combing his hand through his hair. "And here's my title, the Die Hard Duelist! It's a perfect fit for me like a glove on a lovely girl's hand…"

"HA! He does think that he is a gift to women!" Cain shouted from off stage.

"I thought I told you to shut up!" Raitai roared before a loud slamming sound making everyone in the room sweatdrop.

"Uh…yeah, anyway, with my annoying and tenacious personality I feel like it describes me greatly!" Mustang laughed out in embarrassment.

"Step aside Mustang!" Rioko warned sliding out into the spotlight with a dramatic look on his face and lifting his arms up. "And make room for Ra's Thunder! With my thunderous hair, lightning scar and shocking personality, I always light up stage making everyone cheer in joy!"

That's when Entei quickly slammed his foot into Rioko's head sending Ra's Thunder flying. "Stupid…make room for the Kaiser of the Haunted. My name strike fear into any duelist who appears before me and making me command respect!"

"Not really the way to get respect…" Goliath noted shaking his head while helping Rioko up to his feet. "Besides…you're no longer a Kaiser…"

"You wanna face me?" Entei snickered raising his duel disk up, not noticing that Vic was standing to his side.

"We don't have time for this you two…" Vic sighed bringing his hands to his mouth. "Hey shorty!"

Everyone blinked in confusion at Vic's comment, until Cain came charging from the darkness preparing his right fist for a punch. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN ANT YOU CAN CRUSH UNDER YOUR BOOT!?!?!"

Just as Cain's fist was about to collide with Vic's head, before the Dark World Prince ducked down making Cain slam his attack into Entei's head sending him flying through the room. "DON'T CALL ME SMALL!"

"Nice one…" Rioko complimented clapping his hands.

"Anyway, back to our question," Goliath announced stepping behind an enraged Cain. "Actually, at the end of the year, there's usually a pole taken by everyone…think of it like those polls at high school like for best smile, funniest character. But the basic names were chosen by the teachers due to our strategies and personalities…they really caught ours when they did it…"

"I don't want one of those titles," Cain commented lowering his head, imagining what the names might be.

"Aw come on Cain!" Rioko cheered throwing his arm around Cain's neck. "What about the Short Alchemist?"

Cain's eyes turned demonic as Rioko laughed along with Vic and Mustang at the joke. Cain then turned towards the three pulling up his sleeve, showing his metallic right arm. "GET BACK HERE YOU THREE!"

"RUN!" Mustang shouted before he, Rioko and Vic ran off into the darkness with Cain following them.

A large sweatdroplet appeared on the back of Goliath's head watching the four comrades and the KO'd Entei. "O-okay…I think maybe it's time we show our next saga! And here to help me is the mysterious TV host…"

"Thanks big guy! But I can take it from here!" A mysterious yet soothing voice announced as a large spot light appeared behind Goliath showing a mysterious man with his back to Goliath.

The mysterious man spun around showing his medium gray hair swaying in the air with the black highlights in the front. Over his black shirt and pants, the man had a large white overcoat with flowing backwards. Around the handsome man's shoulders was a large dark purple guitar with lightning decals. The man the strummed a few notes that resembled the song, Devils Never Cry from DMC3. "Greetings everyone! The great and talented Edward Wright is here!"

"…No offense, but I never heard of you before…" Goliath admitted making Ed fall to the ground out of embarrassment.

"Aw come on! How could you not hear about me!?!" Ed pleaded with tears streaming from his eyes.

"Don't you have a job to do?" Goliath asked with a dulled look on his face.

"Fine…" Ed sighed before bringing up the tune once more. "Enjoy the clip show!"

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(Steal a soul for a second chance…) Cain's standing in front of the of the duel academy, wearing his Ra Yellow uniform over his right shoulder, his duel disk ready and standing before Edward Wright with his duel disk. Both of the duelists have many cards floating around their bodies with two landing on the ground on top of each other. (But you will never become a man…)

(My chosen torture makes me stronger…) The top card was the Wandering Alchemist, covering the Akutare Hero card. Both Cain and Ed fall to the ground with their eyes closed. (In a life that craves the hunger.)

(A Freedom and a quest for life….) Kazica and Rioko stand back as a dark figure jumps in front of them with Makyura the Destructor appearing before him along with a Jinzo rising behind the dark warrior, running towards the two duelists with his blades covered with blood and the android charging up a large amount of energy. (Until the end the judgement night…)

(Bless me with your gift of light…) Mustang and Vic standing back to back in what appears to be a large courtroom with a judge and prosecutor with a black short shadow sitting at the stand. (…Righteous causeon judgment night…)

(Feel the sorrow the light has swallowed…) A voluptuous shadowed figure appearing behind a surprised Cain before wrapping her arms around Cain, making the short duelist blush madly, while Kazica to the side is glaring daggers at the two. (Feel the freedom like no tomorrow!)

(Stepping forth a cure for soul's demise…) Next Goliath is stepping up beside Kiro and Terri in front of a large foe with many reptile like monsters erupting from the ground. The large foe seems to be yawning loudly as he stretched his arms. (Reap the tears of the victim's cries. Yearning more to hear suffer of a demon as I put it under!)

(Killed before me, a time to kill them all, passed down the righteous law…) A dark man appeared above the school, falling towards the ground with a feral blue fox, demonic red dragon and a surging yellow eagle falling next to him. On the ground, Principal Daigo lifted up his duel disk and drew six cards from the top in a fancy manner. (Serves a justice that dwells in me, lifeless corpses as far as the eye can see!)

(The eye can see!

The eye can see!

The eye can see!

The eye can see!)

(Bless me with the leaf off the tree…) The mysterious Edward jumping onto a stage in front of many students and older people, singing a powerful tune with a camera crew catching it on tape. (On it I see the freedom reign…)

(We are falling, the light is calling…) The scene then shifts over to Cain blocking Makyura's attack with his right arm, ripping the sleeve to reveal his metallic right arm gleaming in the light. (Tears inside me, calm me down…)

(Midnight calling, mist of resolving…) Five bright lights appear surging from the five main points of the academy forming above the school forming a bright area. (Crown me, with pure green leaf…)

(Praise to my father, blessed by the water…) Vic slapping five of his cards onto his duel disk, creating Dark World monsters appear behind him along with a large dark shadow appearing behind the large army. (Black night, dark sky, the Devil's Cry!)

(Bless me with the leaf off the tree…) Goliath slapping his cards onto his duel disk creating four large colossi erupt from the ground with a tall dark shadow dropping from the sky towering over the colossi. (On it I see the freedom reign…)

(We are falling, the light is calling…) Then Mustang slapping a card onto his duel disk, allowing a large metallic fist surge from the ground lifting him up into the air with all of his Die Hard monsters flying next to him. (Tears inside me, calm me down…)

(Midnight calling, mist of resolving…) Next Kiro, Kazica, Rioko and Terri slapping their cards on their duel disks, making Infernal Flame Emperor, Cyber End Dragon, Electromagnetic Magnum Warrior Omega, and Shinato, King of a Higher Plane appearing behind them all with a bright light surging from them. (Crown me, with pure green leaf…)

(Praise to my father, blessed by the water…) Cain and Edward slapping their cards onto their duel disks, creating two bright lights covering them before blacking out… (Black night, dark sky, the Devil's Cry!)

The scene ends with Edward jumping through the picture screen strumming the last note on his guitar! "CLEVELAND ROCKS!"

"Um…this is technically Domino," Goliath shouted from off stage making Ed fall off the stage face first.

"Damn man…" Ed sighed noticing his guitar was broken in half…

"NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

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Ed: Now that we've got that out of the way…it's time to get started on what's next!

Cain:…Okay, who's this joker?

Ed: Okay, let's get the cameras over there, the lights up there and action right here!

Cain: Honestly? Who is this guy?

With the real star showing up, we now turn to our next story in a Pop Duelist! – Chapter 56: Musician King!

Ed: You rock…and I roll!

Cain: Wait a minute…now I know who you are! Uh…can I get your autograph?