Full Metal Alchemist: Blood Snake

Wings: As i know, most of you are annoyed with chapter 6. I was too when i read over it. But hey, i gotta explain things that you guys dont know. Maybe it wasn't necessary but i like torturing u ppl muwahahahaha!

Chapter 7: Wrath

"You. It's all your fault!"

Wrath reached over to his auto-mail with his right hand and alchemized it into a blade. He sneered, staring at Ed. Ed just stared blankly and Al was too shocked over Ji-yu's body. Perfect. He charged at Ed, swinging the blade up high. The glass from a window exploded into the room. A sickening slash sounded out in the room as Wrath charged back. Blood splattered onto Ji-yu's desk as a young man with long yellow hair stood in front of Ed, his arm slashed off. Ed continued to stare at nothing. Meanwhile, Al finally gained his senses and saw the homunculus Wrath in front of him and another person.

"Who the hell are you!"

Wrath directed the question towards Shin. Shin merely grinned and held the stump of his hand up. Wrath's eyes widened as he saw Shin's blood travel up to his stump and reform his arm.

"I am Shin. Blood Homunculus."

Wrath recoiled at the word homunculus. He had thought all the other homunculus had died. Lust...Gluttony...Envy...Pride...Sloth...Sloth...Mother! Wrath absorbed Ji-yu's desk and transformed it into a crossbow with alchemy. He took the metal parts of the desk to make bolts. Then he fired them at Shin who dodged to one side and flipped over a bolt coming at him. Al charged Wrath, who performed a round-house kick to send Al flailing. Ed cleared his mind of all his torturous thoughts that he had had. He gritted his teeth as he saw Al crash into the wall. Then he cried out and hit Wrath heavily with his auto-mail. Wrath was sent backwards, but he continued to shoot bolt after bolt. Shin jumped onto the ceiling and bounced off it, flying towards Wrath. He shot into Wrath like an arrow, knocking his breath out. Then, Shin ripped Wrath's crossbow leg and flung it out. Wrath cried out in pain as he felt his leg detach. He reformed his leg and knocked Shin to the side with his auto-mail arm. Ed grabbed Wrath's auto-mail leg and flung him out the broken window. Wrath fell 3 stories, perfectly calm the whole way. At the last moment, he righted himself up and landed on his feet with a heavy thump. He then looked at Ed three stories up and smirked. Ed roared out a challenge and jumped down the three stories. Wrath moved back, startled by this move. Ed landed immensly on his auto-mail and felt the sluggishness start to come out from intense use. Either way, he moved nimbly enough and punched Wrath. Wrath blocked with his arm and kicked out towards Ed. Ed grabbed the leg and held it.

"Why are you doing this!"

"Because...because...I want you to die!"

Then Wrath spun around and caught Ed in the chest with his spare foot. Then he swung his trapped foot out of Ed's grasp so that Ed overbalanced and fell. Wrath sneered and gripped Ed's shirt. He lifted Ed up to eye level then stopped.

"You're still short."
Then he punched Ed's ribs with his auto-mail hand and sent him flying. He laughed for a moment, then felt the ground vibrate as someone else fell from the window. He whipped around to see Shin catch him in the chin. Wrath backed up, blood bubbling from his mouth. Shin reversed his body and kicked Wrath in the stomach. He stumbled back, clutching his gut, and threw up a red stone. He looked at Shin. How could he do that? Only alchemy could do that and a certain array at that. Shin smiled and showed his palms and feet to Wrath. There he saw it. Each had the array, but how could such a small array even weaken him?

"I know what you're thinking. We strengthened it up with red stones Wrath. The master is not pleased with you."

Wrath flipped his head up. The master? How did this person know him?

"Oh I know him Wrath. I serve him. Like you. He told you to wait. To wait until I captured him! But no, you had to go out for your own revenge."

Wrath felt anger boil into his blood as he saw his mistake. Then he turned away from Shin and chuckled.

"Ok then...Shin." He spit the name out like Ed's."I will obey you for now. You may complete your mission to capture the Elrics. But leave the short one for me."

The unconscious Ed wiggled as the remark was made. No one noticed it though. Wrath turned to face Shin and let his fierceness show. Shin looked coldly at Wrath, showing nothing to betray his emotions. Wrath turned, knowing there was nothing else to say and ran off into the street. Shin watched him for a moment then turned back to his current dilemma. He looked at Ed and studied his characteristics. How ugly. Shin stood straight up and bent over to pick Ed up. Then he felt a spasm of pain crash into his head. He saw events that had never happened to him, never had been in his memories until now.

A cathedral. A mother...a father also...a brother...a girl with yellow locks and a slightly robust body...homunculus...the old woman Dante...and...

"The Gate!"

Shin staggered back from the memory as he held onto the Gate, the only way home. He gripped his head and looked Ed with one open eye. He would have to finish the job later. This was too important. He felt the pain lessen, so he slowly walked away from Ed, towards the only person who could answer his questions. Master.


Ed opened his eyes to find that he was in a hospital. He winced as he felt the pain that had been numbed flow to him with full force. He gingerly sat up, feeling the pain mostly around his ribs. Probably broken...He looked to the side and saw Al, sleeping, but not harmed. He gave a sigh of relief and then sensed that another person was here...

"Full Metal One."

He whipped around to see Hawkeye. The sudden movement he had made jerked his rib so that he cried out and clutched his ribs.

"Your ribs are broken nicely. Whoever hit you, hit you hard."

"It was that asshole Wrath."

"Wrath...? Who?"

"You don't know him."

"May I ask who he is?"
"Mustang might know him, but ah yes. He's missing. Well, Wrath is a homunculus."

"Well we know many were not recovered or found, but I think this Wrath person is deeper."

"He is."

Ed looked over his shoulder to see that Al was awake. He was staring sadly at the ground, but Ed could see a towering anger build behind the sadness.

"He was created when Ed gave his arm up for me and when Sensei tried to revive her son. The son's body was turned into Wrath, but Wrath took my brother's arm and it grew with him so that Wrath can alchemize. Wrath regarded another homunculus, Sloth, who..."

"She looked like our mother. She tried to be too, but we don't know if it was a ruse or real love. She gave care to Wrath who tried to make her his mother. When I killed her, he swore revenge and went to Dante so that she would revive her. But Dante ripped his left arm and right leg to give to the Gate."

"After Dante was gone, he went with me and Winry, since Ed was gone. Winry made him an auto-mail similar to Ed's and then he disappeared. I wonder why he's come back now?"

"He told me that some guy told him the truth."

"What? You mean the Gate?"

"No Al...No..."

Hawkeye listened intently then straightened herself up and brushed her uniform.

"It seems that they found Mustang."

"WHAT!"

"Yes...it was on the news. We're not completely sure, but a few men in an alley were burned to death. A woman claimed that a man with white gloves had burned them all."

Ed looked at Al who nodded.

"That's gotta be him."

"We have to make sure though. It seems he's disappeared either way."

Ed winced as another spasm of pain hit his ribs. He gritted his teeth then remembered his auto-mail. He looked at it to see that a bolt was loose, but that was all. The jump hadn't really weakened it. Good old Winry. Hawkeye saw the problem and after a few moments took a wrench and twisted the bolt back in. Ed grinned and then fell back on the bed exhausted. Al stood up and Hawkeye also.

"We'll leave you in Ed."

"You can stay."

"No, you need you're rest if you are to help me find Mustang tomorrow."

Ed imagined finding Mustang in the streets with barely anything on. How embarrassing it would be for the Fuhrer. He snickered to himself, imagining blackmail. If you talk about my height again, I'll tell everyone about your condition in the streets. As he laughed the last laugh aloud, he fell into a deep sleep, as Hawkeye and Al left the room.

Mustang clung onto the tattered cloak he had on. He had foraged it from the trash. This place was like purgatory. No wonder people hated the government. No one did anything to stop this. He resolved to stop it once he got back to the military, but he had no idea where to go. His blindness was really a problem right now, but he somehow felt the enviroment around him. Either way, he could not make details. It would be useful in a fight, but not to find his way around Central. He stumbled around, feeling his way through the alley, every once in a while tripping on a fallen trash can. He thought he had seen it all when he had been in war, but this...this was so much worse. Death was an every-day thing here, so much death that people never noticed. It was an invisible death. Sorta like a huge war in a small place, he thought. Except it was a war against death itself, which was impossible to win against.
The next day, as sunlight creeped into Ed's room, the nurse opened the door to Ed's room only to discover him gone. Ed walked with Hawkeye, his rib nearly healed. Ed had recovered quickly somehow and was in a very cheery mood. He walked and sometimes skipped with Al and Hawkeye as they scoured the slums of Central for Mustang. Suddenly, Ed saw a flicker of movement in his eyes. Mustang. They saw him, covered in a pitiful cloak, completely helpless. He was staggering around like he didn't know where to go. Then Ed saw his eyes. Hawkeye gasped and covered her mouth, he yellow bangs bouncing helplessly on her forehead. Al moved back a step. Mustang was blind. Suddenly, Mustang grabbed at Hawkeye, who flinched but didn't move. He sniffed at Hawkeye and moved his arm towards Ed. He felt the auto-mail then sighed in relief.

"You finally found me."

"WhaaWhat happened to you!"

"I died Edward. I died. Now I'm back."

Then Mustang laughed an echoing chuckle, that shattered the air as it flowed out. Ed shivered and felt Al do the same. Hawkeye's eyes flickered as she saw that Mustang was right. He was dead. For now...

Wings: Short again. Seems all my chapters are short! Haha. I try to keep the minimum 2 3/4 page. So most of the time its 3 pages long at least on my program.

Ed: So ugly Mustang was.

Wings: Speak for yourself.

Ed: Why you little son of a...

Wings: You are now possessed!

Ed: Duhh...

Wings: Hahahahahaaha! Well, cya.