Chapter fifty-five: The tenth sin

A small figure dropped through the skylight of a museum, landing silently due to her bare feet. She darted behind a pillar as the security guards went outside to guard the front and side doors. She smirked to herself and dashed silently back into the hall, making for the jewel exhibit. Once there, she lifted the glass case of something sparkly and pulled it out, looking at it closely. "The Renkinjutsu Diamond." She said, her lips curling into a smile. "No magical power whatsoever, but boy, is it beautiful."

"Yeah, it is, isn't it?"

Mars glanced up. Envy stood not ten feet away, holding out a hand. "Hand it over, Mars."

"Shut up, homunculus."

Envy smirked. "Have you ever truly wondered WHY you have those uroborus tattoos on the soles of your feet?"

Mars glared. "How do you know about those…?"

"Haha, I know everything about you, Mars. You're a homunculus thief, terrorizing the town of Aquroya. You used your staff to save the city from sinking, and now take your payment in theft. You go by many names, Pyra, Mars, and when you need to be in disguise, Toganin. Which means criminal. But I know your true name." He took a step towards her. "Renkinjutsu."

Mars just glared at him. "How…"

"You were the homunculus created when Nigel Tommy split his two daughters, Connie and Donna. The girls remember none of this, but Nigel did. That's why he threw you onto the streets and told you to never come back, Renkinjutsu. He did not want a homunculus in his home." He took another step closer. "And the staff you hold; a young woman gave it to you, no?"

"Yes…"

"Her name was Lust, and she was the first of the seven homunculus sins. She made a good choice. Inside the staff is a humungous red stone, the stone used to create a Philosopher's Stone. Lust says it equals the same power, but it does not. Come with us sins, Renkinjutsu."

Renkinjutsu didn't know where to turn. So she put on a brave face and said, "Take me to Lust."

Envy led her out of the museum and back into an alley. He turned into a cat and jumped up the fire escape to the roof. Renkinjutsu just jumped.

Lust glanced up. "Oh. Renkinjutsu."

"Why didn't you just tell me I was homunculi?" Renkinjutsu asked. "I could have helped out long ago."

"We wanted to wait until you were at full power. And if you can escape the Fullmetal boy, then you are far beyond full power." Lust explained, hopping off Gluttony's back. She turned away. "I was I was that powerful when I was your age--!" She spun around, her nails extending. Renkinjutsu's staff thumped against the ground and cut off Lust's nails with a stone wall.

"I wish I had a red stone as big as that…" Lust sighed, her nails retracting. "But you are Renkinjutsu, the alchemic sin. And you have been chosen to have the staff. Now, we, the seven sins, have a job for you. Fine the other two, Chaos and Death."