Sinful Doings Chapter Sixteen

Disclaimer: I do not own Full METAL ALCHEMIST or ENVY (no matter how hard I try). I only own Nirvana Seiga and the title of The Bloodied Alchemist. Oh, and Neko Kirishima. (Well, my sister (Neko Kirishima) owns her—well, Neko is Neko… Ah, you don't understand.) Oh, I also own Envy's subconscious!

Author's Note: NOOOOOOO! ONE MORE CHAPTER LEFT! NOT COOL! There will be a sequal, and also, did anyone like the little Jean/Envy loving I threw in? You might want to read into it a bit. I won't give away any surprises, but…

WARNINGS: BLOOD AND GORE and all other necessities. Now it's time for ghastly revisions! Envy's being a bit OOC.


LAST…

(((( "As ready as I'll ever be, Full Metal." Envy's hand rested on her leg as he carried her to the golden-colored area with the large transmutation cirle.

'I'm ready… but can I carry through with what I want to do?' ))))

NOW…


"Is this it?" Neko asked, peering up at the large cave entrance where the distant smell of mint was filling up her nose. Jean stood next to her, jittering slightly.

"It should be… we followed Envy's tracks."

"How do you know he isn't betraying you?" Sig snapped, lifting Jean by the collar of his shirt. "How are you so sure Izumi and Edward are still alive!"

Neko threw Sig backwards, tears forming in the corner of her red tinted eyes. "Because I refuse to believe that my sister I just found is dead in the arms of the one she loves!" Hawkeye, Sig and Jean stood still as the younger sister slammed her hand over her mouth. "Oh God… I never meant that…"

Jean saved her by grabbing Riza's arm and pulling her into the cave, the darkness swallowing them up. "We should go." Neko said quietly and walked ahead of Sig, her gloves in ready position to snap fireballs open.

(((( OPEN TRANSMUTATION AREA ))))

"Hey!" I shouted out indignantly as Envy threw me to the pentagon, my hands and feet bound tight. He pressed a foot to the small of my back and I cried out, twisting my hands and trying to turn the two lovely tattoos up at him.

"Shut up, Chizome." Around me I heard Sloth throw Ed and Al to the floor gently, Wrath push Izumi to the ground, Lust sit on Roy as Marcoh was still unconscious and Gluttony keep one heavy, meaty hand on Armstrong's shoulders.

Ed looked up and connected eyes with mine, mirth dancing in those pools of amber. He mouthed quietly to me, I heard Neko. And I happily grinned at him, watching from the corner of my eye, a small child that held a black bag carefully in her arms.

"Girl!" Lust barked softly, that seductive purr raking over my senses painfully. The black-haired child rushed over to Lust and opened the bag. The female homunculus smiled softly and patted the child's hair. "Give one to each of us, Child."

Lust removed a long dagger and held it up to the light, glinting perfectly. "Wrath! Come here and draw me a pentagon."

Wrath walked over carefully and I watched as he bent down, taking Lust's knife and dragging it across Roy's shoulder, blood dripping from the large wound. Wrath ripped the shirt open and rubbed his finger in the blood, making my skin crawl. He then lowered his finger to the floor and drew a pentagon around Roy's feet, the blood drying instantly and turning a dark blue color.

I watched in sick fascination as he did this to every other sacrifice, including myself and then threw the knives up and transmuted them into a silver circle which he sat in the middle of the giant transmutation circle and it sank into the array, silver dots appearing around the edge.

Sloth flicked her brown eyes to her watch and then back to Lust. "Less than half an hour, Lust." Wrath stood up and started to crawl up the side of the wall, his hands digging deep gouges in the stone. "Wrath, when I give you the answer, open the ceiling. Understand?"

Her adopted son nodded sharply and I felt Envy's leg lift from my back, allowing me to quickly pop the joints and I threw my right shoulder out, letting it slip from the socket painfully.

30 minutes huh? Well... Neko and them better get here quick.. Not that we need their help!

(((( OUTSIDE OF AREA )))

"Is this it?" Riza asked as the group stopped outside a giant metal door, a deep array engraved between the two doors. Neko touched it and it lit up, resisting her alchemy. She growled and got ready to snap her fingers.

"Neko!" Sig grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back, tapping her nose. "It's less than thirty minutes till the Full Moon rises. Now, if Ed really is alive—"

"THEY ARE!" Neko and Jean shouted.

"—they know what to do so they should be able to turn the transmutation around and killed the homunculi. Since we can't get in, we're stuck out here until it's able to break open to our hands. Got it?"

Neko grumbled a few more moment, but Sig let her go and she slumped against the wall, keeping her gauntlet out and pointed towards the door. Jean leaned against the wall next to her and Riza was nervously biting at her nails.

"Wait… like it's as easy as it sounds."

(((( INSIDE: 5 MINUTES BEFORE DIRECT FULL MOON )))

"Wrath! Open the ceiling!" Sloth called up gently and the child-like homunculus clapped his hands and pressed them against the ceiling where a large opening grew, letting in the moonlight.

Nirvana watched in facisnation as the array turned a light white color, lighting up the area even more. "Nirvana…" A husky voice whispered and she turned her head up, seeing Envy's eyes closed.

Wrath kneeled next to Izumi and clapped his hands.

"I…" The black-haired beauty frowned as Envy lifted her up, setting her on her feet. Around her, all the other sacrifices were being pulled up into the same position.

Wrath pressed his hands against the floor and Izumi moved her foot backwards, setting it on the line, ready to erase the line. All other sacrifices copied her move, none of the homunculi noticing what they were doing.

The array lit up brightly, turning a deep red as Nirvana sat her foot on the line. A sound of scratching shot out just as Envy's hand trailed down her cheek and he whispered, "I'm sorry."

In that moment, Nirvana roughly slipped her foot on the back line, shoving it foreword and erasing the line that would instead maim the homunculus. A gap appeared in both sections as the red light instead flickered to a holy blue color.

Lust looked around sharply, collaspsing to her knees. "What's going on? WRATH!" The child looked up, his legs already gone as he tried to move back. Sloth yelled for him and he cried big drops of salty tears.

"I don't know!" He yelled. "I DON'T KNOW!" Roy watched as Lust panted, his body slowly being offered to the Gate as a large pool of blood collected in the middle of the array, turning orange.

Edward cried out and Al's head snapped towards him. Ed's pocket which held Greed's ashes was being ripped to shreds along with part of his chest, blood running to the middle of the array.

Envy started to struggle against the black bonds that were appearing out of the array and Wrath gave one last yell of, "MOTHER!" Before he disappeared into the array, the last of his blood collecting in the middle.

Gluttony and Lust disappeared soon after and then Nirvana was struggling against her bonds as the eye patch was pulled from her face, skin from her cheek following it and soon her automail was ripped off, the rest of her shoulder and part of her side being ripped off with it.

Sloth looked at Ed and Al as she went without struggle in the array. "Good bye boys… You mother sends her love." And then she too disappeared.

The array suddenly changed to a yellow color and Envy gave a shout as his right arm was suddenly ripped off, flying towards the middle. Ed called out to her and her head swiveled to him, shreds of her left cheek dangling.

"What the hell did you do?" He shouted and tears trailed down Nirvana's cheeks.

"I'm sorry Edward!" She yelled over the roar of the array until suddenly it stopped, the last of the energy swirling in the middle where it suddenly blacked out and then the sound of a pen hitting the floor was heard.

Envy fell to his knees, cupping his hand around the stump of his arm, amethyst eyes wide with shock and amazement. Nobody moved until Ed and Al shakily stood up, supporting one another as the long slash that Wrath had put in Al's shoulder seemed to be bigger than before.

I guess blood had to be taken from everyone... Nirvana mused and stumbled foreword with them as Ed picked up the Completed Philosopher's Stone. He held it up and grinned wryly. "We didn't need it... but we have it."

"All because of your wonderful alchemy book skills!" Nirvana grinned and hugged him one-armed and he smiled back at her.

Nobody paid attention to Envy at the time as the door broke open and Neko rushed in, first seeking comfort from her sister and—after making sure she was okay—rushed into Ed's arms, kissing him passionately.

Sig ran in and swooped up Izumi, spinning her around with relief coating his features. Riza followed after and Roy made the first move, grabbing the back of her head and smashing his lips against hers.

"I didn't think you would come for me, Colonel." Roy teased but Riza just buried her head into his chest, silent tears running down her pale cheeks.

"Shut up and just hold me." Armstrong picked up the body of Dr. Macoh as he slept peacefully, the drug Al had given him, working wonders. Jean then picked up Nirvana, holding her as he kissed her for all he was worth, pouring emotion into the kiss that she responded happily to.

But when Neko suddenly broke from Ed's grasp and pointed a shaky finger to a spot behind her, Nirvana stepped back, her lips tingling and looked at the form of Envy who was looking lost and forlorn. She ripped the end of her pants off and made a makeshift bandage for her arm, staying quietly.

Nirvana suddenly snarled and stalked foreword, slapping him with her own hand, leaving bloody trails that healed up rather quickly. He kept his head turned and bowed it slightly, his hair covering his face.

"You betrayed me!" She shouted and all other conversations stopped as Ed held Neko back. "How could you betray me? Was that all I was? Just a good, resisting Fuck! Is that all Envy?"

Envy shook his head, his voice cracking, "No! That wasn't it! I—"

She silenced him with another slap, her own tears coursing down her cheeks. Sig and Armstrong slowly walked to the doors, holding their appropriate man or woman under their arms.

"Why? Why Envy? I had actually thought I loved you…" She lifted her head and stumbled back at the look that was etched onto his face. Nirvana started to shake her head, trying not to look at the heartbroken look that was directed at her.

He tried to reach out for her and Neko stopped her struggling as one tear made it's way down his cheek. "Nirvana…"

The woman turned on her heel and started to run towards the open doors. Jean watched her go silently and Envy called out to her again before falling to his knees, blood seeping out between his pale fingers.

Neko and Ed were silent as Jean made his way to Envy and helped the fallen homunculus up.

"She's really gone now, isn't she?" The palm-haired man asked quietly, leaning on Jean for support as Neko and Ed walked ahead of them, Al stumbling behind them.

Jean looked up at the moon one last time before closing his eyes and nodding slightly. "She'll be gone tomorrow morning."

(((( NIRVANA'S HOUSE ))))

I broke the door open, not caring if I broke the wood or not. My legs finally caved out underneath me and muscles protested at the harsh treatment I was giving them. A cry of anguish escaped me and I buried mmy head into the crook of my one good arm, tears finally breaking free and cascading over my torn cheek, making the skin there sting even more than normal.

I lost count of how long I sat there, but I must have fallen asleep for when Neko woke me up, the sun was just rising over the rooftops and my legs had fallen asleep. "Nirvana… are you awake?"

I shied away from her touch and shakily stood up, leaning against the wall for support as Ed stepped through my broken doorway and opened my hand, setting the Philosopher's Stone in my palm.

I stared down at it and then looked up at Ed in confusion. He kissed my unharmed cheek and smiled slightly. "I have no need for it. Who knows what you'll do now. And I don't need it laying around if I end up having kids." He wrapped his arm around Neko and I was painfully aware of the homunculus who had captured my heart.

"Thanks, Edward." I whispered and I watched the two leave. As soon as they were out of sight, I rushed up the stairs, tripping slightly from the inevitable lack of blood. She sat on her counter and reached into the cabinet, pulling out a roll of bandages and Envy's ointment.

She stilled and fresh tears sprung to her eyes, but she impatiently brushed them away, tending to her wounds, all the while thinking about what she was about to do.

I'm leaving. She made up her mind and grabbed a trunk, throwing in articles of clothing, the Philosopher's Stone sitting on a chair.

The last thing she did was slip a necklace over her head and drop the Stone into the small vial there. It morphed and filled it up like water.

LaMorea… They always need an alchemist… I'll head over there… nobody knows me there anymore… With that destination in mind she fixed her door and grabbed a nail, scraping into her door the words,

'I'm sorry Neko, Edward, Alphonse… Roy, Riza… Forgive me Jean…'

And I signed it, turning my back to the door and leaving in the morning sun.

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I close my journal, the last sentence echoes through me. ' "I'm sorry, Neko, Edward, Alphonse… Roy, Riza… Forgive me Jean…' Right now, they haven't heard from me since that day. I left and came straight to my hometown, LaMorea where I took up an alias. Nakawa Sage. I was the alchemic doctor in this little town and everyone knew me as that. Nirvana Seiga, the Bloodied Alchemist was gone as far as anyone knew.

I stand up, stretching my arms above my head as I hear a knock at the door. "Come in!" I call and quickly pull on a white smock that covered my Rush Valley automail arm and white gloves that covered the metal hand.

Lily, one of the village children burst in, panting for air. "Miss Nakawa!" She runs over to me and grabs my flesh hand.

I kneel down and stare into her blue eyes. "Yes, Lily? What is it today?"

"Mr. Hanson sent me to get you! There's a man who was found in the collapsed mine! Mr. Hanson said he's in serious condition." I could almost laugh at the child-like innocence in her voice.

"Alright, let me get my stuff. Where is he?" I grab a black bag under my bed and then pull my knee-length hair into a bun at the base of my neck. My eye patch scratches me on the sensitive skin there and I wince. The scar I received from the Philosopher's Stone making still showed up as clearly as daylight.

"Mr. Hanson said he's in the H Section." I quicken my pace, now running next to the small girl

"Why is he so far down?" I ask as I see a tall tanned figure loom up in front of me. Hanson waves and then tosses a helmet to me. I snap it on and then made a motion for him to go ahead. "Alright, any idea on his condition?"

While I knew Hanson from my childhood here in LaMorea, he had no idea who I was anymore. Just an Alchemic Doctor who decided to help out a small village.

Hanson lights the lantern in his hands and starts to lead me down. "You know I don't know much about medicine, Doc, but the way he was groaning, it sounded pretty bad."

I frown softly and as we enter the B Shaft. "Can't we take the lift? It'll be faster." Hanson nods and walks a head a bit where he pulls a cord and a small lift comes to life.

"What'd he look like?"

Hanson shrugs. "Couldn't really tell besides he was very pale and had long dark hair. The only way we knew he was alive is because he kept mumbling about a red stone. And he had the strangest tattoo on his leg!"

'Oh God!'


One more chapter left! The EPILOGUE! I hate to end it so soon… BUT! THERE WILL BE A SEQUAL! YAY!