Chapter sixteen: Counterfeit
Roy didn't know whether to be scared or not. It looked dangerous, yet silly at the same time. So he just lifted a hand and snapped.
KA-BOOM.
When the fire cleared, he gasped. Dammit! The friction around Rahckno had been enough pressure to save her from the flames. Roy was beginning to feel he was out of his league. But not yet. The ambitious Roy Mustang would never give in unless he was standing on the edge of death's knife.
Coniniaue, in the audience, shook her head and sat down on a chair she dragged out from the main building. Roy was no match for an Amazon. Well, maybe AN Amazon, but not Auntie Rahcknopholianne. She pulled out a book on homunculi from her knapsack and opened it, determined to find information on killing homunculi without having to kill them a thousand times or so.
Her eyes widened as her eyes fell on, "Counterfeit uroborus tattoos."
-Back with the fight-
Ed stood to the side, toying with the microphone. He was SO bored. Edward had already made the microphone into a toaster, a waffle iron, a metal waffle, a doorknob and an assortment of other household items. His eyes began to drift from his microphone to the fight, then to the crowd, watching people cheer. His pupils shrank as he saw a red-headed shape move through the crowd. Coniniaue? No, she was over there…
"YOU!" He shouted, dropping his microphone and taking off after Renkinjutsu. Roy and Rahckno took no notice; Rahckno was trying to hack Roy to pieces, and Roy was trying to avoid the swirling blades of death. The crowd noticed, though, and moved to allow Edward clear passage through. Coniniaue's head lifted, and her pupils shrank too. Renkinjutsu? She thought. What reason would she have here? Her eyes wandered to the fight. Ah. Of course. Roy…
Suddenly Rahckno's blades stopped. Roy stopped jumping away to see what she stopped for.
Rahcknopholianne's hands were handcuffed together.
"What kind of dummy trick this be?" Rahckno protested, trying to worm her way out of the cuffs.
"It's not a dumb trick, in fact, it's a vital advantage."
Snap.
Flare.
KA-BOOM.
"Eek!" Rahckno skipped out of the fire at the last moment. "You dummy! You kill Rahckno! You disgrace Rahckno family!"
"It won't be disgrace. If you lose you have to marry me anyway."
"But if I die who marry you?"
"I see your point."
-Chasing Renkinjutsu…-
Edward panted as he speeded up a little more. Renkinjutsu disappeared into an alley just ahead of him… A trap? No. A desperate attempt at escape.
(Can't you people just WAIT until I explain how they had a son? Sheesh. The explanation comes in like two chapters…)
