The Wind Alchemist
Unusual Sensations
Sara watched as she saw Parry and Scar fall to the ground in pain.
"They took my blow…" Sara muttered as she looked the Alchemist who had fired the shot aimed for her.
"Don't kill them!" She cried pulling out a weak Kaze Katana. Her powers were still very limited and she could do nothing to save the men who had fallen before her eyes.
"And why not?" The Alchemist said with an evil look in his clear blue eyes.
"Just please…" she dropped to the ground.
"I'll do anything!" she cried, stunning the alchemist.
"Hmm, you have power. Though it needs refining, you have true power. Why Ishbalan scum like you has this talent, I wonder…" he said, instantly spotting her tattoo.
"Ahh, I see now." he said examining the marking close up.
"The power of wind, indeed, a fine power. I see you've trained a bit. Here, I'll make you a deal. I'll spare their lives, but you have to come with me and become a State Alchemist. And if you dare rebel I'll kill you and your friends." he said, drawing her close to him. She nodded quickly, wanting to save them at any cost.
"Good." He said, grabbing her by the wrist, leading her away from Scar and Parry.
"Can't I at least make sure they're alr-"
"No."
"But I"
"Shut up and hurry!" Sara looked back on Parry whose eyes were just opening.
"Sara? Sara? SARA!" he cried, resulting in making Sara cry because she was too far away for him to see her.
Sara bolted up from her bed, cold sweat running down her face. By instinct, she glanced over at Telina, who was sleeping peacefully. She sighed a sigh of relief, and was about to go back to sleep when the curtain dividing the tent she was in opened. Though it was dark, Sara could make out the faint details to tell it was Scar. He walked over to her and knelt down.
"Are you alright?" he asked, surprising Sara.
"I suppose. I had another nightmare. But, why do you care?" she whisperingly accused.
"I heard you screaming." he said, making Sara's eyes widen.
"I was…screaming?" she said, a guilty look on her face. He nodded and again she sighed.
"Thank goodness Telina didn't wake." she said glancing over to her sister. Scar rose from his crouch position.
"Come out with me." he nearly demanded.
"But it's-"
"Come." he said, exiting the tent. Sara was now very shocked. She rose slowly from her mat and exited the tent too. She saw Scar sitting Indian style a few feet away from the tent. She sat down next to him and looked to him, questioningly.
"Is it true Sara, did you become a traitor for a good reason?" he asked as Sara looked away.
"I don't really want to talk about it." she said, ashamed that so many years ago she wasn't able to save Parry and Scar herself.
"I see. So it's a lie." he said making Sara gasp.
"No, no, not at all. I…" she sighed. She had to tell him or he might take her powers away again.
"You and Parry took a blow for me, during the war, from a State Alchemist. I wasn't able to save you so I went with him in exchange for your lives." she finished her sentence and looked upwards, letting the moonlight shine onto her face. Scar grunted indignantly.
"I had to find out the truth. Your power is beyond my comprehension. I wanted to know how it got to be that way. Military training, I presume?" he said which surprised Sara.
"Yes, the military trained me vigorously, but what do you mean by 'your power is beyond my comprehension?'" she asked as Scar looked away.
"Your training begins tomorrow. We must develop your powers fully." he said, sticking out a hand for her to shake. She in turn shook his hand, but first taking in how large his hands were. Two or three of hers could have easily fit in his one.
"You can let go now." She said as Scar suddenly pulled away, his hand had lingered on hers for longer than was necessary.
'What's gotten into him?' she wondered as they walked back to the tent.
'He's acting…strange. He's certainly not the boy I remember from so many years past.'
"W-Winry…what do you m-mean…love?" Edward asked, nervous as hell. What had gotten into Winry?
"I know that look Edward. I know your wondering what's wrong with me. I just can't take it any longer! If you had died…you'd never know how I felt! Please…can't you understand how hard it is on me Ed?" she asked, softening Ed a little, though he was still quite shocked.
"Winry…I'm not going to die. Ever. And even if I do, Al can always find a way to bring me back." he said, though Winry only glared at him.
"Very funny Edward Elric. What more does Al have to lose? He can't go bringing you back without a body to begin with!" she said, which stung Edward right in the chest.
"Don't you talk like that!" Edward yelled, but saw it coming before hand.
"AH!" he fell with a crash as Winry's wrench landed him right in the forehead.
"Serves you right, Ed!" she cried angrily.
"For what!" he cried but Winry just let out an angry 'Hmpf' and left the garage. Ed fell back against the wall with a sigh.
'What just happened?' he wondered as he sat there, puzzled. Something was wrong with Winry, was it really just because she was in 'love' with him and worried too much over him? He had to know.
Sara yawned, as her eyes opened to a fully dressed Scar who seemed angry with her.
"Scar, what time is it?" she moaned rubbing her eyes.
"6 o'clock, we have to begin your training"
"6 O CLOCK!" Sara screamed as softly as she could, seeing that Telina was still asleep.
"Yes, your training must being early, Sara, if we are going to get any work done before it gets hot." Scar reached his hand down and pulled her to standing position. She blushed a bit, ashamed anyone seeing her in her just-out-of-bed state.
"Can I have a second?" she asked and Scar nodded and exited the tent. As hurriedly as she could manage, she ran a brush through her long, long hair and threw on her robe.
Minutes later she exited the tent and found scar, sword in his hand.
"Are you ready to fight?" he asked, drawing his sword.
"Am I ever!" she exclaimed, happy to use her powers once more. She drew he Kaze Katana in a instant and prepared to strike. Scar easily dodged the move, not even breaking a sweat. This only angered her.
"Surely you can try harder…" Scar said, blocking her every swing. Then, in one swift movement, her
flung his sword around and pointed it at her neck. "In thought surely
the great Wind Alchemist would pose a slight challenge…" Scar said,
angering Sara more. But the match was far from over.
Drawing up her hand she released a great blast of wind sending Scar hundreds of feet away. Scar began to run back, the speck he had become growing larger and larger. Now she was awake, and prepared. She anticipated his blow, it hadn't changed in all the years of training. Their swords met in a clash of metal, each battling for a vantage over the other.
"You're never going to win Scar!" Sara said, a mix of excitement and spurring-on in her voice.
"Wanna bet!" Scar growled, sending his sword nearly crashing into her right shoulder. She dodged the move easily and swung her Kaze Katana around, nearly cutting through his back. He jumped out if the way just in time.
"You're going down! Afraid to lose to a State Alchemist?" Sara asked, taking too much pride in her title. She then glanced up at him, eyes widened. His own eyes burned with a fire she hadn't seen since the war. An eerie red glow surrounded his right hand which made Sara very scared.
"Scar…we're just practicing…don't take this too seriously!" She said, but Scar's eyes were not his own. With a ferocious growl he sent his hand shooting down to the ground she had just been standing on.
"Scar!" she yelled, but It fell onto deaf ears.
"Listen to me, Scar! What's wrong with you?" She cried, doing the best she could to deflect his angry blows at her. Sara's knees buckled as his fiery hand grazed her shoulder, creating a deep pain like she had never felt before.
"Sara! Scar! Stop it!" The small voice belonging to Telina cried, and Scar's eyes returned to normal. Sara writhed with pain on the grass screaming and grunting in agony as the wound rook over her entire shoulder. Scar quickly rushed over to Sara, his eyes wide with shock.
"Sara…Sara!" he said, realizing that even a slight touch of his tattooed arm would bring sure death.
"Dammit!" he cried punching the ground next to her.
"Sara!" Telina cried rushing to her sister's aid.
"Don't die…please…don't die!" Telina placed her hands on Sara's shoulder and closed her eyes, tearing streaming down her small cheeks.
"Sister, you can't die! You just got back!" Telina cried, as the red glow continued to spread, engulfing Sara's entire chest, working its way to her neck. Telina dug her nails into Sara's arm in one last attempt to save her sister.
As she did this, the red glow halted, then began receding into Telina's fingernail's. Telina's eyes shut in pain, but the red glow did not continue into Telina's body, it staying at her fingertips. After Sara's body had been drained of the red, Telina passed out, her small body worn out. Sara's eyes, which had been shut due to the agony, slowly opened there after.
"Telina…" Sarah said instinctively looking for her sister.
"Shhh, she's gone and worn herself out." Scar said, reaching over and placing his hand on Sara's right hand, which Sara had placed Telina's cheek.
"She…saved me…" Sara said bringing her out from under Scar's and up to her own cheek.
"She wouldn't have had to if I hadn't gotten so carried away." Scar said, looking down.
"Yeah Scar! Don't ever do that again!" Sara said her fists bawled.
"You nearly killed me!" she cried, but Scar still had his head bowed.
"I thought I had…I thought I had killed the woman who once gave everything she had for me." Scar said, slowly bringing his head up so his eyes could meet hers.
"It's ok now, I'm alive, right?" she asked, a faint smile spreading onto her lips. The two rose and Scar regained his normal self. Sara bent down and lifted Telina's limp figure into her arms.
"I'm going to lay her down in the tent, I bet she'll be out all day." Sara said Scar nodded in agreement. As Sara disappeared he began to ponder what Telina had done. He had never seen anything like it, not only did she save Sara after the damage had been done, she had brought him from his trance by calling out his and Sara's names.
"Has she had this power all along?" Scar questioned as he remembered her fingernails taking in all his power, and not a scratch left on the rest of her body.
"She must have become weak because of all that power filling such a small body." he said softly, walking away from the open area outside their tent.
"Does it run in their family? I believe Sara began training with parry and I right around that age. Perhaps she holds the power of healing, the opposite of Sara's destructive wind powers. It would parallel their personalities, as well. Sara being quick to fight, Telina more reserved and good natured. I need to look into this." Scar muttered, making his way back to the tent.
Sara ducked her head back in, she didn't want the powerful man to know she had been watching him walk around, deep in thought. Well, at least not then, anyway.
