Teenage Angst
Chapter 5 - So much for a dramatic discovery...
I am strictly following manga story line, so if you haven't read the manga read it now because EVERYONES DOING IT! Speaking of what everyone is doing...DISCLAIMER!
Disclaimer - I own NOTHING...! (yet...)
Reviewer replies:
C.A.M.E.O 1 and only: Yes, I'm pretty sure that is his real name.
LiRiNCaNdY: I'll try to make my chapters longer in future.
NOTICE - I don't remember what the guy at the gate is called so I'll just refer to him as God for now, and when I say God i don't mean Jehovah...
The transmutation circle flashed a golden light which lit up the entire basement, the milk in the tub Ed was standing in also flashed with the same golden light, it wrapped around Ed's entire body and the flash became so bright nobody could see anything, and after a few seconds the light started to fade away. Ed was standing in the tub that was now empty, nothing seemed to have changed, until he had fallen over his automail was now much too short for him. "Ow! Dammit!"" Ed yelled as he fell to the floor, Al walked and examined Ed for a while, "It worked...the transmutation worked!" Al cried in exitement. "What? Oh yeah, it did!" Ed replied, too exited to make any other comments, "Give me a hand up Al!" Ed added, he was grinning. After about a minute they made it upstairs, Ed was in Al's arms just like the night they attempted Human Transmutation, but this time he was grinning instead of screaming in pain and dripping in blood. "Hey Winry! Guess what? SUCCESS!" Ed yelled accross the living room, "I'll need new automail Win!" he continued. Winry smiled at him and said "You don't seem any different..." "Get me an arm that fits then you'll see!" Ed was laughing with Winry for a short moment before she walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek. Ed blushed, his eyes were wide open with surprise "Winry...uh...what?" he was too confused and exited to say anything else, "I'll go to get you a new arm and leg." Winry said softly and then she rushed off. Ed had no idea she could be so tender, Al was laughing. "what!" Ed demanded an answer, "Oh nothing brother, it just seems you've got yourself your first girlfriend." Al's laughter became even louder as Ed's face glowed a brighter red and he looked down at the floor. After moment later Winry rushed towards Ed with an automail arm and leg, and then she quikly took off Ed's old automail and installed the new one, Ed let out a yelp of pain as the automail connected with his nerves. After the grueling minutes of pain,Ed stood up and examined himself a bit, "Winry, stand up." Ed told her, still concentrating on himself, Winry didn't really appreceate Ed ordering her in that tone of voice so she stayed sitting on the couch and ignored him. "Please?" Pleaded Ed who got down on his knees and held her hands in his, he was grinning at her like when they were children, Winry giggled a bit and got up. Ed looked down at Winry, he could not believe his eyes, he was actually looking down at her, his eyes were glowing with joy. Ed and Winry were staring each other in the eye, both grinning, and at that moment he could stop himself, he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the lips pushing them both onto the couch next to them, Al covered his eyes respecting their privacy and at the same time refraining from saying "Get a room". Al got up and left the room knowing he would be in the way, but it seemed that Ed and Winry were too busy falling in love to notice Al at the moment, he wasn't mad at them, he understood and felt happy for them, but this made him feel even more desperate for his human body. Al looked up at the sky, hoping his brother's theory about his body was correct, he sat at the doorstep of the Rockbell house and stared at the sky until dark.
Ed came out looking the happiest he had ever looked since the night they tried to transmute their mother, "Hey Al." Ed said to Al conversationally, "Hi, brother." Al replied monotonously. Ed smiled a bit and asked "Feeling neglected?" "A bit, but its inevitable, you have to spend some more time with Winry now that you've got the time, like I said, my body can wait a bit longer-" Al was cut off by Ed "No it can't.". Ed looked at Al with a big brother-ly look in his eyes, Al continued "So, why Winry?" Ed laughed at this question "Y'know Al? I don't know." Al also chuckled "How is Winry anyway?" he asked, "She went to bed." Ed answered simply. Just then Pinako Rockbell walked out the door with a stern look on her face, "YOU BOY! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER?" Ed gasped and fell on his back "Nothing m'am! Nothing I swear!" Ed used the next five minutes trying to convince Pinako that he didn't get physical with Winry. "Well, you'd better take good care of her buster, and remember SEX AFTER MARRIAGE or you'll have me to deal with! And I'll be doing 'virginity checks' EVERYDAY!" "Yes m'am." Ed didn't dare say anything else, Al was laughing at Ed for a long while, "Wanna take a walk?" he suggested to keep Ed's mind off Pinako killing him, "Sure." he answered sounding releived. They walk for a long time talking about theories on alchemy until they stopped infront of the charred tree, where their house used to be. "I wonder if the basement is still there?" Al said casually, Ed gave a strange answer "Wanna go check it out, I'm sure we couldn't have burned everything in the basement too." "Sure." Al replied, not sure what else to say. They dug through the soil and found the door to the basement they had attempted human transmutation, "Alright, lets check it out." Ed said seemingly talking to himself, Al followed along. Ed lit a match when they reached the bottom, he took out the letter his father sent him, then he looked around and saw a cupboard at the corner of the room, he walked over and opened it and pulled out a glowing red stone. "Here we go! Guess Hohenheim isn't such a bad guy after all!" "Br...brother?" Al asked not able to comprehend what was happening. "This, my friend is the Philosipher's stone. I know its not as dramatic as we would have expected, but I couldn't let this chance pass just cause Hohenheim offered it. Read the other side of the page, 'paranoid' you used to call me, but now the ticket to your body is in MY HANDS! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" While Ed was laughing Al fell to his knees with a loud 'clunk', he would have cried if he could. Ed looked at him, smiling compassionatly, "Alright Al, lets do this!". Ed clapped his hands together and lifted the stone in mid-air, Ed now found himself standing infront of the Gate of Truthand he saw 'God' sitting there. "What do you want?" the figure without a face asked, "I got the stone, I'm here for my limbs and my brother's body!" Ed said with determination. "Oh, right! Lets see it then!" "What?" Ed asked in confusion, "The stone shit for brains! I can't just give you what you want just cause you SAY you have the stone, now lets see it! Hurry up I've got a world to run here!" Ed pulled the stone from his pocket and showed it to Truth. "Alright then! Good for you! I'll just take care of the soul and everything for you to save you the trouble JUST FOR YOU!" Truth said sarcasticly, Ed didn't know what to say exepct "What are you trying to-" "Don't give me back talk boy!" God yelled back "Fuck this, get out of my sight!". Before he knew it Ed was back in the basement, he looked at Al who was lying on the ground, "Al!" Ed screamed as he opened the armor's head and saw that the blood seal was gone, "Brother..." said a farmiliar voice behind him, Ed cocked his head backwards and saw his little brother, naked and human. "Al..." Ed walked slowly towards him, then he ran at him and they found themselves in eachother's arms, sobbing their hearts out, through the hug Ed noticed that he could feel his right arm, and that the automail had been smashed to pieces. When they were done crying Ed gave Al his coat to cover his body, they put the armor back where they had found it on that fateful night four years ago and spent the night in the basement, Ed secretly used his alchemy to repair the automail Winry made incase she noticed and tried to kill him. When they got to the Rockbell house the next morning Ed knocked on the door and when Winry opened the door, Ed put both his new, human right hand on Winry's face and stood there...waiting for a response...