Chapter 13: The Followers

This is what is happening back in Central at the time of Ed traveling back to Rizenbul with his family and getting his repairs. But, the last two paragraphs are set right after chapter 12. There will be a reminder of this during the story. The notice will be just before the said paragraphs. ENJOY!

The three bodies began to gradually move and break the cuffs around their wrists and ankles with ease. Dropping to the floor on their feet, they look at each other with sheer curiosity. Slowly, one of them walks over to the window after examining the mostly empty bedroom. "They've escaped…those fools…" the guy says quietly.

"Master Haruki…. I'm sorry. I should have opened the door more slowly. I beg your forgiveness." The second one says to him, apologetically.

The first man to talk looks at the second one, acknowledging his name. Haruki. "My dear Toshi, you mustn't beg for my clemency. What you must do is tell Amaya to come here quickly and that we will leave after searching every room in this apartment thoroughly." He orders him, continuing to stare out the window, his arms folded across his chest slightly.

"Yes, Master Haruki." Toshi says quietly, exiting the room quickly.

Walking into the kitchen area, Toshi finds Amaya sitting on a chair with the table still upturned. "Amaya… Master Haruko needs you to search the apartment for clues." He grabs a chair, pulls it up closer to her, and sits down.

She was a couple years younger then Haruko, but probably the same age as Toshi. Her body was slender and appealing to most men, mostly Toshi and Haruko since she is always with them. Amaya was wearing a short, black skirt and a black shirt that came down to just above her belly button. Her long, raven black hair was hanging loosely over her shoulder as she twirls a strand of hair around her index finger. "I'm fine, just lovely." Slowly, she gets to her feet and looks down at the sitting Toshi. "You idiot. Why did you open the door so recklessly." Her voice was something that anyone would enjoy hearing and listening to, yet this time the tone of annoyance rose in her voice.

He looks at the ground for a split second and raises to his own feet to look at Amaya eye to eye. "Look, I'm sorry okay. I know it hurt, believe me, I was there, same as you and Master Haruki." Toshi says quietly, and stuffs his hands in his pockets.

Toshi was a normal size and was fairly built. His hair was a light black, almost purplish and he always wore a silver glove over his left hand and had tattoos all over his right hand from his wrist to his fingertips. His attire was of the normal, long pants that were a dull brown and a white shirt with a dark black vest over it, not buttoned at all.

Amaya sighs and puts her hands at her hips. "The Elric's are in Rizenbul. I think I'll pay them a visit seeing as they didn't really pay much attention to me when they bound us to the wall." She says out of nowhere as if to ignore Toshi's apology. Slowly, she turns her back on Toshi and walks towards the broken down front door of the apartment. "Tell Haruki that I'm taking the next train," she says softly, glancing at Toshi for a second, "You boys enjoy searching, 'kay?" Her final words had the sound of sweetness, but she turns around and leaves without so much as a 'good-bye'.

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Reaching the train station, Amaya manages to get a free ride just by seducing and later killing a male server on the train. Taking her seat, she crosses her legs and folds her arms across her chest, staring out the window. "I'll find you Edward Elric…" her voice trails off as she drifts into a soft, careless sleep.

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Haruki looks at Toshi as he re-enters the room and examines his expression thoroughly. "So…where did Ms. Amaya run off to this time?" he questions instantly. With a sigh, Toshi explains, with fine detail, where Amaya had in fact gone. "Heading to Rizenbul is she…. I wonder what gave her the urge to do that…" he mutters, dusting off his shirt. Their master wore dark clothes. Black pants and a dark, navy blue shirt. In the center of his hand were various types of markings, most being customized tattoos. His hair was a dark brown color, almost black. Around his waist, holding his pants up was a fairly long belt. The tail of the belt hung over his pants.

"I don't know why she'd go their, sir. Its such a run down place, what would make a girl like her want to go there?" the follower asks curiously.

With a sharp grin, Haruki looks at Toshi. "Maybe…she's trailing some sort of memory. A childhood memory of some sort." His grin becomes more and more evil as he says this. "We'll catch up to her soon, but first, lets trash this place by searching for some sort of clue. Ya know, instructions, papers, anything!" Haruki says angrily, storming out of the room, slamming his hand against the wall every few steps. Toshi watches him for a moment and follows, looking around the kitchen and living areas.

X (A.N: The following paragraphs are set at the time Chap.12 ended) X

The bumping of the train awakes her, startling her sense of consciousness. Rubbing her forehead, she looks around. For a split second, Amaya didn't have one clue where she was or what was going on, and then she sits up straight in her seat on the train, and looks out the window. It was nearing the station in Rizenbul at a quick, roaring pace. Slowly, she lifts her right hand and touches the window. Her hand, as well as the windowpane, was ice cold. She places her left hand on her right wrist, and the sky begins to shake violently. Withdrawing her hand she scoots herself closer to the center of the aisle while remaining in her seat.

Lighting rips across the sky at the speed of light, but there was a more deadly sense about it. Rain soon follows, pouring down to the ground at a quick rate. The sky was the darkest it's ever been in the day, even though night was drawing near. It was eerie and brought fear to the passengers of the train. Even Amaya was frightened by this and watches the rain –which was practically black- drip down the glass of the windows on the train and pour outdoors. She shivers and hugs herself, attempting to regain the sense of warmth in her body. "Please, let me reach the station. L-Let me find a place of shelter," as she says this, she becomes even more scared. Why was her attitude changing? Her thoughts were far different, she felt so strange. What is this feeling? Why…do I feel so helpless and alone? Am I allowing my memories to take control of my mind, of how I really think? With a sigh, she stops thinking and then the question popped into her mind, Is it…because I am nearing Edward's whereabouts? Or do I really fear getting stuck in the rain; the cold, peculiar black water that stains the lovely plains?

I hope all my readers enjoyed this! Post your thoughts; I'd like to know what you think about these three new characters. They are completely new, so they aren't from the manga or anime. The characters were made for story purposes. But, tell me what you think of them! Say w/e you like in the reviews. Speculation maybe? Or flame me,lol. Or Anything.