Points of Authority
O.O Twenty five reviews! Wow! That's so awesome::dances: The most I've ever gotten on a story so far! Yeah! … Sorry, but this excites me to no end. Lol, yeah, that's sad…
Okay, to all of you who asked… This is actually an EdxEnvy story… I accidentally reversed it on the description (I think… o.O I can't remember.) so I just thought I'd letcha know. There's just something about a uke (submissive… yeah…) Envy that appeals to the rabid yaoi fangirl inside me.
Oh! Hey! I've been added to the c2 Endvy! Woo! I just so happen to practically live there… so… That's a mega-huge honor for me! WOO! Man, and here I was thinking that this would just be another totally disregarded story… :feels loved: And I have 639 hits! I mean, whoa, that's a lot. Why haven't all of you reviewed? XD I'm just kidding. I'm glad to know that someone reads this. And, obviously, a bunch of someones do. Lol.
Anyway, back on to the story and stuff… No, I'm not going to kill Envy… Or am I? Hm? Wouldn't that be tragic… :thinks: I might, I might… Unless I start getting death threats. (In all honesty, I don't think I could bring myself to do it…) There's more of a possibility that I'll kill off… Well, I suppose you'll just have to keep reading and see, huh? Out of curiosity… Do any of you guys actually take the time to read this? Or am I just rambling to myself?
Disclaimer: (Since I forgot it last time… and the time before… I think…) I do not own FMA. Obviously, because I'm having to write this story to see my favorite couple get together. If I actually owned FMA, it would probably just be a lot of… Well… Nevermind. This is rated T, after all. ;;;
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Envy went rigid. (A/N- And as soon as I type that, I see how severely misunderstood it can be… ¬.¬ Aw, hell, the more sexual innuendo the better. XD) A kiss was the absolute last thing he ever expected to get from Ed. Yet, here they were, in the park, at four o'clock in the morning, kissing. And he was… Dare he say it? Enjoying it. Immensely.
Edward, upon sensing the stiffening of Envy (A/N- XD I'm sorry… I'm such a sick minded person…) stepped away, expecting a blade in the gut. Envy didn't budge. He just stood there, fingertips gently resting on his lips, looking as though he were waging an inner battle. He snapped out of it, delicately shaking his head and turning his attention to Edward. He searched for his voice. And his breath. When he found at least one, he threw on his trademark smirk, trying to speak offhandedly.
"You look frightened, O'Chibi-san…" Envy crooned, tilting his head to the side and casting him a curious look.
"Heh. Well, I… uh…" Ed placed a hand behind his head, looking down to the ground, searching for the words to describe exactly what he was thinking.
"You expect me to kill you now or something?" Envy raised an eyebrow.
"… Yeah, let's put it that way."
Envy shrugged. "If that's what you want." Ed's eyes widened and he stepped back. Envy laughed. "You're so gullible," he gasped, doubling over and clutching his stomach.
Ed glared. "Yeah. Sure. Whatever. I wouldn't doubt that you've killed people for kissing you." Envy's laughter stopped. He straightened, looking off to the side in a feigned casual movement. Ed raised an eyebrow. "You… have been kissed before, right?" Envy's eyes widened slightly, and he turned to Edward.
"O- of course I have! Don't be stupid. I've only been alive for four hundred years," he said, crossing his arms across his chest in a very unconvincing manner.
Ed was shocked, to say the least. "You've never been kissed?"
"Yes I ha—"
"The one I—" a blush rose to his cheeks "— The one I gave you doesn't count."
Envy snapped his mouth shut. "Hmph. What does that matter. That has nothing to do with the price of sake in Japan." (A/N- I'm sorry. I've always loved that analogy, because you can change it to be anything you want…)
"Yeah, but—"
"What I've done with my life or lack of it has nothing to do with you, Hagane no."
"You're evading the question."
"Ugh! Yes, okay? That was my first kiss, now drop it! Jeez…" he muttered darkly to himself. "Now, if you don't mind, I believe that I need to get back to our… erm… base thingy."
"Where is that, anyway?" Ed asked, not really expecting to get an answer. His expectations were met.
"Tch. Like I'd tell you. Not only would that be suicide for you, but that would be treason for me. And I don't feel like getting punished. I've gone a good fifty years without punishment. I don't need to break that lucky streak," Envy said, jumping into a tree and, from there, jumping branch to branch until he reached the rooftops of East City, and continuing on from there. Ed followed him with his eyes.
"Nii-san?" Alphonse came around a corner in the path. Ed jumped.
"O-oh. H-hey, Al. Heh heh… Uh… What're you doing out here?" Ed said, clutching his chest in an attempt to calm his racing heart.
"Looking for you. Where have you been? Why are you out here this early in the morning? And what were you looking at?" Alphonse asked, giving him the best glare he could muster, which was a very good one. "You've been acting odd lately."
"Heh… I couldn't sleep, so I came out here. I've been here the whole time… Sorry for not leaving a note or something, it just didn't strike me to do so at the time. As for what I was looking at…" He racked his brain for a good excuse. "I was… really just spaced out. You know, looking at nothing." He fervently prayed to whoever, if anyone, was listening. He then chided himself for being so foolish. That didn't stop him from silently reciting another one.
Alphonse was skeptical, to say the least, but he knew that if his brother was hiding something from him, it was probably worth hiding. "Alright, Nii-san, but if you ever decide to tell me what's really going on… I won't judge you, you know."
Ed sighed.
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Envy sighed heavily as he climbed in the window of his room. He, for the second time that night, threw himself down onto the bed, facing the ceiling. Needless to say, he had a lot on his mind.
What the hell? I thought homunculi couldn't feel emotions. So why do I… I dunno… Why do I suddenly freeze up whenever I see him? Why can't I kill him! This has never happened before! Am I getting soft? Oh, great. That's just what I need. Stupid human emotions. I thought I rid myself of those when I died… Ho-hum. Isn't that a bummer……… What I really don't understand is why I'm disappointed that the kiss didn't last longer… Why do I want to kiss him again? … Am I in love? NO! NONONONONONONONONONO! He buried his head in his pillow, throwing a mini-tantrum on his bed. When he grew tired of acting so childish, he turned back over onto his back, glaring at all the gorges in the ceiling. He was so busy glaring that he didn't even notice when his door opened, sliding noiselessly on the oiled hinges.
"Envy."
The androgynous teen turned. "Whaddya want, Lust?"
"Mother would like to speak with you," she said, a malicious glint in her eyes. Envy failed to catch it, and sat up, crossing his legs and leaning back on his arms.
"What the hell does she want with me?"
"Like I'd know. She just told me to fetch you."
"Ah. Well. So you have. Good doggie." Envy grinned at his joke. Lust, however, didn't think it was so funny.
"You're a riot."
"I know, I know." He stood, stretching, and walked past Lust, heading to the other side of the manor. Lust remained in his doorway, a feral grin spread across her features, and in her eyes was the joy of sending someone away to certain death.
"Better go get Gluttony… Disposal of the body is key, after all." With that, she turned deftly and walked down the hall opposite the way Envy had gone.
Across the manor, Envy knocked on Dante's door.
"Who is it?" a voice called out.
"Who else. What do you want, Dante?" Envy said irritably.
"Ah. Envy. Please," she opened the door, "come in." Envy crossed his arms defiantly, but entered the room anyway. Dante grinned a grin similar to Lust's as she shut the door. Envy was taking in the scenery of Dante's room, which he had never entered, when he heard the ominous click of the lock. He swiveled around, eyes widening as he took in the look on his mother's face.
"I've heard and seen some very… interesting things within the past two hours, Envy. I wish I could disregard them as mere fantasy, but… Well, fraternization with the enemy, especially one as dangerous to us as Edward Elric, is treason of the worst kind." Envy paled.
"You— you saw that?" he whispered in horror.
"I'm afraid I did, my child. And I'm afraid I cannot allow this to go on." She motioned to the floor, and Envy realized with choking horror that he stood directly in the middle of a transmutation circle. "I cannot kill the boy, for he is still too precious to our plan, but you… Well, my son, I regret to say that you are quite disposable. I have six more just like you, after all."
"Mother…" he whispered, his voice shaking. His whole body trembled, and he pleaded with his eyes. "Please…"
"You have been a loyal servant, Envy. But I'm afraid that this cannot be overlooked." She knelt, her hands hovering over the chalk line. Envy stood, rooted to the ground, too paralyzed with his forthcoming doom to wrench himself away from the floor upon which he stood. His every fiber was screaming at him to run, but he couldn't convince himself to move.
As Dante set her hands upon the transmutation circle, setting loose the alchemic energy, she grinned, a grin full of all the malice, disgust, and hatred she felt for the creature that had once been her human son.
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Ed and Al walked along a road leading out of East City and into the more rural area surrounding it. Ed had been incapable of sleep when he returned to the hotel, so Al agreed to accompany him on a walk. They had been wandering for some time now, and were a good seven or eight miles out of East City. They passed fields, farms, and a few bigger, obviously much older houses. Ed saw another one of the latter kind about two miles ahead.
"Hey, Al, look. There's another one of those manors. Aren't they creepy? Man, you couldn't pay me enough to stay in one of those old, abandoned things."
"Heh. You afraid of ghosts, Brother? You, the great Fullmetal Alchemist?"
Ed glared playfully. "You makin' fun of me?"
Just as Al was about to retort, a blood-chilling scream of utmost pain sounded through the sleepy countryside.
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Whew. Man. That was a long chapter… o.O So… What did you think? I figure I'll go into more detail about the pain Envy-kun's feeling right about now next chapter. Yeah, I'll definitely do that. Sorry for my pathetic attempt at a cliffhanger. Oh, and a quick poll, just to sate my curiosity: Do you think someone should die? If so, who? I just wanted to know. I'll love you forever if you review! I promise! o.o
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