Yo! This is my first FMA fic, so forgive me if I don't have the characters personalities down.
Ed... Disclaimer.
Edward: I don't have to do-- (Stops short when his teacher comes on screen.)
Edward: Tyantha does not and will not own me nor any of the other characters, unless she made them up... Happy?
Yes shorty. You did a great job.
Edward: Who are you calling so short he can't remember a disclaimer!
You.
Ed: (Runs at Tyantha.)
Eeeep! (Runs away.)
Chapter 1: A Bound Soul
"Hurry up Kit. Your going to make us late!" Said a 16 year old with short brown hair. A girl that looked at least 2 years younger than the other picked up a heavy black backpack and scurried after her.
"I'm coming, I'm coming... You know that you could just leave me and get there on your own." Kit said as she caught up, her golden eyes looking to her friend. She wore a pair of black pants that were a little baggy on her, black combat boots, a plain white t-shirt, and a a black jacket that stopped an inch or two past her waist.
"Yes, but then I couldn't torture you and call you short, could I?" She said sarcastically and gave a grin when the other glared at her.
"Who are you calling short!" Kit said swinging the backpack and hitting her friend square in the back. The bown haired girl flew forward and tucked herself into a tumble before stopping on her back. She didn't move, she just stared at the sky through the trees.
"Kit... That actually hurt. What do you have in that backpack?" She said and got up, her green summer dress covered in dirt.
"Three advanced alchemy books," Kit stated before walking past her friend.
"You have advanced alchemy books...? Wait, you shouldn't even be able to understand it." She said confused as she ran to catch up.
"I understand it just fine. I think it's you who isn't smart enough to understand it." Kit said with a little too much confidence. The other just sighed and closed her hazel eyes. Then suddenly she wacked Kit in the back of the head and ran off.
"Sara...! Your dead!" Kit screamed running after her friend, her long black hair flowing behind her.
By the time she caught up with Sara (the backpack slowed her down) she was already at the flea market and lost in the crowd.
"Damn it. She did it to me again." She mumbled before slinging the backpack over her shoulder and walking into the crowd. She'd maybe got 5 minutes into the place before she was knocked over.
"Ow." Kit said falling on her butt.
"You should watch where your going," said a voice above her.
She looked up to see a guy in a military uniform, gloves with alchemic symbols, and short black hair.
"Well maybe I was watching and it was you that ran into me!" She stated back a bit pissed.
"If you were taller I might of seen you." The guy said back without any emotion, besides amusement.
That made her snap. She threw her backpack at him hitting him in the chest. The only bad part it that it didn't seen to affect him. He easily wrapped his arms around the bag so it didn't fall and with one hand he began to look through it.
"Hey! Stay out of that!" Kit said as she scrambled to her feet.
The guy just ignored her as he pulled out one of the alchemy books and skimmed through it. After a minute he shut it and handed the bag back to her, still holding one of the books.
"You can understand this?" He asked looking at the cover of the book.
"Yes. What's the big deal about understanding it?" She asked a bit confused, yet ticked that too many people had asked her that during the past two days.
"The big deal is that most alchemists don't understand it without a teacher or an experienced alchemist to teach them... You don't have either, do you?" He said looking down to her. She shook her head.
"Thought so... Come to Central in a week and we'll talk." He said handing her book back.
She took it and stuffed it back in her bag. "Could I at least know your name?" Kit said and looked up. He was gone.
"Where in the hell did he go?" Kit said looking around. After a minute she sighed and began walking through the crowd again barely avoiding getting hit by yet another person. Finally she made it to the other side of the flea market to see her friend flirting with some guy that looked at least three years older than her. 'Oh please.' She thought rolling her eyes and slipping into an alley so Sara didn't see her. Kit walked to the end of the alley and took out her books and sat them in front of her. She looked the book to her left and took out a stick. She drew out an alchemist symbol in the dirt and looked from the symbol to the book several times.
"Okay, let's see if this works," Kit said to herself as she sat a golden locket in the middle of the circle. She pressed her hands down on the symbol and the outline instantly began to glow. After a moment the glow stopped and the heart had been changed into two little angel wings that crossed at the end. She put it on and looked through the book again.
She thought a moment then adjusted the circle. She pressed her hands down and pulled back to the wall as a dagger came up. She stared at it a moment. The blade was double edged with a broken wings delicately carved into it. The metal guard was silver with a deep cut line going around it. The handle was red with silver cloth wrapped around the red. After a moment she groaned.
"There's nothing challenging in here." Kit said glaring at the pages.
"That's because their only beginner's level of advanced alchemy." She looked up to see a guy with golden hair that was pulled back into a braid, but the bangs were free. His outfit was mostly black except for a red jacket that went past his knees and white gloves.
"And what do you know about advanced alchemy? You don't look any older than me!" Kit said then shut the books and shoved them back into her bag.
"I'm the full metal alchemist... I think it's required to get into the military." He stated it as if it was nothing.
"Your in the military? You don't have a uniform and I don't think they allow teenagers." Kit said standing up and messed up her array with her left foot. She hadn't noticed before, but a 6 foot, maybe 7 foot, suit of armor stood just to her right. She looked at it in awe then pointed at it and spoke before the blonde could say anything.
"Who's that?" She asked looking to the 'full metal alchemist'.
"My brother Alphonse," Ed said forgetting the last comment she made.
"Just call me Al," Al said turning to her and holding out his hand. He seemed a bit shy, but she took his hand and smiled, ignoring it. He seemed to calm down and she broke the hand shake and turned back to Al's brother.
"What's your name?" Kit asked curious.
"Tell me yours first."He snapped back.
"Fine. It's Kit Akimoto... Kit for short." She said sighing at how child-like he'd sounded.
"Edward Elric... Ed for short."
"Are you mocking me?" Kit said and poked his left shoulder.
"What's it to you?" Ed said glaring at her.
She sighed. "You act like a kid. Try acting your age every once in a while."
"I am acting my age!" Ed said getting enraged.
"No. Your acting your height," Kit said and smirked when he looked like he could explode.
"Please Kit, don't tease him about his height." Al asked trying to hold Ed back while he screamed something like 'I'm gonna kill her'.
"I'm not bugging him about his height. I'm shorter than him. I'm just telling him to grow up and act his age." She said with her backpack hanging off her right shoulder and she looked at Ed, slightly annoyed, as he got lose from Al. He ran at her and she just looked at him and kicked him in the face. He fell back to the ground twitching.
"Brother!" Al said rushing to an unconsious Ed.
"I went easy on him. He should be awake in an hour." Kit said before walking out of the alley. 'No wonder they call Ed 'full metal'... His arm's automail. And by the way he walks and the clanking, I'll bet one of his legs, or both, are too.' Kit thought before ducking back into the crowd as she heard Sara call her name.
After about three miles later, she collapsed on her porch too worn out from running the whole way home. 'At least I lost Sara.' Kit thought as she turned her head to the bag of books, just to her left. 'I should sneak into the adult section tomorrow and get some higher level books... But of course I still have to ditch these. I should probably sell them for a train ticket. Then I'll be able to go to Central.' She let out a sigh and sat up grabbing her heavy bag and walking in. The house was dark and dusty as she walked in she let out a slight cough then walked into the hall. She turned right and went into her dining room. Kit lit the candle in the center of the table and layed her bag in the floor. Her stomach growled and she looked through the cabniets finding everyone of them empty.
"I guess it's another night without food." She groaned as her stomach growled in protest.
"She ignored her stomach and grabbed the candle, going back to the hall and turning right. She gradually went upstairs and walked into the only room with an open door, which was the first on the left. The room was clean and in order. A small twin size bed rested against a wall parallel to the door. A dresser was against the wall to her left and against the right wall was a small book case of alchemy books. Most of them for beginners. She sat the candle on her dresser and layed down on her bed, staring at the ceiling, with her head resting on her hands.
"I just hope when I go to Central, I won't have to come back to this life." Kit muddered to herself as she fell asleep.
She'd slept for maybe three hours when she woke up hearing the sounds of screaming. She could see the people in the town running from her, several people lay on the ground dead or bleeding to death. Slashes and blood covered most of the people on the ground. Her body threw a small knife and it hit the target. A musclular guy dropped to the ground, a knife sticking out of the back of his neck. 'Stop!' She screamed, realizing she had no control over her own body. She couldn't even cry out for help. She watched helplessly as her body killed one after another. Ahead she spotted Ed and Al. 'Leave them alone!' She screamed at her body, but it only came out as a thought and nothing more.
"Well, well, well. The Elric brothers. I didn't think I'd see you in a run down town like this." Kit's body said coldly.
"How can you kill your own neighbors and family without care?" Ed said with a voice more grown up than she'd ever thought possible.
"Easy. They're not my family or neighbor's... There Kit's," Kit's body said and gave an evil smirk.
"What do you mean there not yours?" Ed said confused.
"I'm not Kit. She's somewhere in the back of my mind and I don't plan on letting her out." Kit's body said before clasping her hands together then pressing them to the ground. She slowly stood up as a kitanna with a black handle came out of the ground. She grabbed the handle and ran at Ed. He easily stopped it with his left arm.
"Automail... Thought as much," She stated as she began attacking Ed.
'Stop!' Her body ignored her and continued the attack. Ed blocked it and jumped back using the chance to turn part of his automail into a blade.
'Stop it!' Kit's bodyran at Ed, blades clashing.
'Stop it now!' Her body inches away from stabing Ed when it stopped and dropped the kitanna. Ed watched as her green eyes turned back to their original golden color and the back of her neck glowed. Kit went to her knees and put her hand in her view and began moving her fiongers to see if she had control over her body. She smiled when realized she did. She looked at a confused Ed and stood up an began to leave, not wanting to face him. It was her body and not being able even control that made her want to break down. She got two steps in before she was grabbed by her wrist.
"Kit. Let me see the back of your neck." Ed said in calm voice.
"W-why?" Kit siad shaking, afraid of the worst.
"Just let me see." She leaned her head forward and pushed her hair out of the way. Ed looked at it and frowned.
"Al. come and see this." Ed said as Al causiously walked over to her and looked at her neck.
"What!" Al said looking at her neck in shock. "Brother. Is that what I think it is?"
"Yep. It's barely visible, but still there." Ed said confusing Kit.
"What are you talking about?" Kit said turning to them.
"Kit... You're sharing your body with another person." Ed said making Kit give him a stunned look.
Just as she finally got a hold of what Ed was talking about, the towns people had started coming back and they wanted revenge.
"How could you? We let you live in this town and this is how you repay us!" One of the towns' people said holding a gun. Others were behind him holding anything dangerous that they could get there hands on.
"I... I'm sorry." Kit mumbled and looked at the ground.
"You're sorry! You killed half the people in this town, including Sara, and all you can say is sorry!" The guy said tighty gripping the gun, his knuckles turning white.
Kit looked up with tears flowing freely as soon as she heard Sara. 'Sara's dead... No. Please, no!' She thought as Ed grabbed her arm and jerked her towards the other side of town. Kit ran to keep up with Ed, only moving in the first place because of Ed's persistent jerking. She heard a train whistle and she snapped out of her daze to see that Al was holding her by her shoulders and Ed was getting tickets. Kit wondered where the towns people were, but didn't say anything. Ed walked biskly to the train, Al following and guiding Kit at the sametime. They got onto the train just seconds before it took off and they took a compartment instead of the usual open seats, that were near the front. Kit just sat there, her head leaned against the glass, looking out the window as if she was the only one their.
"Are you alive?" She felt her right shoulder go back and she turned to Ed who was sitting across from her and Ed's foot kicking her shoulder.
"Yes, I'm alive." Kit said coldly, stopping Ed. He brought his foot back and stared at her.
"You know, you don't have to be so mean to your saviors." Ed said resting his head against the glass, not taking his eyes off of her.
"I'm sorry," Kit said softly before looking at her boots.
"You hungry?" Ed said suddenly.
Kit's stomach let out a loud growl, answering for her. She scratched the back of her head and gave a slight grin, for a moment, forgetting about what had happened just minutes before.
"I guess that means yes." Ed said and walked to the door and slid it open.
"Just do me a favor. Don't beat yourself up for something you didn't do, okay?" Ed said in a low, yet serious voice before he slipped out the door.
Kit sighed, a little bit of her normal self coming back out.
"Al?"
"Yes?" Al said turning to her.
"Your soul's bound to that armor, isn't it?" Kit said looking across to him. (He's sitting across from where Ed was seated.)
"Yeah." Al said sadly. Kit saw how uncomfortable he was and forgot her own feelings to try and cheer him up.
"Al? You wanna play a game...? I think I have a deck of cards..." Kit said searching her pockets. "Ah ha!" She pulled out a deck of blue playing cards.
"So you wanna play?" Kit said waving the cards in front of his face.
"Sure." Al said, his sadness gone.
"Great!"
Ed came back to hear screaming in the compartment. Ed rushed in to see Kit yelling at Al.
"That's not fair! How'd you beat me? Do you have cards in that armor?"
Ed cleared his throat just as Kit was trying to take Al apart and check him for extra cards. Kit went back to her seat and Al sighed in relief.
"Hello." Kit said as Ed sat the tray of food down beside Kit and sat down by Al (Who's now sitting by the window with a small folding table between Al and Kit, that's covered in cards.)
"What were you guys playing?" Ed said curious of what game could send Kit on a rampage to check Al's armor.
"Go fish." Kit answered making Ed fall out of his seat.
"You guys were screaming over a game of 'go fish'!" Ed gave them a weird look as they both nodded.
Kit couldn't take not eating anymore and scarfed down a piece of toast as she watched the sun start to peak up from the top of the trees.
"Kit when was the last time you ate?" Ed said as he wondered where it all went when she grabbed another piece and took a chunk out of it.
"I'd say about 4 or 5 days ago." Kit said as she took another bite of toast.
"4 or 5 days ago! Doesn't your parents feed you?" Ed asked shocked.
"They can't when there dead," Kit said calmly as she grabbed a waffle and took a bite out of it without putting butter or surup on it.
"You don't seem to be too sad about it," Ed said as he watched her go for another waffle.
"No, they beat me and I had to sleep on the floor because, 'Dogs don't deserve to sleep on the bed'. They feed me maybe once a week, so going a few days is nothing for me." Kit said and gave a smile before taking the last bite of her waffle.
"All of that's happened to you and you're still smiling?"
"Yep. I figured this stuff wouldn't be happening to me if I didn't deserve it, so I accepted it and moved on," Kit stated as she went for a donut.
Ed looked down, his bangs covering his eyes in shadow.
"No one deserves that kind of life." Ed said making Kit stop and look at him. "No matter who they are... No one deserves it!" Ed said looking up at her. Kit stared at him a moment as if her body wouldn't cooperate, then she sat back down as if she'd just heard that the world was going to end.
"I guess your right," Kit mumbled sadly.
The ride continued soundlessly besides for the occasional shifting (Al making the most noise) and the sound of Ed and Kit munching down the last of the food. After a while Kit walked out and took the tray back to the dining cart. She walked around several people, on her way back, barely avoiding a collision with a three year old as she got near the compartment. She stopped when she heard voices. Over whelmed with curiosity she stood their froze, a few feet shy of the door.
"The other soul shouldn't of been able to come out. That symbol that was etched into Kit's neck is nothing, but a disappearing scar." She heard Ed say as if he couldn't decide on one explaination, making him frustrated.
"Brother. Do you think that the soul just doesn't want to let go?" Al said trying to offer advice and to calm him.
"It could be, but if the seal is altered, the soul wouldn't be bound to the body anymore," Ed said as Kit could hear foot steps oviously sounding like Ed's.
"But it hasn't be altered nor touched, it's just fading."
Kit heard Ed sigh. "Let's leave the subject alone, at least until we tell Roy Mustang about this." She heard Ed say and then silence. Kit let the breath go, that she's unconsiously been holding. She took a few steps back and walked to the door, making it seem as if she'd just walked back.
She sat down in her spot and let her head lightly hit the glass. Kit looked at the sky outside, to see the sun finally above the trees. 'Almost seven.' She thought as she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
'This feels good... I should wake up, but it's too comfortable. Wait. The glass can't be this comfortable...' She opened her eyes and lightly lifted her head to see Ed next to her. They'd been leaning against each other, with Kit having her head on his shoulder and him resting on her head. She sat up, only to have Ed lean back against her. She blushed, but hid it when she noticed that Al was staring at her.
"I... um..." She tried to explain, but Al cut her off.
"It's okay, I've seen what happened... You don't have to try and explain." Al said in a whisper, making her realize that she needed to lower her voice too.
She sighed and leaned against the glass, almost jumping at how cold it was. She glared at it and leaned back, resting her head on the back wall.
"So... How'd Ed get over here and we got..." She paused and pointed at Ed. "Like this."
"Ed saw you shivering and he was cold too so he came over and slept with you," Al stated in a low voice. "However, you guys were huddled together when we went through the mountain pass."
Kit narrowed her eyes at Al for the remark and looked over to Ed. 'He really isn't such a bad guy.' She thought as she unconsiously touched his face and stroked it. She felt Ed stir causing her to yank her hand away, like the touch of him burned.
"You like Ed," Al whispered just as Ed opened his eyes. Kit put a finger to her lips then pulled away just before Ed looked at her.
Kit gave him a goofy smile and Ed just looked at her sleepily and fell foward, his head landing in her lap. She looked at the back of his head a bit shocked, but stopped staring and shook her head when she realized she was blushing.
"Does he do that often?" Kit whispered to Al and he shook his head.
"Not usually... But I don't think Ed's ever slept with someone else before... Well, besides mom." Al whispered back.
Kit felt her cheeks go hot again at Al's reply. 'God damn it! I'm blushing waaaay too much!' Kit was pulled out of her thoughts when Al held out a deck of cards.
(Ed's POV)
I didn't think I would sleep so long, or at least I think I slept long. I opened my eyes and noticed two legs. I jumped up in suprise, almost bumping into what I think was her arm. She didn't care? And how did I end up sleeping on her legs? She just smiled to me... What do I do? Ahh! I'm blushing now, I can feel it. I'll go walking through the train for awhile. Maybe it can calm me down. I stood up and walked for the door, stopping short when Kit spoke.
"Where are you going? Al and I were going to have you battle the winner."
"I'm just going for a walk. I'll battle the winner another time." I said before walking out and shutting the compartment door. I let out a sigh, finally able to relax. She made me too tense and my heart rate was going 200 miles a minute. I let my thoughts wander and my feet moved of their own will. I didn't realize where I was until I felt a cool breeze touch my face and ruffle my hair. I crossed my arms and rested them on the rail. Being on the outside of the last coach was like being on a moving porch. I took in the sight and let my head rest on my arms. It was way past mid day. Now I got a sudden urge to know the time. I'd go look, but right now I feel like being lazy, the fight was too close and I don't feel like jumping into another hazardous situation, just yet.
"Get ready. We're going to take this train by suprise."
I let out a sigh when I heard this. There goes the waiting idea. I guess I should go to the roof and inspect it from the windows. Maybe I can scare Kit. I smiled at that as I went to the side of the train and jumped to a nearby ladder. It was easy getting up. It always is, but like Hughes always said, there's a technique to walking across the roof of trains and sadly, I still haven't learned it. But that doesn't matter; If Al, Kit, and the passengers are in danger... I gotta help. I slowly walked across the roof, leaning low so the wind couldn't knock me back so easily. Getting past the first one was easy, but the second would be hard. I leaned down and grabbed the edge so I wouldn't have to restart. I looked down to see several guys with guns and what looked like an alchemist from the array on his braclet and necklace. Great! Now there's an alchemist too...! I'll let them go and see what there up to first. They may just be outlaws that are at the wrong place at the wrong time. I smirked at the thought. Innocent criminals... It took all I had not to burst out laughing.
(End Ed's POV)
"Ed's been gone too long. We've played three games of speed and he's still gone!" Kit said throwing her cards onto the table. Al beating her... Yet again.
"Maybe we should go find him," Al suggested as he took the cards and neatly piled them back up. Kit helped him so after. Al sat down the deck and stood as Kit went to open the door. She was centimeters from touching the handle when it flew open. A guy with long brownish-red hair gave a smirk and aimed his gun at Kit. Kit stood there not moving. No one had ever held a gun to her and it was making her panic. She wanted to get away, hide behind Al, something. But she was frozen with fear. The guy cocked it, the gun making a light click. Suddenly Kit smirked and her eyes turned green. The guy didn't have a chance. She'd moved to the side of the gun and had the barrel in her hand. The guy gasped just before she punched him with her left hand. The guy fell and she field stripped the gun in 6 seconds flat.
"I was beginning to wonder when things would get interesting," The other soul chirped with a smirk on her face as she pulled her hair into a loose pony tail.
"Al is it?" She asked and Al nodded a bit scared of what the other soul in Kit could do. "What do you say we take these train robbers out. I've been itching for a good fight. The villagers were no challenge."
"That doesn't matter! You shouldn't of killed them!" Al screamed back, Kit could feel the glare even from within' the back of her mind. 'He's got a point.' Kit said, now knowing that it would only reach the other soul she shared bodies with.'Shut up.' The other retorted.
"They shouldn't of pissed me off. If they'd even attempt to help Kit when she was beat and went for days without food, I might of spared them. I only killed the ones that knew and did nothing... I did what Kit couldn't." She sounded like she held a personal grudge against them.
"I didn't know." Al's voice dropped and he sounded sorry.
"It's okay... The rats were good at acting. You couldn't of known." Kit's other half let out a small smile, but it quickly disappeared. "Now. Let's go kick some ass... Oh yeah, the name's Rebecca."
Al nodded and they disappeared into the hall.
(Glances around.) Okay he's gone. (Sighs.) Well hope you liked the story, I hope anyways. I think I got the information straight, but knowing me I probably screwed up something.
Edward: (Comes up behind Tyantha and grabs her.)
Eep! (Gets pulled off screen.)
(You hear screaming then Edward comes back on screen smiling.)