I don't own FMA (or it'll be a real catastrophy…)
A big "thank you" to the ones who reviewed chapter 1 .
Here's chapter two… and a link to a quick picture I made to illustrate it (a cute moment) …
Just hope they aren't too much grammar, spelling and other mistakes.
Izumi's inner point of view ; dream ; normal conversation
expergefactio (awakening)
-"Where am I? "
She tried to move but she wasn't able to. She was barely able to hear what was happening around her. Footsteps, voices, the bang of the door, somebody was leaving the house.
Then she heard other footsteps, not the same , lighter ones.
-"Do you think she's going to die? "Said Alphonse, sobbing.
-"Nah, she's tough, the doctor said she'll be all right…"
-"Sure?"
- "Yeah, sure, in few days she'll be as violent and grumpy as ever…"
- "I would have strangled him if I was able to… Be careful what you're saying kid…"
-"Al, stand up and come, I'm starving…"
-"But master isn't…"
-"We'll go check if she's awoken later, now she needs some rest…"
She heard the kids leaving the room and she fell asleep immediately.
When she awoke she noticed with satisfaction that she was able to move a little. She managed to turn her head to look around the room .Her eyes get used to yellow subdued lighting of the bed head lamp quite quickly. Then she heard a light grunt and finally noticed she wasn't really alone.
She looked at the corner of the room where there was an old armchair where Sig used to sit to keep an eye on her when she was sick. She smiled at the sight of the two little forms curled up together, doing their best to adopt a comfortable position and far asleep. Alphonse was resting on his brother lap, taking the entire place, pushing him against the armrest. Edward had and arm bending over the armchair, the other on his brother's shoulders. He was bending his head, making golden tuft of hair hiding his face until his chin .His shirt was untidy showing his belly.
-What a mess Ed, she thought, if Al wasn't so deeply asleep he would have told you to cover yourself.
She chuckled at the idea of the older, lowering his head told off by the younger. It was the strange thing in the kid's behaviour. Ed who seemed to have a real problem with authority obeyed his younger brother. She had already tried to talk with him about it, but when the kid didn't liked something, the only way to make him obey was to use the strength, what she mostly did in that case because Ed was really, deeply, awfully… stubborn. But being stubborn was not so negative; she knew she was too, maybe more than the kid.
-"Master? "Said a little sleepy voice," 'feel better?"
A pair of golden eyes was gazing at her with difficulty. Edward yawned widely, stretched his arms and started to shake his younger sibling.
-"Awww, Ed! For once go to the bathroom yourself, don't need to wake me up."
-"Master is awoken."
-"What?"
Alphonse managed to open sheepishly an eye and jumped with surprise.
-"Master? Master!You OK? Feel better? Need something?"
Edward and Izumi stared with astonishment at Alphonse which was already heading to the kitchen to bring her back a glass of water.
-"He was pretty worried…"said Ed as an excuse.
Even if she was now able to move a little and talk Izumi wasn't out of trouble .The doctor came in the morning and had still doubts about her health.
The house was silent; it seemed that the kids decided to stop their normal activities for the day. Al insisted to sit next to her an hour and she was able to feel his stress when she showed weakness or tiredness.
Ed was trying to act as like if everything was normal, but when she awoke after a nap in the afternoon she noticed not one but two pairs of golden eyes staring at her anxiously.
-"You boys are scary you know… I'm tough , and in few days I'll be as violent and grumpy as ever…"she said looking straight at a blushing and terrified Ed ."So don't worry and go play outside."
Al left the room but Ed stayed.
-"It's not the first time you faint coughing blood… "he said after few minutes.
-"And? It's none of your business ya know".
-"Al is really worried about you and … I also feel concerned. Is it a serious illness?"
-"If coughing blood is something normal for you, it's not so serious"; she answered bored by his question. "Please Ed, go play with your brother…I'd be something good for him", she added hoping that the "poor-lonely-Al" would decide the kind to leave the room.
Ed sighed and rolled his eyes. She didn't gave him the answer he was waiting for. The doctor told a very worried Al she was going to feel better smiling to the kid patting his head. The same smile and the same act Risembol's doctor did a year ago. Ed had trusted him…He didn't wanted Al to experiment the same situation, his younger brother was truly attached to their master, he didn't wanted him to live with false hope. He risked an other try.
-"Master you seem so weak…"
-"Ed, please, get out."
-"…can you die from th…"
-"GET OUT!"
He ran away without finishing his sentence, his heart bounding in his chest. After all she wasn't so weak…
Izumi began to cough, blood again. She had regrets; there were no real reason to nag him.
But he was so annoying asking her those personal questions.
"Her heart was beating quickly, blood running fast through her temple as like they were going to explode. She tried to rest on the first thing she encountered with difficulty, the kitchen's elements seemed to be dancing all around her, faster and faster, giving her seasickness and vertigo. She closed her eyes. Her legs were shaking, and were no longer able to support her own weight. She collapsed then began to loose her consciousness, her mind and thought slowly driving away.
-"Don't… want…to…d…
She wasn't able to finish… Was it the end? She waited. A minute? An hour? She wasn't able to tell. Suddenly she heard footsteps. Fight. Voices in the corridor.Hope.The kitchen's door was pushed, and then she heard a loud cry .Saved.
-"Master? MASTER! MOTHER!" »
She awoke suddenly, sweating.
-"A nightmare, just a nightmare…"
Ed rushed into the room.
-"Master, Are you OK I heard you talk."
-"It's Ok … now go…"
"-"Master? MASTER! MOTHER!"," this voice… again…
She stopped to talk her eyes wide open.
-"…Edward can I ask you a question?"
-"Of course."
-"Why did you called me mother?"
-"..."
to be "normally"continued.
"illustration"
http/img274.imageshack.us/ img274/2112/kids22modifi28ax.jpg (add : and / after http)
Poppy: I think I'm a bit obsessed by the relationship between the kids and their master
Ed (rolling his eyes );nooooo… I didn't noticed.
Al: Just consult a specialist.
Poppy: Err… dunno…
Ed,Al Izumi : IT WAS NOT A PROPOSITION, IT WAS AN ORDER!
Poppy (offended):funny…really funny… All right I'll consult a doctor … If you think It's the best thing I have to do…
Ed,Al Izumi :YEEEEEPEEEE!
Al: Hope we'll be able to quit the "My fanfic author is despotic and dangerous help me" club then.
Poppy:What?
Ed , Izumi (to Al): Shhhhhh!
Poppy : So , do you know a doctor or a specialist …
Izumi (her smile fading away): no.
Ed: Gluttony!
Al : Are you mad ? This guy is only able to eat…
Ed : It was the goal…
Poppy : How nice of you…
(Roy's door slightly opening and then close quickly everybody turns his eyes toward a little panel just fixed on the door with a piece of scotch tape)
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Doctor R. Mustang
Despotic, weird and "obsessed by the relationship between the kids and their master" authors'specialist.
Consultation's free
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Poppy: I didn't know Roy had a degree in psychology… I'll consult him
Ed : I don't think it's a good Idea.
Al , Izumi (pushing poppy into the office) : We don't care , It's written it's a specialist.
Roy (a pair of little round glasses on his nose sitting comfortable in his armchair): Please enter an lay on the sofa…err push Riza's extra paperwork to lay on the sofa…
45 minutes later (door opening)
Ed, Al, Izumi: SO ?
Poppy: He told me I was normal and that I shouldn't stop writing, it helps me to improve my English.
Ed, Al, Izumi:Oh no…
Poppy : he also suggested me to write RoyxEd if master and kids relationships bored me.
Ed (his face first white then, pink , red and finally deep purple): COLONEL YOU OLD PERV'(bis)!
Mustang : (giggling) he's sooo cute when he gets really mad.