I'm soooo sorry about the delay, but Xmas decoration is making me crazy. This is one of my favourite chapters. I hope you like it

Chapter 5: The Definition of Brother.

Ed was cornered. His face showed a horrible amount of guilty and desperation, he had lost his will of fight.

- Killing a person who can't protect himself is not my style but it's better to finish this now – Pride said. He was going to make the final blow when a big and angry suit of armour tackled him.

- DON'T EVEN DARE TO TOUCH HIM – he said

- I told you that I didn't want to hurt you

- But if you hurt him you're also hurting me. He's my brother and if you try to kill him I'll dry out all your souls from your body one by one!

- Al … I… - Ed stuttered

- Don't let anything he said to bother you "niisan". You know that nothing he'd said is true.

- Brother? I just can't understand – Pride said after some seconds – I just can't understand why you still can call him brother after what he'd done to you…

- He hadn't done anything bad to me – Al replied, even angrier – In fact; I'm still here thanks to his sacrifice.

- But, does it have any sense to life in that state?

- No every people have the lucky to have someone willing to lose one of his arms to save the life of someone, no matter how much he or she is important to him. I owe him my life; because reason says that I must have died 4 years before; or even worse, being lost in another dimension with only a big door in it and a person clamouring to be god; but thanks to his sacrifice, I can still walk among the people that are important to me and have the opportunity to continue living; and the most important thing, is to be able to still being with him.

- But with a body that can't feel anything?

- And who says I can't feel anything? – Al replied – I surely don't have three of the five senses but I have the feelings of every other human; and maybe more than a normal human. I can understand how people feel, and why they are feeling like they're. That's why I can understand how "niisan" is feeling right now. He had lived four years suffering thinking that he'd revived our mother and made her a monster just for her to die again. And for transforming his little brother into a walking suit of armour; just taking all the fault of what we both have done.

"Because I can't give back all the things he had done for me, I have to support him in all that I can, helping in our trip to recover our bodies. Being with him all the time; being his friend, his father and his son at the same time, protecting him, and let to be protected; being two, and being one; that's my definition of Brother"

Ed opened his eyes; it seemed that he'd just been revived by Al "Definition of Brother?" he muttered.

- I'm not sure that you'll ever understand this, but my definition of brother is the most important thing we have in our lives – Al said

- The definition of brother, hehe. I've six and two of them have already died; and I feel nothing similar to what you're expressing. Maybe I'd never feel that way – then he looked at Ed and said - It seems that your brother believes in you more than you do; your life and mine has been saved, I now don't have to betray Father to do what I wanted, but anyway, the others have to die.

But then he heard something very unpleasant to him.

- AAAARRRRGGHHH! …. JUST TEN LIVES, JUST TEN LIVES LEFT – Envy screamed, his battle against the Xing's didn't go well. Gluttony was also in trouble; Scar memorized his battle technique from their last encounter and he had been able to dodge all his attacks - I feel weak and hungry – he said.

- YOU DAMN BASTARDS, I WON'T LET YOU SURVIVE AFTER THIS; I WILL EAT YOU LITTLE BY LITTLE LETTING YOU SENSE MY ENTIRE WRATH! – Envy shouted; he was transforming in his real form.

- Hopeless – Pride sighed – Homunculi, retreat!

- But… - Envy replied.

- You heard me! Retreat!

- Argh! Envy with bad mood started to retreat along with gluttony. When they were on the roof, Pride clap his hands and an immense wall started to surround the five and then it transformed into a completely closed room

They heard Pride saying - We'll meet again if you survive to that – and then the homunculi left.

Then, Ed approached to Al and say.

- Thank you Al, Thank you very much. Those were the most beautiful things someone has said about me in all my life. I know you can't feel a hug, so remember me to give you one when you return to your body.

- I'll do. I only hope you to forget everything that Pride said; you know that nothing was true

- That's not bothering me anymore. Thank you again Al…

But Scar interrupted them.

- We have a very big problem here – he said – this wall is very thick and I alone can't break it. The space is also very small, so if we don't get hurry, the oxygen here will finish and all of us excluding Alphonse Elric will perish here.

They were in a big trouble, so they joined forces to try to demolish that wall.

- So you let escape them again Pride – Hohenheim said, without changing his mood.

- I really don't let them escape – Pride replied – I know that they want to return here, so when they come again, we'll be able to kill the intruders and to capture the human sacrifices.

- I wish your plan to succeed; don't disappoint me.

- Yes Father. I won't

- I still think there is something wrong with you Pride

- Don't worry about me Father. You have more important things to do

- I hope you didn't hide me anything. Now you can leave.

After doing a reverence he went out of Father's chamber. Outside Envy was waiting

- How could you be so calm when your comrades had almost died there! – He said

- It's not my fault that both of you are so incompetent

- But you didn't do anything there; you kept having a Philosopher class with the armour and you didn't help us. If I say this to father he'll take it as a betray and …

But Pride suddenly approached to Envy and directly looked ad his eyes, then he whispered him – Do you really think I didn't help there? What would have happened if I hadn't retained the brothers? You'll be death right now. And besides, you say that you have only 10 lives; do you want to lose them?

Envy retreated frightened. Then Pride headed to his room

When he closed the door, he started to think "so that's his definition of brother; unreachable, but maybe … I can do something more

A/N: What do you think Pride is going to do, please answer this question.

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