Wrath

"One… five…sixteen…" I counted the almost endless pile of ants as they crawled towards their hole. This might've seemed weird, but… I was bored! This was more fun, than waiting for either Greed or Envy. Jobs have been occurring more often, and Lust has even started dragging Envy out of the church. Greed has been avoiding me lately… maybe because of the angry mob that's keeping me protected from him…I miss him…

I rolled onto my back and stared in to the cloudy sky above me. No sun came through it, and the clouds looked so thick, it felt like I could cut it… cutting. Just saying that reminded me of the time I went berserk with the Full Metal. The blood spilling everywhere, the wails of pain being released, it was just too much. Am I going crazy little by little? The thought about it… brought a sharp pain into my stomach. It was only for a quick second, but it still hurt me badly.

Getting up to ignore the pain, I started to walk back to the church. A picture of the ants came into my mind. The fact that they were different than the homunculi intrigued me. Was it that they were alive? For a girl my age, that thought was very idiotic. I could think of something that is even more confusing like; " How is the Full Metal Alchemist able to hurt a strong homunculi such as Greed?" or "Why did Sloth not intervene when I started to go into a killing spree?", but no, the question about life still poked at my brain.

No matter how much I tried to ignore it, the thought continued to follow me, but just a I was going to take one step toward back home, a rustling noise came from the nearby forest. I looked to see no one there. I tried once more to head home, but the noise returned. This time I leaped into the bushes. I felt around, and finally grabbed a figure that was shivering as if vibrating. With a small swift of my arm, I threw the figure out of the bushes.

The person kneeling right in front of me was a boy. He had long pitch-black hair, and staring purple eyes. He looked angry as if he has been through rage his whole life. However, he was smiling. He was smiling a toothy grin that looked very familiar to me. Greed? With slow movement I walked to the boy. He jerked back, hissing in tempted fear. I brought my hand back just a ways, then went tried again.

"Hey, what are you doing in a place like this? It's dangerous," the boy tried to get up, and run, but tripped on himself and fell face flat on the ground, revealing a shocking surprise. It was a mark of a homunculi. This made the situation clearer, and I just smiled at the boy.

"Hey, you're just like me! What do you say we go somewhere and get to know each other better?" He cocked his head and stared at me with wide, amethyst eyes.

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Looking at him wolfing down the food I made for him made me feel like I should throw up. He was eating things that shouldn't even go together like tomatoes and oats, or milk and pickles. It was just so nasty. This kid must be named after Gluttony; I've never seen someone or something eat disgusting combinations like that! Sadly, no matter how gross it was, I kept a smile pasted on my face. The boy was cute, and his emotions were unexpected, but something made me wonder about this boy. Two limbs, his left leg and his right arm, were a different shade of color.

Another thing came to mind when I looked at this boy, if he was a homunculus, what was his ability? Could he change the form of his body? Or maybe he was able to pierce anything with his lengthening nails. None of those abilities seemed to suit him. Luckily, after the meal, he began to talk.

"What's your name kid?" Great! I'm beginning to sound just like Greed… what's this world coming to?

"Not sure, but Envy calls me Wrath, so I'm Wrath!" He smiled with a wide grin that touched both ends of his ears. Hearing Envy's name made me jump out of my chair with excitement.

"You know Envy?"

"Yeah! I like him! He gave me this new life!" Life… the ants came back into my mind again for a quick moment, but I shook it off. I wanted to know this kid better, get to know his power, and maybe try to learn it. For a while we just sat there exchanging looks, and giving off joyful gestures. Then it hit me:

"Hey Wrath, you want to get a pastry?" We flitted toward a town called Xenotime and sneaked into one of their famous pastry stores that was said to be the best. When the clerk wasn't looking, we snatched a few pecan tarts. We walked alongside the road, and got a few glimpses from humans. After all, because we're homunculi, we have matching black clothes and strange marks on our body.

"Why are they staring us like that? Aren't we just like them?" Wrath questioned with a whole pecan tart in his mouth. To ask such a question made me feel a dose of sadness pouring within me.

"No, we are not like these people. These humans are greedy, and rude. They do not care of what others look like. Don't worry, you have nice people that you know now. Forget them." Wrath smiled nicely, showing crumbs all over his face. This was very cute, but annoying to see. I grabbed a napkin that we also took from the pastry store, and started to wipe off the crumbs from his face. When I was done, he giggled. He walked a little farther then turned around facing me.

"Thank you big sis!" My face started to burn with embarrassment. No one has ever called me that before… I hesitated, then smiled at Wrath.

"No problem!" With our hips glued together, we walked around a corner until we bumped into a tall figure. The man was wearing a blue suit, and looked very formal, but just looking at him gave it away that he was from the military. I looked up at his face, his skin color was pale, and his eyes seemed so cold, that they made me shiver.

He smiled at Wrath, who was hiding behind me growling with both fear and anger.

"Who are you?" I snapped at the officer. He looked at me with an evil grin that slowly disappeared.

" What a coincidence, I was going to demand the same thing from you. Why are you protecting one of our experiments?" Experi-

"I think it's time that you come with me little lady," Interrupting my angered thought, he grabbed my arm and started to pull me roughly. Shocked, I tried to let go, but his grip was so firm, it felt impossible, until I realized. I learned a technique which I could morph any part of my body into water. Concentrating hard, I turned my normal hand into water that easily released me from the officer's grab.

"Wrath run!" with as much energy as I could combust, we ran away from the man to… anywhere that was safe.

Before I got too far away from the man, he got out something, and talked into it saying: "The kids are heading towards an alley, surround them there!" I tried to get Wrath to tae another direction, but it was too late. We went into the alley. We were trapped.

"Sis, I'm scared…" Wrath cuddled himself around me and started crying in fear. I tried to act brave, and told him that everything was going to be all right. More officers found where we were hiding and surrounded us. The rhythm of our trembling was in beat we started to pray that anybody would come and save us now. It was all over…

"We have you surrounded homunculi!" An officer with a blonde mustache announced. "Surrender yourselves, and no harm shall be done to you!"

Something happened when I saw Wrath shaking. It reminded me about the ants. About life. How ants work their hardest to stay alive, and no matter what obstacles lie ahead of them, they always find a way to move around it. That was why it was in my mind for so long, the ants reminded me of the Sins. The homunculi… must work their hardest to stay alive, no matter what problems lie ahead of them. I will NOT give up! For the sake of both of our lives! Without thinking I placed my hands on the ground under us. I thought hard of a tunnel that would lead us back to the church. Out of nowhere, light was enveloped around me. Warmth surged into my arms. I felt something release from my hands, the warmth then went into the ball of power from my hands. We then began to fall into utter darkness. Wrath, ignoring how scared he was, began to laugh in enjoyment. We then landed into some water.

It was smelly, and looked horrible, but this was our savior. With smiles on our faces, we began to run down the dark tunnel that lied ahead of us.

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The church was not far away when we finally got out of that tunnel. It had become dark, and Lust was sure to be home already.

"Oh god! Lust is going to kill me!" grabbing Wrath's hand, I dashed toward the church.

As we finally got to the church, the dark trio was waiting for us at the gate. This is bad news…I could feel it!

"Uh…hi Lust," I quivered as I walked closer, but before I could get any closer, she came up to me and gave a loud Whack on my cheek. My face turned blood red, and I winced my eyes trying to hide my shameful tears.

"Where were you? Going out this late at night…did anybody see you? Hurt you? Damn Apathy, you've could've been killed!"

"I-I'm sorry…I-" before I continued, Lust wrapped her arms around me holding me tightly. Her body was somewhat warm…it felt good.

"I'm just glad you're safe…." She placed her head on mine and sighed relieved that I was here to be seen. With shock still on my face, I looked at Wrath. He was looking down at the ground shivering. I might've not been paying attention, but I think he was shivering with anger. I released myself from Lust's grasp and headed toward Wrath's position. As I saw him a little closer, I saw that he was crying.

"What's wrong?" I asked with worry showing in my amber eyes. He looked at me, but his head was still dropped.

"She r-reminds m-me of M-Mommy… I just w-wish that somebody would hold me just like that. Hearing him say that opened some pain that was locked up within my heart. Pain from a long time ago. The memories were cloudy, and I didn't see the faces, but all it did was give me pain. This boy needs love just like me… he is so…lonely… just as Lust did, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, and laid my cheek on his head. Shock did not come from him though (just like what happened to me), but he grabbed me back, snaking his arms through mine and grabbing my shirt in the back. He sobbed heavily as I just calmed him with "shh's" and caring compassion.

"It's okay Wrath… I'm here… If you ever want to be loved… just come to big sis okay?" His head made a nod, but still… he never let go of my shirt. I looked back at the threesome… they stared at me. Lust gave me a look of "You are now a grown woman…", Envy stared at me thinking: "Is this for REAL!", Gluttony sucked on his finger… I already knew what he was saying!

As lightly as I could, I shifted Wrath to where he was on my lap. I picked him up, and lead him to the church with a young Sin that was now, instead of sobbing, sleeping. His eyes looked calm, but tears still seeped out. I looked at him, then looked at Envy. He smiled at me with warmth in his heart. I smiled back with the same emotion, and without saying a word, I thought of something…something that might change our relationship deeply… could you help me take care of him?

(Okay, so it might not be as good as the other chapters, but… it had Wrath! Isn't he just cute? XD Next up is the one that can bring serious spoilers…"Pride" Note: If you don't want to know, please don't read the next chapter… R&R Thanx!)