-----Knight In the Possessed Armor-----

Oh, by the way, there may be some "vulgar" language in here. (You character does cuss a little, get used to it.)

Recap: You woke up in Trezanga to find your dad missing, so you went to town to look for him. But you couldn't find him anywhere. Then you heard a gun shot and started running towards it.

Start- You panted as you ran, already a little tired from all of the searching you'd already done. As you neared the area where the gun had been shot, you could hear people shouting. Putting on an extra burst of speed, you skidded to a halt in one of the various town crossroads. Standing there were two men, both in black clothes. And lying on the ground in front of them was...

"DAD!" You screamed and ran to his side. The two guys in black whirled around to face you.

"Who are you?" one demanded. You didn't answer, you just down at your father. "ANSWEAR ME BITCH!" yelled the man.

"Wh-why is he lying here..?" you asked in a shakey voice. The men just looked at each other and laughed.

"Jeez! You must be deaf kid! Didn't you here the shot? We shot him with a gun you idiot!" You glanced at your father's side and almost puked. It was bleeding heavily, a red puddle forming on the ground. Your hand balled into a fist.

"Why...?" you demanded softly, but firmly. The men chuckled. "Well, since you ARE the guy's kid, I guess we can tell you...See, we're getting payed a lot of cash to make this guy disappear. And we don't like to turn down cash!" One of them told you.

"AND THAT'S AN EXCUSE TO DESTROY INNOCENT LIVES?" You screamed, standing up. They looked a little taken aback, but then started roaring with laughter.

"Hehe, for such a puny kid, you sure can yell!" One said.

Puny kid. Puny. Kid. That was the cherry on the volcano. With a cry of fury, you hurled yourself towards the two men in black and started landing punches wherever you could. After a few yelps and the sound of smacking, one was unconcious and you were holding the other by the collar, fist in his face.

"Who told you to kill Hojo Maron?" you demanded. "Wuh-we don't know! We always get jobs like this by letter!" He stammered. You were about to yell something else at him when you heard coughing behind you and your father calling your name.

"...A-Aka..." He coughed. Forgetting the other guy, you dropped him and ran to your father's side.

"Dad! Don't worry, I'll get you to the doctor and-"

"Aka.." your dad interupted softly, "I need you to...listen..."

"Don't talk dad! Save your streangth!" You pleaded. He ignored you.

"Please...I need you..to deliver...a message..." he said softly, coughing a bit.

"A-a message?" you stammered.

"Yes...the letter...in my pocket...please take it to...Roy.." he said with a cough. This time a little blood came out. You gave a shuddering gasp.

"I-I will," you croaked. A small smile appeared on his face as his green eyes studied your face.

"You're...so beautiful...Aka...I...love you..." he said, his voice even softer then before. Shifting his eyes to the pouring rain overhead (yes, it's still raining) he closed them and fell limp, with a small smile plastered on his face.

You just stared at him with shock. You wanted to cry. You couldn't remember ever crying in your life. To you, it made you seem weak. But now...all you wanted to do was break down and cry. But the tears wouldn't come...

You just sat there, staring down at your father's face, oblivious to even the touch of raindrops on your face. If you'd been more like yourself, you would have seen the guy you'd drop earlier getting up. But without you noticing, he drew a strange circle on the ground, muttering something as he looked up at the sky. Smirking, he slammed his hands onto the ground.

The next thing you knew, a white hot pain was searing through your body. Numb with the cold and sadness, it took you a few moments to realize that you were being struck by... lightning...? Your eyes widened in shock as you began to feel your body slipping away...

NO! you thought furiously, I PROMISED DAD TO DELIVER HIS LETTER! I CAN'T DIE UNTIL IT'S DELIVERED! I HAVE TO STAY ALIVE DAMMIT! you screamed at yourself.

To your surprise, the pain was actually going away. So were the sparks that had been flickering about your body. You were... absorbing them! You stared at your gloved hands as the last few sparks disappeared into them.

What the hell... you thought. Still getting over the shock that your dad was dead and you weren't, you didn't notice that the guy who had been using alchemy was cursing and pulling out a gun...but someone else did!

Al's POV-

Ed sure is taking his sweet time getting a train ticket...he probably just doesn't want to stay in the rain! This town is pretty small, I'm surprised they even HAVE a train station. I wonder if it rains like this all the time.

You were busy thinking when you heard a shot in the distance on the other side of town. Jerking up, you didn't bother to get Ed and started running towards the sound, praying that no one would get hurt.

Turning on one of the small blocks, you saw a strange person all wrapped up in clothes in front of you staring at their hands. (remember, you wear baggy clothes, and with your back turned no one can tell if you're a guy or girl) They didn't seem to notice you. p Looking past their shoulder, you saw two men in black behind the person in baggy clothes. One was unconcious and the other...WAS AIMING A GUN A THE BAGGY CLOTHES PERSON!

"STOP!" you yelled and threw yourself in front of the person's back, the bullet hitting your armour and ricoheting off. You sensed the person behind you jerk their head up.

Aka's POV- You heard someone yell and another gun shot. Looking up, you saw a huge suit of armor in front of you. Stepping off to the side to see around him, you saw the man you'd been punching earlier holding his leg, which was bleeding a bit. Serves him right! you thought angrily, still furious with them for killing your father.

"Are you ok?" You heard a strange voice ask. Startled, you turned to the suit of armor and was about to answer when...