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Chapter Fifteen: Millennium Awakening

"What!"

"My lord, please calm down, they had to bring him back."

"Where is he?" Priest Seto nearly tore down the door in front of him as he was being told the whereabouts of Edward and Bakura. He was less then pleased to hear that they'd found Edward but he didn't have the Millennium Rod and that Bakura escaped, probably with the Millennium Item.

"He's resting in one of the guests rooms." A lower priest answered, he was very timid and down right terrified of Priest Seto.

"Be gone." Seto snapped, the lower priest bowed and scurried away, "Tsk, I shall deal with that…heathen, the way he should have been dealt with." He then stalked off towards Edwards' room. When he arrived he found he wasn't the only one checking up on the boy, Alphonse and Winry where there, it wasn't all that surprising but it was still a slight complication.

"Oh, hello…" Al muttered when he saw the priest walk in, "Um…if you're here because we brought my brother back, well, you can't just expect me to leave him out there."

"Don't be ridiculous, loyalty to ones family is one of our founding principles. But, your brother is a criminal none the less and he ran away from his sentence." Seto replied, he glanced down at the unconscious Elric before continuing, "Once he wakes, he will be dealt with."

Winry stood up and turned to face Priest Seto, she had a both sad and myphed look on her face as she said,

"Edward isn't in the right state of mind, the real Ed is locked up somewhere in his own body. We came here to find away to fix that, also we came here to find away to get rid of the Red Water that is poisoning him."

"That is hardly my concern girl, he still committed several inexcusable crimes and need to be punished."

"You can't be serious!" This time it was Als' turn to get up, he was starting to like this priest less and less.

"You are the ones' visiting here, you will abide by our laws until you leave…." Seto turned and left, Alphonse and Winry glared. Finally Winry sat down again and sighed, she glanced down at Edward, her eyes narrowed slightly as something caught her eye.

"What is this?" Winry lifted his arm off the bed and saw a hint of gold flash in the light, "Al…is this what I think it is?"

Al looked down and noticed the flickering gold; he sat down to get a better look and replied,

"I have a very bad feeling about this…"

Edwards' POV

"…"

"So silent…"

"What happened? Why does it feel so cold?"

I glared down at my 'better' half, there was definitely something different about him, he seemed very distant. I couldn't place it but right after the incident with the tomb robber he's been different.

"Don't be stupid, how the hell should I know why it's cold. Besides, that dumb tomb robber got the better of me and now has the Millennium Rod so…"

"Does he now? If that is the case then what is this?" Edward held up his hand and the Millennium Item appeared, "Do you realize what it's doing? Did you even know that this 'Item' was conceived using alchemy, it's kind of like the Philosophers' Stone, it took human lives to make. This item will kill both of us because we are too inexperienced to work its' powers.

I wasn't sure what to say, how in the world did HE get the Millennium Rod? I was knocked out, still am too, it wasn't possible.

"How did you get that?"

"I assume it has something to do with the Red Water, it does have adverse effects on the human mind and body. Either that or it was you, homunculi have unique special abilities remember, perhaps this is yours."

"What? The Millennium Rod?"

"No…you're a sponge…for anything and everything alchemic. You can absorb things that were created using alchemy, it makes sense."

"Where are you getting all this from?"

"How should I know? You keep me in the dark and cold for so long it's amazing what happens to the human soul. By the way, if it makes you feel any better, if you keep this up I'll be the first to go. Not much left if you know what I mean…hm…perhaps that's why I feel so tired and…" Ed vanished before he could finish what he was saying, the Millennium Rod hung in midair.

"Tsk…that was freakish…whatever that shadow realm is doing to his mind it sure makes him flaky." I reached out and took the item and examined it, it was most definitely the Millennium Rod. But something else started weighing on my mind; it was what my lighter half had mentioned about my special ability, how could I have one if I'm stuck in a human body?

"Feh…his head wasn't on straight why should I worry about what he said…" I twirled the rod about before smirking, "It's time to take back what is mine, and make those fools pay for what they did."

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The Millennium Rod had completely reappeared in Edwards' hand, Alphonse quickly picked it up and was about to run after Priest Seto but something grabbed the back of his shirt. Turning, Al looked down and saw that his brother glaring up at him, his hand closed firmly around the lower part of his shirt.

"Brother?"

"Don't be a fool Alphonse…give me the Millennium Rod."

"No…it's Pride isn't it…I'm sorry but I can't do that." Al replied pulling his shirt away. Pride sat up and swung his legs around and setting them on the dusty floor, there was definitely something wrong with how he was acting. It was apparent that Eds' darker half was indeed acting…evil…but he still had a halfway decent side to him, the way he was acting now is much different.

"I have to right a terrible wrong…give it too me now and you might get out of this alive."

"Don't waste your threats on me," Al suddenly snapped, "I'm not giving this too you."

Pride got up and started towards Alphonse, Winry took a step in front of him and said,

"We know what that priest did was wrong, in some ways, but you can't go around doing these things. You killed two men and stole one of those Millennium Items, if we have too we will stop you."

"You can say that with confidence that if the time were to arise, you could easily attack and defeat me. You can say that with confidence because you have a Ka, I don't expect you humans to understand my logic nor do I care, but I want my Ka back and I'll do whatever it takes. Even if it means going through you…"

-To Be Continued-

T.T (Sniff) (current brain function: 0, current sanity level: zilch, current sugar level: Very low, Comments: my brain has been baconized and OH LOOK A TURKEY!)

(Sitting in fetal position, rocking back and forth muttering about cute, fuzzy, baby weasels)

Honestly, I've got a plan…my creativity has just been on an all time low, again. This chapter was short…yes…T.T and wasn't my best work...I'll do better! mmm bacon