Fullmetal Alchemist

Ed & You

Chapter 6

By SakuraSagura

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Sigh. I still don't FMA… But if you have any idea how please tell me! By the way... I had to change the name, if you didn't notice. Check out chapter one if you're confused, okay?

A blessing from God had been bestowed on the students of the local high school after their waiting of many a day. Finally, it was Saturday, the holy day of students.

"Ngh, Al why did you get me up so early?" Edward mumbled as he rubbed his eyes with a fist. They were both standing in the kitchen. Al was in a simple dark green t-shirt with jeans and mismatched socks. Ed was in his 'I hate milk' pajamas still as he leaned on the counter a few inches from the stove. Alphonse, who was standing on the other side of the counter, fixing pancakes, rolled his eyes and replied,

"Sorry, I didn't know that twelve o'clock in the after noon was early for you!"

"Now you know. With that said, I'm going back to bed." Edward yawned and began to make for the stairs. Al frowned, moved away from the stove, leaned over the counter, and grabbed Edward's arm before he could get away. Al tugged his brother back to his original spot. Edward gave Al a tired glare only to be laughed at.

"Wow, is that the same glare that made bad guys quiver in fear back home?" Al chuckled as he walked up to the fridge in the kitchen. He opened it and studied the contents as Edward huffed back,

"Shut up, I'm tired." Al smiled to himself. They always seemed to go through this routine every time Edward stayed up to late because of his studies. Al didn't understand why his brother didn't just study during the day. Putting his thoughts aside Al leaned over to grab some orange juice for his brother.

"Hey, brother, do you want a glass or a sippy cup?"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT HE'D FALL INTO HIS DRINK UNLESS HE USED A BABY CUP!" Edward exclaimed as he slammed his hands onto the counter he had just sat down at. Al laughed loudly, causing Edward to fume a little more.

"Glass it is!" Al chuckled, pouring the juice into his brother's cup. He handed it to Edward, asking lightly, "Learn anything new last night?"

"Well," Edward said before taking a gulp of orange juice down his parched throat, "I did find out that we need more study material."

"Again?" Al asked, his face turning to an annoyed and sad mix. He sighed a little as he flipped a pancake over.

"Yeah, again… Maybe we over looked something?" Edward commented casually. He leaned forward, resting his chin on his palm, his face becoming thoughtful. "Maybe Dante will be able to find more?" At this Al grimaced.

"Aren't we supposed to… call her 'mom'?" The brothers looked at each other, giving off their own version of disgust. Edward's face was soon accompanied by anger as well.

"Al, she is not and has never been our-"

"Boys, someone is on the phone! Will you come and talk to her?" a voice called from a room outside the kitchen.

"MOM!" Ed and Al shouted in surprise. They instantly left the kitchen and frantically ran down an Asian style hall to the room Dante was in. After a minute or so they were outside the room, huffing and puffing. They looked around the doorway into the library their mom was in. She was sitting at a table, crammed with books, papers, pens, while reading something with the phone in one hand. She wiggled it a little in her hand, which was leaning over her shoulder for the boys.

"Wh-who is it?" Al asked quietly.

"It's the girl who visited us earlier. She says she wants to talk to Ed."

"Give it here." Edward mumbled nervously. He took the wireless phone and left the room putting it up to his ear.

"Edward, are you there?" Came Anata's voice. Edward gave a quick affirmative as he began to walk back to the kitchen. "Good," she said into Edward's ear happily, "I wanted to ask you something…"

"Uh huh. What?" Edward inquired as he turned a corner while making his way down a hall with an Asian feel to it. It had paintings with foreign writings on it, finely hand carved tables with incense, cups, vases, and statues from various religions and antique stores.

"Um… I was just wondering if you'd like to, uh… I don't know, maybe go to a movie or go out to eat…" Anata said slowly, her voice portraying her embarrassment. Edward walked through a doorway and into the kitchen. Looking up he saw that there was smoke filling the room.

"Ah! NO!" Edward screamed and ran over to the stove. He quickly sat the phone down on the counter and frantically waved his hands back and forth, not sure what to do. He stared at the pancakes that had caught fire while he was away. He looked around for something to douse it with.

"N-no? Oh, I see… Okay then, I, uh…" Anata whimpered, tears forming around the edges of her eyes. She was sitting on the couch in her living room, Indian style. She felt her heart gain another crack in it as no response was given to her. She waited a little more, wondering if he had hung up on her. "Ed, are you still there?" Instead of a sentence she heard him screaming and running around in the background. "H-hey! What's going on?" Anata yelled worriedly into the phone.

"F-fire! What do I do? Ah! My juice!"

"Huh? What? A FIRE!" Anata screeched in surprise, looking at the phone as if it would answer her. There was the sound of a splash and soon Edward returned to the conversation.

"Hello? Anyone still here?"

"Yeah… what just happened?"

"… Pancakes caught fire." Edward said distressingly, scratching the back of his head. He looked around the kitchen. It wasn't very bad in his opinion. He could fix it with alchemy as long as no one found out.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Edward replied calmly before continuing, "So, what did you say before I flipped out?"

"Oh, um…" Anata stuttered a little as she swiftly answered, "I was wondering if you'd want to go someplace with me, I know, you might be busy and all but I was just curious if you'd want to go to a movie or a restaurant or something, I just thought we could get to together and talk or something, kind of like a date but not a date and-"

"Whoa! Breathe first, talk second." Edward laughed a little, sweat rolling down the side of his face. "What did you say?"

"Would you… like to go to a movie or go out to eat with me?" Anata asked in a rush, closing her eyes and biting her bottom lip after it left her mouth. Edward stared into blank space for a moment.

"You mean, like a date?" Came his reply. Anata's blush reddened even deeper as she quickly and hysterically babbled,

"Well, yes, I mean no, I mean, well… Kind of… Do you want it to be a date?" Edward's own cheeks became slightly pink at this. His memory of the kiss he gave her returned, making his cheeks grow from pink to red.

"Uh……… Sure."

"REALLY?" Anata exclaimed into the phone, a smile growing rapidly on her face. Suddenly she received a sinking feeling in her stomach and her smile dimmed slightly as she said, "I mean, sounds good. When and where?"

"Er, I'll go if I'm not dead meat for letting the pancakes burn and nearly destroying the kitchen. If I live… How about tomorrow at one in the afternoon? I'll take you out to eat, okay?"

"Okay!" Anata yipped happily, punching her fist into the air. "Call me and tell me if you live, all right?"

"All right." Edward chuckled, his smile leaning on the verge of being unreal. The sweat on his face was wiped off with his free arm as he said his goodbye. He clicked the off button, set the phone down, and let out a sigh. He held himself up off the counter as he looked down at it. His stomach was in turmoil to say the least. From behind he heard someone step into the room.

"You set the kitchen on fire? Heh, guess this is why they tell children not to cook on their own."

"Oh shut up, Envy." Edward growled, not even bothering to look at the dark haired brother as he stood up and walked to the fridge, looking for something edible.

"My, my, looks like the pipsqueak's got a girlfriend! I heard that we weren't supposed to grow close to anyone here, or did I miss something?" Envy's taunting voice came rolling over to Edward's ears. Edward clenched his teeth and seethed,

"I told you to shut up!" He then shoved some yogurt out of his way, nearly pounding it open in resentment for his older brother. Envy gave off a smirk and trudged over to Edward so that he was only a yard or so behind his enraged brother. Edward barely managed to make sure he did not turn around and proceed to beat Envy to a bloody pulp. His older brother began to speak in the same taunting voice again,

"Why'd you kiss her anyways? Not like they were going to attack her or anything."

"Tell the homunculi to stay away from these people."

"Ah! So you were protecting her! I heard you did it for a book… You know, the one I gave her?"

"I told you to shut up! If you don't I'll-"

"You'll what? You can't use alchemy in this world, you know that." Envy sneered, Edward feeling it on his back. The veins in Edward's hands were becoming quite visible as he clenched them in anger. "You're nothing without alchemy and you know it. Sure, you can use it now and again, but you know the consequences."

"Shut. Up."

"What's wrong? Don't you hate admitting that you're worthless? Even when it's true for you and the rest of the human race." Envy murmured, a sly grin on his face.

"I said, SHUT UP!" Edward bellowed furiously as he turned on Envy, throwing an egg at his brother. Much to Edward's dismay Envy caught it without it even cracking. Before Edward could throw anything else at Envy, a knee was striking his stomach to the point that made Edward slam back into the fridge in a split second. He slid out of the fridge, food falling down with him. He was sitting in the pile of groceries; sure his ribs had broken, with broken bottles, splattered food, dented shelves, and fallen drinks on and off him when Envy marched over to him. He kneeled down, his right hand holding the egg as he placed his arms on his knees.

"I want to go home just as much as you do. If you don't start listening to those above you you'll be in trouble. Stop using alchemy unless absolutely necessary, got it shrimpy? " Envy questioned coldly. Edward stayed the way he was. His eyes were closed as he sat against the fridge bottom amongst the mess, a little bit of blood leaking from his mouth from biting his tongue. The back of his head was throbbing painfully as he some how managed to open an eye and look Envy in the face.

"… ngh." was all he could grunt in return.

"Good seafood. Now, " Envy motioned with his left hand to the assortment of foods Edward was sitting in, "clean this up." Edward's eyebrows furrowed in hate as he glared as best he could at Envy. "Is that a No?" Envy questioned, standing up and raising an eyebrow. When Edward didn't respond Envy went on to say, "Better hurry up or I'll turn you into Humpty Dumpy." When the last two words were spoken Envy cracked the egg Edward had thrown at him on the blonde's head, making sure the yoke was completely out. He laughed at his brother and left the mess and him alone in the kitchen.

Anata was in her bedroom choosing which outfit would be the best to wear while out with Edward. Her smile was so bright it just might have been able to awake the dead. As she was choosing there was a knock on her door.

"Come on in!" She called as she set the clothes on her bed. The door opened and her mother came in with the phone in her hand.

"Honey, dear, it's Edward Elric, he says he needs to tell you something." Her mother smiled at her daughter in her usual silly manner. Anata jumped up and ran to grab the phone. It had been a little over two hours since she had called Edward. The entire time she had the depressing thought that he wouldn't be able to come. Her joy was soon put out by fear of the unknown. What if he did say he couldn't come after all? Nonetheless she said into the phone,

"Hello? Anata here… Oh, okay. Uh huh, I see. Are they okay with it?" Anata spoke into the phone as normally as she could, though her blush wouldn't leave her cheeks as she conversed. The excited mother watched her daughter anxiously.

"What does he say?" She whispered out to her daughter. Anata looked back up at her mom with a little bit of annoyance. Anata lifted a finger to her lips to tell her mom to be quiet. "Yes, hee hee, sounds great… Al? Oh really? That's nice to here… Same time? All right, see you soon. Bye." Anata clicked the phone off and handed it back to her mother.

"What did he say?" Her mom asked, leaning forward to her daughter, obviously excited.

"… He said," Anata began sadly. Her mom walked over to give her a comforting hug but before she could her daughter let out a little squeal of joy. "He said that he'd pick me up about twelve thirty! EEK!" Anata jumped up and down in place while her mom began to do that same. Dream must really come true.

"Hmm, that was easy." Edward said as he stood by the phone he had just called on. He was wearing a long black shirt with his famed Flamel mark on the back of it, his jeans were a little to long for him but he managed to keep them up with a black belt, and his shoes were simple sneakers that seemed to have been with him for only a short while. He left the hall where the phone had been placed and into the living room. His father was sitting talking to his wife, Dante, about something in a hushed voice. They were sitting on the couch with the lumpy vase on the table in front of them.

"I'm going out to visit some friends, okay?" Edward asked coolly. His father simply waved him off without so much as a glace at him. Edward shrugged and left the room.

Once outside he made his way to Envy's car. Letting his hand flow over the cool metal and stopped to stare at the Ourobouros symbol on it.

"Sad, no one here even knows what it is…" Edward muttered to himself before finishing up and getting in the car. He turned it on, picked his favorite station, and drove off recklessly.

It was only a matter of minutes before he had parked his car and gotten out of it just outside a light blue, two-story house on the other side of town. It was definitely well keep, Edward noticed. It was surrounded with a large garden and in the lush backyard was a swing set and sandbox. Both play things obviously used at least every other day. He walked up the steps, onto the deck, passed the two-seat swing, and to the darker blue door. Edward waited several seconds before none other than Winry opened the door. She looked at him in surprise for a second before smiling at him.

"Hey Ed, sorry that Izumi isn't here."

"You baby sitting Wrath again?" Edward mock grinned at her. She laughed a little and said,

"Yeah, I am. It's not easy but it pays well."

"You're a brave girl, you know that?" Edward saluted to her. Winry laughed and saluted back.

"Would you like to come in anyways? Izumi and Sig should be home soon… and I need all the help I can get." Edward said that'd be okay. She opened the door so that he could walk in. While Winry shut the door Edward gave the house a quick look about. The floors were made of fine dark wood, the walls were a nice beige and filled with pictures and such, the short hall led into the living room. The living room had a large TV on table with DVDs and such hiding in the two cupboards it had. The floor was covered in thick cream-colored carpet, toys here and there; with a long couch some way back from the TV. There was an overhead fan and a lamp in the corner far from the TV. The window was long and open, letting the curtains flow in the breeze. The living room opened up into the kitchen, behind the couch, and stairs on the side of the TV. Winry walked by Edward, her jean overalls and pink shirt passing Ed in a blur.

"So where's Wrath?" Edward asked following Winry into the living room. He carelessly stepped on a toy or two, one cracking a little.

"He's up stairs. I'll go get him, okay?" Winry asked as she picked up another toy car and tossed it into a pile.

"No, let me go get him." Edward said politely. Winry shrugged and said he could.

"Okay, I'll go put away some things in the kitchen. Thanks, Ed!" With that she left to clean up whatever mess Wrath had granted her to clean up. Edward marched up the stairs with a frown on his face. Wrath was probably going to try something, he always did.

"Take this Winry!" A child shouted at the top of his lungs. Edward turned in time to see Wrath wearing army boots, camouflage pants, and jacket while standing up from behind a pile of toy trucks and stuffed animals. He was holding a slingshot and aiming for whoever was unlucky enough to walk up the stairs. Before Ed knew it Wrath had fired.

Instead of getting hit though Edward simply reached out and grabbed the marshmallow before it hit him. He threw it back at Wrath,striking him right between the eyes.

"I'm down! I'm down! Sir Teddykins, you take charge!" Wrath called wildly after he had fallen onto a pile of blankets and pillows. Edward frowned, his eyebrows making his eye twice as menacing. He stomped up the rest of the stairs and over to where Wrath was squirming around. He bent down and lifted him up by the collar.

"Wrath, shut up already. It's me." Edward growled. Wrath blinked at stared at the blonde.

"Great, I can finally take your body for my own." He smirked. Suddenly though, his smirk turned into a confused expression as Edward changed into Envy. Wrath got his bearings back quickly and muttered hastily, "Never mind, you're body looks really creepy."

"Whatever." Envy replied as he dropped Wrath back on the floor.

"What was THAT for?" He whined, sitting up.

"There's something I need to ask you."

"Didn't have to drop me…"

"I'll kill you if you don't tell me what I want to know."

"… Fine, ask away."

"You see," Envy said leaning back on the railings, "there's something that needs to be done, and soon. You know… the stars." Wrath's blank face swiftly turned to a knowing grin. He picked up one of the pillows and adjusted his seating so that he could sit on it comfortably. He looked back up at Envy and whispered keenly,

"Oh, so that's what you want me to tell you. That woman I'm forced to live with was talking about it last night. What do you need to know?"

"What's the sacrifice?"

"Depends," Wrath mused, "how close are you willing to get to her?" Envy thought a moment before saying,

"As close as I have to get."

Another chapter down! Yeah! Sigh. Sorry, this chapter isn't very good. I don't have enough time at the moment. Please review though so that I can update and get on with a better chapter!