Title: A Sin In Girls Clothing
Author: Diana A. Falcon
Type: Full Metal Alchemist; Romance, Yaoi
Rating: M
Pairings: EdxEnvy, RoyxOC, mentions EnvyxWrath
Summary: Envy loves Ed, but the alchemist doesn't return his feelings. So Envy decides to go with a different approach. A female approach.
Disclaimer/ Authors Note: Diana: YAY! Second chapter! I never thought I would make it this far! Thank you everyone who wrote me a comment. I value them more than you can imagine. I would like to apologize about the slowness at which this story is developing. I have had quite a busy schedule with marching band (yes, I'm in marching band, and if you've got any thing against that, well tough!) and the rest of school so please forgive me if it takes a while to get the chapters up. Oh and starting this chapter I will be spacing my story appropriately. Apparently it bothers some people (coughGracycough) get headaches when I just leave my chapters as one big block of writing. Hoshi-Envy: Diana does not own Fullmetal Alchemist. Gracy-Pride: Yeah if she did she would have probably left it somewhere by now. Diana: I would not! Hoshi-Envy & Gracy-Pride: look at Diana smirking Diana: …well…yeah…I might have…but that's not the point! Hoshi-Envy: It's ok Diana. pats Diana on head Diana: pouts Gracy-Pride: Enjoy the chapter. ((Hoshi-Envy and Gracy-Pride are my best friends. So is Rima-Wrath but she hasn't shown up yet. Maybe next chapter. Look for your debut Wrassu!))
Chapter Two: Hawkeye's DaughterThe train ride to East City had been a quite one for the most part, and Al had taken the opportunity to take a nap. Ed smiled fondly at his brother's metal form. They had departed from the house at 7:00 that morning, a beastly hour for any living thing. Al was usually the early riser out of the two, but after a taxing day of running all over Central, the little brother was tired out.
The sun was setting, throwing shadows onto the otherwise empty compartment. Ed held the documents for his official transfer to East City in his gloved hands. The papers entailed a long-winded assignment that, when boiled down to its main point, said Ed was there for really no good reason. But hey it looked official and that's all the government really cared about.
Major Maes Hughes had given the bs assignment to the alchemist as return of a long standing favor he owed the teen. Not that Ed actually had to hold the situation over the Major. Hughes had become something of a father figure to the two boys, albeit one who knew too much about their whereabouts for the boys liking. Ed had gone to Hughes' office immediately after he had made up his mind to leave Central. The Major had looked questioningly at the alchemist when he had asked for the transfer.
"Leave? You've only been here three weeks. Why do you want to leave?" Maes asked.
Ed downcast his eyes at the question he had been fearing. He couldn't bring himself to tell Hughes about Envy. He couldn't tell anyone…He could never tell anyone what envy had done to him…not when he wasn't even completely sure that he had hated it. Ed had never considered himself to be gay. The thought of him even being bi was still absurd to his conscious mind. But…No he couldn't even consider it. Envy had forced him. He hadn't been willing. He didn't respond to the sin. He couldn't have…he hated Envy! Somewhere deep in his mind he knew that wasn't a valid reason for him not to have feelings for the palm tree. He feared Envy, yes; feared his strength, his persistency, and his caresses. Yet…did that give him a reason to hate the sin? Ed didn't know what to think.
"I…I just need to get away. Just for a while," the alchemist finally answered the Major. Hughes stared at the boy for a while; his gaze seeming to penetrate straight through the outer cold shell that Ed kept around him. Slowly he nodded.
"I can give you an assignment excuse. You should be able to get into East City without any problems." The blonds head shot up as a genuine smile lit up his features.
"Thanks Major! I owe you one!" Ed said at he stood quickly.
"I gotta go get Al and tell him the good news." Hughes smiled at the teen. Ed turned to go when Hughes said,
"Ed…"
"Yes, Major?" Maes' eyes hardened slightly.
"Be careful Ed. Take care of yourself ok?" The last part of the statement hung in the air; unsaid, yet still heard. 'I don't want you to get captured again. We were all really worried about you." Ed smiled softly at Hughes.
"I'll be careful. I promise," the alchemist said. Hughes winked at the boy.
"You better or I'll know". Ed gave a strained grin.
"Yeah. Ya know you scare me sometimes Major."
A shrill whistle startled the alchemist out of his recollections. He looked around the compartment instinctively and then out the window. In the distance he could see the looming form of the East City Military base. Ed reached over and shook Al. "Al, wake up." The iron giant was awake immediately. "What is it Nii-san? What's wrong?" the startled boy asked. "Its ok Al. Nothings wrong," Ed assured his brother, "we're finally here."
Jean Havoc was the military official who had been sent to meet and collect the Elric brothers. When Mustang had received the call from Major Hughes, the first person he had turned to was Havoc. Why he had picked Havoc out of any underling was a mystery. Maybe it was because Havoc was in clear sight at the time. Havoc liked to think that it was because he was the most trusted of Roy's lackeys (he probably is aside from Riza, but that's not the point) but that was just to try to justify the amount of work Roy gave him. Whenever Roy had 'busy work' as he liked to call it, he would usually dump the main amount on Havoc. Unfortunately that included mountains of paper work that the Colonel was too lazy to do himself, running pointless errands, and escorting people to and from various pick up/drop off points.
Havoc sighed slightly and lit a cigarette from his seemingly never-ending pack. ((Happy Fairiesi: SMOKING IS BAD! HAPPY FAIRIES ATTACK!)) The train whistle made his head turn. He stuck the fresh cigarette into his mouth; a small smirk lighting up his features.
The train slowed to a halt and two figures departed the locomotive. The flash of blonde hair and the red jacket made the diminutive figure unmistakable. The fact that there was a walking suit of armor next to him also was a dead giveaway.
Havoc walked over to the brothers and saluted.
"Hagane no. It's good to see you again." He said. The blond returned the salute and smile.
"And you 2nd lieutenant. I take it that the Colonel didn't want to get off his lazy ass so you had to come in his place." Havoc chuckled.
"Something like that. Well let's get to the base so you can tell him how overjoyed you are to see him." Havoc said, his smile broadening. Al nodded and Ed grimaced.
"Yeah…good point. It will take the whole rest of the afternoon to get through his mocking." Havoc laughed again and led the way too the car.
Riza Hawkeye turned to the girl behind her.
"If you want you can go explore the building. I have to go report in to the Colonel and I don't want you to be bored. Most people will leave you alone but," She tossed her third handgun to the girl along with a military crest. "If any wise ass decides to give you trouble, just show them that. It will give you access to any of the buildings." The girl smirked, gray eyes glinting.
"I think the gun would have sufficed but thanks. Now I'm here legally." She said. Riza smiled at this.
"You would have been here legally anyway. Children of military personnel are allowed to be on any military owned land." The 1st Lieutenant said.
"I'll log that away for future reference. I won't keep you from the Colonel then." The girl said smiling. Riza rolled her eyes slightly.
"Good point. He could have blown up Full Metal by now." She sighed. The girl jerked slightly at the comment.
"Fullmetal? As in the Fullmetal Alchemist? Edward Elric?" she asked quickly. Riza was momentarily stunned by the tumult of questions. Slowly she nodded.
"Yes, Edward-san has been transferred here. I can introduce you to him." Riza paused. "Better idea. I can let you meet him this afternoon. He usually isn't in the best of moods after talking to the Colonel." Riza barely caught the triumphant glint in the girls gray eyes, but dismissed it as happiness at the prospect of meeting the alchemist.
"I'll clear getting your quarters while I'm talking to the Colonel as well." The girl hugged Riza tightly around her middle. Riza froze momentarily; unaccustomed to the concept of a hug, but recovered quickly and returned the embrace.
"Thank you," the girl said quietly, "for everything." Riza's face softened from its normal military proficiency as she stroked the girls hair.
"I've always wanted a child and getting pregnant would have just been too much of a hassle. You turned out to be the best of both worlds." She held the girl at arms length, looking down into young face and they both smiled. Riza hugged the girl once more and said, "You go on now. Have fun trying not to get lost." The girl laughed.
"Don't worry I won't." Riza watched as the teen turned on her heel, flipping her black hair out behind her and strode off.
Roy Mustang was sitting at his desk. Not that you could actually see him. To any passerby, all you would see was a massive pile of papers. Behind said pile of papers sat Mustang, one hand supporting his chin, the other filling out obscure files that would never be looked at.
Roy loathed paperwork. He would have rather just burnt the whole pile, but then the higher ups would have asked where the papers had gone. He was starting to regret sending Havoc to fetch Fullmetal. So you can understand why his face lit up when a certain blonde haired pipsqueak came and pushed some of the papers off his desk.
"Hagane no!" he said sitting up suddenly. The young colonel smirked.
"See you're short as usual." He said. A chuckle escaped Roy's lips as Ed spazed.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT THEY COULD BE KILLED BY A FALLING MUSIC NOTE?" Ed yelled, scattering papers all over the floor. Roy gave a dismayed sigh.
"Now look what you've done Hagane no. You've made such a mess and now I have to be the one who cleans it up." With that Roy snapped his fingers. Ed only had time to give a frightened yelp before flames surrounded him. The inferno only lasted a few seconds but got rid of all the paperwork and left Roy with an ever-so-slightly crispy chibi. Said chibi blinked a few times before exploding again.
"What the hell did you think you were doing Mustang! You could have burnt down the building and we could have been killed!" the smaller alchemist yelled. Roy smirked.
"No it wouldn't have burnt down Hagane no. I'm in complete control of my alchemy."
He leaned closer to Ed over the desk that separated them. The teen's eyes widened at the movement and he leaned back away from the Colonel who said in a soft whisper, "But I didn't know you cared so much, Hagane no. I feel touched." The Colonels smirk faltered for a beat at the raw terror that he saw in the boy's eyes. He reached a hand towards Ed's face.
"Hagane no?" Roy said, voiced concerned.
At the feel of gloved fingertips on his cheek the little alchemist jumped back yelling, "Don't touch me!"
Mustang let his hand hang in the air for a second before it dropped to his side. "What's wrong Hagane no?"
It was normal for Ed to be a little snippy about comments directed toward his height (or lack there of), but Ed had never reacted like that. Something was wrong and Roy wanted to find out what.
The golden haired boy didn't respond for a few minutes and Roy could tell he was trying to collect a reasonable story in his head.
"If you had almost been burnt to a crisp, you wouldn't be eager to be touched by flammable gloves." He said stiffly. Pretty bad excuse, especially since his gloves were flame resistant, not flammable. Roy decided that he wasn't going to let that slide.
"Hagane no…" Ed looked particularly uncomfortable as Roy's voice took a serious tone.
"What!" Roy continued to stare at the boy who wouldn't meet his eyes.
"Stop looking at me like that!" Roy didn't flinch as the chibi's voice rose in volume; he just continued with his unnerving glare. The glare was obviously getting to the chibi because he clapped his hands together, transmuting his automail arm into a blade, which he swung around to point at Roy's throat. Roy didn't even blink. "Stop looking at me." Ed said in a quiet voice, which shook ever so slightly. Roy couldn't tell whether it shook from rage or fear, but…what did Ed have to be afraid of?
Roy's thoughts were interrupted as one of the doors swung open. Riza Hawkeye stepped in and saluted before stopping abruptly. Her hand went to her gun holster as she said, "Am I interrupting anything Colonel?"
Roy shifted his eyes briefly from Ed's face to take in Hawkeye then back to the Fullmetal Alchemists face.
"Not really Lieutenant. Hagane no and I were just having a…conversation." He said letting an ever-so slight-smirk make its way back onto his features. Ed looked from Roy to Riza then back to Roy, the scared look still prominent on his face. Abruptly he pulled his arm back and ran out of the room, not meeting either the Colonel or Lieutenants eyes.
Hawkeye watched him run out as Roy sank back into his chair with a sigh.
"Sir…" Hawkeye said turning towards her commanding officer. Roy waved her question away with his gloved hand before she asked it.
"It was nothing of importance Lieutenant," 'I'll find out everything soon enough.' He thought. "Now you had something to report?" Riza nodded.
"Yes sir. I would like to arrange for lodgings to be provided for my daughter."
Roy had just raised a mug of coffee to his lips when Riza finished her sentence. He choked on the warm liquid and spat it out coughing furiously. Riza moved over to his side and patted his back until he had finished his coughing spell. Slowly he looked up at her and said weekly, "D-Daughter?" Riza smiled slightly.
"Yes Colonel. My daughter."
Envy sat perched in a tree outside of the military building. He had a perfect view into the Colonels office. He allowed himself a satisfied smirk as he watched his chibi blow up at the oblivious Colonel. A chuckle escaped from his captivating lips as he jumped down from the tree.
So far everything had turned out just as he had planned. He had known that Hawkeye had wanted a child and that she had been looking into adoption for sometime now. ((Diana: How he knows this…shifty eyes Envy's a stalker! Envy: I am not! Diana: Then how did you know that she wanted a kid? Envy: YOU wrote it! Diana: ...well how did you know what Gracia sounded like, huh? Huh? Try worming your way out of that! Ed: hits both of them Get back to the story!)) The process of getting adopted was easy enough. All he had to do was get a hold of the papers for the adoption and changed the info so that 'Ashlyn' was adopted.ii
Now he had full access to any military building in East City. Meaning he could go anywhere that the Fullmetal pipsqueak went.
He entered back into the building, brushing off some dirt from his tight-form fitting jeans. He started down the hallway with the intention of intercepting the alchemist, when a low sound reached his ears. A whistle issued from a group of young men all bedecked in military uniforms.
There were four of them: the tallest one was dirty blond and gangly, the second, a solid brunette with a vacant expression; the third a shorter black haired man with too much acne, and last was a medium height with blue hair that was obviously bottled. All had slightly glazed over eyes, which was probably the result of the bottle held by the shortest. The tallest was the one that had whistled and he appeared to be the leader of the little pack, judging by how the rest were watching him to see what he would do next.
Envy stopped at the whistle and stood looking at the men, a smirk growing on his mouth. At least these humans knew a good thing when they saw it. He placed his hands on his hips provocatively. "Like something you see?" he asked.
The leader licked his lips as he walked towards the not so innocent 'girl'. His companions followed, trapping Envy between a wall and four ever-so-slightly drunk men. Envy had to try his hardest not to laugh when the blond smirked at him and said "Where are you going baby?" Humans were so stupid! Even more so when they were wasted. Envy put on what he considered to be an innocent face.
"Oh well, my mom works here so I'm going to meet her." He said in the sweetest voice he could muster. The leader cocked his head to the side, a trickle of confusion reaching his fogged brain.
"I've never seen you around before." Envy shrugged and the tall guy decided to overlook this detail, an easy thing to do while one is drunk. Instead he slid his arm around Envy's back, bringing him close so that their bodies crashed together. ((Remember Envy is in the form of Ashlyn for this whole thing. If you don't remember who Ashlyn is refer back to chapter one.))
Envy's smile faltered for a beat. Now these humans were starting to annoy him. He felt a hand travel down to his butt, and the man leaned forward to whisper against Envy's lips, "Forget your mom. Lets go somewhere fun."
Envy was about to snap the humans neck when he saw a flash of blonde hair and a red jacket turn the corner. The smirk reformed on Envy's lips. He could use this to his advantage.
Ed stormed out of Mustangs office, brushing past the stunned Riza Hawkeye. He ran down the halls, which were mainly deserted save a few stray secretaries and underlings that were on their coffee breaks. He stopped abruptly in an empty corridor, catching his breath. Why he had ran out, why he was still shaking in fear…those were questions he couldn't answer.
It was just that something in the way Roy had stared at him set him off. The way he had whispered…it had triggered a fear that the tiny alchemist hadn't felt in so long. The only time he had felt this fear before was when he was running for his life from Scar. Now it was back triggered by a simple whisper from the Colonel.
Ed corrected himself. He hadn't seen the Colonel when he looked up. No, he had seen that same apparition that haunted his nightmares. He saw Envy lean across the desk so close to him, heard Envy's voice in his ear, and it scared him.
Why was that…that monster in his thoughts? ((Envy: He called me a monster. I am so insulted.)) Why did he still haunt him even all the way out here? His fists clenched and he gritted his teeth. Why couldn't he just be rid of the sin? Somewhere in the back of his mind a little voice taunted him.
Maybe its because you don't want to forget him. You don't want to forget what he did to you.
No! You're wrong!
Am I?
Yes you are! I want nothing to do with him.
You're in denial.
No I'm not!
See?
I am not in denial!
Yes you are or else you wouldn't be contradicting me.
But…but I hate him…
Do you? Do you really hate him?
I…I…yes…don't I?
That's your call shorty.
But…DON'T CALL ME SHORT!
Whatever. But you don't hate him.
But I should hate him…
You hate him because you think its what you're supposed to do?
No…yes…maybe…
You are so indecisive.I can't help it! If someone kidnapped you and did…well stuff to you; you would hate him too.
Baka I am you and I don't hate him.
Then why not! Why can't you see this form my point of view?
Because the authoress is having fun torturing you like this.
Well screw the authoress. ((Diana: pulls out boken Care to say that again? Ed: 0.0 Sorry! I take it back!)) A sound reached Ed's ears ending his mental debate. Drunken laughter echoed around the hall carried from the adjoining corridor. Ed walked to the end of the hallway to see four men surrounding a girl bout his age. As he watched the tallest of the four leaned forward and forcefully kissed her. The girl slapped the man who pulled away holding his cheek. The girl tried to push past him, but his companions grabbed her and pinned her against the wall. She cried out in panic only to have the blond slap her sharply. Ed decided that this would be a good time for him to intervene.
"Hey!" he shouted. The men looked towards him along with the girl. Ed could see that her cheek was red form where she had been slapped and as he looked a tear spilled from one of her eyes.
"Let her go." He said, striding towards them. The blond scowled at him.
"Mind your own business." He snapped. Ed gave him a cheery smile while clapping his hands together and transmuting his arm into a serrated blade. The color drained out of the faces of the young men as they stared at the blade, suddenly sober.
"I'm not a very patient person. I said let her go. Don't make me repeat myself again." Ed said calmly. The pimple-faced boy released the girl and the blue haired boy snapped to attention.
"Athens what are you doing?" the blond scoffed. The blue haired boy turned to look at his companion, his body still rigid.
"Are you dense? That's the Fullmetal Alchemist." He said in an urgent whisper. At this piece of information the other two teens snapped to attention. The blond lost any color that had returned to his face as he gulped.
"The F-Fullmetal Alchemist?" he repeated. Ed smirked as he pulled the silver and gold watch from his pocket.
"That's right" The blonde joined his friends coming up to a stiff attention.
"Now, what are you're names?" Ed asked not bothering to transmute his arm back to normal.
"Eugene Bassett," said the blond.
"Carry Valard," the brown haired stocky teen said quietly.
"Rick Washington," the pimple faced boy said with a quivering voice.
"Jeremy Athens," the blue haired one concluded. Ed logged all four names in the back of his mind to tell the Colonel later…or on second thought he might just tell the 2nd Lieutenant. He nodded at them and said,
"Alright. I'll be speaking to your commanding officers about this. Dismissed gentlemen." The three looked anxiously towards the blond who was giving Ed a look of deepest loathing. Slowly Bassett stiffly saluted the alchemist, then turned on his heel and stormed away. The other three imitated the salute and ran after their leaders retreating form.
Ed watched them go, allowing himself a satisfied smile. He transmuted his arm back to its original form and turned to face the girl who was still leaning against the wall. Ed lightly touched one of her shoulders.
"Are you ok?" he asked. The girl slowly lifted her gaze form the floor and Ed found himself gazing into captivating gray eyes. Ed felt a slight fluttering in the pit of his stomach as he stared at her. Then the connection was broken as the girl flung herself onto Ed, wrapping her arms around the alchemists' waist. Ed didn't know how to react as the girl buried her head into his chest, dry sobs wracking her body. Slowly he returned the embrace, stroking the girls long black hair.
"It's ok now. You're safe with me. It's going to be okay." He whispered to her. Slowly, the girl calmed down, her breathing returning to normal. Tentatively, she raised her head so that she was looking at Ed. He smiled down at her and her face broke into an awkward grin accompanied by a slight blush. Ed suddenly realized the awkwardness of the situation and they broke apart, the alchemist ever so slightly pink. The girl had once again returned her gaze to the tiled floor. Ed decided that she had the right idea and found a most interesting stain that he focused his eyes on as he tried to think of something to say.
"Thank you…for stopping them…" Ed looked up quickly at the girl who still hadn't raised her gaze.
"Anytime." Ed said, and then mentally slapped himself. That was such a lame response. The girl however looked up and smiled. Ed felt himself turn a deeper shade of red.
"I'll keep you to that." She said. The flirtatiously laced comment made a slight rushing sound as it flew right over Ed's head. Of course then again, it is hard to pick up subtle (or not so subtle) hints when you're trying desperately to think of something to say so that you don't sound like an idiot, which exactly what Ed was trying to do.
"Did you know them?" he asked. The girl shook her head, hair spraying out behind her in an elegant fan as she did so.
"I don't know many people here. That's why my mom brought me today. She said it would be a good idea for me to get to know some military officials if I'm going to live here."
"Did you just move here?" Ed asked, silently running through a list of people that had moved to East City in the last month.
"Well I did." Ed looked at her perplexed. "I was adopted by a military official stationed here." She explained. Comprehension dawned on Ed's face as he nodded.
"That explains it. I hadn't seen any teens as children of military personnel stationed here." He commented. Her eyes grew larger.
"You remember the ages of the employees children?" she asked, seemingly shocked. Ed smirked.
"I've got a good memory. But back to the main subject, who adopted you?"
"Oh, First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye." Ed felt his jaw drop as she said this. The Lieutenant had never mentioned children! And now she had adopted a girl, a very attractive girl at that, that Ed would most likely see everyday. He didn't know how to respond. His initial reaction, after shock, was fear of what the Colonel might do to her. Teenage girl plus perverted Colonel equals one hell of a problem. Well he decided that the Lieutenant could keep the Colonel in check so that made that threat a little less of an issue. On the other hand he felt an uplifting sensation in his stomach at the idea of being able to see this girl every day. He tried to convince himself that it was because he was happy to have someone else his age around, aside from Al.
"I work with Lt. Hawkeye." He said. Ed watched the girls face light up as if illuminated by alchemic light.
"Seriously? Then you really must be Edward Elric." She said, voice warmer than he had heard it yet. She has a nice voice he found himself thinking. He gave his head a little shake to get rid of the thought.
"Yes I am. And may I inquire to what name was bestowed upon such a beautiful woman?" he asked bowing, yet keeping eye contact. The girl blushed considerably and Ed was pleased to see that hours of locking himself in the library with old books with old chivalry had finally paid off.
"Ashlyn, Ashlyn Hawkeye." She said softly. Ed reached forward and took her hand, raising it to his lips and planted a kiss onto the back of it.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Ashlyn."
Somewhere not far from East City, a figure made its way across the slightly rugged terrain. A traveling cloak that had seemingly been stitched together with a rough material, probably burlap, covered its clothes. Black boots were covered with a slight sheen of dirt, and hands were scratched in many places. The cloak had been covered with a thick layer of dust and the bottom hem was caked in mud. Bright blue eyes gazed out of slightly sunken tanned cheeks as the figure lowered the hood that covered its head. Black hair streamed out in front of the figure as the wind whipped past. An arm reached up to tuck the strands behind an ear in a futile attempt to calm the black and blue mass, revealing scars which wrapped around the length of the appendage. The figure sets its eyes on the prominent military building that was highlighted by the setting sun. The person wrapped the cloak closer around their body and set their course towards the building.
Diana: YAY! This chapter is done! I'm so proud of me! Gracy-Pride: Took ya long enough. Diana: I'm so sorry! I'm worthless! A pathetic procrastinator! I shouldn't put off writing but I do! I don't deserve to live! Hoshi-Envy: Umm Diana, you're scaring the readers. Readers: inching away from computer monitorDiana: stops mid rant sorry…I over exaggerate sometimes. Gracy-Pride: sometimes? Diana: glares Hoshi-Envy: Please read and review. Diana: yeah and you can have candy! Hoshi-Envy: hits Diana that's from my fic!iii Diana: cowers Gracy-Pride: rolls eyes
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The Happy Fairies are creatures that are constantly fighting against the use of tobacco. I did not come up with the concept of the Happy Fairies and take no credit/responsibility for their actions. For that you may blame/thank Kit and Aya.
ii Yeah…real adoption isn't that easy but hey I'm too lazy to look up the process, so deal with it. If you have been adopted or have adopted a child I mean no offense by this remark. It's just proving why I am also called Sloth.
iii Hoshi-Envy is also know as envious-black-rose-19 and her story is called "The Random Party of Randomness". I recommend it to anyone.