Wow! I got a lot of response for this story. I guess that I'd better keep it up! Here's the next installment, hope that you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I do not own FullMetal Alchemist. No witty remarks today, I don't want to take the time to come up with them.
Edward took out the piece of paper and studied it again. This was indeed a strange mission, but he wanted to be ready with the facts.
"The first day of Scorpio starts tomorrow," said Edward, "If we could just find the Scorpio person, he'd be an easy target."
"How do you propose we find these people, Brother?"
"I don't know, Al. I'm thinking that they're actually going to find us, so we need to be prepared."
"But do you think that Scorpio will try to track us down?"
"Not if he's smart, he won't," said Ed, "Only an idiot would come looking for a battle during their time of weakness."
"Only an idiot, indeed," said a figure from the shadows, "And I think I just found my idiot."
"Who are you? Show yourself!" shouted Ed. The figure came out from the shadows.
"You're looking for the signs of the zodiac, right? Well, come on," he said as he spread his arms wide, "I'm Leo."
"You're pretty egotistical, aren't you?" said Edward, "That will be your downfall." Ed clapped his hands together, and then pulled a blade out of his auto-mail arm.
"Oh, I'm so scared of your puny little weapon. I'm begging for mercy," Leo sarcastically said.
That made Ed mad, so he lunged at Leo, only to have Leo move out of the way and promptly turn into a ball of fire. He surrounded Edward in the flames.
Edward didn't know what to do, but he didn't want to die. He clapped his hands together and then placed them on the ground. There might be some water in the ground, somewhere.
The fire continued to pressure Edward, and he wasn't having any luck locating a water source. Was all hope lost? No, he would try again. Something had to give.
He clapped his hands together again, and then thrust his hands at Leo. Perhaps a shot of energy would do the trick. Suddenly, the flames died down, and Leo returned to his human form, bewildered.
"How did you find a water source in the middle of a fire?" asked Leo. So that was what Edward had felt, steam. How did it get there? Maybe one of his previous attempts to draw water from the ground had paid off?
Suddenly, a woman came running out of the shadows. She had a veil over her head. "Leo, you idiot! I told you not to attack the FullMetal boy!" This must be Aries, thought Edward.
"But I thought I could defeat him," said Leo.
"Defeat him?" yelled Aries, "Haven't you been listening to a thing I've been saying for the past few weeks? Come back to the circle, and I'll repeat it to you again."
The two people then converted into their fiery forms, and shot up into the sky.
"Well, that was weird," said Edward, "And painful." He placed a hand on his burn marks.
"Here, Brother, let me see." Edward let Al examine the burn marks. Al freaked out. "Brother, we've got to get you to a doctor!"
"I'll be alright, Al. These burns will heal in a few days." Al knew that Ed wouldn't let him argue, so he decided not to waste energy trying to convince him. He would, however, keep an eye on him.
Roy was driving on a road out in the country, thinking to himself. If only he either knew where Ed and Al were, or at least where these zodiac people's circle was, he might be able to do something.
He slammed his fist on the steering wheel. "Darn it, FullMetal, you don't know anything. You don't know ANYTHING!" Roy wasn't referring to Ed's intelligence, since he had to have been bright to pass the State Alchemist's exam. He was referring to this case in particular.
"Your father never told you…Oh, I'm gonna kill Hohenheim!" He stepped on the gas and the car lurched forward. He was going nowhere, since he didn't know where to look, but he figured that he might as well get nowhere as fast as he could.
"Are you sure you're alright now, Brother?" asked Al.
"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry about it. Let's get moving." Edward started walking, and then he turned around and told Al to hurry up.
If brother can still act like that, he'll probably be okay, thought Al, but I wish he wouldn't try so hard to prove his strength.
Back at the circle, Aries was talking to six of the signs. She didn't dare reveal her plans to all of the signs, since five of the signs were against her, and she knew it. Those water signs were especially annoying.
"The Scorpio month will start tomorrow," said Aries, "So we need to take Scorpio while he's down. The water signs are powerless against me unless all three of them are working together. Scorpio's weakest point will be on his birthday, which ironically will fall on the full moon in the sign of Scorpio. With both the sun and moon in Scorpio, he will be unusually weak that day. We'll take him then."
The other signs nodded their understanding. They knew that none of the water signs would submit willingly to Aries, especially Scorpio, being a fighter. He would have to be taken by force to complete the circle. Then they could all unite, and give Aries enough power to rule the land.
Of course, there was one slight little problem. Pisces was the most psychic sign in the zodiac, and she knew exactly where the other two water signs were. If they didn't stop her, she was going to find them first.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Feel free to offer suggestions (especially if you have an idea of how you'd like to see a particular sign act) or ask questions. Heck, you can even make guesses if you want, but don't expect me to tell you whether you're right or not, heh. If you're that desperate to know some spoilers, then private message me and specifically ask me for spoilers, hehe.
Okay, hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon. Now review and I'll get it up sooner rather than later. Take care!