Disclaimer: I do not own any of Full Metal Alchemist. I own Nirvana, Neko and their children.
Author's Note: Well, at least I'm getting this chapter out quicker. Sorry for the long wait before, I had no freaking idea what to write until I got a great idea from watching the Greed Episodes on TV.
HELP!Okay, Ineed help on deciding what 'ancient magic' to use. Necromancy? Witchcraft? Some weird thing? EXPLAIN! PLEASE!
Warnings: Violence, Gore, Explosions
LAST…
(((( Liberality walked to the edge and sat back down as a white haired child stood on the peak of the church looked down upon them with a satisfied smirk.
Patience spun away in a mist of blue air and Abstinence looked up for a moment, frowning.
In the deep cavern of the church, two chest; one a golden shimmer and the other a beautiful golden-brown, shook, sending out small waves to their owners, waiting for them to come and claim them. ))))
NOW…
I frowned to myself, keeping my rifle that Jean had given me propped up against one shoulder. Lior was eerily quiet for a town that had been supposedly rebelling just not more than twenty-four hours ago.
Neko was on a roof across from me with Viper and Jean was sent somewhere with Connell and Peck. I was stuck with Sergeant Stick-Up-My-Ass Takanawa. Geeze, even The Fuhrer was never this stuck up and that's saying something!
"Where the hell is everybody?" I finally blurted out, impatient with waiting. I could be at home with my daughter and family instead of walking around with a gun! I rubbed my palms together; creating that friction that went into my tattoos. Though… these could use some… practice.
"I have no idea. Normally—"
"VANA!" Neko yelled across and I looked up, following her pointed finger as she pointed to a group of men and women, all with various weapons. "What about them!"
I jumped off the roof I was on with Takanawa and landed on the ground, crouching as Envy's tattoo on my chest lit up a soft white color, hidden beneath my clothing. Hey, falling in love with an inhuman being did have its advantages.
Takanawa stared after me as Neko slid down a broken gutter, Viper following her. I sat my rifle in Neko's hands as she stared out at the oncoming mass. I knew that she couldn't stand the sight of human blood, let alone cause it.
"Go back on the roof, Neko." I ordered and she obeyed hastily as I peeled my gloves off, throwing them to the side, looking at Takanawa for instructions. "How do we proceed, Sir?"
He looked surprised but then grudgingly sighed. "Just imagine you're in Ishbal." He said and walked foreword, pulling twin pistols out. I swallowed and walked out, clapping my hands loudly.
"…Military Dogs!…" "… You left us out here to starve!" "…turning into another Ishbal extermination…"
I saw Nyoko run out onto the field, auburn hair glinting in the sunlight. I felt a side I had long-since buried emerge, threading into my fingers, making them splay out as the first explosion of the day happened. A building nearby exploded and collapsed, hitting some of the Liorians.
I gasped, feeling pure pleasure of an explosion rock through my body. I clutched my heart, calming it. Fuck! Nothing should feel this good!
I knew it was psychotic, inhumane … deranged even… but I couldn't help as I grabbed the first victim; a woman about 30 with graying red hair and frightened coal eyes… I couldn't help but to close my eyes in hooded bliss as I felt my own unique alchemy shifting her body's materials, turning it into gunpowder and then gasping again as I was covered in her blood.
My emerald eyes flickered to Nyoko as she danced through the crowd, playing hands on their shoulders, watching as she sucked the life from them, a shudder passing through her lithe body. Then watching in astonishment as she clapped her hands, the life passing from her body back into the dead one, the body morphing into a Venus Flytrap like plant, snapping at everything, human attributes still attached and wailing loudly.
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Above the carnage that was happening below, Neko was watching in horror as her older sister was again, and again covered in human insides, not caring as she brushed a heart or intestine out of her way.
She scrambled back away from the sight and covered her mouth, a choked sob coming from her as she heard the screams echoing up to her.
Never, as long as she had known her sister in the past 8 or 10 years, had she ever seen her do such a horrible thing! Nirvana had killed Homunculi, been beaten and raped by her now-lover and had to go through hell all because of one person! She wasn't supposed to actually have a darkside! Just be…
Neko clenched her eyes shut, trying to erase the picture of her sister, covered in blood and enjoying it!
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A lone man stood above the battlefield, his slightly spiked blonde hair swaying with the wind. His rifle was slung over his shoulder, a cigarette between his lips now hanging limp as he watched the battle with morbid amazement.
He couldn't help but to stare at his lover with some slight disgust. In a way, the way she danced through the bodies, utter bliss etched on her features, it was beautiful. But she was still killing almost mindlessly, covered in blood and gore of humans she had never met.
Jean walked away from the edge as a white bird flew over his head. He looked up, spotting it and raised a brow. "Don't trust us already?" He grumbled and sat back down next to Peck and Connell.
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Abstinence stared down at Nirvana with some curiosity, standing above the battlefield with confusion marked on her face. Liberality was laying on his stomach on the railing feeling an emotion stir in him.
The woman was too familiar for his tastes… something that was buried in his ill-gotten memories.
"Who is she?" He asked, looking at the brown-haired woman. She shrugged, sitting down. "I don't like how familiar she is!"
Diligence looked down at Abstinence and Liberality. "There's our missing Virtues." He said and jumped down from the flagpole, walking to the edge of the roof, standing above Liberality.
Golden eyes shot up and Diligence noted with some envy that his eyes had yet to slit, meaning that he had not yet devoured the precious taste of Red Stones. He turned his head to the battle, looking down at Nirvana who was clapping her hands again, turning the man into a bomb and throwing him into a throng of people.
The other Liorians started to retreat, seeing now that they could do nothing against the new alchemists. Diligence watched as Nirvana looked down at her hands, covered in blood and her shoulders shook as she laughed silently.
'Midoriko… have you changed so much since my death?' He turned to Liberality and Abstinence who were staring at him with suspicious curiosity. "I am Diligence." He said and bowed halfway. "You must be Liberality and Abstinence." He said, looking them over.
Liberality stood up, staring at Diligence. "How do you know us?" He asked, crossing his arms, twin tattoos on his palms.
Diligence skipped his question. "Where's your chests?" He asked, looking around for chests that could be said for holding their memories.
"Chests?" Abstinence asked, blinking wide eyes. Diligence winced, recognizing her face. This is her second creation. First as a Sin, now as a Virtue.
He sat down, brushing a hand through his black shirt hair, fuchsia eyes looking back over the battlefield. Nirvana was standing next to Nyoko, both trying to remove the body parts calmly.
He looked back to the new Virtues and crossed his legs at the ankles, leaning back. "You both are Virtues. The opposites of the Seven Sins. Liberality," he pointed to the man, " and Abstinence." He pointed to the woman. "The Virtues and Sins are Homunculi. Artificially Created Humans."
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"Neko, I—" I tried to explain to my younger sister, but she just turned her head, rubbing her nose. "Look, I told you! I'm different when I'm on the field!" We were behind one of the buildings I had destroyed, trying to remove the blood that was caked to my skin.
Jean leaned against the opposite wall, a cigarette between his pale lips. He watched me with hooded eyes as I pleaded my case.
"Why are you so different? Why didn't I see this for the whole time I've known you?" She asked, her eyes wide.
I turned my head. "After I helped in the Ishbal extermination as a military officer… I lost myself in the battle, I…" I couldn't explain the pure happiness and bliss I felt when I was the one causing the death of all those people.
I heard a crunch behind me and turned my head halfway, not seeing the person. "Brigadier General Seiga! How good it is—"
I clapped my hands and stuck them back, pressing them against the man's body. "What the—"
I turned around, the man exploding and I watched in sick amusement as Envy slowly piece himself together, staring up at me evilly. "That was wrong. What kind of wife are you?"
I leaned down, kissing him deeply, blood mixing in with our kiss. He pulled himself up and separated from me, licking his lips thoughfully.
"That's right. I'm not a wife, Envy-kun." I said and then turned back to Neko. She was looking at me oddly.
"What if that was a solider? And what if you killed him? She shrieked and I blinked, confused. Envy stepped foreword and sat his hands on her shoulders.
"It's okay, Neko. She knew it was me." He tried to calm her down, but Neko shook her head.
"First I see my Vana-chan turn into a killing machine-" I protested at this "—then she goes and blows up her lover?"
"He likes it." Jean piped up, blowing a ring of smoke around his head. Envy changed into a military outfit and walked towards me. He started tugging on my uniform, but I batted his hands away.
"Not with my little sister here!" I turned to Neko and rested a clean hand on her hair. "Neko… however I am on the battlefield… I'm never like that off. Unless it has to do with my two men." I said, blowing kisses to them.
Neko nodded slowly. "Just… next time… send me away." She said quietly and I nodded, smiling.
"I will. Now, go away so we can.. uh…" I looked for the word.
"Reunite?" Jean offered and I snapped my fingers, thanking him.
"Yeah, shoo-shoo so we can reunite."
Neko grinned and left. As soon as she disappeared around the corner, Envy was kissing me fiercely. Jean squashed his cigarette out and left, giving us a two-finger salute.
I pressed on Envy's chest, pushing him away. "Aww… what's wrong, Chizome Chibi?" He purred seductively, whispering against my neck, his erection pressing into my thigh. I blushed heavily and pushed him further away.
"No, Envy. Not now." I said, walking away. He walked up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"What's wrong?" He said, this time softer. I turned my head to the side, chewing nervously on my lip. He leaned foreword, sticking his long tongue out to stop me from nibbling on my own skin. I bit his tongue my accident and he purred.
"Neko…" He nudged me. "I saw two more homunculi on the radar last night. But, they weren't like you or the others. They were blue and spinning in the opposite direction."
Envy frowned and looked down at me. "You didn't try Human Transmutation, did you?" He knew I was Midoriko Kirishima, the woman who lost both of her daughters in that memory.
I turned my head away again. I struggled with telling the truth and just pushing it off.
I lost the battle.
"After I lost Nakita, I kept true to my word. I performed a Human Transmutation. In turn for that, I lost all connections to Neko… my name and Makoto." I said quietly. "I didn't lose a body part or anything drastic. I just… my memories and life was sacrificed."
Envy sighed and moved back away from me slightly. "If you did a Human Transmutation.. and failed… The Virtues might be the ones born now." He said warily and I bit my lip, nodding slowly. "Well… I hear that Seargeant looking for you. Want me to come?" He asked softly, teasing me.
I shoved his shoulder walking away. "You freak." I mumbled but shook my head. "Go back to Tessa. She needs you." I walked around the corner just as Takanawa came into view.
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'She needs you.' Envy laughed softly and jumped upon the rooftops, turning into a white dove as he settled on the ledge, watching over Nirvana closely.
"Not as much as you need me." He whispered sadly and kept one birds' eye open, watching over his charge protectively.
Patience watched with curiosity as she sat atop a large bird, namely Mercy. "See!" Mercy exclaimed, an unusual bout of excitement bubbling from her lips. "He's one of the Sins! His Oruborus was red and wasn't backwards like ours!"
Patience looked down at Mercy. "Possibly. But now our targets are protected. WE need to tell Diligence and Chastity."
Mercy sighed, but spun around, great wings opening. "Yes, Patience."
Liberality looked up as the white bird flew over, dark circles under his and Abstinence's eyes. "We need to find those chests!" He growled and disappeared into a dark cavern.
'…military's mad man bomber…' Abstinence looked around, expecting to see someone else who said that. She shivered involuntarily and started to slink down the stairs after Liberality. '…Ishball extermination…'
(((( BACK IN LaMOREA))))
Tessa swung her legs under her as she sat on the swing, looking at her Aunt Winry who was playing with Rose and Louis. She sighed and sat her palms on her knees below where her dark green sundress ended. She curled her legs under her and rubbed the red mark that was on her upper left thigh.
It had been there since her daddy had brought home that chest and she had no idea what it was. Though… Tessa squinted her green eyes, the purple pupils growing wider as she tried to make out the shape that it was taking on.
"It looks like a snake with wings…" She said quietly and traced it as it slowly turned a darker red underneath her finger.
"What looks like a snake with wings?" Her uncle Edward asked as he walked outside, sitting down on the swing next to her, his elbow-length golden hair held up in a high ponytail as he handed Tessa a glass of Winry's famous lemonade.
Tessa took the glass and sat it on the table next to her with some clumslyness. She then pointed to her thigh where the Oruborus was now clearly shown. Ed traced it slowly and felt the familiar alchemy kick that only a skilled alchemist could feel.
He then smiled at his neice and stood up. "It's a pretty birthmark. Your father has one too." He walked back inside as his smile turned to a grimace.
Al looked up from reading one of Nirvana's alchemy books that she had thrown around the place and frowned, seeing Ed's look. "What's the matter?" He asked, setting the book down.
Ed sat down on the couch next to his brother and kicked his feet up on the wooden table, sighing and absentmindly rubbing the part of his shoulder where flesh met metal. "A homunculus is only created by failed human transmutation, right?"
Al nodded slowly, unsure of what his brother was thinking. Ed looked towards the screen door where he saw Tessa get off the swing and go join her cousins in a game of tag.
"Then what is Tessa?"
Al's eyes slowly widened, his mouth hanging open slightly. "Oh… fuck..."
Well, there's another wonderful chapter. What happened to my reviewers? I got 13 reviews on the first two chapters and then only 1 or 2 on the third chapter! Does no one like this story anymore, or did I just take way too long to update?
Oh well… I'm getting back into the story. The plot bunnies had an orgy the other night so everyone's multiplying. XD
TBC