Chapter Four

When Lust woke up the first thing she noticed was that a pair of strong arms were wrapped protectively around her. "Please tell me we're not naked", Lust thought looking under the sheets. She relaxed when she found that they were both clothed. And then it occurred to her that this was the first night that she had gotten a goodnights sleep. No memories of her past life where she kept waking up, for the first time, she was at peace. Lust looked to the man who shared her bed. "He looks so peaceful", she thought to herself has she stared at his face. She had the sudden urge to kiss him but quickly pushed the thought out of her head. She considered her actions towards him out of lust and nothing more. At least that's what she wanted to believe.

Lust laid in bed with Scar until he woke up. At which time she was partly disappointed and relieved. Relieved that his arms were no longer wrapped around her and she could get out of bed. And disappointed at the fact that his arms were no longer around her.

"Thank you", Scar said to her after he put on his shirt.

"For what?", Lust's asked him.

"For taking care of me", he answered motioning to his shoulder, "when I needed it".

Lust wasn't sure what to say. She had never been thanked for anything. For once she felt appreciated. She decided to just humor him.

"You're welcome", she said.

For awhile they just stood there. Neither of the two knowing what to say.

"So what now?", Scar said breaking the silence. "Do we just go on and pretend this never happened?".

Both knew that if they did that then they would be longing for each other the rest of their lives, wether they wanted to admit it or not.

"How about we make a deal", Lust said. "You help me kill Fullmetal", she said.

"How do I benefit from this?", Scar asked her.

"You get to punish the state further for what they did to your people", Lust said.

Scar considered the deal. He knew it was just because she didn't want either of them to go their separate ways just yet. And he didn't either.

"Fine", he said to her.

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Scar and Lust walked through the crowd towards the train that was departing shortly. Scar wasn't too sure about this. He knew if people recognized him then they'd be in big trouble.

"Relax", Lust said to him. "We'll just ride in the baggage car".

The station was so crowded that nobody would notice two people sneaking onto a train. Once on board Lust sat down on a crate and Scar leaned against the wall. Even has they felt the train beginning to move they didn't say anything. That is, until Lust broke the silence.

"Why did you push me out of the way?", Lust asked him suddenly.

"What do you mean?", Scar said.

"Back at Eastern. When you pushed me out of the way of those soldiers and got shot, why did you do it? You knew it took more than a few bullets to hurt me".

Scar hesitated before answering, "I guess I saw Selena suddenly".

"Would you do that for her?", Lust asked him, "even if you knew you could get killed".

"Yes", Scar said to her. "I loved Selena and I would've given my life to protect her if I could've".

"But you said so yourself that I'm not Selena", Lust said.

"I know", he said to her. "But I'd give my life to protect someone I loved", he finished.

Scars face softened and Lust could see love in his gaze towards her. Scar felt his hands move and place themselves on Lust's hips and pull her closer to him. Lust did nothing to stop him and put her arms around his neck. He gently pressed his lips to hers and they kissed. They kissed for what seemed like hours. Lust running her hands through Scars hair, enjoying every second of it. Scar finally broke the kiss, his lungs needing air.

Lust nuzzled her face in Scars chest and hugged him. She didn't know why she was allowing this to continue. "What is it about him that makes me feel", her thoughts were cut off by Scars voice.

"Did you mean it?", he asked her.

"Mean what?", Lust replied.

"What you said last night. About us still being able to be together".

Lust knew that if she gave him the answer that he wanted, that she wanted, then there would be no turning back. She felt two of his fingers tilt her chin up to meet his gaze.

"Yes", she said to him, "I meant it".

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"Where are we?", Scar asked waking up from the nap he had been taking.

Lust wriggled out of his arms, "I don't know. Its too early for us to be in Central".

Scar stood up, ready to fight. He heard voices on the other side of the door.

"Check every compartment. They guy we're looking for is Ishbalan and has a scar on his face", a voice said.

"The military", Lust thought to herself. She turned to face Scar. "We have to get off this train".

"How do we do that without them seeing us?", he asked her.

The door to the baggage car opened and two soldiers with machine guns in their hands burst in. Before they could say anything two long black claws shot out impaling the two. Both soldiers fell to the floor dead. Revealing a black man wearing a long black leather coat and dark sunglasses with a pistol in his hand.

"Marcus", Lust said surprised, "what are you doing on this train?".

"I was just on my way back to Central", he replied lowering the pistol. "I saw the soldiers stopping the train and I thought they were looking for me. Let's just say I have some stuff hidden here that's not exactly legal".

"Who is this?", Scar asked Lust making his presence known to Marcus.

"Traveling in the company of murderers now?", he asked her.

"Scar, this is—"

"Marcus Tompkins", he said holding out his hand for Scar to shake. "Arsonist, armed robber, dope fiend", he said.

When Scar didn't take his hand he put it in his pocket. Marcus went to the back of the car and picked up a suitcase. "I can only guess what's in there", Lust thought to herself.

"Do you know where we are?", Scar asked him.

"Where you headed?", Marcus asked him.

"To Central", he replied.

"In that case follow the train tracks west and in about twenty miles you should be there", he said.

"There he is!", someone yelled.

Two gunshots were fired and two bullets entered Marcus from his back and came out through his chest. Marcus fell to the ground pretending to be dead. A soldier with a pistol in his hand stepped into the compartment and stood over Marcus's seemingly dead body.

"This isn't him", the soldier muttered to himself eyeing Marcus's body.

"I'm the one you're looking for", Scar said stepping out of the shadows.

Before the soldier could do anything Scar put his hand on his head and exploded his brain.

"Come on Lust", Scar said to her, "let's get out of here".

Just their luck. The train had stopped in the middle of nowhere. But there were plenty of trees nearby to hide in.

"We can hide in those trees", Lust said to him.

"I'll cover you", Marcus said.

Scar, shocked to see Marcus still standing after he had been shot, eyed him suspciously.

"Are you a—"

"Homunculus? Sorta. I'm sure Lust can fill you in on the details", Marcus said opening his suitcase.

Inside was an Uzi. He picked up the gun and loaded it. "Has soon has y'all here gunshots, run to the trees".

Lust nodded her head in agreement and felt Scar squeeze her hand. Marcus got went into the next compartment and they waited. A few seconds later gunshots could be heard and they both bolted towards the trees. They hid behind a log and watched. Marcus came running out of the train. One soldier who was still alive but dying of gunshot wounds, fired a machine gun at him. A few of the bullets missed but the majority of them hit him in his legs. Marcus fell to the ground and a pool of blood started to form around his legs. Lust got up and ran to him, she carried him back to the log where they had been hiding behind.

"You alright?", Lust asked him has he sat up against the log.

"Yeah I'm fine", he said reaching into his coat pocket and pulling out a pill bottle.

"I though homunculus healed instantly", Scar said has he watched Marcus eat the redstones that were in the pillbottle.

"Yeah well, I'm not a normal homunculus", Marcus said after his wounds had healed. "Come on", he said walking away.

Scar and Lust got up and followed him. "Wait a minute you said that Central was the other way", Lust said.

"It is", Marcus said. "But at least one soldier is still alive on that train. And he knows that Scarface over there was on the train. From the military's point of view, they'll assume that you were hiding in the storage car on your way to Central to go blow up some poor bastards brain".

"Get to the point", Scar said, "where are you leading us?".

"There's a small town nearby", Marcus said, "few people know of it. I just happened to stumble across it on accident".

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When they got to the town that Marcus was talking about Marcus stopped before continuing.

"I have to say one thing though. These people aren't too friendly about outsiders. Particularly dogs of the military. You'll understand has soon as you see them", Marcus said.

Marcus led them into the city and suddenly Scar and Lust understood. Everybody in the town was Ishbalan.

"Marcus, why do they allow you to enter?", Lust asked him.

"For one I never stay here for more than a day. And secondly, I never tell anybody about my visits here", Marcus replied.

Scar looked around at everything taking it all in. The houses, the buildings, children playing. It was just like Ishbal had been before the war. Scar took Lusts hand and followed Marcus into the city. Marcus led them to the temple. Marcus pulled one of the doors opened and let Scar and Lust go in ahead of him.

"You", a voice said, "what're you doing here?".

A big, muscular Ishbalan stepped out of the shadows and approached Marcus.

"Calm down Jonus", Marcus said, "I know the rules, and I'm not here to harm you", Marcus said handing the Ishbalan his weapons.

"I see you have friends with you", Jonus said eyeing Scar and Lust. "You're Ishbalan".

"There's no need to be angry with this one", Scar said to Jonus, "he's done nothing to our people".

"I see you have some friends with you Marcus", another voice said.

All three of the visitors turned to see an old man enter the room. Suddenly Lust had another flashback. This one was of her in the temple, by herself.

Selena was in the temple that night. Praying to Ishbala to forgive her sins, when the priest walked in.

"Selena", he said to her, "what are you doing here at such a late hour?".

"Father", Selena said to the priest, "I've—",

"Ah, what would you like to talk to me about child?", he asked her.

"Um, let's say that a friend, is married", Selena began collecting herself.

"And has this friend been unfaithful to her husband?", the priest asked her.

"Well not exactly, I mean she hasn't slept with him yet", Selena said to the priest. "But she loves both men and doesn't know what to do. If she stays with her husband and is loyal, she'll hurt her lover. But if she goes with her lover, she'll hurt her husband".

The memory ended abruptly and Lust felt Scars hand on her waist. "You alright?", he asked her.

"Yeah", Lust said to him, "just fine".

Jonus led them through the hallway to their room. "These will be your rooms", he said to them.

Once Scar and Lust were alone in their room Lust walked over to the window. She stared down at the streets and watched the people, her people. "What kind of person was I then?", Lust thought to herself. She felt a pair of arms wrap around her from behind.

"What're you thinking about?", he asked her.

Lust turned in his arms and looked up at him. "What was I like?", she asked him, "when I was Selena, what kind of person was I?".

Scar kissed her lightly on the lips. "Everybody loved her", Scar said to her. "She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen", Scar continued. "And at the same time she was smart, funny, caring".

Scar stopped and looked down at Lust who had rested her head on his shoulder. She was nothing like the ruthless killer Scar had first met in Dublith. Now, she was showing things that resembled emotion. Scar kissed her on the forehead and she looked up at him.

"You really did love her didn't you?", Lust said to him.

"Yes", Scar said to her, "I did".

"And what about me?", Lust asked him, "do you really care about me or am I your dead lover come back to life?".

"No", Scar answered, "you're much more to me than that. I loved Selena and was heartbroken when she died. And ever since I met you I've been feeling—",

Lust put a finger to his lips. "Don't say it", she said to him, "you don't love me, you love who I was supposed to be".

Scar shook his head and persisted. "No, that's not it", Scar said to her. "I fell in love with Selena because of who she was, not because she was beautiful".

Lust turned away and went back to the window trying to ignore him. "Scar you and I both know that I can't love you. So why do you want me so badly?".

"I don't care about that anymore Lust. And I think you do feel emotion, at least partially".

Lust tensed slightly has Scar put his hands on her bare shoulders and kissed her lightly on the lips. The kiss was intended to be a short one but Lust held onto him, craving more of the sensation she got whenever their lips met. She was scared to admit it but she was becoming attached to this human. She led him over to the bed and pulled him on top of her. She slid his jacket off and slid her hands under his shirt. Scar sat up, making it easier for Lust to remove his shirt. Lust slid her gloves off and ran her hands over Scar's chest. "How long has it been since I touched something with my bare hands?", Lust thought to herself.
She kissed him and pulled him back on top of her. Scar licked her lips and Lust opened her mouth granting him entrance. Their tongues wrestled and Lust felt Scars hand go under her dress. She didn't care. Scar pulled away to breathe and began to plan kisses along Lust's neck. Lust heard herself moan with pleasure and was surprised at this. She hadn't thought that she could enjoy the sensations that he was causing. Scars kisses went down to her collarbone and he kissed her ouroboros causing her to moan loudly.

Minutes later they were both completely naked making out, not caring if anybody heard them.

"Scar", Lust said to him breaking their kiss. "I need you—",

Lust didn't have to finish what she was about to say. Scar knew what she wanted and he was all too happy to give it to her. He positioned himself above her and pushed into her. Lust moaned has she felt him push his way inside her. One he was fully inside her he began to thrust in and out of her. Slowly at first but gradually gaining speed. Lust wrapped her legs around him and moaned with pleasure.

"Scar…", she moaned. She didn't want this to end. Now she wanted to be human more than ever. Not so she could kill herself, but so she could return Scars love for her. She had a reason to live now.

Minutes later they were lying in bed wrapped in each other's arms. Scars gaze showed nothing but love for the woman in his arms. He didn't care she wasn't human has long as she was his.

"I love you", Scar said to her.

Lust wanted to say it back to him but knew she wouldn't mean it. She wanted to tell him she loved him and mean it. Lust kissed him. The kiss was short but sweet.

"I want to love you so much", Lust said to him, "but I can't. I can't feel—"

"I don't care about that", Scar said cutting her off. "Just because you aren't human and can't feel emotion doesn't mean that I can't love you".

Scar kissed her. For a moment, just a moment, her ouroboros started to glow. And Lust felt the emptiness inside of her filled. She felt human.

Well I think this is a good place to end this chapter. You know, out of all the ScarxLust romance stories on this entire site, I think this is the only one that has a lemon in it. Well, anyway, read the reviews or else my friend the Grim Reaper is gonna be paying you a visit.

Mr. Scarface