Full Digi Alchemist
Chapter 15
Kari Kamiya gently rubbed her hands together.
"Penny for your thoughts sis" The elder Kamiya known as Tai said as he leaned against the boat railing in a similar fashion to his sister.
"It's been three and a half years Tai" Younger sister answered older brother "You would think Davis' would invite us over at least once since we parted".
"Guess Davis had a lot going on for him over there" A smile caught the now 18 year old's face "Rebuilding a nation, helping his people, possibly a girlfriend".
A twinge of anger flickered across the usually calm face of the girl.
"Hehehe" Tai snickered "Little Kari's got a thing for Davis".
"Nyah" Kari poked her tongue out at her brother.
"Seriously though" Tai's laughter died down "What are you going to do when you see him?"
"I don't know" Kari said, returning her attention to the rolling waves "I don't even know what he likes anymore".
"Well, if you say that hairstyle resembles his mom's, I'm sure he'll like it" Tai smiled "Never pegged Davis as a momma's boy, ah well".
Kari had indeed changed her hairstyle. Growing it long enough to fold it into the same style Riza Hawkeye had, Kari added her own variation though by letting two bangs grow out and hang freely at the side of her face.
Her wardrobe had changed also. Discarding her usual tastes, the teenager had chosen a knee high dark skirt with a pink lotus flower on the right side. For a top she had chosen a white button down shirt that she left un-tucked. Her weapons of choice, the flash gloves, were constantly worn, though adjusted in length and colour thanks to alchemy. Currently they reached up to her forearm and were white with a curvy streak of pink.
"You think he'll like my alchemy?" A still worried Kari asked "I've been trying to make the flash stay for more than a few seconds".
"I'm sure he'll love how much progress you've made" Tai laid a hand on his sister's shoulder, earning him a smile from the teen.
"Excuse me Tai, Kari" The deeper sounding voice of Cody interrupted the seen.
"Oh Cody, sorry, didn't see you there" Kari turned to the boy.
For some reason, Cody had chosen to dive into the books Major Armstrong had given the boy. Fascinated by their heroics, Cody wished to emulate the Armstrong ancestors by living by the codes of old that his ancestors maintained. Dressing in dark blue hakama and slightly less dark blue coat, Cody had fully immersed himself in the code of bushido. His wooden sword, engraved with the Armstrong's alchemy over the earth, hung loosely from his back for easy access for battle.
"Sorry to disturb you, but we shall be landing in 3 hours" And with that, the young samurai had gone.
"C'mon Kari" Tai said, patting his sister on the shoulder "Let's get something to eat".
Descending into the ship's galley, the walked the moving corridors until they entered the dining area. The rest of the Digi-destined crew were sitting there and enjoying themselves in food and conversation.
Kari and Cody weren't the only ones who had changed their clothing preferences.
Ken sat by Yolie dressed in grey pants with blue streaks and a white tank top under an unbuttoned black shirt. Resting on his hip was a coiled up whip. Long ago Ken had decided to use alchemy through this weapon since he had some practice with a whip (Skills he used to remind him what he once was, forcing himself to never stray from the path of light) and used some of the flame cloth from Kari's gloves to give off a spark when the whip cracked. The goggles Davis had given him hung from his neck.
Yolie had also dropped her old fashion preferences and asked Mimi to design something for her. The elder bearer of sincerity had given the younger a pair of light blue pants with a few black feather prints and a red, long sleeved shirt with both arms cut off stylishly at the elbow. She didn't seem to be wielding a weapon though.
Last of the new chosen was T.K. The bearer of hope had dressed himself in a pair of black, baggy cargo pants, red shirt and black denim vest. Around his wrist was the chain bracelet Davis had given him, the metal disc of the alchemy component spinning slowly.
The older generation had chosen just normal street clothes for their first voyage to Amestris. The few hours left passed with relative quickness. The group left the boat and boarded the train.
"Hmm, this is different" T.K mumbled to himself as he watched the scenery fly by.
"What's up bro?" Matt asked his younger sibling.
"From what I remember, this isn't the same way to central" T.K responded.
"The vegetation is getting sparser the more we travel" Cody pointed out "We're heading towards some sort of desert".
Cody was right. A few more hours and the train was rumbling over nothing but barren plains of sand. As the whistling of the breaks alerted the crew that they had reached their destination, all were reluctant to exit the comfortable carriage and step into the desert land.
"Excuse me" Kari asked a passing officer on the train "Do you know why we've stopped here?"
"I'm not sure who it is" The man said "All I know is that we're picking up a government official somewhere in this area, shouldn't be more than a few minutes".
"Well, comfort be damned" Tai yawned as he stood up "Time to stretch my legs".
With unanimous agreement, the Digi-destined party exited the train and stepped onto the hot sand.
As everyone was stretching their limbs, a high pitch whistle filled the air.
"What was that?" Yolie asked.
"Look" Ken said, pointing to a dark spot at the top of a very large sand dune.
Suddenly, blue lightning streaked across the dune. With a great rumble, a stone half-pipe rose in the middle of the sandy hill. Further down a great ramp had formed. The dark spot on top of the dune was now accompanied by a taller, thinner spot. The second spot fell over, out of site of the group, and the first was now slowly descending the massive dune. Gaining speed, the growing spot could now be seen in the shape of a person. As the human figure reached the half-pipe with growing speed, it diverted its course and flew up the side of the pipe, spinning and flipping as it passed from side to side. Exiting the pipe, the figure began to grow colour and more distinguished features. Barreling down the hill towards the ramp, the figure was launched into the air, performing even more amazing stunts mid-flight. As the human shaped reached its climbing peak, the board on its feet disappeared and turned into a glider, allowing the user to dive towards the stunned group. Going too fast for the group to recognize, the flying person suddenly tilted up before letting go of the glider and landing in front of the group of stunned teens.
"Howdy guys" A pair of red eyes fell upon the stunned group "It sure has been awhile".
"Davis" Everyone said.
The teen alchemist rose from his crouch, his brown cloak hanging loosely from his body as its hood hid most of his face. Pulling the hood back, everyone gasped at what they saw. A shiny burn scar in the shape of a thick line lay over Davis' right eye.
"Oh Davis" Kari said, stepping forward "It's good to see you again".
"Hey Kari" Davis smiled "You're looking well".
"Howdy Davis" The elder leader waved to younger "How's it going?"
"Better now you guys are here" Davis walked past everyone and headed towards the train "C'mon, it's hot as hell out here".
"Why were you in the desert Davis?" Ken asked his best friend.
"Well" Davis began as he led the party through several carriages "Since Ishbalian territory doesn't have any train stations, I had to hoof it through the desert a bit".
"Must have been hard" Matt said, following the teen alchemist.
"Alchemy did make things a little easier, but I still had to handle the heat" Davis explained "Ah, here we are".
The group had come to a locked door. Pulling out his pocket watch, Davis placed the time keeper into a small depression at the side of the door. Turning it slightly, the sound of gears and cogs working could be heard as the door slowly opened.
"Wow" Everyone except Davis exclaimed as they beheld the sights of the carriage.
Inside the large carriage were comfy chairs, a large bookcase on alchemy texts, pool tables, and a variety of other entertainment devices.
"Enjoy yourselves guys" Davis smiled at his friends "I think you've deserved it by coming all this way".
Everyone went off to enjoy whatever the carriage held within. Some sat on the comfy chairs to take a nap; others played pool for a while. After about an hour, Davis pulled Kari aside and led her to a bar counter.
"Need something Davis?" Kari asked as she sat down and the auburn haired alchemist went behind the bar.
"No, just enjoying your company" Davis replied as he poured to glasses of milk into iced glasses "This is probably the best we can get for alone time".
Kari put her hand over her neck, the diamond necklace pushing against her sternum.
"You remember don't you?" Davis smiled as he walked around and sat next to her "That promise?"
"You know you could have visited us Davis" Kari said as she sipped her drink "It has been a long time".
"I wanted to visit, to see you" Davis replied "But Ishbal was constantly in need of reconstruction and protection, I couldn't forsake an entire civilization for my own personal benefits".
"Oh" Kari exclaimed "I understand, sorry if I sounded selfish".
"I like what you've done with your hair" Davis smiled at the girl.
"You like?" Kari giggled "I wanted to make a good impression with you".
"He he" Davis laughed "Guess I should have done the same, at least have taken a shower".
"It's okay" Kari smiled "The rugged wanderer look suits you".
"You're wondering about the burn mark aren't you?" Davis asked wisely.
Kari just looked at the boy worriedly.
"It's alright, it happened about 2 years ago" Davis went on to explain what happened.
----- (2 years ago) -----
"Pathetic child" A man in military uniform swore as he rammed the butt of his rifle into Davis' face "Ishbalians are nothing but scum, it's our right to exterminate them".
A group of rebel troops had snuck into the small camp Davis was staying at and began torching the tents. Going into the children's tent, Davis had encountered 3 troops, but in his haste had forgotten his pistols. Even though Davis was excellent at hand to hand, they had guns and were threatening to kill the children. As two of the guards rushed Davis and grabbed his arms, the third stood over him and was currently beating him for all he had, already having shot his mechanical arm into nothing more than a large paper weight.
"Your leader is dead" Davis spat out a globule of blood "The fuehrer was a corrupt bastard and a monster, everything he said was idiotic".
"Don't you dare insult the true fuehrer you pathetic alchemist" The man smacked Davis once again.
A sadistic smirk formed on the cruel man's face.
"Perhaps" He said as he pulled a stick of metal out of the fire "We should cut your tongue out".
Drawing ever closer to a stern faced Davis, the man held the molten piece of metal menacingly over the boy's face. Suddenly, the tarp walls of the tent blew away as an enraged Scar dived at the man, his right hand extended. Being tackled by Scar forced the rebel to jut his hand forward, pushing the molten metal onto Davis' right eye. Davis growled in pain as fell to his knees as Scar disposed of the remaining two troops.
"Davis" Scar looked at the boy, his right hand drenched in the blood of his enemies "Are you alright?"
"Are the kids safe?" Davis gritted his teeth.
"They are fine" Scar replied, looking at the frightened children huddled together.
"I'll stay and protect them" Davis said "Please go help everyone else".
And with that, the tall Ishbalian was gone.
----- (Present) -----
"I thought of just healing the mark with alchemy" Davis continued, rattling the ice in his drink "But Scar told me to keep it, he said it was a mark that I was an Ishbalian warrior".
"Oh Davis" Kari whispered, running a finger over the scar "You must have had such a hard time".
"Nah" The teenage boy smiled "Most of the time was fun, helping kids to read and write, building houses, that sort of stuff".
"Sounds like you really helped them over there" Kari smiled sweetly at the boy "Did you change your eyes to look like them?"
"Actually" Davis began "These puppies turned red at around about 13, guess they were dormant till I hit about puberty".
"Interesting" Kari drank a little more of her drink, not wanting to ask the next question "You must have met a lot of people, did you ever have a girlfriend?"
"Man, there sure were a lot of offers" Davis smiled "Chicks dig you when you can create and entire house with just a single clap".
"And did you ever-" Kari was cut off as Davis continued.
"I had to tell them all the same thing though" Davis smiled as he stared into his drink "My heart just belongs to someone else".
The two parties stayed silent for a few minutes, silently sipping their drinks.
"How about you?" Davis asked "I wouldn't be surprised if you had to beat them off with a stick".
"A few did ask" Kari's eyes flickered to down the carriage "But they just didn't have that certain spark I was interested in, there's only one person I know who has that".
The sound of glass shattering filled the pair's ears.
"Whoops" Davis laughed as he shook the glass of his metal hand.
Deciding to finish their conversation there, the two separated and joined the rest of the group. Davis took a few minutes to use the shower stalls and transmute his clothing into his usual alchemist attire. Black pants, boots and his blue jacket over a shirtless chest.
"Davis" Ken began as he watched his friend sit down next to him "It's so good to see you again".
"Thanks Ken" Davis smiled as he watched his friend take off the goggles.
"Here, these belong to you" Ken said as handed the symbolic eye protectors to their rightful owner.
"Thanks Ken, I-" Davis was about to continue but was interrupted.
"Head's up" Tai shouted as a stray pool ball flew through the air.
Davis paled as he watched the ball fly through the air and slam into the goggles, shattering the left socket.
"OH COME ON" Davis cried as he looked at the broken goggles "3 seconds in and I break them".
A further 3 seconds later and the goggles were as good as new, now sporting alchemy symbols at the sides.
"So Davis" Matt said as he and Tai sat down next to Ken and Davis "Why did you call all of us ever here?"
"Well, first I wanted you guys to have a holiday over here" Davis began "The second reason is a little more work related".
At this, everyone's attention now focused on the teen alchemist.
"I'm going to try and re-open the gate" Davis said.
"What?" T.K let slip.
"I know what Gennai said 4 years ago, but it's been bugging me ever since I had to leave Veemon" Davis explained.
"What's been bugging you?" Yolie asked.
"The whole scenario of a dark digimon" Davis replied "Evil was banished from the Digi-world; it would take a lot longer for evil to escalate like he said".
"Instead of going out, could something have tried getting in?" Cody asked.
"That's what I've been thinking" Davis said.
"So shall we try the portal?" Izzy asked.
"Might as well give it a shot" Tai declared, holding his Digi-vice to the open laptop "Digi-port open".
Instead of the usual white glow, a streak of blue lightning shot out of the computer and shot up the elder leader's arm.
"Tai" Sora cried as Tai sunk to his knees in pain.
Throwing the small device out of his hand, Tai sunk back onto Sora's kneeling form, his arm slightly smoking.
"Firewall" Tai grunted "Hurt like a bitch".
And with that, the 18 year old boy passed out.
The rest of the train ride to Central was mainly spent checking on Tai. A few hours later he woke up, a little woozy but generally fine. As the group stepped off the steam powered transport system onto the brick platform of Central Station, they were again greeted by a slightly older Alphonse.
"Hey bro" Alphonse hugged Davis "I see you brought your friends with you this time"
"Good to see you again Alphonse" Davis hugged the now 22 year old alchemist "Where's Ed, I've got something important to discuss with you guys".
"He's at HQ with Winry" The younger Elric replied "Come on, we'll all go see them".
After Alphonse was introduced to rest of the Digi-crew, he led the group into the heart of Central HQ.
"Ed's in here giving a report to Mustang" Al explained "Winry's down in the child care centre with Riza".
"Child care?" Yolie asked "You mean".
"Mhmm" Al nodded "There's a new little Elric running around now".
"Aw, that's so cute" Kari and Yolie exclaimed "Can we go see them?".
"Tell you what guys" Davis turned to his friends "Go meet Winry and my Mom, I might be a while"
"Aw, do I have to?" Mimi sighed as she hugged Alphonse's arm "Can I stay with you Davis?"
"Uhhh" Davis didn't know what to say.
"Tell you what Davis" Alphonse began "I'll be down with Winry, just fill me in when you get back".
"Will do Alphonse" Davis said "Still want to join us Mimi?".
"Uh, actually" The blushing girl stuttered "I think I'll go see the little baby".
"Sure thing Mimi" Davis laughed before whispering something into her ear "Alphonse loves a woman who's a good cook, so you've got a good advantage over the rest of the lady officers".
"Thanks Davis" Mimi kissed the teen on the forehead before dashing off.
Knock Knock
"Enter" A voice behind the large oak doors said.
"Hey Mustang" Davis said "Guess who?"
"Davis" Roy jumped from his chair and walked towards his son "How are you doing".
The new fuehrer hadn't changed much the last time Davis had saw him. Still as handsome as ever, he had let his hair grow out a little longer. Aside from that, he was almost identical as he was before.
"Just fine" Davis smiled at his father "How are you and mom going?"
"Can't complain" Roy replied, resting his hands on Davis' shoulders "You've gotten taller Davis".
"Yeah, that's probably the Ishbalian side kicking in" Davis said "Soon I'll be taller than Ed, but then again, that's no real feat".
"I heard that you little pipsqueak" The voice of Ed entered the conversation "We can't all have the ridiculously tall gene most Ishbalians seem to have".
The genius alchemist had also not changed much. Aside from being a little taller and a little broader, he now wore his hair in a single pony tail rather than braided, much like his father once wore it.
"It's nice to see you Ed" Davis smiled at his friend.
"Same to you Davis" Elder alchemist shook the younger's hand "How's rebuilding Ishbal going?"
"Very smoothly actually" Davis replied "So well in fact that they hardly need me for serious jobs anymore".
"Is that why you came back here?" Roy asked.
"Actually" Davis began "I need Ed's help on a certain area of alchemy".
"Davis?" A feminine voice entered the fray.
"Mom?" Davis turned to see his mother.
A second later and the boy was in the warm arms of his adoptive mother.
"You're still my handsome little boy" Riza said as she held her boy "I've missed you".
"Aw come on mom" Davis said "It was only a year and a half, and you knew where I was".
"Oh yeah, what about your scar?" Riza replied "If Scar hadn't already killed him; I would have blown him to hell and back".
"I love you too mom" Davis smiled at his mother's….uniqueness choice in words of affection.
"Davis?" Yet another voice entered the group.
"Hey Winry" Davis called.
A much taller, more beautiful version of Winry Rockbell entered the room. In her arms was a bundle of blankets and Davis' friends trailing behind her.
"And who's this little guy?" Davis peeked into the blankets.
"That would be my son" Edward beamed as he hugged his wife.
"Ha-ha" Davis smiled as the tiny fist wrapped around his metallic finger "He likes my hand"
"Oh, my little boy's going to be a great auto-mail mechanic" Winry laughed.
"Uh uh, I'm going to teach him to use alchemy" Edward said
"Auto-mail"
"Alchemy"
"Auto-mail"
"Alchemy"
"Auto-mail"
"Alche-"
CLANG
"Ah, that's better" Winry smiled, holding her baby in one hand and a giant wrench in the other.
"Davis" Tai whispered into his friend's ear "Is she always like that?"
"Constantly" Davis sighed.
"Uh oh" Matt paled as he watched Sora and Mimi look at the women with admiration in their eyes "This could turn out very bad for us pal"
"Well" Riza clapped her hands together "I say this calls for a celebration"
"I agree darling" Roy smiled "Davis is back and he brought some friends with him, I'd say this calls for a trip to the most expensive restaurant in Central".
"Yay" Winry cried "And Davis is going to pay for everything"
"Hey, whoa now, I'm not going to-"
CLANG
"Come on guys" Davis limped out of the room nursing his head "We'll head off to the tailors; I think my plans can wait another night".
Wow, big chapter. Hopefully next time I can get the gang into the digital world. Anyway, not much to say, Happy Easter and what not and remember to get those reviews in – Wolvie.
