Full Digi Alchemist

Chapter 21

"God Damn It!" Envy roared as he rammed his fist into a small boulder, reducing it to rubble "I was so close too, why'd you call me back?"

"How many times were you killed Envy?" A rather annoyed looking Lust said as she leaned against another rock, her arms folded.

"Twice, but I don't see the po-"

"We've only got a limited amount of lives this time" Lust cut him off "Without father, we cannot be reborn when our stones break".

"Tch, what a load of crap" Envy snorted, axe kicking another stone.

"Lust, I'm hungry" Gluttony whined.

"Well then" Lust smiled down at the innocent looking homunculus "Why not go and feed, there's lots of yummy children for you".

"Yay, Gluttony likes children, yummy and soft" And with that, the massive load of homunculus was gone.

"Great, I'm being replaced by that fat bastard" The feminine looking boy huffed.

"You have to admit, he's very good at what he does".

"What? Eating?"

"Exactly".

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"And well, that's pretty much it" Davis heaved a giant sigh as he finished what was the year of his life in Amestris "Mom sent me home after those small conflicts escalated into a full-out war, guess she thought I'd killed enough people for one war".

"…" Kari just sat there next to Davis, hugging her legs as she looked at the boy.

"I'm sorry" Davis started to get up "I guess it was a little too much in one sitting".

Stretching his sore limbs as he stood up, Davis suddenly froze as he heard quiet sobbing behind him.

"Kari I-"

But the spiky headed boy was cut off as a pair of lips captured his.

'What in the hell?' Davis thought, looking down at the closed eyes of Kari's, red and puffy from silent crying.

Breaking the kiss, Davis pulled the girl at an arms length at looked at her quizzingly.

"You sure you're alright Kari?" Davis asked "To be honest I kinda suspected more crying, and maybe a hug if I was lucky".

Still she didn't say anything, just shook herself from the boy's grasp and dove into his chest.

"Kari" Davis took a step back, only to have the girl follow "What's going on with you? Please tell me".

The teen alchemist suddenly felt a chill on his chest; the bearer of light had stopped the physical contact and just stood in front of him, a look of pure of shock in her eyes and on her face.

SMACK

"Dammit Davis" Kari suddenly yelled, her hand stinging from the suddenly attack on the boy's weather treated face "You just don't get it do you?"

Before he could answer, the young woman was gone. A trail of tears marking her trail as she ran into the large villa.

'Ok, something big happened right here, only a few seconds go' Davis thought as he stared at the thrown open door 'And I haven't got a god damn clue'.

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"You haven't got a damn clue do you?" Ken laughed as he and the other male Digi-destined soaked in Gennai's hot spring.

A large, concrete wall separated half of the spring, allowing separate gender bathing areas.

"I'd yell, but you're right" Davis sighed as he sunk into the water, little bubbles breaking over the surface as he continued his sigh underwater.

"Kari is offended at your lack of emotional dependence" Cody injected, sitting on one of the hot rocks in a meditative position "She feels rejected from you, leaving her feeling humiliated at her gesture".

"Is this one of those things I should apologise for?" Davis scratched his head "Because I now how much she likes diamonds and I can make those in a snap".

"You don't have to apologise for anything Davis" T.K said as he sat down into the water "You didn't actually do anything wrong, neither of you did".

"Tell that to my cheek" Davis whined, pointing at the red, palm shaped imprint on his cheek".

"Yeah, that had to hurt" Ken sat up straighter.

Across on the other side, it seemed as though it wasn't just Davis having trouble with the little incident.

"I slapped him Yolie" The bearer of light cried, the steam and water camouflaging her tears "He was so honest, so open with his past, and I slapped him around for it".

"I don't see the big deal with it, I slapped the boy around plenty of times" Yolie laughed, trying to get a smile out of her friend.

It didn't work out so well.

"C-come on Kari, please stop crying" The bearer of love and sincerity tried to calm the troubled girl.

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"Hah" Davis smiled happily as he entered the warm room, dressed in a fuzzy bathrobe with a towel over his head to dry his hair "Nothing like a hot bath to soothe ones troubles".

Rubbing the towel over his eyes, he found a pair of feet as he looked down.

"Hey Kari" The boy started, recognising the girl's footwear "What's up?"

"I-I'm sorry for before" He heard as he finished drying his hair, taking it off to see the young teen presenting a bowel to him.

"What's this?" Davis asked, pointing to the bowel of soup-like liquid.

"It's Bouillabaisse" Kari informed Davis "There was a lot of sea-life around here; I thought it'd be good to make".

The red-eyed alchemist thanked the girl and took the bowel. Scooping a large portion into the spoon, Davis chomped down on the metal utensil.

'SO SALTY!' The young alchemist paled.

"Is it alright?" So much hope was invested in that question "I didn't put enough salt in it did I?"

"N-no no, it's delicious" Davis smiled as he devoured the rest in a few seconds 'Oh god, I'm so thirsty I think I'm going to die'.

"Wow, you think so, thanks Davis" Kari clapped her hands together and smiled at her crush "I know how much you eat, so I'll go get you another bowel".

And with that, Kari, now with a new spring in her step, fetched the boy another bowel. Meanwhile, said boy was running for dear life in search of water source, settling for using the sink tap.

After facing the hell that was Kari's Bouillabaisse, Davis finally was able to sit down with her and try and explain himself earlier on.

"I was just caught off guard a little" Davis said "That's all; I'm not accustomed to such sudden affection".

"I over-reacted way too much" Kari also apologised "I'm really sorry I hit you".

"Aw, it's not that bad" Davis smiled and laughed a bit "I've defiantly had worse, between Winry's wrench and mom's handguns, a little basic hand-to-hand combat is preferred".

"What about your mom?" Kari asked suddenly "From what I saw she gives you nothing but hugs and love and all that".

"Mom's different in that way" The teen alchemist sighed and put his hands at the back of his head "She rescued me from such a bad place, took me, a stranger, as her own son and raised me as her own, I'll never feel awkward when I'm around her, even if she still is a little".

"Could-could you ever feel the same way with me Davis?" Kari asked softly.

"Hmm" Davis sighed and looked at the ground.

The two stayed frozen in that moment for several minutes.

"Davis?" The brown haired girl broke the silence.

"I've…I'm just confused" Davis responded "I would love nothing more than to say I feel safe with you, I know you'd never hurt me, none of you would".

"It's the dying thing isn't it?" Kari interpreted, placing a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"To lose one's family, it's like someone running their fist through your heart, pulling and squeezing, leaving you only with the feeling of dread and shame" Davis was gripping his head quite tightly, opening old wounds and dripping crimson blood "What's worse, I know I had a hand in killing my mother and sister, I had to watch them die, I screamed and begged for them to stay, but they didn't stay, they screamed such awful screams as I orchestrated their deaths".

"Davis, snap out of it" Kari yelled at the distressed boy, shaking him slightly "It's okay, you didn't kill them, you're not responsible for their deaths, you didn't kill your sister, you didn't kill your mother, you didn't-hrrk"

Kari couldn't continue trying to calm the teen, as she found said teen's hand wrapped firmly around her throat.

"Hey kid, say goodbye to your mommy, we're gonna have our fun and then put a bullet in her brain"

"Don't touch my mother" A sinister sneer erupted from the boy as he tightened his grip "I'll kill you".

The glazed-over red eyes suddenly became focused as the teen alchemist returned his mind back to the present.

"Wah, Kari" He suddenly said as he backed away from the girl.

"Davis" Kari coughed as she rubbed her red and sore throat.

"No" Davis looked at his shacking hands "I did it again".

"Davis" The teen brunette repeated, trying to get the boy's attention "Calm down".

"What's wrong with me?" Davis fell to his knees "I can't stop myself, I'm a monster".

"Davis, shut the hell up" Davis looked up to see Kari standing above him, staring him in the eyes sternly.

"I'm sorry" Davis began to cry "All my training, all my hard work and I still can't control the beast".

"The beast?" Kari asked "Davis, what's the beast".

"The beast…is me" The teen alchemist hugged his knees and rocked himself back and forth "Death, even remembering death, turns me into…into that".

"Is that why you can only trust yourself with your mother?" Kari took a stab in dark at the situation.

"No matter what I do, I can't beat her" Davis answered "Scar too, they know what I am and can fight me till I snap out of it".

"Davis" Kari began slowly, trying to sooth the boy without cracking him like before "I don't quite understand, but know this, I'll never stop loving you, not even if you turn into that".

"But I'll kill you"

"I don't care"

"Wha?" Davis stared at the softly smiling girl with shock "Kari, I can't control that part of me, I'll destroy you if I break again".

"Well, that's very obvious" Kari's smile didn't fade "So, I'll just have to protect you from become that again".

"Kari…thank you"

"My pleasure"

The two smiled at each other, eventually leaning closer, and closer, until.

BOOM

The large explosion from a close room roared as T.K came flying out of one of the windows, landing right next to the couple.

"T.K" Kari yelled "What happened?"

"Ugh, there's…someone in there" T.K held his side in pain "He's tearing up the place, so hard to fight".

"Dammit, I'm going" Davis said as he swung himself over the broken window "Kari, stay with T.K"

Davis followed the path of destruction and eventually wound up in a large room. Furniture and glass littered the room; blood was seen smearing several surfaces. In the middle of the room, Cody was panting heavily as his heavily damaged rock sword was sagging as the boy lost his strength. In the corner, Yolie was trying her best to stem the blood flow from several cuts and gashes on her boyfriend.

"Hey" The person Cody was fighting turned to Davis with a large grin on his very large mouth "You're the one I'm not allowed to eat, but your friends, they look delicious"

And thus ends another long awaited chapter. Anyway, gotta head off, so go ahead and do your reviewing thing, thanks – Wolvie.