Rae is (c) ME. Steal her and you will die.
Kaori and Mac are (c) Leyca
Kai is (c Jenny
"X" is (c) Haley
Jae is (c) Jessie
All Fullmetal Alchemist characters in this fic belong to Hiromu Arakawa.
The group had split up to cover more ground.
Kaori continued to walk. "Oh man, does this place look bad." She said to herself.
Why does my head hurt? Kaori asked in her mind. She looked around and turned back to go find Rae and the others. She then gasped in pain. somebody has stabbed her in her left shoulder.
"Who are you?" Kaori asked, not looking back. She then drew a transmutation circle with her blood, then touched the circle. A flash of purple light then shot up, like some sort of flare.
Rae looked over at the flash of purple. "Kaori's in troub--" her eyes then widened as a bullet went through her shoulder. She turned around and glared at an Ishbalan.
Rae then ran up to the Ishbalan and slashed at his neck, but he moved just in time to evade it.
He shot at Rae multiple times, and hit her in the chest every time. Rae fell to the ground. Then Ishbalan then walked away.
Rae quickly got back to her feet and shoved her automail blade into the Ishbalan's back. She pushed just a little bit harder, and felt the blade go through his stomach and come out of the other side of his body.
Rae's eyes flashed purple. She smirked evilly and walked off.
"I have no name..." Kaori's attacker said. "But I knew your real parents. Your real brother isn't Roy."
"Yes he is." Kaori said, uncertain about this.
"No, he's not. You have refined Red Water mixed in your blood. You are what people call an 'Alchemic Tool'; not a real person." He said, smirking evilly.
"I am a real person!" Kaori said, tears falling down.
"Ask Roy." The attacker said. He then shoved a knife into Kaori's leg. "You'll die if you use too much alchemy."
Kaori fainted and fell to the ground.
In the tents, Roy, Riza, Havoc, Hughes, and Armstrong were talking.
"Sir, what was that flash of light that I saw earlier?" Riza asked.
"Probably Kaori. Was it purple?" Roy asked.
"Yes it was." Riza stated.
"Then it was her." Roy said calmly.
"Should we go find her?" Havoc and Hughes asked, standing up.
Armstrong then stood up. "Let ME! The ability to find people has been passed down the Armstrong line for GENERATIONS!" He bellowed.
Roy sighed. "Fine, go ahead, Major."
Al heard footsteps approaching him, so he turned around. He saw Rae and gave a small wave. "Rae!" He called out to her.
Rae ran over, still dripping blood. Her eyes were a deep purple now, and something in Al sensed that she wasn't the same.
Al then strapped his gun to his back. "Rae, is everything okay?"
Rae nodded. "Yes, my Al." She said, her was had changed quite a bit. "This was is making me want to kill; killing is my passion." Her purple eyes then glowed.
"Rae! Calm down!" All yelled. He then hugged Rae. "Just... Calm... Down..." He then kissed Rae softly on the lips.
Rae's eyes opened. Their bright blue color returned to them. "Al..." She said, crying softly, "My body is making me the homunculus I am. I can't fight it!"
Al looked into Rae's eyes. "Rae, as long as I'm alive; as long as we're together; you'll be able to fight back." Al said softly. "You have no reason to cry anymore. You have me."
A loud yell came from behind Al. Rae stepped behind him and was immediately hit in the chest by knives. Rae coughed up a bit of blood, but then pulled out one of the knives and licked it clean. She threw the knife back at the Ishbalan attacker, hitting him right in the head, with enough force to shatter his skull.
Another yell came out, but it was quickly stopped by the sound of gunshots coming from Al's gun. The Ishbalan girl fell to the ground, dead.
Al and Rae ran off, fighting back to anyone who tried to kill them. Rae was sure that she had to take any hits that could injure or even kill Al; but an Ishbalan soldier kept Rae busy for awhile. Rae looked back at Al when she finished fighting her enemy. A knife was already flying right at Al. She was too late.
"AL!" Rae screamed. She was so loud that Roy could hear her a mile away.
Al fell to the ground. Rae looked at his body. The blade of the killer's knife stuck out of his stomach. A tear slid down Rae's cheek. "Al..." She whispered.
Rae took the blade out of Al's body, making blood spill onto the ground. "You will be avenged, my Al... Rest in peace, my love." She whispered, and then kissed Al softly on the lips. "I will kill all Ishbalans!" She yelled as her eyes permanently turned purple.
Kaori woke up as she heard a scream. "Oh my fucking God! What the fuck was that!" She asked.
She looked around. It seemed that she was inside the health tent.
"Yay!" Kai said as she glomped Kaori.
"You know, I would really like it if you would get off!" Kaori said angrily.
"Okay!" Kai said while getting off of her friend.
"Kai, we need to help Rae, something's wrong." Kaori said, her eyes changing to a really light purple. "Let's go!" She then put on her jacket.
Roy noticed that Kaori and Kai were walking out of the tent. "Hey, Kaori! Get back in here!" He said angrily.
"No fucking way, Roy! I have to help Rae!" Kaori yelled back.
"Me too!" Kai said.
Why the fuck does my head still hurt? Kaori asked as she walked on.
Just then, a whole lot of Ishbalan's came. Kaori and Kai smirked. "Hey Kai," Kaori said, "you ready to make things go BOOM?"
"Oh yeah!" Kai yelled. She then snapped her fingers and made a dark storm cloud appear. A lightning bolt then crashed down onto the Ishbalans.
"My turn!" Kaori yelled, making an explosive ball of dark light.
OW! Kaori yelled in her head. Why does my head hurt so much?
Kaori nearly fell to the ground in pain, but her pride kept her up.
"Hey," Kai said, throwing some Ishbalans, "you okay?"
"I'm fine, don't worry about me!" Kaori lied.
Danielle ran over, her uniform ripped a bit. "Hey, would you guys like some help?" She asked.
"It'd be nice if you can." Kaori said.
"Okay!" Danielle exclaimed excitedly.
The three girls then started killing every Ishbalan in their way, but Kaori slipped out of the group and ran off to fine Rae.
"Rae!" She called out. "Where are you!"
As Kaori went on looking for Rae, she ended up at the Spanaway Jr. High building.
"Wow..." She stared at the building in awe. "This place is pretty big..."
Rae walked though the SJH hallway. Her purple eyes glowed in the slight darkness.
"Hmph." She said, looking around. "It seems nobody's here." She then frowned. "Nobody to kill."
Kaori saw Rae up ahead. "Rae! Over here!" She called out.
Rae turned around. She then smirked evilly. "Hello Kaori." Her purple eyes then glowed as she charged towards Kaori. She sliced at her cheek with her automail blade, leaving an X-shaped cut.
"What the fuck Rae!" Kaori asked, breathing heavily. She didn't fight back. "I don't want to hurt you!"
Rae continued to slash at Kaori, making her bleed more. "I sense the Stone!" She yelled. "Where is it!"
Kaori froze. The Stone... MY BLOOD! She yelled in her head.
Rae smirked and caught the chance. She slashed at Kaori's neck wildly.
Kaori screamed in pain. Blood ran down her neck, which quickly formed into Philosopher's Stones. A tear then slid down Rae's cheek.
"I can bring him back..." Rae whispered. She ran to the stones and stared at them. She stood up and slashed at Kaori some more.
"RAE!" Kaori cried out. "STOP IT!"
Rae's eyes turned blue once again. "Ka... Ori?" She asked, crying a little. She then fell to her knees. "I'm so sorry..."
Kaori slowly knelt down next to Rae. "Why do you need the stone so badly?"
More tears fell from Rae's eyes. "He's... AL WAS KILLED!" She yelled, sobbing.
Kaori froze. "No way..." She whispered.
Kaori hugged Rae tightly. "It's okay. We can revive him now, if you want." She suggested. The girls then stood up.
Rae's eyes widened and her voice changed. "I sense an Ishbalan..."
An Ishbalan girl around the age of 14 walked over. She was wearing a camouflage shirt and pants, and her hair was tied up. A small kitten rested on her shoulder. It looked as though the small animal had a fork strapped to its back.
The Ishbalan threw sharpened forks at Rae and Kaori. Kaori was knocked down by the weapons, and was pinned to the floor.
Rae has evaded the weapons in time. "Get out of here, you dirty Ishbalan!" She yelled. Her eyes then glowed, changing from blue to dark purple.
Kaori struggled to get free. "Rae! No!" She cried out.
Rae smirked evilly. "Die Ishbalan."
Rae then charged at the girl at full-speed. She slashed at the Ishbalan girl's neck, but she evaded the attack.
The girl grunted and threw forks at Rae, knocking her down and pinning her to the floor, too. "You killed most of my people." The girl said.
Rae squirmed, trying to break free. "I need to avenge him!" She yelled. "I loved him, and your people killed him! You all must die!" Rae squirmed again.
The girl looked down on Rae. "Heartless jerk!" She then grabbed another fork and shoved it into Rae's neck, right where her vocal cords were. "Don't even speak like that!"
Rae screamed in pain. Kaori closed her eyes and gasped. "RAE!" She cried out.
Rae started coughing up blood. Her purple eyes changed to blue. "He--Help.." She croaked. Blood leaked down her neck as she coughed more.
The girl then frowned, and her red eyes darkened sadly. "No. You killed most of my people. I watched you, slowly enjoying their deaths. Ishbala will not forgive you for your sins." Her cat hissed at Rae.
Rae's eyes remained blue. "It's... Not my fault!" She croaked softly. "My body is taking over..." Rae then coughed so hard that the fork flew out of her neck.
The Ishbalan's eyes widened. "What the hell is up with you!" She asked, taking a step back.
"I'm a homunculus; I'm not human. Whenever my eyes are purple, I'm not like myself." Rae explained. "You have to believe me!"
The girl sighed. "I guess I'll have to. But I cannot forgive you for killing my people." She said as her cat hissed once more.
Rae sighed too. "I knew you wouldn't." She then coughed up more blood. "I didn't expect you to. I just..." She sighed. "I just have to avenge the one I love."
"Is this what he would've wanted? Is it? You tell me." The girl said, her eyes dark.
Rae took a moment to think. A tear then slid down her cheek. "No. He wouldn't have wanted this. But this is a war--"
The girl interrupted. "So we have to kill. I know, I hate the idea."
Rae looked surprised. "I was just about to say that. You and I think alike, don't we?"
The Ishbalan smiled. "I guess so." She then took the forks out of the ground, unpinning Rae and Kaori. "I'm Jae." She said.
"Rae. Nice to meet you." She said, smiling.
"And I'm Kaori." She said, grinning.
The three girls smiled. Jae then gave a small wave and ran off to the war at Cedarcrest.
Rae walked over to where Kaori was standing earlier. She then knelt down and picked up the many Philosopher's Stones on the ground and stood back up.
"I'm bringing him back." Rae announced.
Kaori nodded. "I'd help you out, but I'm afraid that my body will be used as a Stone."
Rae nodded. "I understand." She then took out a piece of chalk and drew a human transmutation circle on the floor. She put the stones in the middle of the circle and smiled. "This'll work perfectly... Here goes nothing!" She yelled.
Rae then slammed her hands down onto the circle. A bright flash off yellow formed around her body and the circle.
Rae and Kaori closed their eyes tightly. The flash got brighter and brighter... And then it died down. Rae opened her eyes and screamed.
Al's body lie in the center of the circle. It was a perfect transmutation.
"AL!" Rae screamed happily. Tears flooded out of her eyes as she ran over to her beloved.
"Rae...?" Al asked. He was then hugged tightly by her.
"Al..." Rae whispered. She then cried into his shoulder.
Kaori smiled. "Gr.. Great job, Rae." Her voice was breaking and tears threatened to flood out of her eyes.
Rae smiled and kissed Al on the lips as more tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Welcome back, my love." She said softly.
The next day, Rae, Mac, Al, and Kaori walked into the promotion party. Al and Mac were both wearing black tuxedos.
Rae smiled as she entered the party, wearing a dark blue dress. There was a slit on the left side of the dress, which went up to her knee and showed her black high-heels. She also wore silver gloves, which covered up parts of her automail. Her hair was tied up in a flipped bun, with her black and red bangs hanging over her face.
Kaori's face was expressionless as she walked in wearing her blue and purple kimono. Her hair was in a bun and she had her bangs dangle over her cheek, where Rae had cut her yesterday.
Everybody was staring at Rae and Kaori. The two girls heard people saying little things like "they look good", or "I love her dress, it's pretty."
"Hi!" Kai yelled, glomping Kaori.
"Why can't you glomp Rae?" Kaori asked, clearly pissed off.
"Sorry..." Kai said, getting off Kaori.
Kaori remembered that she was going to go snowboarding. "Um... I think I left something back at the Inn!" She said, glancing at Mac.
"I left my pocket watch in my room... Again." Mac said, sighing.
Kaori and Mac walked into the Inn. Kaori smirked. "Did you really leave your pocket watch?"
"Yup." Mac said, smiling.
"You idiot." Kaori said, laughing.
"So?" Mac smirked.
Mac and Kaori then walked to their separate rooms and got their snowboards and put on their snowboarding equipment.
Kaori put on her long-sleeved purple and white shirt that said "crazy doesn't even begin to describe me". She put on her snowboard pants and put her watch inside the pocket. She then pulled on her purple and black snowboarding boots and walked out of her room.
"No helmet?" Mac asked after Kaori walked out.
"I don't like to use it." Kaori said, shrugging. "Do you have your pocket watch?"
Mac laughed a little. "Yeah, I do."
Back at the party, Havoc looked around.
"Hmm... It doesn't take that long does it?" He asked.
"It shouldn't." Ed said.
"When did you get here?" Kai asked Ed.
"About a half hour ago." Ed said, smirking.
Hmm... I wonder where Kaori is... Ed thought.
Roy walked over. "Where's Kaori? They're going to give out the awards soon!"
"We don't know." Ed, Al, Rae, and Kai said.
At the slope, Kaori and Mac made sure there wasn't anyone else there.
"This is going to be fun!" Kaori said.
"Yup!" Mac exclaimed.
Mac and Kaori then started to snowboard. They were having a good time until they heard gunshots.
Kaori pulled her gun out and fired back.
"When did you bring that?" Mac asked.
"There's a hidden gun in all of my outfits." Kaori said, looking at him.
"Even your kimono?" Mac asked.
"Yup." Kaori said, nodding.
Back at the party, Roy was starting to get pissed.
"Dammit!" Where's Kaori?" He asked.
"Calm down!" Al said.
The group then hears gunshots from the slope nearby.
"What the fuck?" Ed asked.
"Please, tell me that wasn't Kaori." Roy sighed, hand over his face.
"Fine. It's not Kaori." Kai said, laughing.
"Yes, it is." Rae said, smirking. "She has tons of hidden guns."
"How come I didn't know that?" Roy asked.
"You never asked!" Rae said, smiling.
Roy sighed. Rae kept smiling. She was oblivious to Roy's anger.
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