everyone turned thier head towrds the man who had just came in. " as if i couldn't see you comming in! "
he glared at the cloaked man. " well it's about time you joined us " the man that just came in had red bandages all over him with the exception of one of his eyes.
he darted towrds him in an angry tone " you should leave! ... leave now, while you still have time, i'm not going to let you destroy all the work i have already done. "
the cloaked man glared at him " hard work...? all you have done is taken away something precious to me, all i'm here for is to retrieve it! that's all ..."
" do you think by retrieveing it you can reverse all that has happened. you do know whatever you do he won't remember you, nothing will change. " the cloaked man was getting angry " you bastard! it's already bad enough that everything was falling into place, he's not part of sora. "
ed glanced at raine who retured his gaze. " who do you think is sora? " ed questioned. raine just smiled " i'm guessing his sister? " ed twitched " now is not the time for jokes ..."
the two continued to argue. " raine,do you know that guy? he said you looked familiar " raine just chucked a bit " oh nothing... it's just a joke that's all, i didn't think he was familiar, i was just playing..." ed could see right through the sarcasim. " right..."
they turned thier attention back to the two. " i didn't come here for a mission, i came here for roxas! now where is he? "
al thought i was looking pretty ugly, ed decided on trying to take action. " why do you try? he's not going to be like you any longer, he's going to be whole again. "
the cloaked man couldn't hold his anger any longer and took out his weapons to strike the bandaged man. before he could ed jeted towards the two of them and used alchemy to transmute a rockblocker, just in time.
" what? " the man stopped. " sorry pal, we have some questions too, but it's first come first serve so wait like a good little boy for your turn "
the cloaked man sweatdropped. " speaking of little... who's the bean? "
al and raine's face began to turn pale... ' he shouldn't have said that! '
( you know whats comming folks! )
ed's eyes grew sharp... dangerously sharp, his mouth was like a shark ready to bite your ass off.
" WHY YOU! " he clasped his hands together and soon formed a giant cannon, but the cannon missed " temper temper! " the cloaked man teased. it seems the guy was really fast as he dodged it. " that's some skill you have shrimp! " he called out. " same goes for you!... " ed replied with a smirk.
" so is that what you call, alchemy..." ed was a bit shocked.
" ho- how'd you know? "
raine examined him carefully, she had to admit as much as she hated it, that there was something very familiar about this man. it almost frightened her.
ed then summond his alchemy to his automail. " why are you doing this? what's in it for you? " ed questioned. the man looked carefully at him. ' this kid, he looks like you...' ed sliced his shoulder and a piece of the clothing came off
" i should be asking you that! why are you protecting that man, you shouldn't be protecting that bastard for what he did! "
ed pushed him away to regain his balance. " why do you stop me, i'm only looking for my friend "
ed blinked. " friend? " the man finally took off his hood to reveal a man with firey red hair and light green eyes. raine's jaw dropped. " ah... it can't be "
she walked towards them " it's... you ..." the man raised an eyebrow in question but the realized who she was. his face suddenly lit up. " so it is you after all ... raine "
she smiled sweetly. " axel... " they stared at eachother for a long time which made ed al little glarey at the two of them.
he demanded to know what's going on. " axe who? "
raine sweatdropped, axel sighed " what do they teach you in school these days ..."
" the name is axel, a . x . e . l got it memorized? "
ed was about ready to jump on him and bite his head.
just then another man in the same black cloak told axel to report back to them immediately. axel first stopped by raine " i guess i'll see you later babe. " he winked at her, and she smiled.
ed stepped in between them " all your going to be seeing is a doctor when i'm done with you "
axel poked ed's cheek " sorry pipsqueak... got to go now "
ed was pissed. " I HOPE THEY STRAP YOU TO A WHEEL CHAIR YOU FREAK! "
axel then made a gesture indicating ( yeah keep talking! see if i care)
the bandage man then finally turned towards them. " sorry about the interuption, you must be edward elric and rainelle mustang under travel party? "
the both nodded. the man sighed with relief " haha. good. i was told by lutendant hawkeye and colonel mustang that the two of you will be arriving shortly."
they all blinked. " roy told you we'd be here? "
the man turned on the computer screen and then suddenly roy was sitting in his office " greetings fullmetal!... " he smirked.
ed, al and raine all stoned. ' you mean this whole time he knew where we were? '
they all sweatdropped and glared at him " so you know everything we do is that was your trying to say? "
raine's jaw dropped " you set us up?... you idiot! "
roy continued to smirk " please... do you think i know everything?
well anyways, now that your here your assignment is to help diz with his work, and if needed,you'll be else where, just keep track of your cell phone messages, and you'll be fine "
we turned to the man. " your diz? "
roy interupted. " i think it's better if you adress him a professor if you know what i mean "
ed blinked " you mean your- "
he nodded. " it's a long story..."
ed then turned back to the screen " colonel, what do you mean we'll be needed elsewhere? "
roy just smirked. " could you stop smiling, it's kinda creepy... "
" bye now. " the screen then automatically shut off.
ed's jaw dropped " you didn't answer my question you idiot! "
raine remained silent for a while. ' i can't believe this old man is who were looking for? '
worser things could happen.
they appeared in aother room where ansem told them to step into the transmitter and the ended up in the exact same room but only this time it's the real thing.
al gasped. " look ed, it's the exact same room in that computer! "
diz turned to them " it's about time i explained everything ... that over there you see is not a real town, in other words it's only a prjection of the real town which you are in right now. i created this town in order to keep someone in there for a while until preparation is complete"
raine knew right away that he was talking about roxas.diz continued to explain.
everything that ever happened during this time, and how it would effect the outcomes of the future.
they being alchemists are there to help the people, thats what they say, and that is what ed and al had believed in ever since they began this journey for the philosopher's stone.
it seems there was a time a year ago when the all the worlds were divided they had come in aligment when a boy with a key appeared with a key that can open doors to other worlds, this boy saved the worlds form being taken over by the heartless. but during that time after his memories were lost and had to be put to sleep until the time is right for him to be awaken again.
" that boy is named sora, he is important to our work.but his memories were seperated during that year and we took this time to link them together again. it's not really easy to say but maybe to show you would be alot easier when the time comes. "
they nodded thier heads. raine was curious " you say that all this happened because of this guy, sora but i don't understand what this had to do with roxas. "
he then explained about the organization, about xemnas, the nobodies, the heartless and lastly about roxas and how he's connected to them.
it was frustrating
ed didn't really follow most of it, but he does understand what needs to be done. raine sighed ' all this happened a year ago? '
" listen guys i don't really understand most of this, i don't know what your intending on doing, or if it's even right. but i do know that if you help us we will be sure to help you. after all we know a little about bending the rules sometime. "
ed smirked.
diz was greatful that they wanted to help. " brother are you sure...? " al asked suddenly
" well yeah, even though we don't know much they don't seem like half bad people. and besides if they help us find the stone then it's equivilent exchange for the both of us "
raine interupted. " we can't quit anyways... mustard( roy) said it was a mission"
ed laughed. " mustard..? "
" um... nevermind "
diz turned his attention to raine. " young lady... i've been meaning to ask you something. " she smiled. " go ahead "
" you seem to know axel... and roxas even, how is it possiable? "
she looked down to the floor. " i... i don't know how i know them, it's just that i remeber them in my mind. recently i'm having flashbacks from something that had happened to me three years ago. "
diz nodded. " i see, flashbacks, you must of had your memories taken apart as well jsut like sora. but, it's more than that, you kept some of your memories instead of loosing them all. "
namine spoke. " selective memory loss..."
ed and al turned to her. " what that? "
" it's when a a memory of something important or recent is erased, but the person still remember others. it's not something that any one can do... but i have to confess, i was the one who did it "
" what! " they both screamed. namine stared at her with saddened eyes. " it's my fault ... when i was with the organization, the leader ordered me to make a memory potion specificly for you. ... i'm so sorry raine, i didn't mean to"
ed glared. " you have some nerve!.." she glanced away. " i know... i'm sorry "
raine then stared out into space for a bit. 'all this time she's been keeping that guilt inside her, i'm not one to judge anyone right now, all i want now is to finish this job. '
raine walked over to her and placed a warm comforting hand on her shoulder, " it's okay... it's been long enough already, i had to have let go of the past and move on, that's why were here to help you...all i want now is to finish the job because nothing else matters. "
she smiled at the blonde girl the same age as her.
" raine i have your memeories with me right now, i want to give them back to you since it is yours. you'll never be complete without it. "
raine thought for a second. she looked at ed and al, " guys... i "
ed put a hand infront of her face. " you don't have to say anything... we know ... "
al nodded in agreement " everyone wants to remember something important, ... for us it's our mom. as much as i think that axel guy is really a jerk and all you'll want to remeber him don't you? "
she smiled. 'ed always knows what to say... that idiot..'
she nodded in agreement, then followed namine to a secret room of her own. she had to stand in the center of something that looked like a transmutation circle. she then took out this orb with a glowing blue light. " here you are... " " are you ready? " she nodded. namine then broke the seal and a huge flash of white light embraced the whole room.