鋼の錬金術師 (FullMetal Alchemist)
Chapter 9 An Army by the Throne
Ed looked down at Ouroboros. It wasn't only the red snake. It had also many other symbols drawn.
"Dare to move, and I'll have you all become nothing". Greed said.
"… I'm done with games, Greed…". Ed said.
"Oh, but I'm just starting". He said with a grin.
He walked up to Winry, and pulled her next to him. He got their faces close, and threatened to lick her cheek.
"How is this feeling, Eddy?". Winry's disgust face said everything.
"Let them go, Greed". Ed said, decisevely.
"Or what?".
"Well…". Ed rubbed his feet over some symbols, and they got erased. "I won't allow you to transmute a thing". He clapped his hands, and grew the armor again. Greed grabbed winry from the neck, and spinned, trying to punch Ed.
He turned the other way round, and ran at Hohenheim. He reacted, and tried to hit him, but Ed jumped over him, and crashed the machine in his neck with his blade.
Hohenheim fell to the ground, and Al came running to wake him up.
"Now, let go of Winry". Ed said.
Greed turned his hand into his blue shape, and put one of his sharp fingers on Winry's neck.
"Sure, Full Metal?".
A giant spike grew from the floor, smashing Greed's head. Winry was set free, and she ran next to Ed.
Hohenheim stood up, and looked at Greed.
"You idiot. You can't threaten us like that". He said.
Greed dragged himself through the floor, up to were Yeng was laying. He woke him up, and pointed at Fu.
After this, he walked up to Gluttony.
"I have an idea of what I'm doing, old man. I know you can kill me… But you can't afford loosing you dear son Envy again". Yeng walked the room until he found the symbol Ed had erased, and re-wrote it. Then, he clapped his hands, and laid them on the floor. The circle started shining.
Fu was removed from the floor, and put in the circle by a giant fist created by Yeng. Gluttony started to wake up, and smelled Hohenheim.
A dangerously simmilar smell to that of Dante, whom he had ate.
"The funny part is that you can't use alchemy!". Greed laughed.
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Gluttony jumped over the group, and they started running in separate directions. Ed dodged the heads, and protected Winry in the process. He saw Lust fighting the heads, and went up to her.
"Toss me over him! Up to Hope!". She grabbed him, spinned, and sent him flying.
He reached the column, crowned by a fist that held Hope. He released him with some punches, and then they slided down.
"What now?". Ed yelled.
"He's going to attack from the left!". Hope shouted. Lust moved one step forward, and one of the heads went past her, almost biting her. She spinned her arm, and cut the neck with her fingers.
"Scratch the circle!". Al shouted.
Lust smashed the floor with her foot, and the circle stopped shining.
"Son of a-". Ed clapped his hands, and a cage grew from the floor. Gluttony was tied up, and tripped.
Al pulled the lever, which opened the floor, making the Homunculus fall down.
"Greed… I offer a trade for you". Ed said, walking towards Ling's former body.
"Aw… You and your trades".
"I'll let you fight me if you let them go".
Greed stopped, and thought it for a while. He snapped his fingers, and Yeng clapped his hands. The floor that had been broken by lust got rearranged, and the circle shined once more. Fu's body dissappeared, not without leaving behind an echoing scream. The symbol of Flamel's cross, in which Envy was cruccified, shined.
"That does it". Greed said, laughing.
Ed couldn't believe his eyes.
"YOU KILLED HIM!". He shouted.
"Calm down. I had to…". He said, calmly.
Ed grabbed him from the neck, but Greed punched him, and sent him flying backwards.
"I accept whatever deal you have to offer now".
Ed cooled his head. There was nothing else he could do for Fu. All there was left to do was to kill Greed, and save everyone. He stood up, and made everyone gather around him.
"Go. I will fight him. Return to Amestris, and get ready. If I don't return, please forgive me, and do everything you can to kill Greed. I'll try to put an end to this war".
"I'm staying with you". Al said.
"Not this time". Ed said, deadly serious.
"Come on, brother! We've always been together!".
Ed sighed, and extended his hand to Al. He grabbed it, and fainted.
"Take him, father. Take care of him, and tell him to forgive me. But only if you don't meet me in five days". Hohenheim looked at his son. It was the same look he had when he wanted to reach the space in Germany.
Hohenheim nodded, and turned to the door. Lust and Hope followed him. Winry stayed behind.
She cried silently, and Ed approached her.
"Winry…". He said, sadly.
"Hurry!". Greed shouted.
"Win… I love you". She hugged him, and cried harder.
"It's not worth living if you are not alive!".
Ed hugged her, and lifted her head, in order to gaze at her eyes directly.
Those shining blue eyes, that had made him return to Liesenburgh over and over again.
"If I don't return… Forgive me in your dreams". He kissed her, and turned around. He faced Greed, ready to fight with him.
He heard Winry's footseps as she ran to reach the group.
An arrow crossed the air, aiming for her.
A wall grew from the floor, covering it. Winry ran away, and Ed turned at Yeng, infuriated.
He grew a spike that pierced him, and left him hanging above the transmutation circle.
"You don't do that". Ed said.
He walked slowly at Greed, determined to finish him off.
"You are such a hot head, Full Metal". Were the last words Ed would hear yeng say.
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The Door. The Gate. Majestic. Unreachable.
Yeng found himself naked in front of it. It wasn't closed. One giant eye gazed upon him from inside.
"That will be just enough". A voice said.
Thousands of hands came out, and trapped him.
"This is not it! It's not possible!". Yeng shouted in despair.
"YOU ARE NOT MY MASTER!". Were his final words.
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Ed ran up to Greed, and dodged his punch. He clapped his hands, touched his face, and punched his flesh. Greed fell back, and whipped the floor.
"I'm so tired of you". Ed said, walking. He lifted him, and punched him again. Greed touched a wall this time, and stood up. He smashed the wall with his fist, and walked into the room he had just opened.
The Throne Room.
"This won't save you, Greed". Ed said.
"I'm not fighting yet, Edward". Greed said, walking through the room, passing the columns, headed to the throne.
Ed looked at the thousand soldiers, standing inside the room. He had to get ready to fight them.
"Leave us". Greed ordered.
The soldiers started marching out, and soon, the room only for Ed and Greed.
Greed turned around, giving the back to the throne. He began growing, and he became his monstruous self once again.
"I don't think you'll be able to beat me at last, Elric".
"The philosopher's stone hasn't got wasted yet". Ed answered clapping his hands.
He looked at Greed in the eye, and put his hands on his chest.
The auto mail started covering him. All that was left without a cover was the head.
"I want you to consider, Greed… That this is the last time I'm killing you".
He finally covered his head, and ran at the Homuculus, growing blades of both of his arms.