Hey everyone! Here's chapter 5. I went back and edited chapter 4 too. God, so many mistakes. Guess that's happens when you write till midnight… -.-' Oh well. Here are the review responses to chapter 3 & 4.
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PsycoNeko15 – I know the disease seems a lot like AIDS. I didn't really notice till about mid-way through writing ch.2 (I know, I'm an idiot). Thanks for the review!
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Naru-Rin – (sweatdrop) sorry about the error. My computer is evil and occasionally deletes random words. I went back and changed it though. Thank you for the candy!
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Zankoku na Tenshi no Tsubasa – Here you go!
Here's the next chapie! Mustang finally comes in! Yay! Anyway, enjoy. Please review!
After a rather ocword train ride to Central, the two brothers stepped off the train, each dutifully avoiding the others eyes. 'I can't stand this anymore! It's to tense!' Ed though furiously. Finally, the elder Elric let out a sigh before glancing towards Al.
"We better find a hotel or something. We can talk to the Bastard in the morning. I'm exhausted!" Ed mentally crossed his fingers that Al would reply. He couldn't stand the quiet anymore.
"Good idea. The ride to Central took longer than I thought it would." Al fully intended to approach his brother about their talk on the train. He didn't like being kept in the dark, but mentioning his brother's failing health where anyone could overhear didn't seam like the brightest of ideas. Not only did they have to watch out for the many people who seemed rather intent on killing them, but after Al had been returned to his body, the brothers had remained in Central for a while. Needless to say, two good looking and single brother's had not gone unnoticed by the female portion of the population. Eventually a small fan club dedicated to them sprouted up. Hence the reason they had started traveling again. The two may have been geniuses but neither had much luck dealing with fan girls.
"Let's get going Al" Ed muttered before walking in the general direction of a hotel, Al following closely behind.
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Somehow once they'd reached the hotel, Ed had managed to claim a bed and curl up, looking not unlike a cat and fell asleep almost instantly.
Now that Al had his body back he treasured things like food and sleep, all the things he couldn't experience while he was in the suit of armor. Yet somehow sleep eluded him at the moment. Perhaps it was the stress of all that had happened in the past couple of days. Perhaps it was the conversation he's had with his brother on the train. Perhaps it was both of these things, but either way, he was wide-awake and watching his brother sleep, making sure he kept breathing. Making sure he didn't slip away like everyone else in Alphonse's family had.
'What's happening to you brother? Why won't you tell me anything? Why won't you let me help you?' Al pondered desperately. Thinking back to that night.
Flashback
They had chosen an old abandoned church for the transmutation. Both for the space it provided for the array, and for the reassurance that no one would walk in on the transmutation. The array was already drawn on the worn wood floor with Al positioned in the middle. Ed sat near the edge, positioned in a smaller transmutation circle of his, a small glittering crystal clasped in his hands.
"Ok Al. When I start the transmutation your probably gonna pass out. Sop don't worry if that happens, it's normal. If this works, when you wake up you'll have your body back." Ed nodded to himself before closing his eyes and placing his hands, still grasping the stone, on the edge of the transmutation circles. Right where his connected to Al's. Suddenly a wave of tiredness hit Al. Something he hadn't experienced since before their last disastrous attempt at human alchemy, before everything went black.
When all woke up the first thing he noticed was his blaring headache. The second thing he noticed was lack of clothing and his sudden need for it. Slowly he sat up and noticed Ed hunched over nearby. Ed carefully looked up. When his gaze landed on his now completely human brother he broke out in a tired smile.
"Al." Ed stood up and removed his read jacket before walking over to Al and handing it to him. Al blinked as he finally realized what had happened. He looked up at his brother and smiled. He was human again.
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He had no idea what had happened while he had been unconscious though he presumed that that was when his brother had done whatever it was that hade made him so sick. Al sighed. If they were going to meet with Colonel Mustang in the morning he should probably try to get some sleep. He'd question his brother on what had happened in the morning. Knowing Ed, it would take a lot to get the information out of him.
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Al woke up suddenly. Looking around, he searched for the cause of this disturbance. It was about 2 in the morning and there were no visible threats as far as he could see. But as he listened more closely he could here something that sounded a lot like coughing.
"Brother…" he muttered, getting out of bed and walking towards the bathroom, the source of the noise. As he got closer the sound became clearer. Al knocked on the door calling out "Brother, are you alright?" Al heard some shuffling before his brother answered with an "I'm fine Al, go back to bed".
Al shifted nervously. "Brother are you sure…It sounded like you were coughing again…" He heard some more shuffling before Ed called out sounding slightly irritated "I'm fine Al! Now go back to bed!" Al sighed before walking back to his bed and flopping down on the mattress. He had been sure he had heard coughing, like how Ed had coughed at the hospital when they had argued…he let out another sigh before closing his eyes. He'd have to watch his brother more closely.
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Ed let out a relived sigh. Al had almost caught him in the middle of a coughing fit. There would have been questions not only about the coughing but also about the blood that stained the sink as well as the corner of his mouth. Letting out a sigh he turned the water on and began washing the blood of the sides of the sink. Keeping Al out of this would be harder than he had thought. He knew that Al was curious by nature but he had underestimated how determined he could be when it came to someone he cared about. Ed let out another sigh; if he was going to be meeting with the colonel in the morning it would be best get some sleep.
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As Ed stepped into to the colonel's office he mentally sighed. Here came the short jokes. Stupid colonel, he wasn't even that short anymore! He had grown to a respectable 5'11" and was now only a few inched shorter than Mustang himself. Because of the auto mail he had never had the chance to grow properly so it was surprising he was as tall as he was. Unfortunately Al didn't have auto mail weighing him down and stunting his growth so he had already grown to a frustrating 6'0".
"Hello Edward." A smug voice greeted from behind what seemed to be a mountain of paperwork. Ed looked up to see the colonel standing up with that frustrating grin plastered on his face. The one that meant that there would be no shortage of comments on his height. Only now he couldn't yell back….
Oh this was going to be buckets of fun Though Ed sarcastically
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A/N: Hopefully that was longer. Sorry for the slow update but I have Science fair this week so I've been working but off to get that done. Anyway, thanks to all the reviewers! Ja!
