Finally! It took me how many months to post this? LOL sorry about that folks, it's been a very long holiday month for me, and it isn't getting any easier. That's what happens when you grow up. But for those that are still waiting for the Greed chapter, don't worry, it's finished but it's on my other computer. Since I'm over at my grandmother's...I might not get it up until after the new years, and I'm really, really really sorry for that, but don't you fret! It WILL be up as soon as I can! I hope you enjoy this chapter! xD Oh, and don't forget the popcooooorrrrrn... :3
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Chapter 9: Monster
It was colder than they had expected. The Mine's were completely covered in snow and the buildings around them...Were completely deserted. Like a ghost town, it was giving Lily the shivers as she sat down on the steps behind her. She rubbed her shoulders to warm herself up alittle, but another gust of wind came and caused her teeth to chatter, "Cold weather, doesn't get any better than this..." She looked up into the dark grey sky to watch the snow fall as the others prepared themselves with loading their guns and such, and all the while she stared, the snow began to fall very softly from the clouds.
Only one of them hit her nose causing the girl to quietly giggle awhen it made contact. Little did she realize the man coming towards her and only sighed when she noticed his shoes, "Enjoying yourself?" He asked, which made her already softened smile widen to his voice, "A little. You?" She looked up to meet the magestic blue eyes of her Alchemist, seeing that the smirk never left his face as he stared back with a gentle look in his eyes; of course it immediately changed when he turned back to the Briggs soldiers, and shrugged his shoulders, "Well, it could be better. It feels like everyone's just taking their time on this matter."
"Don't worry so much about finding him...We'll get him. You'll see. It takes patience. Remember? I thought you were master of that?" Kimblee looked down at the dark green haired maiden, only to see a sly, powerful looking in her eyes that he seemed to miss when he wasn't looking. It was that same look she always use to have with long ago, and here it was again, causing soft shivers to vibrate up his spine, before his own smirk began to make itself known, "Maybe you're right."
"Mr. Kimblee. We're ready to go." One of the men shouted as the others waited for command. All them, didn't look to happy, but who would when you're trying to find a murderer...Well, Maybe Kimblee did...and even Lily, but other than that, no one else seemed too excited about this. "Good, Men?" Kimblee looked to his side soldiers with a smile, and bowed his head to ignitiate his request, "I'd liked you to escort the Full Metal and his brother if you don't mind, while Winry, you can come with us; this place may be too dangerous for someone like you."
"Right..." Lilia could hear the uncertainy in the Winry's voice, but all the same she did as she was told, and stood next to Lily for support.
After that was settled, the rest covered the grounds with silence. Kimblee, Lily, the Central soldiers, and the Full Metal Alchemist began to walk down the middle, hoping to find a sign of some kind of life squirming within the shadows of these buildings...But just as the silence gave way, Lily noticed Edward and his brother Alphonse mumbling something under their breaths. She couldn't see their lips, but none the less, she as sensing that something wasn't right. She gazed at them a little longer before looking down at their friend to see she had began to look around the area with amusement in her eyes, "This place is so big...How would you be able to find in all this mess?" Lily could only smile and giggle a little as she patted Winry's shoulder, "That's the fun of the game, is seeking."
"Oh?"
"Well, I guess for a soldier it would be easy, but for someone like you...You could easily get lost considering how far Briggs goes out to. That's why we have the top soldiers on this job." Just then, a warm gloved hand caught her attention when it grasp her own. She was less than startled by it and merely looked her intertwined hand then up to Kimblee who merely smirk softly at her. Apparently he liked what she said and continued looking forward as they continued their search. Lily hadn't expect his hand to find hers in such a tender hold, but none the less, it eased the restless anxieties that bubbled up inside her still.
So, he can still tell I'm not myself...I'm still out of it from this morning...Damn it, Lilia Smith get a hold of yourself! Whatever it was, it couldn't attack us out here in broad daylight!...Could it...? I hope not. Oh... I really hope not!
"Stop thinking so much Fancy-Face. It's starting to show..." Lily looked up to the Crimson, only to see a tinge of suspicions in his eyes, if not more of worry if you could even call it that. When she saw that looked she stared up at him, blankly. It was then the worries inside her vanished and a small smile took her lips just as she squeezed his hand to reassure him, "I'm alright Zolf..." He gave her a skeptical look, which made her tug on his hand, with a widen of her eyes, "I am." She mumbled it softly enough for only Kimblee to hear it, never the less the mumbling made him chortle even softer than her words, "Good. I wouldn't want you loosing your focus. This man is dangerous."
"Not as dangerous as you." She muttered to get him look down at her again, this time with glint in both of their eyes that made the lust inside them grow. It grew so quick inside Kimblee that he stopped in his tracks, ceasing her mild footsteps, and turned her to him. He cupped the side of her face and slowly brought his face down till his nose touched hers; yet he stopped when he turned his head slightly to lower his lips to her ear, "I like to consider myself more of deadly, than dangerous..."
"What's the difference?"If they weren't surrounded by soldiers that were loaded to the teeth, she would've kissed him right then and there with the way he made her shiver under his finger's touch, but unfortunately, all good things had to come to an end.
When he pulled away, it was then that Miles had walked by, not even bothering to take a second when Lilia had noticed him. As much as she didn't want to care, her heart still tugged at her. She watched as he walked away towards the front of the crowd, and as he stopped to talked to the other soldiers about their progress, it was then she sighed and turned away from Kimblee to stop herself from making any matters worse. Either for herself or for the sake of, at least, respecting Miles as her 2nd Major in command.
"Hmm? Awe...I see." Lily didn't even bother to turn around when she heard Kimblee make the realization of what had made her turn away, and as she continued to walk, Kimblee skipped himself merrily next to her with a different kind of chuckle in his voice, "So, you're still not over him."
"No, I'm over him, I just don't want to cause anymore tention then there already is on finding Scar. We need to keep our minds clear as crystals and as sharp as knives to find this man, without clouding ourselves of something that can wait." It was then she turned her gaze from the soldiers to Kimblee again to have a look of searching within her dark green eyes, "Wasn't it you that say, dress warm, we will disappear into the bitter snow?"
"Mm, how could I forget..." It wasn't the letter he was remembering, but the events that had led up to it. If he could do anything right now it was relive it all over again.
"Right." She softly laughed once more and she smiled to his response, "So, we'll wait." Even though it was the right thing to do at this point, he could only roll his eyes in agreement all the while, mentally not wanting to, of course, "Kind of hard to wait when I have such a dying thirst for something that can't be quench with water. I'm getting cotton mouth just thinking about it." He sighed thoughtfully, making Lilia blush at his hidden urge that she too was starting to sense, "But, I'll wait. Just, know this..." Lily didn't move her eyes from his when he leaned, "The minute we're alone. I'd like to relive Ishval if possible..."
"Fuck, Kimblee, shut up! You're going to get us in trouble! Especially me." She had grabbed his hand with a tight grip trying to hide the uncontrollable urge that was also building up inside her, but just as she thought she could control it, he licked the shell of her ear with a husky chuckle. It was quicker than she could react to, and it left her shivering, even harder than before. Lilia was starting to feel a jump in her stomach; it was very familiar estatic sensation that only left her throb for a want that needed to be satisfied. She had felt this accelerated since those day of that Ishval war...
Ishval...
It was then she started to remember it all as they continued to walk in silence...
The days of Ishval...I almost forgot about those days...When the times were endless, and stood still for us...And I could be myself...
~Days Of Ishval: During the War~
She left her hand behind her head, staring off above at the structure to the tent she laid in. She wasn't sure why, maybe because she was BORED? Yep, bored. She waited for a certain someone to get back from his meeting with the higher ups since she wasn't classified for the little get together. After all that she did for them, she was just below the standards...Not to mention a young woman who had a bad temper if something didn't sit with her. So, she waited. She waited and waited for god knows how long until suddenly the sound of the tent's flap rustled next to her. Her heart jumped when she thought it was Kimblee, but when she saw it was just the wind, she sighed frustrated and sat up with patience beginning to grow weiry on her features, What the hell is taking him so long? An hour! It's been an hour since he left! Are you kidding me? Geez... She was a fiery girl when she wanted to be, and when that happened, she became antsy. Very antsy. So antsy she began to create her own alchemy in the palm of her hand, twirling it around and around until it made a mini tornado. She couldn't wait till her orders came back to go out and cause a little mayhem. She needed it.
It was another 20 minutes before Kimblee had actually made his way out of the General's tents, and with a look of content on his face no less. He liked his job, and what his commanders asked of him was more than what he wanted. Which was good for him. He couldn't ask for anything more than what he had. His job, and the woman waiting patiently in his tent. He couldn't believe she wasn't already waiting outside for him with a scowling look on her like she usually did when she got impatient. Too bad, he liked her waiting for him when the time came, but never the less, he made his way over to his area, and found his tent, passing under the flap of its opening when he noticed her eyes were closed and her breathing was more than peaceful. A soft smirk came across his lips as he admired her from where he stood, and continued to take in her peaceful features. He slowly made his way over to her, as quietly as he could till he was hovering above Lily, still taking in her full lips and delicate, beautiful features. Her eyes moved while she dreamt, for sure he could tell, and just as she breathed in, her lips parted slightly when she turned on her side. Her hands that were once above her head now laid on the side of it just as she shivered from the breeze that passed through the tent. Kimblee silently squat down in front of her canopy and put his arms up so he could relax his chin on them, admiring his sleeping partner...Or so he thought she was sleeping when he brushing some of her hair out of her face and behind her ear, but just as he did so, she mumbled tiredly, "You're late." The way her voice grumbled made the Crimson chuckle softly, trace her lips with his thumb and kissed her tenderly when she opened her eyes and smiled at him, "Forgive my tardiness. You know how they are."
"Yeah, they're all a pain in my ass is what they are."
"Heh, I agree. But, it's my job as an Alchemist and Agent of the military to go where duty calls."
"Yeah, yeah, don't remind me. So, when are we to depart my dear agent?" As much as Kimblee hated when she called him that, he could only give a cocked brow at her, making her giggle at him, which in return he couldn't help but give her a chuckle, "Tomorrow."
"Fuck."
"Language, young lady." He retorted tentively patting Lily's head as she cocked a brow at him like he had done to her, "Fuck, fuck...Fuck." She emphasized the word with a smirk only to get a teasing chuckle out of him as he cupped her face with his hands, brushing some of her strands from her face, "I'm going to have to tape that pretty little mouth of yours if you keep talking like that. A woman such as yourself shouldn't be saying such profanities." It was then she widened her smirk and sat her head up to meet him face to face. Her hair spilled over her shoulders with such a flow to it that it made Kimblee look her down from her shoulders to her opened cleveage, and back up to her face only to hear the girl hum a giggle as she watched him. He too smirked with an intent look in his fierce blue eyes.
"And a man such as yourself...Should be taking these lips as punishment." She taunted seductively before licking her upper lip with that same intent in her eyes. He got the drift, feeling the vibe of her restlessness coming off of her entire frame.
He had to say, he liked that idea, and like a tarot reader she seemed to almost, always read his mind. With a devilish smirk, he placed another kiss on her before pulling away to pierce her eyes with his own, "I should do more than that..." He taunted back pressing his lips hard against her own, making a small whimper escape her throat. In the opportunity of the kiss she smirked and pulled out his hair tie, and tangled her fingers in his dark raven hair. She pulled back with aggressiveness getting Kimblee to gasp a little, but that only worsened the flame growing within the pit of their bellies. He chuckled, "Oh, you want to play rough, huh?" He bunched up the back of her head with a hard tug, getting Lily to gasped out into the air, having a smile spread across her face as she felt Kimblee hover over her heated body, and made himself comfortable in between her legs, "I can play rough..." He crushed his lips against her neck and down her covered breast, which he revealed by lifting her shirt. No bra hid them away from his gaze and with a lick of his lips he nipped and sucked at her soft flesh with his lips, teeth, and tongue.
The fluttered heart in Lily's chest jumped for more, and her insides burned for him already as she sighed and pant from the burning touches. He sucked at one of her nipples and pulled as softly as he could with his teeth getting another tense arch and gasp out the girl. He always took her with a slow and rough manner that only made her scream when the times were right. Just like the first time he took her...God, how she remembered it. She remembered it like it was just yesterday...Well, okay it was only a couple months before they left Central, but none the less, everytime after that, his kisses and touches became more torturous. Now, she was going to get her revenge...She wanted to be in control this time, unlike her first time with him.
With a nearly soundless grunt, she wrapped her legs tight around his thighs, and waited for his lips to find hers again, so she could fill his mouth with her tongue. That's exactly what she when he hover over her face with his own only to find that look beaming behind his eyes. It was the ignition to get her grinding against him hard; in return an odd sigh released from the Crimson's nose before he grinded back just as hard, maybe even harder to get Lily to whimper in their heated kiss, "Mm, someone's fiesty today..." He tried to pull away to speak but she shoved her tongue into his mouth, deepening the kiss with all her might. Kimblee didn't mind. He didn't mind it at all, in fact he wrapped one of his arms around one of her thighs and pulled it up high enough for him to feel her warmth from the outside of her pants, "You have no idea..." She moaned back feeling him tighten his grip on the back of her head with his free had. His hand on her thigh moved upward to her bottom and gave a hard squeeze before he contiued higher still till he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and embraced her close to him till her hands roaming his back, made their way over his shoulders and between their chests. She lifted his shirt and fel out his abs with a sensual touch, massaging his skin with her fingers tips. The touch of her hands made the Alchemist groan before his lips made their way down her neck, kissing and sucking it till she was red and sore.
Their hands never stop touching eachother as they continued on. One of Lily's hands made their way to his belt bucklet loosening his pants more till she could fit her hand down his boxer shorts. They both smirked as and chortled at eachother when she finally got a hold of his stiffened member, and started pumping with a squeeze of her hand. God he loved the way she jacked him off. He never thought a woman of all people could please him like this...Not like he liked men or anything, but he didn't believe another woman could take charge the way Lilia did. She was just so good at it, for a beginner that is. He grunted softly to her touches, and began to move his hips with the motion of her hand, mumbling to go faster and harder, "Just like that Lily..." It was difficult for him to keep his sighs to a minimum, and the more he enjoyed it, the more he wanted the pleasure to grow. It had been so long since the first time, and it had been too long for his taste to get another round out of her, "My turn..." He smirked when he spoke, not giving Lilia anytime to register what he was about to do. He loosened her pants without fail, slid his hand down until he brushed his finger tips against her clitoris and started a circular motion causing the girl to shudder underneathe him, "Oh..." She gasped out in pleasure.
"Is this what you want?" He declared huskily, "Yes."
"I can't hear you love. You'll have to speak up..." He sucked at her ear lobe getting a soft moan to pass her lips, feeling his fingers roughen his strokes, "Yes! Yes, I want it, I want it..."
"That's more like it...I love hearing you beg...Beg for me Lilia." She nearly lost it when he entered a digit into her tight cavern, "P-Please." He began to pump his index finger in and out with a slow torture, causing Lily to pant and squirm underneath him. The tight sensation within her belly started to make her own hand hesitate in his pants, but she never let go of his cock, "Please, what?" He taunted with an uneasy breath as he slid in and out of her just a little faster, "More...Please, more..."
"More?" He removed himself from her tender breast till his lips captured her own. To his question she shuddered again when he added another finger, and moaned as she embraced him tightly to her, "You want more, Fancy-Face?"
"Yes...Yes!" She arched her back to his speed changing from slower to fast. This feeling was driving her crazy! So crazy she began to pump him even faster. The hesitations stopped and she continued her speed till he bit her lip and licked the outside of her mouth until he engulfed it with his own. Their muffled moans and sighs took the air as they continued to pleasure eachother, him thrusting his thick fingers into her very tight rose and her pumping his shaft till it pulsate uncontrollably in her hand, "...Mm..." Not too far off, Lily could already feel herself throbbing around his fingers and hetting closer to cumming. The same could be said for the soft grunting Alchemist hovering above her, feeling her friction roughen hard enough to where he groaned in between her breast, "Ah, ah, Zo-, Mm-," He lifted his head fast enough to where he bruised his lips against hers and continued to rub up against her. Both of them began to moan after the other till their orgasms collided...
But, just as he hit that one spot that drove her to the brink of that pastel white light, it had come to an end when a voice called out to Kimblee from outside, "Hey! Kimblee! You in there?" FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK! They both pulled away thinking the same thing as the man stepped into the tent, not expecting what he was about to see; luckily it wasn't anything, but the way Kimblee was positioned over Lilia, it was enough to make the General widen his eyes for a moment and growl after in annoyance, "Pull yourself together man! Are you daft?"
"Yes, acutally. You couldn't have waited outside the tent, Raven? Or were you just that eager to see me?" He laughed in a mocking manner as he sat up quick so Lilia could straighten herself out, pulling her clothes together, "Don't test me Kimblee I'm not in the mood. Now then, I need to speak with you. Alone, so if you don't mind? Hurry it up." With that General Raven left, but not without glaring at Lily who merely locked eyes with him. At first he seemed to have a dazed look on his face, but when she gave him a look of, What the hell are you looking at? He turned around and left without another word. She knew that man had it out for her since the day she made her way into the academy and passed her tests, but for what she didn't know. Maybe it was because Raven was jealous of Kimblee, but then again, it was only her opinion and not a fact, so she left it alone. Not like Raven would try anything, because if he did, Kimblee would give him what for, and that, Lilia couldn't miss if that day came. It entralled her thinking about it.
Now being pulled back into reality, Lily suddenly heard a frustrated sigh leave her Crimson Alchemist, but not before he licked his fingers clean, pulled his hair back into that famous pony tail of his, and shrugged his shoulders in disappointment, "Well, I better go see what the old man wants."
"Mm-Hmm." Was all she could reply looking up back up at him when he turned to her with that same lustful gaze as before. He almost seemed like he was pondering something for a second, but when he was finished he smirked that ravishing smile of his and squatted down in between her legs to cup her chin with hand, and place a tongue tying kiss before his departure, "Have you eaten yet?" He asked staring at her as she looked up thoughtfully. She merely shook her head with a sincere smile, "Nope."
"Well then, go eat. You'll need to keep up your strength." His hand never left her chin, neither did the other that brushed against her cheek with the back of his finger tips. She leaned into it with grace and kissed his hand tenderly, "Okay. Will you meet me afterwards?" He locked his eyes with her and smirked with a chuckle to follow it before flicking the tip of her nose with his tongue, making her giggle from the funny sensation, "Of course. I won't leave you there for long." She gave another sincere smile before kissing his cheek, "Alright. You better go before Raven blows a gasket."
"Right." He let his hand savor her before jumping to his feet and walked himself out of the tent while putting back on his jacket. Lilia watched his shadow fade from the tent, and when he was out of sight, she sighed softly, and picked herself up off her canopy. She combed through her hair as she looked for her own jacket, and decided to do as Kimblee told her. She was going to go eat.
She opened the flap letting the hot sun beam down on her face, and into her eyes which caused her to squint, "Geez. This is killer." She walked on looking around the fortress, where the soldiers ran passed her, or walked by with the look of exhaustion, depression, or burdens being able to be labeled on their faces. None of them seemed happy to be there, only except for her, Kimblee, and even the higher ranking officers who were probably getting more of a deal out of this than the them. It wasn't that she wanted to be on the battlefield, but she knew what she had signed up for, and excepted it as her job.
Lilia made it to the lunch line without any problems...Well, for the most part. Most of the guys were glaring, staring, or plainly just gawking at her as she walked the desert streets the whole way there, but she never mind it. She never let those things get to her.
Well, sometimes, "Hey, you!" At first she thought that the guy calling out was calling for someone else. But unfortunately that wasn't the case. He was definitely talking to her, and that was a fact when the man turned her around. The man was definitely alot taller than she was, he also look like an asshole from the way he talked down to her, "What do you think you're doing here little girl don't you know the battlefield is no place for a woman?"
"And the battlefield is no place for a man of your stature." Was all she replied before looking him up and down, "A man like you would be killed instantly on the battlefield because you're an easy target, and besides, isn't there a Ms. Hawkeye out here? She's never missed a target with that sniper rifle of hers, so get over yourself. Jerk." She tried to push pass him but the man growled and roughly grabbed her by her arm pulling her till their noses nearly touched, "Who do you think you're talking to? Your Kimblee isn't here to save ya...In fact..." He smirked, grinning disgustingly, "He doesn't seem to be around. He left you all alone..."
"Let...Go..." Her eyes flickered with rage as she growled those words to him in a dangerous tone, "Or what?" Those words gave Lily the initiative to clap her hands together and grip his arm. A white mist swirled around his tricep and bicep completely covering it till that mist turned into a very bright blinding light. The light consumed his arm, until there was nothing left but a bloody stub, spilling his blood onto the desert sand. The man screamed out in pain, seeing that not only was his arm completely severed, but the light she had recreated, never touched her own skin. The look he saw in her eyes, were merciless and deadly, if she had wanted she could've took his entire body with that light of hers, "YOU BITCH! YOU FUCKING BITCH!" He fell back in excruitiating pain, kicking his feet into the air when he fell to the dirt, "I think the only bitch here is you Mr...I'd get medical help if I were you...Before you die where you lay." With that she flipped her hair back behind her and continued on walking with the little food she had left on her plate. Every soldier there saw what happened, and distance themselves from where she sat down. Not just by what she did, but by the look that she carried on her darkened features. She didn't care, she merely began to take spoons fulls of the mush on her plate, and looked up into the sun with a sense of content after her ordeal. He deserved it after all from the way he touched her. No one was allow to hold her like that, not even Kimblee. She'd have killed him too if he ever touched her like that...She probably do worse for the things she had gone through with him, hell he was the one that saved her and cared for her when no one else did, he would've gotten worse for betraying her trust for him. But, she knew she didn't have to worry about that, he would always have her back. And that was okay with her.
Just thinking about him made her features fall calm again, and with a small sigh she smiled taking another bite from her plate. She sat there finishing up, and waited for Kimblee to show up like he said. It wasn't too long after she had finished the plate did she notice a certain someone coming from her right, and looked up to see a very calm and happy looking Alchemist sitting next to her, "Look at this...After what I heard I was afraid you would be in a bad mood." He taunted only to get a soft laugh out of her, "Oh, so you heard about my encounter?"
"Everyone's been talking about it since they brought that soldier into the infirmary."
"Ah."
"So, do you mind telling me what he did?" Lily sighed happily and leaned back against the sheltered brick wall, gazing up at the clouded blue sky above her, "He put his hands on me, so, in exchange I took his arm." Kimblee just chuckled patting her leg squeeze the thigh tenderly in praise, "A true Alchemist..."
"Why, Thank you." After that, the two sat in silence for a little bit while Kimblee finished up his food. Not that he ate much, he usually just drank the coffee and took bits and pieces of his bread. That pretty much got him through anything, and as long as he was good with it, so was Lily, "So, are you going to tell me what Raven wanted?" It was out of the blue, but Kimblee had expected nothing less from the curious girl, "Sure. He wanted me to tell you he wanted to see you after you ate. He has a little surprise for you." That woke up Lilia from her daze and she turned her gaze to him with a skeptical look, "He does? Hm, that's alarming. Do you know what he wants?"
"Can't say...I think you'll have to find out yourself." She felt uneasy about it, which only made Kimblee chuckle with a mouth full of bread when he saw her expression, "Don't worry. I think you'll like what he's going to give you."
"So you say..." He could tell she didn't want to go, but none the less, "It was an order." Lily rolled her eyes at those words and sighed in huff as she stood up, "Fine, fine, I'll go. Just stay here until I get back."
"Sure thing Fancy-Face." She turned to leave but just before she could get out of reach, Kimblee gripped her wrist and pulled her back to him, "Hey." She turned her head to see a familiar sly smirk on his face, "Come here." He crook his head to the side, signaling he wanted something before she left. Lily smiled knowing exactly what it was, and with a soft sigh she leaned in and kissed his lips tenderly, "Don't get into anymore trouble you hear me?"
"Yeah, yeah." As she departed, she merely waved him off, knowing he knew she meant well by it. He knew she'd listen, and couldn't help the sound of another chuckle leaving him at her rebeliousness; when he was finally alone, he had finished up his plate, and began to start finishing off his cup, "Mm, that's some good joe."
Lilia made herself through the crowd once again, and kept her eyes straight ahead until she made it to the tent where all the General's and other higher ranking officers usually stayed and had their secret meetings. In a cautious manner, she poked her head through the opening flap to see the officers hovering over their table, muttering things to themselves as Raven and Grom noticed the girl's eyes scanning them, "Ah! Ms. Smith! Just the woman we wanted to see..." Raven greeted happily with arms wide open to her, "Yeah, so I've heard. So, what did you want from me?" She walked in fully as she asked, but her question only seemed to anger the Basque Grom, "You insolent child! Don't talk to your superior with such disrespect!"
"Hmph, I'd have more respect if it wasn't for the intrusion earlier." Lily eyed Raven who merely chortle within his throat and approached her further, now with his hands behind his back, "Now, now, there's no need for being hostel, my dear Alchemists. I do apologize, really I do."
"Right."
"Well, take it as you will." He finally retorted, apparently feeling his patience wearing thin, "But, onto business eh? I've called you here for a special promotion." Her entire feature fell puzzled when he changed the subject to something that completely caught her off guard, "Promotion? For what?"
"Well, as you know it's never easy winning a war. For us, we've done many scientific experiments to get where we are today, and it's come to our attention that we, now, have the upper advantage."
"Mm-hmm. You mean you found something that will help us win so we can go home?" The General laughed again at the girl's bitter jokes and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, which made her skin crawl unnervingly, "Exactly! I'm sure everyone here, including yourself would like to be in your own bed back in Central?"
"Who wouldn't?"
"That's what I like to hear! A positive out look after all this blood shed has been put to rest. Especially from a very skilled Alchemist like yourself." He walked her over to the front their little table, before releasing her shoulder and walked himself over to the opposite side of it to seat himself in his chair. He laced his fingers together with a creepy smirk crawling onto his lips, all the while still admiring the girl from across the room, "But, I wonder... How skilled are you, Lilia?"
"Skilled enough to blowa man's arm off?" Her retorted causing that creepy smirk to widen into a grin, and with it her features changed as well into a more concentrated stare, "Well, how would like to enhance that Alchemy, by ten fold?" Lily crossed her arms thinking about it and stared at him with a questionable gaze. For a moment she didn't saying, but only after a few seconds did she smirk back and grin, "That'd be nice, I could blow off another 20 arms with that kind of magic."
"It's not magic my dear..." He trailed off in his sentence to pull out a tiny object from his coat pocket. Lily watched carefully as Raven extended out that had with the object to her, and placed the object in front of her, watching her expression change into a distraught one, "This, is a-,"
"Philosopher stone..." She could only finish his sentence in a light whisper while his features darkened with a mischievous smile, "Exactly...It will make you more powerful...And your Alchemy skills will be even better amplified. That is, if you don't mind using it?" She was completely baffled. She had heard the stories of the philosopher's stone, but never in her life did she think the Military of all people would have one. How did they even obtain this sort of thing? Should I ask? Does it even matter? After a moment, Lilia looked up with a very doubtful look on her face, which made Raven sit back with a similar look, "What's the catch?" It wasn't the quesiton or answer he was expecting, but none the less he laughed out loud, "There's no catch my dear, just return it after you've done your job...And we'll have no problems. Is that clear?" She looked from him to the stone, and gently picked it up in her hand, admiring the ruby color it glow with, "Crystal." She looked up at Raven, with a mesmorized look in her eyes...
It was after she left did she hold that ruby in her hand for dear life, afraid that if she wasn't careful, it would fall out of her pocket with her knowing.
The whole entire conversation stayed in the back of her mind, and all the while she walked back to the camp, wondering what the hell she was suppose to do with it when the time come to use her Alchemy. How would it 'amplify' her? Would it just do it on its own, or was there some magic spell to release the stone's power?
This whole time, it was suppose to be a fairy tale in Alchemy books to obtain a stone like this, and it was suppose to be nearly impossible to find, yet here it was in her hand hidden in the hole of her pocket. It was too real for her to grasp, and as she walked back she refused to show any emotion. She didn't really know how to react. I should see if they gave one to Kimblee...I have a feeling they did. Of course, it never took her long to get somewhere at the speed she walked, and when she reached the quarters of the eating area, she noticed more people had come back from the battlefield.
One recognized to be Riza Hawkeye, another being Maes Hughes and the other being the notorious Roy Mustang. The Flame Alchemist. They were all tired, and troubled about something, and from what Lily could make out and wonder...Of course it was the obvious; they weren't happy being there, in the war. "This isn't right." She heard Hawkeye say with sorrow in her voice, "Please, tell me something Mustang. Why are soldiers killing citizens, when we should be protecting them? Why is Alchemy that suppose to bring good fortune being used to kill them? " Riza sounded like she was on the brink of tears, but it was then, before Roy could answer, that Kimblee chuckled and answered her question. One that he had once told Lilia before she ever signed those papers they gave her for being a soldier...An Alchemist of the Military, "Because that's what we do. It is the job of a State Alchemist. You ask why we're here to kill them instead of protecting? Because that is the duty placed upon a soliders." Kimblee looked up at them with a calm smile, "Am I wrong?" He also looked to Lily who locked eyes with a similar calm expression; unfortunately for the rest of them, they were very uneasy with his answer, especially Mustang, "Are you saying that we should except this devastation as part of our job?" The Crimson looked up puzzled, more like thoughtfully as he pondered the question, "Well now, let's see. How can I put this in prospective." He then locked eyes with Hawkeye, "Miss, you seem reluctant to be here. That's the face you're making as I can see." He was right, and they all knew it. Hawkeye very much unhappy to be where she was.
"But," He started darkening his features as he smiled, "Can you honestly tell me that the second you take down your enemy, you don't feel the least bit of satisfaction or pride?...Miss Sniper?" As much as Kimblee was trying not to taunt her like he loved to do to everyone, it seemed that his words were seeping into her. It was as apparent as day, Lily could tell she was afraid of her own satisfaction for her skills, and that somewhat saddened her, "SHUT YOUR MOUTH KIMBLEE!" Lily was startled by Roy's outburst and watch as Roy ran to the Crimson and grabbed him up by the collar of his shirt. Lilia was about to jump in, but Kimblee put up his hand, signaling her to stay out of it. That he could take care of it. Reluctantly, she obeyed and keep a firm expression on her face, "I really don't understand you people. The battlefield is after all, a place of killing the enemy. Did you put on your uniforms without realizing what you were going to be ordered to do?" That took the Flame by surprised. But it was then that Kimblee removed Mustang's hand from his coat, and stood before the dark haired man, "Always look forward, and never avert your eyes from the ones you kill..." He leaned into his face, again with an even darker feature than he had before, "Never forget them. Because I'm certain that they will never forget you..."
Silence took over them only before the bell rang for everyone to get back to work. Kimblee smiled and turned to Lilia as he straightened out his collar, "Well, look at the time... I guess it's back to work. Lily?" She didn't speak at first, but turned to Hawkeye, Mustang, and Hughes who watched Kimblee as he walked away, "He's...He's right you know." Mustang looked to Lily with a contemplating look, obviously still taking in those words the Crimson spoke as they cemented themselves into his jead, "What? You agree with him?" She didn't answer at first, but then nodded her head with a sincere look in her eyes, "When I signed those papers Roy, I thought about it long and hard. I go where the Military takes me, whether bad or good...This is my job, unfortunately. And, I signed up for it. I do as I'm told. I'm a soldier, not a citizen. Not anymore." With that, she gave a soft smile, and ran off before he could say anything. They might've not been the words she wanted to say, but, Kimblee was right. This was their job, and all they could do was make the best of it.
It didn't take long for Lily tocatch up to him, and she did, all she could was give him a steady glance. He noticed it when she pulled up beside him, and only laughed softly, "What's that look for?"
"You didn't need to be like that?"
"Eh? Like what, I was merely being honest. It's the truth. You know that as well as I do, remember?"
"Yeah, but talking to me is entirely different than talking to them. They've been having a hard time, couldn't you have been a little nicer about it?" The comment made him laugh even harder, "Are you serious? Lily, they obviously were ignorant when they came here, now that they see what War's really about, their painted picture of 'what a solider is' had diminished."
"But-," Immediately Kimblee cut her off putting his hands in his pockets, "Tell me something Lilia, when you asked me about being a solider, did I sugar coat it for you?"
"Well, no-," He abruptly stopped Lily with a straight face when he turned to her, "Then what makes you think that I would do that for anyone else?" She didn't know what to say. That look in his eyes frightened her slightly, and it was apparent. He didn't like that look on her as much as he would've loved it on anyone else; when he realized this, he mellowed out, and sighed, "Did you talk to Raven?" The question was so random that she needed a second to think about before she responded with a nod, "Good." He laced his arm with hers and took her along with him. She wasn't sure if she should say something. After all, Lily didn't take any crap from any one, and Kimblee knew that, which pissed her off that he thought he could act like that and not get her to respond back. It was then he nudged her playfully while they walked out into the town, "Come on Lily Pad, Don't be like that, I was just trying to make a point."
"You didn't have to get such a stick up your ass about it. Anyone else you can talk to like that, but not me." He could plainly see she was mad at him and in all honesty he did regret it. It was then he laughed softly and placed a hand under her chin to turned her annoyed gaze to him, his smirk widening when he studied the cute pouty face she was making and couldn't help but kissed her lightly. She couldn't believe it but that one single little kiss, melted some of the annoyance away, and when he pulled away he stared deeply in her eyes, almost apologetically, "Please don't be mad at me...I didn't mean it." Lily scanned his eyes a little longer before she closed her eyes sighing and smiled back, "Fine. But you owe so big later..." He knew what she meant and merely laughed through his nose, "Oh, I plan on looking forward to it, Fancy-Face." With that, the two Alchemist's wrap their arms around another and continued to walk their way to the battlefield.
Even when they stepped foot onto Ishvallan soil they stayed connected, acting as if nothing was wrong, "Do what to know how to use that little present of yours?"
"How?" She looked up at him knowing what he meant. It was only obvious, since she was curious to know if he had one, and that was her answer when he asked such a question, "Just clap your hands..." He whispered it into her ear before licking the shell...
Out of nowhere a shot was heard, and it was then two pulled away sharply clapping their hands at the same time to cause an extraordinary color that took the sky. It wasn't just red...It swimmed with a mix of white, making the flash of their Alchemy swirl around their enemies like a tornado, and in a big 'Kaboom', the alchemy exploded with a roar that shook the ground beneathe them, "Whoa..." Was all Lily could say in utter awe. She never expect their Alchemy to combine as one and it was just when she watched her beautiful Alchemy take over the ground and sky. It was truly, beautiful. Even Kimblee enjoyed it as he clapped his hands again, getting a tremendous thrill in his body as the explosion made their noise after the other. Even Lilia was starting to get a thrill and followed Kimblee's lead as they laughed through the valley of Ishval.
"This is incredible!" She panted as she began to run, twirl and jump into the air with Kimblee leading the way as he ran like a wolf about to catch its prey, "Oh...you have no idea love...No idea!" His grinch like grin excited her, and her body dancing around her Alchemy only enthralled the Red Lotus as well. They both were getting a kick out of one anothers ultimate power. It was one explosion after the other that left the two laughing hysterically into the night...With the screams of the Ishvallan people echoing into the air as they fell victim to the two Alchemists'.
It was only later that early-evening did they end up going in seperate directions, enjoying their own time alone with the mass murdering. Lilia never knew using her alchemy at this rate would excite her to the point that she was starting to become, sexually frustrated by it all. She wanted more than just to take down her enemy, to hear their cries of agony and the smell of their flesh clogging up her nostrils. She wanted to ride the wave out on top of Kimblee...
Completely hypnotized by the scene before her, she could hear her Crimson Alchemist in the distance, and turned her glossy eyes to him when his red explosion came into view. It was as red as blood and drove Lilia insane to have more of it. She had literally snapped out there in the wasteland. Not like all the other times she had acted a little...Out there. No, this time, she wanted more death to surround her, she wanted to see more blood fly up into the sky like the color of Kimblee's Alchemy. She jumped down from her spot up on one of the abandon buildings where she had literally tore the Ishvallans in dismemberment for her pleasure, and walked over their ripped body, till her boots were completely cover in the color she desired...Red. She licked her lips hearing Kimblee's laughter echo into the air, and hearing his explosions follow up one by one like a orchestrated symphony. Her heart was pounding from the rushes, and the shivers running up and down her spine, and it worsened as her body shook with anxiousness...There was just one thing she wanted to do besides kill...She need something that one Kimblee could give, something she wanted right now, and couldn't wait until later... She climbed the back side to the building Kimblee hovered over, coming up to the top till she watched him holding the philosophers stone in between his fingers, watching his work of art take notice before him, "Ah, what nice sound...Truly, a nice sound that resonates throughout the depths of the body." The ambers below took flight all around the city, and with the stone in hand he raised it up to his view and admired it with his cold eyes. "My spinal cord dances in sadness and my eardrums tremble in delight. And the joy of being able to feel that on this earth where it is always partnered with death...What a fulfilling job." His hypnotizing words made the girl smirk with the same joy he wore as she listen to his poetic sonit. He then stuck the gem into his mouth and held it within his teeth with a deep satanic expression over taking his features that made Lily think of how much that look suit him. He always looked happier when in a War he could take down a single clap of his hands. And when he clapped his hand with that look, it caused vibrant chills to electrify throughout the White Lotus' entire being. She slowly took steps towards him as he lit the sky up with another one of his mystical explosions causing her mind and soul to shudder even more as she heard more screams of pain and agony take the streets...It was then that grin on his face was more than she could take. It was just devious, and cruel, she loved everything about it. Kimblee threw his head back at the sights blinding him, and cupped his head in astonishment of his masterpiece, "HA HA HA HA HA! UNBELIEVABLE! THIS STONE IS AMAZING!" His oblivious glee echoed out into the world, letting anyone who wasn't dead hear his reign of joy, and when the echoed hit the distance of the mountains, it was then that Lily had reached her hand out to his shoulder and got his attention, having his face turn back to the mesmorized girl with such a gloss in both of their eyes. Her hand at her side crawled up his tank top and gripped onto it with a lustful look consuming her eyes.
Kimblee could she was very much enjoying herself as well, but to the extent that he needed to fill a void that left her wanting him. He could sense it. With that thrilling anxious over powering his body, he picked up Lily by her legs and bruisingly wrapped them around him. He stare at her with that grin still over his face before he grip the back of her head by her hair and violently kiss her soft lips till he pried her mouth open with his tongue and rummaged through her mouth till he found her appendage and wrestled it for dominace. He grinded his hips against her with a grunt, feeling a whimper leave her as she pulled off her jacket, and rumped up against her till his groin rubbed up against her heat. She panted for more, "Fuck me Zolf...Just fuck me...Fuck me right here..." And he did nothing more than chuckle, traveling his harsh lips and tongue down her neck till he bit hard into her flesh, getting a loud screaming moan to take the air around them, "Mm, right here huh? Yeah...I like that...I like that alot..." He clapped his hands above his head, a created a blinding red light that surrounded the two while he fell back to an abandoned chair, letting the crazed, craving woman above him take control, letting her rip the belt from around his waste till she could find what she was looking for making the Crimson sigh and groan with delight...
~Present~
"Lily? Lily...? Lily!" Lilia was startled out of her day dream and could only look to Kimblee who was nudging her harshly, "Huh?
"What is wrong with you today? Am I going to have to send you back to the Fort?"
"What? Shut up...!" She grumbled at her chuckling Alchemist who noticed her blushing red cheeks, as well as her lip biting which made him lean into her ear, "You look like you're reminiscing on something...Thinking about last night?" He taunted and teased only to get her to push him away, "Wouldn't you like to know, Mr. Crimson..."
"Maybe I do." He hummed, "Later." That's all she could say with an incredible look hinting behind that myserious, 'innocent' stirring in her eyes. It made Kimblee puzzled to see it, but none the less he familiarized himself with that glimmer in her dark green orbs and sudden began to remember it...It was a look of lust and want that in response to his clever assumption, made Lily smirk when she knew what he saw, and with no words exchanged, she walked ahead of him hoping to ignore the anxieties dwelling, echoing and rippliing inside her for now...It was only when she wasn't near him was she able to recooperate from her day dream and stared up at the buildings like she was suppose to be doing, "So, the man is Ishvallan, right? What else does the description say about him?"
"He has a 'X' shape mark across his forehead."
"Heh, I take it that's where he got the name?" She asked the unknown soldier next to her, "Yes, ma'am."
"Hmm, alright. I want another spread out here, you two sets head out that way."
"Yes sir!"
"It's ma'am to guys!"
"Right..." Lily smiled at the groups as they went off laughing softly at their goof up. Before long it became apparent that two Elric brothers were awefully quiet, which made Lily look over to them as they huddled for a quick second, and burst out with a sudden frantic looks across their faces, "AHHH! What's that over there!" Everyone turned to the entrance they were pointing at seeing it was a building that was a little older than other buildlings in its quaderant, and for anyone one that was looking at what the boys were pointing at, they didn't see anything.
Usually, anyone in a group would've waited for their superiors to catch up with them, but for these two brothers, they wasted no time making their way towards 'what they saw', and which by Lilia's standards, meant fishy business. She didn't see anything and neither did Kimblee, which made them both look at one another suspiciously, and it worsened when the boy darted into the building leaving behind the gang of men that Kimblee had watching over the two, "Hey get back here!" The blonde with glasses and a mustache shouted, "Yeah! wait for us!" The taller and bigger one yelled back, but the boys refused to answer.
It was now, Kimblee, Miles, Lily and couple soliders waiting for the 'body guards' to come out with the boys, but minutes passed when the soldiers had come out empty handed. All in the mean time, Lilia was scanning her eyes around everyone to notice Winry had gone missing too right after the Elrics had run off, "So, I haven't lost that 6th sense after all." Lily mumbled under her breath getting everyone to look at her and that look of fiery in her eyes. She could feel the boys were up to no good and since Winry decided to follow them, this had proven that her suspicions were correct this whole time, "Heh, so you knew this would happen?" Kimblee's words merely made the girl smile up at him innocently, knowing that he was only talking about the brothers, and the not girl, "Yep." She sighed her reply, and continued to walk along the snow, kicking it with her boots without another word. It came to Kimblee's attention that ever since the early morning when he met up with her, Lily had acting off on her game, but now that she was starting to ease up, it seem that her persona had changed again, this time in front of everyone. Besides that look he caught of hers earlier, her entire mind had been set was to turbo and a sharp like a pin...Like in Ishval...
Is she... "Mr. Kimblee! Do you want us to go after the Elrics?" Kimblee snapped out of his concentration and looked to the soliders with a distasteful look, "Yes, follow them in."
"Yes, sir." The men were off in a hurry leaving Kimblee to suddenly notice that Winry had disappeared now, "Where's Winry?" He asked the two soldiers that were mainly suppose to be watching her this whole time, but it seemed that they had lost track of her and panicked when they had no answer, "Uh, we must've lost her during the Elrics disappearance." One said meekly, only to get a glare from the Alchemist, "You lost her?"
"It was a mistake." The man tried to save his ass, but Kimblee turned to him with even more annoyance, "For crying out loud, what were you doing?"
"Sorry about that." The soldier made a face thinking that the Crimson didn't see it, but as sharp as his eyes were, he caught it. Unfortunately before he could say anything, Kimblee noticed Miles approaching him, and looked over to him, "I'll find her. Two people from Charlie's Squad, come with me."
"Yes sir!" It was then when two of the soldiers followed that Kimblee looked to the Major carefully, "Major Miles..." Saying his name the way he did, made Miles turn back to the Alchemist, "I know, Scar right? If we spot him, we'll contact you. Until then, just watch out for Lilia will you?" That was all he said before continuing out, feeling Kimblee's stare burn into the back of his neck until Kimblee tried turning his attention to his other soldiers, noticing now that someone else was missing...Lily! "Oh great, now where's Lillian!" He grunted getting the others to look around, "I don't know sir, she didn't say anything about leaving."
"Do you think she went with the another Squad, sir?" Another soldier asked only to get no answer from him. It appeared that the Crimson was in deep thought at this point, and concentrated on wondering where his White Lotus ran off to. She usually didn't run off like this unless something caught her attention to make her do so, If I'm not mistaken...She probably had some kind of theory of hers and ran off without anyones consent...That's always like her to do something as crazy as this...Oh Lily, Lily, Lily. What am I going to do with you? As he looked around him he circled his eyes around Baschools surroundings, and studied the abandoned buildings. It was only then when he noticed a dark shadow run across windows, seeing dark green hair sway out from his sights, and deeper into the bricked structure. He knew now for sure that his assumptions were correct making him smirk pleasantly at the girl's curiosity, and wondered himself of what that woman was up to. Or what it was that she had found...
Next-Chapter 10: Break
Remember that demon inside?
Remember the blood?
Do you at least remeber the pleasure and the thrills of war?
It's all coming back to you now isn't it?
It's just like old times...
Cheers
Okay, so this one wasn't as good as I hoped, but there's so much more coming up that I could've probably fit it on this chapter, but I like to keep you all in suspense, Mwuahahaha! Cuz' I'm evil, that's why lol j/k. Well, I at least hoped you like it and stick around for the next one, don't worry it won't be too long...Especially since I'm working on the next one now, and Greed's story is going to be coming out in two days? Or less? You'll want to stick to the edge of your seat...Until next time! This is me signing off *click click*
