Aaaand this last chapter for this day! ^^ It's 11:40pm here...aw man...I could use some shut eye myself...*yawns* Otakugirl I hope you and the rest enjoy! Ok...now it's 12:32am...meh...

Curtains up!

Greed's Wrath

"Heads up!" Greed shouted, punching Father in the face before kicking his stomach ,sending him straight for Ling, who was waiting at the opposite side.

Ling jumped in the air and spun once, kicking Father away to land harshly on his front. This was bad, he was weak and faced two powerful opponents, Greed and the Xingese prince.

He couldn't tell which one was which apart from their voices, Greed's was deeper while the prince's was lighter. However, they were careful not to talk too much and they even wore the same clothes, this posed a threat to him and his ultimate goal.

Father tried to keep track of both Greed's and the prince's movements but they were fast.

What he assumed was Greed, kept running around him in circles, mostly sticking to his field of vision at the front while the prince tended to stray toward the back and attack from his blind spots.

Damn it.

They switched seven times now, Father had no idea anymore who was who. He tried dodging or blocking their hits, but it seemed nearly impossible. They were slowly gaining the upper hand, he couldn't have that. If Hohenheim's kid arrived here, he would be in big trouble.

"Greed!" Father shouted angrily, hoping for the Homunculus to fall for the trick and react to his name being called.

"Yes old man?" both men answered at the same time, Father cursed, not knowing whose voice belonged to whom.

"Greed my son, I demand you to return to your Father's side and fight these vermins!"

"Pff yeah right, sorry to disappoint ya pops but that ain't my style," Greed taunted, teeth showing and all.

"Yeah, ya can't satisfy my avarice old man, besides fighting on the good side sorta has its perks, I get to play prince once this shit is over," ...this was increasingly difficult.

Not only couldn't Father tell them apart by appearance but also because the prince had obviously memorized and adapted accordingly to Greed's vocabulary and way of speaking as well as modifying his voice to a deeper tone, now nothing could tell them apart anymore.

Greed had wisely covered his Ouboros tattoo on his left hand with a bandage, the prince also wore one, so Father couldn't orientate himself on that.

Father grinned suddenly.

"What the-? Ling! Bad news! The bastard's grinning like a sly fox! Why the fuck is he grinning?!" Greed spoke in their shared mind via mind link, it came in handy when in separate bodies.

"Grinning? Do you think he's got something planned?" Ling felt uncertain.

"I don't know but we will find out," Greed went into motion, attack Father's back with his claws which were coated in his shield.

They had switched positions, Greed taking up the rear and Ling staying primarily in Father's field of vision to confuse the bastard even more.

"Arghh!" Ling released a loud battle cry, charging straight for Father.

The next thing Greed heard wasn't a yelp of pain or a grunt from the man that had created him, rather it was the sounded of flesh tearing apart, as well as a startled gasp from...Ling?

What the hell?

When Greed turned around, his violet eyes widened in horror, "LING!"

He saw how the body of the prince was impaled by Father's hand in his stomach, blood soaking the front of his shirt and Father's arm and robe.

No...

This wasn't happening...

' .Happening!

Father roughly removed his hand from within Ling's stomach, blood gushing out from the excess wound.

Ling's eyes met Greed's and that's when something inside the Homunculus snapped when he saw in how much pain he was as his body fell to the ground.

Greed released a pained cry from deep within his tortured soul, immediately charging at the man as he sliced one arm off, clawing repeatedly at his back, kicking and punching him wildly.

Father tried to retaliate but was met by Greed's flying fist as it came crashing into his face, Greed grabbed Father's leg before he could be swept off his feet by the impact, slamming him hard against the ground then swinging him up and slamming his leg against his chest.

Father came crashing toward the ground, shattering earth and debris flying everywhere, but Greed wasn't done yet, not as long as that abomination kept breathing and that stone still pulsing inside of him.

Father never saw the clawed hand plunging into his chest from behind, right there where his heart would be, instead replaced by a red stone. Greed held the stone in his grasp, blood running down his arm as he shattered the stone between his fingers.

Father's eyes turned wide and completely white, his mouth falling open as he now hung limply only held up by Greed's arm.

Greed pressed his foot against his back and roughly kicked him away before he sprinted towards Ling and propped him up, his head against Greed's knee as he assessed the damage.

Violet eyes widened in horror.

He was losing blood. A lot. And fast.

There was a large hole in Ling's stomach, blood steadily flowing from his mouth.

No...

"L-Ling...hey Ling! Ling!" Greed pressed his hand against Ling's wound, trying to stop the bleeding.

It was futile, Greed knew, but he couldn't give up.

"Ling! HANG IN THERE DAMN IT! DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME YOU BASTARD! WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER!" Greed shouted helplessly, blood was seeping through his fingers...

No...it...it...

"G-Greed..." Ling muttered, coughing out more blood.

"What the hell are ya doing?! Rest you fool!" Greed suddenly felt his eyes sting.

What was this?

"L-listen, Greed...i-it's ok...everything's alright..." Ling, with great difficulty, smiled brightly up at Greed, for the last time.

Ling's eyes closed, Greed's opened.

He had lost the one person that had accepted him first, lost the person he could count on and trust...he had lost his best friend...

Ling...

No...

The stinging in his eyes was back full force.

The Homunculus Greed the Avaricious...

Shed tears for the first time in his life...

The only thing Ed and the others heard from a distance was a terrifyingly pained cry and they knew something must have been wrong.

Very wrong.

Hope it was good OtakuGirl! ^,^