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Guest: Hey there, thanks for reading my story here :) Lena is my very own OC I created as a "partner" for Greed (since I ship Lingfan so much ^^).
Daughterofapollo12345: (hums thoughtfully) Hm...I don't know, maybe I've written it wrong. Thanks for the compliment! :)
Please enjoy this Greed X Lena one shot!
INFO ON CHAPTER: Set AFTER their first initial meeting where Greed tried kidnapping Mei Chang and BEFORE Mustang and his gang transmute a truck (into a ice cream truck) to get close to the military. Also, I've had the important parts long written out, I just smoothed it out and added a few details here and there.
A Homunculus Can't be Trusted
He is severely injured, because of Father injecting a poison into his body that somehow affected Greed's healing abilities, his forearm and right shoulder were injured and he felt a unfamiliar weakness spread through him.
"Damn...daddy sure knows how to punish when we misbehave huh?" Greed growled, fighting against the poison infesting his body and preventing him from activating his shield.
"You brought this upon yourself! Trying to kidnap Mei and then picking a fight with Lena too! I should skewer you for this!" Ling complained loudly amidst the abyss of souls swirling around him, irritated at his counterpart.
Greed panted lightly, sweat beading down the side of his forehead from exhaustion, "Yeah well...I had a job...before I left them anyway," he growled, gripping at his shoulder tightly.
"Greed!" Ling shouted in alarm and Greed opened his eyes to look ahead.
A whole mob of people was heading straight at him, Greed cursed under his breath, attempting to stand up and make a run for it but his side shot up in pain and he winced, falling back down to the ground on his knee. He had never found himself at the mercy of humans before, he growled, glaring at the incoming mob.
He wished he had his healing powers at least, he knew his body was regenerating, but not at the speed he wanted to. Which meant, as long as he was regenerating, he couldn't put his shield up to protect himself.
What a joy.
Ling kept pestering him to switch, but he shushed him, it would make matters worse, Ling wouldn't have the same healing factor and Greed could take a beating or two more than the prince, at least that's what he kept chanting in his head as the angry mob of shouting people and raised weapons drew nearer.
And just like that, his view was blocked by a figure with a staff-like weapon, the figure was female as far as Greed saw, she had dark brown hair that fell messily just over her shoulders and-
His eyes widened when, instead of turning around to face him and stab at him, she presented her back to him and faced the crowd, her staff, with a deadly-looking blade at the end, held protectively in front of her, in front of him.
"What the-?" Greed's eyes widened.
She stepped forth, the woman he remembered as "Lena", whom he fought once or rather where she tried saving the Xingese princess from his grasp, her voice was loud and clear when she spoke, authority lacing her words, "What do you think you are doing to this poor man?" Greed froze, looking up at her questionably.
"Lena! Oh we are saved!" Ling cheered in his head but Greed felt uneasy, what was she doing here?!
Her eyes were narrowed at the crowd, resting her weapon on her shoulder, the blade catching the light and the metal shone eerily with a deadly gleam to it, a few stepped back, but one man stepped forward and shouted angrily, "Step aside! We ain't got any business with you! This bastard is a Homunculus! Homunculi killed my friends! They are nothing but trouble!" everyone shouted out in agreement.
Lena frowned, adjusting her grip on her weapon, "You say Homunculi killed your friends, but this particular one didn't?" she rose an eyebrow in question, standing in front of Greed tall and firm, Greed blinked in surprise.
The man hesitated briefly before his temper flared again, his voice laced with surprise, "Well...no, I don't think so, but his kind still killed them!" the mob shouted out in agreement again and Lena felt her nerves thinning dangerously.
Lena grit her teeth and shouted angrily back, "So that means another Homunculus is responsible for their deaths! Not him! You have no right to harm him if he didn't harm you got that?! Ever heard of equality? Justice? No? I know for a fact that some of my friends work with this guy, the guy who opposes his own kind in order to fight for the good side! He's fighting to protect people like you who don't give a rat's ass about what happens to him!" she slammed the heavy metal hilt of her weapon to the ground, the concrete beneath her cracked loudly beneath the force.
She scoffed angrily, glaring at the now wide eyed man, "I would rethink your decisions carefully if I were you,"
The man had the stupid guts to ask, "Or what?" daringly.
Lena frowned, lifting her Quandao and resting the deadly tip lightly against the ground, gaze steady and a small smirk lining her features, "Or you deal with me. If you try to harm this man, I'll make sure to harm you!" her eyes narrowed in warning, she didn't stray from her position in front of Greed, who was too stunned to speak or react in any way.
Bit by bit the mob cleared, but not entirely, some still tried to attack them, so Lena did the only thing she could think of: she hoisted Greed up, supporting half of his weight against herself and ran away from them.
They finally lost them and moved in a alley where they hid and remained quiet until she was sure nobody was chasing after them anymore. She turned to the injured Homunculus, who was leaning against the wall for support and kneeled down next to him.
Lena healed Greed with a bit of Alkahestry Mei had taught her, she mentally praised her friend for teaching her basic healing alchemy, since it definitely came in handy now.
Greed remained silent all the while, staring at her. She cleared her throat and teased, "Some people think its rude to stare, ya know?" she concentrated on healing him, not minding his lack of response.
"Oh sweet mother of-! She learned Alkahestry!? That's...amazing. I didn't think she would, Ed said she relied more on close combat than her alchemy..." Ling noticed Greed's lack of snarky remarks, "Greed? You alive? Greed?"
After she was finished healing him, Greed tested out his shoulder and smirked at Lena, "Gee, thanks for bailing me out of there, you really saved my ass back there-"
Greed froze when she slammed the hilt of her weapon beside his head, her gaze furious, "Just what the hell did you do to invoke their wrath huh? I only defended you because I know Ed and the others trust you, I also know that Ling is still in there, so I think you aren't too much of a bad guy. But tell me, Homunculus, did you hurt any of them?" she fixed him with stare, growling.
Greed met her gaze fearlessly, "No, I didn't. I got injured while running away from the old man. I went through here and the mob started chasing me for no reason, that's all. I think that Gluttony may have had something to do with it, he could be here somewhere," Lena looked at him for a while longer before sighing and removing her weapon.
"Alright, at least you gave me no reason to regret my decision, yet." She placed her weapon down on the ground.
Greed scoffed, "Guess my savior isn't the nicest person out there is she?" he rose an eyebrow.
Lena snorted, " You don't even know me,"
Greed smirked, "You're right, I don't. Hi, I'm Greed, first class bad boy Homunculus and run away son of the worst dad in the world, at your service!" He bowed in his sitting position, taking her hand and kissing it, she rose an eyebrow but made no gesture to hit him, which was a good sign.
"Just what are you doing?" she asked suspiciously, eyebrow nearly reaching her hairline.
The Homunculus seemed mock surprised, "Me? Call it starting over. I get the feeling we got off on the wrong foot," he shrugged and slowly stood up with Lena following suit. He looked down at her calmly.
Lena replied dryly, "I get the feeling that foot is already in the grave," Greed laughed, flashing sharp teeth at her.
"I like ya, got a bit of spark and bark in ya." He eyed her weapon, "Nice choice of weapon too, not my style but it's classy,"
Lena snorted and sighed, "Right, well, my name is Lena, I'm a good friend of Ed and Al. I heard about the incident with the Homunculi so I decided to make a detour and help out," she didn't bother shaking hands with him.
Greed rose an eyebrow, "So, you aren't from here?"
Lena shook her head, "I've been traveling." She offered no further explanation and Greed didn't pry, "So, where are Ed and the others?" she asked him calmly.
Greed scratched his head, "Uh..yeah... ya see, I kinda got separated after the old man got me so...I have no idea. Maybe at Headquarters?"
Lena shook her head doubtfully, "Doubt it, the place would be swarming with enemy soldiers by now," she walked forward, towards the exit of the alley they have been hiding in. When he didn't follow, she looked back, "Are you coming grandpa or not? Don't tell me I have to carry your ass all the way till there?"
Greed was pleasantly surprised by her invitation to follow her and smirked, winking at her, "Ah, so ya like my ass huh? Thanks, I trained it myself," Greed winked again, grinning when she rolled her eyes but a smile tugged at the corner of her lips.
"As if, asshole, that's my ass!" Ling crossed his arms, frowning.
"We talked about this prince, it's shared land," Ling snorted at Greed's comment.
"Just...try not to drive me insane with your jokes," she seemed playfully irritated and that amused Greed to no end.
Greed chuckled and said casually, "No promises toots," Lena shot him a pointed glare at the pet name, but he just whistled and smirked.
With her weapon in her hand, she started walking ahead, "...And keep your hands to yourself," she warned, fixing him with a sidelong glance.
Greed held his hands up in defense, "I beg your pardon, but I'm not that type of guy sweetheart. That is, only if you want me to be," he grinned saucily and she huffed in annoyance, briskly walking toward the street and Greed followed after her.
Part 2? :)