A/N: This chapter will be based off of the first OVA from Fullmetal Alchemist the original anime, except it will be altered a little bit to fit Brotherhood.
Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. If I did, Greed wouldn't have died...*sniff sniff*
Central City, Amestris, 1905
A tall girl with long flowing black had that came down to about 6 inches below her hips sighed as she adjusted her outfit. She wore a pair of tight fitting black leggings with silver diamond patterns along the sides of the leggings. Over top of the leggings she wore a silver mini skirt with white lining around the bottom. On her torso she wore a black long sleeved shirt with white lining around the bottom of the collar and silver linings along the bottom of the sleeves.
She had a black ribbon tied around her neck, under the collar of the shirt and wore a white zipped up sweater. The sleeves on the sweater came down to her elbows and had black linings along the bottom of the sleeve. Along the bottom of the sweater which went down to her waist was more black linings. At the top of her sweater was a long light purple collar that folded down over her shoulders.
Her eyes, that were a beautiful deep blue color, shifted and adjusted to the bright morning light as they scanned the building before her. "Central." She whispered silently.
I still have too long a life ahead to get rid of these feelings, right?
I want to try doing over all the things I've left undone.
I thought I was running after something carried over from my dreams,
Yet I'm stumbling into people on this narrow, winding road.
It's not like I want things to go back to the way things were back then,
I'm just searching for the sky I've been losing,
Here's hoping you'll understand,
Stop making that sad face as though you were a victim,
Sins don't end with tears, you have to carry the pain forever,
Who am I waiting for, in this maze of emotions with no way out in sight?
I want to purge myself more simply, as if writing in a blank notebook,
What is it i want to escape from?
...Is it reality?
It makes me want to scream that we're alive for things to come true. Can you hear me?
I can't put up with playing it safe...I've got nowhere to go home to,
I'm always grateful for kindness,
That's why I want to grow stronger,
( I'm on the way)
I even welcome this pain,
For the things I miss.
Yumi Yatsuki slowly walked into Fuhrer King Bradley's office, having being summoned shortly after completing her State Alchemist Exam.
"Hello there. You are now standing in the central command of Amestris. As your fuhrer I wanted to take a moment to welcome you myself." King Bradley said as he sat at his desk with one hand folded over the other.
Yumi was quick the straighten out her right hand, sticking her thumb to her palm and her four fingers to each other as she quickly saluted him.
He laughed. "At ease soldier. Now, I understand you turned quite a few heads with your alchemy exam. In recognition of that outstanding potential, I am naming you an official State Alchemist, as of today. I expect that you will have field time that will allow you to hone your senses, as well as all the privileges that comes with being a state alchemist." She nodded, trying to keep professional by staying calm and containing her excitement.
"You will be under the command of Kernal Roy Mustang, who is stationed here at Central. He will debrief you on everything else that you need to know. You will learn more about alchemy, Automail, Our Nations worst enemies, and Military Theory. All of this information is critical so be sure to remember it all." She nodded before saluting him again and walking outside, the ruffles on the mini skirt she wore swaying back and forth as she walked.
"Welcome to Central command, Rookie." Said a tall man with blonde hair and blue eyes who wore a military uniform and had a cigarette in his mouth. Her eye twitched at his words but she said nothing, just smirked and placed one hand on her hip.
"My name is Jean Havoc. I will be debriefing you since Kernal Mustang is well...Busy." Jean continued causing Yumi to raise an eyebrow at him.
"Busy?" She asked with a slight tilt of her head.
"Yes. Busy. Today's first lecture is on Alchemy, and it's role in our state." Jean said, quick enough to change the subject she noticed. "Alchemy forms the back bone of Science and Technology in Amestris. By Understanding, Breaking down, and reconstructing matter." He blew some smoke out of the corner of his mouth. "Alchemists literally reshape the world, within the limits of equivalent exchange." He explained, earning a nod from the girl.
"Out of all Alchemy's applications, none is more crucial that critical defense." He added. "State alchemists aren't just soldiers. Their scientists." She held up a finger.
"I hate to interrupt you, Lieutenant, but I've already been told all this. I was told before I became a state alchemist." She pointed out.
"Were you told about Automail?"
"Affirmative." She responded.
"Our theories?"
"Yeppers."
"What about our enemies?"
"Yep." Yumi said with a soft smile on her face.
"Well...Okay then..." He scratched the back of his head awkwardly when a tall man with short black hair and eyes who wore a blue military uniform and a pair of white gloves with a red transmutation circle on the back of them walked up to them.
"Hey there. I heard you just passed you Alchemy exam." She gave him a curt nod. "You'd better take these. There is no time to draw a transmutation circle on the battle field. Be brave soldier." And with that he turned around and walked away.
She looked down at her hands to see two silver bracelets. On the first one there were three charms that dangled gently on the chain. One was purple and it looked kinda like that female sign with the 't' and the circle above it except it had a half 'u' that looked like a smile on the very top of the circle. Under the sign, in white letters was the word 'Mercury'. The next one was a red 'x' that had three red lines going through it. Underneath the x and lines in white letters was the word Copper. The last charm had a blue upside-down triangle and what look like a capital 'a' but with no line. Underneath it spelled out the word 'Arsenic' in the same white lettering as the other two.
On the other bracelet three more charms dangled gently from the chain. One of them had a beautiful design of a gold circle and inside the gold circle was another gold circle, smaller this time and filled in. It had the label 'Gold.' on it. Next was a charm that had a dark red triangle with a straight line coming out of the bottom that was about two inches long and had a arrow going through it. Underneath in white lettering was the word 'Sulphur'. The last charm was a silver backwards crescent moon with the word 'Silver' written under it in the familiar white lettering.
She clipped the lock on the first bracelet she had analyzed around the worst on her left hand and soon did the same thing with the other one, except she put it on her right hand. She smiled in happiness as she admired the charms once more.
A tall girl with short black hair and green eyes approached her. "Here." She held out to her a pair of silver guns already in their holsters. "You won't always have the luxury of using alchemy. Take Major Roy Mustang, for example. It is said that he is pretty much useless on rainy days." This made Yumi laugh.
"I'm Yumi Yatsuki." She introduced herself causing the woman to blink at her before offering her a small smile.
"2nd Lieutenant Alice Williams." She introduced herself.
6 Years Later.
Ed stormed into Mustangs office. "What do you want now!?" He practically yelled.
"The homunculi. They are planning to make a move any time now. After the philosopher stone again, we think." The kernal told him.
"Okay, fine. Where are they?" Ed questioned.
"Not so fast, Fullmetal. For this mission you're gonna need a partner." Roy informed him.
"I already have a partner. Al, and I can handle this." Ed snapped as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"You'll need a new partner. It's just for this mission, don't worry." Roy retorted.
"Fine. Where is he?" Ed growled out.
"She is on a mission and should be back in a couple hours. You'll have to wait until then-" He broke off as they both heard the sound of a door opening and a mockingly sarcastic voice sounded from the other side of the room.
"Honestly, Kernal. You underestimate me." Yumi said as she walked over to the two of them wearing her normal outfit which consisted of a pair of tight fitting black leggings with silver diamond patterns along the sides of the leggings. Over top of the leggings she wore a silver mini skirt with white lining around the bottom. On her torso she wore a black long sleeved shirt with white lining around the bottom of the collar and silver linings along the bottom of the sleeves.
She had a black ribbon tied around her neck, under the collar of the shirt and wore a white zipped up sweater. The sleeves on the sweater came down to her elbows and had black linings along the bottom of the sleeve. Along the bottom of the sweater which went down to her waist was more black linings. At the top of her sweater was a long light purple collar that folded down over her shoulders. Her hair was tied up into a ponytail with a white ribbon and her eyes held a slight mocking challenge.
She slowly took a seat on a couch across from Ed. "Fullmetal, this is First Lieutenant Yumi Yatsuki. Also known as the Elements alchemist." Kernal Roy Mustang introduced them.
"Lieutenant this is Edward Elric, The Fullmetal Alchemist." He continued.
"Really? I would've thought, based on the pictures, that the suit of armor would be the Fullmetal Alchemist." She said with a shrug.
"Know that is my younger brother, Alphonse. You hear that? Youn-ger. Bro-ther." Ed growled out through clenched teeth.
"Relax shorty." Yumi said as she stood up and folded her hands under her head, leaning into her hands slightly. "Makes no difference to me so long as you don't slow me down."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT!?" Ed screamed at her as he tried to attack her by kicking at her furiously.
"Why, you of course." She responded calmly as she merely blocked all of his attacks easily.
"So, what's this mission? It better be at least a little bit of a challenge cause that last mission you sent me on was just too easy." Yumi complained as she flopped down on the red chair in front of his desk.
She walked through the words and stopped when she felt Ed stiffen. She glanced up to see a tall guy with spike black hair and black sunglasses that just barely covered his eyes standing a few feet away with a big suit of armor tied up as well as a petite looking girl with blonde hair that was tied up in a ponytail. He had on a pair of black leather pants with the shoes to match, a dark brown t-shirt that didn't seem to have any sleeves and a black unzipped vest with white lining the collar. On the back of his hand he had a tattoo of the mark of Uruboros.
She was standing a few feet away from Ed so he had yet to spot her. 'Hm...' She pondered her options. It was obvious that Ed would get captured, therefore she had three choices. One, she could fight the man alongside Ed and probably end up getting them both captured, Two, she could run and tell the Kernal about it and risk getting captured, or Three, She could stay under the trees and follow them, keeping Mustang posted as often as she could.
She slowly slunk behind a bush and followed them, subconsciously pulling her sleeves up to reveal her silver bracelets.
She found herself inside a big mansion in a room with tile flooring. She sat in a shadowed area, praying that he wouldn't see her,
"See how fun captivity is?" He asked after he was done laughing, his words sending chills up and down her spine.
"I hope you're enjoying yourself, Greed, cause you're gonna pay for every laugh!" Ed yelled causing Yumi to smirk.
"Want me to help you down?" Greed asked mockingly.
"I DON'T NEED HELP FROM ANYONE!" Ed screamed causing Yumi to wince.
"Brother..." The suit of armor causing Yumi's eyes to widen in interest.
"My, My. Stubborn." He suddenly grabbed the blonde by the shoulder. "Fine, I won't help. I just hope your not the jealous type, kid." He said as he put his face next to hers. It took all of Yumi's self control not to rush forward and beat the crap out of him. Guys who would use a girl like that should be put to death in her opinion.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!"
"Don't worry about me! I'm not afraid of this creep!" The girl yelled at Fullmetal.
"Is that so?" He said, turning his left hand into some sort of pure black substance before shrugging and standing up. "We both no you're gonna tell me, otherwise you wouldn't have surrendered the minute you saw these hostages." Greed said with a grin as he shoved his hands into his pockets.
"And it's not like I'm asking fro anything big." He said as he lifted the helmet off of the suit fo armor and held it under his arm. "All you have to do is attach my soul to a sturdy suit of armor just like you did for your little brother here," Greed said with a grin as he turned to face Ed. "Do me that favor and I'll release them unharmed.
"You've got to be crazy to ask for that!" The blonde girl yelled. In a split second he was in front of her, grasping her shoulder in his hands.
"It's not insanity, baby. Just good old avarice." He said with a greedy grin as his eyes bulged out from behind his glasses.
"See I'm a guy who always wants more, and I'll do anything to get it!" He started to scratched at something she couldn't see inside the suit of armor.
"No! Please, stop it!" The suit of armor begged. She quickly swiped her twin guns out of their holsters before she darted forward and fired several bullets at the man. They simply bounced off of him and she did a couple of back flips to get away from him.
Her eyes widened in surprise and fear as he turned to her with a grin. "So you finally decided to join in, eh, Baby?" She gritted her teeth in anger as she resumed firing at him.
Ed suddenly broke free of his ropes and charged at him, punched him in the face before doing a back flip. "Is that the best you got?" A sudden rumbling sound interrupted them.
"Sounds like the military. Damn. They went and ruined the good fight between little greed over here and the pipsqueak." Yumi's eyes widened as the blonde girl turned into a tall guy with long green hair who wore a black tank top and the black skirt to match.
"Who's the cross dresser?" Yumi questioned with a slight glare as she narrowed her eyes at the guy.
"Envy." Ed growled out,
"You know a lot of freaks, runt." She commented as she placed one hand on her hip. She watched in shocked horror as Envy beat Greed up to a bloody pulp.
"Hm...?" She quickly picked up a nearby phone and pressed it to her ear.
"I see. Understood," She gave a curt nod before placing her twin guns back into their holsters and hopping out an open window.
And now, the real story can begin.
Hey, do you remember the scarlet sky, the sky we saw on that day?
Making a promise, the early summer wind enveloped us; the two of us came closer together
Behind a forced smile, I harbor a grown shadow
So I pretend to not notice it and choose rebirth
I keep waiting for a notification that won't tremble on the table
And I knew about everything, the blank nights and the mornings that shouldn't come, too
Hey, I wonder if you did forget about the scarlet sky, the sky we saw on that day
The promise tore apart and vanished into the early summer wind; the two of us can't go back
In this room where sounds, colors, and temperatures are cut in half
After I mess it up today, too, I stagger, grow tired, and fall asleep
"Deceive me well, okay? I hate yet love lies" were your words
Nowadays, given how much those feelings hurt, we bid goodbye
We waved at each other, saying, "See you again someday," but we won't meet anymore, right?
The final lie was a tender lie; I won't forget about it
Hey, someday, will you recall the scarlet sky, the sky we saw on that day?
Embracing the promise we couldn't keep, the two of us start walking.
I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter. The next chapter will be skipping ahead a couple of years to when Yumi and Greed have their second encounter.
Review?
~Greed the Ultimate Shield.