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Yumi sighed in exasperation as she banged her head slowly against the wall behind her. "What's wrong, Miss Yumi?" Al asked. She had come downstairs from sleeping in again this morning to find that Greed had decided to go and kidnap Al.
She sighed again. "Nothing just," Another bang of the head. "I'm having a really bad day." She had been woken up in the morning by her phone. Colonel Mustang was trying to get a hold of her again. She had ignored the call and gone back to sleep. She had then been awoken again to the sounds of Martel and Dolcetto arguing. She had been so pissed that she had stormed downstairs and yelled at them for a good hour before going back to bed, leaving the two chimeras with bleeding ears.
"Sorry about that Yumi." Dolcetto tried to apologize only receiving a glare in return.
"So, um...What exactly are you guys, really?" Al asked awkwardly.
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.
"Hm...?" Greed questioned as he turned round to face the armored boy while Yumi rolled her eyes. 'Oh god he's gonna do the speech on how 'everythings possible' again. Great. Just what I need today.' Yumi thought to herself.
"You're not chimeras. Nobody's made a chimera that can talk." Al continued.
"You can't believe everything the military tells you, kid." Greed responded. "You've got all the proof you could ever want right there inside you. That girl is part snake." He continued.
"What?!" Al exclaimed causing Yumi to roll her eyes.
"Honestly, even I took the news better than this." She muttered as she sat up atop a wooden crate.
"This big guy here, Roa what were you made with? Cow?" Greed questioned.
"Yeah." He responded.
"We've also got a lizard and a crocodile." Greed continued.
"What about the guy with the sword? Is he a chimera too?" Al asked.
"Let's just say he lifts his leg when he pisses and leave it at that." Yumi said sarcastically causing Dolcetto to turn to glare at her.
"That only happened once!" He yelled.
"As far as we know~" She sang in a teasing matter.
"You're a real bitch sometimes, you know that?" He grumbled.
"You know what they say, about pay back being a bitch? Well I happen to be said bitch." She responded with a smirk.
"It isn't possible. Who would even be capable of creating one?" Al was saying by the time they were done their little argument.
"The military." Yumi said nothing. Over the past few months she had learned a lot about the military. King Bradley was really Wrath. The military used the Ishbal Civil War to create a philosopher stone. Everything. It made her sick to her stomach that she had been ordered to take part in such a war.
"Are you saying..." Al trailed off.
"You got it. There's a shadow world just below yours that's jam packed with the impossible." He grinned as he came down to eye level with Al. "Hell I'm more uncommon then they are. I'm a homunculus." He said with a grin causing Yumi to face palm.
"Way to take the fun out of guessing." She commented.
"A homunculus?" Al echoed fearfully.
"You know what that means, right? I'm an artificially created human." Greed said with a grin as l gasped in shock which just caused his grin to grow wider. "Really. No Joke." He smirked.
"You're lying. A homunculus is just a theory that nobody has proven!" Al exclaimed.
"Oh man. Guess I've gotta prove it." Yumi narrowed her eyes and shivered as Roa knocked his head off of his shoulders. She watched as Greed regenerated easily.
"Ugh! Greed! Do you have to be so graphic about it?" She complained.
"But Miss Yumi...Why are you here?" Al asked suddenly.
"That's a bit of a long story." Yumi said with a shrug but only received a glare from the tin can. "Alright, Alright. Persistent little brat." She muttered before launching into the tale of how she had gotten kidnapped by him, how Envy had come after her, leaving out what she knew about the military, and going into Greed's whole theories on how she was 'His' possession now.
Al blinked a couple of times in shock. Suddenly the door to the basement burst open and in waltzed Ed followed closely by Bido. "Hey there, Fullmetal. Long time." Yumi greeted. "What are you doing here?"
"This guy said that you and Al were here. So I figured I'd come to help you." He said with a boastful smile.
'Aka. He wanted to come and save us to boost his ego.' She translated in her head. The thought made her angry and she jumped down from atop the wooden crate with her hands clenched into fists. She noticed that he was conversing with Al at the moment so she needed to do something to get his attention.
"Hey, Edward Smelric!" She yelled at him causing him to spin around.
"What?!"
"I don't need your bloody help so get the fuck lost. Puny Runt." She glared at him as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Is this how you thank everyone that comes to save you? You call them a puny runt?" He retorted as he glared at her.
"Yes. When I don't need saving and when they are a puny runt." She mocked with a smirk as she approached the older Elric with a glare.
"Oh yeah! And you're doing so good on your own right now, aren't you?" Ed retorted.
"Of course! I always have a plan!" She placed her hands on her hips. "That is, until you had to come and ruin it!" She snapped, ignoring the sarcastic clapping Greed was doing.
"If you were so smart, you wouldn't have let yourself get caught in the first place!" Ed retorted.
"Oh shut up, shorty! Like you would've done any better!" She mocked.
"I've never been caught so stupid before in my life!" He snapped.
"But brother," Al said.
"Not now Al!" Ed snapped.
"Uh huh, right, sure..." She responded smugly while Greed gave the two of them a long insufferable awkward look.
"Um..." He coughed awkwardly.
"Where the hell did you come from, anyway?" Ed questioned, ignoring Greed comletely.
"YOUR MUM!" Yumi screamed in Ed's face as she pointed a finger at him.
"Um...What?" He was absolutely lost now but he shrugged it off with an annoyed groan. "Al grab her and get out of here. I'll handle this guy!" Ed declared causing Yumi's whole demeanor to change.
Yumi slammed both hand onto the ground causing blue electricity to go towards Al at an incredibly fast pace before it surrounded him. She smirked, proud of herself as she saw him in a sturdy stone made cage. She quickly rushed towards Ed and slammed both fists onto his head causing him to hold his head in his hands in pain.
"What the hell!? We're the one trying to help you, remember?" Ed snapped as he jumped to his feet.
"Oh really? Cause it looks like you're just getting in my way!" She snapped.
"Fine! Next time you can get yourself out of a jam!" Ed snapped.
"I wasn't in a jam!" She insisted, casting Greed a small smile which he returned with a grin. They weren't exactly hiding their emotions well.
"You were knocked out you dumb girl!" Ed yelled.
"Uh...Brother..." Al said, obviously noticing the looks between the two. Too late now. She darted forward and punched Ed in the face. He groaned as she continued to beat on him. Before long he was laying on the floor, not too beating up but still beating up enough to know not to say that again.
"Roa get the armored kid out of here. Dismantle him or something." Greed said with a shrug.
"No wait!" Ed ran forward only to get blocked by Greed's pure ultimate shield hand.
"Hey, Doll face, aren't you gonna go with them?" Greed asked curiously.
"What are you kidding? And miss Fullmetal getting his ass kicked? No thank you." She responded with a smirk.
He shrugged. "Suit yourself." He responded with a smirk with a smirk as he dodged all of Ed's attacks. Ed created a set of alchemy stairs before he came down on Greed with his mechanic arm now in the shape of a blade. Greed simply held up his arms to defend himself.
"Nice try. That hand sword of yours is kinda neat but it can't even scratch my ultimate shield." He mocked. Ed immediately sent a bunch of spikes out of the earth towards him but he simply broke them in half. However Ed destroyed one into sharp pieces and sent them at him. He brought his arms up to block them leaving him unprepared for when Ed appeared out of seemingly thin air and wrapped his legs around the Homonculi's neck and took him to the ground with him.
Yumi's eyes widened as she watched, slightly worried about the homunculus. Her head stopped for a couple of moments before she let out a sigh of relief as Greed swiped at him before sitting up. "Augh, that hurt. That move would have hospitalized most people." He commented causing a smile to dance across Yumi's face.
She froze as she happened to glance out the window and see a whole troop of military along with King Bradley at the head.
"Um...Greed?" She called with worry clear in her voice.
"What is it, Doll?" He asked as he made his way over.
"Tell me, in what universe is having Wrath with backup over for dinner a good thing?" She joked lightly.
He looked down at her, deadly serious. "None."
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.
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~The Goddess of Darkness.