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"You picked a fight with the wrong human, this time." She growled out before she darted forward. As she passed Ling she threw her gun at him, which he caught easily, leaving her weaponless.

"Yumi! What are you planning?!" She smirked over her shoulder at him.

"Something crazy, Ling. Something downright, fucking right and proper crazy." She grinned and came to a skidding halt in front of Envy, a wide grin on her face, "Let's get this party started."

Draw me with a picture of a higher place I know
When the color fades to white again is where I'll go
Grey-slated heather

The sky's got my back, might be lost but
I'm moving on
Whatever the weather

Dreams dot the map, when you see them
I'll be gone
Red-light shrouds

Change everyday, but
I'm sure it won't be long I know step by step
I'll fly far beyond the highest clouds
Always be strong
Never be wrong

That was all a front for my heart
Empty as a well
Finally the raindrops fell

Revived the dream and showed me where to start
Outta sight like rays of light and I am on my way
Through the bluest moon and the darkest river
I'll go through it all and never fall astray

Burn the prize into my eyes and let the image play
For no matter where I am, forget the 'yes or no'
When the color fades to white again I'll seize the day.

She swiftly pulled her dagger out of her back and used it to slice through the material on her sweater that connected it to her shirt. She swiftly pulled the sweater off of her body in one smooth motion before she glared up at Envy. "This is going to be fun." She growled out and darted forward, her arms pressed to her side she skidded onto her side right under Envy's massive body before she quickly slammed both of her hand onto the ground under the sea of blood.

Out of the sea of blood came a long sharp blood red icicle that pierced right through Envy's abdomen, followed closely by three more identical to the first one. One of them pierced through his chest causing a cry of pain to escape the monster lips, another pierced through his tail, ensuring that he wouldn't be able to move it and the last one pierced a little over 4 inches away from the first one, straight through the abdomen.

All of a sudden Envy started to thrash around in rage. "Yumi! Get out of there!" Ling yelled causing Yumi's eyes to widen as Envy cracked the icicles in half with ease. She gritted her teeth and shoved her hand high above her head, palms facing up causing flames to hit the Homunculi's stomach painfully. She took his momentary distraction as and opportunity to roll out from under him before he could squash her.

Envy glared at her before he wrapped his tail around her abdomen and slammed her into the pillar causing her to cry out in pain as she slumped to the ground, coughing up blood. Her vision blurred slightly as she slowly raised her head. She shook her head impatiently, doing her best to clear her vision.

After a moment or two she came to her senses and stumbled to her feet. She turned her head towards Envy to see him with his tongue wrapped around Ed's body as he lifted him up towards his mouth.

Yumi gritted her teeth in anger and quickly darted forward. She kicked Ling's sword, that he was leaning on for support, out of his grasp and into the air, easily catching it before she rushed forward, running up his tail and back to stand victoriously on his head.

"You will not harm anybody else that I care about!" She growled out and cut the sword through his tongue, slicing it in half, causing Ed to fall to the ground beside Ling.

Envy slowly brought his tail up off of the ground and move it so that it was hovering dangerously behind her in perfect hitting or strangling range. She narrowed her eyes dangerously at Envy before she slowly raised the sword high above her head, about to stab him in the eye when Ed's voice interrupted her.

"Wait!" He exclaimed causing both, monster and alchemist to stop in their tracks. "I think I just thought of a way to get us out of here!" He exclaimed causing them both to look at him in surprise. "Come on, Yumi! You'll have plenty of other opportunities to fight him later. When we are out of this pig's stomach!"

Yumi gritted her teeth. She was so close. She could almost taste it. The revenge she had thought about, sought after for so long was right within her grasp. She sighed and slowly jumped off of Envy's head to land next to Ed. "You better be right, Elric. I don't think I'll ever get that close again." She growled out, tossing Ling's sword back to him at the same time as he tossed her, her gun back, both of them catching the weapons easily.

"Ok, Ed." She said as she slowly turned towards the blonde hot head, intrigue clear on her face. "Let's hear this plan of yours."

"Is this all of the fragments?" Yumi snapped at Envy's big green form as he placed the last piece of the puzzle in front of her, venom clear in her voice.

Envy turned to glare daggers at her, furiously. "I collected all the fragments that I could find."

"And the ones you couldn't find? Without every piece this plan is a false hope. A useless plan. Which mean, in assisting with said plan you Envy are useless." Envy glared daggers at her.

"What did you just say, human sponge?"

"Ladies, please!" Ling exclaimed as he tried to break up the argument.

"So these pieces are all from Xerxes?" Yumi asked as she slowly turned to look at Ed.

"Yeah. They're pieces of a large mural from what remains of their temple." Ed explained. "When I saw the ruins up close, I thought it was similar to the transmutation circle from the fifth lab."

"But later...?" She prompted, assuming there would be a 'But later' in this conversation somewhere.

"I realized that it's different. The sun represents the soul, whereas the moon represents the mind." He continued as he put his chin in her hand thoughtfully. "Then again there's the stone canvas of the mural. That represents the body." Yumi's eyes widened in understanding.

"Slow down. Let's try to keep it simple, okay?" Ling requested causing Yumi to snicker.

"Sorry, Ling. Sometimes we Alchemists forget to talk normally." She joked with a small grin earning a glare from Ling. "Alright, alright. Basically what Elric is saying is that the Mural was a summoning circle for human transmutation." She translated.

"I think I do know that one." Ling said as he leaned forward slightly. "Isn't it used to bring back dead people?"

"Not quite." Ed interjected causing Yumi's head to tilt to the side in confusion.

"What do you mean fullmetal? I mean I never studied it really but I've read about it in a few books so I don't know that much about this which means you're gonna have to translate for me." Yumi commented as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Alchemy is based off the law of equivalent exchange," Ed continued.

"Well, yeah! I know that much." She snorted in annoyance at him.

"You can't transmute a life form from a soul that no longer exists in this world. You can trust me on that one. So, this is how I got my idea to get us out of here." Ed explained.

"You're saying that you want to do human transmutation, in the process opening the real portal of truth, to get us out of the defective portal of truth?" Yumi exclaimed in shock as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Well have you got any better ideas, Lieutenant Colonel Know it all!" Ed retorted causing Yumi to let out a huff.

"Well no, not as such, but-"

"Then shut up!" Ed snapped.

"Okay. Just walk me through it." She requested with pleading eyes.

"I can't transmute the dead," Ed said after a defeated sigh. "But what would happen if I were to transmute myself?"

"You mean a living person?" Ling questioned.

"Exactly!" Ed said as he glanced over at him. "I can use this transmutation circle to deconstruct myself. Then I'll just put myself back together." He explained.

"And if you can't?" Yumi questioned with a pointed glare at him.

Ignoring her negative attitude he continued, turning to Envy. "You said that Gluttony is a defective portal of truth. I bet that if we passed through the real portal of truth we would end up in our own reality."

"Logically speaking, it makes sense." Yumi commented. "But, can you really pull that off? What if something goes wrong?"

"Then it will rebound. A failed human transmutation rickashay's off of the one who did the transmutation. In this case, that would be me." Ed said gravely.

'If he does this...it could kill him, if it fails. He could die, and leave his brother and everybody else that needs him all alone. Heh. And he says he's nothing like Greed. Greed did the exact same thi- No, damn it Yumi, stop thinking about him. He's dead. DEAD! Never to come back ever again. Moping around and wallowing in your own misery isn't going to bring him back or help you grieve. Come on. Pull yourself together.' She blinked and realized that Ed had drawn some sort of signs or some strange shit on the ground in blood while she had been mulling these things over.

"You need to pay a toll, right, to open the portal?" Envy suddenly opened his mouth to reveal the philosopher stone at the back of his throat. Yumi narrowed her eyes, subconsciously reaching for her dagger, almost overwhelmed by the temptation to destroy the stone, and Envy with it, right here and now. She managed to pull herself together and come to her senses before she did anything rash.

She spun around, her hands shaking from how tightly she was digging her torn up and chewed nails into them. She took a couple of deep breaths before she slowly kneeled down onto the ground, and scowl on her face.

She spun around as a loud clap sounded behind her. "Long time no see. Too bad this wasn't when I planned on opening you again." Yumi smiled softly at the boy.

"That's the thing about plans. They never work out!" She commented.

"Ling, Yumi, jump in!"

"What?! Are you insane!?" Yumi exclaimed as she glared at him.

"Just do it!" He snapped.

"So help me god, Ed, if I die I am coming back to make your life miserable!" She growled before she ran towards the giant, unnerving eyeball and dove head first in.

'It's like when Gluttony swallowed me. My body. It's disappearing. Damn you, Elric. If I lose so much as a finger you are so dead!' Were her last thoughts before her body disappeared, into the portal.

Let it all out, let it all out
You don't have to act so brave
The graffiti flower that someone painted on the wall sways

Nobody knows who their real selves are
Losing and finding things in the middle of this long, long road
There are days where we feel alone and we feel like crying, but...

Change these tears and this pain into stars
Turn on the light that will shine on tomorrow I may lose my way a little
But together, we'll create stardust and search for an eternity that glows so brightly.

Hey, guys! I'll try to get chapter 17 up tonight, if I don't then it will definitely be up by tomorrow, It's nearly 3 am now. Meh. Lol XD I hope you guys liked this chapter! Don't forget, constructive criticism is always welcome.

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~The Goddess of Darkness.