Heh. Guess what? I am going to MomoCon's Spring Cosplay Photoshoot. If you are too, you may see me there. I'll be SuperTobi(Super being from Superman. Tobi being from Naruto.)
The Lovely Daaaarlings!
Kaijukote: Yesh! Hughes is gnarly. LAWLZ! One of the best sarcastic wits I've ever read! Hehe, yeah, The Elrics seem to have quite a few "It Sucks To Be You" moments in their life.
WhiteWingAlchemist: Well, I personally call him Brosh, like his name is. But when I was viewing the episode over, and he introduced himself, I could've sworn he said his name was Block. Block can sometimes be used to describe a moron, so I figured Riley would be the type of person to mistake his name for Block. She normally would've corrected it, but with the whole, "Aw man, if we had gotten here sooner!" Comment he made, she didn't really care. XD
Emalee Roze: Yeah, that's a really intense moment. But that's what makes FullMetal Alchemist so good, neh? Haha! Yeah, they both got a little psychical when it came down to it. XD
Mira Hinder: Lawlz! It sure seems like a lot of people when you think about it. o.O Yeah, Ed giggling is just kind of creepy. It's not just Ed either, it's Vic Mignogna as well... When he giggles, I get scared. XD It sounds like cackling in disguise.
On a side note, to AnimeFanGirl167, I will be posting your Nicole reference in just a few chapters! I'm so sorry I haven't done so yet, but I keep forgetting. So in order to not forget this time, I've already written it down.
Want to Be a Lovely Daaaarling? Review! Bwahaha!
I need some help, dudes. I hate this story's summary. Every time I read it, I want to cry. I'm planning on changing it, I just don't know what to put, so if you have any ideas... (Winking Here) XD
If I owned FullMetal Alchemist, you would know my last time.
(To those who do indeed know my last name, I still do not own FullMetal Alchemist.)
If I owned Riley and Co., you would know my first name. Hi, my name is Taylor. Look at that, you know my first name!
The Sulfur Alchemist
Chapter Eighteen:
Memoirs of an Ishbalin
Screeching.
Annoying, ratty ole' screeching.
That's what I heard. It was annoying about five hours ago, now it was just background music. I was laying in Ed's bed, covers to my shoulders as I stared at the ceiling. Hannah was in Al's bed, fast asleep, and the brothers were on the couch. The eerie atmosphere was killing me. Well, it was. Now, it'd killed me and brought me back from the dead to torture me some more. I felt numb. I'm sure Ed could say something different though.
"God must really hate people who go against him...," Ed muttered. I had drifted off into thought again, thinking of something. All I knew was, if I didn't think of something soon, I was going to feel sicker and sicker. Tuning back in, I heard him say, "Face it Al. It's going to be this way our whole lives.."
Glancing over to the boys, I saw Al look at Ed. "Don't say that," Al said softly, but firmly.
I slowly sat up, and nodded in agreement, holding the covers close to me for warmth. "Seriously Ed, don't. Thing's 'll change, just like always. You just have to give it time," I murmured, joining in.
Ed rolled to his side, and I could've sworn I heard him mumble under his breath, "Great, I'm getting advice from a girl who lies to her best friend." My eyes narrowed, but I didn't say anything in fear of Hannah waking and hearing. He let out a quiet sigh and said, "I'm sorry Al. I thought we'd go back to normal, and it would've all been okay..."
"It still will be!" Al said as he turned all the way around to face Ed. "We'll find the stone, Brother. We will! And we'll get our bodies back to normal, and be happy. People say you're a dog of the military... That you sold your soul to get this far.. But that isn't true! It didn't stop us, and this won't either. We've worked too hard."
I let out a small smile at Al. I honestly didn't see how Ed could possibly survive without him. He was the foundation of Ed...
...
I'm getting way too deep for my liking.
. . .
Al and I had stuck ourselves back on Paper Duty, as we were going through several papers from Marcoh's journal, and books we had gotten from the library. Al had books such as, "The Foundation of Alchemic Equations", "What Makes Chemicals React", and so on and so forth. I had things like, "Stones: 101", "Masters of Alchemy and their Ability", and such.
Ed was laying on the couch, not even facing us.
The lazy ass.
All I could hear at first was that stupid fan and Al's armor moving back and forth. "Brother?" Al asked, breaking the silence. When Ed didn't reply, I sighed, getting closer to smacking sense into him. Which considering our last little fight, I was being nothing less than literal. "Let's look at it again. Start back at the beginning," Al said desperately.
Which only strengthened my, "If Ed Doesn't Cheer Up, I'm Kicking That Scrawny Little Ass That's Too Lazy To Help His Younger Brother" mood.
"I've looked at it enough," Ed muttered in response.
Al wasn't giving up. "But.. There's a chance we misread something. Maybe we got it wrong." Normally, I'd be cheering Al on till Ed gave in and got up. But something about the atmosphere in the room made me a little on the cautious side with doing so(And seeing as it's me actually being cautious for once, that's saying something.)
"I said I've had enough," Ed said in irritation, his shoulder tensing up.
"But what if we're code's wrong?" Al asked instantly. He was getting more and more desperate by the minute. "Maybe that's not what it says! Or maybe we missed some key paragraph, like a loophole or something! We should read the whole thing again!" Al said, holding the papers tighter.
Within the next few seconds, Ed had spun around and shouted, "I said enough!" He threw his hand around, hitting a cup. The cup was tossed into Al's face, shattering into pieces. My eyes widened, but I had to jump to the left of the table as some pieces acted like bullets and backlashed in random directions.
Dead silence came.
It was as if the fan itself was in so much shock that it shut up. Thank God.
I watched as papers fell to the ground from Al's hands. Finally registering the "Examine the others, you idiot!" that was coming from my brain, I looked up to see Ed staring at Al with wide eyes. I would've felt bad for him if Al wasn't so.. Innocent. It looked like neither one of them could tell what had happened.
"Brother..?" Al asked, voice wavering. I couldn't tell if it was from hurt, or fear.
The door opened, and Brosh and Maria Ross walked in. "Is something wrong, Sir?" Maria Ross asked. They both stopped walking when they reached where the clutter of papers had ended.
It was silent again.
Finally, Ed had said as if mentioning the weather, "It's just a broken cup, you can go back in the hall. Sorry Al." He then turned and laid back down.
That was my final straw. Al was just trying to help, but Ed can be such an asshole sometimes! I didn't care if he meant it or not now, but that is not the way you react if you didn't mean it. I also didn't care if Al had forgiven him or not. I hadn't, and until I had, he was not escaping my wrath. I glanced to Hannah to see her up. She stared at us all sadly, so I knew the cup shattering had woke her. She was smart, she had figured out what happened. She was also smart enough to figure out what I was ready to say.
"Ri-"
I interrupted her as I glared at Ed, "Just a broken cup? Sorry? That's all you've got to say?!"
"Not now Riley," Ed muttered, not facing me.
"No!" I shouted, "I've been at the sidelines lately for you, Ed! For you and your brother, but this is it. I'm stepping in! I don't give a shit about the results from Marcoh's journal, and you shouldn't either. There's always more than one way! It's not the end of the world, and it's not big enough to hurt the only family you've got left, Ed! Have some decency and mope without bringing everyone that cares about you down! Al just cares, and you're shrugging him off like he's trash, and I'm sick of it!"
"Riley..!" Hannah said.
Sighing, I stood and left the room, muttering about needing some air, and about how Hannah should have fun trick-or-treating.
With The Others
(Because Riley isn't there to see them.)
It was quiet again after Riley had left. Hannah was a bit upset about the fighting going on between everyone(Mainly Riley and Ed. They've never really fought before, and within the past two days, they have twice.) and the Lieutenants were worried about the brothers. Al couldn't help but agree with Riley, but he wasn't thinking it as angrily as her.
Ed agreed too.
He knew Riley was right, but he refused to believe it.
"She'll get over it," He mumbled, not looking away from the back of the couch.
While Hannah had the urge to bite back with, "And what if she doesn't?" She was silent; She knew this wasn't the time for that. And she knew that eventually Riley would get over it, just like Ed and Al knew it, but she just wondered.
Maria Ross sighed as she bent down to pick up papers. "So Ed," She started calmly, but shakily, "That's really the end of it?" Ed and Al both moved a bit, acknowledging her. "You won't regret it then? Giving up before you're finished? That's interesting. I didn't realize what you were searching for was so insignificant that you'd abandon it so easily."
They continued to throw words back at each other, not knowing or realizing, that Riley, a State Alchemist, was gone from the library. Without protection. Woo.
With Riley
(Because didn't the Woo tip you off?)
I sighed as I walked down the sidewalk, my hands in the pockets of capris I was beginning to wish I changed out of before I left in a rage. It was too cold for my poor legs right now. "What a Halloween present," I muttered under my breath bitterly.
Okay... Maybe I shouldn't have gone off on Ed like that. But I couldn't help it! He was pissing me off more and more and quite frankly, he should've been happy that yelling was all I did to him! Rough times or not, it doesn't give you the right to go off on someone you love. Especially when that someone is like Al.
I shook my head and let out a deep breath. Maybe I just missed the old Ed. Yeah! That's what it is. I miss the old, annoying Ed that can't do anything without either exploding it or having adult supervision. I almost laughed at the exploding part. If it weren't that pyro inside of him, I don't think we would've met.
I let out another sigh. It was official. That dumbass is too sensitive, and I shouldn't gripe at him about it.
I turned around to head back when I heard quick movement behind me, and my eyes widened when I saw a familiar black shape dart to me. His.. Her.. Its nails extended out and so I dodged, only getting a cut on the cheek. It continued running, and past me, before it was gone. Who the hell was that?! I'm getting sick of her!.. Him!.. It!
With that in mind, I then headed back.
. . .
I got back to the room, and walked inside. No one was there. Blinking in confusion, I walked to the table where a map and a note was laid down. I guessed something snapped in Ed. I looked at the note first, and saw that it was from Hannah. She had left to go Trick-Or-Treating. I placed the note back down, and looked to the map. Laboratory Five was circled. "What the...?" I muttered. Why were they going there when it was shu- I stopped this trail when it came to me why they were going.
Before I could turn to leave, I heard the alarm going off. My eyes widened and I ran to leave, but stopped when I heard an explosion. The only other one that can do that from me right now is Scar. "Dammit," I muttered, before I heard the door opening. Freaking out, because I knew it wasn't the pizza guy, I quickly ran to the couch and laid down, grabbed the covers from the bed to hide the jacket and shoes I had on. I covered up after messing up my hair a bit, and closed my eyes, breathing in and out slowly.
Mere seconds after this, I heard the door bust open, and footsteps head my way, along with panting. Wanting to know who it was, I groaned and began to open my eyes, as if the noise had startled me. And just as I had thought, it was Scar. He looked up at me, and so I quickly mumbled, "Wha go-ee ah?"
Panting as he held his side, he said, "Go back to sleep, it's nothing..." Nodding, I rolled over sluggishly and spread out my breathing some more. I heard him pick up Hannah's note, and after a second, he muttered, "Good.. She shouldn't be harmed in this."
More shuffling with papers was heard, and then I heard this odd noise. I opened my eyes and saw a red light coming from behind me. "So FullMetal, now you understand the truth as well..," I heard him say. Footsteps came toward the room, and Scar gasped a bit.
"Scar, freeze!" Maria Ross shouted, when suddenly guns started firing. I almost yelped and jumped in shock. They were shooting with me right there?!
A window broke, and the guns stopped, so I jumped up quickly. "Riley!" Brosh and Maria Ross shouted at me as I ran toward the widow. "Wait!" They exclaimed as I jumped out after Scar.
He had ran off down the road, and I quickly followed. "Get back here!" I shouted. He stopped immediately and spun around.
He seemed surprised that I was up, but glared nonetheless. "Leave, or I will have to kill you!" He shouted at me.
I glared back as I continued running toward him. "I'm not going anywhere! I know you want Ed, and I'm not letting you hurt him!" I shouted, throwing a punch at him. He quickly reacted, dodging, before running off.
Growling, I reached forward and grabbed his tattooed arm. Both, his arm and my hand, glowed a light color, as we both began to remember or see things. I knew from his experience back in the room, that the memories was his doing. You can't do that with just alchemy, I didn't think.
The memories vanished almost immediately, and I looked up at Scar. I almost felt connected to him in a way. He glared down at me, "So you're a State. Riley Mauler, the Sulfur Alchemist. How ironic."
I glared back and said, "My parents saved you!" His eyes widened, taken aback by either my outburst or the fact that I saw information from him like he did with me. "If you want to honor families, then you owe me!" I exclaimed stubbornly.
He sighed and turned around. I let go and watched as he walked off. "Then let's go, girl," He said blankly.
While I smiled at my victory, I said, "My name is Riley!"
"I don't care," He replied simply.
"Well I do!"
"Too bad you aren't the one that has to use it then." Damn. I knew someone would use that line one day, but I didn't know it would be Scar, of all people. I twitched. This would be one long walk.
. . .
Scar growled under his breath, but I smirked, clearly amused. "Well sorry I don't have special inhuman boots like you do! Freak..," I said as I sat on his back, arms around his neck.
"There's no such thing as human boots," He replied dully, to which my brow twitched.
"Just shut up and gallop," I remarked sarcastically, to which he glared.
He jumped over the stone wall at the Fifth Laboratory and landed on the ground. I looked up from him to see Al and another suit of armor. The armor giggled(Which should never happen.) and said, "How excellent! The fools keep coming one by one." He looked like he was talking still, that or he was signing, and then he shouted, "I KILL THEREFORE I AM!"
With that, he ran toward Scar and me as I jumped down from Scar's back. I glared at the armor as I readied myself to fight. I could hear echoes inside him, which led me to assume he was hollow. "Whether I'm real doesn't matter! I'm a killer and that's all I need to know!" He shouted as he brought the knife down toward us both. Scar stepped forward from my side and reached up, grabbing the armor's wrist.
"You're right," Scar said as the armor shook, "There is no need for you to prove you exist, because very soon you won't." I twitched at his witticism.
Smirking, I grabbed Scar's shoulder and pushed myself up so I could kick the armor's head off. And just as I had thought, he was empty. Al ran over and gasped. "You!" He exclaimed to Scar. He blinked, "R-Riley? What are you doing with him?!"
The armor began to throw a fit. "You know these two?!" He shouted at Al. "No fair! You didn't say anything about having any other allies around!"
"Allies?" Scar mumbled, surprised a bit.
"Gotcha!" The armor shouted, spinning back around.
I glared and shouted, "Watch it!" Scar quickly blew his arm up, causing him to fall back, so I sighed.
"What the?!" The armor shouted, grabbing at his arm.
But I ignored this as I noticed something missing. "Al!" I shouted, causing him to look at me, "Where's Ed?!"
Al gasped a bit and said, "He went inside..."
My eyes widened and I growled, before running toward the building. Before I could get there, Scar stepped in front of me, shouting, "Tell me!"
The armor, who stood in front of us, 'hm'ed and turned around before pressing a button, "I'm not going to tell you! Haha!"
The ground started to shake, and my eyes widened again. That was never a good sign. Unless of course, I was behind it. Then it was funny. But this wasn't me. So it wasn't.. Funny.
An explosion occurred, and after dust began to die down, I noticed it was a bit hard for me to breath. Glancing back, I saw Scar on top of me, and Al on top of him. I felt dizzy, and heard the armor shouting, but was paying no attention whatsoever. "No, wait!" Scar shouted, and I jumped at the sudden noise.
"He got away," Al said, watching as the armor disappeared into the building.
"Get up," I heard Scar say dully.
As Al jumped off and apologized, I retorted with, "I was about to say the same thing.." He stood up and so I instantly took off into the building. At least I had a door now.
Soon after, I heard Scar and Al behind me. I could hear Al asking Scar many different questions, to which he replied with short and simple answers. I, on the other hand, was thinking back to that 'memory' or whatever that I had when I grabbed Scar's arm. I never knew until then..
A man with long black waist length hair stood tall, glaring at the state alchemists that approached him. My father, and a State that I couldn't see very well yet. A younger Scar stood behind my father with tan skin, and red eyes. "Why do you insist on protecting these creatures?" The State asked, smirking. He had pale skin and black hair, much like my father, but he was shorter than my father. Kimblee.
"Because the Military won't," My father replied coldly, causing Kimblee to chuckle.
Soon after, a woman almost as tall as my father came to my father's side. She was my mother. "Go, boy," Father said bluntly.
Scar paused, shaking his head. Whether it was loyalty, or determination to fight, I don't know. "We must go!" An elder said to Scar, dragging him away quickly.
Kimblee only chuckled again as he rose his palms.
And now.. Time for.. CHAPTER TRAAAAANSLATIOOOOOOOOOOONS! (Audience Applauds Here)
"Tizenhat! That's 16!" Tizenhat is Hungarian.
"Diecisiete! That's 17!" Diecisiete is Spanish.
"Juuhachi! That's 18!" Juuhachi is Japanese.
That's all folks! Translations are every three chapters!
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