Hunting And Fighting Practice
Wolf: Well sorry if some found the last chapter short but hey it's the longest in the story but I shall try harder with this one.
Ed: You forgot to disclaim the song last chapter
Wolf: I did? Shit! Numb is copyrighted to Linkin Park NOT ME
Inuyasha: Nothing you write belongs to you
Wolf: 'Whacks him in the head' For your info Shiro, Siga, and Misaga all belong to. me.
Got it?
Inuyasha: Yeah yeah 'Rubs head'
Wolf: Should I find the dictionary to hit you with?
Inuyasha: 'Pales' No no no no!
Ed: 'Sweatdrop'
Wolf: Good….Shiro? Would you kindly do the disclaimer?
Shiro: Aw ok. 'Ahem' Wolf Does not own Full Metal Alchemist or any of the songs she puts in her stories unless she says otherwise.
Wolf: Thank you 'Gives him a cookie'
Shiro: COOKIE! 'runs away with cookie'
Ed: 'Double Sweatdrop'
Wolf: He loves cookies
Inuyasha: No shit Sherlock!
Wolf: 'Glare'
Inu: 'Hides'
Wolf: anyway on with the fic!
It had been two days since that incident and all the explaining Siga and Shiro had handed out to help Ed cope with being a half demon.
Ed looked up and realized for the first time that they were now in a forest, trees varying from Red woods to pines to Oaks surrounded them like a blanket, light filtered through the lush green leaves giving the area a peaceful air.
The two demons turned and smiled to see the brothers looking around in awe of the beauty of the forest "I take it it's been awhile since you were in a situation where you could actually look at your surroundings?" Shiro said smiling as they looked at him and nodded almost sheepishly
Siga laughed "Well enjoy what you can after all you do need practice." Ed looked at him like he was crazy.
"I get enough practice." He said with a glare.
"Being a Half Demon?" Shiro asked smirking
Ed blinked and a faint blush danced across his cheeks as he remembered what he was "Oh…No." he muttered
Siga and Shiro both smiled at him an stood next to him "The first thing you need to learn is how to use your senses without hurting yourself." He noticed Ed's stare at the mention of hurting himself. "Remember your senses are more sensitive now." He explained
Ed sighed and scratched one of his dog ears "Ok so how do I practice with them?" he asked looking to Shiro.
Shiro chuckled "Well for your sense of hearing you must concentrate on the sounds around you…too loud a sound and it will hurt so easy with what you listen to." He replied as his tail curled slowly.
Ed blinked and slowly closed his eyes as his ears pricked forward and everyone became silent around him waiting for him to hear something.
An ear twitched at the sound of water crashing against rocks signaling the ocean, which was a few miles away, his left ear flicked back as he heard some kind of swishing sound.
As soon as he heard that swishing sound a voice screamed in his head 'MOVE NOW!' He reacted and quickly jumped just in time to avoid Siga's Sharp claws from piercing the flesh of his backside.
Ed stared at Siga in Disbelief and soon glared "What the hell! Why did you just swing at me!" he snarled baring the bone white fangs he had acquired from his transformation.
Siga smirked at him "To see if you were listening well." He replied cracking his claws before lowering them "If you were not paying attention then my claws would have struck you so you passed that part." He said matter of factly.
Ed glared and then remembered the voice that told him to move, it sounded like himself "What was with the voice in my head that told me to move?" he asked.
Shiro looked to him surprised before it melted away into a smile "Well it looks like your instincts are working fine." He replied.
"Instincts?" Ed said curiously
"Yes….You have gained canine instincts and they are the voice you heard in your head….Your instincts will do things such as warn you of danger or help you hunt." Shiro explained to him, he found it funny that he had to explain every complex notion of the dogs mind, senses and instincts to this boy.
"But I digress…Now lets work on your sense of smell" He said and moved to Ed's side.
Ed looked as Siga walked up and held out his Haori clad arm and blinked in confusion.
Shiro smiled "To work with your sense of smell you will have to track something by scent and my brother will be the object you are trying to find but first you must know his scent." He replied softly
Ed nodded and took a sniff of the sleeve and was assaulted by the smell of spring rain and lavender, he backed up a bit not used to this strong sense of smell.
Shiro chuckled "It takes some getting used to." He commented.
Siga smiled and ran off hiding somewhere in the giant forest around them, "Ok Ed now try and find my brother among the forest." Shiro said smiling
Ed nodded slowly and began sniffing the air and soon catching Siga's scent; he followed it slowly and growled as he realized Siga moved whenever he was close. He kept moving sniffing the air "THERE!" he Snarled and lunged tackling Siga out of the underbrush.
Shiro laughed and clapped slowly "Well done." He said laughing as his brother shot him a glare.
Ed got off of Siga and moved back to Shiro grinning, despite the effort he had a bit of fun doing that.
Shiro smiled and laid a hand on his shoulder "Now it's time for you to learn to hunt….as a human tracking wasn't that easy but now with your sense of smell and hearing you should be able to do it a lot easier." Suddenly a light blue glow surrounded shiro and he began to shrink.
He stood on all fours as fur sprouted from his body, soft, sleek and a light silver it covered his body as his mouth became a muzzle and his hands and feet became paws. He stood there in a dog form staring at Ed with tail wagging "You should be able to change like this as well…just think of yourself as a dog." He said slowly.
Ed nodded slowly and shut his eyes, Siga watched him carefully. Soon golden blonde fur sprouted from his body as he fell to his hands and feet which soon became paws, his ears pricked and his tail swished as he soon gained a muzzle full of razor sharp teeth, his auto mail limbs had also shifted to match the composition of a dogs, the claws in his paws dug into the ground as he opened his slitted golden eyes to look at Shiro.
Both dogs were lean with a muscular build; their coats were the envy of all canines. Their ears pricked and soon Ed began sniffing the ground with his cold wet dog nose and found the scent of a rabbit.
Shiro led him silently, his claws clicking softly on the dirt below the pads of his paws. This was all new to Ed so he took it slowly and explained everything he could to the Alchemist like he would to a young pup learning how to hunt for the first time; he found it rather amusing as he saw the amazement sparkling behind the golden depths of his eyes.
He soon nudged the other and signaled the rabbit nearby, Ed quickly rushed but was pulled back as shiro suddenly gripped his tail and tugged him back "No watch then learn." He explained.
He slowly crept toward the rabbit with body low, his ears pricked sharply forward and he froze as the rabbit looked up and sniffed the air looking in his direction. Soon the rabbit lowered its head and began to munch on the life giving dew grass.
He moved slowly his paws stretching out as his weight was pressed upon them and he shifted his shoulders up and down slowly, his claws dug into the ground as he approached.
The rabbit twitched its ears slowly as it lifted its head, sensing something was wrong it bolted and squeaked in fear as the dog lunged snapping its glistening fangs but missing the flesh and fur by mere inches.
The chase was on, Shiro ran like the devil was at his heels as he lunged for the rabbit and missed, snarling as the creature began to scamper away he bolted after it nearly snapping his jaws around the back foot of the rabbit, he spotted the rabbit's hole in sight and lunged again.
A loud spurt filled the air as sharp bone white fangs sunk into the rabbit's skin making it squeak in pain as it's legs flailed trying to get away from the canine that held it in its grasp, a crunch was heard as the fangs dug harder making the rabbit take a shuddering breath before falling limp
Blood, slick, salty and smooth ran over his fangs and tongue, his muzzle and neck fur became soaked in the life fluid of his prey as his eyes narrowed from the rush of adrenaline rushing through his veins, his ears lay back as the ground also became soaked in the hot blood of the rabbit and soon headed back to the one he was teaching with his prey clasped firmly in his jaws.
Ed stared in shocked awe as Shiro came walking back with the rabbit clamped in his teeth, its blood splashed all over his muzzle and down his neck staining his silver fur a dark crimson. His golden ears flicked back slightly at the sight of the dog in front of him, his tail swished uneasily.
Shiro dropped the rabbit as Siga walked up and took it silently, he licked the blood off his muzzle drawing it back into his jaws and swallowing it slowly as his ears pricked forward at the expression on the alchemist's face "It's either hunt or starve….if your lost you have no choice." He said slowly.
Soon after hours hunting and fighting to train the boy night had fallen around them and soon they curled up around a fire. Shiro and Ed remained silent as they ate the rabbit meat that Siga had prepared from Shiro's kill. Soon they were done with that and just lay staring upwards silently to the sky not to sure of what to do now.
Al resided leaning against a tree stroking Misaga silently, Siga had hopped into a tree and fell asleep silently leaning against the bark.
Ed was the next to fall asleep, h rolled onto his side and twitched his ear cutely in his sleep making shiro smile slightly as he looked upwards at the sky watching the stars twinkle.
Soon Shiro also fell asleep but soon after his mind was haunted by not so fond memories that he wished he would forget.
Memories consume
like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
unless I try to start again
Shiro sat in his room silently, he looked to be about five years old right now. The crashing around him scared him, he knew his mother was home by the sound of it, and she was drunk.
He looked to the scars on his wrists and whimpered softly "Papa…" He was unable to finish as the door was slung open and he was pulled sharply by his ear to a standing position.
He stared into the blue eyes of his mother… no this thing…this monster was not his mother, his mother died long ago and this was left behind.
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
"What are you doing in here you little shit?" she hissed at him, the smell of sake almost making him pass out since it was so strong on her breath. "N-nothing mother." He whimpered out and yelped as a loud crack filled the air.
She had back handed him leaving a throbbing red mark on his cheek, she suddenly threw him sending him into the wall.
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight
She glared down at the hurt little hanyou "Don't give me that crap! You were cutting again weren't you!" she yelled at him making him flinch as blood ran down his wrist and dripped onto the floor slowly.
He glared at her as his temper snapped "Yeah what of it bitch!" he snarled earning him another slap sending him backward.
Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again
He clutched at the amulet around his neck; it was a gift from his father before he died. He glared at his mother as she pulled him up painfully.
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight
She dragged him along and shoved him into the kitchen, rats ran along the floor and over rotten meat everywhere "Maybe after another Night in here you'll try to be more like your father! It's your fault he died anyway!" she screeched before slamming the door behind her and leaving him alone in the darkness.
I'll paint it on the walls
Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends
He curled into a ball on the floor and began to sob quietly, she was right….she was ALWAYS right. It WAS his fault his father was dead! If he was never born maybe his father would still be alive and his mother would not be like this, he cried softly the salt of his tears mixing in with his cut wrist but he did not care, that was nothing compared to his emotional pain.
He looked up as a figure made itself known to him "Who are you?" he asked shakily staring at the strangers sad violet eyes "I'm your brother…..I'm here to take you away from all this….from her." He replied gently holding out a hand to the hanyou.
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
He smiled broadly and took his hand being pulled out the window as tears ran down his face, tears of joy. The first time he ever cried happily in his life was now, he was free from her and free from his pain.
Tonight
Shiro shot into a sitting position panting and looked at his wrist staring at the scars silently "What's wrong brother?" Siga asked from above, Shiro smiled and shook his head "It's nothing Siga" he replied gently, Siga stared at him a moment before falling asleep in his tree.
Shiro smiled before leaning back and falling into a dreamless sleep.
Wolf: Aww poor shiro
Inu: Psh
Ed: Shut up inu
Inu: 'Glare'
Wolf: Anywho please review