Disclaimers and Warnings: My name is not Hiromu Arakawa; therefore, I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of the characters, although I wish I owned Ed!!! This fic is pure Edxwin and some RoyxRiza if you don't like the pairings don't read! There is a hinted lemon at the beginning of this chapter.
The two meet
The doorbell rung, Ed rolled over. He really did not want to get out of bed, the reason was simple. Winry. The doorbell came again and the girl by his side stirred. Ed felt himself blushing, and he cracked a smile. Winry was facing the other way and knowing her she probably wouldn't remember what had happened between them. But Ed did, and he just smiled bigger when he thought of it. The doorbell rang again.
"Alright, alright I'm coming!" Ed shouted climbing out of the bed. The open air was cold. He pulled on his boxers and made his way to the door. The person there will think that Winry and I were just doing an automail check. He opened the oak door and instantly blushed. He was surprised and embarrassed, a feeling that he only felt around Winry. It was Victoria, the girl he had fallen for on the other side. 'Oh great.' Was all he could think as he invited Victoria into the house. She tackled him into the couch then hugged him tight.
"Ed! I'm so happy that I found you!" Victoria said resting her chin on his shoulder. He hugged her back; she was the same old Victoria. Ed felt warm against Victoria and she smiled. This was the one she should be with, Wrath was cute but she loved Ed. Ed felt uneasy though, he was starting to feel the same way he had on the other side about Victoria. Winry would come down any minute and that wrench was gonna fly.
"Ed, who's… here?" Winry asked as she saw Victoria hugging Ed on the couch. Her wrench came out of no where hitting Ed then bouncing off and hitting Victoria. Victoria slumped to the floor, she had never been hit with a wrench before. Ed rubbed his head and jumped up.
"Winry, it wasn't what it looked like. She tackled me into the couch and then she hugged me."
"So this is who Havoc was talking about. Nice to meet you, Winry." Victoria said picking up the wrench. Winry snatched it out of Victoria's hand.
"Why were you hugging Ed?"
"Ed taught me alchemy in America, we were close friends."
"Key word 'were'. Out!" Winry said pointing toward the door.
"I'm not wanted anywhere." Victoria said hanging her head and making her way out the door.
"Wait!" Ed shouted after her; Victoria turned. "Winry let her stay. She's a tomboy, she's real easy to get along with. Give her a chance." Victoria walked over to Winry and held her hands out. Winry nodded and tapped Victoria's hands with her own. Ed ran upstairs and got dressed as fast as he could. He came back down and as if on queue the phone pierced the silence. Ed answered
"Hello?" Ed paused and his face changed from casual to shocked. "What do you mean captive?!" Winry and Victoria came closer to the phone to get at least a hint from the other side of the conversation. "Sir! Right away!" Ed hung up the phone and grabbed his red jacket with the flamel on the back. He quickly twisted his hair into a braid. "Come on you two! Envy and Greed have taken Liz and Natalie captive!"
"What? Captive? How is this possible, Rush Valley is supposed to be a secure place?!" Victoria asked feeling like she was responsible for her friends. Winry looked at Victoria innocently, then smirked. A light wrapped around her and she turned into Envy. Ed slapped his hands together and transmuted his automail to a knife.
"Where is she?!" Ed screamed.
"After you left the bedroom, I took her and tied her up. She's in her closet."
"Envy?" Victoria questioned.
"That's right little girl, and I've got your friends." Envy remarked.
"LITTLE!?" Victoria shouted clapping. She touched Envy's shoulder, a light flashed and Envy fell back.
"Weren't expecting that were you?" Ed questioned plowing into Envy. Envy pushed Ed off and grabbed Victoria's gloved hand.
"How can you do alchemy with no circle?"
"I've seen the truth!" Victoria said going on a clapping rampage. Each time Envy stumbled backward, Victoria hit him with another blast.
"I refer to her as the Speed and Strength Alchemist. She may not have taken the State Alchemist exam, but to my standards she didn't need to."
"You taught her didn't you?" Envy asked grabbing her throat and picking her up. She grabbed his wrist with both hands as he held her higher. "I could just break her neck right here." Victoria kicked him in the stomach with her steel toe boot. Envy punched her in the nose. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." The door swung open and Wrath attacked Envy's legs, while Ed stabbed Envy in the back. Envy fell pulling Victoria down with him. Victoria clapped and pushed Envy, he hit the ground with a thud. She landed on top of him and clapped again. She pushed down on his chest, hard. The force of alchemy was with her as she pushed harder. The floor began to crack under pressure. Envy reacted quickly and kicked Victoria off. Ed seized his chance. He slashed Envy's side with his blade. Envy quickly slammed Ed into the wall. Victoria wiped the blood from her nose, it was bleeding again. She remembered what Ed had told her about homunculi, when they become human they become almost immortal. You must fight to kill, give them no mercy. She heard Ed cry out in pain as a crack echoed the room. Envy grabbed his shirt and slammed him into the wall harder. Ed gasped, as he was punched in the stomach.
"I can't let you kill me again!" Ed shouted with force, it hurt to talk.
"Oh, give up pipsqueak!" Envy said slamming Ed again.
"Stop it!" Victoria yelled clapping and putting Envy in a choke hold from behind. Envy fought back with great force, but with alchemy Victoria could hold him for a while. Wrath thrust himself at Envy and with full force knocked him over. Victoria jumped out of the way just in time. Ed slumped to the floor holding his side. He gritted his teeth.
"Thanks." Ed managed to blurt out when Victoria approached.
"For what? I should be thanking you for teaching me alchemy." Victoria said. She turned and clapped giving Envy a blow to the legs. He and Wrath were now fist fighting.
"Ah, get off me runt!" Envy shouted kicking at Victoria, Wrath hit Envy in the chest.
"That's your problem, Envy. You're to open." Wrath said hitting Envy again.
"Why you…" Envy stopped when Wrath was tackled by someone else, Greed. Greed pinned Wrath to the ground holding his throat.
"You betrayed us, Wrath!" Greed shouted cocking his fist back. Greed was a strong human since he had previously been the ultimate shield. A clap came from the door, Izumi.
"Teacher?" Ed asked from where he lay. Izumi shot him a glance then slapped her hands to the floor. Victoria did the same. Their alchemy intertwined and hit Greed.
"What the-" Greed was slammed into the wall.
"Keep your hands off my son."
"Teacher, I thought you were dead." Ed said shocked to see his teacher.
"Fool, I've come from the other side." Izumi responded.
"Are there more from the other side?"
"Yes. A man called Korth robbed Marco of all his stones and is dragging people capable of war over here. He is trying to convince everyone that you are the enemy and he is siding with the homunculus. He doesn't use alchemy; he uses brute force and strength. It'll take someone tough and fast to beat him. He was a homunculus at one point. He was the original 'Wrath' but Envy had a grudge with him so he killed Korth by taking the Philosopher's Stone out of his core and sending him to the other side. Who is the boy that did alchemy with me?"
"I'm a girl!" Victoria shouted from where she was fighting Greed. Wrath was fighting Envy.
"I trained her in Germany."
"You're not a certified teacher! Let's see what she can do!" Victoria perked up; she didn't usually get an alchemy challenge. She clapped and punched Greed in the face. He sailed backwards and slammed into the wall.
"Beat that, 'teacher'."
"Gladly." Izumi clapped and tapped the ground, sending a spike toward Greed. He broke it to pieces when he punched it.
"Heh, try this!" Victoria shouted going on one of her speed frenzies. She would clap and tap the ground then clap again. She shot more that twenty spikes at Greed; and about fifteen hit him.
"Now! Finish him!" Ed screamed. Izumi went side by side with Victoria and they clapped and shot one huge spike going one hundred miles an hour. Greed smirked and held out a fist, it shattered.
"Something's wrong." Izumi said confused.
"Looks like this needs a double attack!" Ed shouted getting up and over to Victoria. They both clapped and put their hands together. Victoria and Ed blushed when their hands touched. Light began to form around them; their clothes were blowing away from their hands. A force formed between them and they pushed their hands toward Greed, their fingers still touching. The force shot toward Greed and hit him in the core. He shot through the house. A smoke cloud appeared where he landed.
"Oops…" Victoria said gazing at the hole in the Rockbell's wall. 'When I meet the real Winry I'm gonna be in trouble.' Victoria thought scratching her head. A wrench came out of nowhere and smacked Envy in the head. He clutched the side of his head. He then made a run for it and escaped.
"Crap!" Wrath shouted running out the door, and after Envy. Izumi followed. Victoria and Ed's hands were still touching. Victoria wrapped her fingers around Ed's.
"I love you." Victoria said without hesitating to kiss Ed right on the lips. When they pulled away, Ed blushed then fainted. Ed Elric fainted.
"Hey! Who are you?" Winry asked picking up her wrench. Victoria jumped back and positioned herself to fight.
"Are you the real Winry or are you Envy?"
"You dolt, didn't you see Envy run out the door?" Victoria nodded and relaxed at least Winry wouldn't throw the wrench at her. Or so she thought.
"I'm Victoria; Ed trained me on the other side." The wrench did fly and it smacked Victoria hard, and she fell down. "That almost hurt as much as when Envy did it. You're not too nice."
"I'm sorry; I don't run into arch rivals that often." Winry said sarcastically.
"Am I on everyone's bad list?" Victoria asked getting up and making her way to the gaping hole in the wall. She clapped and soon the wall became fixed, as good as new. Ed sat up and rubbed the back of his head. Winry picked him up by the collar and asked,
"So you love her too, huh?" She let him go and crossed her arms; Victoria came over beside her, wary of the wrench that Winry now clutched.
"Look, let me explain something to the both of you. I honestly thought that I would never get back from Germany. Winry, remember I told you that I had forgotten about you? Well, I was searching for someone else to be with forever. Soon, I ran into Victoria, we had a lot in common, so I fell in love with her. When I got back here, I realized that I hadn't forgotten about you, Winry. I also didn't forget about you, Victoria. However, Winry was my first love so it is only fair that I be with her. But you two can get along and I still give out free hugs." Ed explained this to the two dumbfounded girls before him. "Now we have two people to find and rescue!" Ed said heading toward the door. Winry looked over at Victoria and patted her on the head.
"Sorry about the wrench thing. I used to do it to Ed all the time." Victoria flashed a smile. "Wow, you're just as short as Ed."
"Hey, who are you calling small?!" Ed and Victoria asked in unison. Winry laughed. She began to like Victoria's personality.
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"I hear that Greed and Envy are residing at the Devil's Nest, again." The young man informed Ed.
"Thanks. Prepare yourselves, you two." Ed said to Winry and Victoria. Ed kicked the door open
"Is anybody home?" Victoria asked clapping and touching the wall, shooting spikes from it. Winry pulled out her wrench and prepared to fling it at the nearest thug. Ed grunted and glanced around, it was deserted. Victoria took a step forward and almost fell into a deep pit. Ed grabbed her arm and jerked her back. "Thanks, Ed." Ed nodded; he then clapped and made a bridge. The three crossed it each one not far behind the other. After crossing, they continued down a corridor and into another room. Spikes formed out of both walls and they began to slide together. Ed and Winry gasped, but Victoria was ahead of the game.
"Grab hold if you wanna live." Victoria clapped and put her right hand out, Winry grabbed it, and Ed knew what she was doing so he did it by himself. Victoria used her alchemy strength and pulled Winry and her up she did all of this with one hand, which surprised Winry. 'How can this girl's arm be so strong?' As soon as Winry's boot was out of the spike's way, the walls slammed shut. The rooms seemed to be riddled with traps. Winry let go of Victoria's right hand and grabbed her left hand.
"Winry what are you doing?" Ed asked raising his eyebrows, surprised at how determined she was to see Victoria's hand. Without responding Winry pulled the glove from Victoria's left hand, automail glistened and Winry's face lit up. "I didn't know you had automail." Ed said coming over for a closer look.
"This isn't normal automail; it is built with a different kind of metal. Do you have anymore automail?" Winry asked stepping back. Victoria lifted her left pant leg. Winry bent down and examined it. "You need a tune-up."
"How did it happen, Victoria? Not human transmutation I hope."
"No, it was nothing like that. This happened before I started alchemy. I was hit by a car walking home one day from a friend's house in Germany."
"Does Liz know?" Winry asked standing and straightening her purple sweat pants.
"No, when I got hit a nice mechanic named Winry helped me out. She was the Munich you." Ed and Winry both gasped.
"You met her? When did you meet her?"
"The day I came to Germany for my first training lesson, Ed. I was two days late remember?"
"Hey, we got captives to rescue!" Winry said breaking into the conversation. Victoria nodded and pulled her glove back on. They ran through the next corridor and reached a big vacant room. Over in the corner Natalie and Liz sat tied up. Winry went to untie them but Victoria grabbed her.
"Wait, this is too easy."
"She's right," Ed nodded. He clapped and made a cannon. He spotted and shot at trained machine guns and blew them up.
"Very clever, Edward." Envy said from behind the three.
"Envy!" Victoria didn't waste her time she punched Envy with her automail arm. Envy was shocked, as Winry was, at how strong her arm was. Victoria wanted to turn her automail into a gun, but what would Liz and Natalie think of her having automail and not telling them. Victoria went for it anyway. A click echoed the room as Victoria's left sleeve burst. Trained on Envy, Victoria held out her shotgun automail. Envy was greatly distracted by this, so Winry slipped away and untied Liz and Natalie. Victoria cocked the gun and fired, the recoil caused her arm to pop up. She hit Envy in the chest. Envy put his hand over the wound and laughed.
"So this is what it feels like to bleed!" Envy burst into maniacal laughter and dropped to his knees. Victoria didn't know what he was going to do so she shot again. This time Ed stepped up to the plate. He transmuted his automail into a knife and killed Envy on the spot. He slumped over.
"This guy always put up a good fight." Ed said as if he were the preacher over the gravesite.
"Victoria, I didn't know you had automail." Liz said shocked. Victoria held her left arm close to her body and started to walk out. Winry followed her. 'Edward may not have let me in, but maybe Victoria will.' When Winry was walking side by side with Victoria, she asked.
"What's the matter?"
"I was this close to killing someone." Victoria said putting her index finger and thumb close together.
Spoiler to the manga
"That's happened to me once before. I had a gun trained on Scar, my parent's killer. Edward stopped me from killing him. Then he explained that my hands are not made to kill, they are made to let people live. You might can fight and help Edward and Alphonse win, but you don't have to kill."
"Thanks, Winry. I've never thought of it that way." Victoria said smiling. The five made their way outside. In the room above where the spike walls had closed, there was a door leading out. The sunshine was bright and Ed squinted. They all made their way to the Rockbell residence, unaware of the war that was about to rage on that beautiful, perfect day.
Authors Note: I've never written a hinted lemon before as you can probably tell. Please review, I would appreciate it, thanks.
-Victoria