Chapter 2: The Blond monster

Their hearts were full of pain of suffering, as they walked through the streets of the destroyed Beining, a city that was once the centre of human development and that still came out by the beautifulness of it's art were reduced to ruins and dust.

They walked through the once precious buhudist temple, and they literally walked over the once tallest building of the city, when they reach the Forbidden City, the place where only the Emperor's family, the 17 clans and their servants and very important guests could walk into. No proof that that beautiful place had once existed was left. They walked through the palaces, one by one, only finding ruins and destruction.

Their hearts finally crumble when they reached both the Chen clan's palace and the Yao clan's palace. No trace of their families was left. May fell to the floor this time, and even Ling couldn't resist a flow of bitter tears this time.

But they couldn't stop there, they had to follow they search, it was impossible that there wasn't even a survivor of that slaughtering; they had to found someone to ask about that and search for revenge.

But who could do that thing; they started thinking, as they walked towards the imperial palace. The government of Amestris although it was very powerful, its army wouldn't be able to cross the entire desert and stay stealth all the way until the Capital city, they've crossed all the way until the capital, and they could say that there wasn't such destruction in any place than Beining.

Creta? Areugo? Drachma? The same problem, but Xingjian army was capable of fight anyone of this countries, then what had happened for the city to be like that?

Finally they reached the Imperial Palace. Compared to the other buildings in the Forbidden City, this was intact; but it only gave the place a sense of a phantom city.

They hadn't to wait a lot; after some minutes looking at the palace, a delicate light came from one of the second floor.

"It could be a signal of survivors" he thought, and then with his native syllabic language, he called with an authoritarian voice – "Who's There! Respond at the name of Ling Yao, Prince of Xing, and explain what has happened here!

A cloud of dust appeared in front of the princes and a Xingjian Ninja appeared from it, it was one of the Royal guards of the Yao Clan.

- Master Ling! - He shouted with a combination of joy and desperation – Oh! Thanks all gods that you're here and safe, it was really a blessing that you were in that mission in Amestris when this occurred.

- Exactly what has happened here and who did it, Xon Liei? – Ling asked. His face showed a lot of anger; enough for the ninja to not waste his time with formalisms

- Well…what can I say, it was so suddenly…

A week ago, there was a windy day. It was the harvesting day in the outskirts of the city. Early in the morning, the Rice Farmers saw a person covered with an old brown cape and a hat of the same colour and age. Although the Farmers talked to him, this person ignored them and continued walking through the great road, in direction to the capital city.

At the Gate of the city the Guards stopped him, the skin was incredibly white and yellow hairs came out from the hat; he must have been a foreign then.

"Freeze there Foreigner! And tell us what are your business in the lands of the Xing Empire!" the Guard asked with our usual "manners" with foreign people. An evil grin was showed behind the shadows that the hat brought and with a youthful but wicked voice, the Foreigner replied

"I am here to punish you for your sins…"

In less than two seconds, the two guards fell reaped on the ground and the alarm was spread. Lots of guards of the Royal army came then and challenged the Foreigner. He grinned again and showed his hand covered with a black glove. The fingers suddenly grew, changing to what appeared to be incredibly large claws, and then he charged against the army. With only a swing of his hand, he cut the swords, crushed the shields, and killed the Guards. Then he started walking into the city.

More guards came and more guards were easily killed. So they called the Elite Warriors, it was the Emperor's week and all the important people of the Empire was in the city, we had to protect them at all cost.

The ninjas appeared and charged against the invader from all directions with all their secret techniques. However, as if he had eyes in all the parts of his body, he dodged all the attacks, and made ones of his own. It took him more time, but finally he killed the ninjas as well. The most they managed to do was to take his cape and hat out, showing a quite tall blond person dressed all in black with a material that seemed to be leather.

After it, he started running like crazy, killing everyone that crossed in his way. Any of us managed to look at his face, but we saw him trembling and laughing like crazy, as he was enjoying what he was doing a lot. It seemed that blood excited him, going on a killing rush every time he killed one of our people, having to kill more and more. Some survivors also swear to have seen him licking his claws after committing a killing spree.

But then the "retanjutsu" users came and used his ancient knowledge against him, but the foreigner didn't even try to dodge the attack. With something that seemed to be a green, he received all the explosions and all the transmutations that were made against him. After some seconds, from the battle dust, another creature appeared, it was completely dark, and the worst thing was he wasn't even scratched. It was a matter of seconds for all the scientists to be death.

He continued killing in his way to the Forbidden Palace, the evacuation of the women had already begun, but the Emperor and Generals thought it was ridiculous to stay when the enemy was composed by just one being.

And finally the "Blond Monster" as we call him now, reached the palace, and killed all the Guardians, the Servants, the 14 princes along with the Generals and the Emperor. Then, he leaved as fast as he came, leaving the city in this state.

- I was in charge of the protections of the women of the royalty, that's why I'm still alive – the ninja said, after finishing his tale. Ling couldn't believe that, the mighty Xing empire, have fallen by the power of just one being, he'd seen a lot of weird things since he started his search of immortality, but that was the most.

All the princes were death, in other cases, he'll be happy since all his strong competition have disappeared; but in that occasion he didn't know what to think, at least it was a relief to know that his mother have survived the attack, May was relieved too about the same thing.

Then he remembered something – You said that 14 princes were death and we're s17, does anyone survived?

- Well…yes. Prince Hao Yen of the Yen clan wasn't attacked and that's something we can't understand. But he's incredibly shocked and he hardly talks to anyone now; it seems…he's the only one that has looked his face.

- So he's alive…Lucky for a 11 years old child. Please take me where he is but before…do you know how much people died in the attack?

- Well, we're really not sure, but considering the number of bodies and survivors we've found, we have calculated it in 5929 falls.

- Hmm… interesting… 77 times 77 falls. Very interesting…

Ling had in front of him the one who once was the most hyperactive, playful and young of the 17 princes, reduced to a pile of nerves. His skin was pale as he was already death, and he didn't stop trembling all the time he was there. "He really has seen the Devil" Ling thought looking at him. They were alone, as May ordered to be brought with her family immediately.

- Why have you come here, Ling Yao of the Yao clan, to take control of a country, after it has fallen into disgrace?

- Hao Yen of the Yen clan – Ling replied, looking at him with a mix of authority and compassion – I'm as hurt as you to see my beloved country reduced to this, but I was on a mission for my clan, you can't censure me for doing that.

- A mission? ha ha ha ha – his laugh was low but showed an unstable mind – how foolish you, who thought you will find the secret of immortality in a foreign country when all our scientist haven't found it in centuries of researching, to gain the favor of our father, and now he was killed when you were excursing. My question is…Did you find the secret?

- No, I didn't find the secret, but I found lots of other things, and the possibility to retaliate about this incident…

- Retaliate? are you meaning RETALIATE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS SOO FUNNY! ALL OUR MIGHTY ARMY FELL IN THE HANDS OF THAT MONSTER AND YOU THINK YOU CAN RETALIATE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ling then punched his face so hard that he made him fall from his chair to the ground

- IT'S NOT TIME FOR YOUR STUPID THOUGHTS HOW! – Ling shouted furiously – if I say that we can retaliate, is because we can. In my travel in Amestris, I've found monster as the one you have described and I am friend of the people that know how to defeat them

- Is there really that kind of people in this world? – Hao asked, touching his painful cheek- All our brothers, the generals and our father were consumed warrior, and he killed them without having even a scratch.

- yes there are, I'm here because of them – after a while he asked to his brother- Any Idea why are you still alive?

- Well…he was coming to kill me after killing all the other ones; I have to confess I wasn't strong enough to confront him, so I fell to the ground and started shaking like I've never done in my life. He was going to stab me with his claws, when a guard that was there jumped from nowhere and attacked him. He stabbed him instead of me and instantly killed him. Then he showed a lot of anger and he turned around saying "It is done" and he leaved the place. I really don't fully understand why he leaved, but I think it would have been better that that guard haven't interfered and then I hadn't had to see them…all death…in that way!

And then he started to cry loudly, Ling then approached to him and he put his hand on his head

- I need you to do me a favor Hao; you've been praised as a painting genius since you were very young, and I need you now to draw me a picture of the "Blond Monster".

- no…no please! Don't make me do that! Don't make me remember that wicked face full of bloodlust and hunger of death; don't make me to live again that hell!

- You said you weren't strong enough to confront him that time, but you can be the strong enough now to confront him again. I promise you that we can take revenge for the fall of our beloved ones, but I really need to know to detail how the "Blond Monster" is. Please help me to kill the perpetrator of this, you're the only one that can do that Hao, you're the only one.

He kept immobile for several minutes, but then he cleaned his tears and he faced Ling with decision in his eyes.

- Bring me Pencil and Paper.

It took him one hour, a picture that will normally take him 10 minutes. It was difficult for him, but finally the picture of the "Blond Monster" was finished. He then gave it to Ling

"That's not possible, that's not really possible!" Ling exclaimed. He repeated the same thing more than 10 times; but he was sure, that if the circumstances weren't as they were, he would have swear that it was Alphonse Elric, the one that Hao Yen had just drawn on that paper.

A/N: Well let me present you the Wicked Kaos, I hope you have liked him

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