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Ways to improve the story are much appreciated but flame will be given to my man slave.
Roy: Dammit, I'm not your slave!
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Demon's Embrace
Chapter One: Games
It was hard for Riza to get out of bed that morning, fatigue showed in her eyes due to lack of sleep. She rubbed her face to perk her up but it was to no avail, her next idea was to bury her face into the pillow but a knock at her bedroom door stopped her.
"Hey Riza, you up?" called out Edward from the other side.
"Yes…now go away." Was her reply.
Ed rolled his eyes and opened the door. "Come on, you're usually up before us. This week however-"
"I just haven't been getting enough sleep, that's all." Spoke the woman and sat up.
Ed eyeballed her like she was hiding something but then thought nothing of it. "If you say so." He said with a small smile. "Al's feeling a lot better now, that medicine knocked his cold right out the window."
"Thank goodness." Riza sighed in relief. "That bug was on him for a week!"
Ed smiled and left the room, offering coffee to the woman beforehand.
Riza couldn't tell the boy about her dreams lately, it would make him very angry and spastic. A week since those dreams started…there's no other explanation. She thought to herself, remembering the baritone voice that spoke so soft in her ear and the strong arms that held her close. It has to be a demon. Riza thought bitterly to herself and stood up. He's not going to fool me next time.
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"Lord Fuhrer!"
A stern looking woman around twenty began pounding on the double doors to a bedroom. "Don't make me use my-" she was cut off by one of the doors opening a bit followed by a stream of fire.
"You forget who you dealing with Dante." Came a low voice from inside.
"Forgive me my Lord but you are usually-" Dante started to rebuttal but another stream of fire was the response she received. "I am usually what now?" the man spoke and stepped out, revealing a man in his late twenties with short messy raven hair and dark midnight eyes, almost black as his hair. Just by looking at the man, one could easily mistake him for Xingnese by his exotic looks.
"I'm sorry Fuhrer, it wasn't my place to say." Dante bowed in shame, mentally cursing her leader for the fire streams he sent.
A smirk played on the Fuhrer's lips. "You should know by now." He spoke with authority and walked right passed her without glancing back. It was an eventful night, how could I not sleep? He thought as he passed by some servants cleaning scorch marks off a painting of a human leader. I have to tell Kimbley to stop trying to blow up everything he sees. He scowled at the painting.
Damn humans…exiling us to the depths of the Earth all those years ago while we did nothing to harm them. I'll show them the true meaning of Hell.
"Yo!"
The demon leader's train of thought was interrupted by another man's voice. He looked up to see a man around his age with short spiky black hair with cat green eyes, glasses resting on his nose.
"Maes, if this is about your cute daughter again, I swear I will roast your pictures and all of your cameras!"
The demon known as Maes frown for a split second then pulled out a picture of a four year old girl wearing a pink dress ten times her size, a oversized white flower hat and big red high heels. "But you haven't seen Elysia in dress up yet, isn't she just the cutest?!"
"Maes…" the Fuhrer growled, preparing a small ball of fire in his right hand.
"Geesh, alright Roy! Put that thing out!" Maes spoke, rolling his eyes. "Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed."
The servants cleaning off the mess from the painting started to giggle but one glare from Roy send them running. "There's the good old fire demon Fuhrer I know." Maes joked, putting a hand on Roy's shoulder. He said nothing but his smirked was back in its place. "I met her again last night." He said finally.
"Who? That thief?"
Roy nodded as he reached in his pants pocket. "Turns out she's fun to play with." He chuckled and pulled out a small heart shaped locket. "If I knew she was stealing from here, I would really show her how to play."
Maes smiled but mentally thought one thing: You need to stop playing mind games with humans and get yourself a wife!
"Is she really worth that much trouble? All she took was medicine and food, I mean, she didn't steal any money or anything of value."
Roy had a gleam of mischief dancing his eyes. "I know but it's just so much fun taunting someone inferior."
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Riza just finished her toast and coffee as Ed and Al put on their coats and boots on. "We better get going or Izumi will kill us for being late." Edward said, wrapping a scarf around his neck.
"And we all know how she gets." Riza chuckled as she picked up the breakfast plates and placed them in the sink.
"See ya tonight Riza!" Al waved good-bye and he and Ed were out the door. Riza waved back, watching them leave while remembering not too long ago about the Elric brothers and their situation. They're so strong…losing their parents to a demon attack…she thought. That was her guess why Edward had auto mail for an arm and leg anyway.
That was five years ago, before Fuhrer Mustang took control of Amestris but Riza thought is was all the same. Why punish us for the crimes our ancestors committed? I don't understand demons…and I don't want to. She huffed and started cleaning the dishes before she had to leave for work.
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It was already noon as Riza made her way around the upper area of Central, clutching a package to her chest as she tried to find the address of the recipient. "How hard is it to find Maisey Drive?" she growled to herself, she didn't want to be there long due to it being full of demons. After the war, the demons moved into humans' homes and took everything from them. The area used to be a good place to raise a family but now…
Riza shuddered to herself as she found the street she was looking for. It can't get any worse…
She was so wrong…
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Dream
"I knew you would be back."
Riza closed her eyes and refused to look at the man. "Just leave me alone, I know what you're doing demon." She spat. The man chuckled as she heard his footsteps walking closer. "Just because I am a demon doesn't mean anything." He spoke, one of his arms circled around her waist and his other hand holding on to hers.
"What are you doing? Back off!" Riza growled and tried to move away but the demon held her in place. "Just one dance, that's all I ask." He purred in Riza's ear.
"No." she said bluntly but stopped fighting when she heard the sound of string instruments playing in the background. "What…?" she opened her eyes to see they were standing in a huge ballroom with one story tall glass windows, the floor decorated in gold and silver tiles designed in the style of the Fleur d' Lys along with a large diamond chandelier hanging above them.
"Where are we?" Riza asked the man, to see a man a few years older than her standing there with hair black as night combed back that a few wisps of hair were seen, a white dress tuxedo and a black mask covered his face.
"My own fantasy." He replied then motioned to her clothes. Riza looked down to see her ratty nightclothes gone, replaced with a long light blue strapless gown that barely touched the floor, on her neck was a gorgeous diamond pendant shaped like a teardrop and her hair was swept back in a stylish bun, showing more of Riza's face.
"How'd you-?" she couldn't speak as the demon brought her to the middle of the ballroom as the song's melody began again. "I have my ways." He spoke and started leading her in a waltz. The music itself was beautiful yet…haunting almost. Riza couldn't put her finger on it but the music sounded familiar to her. This is all happening so fast…I have to stop this. But why can't I? Her mind raced as the beat started to quicken and the demon danced a bit faster. How am I keeping up with him? I don't even know how to dance!
"Just follow my lead." The demon spoke, almost like he knew what troubled Riza and held her closer, their chests almost touching.
"You've been following me around for the past week in my dreams so do you mind telling me who you are or will I have to refer you as 'Demon'?" Riza had to ask.
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." Was his reply.
"Prove it."
"I rather not, it keeps it interesting."
The music sped up as the strings sounded like they were screaming out in pain and torment and the two danced around the ballroom faster until the last bar was played and the demon dipped Riza low. "I will see you again tomorrow night." He said, their noses touching. Riza felt herself grow red in the face which made the demon chuckle. "Perhaps I should seal it with a kiss."
Riza was about to retort but was silenced by the demon's mouth on hers, it wasn't soft nor rough, almost like he wanted a small taste instead.
End Dream
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Riza's eyes shot open and sat straight up in her bed. "Oh my God…" she breathed and gently touched her lips. "It felt so…real."
Looking up at the ceiling, Roy Mustang smirked to himself. "I didn't expect to go that far but no matter." He sighed before drifting off to sleep again.
END OF CHAPTER ONEI hope you liked that chapter, I put in some Royai interaction and Hughes! You gotta have him! The dream sequence took forever to write, I hope the two didn't act too out of character. Well, Roy is a flirt and Riza likes to resist. Orginally, I wasn't planning a kiss but since Roy wants to play games I decided why not.
Oh, and the music during the dance, it's called 'The Devil's Trill' and it was the basis of an arc in the series 'Yami no Matsuei'. It's really beautiful and I was listening to the YnM CD while writing this so…here ya go!
Review please!