Zomg, this is funny. All week, I've been walking around with Japanese characters drawn on my hands with permanent marker. On my hands, it says "Divine Blood" in kanji, and on my arms, it says "Ayumi" on one, and "Arumatsu" on the other, which is my original character's name.
So, someone asked me why I had them on, and I told them that I liked Japanese culture. She replied, "Why? Are you Japanese?" and I said, "No, I'm black. I thought that was obvious." XD Don't ask, I thought it was funny and decided to share.
Anyway, this is chapter 13! That's bad luck, zomg, aaah! That means I'm now officially longer then the original story (MBYS) is! Yay!
Someone asked, and I feel like saying now, and if I've said it before, then I apologize for repeating myself, cuz I have a bad memory. Reincarnations is mostly mangaverse, with a little animeverse splashed it. XD Yay!
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My head's throbbing with pain. I cracked my eyes open the slightest bit and saw a couple of blurry figures over me. Blinking several times, they cleared up and Melissa and a Winry cosplayer were hovering over me.
"You okay?" Melissa asked cautiously. I blinked at her and stared dazedly at the Winry cosplayer. She was holding a wrench. Agh; was that what hit me? Well, dammit! "You...wrench girl...damn you..." I mumbled.
Well, I guess she's fine, since she's well enough to swear." The Winry cosplayer chuckled. I glared at her. Melissa helped me stand back up. I held my head and glared at Winry more. "Why'd you hit me for?"
"Natural reaction," I heard her mutter, more to herself then to me. I blinked, and she grinned. "Anyway, Niecey, I thought you were gonna cosplay Envy, I mean, your cosplay's great, but what happened?"
"Niecey?..." I echoed. I think that hit to the head did something, because for some reason, she seemed strangely familiar to me...wait! "Oh em gee, Auntie??" I gasped excitedly. She grinned and nodded. "'Bout time you recognized me."
"Another fanfiction author?" Ed asked in an irritated voice. Oh, I thought he was unconscious. Silly me. "Even better. She's my aunt! Well, online, that is." I explained to him with a grin. "Whatever." He replied.
"I'm so glad I got to see you! Your father had to leave early and I didn't get to see him. This is so awesome!" Auntie Keaka (her name online; on FanFiction, she Mayuna) squealed, throwing her arms around me and squeezing me tightly. I hugged back, slightly less enthusiastically. I mean, people were watching, and I swear I heard something about 'EdxWin' from the crowd.
"Ed, is this really you?" She suddenly asked quietly in my ear, and she sounded Amestrian all of a sudden. No way, she was really Winry?? "Yeah, it is. Winry?" Ed asked through me.
"Yup. Really glad to see you again. I guess it really wasn't a coincidence that we met here again." She whispered back. She let go and smiled, randomly ruffling my hair. "So cute." She cooed in her regular voice, then smiled at Melissa. "Ah! Al, there you are! I've been looking everywhere for you!" She exclaimed, a lot louder then she really should. I guess she's looking for attention.
I blinked, fixing my messed up hair. Melissa blinked also, and smiled sheepishly. "Uh, hi Winry, good to see you."
Keaka grinned mischievously, and tackle-glomped Melissa to the ground. "Gah?!" Melissa yelled when she hit the ground. Keaka snuggled up to her, going, "I love you, Al!"
I giggled. Of course, Keaka's an AlxWin fan too. I cheered, and so did a couple of other people. Someone patted my shoulder in sympathy, "Its okay, Fullmetal. I know you're heartbroken and all, but there's plenty of more fish in the sea. You'll find another girl."
I snorted. "As if. I'm already madly in love with Ayumi Arumatsu. Let Winry and Al do what they want." I joked. "Stop pairing me with your own damn character!" Ed snapped. I shrugged, looking over to see who was still touching my shoulder. "Holy crap, hey Eli!"
Eli grinned, slightly grimmer then she had yesterday. The miniskirt was gone, I noted, replaced with the rest of Mustang's proper uniform. "Fullmetal, come with me." She said in an Amestrian accent. I signed and nodded, looking back to Keaka and Melissa, who was rolling around on the floor, Keaka tickling Melissa frantically. I smirked, Melissa looking up and giving me a pleading look through an uncontrollable laughing grin. "Help!" She finally made out through wild bursts of laughter.
"Have fun!" I called. Roy rolled her (his? Geez, I'm seriously gender confused right now) eyes and walked off. I waved at them and ran off after Roy, leaving behind shrieks of laughter.
I followed Roy through the crowd, wondering what he wanted me for. She (he???) let me back into the room I was in last night. I blinked when I got it, as Roy shut the door behind me. It was completely dark now. I stepped forward a couple of echoing steps. One of my steps triggered a clicking sound, and a transmutation circle suddenly glowed silver, reflecting its shape on the ceiling.
I gasped and literally froze, like a thin crystalline sheet of material had suddenly formed under my skin. The echoes of footsteps clacked towards me, and a face lit up by the alchemic light appeared. "Good job, Roy." Hiromu smiled kindly behind me, which I could only assume was where Roy was.
"What's going on? You never said you wee gonna do this." Roy replied panicky. "Idiot." Ed muttered.
"How else was I going to get her to listen to me?" She questioned with the same gently smiled. Roy fell silent, so I assumed he was frozen too. She looked at me. "Ayumi, have you decided to help me yet? Speak now."
"It's not like you' e gonna give a damn if I choose or not." I blurted out. My eyes widened, despite being frozen. How the hell did she do that?!
"Ah, of course. Ed, what do you feel about it? Speak now." She replied coolly.
"This is all a trick. Ayumi shouldn't sacrifice her own life to save people she never actually knew." Ed said through me. I winced slightly at how tone. He sounded really, really pissed.
"So, you bother still don't want to work with me." She sighed in remorse. "What more can I do to show you?"
"Nothing. We're not listening to your crap." Ed answered for me.
"Right. Then I have no choice but to tell you." She stared right at me with glowing red eyes and I shuddered. "Ayumi, you're dying. Ed's slowly killing you right now."
"Wh-what?" I choked out, feeling my throat tighten painfully. "Shut up, you don't have to tell her!" Ed yelled through me again.
"You know, it's impossible for two souls to stay in one body equally. Ever since the beginning, Ed's soul had dominance over yours, and has been slowly absorbing your soul." She explained slowly.
"Shut up! Shut up! I don't wanna hear it!" I covered my ears with my hands and squeezed my eyes shut to block her out. But wait, I wanted to hear it. This was one of the things Ed's been hiding from me again; this was what Lust had mentioned before. Then why do I...
"Haven't you noticed that it's easier to gain or lost control of your body then it did back then? It's because your soul is swallowing, and it'll keep diminishing until you cease to exist." She yelled over me. I stopped yelling and bit my lip, even if I still felt like screaming at her. I stared at her and pulled my hands away and watched. Ed gave up trying to stop this.
Hiromu sighed again. "Remember those pains in your heart you had a while back? That was because of Ed." She stepped forward and touched the tips of her fingers on my temples. "This is your heartbeat now." She said, and I listened for it, but heard nothing. Then, a single heartbeat, a long pause again, and another heartbeat. Well, crap. I really am dying...
"And this is yours when Ed's in control. Ed, please." She muttered. Ed sighed regretfully. I didn't feel anything happen, but I could feel and hear my heartbeat quicken to its normal rate. Hiromu pulled her hands away, and the sounds stopped.
"Edward's in more control then you thought. He's influencing your thoughts and feelings now, even your own body. Ed, I want you to fully let go. Show her what'll happen." She commanded stiffly.
"No! I'm not gonna hurt her!" Ed protested immediately. Her eyes flashed a warning. "Now."
"Dammit..." He growled under my breath. I felt him slip away and felt cold all of a sudden. I hugged myself and shivered, but my skin felt cold and numb. My stomach felt queasy and the pain I used to have came back, but intensified to about a hundred times the amount of pain. I felt like I was about to vomit and doubled over, groaning in pain. The taste of iron filled my mouth, and I in took a breath sharply, the blood dripping from the sides of my mouth. "Ahh! Stop!" I screamed, just for more blood to splatter onto the transmutation circle.
"That's enough, Ed." Hiromu breathed quietly. The pain stopped, and I felt somewhat warm again, but that didn't stop me from spitting out blood. I looked up at her weakly, "Is...is everyone like this?"
"No. The homunculi have no souls, and have nothing to harm their hosts with. And not everyone has a strong a spiritual energy as you do. They're only suffering because they've been here longer. That's why we need you." She paused and crossed her arms irritably. "But, Melissa is suffering almost as much as you are, to an extent."
"How long?" I asked shakily, trying to force myself to stand. That just got more blood to squirt out of my mouth though.
"You have two more days. On the second day, at midnight, you'll die and Ed will have full control." She answered.
"And when do we have to do this transmutation thingy?" I questioned. "Ayumi, don't." Ed whispered warningly, but I ignored him.
"Tomorrow night, at midnight. America will have it's population's souls drained, to the exception of all Amestrians. If America does get destroyed, I'll send all Amestrians and their reincarnations to oblivion forever."
"Huh...kinda harsh there." I smirked the slightest bit and staggered to my feet. I ran my sleeve across my face, wiping away the blood. "Either way, I'm gonna die, huh? Heheheh...you're really not giving me a choice there, Arakawa." I said with a snicker. She raised an eyebrow at me. I grinned as a response to that.
"Ya know, it's really starting to suck being Ed." I sighed. "Fine, whatever. You win, yay you. I'll do it."
She grinned, and for a second, I recognized her as my character Death again. "Excellent." She purred. I blinked, and she was gone. The transmutation light faded, and the lights switched on. I sighed. Roy, or Eli, who knows, ran over.
"I'm sorry, Fullmetal. I had no idea he'd do that. She said she just wanted to talk." She said rushingly in a half Amestrian accent. I know why that's been happening now. This sucks. I rolled my eyes and waved it off. "Its fine, Colonel Shit. I'm glad I found out."
Roy frowned, said, "Fine, whatever. Bye, you little midget", and ran out the door. "Don't call me small!" I yelled after her.
"Same old bastard." Ed sighed. I nodded slowly. "How long have you known, Ed?" I asked suddenly, trying hard and failing to not sound angry.
"Since you went to the hospital." Ed replied gruffly. "The doctor really couldn't do anything, I just asked him to lie to you. Don't me mad, I seriously thought you were gonna die. I panicked, alright?"
"Well, I only have about one or two days to live, right?" I asked casually, ignoring the intense freaking out session I wanted to do.
"Right..." Ed said slowly, not following with what I was saying. I grinned. "So, I might as well save America from whatever's gonna happen. That'll be more fun!"
" America is so seriously screwed if it's depending on you." Ed replied with a sigh. I snickered. Somehow, things are actually starting to look up.
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OMG, I'm finally done! Yatta! That chapter was longer then I meant for it to be...-sighs- I really gotta learn how to end a chapter better. Anyway, to ya'll's reviews!
Everyone! Read manga at onemanga dot com! It's awesome, and that's where I read my manga!
Skyler25- XD OMG hi to you too. That's exactly why I decided to update on Mondays. It's something to look forward to besides school. Blech. XD; And please don't kill me...I won't be able to update anything...XD;;; AraCOWa, lmao!
UndeadTiger- XD I'll get facebook soon, geez! And I like MySpace...-emos-
Half Human Homunculi- Ooooh, sounds cool XP I think I know what site your talking about, because, if I'm right, I read the Elfen Lied manga there, and they skipped chapter 76, which I'm up too -.-; Dammit!
Amaris Sirtsema- Awww, XD Don't be! And I love Envy too...X3 All the quizzes I take say I'm Ed...go figure...hehehe
SapphireElric- Yes, I am a genius. Mwahahah! Twists are fun...and yay, cosplay!
Mr. Thumbsup- Psh, forget a heart attack. I did die. But for different reasons. -cough- I personally think that he's gonna meet up with Al's soul in the Gate, and might just be able to bind it with his body, but at the cost of his own soul. Gaaasp!!!
agent000- XD; Ehehe? I still love you, dun worry n.n Envy fangirls rule! Yay Envy! I promise, you'll be more in the next chapter, this one I just randomly stuck you in there n.n;
Amaya24- Everytime I see your name, I think of my character...oh, you missed your homework for this? Awesome! So did I! XD The others are coming, just be patient n.n
wolfboy1021- o.o Really? It didn't?? Woah, weird! I'll try and help you with that n.n; No, it can't be Hughes, because he -spoiler, yay!- died before this transmutation for Amestres takes place. But yeah, maybe I can squeeze you in. -shrugs- Mostly all the other reincarnates are people I know really well, or people I made up, like Riku and Jessica. We'll see.
Okay, before I go! I'll be starting an Original story soon on FictionPress and still need more characters! If you feel like being in my story, contact me in a review and tell me, I'll send you what information you need to fill out. Okay, thanks for reading, love you, byes!