Chapter Eight
Warning: ShinjiXFriend in this chapter. All ShinjiXDark fans,you may want to skip the bit.

Question: What's your favorite pairing with Shinji?
Dark: ShinjiXDark
Ed: ShinjiXEd
Me: We havent even gotten to that book!
Ed: *Chuckles*

After about a month, my body was healed enough for me to walk without assistance. Dark helped me open a portal to my home and we stepped in.
"I'm home!" I shouted as I landed on the couch in the basement. My mom came down, a shiny ring on her ring finger, a gold band with a diamond, or really high quality cubic zirconia.
"Your father proposed-again!- three days ago! Al was hysteric!" She beamed. She looked like she was glowing.
Shoving the latter from my mind, I stood up, the fading pain striking my lower.
"I'm here to visit my old friends and then, we're off!" I smirked.
"Al wants me to pick him up, you can visit at lunch, which is in... Half an hour." I nodded and ran up the stairs and took off running down the driveway like a runway and took off, spreading onyx colored wings and flying to AV.

I waited on the roof of the building when the bell for second lunch rang. I quickly ruffled my hair, it turning short and dirty blonde. I saw the first kids run out. I hung around the intermediate exit. Groups of kids ran out like it was the last one of their lives. A short dark haired girl and a tall dark skinned girl with dark hair back in a short ponytail came out.
"Brianna! Nadine!" I beamed and ran over.
"Verity?" Nadine gaped.
"The one and only!" I jabbed a thumb at my chest. "I can do alchemy now!" I wiggled my fingers and drew a small piece of chalk out. I smirked as I drew a quick circle on the pavement and pressed my hands to it. A small bird grafted itself from the cement. Nadine and Brianna gaped.
"I thought you had died a few days after Dark came..." Nadine said to me quietly. I looked up.
"I'll tell you a secret. I'm Dark's girlfriend. And I had this thing called a Flame Pull done. I can fly, like, legit fly. With wings." Brianna looked so stunned. I looked up at her.
"Feathers." I drew out three. "I'm on this mission." I changed back to the normal form I had. My black braid and gold eyes. "I need to save the world and I'll need your help. That feather will eventually glow a year before we have this showdown. It will take you to any world from a manga or anime, but only one. Like Ranma 1/2 or Fullmetal Alchemist. I can promise you that I will be in FMA's universe-where is that damn excuse for a brother?" I looked around. I saw Al sneak out.
"You!" I pointed at him. He looked over, his face gaining color. "Alphonse! Come here!"
Al nodded.
"Brianna, I'd like you to meet my brother..." Brianna looked at the coal eyed boy. "Alphonse Elric-Mustang. Alphonse's opposite in our world."
Brianna's jaw dropped. Then, she hugged him, Nadine and I sweatdropping. "Don't kill him!" I protested. She realized she was hurting him.
"Elric-Mustang?" She looked curiously at me.
"Elric is our mom's maiden name. Mustang is our dad's name. " Nadine frowned.
"Soo... Mustang?"
"Roy Mustang. My brother likes to call him Colonel Bastard a lot... Oh, Ed..." Nadine perked up.
"Yeah. Edward Elric. My younger brother. He's taller than his counterpart, but still shorter than me... I'm just waiting for the day he actually meets the other him... I will video tape when my brother calls Ed short." I laughed. Then winced.
"Im essentially calling myself short..." I lay down, wide eyed. Al kicked my leg, making me sit up in a flash and punch him.
"Oh, yeaaah!" Nadine held a finger up to her chin. "I've met him... He's taller than me by about ten centimeters." I laughed. "That's Ed for you!"
Al and the other two laughed. I noticed my friend Yemene, whose identities range from Death the Girl to Maria. I ran over, waving.
"YEMENNNNNEEEE!" I shouted, laughing.
"Who-"
"Verity." I smiled broadly. "I've gone through a few changes." The Korean smiled.
"I've missed you." I nodded, holding my hand out for props. She did so with me. "I did too."
"I'm defiantly different because of what I am now. Im on a mission to save our worlds. I'll need your assistance. This feather-" I pressed the third into her hand,"-will glow a year before all hell breaks loose. You take the feather and think of any universe for books, movies, whatever, and this feather will send you there, your body changing to allow certain requirements, like a Shinigami, weapon or a meister abilities. Or wings, or certain blood, blood of a pharoah or demigod." I turned. "When the time comes, I'll be serving at the front of the defense and waiting for you to be beside me as a subordinate. I've finished the first world, but decided to leave, now I'm going back to the track I was on. And if you want, I can send you to the world when I leave for the next one so you can get super familiar with the powers." I smirked at her. "Meisters and partners in crime." I held my hand out, my form changing to that of probably a future world. DWMA uniform. I held Tsubasa no Hagane no in my left. She shook my hand, gold eyes staring right back at mine, black hair in a high ponytail with the Lines of Sanzu running over the left side of her hair. Her clothes changed to symetrical clothing and she clapped my hand with hers. "EXACTLY!" She smiled widely. I spent the rest of the break reuniting with old orchestra members and friends. I teared up when I saw Bailey. He was laughing.
Idiot, he probably doesn't need me... I thought. I walked over. He turned and looked at me.
"Verity?" Bailey asked, I blushed boldly, the same shade I would when Dark would go romantic on me. I nodded.
"Bailey..." I ran and hugged the taller boy. "Still shorter than you." I weakly smiled.
"I thought..."
"I didn't die." I told him the story. He looked at me, his blue eyes making me melt inside.
"I still love you..." He murmured. I broke down in tears.
"Me too..." I hugged him again.
"Do you want a kiss?" He asked timidly. I nodded.
"Yes please..." I replied. He looked over at the yard before pressing his lips to mine softly. (I actually blush when I write romance. XD) I blushed when he pulled away.
"I'm going to miss you." He softly said to me.
"You'll always be in here." I smiled sadly, placing a hand over my heart.
"Thanks." He smiled at me and lay down on the grass. I copied him. "Love you forever and always."
"I'm leaving tomorrow, again. I'll keep in touch though, through Facebook and email."
He nodded. "Go beat the fucking shit out of some bad guys for me." He hugged me tightly.
"I will!" I said, gold eyes burning with determination when I pulled away. I handed him a simple black feather. "Keep that as a reminder of me. Its from my wings." Bailey tucked the feather in his jeans' pocket and stood up as the bell rang.
"Miss you." He told me, leaving me there on the hill in the schoolyard.
"More than ever." I muttered as I went home.

Two chaps. The next two will be fairly short.

真実•エルリック•マタング
Shinjitsu•Elric•Mustang

(Can't figure out to get the Ma-s-Tan-gu right on my iPod. Poop.)

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Arigatoo tama-San!
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