"Well," I thought to myself, "I guess Envy wasn't as reliable as I thought."

I was watching Envy and that girl fight from afar. I wasn't in the mood to get into any messy business at the moment. But, now that I look back on it, perhaps I should've helped. Gluttony, as always, was complaining about being hungry. Of all the girls he could follow around, it had to be me. Oh well...

Getting back on topic, I didn't expect Envy of all people (if you can call him a person) to be defeated so easily. The opponent was strong indeed. He even had looks that could kill. And I don't mean that in a good way. The girl didn't seem too thrilled to see him. If I were her, I'm not sure if I would've liked to be greeted by some man-shark either. They must've gone back some ways, since they seemed quite familiar with each other. The conversation, as best I can remember, was something like this:

"KISAME?! What the hell are you doing here?!"

"That's not a very nice way to say hello to someone who just saved your life, Reiko."

"I told you not to follow me around anymore. Your duties are done. They've been done for a long time now. And besides, I could've taken that drag queen out in an instant."

"That's funny, when I saw you, you seemed to be falling over a bit."

"Th-that's only because he caught be off guard, you see..."

"Sure. And I'm not here because I'm following you. In fact, I have no idea why I'm here."

"You don't? Dammit, I thought you'd know, because I don't have a clue as to where we are."

"Do you have any idea how we might have come here?"

"All I can remember was... I was heading over to the Hidden Sand Village, when I saw... A light... And it made me feel really sleepy..."

"Yeah, I saw that too! I was in a meeting with all the other Akatuski members, when I saw this pretty light, and I fell asleep, I think."

At this point, I heard enough. They knew just as much as I did. I thought I'd leave my hiding spot and join in on the conversation.

I stepped out and said, "So I'm not the only one who's lost here?" (I said this in my most innocent tone, so that I might lull them into a false sense of comfort.)

"And just who are you?" The girl replied.

"Me?" I said, again in a soft tone, "You can call me Lust. I woke up here, the same way you two did. I was wondering if you could help me escape."

"If you don't mind, lady, we can't help you, we're busy with our own business. Right, Kisame?"

"Sweet tap dancing penguins, she's hot!"

"Yeah, you heard him- Wait, what?!"

I was starting to hate them already. The girl - Reiko - was nothing but an overconfident hot-head, and that Kisame guy seemed to be a complete moron who was thinking with his dick instead of his brain. I was becoming slightly irked by their idiocy, so I had to get a bit more aggressive, to show them I meant business.

"Listen here," I said, "Maybe you didn't hear me the first time, but I need some help."

I extended the length of my index finger and pierced it through the shark man's shoulder. He winced in pain.

"Either you lend me a hand or two, or I'll finish him off."

The girl smirked. "I'd like to see you-"

"Shut up, Reiko," the shark man interrupted. "There's something about her that isn't normal." He winced again.

"Yeah right," Reiko scoffed, "I'll show this hag Lust that I'm not someone to take lightly."

In the blink of an eye, she was gone. Before I knew what happened, she managed to get behind me and stab me through the back. She started saying something after that (probably gawking) but I didn't catch it. She did seem rather surprised to see me get back up from the blow, though.

"But... But that should've killed her!" She said in astonishment.

"It's going to take a lot more than that to kill me, little girl. Me, my friend Envy over there, and the rest of us, aren't truly human, you know."

At this point, the girl seemed to panic.

"Us? Who's us? What do you mean, 'Not truly human'?! What's going on?! What are you?!

"Well, if you must know... You're dealing with the seven Homunculi."

Sorry about the lack of updates. I haven't written anything in a while, and I suddenly had to write, so I decided to update this. If it's short, oh wells. I might make the next chapter longer or something as compensation.