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Chapter 5 – You Are My Friend

Noel looked at Envy, once again giving him that heart breaking smile. "Good morning…Envy…" said the melancholy Noel. Envy's heart sank inside his chest at the sight of Noel's blackened eye made. "N-Noel…what happened to you?" asked Envy. Noel looked to Envy and smiled wirily with tears in her eyes. "I'm fine Envy…" Noel said wiping her tears away. Noel looked behind Envy and saw that he was holding something. "What's that…?" Noel asked curiously. With a nervous jolt, Envy stood up and slowly presented the bouquet of Spider Lilies. "When…when I was… walking home yesterday…and I- Envy started before being cut off by the sound of the classroom door opening.

Envy and Noel's "classmates" began entering the classroom. Envy left the red flowers on Noel's desk and quickly made his way to his own desk and sits down. Noel looks at Envy from her desk with a confused look on her face then looked down at the red Spider Lilies Envy hastily left on her desk. Noel tilts her head slightly and smiles at the sight of the flowers. At that moment, Axel Heinrick slammed his hand down on Noel's desk. Well, well. If it isn't the fat, little, Homunculus Schamott." said Axel. Noel quickly looks up at Axel with fear in her bright red eyes.

Envy looked up at the two of them and quickly stood up. "Wha-What do you want…A-Axel" said the uneasy Noel. "You got some nerve to show your face here after that awesome gift I gave you." boasted Axel. Noel tore her gaze away from Axel, covering her bruised eye as tears began falling down here rosy cheeks. Envy's eyes widened at the realization of how Noel got her blackened eye. "I was him…It was him…! Axel did...he…" Envy thought to himself as a myriad of emotions flooded his eyes in the form of tear. He wanted to step in but Envy's legs were frozen solid by fear. Axel sees the Spider Lilies on Noel's desk and snatches them up. "Where'd you get these from chubby? There's no way somebody gave these to a fat, Homunculus piece of trash like you. I bet you stole them, didn't you?!" Axel shouted mockingly. "Me and my pals are gonna teach you not to steal from humans!" shouted Axel as his two other human children stood behind him.

Envy's heart began to pound with an unfamiliar feeling as he started to slowly walk toward Noel and Axel. With every step, Wrath's words rang in his mind like an alarm. "Although I have nothing against the humans…" Step by step, he heard his brother's words. "…but know this…" Envy slowly got closer and closer to Noel's desk. "…I would never partake in such revolitry…!" Envy stop behind the three boys who are standing in front of Noel's desk, took a deep breath and shouted. "You leave Noel alone, right now!" yelled Envy at the Axel and his friends. Axel quickly turned around and saw Envy standing in front of him with his fists balled up at his sides. Anger spanned across Axel's face as stomped toward Envy and grabbed him by his shirt collar. "What? You want some to, you Schamott?!" yelled Axel as he raised his fist to punch Envy.

"Axel, stop it!" shouted Noel as she grabbed on to Axel's arm. "Leave him alone you-" Noel started as she was cut off by the other two human boys pushing her down to the floor. "Noel!" shouted Envy as he was concerned for Noel's safety. The other boys begin kicking the downed Homunculus girl as part of the class stands and watches and the rest pretend as nothing is happening. "Now it's your turn, Schamott!" growled Axel as he readied his fist again. Envy shut his eye tightly in anticipation. "What's going on in here?!" shouted a voice from the classroom door way. I was none other than their home room teacher, Mr. Jean Havoc.

Mr. Havoc quickly ran over to Envy, Noel, Axel and the other two boys to break them up. "That's enough! Stop It! All of you!" yelled Mr. Havoc. Axel let go of Envy, causing him to fall to his knees. Mr. Havoc runs past Envy and scoops Noel up in his arms. "Hey, you ok kid? Say something." said Mr. Havoc, trying to wake the unconscious Noel. The classroom door slid open once again. "Is everything ok in here? I heard a lot of yelling coming from this classroom so I came right over." said Mr. Kane Fury as he walked into the class room. "Kane, take these two to the infirmary and Hurry! I've got to take these three trouble makers to the Principal's office. " shouted Mr. Havoc. Mr. Fury looked around the classroom and saw Envy on the ground crying and the unconscious Noel cradled in Mr. Havoc's arms. "Understood." said Mr. Fury as Mr. Havoc laid Noel in his arms. "Ok. I got'cha. It's alright now." said Kane in a soft voice.

"Now then…You three brats are coming with me." stated Mr. Havoc. "What?! No way! I'm not gettin' in trouble for these Schamott's!" scowled Axel. Mr. Havoc angrily turned around grabbed Axel by his Ear. "OW! Hey! What's your deal?!" yelled Axel. Mr. Havoc you are to never use that word in my class ever again, you hear me kid?!" said Mr. Havoc in the sternest tone he could muster. Mr. Fury kneels down in front of Envy and extends his hand to him.

"It's ok, little guy. I'm going to take you to the infirmary to have you two looked at, ok?" said Mr. Fury calmly. Envy looked at his hand then up at Mr. Fury's smiling face and slowly took his hand. Mr. Fury adjusted the unconscious Noel in on his arm and lead Envy out of the classroom. "Come on. Let's get you guys out of here." said Mr. Fury. "Alright you three. With me, now!" said Mr. Havoc dragging the three boys by their shirt collars down the hall to the Principal's office. "Let go! My father will hear about this!" shouted Axel. "Ha! Like I care." said Mr. Havoc as he turned the corner with the three trouble makers in tow.

The infirmary was a large, white hexagon shaped room that smelled of medicine and bleach. Mr. Fury laid Noel down on one of the four white beds in the infirmary. "Wait! The Flowers!" said Envy as he remembered the flowers were still in the classroom. "Don't worry. I'll go get them in a bit but for now, you need to rest." said Mr. Fury while laying Envy down on the bed next to Noel. Envy gave Mr. Havoc a nod and laid his head back on the soft pillow. "So…What's the deal with these two?" asked a voice from across the room. A small, old woman sat in a chair and looked over at Noel and Envy.

The woman had a round face and wore equally round glasses. Her hair was gray and shaped kind of like the bristles on a wet paint brush. "Hey there Pinako. These two Homunculi were being bullied pretty bad. This little girl here got the worst of it though." said Mr. Fury. Pinako got out of her chair and walked over to the beds. "Let's me look at them." Pinako said with a sigh. Pinako checks Noel's body then Envy's "Hmmmm…the girl's in pretty bad shape but the boy looks to be fine though he is a bit shaken up." said Pinako with a faint smile. "When He's calmed down, you can take him back to class." said Pinako as she began walking back to her desk. "Man. That's sure is a relief." said Mr. Fury Envy quickly sat up and looked at Pinako. "No! I won't leave Noel!" shouted Envy.

Pinako turned toward Envy slightly. "Go, stay. Do what you feel is right, kid." said Pinako, lazily waving her hand in the air. "Eh? But Pinako." Started Mr. Fury. "Mr. Fury, Please. You have to understand. Noel is the only other Homunculus in my class. She' the only other one like me among all my classmates!" shouted Envy. Envy looked over at Noel and smiled softly. "She's…she's my…"

"Noel…Is my friend…!"

Chapter 5: End

Next time: Chapter 6 – Ray of Light