Hell's my Playground

(SUPER LONG CHAPTER SPECIAL!)

Disclaimer: I do not own Greed or Greed's companions... or Hughes... or Barry... aww...

Note: This fic is based on the anime, only Barry is based on the manga. Except maybe Hughes, he's kind of interchangeable. Also if he's in the investigation department, I'm sure he knows Nina. I mean look how cute she is! NINAAAAA It's not your fault that your dad is a psycho maniac who has no regards for life, let alone the life of his own family

ALSO! I got a request to make Marta/Martyl's Devil companion a kid named Pepito. I already planned on Martyl's devil, but I guess I'll make an exception. She'll have two.

Martyl- The Snake chimera that died from the hands of Pride. She is loyal to Greed and even helped Ed and Alphonse after Greed's death. Martyl is vengeful and due to the mixed blood of a snake, She can extend her arms and body with incredible speed. She, Loa and Dorochette were war partners and treat each other like true siblings.

Venom- A devil that takes the form of a man from the torso up and the body of snake. Venom's scales shimmer in many different colors, her fangs can secrete a deadly poison, and it can strike in frightning speed and accuracy. The venom's effect can vary depending on the Master's wishes... Venom makes the deal with Martyl for other reasons aside from their contract.

Pepito- A mysterious devil that signs a second contract with Martyl. He too has done it for reasons unknown. However, he and Venom have a tendency to argue alot.

BloodLust- Barry's devil companion that was once his Butcher knife. It is loyal to Barry and shares the same crave to chop people like he does...

Scar- An ishbalite that died after creating the Philosopher's stone. He is now in Purgatory with the rest... but now that he's failed the teachings of Ishbal, what is his purpose in life?

Chapter V: She who remained loyal

Act I: 5 minutes SNAP

...5 minutes? Or possibly 5 seconds?

"Stand back Master Greed..." Enmi, the young devil placed his hand over the ground, a black mist forming around his palm. "I'll settle this... 5 minutes, I promise." With that said, the young devil pulled out a black Scythe, it was extremely long. Twice his size even... it was amazing. Greed whistled in delight...

"I'll CHOP YOU ALL!" BloodLust screeched as he attacked the devil, Enmi quickly dodged it's many swift blows.

"You missed." Enmi whispered. "Let's make the time limit shorter..."

The mad butcher knife recuperated as it aimed it's razor sharp edge at the boy. "You'll all die by Bloodlust and Barry!" The knife shrieked as it swiped the devil once more. The boy vanished and appeared behind the blade.

"You have to do better than that." Enmi said again. The boy's red eyes began to glow...

"YOU'LL ALL DIE BY BLOODLUST!" The rogue devil screamed as it swung blindly at Enmi.

"5..." Enmi

"DIE! DIE! DIE!"

"You know, kid." Greed called, "If you want to finish it in less than 5 minutes your more than welcome to-" Greed was interrupted.

"4, 3, 2, ONE!" Greed's devil companion gripped the scythe and slammed it.

Bloodlust went flying to the wall, with a loud crash. twitching horribly... Greed clapped and whistled. "Nice...Well that's what you call instant service. Very nice." The boy, Enmi held out his scythe... it's black blade swung hard and fast at the rogue devil, Bloodlust. One swing was enough to cause the rogue devil out of commision.

Enmi and Greed walked over to the blade, poking it with his finger. "Sorry, I don't know how to count."

"Sorry kid," Greed playfully punched Enmi, "You lose points for keeping an interesting battle. I mean, I expected some super cool devil moves! But atleast you made it fast."

"Sorry..." A small smile appeared on his emotionless face, "His voice was kind of annoying..." Greed chuckled and grabbed the boy in a headlock, ruffling his hair playfully. I like this kid, a bit stiff in humor, but he's pretty darn useful.

"Bloodlust..." a whisper appeared from behind them, it was quiet, almost like the wind. The only exception? It had a sense of playful evil in its words... "Bloodlust smells blood..."

Bloodlust pulled itself out of the wall carefully, it's eyes now red with fury. It began to giggle in delight singing to itself almost. With the last bit of energy it had, the blade pushed itself forward, aiming right for the greedy homunculus and his trusted companion! The Ultimate Shield managed to catch the blade by the corner of his eye...
"Look out!" Greed called, but it was too late. The mad butcher knife swung itself right into Enmi's neck.

"Tasty devil blood... delicious..." Bloodlust laughed in victory.

Greed stared in somewhat shock. He was pretty pissed... His guardian devil just got stabbed in the neck! Not only was Greed's nice leather jacket drenched in blood, but his ticket through hell was just stabbed! Bloodlust continued to stab the devil's body, laughing as it drank the blood that poured out of the wounds. Enmi choked as blood spurted out his mouth.

"Ooh, Poor Enmi, he should've seen that coming." Anya giggled. "Oh well."

"Anya, I think we should duck..." Loa grabbed the girl behind a dumpster.

"Aww! But I wanna see Greed-Greed fight!" Anya whined.

"Not the time." Loa quickly grabbed the little girl by the collar as well as Barry, Wrath and Trisha. He held them in his arms as he jumped behind the dumpster, all of them merely peaking over the edge watching a good distance away. The floor was covered in a thick puddle of red, the blood leaking from Enmi's body.

"You just killed my ticket to becoming King!" Greed growled threateningly. "Now that pisses me off..."

...A contracted devil must follow his master orders even at the expense of its own life. All devils must follow this law of loyalty, Those who fail to oblige to this rule (other than the king of devils) will be tossed into the Dungeon of Eternal Torture until the day it is reborn...

-Devil Contract verse 4.5

"Ouch... that hurt." Enmi got up, his hand around his neck. "Stupid little devil."

Greed faced his devil companion. The wounds in his body were pretty bad... blood continued to pour out. Even so, the devil got up on its feel cracking its neck. Greed got the idea that maybe Devils and Homunculi weren't that different afterall...

"You actually made me worry about you," Greed punched him in the arm. "Don't you dare go dying on me again, I need you to buy me a new jacket!"

"You cannot die again in hell. There's nothing to worry about..." Enmi replied solemnly. "Well, atleast not in a mortal way, anyway... Stupid devil, you probably didn't even read your own contract." Enmi reached for his scythe... spitting blood out on the cement pavings. "A Rogue Devil with no master to contrain him has no chance against a contracted devil." Taking the Scythe within his grip he slammed it hard at the face of the Knife, almost instantly Blood Lust was slammed against the wall. And Enmi stood over it, the scythe in his hand.

...Regrets and Moreso...

Barry stared wide eyed, his butcher knife was a blood craving monster with a vengeance streak! As sad as he was to see his poor companion being brutally beaten up, he didn't really like the idea that his knife was going all berzerk on him. However, he also missed holding the knife and swinging it around like the proud Homocidal serial killer he was (pride in killing? ehh). The Butcher had conflicting feelings...

"Soo..." Greed stepped his foot on the Rogue blade, it was pinned against the floor of the alley. "What do we do with a trouble maker?"

"Remove its horns! Remove its horns! Remove its horns!" Anya said jumping up and down. Loa grabbed the devil girl so she wouldn't fall off the dumpsters.

"Yes... that can be an option." Enmi said as he looked down at the blade. "Though it's rather regrettable to do it to a fellow Devil..."

"Huh?" Greed asked. "Remove its horns?"

The devil boy nodded, his serious face looked up at its master. Barry began to shake, Remove horns? Huh? What did THAT mean? Now that he took a good look at the butcher knife, he could see small horns on the smooth metal. His butcher knife was a devil? Oh so it wasn't just a rampaging knife of doom. He felt somewhat relieved, yet somewhat worried, especially of this "Removal of the horns." But even so, there was more important matters to attend with.

"Barry! Barry! Barry!" The Knife began to cry now. "These people are hurting me! Barry! They won't let me chop them up! Barry!" It thrashed about but Enmi bounded it tightly with what looked like tape. A sudden pang of pain struck Barry's empty shell... this WAS his companion. His most CHERISHED Butcher knife... "BARRY!" It flailed around. Deep down it was only a devil for a few days, like a newborn. And just like a kid it just wanted his owner, a parent. Therefore it searched for his owner: Barry the Chopper.

"Be quiet, you." Enmi poked it with the handle of his scythe. "Complaining won't get you anywhere."

Anya skipped over to Wrath inspecting the kid's wounds thoughtfully... they were deep, painful, and probably won't heal as fast as he wanted seeing as that it was a Devil who punctured these holes in him. Loa held up a first aid kit. "Hey Anya, you sure you know what your doing?" The ox asked.

"Of course!" She began to wrap bandages around the boy's body really quickly, really tightly. Loa winced when he heard Wrath's bones SNAP loudly. Well... now it looks like he'll be stuck in bed for another few days... too bad for Wrath. The boy looked like a mummy as he attempted to walk over to Trisha.

"Momma... Momma..." Wrath said walking over to the loving mother. She seemed to be in shock, covered in Wrath's blood which BloodLust easily created a disgusting mess out of.

"Blood Lust is my devil..." Barry said now standing up and walking over to Greed and the devil boy. "And he's right... I signed a contract during my lifetime." The Ultimate shield stared at him curiously as the tin can picked up the shrieking butcher knife. Immediately the rogue devil became quiet. "But we have bigger things to worry about. Trisha and the kid..."

"Right, Right, good idea." Greed said in amusement. "Loa, Anya, take those two to our tavern gather everyone, we have a guest today." The Ultimate Shield patted Barry's hollow head, "We're going to have a nice party at my place."

"Heyooo!" A voice interrupted them as Barry, Greed and Enmi's head turned. It was Maes Hughes, he had a large grin on his face and next to him was Nina and Alexander. "Did I hear someone say, PARTY?" The Family man skipped down to them, carefully inspecting the messy Alley. It reminded him of that day in the rain... poor Nina. but then he grinned, Nina was just fine! She was right here with her beloved Alexander! Hughes' day was bright! Not only did he not have to fight a monster butcher knife, but a party was great! And Nina was (ALMOST) as cute as his beloved Elysia! Waiting for his family was lonely, and Nina was the next best thing.

"Actually, yes I did." Greed said with a smirk. "We got drinks and everything."

"Then I'll be happy to come!" Hughes then grabbed out his wallet and shoved a picture of Elysia at Greed's face. "I shall share my lovel of my precious Elysia to EVERYONE! She's going to be a future Diva!" Nina giggled, Hughes was a fun man.

Greed sighed, "The more the merrier, I always say. Loa, get the truck..."

Act II: Cemetarium...

...Loyalty or Love...?

The Night in hell sure was dark, the sky was black, with various shades of Navy blue and deep violet, the grey clouds floated above covering the red sun occasionally. Across the sky, one can see scarlet streaks, as if a legendary beast scratched the night sky with giant imaginary claws. Martyl, the snake chimera was sitting upon the entangled roots of the giant trees. Not wanting to step on the solid ground... Scattered upon the forest were massive gravestones of various sizes and shapes. Some were covered in snake-like ivy, others were surrounded by deadly nightshade or various mandragoras... a poisonous plant that only grows on the earth of the dead.

Stepping upon the floor would be a death wish. One moment she was hiding inside the hollow body of Al, telling him frantically that Fuhrer King Bradley was Pride, and the next thing she knew, she was here in this thick forest, attacked by what seemed to be zombies. They were bodies of the dead, no life within them. The only thing keeping them alive were the No Names... mysterious spirits that steal the dead bodies. She was all alone, afraid... It was one thing to be on the battlefield, fighting for your life, its another to be in a field of dead bodies...

And what else? She still didn't get her revenge on that bastard Kimbley... But fear struck her. This was hell, right? A place of torture? Would that mean she'd never see her friends again? Her mind began to panic.

"My, my, someone so young and pretty, shouldn't be so unhappy." A voice said from above. Quickly, the Snake chimera jumped, looking around for where the voice came from. Maybe it was the wind playing tricks on her? The White branches of the trees looked like hands... they felt like they were spinning around her.

"Show yourself!" She threatened, raising her daggers.

The voice merely chuckled. "Heh... that's not nice."

"Believe me! If I find you, I'll be worse than 'not nice.'" Martyl hissed venomously like a viper. Her blood felt like boiling, how dare this stranger mock her in her moments of fear!

"So rude..." the trees then began to rustle, "Afterall, wasn't it you, who called to me?"

"What do you mean...?" She asked... "I didn't call anyone."

"Ah, but you did! You have the blood of the snake running in your veins. How do I know, you might ask?" Suddenly from above her, a long tail wrapped around her neck and in front of her a man fell... or was it? Martyl leaped back, in surprise, almost losing her balance and falling on the floor, but she held her ground, her hands clinging to the roots of the tree. The stranger laughed. He had the upper body of a young male, looking only a year older than herself. He had brilliant green eyes, and his long black hair went down his back. His lower body was that of a snake. His hand held his hips as his other reached out to help her.

"The name's Venom, and as you can see... I have my own connection to snakes." He smiled, his green eyes sharpened... as if he was scheming, but yet still held a kind face.

"W-what are you?" Martyl asked sharply. Her eyes carefully scanning this stranger... "Are you a chimera, too?"

"A chimera? I'm guessing that's what you are, is it?" He said with amusement. "You've gotta be the prettiest Chimera, I've ever seen. But sadly, I'm not one myself. I'm a devil, see my horns?" He pushed his black hair back revealing a set of horns that protruded out of his skull. They were very grand looking. "A devil of the Naga race, nice to meet you." His snake like body was long, the scales shimmered even in the dark.

"And what do you want with me?" She asked, he seemed to be harmless, so she lowered the knives and returned them to her belt. "I don't suppose your here to just chat...?"

" We can if you want." Venom said, his upper body leaned back against the trunk of the great tree. "I have alot of time. Oh yeah... here you go." He handed her the same pamphlet that Enmi handed to Greed. She eyed it carefully and opened it, reading its contents. They widened a bit...

"So if I sign this contract, you'll be my companion?" She asked.

"Yep." The naga answered. "Your loyal body guard, your guide, and your keeper of anything valuable. I'm your ticket in this law free zone." The devil grinned, "Great isn't it?"

"Hey wait, what's the catch?" Martyl asked sharpeneing her eyes. "This seems a little TOO good to be true... also, it says you'll be working for me until I say its okay to let you go... what's your end of the bargain."

The Naga shrugged. "Not much, we devils have been living here for so long, we get bored. This'll give us something to do. Also, devils are much stronger with a master by his/her side. It's our job."

"Do you get paid?" Martyl asked.

Venom began to think about it. "I suppose so. We keep the currency in hell, so if you ever need money we'll provide it. Where does it come from? Well perhaps the King himself pays us for our services." Venom really liked this one, not only was she smart, but her curiosity reminded him just why snakes are great creatures. "The only downside is you won't be able to go to heaven. But hey, hell isn't such a bad place."

"That's true..." Martyl sat down, weighing her options. And she really was lonely... she's been here for a few days and it was not only scary, but dark and depressing. It was nice to have someone... or something to talk to. "So how did you know I was here?"

Venom slithered over to where she sat, his long body wrapping around so he could sit. "Devils are constantly searching for suitable masters. Subconsciously, whether we know it or not, we are looking. Not only that, but we can sense it as well, afterall i heard you didn't I?" He nudged her playfully, and a laugh escaped her.

"Do they all smooth talk us to sign the contract? Or is it just you?" She asked. He merely shrugged in response and grinned. "A little from columb A, a little from columb B." She held the emerald quill in her hand, reading all the details. With a devil companion like him, it didn't seem so bad. She signed her name on the contract as it burned up and disappeared. Venom smiled as the tattoo that was on Martyl's face and shoulder appeared on his as well.

"Well, well, this'll be fun." He said with a grin, his body than wrapped around her as he gave her a tight hug. He then released almost as quickly and bowed, showing some courtesy. "Looks like I'm at your command, Master."

"It's Martyl." She said with a grin, "And remember, if you betray or abandon me I'm vengeful like the snake."

"Same here." The Naga replied. "So what's your first wish?"

Her face then became serious... she got up and looked around the dismal cemetary. "It said devils can find anyone... as long as they have a devil too." The Naga nodded. as he slithered up to her. He was easily 3 heads taller than she was. "Then I want you to help me find someone."

"Are you sure this person has a devil companion?" Venom asked.

"Yep... he wouldn't miss this oppurtunity. So my first wish, help me find Greed, help me find my comrades."

...Crossing the Land of the Dead...

"So, who's this Greed guy?" Venom asked curiously. "Is he your boyfriend?"

"Wh-what-what?" Martyl almost gasped. "Of course not." She responded somewhat offensively, but her face seemed to glow a bright red. Venom smiled mischievously at his new master. He could sooo tell. Her normal body temperature was skyrocketing...

"You're lying!" He replied teasingly as he slithered onward.

"Oh what do you know!" Martyl responded all flustered, she slapped him in the chest with the back of her hand as they continued to trudge through the Cemetary-like area. Occasionally, they would be attacked by the bodies of the dead, the bodies that sank from the world overhead, but Venom easily returned them to their resting place with a slap of his tail. Martyl too, began to have fun as she smacked the dead things out of their path.

"Hell seems like alot of fun." The Snake chimera then broke the silence. "Way better then when I was alive... that was truly hell."

"Ah... sorry to hear that." Venom replied, "We devils don't know much about the surface world. Only that Heaven is a boring place with no rules. You can't gamble, you can't drink, you can't sleep around, nothing."

"Ha-Ha-Ha, Venom. You sound so much like him." Martyl said with a slight chuckle.

"No worries, I'll make sure you find who you're looking for. Afterall, he should be getting the message by now. His devil can sense my call."

"So he's alright?" Martyl asked.

"Yep. And he's with a bunch of others too." The Snake chimera's hopes began to rise, and she couldn't help but smile. The ground beneath them began to soften as the dry dirt was becoming muddy and somewhat swampy. The Empty trees were now filled with black leaves that dipped so low that it touched the murky waters. Martyl's attention shifted to their environment... a swamp...

"Step lightly and quietly." Venom warned. "Lots of No Names like to sleep in places like this. If too many come at us, that won't be good..."

"You don't have to tell me twice. I'm part snake, being silent is easy." As the two passed through the bog as quiet as possible. They avoided the murky dark waters, which Martyl could see just a glimpse of the No Names sleeping beneath the water surface. They were somewhat creepy, their faces were gaunt and pale, with eyes that seem to bug out. They also had fangs and even though they didn't have a solid body, a long spinal chord like body was attached to their heads... like long maneating tadpoles with faces and teeth.

"We're almost out..." Venom whispered.

"Good, this place gives me the creeps." Martyl's hand was beginning to sweat as she held onto her daggers tightly.

"Same here." Venom chuckled...

"MASTER! MASTER! MASTER!" A voice called. Both snakes' head shot upward almost immediately. As a young devil appeared running toward them. It then clamped itself on Venom's face. "I FINALLY FOUND MY MASTER!"

Martyl looked around fearfully, staring at the No Names. they began to stirr.

"PEPITO FOUND MY MASTER!" The boy then opened his eyes. "Hey wait... who the heck are you?" He jumped off Venom's face. "Your too ugly to be my master! You're a guy!" Venom twitched... not wanting to wake up the No Names.

"MASTER!" Pepito ran up to Martyl who stared confused.

"WILL YOU SHUT UP? CAN'T YOU SEE WE'RE TRYING TO BE QUIET AND SNEAK BY?" Venom roared.

All three of them froze as the No Names all woke up, their eyes shooting opened. Each and every one of them floated out of the water... surrounding them. From beneath, boney and rotten hands rose up, as the dead corpses inhabited by No names appeared.

"... Oh shyt..."

...It's her!...

Dorochette's eyes widened as he looked at Greed. Greed was driving his motorcycle, across the Valley of the Void, making their way toward the Cemetarium. Enmi sat behind Greed, his eyes were closed as he held his scythe. Dorochette sat on top of the massive Wolf, Maximillian as they bounded across the waste land. They heard it, her devil's signal. Enmi heard the Naga's shrill cry in the night, in audible by others but the one's he wished the contact. Maximillian also heard the distant cry.

"Martyl..." Greed growled. "She's in trouble, I know."

"What do we do?" Dorochette asked, "We won't be reaching the Cemetary for a while."

Greed gripped his motorcycle as the engine roared loudly. "What else? We play hero again. Don't fall behind, Dorochette! Our comrade is calling!"

Ah, tis about time I updated. Sorry Everyone, I'm REALLY Sorry. > I never have time for Fanfiction anymore. (Sigh) I hope you all enjoyed this longer chapter.

Removal of the Horns- A ceremony where Devils get their horns removed. This happens VERY rarely since trouble making devils are incredibly common, so unless you do something REALLY bad would this ceremony ever commence. Horn removals can't be done by just anyone. Only an exceptionally high leveled devils can perform them, and must have the consent of the Devil King.
A Devil with removed horns is considered incredibly shameful, and devils fear them greatly. Most devils would perfer death over it... also the remover of the horns is never enjoyable.
Not only will the devil lose his/her ability of contract, but must live as common monsters.

No Names- Like their name's implied, No names aren't classified as anything. They appeared in hell just recently, and seem to be causing mass ruckus among the population. Without a soul, spirit nor mind, they seem to be mindless devourers that attack devils and other monsters/people. Recently, devils and humans have been taking on jobs to exterminate No Names. They dwell in dark areas like swamps, cemetaries, caves and dark forests.