Hey guys, the next chapter is ready. Time to comment to the few reviews I received:
10speed12: I am glad you liked it. I mean, it was the perfect way to wake him up. How else to wake up the Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric than to make fun of his height.
Kazaru13: I am glad you are liking the story. I am trying not to be too repetitive and lessen the mistakes. I hope I do not disappoint.
FairyTailed Flame Alchemist: 1: I like the username, sounds awesome. 2: I am happy to hear you like the story and I WILL continue. I hate reading stories and then having to stop because they are unfinished. I swear the this WILL be complete.
killersoda57: You got a hot tempered guy like Ed. When someone calls him short, he will bitch them out (which is very similar to me but really funny.) He would not be Edward Elric if he didn't. I am glad you liked the chapter. I know it was mean about the girl but I wrote it to show that humans do have a good side that Truth did not see. Not all humans are bad. Truth kept her alive to be an example of how people should be: which is selfless. & hey, life will dish out bad meals, it is if you are able to still swallow it and keep going. "Keep moving forward. After all, you got two good legs, use them." Whenever you can read the story is up to you. No need to rush. Whenever you got time and I post a new chapter, enjoy. If not right away then when you want to.
By the way: from now on when there is an extra space between paragraphs it means a break in the story. I tried doing dashes but it is not working. ANYWAY into the story!
Chapter 4: Confrontation
Ed was blinded by a glint of light in his eye. When he was able to get used to the glint, he realized it was a sword whose point was aimed right for his neck. The wielder of the weapon was a girl around his age, maybe older, with long red hair, wearing a suit of armor and an evil look in her eyes. "What are you doing here? How did you get in?" she said in her famous threatening tone.
Usually Erza is able to coerce her enemy to give her information by intimidating them. She tries to show her more angered and hot tempered side in this type of situation. Most of the time it works out to her advantage, not needing to dish out a pounding every so often. However, Erza did not realize what the boy in front of her was capable of. She did not realize that Edward Elric not only had a hot temper, it was probably worse than Erza's.
"Like I have any fucking idea where I am," Ed answered in a similar hot headed temper, smacking the sword away with this now automail arm.
"Watch what you say, punk" Erza threatened. She the positioned the sword back at Ed's neck, this time the point being a few inches away. "You are in the Fairy Tail guild. You should watch your tone with us."
"So, you guys are just some gang members? You don't seem so tough."
"Do you have any idea who we are, asshole?" Gray chipped in.
"Yes, I totally know who you are, which is why I said before, and I quote, 'LIKE I HAVE ANY FUCKING IDEA WHERE I AM!'"
"You are messing with the wrong group here, pipsqueak. We are –"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MIDGET SO SMALL THAT HE CAN BE USED AS A STOOL TO SIT ON!"
Erza then grabbed Ed by his arm trying to take him down. Another thing she did not realize was how good his instincts were about fighting. As soon as he felt his arm jerk towards her, he used his weight and fell to the floor, pulling her down with him. He put his feet in the air, catching her, and kicking her off behind him, using her falling momentum to help add extra force. She then flew into the wall behind them, causing more noise and destruction of the guild's headquarters. The other guild members were amazed to see someone outmaneuver Erza the way he did, and almost effortlessly at that.
"HEY, WHERE IS THE JACKASS THAT THREW ME!" said the pink haired mage, awaken by the ruckus caused by Ed and Erza. "GRAY?!"
"That was not me Natsu," Gray answered, for once without following with an insult. "It was the weird guy there. (pointing to Ed). "He appeared out of nowhere and flung you."
"Bastard." Natsu turned to Ed. "Now I'm going to kick you sorry ass out of Fairy Tail. I am all fired up now!"
"Hey who said YOU get to fight him?"
"I SHOULD! HE HIT ME FIRST!"
"SO, FLAME BREATH! HE KNOCKED YOU OUT! YOU LOST! NOW IT IS MY TURN!"
"IN YOUR DREAMS, ICE PRINCESS! I WANT TO TAKE ON THE SHORT PUNK ASS –"
Ed then clapped his hands, slamming them to the floor, blue sparks flying from his alchemy. He pulled out his personal spear and threw it, having it land just between the two mages. Gray and Natsu starred at how close the weapon got to them (about an inch away from both of them).
"FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME, I AM NOT SHORT!" Ed yelled louder than the two mages' bickering.
Natsu and Gray both looked at each other. "New idea," Natsu said to Gray. "First one to beat down the punk over there wins. On the count of three we charge."
Suddenly Gray charged at Ed. "I SAID AT THREE!" Natsu yelled at Gray.
"Too bad, slowpoke!" Gray answered. "Ice make: Lance!" Gray summoned a bunch of spears made from ice, hurling them at Ed, who dodges all of them easily. So he uses ice alchemy like MacDougal. Ed thought. Except, he uses it to create weapons and use them. Interesting.
Suddenly Ed's thoughts were interrupted. "Fire Dragon's…" Ed looked up in the direction from where the noise was coming from. He sees Natsu's hands turn to claws and then are set on fire, coming straight down at him. What amazed Ed was that the fire is not burning him. Shit.
"CLAWS!" Ed dodged as Natsu swung his fist at Ed. Natsu then charged at Ed, throwing punch after punch at Ed. So I also have to deal with a chimera that can perform flame alchemy? Can this get any worse?
Ed noticed Natsu's sloppy technique as he threw his punches.
"Ice make:" Gray said, readying his attack.
Ed saw the moment he was hoping for when Natsu overthrew one of his punches.
"ICE HAMMER!" Gray summoned a spiked hammer of ice, throwing it at what he thought was an unsuspecting Edward Elric.
As Natsu's flaming fist flew by Ed, he used Natsu's momentum, grabbed his arm, and flung him at Gray who was right behind them, colliding with the giant hammer.
"GRAY WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"
"I WAS AIMING AT THE JACK ASS & YOU GOT IN MY WAY!"
Damn it, a fire and ice alchemist against me. Not only am I in real bad shape, bleeding from my head and side, but my automail arm is starting to wear me down. Ed thought to himself. Damn it! I am not used to my arm yet! If there was a way to cause an explosion to use as a get-a-way… wait… fire… ice… Ed felt the grin appear on his face as an idea popped up in his head.
Ed then charged at the both of them. The mages prepared themselves for the onslaught. Ed then turned sharply when he got in between the both of them and began swinging punches and kicks at Gray. As much as Natsu tried to stop Ed, he was batted away, creating more and more distance between the two mages. Gray seemed to be dodging Ed's attacks effortlessly, which bothered him a bit, considering he knew Ed was a skilled opponent. Is this guy actually trying? Gray thought.
He did not realize Ed was trying to purposely miss so he could get Gray and Natsu away from each other. As soon as Ed judged that there was enough distance between the two, he jumped in the middle of the two.
"Man Gray," Natsu called out to Gray. "You can't beat this guy? You have gotten weak."
"LIKE YOU ARE HAVING ANY BETTER LUCK!" Gray retorted.
"You know," Ed interrupted. "Maybe if you attacked me at the same time with a DECENT attack, you guys might actually be able to hit me."
"Fine! If that is what you want!" Natsu yelled. "Fire Dragon's…"
"Ice Make:"
Ed then readied to put his plan into action.
"ROAR!"
"ICE IMPACT!"
Ed then sprinted towards the ice mage's attack. He jumped over it, but as he was going over the intricate hammer, he clapped his hands and slapped them on the ice weapon, rearranging its make up so when it gets close to a heat source…
Ed looked for a safe place to hide. He noticed the bar where a white haired and blonde haired girl were sitting. Ed sprinted to the bar and jumped over it, taking the blonde with him and shoving her and the white haired girl to the floor. "DUCK!" Ed yelled.
Just then, the fire from Natsu's fire hit Gray's lance. An explosion rang out throughout the guild, creating a huge mess of the place. Lucy looked up to see Edward right on top of her, holding her and Mirajane down. After a minute, they looked up to see the guild mages all on the floor, not gravely hurt, but enough to keep them down. "Woops," Ed said. "Guess I over did it. Oh well. Hey, blonde girl."
"M-me?" Lucy said.
"Yea, tell them I say sorry but that is why you do not get in my way. Now, I gotta get outta here."
Ed hopped the bar and sprinted for the door. Suddenly, a mysterious figure opened the door. Ed continued forward, ready to attack the guy if he swung first. However, Ed felt suddenly sleepy. Damn it! Sleeping gas! Ed thought as he tried to force himself to stay awake. I need to get out of here before…
Ed then suddenly fell to the floor, falling asleep at the assailant's feet. He then picked up Ed, bringing him back in.
"Thanks Mystogan." said a shorter elderly man who followed behind.
"MasterMakarov. You're back!" Natsu said, now getting up from her injury.
"Yes, when I heard there was a noise coming from here Mystogan and I rushed back. Looks like we got the culprit.
"Was he a spy for Phantom Lord? Was he trying to kill us?" Macao, another mage in the guild, asked.
"No," Erza answered, now getting back to her feet. "His moves were perfectly calculated out. If he wanted to kill us, the explosion he caused, how I am not sure, would have. But, it only knocked us back."
"Not only that," Lucy said. "He also said he over di it, meaning the explosion was not supposed to be as bad.
"Yes. I do not see this guy as a threat. Though, I am interested in finding out how he got in, especially since I locked this place up with magic and in his condition." Makarov said. "Bring him to the infirmary and have his wounds tended to."
"I got it." Mirajane volunteered, bringing the newcomer into a room up a set of stairs. "Lucy come help me."
Lucy nodded and followed her down. "But master, what if he IS a threat?" Erza asked.
"He won't be." Makarov replied.
Makarov then walked up to the bar and sat down. Erza followed behind. "Master, I understand that you want to give everyone a fair chance, but he makes me uneasy."
"Erza," Makarov replied. "You need to relax a little bit. Don't be so hard on people."
"For someone to come out of nowhere and barge into our guild. Then attack us? How can I give him a chance?"
"He obviously did not know where he was. And not only that, he was provoked by Gray and Natsu. You just expect for someone to just lay down and take the hits?"
"No, but…"
"NO BUTS Erza. We will treat him until he gets better. There is something about him that is interesting to me. He does not look like he is from around here. I want to find out who he is and where he is from."
In the infirmary, Lucy and Mirajane worked hard to clean Ed up. He had a lot of blood coming from his head. Lucy got some wet towels and handed them to Mirajane, who then pressed on Ed's head to stop the bleeding. After a few minutes, they succeeded in stopping the blood from coming out of Ed's head. However, Lucy noticed Ed's right side was bleeding as well. "Mira, look."
"Oh good, another spot we need to clean up." Mirajane said in a tired tone. She was tired from working so hard. "We need to remove his jackets and shirt.
"Isn't there another way? I don't want to take off another person's clothes, let alone a stranger's."
"Master said we need to clean him up. We need to get his clothes off in order to do so."
"Oh, fine."
They began to undress the injured alchemist. They removed his big red coat. They unbuttoned his black jacket he had under it. When Lucy tried to get his right arm out of the sleeve, she realized it was heavier than usual and was struggling to get the arm through. "Mira, can you help me out with this? It seems like his arm is unusually heavy."
Mirajane lifted Ed's right arm as Lucy pulled the sleeve off. A loud bang echoed around the room when Mirajane let go of his arm. "JEEZ!" Lucy said in a startled manner. "Mira, what did you drop?"
Mirajane looked down on the floor to see what she dropped, only to find nothing there. "I didn't drop anything.
The two girls looked at each other. They began to quickly, but carefully, rip Ed's shirts off until he was bare chested. The two girls looked in horror as they noticed Ed's right automail arm and the scars it left on his shoulder. "Oh my God." Lucy said in horror.
"I wonder what happened to the poor guy that he got this?" Mirajane asked in curiosity.
"Does he have anymore fake limbs?"
Mirajane checked his legs. "Yea, he got a fake left leg, too."
"We should show master this."
Lucy and Mirajane patched up Ed's side, and then ran to Makarov, explaining what they saw. He, along with Gray, Natsu, and Happy, ran into the infirmary room to see the alchemist still laying down. They all starred in shock at Ed's arm and leg. Just as they closed the door, Ed finally woke up. He starred down and saw that they discovered his automail limbs. Crap! They were not supposed to find out about them! Ed thought.
He saw the window was opened, covered up his arm and leg and tried to make a run for it. However, Erza, who just got into the room and did not see Ed's limbs, grabbed him and pushed him to the wall, forearm pushing on his neck. "You are not going anywhere." Erza said in a nasty manner.
"Why not?" Ed replied, as nasty as Erza's.
"Because I have some questions for you." said the shorter, older man.
"If I answer, then can I go?"
"Depends if you are deemed a threat." Erza then lets Ed go, making sure he does not run for the window again. "Now who are you, young man?"
"The name is Edward Elric. I am called by my friends Ed, however, you are NOT allowed to."
"Ok, Edward. What was that magic you were performing?"
"Magic?"
"Yea." Natsu replied. "You're in the mage guild of Fairy Tail.
The guild members, instead of getting a surprised look from their captor as to what guild they were, got a totally different reaction.
Ed fell on the floor, laughing his ass off.
"HEY, WHAT IS SO FUNNY?!" Natsu yelled.
"I'm sorry," Ed replies. "It's just you said you use magic, when magic does not exist.
The guild members looked at him as if he had five heads. "It is quite ironic that you guys call yourselves Fairy Tail when magic is something told in fairy tales."
"Oh yea, then what do you call making that spear by just touching the ground? Hu?"
"It's Alchemy. It is science where you take certain objects and with those shape it into something else. It is called Equivalent Exchange."
"Now that sounds bogus."
"It is not bogus, I used that to save my friends…" Ed had a flashback to when Sin captured him and Al, holding Winry prisoner, and passing through the gate. "ALPHONSE!"
Ed began to run for the window. Erza got in his way and held him down. "LET ME GO! I NEED TO SAVE AL!"
"Hold on, Edward." Makarov scolded the alchemist. "I still have some questions. Where did you come from?"
"Oh come on. We are in Amestris. I am from Risembool, to the east."
"Amestris?" Gray asked sarcastically. "You must be delusional. We are in the Kingdom of Fiore."
"Ok, this must be a different country. Show me a map and I will show you where I am from."
"Fine." Makarov answered. He had Happy fetch a map and unroll it from Ed. As Ed scanned the map, his face grew more and more horrid by the second. "What the hell?" Ed said, flipping the map. "Is this it?"
"Yea, it is my boy." Makarov replied.
"No, no, no. It can't be. No, no, no!" Ed began to tear up. He made a scary realization, Truth not only sent Ed to another place, but Truth sent him to another world. Ed began tearing up, scared and unsure of what to do. "WHERE THE HELL AM I?! WHAT WORLD WAS I SENT TO!? HOW WILL I EVER GET BACK TO AL AND WINRY!?"
Ed continued going through his panicked faze as Natsu, Happy, and Gray looked at him as if he is crazy. Lucy and Mirajane had looks of pity. Makarov and Erza were the only ones with blank faces. "Do you believe him?" Erza asked her master.
"Surprisingly, yes." he answered. "Those tears and the look in his eyes are those of true fear confusion."
"Wait, master, does this mean…"
"Yes. Wherever this Amestris is, it is not from this world."
End of Chapter 4 (longer than expected but oh well). Please review!