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On this chapter I'm just going to say that Breda is going to be slightly OOC, scratch that, he's going to be very OOC. And you're going to see why later on in the chapter. Plus, a lot of people have been asking for Winry so… here ya'll go!
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Chapter 7: Reactions of the Old
How to say this? Roy Mustang was in a state of shock. The information that the emperor was slightly hard to comprehend, scratch that, it was unbelievable and very supernatural. As a fellow alchemist everything was science and these reincarnation things shouldn't even be possible.
Recalling the conversation it wasn't even one…
"General Mustang, I have something fairly important to tell you," Ling started looking into his palms, which was filled with scars and markings that never really healed since the promised day.
"Please hurry Emperor, if we don't want Alphonse to hear this it'll need to be done before lunch," Roy said his voice impatient and fairly annoyed, he have never really appreciated being alone with the emperor of Xing.
"You do remember Jin that you met at the station right?" Jin asked picking up the china and sipping some tea from it.
"I am convinced that he has some mental problems being that serious as a teenager, what is he? 15?" Roy asked remembering the boy's blank expression.
"Have you ever have any experience with teenagers, General? Some are just like that," Ling asked chuckling slightly.
"I had plenty experiences with teenagers," Roy said with a shiver, damn that Edward was really a handful.
"All teenagers aren't all like Edward," Ling said matter-of-factly. "Back to the point," Ling signed, after this it will be ruckus including explaining all of it to the General.
"Hurry up Ling, we don't have all day," Roy said his voice obviously annoyed at the emperor.
"Well… in my country Jin is a child prodigy," this caught Roy's attention quite greatly, "And maybe if you see this picture it will slightly help," Ling continued handing Roy a picture that was taken when Jin was agitated to the extreme, which causes his eyes to be golden and his hair to turn gold at the tip, in the morning where his appearance is some-what more care free.
"What is this?" Roy asked lazily grabbing the picture from the emperor's hand; he was in no mood for one of Ling's jokes… "What the hell?"
"As I was saying Jin is a child prodigy and from advanced research well… he's…" Ling stammered not knowing what to say, he was never good in public appearance if he wasn't speaking in his native tongue.
"Fullmetal," Roy mumbled in a hushed whisper, "This boy is Edward Elric,"
"Yes," Ling said, "And no. You see General do you believe in reincarnations?"
"I believe it as a mere myth," Roy answered blankly; he could not confirm that this boy is the Fullmetal Alchemist if he doesn't see the boy's real appearance with his own eyes.
"Then you should," Ling said crossing his arms, "Jin Lao is the reincarnation of Edward Elric and had lost all his memories of his previous life,"
At that point Roy felt like fainting, he could not handle another Fullmetal that came back from the dead.
Just when Roy was about to respond to the bomb that the emperor of Xing handed to him there was a knock on the door along with Alphonse's voice asking if he could enter. Sending Ling a 'talk to you later' glare he shouted a swift come in.
"Alphonse you're late," Roy said casually sipping tea from his china, it was a talent of him to act natural in tense situations such as this.
"Sorry General we ran into… some trouble," Alphonse answered glancing at Jin who was trying his best to ignore the worried glances that were sent his way.
"Somebody called him short didn't they?" Ling interrupted signing slightly, of course what else?
"I really didn't mean it Emperor," Jin said in a hushed and hurried tone, "The man called me little and I have height problems that you should already know of," he added.
"Jin what did you do?" Ling asked signing slightly; hopefully he didn't downright stab the man in the guts.
"Uh… I blew up his shop?" Jin said nervously, he hated when he got in trouble with the ruler of the largest country currently known.
Ling felt a banging sensation in his head, of course he was thinking of the documents he would need to repair the shop with.
"Emperor I have already restored the shop," Alphonse said nervously, he had a knack for these things, fighting or destroying wasn't his specialty but when it came to repairing big buildings or anything of the following he was as talented as his brother.
"Thank Goodness for that," Ling signed slumping into his couch, "Where were you guys for the rest of the time?" he asked.
"Well, we spent some time repairing the shop and Jin was having a long lecture with the guy that was in control of the shop so…" Alphonse started referring that they haven't gone anywhere else.
"Alphonse, when is Winry arriving?" Roy interrupted casting a quick glance at the clock that was directly pointing at twelve.
"Oh, she's coming in the evening General. The train was slightly delayed from the storm in Resembool," Alphonse said remembering his talk with Winry.
"Who's Winry?" Jin asked interrupting them.
"She's my childhood friend," Alphonse answered, "And a awesome Automail mechanic, surely you have heard of the Rockbell brand?" Alphonse excitement laced into his voice.
"I'm sorry I haven't," Jin denied spotting the disappointment in Al's eyes.
"Jin go and get some lunch, Havoc will be waiting for you outside," Roy suddenly spoke up; he needed to talk to Alphonse about Jin's case.
"Sure," Jin said swiftly and exited the office in a few quick steps, one of the perks of having long legs.
"Is something the matter General?" Alphonse asked once the door has slammed behind them.
"Take a seat Alphonse," Ling said fearing that the talk will be longer than they expected it will be.
"I'm going to start off with a plain simple question," Roy started looking as relaxed as he'll ever be, "What do you think of Jin?"
"Jin? Well, the boy is interesting in many ways, but that's that thing with meeting new people," Alphonse started thinking hard of not describing him as Edward-ish. "And he's got a temper but not in a violent… um… he's really secretive though," Alphonse started rambling on and on without stopping for Mustang to ask more questions.
"His appearance?" Roy asked wanting more specifics.
"Well, the glasses are suspicious seeing that he actually isn't short sighted," Alphonse said remembering ho well he continued walking even though he loosed his glasses, "And his hair really reminded me of brother's, its really long, pointing to a unique personality," Alphonse added remembering the book he have read a few weeks ago.
"I'll just have this done with…" Roy said his expression turning into a darker one, "Who does Jin remind you of?"
Alphonse stammered with his answer for a moment before saying the truth, "He… reminds me of brother," he said in a quiet voice.
"Keep that in mind Alphonse," Ling said brightly, "You're excused," and with that Alphonse left the room still deep in thought.
"Was that a good idea Ling?" Roy asked the younger boy, "Maybe we wouldn't want to give the boy a shock…"
"Believe me General, the boy would be overjoyed without any trace of depression, maybe he'll cry some tears of happiness even," Ling said brushing the matter off his hands, "Have a mentioned that Maes is reincarnated too?"
What a brilliant way to get Roy Mustang to freak out, and run out of the room actually enthusiasm about something that doesn't involve the word short and Edward.
Alphonse made his way down the hallway confused about the General's behavior. Sure he found a friend in his new Xingese friend but there was really no reason to have a whole interview on his thoughts on the boy. Walking slowly towards the military cafeteria, guessing it was the only place where Havoc would take him.
Meanwhile in the cafeteria, some… ruckus was going on. True it was a military cafeteria and not just some normal school cafeteria, but it might as well be one when it came down to the situation.
How to describe this? Well first off maybe not the whole cafeteria was in ruckus but at least the table that Team Mustang was currently residing at. It was rather rowdy at the table much because of the arrival of the new Xing visitor.
"Guys this is Jin, he's going to hang around for a while," Havoc said gesturing to the boy that was searching for a way to escape the room that was filed with people he rather not know.
"Nice to meet ya," a father chubby guy said, otherwise known as Breda. The others said their greetings aside from Hawkeye who was currently missing in action.
"So what brings you here to Amestris Jin?" Falman asked.
"I was invited to have a vacation from the emperor," Jin answered casually.
"How old are you? You seem to be awfully young to have business with the emperor," Havoc pointed out noticing the boy was just a mere teen, who apparently, associated with the most successful emperor of the Yao line.
"I'm 15," Jin answered not liking where the conversation was heading to.
"Really you look younger than that," Breda commented rather surprised, of course it was the fact that he wasn't around children for some time and his average was rather too… high. "I swear you have some height problem kid,"
Jean felt like slapping his face, but then he paused. There was no ranting coming from the boy, again a teenager was hanging out with them and each of them couldn't stop thinking about Edward, who was not here anymore.
Jin smiled sweetly towards Breda, "Are you pointing out that I am short Breda?" Jin asked through gritted teeth, unfortunately Breda doesn't seem to notice this.
"Well, I've seen worse but I swear teenagers these days grow to be 170 at your age," Breda said munching on his sandwich.
"Breda, I'll just say this. I am a fair average, and for the record I AM NOT SHORT!" Jin exploded; he really had enough of these comments. Sure he wasn't bothered by them for some time, just because people really didn't point it out for him, but when it comes to this he wants to bite their head off.
"Woah, dude calm down," Breda said waving his hand in a careless way.
A tick mark appeared on Jin's forehead, the man was so asking for it. He forced a smile before taking a seat next to Havoc who was examining him rather closely.
"What happened didn't drink your milk or something?" Breda continued, he was asking for his death but of course he was enjoying himself, he didn't really had anybody to tease since Edward left and besides Mustang's and Ed's argument always amuses him.
"I despise milk. How people drink them I don't know, they are literally cow juice. Besides I don't have the money to afford them," Jin fired back. People could now see the fire that was vibrating out from him, he was sure as hell pissed.
"Your parents must really hate you huh?" Breda said meaning it to be a joke, unfortunately that really struck a string for Jin.
"Breda… I really think that is enough," Falman said slowly seeing how the boy was already trying to contain his anger. Breda merely brushed the comment off and finished his lunch.
'Don't shout at him', Jin thought through his fit of temper that was ready to explode, 'Do not try to strangle him', his consciousness said again, 'Damn…' his consciousness shouted before he lunged himself at the older man.
Jean seeing the boy's attack move immediately held the boy at the arm and locks him, Jin was of course struggling to be let go, and he needed something to vent his anger on.
"Chill out Jin," Havoc hissed, the boy was kicking like crazy, he swore he didn't do this since the last time he met a boy with short problems. 'At least he's not screaming his head off,' Havoc added mentally.
Meanwhile the others were holding fits of laughter, or only Breda in this case. Falman had more sense and was immediately suspicious of the boy and the familiar aura he was giving to the rest of the team.
"Stop bickering about nonsense!" a woman sounded from behind Havoc along with a click of a gun.
It doesn't need a genius to figure out that the whole team was damned. First off because the Hawkeye's was holding a gun in their direction and second there was also another very agitated young blonde with a wench in hand behind her.
"Now what's going on here?" Hawkeye asked in a smooth voice, she was clearly not in the best of moods at the moment.
"Lieutenant, you're early!" Havoc shuttered out, "We were just having some fun that's all,"
"I see," Hawkeye said lowering her gun, noticing Jin her eyes widen slightly, "And who might this be?"
"Oh, uh, this is Jin, he's from Xing," Havoc said introducing their new found friend (?).
Jin raised his head to glare but then paused when he saw the two blonde women. Of course his glare was put to shame once he made eye contact with the one that was holding a gun but when he saw the other woman who had a wench in hand she let out a gasp.
Winry was not having a sunny day that was for sure. First of all her husband, Mason, decides that it was best to go for a trip to Creta and not tell her. Second of all the moment she arrived in central the others were already having a very intense fight with a new black haired boy she didn't know.
At first glance he was a normal boy, a nerd boy to be exact. Maybe he wasn't distinguished as one at the moment, but with the neat hair that was in a high bun and the oval glasses he was said to be a nerd if not for the stance he was in.
While examining the boy, he turned his gaze to look at her and at that moment everything froze. Gold, his eyes were pure gold, flickering with spectacles of blue mixed into the pit of molten gold. But it wasn't that fact it was the gaze that froze her, full of fire and determination, there was really no doubt that they were Edward's eyes.
She dropped her wench with a loud clang to the marble floor of the cafeteria. Havoc released the boy and Riza turned around to look at her.
"Is something the matter Winry?" Hawkeye asked, her eyes showing worry for the currently shocked girl.
"N-no, it's nothing," Winry sputtered looking at the younger boy who was about her height, a good 165. She decided that it was too tall for Edward, even if he just reached his growth spurt after disappearing for 6 months.
Just then was when the door slowly creaked open and revealed Alphonse striding towards the table, unaware of the tense situation.
"What's up guys?" Alphonse asked once he arrived at the table. He froze once he saw Winry's frozen state and how Jin was intensely growling at Breda.
"Nothing is going on," Jin said quietly; pulling his hand out of Havoc's grip. "Please excuse me,"
The rest of the gang watched as the boy made his way out of the cafeteria, none of them made any act of following him, knowing that it would be useless either way.
"What happened?" Alphonse asked once Jin has exited the crowded room.
"Breda found it entertaining to tease a boy who is the guest of the emperor," Falman signed glancing at the plump man that was mentioned.
"It was hard to resist, besides who knew that the boy would have a reaction like that?" Breda said shrugging.
"What were you teasing him about?" Winry asked, curious.
"Well the kid said he was fifteen so I just pointed out he was slightly short for his age," he answered.
That was it. Winry quickly slipped out of the crowd and made her way in search of the boy. This boy, she was curious of him, especially when his eyes flashed yellow when she first saw him.
Winry arrived on the streets and started scanning for the Xing visitor, the name… Jin wasn't it? Or maybe she would just need to ask some people. It was then that she realized she doesn't even where to start looking.
Luckily for the early 30s woman, after scanning a row of houses she immediately spotted a red and black figure on one of the roof tops. Smirking slightly to herself she started making her way there, not forgetting to grab a ladder on the way.
After Jin left the lunch room or the cafeteria he immediately headed for the roof tops. It was the only place that he could get some private time, knowing that none of the people here would have the ability to jump to the roof top.
In one leap he reached the roof and scanned the surroundings seeing that it was clear, he released his hair from his way-too-tight bun and lied down on the hard cement. The sky was bright on that day, contrast to the usual green hat he sees daily.
Was it his fault that he couldn't control his temper? 'Yes' his sub consciousness answered for him. No, absolutely not. He was very sensitive with his height and most people knew to not bug him about it.
Pulling his, or rather Alphonse's, glasses off to exam them, he paused and laid the glasses on his right side. Covering his closed eyes with his arm his thoughts wandered to everything that was currently going on. And most of them gave him painful headaches, Roy Mustang, that Winry girl and his own uncontrolled temper which he thought he have mastered so many years ago.
"Short… eh?" he tried the word on his own lips; he didn't understand why people enjoyed saying the s word. Rubbing the word from his head he closed his eyes, prepared for a peaceful afternoon nap.
That was until he heard a grunt coming from his left, lifting his arm to glance in the direction of the sound he came face to face with round blue eyes.
"Hi you're Jin right?" Winry greeted the boy who was currently lying on the roof.
Okay… I'm not sure if there are any Breda fans out there but I'm just saying not to kill me! I was like… who to call Jin short? Right, Breda. The only reason is because Roy isn't there and if Roy isn't there, there isn't anybody to call him short!
Oh yeah ad tell me how do you think Roy's reaction was, lame? Realistic? I don't know, I do hope he was in character though.
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