Soul Eater Brotherhood Part 2
"Welcome home Ed" a female voice greeted.
This blond guy, Ed, seems to be in his hometown of Resembool. A young woman of the same age as him waved at him at her 2 story workshop. She stares at him with her radiantly blue eyes and her long blond hair flows like the wind as Ed walked towards the female.
"Big Brother is back!" another male voice greeted. The young man just 2 years younger than Ed ran excitedly towards his brother.
"Oh Al" Ed said in surprise, "I thought you were at Xing. What brings you here in Resembool?"
"Oh you know" Al chuckled, "Missing the old atmosphere."
"Where have you been young man?" an older voice asked sharply. An old woman smoking a pipe appeared at the doorstep with her small, suspiciously, dotty eyes covering with rimmed glasses looking at Ed with kindness.
"Old lady Pinako" he said sarcastically, "It's good to see young again for the last 2 years."
Pinako grunted. "Never mock the elderly by calling them young" she said.
"What brings you here Ed?" Winry asked, "I thought you were going west."
Ed scratches his blond, ponytail hair. "I have a bit of a problem, you see" he replied nervously.
Al nudged at him. "What did you do this time?" he whispered, "You didn't break your automail leg, did you?"
Ed chortle anxiously. The aura of the cheery young woman began to darken as she heard the word "break."
"Sort of."
"You did what? You had a fight didn't you?"
"I did not fight, ok?"
"Then why is your leg broken?"
"That's thing I wanted to know!"
Al sighed. "They never stop fighting do they?" he remarked.
Pinako smoked her pipe and nodded. "Those two are in love" she said.
Back to reality...
"Watch where you swing that wrench!" Ed cried.
He suddenly wakes up from his dream (or a nightmare he thought) and he's in what seems to be a clinic: there are numerous medicines and other medical drugs in glass cabinet, and curious medical instruments and suspicious tools were seen at the nurse's desk. His brown coat, black vest, socks and shoes are placed in the chair next to him. His suit case was nowhere to be seen until he realises that it was near the table next to him.
Ed gets off from his bed and dresses up. After that, he peeks curiously at the window and sees something that surprised him: gothic buildings as large and different as those in Amestris. Usually, that was his style when he once used back then. He admired the architecture until he was snapped back into reality when he heard the door open, revealing a Negro-coloured woman with lots of bandages around her face and wearing a nurse outfit.
"A mummy working as a nurse?" Ed cried in surprise.
"Oh, you're awake, I see" the nurse said, ignoring the rude statement he just made.
"Where am I?" Ed asked, "And who are you, mummy?"
"My name is Mira Nygus" she introduced, "And you're in a clinic."
"I know I'm in a clinic" he said impatiently, "Specifically, WHERE THE HECK AM I? AND THE HELL AM I DOING HERE?"
"You're in Death Weapon Meister Academy or DWMA for short" Nygus replied, slightly annoyed that Ed's statement is rude, "You were found near Death city yesterday and you had heatstroke there."
He blinked. "Well then" Ed said, "I can't stay here in this clinic forever, right? I'm taking my leave now and I have important places to go to."
"But you're still recuperating" she argued. But he left by jumping into the window.
Nygus went to the nearest phone and called someone. "The visitor is escaping!" she said.
When Ed lands on the ground, he noticed a huge candle on top of him. Curious, Ed walks in front of the academy and was stunned but a little bit confused by its foundation: to him, it looks like gothic funhouse but it actually is like a gothic castle with 4 huge candles protruding on the vertex of the main building and 8 red- spire towers, 2 on each side near the building and 4 at the centre, and 3 comical skulls in front of him.
"Yep, definitely my kind of style" Ed remarked approvingly.
But this was short lived. As he was to go down the steps, he was blocked by three figures: a pale blond girl, probably 14, wields a 5-foot scythe and gestures a warning at him to not move; black haired boy with 3, unusual, white lines only one side of his head, holding two desert eagles in each hand in an unorthodox manner, also doing the same gesture the girl did; and a blue spiky kid, could be the same age as the girl and the boy, carrying a chain scythe, screaming at him that he's going to beat him.
"Surrender now-" the girl ordered.
"-before you get hurt" the boy finished.
"I'm Black Star and I'm going to beat the hell out of you!" the kid shouted cockily.
Ed grinned. "It's been 2 years now" he said, stretching his arms, "I hope this lazy body of mine is still kicking."
Ed took something from his pockets what it seem to be white gloves and wears it.
"What are going to do with those gloves?" Black Star asked mockingly, "Spank us to death?"
He charges at Ed but a female voice warns him. "Don't let your guard down" she warned.
"Don't worry Tsubaki" Black Star said, "I'll just beat this shorty to a pulp before he starts to beg for his life!"
Ed flinched. "Did you just called me shorty?" he asked quietly. His golden eyes sparked with anger.
"Yeah I called you shorty alright" he taunted.
"Black Star!" the girl called, "His soul is getting more powerful when you call him by that name. Get back here you idiot!"
"She's right!" the boy said, "Retreat if you must!"
"So what if his soul is bigger" Black Star said, "I'm the best there is at what I do. Maka, Kid, just sit back and watch the world's greatest assassin beats this lowly midget to a pulp!"
Ed is now getting ticked. "YOU-CALL-ME-A-LOWLY-MIDGET?" he screams hysterically, "NOBODY-CALLS-ME-A-LOWLY-MIDGET-AND-GETS-AWAY-WITH-IT!"
Ed punches his fists and his aura is faintly glowing yellow around his body and both of his hands have turned in to steel, metallic fists. He glares Black Star with angry golden eyes, and with an incredible speed, Ed grabs him by the collar completely unaware of his velocity, rotates him multiple times, and tosses Black Star into the sky, leaving a twinkling light before he lands to the ground hard, creating a crater behind him.
He breaths deeply and looks at Kid and Maka. "Who's next?" Ed asked.
"We should take him down before he does any damage" Maka said.
"But his soul stronger" her scythe protested, "I'm not quite sure if you can defeat him."
"Don't worry Soul" she said calmly, "Kid and I have a plan."
Maka nodded at Kid and they both charge towards Ed, their weapons ready.
But Ed wasn't done. Before they could even attack, he grabs their collar and rotates them in a 360 angle and throws them to the ground, making them dizzy.
Kid stands up and points his guns together at Ed. "Liz, Patty" he called, "Soul Resonance!"
"Aye, aye captain" Patty, the gun, said cheerfully.
"Roger" Liz, the other one, said.
The guns then transformed Kid's arms into twin silver cannons and is about to charge. They were about to start to fire but Ed suddenly appear in front of him.
"You know" he said thoughtfully, "I've always thought about those white asymmetrical lines in your hair. It looks good on you."
"Why thank-" Kid said in gratitude until he heard "asymmetrical" he mentioned and shrieks in horror, "Asymmetrical?"
"I'm imperfect, a loathsome maggot who deserves to be crushed by someone. I'm not worthy to be called Lord Death's son." Kid groaned horribly.
He sulks badly and the twin cannons reverted into desert eagles and then two older-looking females comforting Kid, leaving a confuse Ed watching them with a question mark on his head.
While he was distracted, Maka points her now-huge scythe at Ed, packed with an enormous amount of energy from the scythe. "Good thing we Resonance before he could notice it" she said.
"Good" Soul said, "Let's beat up this small guy."
Ed twitched. "Did that scythe just say 'small'?" he asked.
"Whoops" Soul mumbled.
"Now's our chance!" Maka said, "While he's blinded in rage, strike at him at full force."
She charges at Ed. "Witch Hunter Attack!" Maka yelled.
It was a direct hit but Ed, with astonishing strength, grabs the scythe and pushes him downward. The scythe crashes into the floor and a lot of energy caused it to create another crater. Ed then claps his palms and forcefully hits the ground, causing the floor to form two giant hands, grabbing Maka and Soul, who was recently changed back into human form.
"Who-who are you?" Soul asked, struggling to get out.
"Who am I?" Ed replied confidently, "I am Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist!"
"An alchemist?" Maka said in confusion.
But before he explained, Ed was suddenly knocked out by someone that has a huge stitch across his face. His eyes were deeply unimpressed by the three children.
The guy puffed his cigarette. "It looks like you're battle with this high level young man caused you a lot of trouble" he said, holding Ed by the collar, "Don't worry, he's just stunned."
But the guy grinned maniacally as if he was excited about something. "But I'll have to dissect him before he wakes up" he said.
Ed sure had beaten DWMA's best students with only anger, rage, wits and alchemy, but was later defeated by this guy "with a huge stitch across his face." How did Ed manage to get alchemy since he forever lost its power? Will the Fullmetal Alchemist escape this predicament? Find out at the next Soul Eater Brotherhood!
*So many thoughts, so little time. Reviews and comments are welcome.*