Soul Eater Brotherhood Part 7
Before he slept, Ed writes a letter to his brother Al on a simple table with an ordinary quill pen, ink jet and pieces of paper:
Dear Al,
You won't believe this but this research will take a long time. I hope yours is making progress. As you know Al, I have to stay in this land called Death City for some intensive research like we always do. How about we share our discovery here once I give you this letter? The Crystal of Kelley can not only used as a projectile but as an instant messaging or IM people say. There is an address I input on the crystal ball. Reply to me if you're going. Give regards to Zampano and Jerso for me!
Your beloved elder brother,
Edward Elric
Ed folds the letter and brings a huge crystal ball onto the table. Once he places the letter on the crystal ball, the ball glows luminously bright purple, flashing brilliantly at the dim, dungeon-like room. After a few minutes, the glowing slowly stopped before it returns to its plain form. Tired, he jumps into his bed and thinks before he sleeps.
I hope Al knows the way... this research could be either successful or useless.
The next day, Ed wakes up lazily. Before he dresses up, he checks the crystal ball but no avail.
No message, huh? Ed thought.
He stretches his arms as he got out from his room. "I could eat a cow right now" Ed said, "I should first eat breakfast before going to class..."
Suddenly, he bumps into someone. A young kid (Ed couldn't identify if this person is a male or a female) with purple short hair, sleepy eyes, and a long figure to add the confusion of this individual. What's even more puzzling is it wears a long black dress and leather shoes, and it talks rather emotionally.
"Uh, uh..." the individual stammered, "I-I'm s-sorry."
Unexpectedly, its back forms a miniature black yet a cute imp with a cross face (literally), tennis ball eye balls, and small, cartoon hands. He smacks the mysterious character comically.
"Why apologize to this puny guy when he bump you Crona?" the imp said.
Ed flinched. "OH-YOUR-GOING-DOWN-YA-PINT-SIZE-DWARF!" Ed yelled hysterically.
"Ragnarok" Crona warned, "I think this guy is angry at you. How am I going to deal with this blond guy?"
"CRONA-THIS-IS-YOUR-FAULT!" Ragnarok said angrily, pounding cutely at it, "Turn me into Demon Sword NOW before the midget kills you!"
Without hesitation, Ragnarok forms into a black longsword on Crona's hand. "I'm sorry!" it said apologetically, "It is not my intention on killing you!"
Rushing towards Ed, Crona prepares an attack for him. "Screech Alpha" it wailed.
In a grotesque manner, Ragnarok's mouth screeches dreadfully. Ed loses his guard by the attack and Crona slashed him but narrowly misses.
I have to get out of here Ed thought quickly If I could distract this "thing" for awhile, I might get an opportunity to counter-attack.
Luckily, he wears the gloves in a nick of time. He presses his hands and hits it on the ground when Crona's attack misses again. Two large hands form at the walls and grabs it tightly.
"It's no use" Crona said, "Screech Beta."
It slashes the hands and starts to attack Ed. He transmute a wicked cutlass and prepares to strike it...
Until...
"Edward, Crona, what are you two doing?" a female voice demanded.
They both stop at their tracks and stared at the voice that was Maka.
"This guy bump into Crona 'accidentally'" Ragnarok whined, who was recently reappeared at Crona's back.
"This imp called me an imp" Ed argued.
This made Maka extremely impatient. "Maka Chop!" she cried.
She hits them with a book. Ed's head has been dented and Ragnarok used Crona as a shield.
"Geez, what was that all about?" he asked, massaging his head, She reminds me of Winry in a not-so-cool fashion. At least she doesn't use a wrench.
"I was checking on Crona since she's a little shy around other people" she replied.
She? Ed wondered but decided not to question that.
Maka sighs. "I suppose your late for breakfast, Edward?" she said.
He unexpectedly felt the urged to eat, since the whole fiasco made Ed forgetful. "Your right!" he cried.
He ran upstairs quickly as possible.
Suddenly, a flash of light lighted at one of the rooms. Crona first did not notice it but Maka did. What was that? she thought, "Crona, why don't you go upstairs and wait for me while I check on things down stairs?"
It hesitated for awhile but Ragnarok insisted that Maka's going to be fine. Alone, she went to see the room that glowed awhile ago. As she enters the room, Maka realizes this is Ed's room. The bed was a mess, clothes were all over the place,scattered papers were on the floor, books stack on the table and a crystal ball, Ed mentioned it was the Crystal of Kelley, was faintly bright.
Curious, Maka touched at the crystal ball but it brilliantly shines at the ceiling showing the message:
Dear big brother,
I've received your message and it took me awhile to know how to reply with the Crystal of Kelley. I have good research notes and I'm willing to share it with you. Although Zampano and Jerso are still chimeras, they are still enjoying our journey, even though Jerso loves to eat a lot of food and Zampano can be impatient at times. I'll be here as soon as I can.
Your beloved younger brother,
Alphonse Elric
At the Crescent Moon classroom, Stein does his usual routine of dissecting animals while Ed takes a short nap since this is not related to his research. On the front row, Maka is thinking quite critically which makes Soul a little annoyed than worried.
"What are you mumbling about?" he asked.
"I'm just a little confused" she whispered, "Edward's brother is coming."
"So?"
"So, I think his brother would even be a threat, that's all."
"You need to relax for once in a while. At first, we are suspicious that Ed's the enemy. Then we realized that he's good guy. Let's try not to kill his brother."
"But his brother has chimeras" Maka argued.
"Your point?" Soul said, absentmindedly balancing the pencil on his nose.
"My point is that those chimeras could be as powerful as Freed" she said.
"How about we wait until tomorrow" he suggested, "Besides, you need a break from alchemy training of Ed for a while."
"Your right" Maka admitted.
"Now what does the inside of this rare specimen look like?" Stein asked wickedly.
At the desert just a few kilometres near Death City, three figures appeared out of nowhere. A big, fat guy with dread locks is completely out of gas, panting tirelessly at the jolly sun. Another, a tall, fit individual with spiky pale blond hair and sharp teeth walks with little effort, on the verge of fainting. Last, a young man with the same eyes as Ed, tries to lead the two tired guys the way, but to his disbelief, they collapse on the scorching sands of the desert.
I have to reach Big Brother... the young man mutters before he passes out.
Who are these three figures that walk towards Death City. Are they friendly or enemies of DWMA? Find out at the next Soul Eater Brotherhood!
*It's official: Crona is an "it" for now on since it's genderless. Comments and reviews are welcome.