Eye of Heaven

by Purin-Puririn

She was used by the one she trusts. Her world was lost in one night until nothing could be seen through her eyes, aside to hatred. She crossed path with someone who search the same thing she is, the truth. Will she allow herself to trust someone again?

8. Chapter 8

Hello, everyone! Now then...

GO AHEAD! KILL ME NOW, I TOTALLY DESERVE IT! I LEFT YOU GUYS AND DIDN'T UPDATED FOR LIKE FIVE DAYS... HUUAAAAHH! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, I BETRAYED MY OWN PROMISE TO UPDATE BEFORE MY DEADLINE...TT_TT

Purin: *bows* "I hope everyone can forgive my stupidity and lack of ability to control my own schedule. But, if you all would be so kind as to stay with my story... It's way too nice for words!" *cough* "And if so, I will now introduce you all to someone very important to the creation of 'Eye of Heaven'! She's my best friend and probably the weirdest, nicest and most creative lunatic I'll ever meet! But sadly, I have no plan on telling her real name so her nickname is...PumpkinBirdie!"

Pumpbie: *raises hand in greeting* "Yo!"

Purin: "Alright! Now then, is there anything you'd like to add before we start the story?"

Pumpbie: "Actually, yes. For everyone reading Purin's creation, I'd like to apologize for her stupidity, weirdness, and forgetfulness that caused this whole mess."

Purin: "Hey! I did not forget to update! I just didn't have time to send the story and all that stuff..."

Pumpbie: *rolls eyes* "Sure, you didn't."

Purin: *growled* "Well, anyways... Please enjoy this chapter!"

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood!

Chapter 8

Alice and Seth stared at the scene with an amused smile, actually they were just plainly holding in the laughter. Alice was doing pretty well in hiding her giggles but Seth, his face was turning red just by holding it all in.

Alice coughed slightly, "So, Edward… Mind letting us in on what happened?" her usually clear voice was now shaky and for Ed's point of view, apparently insulting.

He grunted and if he could, he would've probably crossed his arms over his chest, "If you stop staring at us like that then I might tell you but…" He narrowed his eyes, "You're going to laugh now, aren't you?"

Al shifted uncomfortably behind him, "Brother…"

"No, no, of course not…" she muttered softly, she could barely form the words. Her smile widened and her cheeks turned pink before she finally snapped, "Okay! Okay! I will laugh!" She doubled over and fell to her knees, holding her stomach and practically laughing her lungs out, if that was possible.

"Oh, god! This is hilarious!" Seth fell to his back on the floor and laughed as equally hard as Alice, maybe a bit louder. He banged his hand on the floor, hit any harder and the surface will crack. He looked away from the two and held out a hand, as if trying to keep his distance, "Oh, man, even when I don't see you two personally it's still funny!"

Alice finally fell completely and curled up into a ball, "I-I… I will never…" She glanced up slightly, "I'll never be able to look at you the same way again, Edward!"

She fell back and rolled to her brother's side, the two acting like little children on a hot summer day that would try and cool themselves down by rolling on the floor. The two continued to laugh despite the death glare sent to them by the blonde haired alchemist.

Roy blinked before glancing towards Ed, he's been standing in the background from the beginning, "Well, guess they just find your suffering amusing, Fullmetal."

"Yes, yes we most certainly do!" the two answered simultaneously before they continue to roll on the floor, nearly knocking down one of the stack of perfectly organized paperwork.

Ed grunted as a vein appeared on his forehead, and…he snapped, "WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP? I KNOW I DON'T HAVE AN ARM ANYMORE SO JUST DEAL WITH IT!"

After a lot of arguments, laughter, jokes and insults later (mostly insults and laughter)…

Alice sits on her couch with crossed arms and closed eyes, looking serious for the first time in that day. She hummed slightly and nodded, "I see…" She opened her eyes and looked back into Ed's, "So, you're going to your old hometown, Rasembool, to get your automail fixed so you can fix Al's armor, am I right so far?"

Ed nodded, "More or less."

"Right," she nodded again. "But exactly why are you even telling me?"

He shrugged, "Maybe because I'm your personal slave at the moment."

"Oh, right," she mumbled softly. She furrowed her eyebrows and looked down to her lap, she looked up slightly and met Ed's expectant gaze. She sighed, "Fine, you can do whatever you want. But that's only because you are completely and utterly useless without your other arm."

"What?"

The Next Day

Ed gulped and shifted uncomfortably before leaning closer towards Al, who was placed in a wooden box and treated much like a luggage and to an even weirder rate he somehow takes as fun and amusing, "Al, listen."

"Mm?" he replied.

"I can tolerate Mayor Armstrong being here to protect us and all that crap but…" he glanced back and narrowed his eyes. He jerked his head back towards his brother, a scowl and a very annoyed look on his face, "Remind me again why Alice and Seth are both here."

After their little incident with Scar, Mayor Armstrong was told to accompany them back to Rasembool for he was able to at least stay alive against the state alchemist's murderer. That much was tolerable for the brothers. But apparently, there was two extra that had to come along, Alice and Seth. Why?

Alice smiled and leaned forward, "You heard me, Edward." She brought up a finger and narrowed her eyes, the smile on her face turning dark and maniacal, "Of all the state alchemists, you are the youngest in history and you can perform alchemy without a circle, you could say that you've taken up my curiosity to their edge…"

"So that's why I'm going to come along and see the place where you spent your childhood and began your study of alchemy!"

"Oh, yeah, that… Stupid research crazy girl." He sighed and glanced to the side, catching the scene to be quite something to watch. "And… Why is Seth here as well?"

Al sighed, "He said he wouldn't trust his little sister with two boys alone on the country side and said that if Alice went with us, he had to come along as well, no exception whatsoever."

Ed growled under his breath and paled, "What did he expect us to do anyway?"

Alex and Seth were having a fight, seems it was one of the man's ways of teaching 'manliness' to him, and Alice was trying to take her brother out of the fight before he ends up like sliced cheese.

Ed raised his eyebrows slightly and hummed, 'Alice really does hate wearing skirts, doesn't she?' The girl still refused on wearing a skirt, so she was wearing rather boyish clothing, and Ed wouldn't be surprised if they were Seth's old clothing. She was wearing a black slightly form fitting top (but there's really not much to see) and leather pants; she was also wearing a long white jacket, something about Seth worrying that she might catch a cold.

Seth on the other hand was wearing a plain white top with the exact same leather pants as Alice's, but obviously bigger. He was wearing a brown jacket and carrying a small bag with him, which he claimed to be Alice's and not his... It has certain similarities to a purse.

"GAK!" the boy was pinned to the floor by the large man. He glanced up and growled, "Damn it!" He grabbed the man's shoulders, earning a surprise look from him when he threw the man over his head and slammed him on the ground, unfortunately with a lot less force than what Alex gave to is previous attack.

"Hohoh…" He stepped out unharmed, in fact, he looked quite satisfied. "Excellent, if you wish to protect those you care for, you must become stronger!"

Seth gulped and paled, "I-Is that so?"

"Now then, allow me to show you, my full strength!"

Ed sighed and shook his head before looking back straight ahead with a scowl, "When is that train coming? Feels like hours we've been waiting here."

"Actually, we've been waiting for only like fifteen minutes now," he glanced to the side and saw Alice sits down next to him. She looked at him from the corner of her eyes, "Just be a little more patient, alright?"

He scoffed and looked away, "Yeah, sure. You're not going to save your brother?"

She shook her head lightly, "No, actually it's kind of amusing to see him like this." She glanced back and smiled, "At least he seems happy, you know, not depressed or worrying about me that much."

Ed thought about the fact for a moment before nodding, "So, I guess you don't like it if he keeps worrying about you, is that it?"

"Well, not completely..." She looked down to her lap and furrowed her eyebrows, "I don't want him to stress himself out just for my wellbeing, he always does that ever since our mother died. But, I'm scared at the thought of him stop thinking about me..."

Ed raised his eyebrows slightly, 'Why is she...acting so different all of the sudden?'

Alice sighed before looking away; there was no point in looking at him if he wasn't even going to take her seriously, the subject was futile to continue, she knew that much. Ed stared at her for a moment, she always seemed odd, and not in a bad or good way...in the middle. She'd act so rough around others but, she can act so soft like that out of nowhere. How is that even possible? He shook his head and looked back towards the rail tracks, hoping the train would just arrive.

Alice glanced at him slightly, she didn't know why but, there was something different about him, something that made her constantly interested in him. Basically, that was one of her reasons for accepting his challenge in the first place. She smiled slightly before looking back straight ahead, 'That was stupid of me...' She furrowed her eyebrows and looked back towards Ed's hollow sleeve.

"What are you looking at?"

She jerked up and widened her eyes slightly when Ed turned towards her. She panicked slightly before looking away, "It's nothing."

Al looked at the two from the side, somehow the scene seemed amusing to him. 'Seems like Alice and brother are getting along better now, I'm glad so.'

Later When the Train Arrived

Alice's eye twitched slightly, "Seth, you do realize that you were the one that insisted on coming along, right?"

He gulped, "Y-Yeah, I know that but…" He gripped the pole tightly as if his life depended on it, "You'll never get me on that metal beast!"

Alice grunted and continued to pull on the boy's jacket, "Don't be stupid! It's just a train damn it!"

"NO!" Seth yelled equally hard, his grip on the pole never loosened and if he even tries to add anymore pressure to the innocent pole, it'll surely snap in half. He gritted his teeth and dug his footing to the ground, "Damn it, Alice! You know how I don't get along with transportations!"

Alice sweat dropped and narrowed her eyes, "Exactly why I didn't want you to come in the first place."

Al and Ed both stared at the scene with confusion, turning towards the mayor for some answers. Alex nodded before glancing back towards the two siblings, "Yes, well, I suppose Seth never considered that single fact before deciding on coming along with us."

"What fact?" Al asked, a bit surprised at the sudden outburst and childish reaction of the usually calmer and at least a bit mature man, at least he's seem so much more mature than he is now.

He coughed, "Well, to put it simply, he has motion sickness."

"Argh! That is it!" She snapped. She grabbed the small bag Seth was carrying, turns out it is hers, and pulled out what appeared to be a shot gun. She narrowed her eyes and aimed at the boy's head, "You asked for it!"

BANG!

…

Ed stared at Alice with wide eyes, "So, that gun wasn't a normal one?"

"Of course it wasn't!" She opened her eyes and glared daggers at the blonde haired boy, "You didn't think I was going to kill my own brother, did you? I altered that gun myself, it uses a different type of bullet that has a special chemical in them, it doesn't kill people but it knocks them out. So, technically it's not something soldiers would bring."

Alex nodded, "Yes, I remembered when Seth asked you to make that gun; it was when one of those rumors of bandits running around the East. You were doing some research there, weren't you?"

Alice sighed and looked down to her brother; he was sleeping soundlessly on her lap. She furrowed her eyebrows and pouted, "Yeah, he was way too persistent so, I just did what he asked, though it was completely unnecessary." She crossed her arms over her chest and looked away from the two men's gazes, "Guess those stupid bandits just didn't find me good enough to kidnap."

Ed raised an eyebrow, the edge of his mouth turning upwards and forming a smirk, "Why is that? Was it because they didn't even know you were a girl?"

Alice widened her eyes before looking back towards Ed, fury in her eyes, "S-Shut up!"

PLAK!

With Al

Al stared straight towards the door towards the other train parts. He couldn't see much of anything but earlier Ed told him that they were going to be sitting near where he was, so it was obvious that he could hear every word of their little conversation.

He sighed in relief, "Thank goodness, I was afraid Alice could've killed Seth. But then again, I don't think she'd ever do anything to hurt him…"

'They both tend to fight a lot but, I doubt either one of them would be able to bear the idea of the other one getting hurt…' He hummed slightly, 'I wonder what really happened to them.'

"S-Shut up!"

PLAK!

Al looked up when he hear the loud sound of a slap, right after Alice's now far too familiar voice. He sweat dropped at the sight of his brother being thrown and slammed to the door, his face flat against the glass's surface. "Well, guess Seth must've trained her to be strong under her own protection as well…"

Pumpbie: "Hey, why did you write my nickname as Pumpbie? I thought we agreed that it was PumpkinBirdie."

Purin: "Yeah, but, it's too long for the short conversations dialog... I made it shorter, plus, it sounds adorable!"

Now, in case any of you are thinking that Al isn't getting any spotlight in the story, that will soon change because... Al has a rather more gentlemen side, something Ed lacks deeply, you'll know what I mean later on. I just want to make one thing clear, Alice is great with altering weapons and guns but I assure you, I am trying my best not to turn her into a Mary Sue! Please judge my work again if you wish...

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