Do I really have to dedicate another chapter to DarkAngelDreams13? lol. She's the only one that reviews anymore. Haha. Let the torture begin!!
I
heard a song tonight on the radio
Another girl sings about a boy
Wrath was completely disappointed that she was leaving so soon, but she promised to visit and said he was welcome at her house any time. Teacher hugged her good-bye and Sig grunted.
"Are you sure you remember the way?" Ed asked her once they'd reached the outskirts of Dublith.
"Well, duh. But we're going to have to go through Glory," she laughed bitterly. "It's probably not so glorious any more. The people would be so offended."
"I heard about Glory," Ed remarked.
"What happened to it?" Al asked. He appeared to have missed the news. Kairi sighed. It felt to good to remember, even if what she was remembering was a terrible thing.
She
sees his face in every space,
Every room and I know
That if I
turn around you won't be there
If I close my eyes will you be
there?
A little over a year before, someone had told the military that hundreds of Ishvalans had left thier camps and were hiding in the townspeople's houses. The intent had been to capture the refugees and prosecute those who had sheltered them, but an Ishvalan attacked, and the fighting started. She guess it had been an Ishvalan trying to distract them so they could escape, but a fire started, and it spread. Thousands died, and the city of Glory was reduced to ashes.
Ed finished explained to Al what had happened to it, then he turned to her and asked, "You were there?"
"I lived with Sal," she replied, "The guy that taught me alchemy. But he was killed."
"He might not have been. People got out alive. People from the city, military, and Ishvalans. He could've lived."
"I watched him die." She shuddered slightly. "A man with wild dark hair killed him. He burned him to death."
I
don't want to lose your face
And I don't want to wake up one day
and not remember what time erased
I don't want to turn around
Ed's eyes widened slightly. "What was he like?"
She thought for a moment. "Grim. And I think killing Sal was an accident. He was aiming for an Ishvalan with a gun."
She didn't hear Ed's sharp intake of breath or Al's change of pace, but they kept walking. That time she'd gotten lost, she'd walked as far away from them as possible. Now she wasn't more than a foot from Ed.
It took them three days to reach Glory, and by then it was nightfall, which cast an eerie glow on the barren land that was once Glory, with its headstrong, easily offended people and its three teashops all lined up in a row on Tame Street. The rains and weather of a year had long since washed the ashes away, but the uneasy feeling you get when you stand on land where thousands were massacred was apparent in Kairi's stomach. Needless deaths, whether by State Alchemists, Ishvalans, or both.
Cause
I'm not scared of what love gave me and took away
And I don't want
to lose your face
They rolled thier sleeping bags out, Kairi's inches from Ed's, and Al sat next to them, on Ed's other side. It was barely cool enough for sleeping bags, so a fire was out of the question. He lit a small lantern and asked, "Is it too bright?"
"No, Ed, I'm fine," she smiled, laying down. She still couldn't shake the creepy feeling. She was lying right in the center of the city; she shuddered. "We've only got about... thirty-three more miles. Should take us a day or two."
Ed groaned.
"Thanks for coming with me," she curled up inside the sleeping bag and turned to him.
"We don't mind," he answered. "We don't have much else to do before we go looking for the Philosopher's Stone."
She smiled, and his golden eyes met her hazel ones for a moment. Their eyes locked for a moment, but it only lasted a second and a half before he murmered, "Good night," and rolled over. She sighed, his back to her. She fell asleep almost immediately. It had always been like that; if she didn't fall asleep fast, she suffered from insomnia and nightmares the whole night.
"Brother?" The suit of armor turned to Ed.
"Yeah, Al?" He lay on his back, arms crossed behind his head, and glanced at Kairi to see if she was sleeping (she was) before he stared up at the black sky, littered with a thoughsand tiny stars. The Milky Way stretched across it. It reminded him of her eyes; misty, but with signs of glitter and life.
I've
got a picture of you in my bedroom
And I hope it never falls
"If you like her so much how come you just don't ask her to be your girlfriend? Isn't that how that works?"
"I don't want a girlfriend."
"Why not?"
"Because I'd never be around."
"I know she likes you. And if she does, she'll live."
"It's more complicated than that." What it really was? He was afraid of becoming his father. He didn't want to leave Kairi and have her die the way his mother did. He didn't want that to happen to anyone.
"But you like her, don't you?"
"We've established that." He glanced at her. "Now be quiet. I don't want her waking up. Good night, Al."
"Good night, Brother," Al sighed. He hated the night.
I
hope I never lose that feeling
I used to get when you called
And
then I wondered to myself
Who were you, where are you
Were you
ever here at all
An hour later, he glanced from his brother to Kairi. They were both sleeping by then, and Ed had rolled over in his sleep so that they faced each other. Their foreheads were an inch apart. Al could've pushed their heads together and made them kiss, but he decided against it. It wasn't worth Ed's wrath.
They got farther than they expected the next day, but there was still seventeen miles away. Believe it or not, it is possible to walk that far in a day. That was also when they ran out of water. Not that it was even hot; the sky let loss with a light drizzle and it was the perfect temperature.
"I'm thirsty," Ed whined.
"Drink the rain," she replied. He took a deep breath. This is what her hair smells like. It had been eating at the back of his mind for days.
"Why didn't we just take horses?" Al asked. "It'd be a lot faster."
"LIke anyone would let you rent a horse and take it all the way out here," Kairi laughed.
They reached her house the next morning. Her stomach was in knots by the time she stepped up the porch steps. They creaked even under her weight. She wasn't quite tall enough to reach the key, which was tucked in a hold above the door. It didn't matter, though, because she hadn't locked it the day she left. She was about to open the door, but she turned around.
"Uhm- not that I don't appreciate you coming here, but it's not in your best interest to go inside of the house, so-"
"What? I can handle a messy house, if that's what it's about."
"No, it's not-" She stopped, sighed, and opened the door. When Ed came in, he saw what she hadn't wwanted him to see: the pile of bones that was supposed to be her mother. She'd left the body on the living room floor.
"Ohhh," he moved out of the doorway to led Ed and Kairi inside.
"The kitchen's right over there," Kairi pointed to the doorway. "I'll let fill up the bottles if you let me play with your watch." She giggled, and he sighed, handing her the watch that was his proof of being a State Alchemist. She ran her fingers down the front before she set it down next to a stack of mail on one of the tables on either side of the door.
I
don't want to lose your face
And I don't want to wake up one day
and not remember what time erased
I don't want to turn
around
Cause I'm not scared of what love gave me and took away
And
I don't want to lose your face
Of course none of the lights work, she thought. I'm going to have to use Mommy's candles tonight. She glanced over at the television set. It had been broken for years even before she left. The stack of mail was on the left table, under the mail slot (not that they got mail that often), and the table opposite it was barren other than a thick layer of dust. Flipping through the mail, she discovered people had been looking for her father, but no one had ever wondered where she was. She figured they thought her father had run off and taken her with him.
Stepping around the pile of bones, glancing at the couch. How many times had her mother lay her down there when she was ill. A mouse skittered by her foot.
"I can't feed you," Kairi announced apologetically from the doorway. "I haven't been home in five years, so the only thing that would be edible is the orange tree in the backyard, and I doubt it survived." She went to check on it, and it turned out it actually had, so she picked them some oranges while Ed buried the bones.
That
girl in the song had it so good
I wish I could close my eyes and
see you
I wish the sky had your face
And the oceans had your
eyes
And the sunset had your lips
And I had you
"Well." That was all Ed said for a moment. They were standing on the porch. She hated good-byes; they were so awkward.
"Well." She smiled. "Thanks for taking me all the way out here." She paused. "You're going to come back and see me sometimes, right?"
"We'', I visit all my friends," Ed replied, a half smile glued to his face. "Speaking of that, I should go see Winry. She'll want to look at my automail."
She ignored that part about the Winry girl. "I'm pretty sure I'm selling this house anyway. I don't want to live in the middle of nowhere."
Oh-oh
yeah
I don't want to lose your face
And I don't want to wake up
one day and not remember what time erased
I don't want to turn
around
Cause I'm not scared of what love gave me and took away
And
I don't want to lose your face
Oh no, no, no
"That's good."
"Bye, Kairi!" Al announced from ten feet away.
"Bye, Kairi," Ed said.
She smiled. "Bye."
Ed turned, to to the last step, and walked back. He pressed his lips to her's for three seconds before for three seconds before he blushed, turned, and ran down the road with Al. She was laughing.
I
don't wanna lose your face
I don't wanna turn around
Oh, oh
yeah
Oh, oh oh
Oh, oh oh
Oh, oh oh yeah
With Travis? Wait? Wtf? Why are we checking up on him? Why do we caaaaaaare???
He'd seen him with his own eyes, but he was going by horse, so he couldn't keep up. Those damn Elric brothers passed him on the way, slowing him down; he had to hide in the bushes while he waited for them to go by and get out of sight. What a relief! Kairi would be there, too. They'd meet. It would be perfect. He'd just grab Kairi and they'd catch up, then he'd come home, and Kairi would love him. Travis smiled. He couldn't wait! He just had to catch up to his brother...
Aghhh!!! Creepy Travis!! What's gonna happen? I bet you'd find out if all you lazies would review. =]
