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Leo: Go to sleep, idiot! *throws pillow at head*
Envy: I don't like you *woke up already*
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THANKS FOR REVIEWING AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE NEXT CHAPTER OF TRUTH'S REAPER
CHAPTER 6: Notes and a Date (With Evil)
"So there's someone out there that has read over his notes and can maybe tell us what was in them?" Leo asked, looking at the two brothers in front of her. Edward nodded and kept walking, determination in his gate. Alphonse looked down at the dark-ginger and tilted his head when he saw her frown. "What's wrong Leo?" He asked, confused. Leo looked up at him and shook her head, a smile appearing on her face, "Nothing Al, just… something doesn't feel right." Her eyebrows furrowed and she looked away again.
"Oh, ok." Al said, confusion lacing his voice. "We're here!" Ed exclaimed, rushing towards a building with a lion-like knocker. Brosch knocked quickly and listened to the inside, "Is she not in?" He asked, turning towards Ed. Ed looked up at the house and tilted his head, "Well the lights are on so I think she's here." Leo face-palmed and shoved past them, "Excuse us for intruding!" She called out; opening the door and ignoring the glare Ed gave her. "Holy Shizmonkey!" She cried out in shock, dodging a pile of books that almost squashed her, instead the hit Ed on the head.
"OW! What the heck was that for!?" He said, glaring at her again. Leo looked down at him in confusion, "What are you talking about?" Ed sweat-dropped and dropped the argument. "Does someone really live here?" Brosch asked, a look of horror on his face. Ed and Leo looked around and realized that there was a lot more than just one pile of books. "Hello! Ms Sheska, are you here?" Ross called out, looking over some pile of books. Brosch spun in a circle and yelled out, "Hello!" Al, being the tallest and biggest had to move carefully through the stacks of books, "How can anyone live like this?" He muttered.
"-oh… someone…" Al looked quickly at a pile of books, "…help me…" A hand stuck up from under the pile. "Brother! Someone's buried here!" Ed snapped his head over to his brother and yelled, "DIG! DIG!" Brosch and Ross rushed over and started tossing books away from the person in the pile. Soon enough a woman was uncovered and she was breathing heavily. Leo looked up from where she was and then back down at the book in her hand that was titled, 'Truth of the Matter'. "I thought I was going to die!" Sheska wailed, straightening her glasses.
Leo smirked and looked back up, "Then you're welcome for saving you." Ed and the officers looked up at her and glared, "You didn't even help!" Ed yelled at her. Leo looked back down at her book and help up a hand and waved it at him, "Mah, mah, settle down Pipsqueak. Didn't you come here to ask Ms Sheska something?" She grinned and looked over the book at Ed, who scowled and turned back to the brunette.
Leo flipped a page and continued to read, "Interesting. 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter' I've heard that somewhere before." She mumbled under her breath and flipped to the next page. She looked up quickly when a heavy layer of 'doom' fell over the house. "Did you want those research documents?" Sheska asked, confused and Leo closed her book and stood up to follow the two 'emo-cornered' boys. Ed looked defeated and said, "Yes, but there's no way we can-", "I remember all that was written in them." Sheska interrupted his emo-fest. Everything was quiet for a few seconds until the atmosphere brightened and the two brothers turned towards the small brunette. "What!" The exclaimed in hope and disbelief.
Leo stood back with Ross and Brosch as the brothers and the bookworm talked quickly. She looked over at the two officers and stepped in front of them, smiling. "I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself before. I'm Leo Rider; it's a pleasure to meet you." Brosch took her hand and shook it and Ross followed smiling softly.
"And apparently I'm a pack-mule." She said three days later as Ed loaded her down with Dr Marcoh's documents, which apparently were heavily coded. Ed reached inside his coat and pulled out a slip of paper, "And for helping us… Second Lieutenant Ross! Here's my registration code, signature and silver watch as proof of identity. Go to the National Alchemist Division at the Fuhrer's office, withdraw that amount written and give it to Sheska." He ordered, pushing Leo out the door and looking back. "…yes sir." Ross said, shocked. "Bye Sheska! Thanks a lot!"
Leo glared at the back of Ed's head as both Ross and Sheska shouted in shock. She growled in frustration and shifted the papers in her arms again. "Oh! Leo! I didn't expect to see you again so soon!" The red-head look up and spotted a familiar head of black hair. "Evan! How have you been doing?" She asked as the teen fell into step next to her. "Good. Good. I see that you're working at the moment." Evan said, gesturing towards the papers in her arms. Leo sighed and lowered her head, "Unfortunately. A certain little pipsqueak doesn't want to carry his own share, so he's making a girl do it for him." She stressed the 'girl' part of the sentence and sent a heated glare at the blonde's head.
Ed shuddered and quickly took half of the huge stack in her arms, avoiding the disapproving looks from Brosch and his younger brother. Evan laughed as Leo smirked in triumph. The teen looked down at her, green eyes glinting, "Sooooo, Leo. Do you think I could talk to you?" Leo spared him a look and chuckled, "We're talking now, aren't we?" She said and Evan chuckled. "So we are, but I was thinking maybe I could talk to you tonight? Maybe at that little café over there…" Both Ed and Al listened in on the conversation, as did Brosch who was now chuckling in amusement at the look on Leo's face.
-From Envy's Side of view-
"A-are you asking me out?" The girl asked, a look of complete shock on her face. Envy chuckled inwardly and faked a blush on the outside. "Well yes." His outer persona 'Evan' said, smiling humorously at the suddenly red-faced teenager. Inside he gagged at the thought of going on a date with a human, but it got her in the place that they needed her to be in so… "I-I guess that would be alright. Maybe meet around 7ish?" She smiled and walked away with the FullMetal Pipsqueak.
Envy chuckled and walked off, having agreed to wait for her there. "So, Scar's disappeared?" He asked, changing forms and looking out of the corner of his eyes at Lust. She nodded, "And you're tracking the blip in the plans?" She smiled and flipped a piece of hair out of her face. Envy grinned evilly, "She's like putty in my hands. She actually fell for the 'Evan' trap. I meet with her tonight. Maybe with a bit of prying, I can figure out where the Pipsqueak is on 'his' quest." He laughed and both beings disappeared into the shadows of the alley.
-Back to Leo's Side of Things-
Ed looked over at his brother as Leo smiled happily. Discreetly, he elbowed him with his right arm, causing a small clink. Al looked up from his pile of notes and tilted his head. Ed gestured towards Leo with his pen and grinned slightly, wiggling his eyebrows. Al's red orbs widened inside his helmet as he shook his head quickly. Ed chuckled and caused Leo to look up at him, "You know, laughing at things inside your head is a sign of insanity." She stated, popping her fingers and picking a pen up.
Ed glared at her, "Oh yeah! Where does it say that!?" He demanded only to have a book hit his face. He reeled back and pulled the book off, "Second chapter, page ninety-eight, third paragraph." She stated giving him a deadpan look. Ed scowled and read said chapter, face going blank when he read over the exact sentence. He scowled again and threw it back at Leo, who caught it and reopened it to read, "So, doesn't matter." Leo grinned evilly and looked at him, "Why? Because you're insane already?" She chuckled and dodged a book flying at her head.
"Shut up and let us work!" He yelled at her. She raised her hands in submission, her visible eye twinkling in amusement. "Calm down. Anyway, I have to go meet Evan. Bye guys!" She smiled brightly waving at Al and Ed. They both looked at each other and then at the happy girl leaving. "She seems really… happy." Al mumbled to Ed who nodded and then looked back over at his younger brother, "You know, I have a feeling that her 'date' isn't going to end so well, so don't worry about it Al." Al quickly looked over at Ed and glared slightly, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Leo grinned and waited for Evan to show up. "Man and I was trying to get here before you. You're early." Leo looked over and smiled at Evan. He sat down and they waited for the waiter to come over and take their order. Leo got a iced latte and a banana-nut muffin while Evan got a simple glass of water. "So, what did you want to talk about?" She asked, tilting her head and taking a sip of her latte. Evan smiled and Leo quirked an eyebrow at the slight feeling of malice rolling off him. "What makes you think I need to talk to you about anything?" He asked, tilting his head, making Leo flinch slightly at the increase of killing intent. "Well fine then, but can you take down your killing intent a notch while we're talking?" She put and innocent smile on her face while saying this and kept it as the intent increased even more.
"So what are you and the small guy doing?" He asked, reigning in his malice and asking. "Well, I'm not exactly doing anything, seeing as though I can't use Alchemy because of my condition, but Ed and Al are working on cracking a code or something like that." Leo said, eye opening under her eyepatch and blinking slightly in surprise. Somehow her eye spotted Evan's 'real' form. On the inside she scowled, but on the outside she faked a smile a closed her eye. "That's good to know." 'Evan' said, standing up. Leo looked at him and grabbed her muffin and walked out the door, leaving him to pay for the bill, "Thanks for dinner Evan!" She called out, running towards the room she was staying in with the brothers. 'Evan' glared after her and cursed under his breath.
She arrived outside her door and grabbed the doorknob, turning it to find it locked, "Go away!" Ed shouted from the other side. Leo froze as a wave of anger flooded through her being. 'So not only did I get targeted by Envy, but the homunculus' know that I'm traveling with Ed. And now I'm locked out of my own damn room. OH FUCK NO!' She thought as she picked up her foot and kicked the door down. Ed and Al jumped in shock as the angry red-head walked into the room and kicked the door shut again. "Are you ok?" Al asked, seeing the dark look on her face. "No. No I am not. But nevermind that, what happened while I was gone?" She asked, the angry air around her disappearing. "Uh..." Ed and Al shared a look and then looked back at Leo, "We found out the Philosophers Stone is created through the use of human souls." Leo's eye widened in shock as she collapsed into a heap on the couch.
END NOTE: Me: If Envy's OOC it's because he's acting!
Leo: He's not a very good actor...*muttered*
Me: Actually, he had you fooled, so i think he is!
Leo: *glares*
Me: OH! BEFORE I FORGET I HAVE A POLL ON MY PROFILE FOR THIS STORY! PLEASE STOP BY AND VOTE!
