Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist. Only Belligerence, Arrogance, and Vanity.

My head spun as strange memories surfaced in my mind. They were mine, and yet not mine. The part of me that was human, her memories were still there. Usually, I'd only get bits and pieces. A face, a name, a place, even a smell. But never a whole memory. As it would seem, I'd never been very agreeable to the rules that people set upon me. Even when I was human. That ishbalan was and still is the reason I despise the military.

While I was trapped in my thoughts I didn't notice that I had stopped walking. But apparently Envy did. "What do you think you're doing? We're almost back and you decide to stare at the scenery?" He asked with a sarcastic smirk on his face. It was nice to see him acting normally again. Ever since I beat him it's been nothing but silence and remarks with no meaning behind them.

"Are you listening?" Envy asked then sighed. I looked up at him finally and smacked him in the back of the head before taking off laughing. Envy seemed shocked at first. No one dares hit him. But I suppose that would make me no one. I do things no one would do, so I must be one. No one that is.

In all of this thinking it seemed that everything in the real world no longer existed. Like reality no longer meant anything. I didn't like it. I wanted the challenge of living and so with that, I stopped abruptly and turned to face the other sin. "I want to fight." I said simply as he caught up to me. Panting ever so slightly.

Envy looked at me strangely then smirked. "Well, fine then, but don't cry when you lose." He taunted launching himself at me. I ducked just in time to evade his leg swinging at me. I felt sluggish though. As if my body didn't want the fight and my mind was just being selfish. Caught in this reverie, Envy landed a punch to my temple, causing sounds to blur and my vision to go black. The blindness was temporary as I dodged some more attacks. Envy was getting irritated. Just the way I liked him.

"Aww, is my wittle monter getting mad?" I snarled as I hurled my leg at his side. What I didn't expect was for him to grab me so easily and throw me away from him. "Not at all." He grinned stalking towards me with a feral grin. He knew. He knew that for whatever reason, right now I was weak. And he would use that to his advantage.

In a flash I was back on my feet, once again launching attacks at him.

Kick, block, block, punch, dodge, punch.

It was a pattern. Almost dancing we anticipated each other's moves. I couldn't help but wonder if he had done something to me. In previous battles he would be flat, on the ground, something dislocated or bleeding profusely. But now it was me that was bleeding and getting ever so frustrated at the turn of events.

With this in mind, a feeling of relief also passed me. A man who could put me in my place was oh so appealing. Infuriatingly appealing.

Envy once again landed a hit, this time to my stomach, my breathing faltered and I fell to my knees gasping for air.

I was losing.

The thought alone to me was incomprehendable. Of course I had lost before, but never to another homunculus. And most certainly not to Envy. It wasn't right. Almost as if it were a dream and it was moving much too fast for my liking. It should have taken him ages to be able to build the strength and speed to defeat me.

What if he had been faking it from the start? What if he had always been stronger than me? No I couldn't think that way.

The air wouldn't go back in my lungs and Envy took this as a sign of victory. I could see the unspoken words in his expression. Something I refused to acknowledge. I would use any excuse in the world to make the fact untrue.

"You lose." Envy stated simply. I growled angrily. Lose? No. Never. I couldn't. I stood again and raced towards him blindly. And in this blind rage, Envy evaded me and grabbed my arms holding them behind my back.

"Calm down Belle. You lost no need trying to kill me for it." The words were still a taunt to me. And yet, restrained like this, feeling so hopelessly submissive. I liked it. I liked the male sin's dominance. I could feel the way my body heated from his rough touch. The blush that painted my cheeks. And the haze over my vision as I was forced to look back at him. His hand tangled in my hair roughly pulling my head back as he was curious to my silence. Something that was happening quite often now.

"Don't call me that. I'm not some cute pet with cute nicknames." I growled back at him. He didn't seem the least surprised by this. Instead yanking my hair harder as he all but spat his reply. "Fine, bitch. Either calm down or I drag your ass back in ropes." Envy said with a sexily evil grin set on his lips. I was entranced. It seems odd how a woman could like such rough handling. But I was like a moth to flame. And because of this, his offer didn't seem so bad.

Cracking in the bushes alerted us of others in the area. Envy pushed me away roughly and stood casually as I stared readily into the bushes. A nice distraction. It made me realize how poisoned my mind was. I straightened defiantly as the intruder made themselves known. "Finally we've been looking for you two idiots everywhere." Came a very welcome voice. Yet a small voice in my head cursed them. Arrogance and Lust stepped out of the bushes with bored looks on their faces.

"We thought you two killed each other with how long you've been gone." Arrogance stated smugly as he looked upon our wounds. "Looks like we made it just in time." Lust said also examining the two of us. Envy just huffed and began walking not even caring about the search they'd conducted for us. Saying an idle comment about how it was just another duel.

Not even hinting that he'd won.