Dragon Ball GX, Side Story: The Alchemic Saiyan
Chapter 23: Scar's Beatdown!
Alphonse Elric
As brother vanished into the sky toward the north, I sighed, realizing I'd have to tell Winry about the secret he told me, since I knew he was about to act on it.
"Al…why is Ed so fired up, and why did he look like…he was about to…what's going on, why did he fly off? Scar is out there, why would he risk his life-"
"Winry, you know damn well nothing on our planet can harm Edward now, he's gone to…(Sigh) Winry, you remember how your parents died in the Ishvalan Civil War?" I reply, cutting her off, and causing her to walk up to me, looking into my eyes with a worried expression.
"Yes, but what does that have to do with Scar?" she replies, I could hear a whimper gathering back in her throat.
"Winry…it was him, Scar…killed your parents, they were killed by one of the very people they saved" I answer solemnly, causing her to gasp.
"You mean…he's the man…who killed them?" she says as tears begin to form.
Lowering my head, I gave her the signal that she wasn't wrong.
"My parents…(voice becomes hoarse) he killed them?" she repeats with a hushed tone. I quickly went over and knelt down to hug her.
"But…why, why would he kill the people who saved his life? It doesn't make any sense" she mumbles as I stroke her head comfortingly.
"They were my mom and dad…what did they ever do to him? They were innocent, they were selfless…they were heroes, how could that man do something so evil?" she whimpers, I then remembered I had to warn everyone about what this event could cause if Brother was allowed to do what he had cooked up in his enraged heart.
"Everyone, we have a problem, my brother is planning to kill the man who murdered our friend Winry's parents" I announce, causing all of them to look at me funny.
"So, why is that bad? It means one less monster in the world, I think that's a good thing" Ling says with a serious face.
"No, its not right, this kind of revenge is wrong, that is the main reason he cant be allowed to do it, but there's more. If it was a normal man doing this, I wouldn't be so worried; but my brother is no longer a mere man, he's an no longer a mere human, but an alien" I begin, causing Ling and his friends to look at me funnily.
"You mean he's not really a legal Amestrian citizen?" Lan Fan remarks with curiosity.
"No, not an illegal alien, I mean an extraterrestrial, a being from another world beyond Earth. Biologically, he's no longer human, he's a member of a race known as a Saiyan, a species that in comparison, is infinitely more powerful than human or homunculi" I continue, causing Ling to walk over and give me a skeptical look.
"Hang on, are you kidding me? He seemed more like a chimera than a star faring simian. Besides, we know he was born here, my servants obtained government documents confirming his birth in Resembool weeks ago. So how could he be from another planet, and this is assuming I believe you when you say there are worlds like ours out there among the stars that can be lived upon even, can you explain your reasoning more clearly?" Ling says with a dour look on his face.
"You saw that tail, that's a signature physical characteristic of their race, they have monkey like tails. But that's not the proof that he is alien. You said you can feel Ki right, every biological creature emits life force energy right?" I continue, causing Fu to step forward.
"I did notice earlier that his energy had a rather…tremendous presence, momentarily. For a brief instant, I thought I saw…something deeper, but it was somehow scrambled, fuzzy, as though held back by a shield, so I couldn't gauge it accurately" the old man says with a solemn tone, causing me to realize that by explaining a little to him, he could grasp the severity of this issue, then relay it to Ling and Lan Fan in a way they'd understand.
"Fu, you must have almost gotten a glimpse of my brothers true power, or at least the true power of his base form, can you describe what you felt?" I ask, raising my voice a little to indicate how important it was to know what he'd sensed.
"Base Form?" he remarks, causing me to groan.
"There isn't time to explain everything about my brother now, but I promise it will all be revealed in due time, for now, focus, can you describe what you felt in that moment please?" I shout, causing him to nod and resume thinking.
"Well, it was like, a barrier, something to hold something back, as though he was suppressing…(Gasp)…please don't tell me…that he was somehow…Alphonse…was he…was he holding back his own Ki, making himself seem weak and limiting his available energy?" Fu whispers, causing Ling and Lan Fan to gasp as they realize the seriousness of the situation now.
"Yes, he has to, otherwise just being near him could be hazardous; apart from the energy supercharging every part of his body, every muscle, tendon, fiber, and nerve, when angry, he cannot hold it all in without surrounding his physical form in an energy barrier, excess energy leaks from every pore, forming that aura you saw. Until he learns to more efficiently make his power passively active, including when angered, he releases it all around him, a continual dispersal of pure Ki leaks from every surface of his being, like a fire straight from his core. The further he powers up, that larger the amount of energy that seeps out becomes; eventually, it increases to a point where he emits so much raw power, that anything nearby begins to crumble and break apart, because his Ki disrupts the atomic and molecular bonds of nearby matter. In short, after a certain point, he actually atomizes anything that comes too close if he isn't keeping his strength in check, and that radius of danger increases the more power he draws out until he either regains control, or lowers his Ki" I explain, causing Greed and the chimeras to gasp too, as they had not heard such a detailed warning of what Edward's power is truly like before now.
"So the angrier he gets, the more dangerous he is because he can't remember to restrain his own might?" Lan Fan says hoarsely.
"Meaning that right now, he's slowly turning into a walking disaster, and killing that man could…(screams) how far is Central by train!" Fu shouts, causing Winry to gasp as she undoubtedly had a flash back of Edward when he was fueled by blood lust 4 weeks ago, causing the first incident in Central City.
"Guys…we can't let him kill Scar, his control…it could weaken, he could slip, he'd destroy everything that makes him angry, and there's a lot that does. Quick, someone tell me the fastest way to Central!" Winry screams, causing Denny to snap out of his horror induced trance, and speak up.
"Well passenger trains take around 12 hours or so to get from Rush Valley to Central, but the one I was on only takes about 2 to 3 depending on conditions, so if I could get clearance for all of you, we could conceivably be there before 4 PM" the sergeant replies nervously, hoping he had given a good answer.
"That's not fast enough, brother can move at speeds faster than light if he wants, any place on the planet is but a blink away for him. But while the plane is fast enough, its too conspicuous, we'd blow our illusion of being in the dark about Father and his plans if we use it" I reply, causing Denny to gain a puzzled look.
"Damn it! Isn't there a faster way to travel without relying on Ed?" Winry yells with despair.
"Of course there is, all you have to do is whisper to the shadows" the all too familiar eerie tone of Pride states as his voice echoes through the room.
"Pride, where are you?" I ask as I look around the room for the shadow he was residing in.
"Over here stupid, my brother found me first and decided to bring me here with him" Envy states as he steps out of the shadow portal forming behind Greed, in his disguise similar to Fu.
"What the, who is that, and why does he look so much like me?" the Xingese fighter asks accusatively.
"Relax, I'm a shape-shifter, its my homunculi power, the shadow is our oldest brother, Pride, his container will be here in a moment" Envy says calmly as the vessel shaped of Selim Bradley slowly rises from the blackness like a turtle from a pond. Suddenly, that gave me an idea.
"Pride, is it possible…that you can transport other people through your shadow too?" I shout with a frantic tone, hoping my plan was possible.
"Of course, I mean I did just carry Envy through it" his container replies casually.
"Can you take all of us?" Winry adds, causing him to frown.
"That I'm not sure of; I've never tried to do mass transport, the most I've carried at one time are two passengers" he starts.
Giving a sudden grin, he continued, "But I'm quite powerful, I'm sure I could easily transport over a dozen without hurting them"
"Then could you get all of us to Central now please?" Winry pleads, causing him to smile bigger.
"Of course, just give me a moment to compose myself, prepping multiple physical forms for shadow phasing isn't a cakewalk" he replies cheerfully.
"Ok, then do that while I go tell Garfiel that I have an emergency I must attend to" Winry shouts as she stands up and rushes into the main shop area.
"Well, she certainly is fired up, why are we going to Central if I may ask?" Pride remarks as his shadows pull out from behind him and form the menacing array of tentacles and mouths, causing Lan Fan to scream in terror, and the chimeras to whimper.
"Will you please tone it down, your true form is frightening to most people Pride" I rebuke, causing him to sigh.
"Sorry, It was part of prepping myself for the shadow phasing I'm about to undergo, I needed to stretch is all" he replies apologetically as his shadow form recedes back into a blank black circle beneath his feet.
"Thank you, and to answer your question, its Edward, he heard about Scar, and he's going to kill him" I explain, causing him to gulp with fear.
"Oh that's bad, very bad indeed. We saw his power used in the desert all the way from Eastern Command, and I'm sure that wasn't very much in comparison to his true strength. You're right, we have to leave immediately and prevent a real disaster" Pride yells, his voice becoming manic and panicky.
"Ok, I'm ready, lets go, we have to stop Ed" Winry says as she rushes back over to me. Promptly, Pride began to slowly suck us down into the portal, and I could feel the darkness creeping up on me as we sunk deeper into the black void. Whimpering, many of the other passengers held close to others, Ling however observed this with awe, his eyes wide with wonder. Soon, we all disappeared into the shadows with Pride, the world above us vanishing from view.
Scar
As I carved a path of destruction through Central, I gazed upon the afternoon sun cast by Ishvala, wondering why he kept the one alchemist I was most eager to kill from me, the one who got away. It did not matter, knowing what he was like from the intel Yoki had given me, he would come if I kept destroying long enough. Flexing my right arm, I slammed the ground again, making sure to send the message to all the inhabitants…I wanted the boy, and he would pay in blood like all the other state alchemists.
"Sir, why do I have to be so close to the action?" the whiny man mentioned formerly says from the nearby alley as I destroy another section of street.
"You're well aware that I intend cause much destruction. I need you to keep the girl safe" I reply, causing him to sigh.
"Oh will you stop patronizing me? We both know it's the other way around, she proved that when she kicked my ass for insulting her little cat thing on the way here last week" the balding Yoki replies tearfully.
"For the last time, her name is Xiao-Mei, and she's a panda who's growth was stunted from birth" May remarks bitterly.
"Enough, just stay out of site unless there is an emergency" I command, causing them to shut up.
"Scar!" a familiar duo of voices scream. Turning to face them, I saw the Strong Arm Alchemist, and the most infamous of all, the Flame Alchemist, headed toward me with a full armored battalion arriving from up the street.
"You will pay for the lives of my brothers you took Scar!" the tall one shouts as he disrobes his jacket and flexes stupidly.
"Big talk, we'll see if you can do it" I retort, causing him to slam the ground and send a wave of spikes toward me. I effortlessly broke them with my destruction arm, and charged him, but like before, he dodged my arm.
"I know your tricks, all I have to do is avoid your right arm, and I can fight you without fear" Alex yells confidently as he sends another wave of spikes toward me. After dodging these, I found the giant had anticipated my trajectory, and now sprung up on me with a choke hold around my neck, restraining my right arm at the socket, immobilizing my most powerful weapon.
"You can't last forever Scar, I'm stronger than you, I just have to avoid your blows, keep you from retreating, and whittle you down and you're beaten. What's more, even if you do manage to kill me, the time you waste fighting off my blows gives Colonel Mustang the opportunity he needs to set up an oxygen field al around you, and then he can send you straight to oblivion with a single snap!" he roars as he squeezes on my right arm, pinching the brachial plexus and temporarily paralyzing it.
"Alright, get his legs too Armstrong, I'm ready to reduce this bastard to a pile of ashes" Roy says with a satisfied smile. Realizing that I would be burnt to death in a matter of moments unless I acted quickly, I went against the codes of honor and used my leg to swing back and strike Alex in his groin.
"(Groan) There goes the little armstrongs (wheezy moan)" he pants as he slumps off me, releasing his choke hold and allowing me to get free.
"Its too late now, this whole area is saturated with oxygen, and I have a burn specialist team on standby to get Alex out of there once I've disabled you enough, then I'll send you straight to hell where you belong you monster" Roy says as he holds a hand ready, preparing to snap his fingers.
"No, I'M SENDING HIM TO HELL MYSELF!" a booming voice bellows after a sharp cracking noise resounds, the entire city shaking from its volume.
"What was that?" I remark as I look around, trying to find the source.
"A sonic boom, something was traveling faster than sound, and its close" Alex remarks weakly as he recovers from my dirty move.
"Hawkeye, did that voice originate from where I thought I heard it?" Roy asks worriedly, causing the woman who stood by him to gulp and nod.
"SCARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, YOU'RE MINE YOU FUCKING SON OF A BITCHHHHHHHHHHH!" the voice roars from straight above us, even louder this time, the ground beneath my feet cracking from the volume, my ears needing to be covered to lessen the pain as I reached for my head. Suddenly, I heard Roy gasp, then turned to see him looking up.
"Its…him…the monster; EVERYONE FALL BACK, I REPEAT, FALL BACK, IT'S THE MONSTER WHO ALMOST KILLED THE FüHRER!" he screams with fear, his other soldiers save the girl also screaming with terror as they scramble out away from the street in a disorganized retreat. I was curious as to what could make them be so afraid, as far as I knew, I was the most dangerous thing in the city at the moment.
Then, with a noise like a whistling shell, something huge slammed down from the sky and into the pavement, causing the ground to form a huge wave that radiated out from impact like a tsunami, upturning buildings for several dozen blocks like pancake, and nearly flipping me off my feet too.
Edward Elric
After my impact landing, I frowned, realizing my attempted dramatic attack hadn't harmed him at all. Then I smiled, realizing it didn't matter if this try was a failure, from now on he was my bitch, I'd play with him to show the bastard just how hopeless his power was to mine now, then tear his heart out and present it to Winry and end her torment, she would have her justice.
"Who are you?" Scar remarks, unimpressed by my entrance somehow.
"Me, I'm your executioner" I grin as I use the formulas in my head and begin to raise a wall of adamantium around us for 30 blocks, just to be safe.
"Glad I caught you in the deserted slums of town, that means I can cut loose a little" I state as I crack my knuckles.
"Who are you, and how do you know my name?" he continues, apparently holding down his fear.
"What, you don't recognize me?" I taunt, causing him to frown even more, if that was even possible.
"Your face seems vaguely familiar, but I don't know you" Scar says with a bored expression.
"Really, you mean to tell me nothing about my appearance rings a bell?" I groan, surprised that someone as aware as Scar would be unable to connect the dots.
May Chang
A few minutes ago, a massive chi source had entered the area, and it appeared from out of nowhere. However, after the crash, I knew I had to go find him. As I heard rumbling, I then found huge silver walls rising up all around us, hundreds of feet tall, obviously the work of alchemy.
"Well destroyer, perhaps I should show you my original form, that I had when we first met and destroyed my arm!" a very manly voice with tremendous presence shouts up ahead. As I heard alchemic discharge, I followed the noise, till I rounded a corner and found Scar standing off with…a little kid?
"Now do you recognize me?" the kid grins as he folds his arms.
"Edward Elric…how did you do that?" Scar asks with shock.
"Its a long story, but I know everything now, and I'm ready to kick your ass, then grill it and feed it to Gluttony for a snack, and then the rest of you! All except the heart, which I will be presenting to my girl Winry as proof that I avenged the death of his parents" the boy says angrily.
"Mr. Scar!" I shout as I leap over and take the boy by surprise, and kick him in the head straight into a face plant with the ground, then leapt over to defend my master.
"Mr. Scar, who is this boy?" I ask as I fall into a battle stance with Xiao-Mei.
"The Fullmetal Alchemist" Scar replies as he points to the area around us.
"Huh…he's not really here is he?" I ask as I pan around to try and find the tall man of my dreams.
"I'm telling you, that boy is the Fullmetal Alchemist" he replies as he points at the short kid.
Instantly, I felt my hopes come crashing down, as I gasped several times.
"HOW DARE YOU TOY WITH THE FEELINGS OF A MAIDEN YOU HUMAN MICROBE!" I scream, hurt that the great Edward Elric I'd heard tales of in Youswell, was almost as small as me.
"WHAT'D YOU CALL ME SHORT STACK!" he screams back, gritting his teeth, but then suddenly stopping cold, and switched straight to full-blown laughter.
"HA HA HA! DAMN, I can't believe I almost forgot that that's not true anymore, I' am tall now" he laughs, causing me to feel a great deal of confusion; how could he be tall if he was short?
"I've gotta remember that this body is just a disguise nowadays, gimme a second" he chuckles as he holds up a finger while holding a hand over his face.
Suddenly, alchemic discharges began to spring up all around him, and he began to change.
First, the muscles bulged out, his stomach and chest expanded with abs and pectoral mass, his arms and legs quickly following. His hair became a little longer, but was still contained by his ponytail braid.
Then, the unthinkable happened, he started to get taller, and taller! Until finally, he was bigger than Mr. Scar!
"Heh, what do you think of me now tiny? This is my true form" he asks confidently as he removes his hand from his face.
My mouth instantly began to drool, as I saw the embodiment of my fantasy and more, made real before my very eyes; such finely toned and perfect features, as though chiseled straight out of a perfect marble slab. He even had the long cowlick strand coming from his bangs!
"Um…little girl, you're drooling" he states, though I barely heard him, as I was busy adoring this perfect specimen of heroism and manliness.
Squealing with delight, I began to gush where I stood; I had finally found the perfect man!
"EDWARD ELRIC, HE'S DREAMIER THAN I IMAGNED!" I shout as I dance in place and hold my cheeks.
"Oooooook; anyways, Scar, its time for you to answer for your crimes" Edward says as he directs his gaze to Mr. Scar.
"What, what do you mean, what crimes?" I ask Edward, surprised to hear such accusations.
"This guy is a mass murderer, he's wanted for the murder of over 10 state alchemists, most not even connected to the Ishvalan War, as well as a little girl and her pet dog. And back during the war, he even killed the very doctors who saved his life!" Edward says angrily.
I suddenly felt myself ashamed; I had allied myself…with a murderer of innocent lives.
"Scar…how could you do those things?" I ask with anger as I begin to cry, embarrassed that I could have ever been loyal to him.
"They are the real abominations, monsters who perverse the name of the great god Ishvala, the true creator of all things, and they are the ones who slaughtered my countrymen, and my brother" Scar replies coldly.
"So you think that makes it ok to kill innocent people, people who had nothing to do with your war!" I scream, as I stand beside Edward hold his leg.
"I do the work of Ishvala, I will cleanse this world of the blasphemous alchemists who dare to defile and twist creation with their dark science, and they shall all feel my wrath!" he states angrily.
"Not anymore you won't" Edward says firmly as he steps forward, as I watched in amazement at how calm he was.
Edward Elric
As I stood my ground firmly before him, I hoped my intimidating appearance would make Scar run in terror, but that was hoping for a bit much, he was an Ishvalan after all.
"Then what are you here for, to fight me?" Scar asks with a serious tone.
Remembering a good pre-ass kicking one-liner used by my master's brother against that Super Buu, I decided I'd rip it off just to see how cool it sounded.
"Fight you? No…I wanna kill you" I say coldly as I give a confident smirk, causing Scar to suddenly show fear on his face. Undoubtedly, he'd seen the look in my eyes, the rage beneath my still calm countenance; and as I had predicted, it sounded so badass as it rolled off the tongue.
Quicker than the blink of an eye, I kneed Scar in the stomach, then followed up with an elbow to his back, then rose my other knee up to catch his fall and shoot him into the air like a piston, where I promptly followed and delivered an uppercut that sent him even higher. To finish off my first wave, I then sped behind his shooting body, and used a backhand fist to smack him back toward the ground, where he impacted with a small crater. I swear, so many of those sound tracks by that Bruce Faulconer fellow would fit so perfectly for this part of my life, but one I that would best fit this exact moment was a toss up between the Gohan Fights Frieza, Ginyu Transformation, or the Super Buu theme tracks.
"So what did you think of my parlor trick demonstration? That's me not even bothering to try and using a fraction of my new power, you aren't worth even a little bit of effort, I'm that far beyond you now" I say coldly, as I hear Scar groan and begin to get up, but fails due to the injuries.
"May, heal him" I command, causing the girl to gasp.
"Wait, how did you know my-"
"I said heal him, the man wants to die fighting, I will grant him that honor, as for your question I'll answer it another time, I promise, for now repair his wounds so he can move again" I shout, causing her to nod and rush to his side. Dropping her series of kunai knives on the ground, she used her alkahestry to begin healing his weakened body. After a tedious 3 minutes, she'd restored him to full health, or at least it appeared that way.
Unfortunately, Scar suddenly stumbled, and I realized she had not been able to heal all his injuries.
"(Groan) I thought you knew how to heal wounds" I complain, as I see Scar still struggling to stand.
"Forgive me, but I'm not a medical expert. I can repair broken bones and most cuts, but I can't fix internal organ damage, I'm not that familiar with how to heal those, I mostly specialize in chi pathways" she apologizes as she bows.
"Then move aside, I'll do it myself" I say gruffly as I stomp over toward him and roughly feel around for injured spots with a combination of my enhanced saiyan senses and Ki detection.
"Aha, there were are: severely bruised parts include the liver, pancreas, kidneys, spleen, gallbladder, stomach, intestines, lungs, and spinal damage? DAMN! I'm surprised you aren't at least paralyzed. Alright, lets fix you up so we can continue" I say with a derisive laugh, then proceed to use my medical alchemy knowledge with some supplemental Ki energy to fuel it, healing him back to full health. Upon realizing he was back to full strength, he looked at me with disbelief, undoubtedly thinking it was an act of kindness.
"Why did you not finish me off while I was weakened?" he says with veiled shock.
"Because it's boring and unfair to kill an honorable fighter when he's down and defenseless, along with the fact that you do deserve a chance to fight back" I explain, causing him to a smile a little for some reason.
"But mostly…-" I begin, pushing him down on his ass like a bully would to a small child, then bending down to look him in the eyes with a furious scowl.
"-I want to hear you scream" I whisper fiercely, causing his eyes to go wide with fear.
Immediately after finishing my chilling statement, I smacked him full across the face like an asshole husband would do to abuse his wife, sending his body hurtling across the street and straight into an alley down at the end of the road.
"OWWWWWWWW! Whoever did that, it really hurt!" a whiny voice screams. The culprit was unmistakably Yoki, the man who had been pretty much running Youswell like a tyrant. Zipping over to where Scar had landed, I couldn't help but laugh.
Scar had landed butt first, across Yoki's face!
"HA HA HA! Oh hello there uh…who are you?" I ask, pretending I didn't know or care about him as the anime had depicted.
"Its Yoki! You should know that you bast…(Screams like a girl) THE MONSTER!" he shrieks, jumping out from under Scar and cowering behind a dumpster.
"Yoki, its me, Edward, I'm the alleged monster" I say as I point to my facial features, prompting Yoki to scream even more loudly and attempt to run away. Before he even got half a foot, I had him by the seat of his pants, which made him scream louder still and begin to cry and beg for his life.
"Yoki, relax, I'm not gonna kill you; your acts of greed in Youswell are nothing to sweat compared to Scar's murderous rampage, plus I understand you better now, so chill" I state as I bring his face into mine as I held his pants.
"(Whimpering and blubbering) Ohmy, whothe, whythe, whadid, ahhhhh" he sobs softly as his eye waterfall reduces to soft leaking weeps.
"Now, if I put you down, will you promise to not scream or break into a panic, and just go find an alley out of the way in this closed off area to stay safe in while I kill Scar?" I ask calmly, causing his tear flow to lessen more as he nodded.
"Ok, now get the hell out of here, things are gonna get ugly pretty fast once you've reached safet…-" I start, till I notice Scar is no longer lying on the ground, and was gone.
"WHERE THE HELL DID THAT RAT BASTARD CRAWL OFF TO!" I bellow, causing Yoki to shriek and start running for his life out into the street.
"Right here" the Ishvalan says from behind me. Just as I turned around to face him, he put his right hand on my face. I could have easily dodged, deflected, or even dismembered his arm to prevent the attack, but I felt it was time to show him how invincible I was in comparison.
"I'll give you a moment to pray to god" Scar says as he prepares to use his destruction technique.
"Go ahead, see what happens this time Ishvalan" I say with a confident smirk.
Scar
Surprising as it was to see him acting so calm, even after having experienced my destruction move through his automail arm nerves back when we first fought, I chalked it down as arrogance, despite his new level of speed and power, he was but a man of flesh and blood, I would destroy him as easily as any other.
"Die you abhorrent alchemist!" I scream as I activate the arrays on my arm and discharge the energy into him in preparation to destroy his flesh and bone.
However, as the blue discharges of power surged around him, nothing happened!
"What the hell, how are you still alive, much less unharmed, I know the composition of the human body, and you're just a man!" I shout.
However, the boy just chuckled, then turned around to face me with an insane grin on his face.
"Well, you know that old saying, its wrong-" he begins as he stares at me with glowing…glowing blue eyes!
"Not all men, ARE CREATED EQUAL!" he screams, causing a wind to come from nowhere, then focus on me, blowing my body straight up the street, right back to where he'd first hit me, easily over 16 blocks away. How was he so powerful, that he was able to defy the very laws of the world? It just didn't make sense, if he was human, he was flesh, and flesh is made of carbon, which should make him easy to destroy.
And yet…when I had touched him, I'd felt something strange, like thick clothing covering his skin, thicker than just the jacket he wore.
"Wondering how I did it, how I made your little destruction move suffer such an epic fail?" he asks arrogantly, smirking the whole time. Groaning as I got up, I shook off my pain and reached for him again, this time putting my hand on his face as I discharged the energy once more.
But as before, nothing happened!
"Let me show you why" he says from behind my grasp as he raises his right hand up, noticing that his eyes were back to gold once again and no longer glowing.
Suddenly, there was a soft white light surrounding his skin, like a film of water, but more pronounced; what the fuck had he done with alchemy now that made him shine with light?
"Quit thinking you know what this power is! I bet you think its some kind of alchemy, don't you?" Edward chastises, causing me to raise an eyebrow.
"Well its not, its something far more powerful, something as ancient as life itself" the boy says as he grabs my hand and removes it forcefully, crushing the bones painfully, the pressure increasing with each moment he held on. Then after a seconds, he pushed me away several feet, knocking me onto my rear in the process, leaving me staring up at him in shock.
"Let me give a much clearer demonstration" he says with a dark voice as his hair begins to float against gravity, and a blue outline of energy begins to cover his skin, becoming brighter by the second.
The next thing I sensed, was my chest being impacted by a fist, and my body leaving the ground.
In another moment's passing, he was on me, grappling my neck with one hand, and whipping me even higher! Then with a series of kicks, each vaulting me to a greater altitude, I was thrust above the clouds, and I saw a field of white. Then, with a great choking grip, he began to strangle me as he held me by my throat.
"Take a good look Scar, I've taken you beyond the mist, this is as close as you'll get to that paradise you believe in, cause in a moment, you'll be spiraling into the dirt, and after that, well…-" he says teasingly, as he lets go, the wind rushing past my ears at a speed I never thought possible.
"-I'll tell ya when we meet again on the ground!" he laughs as I keep falling, and I fell completely beneath the cloud cover. Now it had been over half a minute of dropping, and still I fell further; how far had he carried me, in fact, how could he fly at all, that shouldn't be possible, humans aren't able to fly!
As I flipped myself around, I saw the ground was fast approaching, and I knew then, at this speed I would die the moment I hit.
But just before I could become a bloody smear, I became surrounded by a barrier of gold, and my fall stopped instantly and painlessly.
"Nice move huh? Its called Ki Barrier, and its capable of all kinds of stuff" Edward's voice says from behind me. Moments later, he casually stepped into my field of vision from above, floating upside down in mid-air.
In that instant, I realized something…something horrifying.
"You…you're not human, you're not human anymore…" I say shakily, knowing the look in his eyes, while that of Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, was also the look of something primal, and ancient, something powerful and unstoppable, something…inhuman. All he did was smirk smugly as he slowly turned himself right side up, and continued to float there.
"Just what are you? (Panting) WHAT IN THE NAME OF ISHVALA ARE YOU!" I bellow, now both angry and afraid from the fact that he wouldn't even tell me.
"Figured it out finally? About time" he sighs as he lowers back onto the ground, the pavement forming a half sphere that deepened as he got closer to it, a crater having formed by the time he touched the street. Then he walked up to me and touched the golden sphere with a fingertip, and the whole thing dissolved in a blink, causing gravity to roughly drop me face first onto the ground with a thud.
"You're right, I'm no longer human" he says as yellow pelt around his waist begins to mo…wait, pelts don't move, it was a blonde tail!
"I've far surpassed being a mere man, I'm more than human, I'm a member of the most powerful mortal race in all of existence, the Saiyans. My accident back over 4 weeks ago provided a most unprecedented opportunity. Instead of dying as I should have, I was taken into another realm, with as many differences as there were similarities. Their world was at peace, and had been for decades, their people open and friendly, with heroes wielding power unlike anything we ever imagined. Their finest warrior, Psyagon, he even taught me personally how to obtain this great power I now use against monsters like you to protect the innocent who cannot protect themselves. I' am Edward Elric, the Saiyan Alchemist!" he explains as he picks me up roughly by my neck again, choking me once more.
"You who have taken everything from so many, all they once held precious and dear, stolen from them as they died by your hand. You failed to foresee the consequences of your actions, and maliciously slaughtered innocent lives, justifying their murder to others and yourself in the name of your imaginary deity, all because you believe this moron's divine word is that alchemists are abominations!" he says angrily, as he holds his right hand to my face, a large red sphere that crackled with electricity and power, glowing in his palm inches from my eyes.
"And now, I'm gonna send you straight to oblivion where you belong" Edward states coldly as the orb grows brighter, pulsating wildly, causing me to gasp and squirm, desperately trying to destroy his arm with my destruction move, but to no avail.
"Good bye Scar, FOREVER!" he roars as he drops me and holds the orb before my body, its size growing ever larger in preparation for firing at point-blank range.
"BROTHER, STOP!" the armor boy Alphonse screams as he suddenly appears from behind and kicks Edward's hand, causing the orb to fire into the sky, where it detonated with a blinding flash that outshone the sun, casting a crimson glow across the land.