Wow, uh okay. So I finally managed to get this in before school Wednesday! YIPPIE! I felt really stupid *slaps self* Armstrong is a major, not a general. Gosh, I can't remember that. Maybe I'm being too anal when reading back my stories? I don't know. Also, Greed is going to be rather OOC from now on, but don't worry the same cockiness will be HERE! Also, I'm trying to refrain from using foul language or anything bad in my stories. So, yes, there is implied themes and violence, but I want to keep it more friendly for audiences. The rating will stay the same though. You never know who reads this, soo...yep.

Kashagal and Natures Ruler: Banana powers are awesome. In fact, Wyatt may be waking up soon O.O *shifty eyes*

FMAsushi96: Aww thanks! I try to include as many details as I can while maintaining dialogue. But I feel like I fail haha

ishmael: Well, I'll try to get a new chapter this weekend. Maybe ;)

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Chapter 8: Reconciliation

"…Wow. That's something." Camile looked at her best friend as though they hadn't seen each other in years. And in a matter of speaking, they really hadn't. Well, they just sort of jumped from 2012 to the 1910's just like that and in a parallel world…if that counted. Whatever.

Bella nodded her head slowly, focusing her gaze on the wooden table. "All that for you." The sounds of crickets and the calm night sky above them sent off a calming atmosphere.

"Well," Camile smiled. "We're just going to have to deal with this." She tried to dismiss the sound of discertainty and slight sadness in her voice as the nostalgia of Chicago ate at her insides.

"There's something else I think you should deal with though."

Camile raised a brow and looked into Bella's amused looking brown orbs. "Oh?" Bella pointed her head in the direction of Envy who sat with his back facing them in the distance. He was on a hill and was barely noticable unless you squinted.

Camile sighed. He had been avoiding her for the past 24 hours and clearly ignored her. Well, it wasn't really a new experience for Camile; he was Envy, he usually always was annoyed and would avoid you unless it benefited him or he was bored. But it was just different…he acted like she just didn't exist and Camile would not have that.

"Why?" Camile asked irritated and waved a hand in the air to express her obvious wanting not to.

"I thought you liked him."

Camile scoffed. "Yeah, try having him kill you multiple times for just trying to get him to have some fun."

Bella blinked. "Last I checked he didn't really have fun, unless it was killing someone."

"Mmm," Camile agreed. "I don't like him." She stared straight into Bella's eyes with a confidence to prove it. It worked.

"Go have fun with Luki or something. I'll do it."

Bella's eyes widened into the size of watermelons and her face turned a noticable shade of red, even in the dim light of the moon and the lantern on their table. "Wha…What?! C-Camile!" she spurted.

Camile just chuckled and got up from the bench, swinging her long legs out of underneath and began walking over to the hill. "Besides…I got this." Camile flaunted a shiny knife that she had hidden in her pants and covered by her tank top.

Bella's surprise from her friend's previous suggestion faded a little and she nodded, leaving her friend to talk to Envy and perhaps think about the whole Luki thing herself.

It got noticably darker as she approached Envy. But he was still visible. Camile wondered how he even saw anything this dark. That vampire, then again, he seemed to like it. Camile briefly spun her head around to see the back of their inn get smaller and smaller. The others would probably kill her for going alone, in the dark, with a dangerous homunculus. But, she tried to stay optimistic and say she wasn't going to get brutally murdered.

She neared his figure who was still hunched over on the grass and resting his chin on his legs. Camile couldn't see his face but his arms were wrapped over his knees, letting dark long pointy hair fall over his shoulders.

'How am I going to say I'm not all that bad for a human?' She thought over this carefully and decided by first saying his name at least and see where things went.

"What do you want?" His voice nearly startled Camile. It didn't have the usual annoyance in it; it just seemed tired and bored, but with the familiar edge.

"How'd you know I was here?" Camile breathed, blinking at the teenage homunculus at her feet. Envy merely pointed a finger to his ears and put his arm back around his knees.

Camile nodded. She really had to stop forgetting he had supernatural hearing. "Ah. So, can I sit down?"

"…Whatever." Camile sat down next to Envy and looked at the side of his face. His gaze was fixed at the landscape in front of him and he seemed to be thinking deeply about something.

"I think I owe you an explanation about the whole human thing."

"Yes, yes you do," Envy said, not moving an inch from his position. His voice still sounded uninterested.

Camile sighed. "I woke up in the woods where you guys found me first. I wasn't lying about that. I was surprised that you guys would even believe me!" She said the last sentence with a small laugh, trying to ease the tense atmosphere that you could cut through with a butterknife.

He didn't move.

"And of course, I don't have amnesia. And I was surprised Dante didn't put a curse on me considering she gave me some pretty fricking cool powers. She doesn't seem like a very trusting person like that."

He still didn't move.

"But, my friends and I? Wyatt, Luki, and Bella? We're not from here," Camile said. "And we know a lot about everything."

It was time for his head to whip around and glare at her with interest. Oops, I didn't mean to say the last one.

"You…what?!" Now the atmosphere became dangerous and he stared at her with interest, leaning in closer and closer, completely disregarding her personal space like he normally did.

"Um…we know a lot about homunculi? From the library?" No matter how hard she tried, Camile couldn't seem to mask the nervousness in her voice. Good thing she brought her handy-dandy knife.

Envy glared, gripping tight hands around the straps of her shirt. "No. You meant about here, everything."

Camile let out a little laugh and waved her hand dismissively. "Oh that? Well, I tend to say meaningless things. Haha."

Envy growled and pressed his nose into hers, forcing her not to look away from him. So what does she do? Close her eyes. But maybe hearing his threatening voice was worse.

"Tell me."

Camile let out a small whimper. 'Well, it was nice knowing everyone!'

"TELL ME!"

"I…I can't," the words were barely breathed by a shaking Camile. Envy didn't let go, nor did he speak another word for several seconds.

Camile slowly opened her eyes to see an unreadable emotion in his eyes. "Why?"

"It would make more sense if you wait," Camile said quietly, closing her eyes once more and tears nearly made their way past her eyelids that were rammed shut. Something sort of snapped inside her that made her feel sick…there was something about the situation Envy put her in.

Envy reluctantly let go of her and watched her boredly as she lay on her back on the grass and covered her head.

"C'mon, let's go." Camile's wet eyes opened to see Envy halfway across the field and headed back toward the hotel.

"Well? Aren't you coming?" Envy called out, not quite yelling. His annoyed tone sounded like a command and Camile promptly rose to her feet to prevent an injury he could easily inflict upon her, but for some reason decided he hadn't.

They went inside the back door of the hotel walking past the benches that Camile and Bella had once been at. They were empty.

Envy took Camile by surprise and grabbed her wrist firmly and dragged her in the opposite direction of her room.

"What are you doing? I need to go to sleep!" Camile cried, trying to squirm her way from his grasp. Obviously, her squirming didn't faze him one bit.

Yes, Camile had a room. No, not with the usual people either. The hotel manager decided it'd be safer, and in the 'best interest of the hotel customers and employees' if their rooms were decided. The hotel manager claimed she could easily point out 'couples' and said she didn't want to get complaints from other customers of what she said would be 'compulsive sounds of love-making in their rooms'. So what does she do about it?

The hotel manager decided to split Camile with Alphonse, whom Camile didn't mind he just would not shut up about his body, which was…okay she supposed, she wasn't exactly a suit of armor for five years so she didn't know how he felt. Then Greed was with Wrath because Envy wanted a room all to himself without a 'brat snoring all night'. Apparently, Envy needed his beauty rest. How a homunculus needed sleep when they were immortal was beyond Camile. Bella was with Ed and Luki was with Wyatt. They had separate beds…no worries.

And what about Izumi? She had to go back to Dublith and even though Wrath had to go with everyone on this 'mission' they agreed on, he promised to keep in touch with her. The mission would be carried out in the morning in which they were going to travel to Xing to visit an old friend named Ling and he supposedly said he could help them about TMK.

And you're probably wondering why Greed is going with them. Well, he doesn't have his minions anymore and had been quiet ever since the harsh reprimanding with Father. So, more than likely, it woke him up and he decided to help someone out whom wasn't him for once. Shocking!

But, back to reality.

"Envy, where are we going?" Camile said, trying to move her feet in the opposite direction, only to have the shuffling inflict a fall on her bottom.

Envy sighed and helped her back up on her feet. "My room."

Camile's face blanched and she found herself staring at the homunculus next to her who seemed to say it like a casual thing.

He morphed his hand into a key since he didn't feel like lugging around a stupid room key the whole night. His room opened and welcomed Camile in a familiar darkness. There was a very dim light next to the desk across from the bed, but that was it.

"Um…" Camile found herself for a loss of words. First he tried to kill her and now he was going to—yeah totally odd.

He turned around and grabbed her by the waist, sending Camile jumping ten feet in the air. Her breath started to steady only by a millimeter when he grabbed the knife hiding in the side of her pants.

His lips formed into a mocking pout. "Aww. What's this? Stabbing someone who is so nice to you?"

Camile had to withold the urge to grab the knife and slit his fricking throat open at that moment. Now, he was just urking her for fun. Now that he knew she was human.

"Can you give that back?" Camile said calmly, crossing her arms.

"Nah. Don't feel like it," Envy smirked, staring at the shiny and unusual looking knife she carried with her. Much to Camile's surprise, he threw it boredly across the room and she felt herself calm down with relief.

The urge to strangle his throat, even if it wouldn't do much except provoke him, and the tenseness all returned when he grabbed her waist once again and pressed her closer to his chest.

"You need sleep, human." His voice sounded edgy, as if he were testing her to do something.

When Camile didn't answer, for she was in shock, he let out a small chuckle. "You're tired."

His breath just barely nicked the side of her ear as one arm played with the wavy strands of her dark blond hair. "Let's make an understanding here."

That shook her out of reality and the oh-so familiar feeling of wanting to strangle him returned. "What are you talking about?" she spat.

"You have to promise me something," Envy breathed, tempting Camile by nibbling on her ear that sent foreign and uncomfortable spasms up and down her body.

"What?" Camile seethed, trying to ignore the whole seduction happening. His hand stopped playing in her hair (which she hated in the first place) and moved to massage her shoulder blades in a circular motion.

Camile could practically feel his smirk growing as she let out an unintentioned shudder. "You tell me what, who, and where you're from as soon as we get rid of this whole TMK person."

Camile had a tough time staying awake in his arms. "Deal. Just, let me go."

Envy did as he was told and crossed his arms, smirking slyly. "Better?"

Camile rolled her eyes and focused it on the corner of the floor, trying to fight the blush threatening to splurge on her cheeks. "Can I go back to my room?"

"No."

Camile looked at him a little surprised, but then again she wasn't. It was Envy. He always had something mischievous going on. "It's almost ten o'clock, if I don't go back to the room they'll come and find me."

"Then let them," Envy shrugged indifferently.

"Dude! I am really tired!" Camile whined. This only pleased Envy.

"There's a bed right there," Envy pointed to a single bed large enough for maybe two people not a foot away from her knee.

"Whatever. If it makes you happy, I'll sleep here. On your bed." Camile smiled to herself. He would hate it if she did that.

"Okay," Envy smirked. Camile's pride was thrown in the garbage and obliterated to pieces. So, he really didn't care.

Camile just solemnly climbed up on the bed and turned on her side, facing the wall. She was so tired and the fact that a dangerous psychopath named Envy was in the same room as her almost floated away.

The bed near Camile's body suddenly sunk down slightly as she heard the spoken of homunculus lay down behind her. She sighed. "Just stay on your side of the bed and we'll get along just fine," she sighed distantly. She was almost asleep.

When he didn't answer, Camile smiled to herself triumphantly. Finally, some rest without his sly remarks.

"You know, you could really fool someone."

Camile opened her eyes and her eyebrows furrowed into confusion. She was tempted to smack him and tell him she needed sleep. Oh no, but he had to bother her.

"What do you mean?" Camile slurred, struggling to keep her heavy eyelids open.

"I'd appreciate it more if I wasn't talking to your back," Envy chuckled, staring at the ceiling.

Camile sighed deeply and reluctantly did so. Why did she feel like she shouldn't of? Because as soon as she did, Envy grabbed her and dragged her near to him. His chin was resting on her head as his strong arms enclosed her.

"What did you mean?" Camile asked, trying to disregard the fact that he was doing what he wanted with her—again.

"I actually believed you weren't human," Envy said indifferently.

"Oh."

Envy tightened his grip around her and lowered his head, letting his nose rest in the scent of her hair—vanilla.

"Why are you letting me stay on your bed?" Camile asked, staring at the ceiling.

Envy smirked, breathing in and out while his nose was still in her hair. "Because I'm in a generous mood. Unless you—"

"No, I'm fine," Camile, laughed nervously. "This is fine." She decided it would get her nowhere fast to ask questions and just try to relax and get some sleep.

'Also, when I said you weren't the typical human, I meant it.' Camile thought she heard Envy sigh shakily and breathe those words. But it sounded barely above a whisper and Camile was riding the boat to dreamland.

~()~()~

"BWAHAHAHA~!" The sound of a menacing cackle awoke the two in gasps.

Greed was standing at the edge of their bed laughing like a maniac while Wrath was near the door making retching sounds.

Envy suddenly turned very dark and released his comfortable hold on Camile. "How did you get in?"

Wrath held up an extra room key in triumph. "We found this in the garbage."

Greed smirked. "But it seems you two lovebirds are busy at the moment, so we were just leaving."

"Lovebirds?" Camile whispered, doubting anyone would care or hear her. For Greed, that wasn't the case.

"Oh, mornin', sweetheart. Everyone was looking for you," Greed laughed, and then he turned his attention to Envy. "I didn't know you were so soft with humans now." Greed pointed to the blanket that was on Camile that Envy seemingly put over her sometime in the night.

Envy growled and nearly lunged at him. "Would you get out?"

Greed nodded, his violet eyes sparkling with amusement. "You have an hour before we get on the train to Xing, anyway."

Wrath laughed. "Man, you should've seen your faces!" he pointed a finger at the two of them.

Camile blushed. "Um, what do you mean?"

Greed stopped at the door and chuckled. "Envy had a rather smug smirk on his face. He was blushing too."

Envy shot up from the bed. "That's it. Get out. NOW!"

Greed let out a final chuckle before he left the room with Wrath. Camile and Envy were left there, staring at each other.

"You need to get ready."

Camile blinked at him. "Did you mean what you said last night?"

Envy stopped in his tracks and stared at her. "What do you mean?"

Camile thought a moment before stopping herself. She was probably imagining things. "Nothing. I was probably really tired." She got up and walked out the door awkwardly without saying one more word to him.

Envy sighed. She almost heard him admit that he thinks she was a different human. And in a good way too…

~()~()~

"So how long will we be on the train?" Bella asked, blinking at the golden-eyed boy in front of her.

Ed was resting his elbow on the window, staring at a map on his lap. "A couple of days, probably."

Bella looked over at Camile and Envy who were just glaring at each other, scoffing, and looking out the window.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to leave your friend with a homunculus?" Bella spun her head to see Al and Ed now staring at her.

"I don't know," Bella said honestly. "I'm kinda weird about it, myself. But, she's smart and I don't think she would let him hurt her."

"I'm not too thrilled about homunculi helping us either. But I will keep an eye out on your friend, okay?"

Bella nodded and continued to stare out the window of rolling landscape. She worried about her friend's safety. This was Envy she was talking about. He was known to be selfish and only get what he wants and then of course, probably get rid of her.

'Whatever it was he wanted, Camile better be careful…'

Luki suddenly hovered over the empty spot next to Bella. "Can I sit here?"

Bella nodded and moved her bag onto her lap. "Wyatt tell you what's going on?" she asked, careful not to sound suspicious with the Elric brothers in front of her.

Luki nodded. "I can't believe the whole TMK thing either." He said it trying to sound more normal with the brothers in front of him. Bella caught on to his silent protests.

"Cough," Bella said quietly, staring out the window.

"What?" Luki asked, his brow furrowing deep. She nudged him and a lightbulb flickered on in his head.

Luki suddenly had a coughing fit in which both brothers asked if he was okay or needed some water. Luki shook his head no and pointed to his throat, indicating he 'lost his voice'.

Bella got out a notepad from her bag and began writing on it. Once she was done, she handed it to the tall teen next to her.

We need to keep an eye out on the homunculi. I don't trust them around Camile, or us for that matter. I want to be wrong.

Luki stared at it a moment before gathering the pen in his hand and scribbling some words of his own on the paper.

I know. But Greed seems—different after the whole 'Father' thing that happened to him. Maybe he changed?

I don't know. But, I see it too. Maybe something finally snapped.

The two leaned up slightly, staring above their heads to the seat on the other side of theirs to see none other than Greed himself staring out of the window. There was even a very busty, slutty looking woman who walked by and Greed did nothing to indicate interest. He just looked out the window in deep thought. Very odd.

Luki and Bella stared at each other and then looked away, minding their own business. After a while, Bella decided to rest her head on Luki's shoulder, which took him by surprise, but he let her and after a while he fell asleep too.

A/N: The original scene I had with Envy and Camile was MUCH more touchy :D like, hot-flashy as my friend would say. And it got deleted so, poo. No hot-flashy for you! But it was one of my fav chapters so far writing and I felt it had a lot more to it with the emotions of other characters such as Greed andI tried to recreate it from memory, but it just came out completely different in this one. :( So, yeah. R&R lovelies! I'll try to get crackin' on chapter nine which should include lots more characters!