Yo peeps! It is I, the Awesomely Awesome Jen Jen! And yeah, I am writing this by myself. But Jo adds a lot and she edits my writing. Don't hate, I wrote half of Song and Shadow and all of Song and Shadow: Song's Story. Jo put up another fan fiction called Song and Shadow: Shadow's Path, by the way.
Jo: Hey, it's my story now, my POV!
Hi there, yeah Jen writes a lot of the chapters but I write at least half of all of them and I edit all of them. Yeah, I did put up Song and Shadow: Shadow's Path. It's about Kou. Read it if you like. And Jen, get out of my Author's Note and back to your own!
Jen: No.
Me:*frowns* Then no more cookies for you.
Jen: NO! Not the cookies! Fine.
Chapter 5: Secrets and Cliffhangers… What Else?
Kou prodded at the fire. The others where silent and in a dark mood after the incident of the strange shadows and the screaming noises and Winry being kidnapped. Song stared at everyone long enough to pierce a hole in them (except Kou, of course.) Finally she decided she couldn't stand it anymore.
Turning to Ed, Song stage-whispered loud enough for everyone to hear, "Are you sad because your girlfriend is gone?"
The others couldn't help but burst into laughter at Song's innocent face as Ed did a spit-take and screamed in denial, "SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"
Kou rolled his eyes and stage whispered just as loudly, "Denial is the first sign of attraction (…or is it the first sign of guilt? Both, I think.)"
Song pulled the shrimp-y blonde up as he fell over, smiling, "Then why didn't you say so? Come on, I found a good supply of salt water salmon. We can have a feast. Oh, and I found a wild wheat patch, I can make cakes and bread. Kou, help me, I want everyone to be full tonight. So can you help gather some parsley, thyme, burdock, wheat, barley, and any other spices you can find? Yo Ed! Stop sputtering and make me a few pots, will ya? And Colonel, collect some wood and make a fire. Lt. Hawkeye, I need…"
The group dispersed one by one to do Song's bidding, glad to do something instead of sitting around in silence. Kou went with Song to collect the supplies needed for the cooking.
Kou looked around and sniffed for the special herbs. "Motherwort, tansy, moss, lichen, Maidenhair fern, parsley, rosemary, thyme, some sage and wild mint, oh, there's a fine selection of pepperwort too, and hot root, feverfew, marigold, basil, there's a lot of these edible spices and herbs. (Note- I, the awesome Jen, has thought up all those herbs down, and yes, they do exist, as fast as I can write them. And that's fast. Me awesomesta. (Jo: that's not a word, but don't argue…she'll just keep saying it until you agree, or at the very least give up.))
Song looked back fondly at the Elerics, arguing with each other for the size of the pots. "Hm, sometimes I wonder if I looked as old as I am, will they look up to me?"
Kou stared at Song for a brief moment before Song continued. "After all, I am a lot older than they are."
Kou sighed, "Because of a mistake you made, long time ago, right."
Song frowned. "Let's go."
When they came back, Song dumped the supplies they carried back to camp in front of a sizable fire the Colonel made.
"Right, time to START!" Song brushed back her long sleeves with a grin and began to sort out the food. The others felt Song might be offended if they stepped in to help, so they set about cleaning camp. Kou went over to Song.
"Hey, Song, I'll be back in a while."
She nodded and continued to work.
Kou walked to the other side of the island and opened a portal with a bit more difficulty than usual because of all the dark energy. Sighing, he reached in and pulled out a rather panicky blonde boy with spiky yet fluffy yellow hair and gray eyes. He scrambled out of Kou's grip, readjusting his long-sleeved gray shirt with a yellow t-shirt over it. Then he checked his gray jeans and slung his headphones over his neck as usual.
"Kou! What is it? I was about to go take a shower! And where's Song?"
Kou lowered his voice when he talked. "Hey, Laxis. Do a favor for me will you?"
Laxis (he's the blonde, in case you haven't noticed.) looked at him curiously.
"Get the other homunculus over here. We will need all the help we need."
Laxis raised an eyebrow. "Um, okay… But wouldn't it be weird to have them pop up in the island? No one here met me yet, well, except for Song."
Kou closed his eyes. "I'll tell Song to cover up for you."
"But why me?"
"Because apparently Song is troubled by the noises out here and I can't transport more than two people when there is so much dark energy to counter me."
Laxis looked at Kou steadily and sighed, "It's those creepy people, isn't it?"
"Yeah. See ya then."
Laxis grinned. "See ya. Oh, and…" Laxis looked Kou in the eye.
"Don't die."
Al finished making all the beds when the steam of dinner caught him off guard. Song stood up and stretched.
"Come get your suppers before I get tired of waiting and toss them to the fishes!" Song yelled at them while banging loudly on a pot with a copper ladle.
Ed threw down the broom he was using and rushed over, glad to be out of work.
"You know Al, next time, I'll make the beds." He muttered to his younger sibling.
Greed was nowhere to be found, but Colonel and Lt. Hawkeye came over.
Song smiled. "Okay guys, I had very little time to make this, so the food will probably be a bit less in quantity."
The group deadpanned. "You call this a small amount?"
They looked at the gigantic mountain of different dishes that laid on the ground with amazement. Song tilted her head. "You'll see."
She sat down and nibbled on a piece of fried salted seaweed as the other four set about sampling the dishes. "Hm, I haven't worked with a salmon for a long time, so it might not taste as good…"
Song was silenced (and surprised) by a plate being shoved into her face for a refill. "Um… just like you to do that, Ed."
Kou came back to camp by the time Song actually started eating (that was pretty late, Song prefers to let others eat first and then nibble on select pieces.) and the others were ready for bed. Song nodded as Kou sat down and nibbled on a cookie.
Kou took a big bite out of the cookie and nibbled.
Song nibbled on a cookie and took a big bite.
"So Song, I went to talk to Laxis for a while."
"Hm. Right, what do you want me to do now?"
They knew each other so well.
"Pretend to make a portal and Laxis will bring the homunculus over."
"Yeah, we do need a few extra paws (Song uses the term "paws" instead of hands (Just like Jen!)) here."
(Yep they knew each other so well...)
Song nodded and gathered the leftover crumbs and tidbits for fish bait, then she went to sit on a windowsill.
Kou joined her later on the other sill, when everyone was asleep. Looking out over the forest, he sighed. "So much darkness…So many memories too. Sorry Laxis, for dragging you back into this..."
In the darkness, Song listed on, quietly wondering what parts of Kou's past she had yet to know, just as he himself had yet to see all of hers.
The next day, everyone got up and Song walked briskly outside before suddenly singing a quiet song, Kou joining her for a moment. It was then that a small dot appeared, gradually growing larger into a portal. The others simply stared, and Ed recalled an old conversation with Song about portals:
"I can make them too, though they're not my specialty."
He was even more shocked when the ones that tumbled out were the Seven Deadly Sins. Pointing at them he glared and shouted. "What are they doing here? I know they're supposed to be good, but are you sure this is a good idea?"
Al frowned and walked close to his brother. "I agree…Song, are you sure this is a good idea? They could still turn on us."
Greed sighed. "What, still no trust? Geez."
Ed shook his head, "I can trust you, but…"
He turned to the rest. "I'm not sure about them." 'Especially Envy, Lust and Gluttony. But Envy especially.'
Song shrugged. "Deal with it, we need all the help we can get. You do want to rescue Winry, don't you?"
"Fine…but if they attack us, it's not my fault!" The vertically challenged alchemist then turned and stomped to the edge of the forest. "C'mon!"
As he said that, though, an army of dark figures appeared behind every tree and bush, all with glowing red eyes and a murderous aura.
The colonel tugged his gloves on. Kou readjusted his own and leveled the enemies with a light glare (though it would still scare regular people shitless). Song readied herself, staring calmly. Al ran up and pulled his brother back to the rest of them. Hawkeye took her position with the colonel.
The homunculi gathered and Greed and Envy shared a look, before grinning insanely. "This'll earn your trust, right, Pipsqueak?"
Ed growled, refraining from killing the palm tree haired homunculus. (Boy? Girl? I think Envy's a boy, but my classmate Ro thinks he's a girl… Envy's an It.) "I guess so."
The Seven Deadly Sins all readied themselves for the inevitable battle coming up.
"Then let's go."
There! Done! One of the longer chapters, too.
Hmm… I'm bored and I don't usually do this, but here's a preview, in bullet note form:
-Fighting the grunts
-War, Destruction, Disease, Malice, Sorrow, and Vengeance…who are they? Similar to the Homunculi, yet different…
-Ed, Al, Riza, Song, Kou, and Roy…the order of fighting.
-And Laxis appears. "This is what you meant, isn't it, 'Ruto? When you said you didn't make promises you couldn't keep…"
Mainly, these are here so I don't forget what the next chapter will be about, but it's sorta like compensation for being so slow with updates.
Ja ne,
~Shadow