OMG I feel like I haven't written in forever! I was still wondering about where to place the riddle and key at in the story, yes I haven't forgotten you smarties you! GAH stupid TV keeps getting my attention! For some reason I have been reading some crossovers with FMA lately. Not any InuYasha ones because last time my friend was talking about an InuYasha crossover I got freaked out...majorly and yes I do realize that I'm writing a crossover but I wont corrupt it...even more than it already is and yes I do realize that it only has 2 chapters while this one has...12 now but this one is getting more reviews but I promise I'll upload soon...I hope...XD oh and I haven't seen brotherhood in awhile so idk the conversations by heart...anyways onto the story!
Al: FMAnimeFreakFanGirl does not own FMA.
Me: Well that's the first time you started a convo Al congrats!
Al: Thanks! :3
Ed: I don't get what the big deal is.
Me: You don't know a big deal when you see it. ~smirks~ I can understand this because you'll never be a big deal.
Ed: WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BEAN-SPROUT THAT-
Kai: You
Me: Before this battle commences between this monster and shrimp I will go onto the story.
Al: Monster?
Me: Uhhh...um...eh...I've got to go!
Previously on Vampiric Love
We talked for a long time. Then the train stopped and the farmers came and took their animals and gave me a strange look. When they walked away I stuck my tongue out at them and Al laughed. Ed, who was talking to Armstrong and froze when he heard Al laughing. He looked up and saw me and his eyes widened.
"Kaiden?"
"Oh, hi Ed." I said casually. He looked at me in disbelief.
"But...you...I thought! Ugh." I giggled at his stuttering. "I have a few questions."
"What about?" he scratched the back of his head. "Maybe we should get Al out of here before the train starts moving?" I suggested. We heard the train whistle blow and Armstrong came hurrying over and picked Al's box up. "I wonder what Winry's gonna say when she sees your automail. Ed visibly paled. He shook his head from the thought and grabbed my wrist and Armstrong followed. I just let him pull me since I have all the time in the world, literally. We stopped under our conversation tree. Armstrong was taking his time so we were basically alone.
"I've got questions for you..."
"Hit me," I joked. He furrowed his brows.
"Why are you here?"
"Spring cleaning!" I joked again. I don't even think its spring. I usually don't pay attention to what day it is unless I see the weather. Like if its hot I know its summer and if its freezing I know its winter. From the looks of it its around fall. He gave me a 'wtf?' look.
"Its Autumn." I scrunched my nose. "What?" he asked.
"I call it fall." he rolled his eyes.
"Whatever and wont you get caught by Mustang if you're here and don't you have any missions-"
"I quit." he quirked an eyebrow.
"Quit what."
"My job."
"Oh so you're not working at that cafe anymore?" I face-palmed.
"I quit the military you idiot."
"Oh..." long pause.
"Did you tell Al?"
"Tell him what I didn't have enough time to tell him about you quitting I mean you just told me." I sweat-dropped. Is he really this dense?
"I wasn't talking about the military you idiot I was talking about—-"
"WHAT IS ALL THIS HUSH HUSH ABOUT?" We flinched as Armstrong cut me off. "COME ELRIC WE NEED TO GET YOUR ARM FIXED ASAP SO YOU CAN GET BACK TO YOUR RESEARCH! OR DO YOU NEED SOME MOTIVATION!"
"No that's okay! Really! See I'm already on my way! And you don't have to yell ya know." Ed told him frantically, rubbing his ears. I smiled. Then sighed.
"Well looks like this is where we part."
"What where are you going?"
"I told you I was Spring Cleaning. I sincerely didn't expect to meet you on the train because I thought you were already in Risembool. I actually came here to clean my house. I haven't cleaned my room in 10 years. Wow." I started walking off when Ed grabbed my wrist.
"Ya know you could always." He blushed. I smirked.
"D'awe does little Eddy miss me?" I laughed as he practically had his own dark aura around him, "anyways I could always what?"
"You can travel with us if you want but you don't have to if you don't want to!" I smiled. At least I had some friends that didn't want me to leave. What about me? I rolled my eyes. Its impossible to leave you, you're that little voice in my head that never leaves. Good point! I rolled my eyes again. Then I noticed that I hadn't answered Ed yet.
"Well I guess Spring Cleaning can wait til Spring. Speaking of which what is today?"
"Losing track of time are we?"
"Pa-lease I have all the time in the world. Literally" I added the last part quietly. I didn't want to say that if Ed hadn't told Al about my uh...problem.
"Edward Elric!" oh god not again. "Are you sure you don't need motivation? We need to start moving or it'll be dark by the time we get there!"
"I'm going, I'm going!" Ed said hurriedly. I stuck my hands in my pockets of my skirt (yes her skirt has pockets.) and felt something metal. The key. I had completely forgotten about it. Speaking of the key. I reached in my other pocket and grabbed the paper and looked at it again. I must find out who Kilame and Renda is. Kilame sounds kinda like a dude but I wouldn't know because I've never even heard the name before and Renda most definitely sounds like a girl name. I wonder if anyone in town knows them. I stuck them back in my pocket for later. We walked up to the house and granny was on the porch. "Long time no see granny" Ed joked. They had literally just left and were back already.
"Oh good lord what have you two gotten yourselves into this time." Then a wrench came out of nowhere but I didn't bother this time. Granny didn't even flinch as Ed was knocked to the ground
"Ed I thought I told you to call before you come over for maintenance!"
"What the hell Winry! Are you trying to kill me!" She just laughed at him.
"Haha. Welcome back." she smiled.
~Time Skip~
"OH NO!" Winry squealed when she saw the automail. "Oh Ed look what you've done! I worked all night on this and its destroyed!"
"Its basically the same its just in smaller pieces!" Really Ed? You really think that's gonna help? She hit Ed with her wrench. He was now twitching a foot in the air. Awkward pose! "And lemme guess you a little beat up too Al? Just what kinda trouble have you two been getting into?" Al didn't answer and just made a face, how he does that I will never know. She hit him with her wrench too. "Jeez." then she turned her head towards me. "You're not beat up too are you?" my eyes widened and I shook my head. Well I WAS but I wasn't about to tell Winry that.
"So, what are we talking about a week here?" Ed asked.
"Lemme guess you have some important research you have to attend to and you need to be off to central soon." Winry asked and Ed nodded.
"Give us some credit Ed." Granny interrupted. She took the pipe out of her mouth. "Three days" that's when a thought occurred to me.
"Hey Ed can I talk to you about something?" he sat up and looked at my, what I'm guessing was, worried face. He nodded his head and we stood on the porch. "when they reconnect your new arm...they're gonna see that." I emphasized the that so he would get it. He put his index finger and thumb on his chin like he was thinking hard about something.
"Well we're just gonna have to hope they don't notice or we can cover it up with a bandage or something." I nodded my head.
"Oh and hey Ed." he quirked an eyebrow. "Do you know anyone named Kilame or Renda?" he shook his head.
"No why do you ask?" I pulled out the riddle and handed it to him. I looked at it for a while, deciphering the note. He frowned. "I don't get it."
"Me either!" I stomped in frustration.
"However, those names don't even seem like names at all." I nodded.
"That's what I thought too. And the body dissolving part kinda freaks me out if ya know what I mean. And I'm guessing Tamika is like an experiment."
"Maybe a chimera?" he suggested. I shrugged.
"Well I'm going off into town to ask around about them." he nodded and headed back inside. I shoved the two mysteries back into my pockets. Now that I think about it I haven't bathed or changed in awhile. I certainly need to take a shower when I get back. I left the house and entered the small town to see that it wasn't filled with a lot of people. I went up to a merchant, who must have met many people with strange names, considering for the fact he was a merchant. I cleared my throat and he looked up from his cleaning of an antique.
"May I help you, Miss?" he asked kindly.
"Yes I would like to know if you have ever heard of anyone by the names of Kilame or Renda?" he furrowed his brows.
"No sorry ma'am, I might add that those are some very strange names." I nodded and walked on. I asked around for what seemed like hours and decided that it was time to head back. On my way down the path I saw someone standing in the graveyard. By the looks of the long red coat and braided hair I would say it was Ed. I walked into the graveyard and stood next to him over his mothers grave. I smiled sadly and put a hand on his shoulder. How long had he been out here anyways? He looked at me with sorrow filled eyes and smiled back.
"Lets head back." he nodded and we walked out of the graveyard.
"Any luck?" he asked.
"Nope" I said exaggerating the use of the 'p'. He nodded. Ed opened the door and an emotional Armstrong with tears pouring all over the place started talking.
"OH HOW TRAGIC THAT YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND SUCH BEAUTY AT TRYING TO BRING HER BACK, THEN TRADING YOUR ARM FOR YOUR BROTHERS SOUL WHEN YOU WERE ALREADY IN PAIN, AND BURNING DOWN YOUR HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK! COME EDWARD ELRIC LET ME OFFER YOU A COMFORTING EMBRACE!" Armstrong ripped his shirt off. You could say sweat-drops were very popular right about now as Armstrong was squeezing the life out of Ed.
"Let go! Don't rub your chest on me!" After we managed to calmly detach Ed from Armstrong's grip we all ate 'Granny Pinako's Famous' stew.
"Hey guys you don't mind if I take a shower its been awhile."
"Sure, you brought your clothes right?"
"Yeah thanks Winry." As I walked upstairs I saw everyone go to sleep. The shower was nice and hot. "Whew it's been too long!" I closed the water off after I was finished washing. I stepped out and put on a white tank top and blue sweatpants. I pushed the door open and a whoosh of fresh air circled around me. I yawned and headed off to Winry's room. When I stepped in I saw Winry still working on Ed's automail. "Uh Winry?"
"Hm?" she looked up with goggles on her face.
"You know you can take a break right?" she shook her head.
"Nope three all nighters and it can be finished so Ed can hurry and get back to his so-called research findings. He said he found something on his way here so I must get his automail finished!" hmm. New research eh? Does that mean he found something on the Philosopher Stone? I ought to ask him about it tomorrow. But for right now I think I could just use some rest. I also need to figure out that stupid riddle. I wonder if Mel knows anything about it. I walked over to the bed and flopped down and rubbed my eyes.
"Night Winry."
"Night Kaiden, see ya in the morning" I closed my eyes in hope of no nightmares.
Why is it always dark when I dream? Yes I get it I have a horrible past but that doesn't mean I have to have a terrible future like jeez can't I actually dream without having a nightmare?
"You're not very bright are you?" A voice said. Have I heard a familiar male voice say.
"What do you mean! I'm plenty smart! How could I get into the military without being smart?"
"You don't have to be smart to be bright"
"What?"
"Ugh. So hopeless."
"Who are you! I'm not hopeless I happen to live on my own!"
"Just use common sense and you'll figure out the answers to your questions." where have I heard that before.
"Were you the one that created that riddle?"
"Yes, I kinda find it sad that you don't know who I am." I frowned. Okay so maybe I'm not that bright. "Well I hope what I've said can trigger something in that thick head of yours"
"I DON'T HAVE A THICK HEAD HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME! SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD! I'll TEAR YOU APART FOR INSULTING ME! I'LL HOPE YOU KNOW THAT I HAPPEN TO BE-" Then the world started shaking. "Whoa-oa-oa stop shaking the world" then I heard some giggling.
"Kaiden wake up!" I opened my eyes to find Mel-no Winry, shaking me. "Jeez you have the weirdest dreams." I just looked at her. She stopped me in the middle of my rant! You're a dork you know that? Hey shut it! Haha! So whats this riddle thing that guy was talking about? Oh you see I found a piece of paper in this-wait how do you know about my dream! Because I can see what you dream but I usually don't like to see them they make me look evil. You can see my dreams? That's just creepy. Yeah I know so anyways continue. Okay I'll show you. I got up and walked over to where I had put my suitcase and I picked the paper out of my pocket. This! Hmm I see...have you ever tried switching the letters around? Those don't even seem like names.Poker face. Actually no I haven't tried that. Dork. Shut it dog-freak. I'm not a dog freak! Oh please spare me you're just like Al only when it comes to dogs. Am not! Is too! Am not! Is too! Am not! Is not! Am too! HAHA SEE I TOLD YOU! Why you little... I started laughing and Winry gave me a strange look.
"Well time to figure this riddle out." I got up and dressed into some jean shorts and a purple tank top. Isn't it fall? I wonder why I'm never cold. I walked downstairs and onto the porch and sat down. Maybe one of our parents or ancestors wrote it. It was in our house. You're right! Look! If you switch Renda around it comes to Arden. So our dad made this? Strange, but Kai that doesn't explain the Kilame part.I looked closer at the paper. Hey Mel. What? Um well lets go on a whim here, if you switch Kilame around it could put Kai and Mel together. But the poem doesn't make any damn sense! Well you know how bodies decay overtime? It could be saying that if we're not dead. Hm. I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. "AH!" I jumped up and hit my head on something. Or someone.
"Gah what the hell Kaiden?" I rubbed my head and saw Ed rubbing his chin.
"Oh hi, Ed." I said plainly. "Don't scare me like that!" he laughed.
"Well I didn't expect that to be considered scary all I did was touch you. Ow!" I punched him. He looked down to see what I was holding. "Did you figure anything out?" Well we about did until you butted in. Mel! Its true.
"Yeah a little." I noticed that he had a spare leg on but no arm. I quirked a brow. "Eh I didn't wanna deal with it. I hate the nerves attaching. I nodded. Now back to the riddle no distractions! Mel wheres your body anyways? No idea I'm just stuck in your necklace... So that must mean your body is somewhere else. Hm. "Hey Ed I'm going to my house real quick. I might be gone for awhile but don't worry I just need to check something out." he nodded. What are you checking out? You'll see. No fair... I giggled and grabbed my belt and left the house, down the path, into the town, and onto the path where I live.
I walked into our house and ran upstairs to our parents' bedroom. You know we were never allowed in there I wonder why though.I shrugged and walked in and saw why they didn't want us in there. Our parents were Vampire Hunters.
Sooooo this took much more time then I thought it would. Sowwy! I got so freaking distracted! I'm listening to Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus right now. Have any of you ever heard of that song its really good. Oh and my friend thought of a new song for Kai and Mel. Crap I forgot what it was called hold on! ~texts friend~...Okay! Its called Little Voice by Hilary Duff. Anyways review! I hope my mom picks some sugar up in the morning we ran out and I'll need some coffee I think I'm staying up all night...again...for you guys! Dontchu just feel special? XD Well I think ill leave now...byez! Oh and I need to thank my reviewers! Oh gosh I just feel terrible now that I read them. You see my phone must not send me all my reviews...stupid smart phone. I keep forgetting to thank you guys IM SO SOWWY! So Thank you to:
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