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Time's Scar	By : RotSeele Category: Fullmetal Alchemist > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 828 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Time's Scar
- 2-Two
- 3-Three
- 4-Four
- 5-Five
- 6-Six
- 7-Seven
- 8-Eight
- 9-Nine
- 10-Ten
- 11-Eleven
- 12-Twelve
- 13-Thirteen
- 14-Fourteen
- 15-Fifteen
- 16-Sixteen
- 17-Seventeen
- 18-Eighteen
- 19-Epilogue
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Thirteen
If the younger Elrics were surprised that he and Mustang were still in the apartment, they didn't show it. After returning from Central HQ with Roy, Edward and Alphonse had told Elric what had transpired at the debriefing and what the government wanted done now. Roy had stayed behind in order to try and buy them some time so they could figure out how to catch Olivier and rescue the older Alphonse from the Académie. The plan they had come up with was half-assed at best, but it was something they had agreed upon. After they'd called the small meeting over, Elric had gotten up and stalked out of the kitchen, heading into the little den room that was hidden near the back of the apartment and offered a view of the alley behind the building.
After a moment, Ed followed his older self, finding it both unnerving and exhilarating that he was standing in the same room as himself, just his other self was four years older and a killer.
"So, uh," Ed began, unsure of how to broach the subject of what he wanted to ask.
Elric looked at him. "What is it?"
"It's kind of embarrassing."
"I'm not telling you what's happened to me in my timeline or telling you what might possibly lay in your future."
"It's not that. I mean, that'd be kind of cool, especially if you could tell us where to find a Philosopher's Stone." Ed trailed off as he saw his own golden glare turned on him. Recovering, he then asked, "So what's with you and Mustang?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I mean. He wouldn't leave your side the entire time you were unconscious, and he certainly didn't seem like he was willing to let any one of us, the Colonel especially, near you."
Elric gave a soft laugh. "He always was a jealous bastard."
"What do you mean?"
Elric just looked at his younger self. "You're not that dense, Ed. Figure it out."
Edward just stared at Elric. Then his golden eyes went wide. "You...! You two aren't...!"
Elric smiled and the expression seemed almost gleeful. "We are."
"But that... that's disgusting! I'd never... with him! Why? Why? With him, seriously? How could you do that?"
"Do I really need to explain why? It's one of those things you can't explain, and if you tried, your head would probably explode."
Ed continued to gape. "But... how?"
"How do we do it, or how did we get in the relationship on the first place?"
"Both."
"When Al was taken and I made it back to Mustang, I asked him for his help in getting my brother back. One thing led to another and now we're together. Remember how I said our experiences differ? Here's an example. As for the other matter," Elric smiled, "think circle peg in circle hole theory."
Ed's face turned bright red. "You actually like that?"
"Don't knock it till you try it. I won't bore you with the details, but Mustang's pretty attentive."
Ed turned even brighter red and hurried out of the room, nearly bumping into Mustang as he went. The one-eyed man watched the small blond go, and then looked toward Elric. "What'd you do to him? I thought I was the only one who could make you look that way."
Elric just shrugged. "What do you want?"
"Besides spending some time with you before we go rescue your brother? Only to make sure we have a way of getting home when we're done here."
"We'll get home the same way we got here."
"And what about..." He gestured to the outside rooms.
Elric canted his head to the side and wrapped his arms around his chest. "That might take some doing."
"Biological alchemy, you mean."
Elric nodded. Mustang slowly came closer and wrapped his arms around Elric, pulling him close and resting his cheek against soft blonde hair. Elric leg out a sigh. "That was Alphonse's specialty." He said softly. "He could figure out exactly what to do as far as the body and mind went. He'd be the one who could do that."
"Which means our getting home hinges on getting him back."
"More or less."
Mustang nodded. "I could tell you don't like this plan so much."
"It's a stupid plan, but it's our only plan."
"Do you think it'll work?"
"I can only hope."
Mustang shifted to look Elric in the eyes. "We're going to get him back, and then we're going to go home."
Elric smiled. Then he leaned up and kissed Mustang on the lips. "Of course we are."
"And then you and I are going to have a long talk."
"About what? And if you say babies I'm going to deck you."
Mustang laughed. "No. Not babies. Just what our future is going to be."
Elric tilted his head to the side and smiled a little. "All right. Fine. We'll talk. Until then, I just need you to back me up and watch my back. Olivier isn't going to let Alphonse go without a fight."
"When my other self gets back, we'll tell him the plan and then we'll get started. I want to get this over with."
Elric's smile didn't quite reach his eyes. "I'd like to get this over with. I want Al back. I want to go home. I want to see everyone again, and I want to finally live in some relative peace and quiet."
"You're the Fullmetal Alchemist, Hohenheim's son, and my boyfriend. 'Peace and quiet' isn't even in your vocabulary anymore."
Elric laughed softly. "I'll remind you of that the next time someone shows up at our doorstep asking for the Flame Alchemist."
Mustang smiled a little. He hugged Elric tighter. "Have you figured out how to play off your kills?"
"Three people will know the truth in the end. I think the two of us have already spilled our share of blood and we can live with that. I don't think Alphonse will have too much of a problem with it, but I know him. He wouldn't have wanted me to do what I did. But there's no going back now."
"I know. Are you going to be okay?"
Elric nodded instead of answering. There was no going back, no turning back time. If I could bring those people back, I would, but we all know what happens when someone does that."
Mustang grimaced. "Yeah, we do."
"So we'll move forward and try to live our lives the best we can." Elric leaned up to kiss Mustang again. "And if Alphonse has the urge to hit me, I guess I'll have to let him hit me."
"You sure are a masochist."
"I get that from my father."
Mustang chuckled but he didn't say much after that. They just stood there, together and in silence, waiting for Roy to come back.
The hours passed too slowly for some, and too quickly for others. And when Roy returned to the apartment, he gave Ed a strange look when the boy looked at him, turned bright red, and quickly looked away. Shrugging it off, he listened to the plan the four had come up with, then frowned slightly.
"Do you think it'll work?" Roy asked as he looked at Elric.
The blonde shrugged. "Only one way find out."
Roy nodded. "Let's get started then."
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