Tsumibito kara Neru

What is a soul?


A question everyone runs into sooner or later. Not everyone wants to know...or they can't understand the complexity that makes up the intervening data, memory, and persona. The belief of data in the light of the persona. The memory that is made by the brain transfers only important events into the nucleus. This nucleus forms the persona, the spirit...the soul.

Homunculi do not have a soul, nor can they hold a conscience. They never regret what they do, nor do they care what other's feel. A mental block that keeps them immortal holds their feelings. This theory holds significance against those who call themselves "Tsumis". If one were to communicate with these creatures, that one would surely not live to tell others.


Soul Alchemy 101


Chapter Seven: Reikon


Edward looked on at the endless darkness. It was this way when Yami was awake, he'd see flashes of light now and again, but that was it. It reminded him that he was dead, that he shouldn't be living. But he did live; every night when Yami felt tired or couldn't bare the real world. Which kept getting frequently longer. Ed sighed and looked around in the darkness, then saw a figure walking to him. A teen with blonde hair and purple-gold eyes. "I'm sorry.” the boy said. Ed smiled. "It's okay, Yami. I don't mind taking over. It's Envy we have to worry about." He saw the boy visibly shake where he stood. "You don't have to fear him. He enjoys that. Trust me."


Ed started to walk to a portal of light that appeared. "Edward, When can we be one again?" Yami looked at the other. Edward sighed and shrugged, "Soon I guess. It's all up to the gate." Yami nodded and sat down in the darkness. He likes this darkness unlike me. I hate it. Edward thought as he awoke in a bed, not just any bed, Roy's bed. Edward blushed. Again he sleeps in Roy's bed. What the hell is he playing at? He felt the body next to his move and he quickly pretended to be asleep. "Ed, I know you’re awake. I asked Yami if he knew you were with him." Roy said as he held the smaller male to him.


Edward opened his eyes and looked up into his lover's eyes. "What do you want?" He saw Roy smile sadly. "I want you to tell me what's going on. Why are you inside of a homunculus that looks so much like you? Did Alphonse Succeed?" Edward felt a tinge of sadness wash over him at the mention of his brother. "Al, Kind of succeeded.... it’s just finishing itself off. The gate didn't plan for me to die... well at that point. The gate let me come back within my homunculus. Slowly over the months, this body is turning human. " Edward said as Roy held him. "Yami is scared of Envy for very good reasons. That might get in our way."


Roy sat up in his bed and looked out of the window. "Envy.... So he still is alive." Roy heard something grumble and looked down at Ed's stomach. "Umm. Do you want something to eat?" Edward gave him a smile. "Sure, I guess Yami doesn't understand starvation." Edward slipped out of the bed and stretched. "So what is it like when Yami's in control?" Roy asked as he put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Edward walked to the door and gave Roy a weak smile. "It's dark and cold. Sometimes there is light, but not always. " Roy frowned and followed Edward down the stairs into the kitchen. "Let me cook." Edward said taking out the frying pan and setting it on the stove.


Roy watched as Edward cooked. "Where did you learn to cook!?" Roy asked after it was finished. Edward chewed his own food and swallowed. "Mom. She taught me. Al was playing with Winry more at the time so I guess got jealous and went to mom. She said that cooking was a stress reliever." Edward smiled fondly. "She was right, it is. It came in handy when she died. Al didn't know how, so I did most of the cooking. Well all of it. " Roy smiled as he watched Edward eat, carefully eating his own plate at the same time.

"So was Yami getting lessons from you?" Roy asked as he finished off his breakfast/launch. Edward let out a laugh and nodded. "Yeah, He was asking me what your favorite breakfast was. He thought he pissed you off. " Edward sighed and combed through a section of his hair with his hands untangling it. "Yami's the unsure part of me, hell he has more mood swings when we're torn apart." Roy blinked and looked questionably at Edward. "Torn apart?" Edward nodded. " I wasn't really unsure after at I got Al's body back. That part died and came back as soon as I died. "

"Yami can't wait, He likes the darkness that I rest in when he's "awake". " Edward leaned back in the kitchen chair, empty plate on the table in front of him. "Seemingly he doesn't want to come out at all today. What did you say to him?" Edward smirked and raised an eyebrow. Edward heard sounds on the roof but didn't alert Roy. "Shouldn't you get going?" Edward asked Roy as he looked at the roof. Roy nodded and went to get dressed in his uniform. Edward slipped out of the second story window and crawled up onto the roof. He looked over the roof and saw Wrath. "Ikari, what are you doing here?" Edward growled as he stood on the roof.


At the side of his eye he watched Roy leave. He sighed and looked fully at Wrath. "Senbo-nii-san is really pissed at you, Yami-Nii-san." Edward frowned and closed his eyes. Damn it, Yami, Come on! Edward reopened his eyes and glared at Wrath. "Ikari-san, why should I care about Senbo-baka? It's his own fault that he's pissed, not mine. Tell him to go to hell." Edward said and jumped down from the roof and into a near by window of Roy's house. He quickly brushed and braided his hair. He got dressed and ran out of the house, being watched by Wrath who glared at the older boy with hate.


Edward yawned widely as he laid on the roof. He couldn't quite feel the Sun’s heat against his skin but he felt relaxingly warm. So bored... Edward turned onto his back, arms spread on each side. "Bbbbboooooorrrrrreeeeedddddddd....” He moaned and closed his eyes against the sun. I wonder...since I have a homunculus’ body, do I get sunburn? Edward yawned once again and quickly jumped onto his feet as the roof door creaked open. He hopped on to the roof that covered the opening that opened onto the roof. "Do you see him, sir?" A stuttered voice of Fury cried out.


Edward smirked as he watched as Jean Havoc and Cain Fury sneaked onto the roof. Edward felt like giggling at the two full-grown men that were scared of being caught by him. "No, I don't see him." Havoc answered as he looked around. "I saw him following Shokan Mustang-san and he's usually up here during the working hours...sir." Fury pushed his overly large glasses back up the bridge of his nose when they slightly slipped. Ed saw Havoc smirk as he watched Fury blush for no apparent reason.


Edward gave a Cheshire Cat smile and quietly sneaked down the wall and into the building, closing and locking the door after him. He heard several shouts from behind the door. "Damn you!" He heard and started laughing. "Think of it as a chance to bond!" Edward yelled from behind the door and started walking down the stairs. He stretched as he walked into the hallway and smirked.


"Well boredom is cured for now” Edward muttered as he turned the corner and saw the new Furher walking up the hall. Oh shit.... Edward crept into an empty storage closet. "I could have sworn I saw someone over here." The Furher said as he stopped right in front of the closet that Edward was hidden in. "Sir, there is no one here. About those papers, sir, the reports of seeing Homunculus on the property, sir. " Edward heard the man sigh. "I doubt they are truthful. Burn them. The Homunculus know better then to come around here now days. If not, we know how to kill them. "


Edward narrowed his eyes and leans against the door to hear better. "We learned from Edward Elric's notes. It was easy to up hand the notes since both Elric brother's are dead. Whoever knew that the younger one would kill himself by doing the same mistakes he did as a child? Ha. It's probably for the best since we convinced that dumb ass homunculus to kill the elder one." Edward felt hatred build in his chest as the Furher began to walk away. How in the hell did he get Envy to kill me? Edward thought as he carefully sneaked out of the closet. Well this fucks up my happy little day....


Reikon- Soul