Full Metal Alchemist Fanfiction

Full Metal Alchemist © HIROMU ARAKAWA/SQUARE ENIX, MBS, ANX, BONES, Dentsu, CARTOON NETWORK (A Time Warner Company), ADULT SWIM, FUNimation Productions, Ltd.

All Fanfics created by Chiruken (me) were written for the sole purpose of shared entertainment and not intended for publication or sale.

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Story Summary: Life is a series of disappointments, followed by death…and interspersed with laughably ridiculous events leading to increasingly impossible situations. Then again, there IS something worse than death, isn't there? Just ask Ed. Envy x Ed

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Chapter Summary: The amused expression abruptly left the homunculus' face. Without pause, he grabbed the State Alchemist's auto-mail arm, ignoring the way the blade cut into his flesh and twisted, yanking the smaller young man off balance before lifting him completely off the stone floor with seemingly no effort at all.

This chapter rated: PG-13 for violence

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WARNINGS:

This fic may or may not contain spoilers for the entire series including, but not restricted to, Episodes 1 through 51 as well as the Special "Reflections". Random elements from the manga may or may not appear. The majority of this fic is based solely on the fansubs with occasional references to the North American dub.

The following fic contains lemon, lime, grapefruit and kumquat elements. In other words, citrus content is a major part of this fic.

The following fic may contain shonen-ai and yaoi elements. If you are offended by references to such things, do not proceed.

Characters may appear randomly OOC. Established series facts may appear skewed, distorted or otherwise altered.

Mature content, language, situations, etc. are interspersed throughout this fic. If you don't like, don't read. If you're under the age of majority in your area, don't read. If you're easily offended by random WAFF and/or smut, don't read.

Typos, spelling errors (and/or alternate word spellings), grammatical errors, etc. may or may not appear.

Constructive Criticism is welcome, Flames are not.

Thank you for reading.

Chiruken

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-- The Pact --

By: Chiruken

Chapter 1

"Come into my parlour…" Envy smirked with an odd glint in his unusually coloured eyes as he dropped to the ground from his perch in the shadowed recesses of the stone archway. Slowly he straightened to his full height, casually running his fingers through his long, dark hair as he smirked down at Edward Elric, amused by the comical look of surprise twisting his youthful features into a frown. "Hey Chibi-san!" He grinned widely as the alchemist scowled, face reddening in anger at the hateful and familiar insulting sing-song greeting.

Ed growled, hands clenching into fists at his sides. "Don't call me that." He gritted out through clenched teeth, golden eyes sparking with barely contained fury.

The homunculus leaned closer, lips still curved upwards, eyes flashing with mischievous delight when the young man shivered at the feel of his breath against the sensitive shell of his ear. He lifted one hand and gently stroked his fingers against Ed's cheek. "You're so adorable when you get angry…" He leaped back quickly, out of reach of the transmuted auto-mail. "Ah-ah-ah, Chibi-san…be careful with that thing." His grin widened as he easily sidestepped the angry swipes being directed at him. "You could hurt someone with that."

"That's the idea." He snarled in frustration as Envy continued to dodge his attacks with seeming ease, the hateful expression of amused indulgence never leaving his face. "Stop hopping around like a God dammed jackrabbit!"

"And what? Let you gut me?" He snorted delicately. "I don't think so, Chibi-san."

"What's the matter, Envy?" The young alchemist's lips twisted into a parody of a smile. "It isn't like you'll stay dead, right?"

"That isn't the point." He tossed his head with a sniff of annoyance. "It'll make a mess, what with having my insides spread all over on the outside." He executed a neat back flip to avoid a particularly vicious thrust from the auto-mail blade. "Besides, it'd hurt like hell."

"And you don't like pain." It wasn't a question and Envy didn't feel it necessary to acknowledge it as such. "What's the matter, Envy? Can't handle a little bobo?"

The amused expression abruptly left the homunculus' face. "Watch it, Full Metal Pipsqueak…or I might forget that I'm trying to be friendly here." Ed's only reply was a derisive snort as he pressed his attack and nicked Envy with the transmuted blade, drawing a thin line of blood across his exposed stomach. Amethyst eyes narrowed as a snarl curled his lips, rage replacing his earlier affected good cheer. Without pause, he grabbed the State Alchemist's auto-mail arm, ignoring the way the blade cut into his flesh and twisted, yanking the smaller young man off balance before lifting him completely off the stone floor with seemingly no effort at all. Ignoring the sharp cry of pain, he threw Ed's smaller form across the room. His expression twisted with an angry scowl as the younger man literally flew across the room to smack into the wall shoulder first with a sickening crunch, auto-mail arm leaving sparks as he slid to the floor.

Ed groaned and groggily shook his head to clear his vision of the blurred stars dancing before his eyes as he watched the homunculus' slow, stalking approach. He tried to move his right arm into a defensive position, golden eyes widening in shock when the mechanisms held within the auto-mail whirred and groaned with protest, the response of the machinery sluggish and too slow to do him any good. "Oh crap!" He scrambled out of the way as a fist descended, smashing into the wall where his head had been moments before, the stone cracking and dust raining down. He propelled himself backwards as fast as he could move, using only his left arm and legs for movement as he struggled to get his auto-mail to respond to his demands. "Crap! Crap! Crap!" Envy wasn't letting up, following after him with his inhuman strength, slamming his fist repeatedly into the floor and leaving small craters as he narrowly missed the frantically fleeing alchemist.

"What's the matter, Edward?" He asked through gritted teeth, his tone strained with the effort to reel in his flaring temper. "Don't wanna play any more?" He leaped forward, pouncing on the small man to pin him to the floor beneath him. "Aw, you hurt my feelings when you're like this." He wrapped his fingers around the nearly useless auto-mail and forced the arm above Ed's head, holding it down with laughable ease. "And we were just getting started." He bared his teeth in a feral grin as he wrapped the fingers of his free hand around the younger man's throat, slowly squeezing. He leaned down, staring intently into Ed's wide, frantic eyes, ignoring his feeble struggles against his superior strength. "You really ought to learn to…" He tightened his grip for emphasis. "Not…" He banged the smaller man's head against the unforgiving stone floor. "Piss…" He repeated the motion, hard enough to punctuate his words, yet light enough to not give him a concussion. "Me…" He released him abruptly and stood, pushing his hair out of his face. "Off." He finished, visibly forcing himself to calmness as he smoothed his hands over his clothing.

Ed rolled to the side, gasping to draw breath into his lungs, left hand rubbing against his bruised throat gingerly. He had no doubt that Envy could've killed him, snapped his neck with no effort at all. The question that remained, however, was why hadn't he? His shoulders slumped and he rested his forehead against the cool roughness of the floor. The entire situation made no sense. Starting with the odd cryptic letter he'd received earlier that day and ending with the even stranger behaviour Envy was displaying when he'd first arrived. Nothing was adding up in his mind and he didn't like it. Puzzles were meant to be solved and this puzzle just wasn't clicking into place like it should. Slowly he turned his head and studied the homunculus staring down at him with a calm expression once again. "Wh---" He coughed as the sound emerged as a croak and cleared his throat to try again. "What do you want?"

"I was wondering when you'd get curious enough to ask." Envy crouched down beside Ed and smiled, an almost wistful twist to his lips. "What I want, Chibi-san…" He reached out and smoothed his hand over the golden hair in a strangely tender gesture. "Is to make a deal."

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To Be Continued…

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Author's Notes:

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