Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ The Spirit of Alchemy ❯ I Have A Confession : The Revelation ( Chapter 13 )

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"Hey, Michi?"

"Yeah?"

"Now it's my turn. I have something to show you too."

"Huh? What is it?"

"C'mon!!" Ed said, grabbing onto her hand. She didn't protest. She was too preoccupied with the feeling inside of her when he touched her hand.....

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Ed had been pulling Michi along for what felt like hours now. It no longer gave Michi a weird feeling holding his hand, but she didn't feel tired in the slightest. Instead, she felt merely contented.

"We're almost there. Are you tired?"

Michi blinked, and realized that they must've been walking for a long time. It was night time now, and Ed was speaking very softly, almost as if he didn't want to disturb anyone.

"Where are we going?"

"Going? We've just been going in a circle for a while. We're not that far from where we're going now, see?" He pointed ahead, and Michi saw pinpricks of light in the distance.

"Wh-what is that?"

Ed smirked, but his smirk didn't seem as tough-guy like. It seemed more.. confident, and gentle. "You'll see.." He pulled her along, and the lights got closer. Eventually, they came to a clearing, where there was a table, soft music, and paper lamps hanging from the trees.

"This is where we were going," Ed breathed. He looked around. "Hm, it looks better in the dark."

"D-does it?" Michi asked, suddenly very nervous.

"I think so. Now, Michi......"

She gasped quietly, and stared into his eyes. "Y-yes..?"

"Do you want to dance?" He held out his hand, waiting for an answer.

"N-n....." Michi started, and turned as if to leave, but then heard part of a song. 'Isn't that Ironic?' she couldn't help but think.

"Y-yes....." She said, turning back around. She caught Ed's face shift from hurt and disappointed into happy and pleased. She blinked. 'Did he really want me to dance with him that much? Oh well, life's too short for all of this, I wanna have fun!' Michi reached for Ed's outstretched hand, and he pulled her closer, very quickly. She bit her lip to keep from yelping in surprise. He seemed very different than he did in front of everyone else...

As they revolved slowly on spot, Michi, instinctively almost, burried her head into Ed's shoulder, leaning against him. He tensed for a split second, and his eyes widened, not that Michi could see it. Looking down at her, he slowly smiled. Even though they were technically on a 'date', there was no way he was going to let her know that he was enjoying her touch that much. He decided he was glad she couldn't see his smile. She picked up her head, almost as if reading his thoughts, and stared into his eyes.

Michi's eyes widened, and her mouth formed an o. Slowly, it melted into a smile. He really seems so different...... Those eyes.. They held passion, and tenderness, caring...
Michi picked her head up once again. She was looking straight into Ed's eyes, and he looking back into hers. They both stood there, as if frozen by time. Only the song continued on.
"Michi?"
"Y-y es?"
"I...I......" Ed smiled, but looked at a loss for words. Michi smiled back, and waited. "Don't worry, Ed. Just take a deep breath, and say whatever it is. I won't be mad, I promise." Ed looked reassured, and opened his mouth to speak...


...And instead, placed his mouth onto hers. Michi's mouth opened in shock, and she quickly closed it, lest Ed take that the wrong way. Michi closed her eyes, and kissed back.

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I don't know where you're going
And I don't know why
Listen to your heart
Before...
You tell him goodbye..........
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As the song ended, so did their kiss, but their embrace did not. Mich and Ed stayed like that, embracing each other as if their lives depended on it. Michi was perfectly contented to stay like this forever.

"Michi?" Ed said finally, breaking the silence.

"Mm, yes Ed?"

"Let's not end up like the girl in that song, okay?"

"Huh?"

"Her song's all about lost love. I don't want us to be like that. Please, Michi."

Michi blinked, in shock. Ed took her over to the table, and sat down next to her, his grip on her hand suggesting that he wouldn't let go for the world.

"Don't worry Ed. We won't be like that. I promise."

Ed's smile brightened, and he leaned over the table......




Just as a voice called out.


"Well, I see that the Shrimp has a Shrimpette, now. That's a shame."

Michi turned to look towards the direction the voice came from. It sounded like.......

"Fletcher," Michi breathed.

"Yes...... And no."

"What?"

Fletcher smirked. Then, his body began to change. Michi gasped in shock.

"Damn it." Ed said beside her. "Great, our moment ruined by the walking Palm Tree."

"Hey! Shut up Shrimp!!"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING--" Ed fell silent as he saw what the person was doing. They were reaching out for Michi....... They had her...... Hostage!!

"Dear, my name is Envy. I'll give you a choice right now. Either you go with me, or you and that Pipsqueak both will die."

"Wh-wha?!" Michi asked, shocked.

"You heard me. Choose!!"

Michi's expression calmed down, her eyes narrowed and she just stared at Envy. "No. I will not choose you, no matter what."

Envy's smirk grew into a grin of insanity. "Then it will be my pleasure to kill you." His hand reached out for her neck, and before she could blink, she was being held high up in the air, being choked.

"Michi!!!" Edward shouted, clapping his hands together.

"Oh, no you don't Pipsqueak. If you so much as make a move to touch anything, I'll slice her pretty little neck open."

Ed stopped, and lowered his hands, growling. "Grrrrr............."

Envy laughed.

Michi was gasping for air. She noticed that Envy's attention wasn't focused completely on her, and she managed to clap her own hands together, and kick him...... Well, in a pretty sensitive area.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!" Envy shouted, clutching his lower region in pain.

Michi backflipped off of Envy, fell, landed on her feet, and touched the ground all in one swift move. Suddenly, a huge rock prision sprung up all around Envy, who was still on the ground in pain.

"Wh-wh... How?" Envy asked in a wheezy pain-filled voice.

"How do you think? You've heard of me. You know what I can do. You shouldn't have made me mad. I'm not a defenseless little girl." Michi took a step forward, then started to fall over.

"M-Michi!!" Ed said, running towards her to catch her. At the same time, Envy broke out of the 'cage' he was trapped in, running for Michi yet again.

"Oh, no you don't!!" Ed yelled, clapping his hands together yet again and touching the ground. Spikes shot up all over, impaling Envy and making it impossible for him to go anywhere else.

Envy glared, and winced in pain. "Grrrr..... I'll be back later, Elric," he said grinning, and hopped off backwards to be absorbed by the night.

Ed turned his attention back to Michi. "Michi!! Are you alright?!"

"I'm fine, Ed." She said unconvincingly.

Ed held her close. "I'm glad you are, Michi.."

"Hey, Ed?"

"Yeah?"

"..If this is the result of dating you, don't ever let me go out with you again!" she smiled to show her joke.

Ed laughed. "Well, I don't know. I think you can take care of yourself. But.... Geez, you wouldn't think that kick could have hurt him that much," he said.

"Yeah. I guess there were all sorts of surprises today, weren't there?"

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Woohoo!! This chapter I've been dying to write almost from the start of the story, but definately since the start of the "Confession" Chronicles, as I now refer to them as. The song is "Listen To Your Heart" by DHT, the slow version, and I only added it in as an afterthought. It sounded so pretty, but then when I listened more closely, it was so sad!! But I used that to my advantage, no? ^-~

Next time:

Chapter Fourteen: I'll Tell Her If It Kills Me