RoyxEd Twists Chapter Five

Twists Chapter 5.

　

Roy stepped into the crowd gathered on the parade ground.

"Excuse me, get out of the way."

He pushed through until he came into the open space in the middle.

'Damnit, why the hell are there so many people watching...Oh and of course they are watching too...'

He looked across the space and there was a large white tent, there were twelve men siting underneath it. They, of course, were the group of men that had ordered the surprise assessment in the first place. They were the twelve members of the government's 'Committee', basically they have been the leaders of the government since...well, the whole Fuhrer Bradley situation.

Roy's eyes followed the line of over-dressed men and directed his attention to the one in the middle.

A large man, he was head of the Committee, General Usagi. He was a smart man, and a compassionate one, definitely fit to lead a country, which is why Roy hated him. Usagi's popularity made Roy's goal of becoming leader of Amestris more challenging

'Bastard...did this on purpose...but' Roy smiled.

'No way is there anyone he could have picked that could beat me.'

He walked the rest of the way over to the tent, and stood infront of Usagi.

"General, thankyou for choosing me, it is an honor" He calmly said, saluting the general.

Usagi stood up and placed his hand on Roy's shoulder.

"Colonel, no need to be so formal, just give us a good show...your opponent is very skilled." The general was smug, too confident for his own good. The bastard may be a nice guy, but he didn't like Roy's openness about his goals.

"Who, may I ask, general is my opponent?" The fact that Usagi had been smirking the entire time gave away that the person he'd picked was indeed very skilled.

He patted Roy's shoulder, "Oh, you'll find out soon Mustang, he's quite good...so I can say you won't be bored...and from what I've heard...you have fought him before. "

'I've fought him before?...who the hell could it be....damnit...'

"Well Colonel, go take your place in the center over there, and we'll get this assessment started. Your opponent will be revealed in just a few minutes."

Roy nodded and turned to go towards the center of the fighting space.

'Damn fucking bastard...I can't wait until I replace you, that'll wipe that fucking grin off your face.'

He turned around and saw that Hughes was heading towards him, holding a microphone.

"Yo! Roy! you ready?"

Roy rolled his eyes.

"I'm always ready to kick anyone's ass, especially someone who thinks they can take me on so easily." He smiled, confident he would win.

"You still don't know who your fighting? Interesting...." Hughes frowned for a minute, and then turned to the crowd, and quickly whispered.

"Careful Roy...don't get to confident with this one...your not going to like Usagi's choice..."

He raised his hand and pointed at Roy.

"Ladies and Gentleman! Welcome to the Surprise Battle Assessment, Usually an audience wouldn't be permitted but in this case, the Committee has allowed it!."

The crowd roared with anticipation.

Roy looked around, and saw the audiences raw excitement building.

'Animals...'

Hughes continued..."AND NOW!...introducing, The Flame Alchemist, and hero of the eastern rebellion! COLONEL ROY MUSTANG! Give it up!"

Roy looked at Hughes...where had he heard those same exact word's spoken before?

"Damnit Hughes get on with it, whose my opponent?"

Hughes smiled and the gave Roy a wink.

He turned his finger towards the red tent beside the white one.

"AND NOW, introducing the Flame's reveled opponent...."

The tent opened, and a figure walked out, hand resting on their hip, and an ever familiar grin on his face.

"The FULL METAL ALCHEMIST, and living legend of the people! EDWARD ELRIC!"

Roy took a step back...his opponent...was Ed? Of Course.

He'd had a battle assessment with Ed once before, under different circumstances though.

Hughes new. He had too, Roy now remembered that he'd said almost the same exact introductions all those years ago.

He sent a harsh glare to Hughes back, he was so going to get it later.

"So Colonel..."

Without even noticing Ed had walked over and stood directly infront of Roy.

"Ed..."

"Whats wrong? Don't look so surprised, I thought'd be fun if we were opponents again."

Ed smiled.

"Wait...you ASKED to be my opponent?...But...why..."

Ed had probably heard the shock and hurt that filled Roy's voice.

Not to mention the utter confusion that had written itself all over the colonel's face.

"Colonel...what's with the face, you've never backed down from a challenge before, this is...well it should be fun!"

Roy looked down, Ed looked totally excited.

'He actually wants to fight me. But....' He didn't know exactly why but he couldn't.

"Edwa...FullMetal...I can't fight you...."

Ed's eyes shot up to the colonel's with surprise.

"What do you mean you can't fight me?"

"Well...uh...I...I just can't!"

"Is this because of last night?...Ugh...just because I was sick then, doesn't mean anything, I'm fine! No need to feel guilty or anything!"

Ed smiled.

Was he really that stupid? That was definitely not the reason for the colonel's hesitation.

Not that Roy new tha either.

"You...really want to do this..."

Ed laughed.

"Yes. Don't worry about all these people watching or anything, and I promise, I am feeling great, and besides....I don't plan on loosing to you this time!"

Roy blinked.

"Well....If that what you want...then I guess I'll have to oblige" He gave his signature confident smile and lifted his fingers into a snap-ready position.

"That's more like it colonel."

"And Ed. Don't think I'm going to lose."

He snapped, and a shot of flame ignited.

Roy decided he might aswell have some fun, and maybe re-educate Ed in the art of fighting.

Ed rolled back, but quickly pulled himself up.

This was almost exactly like last time.

'Well...lets see if he remembers what happened last time"

"Colonel! That was a dirty trick!"

'Yup, just like last time'

He smirked.

"A soldier favors haste over cleverness...That means there are no cheap shots, Edward"

He moved forward quickly, noticing that Ed had already started to back off into the crowd.

"Damnit colonel!"

Ed clapped his hands and smacked the against the ground.

A cloud of smoke rose. Hiding Ed within it's confines.

'Kids, starting to think...but..'

He heard Ed's uneven footsteps at his side.

"I got you now bastard!"

*snap*

Flames combusted, blocking Edward's kick, and allowing Roy to dodge.

He snapped again, this time using the bright flames as a counterattack.

"Strike quickly and you'll end it quickly too."

He approached Ed's shadowed figure, only hidden within the thin layer of smoke that remained.

"Wow FullMetal, this fight hasn't lasted half aslong as our other one..."

He got to the crouching figure, only to realize it wasn't Ed, but some stupid statue with a tongue hanging out.

"Damnit!"

He quickly turned only to be welcomed by a hard kick to the stomach.

"Now what were you saying colonel? I couldn't quite hear you?"

Ed stood over him, smiling at his triumph.

Roy got on one knee, and snapped.

Flames shot sharply out at Ed's torso, burning the front of his shirt.

Roy may have been fighting, but he wasn't actually going to burn Ed.

Atleast not his body anyway.

"Ah! Damnit!"

Ed jumped back and tore the burnt shirt away.

Roy smirked.

Ed looked at him, glaring.

"Well, sorry to disappoint you colonel but there's no way your going to win if you can't actually hit me, if your goal's to strip me, then I guess your winning."

He flipped back even more and clapped his hands together. Preparing for his next transmutation.

Roy felt his face warm. 'Strip..him....'

He shook the thought away and looked at Ed.

"What's wrong colonel?"

He pressed his hands to the ground and immediately rose off the ground, balancing himself on a huge cannon.

"Since we're reminiscing about old fights I'd thought I would bring out an old friend. This thing look familiar?"

Roy laughed. "Yeah looks like the same thing I blew you off of last time."

He snapped, and the large cannon was blown apart, flinging Ed into the air.

"Sorry FullMetal, your going to have to do better than that."

He stepped forward and saw that Ed was running into the crowd.

"Wow Ed, Deja Vu?"

Their fight now definitely brought back memories of the old one.

Roy looked at the crowd, and quickly remembered how he'd gotten Ed to come out last time.

"I guess I can't torch you all..." He looked around and quickly found the spot where people were being shoved out of the way, he could just bypass the phrase he was about to use, but what fun would that be?

"This is hard....he's such a small target."

He got results right away.

Ed popped up out of the crowd.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL YOU COULDN'T SEE HIM IN A CROWD OF MIDGETS!?!?!"

'Well...that's not the response I got last time.'

He snapped his fingers, aiming at the section Ed had popped out of.

"If your opponent is of polaric temper....seek to irritate...and.."

He was enjoying this a little to much.

"Never fall for an enemies taunts."

Ed fell, but pulled himself quickly.

"Damnit Mustang...."

He clapped once again.

"Edward, you may be 18...but your temper is all the same as it was last time."

"Shutup! and EAT THIS!"

Ed transmuted his automail into its signature blade.

He bolted in Roy's direction, and swiped at Roy's glove.

"Damnit!"

"Sorry colonel, this may be a different fight, but your weakness is all the same. You still need your glove to attack...and.."

Roy took his other hand out. It too, had a flint glove covering it.

"Really now Edward? Your telling me you didn't remember this?"

He snapped.

'Exactly like last time, I'm not going to lose.'

He stepped forward, hearing Ed shuffling to his feet.

'Only this time, don't expect me to stop because of old memories...'

He saw Ed rise...his hair was undone from its braid, and it lazily fell over his shoulders.

Ed quickly turned and faced the colonel.

"Just finish it already..."

"Oh don't worry I plan on it" He blinked and raised his glove.

But before he could snap, Ed ran into him and pushed him to the ground.

Roy was expecting to have an automail blade pointing into his chest but...

Ed was lying on top of him, and Roy could feel his legs spread apart, so the Roy's were between them.

'What the..'

He felt Ed press his hips against his own.

"Now....colonel..."

Ed crawled up further, hips still hugging Roy's.

Roy closed his eyes, what the hell was Ed doing.

He felt a hot breathe next to his ear.

"Come-on Colonel....attack..it would be.."

Ed finger traced a gentle line down the muscle of Roy's neck.

"So...easy to win."

Roy tried ignore the warm feeling engulfing him.

Ed felt Roy shuffling, and lowered his hips against Roy's groin harder.

Roy moaned. That move quickly halted any attempt at getting away.

They were both hidden in the mix of the rubble, so no-one could see them, and they couldn't see anyone, but Roy heard footsteps, probably Usagi coming to end the fight before anything else got destroyed.

"Now what was it you said to me at the end of our last fight?" Ed pulled himself off of the colonel, and grabbed Roy's hand to pull him up.

They could see the group of twelve coming towards them now.

Roy looked at Ed's eyes, they were filled with knowing...and something darker...

'Ed...do you...'

Ed leaned in and whispered words that Roy had spoken to him years before...

"All war is deception...Think your enemy has a weakness...and it becomes your strength...don't you remember that...colonel..."

Roy face turned a bright red.

He looked down at the blond. He knew.





~Chapter 6 coming soon to a theater near you~