Somewhat Human (Fullmetal Alchemist)

33: Battle on the Rooftops

Walking out of the book shop Edward might have went rouge, his plan was originally to buy a book on automail but he ended up buying books about automail, plus they had books on things other then automail so he bought some for him and Alphonse, and there was a sale so he needed to take advantage of it of course.

Questionable money spending choices aside Edward looks around for (Y/n) and Alphonse but they weren't anywhere to be seen, " Maybe they went further down." He told himself, after throwing his drink away Edward continued down the street, as he does a flash of yellow comes barreling down the street and knocks Edward down.

" Hey! Watch where you're going!" Edward yelled, picking up some of the books that fell out of his bag. Ling turned around and helped Edward up, " Sorry about that! Here take a stew packet for your troubles! They're imported from Xing!" Edward takes the stew packet and recognizes them, they didn't come from Xing nor were they imported from anywhere.

Knowing who gave those stew packets to him Edward calls out to Ling but he was already continuing his fast strides down the street. Patting himself down Edward grabs one of the leftover vine seeds from the Greed fight and wrapped the vine around Ling's torso and he fell backward, landing on his rear.

Running up to Ling who was surprised by the use of alchemy Edward holds the stew packet in front of him, " I need to know where the person who gave you this is now." Ling hums, pretending to be deep in thought before smiling, " You know the people who gave me those?" He asks genuinely curious, Edward throws the packet in his bag of books and nods, " Yeah, I left to do something else and now I'm looking for them."

Ling folds his arms and smiles, " Well luckily for you I do know where they went!" Edward thanks Ling and waits for him to tell where they were, "Your friends are up there!" Ling points to the rooftops and Edward blinks, "Why are they-" Edward is cut off by the sounds of crashing, clanging, and more recognizably, the sounds of alchemy.

" I swear- Please don't tell me that's them."

" That's them!"

" What the hell are they doing?!"

" My guards are chasing after them."

The comment was said so casually Edward had to do a double take, " What?! Why are your guards after them?!" Ling sighs dramatically, recalling the memory, " We made a promise that if I tell them my story they'll tell me about the Philosopher Stone! But they ran away!" Edward freezes at the mention of the Philosopher Stone and gives Ling an unreadable look.

" The Philosopher Stone? That thing is a myth at best." Ling looks surprised at Edward's wording and smiles slowly, " You're not the first one to say that today." Edward tightens his hold on the vine that was still wrapped around Ling, " Oh really?" Ling nods, " Tell you what, if you tell me about the Philosopher Stone I'll tell my guards to stand down."

Edward releases Ling from the vine and looks up at the rooftops, " Nah, I'll take a more hands on approach." With that Edward runs, using the momentum to use the vine and swing himself onto the rooftops before running to the source of all the noise, his bag of books still in hand. Ling watches Edward run away and sighs, " These people really can't sit still!"

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Alphonse and (Y/n) had to split up unwillingly and were fighting the guards, currently (Y/n) was fighting the younger one, "I'm just saying, maybe if you didn't hold us at knifepoint we'd be more inclined to tell you about the stone!" (Y/n) tells, wrapping a vine around the guard's leg and pulling it, causing her to fall harshly on her back.