Mustang: The Road to Redemption

Chapter 33: Bond Broken

As Edward's metal right arm came into contact with Alex'a face, the boy was sent onto the ground as he received a bloody lip from the pubch of as well causing a bloody lip as Alex has been sent onto the ground.

Alex's thoughts were shoved out the door as now he only saw red.

He immediately got up and the two began to brawl all over the living room ignoring Akame's shouting and feeble attempts to break them up.

It was strange.

Alex fought back yet he had no clue why Ed was even attacking him in the first place all the while Ed had clear intent on his attack.

The two continued to trade blows, Alex especially getting the worst of it due to Edward's metal arm.

Alex punched Ed in the side of his face knocking him over the couch as he landed behind it.

Ed stood up and saw Alex move back and attempt to dive at him however Edward saw this coming as he grabbed Alex mid-dive and slammed him through the table, breaking it apart.

Alex yelped and groaned in pain as the two were gasping for air.

Ed felt as if he had taken control over the fight until Alex played dirty and landed a low blow, hitting Edward beneath the belt.

Ed groaned in pain as he fell onto his knees as Alex immediately got up and out of pure rage grabbed a wooden chair and smashed it over Edward's head, breaking it into pieces.

Both boys were a bruised and bloody mess as Ed struggled to get up after both the low blow and the chair shot.

As he tried to get up, Alex grabbed another chair and was prepared to hit Ed over the head again only to be held by Akari at the last second.

"Alex! Stop!" She shouted as she held him back from breaking free as Alphonse had arrived and picked up Ed and also held him back from trying to charge at Alex.

Out of the corner of her eye, Akari saw Akame with a heavily pissed off expression on her face as she got up and was about to charge at Edward until Akari would point a hand at her, freezing her daughter in place as she went back to restraining Alex.

"Let me go Al! I gotta teach this asshole lesson!" Shouted Ed.

"Asshole!? Says the one who broke into my god damn apartment room, shoved my sister for no reason, and proceeded to beat the crap out of me and cause a mess!" Yelled Alex back at Edward.

"Oh shut up you dam liar! If you hadn't played us like a damn fiddle none of this would be happening you asshole!"

"What the hell are you talking about!?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about!"

Edward managed to escape Alphonse's grasp and kicked Alex in the gut causing Alex to escape Akari's grasp and hit Edward with another low blow as Ed fell onto his knees again.

After that Alphonse picked up Edward and immediately bid the family goodbye as he ran away with his older brother.

The room was a mess as Alex took a deep breath and wiped any dripping blood off his face.

"Great. I'm gonna need a shower and Weiss to fix all my bruises and cuts." Said Alex as Akari turned him around to face her.

"The hell did you do!? You two destroyed the house and pissed off Akame!" Shouted Akari.

"Hey I was defending myself after he suddenly attacked me and shoved sis out of the way! More importantly why the hell was Ed even pissed at me in the first place!?" Asked Alex.

"I-I don't know! I just told the brothers that I was your mother and for some reason Al was shocked and Ed was pissed off!" Said Akari.

Though she was still confused on what was wrong about what she said, Alex immediately knew what she had done as he groaned.

"Mom how could you!?"

"H-How could I what!? What did I do wrong!?"

Akari was even more confused as Alex, who was too angry and pissed off at what happened recently, just stormed out of the apartment complex to go have his injuries healed.

Akari just sighed and figured she'd have to pay Roy a visit once more tommorow and get answers from him.

After unfreezing and calming Akame down before sending her to her room, Akari would go to her room and lay down, immediately sleeping and awaited for morning.

[TimeSkip: The Next Day]

After waking up, Akari would quickly make her way into HQ and immediately stormed up the flight of stairs and arrived at Roy's office and slammed his door open startling the Flame Alchemist.

"Come on! At least knock first!" Shouted Roy.

"No time! Hurry up and explain to me what's going on!" Said Akari as she grabbed Roy by the collar.

"W-What the hell is going on now!? I have no idea!" Said Roy as Akari calmed down and let go of Roy as she sat down.

"Sorry. I'm just, stressed right now." She said.

"What're you stressed about this time?" Asked Roy as Akari had told him on multiple occasions when she was stressed in the past.

"Alex and Edward got into a huge fight. Me and Alphonse had to separate them." Said Akari which got Roy confused.

"Alex and Edward fought? That's, odd. What the caused this?" Asked Roy.

"I don't know! No one has told me what I did wrong! I just said that I was Alex's mother to the Elrics and they treated it horribly for some reason!" Said Akari.

Roy was shocked to hear this as he sighed and held his hands up to his face before taking a moment to answer Akari.

"You've really stirred the flames this time Akari."

"H-Huh!? The hell did I even do!?" Asked Akari as she was pratically fed up by now.

"I'll get straight to the point. Alex met the Elrics when he was around ten. Keep in mind that was well before you two reunited so Alex was still under the impression that you were dead. That's what allowed the three to get along so extremely well. The fact that they were all orphans." Said Roy.

When Akari heard that she immediately understood what she had done wrong as she sunk into her seat.

"Once you and Alex had reunited, at that point he had become extremely close friends with the them that he knew telling them the truth wasn't an option even though Alex genuinely didn't know you were still alive. It had worked out for the past few months, until today that is." Said Roy which only made Akari feel more worse than before.

"Don't feel bad about it. No one can blame you. You didn't know about it so cheer up as best as you can."

"How can I cheer up at all about making my son's best friend hate him!?"

"Look. Alex and Ed have gotten into heated discussions before and they always get over it easily. I'm sure it'll be the same again this time. Just don't worry about it too much." Said Roy as Akari slowly nodded.

"I know. It's just, I didn't think it'd be this bad. They nearly killed each other at the apartment room. Both were beaten up pretty badly. That and I gotta pay for the damaged furniture." She said as Roy sighed.

"Geez. Didn't think they'd go that far. No worries. I'll help pay as well. Just go and ease yourself up for today." Said Roy shockingly offering advice for once as she nodded and thanked him for listening as she got up and left his office.

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Chapter 33: Complete