OOC: Fanfic Time!!! Fullmetal Alchemist and the Darkness Explorer Prologue
Your voice cut through the heaviness in my limbs, creating a heavier feeling in my heart. “Hey! Skyler.” Kei, you came back because I fell behind. You’ve always been concerned about me. Even from the start you had been. “Huh? Skyler…What is it? What’s wrong with you?” But I’m more worried about you right now. Because this is it for me.
“…Sorry, Kei. I kept this to myself for a long time…” Because once I knew, I couldn’t tell you. “It looks like…I have to say good-bye…”
“What?! Good-bye?!” Your disbelief and confusion are more than a little painful right now, but it’s kind of my fault. Even more painful though is the realization that you’ll be left alone. “What do you mean?!”
“Dusknoir told me. If we changed the future, the Pokemon from the future would disappear…” I can see you starting to understand what we’ve done, and I knew if you’d known sooner, you wouldn’t have been able to finish what we started. “That’s why…I’m destined to disappear too.”
“Huh? What? Wh-why?” I can see to don’t want to hear this, don’t want it to end this way. And really, neither did I. But it’s done already, and should never be undone. “Wh-why? I don’t understand!” But you don’t need to fully understand it Kei.
“Thank you for everything.” Because I owe you more than you’ll ever know. “I’m going to disappear from here now…But, Kei…I’ll never forget you.” How could I? Even though we were only together a short time, we were closer than anything.
“W-wait a second…” I’m not gone just yet. But I don’t have much time. “I only made it this far because you were with me, Skyler. Don’t you understand…? You made me strong, Skyler…If you go, Skyler…I…I don’t know what I would…”
“No, Kei. You have to be strong on your own. You have to live!” You still have your whole life ahead of you, don’t give up after I’m gone. Besides, there’s something important you must do now. Something no one else can. “You have to go home…Tell everyone about what happened here. So that…nothing like this every happens again.” Because if it does, what will the sacrifices that Grovyle, Celebi, me and all the others who disappeared have been for? And your sacrifice too Kei. It can’t be for nothing.
“Urk…Skyler…” Don’t cry for me, Kei. It was a choice that had to be made. And my time is nearly up. “Don’t, Skyler! Don’t…Don’t go…” But I can’t stay, because it’s not in my hands anymore.
“Thank you for everything, Kei.” I can feel my own tears start in response to your pain. “I’m glad we got to train together at the guild…I’m glad we got to go on adventures together…I’m glad…I got to know you, Kei.” That last part is the most important thing of all.
“Wait...Skyler…” I can’t.
“I’m sorry.” For a lot. “I’m so lucky that you were my friend…” Even though I’m leaving you, we’ll still be friends right?
Was that a smile through the tears? “I feel the same, Skyler! To me, Skyler, you’re…More important than anything…” Suddenly my heart doesn’t feel as heavy.
“Yup…I feel the same way.” But this was bigger than us. “Kei…Even after I disappear from here…I will never forget you…” My best friend is a perfect last memory…to fade away with, after all…
…But a rough landing wasn’t what I expected as a conclusion…
((A/N: This is a work in progress and will be updated/edited over time. Feedback is welcome. No flames please, they'll just be deleted.
For anyone curious, this takes place after the events at Temporal Tower and the Conqueror of Shambala movie...if the Elrics had stayed in Central.))
Chapter 1