Reverse REJECTED Ending

XD I stole Keevan's title. :P

I fell onto something soft. I realized Ed used his alchemy to save me.

 

"Are you okay, Koda?" he asked, helping me off the pillow.

 

"Yeah...I'm okay....just scared," I answered back. I looked at his AutoMail, shining in the ballroom's light. I was just about to smile before I felt Envy grab me from behind. "You want to cheat, Fullmetal?! Than so will I! Find this girl before midnight or I slit her throat!" Envy declared. Edward threw his braid over his shoulder and was just about to run after us when Envy jumped high up and far away from Edward's distant calling.

 

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Envy stopped running in the middle of a large hall and dropped me. "Stay here," he ordered, and I was too scared to defy him. I only stayed still and prayed that Ed would find me soon. Or Al. Whichever got there first. I sat down on the ground, letting the situation fully sink in. I was just about to stand up when I heard someone coming down the hall.

 

Envy....?

 

Instead, I found a dazed and confused Ed. He was looking around, side to side, as if he was trying to find an exit. But when him and I met gazes, I could tell something was wrong. His eyes were filmed over and he looked angry. "Ed..? Ed! I'm over here!" I called, hoping he would hear me. I looked at him a moment longer, and he slowly began to strut down towards me.

 

Edward....hurry....

 

He seemed to walk slower, and I noticed he hadn't said anything. "Ed? Edward, are you okay?" I asked him, but he only glared in reply. "You think I'm stupid, don't you?" he asked me a moment later. My muscles tensed and my heart sank. "Edward...what do you mean?" I asked, desperately hoping he would listen to me. But nothing seemed to get through to him. "Look me in the eyes and tell me you think I'm stupid, Envy!" he shrieked, and that's when it hit me.

 

He thought I was Envy!

 

But how? I thought about what Dante had done to me, and I wondered if maybe she changed the way Ed saw things. Perhaps she made him think I was Envy. "Edward, listen," I pleaded, noticing I was using his full name alot, "It's me, Koda. Y'know? We're childhood friends, and--" I began, but I stopped when Ed transmuted his arm into a spike-sword looking weapon. "I'm not falling for the same trick twice, you idiot!" he cried, and with that he dashed towards me, his arm ready to strike. "Edward, no!" I breathed, but I was too late.

 

The spike went straight through me, and I felt blood come out my mouth and onto his sleeve.

 

I looked into his eyes. "Why?" I whispered, but he looked genuinely pleased. "Give up the act, Envy. Do you think I'd fall for your trick twice? You transformed into Koda once already, but a second time won't work," he replied hastily.

 

So Envy transformed into me before? I see....he thought I was Envy because Envy had turned into me before. So he thought that he did it again just to confuse him.

 

Ed was only doing the smart thing.

 

A clapping sound could be heard through the hall, even though my hearing and vision was becoming hazy. "Well done, Fullmetal. Looks like you've managed to perform the ultimate act of idiocity," Envy's voice called through the hall. I could (just barely) see Envy walking down the hall, clapping. Ed's whole demeanor changed.

 

"Wait...Envy?" he began. Envy nodded. "That's right. I played my cards well....you did exactly as I had hoped!" he said, then he looked right through Ed's soul. "You've just murdered your friend. Nice work."

 

Ed looked right around at me. I was beginning to see 2 of everything. Ed's breath was becoming choppy, and he retracted his sword. As expected, I fell to the floor and the pain surged through me.

 

Nothing that hurt worse than knowing I was going to die by the boy I loved's hand.

 

"Koda!" Ed screamed as he knelt right next to me. Envy was laughing, but Ed was crying.

 

Hard.

 

His tears fell onto my face, and I could see his eyes were closed tight. "Ed...." I spoke, even though it hurt. Ed opened his eyes. "You...didn't know...I'm sorry...." I said in between pain surges. Ed lifted me up by the head and placed me on his lap. "Koda, please don't go! Don't leave me!" he pleaded. I smiled, liking the way he said don't leave me. "Why are you smiling?! You idiot..." he whispered, tears continuing to fall onto my face. Lights were shining bright behind my eyes, and I could feel life slipping away from me. I looked up to him, and in the loudest voice I could, I confessed what had been bugging me:

 

"Ed...I want you to know....that I....love you...."

 

He stared in horror, then began to cry harder. "Koda...don't you dare die....you just can't....I....I love you too, darn it! You can't leave me!" he confessed, and I felt a twinge of passion run through me. "Ed...you didn't know..." I repeated, and with that I used the last of my strength to hand him his pocketwatch. "I held onto it....in case...." I began, but became too tired. With that, Ed clentched the watch tight and threw it across the hall. "To h___ with the watch! Koda, I love you! Do you hear me? I'm in love with you! Don't you dare leave me! Please don't! You said you loved me too, right?? So don't die! We have more things to do, and we can't if you die!" he pleaded, tears leaking like a broken faucet. I could see Envy shaking his head at us. Before I could see anything else, Ed leaned down and held me close to him, kissing me gently. His lips tasted like blood and steel. I closed my eyes, and it took everything out of me to open them once he let go. "Ed...I'll wait for you...up there," I said, pointing to the ceiling. Ed gazed upwards, then shook his head.

 

"No...Koda, don't give up yet...Koda don't! Koda! Koda!!"

 

My soul had already left my body.

 

Now nothing but a fading soul, I watched Ed looking at my lifeless body resting on his lap. "Koda, answer me!"

 

Nothing.

 

Ed cried loudly, sobbing and shaking. Envy shook his head. "Aww, did your girlfriend go and die on you? So sorry," he said with a heavy tone of sarcastic sympathy. I watched as Ed placed my lips to his again, crying as he kissed. We he let go, he screamed, long and loud. Then, once he was done doing that, he finally let my head rest the ground again, gently. Al had just caught up. "Brother? Brother, what's wrong?" he asked, but Ed only continued to shake.

 

"She's dead Al. Koda is--!!"

 

I didn't hear the rest, as Death had come for me. "Time to go," he whispered to me. I looked over at Ed one more time. "Can I still love even when I'm in heaven?" I asked, but Death didn't answer. Instead, Death placed his icy hand against my back.

 

"I wouldn't know."

Author's Note

REASONS THIS DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT:

1) This was written a LOOOOOOONG time ago, and so therefore the way it was put together stinks.

2) Ed wasn't that romantic in the first book, so therefore this doesn't fit his personality.

3) Nobody wants Koda to die. :3

4) I had already started working on the 2nd book when I wrote this, so it kinda would have hindered my progress...TT^TT

5) I don't like it.

Reviews

[~* Darkness Light *~]

THIS IS EPIC!!!! (besides koda dieing i cried at that part) but it was soooooo kewl

[Luna Northstar]

I LOVED IT (no offense to Koda) but it was really great....

[Keevan]

O_O

You're DAng RIGHT NO ONE WANTED KODA TO DIE!!!!! But this would've been an awesome ending if Edward had been a little more romantic.

And I loved the way that Envy just stood there clapping and smiling and shaking his head at Edward the whole time at the end. X3

NO ONE LIKES ENVY!