Author's Note: Hello all you Fullmetal Alchemist lovers!!!! It's my first fanfiction that I'm posting on here! Constructive cristicism is encouraged, however, any flames, and I will either burst into tears or hunt you down to kill you.
... -Ahem- Moving on.
Disclaimers: WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS AS THIS IS SET AFTER FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST AND THE CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALA! (FORGIVE ME IF I SPELLED THAT WRONG)
Rated: Ages 16 and up for language, violent actions, and detailed gore. May go up in future.
Fullmetal Alchemist: not mine. However, Allaina Gray and her fellow officers are totally property of ME!
So sorry for writing so long, now please, enjoy!
"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" It was a bright sunny morning in Central headquarters. And Major Alliana Gray was already screaming. A blonde haired man stepped out of the office, looking just as frustrated as the Major sounded. He was a tall man, a bit on the thin side. His dirty blonde hair slightly covered his emerald green eyes. He was dressed in the formal blue military uniform, and wore thick black combat boots. Another man was walking by, with a grin plastered on his face.
"Pissed her off again, didn't ya Halsey?" he asked, leaning against the wall. He was good looking, obviously a lady's man. He was dark haired, his hair styled in short spikes. He was a medium build, and obviously worked out. He had warm chocolate brown eyes, a gentle smile, and his voice was like aged whiskey. He looked somewhat older than the blonde. Halsey balled his hands into fists.
"If she wasn't a woman or my commanding officer, I'd deck her!" The dark haired man chuckled.
"Lotta if's there pally," he spit into a plastic bottle, which was filled with brown muck. Halsey stuck out his tongue in disgust.
"Ugh. I'll never understand tobacco chewers." The dark haired man laughed, his merry voice booming.
"Least I quit smoking. I'd say it'll be about 4 or 5 months 'til I'm off the nic for good." He dipped into a can of tobacco and put it in his mouth chewing. The blonde still seemed angry.
"Damn Caine, why is it she gotta bitch at me in particular? She ALWAYS bitches at me! She talks to me like I can't do anything right!" Caine just shrugged.
Major Alliana Gray was not a happy woman. And why wasn't she a happy woman you ask? WELL BECAUSE SECOND LIEUTENANT HALSEY WAS A DUMBASS THAT'S WHY! Major Gray was leaning back in her chair, looking furious. She was of course wearing the blue military uniform, which bothered her, because it was tight around her ample chest and ass. She had long black hair that was braided, and was dangling down the front of her uniform. She had midnight blue eyes, pale as the moon skin, and if you ever caught her smiling, which was very rare indeed, white straight teeth sparkled at you. She had black gloves on with a red transmutation circle on it, looking slightly like the infamous Flame Alchemist's transmutation circles on his gloves. Her hands suddenly curled into fists, and she slammed them on her desk, sending everything airborne for a few seconds.
"AH, DAMMIT!" she said through gritted teeth. The Second Lt. had screwed up. He had screwed up BIG. She had sent him on a simple mission. Do a little surveillance, find this traitor to the military, and bring him in. Instead of subduing him immediately, the idiot had decided to try to use a little bit of flashy alchemy to capture him. This had led to a numerous amount of public and private property being destroyed, injuries, thank Alchemy no deaths, AND, the target had been lost. This capture would probably given the military a little praise, and would have made them look good. But ohhh no. Halsey had to make things complicated. Had to make them flashy. Henceforth, making everyone hate the military MORE saying they were nothing but a bunch of no good incompetent idiots.
And worst of all...it gave the Major more paperwork. She was already completed buried by it, due to Halsey's other 'accidents'. It wasn't just him, she had to admit. But, HE was the one who always attracted the media. And, being an apprentice of the Flame Alchemist, why wouldn't they? After the whole King Bradley incident, most of the military could never forgive what Mustang had done. He resigned to become just an enlisted man and moved to a desolate, almost artic, place. And this was where he had met the Halsey boy. Halsey was an orphan when Roy and Riza found him, and took him in, raising him as their own. But after the attack on Central by strange airships and such, Roy had tried teaching Halsey alchemy. Major Gray admired the man, and enjoyed his company. But she would never quite forgive him for trying to teach Halsey alchemy. Her phone rang, and she picked it up, holding it with an iron grip.
"Gray." she barked loudly into the phone.
"Major?" said a cool, but worried voice. She tried relaxing, recognizing the voice. Speak of the devil.
"Roy," she said, trying a fake cheery voice. But that didn't fool the Flame for one second.
"I just heard about it from Falman. You already 'lectured' him didn't you?" She couldn't help but smirk, she and Roy both knew, she didn't lecture. She just yelled a hell of a lot.
"I'm sorry Roy, but...he's killing me here. They say I get more paperwork than you did when you had the Elrics running around the country." Roy laughed, and she could imagine him on the other line, shaking his head, and his trademark smirk spreading across that face of his.
"Yeah, but look at how THEY turned out," Roy said. She mentally groaned, but couldn't help from saying,
"But Roy, at least they were talented alchemists. Halsey can't do alchemy worth crap." There was silence on the phone, and the Major mentally slapped herself. Why she?
"Sir, you know the infinite amount of respect I hold for you, your skills, what you did for this country, for the military. You know how much I admire you. You are in no way at fault for not being able to teach him properly. Some people just aren't meant to be alchemists. And you have to understand the kind of heat I'm getting from superiors. They're thinking about sending me to Eastern or something, saying I can't handle a department!"
"I know. It's frustrating Riza and I probably almost as much as it is you. I understand your need to reprimand him. Lord knows how much I got a charge from chiding Fullmetal. Just wanted to call to say that both Riza and I are sorry yet again for what Ben did." Major sighed.
"It's all right. It's not your fault, or Riza's. He was already a teen when you picked him up. You can't take the street or the attitude out of the kid." She paused, lips curving slightly in a small smile.
"You guys did good though." Roy chuckled.
"Yes, we did." Major looked through some paperwork. She heard Roy clear his throat.
"Well, Major, it's been awhile since last Riza and I saw you. How about we have dinner tonight? You can tell us about what's going on currently in the military and your little accomplishments. Or, you could fawn over me, and listen to my grand war stories with awe in your eyes." Major snorted. The same smug, cocky, arrogant Roy Mustang, as always. She was still smiling though as she said,
"Sounds great. Same place as last time?" The Flame confirmed, and she heard a 'click'. She placed the phone back on its cradle and looked out the window. She sighed. I'll fuckin' slaughter the kid if he so much as steps one toe out of line again.
///An elegant restaurant in the arts district of Central///
Halsey was dressed in black slacks, and a white dress shirt that was unbuttoned, showing the black undershirt he wore. He was standing outside the usual restaurant where he had dinner with his parents every last day of the month. He frowned, wondering where they were. He tried to ignore several girls who were walking by, giggling and pointing at him. A black car drove down the street, and pulled into the restaurant's parking lot. He smiled, recognizing it as his parents' car. Roy and Riza came out, Roy's arm around her, and they were laughing. He smiled more, the way his parents were always laughing and cheerful made him feel good. However, when they came closer, and spotted him, they stopped talking and stopped walking. He frowned. Huh? What the hell? Why do they look like they don't want to see me? Than it clicked. Oh man. It must be because of what I did to the commercial district... Halsey cleared his throat nervously. When his parents were disappointed, or even worse angry, he felt like shit. No, worse than shit.
"H-hi Dad. Hi Mom," he said nervously. Roy cocked an eyebrow,
"What are you doing here Ben?" He frowned, Did they forget or something? But they never forget our dinner!
"I'm here for the end of the month dinner we always have together!" he said. Riza shook her head, resting it on Roy's shoulder.
"Benjamin, the end of the month was over a week ago." Halsey blinked slowly.
"Last...week?" His parents nodded.
"We didn't call to ask where you had been or had been doing to forget our dinner, because we figured you were busy," said his father who shrugged. Riza looked at her husband.
"You do realize what this means right?" Roy's eyes widened.
"Oh dear." said the Flame. Halsey cocked an eyebrow, funnily enough, just like his father did.
"Oh dear what?"
"Aw, you got to be kiddin' me here Mustang!" said an agitated female voice Halsey absolutely detested.
Gray was agitated as soon as she saw Halsey. She fixed her eyes on Mustang, who was coincidentally wearing the same thing as his adoptive son. Riza was wearing a long simple black dress. She didn't feel out of place in her blue military uniform, though several people stared.
"What's he doing here?" she asked, referring to Halsey. Riza said,
"He thought today was the end of the month. We always have dinner together on the end of the month."
"But the end of the month was over a week ago..." she said slowly.
"ARGH, I KNOW THAT ALREADY DAMMIT!" said Halsey in an angry outburst.
He than looked accusingly at his parents.
"Besides, what's SHE doing HERE???" he asked. Gray fixed him with a steely glare.
"Your parents were going to have dinner with me Halsey. After that stunt you pulled, I needed a night out. You got a problem with it?" The blonde haired man scowled at her.
"As a matter of fact I do! Mom, Dad, she can't be serious can she??" Roy cleared his throat, and Riza fixed her son with one of those glares that had made Roy shiver back in the day she carried around guns. The look still did give him the shivers even though she didn't carry anymore. This same look made Halsey look down, feeling like a bad child. Gray tried not to laugh so she folded her arms looking on at this peculiar scene.
"Benjamin..." Roy started.
"Even though you and the Major...have your differences, the Major and I, plus your mother, actually hold a friendship. Just because of your slight...accidents, does not mean we hold anything against the Major." Gray actually laughed this time.
"You mean to tell me he hasn't known I've been a close friend of yours for the past 5 years?" Halsey turned his head to scowl at her again.
He didn't like this. Not at all. He couldn't believe his parents hadn't told him about them being friends with her. And he didn't like the fact of his ignorance was being displayed for the Major Bitch.
"No, I was not aware of this," he said through gritted teeth. Riza said in her harsh commanding voice.
"Benjamin Halsey! If I recall correctly, the Major is still your commanding officer. You will show her the respect she deserves." He bent his head to look at his shoes. He barely mumbled,
"I am showing her the respect she deserves. None." Riza and Gray simultaneously said,
"Excuse me?" in their dangerously low voices. He winced. It was bad enough when the Major talked to him like that. It was about a hundreds times worse when his mom did it.
"I'm sorry ma'ams!" he said, afraid. He looked at his dad.
"Dad, please don't let them kill me! I'm too young to die!" Roy chuckled.
"Don't worry son. Your mother wouldn't kill you in public. And Gray would turn you into a crisp so fast you wouldn't feel too much." Halsey winced as if he had felt the flames lick at his body already. His father cleared his throat, and smiling at his wife and at the Major.
"Ladies, as much as I would love for this to continue I am absolutely starving." Gray looked relieved.
"Let's do Mustang. I left my apartment without breakfast and I had too much paperwork to sign so I skipped lunch as well." Halsey felt slightly guilty, he was the mostly the cause of all the work. He mentally shook his head. What the hell? Why am I feeling guilty? I hate that bitch, why should I care she didn't eat at all.
The Major's stomach was causing her much pain, so she stepped hurriedly into the restaurant, asking for a table and sitting down at it quickly. She asked the waiter to get the dinner rolls there quickly and for a bottle of whiskey. When she got her hands around the bottle, she poured it into a glass and she knocked it back quickly. Ugh, what a day, she thought. She got up again as the Mustangs and Halsey came in. She wanted to give them a proper greeting, as she hadn't seen them in a while.
"God Riza, it's been awhile," she said, as she gave the blonde a warm hug. Never mind it was painfully short. Gray wasn't into much affection. Riza had smiled at her, returning the brief hug.
"Yes Alliana, wasn't the last time we saw each other about before the insurgent attack on Eastern headquarters?" Gray nodded, and she smiled at Roy who smiled at her. He embraced her briefly as well.
"Darling Major, you're looking lovelier every time I see you." The Major snorted.
"Yeah, right. Me, lovely? I'm the epitome of feminism huh Riza?" she asked with an eyebrow raised. Roy and Riza laughed.
"Ah but Major, it's only true." All three of them laughed as they took their places around the table.
No. No, no, no, no, and NO. This was so not happening. He stared in horror as Major Bitch hugged his parents, and joked with them. Acting as if she had known them for years! Well, she did, but that wasn't the point! She was the Major Bitch, the queen of ice, with the heart of stone. Halsey heard his mom call her 'Alliana' and he was surprised, registering it was her first name. He didn't even know she HAD one! And did his father just call the Major lovely?! Darling?! What the hell??? his mind screamed.
"Alliana? Lovely?" he asked dumbfoundedly. The Major shot him a reproachful glare.
"Halsey, it will always be either Major, or Major Gray. Ever call me by that again, and you will find yourself in the hospital, unable to father children." He didn't doubt that. He noted the scene as he sat in a chair, sitting next to his father. His father was across from Gray and Riza across from Halsey. He couldn't believe he was going to have dinner with Major Bitch.
The waiter came to take their order. His mother ordered some sort of veal, his father some sort of lobster dish. Gray ordered...alot. She ordered a 24 ounce steak with plenty of rice. He quietly ordered a small Ishbalan dish. He would pretty much be silent throughout the dinner. He would look at Gray, and his parents talking. He wondered how she could so easily smile like that. It wasn't a big smile where you could see her teeth. It was the lips only smile, where the corners of her lips barely turned up. His father made her chuckle, and sometimes laugh. But she never let it all go. He could tell she was holding back. Because she was the queen of ice. He found a hard time believeing she'd worn her military uniform to this fancy restaurant. Didn't she ever dress up? She'd look good with her hair loose, he mused. And if that uniform hugs her figure like that, she'd be good in a dress. He managed to look into her eyes without her noticing. They had a merry twinkle in them, something that never happened at the office. He loved that shade of blue... He blinked twice. WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?!!?!?! His mental voice screamed in his head.He coudln't believe he...he...he had been checking out the MAJOR! Oh, the guys at the office would never let this go if they ever found out. Which they wouldn't. Because he wouldn't be doing it anymore. He was thankful when his food came along, giving him something else to do besides let his mind wander.
She tried her best to ignore Halsey. She really liked Roy and Riza, and she was going to try to be polite...okay that was stretching it. She was going to try to be civilized towards him. She felt him stare at her, and she guessed he was glaring at her with contempt. So she ignored him and continued to talk. She enjoyed the couple's company very much, they always made her feel better, and happier. They were really the only ones who made her slightly smile or laugh. So what if the thorn in her side was there? She was going to enjoy this while she could.
"So, Roy, any of those war stories that will make me fawn over you with eyes glazed, and an awe-struck face?" she said smirking. Roy chuckled.
"Another day Major. Another day. So, how are things coming along with the medicinal alchemy project?" Major picked up her fifth glass of whisky, taking a sip.
"It's going good. I have two good alchemists on the job. Majors Clark and Tzumi. I'd help them, but I'm too caught up in paperwork. I really wish I could go on missions." she sighed a bit sadly. Roy noted this and said,
"Yeah, I never really went through missions. I went through...Ishabal and you know, I got promoted..stuck with a desk job..." He got that far off sad look he got when talking about the Ishbalan war. Riza rubbed his back lovingly and Roy slowly came back.
"Ah, but, yes, I guess you would miss those huh? Being confined to a desk isn't really your thing is it Major?" She laughed.
"I hate the fuckin' uniform! What I wouldn't do to travel around like the Elrics did! Always roaming around, and having such exciting adventures. Call me sadistic, but the prospect of death makes everything more fun if you ask me. Big adrenaline rush." Maybe the whiskey was going to her head a little. She stopped the bottle, she knew when enough was enough. They'd spend about another hour talking, and Gray glanced at her watch.
"Ugggh. Sorry Roy, Riza. But I need to be up early tomorrow, so I'm going to catch up on much needed shuteye." She gave them both a brief, tight, warm hug. It was than that she suddenly remember Halsey had been there.
"Don't be late Halsey," she said. He just nodded absent mindedly. She walked out of the restaurant, and down the streets.She realized she was clutching the whiskey bottle still. She laughed and tried to make a mental note to pay for the entire meal in the morning. Eventually coming to a Victorian-styled mansion which was her home, she went through the gate and into the courtyard. She fumbled with the key and lock, letting herself in. She struggled up the long winding staircases, and into a very large dark room. She fell into a huge bed with red blood sheets and would soon be snoring softly.
A/N: Okay, I know, long. But I jus hate it when there's a really good story, but a short chapter. So, yeah. I really hoped you liked it! For those of you that got this far congrats! -Edo-kun hands you all a cookie- Yeah! So, all you got to do now is clicky the lil purple button there and review REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW PLEEEEASE!!!
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