LunarFallenStar: Hey guys! I'm not really expecting a lot of people to read this story considering that this isn't a common story section. Well, anyhow, basically in this story, Roy is fuhrer, Ed still has his alchemy, Al has his body back, but is hospitalized, and Ryuuji and Taiga aren't 'together' yet, as in romantically involved. So Ryuuji has a crush on Kushieda and Taiga has a crush on Kitamura.

On with the story!

~In the Fuhrer's Office~

Edward charged into the Fuhrer's office, fuming, "Colonel bastard, what's the meaning of this? I'm supposed to be on leave right now, so why'd you call me here?"

"Oh, Fullmetal, I'm glad you finally showed," Fuhrer Mustang said, "And it's fuhrer, not colonel. Well, considering all of this is finally over, I figured you should get an education like any normal teenager would, Fullmetal."

"I don't need to school. Does the word child prodigy mean anything to you?" Edward roared, "And what about Al?"

"I've sorted out everything, Fullmetal," Roy replied, "Alphonse will be sent to a hospital near your school and house. Winry will be coming with you as well and Riza will go and pose as your Mother, got it? And no complaining 'cause it's already settled and that's that."

Edward sighed and reluctantly left the office. Hopefully, this wouldn't be so bad...maybe it would even be fun? It's not like they had to worry about the philosopher's stone or anything like that.

~Next Week~

Edward hurried around his new room, getting ready for his new school life. He wasn't exactly happy about wearing a uniform, but he was at least grateful they didn't have to wear a tie. He pulled on the black uniform and slowly buttoned it up.

He walked out of his room and began to pull his hair into a braid as he walked down the stairs, "Winry! If you're not done with getting ready, we're going to be late!"

"Oh, hush up Ed!" Winry's muffled voice came from her room, "I need to make a good impression, so I need to get off all these pesky oil stains."

"Gear head..." Ed muttered.

"Heard that!"

Ed walked into the kitchen and was greeted by the smell of food, "Wow, Lieutenant, you can actually cook?"

"It's a skill I needed to learn," She responded, flipping the eggs in the frying pan.

Ed nodded and sat down at the table.

Soon, Winry came down and Hawkeye finished breakfast, and they all ate together. That is until Ed caught sight of the clock.

"Crap, we're gonna be late!" Ed yelled, "Come on Winry! Lieutenant! Tell Al we'll visit him after school, if you can!"

Riza sighed as the two charged out of the house, "Geez, hasn't he mellowed out..."

And with that she resumed the drinking of her coffee.

~At School~

Class 2-C was in their room, buzzing around about the latest gossip.

"Did you hear? New foreign exchange students are coming today!" Haruta yelled excitedly to his friends, "I wonder what country their from? I hope one is a hot girl!"

"That's all you ever think about..." Ryuuji muttered under his breath.

When the bell rang, they all reported to their seats, waiting anxiously for class to start.

Their homeroom teacher walked in, "Good morning class! As you have heard, we have new exchange students in our class starting today."

Everybody nodded anxiously.

"You can come in now!" Yuri yelled.

The door slowly slid open and in stepped a girl with long blond hair and bright blue eyes.

"Good morning! My name is Winry Rockbell! I can't wait to spend the year with you!"

The class nodded and the guys praised God with how yet another cute girl came to their class.

"Do you have any questions for Miss Rockbell...wait," Yuri said, looking around, "I thought there were two of you."

"Oh... he's not here is he," Winry muttered, taking out a wrench, "One moment please!"

With that, Winry walked out of the room and the class sweatdropped at the conversation they overheard.

"Edward... Get your ass in there!"

"Whoa... Winry..." A male voice panicked, "Put the wrench away! You know I can't fight back! Colonel Bastard told me I couldn't use you know what here!"

"That just makes this all the easier!"

The class flinched when a series of loud crashes was heard.

"Winry! Stop I get it! I'm going, I'm going...sheesh."

The class watched as the door slid open once more and in walked Winry with a boy with golden hair and golden eyes.

"I'm Edward Elric..." He muttered, "When my brother gets out of the hospital...he'll be hear..."

"Like I was saying before," Yuri said, "Do you have any questions for them?"

"What country are you from?"

"Amestris... a small country by Germany that barely anyone knows about it 'cause it's not on the map, just included in Germany's territory..." Ed replied, hands in his pockets.

"Do you guys know each other personally?"

"We're childhood friends!" Winry replied, "We both grew up in a rural town known as Resembool."

"Elric-san, Why is your brother in the hospital?"

"...classified..." Ed muttered in response.

The class became confused as Winry leaned over to Edward with an apologetic and sympathetic look.

The moment was ruined when one specific question came up, "Are you guys dating?"

Edward and Winry turned to face the offender with the most priceless expressions on their faces, "HELL NO!"

"I would never go out with this gear-head!"

"I would never go out with this military-freak!"

They looked at each other, "Why you!" They growled in unison.

The classroom looked at each others and whispers filled the room, "Are they always like this?" "Military freak?" "Gear Head?" "What the heck?"

Ed and Winry eventually realized the epidemic and laughed nervously.

"Anyhow, take your seats. Edward, you can sit in front of Ami-chan and Winry, you can sit by Kushieda-chan."

Edward and Winry made their way to their seats and thus their school life began!

The bell for lunch rang and the students left to go see their friends and eat lunch.

Edward slowly got up out of his seat and walked to the cafeteria. He pulled out the cellphone that the Colo- Fuhrer Bastard got him along with ones for Winry and Al before they left.

He slowly pulled up Al's number and typed in a message for Al.

He closed the phone and was about to put it in his pocket when an arm was slung around his neck and it clattered to the floor.

Ed looked at the offender and saw his classmate, Haruto...he thinks.

"Hey, Edo-kun! Let's eat lunch together!"

"Don't address me so familiarly," Ed said.

"Who are you troubling this time, Haruto?" Ryuuji asked, approaching the pair.

"Oho! I see the victim is Edward!" Kushieda said.

Edward shook the offending arm off his shoulders, "Sorry, but I would prefer to eat lunch alone."

"Come on Ed!" A voice said from behind him, "Don't be so anti-social!"

Ed turned around to see none other than Winry.

"And besides, you promised Haw- I mean your mom that you would give the school a chance," Winry sighed.

"Fine," Ed muttered.

"You're eating with us? Yay!" Kushieda yelled.

The group walked back down the hall and sat down in the classroom.

"Wow, Winry and Ed!" Ami said, "Your bentos look really good! Winry, you must be a good cook!"

"Actually..." Winry said.

"I prepared them," Edward said, "Winry can't prepare things like this for her life. She's good at western food, not Japanese."

Winry stuck out her tongue at him and continued to eat her bento.

"Oh, then you're like Takasu!" Kitamura said, "He cooks and cleans."

"hmmm..." Ed hummed in response.

"What are you guys doing after school today?" Ami asked, "There's a festival today and we were all gonna go together."

"Yeah! You wanna' go with us!" Haruto inquired.

"I'm going to go see my brother in the hospital so no can do-" Ed got cut off when Winry slammed her foot down on his foot.

"What Ed meant to say was that we'd love to come after we visit with Al, right Edward?" Cue murderous smile.

"Y-yeah..."

They continued their lunch, chatting quietly with one another.

~After School~

The small group walked off school grounds together.

"So, we're just going to go to the hospital, say hi to your brother, than finally go to the festival?" Ryuuji asked, pulling on his bangs.

"Precisely!" Kitamura replied to his friend.

Ahead of them, Kushieda, Taiga, and Ami were talking, "I wonder what Ed's brother is like?" Taiga wondered aloud.

"Maybe he's a kind, gentle soul that loves everything on the outside, but has an evil personality that just begs to come out," Kushieda said.

"Kind of like you, stupid chihuahua," Taiga said.

"Shut up you chibi Tiger!"

"Or maybe..." Kushieda said, whacking her fist onto her palm, "He's harsh on the outside, but got hospitalized due to a girlfriend who got mixed up in a gang war!"

"Your imaginations to wild sometimes," Ami deadpanned.

"Don't insult Minorin, Idiot Chihuahua!"

Ed at the head of the group sighed at the conversations the people behind him were having. He completely ignored Haruto's and Noto's idiotic conversation.

They soon reached the hospital and walked inside.

Ed and Winry led them to the hospital room that Alphonse abided in. Knocking quietly, Ed and co. walked inside.

"Al?" Ed asked, "You awake? I brought some... friends."

"Ed? Yeah, I'm awake and it's about time you made some friends your own age. I was worried you forgot your own age for a while."

When they finally got close enough to see who was in the bed, they couldn't deny that he was Ed's brother. They both had golden hair and eyes. They looked very similar, except that Ed had brighter golden hair and eyes. The one thing that irked the Toradora gang was Alphonse's irregular skinniness.

"Hey, Winry," Ami said, "Why is Al even in the hospital?"

"Oh... he was...uh...it's...classified," Winry said. Well, she couldn't exactly make up a lie and tell them that he was trapped in a suit of armor for four years as a freaking soul while his body was who knows where.

"Oh, and what did he mean about Ed forgetting his own age and that stuff?" Noto asked.

"Well, Ed's mom is a lieutenant in the military and well, he never really made friends his own age besides me as he was home-schooled by his mom and never really left the military base," Once again, Winry came up with a convincing lie. She couldn't say that Ed was a Major, possibly a soon to be Colonel, in the Military, could she?

"Well, nii-san, it's good to see you," Al said, "Did you have a good day at school? And are these your friends?"

"It's good to see you too Al," Ed replied, "And I guess I had a good day at school... classes were so boring though... I mean I already know everything... I still don't get why Colon- I mean Fuhrer bastard sent me to this school. Oh and yeah these are my friends."

"I'm Taiga."

"I'm Ryuuji."

"I Kushieda Minorin, but most people call me Minorin. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

"I'm Ami."

"I'm Kitamura."

"I'm Noto."

"And I'm Haruto!"

Al smiled at them, "I'm Alphonse, pleased to meat you."

Just then, a soft knock was heard and everyone turned around. In walked none other than the lieutenant.

"Oh, Edward, Winry, I didn't expect you to bring friends when you came over here."

"We're going to a festival today, that's why Lieute- I mean Mom," Edward responded.

"Alphonse, I talked to the doctor and he said he might be able to discharge you soon and in a few weeks you'll be able to go to school with Edward and Winry.

Alphonse face brightened, "Really? Yes! I'm tired of sitting around in this boring old hospital."

"Oh man, look at the time!" Ryuuji said, looking at the clock, "We'll be late for the festival at this rate!"

"Why didn't you tell your master earlier, dog?" Taiga demanded.

The group began to leave the hospital, bidding farewell to Alphonse who told them to visit again.

The group left for the festival and ran as hard as they could to the train. They had a great time that evening, and even though Ed wouldn't admit it... he found himself enjoying his time here, despite his protests. He even found himself enjoying the time he spent with his interesting group of friends. For once, he actually felt like he didn't have to worry about anything.

LunarFallenStar: Ok, this chapter sucked BIG TIME and I apologize if the characters were OOC I just really needed to get the story rolling, and I hope they'll not be OOC next chapter. So R&R everyone and stayed tuned for the next chapter!