Okay, well…………….. ummm… first FMA story here, so please be nice! KK, thanks!

Title- Rin Mustang, the Wolves'-Flame Alchemist.

By- Alchemist Mew Mew

Disclaimer- I DON'T own any FMA characters, only Rin, Mika, Erika and some others!

Chapter one: A new traveling partner!

"…And that's your mission." Came the voice of Roy Mustang.

"Got it," a female voice said, "I will do my best." They were in Col. Roy Mustang's office, just the two of them, because First Lt. Hawkeye was off today. Roy was in his uniform, and the girl, who seemed to be in her teens, had pitch-black hair, tipped with a misty-blue. The side-bangs were longer than the rest. She wore tall black boots that stopped a few inches below her knees. She had short, jean shorts, and a navy blue tank top that showed her stomach. This girl was equipped with a sword, which was attached to an indigo strap around her hips. She also had a crimson collar around her neck that had a State Alchemist's silver pocket watch attached to it. Her right arm and right leg were made of automail… but she also had automail wolf-ears and tail… On both hands, strangely enough, the same type of gloves that Roy had. Same colors, too.

"Good luck finding them, Rin." Roy said.

"Thanks. Let's hope it won't be too hard to find them." Rin said with a sigh, leaving the room. Roy waved goodbye.

XXX

Rin walked out of the military building, then out of the city onto a dirt path. 'Rrrrrrggggg… how am I gonna find two boys in this huge area!' Rin thought. "Hmmm… well, I guess it should be a bit easier to find them, because they're an odd pair—one is in a suit of armor, and the other's a tiny shrimp. Jeez… Roy emphasized his words when he said 'tiny shrimp', so I'm guessing he's reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllllllyyyyyyy small… Heh, I soooooooooo can't wait to meet Edward and Alphonse…" she looked around. "Man, I have GOT to stop talking to myself."

She walked forward, but was still thinking on how to find these guys. 'Well, I could always just sniff 'em out. …Y'know, I think I'll do that!' Rin clapped her hands together, then, instead of putting them on the ground, she put a hand on each shoulder. There was a flash of light, and Rin was nowhere to be seen. What stood in her place was a black wolf with automail ears and tail, and misty-blue-tipped paws. The wolf had a crimson collar, with the State Alchemist's silver pocket watch dangling from it. Her 2 right legs -front and back- were automail. This wolf was obviously Rin.

Wolf-Rin put her nose up to the sky to try and catch the Elric brothers' scent. She got it. They weren't far, but not even CLOSE, to being near. Rin put her nose to the ground and sniffed. She ran in the direction they were in.

Along the way, she got weird glances from people. They had probably never seen a wolf with mechanical body-parts. Even the dogs gave her weird looks as she passed by.

She was trotting out of the town when a little blonde-haired girl dropped her doll without even noticing. Rin stopped and gently picked up the doll with her teeth. She trotted over to the girl, wagging her tail kindly. She let the girl take the doll from her jaws, then pat her on the head before what seemed to be her mother, came over.

"Come on, Mika. We have to go home." The mother said.

"Okay mommy!" the girl said. Then, looking over her shoulder, she said, "thank you, doggie!"

"Let's go, Mika." The mother said.

Rin stood there, staring at the ground. That name ran through her head over and over again. 'Mika… Mika………………… Mika………….. Mika...' Rin was shouting in her own head. 'Mika… no… don't leave us, Mika… … Mika, MIKA!'

SHORT! FLASHBACK!

Rain everywhere… no, it wasn't rain… it was blood. It was raining blood. A little black-haired girl and a dark-brown haired girl were surrounding another girl and a wolf. --A misty-blue wolf, with no metal limbs--. Both girls were crying. The girl in the center also had dark-brown hair. She was not crying. In fact, neither she nor the wolf were even moving. It looked as though neither of them were even breathing.

"MIKA! LIFESAVER! No… please no…!" one girl cried.

"Mika! Lifesaver! Don't leave us, we need you! No, no, NO! Mika! Lifesaver!" the other girl screamed tearfully.

The dark-brown haired girl who was crying had blood sprayed on her. She and the black-haired girl were screaming for help, but no one came.

END!

Rin-Wolf finished that horrible memory. She shook her head, as if to try to shake the bad thoughts away. She put her nose to the ground, and started following the trail again.

XXX

Soon it was nightfall. Even though she was in wolf-form and had excellent night-vision, she thought it would be a good idea to rest up. To turn herself back human again, she slapped her paws together best she could, (one front paw and one back paw), then touched one of her hind paws again, FLASH! She was human-Rin again, clothes and all!

Rin looked up at the trees. She was walking on a forest-lined road, so seeing trees wasn't that weird. She jumped up on a tree-branch and propped her back against the trunk. There she slept.

It was pretty much the same for the next 2 days. But the good thing was, was that she was getting closer to her targets each day.

XXX

On the fourth day's morning, after sniffing the ground for like, 4 hours, she finally found what she was looking for. Al in his armor, and Ed walking next to him. Rin ran full-speed toward them. Ed must have heard her, because he turned his head around to see what the noise was about. Rin dodged around him, then darted in front of them. She howled a greeting.

All Ed and Al had to say about that was, "Wha?"

"Whoa… look, Brother!" Al said, pointing to Rin. "That wolf has automail limbs, just like you."

"Yeah… and also automail ears and tail. Ya' don't see that every day." Ed said. "Well, we have to keep going…" Al nodded, and he and his brother walked past her.

"Wait—"Al said turning to look at Ed, "d-did that wolf have… a State Alchemist's silver watch!" They both turned around to see if it was true. What they saw was a flash as Rin turned back human. Now Ed and Al were dumbstruck.

"Okay… I'm sorry for howling at you." Rin said. "I'm Rin."

"Wait, wait, wait." Ed said. "So you can turn yourself into a WOLF?" Rin nodded. "And you also have automail wolf ears and tail?" Rin nodded again.

"Yup. Long story." She said. "And I also have an automail arm and leg. It's the same arm as you, look." She was right, just like Ed, they both had it on their right arms.

"Wait." Al said, "I'm still confused. Why are you here?"

"Okay. Let's sit down over here and I'll explain everything to you." Rin said.

They sat down under some trees.

"Alright. First off, I'm Rin Mustang."

"WHAT?" Ed yelled. "M-MUSTANG? ROY HAS A DAUGHTER?"

"What?" Rin asked. "No, no. Roy Mustang is my uncle. He's my father's brother."

"He… He never tells us ANYTHING." Ed said, fuming. "DAMMIT!"

"Come to think of it, you do look like him a lot. The black eyes are similar. And the hair." Al said.

Ed finally calmed down some. "Hey, I see you're a State Alchemist." Rin nodded.

"Yup." She said. "I'm called the Wolves'-Flame Alchemist. I already know that you are the Fullmetal Alchemist."

"That's a nice second name." Alphonse said. "I can see the wolf part, but why add the 'flame'?"

Rin showed up a hand. She snapped her fingers, and, just like Roy, a spark of fire jolted into the air. "Okay, enough of that… Now I'm gonna tell you why I'm here in the first place. …I received a mission… to help you find the Philosopher's Stone."

"What!" Edward said, surprised.

"Hey, don't yell at me, yell at Roy. He's the one who issued it to me." Rin said. She silently said 'sorry' to Roy. The next time Ed sees him, he might want to watch out.

"ARGH!" Ed said, fuming again. "I'm going to KILL HIM!"

"So we have a… new traveling partner?" Al asked meekly.

"Yup, I guess you do. And besides, now it should be a bit easier for you." Rin said. "I can find meat and things for you when I'm in wolf-form."

"Are you totally sure that was your assignment?" Al said. He looked at his brother, who was still rampaging around, cursing Roy. "Brother, stop it. You look like a… umm, an idiot." Edward stopped rampaging, but he didn't stop silently cursing Roy.

"Well, should we go?" Rin asked.

"Hold on, wait just a minute!" Ed said. "You just come up to us and say that you have to travel with us, just like that?"

"Ummmmmmmmm…" Rin started.

"I know it's weird Brother, but apparently she has been given a mission to stay with us. And she must be telling the truth, she's even a State Alchemist." Alphonse said. Rin tapped her silver watch that was on her crimson collar.

"Rrg, fine." Ed gave up. "She can stay with us. But the next town BETTER have a phone! I'm gonna give Mustang an earful of what I have to say!"

Rin looked down. "Umm… Am I your friend?" she asked.

"Yeah, I guess." Edward said.

"Yes, of course you are, Rin, why?" Al said kindly.

"Well," she said with her head still down, "one has to cherish friends and family, because before you know it, they could be gone…"

Ed and Al glanced at each other, then back at Rin. "Something… happened to you?" Ed asked quietly. Rin slowly nodded her head. She bit her lip, holding back a loud sob.

"My… ….sisters…" is all she said.

"…Oh." Alphonse said.

"Well, sorry." Ed said, not unkindly. "You can come with us." Rin lifted her head.

"Thanks." She said.

'But I'm still gonna give Mustang a piece of my mind…' Ed thought. But instead, he said, "We were on our way to Gratune, a city in the East."

"Oh. That's cool, I guess." Rin took a guess. "Following a rumor about the Philosopher's Stone?" Ed stared at her, as if a ringer above his head went 'ding-ding-ding!' He nodded slowly.

"Y… Yeah…" Ed stated.

"Oh, I just HAVE to try this before we leave for Gratune." Rin thought out loud. "Roy told me it's very funny."

"What, what did Mustang tell you that is supposed to be funny?" Edward said. He and Al both knew that when Col. Roy Mustang thought there was something funny, it usually meant it was totally UN-funny. And by UN-funny, that means like torture for Ed.

Rin laughed. "Hey Ed, how would you categorize yourself?"

"Umm… wha?" Edward didn't understand.

"Well…" Rin started. "I would categorize you somewhere in-between…"

Al got ready to grab his brother, already knowing what would happen.

"What? Where would you categorize me?" Edward yelled, getting anxious.

"I would categorize you somewhere in-between… a GNOME and a MIDGET!"

"WHAT?" Edward yelled. "How dare you call me small, what do wanna squish me like a tiny, tiny bug, you wolf-eared freak!"

At those words, 'wolf-eared freak', Rin started attacking back at Ed, who was trying to pound her. He couldn't reach because Al was holing him back. It seemed that Alphonse was so used to seeing his brother freak-out, that he knew when the short-jokes were coming. He put a leg out to stop Rin from mauling his brother.

"Wolf-eared freak! Don't call me a wolf-eared freak, you pip-squeak! You don't have the right to call me a wolf-eared freak because you are SO SMALL! Small! Small! Small!"

"You quit calling me small! Hey look there's the moon, so go howl at it, wolf-girl!" Ed evilly said.

"Shrimp!"

"Mega-weirdo! Arooooooooooooooooo…! Arooooooooooooooooooo!" Ed started making howling sounds, like a wolf.

"Oh yeah!" Rin said, clapping her hands together. She placed them on the ground, and a big rock-sign came up. The sign was pointing at Ed, and it said 'small!'

All of a sudden, Al started chuckling to himself.

"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING FOR!" Rin and Ed said at the same time, whipping around to face Al.

"I'm sorry for laughing at you, it's just… you remind me of a brother and sister."

"Really?" Rin said, calming down.

"We do?" Edward said blankly. Alphonse nodded.

Rin glanced up at the sign that said 'small!'. "Oh, sorry." She said, clapping her hands together and placing them on the sign. In a flash, the sign disintegrated. Alphonse finally let go of Ed.

"Ok, sorry I called you short." Rin apologized.

"Hmph. Then I guess I'm sorry I called you a wolf-eared freak." Ed admitted.

They started walking, when Rin stopped. Ed and Al looked back at her. "Why'd you stop?" Al asked.

"I know you were just playing, Ed…" Rin said. "But these ears are stuck to me. Just like your arms and legs are stuck to you. It's not like I could just take them off when I want to. The auto-mail can come off sure, with a wrench or something, but the thing they are covering cannot come off."

"Oh, well y'see, I didn't know tha—wait, the auto-mail is just covering something?"

Rin nodded. "You two can keep a secret?" Edward and Alphonse nodded. She walked up to them, looked around to see that there was no one there, and said something quietly. "You see… I really am part wolf. Under these auto-mail pieces are a real wolves' tail and ears. If the military knew, besides the ones I can dearly trust, I would probably end up in a testing lab, with the title 'Super Chimera' over my head. Just like Al would be tested on if they found out he was just a walking suit or armor."

"Yeah, you're right about what they would do to Al…" Edward said. "Dearly trust? Who else knows? Besides us, I mean."

"Well, the ones in the military that I trust most are Roy and Riza. They already know about what happened, too. And the others who know would probably be… Winry and Pinako Rockbell." Rin looked at Ed and his brother. Ed was pale, and Al was speechless. "What." Rin said.

"W-Winry…" Ed sputtered.

"Pinako…" Al managed to say.

"Yeah." Rin said. "Those are the 2 that did my arm, leg, ears and tail. Their work is awesome. …Do you know them?"

Ed nodded.

"Ye-Yeah…" Al said. "We were best friends when we were little."

"Oh. Well that's nice. Wait, if you were best friends, then you probably lived near one another. By any chance, did you see the house that got burnt down?" She glanced at their down faces. "Oh wait. That was your house, wasn't it. Yeah, it was. Now I remember. Sorry." Rin said. "Alright, well that's the past, and this is the future! So let's head out once more!"

"Umm… okay." Ed said.

"Yeah! Let's go to Gratune!" Alphonse said.