A/N: Ok here we are the much promised next story featuring the beloved puppy Kain Fuery! It sure didn't take too long to get posted from when I promised it was coming! This story is fully written and is just being polished before posting. This chapter has been edited so it should be a nice easy read. It will be pretty heavy on the Fuery/Havoc but is not slash. Enjoy and review!

Chapter 1

Kain Fuery blinked sleepily annoyed as his alarm clock buzzed at him incessantly. Time to wake up. Just five more minutes please little clock. On second thought, just ten more minutes little clock. He was lying on his side crushing his pillow as he hugged it to him, arms and legs wrapping around it in a vice like grip. His blankets entrapped him, with his pillow, in a vicious tangle. He must have been dreaming again. What had he dreamed? He rubbed the sleep from his eyes then began to extract himself from the bed which didn't want to let him go. He didn't want to leave it either. It took him several minutes before he found himself sitting up with a big yawn and again rubbing at his eyes. Time to begin the morning he supposed.

He showered first, long and hot, feeling more awake afterwards then stumbled to the kitchen and made himself a mug of hot cocoa. He stared down at it for a moment in contemplation. Yes, definitely a morning in need of mini marshmallows in his cocoa. He sat on the floor sipping his cocoa and started going through some of his personal paperwork that had to be done. It was time to balance his finances, an ongoing project that was slowly expanding across his living room floor like a primordial ooze, but he was always running out of time. He'd been at it a week now. He sighed morosely. So little money, so many radio parts to buy. Did he really need to eat this month? It was a question that plagued him every month as he looked closely at his finances and found himself having to choose between food and the next part he needed for the supreme, stream lined, and stylish radio he was slowly building. His mind strayed as glistening metallic parts danced through his head connecting and creating then dismantling and recreating into something even better as his mind worked over the design. The alarm clock screeched at him again.

"Aw foo, stupid clock" he threw down his pen with a scowl. Time to move on to the grocery shopping.

He glanced at his stipend for food and doled out the money to himself, dawned his military uniform, and slurping the last of his cocoa headed out the door. The morning was brisk and fresh a few fluffy white clouds floating lazily over head making him wish that he could be home and lazy too. Especially since all the clouds looked like radio transmitters to him.

Ms. Pellish waved at him with a smile. He was her only customer. It was too early for everybody else, that was one of the reasons he shopped here, because she was the only grocer that opened early enough for him to do his shopping before he had to be at work. He glanced at his watch and sighed. He'd taken too long enjoying the walk here. He'd have to rush now. Good thing he'd made his list the night before. He hurried through the store tossing the items into his basket haphazardly then suddenly hesitated at the hot chocolate. Maybe if he cut down a little on his consumption of it he could save faster for his radio parts. Only have to buy cocoa every other week. An image sprang to mind of his morning routine without his hot cocoa with mini marshmallows and felt tears prickle at the corner of his eyes. No. Just. No. He had to run the whole way home, careful not to drop anything, having just enough time to put the cold stuff away before he tore out the door again. The day was going to be beautiful. Warm but not hot with a slight breeze. Refreshing after last weeks torrential downpours.

He was about a quarter of the way to work when he skidded to a stop. There behind a rotted wooden crate, shivering with cold, dirty from homelessness, and thin as a rail from being abandon was a kitten. She was a calico with a pink nose that had a black dot in the center, one ear was a butterscotch brown, the other was a reddish brown, her tail was mostly the red but had butterscotch at the tip, and her four little paws were half reddish brown half butterscotch the rest of her being white. He didn't think twice as he knelt down in front of it.

"No it's ok, I won't hurt you" he soothed when she flinched away holding out his hand for her to sniff. After a moment she obliged sniffing at him then after a moment more began to purr softly rubbing her fuzzy cheeks over his fingers.

"I bet you're hungry aren't you sweetie? Here, this was supposed to be part of my lunch but I can share" he explained reaching for the bagged sandwich in his pocket and tearing off a piece of the ham. She ate it up quickly then looked up at him again with her big soft blue eyes. He looked all around but they were the only two in the area.

"No mama huh? Well c'mon, you can come home with me. There's lots of food there" he scooped her up scratching behind her ear. She fit in the palm of his hand and had room to spare. As he slipped through the front doors of Command he tucked her into his oversize pocket and gave her more of his sandwich to keep her quiet. If Mustang found out he brought her he'd be in big trouble. Again.

Havoc gave him a little look as he was late, unusual for him, but didn't say anything. He was no tattle-tale. Kain quickly made it looke like he'd been there for a while and got right to work though his mind was on the kitten in his pocket. By the feel of it she'd finished the food and was napping but he could feel the slight vibration of purring. Thank goodness she was still too small for her purr to be heard through the cloth of his pocket. At some point Mustang surfaced from his office, plopped a large stack of paperwork on his desk then returned with another and dropped it onto Havoc's desk then disappeared. Havoc moaned loudly. He hated all the forms he had to sign. So boring. He glared at Kain seeing him dive right in already through several of the forms hating the kid's gumption. He was still trying to get through the last stack Roy had left him. Time passed slowly and Fuery started to get anxious, drawing odd looks from Havoc, as the kitten started to get restless in his pocket. He rushed through the paperwork finishing it all in record time, including filing, then suddenly jumped up from his chair.

"Cover for me" he whispered harshly to Havoc getting a look from Breda that told him he knew he was up to something.

"Fine but we get to see it later" Havoc blackmailed. There was some small furry critter in Fuery's pocket and they all knew it. This was not the first time they'd covered for him because he brought an abandon animal he'd found on the way to work. The Sergeant nodded and took off towards the more remotely located of men's rooms.

"Where'd Fuery go?" the Colonel asked looking confused, a stack of paperwork in his arms, a few minutes later.

"Well since there's a good deal more paperwork than usual Fuery decided it would be good to deliver the files as we finished each stack instead of at the end of the day like usual" Havoc explained ever so smoothly. Mustang glanced at Breda whom smiled innocently. No one was saying that the reason there was so much paperwork was because he'd let it all pile up until he'd shown up this morning to find Hawkeye sitting in his chair playing with her gun.

"Fine, make sure he does these next, they're top priority" Fifteen minutes later Kain returned, his fingers suspiciously wrinkled from the kitten's bath water, carrying an empty medium size cardboard box which was stuffed with soft blankets. They kept it in a vacant storage closet for days like this so there was no risk of the Colonel finding it and asking questions.

"The coast's clear, let's see it Fuery" Hawkeye demanded with a grin as she, Falman, Breda, Hughes, and Havoc huddled around him.

Everyone except Mustang knew it when Fuery had snuck some kitten or puppy into the office. They all oohed and ahhed at her for a few minutes before he stuck her in the blanket filled box with a small dish with his lunch torn up in it with some water and slid the whole set up under his desk. The only risk now was if she started meowing but with food available that should keep her quiet. Only a few hours to go anyways. Today however his luck failed him. It was an hour till time to leave, he was working on the filing and form delivering, genuinely this time, when Roy suddenly came out of his office.

"Fuery what is this?" he asked sternly holding the kitten by the scruff for all to see looking terribly annoyed.

"Well, um Sir, it's uh, just that I found her on the way here and um, she had no mama, and well, Well I couldn't just leave her there!" he argued dropping the files and slinking over, knowing he was in big trouble, snatching her from Roy's grasp and cradling her at his elbow.

"there are rules about this Sergeant, this is a work place, a military work place! You can't be bringing stray kittens here. Take her home with you tonight and don't bring her back" Roy put on his best intimidating glare. This was not the first time they'd done this and he wanted it to end in his favor. This time.

"But Sir! Tissa is-"

"Tissa?" Roy cocked an eyebrow.

"Yes Tissa! Tissa is too smal to be left home alone all day! Think of her welfare!" There were a few snickers from across the room.

Roy would have glared at them but he was trapped. Trapped in the gaze of Kain Fuery his big puppy dog eyes so innocent and vulnerable going oh so wide with pleading as he coddled his calico girl. Mustang gritted his teeth and tried so hard to look away. He had to resist. He had to. His eye started to twitch and then suddenly Kain's lip began to quiver and it was all lost. He swore under his breath storming back into his office without another word.

"Victory again dear Tissa" Fuery celebrated pulling out her box. No wonder she'd been so quiet. She'd been busy chewing an escape hole in the side of her box.

The rest of the day he let her roam about on his desk, a blanket piled in the corner for nap time, while he worked. On the way home he hummed jovially while petting her loving the sound of her little purr. Yes, today had been a good day. Normally he would nurse whatever kitten or puppy he'd found to health and wait till they were older before finding them another home but he was considering keeping Tissa for himself.

He was letting himself into his home when he suddenly paused a strange feeling, like a winter chill creeping up his spine, came over him. It felt like he wasn't alone though as he looked about the streets were empty. Shaking his head and blaming it on being overtired he went inside and forgot the feeling of being watched.