"ICHIGO! ICHIGO! Pack up!" shouted Momo. Ichigo was sleeping inside of Momo's room. Ed and Alisa were fighting downstairs while Al and Winry got a few tents and packed them safely into a few big bags. Momowas becoming inpatient by the hour, becuase she was too excited on going on a camping trip for the first time. She waited and waited for Ichigo whowas still sleeping to wake up, but Momo had to help pack up. Ichigo snoozed a bit and opened her eyes slowly in the brightness of her sister's room.

She then got up and got dressed and then packed up her belongings, telling Momo's pet cat Pon that she won't be back until a month later. Her three kittens, Lunic, Risa and Lin meowed loudly that almost annoyed Ichigo. Ichigo transformed to talk to them once again.

"Nya! Why do you have to leave? Nya?!" Lin, the curious one, was very scared when she heard that Ichigo'sgoing to stay away from them for a month.

"Fresh air, Lin, fresh air," answered Ichigo.

"Nya! Where are you going? Nya?!" asked Lunic, the excited one.

"Forest," Ichigo answered him.

"Nya! Forest! Nya!" shouted Risa, the loud one.

"That's right, and Pon?"

"Hm?"

"Don't let these three take advantage of you."

"NYA?!? ADVANTAGE?!" All three of them freaked out. Pon laughed and licked Ichigo as a departing gift.

Ichigo transformed back into human and left the room.

Alisa and Momo were done packing while Ed and Winrywere fighting again. Al sweat dropped and said, "When will this ever end?" and locked his case.

Pon, her kittens, and the rest of the Cat Kingdom watched their friends leave the house.

It took them a few hours to reach the Forest of Risembool, and a few hours to unpack and organize their area. Some of the sweated heavily after picking up heavy objects. Winry and Alisa looked up and saw a lot of clouds blocking the sun, at which it began to rain mildly. They all went into their tents, but they had to share a tent like Ichigo and Momo, Winry and Alisa, and Ed and Al. Momo hid behind Ichigo, covering herself up with a blanket while Ichigo grunted.

Al peered through the tent's screen window, looking at Ichigo, worrying about her. Ed looked at Al and looked away, laughing quietly to himself.

"Aww, it looks like we can't build a fire now," said Winry.

"Don't worry. I bet this is a sign that Kai might appear again. But this time, he'll die as soon as Ed uses alchemy on him."

"Hope that comes true," Ed was being sarcastic.

"OH, PLEASE! LIKE YOU KNOW!" Alisa shouted at him. Ed looked away again and laughed.

"Brother, this is going to be really bad if we don't do something about this."

"Not to worry, little brother of mine!"

"Ugh!" Al covered his face up with his hands.

After the rain stopped, Kai appeared dead on arrival thanks to Ed who apparently attacked him a few seconds before he arrived. Trisha also appeared.

"See what I mean? I'm a lucky guesser!" Winry clapped slowly for Alisa.

"Good, good, okay," said Winry, sighing.

"My boys are here again! How are you?" Trisha was acting so happy today, but no one knows why.

"Hey, mom!" said the Elric brothers.

"I see you killed the dragon before he came here alive. Well, good job."

"Thank you, mother. At least SOMEONE appreciates what I do!" Ed said, staring at Alisa.

"What did I do?" she said.

"You never appreciate what I've done for you guys," said Ed clutching onto Al's ponytail.

"Give us a few 'accomplishments' you've done for us," said Winry. Ed looked up and daydreamed.

"Edward! Edward!" shouted Ichigo. Edward was hanging onto a long branch of a tall tree.

"You're on the other side?! If you were closer to me, I would've grabbed you!"

"TOO BAD!"

"I tired to save you, Ichigo! I really was!"

"NO! You told me to go on the OTHER SIDE of the tree to swing! You know I can't swing so far to you! Stupid!" Ichigo slapped Ed across the face.

"Sister, be nice!" Momohana whined.

A while after the rain stopped, they lit a fire and cooked up some food. Ichigo got tired and slept on Al's lap, while Al himself slept on top of her back. Momo sighed happily at the couple and asked herself, "When will they get together?" and giggled. Alisa looked at Ed who was staring straight at Winrywho was gnawing on twig. She looked up at them and told them she was "hungry" and that she was too inpatient to wait for the food to be cooked. It was late at night, but they still ate dinner. They went into their shared tents and slept. In the middle of the night, Trisha came back, calling for Winry and Edward. The two of them woke up and followed Trisha to an even deeper part of the forest.

Trisha looked up at the sky and said, "I bet your parents are sleeping, dreaming about you now."

Ed smiled and looked at her.

"I bet they are," said Winry.

"What about you, mom?" Edward sadly looked at his mother.

"I am, too, Edward. I am, too. If Sara were here with me right now, she would be surprised of how tall you've grown in a few years. Sorry, Ed! You, too!"

"Mom... what if.. I died? Then what?"

Trisha was silent for a while until she smiled at the two.

"Hm..." sighed Ed.

"Let's get on back. I'm getting... sleepy..." Winry fell to the floor, snoozing on Ed's foot.

"What now?" Ed looked up at Trisha. She nodded at him, giving him a sign that he should carry Winry back to the campsite.

"You're leaving us?" he asked her.

"I have to, son. I have to go back. Just tell Alphonse that I told him that I'll miss him. I'll be back someday, I promise." Then, she disappeared.

Ed carried Winry back, looking at her sleeping face the whole way back.

The next morning, everyone was still sleeping. Well, Al got up early to get dressed and to say good morning to Ichigo and Momohana.

"Yawn.... Who is that?" Ichigo yawned. Al laughed and told her it was him. She smiled and rubbed her eyes, taking another snooze again.

Her little sister was soundly asleep.

Winry woke up and tried to wake up Alisa so they can get dressed. Edward, who is a heavy sleeper, didn't wake up until everyone else got dressed and ready to travel on foot, leaving their campsite alone until they come back.

"Close the tents.. Check! Make sure fireplace is dormant... Check!" Alisa checked off the two main things that were supposed to be done every morning.

"Are we ready to go, Alisa?" said Al who got his coat on.

"Wait, one more thing!" Alisa gave her checklist to Al and sneaked into Ed and Al's tent. She got a blow horn, and fired away so that Ed would end punching her in the face and cause her to hit him back.

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ed shouted so loud that many birds flew out of their nests, and that his tent fell down on him, crushing him. Alisa laughed so hard, falling onto the floor.

"What's with you?!" Ed growled at her. She still couldn't stop laughing.

"I just love messing with ya!" she laughed some more.

"Sister, are you ready in there?" Momo asked her from the outside of their tent.

"I am, but I couldn't stand that dang blow horn!" Ichigo covered her head with a pillow and growled.

"I'm so sorry! So very sorry!" She still kept on laughing until she became stressed out.

"Brother, are you okay?!" Al was frightened, and Winry wasn't disturbed by it, because she thinks that blow horns are like "yelling at Ed until he gets hurt."

"Aren't you hurt?" Alisa stopped laughing and looked up at Winry who was looking away from them.

"Nope! Ed is the blow horn!" she said. Everyone laughed at him. Then Edward got up and grunted at them.

They all traveled on foot to examine the whole forest.