It was another was another one of those famous "Flame vs. Fullmetal" fights, and a large crowd had gathered to see the two state alchemists battle things out. These fights were becoming very popular. The crowd had only wanted to see two of the strongest and most known state alchemists battle. They didn't care who won as long as a thrilling battle took place.
Neither alchemist was giving in. They both persevered until a winner was announced. Both, with their pride and strength at stake. The fight was raging on with strong, continuous attacks from the colonel. Ed was able to dodge them all barely, and countered with the cannon he'd transmuted. He was able to stop the colonel in his tracks, but not for long.
Anticipation rising from the crowd, as the colonel was coming in for another barrage of fire attacks, hoping to finish off his opponent. But Ed wasn't about to let the colonel finish him off that easily. Sure enough, he quickly transmuted a wall to protect himself against his superior's attacks. And the time he had gained wasn't wasted. He quickly transmuted his automail right arm into his signature blade, hoping to use it against the colonel.
The wall Ed had transmuted broke and crumbled, for the colonel's attacks were far stronger than a concrete wall. But as the wall crumbled, Ed hastily jumped out of the smoke from the attack and was able to rip the glove on his superior's hand, destroying the transmutation circle on it. That had caused a stir in the crowd as they watched the fight. They knew that the tide was turning.
Knowing there would be severe damage to Central Command, the Fuhrer had stopped the fight, much to Ed's and Mustang's surprise.
"That's enough you two!" the Fuhrer said.
"What! Come on! Let us finish!" said an aggravated Ed.
"If I let you two continue, there won't be a Central Command anymore, will there?" The Fuhrer stated.
Ed and Mustang both looked around shocked at how much damage they had done. The damage that was done was even worse than the first "Flame vs. Fullmetal" fight. Even though Ed knew that, he still wanted to continue, to prove to his commanding officer he can do things on his own. But just gritted his teeth and bared with it. He couldn't go against the Fuhrer.
By the looks of it, Mustang had also wanted to continue, but just agreed with him and saluted. Mustang and him couldn't go against the Fuhrer, even if they were strong enough to do it. The crowd was almost as angry as Ed and Mustang were. They wanted to see who was stronger, the pipsqueak or the man who wants a promotion.
Mustang and Ed had to do the cleanup, considering they were the ones who fought and did the damage. They didn't seem very happy about repairing again, and this time, even more.
"Man, this sucks, can't we get some help?" Ed asked.
"We're the ones who did this, Fullmetal," Mustang replied, "We're the ones who should do the cleanup."
They both sighed and just continued repairs. It took them all night and all of morning just to finish. They were kinda glad the Fuhrer did stop them or they would have had to cleanup even more. But still wanted to finish the fight, though.
That same day, in the afternoon, the Fuhrer had called them both to his office to see him personally. Ed and Mustang both swallowed hard and saluted as they entered the Fuhrer's office.
"Do you two know why you're here?" the Fuhrer asked.
Both shook their heads, uncertain of what he would say next.
"Well, I'll tell you," the Fuhrer began, "There is a serious tension up north at the border. We have tried to reason with them, but nothing seems to get through to them."
"I still don't understand how we're involved in this?" asked a curious Ed.
"Well, I saw how great you and the colonel were doing in your fight yesterday, so I decided to send you two to help," the Fuhrer said in a moderate tone, "So I'm sending you two on a top secret mission appropriate to your strength."
The Fuhrer continued, "You'll be riding a train bound to the North Headquarters, do you understand?"
Both nodded and saluted as they left, relieved he wasn't mad at them about the damage. But now they were assigned a mission together, and if you could see their faces, they weren't happy at all. Imagine the colonel and Fullmetal working together. Now that'd be the day!
When they were both finished with preparing, they set off for a train to North city, were the North Headquarters was located at. Since this was a top secret mission, Al and the Lieutenant couldn't come. So they wished them good luck and waved farewell, hoping they would come back home safe.
The train ride to North city would be a good couple of hours. Ed was sleeping, while Mustang was staring out the window, wondering why the Fuhrer would send them on a mission together. The Fuhrer knew they don't work well together. But Mustang just doesn't seem to know why. He started to drift off, and wait for the ride to be over.
Please review, this is my first non-crossover. I do hope they were in character. Anyway, just tell me what you think. I was inspired to type this up because of a certain FMA fanfic, but the story wasn't updated since last year, so I decided to write a Parental RoyXEd story of my own. PLEASE REVIEW, AND THANKS FOR READING!
