Okay...so this is my first published Fan Fic...feeling kinda nervous. I've been writting for a while now but I still feel self conscious about how I do even though my friends say that I'm a good writer. Don't be too critical on me but I'm always open to suggestions for the plot.
:D
"I can't believe we're actually burning vacation days on this." Roy grumbled as he stared out of the train window.
"Oh be quiet Roy. You miss him too. You can't hide it." Riza said in a calm voice without looking up from her book.
"I do not miss that, that brat. He was a pain in my side for years and now he's gone! Why would I miss that?"
"Because no matter how much you whine about him you know that you actually like him." Havoc said with a small smirk on his face as he ground out a cigarette on his armrest.
"…shut up," was the only thing that came to Roy's mind.
"Ooh, good comeback." Havoc said in a cocky voice. "That line take you a whole two seconds?"
Roy was about to tell his subordinate to shut up again but in lieu of that, he merely closed his mouth and continued to focus on the blurry landscape that was passing by them.
"Hey, we didn't just come all this way just for the chief's birthday," Breda reminded Roy.
"You're right." Roy said in his usual commanding voice.
They did have more than one intention when they where planning their trip to Resembool. An outbreak of small terrorist crime had begun to form in this area and where now spreading a crossed the country. All of the military facilities whole had researched into the terrorist crimes had deemed them unrelated to others. But Roy had a hunch; one that told him differently, but the crimes where out of his jurisdiction. So, as the team would be believed to be on a vacation, they would be secretly investigating the crimes. There was another bonus to being in Resembool that Roy would not admit out loud or even to himself, but Edward could be used as help in this secret investigation. He did live in the area of where it started, maybe he knew something…
Roy was not aware that he had fallen asleep but as he had woken up some time latter, falling asleep was the only thing that made sense. The loud speaker told him, along with the other occupants of the train, that they would be at Resembool station in ten minutes. Roy began to organize his bags and prepare himself for a week with-
That insufferable little brat.
-Edward Elric.
But to Roy's pleasure, that certain blond was not at the station. In his place was his younger brother, Alphonse.
"Hi everyone!" He exclaimed happily as everyone came into view.
"Hello Alphonse." Everyone said in response to the teens greeting.
Alphonse Elric was no longer trapped in a suit of armor, that problem had been resolved almost a year ago. He was now a normal sixteen-year-old with big golden-brown eyes and short golden-brown hair. He had apparently grown some as he was now almost as tall as Roy. Everyone secretly hoped inside that Ed had either grown or had gotten over his height problems so that they wouldn't hear him screeching over it for a week.
"I'll take you guys over to the Inn and then we can go see brother."
"Where is he?" Furey asked.
"He's watching over the store. But come on, it's kinda cold out today."
It actually wasn't that cold, but with the constant wind that was whipping up, standing still began to chill them. They all followed him down the slightly crowded street towards a three-story building.
"Here it is. I have to warm you it's also a tavern so it can be quite loud sometimes."
Al pushed open the door to the Inn and went inside; the rest followed behind him. After entering the building they where greeted with loud calls of hello. After saying his greetings to a few of the bar patrons, Al went up to the front bar to talk to a plump, middle-aged woman. Roy and his crew, unsure of what to do, stood a few feet away from Al. After a moment or two, Al made a motion for them to follow him and the women.
"Hey! Pretty lady! You wanna come party with a real man?" one of the many drunken bar members yelled out to Riza.
Riza heaved a heavy sigh before continuing behind Al. if this had been around Central, her reaction would have been different. She would've likely pulled out the hand gun she kept in her purse and threaten to remove certain body parts, but this was a different place. Not everyone new about scary Lt. Hawkeye, so she decided to behave herself.
Riza turned her back to see Roy practically seething at the man who dared to make a move at his girlfriend. Riza couldn't help but roll her eyes at his behavior before she walked over to Roy and gave his ear a hard tug.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"For acting like a child. Now come on. I don't think they'd let us stay here if you torch half of the building." When Roy didn't move, Riza gave his ear another unmerciful tug.
"Ow! Ow! I'm moving!"
Roy's pride did the best it could at blocking out the drunken laughter as he was pulled from the area. After Riza was sure he'd behave, Riza let go. Roy sent a glare towards Havoc and Breda, knowing that they had been snickering like school children.
They traveled to the back of the large room, went through a doorway, and up a staircase. Once reaching the next floor, they turned down a hall and stopped in front of a large wooden door.
"Roy and Riza? This is you're room." said the Lady. "Havoc and Breda, yours is a crossed the hall right here, and Falman and Furey, you're right here." She said motioning to a door next to Havoc and Breda's.
"Thank you." Roy said as he was handed a room key.
"Uh, huh. If you need anything I'll usually be on the first floor."
Roy watched as she walked down the stairs before he made a move to open his room door.
"I'll let you guys unpack." Al said with a smile. "I'll be downstairs waiting for you."
Roy gave him a small smile before putting his key into the lock and opening it.
It wasn't that bad actually. He had stayed at worst places. The hotel room comprised of two rooms. There was one large room that was a bedroom and a sitting room combined. On one side of the room was a king-sized bed, a small night stand with a lamp on top of it, and a large dresser. Closer to the door was a comfy looking couch and a small, wooden coffee table with a radio on it. All of the woods on the furniture where a nice cherry; all of the fabrics where nice neutral colors. The walls where a cream color and the carpeting a soft tan. In between the bed and the couch was a doorway that probably led to a bathroom of sorts. Roy sat his things down on the couch before he walked over to the bed and collapsed.
"Get up and put your things away." Riza said quietly as she began to put away her things.
"But I'm tired." Roy moaned like a small child.
Riza couldn't help but crack a small smile at him before she tossed one of his bags on top of him.
"How are you tired? You've been doing nothing but sitting on your ass for a day."
"Well when you do nothing but sitting at work, it too becomes tiring."
"What about lying down?"
"Nope. It's still just as relaxing as ever…"
Riza ignored the man and continued to put away her things. Only after all of her things where secured did Riza attempt to wake the sleeping beast.
"Roy." She said loudly but gained no response. "Roy."
There was still no response. Blowing a few stray hairs out of her face, Riza bent down so that her face was flush with his. After listing to his sleepy breathing for a moment, Riza sighed and said in a completely unenthusiastic voice, "Roy, I want to have sex."
With that, Roy's eyes flew open. Riza, being experienced in this tactic, quickly moved out of the way as to avoid his arms that aimed for her waist.
"Oh, good. You're awake." Riza said with a slight smile as her boyfriend sat up wearing an adorably pouty face. "You can pack latter, let's go downstairs."
"Riza! Why'd you have to do that?!"
"Because that's the easiest way to wake you up."
"Well it's not easy for me!"
"Oh quit you're whining." Riza turned to face the door and smirked when she heard the creaking of bed springs.
Riza paused in front of the door so Roy could wrap his arms around her waist. Roy pulled her close before resting his chin on her shoulder.
"I thought we where on a vacation." He pouted as he kissed her neck softly.
"Yes but we also have other objectives in this vacation." Riza reminded him.
"…but it's still a vacation." He pointed out.
"Yes, and we can relax latter. Now come on. They're probably waiting for us."
Roy let go of her and stood there for a moment before following her out of the room and down to the tavern.
Al stood at the bar talking to the rest of Roy's crew. They had probably only beat them down there because they didn't insist on putting away close that they where just going to pack up again in a few days.
"All unpacked?"
"I guess." Roy mumbled while shoving his fists into his pockets.
"Well then let's get going."
Al bid goodbye to the lady from before departing the building. Snow had started to sprinkle down on the group as they walked to their destination. After a few more minutes of walking, Al stopped in font of a two-story, brick building. Large metal letters where attached a crossed the upper front of the building that spelled out: BOOKS.
A large window took up half of the front of the building. In the window where several books of all types held up on small pedestals and a large curtain blocked out what the store looked like from outside. Al pushed open the door and walked inside. As he began to walk towards a large counter he let out a loud sigh before covering his face with one of his hands. Once everyone was inside they realized what had caused this reaction.
The nice, clean counter that had once been organized was now cluttered. A pair of black boots where resting on a pile of documents, their owner longing in a comfy high backed chair. A book covered the persons face, but from the long blond hair that laid haphazardly on his shoulder and the loud snores that erupted from him, there was no question as to who it was.
"Brother…" Al sighed as he removed his face from his face.
"Well, this is a surprise." Roy sarcastically replied with a cocky grin. "Here I thought that Fullmetal would have grown up a little."
Even though Edward wasn't a part of the military anymore, Roy couldn't help but let his old title slip on occasions.
"Yeah, right." Al muttered as he walked over to the counter.
He stared down at his brother for a moment before he gripped the back of the chair and pushed it towards the ground.
"AHHG!"
"Rise and shine!" Al yelled into his ear as Ed tired to untangle himself.
"What the hell was that about?! You could've killed me!"
"Bullshit, you're being over dramatic. But that's what you get when you sleep on the job."
"It's not like I meant to fall asleep! I just did!"
"Yeah, yeah. Get your ass up, we've got company."
Ed looked up from his position on the ground and stared at the new arrivals for a moment before pulling himself off of the floor.
"What's up?" he said as he leaned against the desk with a small smile.
Edward Elric had changed a lot since he had first joined the military. The almost seventeen-year old had grown since they last saw him. He was still an inch or two smaller than Al, but he wasn't exactly short anymore. His long blond hair was held back in a tight pony-tail. His face that had once been round with youth was now more mature looking. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants along with his old black boots.
"Hi Ed!" Furey said excitedly.
"How's it going chief?" Breda asked while slapping him on the back.
After everyone had said their hellos, Ed's gaze turned to the one man who had not yet spoken up.
"So what's with General bastard's piss-poor attitude?" Ed asked as he stared at his sour expression.
"What you language, Fullmetal."
"I'm not your military dog anymore!"
"Oh right. Well then I guess I'll just have to do with something like Bean Sprout."
They all turned there gazes to Ed and waited for the explosion.
"That the best you got old man?"
It was a sign of the apocalypse. Edward didn't blow up when Roy made a comment on his height.
"My, my. Looks like you've finally grown up ehh, Shrimp." Roy said with a smirk as he moved closer to the teen.
"I am two fucking inches shorter than you Mustang! Stop acting like I'm a midget!"
"I'll stop once you're actually taller than me. But for right now, Pipsqueak, the key word in your sentence is shorter."
"Augh! Just shut up you old fart."
"Old fart…I am not old."
"So how old are you?"
"I'm in my early thirties." Roy said with an air of confidence.
"That means you're thirty-nine." Ed sighed.
As their squabbling continued, the group started to branch out and explore the bookstore with interest. The room and its wall where filled with rows of book shelves that reached the ceiling.
Every now and again, they would look up and see if Roy or Ed had decided to end the battle. But of course, they all knew it wouldn't end until they where both blue in the face. And who could blame them? They had a lot of time to make up and this was the only way it seemed they could communicate. Al sighed as he stared at the two grown men before he began to tidy up the messy desk.
'This is gonna be along week for sure…' Al thought as he began to feel tired of their yelling.
Little did anyone know, but this 'vacation' would soon turn into to something much more stressful…like a fight for their lives…
Dun, Dun, Duh! what's gonna happen? (shrugs) Reveiws make me happy dance! XD