A/N: chapter 1 brand new and updated. hope u all like it i added some things to it since i had to change it... hope u like reading Fullmetal Adventure II!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, however! I do own Li-san and Hazel and upcoming characters that I make up! -smirks-
Special Guests: Two brothers who once claimed to be the Elrics... (i'm sure u know who i'm talkin about!)
Chapter 1: Old And New Friends In Risenbool
"Well well, welcome back you two." ...
"It's good to be back." ...
Hazel and Li-san smiled happily as they looked at Truth with a curious look on its face. There was a silence brewing, and in time everyone had sweatdrops running down behind their heads.
"Soooo... How long has it been anyways since we've visited?" Hazel asked as Li-san was checking herself out as she looked at how tall she was and how she changed in anime form.
"It's been about four years... Your friends have been worried that you would never show." Truth replied.
"Oh well, that's not too--" Li-san started and then her eyse bulged, realizing what Truth had just said.
"FOUR YEARS?!" Li-san cried and rushed up to Truth.
"LISTEN BUB! IF YOU KNOW EVERYTHING DID AL GET A NEW GIRLFRIEND?!" Li-san cried.
"Al is still single. He is still loyal to you though I don't know why Miss FireBreathing Dragon Lady." Truth responded in an irritated tone.
"Oh good. I'm glad... I can't wait to see Al! He'll love the present I got him!" Li-san said happily and then opened the box to reveal the little yellow with black stripes kitten who meowed softly. Li-san gave it it's bottle of milk before covering the kitten up once more when it curled into a little cute ball.
"And by the way mister, I am not a FireBreathing Dragon Lady! YOU GOT THAT?!" Li-san roared in outrage, and Truth couldn't help but sweatdrop. Truth sighed, and then put a hand to Truths forehead.
"I rest my case and will say no more." Truth said and Li-san had a questionable look while Hazel snickered in the backround.
"So um, can you like make the Gate open so we can go to Risenbool? I really don't wanna walk all the way." Hazel said after a few seconds later. Truth sighed with an angered look on its face.
"What do you think I am? Area service?" Truth asked.
"Nope. Just a ticket to Risenbool!" Li-san joked and Truth sighed.
"One trip to Risenbool, coming up." Truth said and snapped its fingers as the doors opened to show the very familiar automail shop owned by Winry Rockbell. Instead though, rain seemed to be falling, and the lights were all on. The two could see some people inside that they recognized quickly even with the slight hair difference. As Hazel and Li walked to The Gate, Hazel rushed over and handed Truth the semi big box. Truth stared at it blankly, and then looked up at the two girls.
"Thanks dude! Here ya go! Merry Christmas even though it may be early! Next time we visit be sure that we know you like our preeeeseeeent!" Hazel sung happily.
"For your information, Christmas has come and gone... you're in the middle of early spring." Truth said.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Li-san burst as she rushed over to Truth, flames in her eyes. Truth sweatdropped and backed away... slowly. "WHADDAYA MEAN CHRISTMAS IS OVER?!" Li-san spazzed.
"You guys aren't well with the time scheduale here apparently." Truth replied as he put a finger to his ear as in annoyance to Li's loud roaring.
"Aw man... and after all the presents we got em... We'll just have to give them to everyone anyways, no biggie. Just promise us you'll wear the gift we got you, okay?" Hazel asked. At this notation, Li-san's eyes lit up happily.
"YEAH! YEAH! Pleeaseee! Do it for your two favoritest alchemists!" Li-san chanted adn without another word, the two rushed through the door as it closed. When the two doors made a bang of silence, Truth looked at the box with a blank expression. Motionlessly Truth opened the box and then felt like an eye was twitching. Truth took out what was inside, and looked at it dumbfoundedly.
"What-the-hell?" Truth asked in bewhilderment and then looked at The Gate, not saying another word. 'I knew it... I knew that the second they came back they'd drive me crazy.' Truth thought and shakily reached into the box for its present to!-... (i won't say what it is yet! -smirks-)
Hazel and Li-san landed with a thud about a few miles away from the house, and they started to shiver slightly as the rain began to soak their clothes. Seemed they were in the middle of a rainstorm, and a big one at that.
"Next time let's be more specific with where we want to land." Li-san said as she zippered down her coat and then looked to see if the kitten was all right. Luckily, this was an anime world so the kitten wasn't hurt, just dazed really as it's eyes were replaced with swirlies. 'Man I'm glad we came here just in time... Probably by now the poor cat would be dead!' Li-san thought with a sweatdrop and a nervous smile as she snuggled the box that held the kitten inside her warm coat. As the two walked down the road, they noticed that up top on the hill there was...a house?! Did the Elrics remake their house? Had people moved into Risenbool? What really changed here? That was something new...but wasn't that also the place where Ed and Al had burned their house when they were only 11? Weird...
"Say Hazel, you remember that house up there?" Li-san asked.
"Nope, do you?" Hazel asked.
"Nope, that's why I asked you dumbass." Li-san countered and Hazel's eyes narrowed.
We'll hafta ask Winry or someone when we get to the Rockbells." Hazel said and as the two were almost near, wondered how everyone was and what they looked like, not to mention probably the reaction when they would see Ed open his present on Christmas day to find a pair of elevator shoes that would make him taller by five inches.
"I hope Ed likes the gift. Truth took us forever looking in every single store we could find to locate these kind of shoes." Hazel said.
"Yeah...Truth's ashame really after six stores we finally realized we could just go to an anime convention that would probably sell elevator shoes." Li-san said with a sweatdrop. When they reached the door, they knocked on it about three times before a howl broke through.
"That would be Den." the two said in unison and then watched as the door opened to see someone very small look up at them. Truth was still amazing really how tall they were compared to the Old Lady of the household.
"Hiya Pinako-san. Is it just me or have we grown a few inches." Li-san said jokingly with a grunt after Hazel had shoved an elbow in her side. The two then stared back at Pinako. By this time after Pinako opened the door all the way, her pipe fell to the floor as she stood in the middle of the doorway, a stunned look on her face. The two were concerned about this, and just stared, waiting for Pinako's reaction.
"Way to go Li, you made Pinako mad at us probably! She's speechless!" Hazel whispered.
"It was a joke! God!" Li-san whispered back and the two turned to Pinako when she found her voice to say something at the least.
"Why I never thought I'd see the day..." she said in awe as Den kept barking happily. Li-san bent down to pet Den on the head to have him tackle her to the ground and lick her continuously. Hazel couldn't help but slap herself on the forehead, sighing. 'Li never ceases to amaze me.' Hazel couldn't help but think as she rolled her eyes.
"Hiya Den ol' buddy ol' pal! How've you been?! Hey...you seem a little white around your muzzle and ears... Are you growing..old?" Li-san asked, shocked. Den growled angrily, and Li-san apologized.
"Oh brother...Li when will you grow up?" Hazel asked. Pinako seemed to chuckle at that one, knowing that this wasn't a dream, she was really seeing Hazel and Li-san after four years! Man oh man were they different, and older. ...Had Li grown weight? She seemed to be...a little bulky where her chest was... Hazel seemed to be perfectly fine. Okay, so it was rude to think about someone's weight when years passed by with no trace of these two girls, but still!
She could also hear some creaks coming from the girls' automail, and it was at this that she was sure that they needed their automail updated as well, for if her hunch was correct, she'd have a lot of work to do like she and Winry usually had with customers who needed upgrades. She wondered how the two could live with their automail, probably so old by now. She watched the two bickering like they did back then, it was like they had never left to her.
"What? I'm just saying hi to Den! You should do that too Hazel! Den deserves a good pat anyways since we haven't visited him in a while. Hey Den look we got you presents!" Li-san exclaimed and got up to fish through the bag of gifts Hazel was holding.
"Watch it Li! Do you want me to drop all of these presents on you?!" Hazel cried in rage as Li-san finally found Den's gifts. Truth was then that Li's hands were filled with bones. As Li bent back down to Den who came out a little closer, he examining the bulky bones in front of him by cocking his head to one side.
"Here Den! Do you like Bacon flavored or no? We got you different ones cause we couldn't decide. We got you a bacon flavored bone, a pork flavored bone, a chicken flavored bone, and a lamb flavored bone!" Li-san said happily and then noticed Den was sniffing at her coat, wondering why she looked so bulky.
"Oh! No worries Den lookee lookee!" Li-san exclaimed happily and opened her jacket to reveal the little box with Al's present that was inside. Li-san opened the box a peek for Den to see what was inside. He cocked his head to the side, and then saw the little kitten mew. Den smiled brightly, and then stuck his snout in the box giving the little kitten a warm lick. The cat mewed in happiness and gave Den a lick on his wet nose. Den barked happily, and Li-san closed the box so the kitten could be warm. She then zippered up her jacket to give Den a pat on the head.
"Good boy Den! Now then, which bone do you want for Christmas?" Li-san asked as she tilted her head to the side. Den sniffed each one, and then finally barked happily as he took the lamb flavored one. By this time, Hazel could tell she had sweatdrops all around the back of her head. Also, she noticed that Pinako still seemed to be examining them for a while, and the bags plus the gifts in their-..er, well, Hazel's hands. When Li-san stood up with a grin no her face and then a blank look, both the girls were silent for a moment, and then sweatdropped.
"Oh uh, you weren't ready to see us yet? Okay then we'll be off... After all we have to deliver these presents to Central and IronTown too..." she said disappointed and the two started to walk away. Den whined a little bit as his tail went between his legs, still holding the bone in his mouth. He looked up at Pinako who was still having her mouth opened slightly, and he took matters into his own hands. He started to bark constantly until Pinako spoke up.
"All right Den! Quiet! Li-san! Hazel! Nonsense you two come right in! Truth's just so unbelievable how you two have changed and grown! I'm sure you'll want automail to be the right height and all too so you've come to the right shop! Come in come in I'm sure Winry and the boys will be so glad to see you!" Pinako finally said and Den practically shoved the two in with his wet nose as he happily licked their hands in official greeting now.
When they reached the inside of the house, a sweet aroma filled their nostrils. Mmmmm, it seemed the two were just in time for some dinner! Oh man was it making their mouths watering! They noticed everything too, all of it was the same. Besides having some different pictures hung up, everything seemed the same.
The two smiled happily and waited in the family room as Pinako trudged upstairs to go get Ed, Al, and Winry. The two were silent for a while, listening to the clock 'tick' 'tock' 'tick' 'tock' for a few moments. Li-san sighed and then stretched with a playful smile on her face.
"I guess Ed isn't on the Other Side since we musta changed all the events." Li-san chuckled and then noticed pictures hanging up on the walls. She walked over to the fire place Pinako had, and stared at all of the pictures of everyone growing. She couldn't help but smile as she examined all the great pictures hanging on the wall.
There was Ed and Al when they were 16 and 15, and boy did Al grow his hair like Ed's. Winry had grown hers too, and had it in Riza's style. Another picture was of when and how they were now 18 and 17. Ed finally put his in a high ponytail as Al returned his to the way it looked when he was 14, but grew some more bangs for a little difference. Winry's hair had grown a little bit more, and it was still like Riza's style, but she had matured somewhat without probably being too obsessed with automail like she used to be.
"Yeah I know...I think it's great really. If Ed were on the Other Side...things would get complicated ya know?" Hazel added.
"Ya I know whatcha sayin'. If he were then he'd probably be looking for us.." Li-san smiled with a sweatdrop. Hazel smiled too with a laugh as she walked over too, examining everything. The two sighed heavily as they looked at the pictures. Suddenly, Li noticed a small little diary.
"Hey! Hazel look." Li-san said and opened the book up. The two looked inside, and saw that the book belonged to Ed.
"I didn't know Ed had a diary." Hazel said with a soft chuckle.
"It's his journal." Li-san corrected and the two read it.
April 18
Today was the day. Both Al and I have been searching for so long now, and already we've made great progress. We're almost ready to finally succeed in getting my arms and legs back... Still, we have one more thing to take care of, and that's defeating Fuhrer Bradley. Thanks to Li and Hazel we know that he's a homunculous, and he must be gotten rid of as soon as possible. I don't know how we're going to do it, but with the military on our side we'll be sure to win... Damn, I hope after this Mustang'll give me a promotion..
The two girls turned to a few more pages and read them over carefully. Some had said about special occasions like Als, or Winrys birthdays, and some even mentioned that Ed had finally gotten his limbs back which made the girls very happy. As they neared the end of Ed's dia-er, journal, they came to a page that was the most up to date considering after that one there were blank pages.
January 5th
It's already been four years since those two left... It gets harder and harder to say their names without choking a tear, we all miss them those two knuckleheads... Al and I have been getting more and more missions every day, and it only makes my lil bro nervous. I hope they come back soon, though it'll be hard I'm sure they'll find a way. After all, Li and Hazel... they're strong and I know they'll find a way... I just pray that they'll come soon.. We all miss them so much...
The two girls sniffled, their eyes sparkling with tears.
"That's...so...beautiful!!" Li-san sobbed and Hazel cried.
"I can't believe Ed still believed in us, after all this time! Talk about drama!!!!" Hazel cried. The two girls embraced in a sisterly hug, and then saw two teenages who stared at them with widened eyes. Nearly everyone was silent, until Winry had spoken as her eyes began to water in disbelief and in amazement.
"Hazel..Li... Is it really you?" Winry said tearfully. The two girls smiled with a nod as an answer.
"GEEZ! WHAT THE HELL TOOK YOU GUYS SO DAMN LONG?!" Ed roared in his pissed off tone of voice.
"Hey! DON'T MAKE US REGRET GETTING YOU A CHRISTMAS PRESENT EDO-KUN!" Li-san flamed as a vein popped leaving her eye twitching slightly. The two started a stare off, but soon were cooled off after Winry hit Ed with a wrench and Hazel hit Li with her fist. When the two settled, they looked at eachother brightly with a smile and laughed happily.
"Sorry. What I meant to say, was it's great to see you again." Ed said with a chuckle, but then noticed what was in Li's hand. "IS THAT MY DIARY?!" Ed roared, and everyone stared at him. Li looked at her hand and then sheepishly placed it quickly back on the mantle.
"Diary?" Winry asked, a sly look on her face.
"Er.. I meant journal! JOURNAL!" Ed cried as he blushed. Li-san rushed over to Ed and gave him a hug as he was tackled to the ground.
"ED WE MISSED YOU TOOO!! YOU WROTE SO MANY THOUGHTFUL AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THAT JOURNAL OF YOURS!! THANK YOU FOR STILL BELIEVING IN US!! OH ED!" Li-san exclaimed as Ed seemed to be having trouble breathing.
"Get offa me!!" Ed cried, still embarrassed, but finally thanked Li silently looking away from the group. Li-san smiled, but then looked around curiously.
"Say...where's Alphonse?" she asked with a frown.
"He went out to get some more wood for the fireplace. We decided ever since we got our bodies back to the way they were we'd lay low with the alchemy. Did you know? Al's now a state alchemist. He goes by the name of the LostSoul Alchemist. Funny really.." Ed said with a nervous chuckle.
"Oh..when'll he come back?" Li-san wailed.
"No worries he won't take long, he should be back in a few minutes." Ed said with a smile.
"Gosh...all of us, changed a lot over four years. You guys look amazing!" Winry said with a smile.
"So do you! It's so cool how we were finally able to say hi to all of ya! It took a while for us to finally be able to summon The Gate again. Sorry for the long wait everyone... But we're so glad we were able to visit during Spring! It's gonna rock!" Li-san said brightly with a smile. Hazel smiled with a sweatdrop, knowing that was another of their famous lies... Hey, what else could they think of if they hadn't visited in four years?! Hazel opened her eyes in surprise then, remembering the house they had seen up on the hill where Ed and Al's house once stood.
"Say, we noticed there was a new house here... Someone move in or something?" Hazel asked with a snap of her fingers.
"Oh yeah...We got new neighbors." Ed said frowning, raising a brow.
"Oh really? Who?" Li-san asked curiously.
"Well...you never met them but they recently two weeks ago barged over here and transmuted their own house up there... The nerve really." Ed said with a sigh.
"Oh! I'm so sorry to hear about that E-.."
"Yeah Ed whatever but anyways, Whooooooooooooooooooo?!" Li-san whined as she also interrupted Hazel who had her eyes narrowed when she was rudely interrupted.
"They go by the name of--" Ed was about to say but then the door burst open as some logs were dropped on the floor. A low-ish voice laughed heartily in the front door nervously until the voice spoke.
"Sorry I was late Brother! I think the rainstorm just became a thunder storm, I think I'm almost completely drenched!" Al's voice said sheepishly. He then shouted louder, "Auntie I got some more firewood! Brother help me out here and be prepared too mmkay?!" the voice cried and Li-san immediately rushed over to where Al was, eyes turning to hearts as sparkles flew all around her.
"Ah Li I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Ed shouted but it was too late.
"Why is that?" Hazel asked a little bit later as her eyes narrowed having dark lines below, wondering what would happen next. As she waited for an answer, all Ed did was sweatdrop with a nervous grin on his face. Al didn't notice what Ed had said, and he instinctively thought Ed was coming toward him when he heard footsteps rush up to where he was.
"Here it comes Brother, catch!" Al said and threw the log to have his face turn into a surprised look when he saw Li-san round the corner as the log headed straight for her head!
"AL!" Li-san cried happily, but then she found herself smiling as her eye started to twitch with dark lines under it, mouth twitching slightly.
"DUCK!" Al tried to cry but it was too late. BAM! With one shot Li-san hit the floor with a thud, a big red spot on her forehead followed by seeing blue armored heads swirl around her head in confusion.
"L-LI?!" he cried in disbelief as he rushed over to her, cradling her in his arms. He couldn't believe this, this was real. Li was actually here...here in Risenbool! How long..how long it had been since he'd seen her.. How beautiful she had become over the years... and now, here for Christmas? How great was this! It was a miracle in his mind. He snapped back to reality when Li still didn't wake up, and he shook her a little bit.
"Li! Are you okay?! LI! HEY! I'm so sorry I didn't mean for that to happen Li speak to me!" Al cried in alarm, hoping that he didn't give her a concusion! Li-san finally came to, snapping out of her confusion transe.
"Damn..." she muttered painfully. "What is this? De ja vu all over again? The last time we met for the first time when Hazel and I came here was when your head came flying at me..." Li-san joked with a grunt and immediately Al gave her a hug.
"Don't scare me like that ever again! It's been so long since you were here...so long I-- I almost started to lose hope..." Al said with a teary smile as he embraced her tightly.
"I'm sorry Al...I really really missed you too." Li-san said cheerfully and he helped her up. When they were on their feet, the rest of the gang walked over. Al looked from Li-san, to Hazel. He gave a greeting to Hazel with a smile and a hug and then summoned Ed over to help with the firewood.
"So, what have you two been up to lately? What were you guys doing on the Other Side?" Winry asked when all three girls were sitting down for some tea as the boys were attending the firewood in the fireplace.
"We've been eating..sleeping, working on alchemy, some space stuffers including science as alchemy being a myth... Ya know, the usual." Li-san joked as she waved her hand up and down. Winry laughed a little, and then turned to Hazel.
"Every year Armony called asking where you guys are and how you were. You should give them a call soon letting them know that you're coming back for a visit. You'd better have a good excuse too." Winry said with a half smile.
"Yeah that's right! I know we'll surprise her! We got so many presents for everyone Winry-san! We have one for Ed, Al, Pinako, yourself, Den, Maria, Denny, Riza, Roy, Armstrong, Hughes and his family, Havoc, Breda, Faulman, Fuery, Sciezka, ummm...who else are we missing Ane-san?" Li-san asked when she couldn't think of anyone else.
"Uh... I think that's it really... Oh yeah besides you, Ed, Al, Pinako, and Den we have more for Armony and Uncle Eiselstien. There might be more, but we'll have to see really when we get to Central and IronTown. That is, if you guys'll come with us." Hazel said happily and the two nodded.
"Of course! That's a great idea!" Winry said with a gleeful smile.
"Wow. You guys sure have lots of presents. It makes me want to go out and buy you guys some too even though it's already passed. I'm sure everyone will be so happy to see you! A lot of stuff has been going on lately!" Winry then exclaimed happily.
"Get this! Mustang fnially got himself a wife, and kids!" Ed joked when he and Al were finished with the firewood. They walked over, and Li-san moved over to snuggle up with Al who agreed happily with a smile.
"Oh? Who! Who! I bet you anyhin' it's Hawkeye! Am I right am I am I am I?!" Li-san happily cried and Ed sweatdropped.
"Yup it's Hawkeye. Go figure right?" Ed said with a laugh and everyone smiled. Suddenly though, Li-san and Hazel's eyes went wide.
"K-Kids?! THEY HAVE CHILDREN?!" they cried in unison.
"MY GOD!" Li-san cried in a spasmodic tone with her eyes being like this: o.O
"HOW MANY?!" Hazel cried in amazement, tears streaming down her face in joy and in a little bit of envy. After all, Mustang was her favorite character back in the Real World.
"Um... One boy and two girls. The boy is about 8 right now and the two girls are twins being 5. Umm...you'll see them at Central." Ed finished with a few sweatdrops.
"Cool! I can't believe it! What else do you got for us?!" Hazel exclaimed.
"Oh! I visited Hughes and his family a while back, and Elicia has a new baby brother!" Winry said with a snap.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw! KAWAIIIIIII!" the two girls squealed.
"Anythin' else?!" Li-san cried.
"OH! ARMSTRONG HAS AN AFFRO NOW!" Ed randomly said and the two girls stared at him like they had seen a ghost. Li-san's eyes became blank pupils that bulged, and she started to shudder while Hazel had her eye twitching non-stop.
"A...A..Affro?... ARMSTRONG?!" Li-san finally choked out to say, shuddering even more as she pictured Armstrong with an affro. 'Affro Armstrong... Scary thoughts scary thoughts!' Li-san thought to herself . ;;
"NO WAY! THAT CAN'T BE POSSIBLE!! CAN IT?!" Hazel cried. 'Find a happy place find a happy place!' she thought to herself o.O -twitch- There was a moment of silence, and Ed burst out laughing uncontrollably, rolling on the floor laughing his ass off. Al had a sweatdrop, Winry's eyes were narrowed to the point where they were just lines, and Hazel and Li could feel a vein pop.
"HECK NO! OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU BELIEVED ME! OH MAN YOU TWO SHOULDA SEEN YOUR FACES! THAT. WAS. PRICELESS!" Ed cried and cried but suddenly stopped when he saw looming shadows over him. He dared to open one eye, and then bulged when he saw Li and Hazel over him, cracking their knuckles and having dark colors behind them.
"You're so in for it now, Shrimp." Li-san said through grit teeth.
"Shorty. Shorty McShortShorts." Hazel cursed bitterly. 'I got that from Disney Channel... Haha!' Hazel thought.
"SHORT-EE?" Ed twitched, bolding the 'EE'.
"YESSS.. SHORTY!" the two said in unison.
"WHY I OUGHTTA-" Ed started but was shushed by two fists in his face as he flew backwards on the floor, knocking into the couch.
"KAREGANAGASNA!" the two roared and charged after Ed who could tell it wasn't the right time to provoke the two girls. AT ALL. (Translation to Kareganagasna (sp? i'm not sure of but!) it means Don't Screw Around!)
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Ed screamed at the top of his lungs as the scene went to the outside of the house, showing only vibrations as if an earthquake had just happened. In a few moments later, there was silence. The scene turned back to the inside of the house to see Li-san calmly sipping some tea while Hazel asked happily, "Is there anything else that we should be informed about?" Ed was in the backround, in his blob form with only one strand of hair as his soul seemed to be leaving his poor shrimpy (Ed: HEY!) ... er, his poor manly (Ed: -smirks proudly-) body.
"Not that we know of...sorry." Winry replied with a few sweatdrops and the two girls sulked. When Ed regained conciousness, he joined the group once more. As he sat down, his present was thrown to him. He stared at it, and so did Winry when she got hers and Al the same. As Ed opened his first, his eye sparkled and tears flowed down his face.
"OHMYGOD! HIGHER ELEVATOR SHOES!" Ed said, almost squeeing like a little girl! (o.o) As he quickly put it on, he ordered Al to stand up. When Al did, Ed did as well and smirked as he was taller! "I'M FINALLY TALLL!" Ed cried happily as he ran around the house, feeling so proud and..tall. As Winry opened hers, she too squeed in joy as she examined al of her new tools. She gave Li and Hazel a hug and rushed to her room to try out her new toys. It was Als turn now, and when he opened it he gasped in surprise and took out the little kitten.
"OH MY GOODNESS! A KITTY! I KNOW! I'LL NAME--...Is it a he or she?" Al asked.
"Girl." Li said.
"I WILL NAME HER LIL LI!" Al said triumphantly and the kitten mewed. Li-san was happy with this choice, and laughed happily. When everyone finalyl settled, they all came back to the family room. Back onto another subject, Hazel was still curious about the new neighbors and with Ed being apparently alive he would be able to answer.
"So Ed! You were saying about new neighbors? We wanna know." Hazel said with a laugh.
"Oh yeah...You don' know them but they were two messed up siblings who pretended to be Al and me just for fame and to continue their dad's research. The older brother is Al's age, he goes by the name of Russell Tringham and his younger brother is named Fletcher. They normally stop by to say hello and join us for dinner. Truth's like they've become part of the family." Ed said with a frown.
"Why do you not like that?" Li-san asked, puzzled.
"Truth's not that we don't..Ed here just still has some steam from four years ago cause Russell is still taller than him." Al said and sweatdropped when a cushon from the couch was thrown in his face.
"Hey! Ed! Truth's not nice to throw things at Al!" Li-san roared and pointed her mini canon at him.
"Okay okay I take it back! Yeesh!" Ed cried with his eyes bulging out of his head.
"That's what I thought you said." Li-san hissed and then sat back down. After a while, everyone continued to chat merrily until Pinako called them for dinner. As everyone entered the small dining room, almost everyone's mouth watered.
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" Li-san roared and waved her hands in the air happily. In front of them were loads of food! There was turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, christmas cake, candy, chocolate goodies, stew with chicken chunks in them, blueberry and raspberry pie, and last but not least, Candy Canes!
"Down Li down!" Hazel snapped and slapped Li-san on the hand.
"Owee!" Li-san cried and then whimpered.
"Loser. We're 18 now, act like it!" Hazel steamed.
"No we!-- Oh yeah we are sorry ev'ryone I keep thinking that I'm still 14 hehh..." Li-san said with a sweatdrop. 'Phew!...THAT was a close one...' Li and Hazel thought. Everyone laughed and then sat down for dinner. After dinner had been done with, at about 8:30 everyone decided to wind down. Truth was strange...for Hazel that is... She felt so uncomfortable when she saw how Li-san snuggled up into Al's arms as he wrapped them around her waist in a hug, and how Winry put her head on Ed's shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her in a hug. She began to fidget in her seat, watching the time go by. She felt like crying at that point, so left out. She was about to cry when the doorbell rang, and she immediately rushed up to it to prevent anyone from seeing her.
"I'll get it Pinako!" Hazel said and went up to the door.
"Who is it?" Hazel asked.
"Why don't you open the door to find out? I take it you're visiting the Elrics as well, due to your voice is not familiar to me." a low and dark voice from the other side of the door smirked. Hazel seemed to have a vein pop. 'Smartass? Ooooooh yeah.' Hazel thought to herself and opened the door. She gasped slightly in amazement, and felt herself fluster at the person standing right in front of her, a half grin on his face. He had golden colored hair a little bit lighter than Ed's, with some of his bangs covering his right eye. His eye color was a beautiful sparkling blue, and he seemed to have grown his hair down to his neck, which seemed to make him look amazingly H.O.T! In Hazel's case that is... The boy smirked again with his smartassy smile and tone. Hazel seemed to lost for words, it was like a romantic moment for her! Everything seemed to stop, and she felt herself swoon over this guy. What would happen next? Would he be the prince charming she was imagining right now? Truth all depended really of what would happen next as the two stood there in the doorway.
A/N: yup! i must be famous for that now! but i'm sure all of ya know who's at the door. anywayz, how was the first chapter of my sequel guys? be sure to leave a review so i know how u like it! i'll update soon too i promise! as soon as i get some more good ideas in my head! XD anywayz, again, plz leave a review to let me know how this sequel's beginning is going, and hopefully if u didn't like this chapter :( then i'll make sure to make the next one even better! also i will give out a hint that there will be like, even though early, a sequence where there's good against evil, and after that it'll run smoothly again. just to start the story out again i thought that would be okay... anywyz! i'll update soon and leave a review! thanks to all my readers and reviewers! -Em
P.S.- is it just me, or is it too FUNNY to picture Armstrong with an affro? I found it hilarious when I was typing that. rofl! (Hazel: it's not funny! IT'S FREEAAKY!)