Chapter 1: The Princess

(A.n.-In my fanfic Hughes is alive! He will Never Die!)


"Wake up Fullmetal!" commanded the stern voice of Riza Hawkeye. The sleeping figure that was sitting in some chairs next to a door labeled 'Colonel Mustang' stirred and mumbled

"What…?"

"Mustang is ready to speak with you." Riza looked down at the short boy as he got up and entered the door.

"What's so important that I had to come here at 5:30 in the morning?" the boy rubbed his eyes.

"I have a very important task for you Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric." Colonel Roy Mustang rose from his desk.

Ed yawned. "Is it so important that I had to get up so early, and why did you address me like that?"

Mustang cleared his throat. "You must be at the train station at 6'o clock to pick up our guest."

"And why me? Why can't you ask someone else to go?" Ed argued.

"You would be best at protecting the young miss" Mustang said calmly.

"What's so special about this girl that I had to get up so damn early?" asked Ed.

"She's no ordinary young lady. She is Princess Kosa Kinoshita of the west." Mustang said.

"Wow sounds like she's been traveling a long time... Fine I'll go get her!" Ed left the room seeming a little annoyed, murmuring to himself.


"Brother, do you even know what she looks like?" the metal armor known as Alphonse Elric looked at Ed.

"All I know is that she's a princess and her name is Kosa Kinoshita." Ed leaned against a pillar in the station.

Al looked around. "Not many people are here this early." He looked up and saw a train approaching. "Is that the train she should be on, brother?"

"Yeah, I guess." Ed looked at the train as it stopped.

A few people came off the train and then a girl, probably an inch or so shorter than Ed, stepped onto the platform. She had waist length hair that was a light brown with red streaks that was held in a half pony tail with a silver curved clip that happened to have the Flamel symbol on it. She wore red boots with no heel, a red pheasant skirt and tank-top, and long red gloves that reached halfway between her shoulder and elbow. The strangest thing about her was her red eyes. It was easy to tell that she wasn't ishbalian because her eye color seemed more like the color of rubies.

The girl approached Ed and Al. Ed blushed slightly.

"Um, would either of you happen to be a state alchemist" the girls voice was obviously kind.

"Yea, I am." Ed said. "Are you Kosa Kinoshita?"

"Yes but please call me Kosa-kun, no formalities are needed." She smiled.

"Why Kosa-kun? You're a girl, that doesn't seem to fit." Ed said, trying to make it seem like he wasn't making fun of her.

"I just happen to like the way it sounds, what are your names? That is if you don't mind me asking?" Kosa replied.

Al begun, "Not at all. I am Alphonse Elric, but you can call me Al. And this is my older brother…"

Ed quickly finished Al's sentence in a cheerful tone. "Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist at your service!" He smiled and Kosa giggled.

"Nice to meet you, how old are you two?" she asked curiously.

"Al here is 15 and I'm 16." Ed answered.

Kosa sighed, "Yet another person with more height than me." She muttered quietly as the three of them began to walk towards Eastern HQ.

"Kosa-kun, how old are you?" Al said.

"My apologies, I'm 16." Kosa replied in a cheerful voice.

Al laughed, "I never knew that there was someone shorter than Ed."

Ed began to build up rage. "WHO YOU CALLING SO SHORT AN ANT CAN'T SEE ME!"

Kosa giggled, "You're funny Ed."

Ed unnoticeably blushed, "Come on, lets hurry up and get her to HQ." Ed had quickly calmed down. "So what brought you here?"

"I wanted to join the military, as a state alchemist, so my mother said she would rather have me work far away from her. She didn't wish to see me doing such a dangerous job." Kosa looked down and added quietly. "Or so she says."

Ed looked at Kosa's slightly sadden face. "So, Kosa-kun, when are you going to take the test?"

"I took it back home, when I was accepted my mom practically forced them to transfer me here." Kosa put a fake, yet convincing smile on. "They said that they would give me my second name soon. I hope it's nothing that makes people think I'm scary!"

Ed and Al smiled as Ed looked up and stopped.

"Here we are, Eastern Headquarters!"

Kosa's eyes widened in amazement. "Wow, it's so big. I knew it was big but this place is enormous"

"Come on mustang said I had to bring you to his office ASAP" Ed looked annoyed "I wish I could strangle him even just once"

Kosa giggled and a voice interrupted

"Don't let Mustang hear that though Ed" said the familiar cheery voice of Maes Hughes. "Who is this girl?" he pointed his attention towards Kosa as he whispered something to Ed, who suddenly began to blush

"W…where would you get an idea like that idiot! I…I just met her! S…So shut up about that kind of stuff"

Al began to laugh at Ed realizing what Hughes said to Ed.

"Brother you blush to easily"

Kosa tilted her head to the side being the only one who didn't understand the quickly introduced herself. "I am Kosa Kinoshita, but please just call me Kosa-Kun"

"W…We better get to Mustang's office before he gets mad, Kosa-kun" Ed said still a little red and he glared at Hughes.


Well thanks for reading my fic, hopefully i'll get it back from my friend soon so I can type it up...Sorry if it takes a while to update, I'm to lazy to type up my stories, I'd rather read others' fics! Please R&R!