"Come on Roy please you've gatta let me try." A pretty young girl begged Col. Roy Mustang.

"No Kira, your alchemy's defective lately you could get hurt I'm not letting you take the exam." Mustang said calmly shifting through some papers on his desk.

"Um...sir…your needed at the—" Hawkeye was cut off

" Yes, yes I know, stay put Kira we'll talk about this later" Mustang said walking away.

"Yea right" Kira strolled over to the window and opened it. "To bad I won't be here." With that she leapt out the window.

"I wonder how long brother will be?" Alphonse Elric sighed as he walked along the streets of Central. As Al turned the corner someone ran into him knocking the person down.

"I'm sorry" Al bent down. "Are you alright?" He asked.

"Yea I think I'm alright." The person said rubbing their wrist.

"Do you need some help standing up?" Al asked.

The person looked up it was a girl. She had long black hair and green eyes. She reminded him of Col. Mustang but shook it off as imagination.

She smiled "no, thanks thou…" she stud up. Suddenly her eyes widened. "YOUR ALPHONSE, ALPHONSE ELRIC AREN'T YOU?"

"Please just call me Al. Do I know you?" Al asked

The girl laughed, "I don't think we've met before. My names Kira." The two started to walk. "So where's Edward? I was hoping to meet this famous "Full metal"

"Oh. He's in a conference with Col, Mustang." Al said.

"Oh" Kira looked at Al "and it's for state alchemist only"

"Right."

"There you are Al." Ed walked over to his Brother "Man, sure fells good getting out of that place. Have you been sitting here the whole time?"

"No, we've walked the whole town waiting for you to get out."

"We?"

"Yea Kira and me"

"Who the heck is Kira?"

"I'm Kira"

Ed turned around. "Yea so why've you been looking for me."

"She wants our help."

"To do what?"

"I want you to help me show my brother that I'm good enough to take the state alchemist exam"

"Why do you need my help…besides you're only a little girl"

Al moved quickly grabbing Kira around the waist. "Kira wait he didn't mean anything by it"

"What did I say?"

Before anyone could answer a car pulled up and an official looking person stepped out.

Kira hid behind Al.

The official walked up to Ed and Al. he cleared his throat. "Kira you are to return with me the Col. is waiting for you."

"And if I refuse to go with you?" Kira said stepping out from behind Al.

"I will have to use force if I have to."

"Hold on buddy" Ed stud in front of Kira.

"Col. Mustang wishes to see you as well."

"Why'd you have to send someone for me Roy" Kira burst as soon as she stepped foot into the office.

Ed and Al looked at each other

"What did you expect me to do you weren't here when I got back so I sent someone for you."

"I was bored Roy I'm always bored"

"That's no excuse Kira your under my authority—" Roy was cut off.

"I'M NOT ONE OF YOUR SUBORDINATES TO ORDER ROY!" Kira yelled.

Roy Mustang looked at Kira

Kira turned around "JERK!"

She ran past Ed and Al; they noticed tears running down her face.

"I'm not going back…you can't make me," Kira said as Al moved up behind her. Al said nothing but sat beside her. After a few moments he speaks.

"We lost our mother to Kira"

Kira looked at Al shocked. "He told you?" al nodded. Kira looked away. "Can I stay with you and Ed please I wont cause any problems I promise." Kira was now on her knees facing Al.

"Well actually Ed and I were leaving for home on the next train out. Ed needs some work done after our last assignment."

"Take me with you then. Please Al, Ed hasn't helped me with my alchemy yet."

"I…I don't know Kira Col. Mustang wont be very happy" Al said. He looked at Kira and noticed she was starting to cry.

"Well Al we're heading back again…" Ed looked out the train window at the landscape passing by "And here I thought we wouldn't be back ever." Ed lay across the seat. "Wake me when we get their okay Al."

"Okay"

A few hours passed and Ed was awakened by some laughter.

"Hey was going on?" He asked.

"Sorry Ed we were just talking…" Kira smiled.

Ed looked over at Al and saw him sitting there with Kira. Ed sat up strait.

"What are you doing here?"

"Going to Resembool…you?" Kira said sweetly.

"Same—"

"Really what a funny coincidence" Kira looked at Al "Your turn."

"Why are you going to Resembool?" Ed asked.

Kira didn't look at Ed, but said quietly. "Because your going…you really thought you could back out on your promise?"

"What promise. I didn't make any promises."

They continued to argue all the way to Rosembool.

Kira looked at Ed. "please Ed you got in when you were only 12 why cant I get in at 14?"

"Your 14? That's the same age as Al… wow and here I thought you were only 10"

Kira stud up "WHAT DO YOU MEAN ONLY 10 SHORTIE!"

That hit Ed hard. "Who you calling shortie, pipsqueak."

Al sighed; "come on you two stop it" Al grabbed Kira and Ed by the collars of there shirts.

Winry looked up, some yelling cault her attention. She noticed it was Ed and Al but then she seen someone else with them. She ran up to them.

"You're not even a skilled alchemist and if I'm going to teach you, you should show me some respect as a superior."

"That was low brother" al said.

"I am to skilled!" she held her hands up toward Ed, a glow came from under her shirt, and Ed started to shiver.

"Hey guys!" Winry beamed waving at them.

"Hey Winry" Ed shivered.

"Who's that?" she asked.

Kira turned around and ran toward the water.

"I told you, you went to far brother. Now see what you did" Al followed Kira but was stopped. Al looked back.

"Brother?"

"Your right Al I'll go get her"

Ed rounded a tree and seen Kira. He was about to call to her but stopped when she stud up,

"You've always worked before what's wrong with you." Kira held up her left hand and took of the white glove. Ed was shocked, there; shining in the sunlight was an auto-mail hand. "Maybe I should get you looked at your looking dull. Maybe that's what's making you defective lately." Kira re-gloved her hand and kneeled down again.

"Kira there you are." Ed walked up to her. Kira looked back, she stud up.

"Come to make fun of an…what did you say…ah yes unskilled Alchemist?"

"No, …" Ed looked behind her. "Lunch is ready…"

Kira turned back around "no thank you I'm not hungry"

"So… what are you up to?" he asked.

"Its so unlike Ed to miss a meal." Winry said worried.

"Maybe he and Kira are talking or something" al offered.

"Hey al who is that girl anyway?" Winry asked.

Al started to explain to Winry and bionku about Kira how he met her and why she followed them.