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Omg. What the hell's wrong with me? I start other stories and never finished them. Oh well, if I don't start this I'll go mad with it playing in my mind over and over.
I don't Own FMA. If I did it would still be running one way or another.
Forgive me if you don't like the oddness, OOC's and FC's, AU, and other junk I can't think of at the moment.
I also can't spell some things like Fuhrer.
Also I'm using both Manga and Anime forms.
Al sat in the train car alone, and sticking out like a sore thumb. He tried to make himself smaller but earned only more stares. He hated it when his brother ran off like this. When Ed had dashed on to the train, Al didn't see which car he had jumped on.
"Brother! Is this some kind of joke?" Al got up quickly and walked through the cars, wishing his brother wasn't so small.
"If he heard I called him small, he would throw a fit again. I sometimes wonder if he is really the older one." Al suddenly stopped. He felt a cold chill and slowly turned…to meet the face of his ticked off brother.
"Al….Did you by any chance call me small?" Ed was seething with anger and Al began shaking with fear, his metal part clanging together.
"N…no." Al shrunk even more.
"You….LITTLE LIAR! I KNOW YOU CALLED ME SMALL! HOW COULD YOU?? I'M YOUR OLDER BROTHER!!" Al scream as Ed charged at him.
They were lucky that the train didn't jump off its tracks.
As Al and Ed came off the train, Al turned to his brother.
"Brother? Why are we heading to Central? I thought we had time off." Ed turned to his brother and merely smiled at him.
"Mustang wants us to meet someone. Another State Alchemist who now works under him. All he said that we might know her." Al looked at Ed as if he was lying.
"Did he say who she worked under?"
"No, only said that her last commander died in the line of duty. Nothing more." Al nodded and turned to face the way of Central HQ.
"Well let's go meet her." Ed nodded and they started walking.
Roy was amazed by this girl. He looked at her sitting on a couch, her legs crossed along with her arms. He reviewed her file for the 12th time and smirked at her. Maybe this was the person who could get him to the top.
"So I hear you used to work under Major Gen. Was he a good person to work under?" The girl threw him a golden stare and shrugged.
"He was okay….When he was drunk. Other than that, no he was horrible." Roy smirked some more and looked at her file again.
"Do you know how he died?" The girl once again gave him a look only this time it said, are you stupid?
"He was shot seven times. Twice in the head, three times in the heart, and twice in the lungs. Ugly way to go, his head went everywhere." Roy grew serous and flipped a random page.
"It says hear that you were his bodyguard…… How come you let him die?" The girl stared at nothing.
"I wasn't fast enough." Roy looked at the girl. Riza Hawkeye was in the room when this talk started. Where was Mustang going with this?
"Oh, but it says here that you are very fast. Not only that but a well accomplished acrobat and a pro at gymnastics. You weren't fast enough, you let him get shot." The girl smiled at him.
"Amazing, how did you know? Was it from the part when I said that he was horrible to work with? Or you're smarter then everyone else?" Roy folded his hands together and rested his chin on them.
"How can I trust you when I now know that you let Major Gen die like that? How do I know that you're not going to kill me right now?" The girl smiled at him.
"You have no worries Mustang. Just chatting with you makes me think of you as a nice leader. The only reason I let him die was because he tried to rape everything he came to, not only that he was slum who had no respect for peoples' rights and beliefs. To tell the truth he was a very sick man." Roy nodded.
"Please don't make me lose trust in you. I need loyal people by my side to take Fuhrer King Bradley's place. Are in with me?" The girl carted a tried glanced and smiled once again.
"I'll be helping every step of the way if wish me to. I know this military like the back of my hand."
Ed and Al had finally come to the Central HQ and were taking a quick break before meeting with Mustang. Or at least Ed was. Al glanced around the court yard and spotted two dogs. Al leaned closer to the gate to get a better look.
The two dogs where hanging by the steps, they ran a few laps around each other and stared back at Al. Al jumped with shock and swore he saw flashes of green as the dogs ran inside.
Ed stared at Al.
"Did you see something?" Al shook his head. There was no way that the dogs could be green.
The gate slid open the brothers walked in.
After a few minutes of walking they came to Mustang's door. Ed was sweating; he really hated the man at times and wished he would stop making fun of his height. Al just really wanted to see this new Alchemist. Ed knocked and winced when Mustang answered to come in. Al reached for the door only to have his brother kick it wide open. Mustang looked almost displeased.
"Please restrain yourself Fullmetal. I wanted that door to at least last another month but now that won't happen." Ed looked and the left side of the door to see it hanging off its hinges.
"Not my fault you got a crappy door." Mustang rubbed his temples and motion for the two to sit.
"Now you know I called you to come to meet our new Alchemist. So why don't you turn to your left and say hi?" Ed and Al did as he said and their jaws nearly hit the floor. They were staring at a spitting image of Edward himself.
"Nice to see you had the same reaction. Meet Airrintine Kaytoa. The Element Alchemist or better yet, The Diamond Alchemist." Ed stared even more and pointed at her. Though Al had better manners.
"It's nice to meet you Airrintine." Airrintine gave a smile and a wave.
"Oh, please. Just call me Airrin or Air. Either will work." Ed jumped up and screamed.
"WHAT THE HELL?? YOU LOOK JUST LIKE ME!!" Airrin got a pissed off look and gave him a golden stare.
"At least we don't share the same tempers, or your ass would already be halfway to Xing." Ed jumped up once again.
"ARE YOU SAYING THAT I'M SO SMALL EVEN A FLEE COULD KICK ME??" Airrin balled up her fist and gave Edward a harder glare.
"Please Edward. Airrin isn't the kind of person you want to pick a fight with. She really will kick your ass to Xing. She beat Armstrong just this morning, threw him across 13 feet. Got at least seven accounts on it."
Al looked at Airrin and saw how much she looked like Ed. She had the same hair color as him and the same hair style. Her bangs were longer and reached pasted her shoulders. Her hair was in a braid but was much longer. It nearly touched the floor. Her eyes were the same. She wore a strapless shirt that looked like it was made out of silk. It was a dark blue with white lines on the edges. As it came past the top of her pants the back and front spilt reaching down to her knees. Almost like a dress with it's sides split, now only a shirt. She wore light tan baggy pants with lots of pockets with a black leather belt holding it up. Along with her pants she wore black and blue boots. He noticed she had her silver watch hanging from her waist like a second belt. But that wasn't what caught his sight.
On her shoulders she had somewhat light blue marking on her. What got him the most was how much the markings looked like the markings on Scar, on his right arm.
"Um, Air?" Air turned towards Al and quickly gave him a smile.
"Yes, Al? What is it?" Al seemed a little shocked that she knew his name but guessed that Mustang told her.
"Are those tattoos on your shoulders?" Air lost a little lift in her smile. Ed soon forgot his fight with Roy and saw what Al was talking about.
"No. Their birthmarks. Had them ever since I was a baby." Ed and Al shared quick glances.
"Are you sure? They look like alchemy markings almost." Ed nodded and went over quickly to look at them. He saw it went around her neck and covered most of her shoulders along with it going to the middle of her spine. Most of it wasn't known to him but saw two markings that almost made him gasp but kept it to himself.
"Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. I really don't care." Airrin replied and hung her head to one side.
"Please Ed. I know she's cute but you don't have to gawk at her." Ed blushed at this and quickly pulled away. Roy couldn't help but laugh some.
"She seems to like you. Why don't you give her a tour of Central? She's new here and it would be a good chance to get to know her. Seeing that she's going to be your new partner." Ed gave Roy a horrified look.
"I don't need a babysitter!" Roy shook his head.
"Ed. She's 16. Legally she's still a minor. Not only that but your age too. No, she's going to look after you two. To make sure you don't kill yourselves. Now run along and give her a tour!!" Roy busted out laughing while swinging his chair to face the window.
Al bowed and picked up his stiff brother and jogged out the room. Airrin hung back and gave Mustang an odd look before shaking her head and walking out the door.
The trio walked in silence as they walked down to the mess hall. Al looked to his brother and back to Airrin. She gave him a light smile and a wave and went back to gazing. Al was shocked that she could just smile at a suit of armor as if it was her life-long friend.
Al was so wrapped up that he didn't even see the mass of muscle and abs before he hit it. Al looked and saw that it was Major Armstrong.
"Alphonse! Edward! It's so good to see you again!" And with that he gripped the two into a death hug.
"Major! I'm supposed to watch those two! It really wouldn't look good if I let them get hugged to death!" The Major looked down and dropped the two without care.
"Miss Kaytoa! I hope our spar didn't harm you in anyway!" He bowed and those pink diamonds began to show.
"Huh? Shouldn't it be me asking that? I did leave you with that large bruise on your back." The large man chuckled and showed one of his famous poses.
"Nonsense! I haven't had a bruise like this since I was little child! I finally found the perfect sparing partner!!" He laughed and swept Airrin into one of his bonechrushing hugs. Airrin did a funny sound, which sounded like a cat's meow. Ed couldn't help but feel left out.
"Major, did she really win against you?" The Major let go of Airrin who fell into a heap before him.
"Why yes she did! I never have seen anyone move so fast and gracefully! I can't even beat with all the fighting tactics passed down through the Armstrong line for generations!" The Major became serous and bent down to Edward's level.
"She's a handful. I don't approve of spreading rumors but it's been said that she let her last Commander die in cold blood. But then again, Major Gen was a drunk. He's always been getting away with many things in the past 5 years. I guess it was his time to pay. Airrin was just a bystander. But then again….No, does she look like a cold blooded killer to you?" Edward glanced at Airrin and saw her running circles around Al while carrying his head, while slipping through Al's hands at the last minute.
"No. Just really playful. Is there something I should know about her?" The Major got a somewhat grim look.
"She's had five Commanders before she came to Mustang. All of them died when she was around, either by bullets or knives. And all of them had cheated around the Military for years. A lot of people, mostly the higher ups, don't want anything to do with her. I've talked to her fellow work mates and they have nothing but great things to say about her. She seems to like you though. I think you should be okay." Edward only looked at the two playing, while speaking.
"That's the same thing Mustang said. Does he know anything else..?" Major shook his head.
"No. He thinks she can help him become Fuhrer. By looking at her I can see where he gets that. She's bright, charming, along with being a hell of an Alchemist. I think she can rival if you she wants to. But, that's going ahead. Just get to know her and you'll be fast friends with her. I know I was!" Edward smirked.
"Okay, why not?"
Edward stuck close to Airrin. Trying to see anything he missed. All he could gather visibly was that she was full of energy and pep. She would be playful with Ed and Al. And would often make animal sounds. She so far meowed, eeped, and hissed. It was the hissing that caught Ed off guard. She also had a habit at staring at walls and at people.
She glanced at Ed and Al. A bored look crossed her face. She was a head taller than Ed and put her hand on his head, stopping him.
"Let's go back and report to Mustang, I won't have troubles finding my way." Ed blinked and Al started back walking the way they came.
"Why? Don't you want to see the rest of building?" She sent Ed a lazy look and grew a big smile.
"Why don't I prove it to you? Let's have a race to whoever can get to Mustang's office first. Winner gets treated to whatever they want. And I mean anything. Info they want whatever, you name it." Ed smirked, glad to show off a little.
"Okay. If I win, you tell all about your last five Commanders and what they cheated the Military out off."
"And If I win. You'll tell your life before you became a State Alchemist and why your brother's armor is hollow." Ed paused at that last bit.
"How do you know….?" Airrin threw a big smirk.
"You need to win before I tell you!" And with that she dashed off.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE YOU CHEATER!!"
Forgive if you don't like. Right now it's 3 in the morning. So, point out what you feel is wrong.
