I stuck my tongue out of my mouth slightly and closed one eye as I aimed the gun. With a twitch of my finger, a bullet suddenly launched itself from the gun, tearing through the center of the target. I grinned at my success, and quickly pat myself on the back.

It's been almost a year since I've joined the military, and I'm still in training, though I'm almost done. I had been taught martial arts several years back, so I was already covered for hand to hand combat. For a while all I did was run laps and work to get in shape. That was probably one of the most difficult parts. See, I'm a lazy ass, and I'm proud of it. But every, single, flipping day, I had to get up and run several miles. Finally, I got used to it, and now I can run 5 miles in under 20 minutes.

Now I was training in using a gun. I wasn't a big fan of them. Honestly, when it comes to weapons where you shoot, I prefer a bow and arrow. Go ahead, call me old fashioned. I don't really care. But don't you dare go making jokes about 'taking an arrow to the knee', or I will shoot one through your knee, just to see how funny it really is.

Ok, anyways, I am now training to use a gun. It wasn't really as difficult as people made it out to be. I mastered using a pistol in practically no time at all, but the shotgun did take a little longer to learn to use. However, I eventually got that down too.

While I was here, I actually made some friends. Sure they were all at least 10 years older than me, but hey, a friend is a friend, right? Plus, there aren't any other people here that are my age. Not that I've seen at least. I've mostly gotten to know Mustang and his crew. They really were fun people. I found it especially fun to mess with them every once in a while... Though not Hawkeye... never again...

Suddenly a door slammed, and I was pulled out of my thoughts. I looked up to see Riza walk through the door, with her backpack in hand. I grinned at her and she smiled back.

"Sup?" I asked, turning back to the target.

"Just coming to practice some," she replied, getting her gun out of her bag.

I smiled and rolled my eyes, before shooting the target again. "It's always practice, practice, practice with you, isn't it? But I get why you do it."

Nothing else was said, though I could tell Riza was smiling. For 10 minutes, the only sound was the gunshots. When my hand started aching slightly, I figured that was enough. I stepped back, and bent backwards slightly, cracking my back. Smoothing my bangs back from my forehead, I put my pistol in it's holster and grabbed my backpack. I waved at Riza, before walking out.

I sighed. What to do, what to do... For a military base, this place was awfully boring. I shrugged. "Eh, I guess I'll go mingle, maybe challenge someone to a spar or something."

As I walked through the halls, I passed Mustang's office. I stopped walking for a second, before turning towards the door. Inside I could hear annoyed yelling, but it definitely wasn't Mustang. The voice sounded more... high pitched.

Well... what was happening in there wasn't really any of my business, but... I was bored out of my mind... Why not do a little eavesdropping? I grinned, before running away from the door to another smaller one. I entered the small broom closer, and hid my backpack in the corner. I looked up at my target: the air vent. Quickly scaling the shelf full of cleaning materials, I was soon in the air vents, silently crawling through. By now, I knew how to get to every room through the air vents, so getting to Mustang's office, really wasn't difficult. Before I knew it, I was lying still, staring through the vent.

There seem to be 2 other people in the office with Mustang. There was one really tall dude in a suit of armor, and a shorter dude with blonde hair in a red cape looking thing. At the moment, the short one was shouting at seemingly no one in particular, while Mustang just sat at his desk smirking.

"WHO'RE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING STEPPED ON BECAUSE HE'LL JUST FIT THROUGH THE CRACKS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOE!"

"Um, Brother? He didn't say that." the suit of armor remarked, tentatively raising a hand. I had to cover my mouth to stop myself from laughing out loud and giving my position away.

"...I DON'T CARE, HE STILL CALLED ME SMALL!" the short one shouted.

Hm, so that's the high pitched yelling I heard earlier. What was this short guy doing here anyways? He looked to be about my age. Was he in the military too? Jeez, how many teens were they hiring?

The short one shifted and crossed his arms, and that's when I saw it: the silver pocket watch, sticking out of his pocket slightly. This kid was a state alchemist? Are you serious!? I gasped, and quickly covered my mouth. The short one and the suit of armor quickly spun around, looking for the source of the noise. I quickly pulled away from the vent, hoping I wouldn't be caught.

Unfortunately, Mustang knew who it was. "Maya, you can come down from the vents now, we know you're there."

I winced, but stayed quiet. Maybe he would change his mind?

"If you don't come down, I will get Lieutenant Hawkeye, and have her make you come down."

I yelped slightly. Despite being really nice, Riza could be absolutely terrifying.

"Um, you have reached the life model decoy of Maya, please leave a message... beep?" I said stupidly. Eh, might as well give it a try.

"Ok, fine then. I'm going to go get the Lieutena-"

"No!" I shouted, then covered my mouth. So much for eavesdropping.

With my hands, I undid the screws on the outside of the vent, then pushed it out. I slowly peaked my head through, grinning sheepishly. "Heeeere's Maya!" I said, trying to break the silence in the room. No one said anything. The two new people just stared at me in shock and slight confusion, while Mustang just looked on. I sighed before pushing myself out of the vent. I fell headfirst towards the floor, but ended up putting my hands down and rolling forward so that I was in a sitting position.

I looked up at the people still staring at me, and I gave a cheeky grin, closing my eyes as I did. I opened my eyes again, and sighed when everyone was still just staring at me. "You people are boring." I said suddenly, pouting at their lack of a reaction. But still, no one said anything. I rolled my eyes, and lay back down on the floor. "Fine, you guys just keep staring or whatever. When you're ready to form a coherent sentence and actually speak, just let me know." I got comfortable on the floor and closed my eyes, just about ready to take a nap.

Finally, someone spoke up, and from the voice, my guess is that it was the short one. "Who the hell are you?"

I sighed and sat up. "Are you really that dense? My name has been said at least twice. But I'll repeat it, so listen closely. My name is Maya Cohen. Nice to meet you."

... Yes, I know that he's a state alchemist, but I was never really one for respect or titles anyway.

Heyyy, I hope you all enjoyed the new chapter. This one is longer than the last one, I made sure of that. Thanks to everyone who has read this so far. I love you all! Please let me know what you think. How do you think Ed is going to react to the new girl? Will she end up travelling with them? Will Maya call Ed short and send him on a rampage? Why am I asking you all these questions? ... ya. Hehe, so please review, let meh know what you think, and if you have any ideas, please let me know, because I might incorporate it into the story. Thanks for reading :)

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