(A/N: Here's chapter two of 'Orange and Yellow Makes Red'. Enjoy! I know this is unrelated, but does anyone else notice how cute Ed, Al, and Winry are as children, and that Edward seemed so much happier before his dad left and it got worse from there with his mother's death and their failed transmutation of her finally being the last nail on the head making him the Mr. Grumpy Pants we see him now?)

Chapter Two

"Where's Winry?" a little short blond boy huffed. "She didn't play with us yesterday. And now, she's not playing with us again?"

"Brother, I think you are overreacting," the other blond boy said with a sigh. "I'm sure Winry was busy."

Edward scowled. "Busy? Busy with what?"

His younger brother by only a year, Alphonse, shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Chores, maybe?"

"Well, I'm going to find out what's got her so busy that she can't play with us," Ed announced, determinedly, causing Al to sigh at his hotheadedness.

After telling their mother they were going over to the Rockbells to play with Winry, the two boys left the house with their mother's permission, of course.

"We shouldn't be wasting bread, Orihime," Winry advised, eyeing the loaf of bread in her hand. "Mom says we shouldn't waste food."

"It's fine, Winry," Orihime assured her newfound friend. "We'll just eat the bread when we're done, so it's not wasting."

The blonde child pouted, seemingly unconviced.

"Winry! Winry!"

Both girls perked up at the sound someone calling the blonde girl's name.

"Someone's calling you, Winry," Orihime announced, curiously.

"Urgh! It's Edward!" Winry replied, making a gag sound. "Don't let him get to you, Orihime. He's rude and obnoxious, but he's a nice guy when he wants to be."

The ginger haired girl nodded in understanding as her gray eyes watched in interest as two blond haired boys made their appearance. Both had golden colored eyes, but one had a brownish tint to his.

"Hi, Winry!" Alphonse happily greeted the blonde haired girl.

"Where have you been?" Edward demanded, accusingly. "You ditched us yesterday! Al said you were busy, but you don't look busy."

It was then the two Elric boys took notice of auburn haired girl standing next to Winry with a bag full of bread in her tiny hand.

Ed frowned, glaring at the new girl. "Who are you?" he asked, bluntly with no sense of tact, pointing a finger at her. "You have weird hair. It's orange!"

"Brother! Don't be rude!" Al scolded his brother.

"Why?" Ed retorted. "She's probably the reason Winry didn't play with us yesterday!"

The ginger haired girl let out a tiny gasp. "Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't know!"

"Look at what you did, Ed!" Winry exclaimed, angrily punching the boy's arm.

"Ow!" Edward yelped, crying out in pain, tenderly rubbing his abused arm. "What was that for, Winry?"

"You're the reason I can't have any girl friends!"

"Me?" Edward questioned, puzzled, mouth agape. "What do I do?!"

"You are always so mean and obnoxious to everyone I meet!"

Alphonse rolled his eyes and sighed as his brother and Winry got into another heated argument. This always seemed to be a daily routine for them.

Orihime, on the other hand, started to panic. She didn't know what to do to get them to stop fighting. She hates conflict. The only thing her three old mind could think of when she sees something she doesn't like was to burst into tears. And that's simply what she did as her lips began quivering and small streams of tears ran down her cheeks.

Edward, Alphonse, and Winry immediately froze when they heard the ginger haired girl's loud wails. They all felt nervous and uneasy at seeing Orihime cry as they felt uncertain on what to do.

"Uh, hey… Um, don't cry," Al spoke, nervously. He didn't know the girl's name.

Unlike his considerate brother, Edward decided to take the more...insensitive approach. He frowned and crossed his arms over his chest. "Hey! Why are crying? Stop it right now!"

"Y-you guys are f-fighting, and it makes me sad," Orihime explained in between sobs.

Both Ed and Winry both looked guilty at causing the new girl to cry.

"We're sorry, Orihime," the blonde girl said, apologetically. "I promise I won't fight with Ed anymore."

"You promise?" the auburn haired questioned, her loud sobs dissolving into tiny sniffles.

"Yes," Winry promised. Edward made snort, but nevertheless agreed along with her.

Orihime wiped the rest of tears before smiling brightly. "Okay!"

"Hi, I'm Alphonse!" Al finally introduced now that everything was over. Not the best start.

"And I'm Edward, Al's older brother!" He pointed a dramatic finger at her. "Now… Tell me your name!"

"Me? My name's Orihime!"

"Orihime? That's a weird name!" Ed laughed.

Instead of getting upset like most kids normally do, Orihime laughed along with him. "Yeah, it is kind of weird."

"What were guys playing anyway?" Al asked.

"Bread and ketchup!" the auburn haired girl chirped.

Both boys looked puzzled as they turned her heads towards Winry for an explanation, but they received a shrug of a shoulder as she just as clueless as they were.

"Here!" Orihime handed Edward and Alphonse a piece of bread. "You are Bread Knight One and you are Bread Knight Two," she said, pointing at Ed and then Al. "You're job is to protect the Bread Princess from the evil Ketchup Girl."

"Who's the Ketchup Girl?" Ed asked, not getting the point of this weird game.

He soon found his answer as he was meet with a ball of ketchup as it splattered on his face.

"I am Ketchup Girl!" Orihime ominously announced, gleefully giggling, small rubber balls filled of ketchup in her hands. She tossed another one at Al.

The startled boy barely managed to dodge it.

"That's not fair!" Edward complained. "We don't have any weapons!"

"That's the point! I wouldn't be a good bad guy, if I gave you something to fight me back now, would I?" Orihime responded, laughing evilly in a childish manner. However, her laughter was cut off as a she nailed in a chest by a ball of ketchup, courtesy of Alphonse.

"Good work, Al!" Ed grinned at his brother. "Now, let's get her!"

Edward and Alphonse teamed up against Orihime. Soon joyous, childlike laughter filled the four kids as they played Orihime's bizarre and interesting game.

The sun was setting over the horizon, making the sky turn a light orange girl.

"Orihime! Orihime!"

The four kids froze in their little game. They were all a mess, covered in ketchup from top to bottom.

"Someone's calling you, Orihime," Alphonse noted.

"Oh! That's my big brother!" the ginger haired girl chirped happily, gray eyes eagerly looking over the hill, waiting for her brother to make his appearance.

"You have a brother?" Edward asked, curiously.

"Yes! He's the best big brother in the whole world!" Orihime announced, enthusiastically.

Soon enough, a man with short brown hair made his appearance.

"Big brother!" Orihime cried, happily, running up to Sora as fast as her little feet could take her.

Sora bent down to her level. "Did you have fun while I was gone, Orihime?"

"Yep!" she replied, giddily.

"What? That's not your brother," Ed said, frowning, coming up to them with Al and Winry right on his heels. "He's way older than you to be your brother. He's your daddy!"

Sora chuckled while Orihime pouted at being called a liar. "No, he's not my daddy. Sora's my big brother!" she insisted.

"Who are these boys, Orihime? You're new friends?" Sora asked his little sister.

"Yeah! That's Eddie and that's Allie!" she answered, pointing at Edward and Alphonse.

Edward scowled at the new nickname. It was too cute sounding. He didn't like it. "It's Edward, but call me Ed. And my brother's name is Alphonse, buy you can call him Al," he pronounced, putting emphasis on their proper nicknames.

"Nice to meet you, Edward, Alphonse," Sora greeted them. "I'm Orihime's older brother, Sora."

Alphonse tilted his head in confusion. "But you look old enough to be her dad."

The brown haired guy chuckled. "Yeah, I get that a lot." He turned his brown eyes toward Orihime, taking in her messy form. "And you need to take a bath. You're a mess, Orihime," he lightly scolded.

The scolded child giggled in return, and wiped her ketchup stained hand on her brother's cheek. "Now, you need to take a bath, brother!" she replied, cheekily.

In response, Sora picked her up and threw her over his shoulders, so that she was riding on his back.

The three blondes stared at the happy siblings as Sora playfully gave Orihime a train ride home. They could really see how close the brother-sister duo were.

(A/N: Here's the end of chapter two. Aw! It such a joy to write children playing. The question I want to ask you guys… We all know, Sora's going to die eventually. It's not spoiling anything. It's canon for anyone's who's watch Bleach, and I'm assuming most people did, seeing as they are reading this fanfic. The question, I want to ask is that… Do you guys want Orihime's abusive parents to become her guardians again? Or should I not? I just thought it'll be interesting to show Edward, Alphonse, and Winry the difference between good parents like theirs and bad parents like Orihime's. However, I don't feel comfortable writing about child abuse. My second option, is to put Orihime having a crush on a guy, which is Ichigo. So, which route should I go with? The return of Orihime's abusive parents, or Orihime's first love? I'm leaning towards Orihime's crush on Ichigo. If you guys say, otherwise, I'm going to stick with that. It'll be interesting to see a lovesick puppy Orihime and a jealous Edward.

Anyway, enough rambling! Leave any comments, questions, and suggestions in a review, and thanks for reading!)