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Edward glared at me, but didn't say anything as I released him from my trap. "Anytime you want to prove me wrong, Edward," I said, "just ask." And with that, I turned around and headed for the Central Library.
"Where are you going?" Alphonse asked.
"I need to look over some stuff about Scar and the hommunculi," I replied. "Stuff that you guys have probably never seen." Edward and Alphonse's eyes widened as they heard what I said.
"Hey, wait up!!" they called as they ran after me.
"I'd like to see all the records about Scar and the hommunculi," I said when we got to the library.
"You need clearance from General Roy Mustang to see those," she replied.
"I'm his sister, Kira Mustang," I said, taking out a piece of paper and handing it to her. She quickly scanned it, then disappeared into the back for a few minutes, reappearing with an armful of papers.
"Here you are, miss."
"Thanks!" I called over my shoulder as I carried out the papers, closely followed by Edward and Alphonse.
"Where are you going now?" Edward asked, growing a bit annoyed at me.
"My house," I replied. "You guys can come if you want."
"Brother?" Alphonse asked as he looked over at Edward. "We've never been at the Colonel's house before. Should we?"
"We'll never get another chance to see those documents again," Edward muttered. "We have no choice."
When we reached my house, I headed inside, Edward and Alphonse following me in. I smirked as I saw that they were nervously walking with me towards my room. I tossed the papers on my bed and untied my jacket from my waist, tossing it over a chair. "This is your room?" Edward asked in disbelief.
"Yeah," I replied, looking through a few papers. "Why? What's wrong with my room?"
Edward looked around my room again. I had a desk with a computer on it, my bed, a couple of chairs with books and another laptop on them, a stereo system in a corner, and stacks of books scattered all over the floor. If someone had just walked in, they would never have guessed that a 17-year-old girl in the military lived there. "Well, I was expecting something different," he said, grinning slightly.
"What were you expecting?" I sighed, regretting having told them that they could come with me.
"A really girly room," Edward smirked. "I mean, you are a girl after all."
Suddenly, he was on the floor, a red handprint on his face. "Brother!" Alphonse exclaimed, kneeling down next to him.
"Don't forget that this girl kicked your butt, Edward," I said, smiling. "Here." I tossed him a small stack of papers.
"What is this?" he asked.
"What do you think?" I replied. "You want to see these or not? Because I'd be happy to take them back."
Edward immediately grabbed the papers and started reading them, blushing slightly. I smiled and after I gave some more papers to him to read, I continued what I was reading.
"Hey, Ed," Alphonse asked as he finished what he was reading. "What do you think of Kira?"
Edward looked over to where I had fallen asleep, papers still in my hand. "I think that she's a brat sometimes, but she knows what she's doing," he replied with a small shrug. "I don't know."
"I'll be right back," Alphonse said, getting up.
"Where are you going?" Edward asked as Alphonse headed out of my room.
"Bathroom," Alphonse answered as he headed down the hall.
Edward smiled slightly as Alphonse left, then looked back at me. He got up and headed over to the bed. He slowly brushed my hair out of my face and I jumped slightly at his touch. Edward quickly pulled his hand back as I slowly opened my eyes.
"Do you need more papers?" I asked, still a bit tired.
"No, I'm good for now," Edward replied, still smiling.
"What?" I asked, rubbing the back of my neck. "What do you need?"
"Hey, Kira?" Alphonse interrupted as he came back into my room. "Do you have anything to eat?"
"Probably," I said, standing up. "Come on." I led them to the kitchen and made one to the worst mistakes of my life. I left the Elric brothers in a kitchen stocked with food.
"You guys ate practically everything!!" I yelled at them when I saw what was left in the kitchen. "What is wrong with you two?!?!"
"Well, we haven't had a good meal in days," Alphonse innocently replied, backing away from me. "We're sorry."
"Fine, but if Roy asks, I'm so blaming you two," I said, crossing my arms. Suddenly, 'Toxic' started blaring from my pocket as my cell phone went off. "Speaking of Roy," I said as I answered the phone. "What's up? Uh-huh, I'll tell them…We'll be right there."
I snapped the phone shut and headed back to my room, Edward and Alphonse staring after me. "Come on," I ordered, heading outside after I grabbed my jacket.
"Where are we going?" Alphonse asked as I locked the door behind us.
"Back to Roy's office," I replied, groaning.
"What's wrong? Mustang can't be that bad," Alphonse said.
"You're kidding, right?" I wondered, looking over at him.
"What did you do that you hate?" Edward asked.
I pulled a chain with 2 dog tags on it out from under my shirt. One of the tags had the state alchemist symbol etched on it and nothing on the other side. The other tag said 'Shadow' on one side and 'Kira Mustang' on the other side. "Roy gave this to me when I became a state alchemist," I explained. "He's the only one who can take it off, but any alchemist can etch whatever they want into the blank side. Except me, unfortunately. Otherwise, I would have etched 'Roy Mustang is a bastard' on it a long time ago."
"Why did he do this exactly?" Edward asked as he and Alphonse examined my necklace.
"I think he said that it was proof that I belonged to the military," I replied. The tags clinked together as I snatched them back, not bothering to tuck them back under my shirt. "Come on. If we're late, Roy will kill us."
Turns out, we were late. "Damn, we are so late!" I exclaimed as we ran down the halls of Central Command, dodging all military personnel in our way.
"You're late," Roy said as we ran into his office, completely out of breath.
"We know we're late," Edward replied glaring at him. "Why do you need us?"
"Kira, I see that you showed them your necklace," Roy said as he noticed that my necklace was hanging out of my shirt. "Still can't get it off?"
I glared at him but of course, he ignored me. "When are you finally gonna take it off?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"When you stop disrespecting your older brother and superior officer," Roy replied, smirking slightly. "Which, apparently, will be never. Or at least until you retire from the military.
"Damn you," I muttered under my breath.
"Mustang, why is Kira the only one who has a necklace like that?" Edward asked.
"Why, Fullmetal? Do you want one too?" Roy replied, reaching into a drawer and pulling out an identical necklace. "I have one right here for you." He handed to me and as I looked at it, I saw that that first tag on it was the same as my military one, but the other said 'Fullmetal' on one side and 'Edward Elric' on the other.
I started laughing as I handed the necklace back to Roy. "How long have you had that?" I asked between laughs.
"Since Edward became a state alchemist," Roy admitted, tucking the necklace back in his desk, smirking slightly. "Since I made you wear one, I decided that it was better to have something to have as punishment if Fullmetal messes up too bad."
Edward glared at Roy and turned away. "So what do you need?" I asked as I calmed down.
"There have been frequent sightings of Scar lately in East City," Roy replied, seriously. "And I volunteered you two to go check it out."
"Thanks a lot," I muttered. "I feel so honored.
"Let's just get this over with," Edward said as he started to leave Roy's office.
I followed him out but when I tried to follow him outside, Alphonse grabbed my arm. "You okay?" I asked as I turned around.
"Kira, there's something you should know, but Edward doesn't want to admit it," Alphonse replied.
"Yeah?"
"He doesn't want to admit it," Alphonse continued, "but he likes you."
"Really?" I asked. "I mean, I've kinda thought so by the way he was acting, but I wasn't sure."
"Hey, are you guys coming?" Edward asked as he looked back at us.
"Coming!" Alphonse and I called to him as we caught up to him.
"He really is kinda cute," I thought as I walked behind him. "He's a little short for 18, but he's cute."
"What were you guys talking about?" Edward asked when we reached the train station.
"Nothing," I replied, smirking slightly. "Come on, the last train leaving for East City until tomorrow leaves right now." We ran as fast as we could to the departing train, jumping on at the last second.
When we finally found a seat, Edward and I collapsed on one side and Alphonse sat down opposite us. "So did you guys find anything interesting from what you read?" I asked.
"Yeah, I learned more than I ever did in an hour," Edward replied. "Mostly because you could have taken those reports away whenever you wanted."
"You got that right," I smirked, yawning a little bit.
"You still tired?" Alphonse asked.
"Yeah," I replied. "My brother has me doing everything for him, so it's hard to get a good night's sleep."
"Everything?" Alphonse asked in disbelief.
"Yep. I shop, cook, clean, and do everything else that he wants me to do. And since I'm his younger sister and his subordinate, I have to do everything he asks me to."
"I'd hate to have Mustang as a brother then," Edward said, smirking slightly.
"You have no idea," I replied, closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep. Edward smiled, then closed his eyes himself.
As the train neared East City, Edward opened his eyes and noticed that I was still asleep, my head resting on his shoulder. "Kira?" he asked softly, blushing slightly.
I shifted my head a little bit, but didn't wake up. "Edward, are you okay?" Alphonse asked as he saw the position he was in.
"Yeah," Edward replied, still blushing slightly. "Al, should I tell her?"
"It's up to you, brother," Alphonse said, looking at me.
Edward looked down at me again and smiled slightly. "Al, as soon as we get to East City, I'm gonna tell her," Edward decided, brushing the hair out of my face.
When the train slowed to a stop, I slowly opened my eyes and stood up, stretching my arms behind me, not even noticing what I had been resting on. While Alphonse was getting our suitcases, Edward pulled me to the side away from everyone.
"Kira…" he started, "…I know you're Roy's sister and all…but…" He looked up at me and smiled, blushing slightly. "I think I love you."