A/N: I just realized that I haven't done a disclaimer yet! Oh agony! Oh woe! Oh…
You guys didn't really think that this shit was my shit, right? 'Cuz this shit is Bisco Hatori's and Hiromu Arakawa's shit. I mean, shit!
Tamaki: Stop saying the "s" word!
Me: Okay! Jeez… Anyways
Disclaimer: I own none of this.
Tamaki quickly recovered from his little "Corner of Gloom" episode and began to ask Ed questions.
"How long are you staying? Why didn't you tell me you were coming? Where are you staying? What…" Ed covered his mouth to stop him.
"This is not permanent and I am not staying with you."
"But why didn't you let me know you were coming?"
"He was avoiding you," Haruhi answered for Ed.
"No! I…" Ed paused and looked at Tamaki, rethinking his answer.
"Actually, yeah, I was," he decided. Tamaki looked stricken.
"B-but don't you love your big brother?" he asked, on the verge of unnecessary, dramatic tears. Ed looked away and let out a noncommittal grunt. Apparently, Tamaki took that as a "yes" because he stopped his theatrics and gave Ed another hug.
"If you keep hugging me like that I'll leave right now. No matter what Colonel Bastard says."
"You shouldn't use language like that. It's disrespectful."
Ed rolled his eyes.
"So, Senpai, do you have any other family you're not telling us about?" Haruhi asked. She wasn't really interested, but as long as they were in the classroom with her she couldn't get any studying done.
"As a matter of fact, I do," Tamaki said. He turned to Ed, "I was kind of wondering why he isn't here."
Ed knew who he was talking about.
"Well, you see, uh, the principal of the military school Al and I go to said that only one of us could come and Al was, um, busy." Ed put on a large, fake smile. Tamaki bought it.
Tamaki was upset that Al couldn't come but was still overjoyed that at least Ed was able to. He figured he would write Al about everything later.
"Well, then, I suppose I'll give you a tour of the school!" he said, latching onto Ed's arm and pulling him towards the door.
"F-Fujioka. Help," Ed pleaded over the monologue Tamaki had begun about Ouran.
"Senpai, we have classes we need to get to," she said.
"Oh, yeah."
It's like he's just learning this now, she thought.
"I guess I got a little carried away." He laughed nervously.
"We'll do this some other time, 'kay, Ed? Bye, now!" He waked out of the room.
Once he was gone, Ed put his hands on Haruhi's shoulders and said "Thank you!"
"Don't mention it. He does the same thing to me all the time," she said. Ed let her go and sat down.
"This is so stupid. Why here?" He put his head on the desk and didn't say anything more for the rest of the period.
TheLine!SheHasBroken!
What Ed had told Tamaki was a lie. As we all know, Ed and Al don't attend a military school, or any school at all, for that matter. Ed is in the military, itself.
A few days before, Colonel Mustang had called Ed and Al into his office.
"I've got a mission for you, Fullmetal," he said.
"It'd better not be another dud. I'm sick of not getting anywhere with this," said Ed.
"Actually, Fullmetal, this has nothing to do with the stone."
"What! ? ! You can't do that!" Ed yelled.
"Yes, I can."
"But, sir… !" began Al.
"Just hear me out, kid. The fact of the matter is you're the only one who can make this work."
Ed grumbled but began to listen.
"There's a man living in a country called Japan. He's a murderer and thief and likes to make quite a show of himself."
"Why haven't they caught him yet?" asked Al.
"Apparently, he's a pretty accomplished alchemist. That's what he's been using to get away so easily. They don't have alchemy in Japan so they don't know how to combat it. That's where you come in, Fullmetal."
"Why does it have to be me?" Ed asked.
"The people he hits are either from filthy rich families or are filthy rich themselves. There is a very elite private school called Ouran that is full of people like that. What you need to do is go undercover in that high school and find this guy."
"But why me?" Ed asked again.
"You're the only one who fits in the uniform, Shorty."
"Shut up, you bastard!" Ed sprung forward, but Al managed to hold him back before he could do any damage.
"Sir, did you say Ouran?" Al asked.
"Yes. Why?" said Roy.
"Where have I heard that name before?" Ed asked once he stopped struggling.
"Brother, Tamaki goes there."
Ed paled.
"You bastard! There's no way in hell I'm going there!" he yelled, struggling against Al's grip again.
Roy ignored him and asked Al "Who's Tamaki?"
"He's our older brother," Al answered.
"You mean there's another one?" Roy asked. Ed got an idea.
"Yep! And he'd give everything away the second I got there. So it looks like you can't send me," he said.
"But, Brother, he doesn't know you're in the military."
"What? Why the hell not?"
"I didn't want him to worry, so I told him we were in military school."
Ed frowned, his genius plan foiled, and Roy smirked.
"Seems like everything works out perfectly," he said, "What I don't get, though, is why he's there and you two are here."
"You see, the chairman of the school was an old family friend. He said that he would be able to get one of us into the school," Al began to explain.
"Neither of us wanted to go, and Tamaki was perfect for the place," continued Ed.
"He left shortly after Mom died and started at the school about two years ago," finished Al.
"But there's still no way, no way at all, EVER, the you could ever make me go there, EVER!" said Ed.
Of course, a few days later, Ed was in uniform and standing before the doors of Ouran. Poor Al was unable to come with. A seven-foot-tall suit of armor might attract some attention.
TheLine!SheHasBroken!
The bell rang to signal the end of lunch period. Ed took his head off the desk and dragged himself to the door. It was going to be a long mission.
A/N: And so it begins!
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