The Beginning: New Taveling Mates

Dairu and Yuri sat outside the Central Military Base on the steps. It was a sunny morning, in the middle of the Spring. Yuri's head was leaning on Dairu's shoulder and her cheeks were painted a light pink. There was a calm silence, pure bliss....until Akira appeared. She smiled knowingly at them.

"Sorry to mess up your love-dovey moment, but the Colonel wants to see us." Akira stated.

"We care why?" Yuri asked bitterly. She didn't like the cocky comander to much.

Dairu stood and helped Yuri up. He began dragging Yuri to Roy's office, Akira followed behind.

"No need to get into a fight so early in the morning." Dairu said."Try to be good, for me?"

Yuri groaned at Dairu's puppy-eyes and nodded. Akira giggled and knocked on the door. They heard a 'come in' and entered quickly. Roy sat behind his desk, his normal smirk in place. Let's just say that Yuri was already annoyed. Inside the room, there was also another boy, 'Fullmetal Alchemist' Edward Elric(Ed).

"Morning." Roy greeted.

"Morning, sir." Dairu said politely.

"Morning." Yuri said dully.

"Morning, Colonel!" Akira said happily.

"I have a mission for the four of you." Roy stated.

"Wait, four?" Ed asked.

"Yes, Fullmetal. Four. This is the 'Hydra Alchemist' Dairu Iteroshi, the 'Pyro Alchemist' Yuri Kagami, and the 'Lightning Alchemist' Akira Kagami. This is the 'Fullmetal Alchemist' Edward Elric." Roy said."You all will be going to a town called Yuki Village. There is a rumor that there is a man who knows some information about the Philosopher's Stone."

"We have to travel with this shortie?" Yuri asked with disbelief.

"WHO ARE YA CALLING SO SMALL THAT HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL THAT AN ANT DOESN'T STEP ON HIM?!" Ed roared. The others blinked at him in surprise, besides Roy. Dairu, Yuri, and Akira all started laughing. Ed only got more steamed, but did nothing.

"Yes. You will do it. You leave this afternoon. If I were you, I would take the time to learn a little bit about each other." Roy ordered.

"You can't tell me what to d-!" Yuri's mouth was covered by Dairu's hand.

"Okay, Colonel." Akira answered."We will do our best!"

With that, they were dismissed and left the office. Yuri and Ed were both calmed once they were away from the Colonel, though Yuri was mostly by Dairu puting his arm around her shoulders. Akira, who didn't really mind Roy, stayed cheery. She looked at Ed and studied the older, though not by much, boy. His temper with the Colonel had matched her sister's, she could guess that they'd either be good friends or get annoyed with each other and kill one another. Both ways worked for her really.

Dairu sighed in content. He loved the few moments he and Yuri could be like this. They were all used to non-stop missions, so seeing each other was a real treat. How that they were sent on a quest with Ed, he was sure they could spend more time together. He was sure Yuri knew it too.

Yuri leaned a bit on Dairu while walking. She was kinda glad that Colonel Asshole(Roy) had put them together on a mission for once. She didn't really mind Ed being there and Akira wasn't going to bother her to much. Akira knew when to leave her alone and would do her best to give them space. She took notice of Akira's study of ed.

'Huh. That's so like her to sit there and do that. Bet she's planning a prank or something.' Yuri thought and looked at Dairu.'He's so sweet and cute. I love him so much. I'm glad we can finally spend some alone time together.' She blushed at the thought of kissing him.

"So, hi. It's nice to meet you Ed. You know our names, so that's pointless." Akira said thoughtfully.

"You trying to stop awkard silences?" Yuri asked amused.

"Of course. It's boring and awkward." Akira answered.

"Yeah, that's why it's called an 'awkward' silence." Dairu put it jokingly.

"Shut up." Akira said.

"There you are, brother!" said a suit of armor that jogged past them and stopped in front of Ed.

"Oh, this your older brother, kiddo?" Yuri asked. Ed got an anime vein and the armor guy shook his head.

"No, he's my older brother." the armor guys said.

"Seriously?" Dairu asked."But he's so much bigger than you."

"Why you..." Ed growled.

"Chill people. Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Akira." Akira said and pointed to Yuri and Dairu."This is my older sister: Yuri and her boyfriend: Dairu."

"Hi, I'm Al." he said.

"Come on, Al. We got a new lead. These guys are coming with us to a town called Yuki Village." Ed explained.

Al nodded and followed Ed out the door. The group walked toward the Train Station to buy their tickets.

"Hey Al, is your brother always so up tight about his height?" Akira asked.

"Yeah, he really gets mad when people call him short. It's just how he is." Al answered."But brother is really nice, even though he doesn't seem that way."

"Must be deep, deep down." Yuri said and laughed."Just kidding."

"Here we are. Five tickets to Yuki Village." Ed said paying.

"We could have gotten our own tickets." Dairu said. Ed shrugged and boarded the train. Dairu sat next to Yuri and Akira sat by her. Ed and Al sat acrossed from them. The train jerked to a start and soon trees and land was flying past them.

"Why are you looking for the Red Stone?" Dairu asked suddenly.

Ed looked at him in surprise before going back to his normal scowl. He turned back to the window and 'huff'ed.

"None of your concern." he says.

"Ok, I won't make you tell me." Dairu says."Just wondering."

It was quiet after that and night fell over the country. Yuri and Dairu cuddled where they sat and fell asleep. Ed did to after a while and Al was, though no one could tell. Akira followed shortly and laid her head against the window. They all slept peacefully, due to the gentle rocking of the train.