Whee~~~~~~ So I'm back with this story~ Yay~ XD I'm soo tired! It's 12: 18 A.M. where I live. I don't usually sleep so late, so my body isn't used to it~ T^T So... Enjoy the chapter while I try hard not to fall asleep while working on other stories~ TT^TT ha ha...

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"Colonel Mustang! I've brought the Elric Brothers and the Tigerwing Alchemist." Major Armstrong said, while knocking on the door.
"You may come in." the Colonel replied. The Major nodded and he opened the door for us to get in.
"Colonel! Get to the point!" Ed shouted, sitting on the couch. I nodded.
"Colonel, why did you bring us here, again?" I asked, sitting next to Ed on the couch. He seemed uncomfortable, but I ignored it. Ed sighed,
"So, what's our mission this time?"
"There's been some kind of revolt in Janico Town. I need you three to head out immediately."
"A revolt?"
"Yes. A group of outlaws are rampaging in the central area of the town. Our military has been having trouble since they were armed and have claimed to be citizens."
"Could I bring Matsumi, my friend, with me? She's pretty good at gun handling." I asked with a smile.
The Colonel sighed and then said,
"Just take care of her." I smiled like this- : and went back out to go to the phone and called Matsumi.
"Hey, Matsumi! I've got a mission that you can help out with!" I spoke into the telephone receiver.
"Oh, Hey!"
"So, are you gonna help out? It's in Janico Town."
"Of course! Where and when should we meet?"
"How about we meet at the West Station in Central, at 12:00 P.M.?"
"Alright, then! See you then! :"
"Okay, 'bye!" I put the hearing part of the phone away, (it's the old type of phone.) and started to walk over to the Colonel's office to meet back with the others. "Ed, Al! We're going to go to the West Station and shop for a little bit! You two better come with me!" Sora shouted, while coming into the room. Ed and Al looked at each other with faces as if they wanted to run away. "You're coming whether you like it or not!" I yelled, dragging them away. I said, "Goodbye, Colonel!" He replied with a wave at the two brothers and said, "Goodbye, Fullmetal! Have fun SHOPPING." He laughed before getting back to his work since Lieutenant Hawkeye was coming into the room. I spoke my greeting to her before dragging the boys into the hallway and out the door. Major came along since Scar was still on the run.
"We have to meet my friend at 12:00 so, I at least want to be there by 11:45! If we get there any later, I'm going to pummel you two!" I yelled, my eyes blazing. Ed and Al looked up at me with tired and fearful eyes. "She acts kind of like Sensei..." Ed had whispered to Al.
"M-hm.." Al replied. His voice was shaky. We soon arrived at West Station, and it was 11:30.
"Okay, we have 30 minutes to buy and look at stores. Let's start at that manga store!" Sora yelled, charging over to the special manga store. Ed and Al followed, with an excited Major.
"I remember this store! I used to come here and buy books when I was younger." he said, crying tears of joy. I smiled while looking around, searching for any cat manga books. I found a couple and bought them all, since I had earned a lot of money. (I can't really tell you how much I earned since I don't like math) So, when I finished buying stuff here, it was 11:45.
"Ed! Al! Finish shopping and let's go to the final store! It's a book store! I've got a couple of alchemical books I want to read again." I shouted at them. They nodded and quickly got the books they were buying and walked out of the store. When we reached the store, it was unfortunately closed.
"Noo! I wanted those books.." I cried. My face looked like this- T^T So, we ended up going back to the station. That's when I saw Matsumi.
"Oii! Matsumi!"
"Ohh! SORA!"
Matsumi comes running to me and jumps on me.
"GAACK! Y-You're.. Choking... M-me...!" I managed to say.
Matsumi was pretty tall for her age. She always put her black long hair in a pony-tail. She was wearing a black tank top, and blue skinny jeans. "Why don't you ever put your shiny hair down? You'll look nice like that!" I said, after she got off me.
"Hmm... Secret~ Maybe I'll tell you...someday! OH YEAH! GUESS WHAT, GUESS WHAT!"
"What?!"
"I got the new SA80, T.A.R 21, and XM8! XDDDD"
Matsumi took them all out, and waved them around. Ed and Al looked pretty surprised.
"Really? Let me borrow them once in awhile! XD I got the new Dragoon Gunblade, and this shiny, black 64-2000. They're both snipers/swords." I replied.
"Ohh! I HEARD OF THAT! Oh... who are these?"
Matsumi pointed at Ed and Al, finally noticing them.
"They're friends I met recently. They're also in the military. The small one's a State Alchemist like me, and he's a pretty famous one around here. His name is Edward, but you can call him Shortie! The bigger one is Shortie's little brother, Alphonse. You can just call him Al though. He's an alchemist, but not in the military."
"Heey Soranoanoanaaa..." Matsumi puts her hand on Sora's head, and started to shake her head.
"You shouldn't call people 'Shortie' it's not nice! :I"
Matsumi turns to Ed, and Al.
"Hi! My name is Matsumi. Sorry for her rudeness :)"
Ed seemed ready to kill me, so I just smoothly ran away~ He chased after me though~ Al held out his hand and said,
"It's nice to meet you."
Matsumi looked at him smiling, then suddenly laughed out loud. She high fived his hand in return and said,
"Don't hafta be so polite x)" Al looked somewhat confused, but just nodded. Major Armstrong bowed at Matsumi and said,
"Hello there, young lady! My name is Alex Louis Armstrong of the Armstrong family, and I am also a Major in the military. I am also the Armstrong Alchemist, with artistic alchemy that is passed down the generations in my family." Matsumi looked very confused when he started on with all the Armstrong stuff.
"I see. Hello Armstrong person :)! I'm Matsumi xD" Matsumi showed her thumbs up sign. I slowly came back with Ed hot on my tail.
"Haha~ Shortie's very angry now~" I laughed. Major Armstrong said,
"Now, now, Edward! We're going to miss the train!" Ed sighed,
"Fine.. But, you won't get away with this, Sora!" Finally, we had boarded the train, after waiting so long to receive our tickets.
"Soranora! :) Remember that Ruger Blackhawk Convertible you got me? You know the .45 acp one?"
"Uum... Yeah... What about it?"
"I gave it an 'upgrade' :) I brought it! I got my rose engraved on it :D"
"Really? Let me see..."
Matsumi took out the Blackhawk, that I bought for her, out of her pocket.
"You really do love that rose, don't you?"
"Uh-huh! :)... So, tell me what this 'mission' is about?"
"Right, so apparently some outlaws, who are really citizens by the way, are revolting against the military in Janico town."
"Wait...then why are they sending us? Can't they ask the soldiers of the military or something like that?"
"The military doesn't want to hurt them. I guess since we can use alchemy to scare them, we don't really have to use force."
"Oh.. I see...can't wait to scare them! +w+"
"Yea.. I'm gonna sleep... Wake me up when the train stops, and make sure Ed doesn't try anything."
Matsumi smiled warmly "Of course.. anything for you, my lady~ xD Haha. Alright, I'll wake you up when we arrive. :D"
I lied down on the warm train seat and drifted off into a light sleep.

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"Ed! Sit back down!" The loud voice of Mat-chan shouting rang through my ears.
"Eh?" I ask, half-asleep.
"Ah...! See what you made me do, Ed? I woke her up!" Mat-chan seemed to be yelling at Ed.
"It's not my fault you have such a loud voice!" he shouted back.
"What did you just say to me?!" Mat-chan replied in response. I rubbed my eyes, a little clueless.
"What's going on, guys?" I ask, very sleepily. Before I could say or even see anything, I felt something on my arm, and immediately fell back asleep.

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"Eh..? It really worked! She's been sleeping for a pretty long time..." another voice waking me up... It sounds like Ed this time.. I sit back up, rubbing my eyes, even more clueless this time.
"I'm very confused...?" I say, yawning slightly.
"Ah.. She woke up.. Kind of like a cat..." Al was whispering but, I could still hear him. I stretched and was fully awake this time.
"Ah.. That was a nice nap... X3" I say. Ed seems to be smiling about something. "Shorty, is something funny?" I ask, a little confused.
"Nothing... We're almost there anyway, so you should stay awake." he replied, smiling again. I just replied,
"Umm.. Okay?"
"Ed... You do realize you were kind of like this before, when we went to Lior?" Al said. Ed answered,
"Hm..? Al, what are you talking about?" He seemed a little fidgety, but I ignored it since we arrived at our destination.
"Janico Town Station! Janico Town Station!" the conductor shouted. It was our stop.
"Come on, boys! It's time for us to leave." Mat-chan shouted. I nodded.
"We should hurry and get off the train. Major? Are you all ready?" I asked him. He nodded and we got off the train, when we saw a few people staring at us with cold eyes. I looked at them questioningly, but then I saw a few kids running past. One of them shouted,
"The outlaws! The outlaws!" I asked them,
"Why are you shouting 'the outlaws'? Has something happened?" The kids answered, with a creaky voice as if they were about to cry,
"They burned Faenric's house and he was still inside!" They pointed at a street that was filled with black smoke. Ed dashed over to the direction the kids were pointing at, with Al chasing after him. I sprinted over too, as we couldn't let a civilian die! Mat-chan had her gun ready and was also giving chase. It had been a horrifying view to see. The air was mostly filled with black smoke, and most of the house had been disintegrated except for the first floor. Ed and Al went in without hesitation. I looked around for the outlaws and saw a few men dressed in dark clothes. I decided to leave the 'rescue' to Ed and Al, and started to scare away the men. I clapped my hands together again, and placed my palms lightly onto the ground. I reconstructed the ground to make hand-like statue-thingies pop out of the ground and pick up the men. They seemed a bit surprised and bit back yelps. I rolled my eyes and just then, I heard one of the men shout,
"What are you going to do, SHORTIE?" I instantly gave them the death glare and clapped my hands together again. They were quickly launched into the sky by two stone pillars that burst up as I smirked. Matsumi groaned and turned to face me.
"Sora! Don't hurt them! Remember our mission!" I gave a quick nod and refocused myself. The men just huddled together away from me muttering gibberish, their faces white.
"Sissies...At least they learned their lesson," I huffed. Matsumi simply rolled her eyes. Ed and Al have not yet come out, so I decided to dive in and look for them. Spreading out my wings, I leaped for the inferno.
"Ed! Al! Where are you?" I shouted, trying to find some trace of them through the fiery flames. The smoke made me cough and my eyes watered. I persevered and scanned the dancing flames, being careful to avoid any of the burning debris. The searing heat licked at my skin as I made my way through the blaze. The heat was making me slightly dizzy, and I almost passed out. Just then, I saw a shadow that flickered in front of me, and because it was behind the flames, I could not tell who or what it was. Eventually, I passed out from the blitz and all I saw was darkness.

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Oh no~ Sora's in trouble! And who is that mysterious shadowy figure? You'll find out if you review~

UPDATE: Should I keep this story up? I'm not sure~ I'm starting to think no one seems to like it. T^T The first few chapters are boring, I know. Don't worry about that! The future chapters will be full of suspense and action (probably I think) as well as some sad scenes~ The ending of the story will really shock everyone~ So... Please! At least try it! I'm also trying to make this novel-like so some of the chapters will be short, others long, but there will definitely be a lot of chapters. Anyways... PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW~ T^T I'M DESPERATE! DX

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