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"Kimiko, time to get up. We gotta talk to my boss today." Edward said, shaking Kimikos shoulder gently. Opening her eyes, Kimiko groaned. "I hate mornings." Whimpering, she pulled the covers up over her head again. "I'm never one for mornings either but we gotta see the colonel to see what he can do about you." Ed said as he sat on the bed, petting Kona. "Hey Kona," He whispered to her companion. "Do me a favor would ya and get her up for me?"

Kona purred and jumped onto the shelf above the bed. Crouching, he jumped onto Kimiko, who darted up in a panic. "GAH!!! What happened?" She looked down to her left to her cat. Ed laughed. "Well that's one way to get you up." He said as he handed her a military uniform. "You can wear this for now. Al is having your clothes washed."

Kimiko got out of bed, and as she stretched, she let out a gutteral purr. "Okay, I'm up Ed. Do you mind giving me some privacy please?" Ed smiled. "Sure Kimiko I'll be waiting outside for you." Smiling back, Kimiko picked up and looked at the blue uniform. She looked back to him. "I'll be out in a minute."

Cautiously opening the door, Kimiko came out with Kona in her arms. She put Kona down, who ran down the hall. "Looks like he wants to play with me." She said to Ed, who chuckled. Smirking at him, she chased Kona down the hall, laughing and giggling. "Kona come on, wait for me." Edward chased after her. "Hey, Kimiko you don't know the way, wait for me!"

Looking in back of her, she stuck out her tongue. Growling, Ed pushed himself to catch up with her. Kimiko continued running after her cat. She screeched to a halt as she saw a tall man with black hair and yellow eyes wearing the same uniform as Ed and herself. "Um, excuse me. Have you seen a black cat around here?" The man looked at her. "Black cat?"

Kona popped his head out from on top of Hughes head. "Um, that black cat on your head." Kimiko reached up to his head. "Kona…." She scolded and the cat jumped down into her arms. "Oh that black cat huh? Didn't feel him sneak up on me." Chuckling, Maes petted Kona "Cute little guy…..and you know who else is cute too?" He started as he reached into his pocket. Kimiko giggled. "No…who?"

All of a sudden, Hughes was tackled by Edward, both men were sprawled on the floor. "Ed, what the hell? What are you doing?" Kimiko yelled at the alchemist, helping Maes up. "Kimiko, like I said before. You don't know the way, and this guy is dangerous to your health." Standing up, Maes dusted himself off. "Are you okay sir?" Kimiko asked the older man.

"Yes I'm fine, thanks." Edward grabbed Kimikos hand and they ran. "Come on, hurry!" Kimiko grunted and ran with him. "What was the deal back there Ed, honestly? That was really rude to do you know." Ed rolled his eyes. "You don't know him like I do Kimiko. He's obsessed with his kid. He was going to shove pictures in your face and go on and on and on. You should be thanking me because I saved you!"

They stopped in front of Mustangs office door. Edward knocked and they heard a shuffling sound inside, like someone was hurrying to make everything appear normal. "Eh? Is that normal?" Kimiko asked. "Hang on you two I'll go in first and announce that you're here." Maes said as he made both of them jump. "Okay sure, go ahead Hughes." Edward said as they both stepped away from the door.

He opened the door and saw Serena sitting on Mustangs lap, oblivious to the fact that he had walked in. Hughes cleared his throat rather loudly. "Edward Elric and his guest are here to see you Roy." Both of them looked up, blushing madly as Serena hopped off Mustangs lap and dusted herself off, and picked up Kiko, her german shepherd puppy. "Should I stay Roy?" Looking at her, he nodded, and she smiled back. "Yes, maybe the two of you could become friends and keep eachother company."

Serena pouted. "I don't need any friends, all I need is you, Colonel." She blushed and looked down at Kiko. Smiling, Maes saluted and left for a moment. "Okay guys you can come in now." As Kimiko and Ed walked in, Serena glared at this new girl. She was much prettier than she was, and had a damn cat on her shoulder. She made a disgusted face and rolled her eyes. Putting her puppy down, Kimiko looked at the dark-haired girl and did the same with Kona. Kiko barked and ran up to Kona making the cat hiss and run away.

Kimiko ignored the ruckus that the two animals were making and saluted, smirking. "Kimiko Natahashi, and you must be Col. Roy Mustang. I've read an awful lot about you, Flame Alchemist." She said this quite seductfully, with almost a purr in her voice. Edward and Hughes in the meantime were trying to get Kiko and Kona to both calm down. "Hey Kimiko, a little help over here." Kimiko turned and walked towards the corner where Kiko had Kona cornered with no place to run. "Move aside you two. I can handle this."

The two men looked at eachother and nodded, moving away. The little puppy was growling at poor Kona. Kimiko closed her eyes, and clapped her hands together, then extended both of her hands out, splaying the fingers. Kiko stopped barking and whined, floating up off the ground. Kimiko opened her eyes and brought the dog to eye-level with her. She glared at the small puppy. "Sit!" She said quite forcefully and Kiko whined and sat down.

By this time, Serena was fuming. Stomping over to Kimiko, she snatched her dog out of the air. "Noone messes with me, or my cat. Remember that little girl." Smirking, she walked over to the corner and picked up Kona. Serena glared at Kimiko "And noone lays a hand on my dog, got that?" Kimiko smirked and closed her eyes for a moment, then looked past her to Mustang. "You've got quite a temper on this one colonel, hope you'll be able to handle her alright." Roy chuckled "Yes, I can control her quite well, thank you Kimiko."

Serena growled and walked past Kimiko, a look of pure hatred in her eyes. She clutched her fist and her eye twitched. "Kimiko, can I see you outside for a moment please?" The three boys in the room snickered, thinking 'Oh my god, there's going to be a major catfight in a minute' Hughes was the first to speak. "If you girls want to fight, then you can do it on the parade grounds" Roy chimed in, "Yes because I will not have you two destroy my office. Understood Serena?"

Serena looked back to him and nodded, looking back towards Kimiko. "Meet me on the parade grounds in five minutes. Unless…." She smirked. "you're scared." Kimiko glared at her, narrowing her eyes, growling a bit. Edward put his hand on her shoulder. "Easy Kimiko." Kimiko smirked and closed her eyes. "Deal Serena." Opening her eyes, she called Kona, who appeared on top of Maes' head again. She smiled "Good boy, come on." Kona mewed but refused to get off of Maes' head. Maes laughed "I guess he likes me more than I thought." Kimiko looked up at the cat. "Alright Kona you can stay with the Lt. Col. for now."

She took Edwards arm and looked down at him. "Shall we go?" Edward blushed and nodded, walking out of Mustangs office, Maes looking back at the Colonel. "You coming Roy to watch your girl in action?" Sitting at his desk, Mustang closed his eyes and sighed, looking down at Kiko, who looked back up at him, panting happily and wagging his tail. Putting him down on the floor, the colonel stood up and walked next to Hughes, looking up at Kona. "Good thing I don't like cats all that much Hughes." As he walked out of his office, Kiko looked up at the cat and growled, but followed behind Roy. Hughes sighed and his eyes rolled up to his head. "Let's go Kona." He followed them out the door.

At the parade grounds, Serena stood in the middle of the oval-shaped area. Her eyes closed, focusing on the moment, trying to focus all of her anger towards the fight. She sensed Kimiko coming and she took her black gloves out of her pocket, putting them on. Kimiko took out one of her hairties in her pocket and pulled her long hair back, tying it up so it wouldn't get in her eyes. She also put on a pair of black leather fingerless gloves. Glaring at her opponent, Kimiko concentrated on the post-battle. Edward, Hughes with Kona and Roy with Kiko stood at the barrier.

Roy looked over at Edward. "Remember our fight here Fullmetal?" Ed looked at him, and smirked. "Yeah I would have beaten you for sure if King Bradley hadn't stepped in to stop us." Hughes interupted them. "Hey you two they're about to start." Ed and Roy cheered. "Yeah come on Serena!" "Kick her fire-y butt Kimiko!" The two girls both rolled their eyes. "Boys….." they said in unison. Looking at eachother, they both chuckled. "Let me tell you something Kimiko. I'm very good at what I do. I refuse to lose to a cat-lover." Serena snapped her fingers and sent an explosion in Kimiko's face.

Kimiko flipped back just in time to avoid the shockwave. She smirked. "I'm very good at what I do also Serena." She clapped her hands and threw them down on the ground just as Serena was running towards her. A wall of rock rised quickly, creating a barrier. Serena glared at the wall and scoffed. "Is that all you've got?" She snapped her fingers again and the wall exploded, revealing a cannon with Kimiko on top of it.

Ed, Hughes and Roy looked on in wide-eyed astonishment. "Oh my god! This is de-ja vu!" They all said as they looked at eachother. Kimiko jumped off of the cannon and kicked Serena in the chest, sending her flying back into the dust. Landing on her feet and one hand, Kimiko stood up and walked towards Serena. "Not only am I an alchemist Serena. I also know how to fight physically as well, which is something you alchemists all lack."

Serena grunted, holding her chest, leaning up on one arm, a scowl on her face. She smirked, Kimiko put up her guard. Serena snapped her fingers and sent Kimiko flying backwards into the ground. "You underestimate me Kimiko." She said walking slowly towards Kimiko who lay on the ground. Serena kneeled beside her, looking towards Roy, smirking. Suddenly, Kimiko sprinted towards the opposite end of the arena. "KONA!!!! NOW!!!!"

The black cat jumped off of Hughes' head and ran towards Kimiko. She clapped her hands together as Kona jumped on her head. A white-purple glow surrounded them and all four of them stared in amazement as Kimiko and Kona fused together. When the glow faded away, Kimiko had catears and a tail. "What's the meaning of this?!" Serena screamed at her. Kimiko just smirked. "Hmph! I can't beat you as I am, so I ordered a bit of help from Kona. You won't beat me this time I guarantee it Serena." Serena just looked over at Roy, mouth gaping open, incredulous.

Kimiko ran with such speed that she was a blur, punching Serena in the stomach, causing her to cough up blood. The three boys stared in incredulation. Gasping for air, Serena growled as Kimiko glared at her, lifting her up by her collar. "That's enough Kimiko! Let Serena go this instant!" Roy yelled at her as he started to climb over the barrier but the look that Kimiko was giving him made him stop in his tracks. "I have to teach her some manners colonel. She's gotta learn not to mess with another's symbiote." She closed her eyes and threw Serena to the ground, smiling evilly with pure hatred in her eyes. A wicked laugh escaped her lips and she clapped her hands together, slamming them on the ground.

A well rose up from the ground and started to spew water from deep inside it, causing it to rain on top of Serena. Serena woke up and glared at the Neko Alchemist. "Serena! You can't use your gloves when they're wet!" Roy called out to her. She growled and punched the ground in frustration. "Damn you Kimiko Natahashi!" The well finally disappeared and the Neko Alchemist kneeled in front of her. "Looks like I'm superior to you Serena." Roy jumped over the barrier and picked up Serena as Edward and Hughes ran to Kimiko. "Kimiko! How on earth did you do this?" Ed and Hughes both reached out to touch her ears. Kimiko's eyes were still full of anger and she swatted their hands away. "Stay away from me!" She growled and ran off, leaving a very confused Ed and Maes.


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