Sorry it's been awhile guys... but anyways here is part one of chapter 3. I'm splitting it into two part cause it's going to be long and I don't feel like writing it all at once. So, enjoy!
Chapter 3: Enter Colonel Roy Mustang: Flame Alchemist, Flirtatious Pervert and One Big Jealous Jerk! (Part 1)
The next morning, I woke up at seven, took a shower, and got ready to meet this so called other Colonel and his subordinates. I had been slouching in front of my stand-up mirror for what seemed like hours. I couldn't decide if I wanted to put a little make-up on or not. I had already put my long auburn hair up into a clip and put on my military uniform which consisted of: a long sleeved navy blue coat, a short navy blue skirt, black leather boots and a silver state alchemist's pocket watch that had the country's ensignia on it which was enveloped in a transmutation circle. As I pondered what to do next, I heard a knock at my door and then looked at the time on my pocket watch, reading that it was seven forty. I sighed knowing full well that it was Hughes and so, I was forced to decide to not wear make-up.
I dragged myself over to the door and opened it to see a cheerfully grinning Hughes.
"Why good morning, Colonel Shieziki!" He shouted gleefully.
"Um, good morning Hughes, and please just call me Lillie or Miss Shieziki. I mean we're friends, arn't we? So we don't need any formalities, do we?" I questioned, giving him a small smile.
"But of course we are! So you're right, no formalities are necessary! Now go ahead and take a good look at this new picture of my darling little Elicia!" He announced, giving me yet another picture of his adorable little girl to gaze at.
This time, she was wearing a cute petite yellow sun-dress while she sat playing in a sandbox. Her dirty blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail; her eyes were glowing with life as the sunlight danced upon them, almost making them look fluorescent green, and she had a toy shovel in her left hand ready to make a sandcastle.
I gave Hughes a grin after I handed the photo back to him and he looked at me like he was waiting for a compliment.
"She's just too cute." I remarked still smiling, hoping that that made him happy.
"Well thank you Miss Shieziki, I mean after all she is my pride and joy! Isn't that right Elicia?" He said, asking the photograph.
I just shook my head and mentally smacked myself. He was definintaly the definition of an obsessive father.
I then looked at the time on my watch again and almost died when I was what time it actually was.
"Seven fifty-five! Oh no we're gunna be late! Come-on!" I yelled as I looked at Hughes who appeared not be phased as to what time we had to get there by. I grabbed him by the arm and began running down the hallway praying we were able to make it to the station in under five minutes.
Fortunatly, we got to the station at exactly eight o'clock sharp, but unfortunatly the train hadn't arrived yet. I decided to take advantage of the situation just to ask Hughes who this other Colonel was before he actually arrived. You know, just so I could get a better feel for what I was about to deal with.
"So Hughes, who is this other Colonel exactly?" I asked as I looked around at all the other people who were doing buisness and such.
"You mean the Fuhrer didn't even tell you who you were meeting and greeting?" He asked me with a quizical look on his face.
"No, not exactly." I retorted and frowned.
"Well you're in luck then! Because I personally know this man!" Hughes loudly and gladly anounced.
"Oh really? No way! So, what's his name?" I asked, almost excited.
I never met someone who had the same rank as me. Maybe after we got to know eachother, we could talk about how much all the paperwork the Fuhrer gave us sucked. I couldn't help but smile at the thought.
"Have you heard of a man by the name of Colonel Roy Mustang by any chance?" He asked slyly with one eyebrow up.
'Colonel Roy Mustang? Why did that name sound so familiar?' I asked myself.
But before I had a chance to answer Hughes, the train suddenly pulled up and into the station.
"Great! He's here! Let's go!" Hughes said, grabbing my hand forcefully with excitement.
"Ahhh!" Was all I could say as he literally dragged me over to the platform where you had to wait for the people to get off the train.
We proceeded to stand there for a few minutes as we watched people get off the train with thier luggage and meet with there greeting parties. I kind of felt akward just standing by Hughes; I had no idea who to look for, and felt stupid because of it.
I mean it should have been obvious as to who we were looking for. A man in a military uniform, being followed by other people, who were dressed in military uniforms also. But as I quickly took a survey of the individuals around us, I found out that more than half of them were wearing military uniforms! I just sighed feeling hoplessly lost.
That was until Hughes nudged my side.
"Look right there, the man who's just getting off the train now. The guy who's about five foot eight, with black hair and dark eyes. That's Colonel Roy Mustang." Hughes pointed out, whispering in my ear.
I managed to cast a glance in the direction Hughes addressed me to. Immidiatly I saw who he had described. A man who stood about five foot eight, black hair that looked casually unkempt because it fell over his dark piercing eyes; he had a clean shaven face, a well muscled build and he was now right in front of me, staring me in the eyes with a smirk plastered on his face.
I jumped back frantically feeling suddenly flustered for staring so intently at him.
"Well hey there Roy, long time no see." Hughes said pulling the Colonel's attention away from me, and I was so thankful he did.
"Yeah tell me about it. So how are you enjoying things in central so far?" Roy asked Hughes in a friendly tone.
I took it that these two were far more than just aquantances, just by the way they were talking with one another. I mean Hughes was using a first name basis with this man.
As they conversed with one another about everyday things, I let my eyes linger to the two officers behind Colonel Mustang. One was a woman and one was a man.
The woman had blonde hair which was clipped up in the back exactly like mine, her bangs brushed off to the left side of her face so they almost obscured her left eye. She had light brown eyes which seemed to be surveying the scene around us and she stood about five foot six, same as me. I could also see that she was slender but had a muscular frame.
The man on the other hand, stood about five foot seven. He was skinny, but I could see he had muscles. He had dark blonde hair that was spiked up in the front, cool blue eyes and a cute face. He had caught me staring at him, and just gave me a smile as he took a drag on his cigarrette. I gave him a quick smile back and turned to Hughes again because he had called my name.
"Huh?" I asked dumbfounded.
"Miss Shieziki, this is Colonel Roy Mustang. Roy, this is my new friend, Colonel Lillie Shieziki." he said turning to me, then Colonel Mustang.
"Nice to meet you, miss." Colonel Mustang said with a gentleman-like tone, offering his hand out for a handshake.
I shook it loosly, and gave him a half smile.
"Nice to meet you too, Colonel Mustang." I replied properly.
"Please, just call me Mustang." He said, expressing a warm smile that made me blush slightly.
As he continued to smile at me, I saw him put his hands in his pockets and I suddenly felt dizzy out of nowhere. Maybe it was do to the fact that I was just staring blankly into those dark and endless eyes of his, or maybe it was because he was staring back into mine with the same amount of passion, but whatever the reason, my head began to spin and I fell backwards, losing my balance. I thought I had totally hit the ground, but someone caught me, and that somebody was Mustang. He had caught me by my arm and pulled me right into him, and I felt my face turn beat red from embarrassment and from the fact that our bodies were so close.
I then pushed myself away from him after a few seconds and glanced around me to see Hughes and the other two officers attention's fixated on me.
"Hey, what can I say? I'm a total clutz." I said, sighing uneasily as I turned around and started to walk away from them.
'What the hell just happened? One second I was fine, and the next thing I knew, I totally felt like passing out.' I thought to myself, perplexed.
Then all of a sudden, I felt someone tap me on my shoulder gently, causing me to jump in surprise. I slowly turned around praying that it wasn't Mustang, and thank god it wasn't. Instead, it was the guy who was smoking the cigarrette.
"Hey, Colonel Shieziki was it? My name's second Liutenaunt Jean Havoc. Are you okay?" He asked seeming concerned.
I just gave him a slight nod of the head, still feeling beyond embarrassed.
"Okay, just making sure. You seemed pretty dazed." he said with a sweet and subtle smile.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I mean for falling. I feel like a complete idiot. I don't even know what came over me. It was like one second I was perfectly fine, standing upright. Then the next thing I realized was that I was plummeting towards the ground." I groaned feeling shameful.
"Hey now, you don't have to be sorry, and you are no where near being on the same level as an idiot. As a matter a fact, you seem to be a very beautiful, intelligent, and charming woman. It's not your fault that you fell victim to one of Mustang's many scheming tricks." he said reasuringly blushing slightly as he gazed into my eyes.
Out of that whole little speech Liutenaunt Havoc had just now given me, only one sentence had stuck in my head.
'It's not your fault that you fell victim to one of Mustang's many scheming tricks.'
As the wheels in my head began to spin with rage and irritation, Havoc must have finally realized why I wasn't responding to him.
"Oops..." he said sounding regretful.
I grabbed a hold of Havoc, bringing him deathly close to my face.
"So it was his fault I became so light headed and almost fell then?" I asked with in a cold tone.
"Uh, well, in a word, yes." He studdered becoming frightened.
"How the hell did he do it then? I mean he didn't even touch me!" I whispered loudly.
I didn't want the others behind us, let alone Mustang, to know that I was onto his little stunt that he had just pulled.
"I'm not sure of all the details, but I know he used some kind of alchemy that focuses all the oxygen in the air around his opponent, or in your case, his victim." Havoc just shuddered again because I gave him a scowl.
I just let go of him and stood there and thought intensly. I should just act like nothings wrong, I mean Mustang had just done that to screw with me; To make me look like a fool. I decided I wasn't about to make myself seem even more like a fool by lashing out on him in front of everbody.
As I shook off all my anger and irritation, I made my back over to the group of Hughes, the woman, and Mustang. I didn't notice but Havoc was right beside me when I reached the group. I stayed silent as they eyed me carefully. I hoped they hadn't heard me talking with Havoc.
"Miss Shieziki, are you alright? That could have been quite a fall if Roy here hadn't caught you." Hughes said with a dumb smile on his face.
"Haha yeah I'm just fine. Which reminds me, thanks Mustang, you really saved my life there." I flashed him a sinister smile as I clenched my teeth together tightly.
"Oh it was nothing. I'm just glad your alright. Hughes is right about one thing though, that could have been a terrible fall." He replied, offering me a delighted grin.
I desperatly wanted to slap him across the face for his non-chalont attitude, but instead I just continued to pull off a fake yet convincing smile.
"So everyone, how about we all go to the cafeteria and get some grub because I don't know about you guys, but I'm starving!" Hughes exclaimed, still unaware of my anger towards Mustang.
"That sounds like a great idea Hughes, what do you say, Hawkeye? Havoc?" Mustang asked turning to the woman, then Havoc.
"Sounds good to me sir." The woman known as Hawkeye replied.
I then turned to see Havoc's reaction. He just nodded in agreement with me.
"Well then I guess we're off! Now let's hurry up before we get stuck with the slop!" Hughes exclaimed once again as he ran off in a quick paced manor leaving me to shuffle behind Mustang and his followers.
As I traipsed behind the three officers, I decided in my mind that I was going to just let that little incident pass without a word because honestly I didn't feel like dealing with the repercussion of Mustang's excuse as to why he did what he did in the first place. I mean, it's not like he was planing on doing anything gutsy towards me during lunch right?
Yeah, more of Mustang's pervertacious antic's to come... Reviews are always appreciated!
