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Chapter 3: Enter Colonel Roy Mustang: Flame Alchemist, Flirtatious Pervert and One Big Jealous Jerk! (Part 2)
It was approximately nine o' clock when we reached the open doors of the cafeteria. We walked in with Hughes leading the pack, received our breakfast and sat down at one of the larger tables so that we could all sit together. (Fortunately for me I didn't have to sit next to Mustang.)
As listened to Hughes and Mustang chat, I picked a piece of toast from off of my plate and munched on it. It had an off taste about it, like it was made from more than just stale bread, so I painfully swallowed what was in my mouth and set the rest of it back on my plate.
"Oh my gosh! It's Colonel Shieziki!" An eerie voice of a woman shrieked.
I jumped in my chair and peered up through my bangs to see who it was. Her face was unknown to me but she looked as though she knew exactly who I was.
'Dammit! Not another admiring fan!' I mentally smacked myself.
Her light green eyes lit up as I gave her a forced smile.
"Um hello, and you are?" I asked in an uneasy voice.
"Oh me? My name is Miranda Burroughs. Corporal Burroughs if you like. I just wanted to say I am so blessed to finally meet someone like you! You are such an inspiration to girls like me! I mean I just entered the military and I just started teaching myself the ways of alchemy. It is just so amazing that your only twenty-one and are already a Colonel in the ranks of the military. It's practically unheard of!" She brushed her dark bangs away from her flushed face and held out a hand.
"Thanks..." I trailed off as I shook her hand reluctantly and she gave me a wide grin.
"No thank you!" She spoke gratefully and then took off, out of the cafeteria.
I sighed and glanced around to see that everyone at the table was staring at me.
Hughes had a slight grin on, Mustang looked intrigued and Havoc and Hawkeye looked confused. I was praying nobody would say anything but of course someone had to open their big, fat and unpleasant mouth.
"What was that all about?" Mustang rose an eyebrow at me an leaned in to hear what I had to say.
I shifted uncomfortably under his fascinated gaze not wanting to share my unwanted fame with him.
"Well... As I'm sure you all know, I am one of the youngest women in the military to be ranked Colonel..." Before I could continue my unenthusiastic rant, Mustang intervened.
"Really now? I didn't know that. Did you know that Hughes?" Mustang asked in an interrogating voice or sorts.
"As a matter a fact I did! She's also ranked the third best alchemist in the state!" He exclaimed happily as I gave him a dirty look.
'Dammit Hughes! Why did you have to go and open your mouth?' I thought with a grimace.
Mustang's face then became confused suddenly and I was intrigued to know why.
"Well being the youngest female Colonel is surely a feat, but are you sure you got her rankings right Hughes? Last time I checked, I was the third best alchemist in the state." Mustang remarked as he took a sip of his coffee and made a disgusted face.
'God dammit! That's the last thing I need! Why me?' I mentally cursed myself.
"Well sorry to say Roy but it's true. Here, check for yourself." Hughes reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of raged yet new paper; it looked as if it was ripped out the the newspaper from this morning.
Mustang took it from Hughes and unfolded it carefully. He then eyed it for a few seconds, and peered back up at Hughes.
"This can't be right." Mustang stated as he continued to stare at the thin gray sheet of paper.
'And so, the denial sets in..' I sighed, thinking to myself.
Havoc took the paper from Mustang's hand and started to read the recorded data from last week out loud.
"Name: Colonel Lillie Valenteen Shieziki, Age: twenty-one, Gender: female, Score: 876 out of 1000, Ranking as State Alchemist: three out of the top ten." Havoc looked back up at me in shock just as Hawkeye took the paper from him.
I tried to duck down in my seat as she started to read Mustang's ranking aloud.
"Name: Colonel Roy Mustang, Age: twenty-eight, Gender: Male, Score: 868 out of 1000, Ranking as State Alchemist: four out of the top ten." Hawkeye looked unphased by the data and just handed the paper back to Mustang as he still looked at it in disbelief.
"This just can't be right. There is no way that she's a better alchemist than me." He spoke in a jealous tone and gave me a glare as he slammed the paper on the table.
"Hold on Roy, it's not the end of the world you know. It's just a ranking, nothing more." Hughes placed a comforting hand on Mustang's shoulder, but he pushed it off quickly.
"Just a ranking? It took me ten years to obtain that ranking and then she comes in here and just sweeps it away like its nothing in only half the time!" He slammed his hands on the table again and I noticed Havoc flinched.
I jumped up from my seat, feeling overpowered with guilt.
'Why did I have to go and ruin it? Why did I have to go and ruin his stupid ranking?' I started to walk away when I heard someone stand up and grab me by the shoulder, turning around.
"And where do you think you're going?" Mustang's eyes were filled with jealous rage.
"Anywhere but here." I calmly stated.
"Why? So you can just move your ranking up even further? I bet you cheated to get your ranking up that high! You're too young to even be able to do alchemy that well!" Mustang yelled in my face and I sighed with irritation.
"No I didn't! I worked really hard to get where I am today!" I defensively yelled back as I pushed his arm off my shoulder and turned around to walk away again but he grabbed my wrist and turned me to face him again.
"That's a bunch of bull! You had to have done extra favors for the Fuhrer or something! There is no way you could be that good without cheating your way through!" his hand clenched my wrist tight and I gave him a hard glare.
It was one thing to be jealous of my status as an alchemist, but it was another thing to accuse me of cheating my way to getting there. Not to mention that I was exactly happy with all the admirers I had; I only had wanted to follow in my fathers footsteps. So much for chivalry and trying to be modest.
"It's the truth! Your just a jealous jerk! Get over yourself!" I spat in his face as I tried to pull my arm away from his tightened grip.
"Get over myself? How about you! As far as I can tell, you have everyone in central wrapped around your finger! 'Oh my gosh look! It's Colonel Shieziki! She's so awesome and powerful!'" He taunted me in a mimicking tone.
I quickly looked over at Hughes, Havoc and Hawkeye who seemed to be just awkwardly sitting at the table with uneasy looks on their faces and then I glared back at Mustang.
"It's not like that! Now let go of me!" I yelled at him as I again tried to pull away.
"Yeah sure, it's not like that! I'm sure you don't totally love basking in your fame around here of anything!" Mustang let go of my wrist, purposely throwing it at me as he turned away.
I felt enraged tears well up in my eyes as he began to walk away.
"Do me a favor, go suck up to the Fuhrer some more. I'm sure he'd love to just bump you up to the best alchemist in the state." He spoke in an unforgiving and mocking tone while still keeping his back to me.
I felt overcome with fury and disbelief and then soon regretted what I was about to do next.
"No! How about you do me a favor and go soak that big head of yours!" I screamed out and snapped my hand up into the air as a fist, causing the pipes above us to rumble and snap right through the ceiling.
I could see Hughes, Havoc and Hawkeye's eyes all widen in shock as a giant fountain of central's drinking water flooded out all over the ground and all over a fuming Mustang.
He stood there, not saying a word and didn't move from his spot until all the water in the silver pipe drained out. I clenched my fists at my sides and was breathing heavy from all the angry I had ensued on him. Then it wasn't until a few minutes after that he turned around with no emotion on his face what so ever. I kept the scowl I had on my lips and refused to say anything to his newly soaked form. We stayed like that, starring at each other like that for what seemed like hours, but it was me who had turned away first.
I felt more hot tears well up in my light brown eyes, but this time they weren't from being angry. I now felt utterly humiliated and couldn't understand why. As soon as the first few drops of salty water fell to the already wet floor from my distraught face, I ran out the cafeteria doors and didn't look back.
Wow, Mustang is quite the jerk huh? I wonder if he'll get revenge on Colonel Shieziki for getting him all wet...