A/N: well.. i'm not dead lol. and, i'd like to thank PotCloverrrr for the review 2day. it kinda made me guilty cuz i was going to put this on discontinued ... i had for a long time not had any muses in my mind and all of my stories kind of dropped from 2007. i tried getting back into the swing of thing but it didn't turn out as i had expected. but, a start of a new year and i vowed to get on with my fanfics!! So, hopefully i'll keep this updated so be on the lookout for chapter 7! thanks very much everyone, u've all been such good loyal fanfictioners. Peace!! o yea, on with Chapter 6! Happy Reading :)
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN FMA OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS!!
Chapter 6: A Little Sidetracted on Getting to Central
(flashback)
"Too late... Too late.." Li kept muttering to herself, trying to rock herself to sleep on the floor. A few minutes later Hazel got out of her room sleepily to see what all the cammotion (sp?) was about. She quickly went out of her sleepiness when she saw Li on the floor, tears rolling down her eyes.
"Li what's wrong what happened are you okay? I heard shouting.." Hazel said, kneeling down to Li. Li didn't respond, she only cried and clutched onto Hazel in a hug. Hazel didn't know what was going on, she only knew her best friend in the world needed her most now, and could only imagine what could have made Li so sad. What happened outside? Finally when Li seemed to be settled enough, Hazel let Li spend the night with her, hoping in the morning she'd be feeling better...
(present day morning...)
Hazel woke up groggily, looking around and then up at the ceiling. "What the hell happened?" she asked herself quietly, and then remembered. The sight of Li, crying on the floor, all... sad. It wasn't like Li to be that sad, not unless something BIG happened. She turned to the side of the bed to see it was empty and the blanket was already pulled away. "Hm.. I hope she's going to be all right." Hazel said to herself and walked downstairs as she put on her sweatshirt and gloves. She turned the corner to bump into Li. The two hit the floor with a load groan.
"Owwwww! ...? ...! Hazel you're up! Mornin!" Li said brightly and extended a hand once she got up. Hazel got up herself, and then looked at Li.
"So Li, you seem to be okay this morning." Hazel commented.
"??" was all Li had on her face as a lovely expression of, "What. The. Hell?"
"What? After last night I thought-"
"Oh." Li said abruptly and shortly, irritated at the mention of 'last night'. She then smiled brightly and took Hazel by the hand. "Don't worry Hazel I just had a bad tummy ache or somethin'." she joked with a wink. "C'mon c'mon the waffles are already waiting for us to eat them and digest them!" Li-san exclaimed.
"How informative." Hazel grimaced, but then smiled as she saw everyone smile at her.
"Good morning Hazel." Ed said with a smile. Hazel nodded back and then saw Russell as he was quietly eating some toast. She decided to give him a nice 'good morning' as well. She walked over and gave him a kawaii hug.
"Good morning Russell! You seem quiet." Hazel said happily and he smiled at her and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"Hello yourself.. Sorry I'm just, concerned." he replied and pulled her over to have her sit beside him.
"Concerned? About what?" Hazel asked.
"More like 'who'. Fletcher seemed really down in the dumps today, he hasn't come in to eat yet. He's still 'sleeping' on the couch. Somethin's bugging him but he just won't tell me." Russell said with a frown. At this Hazel listened.
"Now that you mention it... I was worried about Li yesterday night, but she seemed to have gotten over it... She's a little too happy though if you ask me." Hazel commented and the two watched Li-san clumsily either A) help Winry with something and then trip and fall, B) play with Ed's ponytail and teasing him endlessly, or C) just being... Li. They sweatdropped with a nervous grin when a crash was heard and Li was covered with pots and pans, with one bowel on her head. She grinned nervously, and then looked suprised when Al lent her a hand. She silently took it, and thanked him quietly with a small smile on her face. At this Russell pointed.
"Is it just me, or is there something wrong with this picture?" he asked.
"Yeah I get the feeling we missed something... Al normally wouldn't act that way towards Li.. I wonder if something big did happen last night!" Hazel whispered out loud with a snap.
"And I bet my lil' brother has something to do with it as well. Those three do seem awfully suspicious." Russell observed with his eyes narrowed.
"Hm... Yeah. Maybe we should investigate? Ask questions?" Hazel suggested. Russell just shrugged and took a sip of coffee.
"Don't know. I think we just need to let those three take it easy. It's best not to force them to tell us. I mean, think about it those guys are the youngest out of our lil group we got goin' on here. We're like their older siblings, actually... we are." Russell said.
"Yeah, so wouldn't that mean we should be there for them?" Hazel questioned.
"Just give 'em some time. Maybe they'll be able to sort things out without our help. If they do need it, just sit back and relax." Russell started.
"Sit back and-- WHAT ARE YOU AN INCONSIDERATE OLDER BROTHER?!" Hazel roared but Russell put two fingers against her lips to shut her up.
"What I meant, was sit back and relax and wait for them to come to you. Er, wait for Li to come to ya. I'm sure if she's going through a hard time, she'll ask for your advice. Besides, hasn't she done it before?" Russell asked with a smirk. Hazel blinked. How did Russell know that Li had come to her for things concerning feelings and all that other stuff? Was he... psychic?
"Oh.. Okay." Hazel said quietly with a smile and then realized Russell was giving her 'that look'. "What? Do I have something on my face?" she asked and Russell laughed.
"No. I just forgot to give you something this morning." he replied and gave her a kiss. She turned red and then giggled. "Good morning." he said slyly and then continued to sip his coffee. She fidgeted a little bit in her seat before she cooled down, all the have Li tackle her to the ground.
"HAZEL! DAMMIT ALL YOU HAVEN'T TOUCHED YOUR WAFFLES! THEY'RE GETTING COLD NOW EAAAATTT!" Li-san wailed as she shoved waffles into Hazel's mouth.
"ASDFKHASDGKLASHGLWESDALASDFLEJDDFDAFLGEDDFGLASDFGYOED!!!!!" Hazel roared angrily as flames erupted and waffle bits flew across the floor. Everyone had sweatdrops and were silent. (Translation: No clue but let's just say Hazel was swearing at Li in some gibberish language with waffle shoved down her throat)
"Translation?" Li-san asked as she tilted her head to the side a bit in curiousity. Al seemed to smirk silently with a small smile on his face as his back was turned to the group staring at Hazel.
"Ewwwwwwwww." Ed sulked as waffle bits were everywhere on the floor.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?!" Hazel flamed.
"N-no.. Your breakfast was gettin' cold so I decided to feed it to ya!" Li-san smirked.
"FEEDING ME?!?!!!?!?!?! LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! I'M NOT A LIL KID AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE SHOVING FOOD DOWN MY THROAT! I COULDA DIED!" Hazel roared.
"Sorry..." Li-san sulked and walked away. Hazel had a question mark suddenly appear on top of her head as she tilted it to the side. That was odd, normally when their conversations started with someone in a raging fit, it'd end in random humor. Today was different; man did Hazel wish she could help Li out quicker now that she knew something was wrong. It was ashame the incident included Al. Ed walked over to Hazel, and then she looked at Ed as his eyes were narrowed. He pointed to the ground, and she did too.
"You're cleaning up everything you threw out on the floor, you realize that right?" Ed said and handed her a broom and water bucket. Hazel eye twitched and a vein popped.
"LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
"Sorry Hazel!"
As Hazel finally finished cleaning up the kitchen, she sweatdropped grumpily as she finally sighed and went outside. She looked around to see where everyone was, and found out they were all getting ready to head off to Central. She walked over to the car, and saw Fletcher already inside. She looked around again, and saw Ed and Al packing up.
"Say where's Russell and Li?" Hazel asked.
"I think Russell is getting stuff at his house and Li was seen a few moments ago. I don't know where she went but we're leaving once Russell comes back." Ed explained and Hazel nodded as she walked off. She first went up to Russell's house, and knocked on the door. She heard Russell call, "It's open!" and she walked inside and looked around. She gasped in amazement. 'It almost looks just like the Elric's house... Wow.' she thought to herself and without thinking, ran into a door. 'Stuuuupid.' she thought with a sweatdrop and then heard Russell call her name.
"Hazel? What're you doing up here?" he asked as he had a suitcase in hand.
"Thought I'd see where you went. I mean, since I had to clean up the mess myself." Hazel commented and he grinned nervously.
"Oh. Guess Ed sent you up here to get me? He told me I shouldn't take forever packing things, but this is the first time... er, second time I've been to Central. Ed must've been there like.. what? 800 times?" Russell said. Hazel laughed.
"Don't worry. You'll be fine. Say, have you seen Li?" Hazel asked.
"Oh... right about Li.." Russell said.
"What about her?" Hazel asked, alarmed.
"She told me she wanted me to tell you she was sorry for shoving food down your throat and that she didn't mean to make you angry. That and... she decided not to come to Central and ran off somewhere a little bit aways from the Rockbells. Beats me where though..." Russell said and Hazel gasped.
"WHAT!? ARE YOU SERIOUS?! LI I AM SO GOING TO KILL YOU THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU!" Hazel flamed.
"Whoa! I didn't think you'd respond that way!" Russell cried, a little bit afraid. Hazel realized that he didn't get it, and she laughed.
"What I mean is that I'm worried about her. I express my feelings by yelling like that sometimes don't worry Russell I'm not really going to kill her." Hazel said as she put her hands in front of her with a nervous laugh. He only nodded silently, and then she walked out to go explain to Ed.
"EDWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!" Hazel roared angrily as she ran charging down the hill like a wild boar. Ed sweatdropped and his eye twitched. He could see a head on collision and he ran for it! "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! STOP RUNNING AWAY FROM ME YOU SHRIMP!" Hazel dared to shout and Ed had a vein popped as the wild boar changed to being Ed chasing down Hazel.
"WHO ARE YOU TO BE CALLING ME SHORT?! GET BACK HERE I'M AS TALL AS YOU BY NOWWW!" Ed roared as Al packed the rest of the things, sighing and sweatdropping with a nervous smile.
"BUT I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU! LI ISN'T COMING WITH US TO CENTRAL AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WENT!" Hazel shouted back. This made Al turn, seemed he tuned in on what she had to say. Ed stopped chasing Hazel after he gasped for breath.
"Whaddaya mean... she's not comin?" he panted.
"You know exactly what I mean! We're not seriously going to leave without her, are we?" Hazel asked, worried.
"I dunno... We're on a tight scheduale, and here comes Russell. I guess we could spend a few minutes looking for her. Where did she run off to do you know?" Ed asked as he stiffined a little bit, cracking his back so he'd be unstiff. Hazel slapped him first. "Ow! What was that for?!" he roared.
"For cracking your back! Disgusting!" Hazel answered. "Russell said that she went a little bit aways from the Rockbell's house. So that must mean she went to the north of here." Hazel added.
"Hm. Then she must've gone into town or something. Let's go look." Ed said and then noticed Fletcher out of the car, a frown on his face. It seemed he wanted to join the search party.
"Count me in too Edward." Russell said when he put his things in the car.
"Okay then." Ed nodded. As they all started walking, Al didn't move. "You comin'? Al?" Ed asked with a confused look on his face. Al seeemed to not hear him and went off somewhere else. "Hmph. Wonder what's bugging him. Wouldn't he be the most worried out of all of us considering his girlfriend's lost?" Ed wondered and the four headed off. Al sat down in the backyard, and looked up at the sky. He still couldn't get over the fact of what he had seen last night, though his brother did have a point... 'Hmph... Why should I care?' Al wondered to himself and began to think that maybe something was wrong with him... Li did say that it was misunderstanding, and he did not give her the chance to explain... Maybe he was being selfish about this.
"That's it." he said to himself and rushed back to the group. "I may not know the true reason behind last night... but I'll find out sooner or later.. Besides... Li still means something to me, and I won't let this get to her. We need to get to Central." Al said.
Inside the Rockbell's house, there was a figure looking out the window. Pretty guilty, the person drew back and walked outside. It was in fact Li who was inside the house. She didn't think that they would care if she came or not. Now she felt even more guilty of having to put them through the trouble of searching for her.
"Oh crud... This didn't go as I had expected." Li said to herself with a frown and quickly went to the City, hoping to try and pretend she did run away. Boy what did she get herself into now?
As the group entered the City of Edger-Rain, they asked all over about Li. No one was able to help them out with the description. When Al caught up to them, he explained that he had some trouble before going out in search too for a cover up. When they all split up, it was Fletcher and Al that had noticed something... strange. For they had searched together, while Ed and Russell searched and Hazel on her own. They saw a mysterious hooded figure looking at them, and then running off.
"Think it's Li?" Al asked Fletcher. Fletcher just shrugged, and the two followed the stranger. They followed until they saw the hooded being jump up and onto a pipe. The person stared at them for a few moments, and then rushed off at full speed with the two young alchemists chasing the person down. Soon enough, the person led them to a downtown alleyway, and then jumped down to be in front of the boys.
"Who are you?" Al asked as he was ready for a battle, positioning himself. Fletcher did the same, his alchemy at hand. The person drew back the hood, and revealed itself to be a she. She had long dark brown hair, and long bangs that were spiked down to cover all of her left eye. She wore earrings no doubt, they were silver hoops; she even had three bracelets on each hand made of pure gold. She seemed to be much older than the two. She didn't answer, but smiled and stuck her tongue out as she made a run for it. The two followed until she was gone, and then noticed someone roaming around.
"Li?" Al asked and the girl turned in suprise, and then put on a weak smile.
"H-How'd you find me? Even I got lost after a while.." she said nervously, and the two boys could only sigh with relief.
As the three walked around the corner and finally into the city's square, Fletcher was curious.
"Say Li, did you happen to see this lady with dark brown hair who was wearing a cloak?" he asked. Li stopped and pondered for a few moments.
"Ummm... nope, why?" Li asked.
"I think that lady might've led us to you... I thought maybe you woulda seen her." Fletcher replied.
"Hmmm... well, I didn't see any lady, maybe it was your imagination?" Li suggested and shrugged, then looked at Al uneasily.
"Whatever the case was, at least we found you. We're not leaving you here in Risenbool." was all he responded by and turned away, hiding a small grin on his face, relieved she was all right. Li was a little bit confused about his reaction, but she smiled slightly. Fletcher felt guilty again, and then he walked off as the others followed. When they reached the gang, Hazel gave Li a piece of her mind.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING OUT HERE?! DO YOU REALIZE HOW WORRIED I WAS?! NEVER EVER EVER DO THIS AGAIN! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO NOT COME WITH US TO CENTRAL!" Hazel lectured as she pointed to Li who was on the ground with sweatdrops. She seemed to have been pushed down into the ground after Hazel knocked her on the head.
"I'm sorry Hazel! Really really sorry! The truth is.. I was going to go to Central once you guys left! I just thought that maybe you could fit Winry in the car too if she wanted to come!" Li cried, half-lying.
"Winry was going to stay with Pinako anyways! She told us the night before to say hello to everyone for her! Don't you remember that?!" Hazel roared.
"N-no! Sorry!!! At least I'm here and we can go!.." Li squeaked and Hazel finally let loose and gave her friend a hug.
"Don't EVER do this to me, okay? I swear when I die it'll be because I'll be fretting where you are. And I shouldn't even be responsible for your whereabouts!" Hazel cried and then shoved Li back to the ground.
"Oww! Hazel you've made your point now can we get goin' already?!" Li sobbed chibi form and Hazel finally sighed with relief with a laughing yes. As everyone went back to the Rockbell's, nothing was said. It was... an awkward moment..
"SANDWICHES..." Li said in an eery tone all of a sudden. Everyone stared at her with sweatdrops, wondering why in the world would she all of a sudden say such a random word..., threateningly. She stared at them back and forth and then sweatdropped. "What? It felt really lonely in my noggin when it got all siiiiilent." she explained with a sweatdrop. Hazel, Russell, and Ed had their hands to their foreheads as they all rubbed their own temples while Al and Fletcher sweatdropped.
"Li you never cease to amaze me.." Ed said with a small sigh, and finally when the group reached the car they set sail for Central!...
As Ed drove the car, it seemed to be taking forever to get to where they were going. They seemed to be driving at about 20 miles an hour.
"ED CAN'T YOU SPEED THIS THING UP?!" Hazel shrieked, as she turned to Ed. Ed was hunched low as he gripped the steering wheel like his life was on the line as sweatdrops rolled down his face. He was in his 'one-hair piece' face with a concerned look on his face.
"SH-SHADDUP! I'M TRYIN TO DRIVE HERE!" Ed countered in a hissing tone.
"Are you like... a slow driver Ed? I thought you would have been more of the, reckless type if you want my honest opinion. Not some slow poke. I mean, I could've sworn a snail passed by us a few minutes ago." Russell commented, and Ed turned around as a vein popped, letting go of the wheel.
"WHY I OUGHTTA! ARE YOU SAYIN' I DON'T HAVE DRIVING SKILLS?! LET'S SEE YOU DRIVE THIS PIECE O' JUNK!" Ed roared at the top of his lungs. He then suddenly rammed right into Hazel as the car halted to a stop because he had put his foot on the brake abruptly. Hazel had a vein pop and Ed landed on the floor of the car with his legs up.
"Ed... Concentrate on Driving BEFORE I DRIVE MYSELF!" Hazel roared.
"Maybe we should let someone else drive who's not going to... well umm..-" Fletcher started but then sweatdropped, shutting his mouth when Ed stared daggers at him. As Ed climbed back in the front seat and started to drive again at a nice pace, Russell just had the nerve to say something else.
"All I'm saying, is that maybe you should let a proffesional driver drive." Russell said simply with a smirk as he shrugged his shoulders. This time, Ed lost his temper and completely forgot he was driving the car! He let go of the wheel and then dove in the back while Al sweatdropped with a pure look of 'OH-MY-GOD-WE'RE-GOING-TO-DIE!'.
"QUIT PICKING OUT MY BAD QUALITY DRIVING SKILLS! NOT ALL OF US ARE AS GOOD AS OTHERS! AT LEAST I'MMA BETTER ALCHEMIST THAN YOU!" Ed roared.
"What was that you short little runt?!" Russell roared.
"KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO!" Hazel flamed. By this time, Li-san was in the corner of the car staring out the window, hoping to not be a part of the war in the car.
"BROTHER! THE WHEEL! THE. WHEEEEL!!!!!" Al cried as his voice hit a high note as he grabbed hold onto the wheel, trying to steer while Ed was trying to strangle Russell in the back, still having his foot on the gas pedal! Li-san watched horrifically as there were dark lines under her eyes as they finally passed some houses, and then off the road and back on it for a moment. How long had they been travelling? It must've been a few hours before all of this catastrophy happened! She then saw a familiar building... Her eye twitched, and she opened the window seeing military men have their eyes bulge.
"GET OUTTA THE WAY! OUT OF CONTROL CAR COMIN' YOUR WAY!" Li-san warned. They obeyed and as soon as the car sped toward them they jumped out of the way, watching it speed through the grounds of Central! It continued to screech on and off while you could hear a loud cammotion coming from the inside. All at once, a loud, annoyed booming voice filled the air.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE?!" the low voice boomed and a snap followed by a loud boom put the car to a hault, with everyone and everything flying out of it. They all screamed and landed on the ground with a loud "THUD!". As everyone got up slowly and groggily, they watched as the bag filled with gifts started to fall back down to Earth.
"OH MY GOD! THE PRESENTS!" Hazel cried in horror and pointed.
"I'll get iiiitt!" Li-san cried and rushed foward, leaning foward slightly as she held her hands out. When the shadow seemed to be bigger than her own, her eyes widened and all at once the bag filled with presents landed right on her! "Oof!" When everyone rushed to her side, she had swirls for eyes and the person up top had a boy right next to him, sweatdrops running down the lad's head.
"Why did I even think that they'd be here on time and without disruption?" the man said with a sigh. As if Ed heard the man, he looked up with a grin on his face.
"Yo Mustang! Get your ass down here and welcome us already! Can't you see we've been dying to see you?!" Ed joked as he pointed, everyone besides Li looking up to where Ed pointed. Mustang slapped a hand to his forehead.
"Daddy? Who are these guys?" the little boy asked, pointing. He looked almost like a mini version of Mustang, just in a chibi-er kind of way.
"Clowns of the Military perhaps." Mustang joked with a sweet sigh as the officers let the group inside.
As everyone was finally inside the Fuhrer's office, they waited for Mustang as Li dragged the bag filled with gifts in.
"I COULD USE A HAND HERE!" she cried, but then noticed everyone was already sitting down inside the room. She muttered some things and when she finally got through the door and closed it, it whammed her in the back and sent her flying as Armstrong burst in. The bag, and Li, landed right next to the carpet.
"I THOUGHT I HEARD A FAMILIAR VOICE CALLING! Dear Hazel, Li-san, it is an honor to see you once more after being away for so long! It brings tears to my eyes!" Armstrong cried, the spotlight on him while sparkles came. He rushed over and gave Li a big bear hug and she started to choke.
"It's.. good to.. see you.. too Major.." Li-san struggled to say and Armstrong immediately put her down.
"Not anymore my good fellow! I am now called Brigadier General Armstrong!" he said proudly. Hazel laughed and clapped as she helped Li up.
"Congrats Brigadier Sir!" Hazel commented and Armstrong nodded happily.
"Hello? I thought I heard familiar voices." a familiar voice said happily and walked in. At an instant, both Hazel and Li were at the man's side.
"HUGHES! IT'S SO GREAT TO SEEEE YOU!" they rejoiced since their anime lover fan took over, really liking the fact that in their world Hughes DID NOT DIE!
"Why do I feel so alone?.." Armstrong said softly with tears streaming down his face. Hughes smirked with a laugh, and the nodded to the door. There was a little girl peeking through, and when she got a nod from her father she nervously walked in.
"Everyone! You remember my lovely daughter Elicia am I right?! Who by the way just turned 7!" Hughes said happily. He then bent down to his daughter, and pointed to Hazel and Li. "Elicia, sweetie, these two are the girls I was telling you about." Hughes said with a smile.
"Oh yeah! Daddy I remember you telling me funny stories about those two!" Elicia said with a giggle and Hughes had his mouth drop a little bit, and turned slightly to see Hazel and Li-san loom over him.
"Funny stories, huh Hughes?" Hazel asked, a brow raised as it twitched slightly.
"How funny?" Li-san asked as she cracked her knuckles. Hughes sweatdropped and immediately rose from his spot.
"Nothing that funny at all!" Hughes replied quickly, waving his hands up and down. The group suddenly heard footsteps, and saw seven people both tall and short walk in.
"So, Fullmetal, I see you're already making yourself comfortable." Mustang said as he stared at Ed, already sitting on the silk couch with his muddy shoes on the glass table.
"Yo, don't you have any snacks? Refreshments?" Ed answered, irritated as ever.
"Edward! That was totally out of line!" Hazel scolded and Ed shrugged with a smirk on his face. He then turned his attention to Mustangs kids, how small and cute they looked. The boy was just as he remembered when he and Al had visited two months ago, that firey look in his eyes... just like his father. And the two girls, twins but with one having brown hair with yellow strands; they had their mother and their fathers eyes, and the intelligence their mother had passed on to them.
"Hazel, Li. These are our children Avery, Skye, and Ryan." Riza introduced and the kids said few words, but managed to at least get out the word: "Hi."
"Aww! They're so cuuute! I'm Li the fun one and that's Hazel, the serious one!" Li-san introduced, and smiled when the twins giggled while Hazel in the backround had a vein pop.
"I'm not that serious! I can be funny too you know." Hazel pouted from the backround. As Hughes walked over to his wife Gracia, he smiled as he picked his son up. Elicia decided to stay with Gracia as the two held hands.
"Hazel, Li, this is our son, Jacob." Hughes said, introducing the small boy.
"Oh he's so adorable Mr. Hughes! Congratulations!" they said at once with a smile. Jacob seemed to laugh with a grin on his face, wearing big glasses over his eyes that made him even more adorable!
"Hewwo.." Jacob said shyly. Hughes smiled.
"He's very shy but, once you get to know him he's-"
"Awwwwwwww! Hughes, you're a great father!" the two said together. Hughes laughed with a grin.
"Fuhrer Mustang sir! We are reporting!" a gruff voice called, making the girls turn. It was like a reunion, with everyone showing up just at last minute! There in the doorway stood Fuery, Havoc, Falman, and Breda. They seemed wide-eyed when they saw the girls.
"Well well! If it isn't shorty and Hazel!" Havoc said with a smile.
"Havoc! And I'm not short!" Li said. He smiled and the crew walked over.
"We just came back from our mission sir, and all is well in Iron Town!" Breda said.
"For now that is... Who knows when-" Havoc started, stopping when Li interrupted.
"Iron Town? What happened there?" Hazel asked, making the group turn with sweatdrops.
"Did we just say that outloud?" Fuery said with a sweatdrop.
"Ya. You did. Now spill!" Li said. The reunion started to turn down, especially when all of a sudden news had come on about saying that Li and Hazel's hometown had gotten a request for a mission. Did something bad happen there? They were gone for a long time, so who knew! But then they started to worry. What about Armony? If it was one thing, they sure were missing out on a lot of details. One, who was the mysterious woman that Fletcher had spoken about? And two, what had happened in Iron Town? Whatever it was, it seemed pretty bad.
"Why don't we all discuss this at the dinner table?" Mustang said, and everyone seemed to agree, even though now tensions began rising.
A/N: be on the lookout for chapter 7. plz R&R as well... that is if u haven't lost faith in me hehehe.. -sweatdrop- thanks again everyone. ur support is greatly appreciated.