Okay. I had the Amazing Race on my mind. It's Denny's turn to find out!
"Time for our monthly training," grumbled Jean as they all walked.
"You want to go first?" Riza asked.
"No!"
Roy looked back at him. "Too bad. You are now."
"Aww! Boss!" Jean complained as the rest laughed. "Why can't Ed go first?"
Ed started walking backwards. "I didn't complain, that's why." She turned back around.
"I forgot how much fun this is," said Maes who had started walking backwards also. "We should all do it." Ed, Al, Winry and Jean turned around.
"We should all do what?" Roy asked.
"Walk backwards, sir," Riza replied. Roy thought about it as Kain, Denny. Heymans, Vato and Alex turned around. He grinned evilly and suddenly stopped. Riza skidded past him before stopping herself. "A little warning next time, sir?"
"Uh, have you guys stopped walking?" Maes asked. Somebody backed into Roy and the collision knocked both over.
"Who hit me?" Roy asked.
At the same time, Ed asked "Who did I hit?"
Maes turned and cracked up. "Each other."
"Who?" both asked again, turning to see the answer and then panicking.
"Ah! Hi, Fullmetal!" Roy yelped.
"Oh, hi, Mustang," Ed replied, fighting back the urge to giggle.
Maes changed the subject. "Aren't I in charge of training today?"
"Yes," Roy took the bait. "I need to train with you sometime."
"Great!" Maes clapped. "Pair up into teams of two! Thank you for volunteering to be team number one, Roy and Ed!"
"What?" both asked in unison.
"You two are getting really good at acting at the same time," Maes laughed as they got up. "Let's see now. Team two is Al and Winry. Team three is Hawkeye and Ross. Uh, guys, you can't be a quartet."
"Why not?" sang Vato, Heymans, Kain and Jean.
"Because it's in the rules! Havok and Bloch are team four. Falman and Breda, team five. Fuery and Armstrong are team six." He handed each team an envelope. "Here is your first clue. You may now open it. Good luck."
The teams studied their clues. "HA!" shouted Ed before she ran off.
"Wait for me, Fullmetal!" Roy shouted after her.
"I'm not waiting for you, old man!" She yelled back.
"Call me that again and I'll show you old man!" He caught up with her. She squealed as he tackled her from behind. "Now, where are we going?"
"The rock pool, now let me go. The others are catching up."
They got up and fled down the path to it. "Here comes Hawkeye and Ross. Fuery and Armstrong are right behind them."
"We're here," she said. She grabbed an envelope. "Detour. We can jump across or swim it."
"Jump," Roy said automatically.
"If we fall in, we have to start over." Riza and Kain grabbed envelopes as Ed spoke.
"Let's just get it over with." They started across. "Besides, if we fall in, I can dry off."
"Yeah, you can. I'm not a dragon, unlike you, Colonel Mustard."
"I was going to offer you my help, but since you insulted me…"
"I really didn't feel like dying today anyways."
"Will you two stop flirting and hurry up before Armstrong flattens us?" asked a pissed off Riza.
That sped them up, although it was hard for the others to tell if it was the threat of being flattened or the thought of them flirting with each other. Riza got to the envelopes first. Roy took the second and jogged over to where Ed was standing in confusion. "How were we flirting?" she muttered. He handed her the clue. "The cliff," she said. They took off as Jean jumped in to swim the lake.
"What are you doing, Havok?" Roy shouted at him. "Put your clothes back on!"
"Ew!" Ed yelped. "Naked guy! What?"
Roy was giving her a curious glance. "Surely you've seen one before? You know, yourself?"
"I don't count," she huffed.
"What about Alphonse?"
"Why would I want to see my brother naked?"
"I don't know?"
"I can't believe we're discussing this." They reached their destination. "Road block. One of us needs to climb it. I'll do it."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm Ed but I want to." She began to climb.
"Hey, boss. I'm decent now." Jean had just arrived.
"Good, now stay that way." Roy replied.
Denny started climbing as Jean and Roy argued. The two climbing reached the top at the same time. They fell into each other. "Sorry," said Ed as Denny froze. She grabbed an envelope and read it. "Mustang!" she shouted down. "You and Havok need to get up here! You better be wearing clothes, Havok, or I'll push you right back down!"
They started climbing at the same time as Riza and Winry. They all reached the top at the same time. While Winry and Riza shouted for Al and Maria, Ed and Roy headed off. "What's wrong?" Jean asked Denny.
"Ed's a girl," came the reply.
"Yeah, but don't breathe a word about it, okay?"
Vato and Heymans came from behind and won it at the last minute, just barely beating Roy and Ed.
