Double the Alchemy

PoD- Sorry, it takes so long. please, accept Gaara's apology. slap OW! Okay, okay. My apology.
Disclaimer- No own Narutoz...I wish!

Chapter Five: Erica and A Heart Throb
Erica stood over a grave maker. The name was hard to make out through her tears, but she knew exactly who it was. She collapsed to her knees and covered her face in her hands; tears bled through the slits between her fingers as she sobbed. In one hand she held a daisy that began to began soak up her tears. She wiped her eyes and set the flower onto the ground before the marker.
She ran her finger around the flower and made an image in the ground. She placed her hand over it and it began to glow and then after a huge blast of electricity and she removed her hand it was beautiful. A patch of daisies stood before the marker and herself. She giggled and raised her hand to cover her mouth and smiled behind it.
"Dad...I'm sorry I couldn't help you. I wanted to...really, I did. I
never wanted to lose you," Erica whispered. She gripped her hand and
shut her eyes tightly; a few tears ran down her cheeks and dripped onto
her thighs. "I didn't know what to do...I was just a little girl!!" She
shook her head and some tears flew into the air.
"No! That's not an excuse! I should've tried! I could have tried! Why did I just let you go?! You were there, I was there! I was holding your hand and I felt your presence fading, so why didn't I do something?! God! God, why didn't I help you?! I could've! I know I could've saved
you if I had tried! Why couldn't I save you..?"
"There was nothing you could've done," someone behind her explained.
Her eyes burst open. She stared blankly out into the distance. She glanced to the ground on her right as a few more tears fell as she turned her head. She coughed and wiped her eyes.
"H-how long have you been standing there?" she asked.
"Long enough, Erica. Listen," he sat down on her left and put a hand on her knee, "There was nothing you or I could have done for them."
"I know, Ed. Sometimes - sometimes I just want to go back and save him. Don't you every want to go back and try to save her?"
"Oh, course I do, but I can't. And I know I can't, just as well as you know you can't. Just think. If they hadn't left us we wouldn't be like this and we probably wouldn't have ran into each other."
"But Ally and Al. They suffered!"
"And that's now what we're questing for. Think of the positives, Erica."
Erica didn't respond to his last comforting words. She stared into the sky for a moment and then let out a long sigh. She slid closer to Ed and lay her head on his shoulder. He smiled and she closed her eyes.
After awhile of sitting there silently Ed got up and Erica followed. She began back down the street and there was a sudden pressure on her wrist. She was whirled around by Ed's force and she tripped into his arms. He pulled her up to him and hesitated, but then brought his lips down onto hers. Her eyes were wide and tears welled up inside them. She closed her eyes to remember the moment and tears scurried down her blushing cheeks.
Ed held her, lips still locked as the sun fell over the hills and he then released her. She fainted into his arms, heart racing and a faint smiled on her lips. Ed smiled and lifted her onto his back and began back to Winry's.

"Don't worry, Erica. Everything's going to work out."