Well hello there. I know this story as been missing almost...two months. I know I really have no excuse.
Anyway I hope that you enjoy this chapter. It didn't really come out the way that I wanted but I think that it has it's own uniqueness to it, that it can flow with the rest of the story. I find this chapter boring, because I wanna get to the action. ((excited for the next chapters))
Anyway if I came off mean last chapter I'm sorry work makes me grumpy, but I do not have a job anymore so that is totally awesome! And I'm happy now!
Disclaimer: If I wrote any of these mangas/animes Sven would have a bigger car... ((snicker))
"You know that until you bring Creed down her soul will never rest." Sephiria said sadly, "of course that is merely my own opinion. It's your choice to make, Train." She paused, "I believe Woodney-san will provide you with more information."
Train frowned; Sephiria really knew how to play her cards.
Sephiria stood, "I believe that it is time that we take our leave, sorry for intruding on you Rockbell-san." she bowed. Winry returned with a lopsided grin.
The room remained silent for a moment before Sephiria had one foot out the door. She turned to Edward with the slightest smile, "I have orders for you from Mustang-san. Fullmetal, if Heartnet decides to peruse Creed you are to follow and to help in anyway you can." With that both her and Belze disappeared out of sight.
Sven gave a long glance at Train, who at the moment was brooding. Rinslet grinned breaking the silence, "So what you going to do Train-kun?"
He frowned again and said standing, "Were leaving."
Sven stood digging in his pants for his pack of cigarettes and his lighter, but Eve stood rooted in the spot.
"I'm not going!" she pouted.
"Eve?" Sven said in surprise, he has never in his two years with the girl ever remembered Eve objection to something other than Train teasing her.
Edward sighed, "Well you can't leave until I get my automail fixed."
"Who said you where coming?" Train protested.
"I did." Edward grunted.
"This isn't your battle."
"It became mine when I got orders from the Fuhrur bastard, whether you like it or not!" Edward stamped his metal foot to the ground making a sound that echoed for what seemed like days.
"Let them come then," Sven said sighing at the thought of orders, "he really has no other choice."
"Yes please!" Eve said, but her glance wasn't directed at anything other than Alphonse.
"More the merrier," Train said sighing out of exasperation, "how long will the automail take?"
"About three days." Winry stated grinning rubbing her hands in excitement, "It might take a bit longer depending whether we need to add extensions to Edwards's leg."
Rinslet ran out the door saying her good byes, something about going to find the necklace she always wanted. Hughes decided that he had gone MIA too long from his "vacation" and opted to head back. Sven glad returned the favour of driving him there.
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It was dark. Nearly three in the morning when Winry found Train lying on the roof of her house.
"What are you doing up here?" she asked approaching him.
"Couldn't sleep." He said giving her a light glance.
"Are you thinking?" she asked in light interest.
"Creed, he was the one that…" Train gritted his teeth in anger.
"He killed a person very important to you?" Winry placed a sad grin on her face thinking back on their earlier conversation, "May I ask what their name was?"
Train smiled lightly, "Saya Minatsuki, she was a sweeper."
"That would make sense!" Winry exclaimed smiling, Train looked up watching as Winry let her blonde hair blow in the wind, "You see my mother told me long ago that the song had run in the family, and well Minatsuki is my mother maiden name. If I recalled her brother, my uncle had a child by the name of Saya. I never met her, sadly."
"She would have liked you Winry-chan, you two have the same eyes." Train said resting shifting into a more comfortable position.
Winry grinned back at him and they sat in silence for sometime until Train turned to her astounded at the thought, "Why are you up?"
"When I meant three day I meant three days without sleep." She yawned.
"And you are…?"
"Up here because I'm on break Obaa-san is trying her hands at it. Everyone else is sleeping; I assumed you'd be up here since you weren't on the couch."
"Hey Winry-chan will you do something for me?"
"Anything Train-kun." She said grinning down at him.
"Will you sing for me?"
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"I'll give you five minutes Himichi," Train said smiling standing outside on the front lawn of Winry's house, "if you get me to pull out my gun once, I'll buy you lunch."
Eve gave a determined face, and transformed her hands in to boxing gloves knocking them together. Train hit the timer that was on the porch and Eve took her first swing.
Edward came out of the house onto the porch as he heard a large bang followed by grass flying high in the air, Train dodging and laughing, along with Eve pouting in his wake.
"What the hell are they doing?" he turned to Winry who was finishing the last minute touches on his new automail.
"They're training I think." Winry's eyebrows drew closer together in concentration.
The buzzer went off and Eve groaned, "Not again!!! One more time Train!"
Train's stomach growled, "Eve that was like the sixth time today and I'm hungry we've got to stop. And you've never beat me before."
"Once!" Eve said standing her ground firmly.
"That time I stepped on a cat's tail and lost my balance when you shot your hair at me." Train said in his defence.
"That's still once!" she pouted.
"I was distracted!"
"Then let me have a go?" Edward asked.
Train grinned excitedly, but as luck would have it his stomach growled, "After lunch?" he asked pleadingly.
Winry gave Edward a tug on the ear, "come on Edward we have to attach your automail."
Ed groaned, causing Eve to raise an eyebrow "is there anyway I can help?"
"Yeah you can hold Edward down."
"Huh?"
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It had been the first time that Eve had seen someone ever get automail attached before. Earlier Winry gave her a lengthy explanation of how it worked along with the human nervous system to create an artificial moveable limb, so she was quite excited.
Winry along with Winry's grandmother told her to strap Edward down tightly as possible onto the chair. Since today they were connecting both his arm and his leg at the same time.
Eve used her hair to pushdown on the boy. Her grip was light at first, before the connection was made. That was until Edward gave a sudden jerk, and slightly growled. He jerked again and opened his mouth as if to scream, but didn't.
It was then that Winry called her to help move Edward on to the couch near by and he lied there panting.
"I always hate when you connect them." Edward breathlessly.
"Does it hurt a lot?" Eve said for curiosity sake.
Winry frowned, "It's enough to make a grown man cry." Eve went about to ask why Edward hadn't let the pain out. Winry shushed pushing her out of the room saying that Edward needed his rest.
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"Where was it that you said Woodney is now staying at Eve?" Train asked with a fork full of stew half way to his mouth.
"I believe that he is still in Celeste town." She answered, "at least that is where I received his last call from."
Train swallowed and shoved another forkful into his mouth before answering, "that isn't far from here is it Sven?"
Sven glanced over the newspaper he was reading, "not to far, little more than half a day."
Train finished his plate and leaned back in his chair.
Winry glanced up and noticed him eyeing the pot where the stew came from, "you can have more if you like."
"Really?!" Train said excitedly.
"What is that your fourth plate?" Edward asked, "Do you even eat…?"
"Hey buddy," Sven said appalled, "you try eating deep fired bread crusts."
Edward glanced at the older man as if he was insane.
Train hummed to himself happily, it's been a while since he's eaten a home cooked meal, he was going to milk it for what it's worth.
"I've made pie as well." Winry said excitedly.
"When did you have a chance to even make it?" Edward asked astounded at the fact that she made enough stew for seven people and one with the stomach the size of elephant.
"Ooo pie." Train grinned in glee.
"While you were still recovering." Winry gave him a sidelong glance of anger, "it's Gracia-san recipe."
"It's been a while since I've had Gracia-san pies." Sven said reclining in his chair happily.
"You know Gracia-san?" Alphonse stated in confusion. He was in more shock that Edward and Winry weren't surprised.
"Yes, and Elysia." He smiled, "I think the last time I saw Elysia in person was when she was about seven or eight." Alphonse was still confused at the response so Sven went on, "Maes and I worked investigations together. We didn't work directly together until my partner had…passed on." He subconsciously touched his eye patch.
"You lost your eye-." Winry tried to say.
"Enough about that! I want pie!" Train said excitedly. He earned a glare from Winry.
"If he doesn't want to talk about it Winry then leave it." Edward commanded and then grinned, "plus I want pie too!"
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Sven sighed. I hate kids and now I have four of them. It had all started when they had trucked down to Sven's small four door white car when Edward yelled out "Shotgun!"
Then chaos ensued.
Train argued that he's been in the car longer, Eve shot out that it was her turn to ride in the front. Alphonse wanted a spacious place to read. Edward said that he was the highest ranking that he deserved the front seat. Eve called unfair in the fact that none of them other than him were in the military.
"All four of you into the back seat!" Sven barked.
The four looked at him like he had three heads.
"You heard me." He said point toward the rear driver's door.
So now he had four young adults crammed into the back seat of a very small four door white car.
It was silent for a while, little pushes here or there to get comfortable. Until Edward whined about the fact that Train's legs was taking up to much room. Then Eve got caught up in the fact that Edward's elbow was jabbing her in the side.
It was a mess needless to say, before Sven got feed up with the fact and yelled out, "if all four of you don't shut up I'm turning this car around!"
And the car went silent.
Finally.
I hoped you liked it.
The ending of this chapter was my favorite part to write. Anyway please review, I find it a bit more motivation when people do. I found the hit counter and I can tell that there are people reading this so that is good to know. Until next time.