After the deal, each of the people of the crew had about 432 thousand cenz each. It was probably the same amount in beli's if they had exchanged it in other islands, so this deal was much, much better than what they would have had in any other places. When they had exited the bank, they saw Edward walking by with his dark red coat hanging behind him. He wasn't really that hard to spot. His sun-kissed blond hair was very noticeable in the sea of blacks, and his cowlick made him stand out by about 4 inches over everyone.

"Hey, Edward!!" Yelled Ling, before anyone could say anything. Edward turned around and saw … very familiar faces.

"Ling? The p… what are you guys doing here? I thought you were leaving as soon as you finished with your businesses?" asked Edward.

"Well, we've had some problems…" began Nami.


After the explanation, Ling had offered the crew to stay over at his palace, but they had refused, as they had their ship to return to for now. Edward agreed that they would follow him to Central, as it was the same direction. It was decided that they would visit the two main towns that Ed knew best, Youswell and Xenotime. Although, they had to leave right away for the trip to fit in Ed's week off.

"I only have a week off, so I am not going to stay more than a few days, maybe only for a day or two in Youswell and Xenotime. So, you guys should hurry up in anything you want to see, do or buy," said Edward, when they had reached the train station. The Thousand Sunny Go was being held onto by the emperor, making sure that no one would dare and ship-nap or steal anything in the ship.

"A day or two is all we need," replied Robin.

"Eeeeh?! But I wanted to sightsee!! And buy souvenirs!! And eat!!" whined Luffy.

"Eating shouldn't take you more than a day," said Edward, buying the tickets. "There are no 'specialties', as you would say. Well, there are lemons in Xenotime, but Youswell's a mining town. All you could get there might be coal. Oh, and uh… do you have enough money?" asked Edward suddenly.

"… Is about 736000 cenz enough?" asked Nami.

"That's…not enough." said Edward, after calculating the cost of dinner and night at 'the' regular inn. The last time he had been there he had to pay 200000 for two people, until he was kicked out because of being a dog of the military. The group had 8 people and that would mean… 800000 cenz. But only if the price hadn't changed. Ed didn't want to give false hope...

"What?!" Chopper was so surprised, as when they were shopping in Xing; one medical book only cost around 20 to 50 cenz at the most.

Edward glared momentarily at the small, clothes-clad raccoon-like … thing. Only yesterday it was as big as him, and now it was like it had been: up to his thighs. There was something very wrong with this kid. Homunculus?

"It would probably have changed, … Maybe." Ended Edward lamely. "I haven't been there since I was 12, it would probably have changed."

"Why have you been there?" asked Franky. He was dressed 'normally', as in a blue T-shirt and jeans, as Edward had a fit when he heard that he would go in his usual attire, a flower- pattern shirt and Speedos.

"Military stuff. Basically I was just going there because I had to do some simple missions for the colonel, or else the military wouldn't be too keen on keeping me there," said Edward, finding a compartment. He and the crew settled down. Surprisingly, everyone fit in.

"Me and my brother went there, and then it was ruled by a corrupt lieutenant whose name I don't care enough to remember, like making them pay high taxes and giving them low salaries." Said Edward, while putting his newly-bought simple suitcase in the overhead.

"That reminds me of what my village was like," said Nami. "There was this gang of pirates who took over our village as hostage for me to work under them as their map maker."

"Ooh. I guess it worked out well," said Ed. Nami looked at him with a blank look. "Well, you're here with these people, and you don't have the 'hate' (here he used two fingers to quote) feeling coming off you, and well, 7 people does not seem to be enough to take over a town."

The crew laughed. Usopp said, "No, there were only the first 5 people; Luffy, me, Nami, Zoro and Sanji then. I led the team to save her town from the thousands of pirates and a mer-cow monster! It was I, of course, who did all the work."

"… Uh-huh. Somehow, I don't believe you," said Edward, "but I digress. Then, the money source they could get was the very rare tourists that came there, and so they dragged me to an inn. Then, for me and my brother, the fee was 200 000 cenz.

I didn't pay it, though. I fixed things with alchemy, and the inn keeper was familiar with one. But when I told them my name, they kicked me out."

"Why would they kick out a person because of their name?" asked Sanji.

"My name was quite well known then. Edward Elric equalled to Full Metal Alchemist, the State's Prodigy, Military's lapdog, blah, blah, and blah-de-blah, and alchemists in the military were also called the Dog of the Military."

"The Dog of the Military?" asked Franky.

"'Alchemist, be thou for the people.' State alchemists were exceptions to the rule, and because of that, we were hated throughout the country.

So, because of my status in the military I ended up in the lieutenant's house, I got mad that he was living in riches while the rest suffered, and that son of a bitch burned the inn I was talking to you about, and so… he got what he deserved."

"What did you do?" asked Zoro.

"What makes you think that I did anything to him?" asked Edward, innocently, his face betraying his sweet voice.

"You just had this very dark, evil looking smile just now," said Chopper, with deer-in- headlight eyes.

"Pfft!! Hahahah!! It was so hilarious!!" Edward suddenly burst in his seat, reminiscing. "Okay, so this place we're going is a coal mine, right? And there are a lot of these scrap rocks and coals, and I made it into gold and-"

"Hey wait! You said on the ship that you couldn't make gold!" interrupted Usopp.

"I meant what I said. It's illegal," said Edward, simply. "Besides, there were no materials that I could change into gold. So anyways-

I went to that mansion of his and told him that I would buy the mine off him with the transmuted gold, and we made an agreement that I didn't give him anything cause I told him that making gold was illegal and then just before I came out of his mansion, I turned all the gold back into coal!! And then, when that guy came asking for the deed back, the miners (and I) beat the shit out of him!"

The compartment roared in laughter. The pirates didn't know that the person they had saved was so much fun…until now. "Yeah, and so, I took the deed to the inn, and I sold it off for 200000. One night for two, Equivalent Exchange," smiled Edward, after having had a good laugh.

"Hahahah!! You're so funny!! You really should come in our crew!! As a … a storyteller!!" roared Luffy, still laughing.

"Heh, no thanks. I like working legally," said Edward, "besides, I do more than storytelling … I just had a more… interesting life than others."

"Tell us more!! Tell us more!!" chanted Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp.

"Nah, I'm not one to be telling his life story to others like some old man," Ed waved them and their puppy eyes off, "besides, it'd take forever." Said Edward, and he looked away from the crew to gaze at the passing scenery.


"You're late, sir." Said his secretary, when he had got through the maze of an headquarter. It was weird having to look out with one eye when he had two-very sexy ones, in his opinion- good eyes, just to pretend that he was an incomplete human. Hawkeye. Her breasts were looking especially good today. The host's protests were getting louder. "Good morning to you too, Major." He replied politely. He went into his office, sat down in his chair, and started on his paperwork. Like he did most of the days Full Metal was not in central. He started to think about what, or rather who, he would do when he would be out of work. Maybe some quickies in the closet with whoever would be in his way when he felt l-NO! He must control himself, he, Roy Mustang, would NOT become Lust, the Sin.

"Colonel Full Metal is late for his reporting, sir." Said … Jean Havoc, thankfully disrupting the pitiful human's mind. The smoker. Another Major. Currently lacks any girlfriends. He'd probably have some pent up wants t- Control, his host's mind objected.

Full Metal… Full Metal… "The shrimp," he unconsciously murmured, as he remembered the perfect ass that boy-NO!- had in those leather pants, "won't be coming here for about a week. He demanded a vacation, so I granted it." … Havoc stared at the Fuhrer as he worked. Working would sort his mind; there was no risk of getting turned on by paperwork.

His other colleagues were also beginning to stare at him.

Lust, already bored to destruction, switched the control to autopilot-Roy Mustang. His eyes became more focused, and started on the papers that saved his mind. This did not go on for long. He started to scribble random things on the edges of a grant certification, probably about a raise of salary. His left hand had unconsciously bent up, supporting his chin as he twirled his pen in his fingers. His eyes started to droop, but the unconscious fear of being shot at by the hawk kept his face away from colliding with the desk. When Hawkeye went out to return the completed paperwork and get new ones, he had started to clean his office. The sofas were looking dirty, as there was a tiny splotch of back dirt at the bottom of the left hand rest; the windows seemed to be a little fuzzy, and the coffee table was also lacking its usual glow of transparent shininess.

By the time Lust came back to Roy's mind demanding action other than cleaning, the stare had been gone.


AN. thanks to EverlastingDreamer and Alch3mist for reviewing!!

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