Chapter seven! Woot! We're getting closer to their feelings and what they really want. Yey!!! I'm really turning out these chapters. If I keep this up I'll be finished by the weeks end.

Thanks for the reviews! RUKIA I LOVE YOU (BUT I LOVE OKATU-SAN MORE XD).

This-is-such-a-drag: Yeah that's where I was heading…but I'm glad you think it's cute. I love Henry.

~Emi

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Alena later woke up with a stretch and yawn. She looked over at Scar and managed a small smile.

He looks so peaceful in his sleep, so calm. It's like a completely different man from what I was dealing with before. Or maybe it isn't him that's changed; maybe I'm just finally seeing the true Scar.

The door flap moved and the old woman walked in carrying two bowls of food. She sat down between Scar and Alena as Alena sat up with a groan.

"You're starting to sound like an old lady getting up in the morning," she teased before waking up Scar with a gentle shake of his arm.

"Come on Scar, it's time to eat and change your bandages." Scar groaned and slowly sat up, body trembling from pain. Alena saw that he was struggling and slid over to support him without even thinking. She smirked slightly as she took the bowl and held up the spoon to his mouth.

"I'm not that weak."

"Just shut up and eat."

Scar sighed and took the spoon, feeding himself while his bandages were changed. Alena blushed and looked away, especially when the old woman gave her a knowing look. When she finished with Scar the woman turned to Alena, "Your turn."

"My bandages are fine for now."

She nodded slightly and checked just to make sure, "You two did a real number on each other."

"Actually I think the rock slid did most of the damage," Alena admitted as Scar chuckled softly.

"So you two didn't actually fight? How interesting. Now I'm curious…why are you two fighting each other?"

Alena looked away from them, eyes pained, "It was an order."

"I have my own reasons, as you well know."

The old woman nodded slightly, "Are you two going to continue fighting?"

Scar was the first to answer and it came as a shock to Alena, "No, I'm not going to fight her anymore."

Alena sat there thinking about it for several long moments. She did want to stop fighting…but the Military would not allow that. Her face then hardened, what had the Military ever done for her?

"I don't want to fight anymore either," She sighed, "But I really do believe I should leave today though."

"Leave? I think not."

"Yeah Henry would miss you too much," Scar looked away slightly, not adding what he was really thinking. That he would miss her too.

"I'm going to go for a walk then." Alena stood and walked out of the tent. As she walked through the camp people stared at her openly, many having never seen a nice State Alchemist before. It unnerved Alena and she looked for a way out of the camp and found a nice small clearing with a rock at the center.

She sat on the rock, letting the sunlight fall across her face and thinking about what feelings she was experiencing. Alena laid like that for a few hours before she realized someone had followed her to the clearing. A small smile graced her lips for a brief moment before disappearing.

"What do you want Scar?"

"To ask you a question." He stated simply as he watched her.

Alena sat up and looked over at him, cradling her broken wrist. "What question?"

"Why did you decide to stop fighting me? The Military will be very upset with you."

Scar had come closer to the rock as he talked, now only inches away from Alena. Alena swallowed softly and blushed, looking up at him, "I don't care about the Military. I only care about-" She fell silent, looking away.

"What do you care about Alena?" Scar asked, almost hopefully.

In a voice just above a whisper she said, "You."

It hadn't been what Scar had been expecting but it had been what he had been hoping to hear. Scar pulled her off the rock and close to him in one fluid movement, red eyes slightly warmed. He leaned forward and caught her lips in a gentle kiss, smiling when it was returned and he wasn't killed for kissing her.

Scar broke away first, a startled look on his face, like he couldn't believe he had just done that. Still he didn't let her go, just holding Alena closer.

Alena closed her eyes and leaned against him, body relaxed and peaceful. It was the first time in a long time she felt like she truly belonged someplace.

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Yey! Their first kiss. *Spins* anyone who knows me well knows that this happiness wont last long. XD