The Rockbell

--------------------------------------------------

If love isn't a game, why are there so many players?

-Love quote.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Was he really ok? At the night I told another story to Al until he slept and I went to my bed.

"Psst… Edward…" I whispered to him.

"What now?" He asked me.

"Well… mmm… arigato for everything." I answered him shyly.

"No worries." He answered and turned around. I was facing his back.

"Pssst… Edward…" I called him again. He turned again and asked in a bored tone,

"What…?"

"Are we going tomorrow to Winry's house?"

"Yes…"

"Hehe… I'm impatient to see her."

"Sakura…"

"What?"

"You're a good friend." He said making me blush and later he added,

"But flat chest!" I threw him a pillow as I whispered,

"BAKA!" Why did he need to be silly every time he finished a sentence that actually made me feel as a great person? In the night I heard some footsteps. I opened my eyes sleepy but all I could see was someone was near enough and was kissing my forehead… But may be I was dreaming (may be not...). Later on it turned out the t-shirt changed its color and became blue and it was Sasuke the one who was near me… See? May be I was actually sleeping (or not, UGH, I'M NOT SURE!)… Sasuke came up to me with a smile on his face and pressed my lips. Then, we were in Konoha again and I dreamt we were meeting our friends and we had a party.

"Hey… Sakura… wake up…" Al said interrupting my dreams.

"What?" I asked him sleepy.

"Get ready we're going in a few moments." After getting ready, I made my luggage with all my new clothes. Today I had tried a new outfit. It was a white t-shirt that complemented with a cute red jumper. The t-shirt was larger at the back. I wore some black shorts and white beautiful boots with red cords and a red pattern.

"Wow… Sakura-chan you look really cute in that outfit!" Al confessed.

"Oh… that's so sweet, Al-kun!" I replied.

"Hey, we need to go now or we'll miss the train!" Edward jumped. We took our luggage and came to the train running.

"Gawd… I'm SO exhausted." I said tired looking at the person right next to me who was Edward.

"Me too." Edward added.

"I'm not." Al responded who was in front of Edward and me. We spend the whole time in the train playing cards, first I won, later Edward but Al never won. Later, we played word games and Al won all the time, and after that I took a little nap on the window. I didn't know what happened next but I heard the train stopping.

"Alright, welcome to where I was born Sakura." Edward announced with a wide smile and his arm stretched. He coughed again; he didn't stop coughing in the train either… I was worried about him. I looked around it, it was pretty it also seemed like Konoha but with fewer houses and lots of green. When we arrived to Winry's house a woman with a pipe and a bun came out.

"Oh hello dwarf!" She said, he replied back with other insults calling her tiny witch or something like then, she said something back to him and they were all the time like that until I interrupted them thoughtful,

"Are you Winry?"

"Me? Winry?" She laughed. "No, that's my niece… Winry Rockbell. I'm Pinako." She murmured. A girl as tall as I was came running towards us. She had really long light blonde hair in a ponytail with some kind of headscarf around her head. Her eyes were blue sapphire and represented pureness and cuteness. She may be had the same color of hairstyle, hair and eyes as Ino but she was cuter… and she was more beautiful than me. Her clothes were more provocative than mine and I hate to admit this but Edward was right, her chest was a lot huger than mine.

"Who's this girl, Ed?" She asked not even looking at me.

"This is Haruno Sakura." He presented me.

"Hi!" I shyly said but she actually completely ignored me and asked to Edward again,

"So what's the problem now, Eddie-kun?" She remarked Eddie-kun with a teasing tone.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT! I BET YOU FORGOT TO PUT A NAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND LOOK AT ME NOW! MY LEG AND MY ARM ARE MISPLACED!" Edward shouted.

"And how are you Al?" Winry asked.

"Good. After you repair Ed you must give us some metal so my arm we'll come back." He replied.

"You mean my beautiful, precious, brilliant, useful tools?" She asked rubbing a wrench over her cheek with fake teary eyes.

"Well, Winry, doesn't need some of the tools because they're too old for her… so we can give you a few…" Pinako informed us. Edward didn't stop coughing.

"I don't think you're fine Edward." I told him.

"Yeah… I don't think so either; you should go to a doctor…" She whispered biting her lower lip.

"I'm a doctor." I responded her.

"Then, find out what's wrong with him, I'll be busy working on his arm." She said while she took his arm. Pinako took Edward to a seat, took his shoes off and measured his feet.

"Ummm… who've grown. I must repair it to your normal size; I'll work on it for at least 3 days." She responded while she took his feet and put on a plastic white one. Edward coughed again, he was sweating but he murmured,

"I'm so cold…" I leaned over and leaned my forehead against his to check his temperature.

"You're burning." I informed him. "You need to rest; I'll go to the village and buy some medicine." I informed Edward. He looked annoyed.

"But you don't know the village still, Sakura." Al moaned.

"I need some one who checks his temperature every five minutes and changes the cloth he would wear on the forehead." I replied.

"I can do it." Winry offered. "I can check it every five minutes if he stays in the mechanic room." She added.

"Is there a bed?" I asked her.

"No, but there's enough room to place one." She responded.

"Edward lay down in the sofa by the moment." I said to Edward, after that I demanded looking at Winry. "Please change the cloth his wearing every five minutes and place a bed there."

Edward laid down in the sofa; I got some cloth and some water and placed the cloth with water on his forehead.

"Don't worry, you'll get better, I promise." I smiled at him and he weakly smiled at me back. Al and I looked around all the pharmacies in the village but none of them had a cure for fever. Fortunately, lots of kids in Konoha had fever and I knew by memory the specific medicinal plants I needed to use and how they looked like. But it was late; we needed to get back to the house. We walked until we got home wishing to see Edward magically healed.

"Oh, hi Al, hi… mmmm, Sakura… Edward's upstairs. And Sakura by the way, you can sleep in the sofa." She said.

"Thanks, Winry, I'll look and see how Edward is." I informed her but suddenly Winry stood in middle of the stairs not letting me pass and screamed,

"NO YOU CAN'T! I mean… you can but I think it would be the best thing to do…"

"But I'm his doctor, he needs me right now…" I told her.

"Ok." She said as she moved out of the way letting Al and me pass.

"Did a bug bite her or something?" I whispered to Al while we were walking upstairs.

"I don't know what's wrong with her either." He whispered me back. When we arrived to the room, Edward was mumbling something. His hair was untied and he had no shirt on. Ok, he had six pack… But I didn't focus on that, I focused on his temperature. I healed him a bit and he didn't sweat that much now.

"Oh, Edward… look in what trouble you're on now…" I whispered to him. I changed his cloth and put some fresh water in and placed it again where it was. I was going to go when he hold my hand and he said in an agony tone,

"Please, tell us… a… story…" I told them a story and after that I kissed the two of them in their foreheads.

"Good night…" I whispered while leaving the room.

I quickly woke up wondering if Edward had survived the night. I went straight up the room and watched as Winry kissed Edward's hand delicately. I didn't interrupt them and made some breakfast with whatever was there. I made everyone (except Al of course) 2 fried eggs, bread with bacon and some pancakes.

"Ummm…~ It smells delicious!" Pinako shouted.

"Arigato." I shyly said. "I'm sorry for using your kitchen without your permission." I apologized realizing it...

"Do not worry; you've made food for us. That's great!" She congratulated. Al came downstairs and behind them Edward leaning on Winry.

"Ohayo (morning)!" I screamed. Just Al responded me back. Winry was too busy taking care of Edward and he was sick. Oh… and Pinako… well she was already eating her breakfast. Everybody ate except Edward. He just gave a bite to bacon and went upstairs again.

"May be Edward didn't like your food." Winry mocked silently.

"Maybe Edward IS ILL!" I replied her a little bit furious. I got Al from his arm and we waved good bye.

When we finished recollecting the plants, we came back home. It was midday. We came just back in time for lunch. We ate lunch and later, I did the medicine.

"Edward…" I whispered as I knocked the door.

"Come in!" He answered me with a weak voice.

"I finished the medicine, now you just need to drink it." I informed him. It looked black, bubbles came out and it smelt to natural plants.

"It looks disgusting." He pointed out.

"I know." I replied him. "But it's good for you." I added. I helped him sit up so he could drink it properly and also helped him drink it. After he finished he said,

"It tasted disgusting…"

"Now you just need to sleep." I replied him.

"But-!" He was about to complain when I closed his eyes and shush him. Few minutes later, I had fallen asleep too, beside him. When I woke up, I saw Edward playing with my hair.

"Hey, you're finally awake..." He said to me.

"You should sleep more." I groaned.

"You should too… Al told me he visited you last night to make sure you were ok and he said you turned around and round whispering all the time that Sasuke's name." He answered me. "He's the boy you love?" Edward added. I looked at him straight into his golden eyes. I shyly nodded and added facing the ground, blushing,

"I guess so." He smiled at me, looking at my eyes. His hair untied, long, golden blonde…

"Hey, make me a favor." He said.

"It depends on which one." I answered.

"Well… since I only have one arm… could you tie up my hair?" He asked.

"Why don't you ask it to Al?"

"Last time I asked it to Al he made me a weird braid..." He answered, I giggled.

"IT'S NOT FUNNY! I LOOKED RIDICULOUS!" He shouted, moving his arm everywhere as a sign or irritation and frustration.

"So why don't you ask it to Winry or Pinako?" I asked him after giggling.

"Look, if you don't want to ,then, I'll ask them even though they're BUSY!" He shouted.

"Fine I'll tie your hair up… in a braid, right?" I asked him as I brushed his smooth hair. He nodded and after I was done I left the room. I was walking downstairs when Winry came rushing up with Edward's repaired arm. I looked downstairs; Pinako and Al were in the kitchen table. Pinako was holding Edward's repaired leg. I sat next to Al.

"Hey, Al!" I salute him.

"Hey…" He sounded a little bit disappointed.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"It's time…" He sighed.

"What time?" I asked puzzled.

"Yeah… I mean, now Pinako and Winry are going to connect Edward's right arm and left foot with the auto mail, also called artificial limbs." He murmured as he looked another way.

"So what?" I questioned him. He sighed. He quickly looked at me and explained,

"When they connect the artificial limbs to anybody's body, it hurts so much it could make cry an adult man."

"Why don't you use anesthesia?" I questioned him.

"Anesthesia?" He asked me back.

"Yeah… it's a shot that can make you sleep." I answered him.

"We don't have that here…" Pinako responded. I struggled,

"But then… Edward…"

"He most receive the pain…" Pinako sadly replied. How could they do that to him…? Edward was coming downstairs, his hair beautifully displayed and he sat in chair, he was smiling even though he knew what would happen to him and how much he would suffer.

"Edward…" I whispered. Pinako and Winry came to him and put him those artificial limbs.

"1…2…3!" They shouted as they connected those limbs. Electricity sparkled all over Edward's artificial limbs as he shouted in agony. I couldn't take it anymore… After it finished he was sweating and I came crying over him.

"EDWARD!" I shouted at him as I hugged him.

"Heh. You're such a cry-baby… you're not the one who received the pain." He whispered to me as he patted my head. He didn't say cry-baby with a mean tone; he said it with a gentle one and later he softly giggle. I couldn't stop crying… I couldn't I just couldn't even stop it, I hated people suffering. I also had seen lots of things and not nice ones and that scene remembered me of them. I don't care if I'm a ninja, I'm not in Konoha, it doesn't even exist in here...

"Sakura-chan…" Al said as he sat next to me. When I finally wiped my tears out, I sweetly smiled at everyone and thanked them, for everything. Later on I excused myself and went outside the balcony to get some fresh air and saw Winry and Edward holding hands, well actually Winry was holding his, I think. Suddenly she turned around and smiled at him. She said something to him but I didn't hear her, as a response Edward smiled back. Later they sat on the ground. They were facing their backs to me and I could hardly see their faces. Winry turned her head amused such as Edward did and Winry kissed him (pressed her lips against his). She hugged him while she did that and when they separated themselves she mouthed I love you...