"I don't think I've seen two siblings as close as them before. Including Ed and Al." Winry laughed.
"Ever since we let Renee into that room she hasn't left her sister's side." Pinako stated. She turned towards a door that she heard close.
"She's asleep now, and she looks to be doing fine. Thank you so much you two." Renee bowed, "I don't know what I could possibly do to thank you for all you've done."
"You've done so much work around here, I don't know how we could possibly thank you!" Winry said.
"Well if you don't mind, I think I'm going to go for a walk. Just to relax for a little." Renee announced. She grabbed her jacket and headed out the front door. Out in the front yard, Ed and Al were sparring. Renee carefully walked around them to avoid getting hit. As she was walking by, Ed threw a punch at Al, but he dodged it, which was surprising for his size.
"Renee look out!" Al shouted as soon as he analyzed the situation. Ed tried to stop himself, but the amount of force he put behind the punch wouldn't let up. Renee glanced to the side and saw Ed's fist coming towards her. She crouched down to dodge the punch, but saw that Ed would still trip over her body at the rate he was going, which would result in him kicking her in the side. She reached up and grabbed Ed's automail arm, pushing her other hand into his gut. With just enough force, she brought Ed up and flipped him over to the other side of her body. He landed on the ground with a loud grunt. Him and Al stayed where they were, dazed for a moment. Renee straightened herself and stood silent for a moment.
"...What the hell Ed! Don't you know how to fight your own brother!" Renee shouted at the boy lying on the ground, "You would've punched me in the face!"
"Renee, where'd you learn that?" Al asked.
"Me and Angelina have 3 older brothers. I just kinda picked it up." Renee sighed. "Which reminds me, could I borrow some of your Alchemy books? Assuming you have some at-." Renee's voice stopped. Ed had gripped his hand around her ankle, pulling it towards him. Renee pushed herself off the ground with her other foot, and as soon as Ed let go of her ankle, she dived forward, landing on her hands. She then pushed off her hands to get herself back on her feet. When she landed, she turned around and she simply glared at Ed. "Was that necessary?"
"You're pretty good." Ed laughed as he picked himself up off the ground, "And to think I was just questioning whether you had what it took to join the military. Not that I approve of your plan."
"Out of all people, I thought you'd be one to not underestimate anyone." Renee shot back.
"ARE YOU CALLING ME SHORT!?" Ed blew up. Al and Renee laughed.
"Sure," Renee waved him off with a smile as she began to walk off the property, "But I'm interested in reading up on Alchemy here. So if you have those books I'd like to see them when I get back."
"Hey, uh, Where are you going?" Al inquired. Renee turned back towards them.
"Just for a walk. To look around ya' know." Renee replied. With that she was off down the road again. Eventually Al and Ed went back to sparring.
Renee walked down roads, past the place she first showed up with Angelina. Rain has washed away any blood that was probably there. Renee winced at the memory and continued down the roads. She looked up a small pathway and saw a cemetery. She remembered what Pinako had told her about Winry's parents and Ed and Al's mother and decided to stop by. She scanned the tops of the tombstones and her eyes landed on the names "Urey Rockbell" and "Sara Rockbell". She walked through the paths and kneeled down in the middle of the two graves.
"Hello Mr. And Mrs. Rockbell." Renee closed her eyes and leaned her head down a bit, resting her hands on her knees, "You two raised an amazing girl. She looks exactly like you ! From the stories I've heard you two were amazing doctors, She definitely inherited your skills!" Renee continued on that way for a while, until bidding the two goodbye. She then scanned the cemetery for the name "Trisha Elric".
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"Okay, dinner's ready. Wait... Where's Renee?" Pinako asked as she returned to the kitchen. She had just went and gave Angelina some food.
"She said she was going for a walk. I don't know where she could have gone, she doesn't really know anybody or anything around here." Al answered. Ed sighed and stood up.
"I'll go find her. I wanted to go out for a bit anyway." Ed stated.
"Okay hurry up! You don't want your food to get cold." Al called as Ed headed out.
"That idiot." Winry said, everyone looked at her questioningly. In response she looked over at where Ed's plate was, "He left so he wouldn't have to drink his milk."
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"I'm sorry I didn't bring you any flowers. I thought it would've been rude to pick some on the way here. I want to let you know that your sons are very talented!" Renee laughed. She sat in front of Trisha's grave the same way she did for the Rockbell's. She had been sitting there for a while but hardly noticed the sky darkening, "Ed and Al are actually very sweet... Well Al is. I can't really say anything for Ed, I haven't talked to him as much, and when I have it was strictly business in a sense. While I can't say that he's exactly sweet and nice, he is passionate and driven, which is just as important. From what Pinako and Winry have told me, he's also very caring. He cares a lot for Al...You raised two great boys. But you already knew everything that I've told you! I'm still sorry that I don't have much to offer you, except for this, I'm going to help your sons in anyway that I can. I know Ed's stubborn, and probably won't want to accept any help that I offer, but I can at least try for you, and for them." Renee laughed. A hand touched her shoulder which caused her to jump a bit, but she relaxed when she saw who it belonged to. A white flower was being held next to her face. She happily accepted it as she stood. She then placed it on top of the tombstone, while the arm placed a bouquet on the grave. "Yeah, you raised two amazing sons." Renee smiled down at the grave and then up at Ed.
A/N: I wanted Renee's talk with Trisha to go a little differently, I had it all planned out last night in my head but I didn't write it down anywhere since i wasn't entirely conscious, I was trying to get back to sleep. I may rewrite that part later on. I know I wanted it to be more like she was talking to Trisha and not at her, or just about Ed and Al, but its hard to write like that for someone we don't know a lot about. eh XP
