A/N: A third of the epic Resident Asian Royai Trio will be represented in this chapter. You're welcome.

I don't own FMA. I own Ayame and Megumi Mikimoto along with their childhood friend, Dr. Lee Hui who Megumi, along with trying to get Colonel Mustang and Lieutenant Hawkeye together, is trying to get her sister together with him. SPOILERS YEAH.


Chapter Nine: Unanswered Questions

April 19, 1916 – Central Train Station

Her heart started to flutter as soon as the train stopped at the station. She kept on staring out the window to see if she saw any one familiar. She saw a couple of MPs walking around with their dogs. A part of her died inside as she slowly slumped in her seat. She waited and watched as people started to grab their belongings from the shelf above their heads. She peeked out of the window again and watched those people hug family members and friends on the platform. "Time to go," she whispered to herself as she rose from her seat and fixed her clothes. She grabbed the suitcase and hat underneath her seat. She brushed off the dirt on the hat then set it on top of her head. She slowly made her way through the aisle and off the train. "Have a nice time in Central, ma'am," one of the workers said to her. She nodded slowly, smiling sweetly.

She walked a couple steps away from the train. She couldn't find anyone familiar around here. She hoped that he would come around. She reached up to her hat and pulled the brim of it down as she looked down at her feet and started to walk towards the exit. As the sunlight hit her face, she decided to look up. When she saw a young soldier running up the steps below her, she smiled, "Kain?"

The soldier was also looking down as he climbed up. At the moment she called his name, he looked up and smiled at her. The wind started to pick up and her hat was carried by the wind. She tried to run as fast as she could to grab the hat, but her choice in footwear was not the best and the hat flew to one side of the steps. The soldier decided to book it and grab the white hat before it went over the train tracks. He jumped up to grab the hat, but almost ran into a little child while doing it. He hesitated and watched the hat fall on top of a man walking up the steps.

The man stopped for a moment as he took the hat off, "Is this yours, sir?"

"I-It's my friend's," he gulped as the man handed it to him, "Thank you."

The man nodded as he continued up his way to the steps. Fuery walked back to her, now with the hat, trying to calm his emotions down. When the two met, she quickly wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him. "I was afraid your sister was going to be with you!" He told her as he set the hat on her head.

"I told you that she didn't want to take leave to do this," she laughed at him. Fuery examined the girl. When they last met, her short, pixie cut brown hair was pulled into a high pony tail and some of the scars on the back of her neck were shown. Now her hair was set down and her bangs were pinned back by small clips at the side of her head. Her sweet, endearing smile was calming to him. At least she was scowling at him like she was before. She wore a light blue dress with a white long sleeved cardigan and sandals. She was beautiful.

She took a couple of steps away from him, "You don't look any different, Kain."

"Y-You look beautiful," he managed to say, causing her face to become red.

"Uh… thanks?" she said, confused and unsure on what to say. She turned to pick up her suitcase when Fuery came around her and picked it up for her. She turned bitter, "You don't have to help me with that, Fuery. I can carry it on my own." He glanced at her slender arms. Looks can be deceiving; he already knew by now that she can easily kill a person even if she has the demeanor of an innocent girl.

"I just want to help," he murmured to her.

She sighed deeply, "Well, okay. I can't blame you for that." Fuery smiled at her and as a return, she smiled back. He led her to the car, offering his arm for her to grab on. She denied his request, claiming that she was okay with everything.

"How was the train ride?" he asked as he stuck the suitcase in the back seat.

"It was nice," she got inside the front seat of the car. Fuery really wanted to show to her that he could still be the kind person that he was when they first met. She didn't doubt that he was still the kind person, but he felt like he wanted to win her over. "Aya usually hates train rides."

He started up the car, "I could understand that. You never know what's really going to happen on the train when you're riding it. And that moment, you don't have enough control of the situation."

She grumbled, "Well, actually, every time Aya takes a train to somewhere, she needs to keep herself occupied or else she gets really bored and she starts to test her alchemy on the train." She shivered, "It can get dangerous, but in the last couple times we rode the train, Aya has learned a new ability with her alchemy."

Fuery was nervous to ask her about Major Mikimoto's alchemy. After the Promised Day, Major Mikimoto became the youngest active State Alchemist. She could easily be the most powerful State Alchemist in the military as her alchemic field keeps on evolving as she discovers more abilities. He remembers when she could only knock out the lights and sees perfectly in a completely dark. Before they went their separate ways, Major Mikimoto could make her shadow move in three dimensions like the homunculus Pride (yet not as scary.) "What was it?"

"Her shadows can create indestructible weapons," she smiled, "She created a sword that can slice through the thickest piece of metal. The good part is that her weapons can merge back into her shadow and so nobody else can get those weapons." She called that a good thing?

Fuery tightened his grip on the steering wheel, "Well. That should be helpful." He decided to change the topic, "W-Where do I need to take you again?"

She took out a pocket watch from her cardigan pocket. She opened it up, "I-I don't know. I think Lee is working—"

"Oh," Fuery looked back at her, "Where does he work?"

"He's an alkahestric doctor in the hospital here in Central," she started explaining, "The first of his kind. It's kind of exciting, but anyways… he's getting transferred to East City at the end of the summer."

"How did you guys get to know him?"

She sighed, "He's my sister's best friend. We were banned from seeing him when we were kids because his family and our family had to guard rival families and one day, my father and his grandfather decided to have them fight to the death. They couldn't do it. We were taught to not make friends and that's what pretty much happened." A smirk rose, "You know, I haven't always been trying to get Colonel Mustang and Lieutenant Hawkeye together… I'm also trying to get my sister with him."

Fuery's eyes widened. Major Mikimoto hooking up with someone? The image was burning in his mind, "W-Wait, why?"

She shrugged her shoulders, smiling, "He kissed her once, but she punched him in the face. I think he still holds some feelings for her." Fuery looked at her with sincerity, "And Aya has done so much for me. I need to do something for her for once."

"Y-Yeah," Fuery gulped, realizing that he was in the same position as the sisters' best friend. "Y-You won't mind if I take you to the office, do you?" She bit her lip nervously. She never liked being with the military men for fears that they might deport her for being a Xingese in Amestris. However, whenever she was with Fuery, she felt safe with him. She still wasn't sure with Colonel Mustang as every time she had seen him, her sister was usually in front of her. Fuery put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry Megumi, I will protect you."

When Fuery and Megumi walked into the office, the team all decided to stop what they were doing and watch her come in. "Hello," she smiled, tilting her head one way.

Havoc was the first one to open his mouth, "I can't believe it. Your sister isn't here!"

Breda grumbled, "I don't know Havoc, she could be hiding behind her with her invisible ability. Or we could be looking at the Major herself in a disguise to look like her sister."

Megumi glared at them. "I can't believe you guys are saying that! I'm Megumi Mikimoto, not Major Ayame Mikimoto." She folded her arms across her chest, "I'm not flat chested like her and she wouldn't be wearing a dress unless she lost a bet and had to wear one!" Fuery softly chuckled. That was Megumi. Only she would say something like that about her sister. She rolled her eyes, putting her hands on her hips, "If you don't believe me, call her number at Eastern Command! I bet she'll answer the phone."

Havoc chuckled, "Okay, okay, Miss Megumi. I believe you. I was just teasing you—y'know?" She still rolled her eyes as she shook her head furiously.

"So you were telling the truth, Sergeant Fuery," Colonel Mustang said as he picked up his pen, "Sorry about before."

Fuery didn't know how to answer that, "Uh, thank you sir." Megumi made her way up to Lieutenant Hawkeye's desk. The girls were always in good terms with the cold Lieutenant; they often got to see her softer side as she saw them the same way she saw the Elric brothers. She smiled, "Hello Lieutenant Hawkeye."

"Hello Miss Megumi," she replied, keeping her eyes on the paper she was reading, "How are you?"

"I'm good," Megumi nodded, "You?"

"The same. It's different not hearing your sister talking all the time."

Megumi laughed nervously, "I know. I miss her already. We've never been apart."

"Isn't it more like you've never been apart from her?" she asked. Megumi turned red. She realized that she gave away one of the selling points of Megumi and Ayame. They were technically twin sisters, but the military and the government believe that Ayame is two years older than Megumi. She said that she was two years older so she could enter the military and complete the State Alchemist program.

"Yeah!" Megumi nodded excessively, "Hey, my sister wanted to ask you something—"

"No, Megumi," Colonel Mustang grumbled. He already knew what Ayame was going to ask the Lieutenant. It was obvious. "And neither have I."

"Dammit," she cursed under her breath, "You just ruined all the fun, Colonel."

"Tell her I'm sorry and if she asks again, I told her "no"." Megumi's shoulders slumped over. She really wanted to ask the most obvious question of them all. She never got the chance to do so. Every time it was Ayame who asked or it was the two of them together.

Fuery took Megumi to Dr. Lee's apartment at about 5 PM. He bought her lunch at the mess hall and she left in the afternoon to go on a walk. She knew her way around Central if she stayed close to the military headquarters. She changed out of her dress for a white mini-skirt and a baby blue halter-top. She kept her white cardigan on and the white hat. They arrived at the apartment. Megumi knocked on the door and was immediately introduced to a muscular man. His hair was greasy and messy and his body odor was easily smelt from the end of the hall. He was intimidating to her, "What do you want kid?"

"U-Uhh…" she took a step back, "Does Dr. Lee live here…?"

"Next floor kid," he slammed the door in face. Megumi stood there, shaking in fear as Fuery came up to her and put an arm around her shoulder.

"It's okay, you didn't know," he smiled at her.

She nodded and tried to shake the fear off, "Y-Yeah." A tall man wearing thin frame glasses came walking around. He had black hair and black eyes—a typical trait of Xingese. He had a white lab coat underneath his gray sweater vest and matching slacks. He smiled at her, "Hey Megumi, you look different now!"

"Lee," she smiled at him, "Hey. It's about time I've seen you again. This is my friend, Sergeant Fuery. He used to work with Aya."

"Aya is in the State Military now?" he laughed before switching to Xingese, "She could never really stay out of trying to defend people… and falling out of trees." The two Xingese adults laughed. Lee invited the two into his apartment. He switched to Amestrian, and to the amazement of Fuery, he spoke it as fluent as Major Mikimoto did when she first came here. "I'm sorry for the confusion about the apartment. I got a nicer one upstairs about a week after I called your sister."

"That makes sense then," Megumi acknowledged, "Did you find a place yet in East City?"

Lee shook his head, "Nah, but I could crash at your place for awhile, couldn't I?"

"Talk to Ayame about that," Megumi grumbled.

Lee's apartment was mostly brown with hardwood floors and paneling. He didn't have much in the living space. There was only a couch in the living room with a couple stacks of papers mixed with boxes. His kitchen was immaculate except for a pot or two on the counter. His dining room table was littered with more paper, "Sorry about the mess. Could I get you guys something to drink?"

They both denied the offer. "So, Sergeant Fuery, how long have you been in the military?"

"Ever since I got out of high school," he took out one of the chairs at the table and motioned Megumi to sit down, but she shook her head and set her suitcase on the ground.

"What's your specialty?"

"Communications."

Lee took off his lab coat and grabbed a glass of water, "That's nice. Megumi—what did you say Aya specialized in?"

"Being a badass," she rolled her eyes, "but technically she's a State Alchemist and that's her main specialty. Other than that, it's covert operations."

"Didn't she say something about being the 'Ninja in the Military'?" Megumi nodded as Lee laughed loudly, "Yup, that's Aya for you." He faced Fuery, "She was a great fighter as a kid and had a knack for falling out of trees." He winked at Megumi who shook her head, rolling her eyes.

After a couple of hours, Fuery decided to head home. Megumi took him downstairs to the door, leaving Lee to finish up his paperwork.

"Thanks for everything. I'll call you at home if I need anything else, okay?"

He nodded slowly, "Uh-Uh, yeah. See you later Megumi." He gave her another tight hug before heading out the door.

"Don't worry about me too much Kain," she smirked, "Lee is a great person and he's Aya's and my best friend. If you think you should rescue me sometime, don't be afraid to call before hand, okay?" She slipped him a piece of paper that had Lee's phone number on it. "Other than that, I'm leaving on Tuesday. If you want to take me to the station again since Lee will be out for work again…"

"Yeah!" He immediately said. Megumi chuckled, smiling at him.

"All right, Tuesday it is." He gave her another hug and headed out the door. As he climbed into his car, his heart started to slow down. He was in love with her again.

He wasn't sure if Lee was someone that Megumi would want to try out. She did mention to him that she was trying to get him and Major Mikimoto together, but maybe it was just to hide the fact that she likes him as well. No, he couldn't think that. Megumi wasn't like that kind of person to do that to him. Though, she just told him that if he believed that he should rescue her, and then he should call her.

She was sneaky like her sister but she wasn't as harsh as she could be.

All that Fuery could do was smile.


May 9, 1916

"Rebecca, I need to ask you something." She slowly looked up at Jean Havoc as he slowly took a deep breath. The two of them were just sitting in the park to get some fresh air after another night drinking together. Unlike the other nights when they went drinking, they weren't as drunk tonight. They both had to head to work tomorrow morning and so there wasn't time for them to sleep off the terrible hangovers that they usually had. "I love you."

"That wasn't a question, Jean," she smirked at him, folding her arms across her chest. She laughed slightly before telling him, "I love you too, but what were you going to tell me?"

He pulled her into a tight hug, pressing his lips against hers. She has kissed him before, but nothing like this. There was more passion in the kiss than before. And Havoc was sober. He wasn't buzzed or drunk at all. Rebecca knew that he meant it. He meant the kiss. He looked into her eyes after the kiss, catching his breath, "Rebecca Catalina…" he mused, "I want to be serious with you—will you be my girlfriend?"

She couldn't say no to that anymore.


The same night, Riza had decided to walk home instead of take Roy's offer to drive her home. She walked at night with a free hand ready to grab her gun. It was about 10 PM when she left Headquarters and it usually took her half an hour to get there. However, that half an hour meant crossing through shady alleys and back roads. This time, she was going through the sidewalks of Central underneath the dimmed oil lamps. This would take her an extra fifteen minutes, but it was a safe extra fifteen minutes.

This also meant that she would cross a popular bar. As she got closer, she gripped her gun in its holster and pulled it over to her side. She doesn't know what could happen out here and she kept on thinking "better safe than sorry."

"Hey!" The man that Megumi ran into when trying to look for Lee was standing outside the bar with a couple of friends. They were all drunk, constantly losing balance every now and then. Riza wanted to get to the other side of the sidewalk, but it had to be tonight where they poured in the fresh concrete for the new sidewalk on the other side. She clicked the safety off her gun. Better safe than sorry.

As she walked by, a couple of fox whistles and hoots were given to her. "Heeeyy babbayyy!" One of the men outside called as he tried to reach for her. Riza quickly maneuvered away from him, spinning on one heel and continuing her way down the sidewalk. The man that Megumi ran into came up to her and whipped her around.

"Little mouse," his breath smelt like beer, "Don't be afraid. I'm just here to get a closer look." Riza pulled her knee up and kneed him in the nuts, causing him to double over. She didn't hesitate to run, but as the cape of her pants flew up, he reached out and grabbed her. Pulling her back, her face rubbed up against the concrete.

"Let's do it guys!" One of the men chanted as he put her in a lock hold. Riza started screaming, trying to grab attention to any one in the city. She tried to kick him where best fit, but couldn't get a good place. The man was two times bigger than her—he was almost the size of Armstrong!

They walked into the alley behind the bar where no light shined.


A/N: I like doing these cliff hangers. :) However, I kind of suck at them...

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