A/N: Chapter 9 was the longest chapter I have ever written. It was 15 pages! __ some things will be clarified in this chapter.
A little warning, there will be some… make out action done by Roy and Riza but it is nowhere near enough to be considered a lemon. It's just what those rated 13 movies show. So it's still under T rating. ^^;; R&R!
I don't own FMA.
-Roy's PoV-
Just look at me: running towards my cadet as if I would die if I didn't catch up to her. Damn her. She always gets the better of my paternal side. Even if she is not my own, I still feel that she is my responsibility. I just feel so scared knowing that there is a huge possibility of her getting hurt.
"Cadet, stop this instant!" I commanded her but, of course, being the stubborn child she is, she ignored my authority.
I felt quite relieved when she came to a stop at the opening of an alley but this feeling of relief turned into horror when I saw her drop the gun she picked up. I thought someone had pointed one at her. I pushed myself to run even faster. Why the hell does she have to be so fast? I finally came to a stop next to her, ready to snap.
But instead of my fingers snapping, I felt my temper snap instead.
The sergeant had a girl about his age pinned against the wall, he was holding on to her wrists. Their faces were far closer than necessary. The girl had short, Prussian green hair with bangs covering her left eye completely. She wore kinky, torn and rebellious looking clothes.
"You," Micha growled as she shot her a death glare at this girl.
She smirked, "well, if it isn't the little daddy's girl. You should run on home, you'll pass your curfew and daddy will worry about you," she was so smug and had quite an evil sparkle in her eye, "Oh wait, that's right!" She acted as if a great revelation hit her, "you don't have a dad anymore." She emphasized each word with such a dark tone and look on her face to match.
Micha screeched in anger. Before she could jump on this girl, I wrapped my arms around her waist and carried her back. She kept flailing in my arms, wanting to beat the crap out of her.
"Let me go, Mustang! Put me down! I'll kill this bitch and send her to the lowest pit in hell," she spat out.
"Always the belligerent," she shook her head from side to side from under Daniel.
"That's enough!" I Chided Micha and narrowed my eyes at the hoodlum. "Fritzer, cuff her up," I ordered him.
He hesitated for a while. He pulled out his cuffs and positioned her wrists to be cuffed. But it looked like he couldn't bring his self to do it. Riza pointed her Riffle at them.
"Do it," she said sternly.
Daniel finally did as he was told and started to bring her back to where our back up and the ambulance arrived.
"Hawkeye, take the girl," I told her. Hawkeye immediately did as I told and brought her to the car. "Fritzer, I will have a word with you later," I told him. I let Micha slide out of my grip. She stood in front of me and hung her head pretty low. I let out a sigh and placed a hand on her shoulder. "You'll ride in my car,"
She simply nodded and walked back to the scene. The sky darkened and thunder started rolling in with some flashes of far off lightning.
"Colonel, Havoc and Breda went ahead to the hospital," my cousin reported.
"Good," I stuff my hands into my pocket and start walking back with the others with him walking behind me. "Johnny, you're driving my car," I told him.
"Yes, sir," he ran ahead and took a hold of a car and its keys.
Johnny jogged to catch up to Micha. It seems he was asking what happened. Micha offered him a weak smile and nothing more. I climbed into the back seat of the black vehicle; the cadet slid in next to me and closed the car. Johnny was still talking to Hawkeye, probably asking where to go first.
He finally hopped in and shut the door next to him.
"Sir, if you don't mind, the Lieutenant asked if we could take Micha home first. It seems the blood on her uniform will be quite a troublesome stain if it doesn't get washed." Johnny stated.
"I'm fine," Micha mumbled, "If you Sirs don't mind, I would like to go visit Havoc," she looked up and offered yet another weak smile. "I don't think I did his wound any justice." She laughed bitterly.
I let out a sigh. I let my gaze drift to her bloodied uniform. Havoc must've been badly hit, or Micha took the time and swam in his blood. Some parts of her trousers were already turning purple with the blood and some parts of her sleeve also had some blotches of the said liquid.
"Clean yourself up first," I said plainly. "Havoc wouldn't like seeing you that dirty and I'm sure you'd be saving the Lieutenant from worry as well."
Micha took a deep breath and shook her head. And with that, we drove away, making a bee-line for her home.
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-Normal PoV-
Hawkeye drove with both hands firmly on the steering wheel. She didn't like what happened just a few moments ago. She didn't like it at all. First: Havoc got shot, next: She sees her niece kicking some bastard's ass and running off with a gun, and to top it all off: the man she cared and loved dearly was running in the same direction as if wanting to get killed himself. She let out a sigh and cleared her head. It wouldn't be helpful for her if she lingered on the idea of the two most important people to her were gone.
She drove to head quarters and brought them in to a holding cell. She made her way to the empty office whilst Falman and Feury made the arrangements for those… Hoodlums as the Colonel would put it.
She removed her jacket as the first few drops of rain fell on the quiet city. She looked out the window and saw some reporters wanting an explanation for the shoot out at the Wharf. Hawkeye massaged her temples and sat down on the couch for a while, trying to relax and forget about what could've happened just an hour and a half ago.
Ring! Ring!
The phone's irritating rings made her snap back to reality and pick it up.
"Hello, Colonel Mustang's office, Lieutenant Hawkeye speaking." She said tiredly through the line.
"Hello, Lieutenant. Is Micha there?" A familiar voice asked.
"Leila?" Riza asked.
"Yes, it's me. I heard about the Wharf incident, someone got shot… It's not Micha, is it?" Her voice sounded urgent.
"No, it's not. I sent her home but knowing her, she might visit him in the hospital." I told her.
"I see. Thank you, Lieutenant. You're not hurt, are you?" She asked.
"Well, I could be better,"
"Oh… Good luck, Lieutenant. I'll go now, bye." She hung up.
She placed the phone back in its cradle and after a mere second, the phone rang again.
"Hello, Colonel Mustang's office, Lieutenant Hawkeye speaking," She answered a bit more urgent than necessary.
"Hey, Lieutenant, It's Breda." Her subordinate answered.
"Ah, Breda. How's Havoc?"
"He's doing fine. The doctor's really amazed by what Micha did. He said something about, not just repairing the muscle, but she also pulled the bullet back a bit so it was easier for them to extract." He reported.
"I see," Hawkeye was too tired to think straight on what Micha could've probably tried to pull. "I'll go there in a while; I just need to arrange a few more things." Riza sighed tiredly.
"Al right Lieutenant. I'll keep Havoc company."
With that, Riza hung up and sat herself down on the couch roughly. She closed her eyes for a while and let herself feel relaxed inside the null office. No one was typing, no one was writing, or even signing and reading documents. The only thing you could hear was the steady whirring of the air conditioner.
"What would I give to cuddle with Roy right now?" She murmured to herself.
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The Colonel, Major and Cadet made their way to the hospital after a quick wardrobe change. Roy had become quite cantankerous because of the rain whilst Micha and Johnny seemed to light up a bit. They both seemed glad that it was raining cats and dogs.
"No school tomorrow," Micha mumbled with a small, satisfied smile playing on her lips.
"You wish, Cadet." Johnny teased.
"What? I can hope, can't I?" Micha giggled.
The two teenager's chattering made Roy grumble a bit. He was tired, cold and now, it was raining. He could already imagine all the paper work he needs to do because of today's events. They pulled into the basement parking lot and hopped out.
Micha had a small paper bag of goodies for Havoc. What she was wearing looked really warm and comfortable. She wore an orange hoodie, straight jeans and sneakers. How Roy longed to get out of the stiff uniform and be in his pajamas in front of the fire, with Riza in his arms. Now that sounds like something to kill for. He thought then smirked inwardly.
They walked over to the counter to ask for Havoc's room number. Upon seeing the colonel, the nurse placed on a seductive smile and batted her attached lashes at him. Roy seemed oblivious to this, but to the other two people behind him found this quite amusing. Micha rolled her eyes whilst Johnny snickered. After they got his room number, they started their ascend for the fourth floor.
"Hey, sir, that nurse seemed to be into you," Johnny nudged his cousin, trying to annoy him.
"Yes, it seems that she was but there is no way in hell that I will be getting into her," he replied.
Micha snickered, "Oh dear lord," she laughed.
"What?" The colonel stopped walking to face her.
"Nothing, sir," she was grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh, shit. You are dirty, Micha, damn dirty." Johnny laughed as he got what the cadet was thinking.
Micha laughed and looked at the Colonel, "Don't tell me you don't get it." She placed her hands on her hips. "A womanizer like you probably does it on every date," she added sarcastically.
"Oh!" Roy exclaimed, "Oh-crap, MICHA!" He chided her for thinking of such things.
She giggled and began walking again. "Shh, Colonel, you're in a hospital," she hushed him.
"You got served, dear cousin, Served," Johnny rubbed it in before catching up to a smug Micha.
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They made it to Havoc's room without causing anymore noise. Micha knocked twice then waited a while before entering. Havoc looked towards the door and offered a friendly grin whilst Breda sat up from the stool he was sitting on next to Havoc's bed and saluted.
"How're you doing, Jean?" Johnny sat on the foot of his bed.
"I've been worse," he chuckled. "I'm glad Micha stopped the bleeding. If not, I might have fainted from blood loss."
"Right, and we wouldn't want you to faint like an old lady," Micha teased and hugged his good arm. "You are buff," she commented.
Havoc shrugged, "I like to stay in shape."
"How're you feeling, Havoc?" The colonel asked, "any numbness?"
"A little bit, from my arm. Micha apparently healed my forehead pretty good. It just looks like a tender bump now." He looked up, but it was still covered in bandages. "What did you do, anyway?" He faced her.
"Honestly… I have no freakin' idea," Micha replied with a straight face. "I mean, I know I stopped the bleeding by clotting up your blood, but I didn't heal your forehead or anything."
"Are you serious?" Breda asked.
Micha nodded.
"If you just clotted my blood, why did it hurt so much?" Johnny asked.
"Well, it wasn't supposed to hurt. I only said it would hurt because if he felt any type of pain, he would start arguing with me. Telling me that I told him it wasn't going to hurt. So I just said it just incase." Micha sweat dropped.
Everyone fell on the floor after they heard her reasoning.
"Are you sure about that? What transmutation circle did you use?" Asked Roy.
"I don't remember," Micha shrugged. Everyone gave her blank looks. "It was a spur of the moment thing, ok!" She threw her hands up in the air.
"Right, boss, I called the lieutenant. She said she's going to visit." Breda reported to the Colonel.
"Very well, Breda, you're dismissed. Go back to head quarters and help Falman and Feury with everything that's needed." Roy commanded.
Breda clicked his heels together and saluted sternly. "Yes, sir!" And with that, he left the room.
"So, what happened, Chief? Did you catch who shot me? It was a girl with green hair," he told his commanding officer.
Micha froze when she heard what he said. She stood up and made a run for the door.
"Oh no you don't, Cadet," Roy grabbed a hold of her hood, causing her to fall back on her ass. "You are not to lay a finger on her."
"So you caught her?" Havoc asked Johnny.
"Yeah, we did. Falman and Feury have them all in custody as we speak,"
Micha stood up and Roy let go of her hood. "I think I'll go get a drink," Micha said. "I promise I'm not going to leave the hospital, sir." She opened the door and shut it gently behind her.
"Great," Havoc said while he stuck a cigarette in his lips and lit it. "She looked pretty hot, if you ask me."
So Jean's a pedo now, huh? I guess I should stop stealing his girls. Roy thought. I didn't know he'd get so desperate.
Johnny nodded and looked at the door knob twisting. It stopped then three quick knocks were heard. Before anyone said anything, it opened; revealing a very flamboyantly dressed Leila who came back from a cruise with her family.
"Johnny!" She smiled. She completely acted like no one was in the room with them. She hugged him tightly and then stated to ask him, "Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?" Her tone was very caring.
"No, no. I'm fine. I wish I could say more for Jean." Johnny smiled.
Leila looked at the man lying in bed. Havoc looked quite mesmerized. Holy shit, I haven't seen a chic this fine in ages! Who is she? Havoc thought.
"You poor thing," she said plainly then took a bottle of expensive wine from her bag and offered it to him. Havoc grabbed his box of cigarettes and offered one to her in return.
The door boomed open. Micha stood there, looking quite pissed. There was a spill mark on her sleeve. Her eye was twitching. She looked dead ahead at Havoc and her best friend. She stormed to them. She pulled out the cigarette from Jean's lips and tossed it out the window. She looked at him with a dangerous look in her eyes. "You're not supposed to smoke anymore!" She turned to face her best friend. "And you…" she pointed a finger at her and cringed. "Fine. But you are not finishing that in one sitting." Micha warned then sat down roughly on the couch.
"What the hell?" Roy raised a brow at her. "What got you so pissy?"
Leila opened her fan and blew a gust of wind at the cadet. "You need to calm down."
Micha rubber her eye and pouted at her best friend, "gee, thanks for blowing a pill in my eye, Lei."
"Oh, whoops," Leila laughed with Johnny. "Oh, hey, Johnny, I love the coffee you made me, thanks." She smiled at him.
Micha and the colonel let out a loud and uncontrollable laugh.
"Congrats, Johnny. Now I can't tease you of being a virgin anymore." The colonel laughed.
"HOLY CRAP!" Micha laughed even louder.
Havoc was starting to turn pale and it wasn't because of the medicine.
"I hate you!" Leila yelled at Micha, who was now on the floor, laughing her ass off.
Johnny had a weird look on his face. "Thanks, Roy, thanks."
The Lieutenant came in. Her knocks weren't heard because of the booming laughter from the two.
"Uhm… Should I be concerned?" She raised a brow at them.
"Your best friend's bi-polar." Johnny whispered to Leila.
"I know right," she whispered back. "I need to go; my brothers are waiting for me downstairs."
"Yeah, I saw them," Riza said.
"I'll tell Jason you said "hi"," Leila said the "hi" part quite seductively.
The colonel tensed up. He didn't look happy with that.
Leila laughed and went out. "Just kidding, see you guys!" the door closed with a quiet click. "But I will tell them you said hi." They heard her say before the door clicked.
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The party had to leave Havoc alone by request of the doctor. Apparently, his blood pressure rose.
"I wonder if Jean's blood pressure rising had anything to do with Leila," he said smugly. "He likes big boobs, doesn't he?" He asked Micha.
"Shut up, Johnny." Micha snickered. "But yeah, he does. And I must say Lei has some pretty darn big boobs."
"Try cup size D." Johnny added.
"And how the hell do you know her bra size, Johnny?" The colonel asked from the front seat.
"She told me." Johnny shrugged. "Why, is it wrong to know your friend's size? I'm sure you know the Lieutenant's bra size.
The colonel and cadet froze in their seats and inched away from Johnny and Hawkeye. Hawkeye shot him a very dangerous glare from the back mirror. Micha could've sworn she saw the sides melting off.
"Major White, would you like to accompany me in the shooting range later?" She asked sweetly.
"Sure thing, Lieutenant," Johnny smiled, "I'd love to."
"Good luck holding the paper targets for her," Roy murmured.
"Colonel, I'm appalled that you think I would do such a cruel act," Riza said calmy, not taking her burgundy gaze from the road. "I'll have him be the body target." Johnny turned an amusing color of white while the colonel and cadet laughed inwardly.
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Feury came walking in and saluted all of the higher officials in the office. "Sir, they are ready for interrogation. Warrant Officer Falman has been observing them for the past thirty minutes." He reported.
"Very well," He nodded, "White, I want you to interrogate them. Find out who is calling the shots, motives, and all that," Roy told his cousin while he sat behind his desk.
"Yes, sir," Johnny left the room and made his way to the interrogation room. He saw Falman watching them from the two way mirror.
"What's the status here?" Johnny asked.
"I had her first. She's quite feisty." Falman said, "she won't tell me her family name."
"I see," the young major adjusted his glasses. "Is the recorder on?"
"It's been on since she came in,"
"And?"
"She's been really quiet."
"Al right then, I'm going in." Johnny entered the room and closed the door behind him.
"Hello, I'm Major White," Johnny offered a warm smile. "Might I know who you are?"
The girl leaned forward over the table and gave him a seductive smile. "I'll tell you when you tell me what a cutie like you is doing here,"
Johnny chuckled and grinned. "I wanted a challenge in life. Now, tell me your identity, if you please."
"Courtney." She kept the seductive look plastered on her face.
"Last name?"
"Secret," she batted her long lashes at him.
Johnny cringed inwardly but his outer appearance didn't betray him one bit. God, what does Daniel see in her? He thought. Well, she's gorgeous, but come on!
"Al right," he leaned back in his chair, pretending to relax but still full alert. "Will you please tell me what you were doing in the Wharf?"
"Maybe later, why don't we have some fun first? These questions are boring me," Courtney acted like a little kid, in a seductive manner. It made Johnny wonder If that was even possible.
Fuck this. I hate dealing with her type! Johnny cussed inwardly. But if I don't get the information that Roy wants, I'm as good as a pile of ash.
"If you don't give me that information, I'm afraid I will have to turn you in to someone who is a tad more persuasive than I in interrogating and I don't want a fine young lady as yourself to be under someone really tough," Johnny said sweetly.
"It's alright," Courtney shrugged. "I like it rough anyways."
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Falman heard this statement from the other room and it made him gag. Feury, who was standing right next to him had an incredulous look on his face and was paper white.
"I-uhm… I have no comment," Feury bowed his head down in shock.
Falman cleared his throat and adjusted his collar. I suppose she and the colonel both have the same taste in coffee, then. He thought.
Johnny laughed.
"What's so funny, Major?" Courtney asked seductively.
"Nothing, I just thought that someone like you would already be taken." Johnny said nonchalantly.
"Oh, I am. He's your subordinate, actually."
"Oh? Might I know who this is? Don't worry, I won't hold it against you or him," He was trying to win her over with kind words.
"He's the daddy's girl's crush," Courtney said smugly. "Poor thing doesn't stand a chance."
"And just who is the "daddy's girl's" crush?"
"Sergeant Daniel Fritzer, of course," Courtney smiled smugly.
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"How's it going here, guys?" Micha looked at the two way looking mirror and took a sip of a hot drink. "Why's Johnny laughing?"
"Nothing, I just thought that someone like you would already be taken." Johnny's voice played softly over the speakers next to where Feury was sitting.
"She won't give us any good information." Falman answered.
"Oh, I am. He's your subordinate, actually." The speakers were starting to pick up some static.
"Oh? Might I know who this is? Don't worry, I won't hold it against you or him,"
"Johnny's being too kind," Micha commented quietly and gulped down the rest of her drink.
"He's the daddy's girl's crush," Courtney's voice was quite unclear, but her smugness was clear enough to be heard. "Poor thing doesn't stand a chance."
The two men outside the interrogation room watched Micha's reactions subtly. The paper cup was starting to get crushed.
"And just who is the "daddy's girl's" crush?"
"Sergeant Daniel Fritzer, of course,"
Micha dropped her cup and walked out of the room.
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Roy and Riza were left alone in his private office. The door was locked, and the blinds were pulled down. The colonel sat down on his big, leather chair with his jacket off whilst his Lieutenant saddled his lap with her jacket off as well, revealing the tight, black turtle neck shirt that emphasized all her curves. She had her arms wrapped around his neck as she kissed him softly.
"I'm dying for stress relief," Roy murmured in between kisses and started kissing her neck.
"This is the best I can give as of our location can permit. I don't want anyone catching us." Riza let out a small whimper and Roy just thought that that was the sexiest thing he has ever heard.
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Roy joined the Hawkeyes for dinner. Micha seemed to be a bit down. Right after she finished her dinner, she washed her plate and excused herself right away. She used home work and a test for the following day as her excuse.
Riza thought it was just another of hers to leave them alone but upon seeing her like that, something was definitely out of line. After the two adults finished dinner, they proceeded to the living room. Roy made a toasty fire for them while Riza gave Hayate his dinner. Those two finally got what they wanted that whole day: To cuddle with each other and just be in each other's company.
"When can we be like this in public? I hate it when guys ask you out." Roy growled.
"Jealous?" Riza teased.
"Yes," Roy hissed.
Riza let out a mellifluous laugh and kissed him tenderly. "Once you become Fuhrer, love."
"I'm starting to think marrying you right now and living in a house in the country side is far more worth it," he kissed her back.
"No, Roy, you've worked so hard for this. It would devastate a lot of you people if you didn't pull through with it." She lectured him.
"Fine," he chuckled. "It was just an option… Did you hear any rumors about us?" He asked quietly.
"No. What rumors? There are rumors? About what?" Riza seemed not to know anything about this.
Roy blinked a few times before speaking. "You mean… none of them has reached you? Riza, they've been going on ever since you became my aide…"
"Ok, tell me, what are they?" She was quite irritated now.
"Well, one is that, we've been secretly married ever since I left your father's house." He started.
"That's nonsense. My father would never have agreed to such a thing," Riza growled.
Mustang smirked then continued, "We've been dating and have an on-off relationship with one another,"
Riza took some time and thought about how to react, "We've only dated twice."
"Right," Mustang smirked again and continued, "I was the one who sent you those roses for Valentine's Day."
"That was my grandfather, apparently, he wanted to set me up with a guy." She shuddered.
"And those flowers for your birthday,"
"That was my brother." She said quickly.
"I send paper planes flying to your desk with love letters and little hearts around our names."
"Talk about cheesy… and that's so grade school!" Riza laughed.
"Oh, and my favorite one…" Roy said smugly and leaned closer to her ear so that if Micha was eavesdropping, she wouldn't hear.
"What would that be?" Riza asked.
"That we do it on my desk every day," Roy kissed her temple and waited for the fireworks.
"What the hell? Who said that?" Riza yelled in fury. She definitely didn't like this one.
"Who cares? I would love to try it, though," Roy said seductively as his hands traced up her thigh.
"Don't even think about it," Riza snapped.
Roy whined. "Why the hell do you always have to ruin my fun?" It looked like he was going to have a kiddy tantrum.
"Because I love you," Riza gave him her usual answer and kissed him passionately.
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! ^^ So you get some things cleared up, and very… heated up RoyAi moments. 8D *machinegunshot* strikeI think I've been reading too much lemons lately/strike
The next chapter will take quite long. My family and I are taking a road trip with some family friends to the northern most tip of Luzon and I live in the NCR region. [if you guys are really curious, it's an eight hour drive going there and another eight going back] I'm not sure if we're going to bring the laptop, so I don't know when the next time I can update is. I hope for your patience. And have a happy Holy week, everyone!
Much love, Kiara.
P.S. Please do drop me a review, it would complete my Holy Week. XD