Ahah! And here, my fellow readers, is the totally awesomesauce special chapter that I have bestowed upon you all!
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I do not own FMAB...-sigh-
Note: Alphonse in most specials, will most likely have his original body, in specials where he doesn't, I'll put a note at the top.
WARNING: SEVERAL WATERMELONS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS SPECIAL
Just One of Those Days
Bonus Chapter Two: The Sun, the Sea, and the GHOST
"You have got to be kidding me." Ghosty said stiffly, eye twitching as she gazed at what lay in front of her.
There, lying before Ghosty, was a beautiful beach, with a soft, light yellowish brown sand to more whiter sand, with a vast ocean, surrounded by scalding rock cliffs, and various sea caves as well as tide pools, and complete with a beach booth for snacks and umbrellas for shade.
Overall, the perfect beach getaway.
"Didn't we just have a special two chapters ago?" Ghosty shouted, slapping her palm to her face as she groaned, staring dreadfully at the beach before her. "And considering what happened last time, I'd rather you stop the specials."
"Ah, but Ghosty." Ling purred, sidling up to her as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and tugged her closer to himself, "We're at a beautiful beach, alone, which makes it the perfect chance for some well deserved LingxGhosty time-"
"Oi! Stupid Prince! Get away from Ghosty!" Ed shouted, stomping over and grabbing Ghosty's other arm, "How many times does she have to tell you? LEAVE. HER. ALONE!"
"I'd rather you both stop-"
"Butt out shorty! Ghosty's my romance partner!" Ling whined, tugging harder on Ghosty's left arm.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SHRIMP, A PIPSQUEAK, A TINY LITTLE SLUG YOU SQUINTY-EYED PRINCE!" Ed shouted, tugging harder on Ghosty right arm.
"Hey! You know I'm sensitive about that!" Ling shouted, tugging harder on Ghosty.
"Who cares! Now, let go!"
"You let go!"
"Noooo, you let go!"
"You let-"
"Now, now, that's no way to treat such a pretty lady." A voice said seductively, and Ghosty blinked, feeling herself being lifted off the ground and turned around to face a smirk.
"Now I don't believe we've met in the story yet, the name's Roy Mustang, a pleasure to meet you." Roy purred, lifting up Ghosty's hand and placing a soft kiss on it while watching her with his dark orbs, "I hope we can get to know each other more."
"Uhuh." Ghosty drawled out, pulling her hand away and wiping it on her shorts while rolling her eyes, "I'm sure your character is just what I need, another black haired-"
"Stupid Colonel! What do you think you're doing!" Ed exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at Roy, "You shouldn't even be in this special!"
"Ah, but I am, and I so too deserve to be in this special Fullmetal, the author poorly neglected me in the last one, which was quite a mistake, but now I'm here, and the review quota is bound to skyrocket due to my appearance."
"I highly doubt that." Ghosty muttered, shaking her head sadly while sighing, "Like I said, the last thing we need is another black haired-"
"Hello there kitten, did you miss me?" Another voice purred close to Ghosty's ear and Ghosty stiffened, taking a deep breath before sprinting to try and escape when arms wrapped around her and pulled her back into a hard chest.
"Greed." Ghosty stated sourly, looking at said man out of the corner of her eye with a glare. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Making up for the time we weren't able to spend together last special." He purred, trailing his hands down to her waist, "Now, how about we go find a nice, quiet, secluded place where we can...catch up, hmmm?"
"I'd rather not." Ghosty said, paling at the very thought before beginning to struggle out of the homunculus' grip, "I've already got two black haired-"
"Greed! Get your hands off of Ghosty!" Ling shouted, looking quite miffed, "How many times do I have to tell you? You're not even introduced into the story line yet! You shouldn't be in the specials!"
"Yeah, well, author went ahead and stuck me in, again, so deal with it, besides, everything's much more fun with Greed around." Greed smirked, grabbing Ghosty's shirt as she tried to make a break for it, but never taking his eyes off of Ling, "Besides, I don't really appreciate the last move you tried to put on back there in the last chapter."
Ling paused a moment before smirking, a smug look entering his face. "Oh? Is Greed jealous? What? Are you sad that you don't get any time with Ghosty in the story for several more chapters?"
"I prefer the term possessive." Greed said blandly, looking at Ling as if he were a bug that needed to be squashed, "And besides, I can triple the 'heat' in my scenes with Ghosty that would make your little scene get kicked down to a rating of 'K'."
"Someone help me, please." Ghosty pleaded, eyes looking desperate, "Knock me out or something, the last thing I want to hear is these two talking about how I'll have to suffer even more scenes with them."
"Now, that's mean." Greed pouted, looking down at Ghosty, "You should be honored to be Greed's love partner."
"Ling's love partner you mean." Ling said stiffly, glaring at Greed.
"No, I'm pretty sure I meant Greed's love partner."
"Ling's."
"Greed's."
"Ling's."
"Greed's."
"Ling's!"
"Greed's!"
"No one's!"
Greed and Ling both blinked and looked down at Ghosty whom glared up back in response, "What? Am I supposed to just sit around and hear you two argue who's supposed to be my love partner? Which there is none. Might I add."
"Yes."
"...bastards..."
"Brother? When's the author going to show up and explain what we're doing this time?" Alphonse asked quizzically, looking around while Ed shrugged.
"Not sure Al, how about you Hawkeye, do you know?"
"Afraid not." Riza said simply, shaking her head while pulling back on Mustang's collar to keep him from running off into the GreedxGhostyxLing fray.
"But I can save that beautiful maiden and keep her from those two tyrants harm!" Roy reasoned while Riza just gave him a blank look before turning over to Greed.
"Do you know when the author's going to show up?"
"Huh?" Greed looked up from Ghosty and Ghosty used this distraction to snap free of his grip, only to fall into the waiting arms of a certain black haired, tied in a pony tail character.
"My, my, now what do we have here?" A foreign voice said smoothly and Ghosty blinked, looking up to see two strands of hair sticking out in front of an unfamiliar face.
"...who the hell are you?" Ghosty said bluntly, backing away and the man.
"I don't believe we've met in the series yet, the name's Zolf J. Kimblee, I hope we can get to know each other better." Kimblee purred, kissing her hand and smiling at Ghosty.
"HE STOLE MY LINE!" Roy shouted accusingly, pointing a finger at Kimblee whom looked at Roy with a raised eyebrow.
"Stole? I believe I've just made it much better." Kimblee smirked, turning his attention towards Roy. "Since my presence in this special will most certainly make the review quota skyrocket."
"STOP STEALING MY LINES!" Roy shouted, while Ghosty sighed, shaking her head.
"So much for being the responsible adult." Ghosty muttered.
"Ah, well, that's his character, so can you blame him?"
"Yes."
"-sigh- Why must you be so cruel?"
"Because that's how you – wait, what?" Ghosty blinked and then looked around wildly, "Who said that?"
"I thought we've been over this? Author remember?"
"Hey! Cruddy author! Tell us what we're doing in this special already!" Edward shouted, and a turnip fell from the sky and hit him straight on the head.
"A turnip?"
"Eh, it was the first thing that came to my head. Anyway, to answer your question oh, ungrateful canon character, you guy's will be doing a series of beach themes! I even made a list, let's see, first up is..."
"Kill me now." Ghosty groaned, slamming a hand into her palm.
"Ah! Here we are, first up, you guys will be playing some...volleyball! Ugh, I hate volleyball...not my sport; I'm much more of a basketball kind of girl."
"How the heck are we playing volleyball?" Ling questioned, trying to wrap Ghosty in a hug when she continuously continued to dart away.
"Hmm, but before that, let's get you all into appropriate attire!"
The cast blinked before looking down at their newly changed clothes. Ed had been given yellow swim trunks, Al getting a matching pair; Roy had been given a pair of black shorts, the same going for Greed and Kimblee, while Ling got white shorts. Riza had been given a more normal like attire, being saved the attack of swimwear.
"Ah, and I have a special surprise for Ghosty!"
Ling and Greed's ears perked up at the sound of a 'surprise' and they both whipped around to see...
"Hey, nice, something normal for once." Ghosty commented, pulling a white t-shirt over whatever lay underneath and looking down at her gray swim shorts.
"Uh, Ghosty, don't you want to take of the t-shirt?" Ling asked, tugging at the hem like a starved puppy while Ghosty snorted.
"No way."
"This is injustice!" Roy demanded, a fire growing behind him.
"At the beach, that is were men fulfill their dreams, seeing busty beautiful babes in skimpy swimwear, splashing water at each other, those jolly little bundles of delight bouncing with each step, melodious giggles filling the air, and practically stripping naked when in need of a helping hand to rub on some back lotion! The beach is every man's dream! You are committing a fiendish crime by shielding what women we have here in over done clothes!"
All the boys clapped at Roy's speech, save for Ghosty, Ed, Al, and Riza whom shook their heads and face palmed in response.
"But this isn't fair~" Ling whined, looking forlornly at Ghosty, "She should be in a skimpy bikini like horse man said..."
"I AM CERTAINLY NOT A HORSE!"
"I'm quite content in this outfit thank you very much." Ghosty said, crossing her arms under her chest with a slight 'hmph'.
"Yeah, well, if you guys keep complaining, I'm going to teleport Armstrong in and I'll make him run laps around the beach and you all have to watch."
"What's so bad about that?" Roy questioned, and the author smirked.
"He'll be in a speedo."
"...I apologize."
"You know kitten," Greed started looking distastefully at Ghosty's shirt, "you're probably going to get hot in that shirt, why not take it off?"
"No thanks, if I get hot, I've got a giant ocean at my disposal." Ghosty answered without missing a beat.
Kimblee examined himself before looking around at the beach, wondering if there was anything he could blow up.
"Well, how about we get this game started?" Al stated, picking up a volleyball which had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Alright then, the teams will be Kimblee, Ghosty, Edward, and Greed, and Ling, Alphonse, and Roy, fair enough?" Riza asked, stepping into the side lines, "Since one team has an extra, the other team starts off, GO!"
Alphonse served; slamming the ball downwards, Ghosty quickly slipped under and brought the ball upwards, while Greed hit it towards the other side, earning their team a point.
"You know Ghosty; I think we make quite the team." Greed purred, eyes gleaming at the underlining meaning to his words.
Ghosty paled, and moved to stand behind Kimblee, "Why don't you talk to Kimblee instead?" She suggested.
Kimblee glanced back towards Ghosty and smirked, liking the view he had due to his height, Greed, noticing the look Kimblee had frowned, his eyes narrowing.
Edward slammed the ball towards the other side; Ghosty ducked down and brought the ball upwards, sending it flying over the net.
"This is defiantly not right." Roy whined, looking like an unsatisfied child, "There are only two fine pieces of women here, and neither of them are in bathing suites! What is up with this horrible predicament? We need to get these girls into-"
Roy landed face first in the ground as the ball slammed into his head, sending him down in a hot mess of a heap, falling down with the utmost grace.
"...ow..."
"Always be aware of your surroundings Colonel." Riza piped up in a monotone, sifting through a magazine as she sat down in the shade of an umbrella, "Always be aware of your surroundings."
"Incoming!" Ed shouted, diving down to bring the ball upwards when Ling spiked it down, aiming it straight for...
The ball bounced off of Greed's head, causing his head to slam forward as he stumbled a bit, before looking up and twitching.
Ghosty snickered from behind Kimblee and Ling smirked triumphantly, "I see you can't even handle a simple volleyball game Greed, how can you handle Ghosty?"
"Oh, it's on." Greed growled, slamming the ball to Ling, which Ling quickly returned.
The rest of the teams paused and watched as the ball between the two was slammed back and forth, nether side giving up. That is until...
Ling slipped, his head sending the ball straight towards Ghosty. Ghosty blinked in surprise as the ball quickly began to come closer and closer to her face when a hand stuck out, caught the ball, and a red light flashed before the ball burst into a million tiny little pieces.
"...thanks." Ghosty said, blinking in surprise as Kimblee smiled at the girl, patting her shoulder.
"Don't mention it sweetheart."
Greed and Ling scowled, eyes narrowing and glaring at the other black haired male currently in their so-called love interest's presence.
Needless to say, they were pretty much jealous.
"Alright shitty author." Ghosty grumbled, flicking a piece of sand off of her, "What's next on this dumb list of yours?"
"Aw, no need to be so harsh Ghosty~ But, since you asked, next up is...dang, I can't decide... eh, I'll just go along with this one then...and move that one up for later...and make that last, and hah! Next, you guys will be...having a 'Break the Watermelon' contest!"
"Why would we destroy and or seriously maim poor innocent watermelons?" Ghosty questioned, raising an eyebrow as several watermelons dropped down and appeared from out of nowhere.
"Because it's fun?"
"...you have no life do you?"
"Hey! I do too have a life! Fanfiction just happens to be a pretty big chunk of it."
"So, basically you don't have a life." Ghosty said simply, and the authoress sighed, shaking her head (even if the cast couldn't see it.)
"Let's just get this done and over with." Edward grumbled, shaking his head, "The faster we go by these stupid events the more boring this special will become, and the less the reviewers will want another one."
"Eh? But that would be awful!" Ling said, looking aghast, "If there are no more specials..."
He grabbed an unsuspecting Ghosty and pulled her close to his side, putting a hand over where his heart was, "Ghosty and I wouldn't have any bonding time! Alone."
"We were never, and will never be alone." Ghosty snapped, shoving Ling off of her, "The less of you I see, the happier I'll be thank you very much."
"Ah, but we've still got a lot to go." Greed smirked, his sunglasses tilting downwards to reveal his eyes, "Because last I heard, our author's got a whole list of special and bonus chapter ideas stocked up on her phone."
Ghosty's eyes widened in shock and she felt herself pale. Not even wishing to fathom what on earth the author of this story was coming up with even as we speak.
"I'm actually thinking about D. Gray-Man right now." The author piped up, shrugging, "It's an anime I'm working on right now, and I must say, it is very awesome."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Edward grumbled, stepping in front of a watermelon, "So how does this work?"
"You each have to break a watermelon, and the person that does it with the least amount of destruction get's a prize at the end of the special!"
"What kind of prize?" Ling questioned and the author smiled.
"A surprise."
"That explains a lot." Greed sighed, shaking his head, "Now, who's up first?"
"I'll go." Alphonse said tentatively, raising a hand and stepping in front of his own watermelon.
"How's Al going to break it?" Ghosty questioned and Edward shrugged, not to sure himself.
"Knowing him, he probably won't be able to break it at all-"
"Meow!"
The cast looked up in shock to see a large flurry of cats fall from the sky and viciously attack the watermelon. They all blinked, watching as the mass of cats swarmed over the poor, unsuspecting melon before dispersing, leaving a sheepish looking Al and a very much sliced up watermelon on the ground.
"How'd I do?" Al asked, looking up to the sky as if that was where he would get his reply.
"Pretty good for a first time, and though the watermelon is cut, it's more shredded, and there's a lot of cat hair...so, not to bad, not to good?"
"Nice try Al, let the big brother show you how it's done." Edward smirked, standing before a new watermelon and transmuting his metal arm.
"Hah!" With a cry, he brought his arm downwards and slammed into the watermelon.
Nothing.
"What?" Edward exclaimed, looking shocked as his arm vibrated furiously from the impact of the steel hard watermelon, "How can my arm not break something as weak as a watermelon?"
"Never underestimate the power of watermelons...and fanfiction young Edward."
"Aw, shut up! This is rigged!"
"Too bad Fullmetal." Roy smirked, flipping his hair, "But I think you failing was greatly expected."
"WHAT WAS THAT COLONEL BASTARD?"
"Watch how real men do it." Roy smirked, standing before the watermelon and flashing Ghosty a grin, "I'll make this one very hot melon."
"I don't like how he said that looking at me..." Ghosty commented dryly, sweat dropping as Roy flipped his hair one more before snapping his fingers at the melon.
A burst of flame erupted around the fruit, enveloping it entirely and swallowing it in the bright red-orange flames, the cast gathered around and watched in slight awe as the flames swirled about before dispersing, leaving nothing else but a pile of ash.
"The poor thing." Ghosty sighed sadly, shaking her head, "What did the watermelons ever do?"
"How's that?" Roy asked, looking up at the sky, and a bucket of water promptly fell down and landed smack dab on his head.
"That was rather stupid; you burned the whole thing, when I believe I specifically stated to cut it in some way, shape or form, not burn, cut."
"So..."
"You fail."
Roy's face contorted into one of pure shock and he went off, sulking in a small emo corner and depressed lines surrounding his as he curled up, bringing his knees to his chest as he looked down at the ground.
"I...failed?"
"Hey," Ghosty started, ignoring the melodramatic Roy, "Where's that one blonde lady-"
She was quickly cut of as a single bullet sliced through the air, hitting a watermelon and cutting it in half with a smooth, fluid movement.
"Nevermind..." Ghosty breathed out, turning around she paused at the ever so pale looking Ling, looking as if he'd just seen a ghost.
"That...almost hit me." He breathed out, reaching up to touch the part where his signature black fringe had been hit and was slightly smoking from the hole in the middle of the fringe.
"That's terrible!" Ghosty exclaimed and Ling whipped around, eyes looking hopeful and bright.
"Ghosty! Could it be that you're finally beginning to care for me? Oh, I knew you would turn around eventually-"
"Life would've been much better if it had hit." Ghosty sighed forlornly and Ling froze in shock, turning white as a sheet of paper before crawling over and sulking in the emo corner with Roy.
"Kimblee, why don't you go next?" Greed suggested, making a 'go ahead' gesture and Kimblee shrugged, smirking down at the poor watermelon.
He put his hands on said fruit and there was a flash of light. Everyone stared at the undamaged watermelon and blinked.
"Hey, nothing happened-" Edward began but there was a 'click' and the watermelon grew a bright red before promptly blowing into bits and splattering the rest of the cast with its watermelony flesh.
"Okay, remind me not to let Kimblee go near any fruit..." Ghosty sighed, flicking a chunk of watermelon out of her hair before glancing over to Greed, "You going next?"
"Of course, just watch and learn sweetheart." Greed smirked, revealing a row of sharp white teeth as he activated his shield up to his wrist, slamming down in a few swift slices onto a new watermelon.
Everyone blinked as the watermelon shuddered, but did no more.
"Pfft, I knew you were weak..." Ghosty snickered and Greed cast her a glare, looking down t his fruit in annoyance.
"Why didn't it break?"
"Because some of them are invincible!"
"What?"
"Never mind, just get back to your watermelon killing spree!"
"My turn." Ling grinned walking forward and pulling out his sword, "This will be a piece of cake."
"As if." Ghosty snorted, rolling her eyes. "If Greed and Ed couldn't scratch that thing, what makes you think you can?"
"Oh?" Ling questioned, raising an eyebrow, "Care to make a bet on that?"
Ghosty's eyebrow twitched at the word bet and her eyes glinted slightly, "What kind of bet?"
"How about, if I'm able to cut this watermelon, you have to let me kiss you." Ling said simply, grinning widely at his answer and Ghosty's eyes narrowed and she smirked.
"Fine, but if I win, you can't touch me for the rest of this special."
Ling frowned, not at all liking Ghosty's end of the bet, but none the less, he nodded, ever so confident in his victory.
"I can't wait for that kiss Ghosty!"
"Yeah, yeah squinty eyes, let's just see who'll be winning this bet."
Ling smirked, raising his sword; he closed his eyes and took a deep breath before bringing the sword down in several swift movements. He put his sword away in mere second and smirked down at the untouched watermelon.
"Hah!" Ghosty proclaimed, eyes glimmering with triumph, "I told you it wouldn't-"
"Ah, ah, ah~" Ling waved his fingers and Ghosty paused, looking back down at the watermelon, her eyes widened in shock and horror as it fell apart into neat slices.
"But..."
"Now..." Ling began turning to Ghosty with a mischievous glint in his eye, "How about that kiss?"
Ghosty gulped, a trickle of sweat running down the side of her face as Ling approached, walking closer and closer with that stupid grin of his.
"He can't do that!" Greed growled, eyes narrowing as he prepared to march forward and very well intervene with this 'situation.'
"Actually, Ling won the bet fair and square." Al piped up and Greed shot him a distasteful look.
"Yeah, but-"
"Rules are rules Greedy, but, I am interested in how this will turn out, considering the fact that Ling's gotten so close to kissing Ghosty but never has..."
"L-Ling, c-can't we make out a different deal?" Ghosty suggested, slowly backing away as Ling slunk forward like a predator about to pounce on his prey.
"Now Ghosty, a deal's a deal..." Ling smirked, cornering her in-between his arms as he leaned forward, his eyes closing lightly as he prepared for the feel of soft lips against his own.
"How come we're not doing anything to stop this?" Edward asked, feeling his muscles stiffen and freeze.
"'Cause I don't want you guys to interfere!"
"Why I outta-" Greed started but then was quickly cut off as an apple slammed down into his head.
Ghosty's eyes widened in shock, and she shut her eyes, waiting for what she knew was coming next.
Ling felt his lips press against another pair softly; he smiled into the kiss, feeling the other form stiffen in shock and let out a hiss.
Ling paused.
A hiss?
Snapping his eyes opened, his orbs peered into that of shocked, wide looking red orbs.
Red orbs that belonged to a black, feline like face that is.
"Mrrow!" Gilbert let out a furious war cry and unsheathed his claws, clinging onto Ling's face as he hissed and scratched, attacking the man with ferocity.
"Why is this demon cat here?" Ling cried, tugging furiously at the black monstrosity on his face as he staggered backwards, engaging in a furious war with the feline.
"Saved by the cat." Ghosty sighed in relief, wiping a trail of sweat off of her brow as she slid down with a breath of relief, "Man, I love that cat..."
"And I don't!" Ling shouted, finally prying Gilbert off of his face and tossing the cat away from him.
Gilbert flipped in midair and landed on his feet delicately, with a swish of his tail he padded over and sat down in Ghosty's lap, purring softly as she began to rub his ears.
"Good Gilbert." Ghosty grinned, running her fingers through the feline's soft coat.
"I hate that cat." Ling muttered crossly, wiping at his face with a wet cloth and flinching as the water stung the various scratch wounds that littered his face, "He always get's in the way..."
"Your competion is a cat?" Greed asked, raising an eyebrow and shaking his head sadly at the prince, "I'm ashamed to know that you're my rival in this story."
"Yeah, you try hanging out with that demon cat." Ling grumbled, crossing his arms and pouting, "Then you'll see why he's such a problem, and he's only been in one chapter!"
"But I believe he's an important plot development." Riza added in, sifting through a new gun magazine, "Last time I peeked at the script that's what it seemed like to me."
"Plot development?" Ling questioned, raising an eyebrow, "Does that mean..."
"We'll be seeing a lot more of him for a long time." Riza said simply and Ling paled.
"Hey, Ghosty!" Edward shouted, and Ghosty looked up from petting Gilbert and raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah?"
"Don't you still need to break a watermelon too?" Ed questioned and Ghosty paled.
"Ahah, yeah, you see, about that..."
"Oh, this is too good." Greed snickered, sauntering over and ignoring a hiss from Gilbert, wrapping an arm around Ghosty's shoulder, "You see Ed-face-"
"HEY!"
"-Ghosty can't-"
"I can't leave Gilbert all alone!" Ghosty exclaimed, slapping a hand over Greed's mouth and suddenly looking quite nervous, "I mean, he would be so lonely without me..."
"But it's only for a few minutes..." Al started, looking confused, "And he's in your line of sight-"
"Well, then I need to- Ah! What the hell Greed?" Ghosty exclaimed, scooting backwards and holding her hand out carefully while looking at him in shock. "Did you just lick my hand?"
Greed smirked, standing up and looking down at Ghosty with a dark-like gleam in his eye, "That I did kitten, and I could be licking much more than your hand..."
"OBJECTION!" Ling exclaimed, shoving a watermelon into Greed's face, "This is Ling/Ghosty time! Not Greed! So shoo!"
"You better watch it kid..." Greed growled, looking down at Ling in annoyance, "You're really starting to get on my nerves..."
"As are you." Ling growled back and a short spark flickered between the two while Ghosty sighed in relief, glad that her secret was avoided for now.
"Let's just move on to the next plan." Roy continued, shaking his head as he watched Kimblee look around, examining the beach for something to blow up.
"Then what's next?" Ling questioned, pulling a struggling Ghosty back into his chest as he tried to pull her into his lap, "I haven't heard the author say anything for awhile now..."
"It's probably better that way." Ghosty snapped, shoving Ling's face away from her's as he tried to cuddle with her, "I really don't want to know what the hell we have to go through next."
All of a sudden, a small, thin white slip of paper fell from the sky, landing before Al's feet as it softly fluttered to the ground. Al blinked and picked up the piece of paper, the cast looked towards him curiously as he looked down at the paper in his hands and read aloud.
"Hide and Seek is your guys' next theme! Good luck~" Al repeated.
"Hide and seek?" Kimblee repeated, looking slightly puzzled, "When are we going to go through something were I can really make some very pretty explosions?"
"I'd rather we not go through any anytime soon." Ghosty stated blandly, finally managing to shove Ling's face away a good distance from her's, but not yet managing to struggle out of his grip.
"Hide and seek does sound pretty decent..." Roy muttered, putting a hand to his chin in thought.
"But how will we play? And what are the rules?" Ed asked, narrowing his eyes in suspicion, "Hide and seek sounds much too simplistic, there's got to be a catch behind this all."
"Ah! I've got it!" Roy snapped his fingers and then blinked. "Oops."
Ghosty blinked in surprise as a flicker of flames hit her back and when she glanced down, she saw flame beginning to eat up at her shirt.
Pause...
"HOLY SHIT I'M ON FIRE!" Ghosty exclaimed, leaping upwards and spinning round and round in an attempt to get rid of the flames.
"Stop, drop, and roll Ghosty!" Al exclaimed and Ghosty paused before doing just as the blonde boy said, shaking her hair of sand as she sat up and examined the damage done.
"Man, it doesn't look like I got hurt, but my shirt's done for..." Ghosty said sadly, looking down at the pile of ash that used to be her shirt.
"I don't think we'll miss it much Ghosty..." Ling sighed, eyeing the new appearance before him, "In fact, I think it's quite an improvement."
The cast looked up and blinked, under Ghosty's shirt had laid a light gray bikini top with a white star in the middle.
"I liked it better with my shirt..." Ghosty grumbled, not liking the look she was getting from Greed and Ling.
"A b-cup?" Greed questioned, eyeing Ghosty's chest none to shyly, "Hmm, I thought you were flatter than that, guess I was wrong."
"EXCUSE ME?"
"Ghosty!" Ling cried, leaping and tackling the startled ghost to the ground, "I didn't know you looked so nice without a shirt! How about you come back to Xing with me and you can dress like that all the-"
"As if!" Ghosty shouted, a tick mark appearing on her head as she slammed her fist down on Ling's head, "I'd rather go join the military before I go back to anywhere with you."
"Hey." Roy started, looking offended, "What do you have against the military?"
"Everything." Ghosty piped up simply, looking as if this didn't bug her at all, "I find them to be big fat gigantic jerks with too much of an ego and should go and get mauled by the bears from Briggs."
"I could think of something much scarier than that..." Edward said sweat dropping, a nervous look coming onto his face.
"Geez, you guys get side tracked a lot, when are you going to start the hide and seek already?"
"Yeah, yeah." Edward waved his hand in a dismissal motion, "Everyman for himself, so who's it?"
"I don't mind." Kimblee smirked, a mischievous or malicious glint coming into his eye.
"Alright then." Ghosty said, eyeing him warily, "Start!"
The cast sprinted away from the pony-tail haired man whom smirked, closing his eyes.
"One..."
"I've got such a pro hiding spot." Edward said smugly, peering from under the hidden cracks of a nearby wall, "No one can find me here..."
"Meow?"
Edward looked down and blinked at the cat before him.
"Hey, aren't you Ghosty's cat?"
The cat gave a small nod and peered up at Ed curiously, letting out a small meow.
"Shoo." Edward made a go away motion, lightly prodding Gilbert with the tip of his foot, "You're going to give my hiding spot away."
Gilbert narrowed his eyes at Edward's prodding and unsheathed his claws.
"Hey...why are you looking at me like that? Hey, easy now kitty, come on, I'm not going to –AH!"
"I wonder how long it'll take to find me." Al wondered, pulling his legs to his chest as he chilled out in a small crevice in a rock face.
...
"It's pretty quiet here..."
...
"And a bit lonely too..."
...
Alphonse sighed.
"Where are some lovely ladies when you need them?" Roy muttered to himself, scouring around the beach shacks but to no avail, coming across any pretty ladies.
Or any other people.
Roy grumbled something incoherent and sighed, not at all happy with his outcome. Stuck on a beach with a bunch of ruly men and only two women, one of which was his subordinate, which did not flow well with him, since with Hawkeye here, there was no way he could go and have fun.
"Well, this sucks." Roy muttered and a bird chirped at him.
"I wonder where Ghosty is..."
Riza sipped a bit of here fruity smoothie and settled back down into her chair. Pausing at a picture of one page with a very nice, shiny and brand new gun with easy shoulder pads and a comforted trigger.
Ghosty peered around the corner of a sturdy rock face.
Red eyes darting back and forth, she slipped into a cave, and with a soft sigh, she smirked and surveyed her surroundings, all too sure that she was now in the clear.
The cave was evenly spaced apart, with a wide center in the middle. Water dripped from above and there were small pools scattered around the foot. The cave was dark and nearly pitch black, the only light faintly coming from the entrance that was a little ways away.
"No one'll find me here." Ghosty smirked, feeling along the wall with her hands as she traveled downwards a bit.
The sound of footsteps caused her to freeze, and she whipped around, slamming smack dab into a hard surface.
"Now, if I were a Ghosty, where would I be?" Ling muttered to himself, looking around as he entered a slightly dark cave.
He had been trailing Ghosty for while but she had suddenly disappeared into this cave, cutting him off of her track. Ling frowned, not sure which way she had gone, especially since he was at a fork in the road.
"Now, which way to turn..." He said softly, his voice still echoing off the cave walls.
His ears twitched at the sound of footsteps coming from the right path and Ling smirked.
"Ghosty, here I come~"
Greed smirked, seeing a figure disappear into the tunnel way and he slunk forward in the shadow, appearing behind the figure.
"Now, Ghosty... Since we're somewhere nice, quiet, and alone how about we catch up hmm?"
The figure stiffened and whipped around, slamming into his chest.
"Greed wait-" But before the figure could say anymore, Greed swooped down and captured their lips with his own.
They gripped his chest, trying to shove him away, but Greed continued to smirk, and slammed the figure against the wall. Opening his eyes he was met with the shock and disgusted looking eyes of Ling.
Wait.
What?
"What the hell?" Greed exclaimed, shooting backwards and wiping at his lips with his hands, "What the hell are you doing here!"
"Me?" Ling cried defensively, wiping at his own lips furiously, "What do you think you're doing? Why'd you kiss me? I thought we were never going to do that again! Just, ugh." Ling shuddered, spitting out whatever was left of Greed-germs and shuddering.
"You think I enjoyed that?" Greed asked, dipping his hands into a nearby pool and splashing his face with water. "How the hell did I think you were Ghosty?"
"Yes, how did you?" Ling shuddered, still wiping his mouth, "I'm starting the get the feel that you're doing this on purpose..."
"As if." Greed snapped, looking highly annoyed and disgusted at the very statement, "I've told you this before, I want women, not men, women."
"Tch, I don't know what the author sees in you." Ling grumbled crossing his arms and turning around to face Greed, "I mean, what's to like about Greed so much that you'd put him in a story?"
"What's not to like about Greed?" Greed smirked, running a hand through his hair, "Every loves me, you, I'm not to sure about."
"But the fans are raving for more Ling and Ghosty scenes!" Ling objected, eyes narrowing as Greed smirked once more, looking ever so confident.
"Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure they're dying to some of our scenes, especially with all these little flashbacks, and besides, all of your scenes always end up cock blocked."
"E-excuse me?" Ling stuttered, his eyes growing wide, "What do you mean by that?"
"I mean," Greed drawled out, "That your scenes go nowhere, though I can assure you, when it's my time to shine, I'll make sure that our little 'pin-downs' actually go somewhere, who knows, maybe even a little bit of-"
"S-shut up!" Ling exclaimed, face flushing, "I am not going to let you go on about what your scenes will be like! I'll just step up my game in the next chapters!"
"Please, the readers will just read your scenes and sigh, expecting it to be interrupted over and over again."
"Then I'll be sure to make it go further!"
"Please, you look like a puppy, what can you do?" Greed snorted and Ling smirked.
"I can do a lot actually, you may have your bronze, but I have my ways."
"Of course you do." Greed drawled, rolling his eyes, "But fans are waiting some time with their favorite homunculus."
"I'm sure that the fans like a happy, very handsome prince rather than some bar, gang leader homunculus."
"Ah, but you'd be surprised, I'm sure that they all like me more." Greed said, narrowing his eyes slightly at Ling, "And that goes for Ghosty as well."
"Pfft, what can you offer Ghosty? An intimate relationship? There may be heat, but you've got no even balance of fluff."
"Ah, but the author's got a lot in store for our scenes." Greed smirked, shark-like teeth gleaming, "And don't worry, there's plenty of a normal relationship, our 'spice' just makes our pairing more favorable."
"Yeah, but they've scene all of the chapters so far with me." Ling opposed, "And so far, I'm sure that everyone rooting for LingxGhosty."
"Ah, I'm not so sure about that kid, I think GreedxGhosty is better."
"Ling."
"Greed."
"Ling."
"Greed."
"Ling!"
"Greed!"
"I have more status!"
"I was introduced first!"
"I have better hair!"
"Please, you look like a girl with that head of hair; I on the other hand, have great hair."
"I'm a prince!"
"I'm a homunculus."
"I'm more loveable!"
"I'm more fantasized about."
Ling glared at Greed, and the other homunculus smirked.
Obviously, this was going to take awhile.
Ghosty backed up, and her eyes widened at the figure before her.
"So we meet again my rival." A sickeningly sweet melodious voice rang out, and immediately, lights blared on and none other than Mary Sue Moon Sparkle Star wish heart Echo Shadow Mystery Jade!
"What the hell?" Ghosty shouted, eyes widening, "How the hell are there lights in a cave by the beach?"
"You seem surprised and at awe in my presence." Mary Sue smirked, flipping her gorgeous blonde curls.
Ghosty paused and turned back to the sue, blinking a moment before cocking her head to the side like a confused puppy.
"Who are you again?"
"I'm Mary Sue! How could you forget! You're my rival for the main oc spot in this story!"
Ghosty blinked before recognition flickered over her face. "Oh! You're that crazy chick that wanted my place in this damn story, well, go ahead dude; I want no place in this whatsoever."
"I know that this will most likely come down to a battle, but since I – wait, did you just say I could have it?" Mary Sue asked, blinked her long and lush eyelashes at Ghosty.
"Yeah, I honestly want no part of it; feel free to have my spot."
"Oh..." Mary Sue blinked, not ever before coming across such a situation where she wasn't challenged due to the jealousy of others.
"So, you don't want the part?"
"Yup."
"Oh, alright then." Mary Sue blinked, before snapping her fingers and disappearing in a swirl of sparkles.
"Ghosty! You should favor your part more!" A small voice piped up and Ghosty glanced down to see a tiny, fluffy white marshmallow hop out from the shadows and hop in front of her.
"But I want nothing to do with these idiots."
"But you have no choice! You're the Oc, therefore the author made you for this part."
"Eh, let Mary-what's her face have it, she seems to want it more than I do." Ghosty shrugged and the marshmallow slammed her head against the floor in a face palm before looking back up at Ghosty.
"But if a Mary Sue becomes the main character of this story, grave danger will happen!"
"Not my problem." Ghosty said, crossing her arms.
"But Oc's should be prepared and willing to fight!"
"Well, not this one."
"This'll be a lot harder than I thought..." The marshmallow muttered, shaking its head.
"Lingy poo!" A voice cried and Ling turned around just in time to be tackled by Mary Sue and her league of bright, over shiny sparkles.
"Wh- it's you!" Ling exclaimed, shoving Mary Sue off of himself as he stumbled backwards to where Greed was. "I thought those foods killed you!"
"Silly Lingy poo~" The Mary Sue giggled, shaking her head and sending another wave of sparkles to the ground, "I can't die that easily! In fact, I doubt I can die at all! I'm immortal! Which is why you wanted me so badly~"
"I want nothing to do with you." Ling stated, his face straight as he stared at the Mary Sue.
"Aww, you're just shy~ But you better watch out, because Greed's been on my case all day!" Mary Sue whined, looking over at Greed from under her eyelashes in an attempt to appear innocent. "He's such a flirt!"
"I don't think I'd even say a word to someone like you." Greed said, putting his hands up defensively, "My tastes aren't that low."
"Well, we'll have plenty of time for you two to fight over me!" The Mary Sue giggled, ignoring their insults, "Because I'm the new Oc in this story!"
"YOU'RE WHAT?"
It's up to you readers, to decide what on earth shall occur next! Will;
A: Mary Sue get's her way and becomes the new Oc of this story.
B: Ghosty agrees to fight Mary Sue for her place as Oc.
C: A.M.A.F.P.S come in to save the day.
D: The special, super secret option that includes one very big surprise.
And done! Man, I really get to easily distracted, I would have had this up sooner, but I was so lazy and I get so distracted easily from my typing...ahah.. And it seems you all like the cats! Especially Gilbert the cock blocking cat~ Or, as you've guys dubbed him as.
I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL! I PROBALY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IN THIS AUTHOR'S NOTE, BUT I FORGOT, SO, YEAH...
Spot'sGalFrom1889: Ahah, it seems like everyone is like our little sexy Ling XD Thanks for reviewing! –hands a free Roy ticket-
Tailsdoll123: Thanks! It seems that a lot of you guys like them, and I'm glad you think it's interesting! I'll be sure to post it up when I have time, but I've got to get a lot of my other stories done and settled with first I suppose...ahah... Thanks for reviewing! –hands a free Roy ticket-
DoctorWhotaliaandtheOlympians: I'm so glad you love it so much! I hope this update was soon enough! Yes1 Spread the word of Kony! We need to make sure he's stopped! :D Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
Mihael Keehl (Fate's Obsession): he is a chocolate obsessed hottie isn't he? XD Ah~ I'm so mean to you guys, Ling does pin Ghosty down a lot doesn't he? Too bad I always interrupt them~ X3 XINGESE TECHNIQUES INDEED! Thanks! I'm glad that all the feedback I got on its positive! Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
kaflute14: Aw, you're too kind~ I can't wait either! Mustang's one of my favorites! I hope this was soon enough for your tastes! Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
LadyKebechet: Yes, who can forget about the cats that love to interrupt in Ling's little pin-down moment? XD Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
Atama Ga Kuru Teru: HOW COULD I HAVE NOT NAMED THE KITTEH GILBERT? IT MUST BE DONE IN THE NAME OF HIS AWESOMENESS! I can't help but keep rewatching it; no mater how sad...that man is just so amazing! ;A; I was sobbing and crying into my pillow for a long time, I even went over and bawled about it to my mom and she just called me a weirdo... AW, I'M GLAD IT MADE YOUR DAY! :D And it seems that Gilbert's new nickname is Gilbert the Cock Blocking Cat. HOW CAN YOU RESIST A COCK BLOCKING CAT? I ANXIOUSLY AWAIT MORE FROM WIO! :D THANKS FOR REVIEWING! –hands a Roy ticket-
a simple fan: Aw, you guys are all so nice! :D And I will be surely sure to make sure to add in more scenes with the lovable cock blocking Gilbert... XD Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
yyh-ygo-fma: It is Maes! :D She could be~ Maybe both? Who doesn't love a perverted Ling? Yes, because only Ling is 'smart' enough to argue with a cat! XD I love cats! And thanks for reviewing and giving your input on the trailer! –hands a Roy ticket-
kmgd14: OH MY GOSH THAT'S SO NICE OF YOU! THANKS~ I actually believed that babies came from the internet for awhile...and Ghosty just came out as the type to be so mean, yet so devilishly innocent at the same time~ XD I hope this came out fast enough! Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
Storygirl11: My mom just told me "When you're older." XD Yeah, I can picture him flirting with her, that is, if he can see her! –snickers- Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
Eclipsewings: Silly Ghosty, babies come from the internet! :D Yesh, I just couldn't leave Maes out, and he seemed like he could actually help out with the plot too! Don't we all love Gilbert~ XD I was so messed up after it finished...FMAB YOU SHALL LIVE IN MEH HEART FOREVER! Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
LeFray Strent: yes, I'd love to have Gilbert at my back too! XD I wonder myself who she could be~ -Snickers- I'm glad you like my story so much! Thanks a lot! And thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
Wapahani Raiders: Ah, weren't we all? XD I wonder how she would have found out...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH? Heh, that's just part of her character, she sorta makes me think of a tsundere, but not exactly...Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
LadyxAbsinthe: Was it really? –sparkly eyes- Thanks! I can't wait to put it up too! Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
Sailor Senshi Alchemist: Wow...that would've been a good idea, but I have plenty in store for the cat's already~ XD Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
ilvhstry: AWWWWW! THAT'S SO NICE~ ^-^ Thanks! I'm glad to know I have someone as nice as you reading my stories! Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
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Baka Neko: Thanks for thinking it's awesome! You really like it better than the Hunger Games? That's so nice! I honestly love the Hunger Games haha~ Thanks for reviewing! –hands a Roy ticket-
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Excluded preview for "Stupid Next Door Neighbors"
"Take that stupid box!" I exclaimed, letting the box drop to the floor as I glared down at the extremely heavy box lying before me. "I told you I could lug you up all the way, and I did! So hah!"
Looking back down, I glanced at the last box residing down the two flights of steps.
"...fudge..."
I let out a breath of relief, letting the box drop to the floor as I plopped down and out my elbow on the box, resting my head on my hand as I surveyed my new apartment.
It was pretty decent, a two bedroom, one living room/kitchen, and two bathroom complex. The walls were a very light cream, and the carpet was pretty clean, considering the fact that this apartment hadn't been occupied for a long time.
Getting back up, I pulled out a bottle water from my bag and opened up the cap. As I was about to take a sip, I heard the door bell ring. Raising an eyebrow, I pulled myself upwards and made my way to the door, opening it up to be faced with a squinty eyed, happy-go-lucky face.
I blinked, looking the man up and down.
He was at least half a head taller than me, with long, slightly spiky black hair tied back into a pony tail with a white ribbon – how the hell was that possible? – He wore a loose white shirt and loose fitting white pants.
He had a goofy grin on his face and was aiming said goofy grin straight at me.
I blinked.
"Who the hell are you?" I asked, eyes narrowing as the stranger grinned, looking like a puppy looking for some well-needed attention.
"You're next door neighbor! I hope we can be really good-"
I slammed the door in his face.
Shaking my head, I turned around and tilted the bottle up, about to take a sip when the doorbell rang again.
Ignore it Thomas...I chanted to myself, shaking my head, Ignore it...
Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Rin-
"What do you want?" I snapped, opening up the door and the stranger grinned.
"I'm Ling Yao! I live right next door, the door on the left, it's nice to-"
"Yeah, yeah, not much of a pleasure to meet you, bye." I stated simply, shutting the door once more in his face.
I sighed, titling the bottle back up when the doorbell rang again.
Obviously, this wasn't going to end anytime soon.
Ling won't be the only main character in this story~ Tell me what you guys think, I know it may not be much but hopefully you have some comments on it?
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU REVIEW! REVIEW AND I SHALL GIVE YOU A COOKIE! :D
'CAUSE WE ALL LOVE COOKIES!
Marshmellow-
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