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Chapter Fourteen

Enter the Unwanted

Not only did the next day bring new promises, but also everyone's favorite hanyou. Of course he was now in his proper clothes. Miroku had stolen them after Inuyasha took them off and hid them in his bag. Sango kept glaring at him and made sure to keep a close eye on him. Ed was continuously in a confused state because Winry kept coming over sitting next to him, blushing, and going over to Sango and Kagome and whispering while looking at him and nodding.

Ed turned to Miroku. "What do you think they're whispering about?"

"Apparently, you're as blind as Inuyasha." Miroku replied, nonchalantly, sipping some tea.

"Watch it, monk!" Inuyasha glared at Miroku with a tick mark on his forehead.

"Well, I'm just saying, you never realize it when Kagome's intentionally trying to flirt with you."

"You think she's trying to flirt with me!" Ed's jaw was inches from the ground while he was gawking at Winry 'Why would she want to flirt with me?' Ed looked completely dumbfounded.

"I think Miss Winry is infatuated with you, she's come over and blushed about twenty times, and then, retreats back to the other women, probably for encouragement."

"What should I do?"

"Well, Inuyasha and Kagome always go for long walks, they always seem to work for them." Miroku smirked at Inuyasha, then his smirk met Inuyasha's fist.

"Idiot." Shippo sat shaking his head.

"Okay, I'll do it." Ed rose and walked towards Winry.

"Ahh, he's coming over here! What do I do!" Winry turned to her friends for help.

"Calm down! You'll know what to do if anything happens."

"What would happen!"

"Well, Kagome what happens when with your walks with Inuyasha?" Sango turned to Kagome with a wide smirk.

"Oh, will you shut up!" Just as Kagome spat that at her friend, Ed walked over and outstretched his hand.

"Uh…um…Winry will you walk with me?"

All she could to answer was nod and take his hand. They held hands as they walked into the woods. Al entered just in time to see the back of them as they went into the woods, hand in hand.

"Where are they going? And why were they holding hands?" Al set down the wood he had retrieved.

"I don't know." Miroku and Sango smirked at eachother, knowing that they had influenced the two. "Why don't you ask Inuyasha and Kagome." Miroku tried to look at Inuyasha only see him blush, and then he got knocked out.

With Winry and Ed

"Why did you ask me out here?" Winry saw him through the corner of her eye, he was twitching, clearing throat, and he kept fidgeting. "You okay?"

"Ah…um…yeah fine. Um…well, Winry…I…um…like you." He kept his eyes glued to the ground.

"Oh Ed!" She turned and hugged him tight, causing Ed to gasp and blush. "I've liked you, too! I was afraid that you didn't like me! Plus, you were never around for me to say anything." She kissed him lightly on the cheek and pulled away to look at his eyes.

Once she pulled away, Ed pulled her back in to his lips. He held her there, kissing, her for a while. He pulled away this time, but Winry wouldn't allow it, she pulled him back in again.

With Al

Al had gone out look for "more wood", in reality he was looking for Ed and Winry; he didn't trust them out alone.

"Where are they?" Al turned to notice them in a romantic embrace. "Whoa, this is awkward!" Al turned and ran back to camp, stopping to grab an armful of wood before entering camp again.

"What'd ya see?" Miroku flashed his smirk again.

"Ah…um…nothing." He raised the wood in his arms "I just went to get wood, that's all."

"You and your brother are terrible liars, you know that, right?"

"Yeah, I know."

"So, what did you see?"

"I'm pretty sure they're on equal ground now, they've reached an understanding."

"And that is?" All the eyes on Al were eager for information.

"THAT KISSING IS NICE!" Al starting laughing while the women and the men high-fived eachother. "It's disgusting just to be in their presence."

"Well, being a peeping-Tom has some consequences!" Ed leapt at his brother, but Al dodged the flying boy and tore for towards the woods. "Come back here, eavesdropper!"

"NO! BROTHER STOP CHASING ME!"

"STOP, DAMMIT!"

"WHAT WILL YOU DO IF I DO!"

"STOP AND YOU'LL OUT, NOW WON'T YOU!"

The rest of the gang watched them run off, once they were out of sight, they all fell over laughing, save for Winry. She went and sat with the women, once they stopped laughing.

"What happened with you two?" Sango smiled and stared at her with eager eyes.

Winry pulled Kagome and Sango close to tell them, leaving her back facing the boys.

"Are you getting all of this, Inuyasha?" Miroku turned and watched him.

As the girls continued to whisper, Inuyasha became a deeper shade of red. "Humans are gross."

"I didn't ask you that! I asked you if you were getting all of this!"

"If Sango doesn't tell you this later, I'll tell you, but you'll have to do something for me!" Inuyasha donned his mischievous smirk.

"Like what?"

"I'll give you your requirements later."

With an enemy

Sloth walked through her new surroundings, looking around in disgust. 'This is worse than central, there's nothing here.' She found the familiar look of one of her companions. "Lust is that you?"

Envy was the first to see her. "Ah, you're here as well, then. Well, all we need is Wrath and Pride and we'll have all the homunculi. Or at least, all the ones that are alive. Gotta tell ya, I don't exactly miss Greed, he was rather annoying…and quite useless to me." Envy rolled his eyes in disgust. "He couldn't even beat the Full Metal one."

"Did you ever think that was because he was fighting alone? Whenever you all fought him, you had companions while he was fighting alone. I do believe that we are underestimating this alchemist. He is not as obedient and loyal as the other ones we dictated over." Sloth crossed her arms in thought.

"Are you letting your connection with the boy interfere with your judgment?" Lust glanced over at her with questioning eyes.

"Never. It's just that, I thought Greed to be quite a strong fighter. And the boy beat him mentally and physically. I'm beginning to think that he's not your average teenager."

"Well, why don't we screw him up a little?" Envy smiled viciously.

"How so?"

"Are you not the homunculi that he made, in the resemblance of his mother?"

"Ah, yes, very wicked, Envy, I think I'll do that. I will see you all later." She turned and waved over her shoulder.

At camp

Al had returned about en minutes earlier with Ed over his shoulder. Ed was cursing Al with every pant he let out.

"Dumbass…you…shoulda'….stopped!...Now…I…can't…talk!...You…Suck!" Ed let his head rest on Al's armor.

"I was afraid of what you were going to do when I did stop. If you even took the chance to think, you could have stopped me with alchemy, brother."

"Dammit! I knew I forgot something!"

Al set him down between Miroku and Winry. He smiled brightly and waved at Winry, and once Miroku laughed at that, he glared bullets at him.

"What's so funny, lecher?"

"Oh, nothing, Eddie-poo! I would never want to upset you." All the boys snickered at this.

Ed got pissed, clapped his hands, and touched the ground. Once he did so, a large hole formed beneath Miroku and engulfed him while dirt set back on him. The only thing visible was Miroku's head.

"Well, it's good to see you can take a joke." Miroku gained a very pissed-off look on his face.

"Brother!" Al drew a transmutation circle and unburied Miroku.

"Thank you, AL!" Miroku glared at Ed, while he laughed at the dust covered monk.

"Traitor." Ed looked at Al with an odd playfulness in his eyes.

"Whatever, Blondie!"

Ed didn't hear his brother's last comment. His attention was fixed on the bush where Sloth had appeared. "…Mom…?"

Sloth smiled mentally, knowing she had gained his attention and turned to leave.

"Wait! Mom!" Ed rose and dashed after her.

"What, wait, Ed!" Al and Winry jumped for him and missed. Al was the first to fly after him. The rest of the Inu- group ran after them as well.