After the Battle (An FMA Story) Chapter 14: Who Are You?
"I don't think so. And yes I am Silver. What? Don't you trust me?" she asked
"it's just, last I checked, you were making sure that I didn't tell Fullmetal who you were because you were scared of any and all military personnel." she sighed. "but I suppose we've nowhere else to go..." she grabbed her bag, "Come on, Silver, let's get going." Outside of the Elric's room she just shouted, "We're leaving, see ya." and continued downstairs to check out.
Silver smirked and followed Kitty downstairs. "WHAT!?" Ed and Al yelled and ran out of the room after Kitty and Silver.
She stopped and turned. "I said we're leaving, if you really wanna follow us then do, if not, see ya!" She turned and walked down the stairs.
"We're coming!" Ed and Al said and followed them.
Silver looked back at then with this kind of look: TT
Kitty looked over at Silver, "get used to 'em, I have a feeling that they'll be sticking around for a while." she smiled slightly and checked out of the inn.
"Right." Silver said
Kitty bounded out of the inn and turned to Ed and Al. "You 2 know Hughes right?" she asked, assuming that they did.
"Of course. Al and I helped deliver his daughter." Ed said
She smiled, "good, cause if you're following us then you're gonna see him again!"
"Oh great..." Ed said
Kitty laughed. "Well, if you know where else we could possibly go..." she smirked, "It's not like we can stay in one place for long and most everywhere that we could stay is too close to the last. We don't have much choice under the circumstances. So, your choices are, follow us, go find somewhere else, or go back and take your chances with the homunculi." she smiled sarcastically.
"I choose follow you guys." Ed said," I agree." said Al
"Good choice." Kitty smiled and sort of bounded ahead of them until eventually she got to where she was headed and stopped.
Silver caught up to Kitty," So is this the place?" she asked.
Al and Ed were far behind
"Yup, this is it, unusually quiet though..." she sighed, "I still cannot believe that you are really going to let me take you here, I can't believe you actually suggested it..."
"What can I say? I'm full of surprises!" she said and smiled.
Ed and Al caught up," Man, you guys are fast." Ed said panting," Hey Ed can I borrow your coat?" Silver asked," Why?" Ed asked, "Because. I need it to wrap around my waist to hide my tail." she said, "...Fine." Ed said and gave silver his coat. She wrapped it around her waist covering her tail.
Kitty sat leaning on the fence and spotted a figure in the distance. Immediately she knew who it was and ran up to him. "Hi!" she smiled hyperly. He returned her smile and they got into a big long conversation about who-knows-what and who-cares-who. Finally she had walked with him back down to the house and saw Silver. "Oh ya, the point of why I'm even here. This is Silver, and ya…you've met the Elric's. and um...we where wondering if we could stay here for tonight." He smiled at her. "Sure," he replied. "Oh, and Silver, this is Hughes." she pointed to the man standing beside her. "Ah, hello Silver!" he smiled and let them in.
Silver smiled and walked in. She looked around," You have a nice home Hughes." she said
Ed and Al walked in behind Silver.
"Thank you Silver." he said smiling slightly. "Oh, I almost forgot!" Kitty said in shock. "I brought donuts!" she said pulling out a box from earlier that morning when she'd gone crazy. "Thanks Kitty," he said.
So Hughes I heard you have a daughter." Silver said
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Ed and Al yelled
Kitty sighed (yes, the famous words from Quantum Leap.) "Oh boy..." Hughes pulled out a picture of his daughter. "Yes, here she is, isn't she just the most precious and darling little angel you've ever seen. She just spreads happiness and joy wherever she goes! Don't you agree? hmm? hmm?" He had the I'm talking about my daughter expression and was by this time right up in Silver's face.
"I agree! She is the cutest little thing I've ever seen!" Silver said
Ed's face was like this: 0.0
Hughes continued to go crazy and started dancing around the room. Kitty got annoyed after about 15 minutes of this and poked him with a broom. Suddenly he snapped back down to Earth. "So, why are you here anyways?" he asked. Kitty smiled. "like I said, needed a place to stay and ya...last time I saw you was when you were at work and ya...just thought I might as well say hi." she said as casually as possible not telling him a thing about Al, or what she had done with Lust and what Lust wanted to do to her.
"Psst Silver." Ed whispered. Silver went over to him," what?" she asked in a whisper," What if Hughes discovers your tail?" he asked," Then...I'll probably be taken in to the Fuhrer where I'll be...executed" she said.
Kitty continued to smile and sat down over hearing Ed and Silver. "I can't believe I'm actually going to do this but..." she whispered under her breath. "So, how is Elycia doing?" she asked knowing how to keep his mind off of whatever she was doing. They got into a rather long conversation as she dug in her bag. She eventually found what she was looking for, a winter cloak. she handed it to Silver. "Extra protection." she whispered again under her breath and winked at her.
Silver smiled and took the cloak. She put it on, "Thanks." Silver whispered
"welcome." she said watching Hughes chatter away. Eventually he stopped, "Nice to see you boys again too!" he said to Ed and Al smiling.
"Yeah." Ed said and smiled.
FF to night
Kitty walked up to a room sort of upstairs and waited for Silver to come up, somehow she was still shocked by her being ok with staying where they where.
Ed and Al went up stairs," Uh Mr. Hughes can I talk to you outside?" Silver asked