Just One of Those Days

by Marshmellowtime

People say when life sucks, you make it better. So if you wake up one morning, find out you're a ghost, and that the only one that can see you is a idiot prince with an obssesion for becoming immortal- can things even get better? Ling/Oc/Greed

14. Cat and Mouse GAME

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Happy Easter~

I do not own FMAB, if I did; several totally awesome characters wouldn't have died...

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Just One of Those Days

Chapter Twelve: Cat and Mouse GAME

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"Shit! They're stubborn!" Ling exclaimed, looking behind him as we dashed down another alleyway and made a series of turns.

"What do you expect?" I muttered, looking at him from the corner of my eye, "We just tried to attack one of their own and most likely just severely pissed them off with that last escape act."

Ling grunted and I rolled my eyes, glancing down a moment to see Déjà and Gilbert running along beside us on either side, keeping up with ease.

As we turned another corner my eyes narrowed, taking in the surroundings around us and coming to a chilling realization.

"This is..." Ling began, panting as he turned around and surveyed the area we were in.

"Gradually turning into a deserted area." I scowled, whipping around and cursing silently as Ling voiced out our predicament.

"We're been trapped." He muttered gravely and I growled, not liking the use of the term trapped.

"There's got to be a way to shake them." I began, narrowing my eyes.

"Well, until we think of it, let's keep running." Ling stated, taking off and with a small sigh I ran off after him, cursing the fact that I couldn't have gotten some cool power like teleportation.

"Young Lord..." Lan Fan ground out, and my eyes flickered to her battered form.

"What?" Ling asked, looking around before dashing down another turn.

"My left arm...I am of no use anymore." She began and I felt my eyes widen.

"So what?" Ling questioned, still running.

"Fanny are you stupid?" I practically shouted at her, looking towards her battered and panting form disbelievingly, "How does hurting your left arm make you useless?"

"You don't understand demon." She growled, turning her black orbs towards me. "I can't fight anymore..."

"So?" I challenged, tugging on Ling's sleeve and turning down a different alleyway, "We'll protect you, toss you back into the hotel and leave all the fighting to me."

I caught the faintest flicker of a smile twitching onto her lips before she cast her bitter orbs down towards the ground, more specifically eyeing her left arm, watching as it flapped around motionlessly before her. I noticed Déjà watching the girl carefully, as if expecting something we were yet unsure of.

"If you were to also fall here because you were carrying me, wouldn't there also be no king or heir?" Lan Fan questioned, "Lose the people, and there is no such thing as a king, but if there is no king, the people will have no one too turn to. You must return alive, for the sake of our peoples' wishes as well." Lan Fan breathed out.

"I won't throw you away." Ling said firmly and a small smile reached Lan Fan's lips.

"Besides," I added, a small grin making its way to my face, "Old man Fu would probably kill us if we let you die."

"Unfortunately," Lan Fan began, pulling out a kunai and my eyes furrowed at the sound of the metal weapon being spun around, "There are many things one must throw away for the sake of a goal."

"What are you thinking?" Ling questioned, confusion lacing his voice.

"Fanny," I began, eyes narrowing as I noticed Déjà suddenly look towards the side. "Don't be stupid now..."

I glanced towards the side, were Lan Fan had her eyes closed for a moment before they snapped open, an emotion traveling through them that made me halt in my tracks.

"Stop!" Ling shouted, but before I could lunge forward and yank the weapon from her grasp, there was a slight whoosh and the sound of metal hitting flesh.

Slowly, my eyes trailed downwards to the pool of blood that had begun to drip, covering up the large splatter of blood that had enveloped the floor.

"Such a deep red color, kind of makes you think of blood."

Quickly, my eyes darted to the side as the sound of something hitting the ground echoed throughout the alleyway. Ling halted in his tracks and pulled Lan Fan off of his shoulder, placing her gently on the floor as he surveyed the newly made wound, regret and anger mixing his dark orbs.

"Fanny you idiot!" I shouted, smacking the girl upside the head and dropping to my knees as I furiously placed my hands at the wound, trying to stop the blood from flowing so strongly, but only to have it flow through my hands as if it weren't there.

"I don't want to hear that from someone like you demon..." Lan Fan panted, her face contorting in pain as she gripped her arm.

"Ghosty, move aside, there's nothing you can do right now." Ling ordered, pushing me lightly out of the way as he took off his coat and placed it on Lan Fan's wounds, tying it together as he cared to her wounds.

I felt something in me freeze at those words. Slowly, my gaze traveled down to my hands, which showed no sign of the blood from Lan Fan's wounds and I felt something inside tighten, as if realizing something.

What could I do?

With a slight frown, I shook off the weird feeling that had crept up on me and pushed it aside, choosing instead to bend down and at least help Lan Fan back up, watching with a morbid curiosity as Ling approached the discarded arm.

"What are you going to do with that?" I questioned, flinching slightly at the sight of the appendage as Ling took a deep breath and began to walk over to a stray dog sniffling through a garbage bin.

"Something that'll at least throw them off our tail." Ling stated, coaxing the dog closer and then tying the limb to the poor animal.

"The poor dog..." I muttered, and I heard Gilbert sniff disdainfully.

"Well, it's contributing to an honorable cause." Ling answered, standing up and making his way towards Lan Fan and I, "Hand her over, you won't be able to handle the extra weight."

Something in me flickered once more and I felt my eyes narrow as I pulled Lan Fan more securely towards myself, shifting her weight onto mine as I stood tall.

"I can handle it." I stated firmly, and Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Ghosty, just hand her over, in case you haven't noticed, we're being chased right now, and it'd all go over much quicker if you'd just hand her over!" He growled lightly and my eyes narrowed even farther, feeling something glint in them that made Ling blink a moment.

"I've got it." I growled.

Ling seemed to have recovered from his momentary shock and narrowed his eyes in return, taking a step closer.

"Ghosty, we don't have time for this, stop arguing and just hand her over!" He exclaimed and I felt the corner of my mouth twitch downwards into a scowl.

"Then stop complaining and let me take care of her!" I snapped back, my voice sounding like a snarl.

"Meow?" Déjà questioned.

"What?" Both Ling and I snapped, and Déjà blinked blandly at us while gesturing towards a sewer pipe with a flick of her white tipped tail.

I paused a moment before grinning, pulling Lan Fan towards the drainage pipe and setting her down carefully, and then bending down to pull the top off the opening.

"A sewer system?" Ling questioned, his brows furrowing before something flickered across his face and he bent down, lifting the top off without so much as a struggle, "Brilliant!"

"I loosened it up for you." I muttered crossly, shaking my head as I helped Lan Fan down, watching carefully as she leaned against the wall for support and gave us both a small thumbs up.

"Alright." I grinned, jumping down and landing with a light thud on the floor of the sewage system, glad that there were the walkways, as I surveyed the rushing dark green, foul smelling waters. "What's the plan?"

"The plan," Ling began, leaping down and pulling the top over us, "is that you'll take Lan Fan to safety down the sewage tunnels, we'll meet up down one of the corners we had turned before, one of these turns should lead you towards there, and I'll head back and meet up with Edward."

"I'm going with you." I stated firmly, the image of the necklace flickering in my head.

"Excuse me?" Ling questioned, turning around and looking down at me, "You'll be going with Lan Fan."

"You going to make me?" I challenged, rising up and glaring up at Ling, "I'm sick and tired of you acting as if you can order me around, I'm going with you and that's that."

"No." Ling argued, beginning to look slightly angry, "You're going with Lan Fan, and you'll wait for me to come and pick you both up. That's final Ghosty."

"You can't order me around like that!" I shouted, eyes narrowing and a part of me cringing at how childlike it had come out, "I'm heading with you and that's that, you can't make me go."

"I thought you wanted to take care of Lan Fan." Ling snapped, eyes regarding me with suspicion and slight annoyance, "What is up with you?"

"What's up with me?" I exclaimed, feeling an anger inside me flicker, as if it were a weak flame beginning to grow stronger, "What's up with you? You know you can't order me around, and Lan Fan will be able to manage, this is more important, and you know you'll need as much help as you can get, you were barely able to do anything on your own against three of them remember?"

"There's nothing you can do!" Ling shouted and that feeling I had pushed away came flooding back in and a part of me froze at the words, feeling a heavy weight settle in the pit of my stomach before that familiar feeling of anger burned it's way through and took over instead, pushing the other feeling aside, but not removing it.

"There's plenty I can do!" I shouted, waving my hands around for emphasis, "They can't see me, so it'll be a big advantage for us that I can sneak up on them! Plus, they can't hurt me-"

"Then what was that with that Alacrity and the sword then, huh?" Ling cut in, eyes narrowed and a emotion I couldn't recognize lacing his voice, "I'm pretty sure that I saw you get hit with the sword, I saw the blood come out, and I saw the pain you had felt, you can get hurt Ghosty, there are more cons in you going than there are pros, so stay back and help Lan Fan-"

"Let her go, Young Lord." Lan Fan spoke up suddenly, and both Ling and I whipped around and stared at her wide eyed.

"But Lan Fan-"

"Please, let her go." Lan Fan grunted, shifting so that her position let most of her weight rest against the wall, "I can take care of myself."

"Meow?" Déjà asked, padding up and rubbing herself softly against Lan Fan's legs before taking a seat beside her.

"There, and she's got Déjà with her too." I stated, still slightly confused that Lan Fan would actually go against Ling.

"Mrrow." Gilbert hissed, sourly padding over and standing beside Lan Fan grudgingly, though his eyes regarded her carefully, looking as if he would go to great lengths to keep her safe.

"And she's got Gilbert the Demon cat with her as well." I smirked, "She's well protected."

"Young Lord, we don't have much time." Lan Fan reasoned. "You must meet with the Elrics now; otherwise this plan will end in an utter failure." She hadn't spoken it out loud, but I could hear the slight plead in her voice, asking us not to let her loss be in vain.

Ling, looking affronted by this new challenge in his authority looked baffled by for one, having someone already oppose his orders, and two, having the normally always on his side Lan Fan go against him. His face slackened at the pressure of two stubborn females going against him and he sighed, turning around.

"Fine, but stay by my side this time." He stated firmly, taking down the sewer way.

"I'm not going to go over this again." I muttered, rolling my eyes as I prepared to take off when Lan Fan gripped my shoulder tightly with her good arm.

"Ghosty." Lan Fan ground out, looking at me with a fierce glare, "If you let any harm come to the Young Lord, I'll do whatever it takes, even if I have to crawl to find you, and severely kick your ass."

I blinked in surprise at Lan Fan's use of language, and at the fact that she had been able to pin point where I was considering that she couldn't see me. A small smirk made its way to my face as I gripped her arm in a sort of handshake, eyes glittering.

"Then, Lan Fan, I swear, that if you go and die down here, I'm going to pull you out from the other side, and kick your ass back."

"I'll hold you to that." Lan Fan grinned, grimacing slightly as she began to trudge down the opposite way, Déjà and Gilbert padding after her.

I felt the familiar nauseating feeling flicker through me and I sighed, closing my eyes as my form flickered in and out before there was a flash of light and I found myself breaking out into a sprint before me feet even touched the ground, catching up with Ling before he noticed my absence.

"We need to severely establish a system of authority between us." Ling stated, walking at a fast pace as he turned another corner and I raised an eyebrow.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"We – no, you need to start listening to me." Ling answered simply, not breaking his fast paced strut and forcing me to have to jog to keep up.

"In case you haven't caught on by now Ling, I don't take orders from you. You don't own me, you can't control me, I don't work for you, so that leaves you with no liable reason as to why I would ever have to follow your orders." I answered back, and Ling's shoulders squared and his posture stiffened.

"Really," He sighed softly, catching me by surprise, "I have no clue how to deal with you."

"Then don't." I answered back, passing him, but only to come to a halt as we entered a fork in the tunnel, "Which way to go?"

Ling caught up and surveyed both ends carefully, putting his hand to his chin in thought.

"We'll have to judge this carefully, " Ling began, "Whatever path we choose could either be our success or our demise, we should judge the current-"

A loud explosion blared out and rocked the sewer tunnels, the sound and debris echoing over from the left path of the fork.

"I think we should go left." I said simply.

"Thanks for the advice Ghosty."

"No problem Ling."

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"Once again, stick by my side Ghosty." Ling ordered and I smirked, watching as he leaped upwards, sending the cap of the sewer tunnel opening flying as he summersaulted into the air, sword clamped firmly between his teeth as the people above looked up at his sudden appearance with the distinct cry of "Ling!"

"Since when have I ever listened to what you've ever said?" I muttered to myself, pulling myself over the edge of the sewer tunnel and quickly darting towards the side, eyes narrowed as I watched, waiting for my chance to strike.

I caught sight of a surprised Edward and Alphonse, stopping short of attacking some dark skinned man with red eyes and a large scar in the shape of an 'X' running down his forehead.

Dark skin. Red eyes.

Ishvalan.

My eyes flickered in surprise at the thought of the race, the war had been no secret and even someone like myself whom wasn't involved with politics and all that crap had been well informed about, everyone was.

Ling charged downwards, catching the one named Gluttony by surprise and stuffing a grenade into his mouth, turning around and shouting a "Get down!"

I turned away as a large vibration rocked the ground and a loud and blaring 'boom' racked through the area, splattering Gluttony all over. I whipped around the edge of the box I was taking shelter behind and scanned the area, waiting for my own target to appear.

I flinched at the sight of a decapitated Gluttony, watching in slight morbid curiosity as the bones now visible began to reform.

"Strong wire!" Ling shouted, and Edward nodded, running over to the train tracks off to the side and clapping his hands before slamming them down onto the tracks.

A coil of metallic wire formed and Edward tossed it towards Ling, whom began to run around and promptly 'tie' Gluttony up, and causing red electricity to spark occasionally as the regeneration process was put to a halt.

"The problem is that he regenerates too much." Ling began, "When he grows from the inside, his own flesh oppresses itself against the wire."

He looked down at the struggling form and smirked, "Gotcha' Homunculus."

"Got..." Edward began.

"It!" Alphonse finished and Ling wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"I kept my promise, a homunculus!" He panted.

"Do you all really think it'd be this easy?" A lazy voice drawled out, and I smirked as an all too familiar figure appeared.

"Who are you?" Ed shouted, glaring up as Alacrity smirked, stepping out of the shadows and mocking a fake bow.

"Alacrity the Zealous, 'tis a pleasure to meet you~" She sang, bursting out into a giggle at Edward and Alphonse's confused faces, "But just call me Alacrity, Zeal is so not my forte."

"Why..." Edward began, looking her up and down, "How do you?"

"How do I look like you're little friend?" Alacrity asked, her voice laced with obvious distaste, "I wish everyone would stop asking that! I mean seriously, it's not that hard to come up with the solution that –"

"You're a body jacker!" I shouted, leaping from my place and slamming a fist into her face.

Alacrity's eyes widened in surprise for a moment before they quickly narrowed, turning around on her heel, red electricity shot down her arms and came charging towards me. With a smirk, I leapt out of the way and skidded to a halt a few feet away.

"And look who's decided to show up." She muttered, stretching her arms out and cracking her knuckles, red electricity beginning to crackle up and down her arms.

"You know I wouldn't miss a chance to get a hit in." I smirked, "You should know me pretty well since you have my body don't cha' think?"

Her eyes narrowed at these words and I frowned slightly at the sight of the electricity suddenly shooting up in volume before settling back down to its light crackle as the strained look on her face disappeared.

"You and I are nothing alike." She said stiffly, a smirk coming to her face, "We've got a whole lot that makes us different."

"Wouldn't have it any other way." I growled, charging forward as I swung my foot up, aiming for her head.

She easily ducked and shot out another bolt my way, and I flinched as it grazed my arm. Letting out a small curse, I lunged forward and caught her by surprise, tackling her to the ground and aiming a fist towards her face.

"You sure you want to do that?" She asked, smirking up at me and I paused, narrowing my eyes at her.

"Of course I am, anything to get that smug smirk off of your face." I answered, hesitating at the sharp jab of pain that ran through my head.

"You wound me with your words kitten! Come on, you can't hate me that bad."

"You wound me with your words~" Alacrity mocked, grinning from ear to ear, "But seriously, I'd put down the fist if I were you."

"And why's that?" I questioned, feeling my fists clench.

"Because," Alacrity smiled, looking almost innocent, "This is your body you're hurting here!"

I froze and Alacrity smirked, throwing me off of her and instead pinning me to the floor. "This is too easy." She sighed, trailing a finger down my cheek and sending a short bolt that caused me to grunt in pain, feeling the electricity crackle through my form.

"That's the thing about you humans." She continued, looking down at me with obvious boredom, "You all hesitate too much. I mean, all that talk earlier about how hesitation is awesome and all that is complete crap. It's hesitation that'll kill you in the end."

"You sure about that?" I smirked, looking up at her as her eyes flickered with confusion before she stiffened.

"Do you all really think it'd be this easy?" Ling mocked, holding the tip of his sword to Alacrity's back, "You didn't honestly expect us to just stand back while you were here threatening a friend?"

"Well, hello again Lover Boy." Alacrity drawled, her eyes glancing towards Ling in a sharp glare, "I'd have expected you to go running off with your prize."

"I think you're currently pinning down my prize right now." Ling answered, pushing the tip of the sword closer to her neck, "And I'd much appreciate that you get off, pinning her down is my job."

"Excuse me?" I shouted and Alacrity rolled her eyes.

"Humans." She said, distaste dripping off of her tongue as she suddenly flickered and then appeared on top of a box, startling both Ling and I. "You all think much too highly of yourselves."

"And you're one to talk?" I grunted, lifting myself up as I stood up, about to gain my balance when Ling grabbed my arm and shoved me behind himself.

I felt my eyes narrow at the gesture, but a fierce and reprimanding glare from ling kept me from saying anything else as Alacrity walked back and forth on the box, eyeing Ling warily.

"What's wrong?" Ling taunted, raising an eyebrow, "I thought that you homunculus thought of yourselves as much better than humans, so why do you hesitate now?"

"There's a fine line between hesitation and strategizing!" Alacrity shouted, lunging forward, arms outstretched and crackling with energy as she aimed towards Ling.

Ling ducked backwards, but his eyes widened as his foot caught on the remaining debris of what looked to be a box. He swiftly turned, but refocusing on Alacrity, my eyes widened at the speed of which she was headed towards him.

Lan Fan's warning echoed in my head and I dashed forward, spreading my arms out and shutting my eyes as I waited for the burning crackle of electricity to come.

It didn't.

Opening my eyes, I stared wide eyed at Alacrity's equally wide eyed face. My gaze followed hers and I felt my brows furrow as she shuddered, staring intently at the key necklace that hung limply from Ling's neck, remaining perfectly fine throughout all of the battling.

She leaped backwards, eyes narrowed at the small key hanging around Ling's neck. I heard the sound of a clap, and Alacrity leaped out of the way as a large fist came her way. Her eyes narrowed at the sight of Ed and Al poised and ready.

"Look's like it's time for me to go..." She muttered quietly, eyes trailing over to Gluttony's form and her eyes softened.

"I swear, if you humans do anything to harm Gluttony, you'll regret it." She snarled, eyes narrowed in disgust as she flickered before disappearing, a crackle of electricity sparking where she once stood.

"Well, damn." I muttered, coughing lightly as a slight feeling of fatigue washed over me, "That was one hell of a pain."

A loud bang rang out and a grunt of pain resounded. My eyes snapped back to the Ishvalan as he crumpled to the floor, grabbing at his leg. I followed his line of sight and stared wide eyed at the blonde lady with glasses and a white coat sitting behind the wheel of a car.

"Who..." Edward began before a look of shock and realization hit his face.

"Get in quickly!" The lady shouted, "We're running away!"

Ling went over, and with a mighty heave, lifted Gluttony up and hoisted him into the car. He paused before turning around, heading towards me.

"Hey, Ling what's with that – WHAT THE – put me down!" I shouted, as Ling suddenly bent downwards and scooped me up bridal style, carrying me to the car, "I can walk by myself god dammit!"

"Don't care." Ling said simply, hopping into the car, me still in his arms, "Let's get going!" He shouted to the lady and she nodded, kicking the car into gear.

"Ling, I swear to God, let. Me. Go." I snarled, shoving myself away from him, only to have him grip me tighter and yank me closer.

I paused a moment at the sound of his heart. Hearing the erratic thumping sound like a hummingbird in flight, its wings beating far to fast for the eye to see.

"For once," Ling began softly, holding me closer, "just sit still and be quiet, please?"

I frowned at the weird note in his voice, but none the less, paused in my attempt of escape and shifted, wondering what on earth had gotten into him.

"I've heard everything from Second Lieutenant Breda, Ling Yao." The lady began, making a sharp turn as she drove the car faster, "I heard about how you helped out with the Ross incident, we're headed straight to the hideout."

"Wait a minute!" Ling shouted, leaning forward and shifting me to his side, "I have a comrade! Please pick her up!"

"There's no time for that!" The lady shouted, sparing Ling a second of a glance.

"I'm begging you! She's dying right now! She's waiting for me to come pick her up!" Ling pleaded and I felt myself open my mouth to add in when the lady gave a small sigh.

"Please make it quick." She said simply, making another sharp left.

I glanced out the side of the car, finally being able to escape from Ling's hold when he had leaned forward to give directions as to where we were supposed to meet Lan Fan to the Blonde lady. My eyes zeroed in on the blue coats of some military personal, more importantly, on a specific black haired man.

Wrath, or Fuhrer Bradley turned around, and his eyes follow the lady curiously, as if trying to work something out. And I, being the person that I am, took advantage to the fact that he couldn't see me.

"Bleh!" I shouted, sticking my tongue out at the man as the car drove by.

"Is someone else in the car?" The lady questioned and Ling blinked.

"Yes, there is."

"Who? There's no one else but you and the homunculus."

"The name's Ghosty." I drawled, leaning out the side of the window as the car drove on, "Pleasure to meet you..."

"Lieutenant Hawkeye." She clarified and I nodded, frowning a bit.

"Great, now we're stuck with more military..."

"Would you rather be back there?" She questioned and I smirked.

"Touché."

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I flinched at the sound of another cry of muffled pain coming from the room Lan Fan lay in. A man named Doctor Knox had been brought to the hideout to come and help Lan Fan out.

I shut my eyes, trying to tune out the sound of pain being brought on to the poor girl, and both Déjà and Gilbert, curled up closer and purred softly, as if trying to offer me comfort in any sort of way.

Glancing upwards, I noticed Ling's hardened face, his lips pressed into a firm line as his hands clenched and unclenched. Silently, I rested my head against his knee and I felt him stiffen before reaching a hand down to touch the top of my head, fingers beginning to twirl themselves within my ginger locks.

"Don't expect to be able to touch my hair whenever you feel like it." I added, shifting slightly from my position on the floor.

"Then I'll enjoy it while I can." Ling said softly, and I rolled my eyes, leaning back for a moment and doing my own quick mental check on how I felt.

I cringed as I felt a slight burning pulse in the areas where Alacrity had struck, but other than that and fatigue; it seemed that I was fine.

"How are you?" Ling asked, his hands stopping a moment from their gentle curving.

"Fine, how are you?" I answered.

"That's not what I meant Ghosty..." Ling stated and I scoffed, rolling my eyes.

"I'm fit as a fiddle –"

"And don't lie."

"Who said I was lying?" I said defensively, and I felt Ling sigh.

"No need to act so depressed." I mocked, and Ling tugged a bit harder on a lock of a hair and I let out a low hiss, twisting my head up to glare at his face.

"I'm not depressed." Ling answered, his eyes shut as he stared back down at me, "I'm just thinking of the all the ways I could have prevented this from happening."

"Everything's got to run its course." I shrugged, turning back to look down on the old wooden floorboards, watching as dust flew and shifted gently, mixing in with the grains of dirt and various other things that had trailed into the abandoned house over the years. "No use dwelling on what's already happened."

"Ghosty..." Ling began suddenly, "That Alacrity...did she really...?"

"I think so..." I muttered, feeling my own hands tighten, "It would explain why she was able to hit me, and my own body being able to attack my soul makes sense. And I'm pretty sure that that was my body, no doubt about it."

"But how?" Ling questioned, his hands tightening slightly amongst my locks. "How did she get your body? Is she the reason why you're like this now?"

"Could be." I answered, "She didn't exactly give me a detailed explanation as to why the hell she had my body."

"But," I began, a smirk lighting up my face, "our meeting's a good thing – great actually."

"How so?" Ling questioned.

"I've just found out were my body is."

I felt Ling's hand stiffen and I blinked, looking up to see that his face had hardened into one I couldn't read before returning to it's normal, relaxed look, making it seem as if whatever he had felt had never been there.

...Okay...

The sound of footsteps made me look up and I shifted, making Ling's hand move away from my hair as I turned around and blinked at the solemn looking expressions of both Edward and Alphonse.

"...Sorry..." Edward said suddenly.

"You want to say, "We got you involved?" Ling questioned, looking towards Ed whose face had taken on what looked to be a guilty one.

"What's with that face? Don't misunderstand me." Ling began, "I told you that we'd join forces. We're the ones who proposed the idea and we agreed to cooperate of our own interests, so there's no need for you to feel responsible at all."

I reached a hand out and a warm, feline body quickly slid under, filling in the chilling empty space, while the other curled up softly into my side, neither cat saying anything, just simply offering their presence.

And that was good enough.

"In order to obtain immortality, we left our country prepared to make these kinds of sacrifices. I had tried to prepare myself because I was burdened with the fate of my family. I wasn't prepared though." Ling said, clenching his fist, "I was soft. Lan Fan was far more prepared than I was."

"Then you better not let what she did go to waste." I said simply, standing up and making my way towards the room, "And if you'll excuse me, I've got to make sure she's not dead, otherwise I'll have to kick her ass."

I turned around and approached Lan Fan's bed silently, the doctor guy had already left to go outside and I moved to stand by her bed, feeling an odd settling of a cliché moment.

"Demon..." Lan Fan panted, opening her eyes and looking around the room, "Where are you?"

"By the nightstand." I answered, feeling my eyes soften slightly, "Lan fan..."

"Don't." She began, "Don't start and go off and say how brave I was, I was not brave. I should have done much more and –"

"Are you stupid?" I snarled, glaring down at her, "I should have done more', what kind of talk is that? You lost an arm for goodness sake; I think that's enough Lan Fan." I snapped and she suddenly smirked.

"You called me by my name."

"I have no idea what you're talking about Fanny." I snorted, rolling my eyes as I made a move to leave the room, "But I'm still holding you to our promise."

"As am I." Lan Fan replied and I held back a smile as I exited the room, shaking my head.

"She's strong." A voice said, and I whipped around, raising an eyebrow at the tall, black haired male standing before Ling.

I made my why past the other man, carefully avoiding and skin contact in case we had another Elric fiasco.

"Yes, I am proud to have her as my retainer." Ling commented, looking up at the man. "Umm..."

"Ah, I'm late in greeting." He exclaimed, holding a hand out, "I'm a Colonel of the National Armed Forces, Roy Mustang."

"Roy Mustang?" I repeated, my brows scrunching together, the name sounded all too familiar.

I watched as Ling introduced himself and shook hands with Roy...wait.

Roy.

Roy Mustang.

Maes.

My eyes widened in realization and I looked up at Roy. "Wait, you're the Roy Mustang?"

"Yes. I am." Roy stated, raising an eyebrow and glancing around, "Mind telling me who this mysterious voice is."

"She's Ghosty." Ling answered, looking rather relieved that another person couldn't see me, "She happens to be a ghost due to unknown circumstances, so you most likely will not be able to see her."

"I'm sure she's a beautiful young maiden." Roy smirked and I mimicked gagging, rolling my eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, Horseboy, I'm sure I'm a doll –"

"Horseboy?"

"But do you know a man named Maes Hughes?" I questioned and Roy stiffened his face hardening into one of shock and then suspicion.

"How do you know Hughes?" He questioned.

"I met him at a cemetery," I answered.

"But he's dead-"

"Yeah, dead, I know, but he's sorta a ghost right now, and he made me promise to give you a message-"

"Where is he?" Roy shouted, suddenly looking frantic, and I felt a flicker of relief that at the moment he couldn't see me, "What did he say? Can you take me to him? I need to know who killed him! I need to avenge –"

"He doesn't want you to avenge him." I said firmly, narrowing my eyes, "He wants' you to let go."

Roy froze a moment before stiffening, eyes narrowed, "And how can I be sure that that's what he told you? How do I even know if you're telling the truth?"

"The guys with a girl waiting for them back home are always the ones to go first." I stated and Roy stiffened once more, his eyes widening at the words and his fists clenched.

"I hate to have been so harsh with a woman such as yourself, and I apologize for my behavior." Mustang said, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, "I do believe that what you're telling me is the truth, but I will not stand by and allow Maes's death to go unjustified."

"Don't you get it?" I growled, narrowing my eyes at the man, "He wants you to let go! Move on! You're the only reason right now why he can't go on!"

"Which is exactly why I must avenge his death so that he may rest at peace." Mustang repeated, turning around to face a different room, "And I'm afraid I will not be shaken from the path that I have chosen."

I clenched my fists, realizing that this would be much harder than I expected. But I had made a promise to Maes, a good guy like him doesn't deserve to have to be stuck all because of the selfish reason of a close friend, he deserved rest.

"And what about you?" The voice echoed, "What do you deserve?"

I sat back and watched as Ling, Roy and Doctor Knox began to converse about Gluttony, Ed and Al soon joined in and I hung back, trying to focus a little harder on the voice.

'Who are you exactly?' I thought.

"Who am I? I can be considered a lot of things. Some people call me God, some people call me various other names, but I like to stick with Truth, so you can call me Truth, that ring any bells?"

'Not that I know off.' I answered back sourly and the voice let out a chuckle.

"My, talking with you sure is fun! Definitely gives me something to do~"

'Glad to know you get a kick out of screwing with some girl's memories.' I growled and the voice merely let out another round of laughter, causing a booming pain to echo throughout my head.

"If you got your memories all back in one sitting, you'd probably go crazy! That's why I prefer to let you dig for them yourself! Gives much more of a chance for you to so to say, earn them back I suppose, though it won't be as easy as it sounds you know."

'I think I've gotten that down.' I thought dryly, 'Then whose voice do I keep hearing? All these random lines and clips of things, what are they?'

"Figure it out~"

'How can I figure anything out when you give me diddly squat to work with?' I thought back furiously.

"Fine. Answer this question and I'll give you a real big present! What kind of a person are you?" The voice asked, humming lightly and I blinked, frowning as I processed the question.

'What do you mean what kind of person am I?' I questioned and if possible, I felt the voice smirk.

"I mean, what kind of a person are you? There's a key answer I'm looking for~"

'That doesn't explain anything.' I thought back angrily, 'Can't you –'

"You killed Lust!" A voice shouted and I swung around, eyes wide as a loud explosion rocketed through the house and weight crashed down, slamming me into the ground.

I glanced upwards, surprised to see the familiar face of Ling hunched over me, keeping me pinned to the ground and shielding me from whatever had just happened. Struggling out from under his weight, I sat up and looked around, eyes widening at what I saw before me.

Where the wall had been, was now a large gaping hole, showing signs that it had attacked whatever was outside as well. The shuffling of feet came to my ears and I swung around, eyes widening even further at what had happened to Gluttony.

His stomach and mouth had opened up and formed a large, gaping mouth, sharp, jagged white teeth jutting out along the edges, and a single eye staring out through all the black darkness that lay there beneath.

A single eye.

Truth.

A loud ringing pain began to resound in my head, I flinched at how strong it had suddenly become. Swiveling my eyes around, I spotted Ling helping Lan Fan up, moving her to a safer spot.

"Meow!" Déjà exclaimed, her fur bristling in shock as she stared at Gluttony.

"Mrrow, mrrow, mrrow!" Gilbert hissed, unsheathing his claws as his fur fluffed up to make him look twice his size.

"Not much you two can do against him." I muttered, scooping the two into my arms and racking my head to think of a safe place for them.

I leaped out of the way as a high pressure of air blasted my way, sucking in everything in its path. Swinging around I stared in shock as Roy, Ed, and Al began to engage Gluttony in battle. A loud explosion rocked once more and I blinked, raising an eyebrow as the three began to run away towards the forest.

"Might as well." I muttered, shaking my head as I quickly ran to the car that Dr. Knox had started up, yanking open a door and tossing Déjà and Gilbert in, right on top of Lan Fan, whom looked on in surprise as Gilbert landed atop her head.

"Take care of 'em!" I shouted, slamming the door shut, I prepared to bolt off towards the sound of the explosions when I slammed into something hard.

Backing up I snapped my eyes upwards and inwardly cursed, seeing Ling's rather determined expression.

"Ghosty, get into the car, you and Lan Fan need to go somewhere safe." Ling said, his voice was gentle but there was the underlying tone that spoke that this was a command, not an option.

"Not this again." I groaned, backing up in an attempt to slip off to the side.

"Yes, this again." Ling stated firmly, and I inwardly flinched at the determined look in his eyes, meaning that this was going to be much harder than it seemed, "I'm not going to risk putting you in danger." Ling continued, and I faintly heard the hushed whisper of, "Again."

"You're not putting me in danger." I said gently, attempting at a more different approach. "This is my own decision; you're not choosing anything for me, which is exactly why it's my choice whether or not I want to go."

"Can't you just listen to me for once?" He said, his voice coming out pleading and I was momentarily startled by this new outcome, not liking how pleading his voice sounded, instantly making me feel guilty.

"Either whoever you're arguing with and you get in the car or get a room!" Dr. Know shouted and I felt a tick mark appear on my head.

"Like I would ever go anywhere with this guy!" I shouted back at him and he stuck his face out the window, looking annoyed.

"Then stop arguing and let the damn person go already!" He shouted, looking towards Ling, "Whatever the hell you're arguing about can wait for later!"

"But –" Ling began and I finally snapped whipping my head around to glare at him.

"Do you think I'd just sit by and play the damsel in distress while you go out and risk your life? In case you haven't realized it yet, I need you to stay alive to help me get my body back or move on remember? And I can't exactly do that with you dead now can't I? There's no way I'll let you risk your life when I still need you!" I exclaimed, panting from the force of the outburst and Ling looked at me, simply raising an eyebrow as the corner of his mouth twitched upwards.

"Ghosty...is that you're way of telling me that you don't want me to get hurt?" Ling asked, a sly and rather pleased look coming onto his face and I paused, blinking at what he said as my eyes narrowed and I growled.

"Hell no! We're business partners remember? I technically need you to help me out to get my body back...s-s-so I have to make sure you stay alive!" I exclaimed, flinching at the stutter, "Don't take it the wrong way!"

A hand came and rested on my head, making me pause in my rage and look up at Ling in confusion at the gesture.

"I'll be sure to be extra more careful now." Ling stated, a cheeky grin on his face, "Since I know I've got a girl needing for me to come back alive~"

"That's not what I meant you jerk!" I exclaimed, horrified that he would even think that I thought of him so highly, "I'm just making sure you don't screw yourself over being the idiot that you are!"

"So you want to be my bodyguard?"

"Hell no!"

"Then...?"

"J-just shut up! I'm going no matter what you say okay?" I burst out, huffing and stomping my foot in emphasis and Ling merely smiled.

"Whatever you say Ghosty~ But, why –"

"Hurry up!" Knox shouted, I turned to shout back but paused at the direction of his gaze and turned around to see Edward and Alphonse, running over behind Hawkeye whom had Roy leaning against her shoulder.

I moved over and silently help her lift him into the car, her gaze swiveled around and darted around, looking as if she were trying to locate the source of extra help and I tapped hr shoulder, alerting her of my presence.

"Hurry up and get on and go back, useless!" Edward shouted, kicking the car as he glared at Roy.

"Are you telling me to lave without a care in the situation?" Roy exclaimed, looking miffed.

"Leave!"

"Seriously, you're not being useful Colonel."

"You're a hindrance!"

Alphonse, Hawkeye, and Edward said/exclaimed, causing a depressing aura to cloud over Roy.

"Besides, I need you to stay alive so that I can have a talk with you later about Maes." I added in, and both Ed and Al looked at me curiously, catching the name Maes.

"You do your work." Ed began, casting me a final, lingering glance before turning around to look at Roy, "The top of the military being a homunculus isn't a problem you can just leave alone, right?"

"There's no time to be talking forever!" Knox exclaimed, "You guys get on quickly to!"

There was a pregnant pause as Ling, Alphonse, Edward, and I glanced between each other and then looked back to the people in the car with a slight grin.

"It's all full. Just go." Edward said, and both Hawkeye and Knox looked mortified.

"You idiot!" Dr. Know shouted, sweat pouring down his face.

"There's no way we can leave children and a ghost alone on the battlefield!" Hawkeye exclaimed.

"You people..." Ling began, leaning forward, a hand resting on his sword, "I'm not to clear on the details but you're aiming for something bigger than a homunculus or a Philosopher's Stone, right? Isn't you're opponent in the upper stratum of the military?"

"We have to get information from that thing called Gluttony no matter what." Edward smirked. "We'll stay here and fight with him. We being children has nothing to do with this. We're the ones who came up with the plan this time. We have to clean up after our own mess. Thanks for lending a hand here."

Hawkeye was silent, pulling out a silver pistol and holding it out to Edward, whom looked surprised at the gesture.

"Edward, take this with you. You know how to use it right?" Hawkeye asked, offering the gun towards Ed.

For a moment, Edward looked hesitant, something flashed in his eyes as he stared at the weapon and I felt a small shiver go through me.

A gun was a weapon used to kill, maybe injure, but meant to kill. To have one on you seemed to make it seem as if you were fully intent on killing to get through to your goals.

And that was just...

Wrong.

"That's...a tool that kills people." Al said softly, looking as if a shiver had passed through his armor as well.

"It's a tool that protects your lives." Hawkeye answered curtly and Ed frowned, clearly not happy with the choice that had to be made as he stared at the gun.

"I'll borrow it." Ed stated finally, taking the gun and pocketing it just as a loud explosion shot up from the heart of the forest.

"Please take care of Lan Fan!" Ling exclaimed finally, turning around to take off with Ed and Al.

"Don't forget your promise demon!" I heard Lan Fan shout out, her voice hoarse and strained.

I cast a final glance backwards and smirked, "Wouldn't dream of it Fanny!"

"Where is Roy Mustang? How dare you kill Lust! I won't forgive you!" Gluttony shouted, his voice coming out deeper and more menacing as he let forth another burst from the opening connecting his mouth and stomach.

"I said we'd fight but it's scary as hell...!" Edward whispered as we crouched behind a few trees and shrubs, peering through warily as Gluttony continued his rampage.

"What happened to the cute chubby look he had earlier...?" I asked, feeling my eye twitching in disbelief as Gluttony let forth another burst, sucking in a huge clump of trees rather close to where we were.

"His manner of speech has changed..." Ling added.

"How do we catch it?" Al asked, and I blinked at the small panda that rest atop his head.

"Al, why the hell do you have a panda on your head?" I questioned and Al looked as sheepish as a hunk of metal could be.

"It's kind of a long story..."

"If only it could at least return to its previous calm form..." Al murmured.

"Won't he calm down if he sucks the Colonel into his stomach?"

"That's a good idea Ling."

"I second that."

Suddenly there was a loud cry and a burst of air came hurtling towards us as we leapt from our hiding spot and began to run for our lives, dodging Gluttony's attempts at sucking us into the dark abyss that was his stomach.

"JUST WHERE IS ALL THE STUFF HE SUCKS UP GOING, ANYWAY?" Edward exclaimed, looking utterly baffled.

"How should I know?" Ling answered furiously, looking equally shocked/baffled/confused, "Aren't homunculi a component of alchemy?"

"Ahh, jeez, this is getting us nowhere!" Alphonse groaned and I snorted.

"You think?"

Ling's head suddenly whipped around and the panda beside Al tensed up. Feeling the hairs on the back of my neck begin to tingle, I followed the panda's gaze and blinked.

"Is that a horse?" I questioned, jaw dropping as I surveyed the dark creature watching us in return, its eyes gleaming darkly as mist trailed from its nostrils and it flicked its tail.

"Stop, Gluttony." It spoke.

...

"WHAT THE HELL?" I exclaimed, eyes widening, "Did that horse just talk?"

"It talked?" Ling echoed, looking shocked and I cast him an annoyed glance.

"Did I not just say that?"

"You..." The horse began as suddenly its mouth formed into a large smirk and my eyes widened further, "You're from before...!"

I stared, unable to say anything as red electricity a little different than Alacrity's began to crackle around the horse as its mane grew more spiked and singled out, its hooves began to change to hands and its head turned into a face.

What.

The.

Hell.

"Hey... It's been a while Fullmetal Pipsqueak." The figure said finally, fully transforming from his (I assumed it was a he) previous equestrian shape.

The stranger stood up, clad in what looked like a black skort, a black top that showed his belly and lower abdomen. He had dark, violet purple like eyes that upon first glance, caused a massive pain to blossom in the back of my head before settling down.

"...Since when did palm trees talk?" I said finally, looking wide-eyed at the person before me.

"Who..." Edward began, charging towards the stranger whom blinked at Ed in confusion, "Did...You..."

"Ed –" I began but was soon cut off and caught by surprise as Edward slammed his foot towards the stranger, who ducked with a equally surprised look on his as Ed's foot made contact with the tree with a loud thwack.

"CALL A MINIATURE PLANKTON-FLEA SIZED-ITTY BITTY LITTLE PIPSQUEAK?" Ed shouted, a severely pissed off look on his face.

"Wait! I'm not planning on fighting you pip – " The stranger began, but was soon cut off.

"That's five!" Edward shouted, swinging his fist up and the figure paled, dodging to the side as he stared at Ed, clearly freaked out.

"Wha... wha... What's your problem!"

"Twice just now!" Edward shouted, clenching his fists. "And three times in the fifth laboratory! You called me pipsqueak! Don't tell me you don't remember?"

"Such a good memory..." The stranger stated, sweat dropping as he stared at Edward with obvious amazement.

"I'm so glad I found you here today Envy..." Edward smirked evilly, a sinister look over coming his face as what looked to be a forked tongue slipped out of his mouth and flames began to flicker behind him.

"..Monster..." Both Ling and I echoed, staring in shock at Ed.

Ed clapped his hands against a tree, which turned into a log and swung at a fast pace toward this newly dubbed Envy, who blinked in bewilderment before dodging off to the side.

"Don't provoke him, brother!" Al shouted.

"I think it's a bit too late for that..." I muttered, sweat dropping as Edward panted heavily, struggling against Al's grip.

"Impulsive kid..." Envy grunted, skidding to a halt beside Gluttony.

"Mustang! Lust's enemy! Eat! Eat! Eat him!" Gluttony raged and Envy looked at him in bewilderment.

"Ah? He's not here. Didn't he run away already? And anyways, you can't eat the Colonel." Envy chided.

"Why... Lust... He killed Lust... And he'll try to kill Alacrity too!" Gluttony whined and my ears perked up at the familiar name.

"Where is Alacrity?" I asked, narrowing my eyes, "I'd have expected her to show up..."

"Who's that talking?" Envy asked, looking around with a raised eyebrow, "Oh, wait, could it be that ghost girl the old man was talking about? The one who used to own Zeal –"

"Alacrity." Gluttony corrected.

"Whatever, that girl should just stick with the name she's given." Envy sighed, clear annoyance flickering across his face.

"What do you know about me?" I asked, eye narrowed at the mention of knowledge about me.

"Oh, we know a lot." Envy smirked, "Probably more than you know yourself."

Envy's gaze traveled over to where Ling stood and his eyes narrowed. "Hmph, you again squinty-eyes."

"Hi." Ling said casually, smiling cheekily, "Come to capture me?"

"Who would want to capture you...?" I muttered.

"Not today. I'm just here to get him." Envy said simply, patting Gluttony's head and resting an arm on him. "...But if we don't get rid of you... Gluttony! You can't eat the Flame Alchemist, the Elric brothers, or the ghost, but you can eat that squinty eyed guy there."

Ling blinked as Envy continued on.

"Hungry? Swallow him whole!"

"I wouldn't mind it if he ate Ling either..." I began, putting a finger to my chin in thought.

"Ghosty!"

"Got it? Do not eat the Elrics and this Ghosty. Squinty there is the only edible one."

"Rawr!" Gluttony growled and Edward smirked, his eyes dancing with mischief.

"Oh? Things are looking better. Seems like they're not going after us right now."

"And Gluttony has calmed down somewhat." Al added.

"...I see." Ling said, licking his lips as he pulled his sword out.

Edward slammed his hands towards the ground, causing a wall to appear and form a rift, separating Envy and Gluttony.

"You take care of that one!" Ed shouted from the other side of the wall, and I watched as Ling charged towards Envy.

Envy let out a grunt as he transformed his hand into a scythe like blade and moved to dodge a jab from Ling with his sword, his face fully intent on landing a hit.

I made a move to launch forward and aim a kick towards Envy's face when a nerve racking shot of pain hit my head, causing me to falter and halt mid-step, hands gripping my head as the pain began to resound.

"Do you belong in this fight? I mean, is there anything you can do? You're practically dead, your attacks would just sail right through and leave no damage, maybe you can materialize yourself to some extent, but how long would that last until you got tired?" The voice asked, not halting a second and giving me a chance to reply as it swept on.

"You're useless. There's nothing you can do."

"There's plenty!" I shouted out loud, feeling a frantic sort of feeling burst through me, "I can do something!"

"Like sit back and watch the Prince do all the work?"

"Bastard, no wonder you can take on King Bradley!" Envy snarled, dodging several blows from Ling.

"Thank you." Ling replied, "You, are nothing compared to him!" His sword landed a hit, cutting into his side, but Envy smirked and I struggled to keep focus as the pain grew into a more frantic beat, as if trying to cause me as much pain as possible.

One of Envy's arms wrapped around Ling's neck and arm, Ling gave a grunt of pain as the grip tightened and I felt a flicker of anger well up, slowly beginning to burn brighter.

"Gotcha'." Envy smirked.

"I see, letting me be cut right through you..." Ling ground out, one hand trying in vain to yank Envy's arm off of his neck.

"Because I know I can't fight you the normal way. How was that? Not something humans can do, eh?"

Ling looked on wide-eyed as Envy's arm began to transform into a rather deadly looking snake. And Envy smirked, eyes glinting maliciously.

"So...would you like to be strangled? Bitten on the neck? Or chopped to pieces?" he questioned, licking his lips as his grip on Ling tightened, forcing him to drop his sword.

"I...think I'd rather be..." Ling began, and I noticed his leg move in a swift motion, causing a cloud of dirt to fly into Envy's face.

"There is something I can do!" I shouted finally, focusing on the burning anger and using it to overpower the pain as I launched myself forward, a fist slamming into Envy's abdomen.

"Sorry, Palm-Tree-Head." I smirked, "But I'm the only one that can make death threats at this idiot."

"I wouldn't get so cocky yet girly." Envy smirked, looking down at me and I blinked.

It was as if he could see me...

My eyes widened as suddenly a painful jolt of electricity shot through my veins, making whatever it was that was occupying my systems alight on fire and cause a searing pain to burn throughout me. It was much different from the little click I had felt when I had touched Edward and Alphonse, this one seeming as if it were burning me from the inside out.

I let out a pained cry and fell to the ground, gripping myself tightly as spasms rocked my body. Red electricity crackling up and down.

"Seems like you and Philosopher stones don't mix." Envy grinned, though that grin was quickly wiped off of his face.

Ling charged forward, a look of anger on his face as he pulled Envy's sword arm towards his other hand, slicing off the appendage that kept him strangled. He grabbed his sword from the ground and sliced it across Envy, blood spraying out and covering the floor.

"Bastard...!" Envy grunted, staggering backwards.

"Dirt in my eyes... stupid little tricks like these..."

I felt Ling shift above me, casting a shadow to signify that he had moved in front of me in what appeared to be a protective stance as he faced Envy.

"See? You can't do anything~"

"People have been trying to assassinate me since I was little." Ling began, "So I had to learn a few tricks."

"To bad no one ever actually got the chance to kill you." I chuckled and Ling looked at me aghast.

"Ghosty! Why are you so mean to me! I thought you cared~" He whined.

"Exactly." I groaned, sitting up. "You thought."

"How about it?" Ling began again, turning his attention away from me, "What you said. If you surrender, we won't harm you. We just need information on the Philosopher's Stone."

"Trash..." Envy growled, anger and distaste lacing his voice. "Don't you weakling's start gloating yet!"

"Don't underestimate humans." Ling growled back just as fiercely, "Homunculus."

There was a loud crash and both Ling and I turned around to see Al and Ed come crashing through the wall formed by alchemy.

"Hey, don't get in the way..." Ling began and I turned around, shoving him to the side as Envy came barreling past, not without lost as Ling drew his sword up, slicing of one of his legs.

Envy let out a cry of pain, falling to the floor as ling towered over him, sword ready to plunge down. I narrowed my eyes as Envy smirked, and his face transformed into Lan Fan's her eyes wide and shocked.

Ling stiffened in shock and I growled, dodging around to land a kick in Envy's face, using him for leverage.

"You would attack your own comrade!" Envy sputtered, clearly surprised and I smirked, launching myself forward to tackle Ling out of the way from Gluttony's range.

"I would never hesitate to land a kick at Fanny!" I shouted, though the breath was knocked out from me as Edward tackled into Ling as well, attempting to pull him out of the way.

My eyes widened as time seemed to slow down, Envy grabbed onto Ed's foot and there was a loud boom as I felt myself being sucked into gosh-knows-what.

I felt darkness and the rush of air flow past me. Everything seemed to turn pitch black as suddenly liquid surrounded me, some phasing through while other parts clung to my skin, making me feel gunky and overall nasty.

Shivering, I blinked my eyes and sat up, looking around in confusion and shock as I gazed at what lay before me.

Bits and pieces of things you couldn't even think would be around sat on the most random of positions. Bits of metal, scraps of cars, a huge chunk of what looked to be part of a building, flickers of fire, and last but not least, the one thing you always need to have to make every creepy ass scene complete.

Human remains.

Lovely.

I groaned and struggled to stand up, the red, murky liquid sloshing around me as I stood and surveyed the area around me. What was going on and the past events finally making their way to my brain and allowing me to register that I shouldn't be alone down here.

"Edward!" I shouted, cupping my hands around my mouth as I swung around, "Idiot Prince!"

"I'm offended that you would call Edward's name before my own, and even more so that you would call me an idiot while his name is perfectly fine!" A voice stated glumly.

Swinging around my eyes zeroed in on a figure walking towards me. I squinted a bit and felt a small rush of relief when I made out Ling, holding a makeshift torch in his hand.

"Yeah, yeah, your feelings are hurt, whatever." I rolled my eyes and shrugged, waiting until he came closer and then returning to looking out at the vast nothingness that lay before me.

"So, where are we exactly?" I questioned, hearing my voice echo around me with a slight chill.

"Inside Gluttony's stomach I presume." Ling answered, holding his torch up to brighten up the area a bit, "You can tell by the bits and pieces here and there, this must be where it all goes."

"Wonderful." I sighed, running a hand through my hair, "We should probably go look for Ed now..."

"But before that..." Ling began, walking so that he was directly in front of me and peering at me closely. "I must know Ghosty..."

"What?" I asked, narrowing my eyes in suspicion.

"Earlier, when you said that you needed me to find your body, why not just go with Edward and Alphonse like you said you would probably do? You don't need me if you have them." Ling said, cocking his head and I froze.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot." I answered hastily, narrowing my eyes to try to cover up my mistake, "thanks for reminding me, now I don't care if you die."

"You're a terrible liar, Ghosty." Ling said simply, cocking an eyebrow at me as if to ask 'seriously?'

"Am not." I answered defensively, crossing my arms and huffing as I looked away, I muttered something incoherent and Ling's face perked up.

"What was that?"

I muttered something once more and the corner of Ling's mouth twitched upwards.

"Did you say you care about me? Perhaps you return my feelings?"

"Hell no!" I shouted, looking horrified, "I don't care about you. And what feelings? Since when did you have 'feelings' for me? Last time I checked, I was a source to immortality, and plus, we're business partners, nothing more, probably something less."

"Then why," Ling began, looking smug though a tad bit put off by my later comment, "Did you decide to stick with me and not run off with Ed and Al? Not that I would have let you of course." He added on a later note and my eye twitched.

"Because." I began, feeling my cheeks heat up as I turned to look away, "I made a deal with you."

"You help me find immortality, and I help you find your body, and closure if necessary." Ling repeated, nodding his head, "So?"

"So." I began, my cheeks flushed. "It was a deal."

"What's the big deal about it being a deal?" Ling questioned and gave an aggravated sigh, turning around to look him fully in the eye.

"The big deal, is that I'm the kind of person that keeps my word, okay? If I make a deal with someone, I'll follow through." I snapped and Ling blinked, looking rather disappointed.

"So you only want me alive so you can finish you're deal?"

"Yes." I nodded.

"...Damn..." Ling cursed, looking away with annoyance, "And here I thought I had finally gotten you to at care somewhat about me."

"Fat chance." I snorted, rolling my eyes.

"I'm the kind of person that keeps my word, that's it."

"Bingo."

A jolt of electricity went through me and my vision began to fuzz, I felt myself sway a bit and staggered, bringing my hands up to clutch at my head as I heard the voice give a small tut of praise.

"Congratulations! You've answered the question right!"

"Wha...?" I began, my eyelids drooping as I felt my knees shake.

"Ghosty?" I heard Ling cry, though my vision began to grow harder and more clogged up as well. "Ghosty!"

My legs buckled out from under me as the world began to spin before I felt myself hit the ground with a splash.

And then everything went black.

---

Omake: If Six-Year-old Ling met a Six-Year-old Ghosty

Ghosty sighed, resting her hand against her slightly chubby cheek as she leaned against the tree that cast a large, cool shade across the tiny playground crowded with several other toddlers.

Her apple red eyes looked on with boredom, watching as Envy and Edward fought over a small red ball. Alphonse petting a kitten, and Lust sitting around in equal boredom as she watched her younger brother Gluttony chow down on several food items.

She let loose another sigh and slumped down to the ground, sitting cross legged as she yawned, rubbing her eyes and blinking sleepily, maybe she would take a nap.

"Hiya!" A voice said excitedly, a little squeak in there voice and Ghosty opened one eye, looking up and raising an eyebrow at the boy that stood before her.

He had long black hair tied back into a pony tail with a bright white ribbon; he wore loose fitting yellow over shirt with no inside shirt, and loose white pants. A black fringe spiked up from the top of his head, but the most notable thing to Ghosty was...

"Why are your eyes so squinty?" She commented, feeling slightly annoyed that this boy had the boldness to ruin her moment of peace.

"Hey!" He pouted, looking offended, "I'm sensitive about my eyes, that's not nice."

"No one ever told me to be nice to strangers." She snorted, crossing her arms and tilting her head slightly diagonal and lifting her chin up a bit in the kind of challenging pose her mom got when she argued with dad. "And what do you want? I was just about to take a nap..."

"Wanna play?" He asked, a bright smile on his face and Ghosty arched an eyebrow further.

"Huh?"

"Do you want to play with me? You could choose the game!" He continued, looking like an eager puppy, "Pretty please?"

"No thanks." Ghosty said, attempting to be at least a little polite, "I have much better things to do then hang around with a stranger."

"Like what?" The boy challenged, crossing his arms with a huff, "And my name's Ling! Now you tell me yours!"

"...Ghosty." She answered after a moment and then yawned once more. "Now leave me alone."

"What? Common' one game won't kill you!" He pleaded, pouting and giving her what looked to be the puppy dog face.

Ghosty flinched, not at all liking that the power of the puppy dog eyes were directed solely on her and she shakily stood up, attempting to inch away.

"I think it would." She answered swiftly, moving to the side, prepared to make her getaway, "Now if you'll excuse me –"

"Please!" Ling cried, tackling her to the ground and latching himself onto her waist, "Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please –"

"No!" Ghosty shouted, shoving him off of her as she broke off at a sprint, her tiny legs propelling her as far away from the little boy as she climbed on top of some rainbow bars.

Looking around, she let out a breath of relief at no sight of the little boy.

"Wow! You climb fast." A voice complemented beside her and she let out a screech, nearly toppling off of the bars as the little boy grinned, sliding up closer to her. "But I climb faster!"

"Get away from me!" She shouted, leaping off of the bars and breaking off at a sprint and climbing onto the play set, eyes darting around as she looked for any sign of spiky black hair.

"You wanna play tag then?" He asked, his head popping down in front of her face and she let out another screech, stumbling backwards as she whipped around and slid down the slide, bolting past a now grumpy Ed and Envy as they glared at Winry who held the ball out of their reach.

Ghosty ran over the top of a hill, looking back her eyes widened when she saw Ling running after her, fast on her heels.

"Hey! No need to run away! I won't bite!" He cried out, arms outstretched to grab her and she put on another burst of speed, just barely escaping his grasp.

Why am I being chased by some weirdo? Ghosty thought to herself.

Ling, on the other hand. Was beyond confused as to why on earth the girl with pretty hair and eyes kept running away from him! He just wanted to play, but she kept running away! Maybe she was shy? He pondered, tilting his head as he paused in his chasing to think about it.

Yeah! That was probably it! She was shy! SO he needed to show her that he was a nice guy and then they would become the best of friends and he could tell her what to do like with his friend Lan Fan!

Ling grinned to himself at the thought and looked around, spotting the bright ginger hair behind a clump of bushes.

Ghosty let out a breath of relief, now, without a doubt, sure that the creepy little boy was gone.

She turned around to climb out when her head bumped into something hard. Wincing she looked up and her red orbs met strikingly dark ones and she blinked.

"HOLY COOKIES!" She exclaimed, rushing out of the bushes and bolting over to a tree, in which she climbed up frantically in an attempt to escape the little boy.

"Hey!" Ling cried, running over and peering up at Ghosty from the high tree. "You shouldn't climb so high!"

"Anything to get away from you!" She exclaimed, climbing onto a narrow branch that extended a bit further, 'Why won't you leave me alone!"

"It's okay if you're shy!" The little boy coaxed, "I have a friend who's a bit shy to! But we're the best of friends! I don't mind that you're shy! SO come down and play with me!"

"Shy?" Ghosty repeated aloud, looking bewildered, "I'm not shy! You're just creepy!"

"I order you to come down this instant!" Ling said, crossing his arms and stomping his foot as he looked up at the shorter girl, who raised an eyebrow and looked down at him.

"Oh, really?" Ghosty asked, a smirk coming onto her adorable little kid face, "And how are you going to make me?"

"'Cause I said so!" Ling declared, looking slightly miffed that anyone would dare not listen to him, Lan Fan always did! "And since I'm a prince, you have to listen to me as a commoner!"

"My butt!" Ghosty snorted, shaking her head, "Like I care if you're the king of the world! You can't make me and that's that."

"Yeah I can!" Ling cried.

"No you can't!"

"Yeah I can!"

"No you can't!"

"Yeah I can!"

"No you can't!"

"Yeah I can!"

"No you can't!"

"Come down this instant!" Ling declared and Ghosty stuck her tongue out.

"Who's going to make me –" The little girl was cut off as a loud crack echoed throughout the playground. All the children stopped what they were doing and looked up in shock as the branch Ghosty was sitting on began to sway underneath her.

The little girl's eyes widened and before she could leap to the next branch, the branch cracked, sending the little girl plummeting downwards.

She shut her eyes, prepared to feel the impact of the ground colliding with herself and making a Ghosty patty. But instead, she felt something land under her.

Slowly, Ghosty opened her eyes and she stared in shock at the worried black orbs that stared back at her. Looking around, she found herself in the little boy's arms, pulled closely to his chest.

"Are you okay?" Ling asked, helping the girl to her feet and looking her over for injuries, "You didn't get hurt did you?"

"No..." Ghosty said, still shocked by what had just happened, "You saved me..."

"Of course!" Ling exclaimed, looking shocked, "I couldn't just let one of my commoners fall!"

"..I'm going to pretend you didn't say that." Ghosty said, looking down at the ground, she shuffled her foot before looking up at Ling, a soft smile on her face. "But thank you for saving me."

Ling froze. He put a small hand to his chest and blinked as he felt his heart began to beat really fast, his cheeks flushed as he stared at the ginger haired girl's soft smile, and for once, warm eyes that were directed at him.

"Y-y-y-you're w-w-welcome..." He stuttered, his cheeks turning a bright tomato red.

"Well, bye then." Ghosty shrugged, raising an eyebrow at the little boy's odd behavior, "Thanks again."

"W-w-wait!" Ling exclaimed, grabbing the little girl's wrist and looking as intently as a six-year-old could into her eyes. "Marry me!"

"...hah?" Ghosty asked, looking bewildered as Ling's face grew more certain and the boy gripped both her hands in his, holding them between themselves in a romantic like pose.

"Marry me!" He repeated.

"...Marry you?" Ghosty echoed, still looking confused, "What?"

"Yes! Marry me! I've been told that when you really like someone, you marry them! So marry me!" Ling repeated, stepping closer to the girl who suddenly looked extremely freaked out.

"But I don't like you!" Ghosty exclaimed, slipping her hands from his and backing away slowly as Ling continued to follow her. "Plus, we're six!"

"Children are betrothed to each other in my country all the time!" Ling said, continuing to advance on the little girl.

"B-b-but, where the heck did this come from?" Ghosty exclaimed.

"It doesn't matter! All that I know is that I really, really, really, really like you! So marry me!" Ling said.

"Heck no!" Ghosty shouted, breaking of into a sprint, "Leave me alone you weirdo!"

"Marry me!" Ling shouted after the girl, chasing after her with his arms outstretched. "I order you to!"

"You can't order someone to marry you!"

"Yes I can!"

"N you can't!"

"Marry me!"

"No!"

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Holy fudge. This is the longest chapter I've ever written for any of my stories...Marshmallows...

200 Hundred Reviews. TWO-HUNDRED FREAKIN' REVIEWS.

OH. MY. GOSH. I. LOVE. YOU. GUYS. I SWEAR, I AM THE HAPPIEST PERSON ON EARTH RIGHT NOW! (Unless someone just won the lottery...) I really didn't think so many people would like this story, but seeing all these reviews, I'm so happy to know that so many of you guys like it. It's thanks to seeing all those nice reviews that I can keep up and struggle to update as fast as I can for you guys. I swear. You guys are the best. Pats on the back to all of you.

I just got braces. And mah teeth hurt.

HOLY MARSHMALLOWS I'VE GOT A LOT OF REVIEWS TO REPLY TO...

Yyh-ygo-fma: Thanks! Glad you loved it~ Yes, everyone seems to adore our dear Gilbert the Cockblocking cat~ Yup! 'Cause Edward's such a smartypants~ Hello fellow United States citizen! XD I know huh? When will he ever learn~ Nope, Alacrity is, since she has her body... Thanks for the review! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

SmileRen: She's not! So don't thump me! –holds up Ghosty for protection- Cats playing poker... I wish I had them in real life... Does she? Everyone seems to have different opinions about her, but she's need for the plot, so we'll just have to see where she goes...Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Atama Ga Kuru Teru: Pssh, no one can resist the power of the surprise.. ._. Thanks! I loved the Aura in Wonderland special! AND I'M SO GLAD YOU DECIDED NOT TO QUIT, OH MY MALLOWS, THAT STORY IS AMAZING. YOU SHOULD NOT DOUBT IT, I THINK IT'S AWESOME, AND SO DO BUNCHES OF OTHER PEOPLEZ. Yeah, poor Ling and Greed, they get more action together than with Ghosty~ Yeah, I get annoyed with it too, but it's necessary. And at times fun to write cuz it screws with Ghosty...Fluffyness! Trololololol, maybe I do know...YOU'LL NEVER KNOWZ. I WANNA MEET SOMEONE WITH THAT NAME. Pssh, global warming isn't going to kill us, the rabid fan girls suddenly spontaneously combusting upon the sight of their favorite character will. I KNOW RIGHT? THE 24TH? ARE YOU KIDDING MEH? RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS? HOW DID YOUGET A GREEDLING UNIT? –holds phone ready- I need to get one... I don't think she'd die that easily though, we'd probably have to sick Roy on her...XD I get so many hate/love comments about Alacrity, it's amusing to see it switch back and forth XD Thanks! I was worried she wouldn't fit in, but hearing that makes me feel so happy~ :D Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Tailsdoll123:

Ghosty: I appreciate it, I'll be sure to make an appointment as soon as possible.

LAUGH OUT LOUD. SO TRUE. SO TRUE. XD Better than you? That's not possible! You're amazing! Glad you thought so~ Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

LeFay Strent: Aww, you so nice. :3 I love Roy, and Kimblee, though I wish I could Kimblee off more often, I'll try my best in my story! Yes, 'cause we all know Kimblee likes to blow stuff up.

All was peaceful for Roy. He was sitting in his lounge chair, sipping some coffee by a fire that he had lit himself. Letting out a pleased sigh, Roy sunk deeper into the soft cushion of the chair.

Yup. Life was good.

"Mrrow!"

Eyes snapping open, Roy looked over in time to see a night black cat snicker at him before running off, a pair of white gloves in his mouth.

White gloves.

"Hey! Get back here!" Roy shouted, charging after the cat, which let out another cackle.

Could cat's even laugh?

Pushing his thoughts aside, Roy charged after the cat, keeping pace as he made twists and turns, though he stopped all too late as a trash can appeared in his way, causing him to trip, and land into the trash can.

With all of that stinky trash inside.

A pair of white gloves fluttered down and landed on his head. Roy let out a sigh of frustration and glared down at the ground.

All was certainly not peaceful.

There ya go! X3 They are the epitomize of awesomeness. Yup. Major stuff is so about to go down. I laughed at that, I like it. I should go visit Louisiana sometimes and see if it's true. XD Thanks for the review! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Storygirll11: Well, you can have one! –hands a chocolate chip cookie- :D Heh, you may think that now, but let's see what you think when Greed comes into play~ Do you drink lots of tea? JUST KIDDING! STEREO TYPEZ! XD No offense by the way, I couldn't help it, do you guys get that one a lot? Thanks for the review! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

DoctorWhotaliaandtheOlympians: MARSHMALLOWS! :D Oh, and you got Ghosty perfectly in your story! Heck yeah! Prussia all the wayz! Gilbert's actually a black cat... Yup! I know, Alacrity's just a body jacker! XD Thanks for reviewing! – makes Kimblee give you a hug-

WapahaniRaiders: Pfft, you guys all seem to ask what Ghosty's real name is, alas! It won't be revealed for a long time~ -snickers evilly- Thanks! There actually is a story behind the fear, but we'll just have to wait for it to be explained~ Glad you enjoyed it! XD Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Eclipsewings: Y-you mean it? –sparkly eyes- Awwww! I'm touched! When I wrote it, I pictured it. And IT WOULD NOT LEAVE ME FOR A LONG TIME! D: Yup. Riza's just that badass. That poor umbrella gets so abused...poor thing... XD I'm glad you liked it! I can't wait till I get it posted up. I know right? Cats these days... Poker seemed more fitting, because there's no way Gilbert would consist to playing some 'kiddy' game of Go Fish. XD Gee, a lot of your guys' states need some weather management classes! I need her to teach me too. They are aren't they! That's the best comparison I've heard about them! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Chaotic Luna: Did you read it now? XD Thanks! That's so nice to know! :3 Pssh, who doesn't love Ling? Aww, thanks for loving it! I hope you do! You seem so nice! :D Of weird people...have you seen California? We have sixth graders who flash us from buses...-_- LAUGHOUT LOUD. That describes her perfectly~ XD Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Baka Neko: Hah, Option D pretty much rained supreme. ... Each dot represents all my thank yous! :D Heh, another New Yorker, I love California too, it's such a lovable state~ Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Fo-chan (Fate's Obsession) Jaci's Spice: Kimblee indeed! :D ...I CAN PICTURE IT! Mello, mello, mello, mello, mello, MEL-LO! Dude. That sucks. CANDA? I LOVE CANADIANS! :D (Except Justin Bieber...SORRY JB FANS~) I've never been there, but I want to visit it someday. I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL YOU TOLD ME. HOLY MOLAH. Gilbert basks in your love~ I know right? I mean, its one thing to be rejected straight out, but another to be rejected and the person doesn't even know they're doing it! Well, you get one! XD I won't steal it~...Maybe...TROLOLOLOLOL Haha! You fell for it! XD It was actually a joke~ Thanks for the review! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

a simple fan: -sniffles- YOU SO NICE! :D Pfft, he would totally fail.

"Envy! I challenge you to a battle!" Roy Mustang declared, snapping his fingers only to blink as rain began to pour down heavily.

"Sure." Envy smirked, cracking his knuckles as a smirk crossed his face. "You ready?"

"...Mommy..."

X3 Thanks! Yes, he will actually, but it'll take some time, but its coming! I get a lot of mixed comments about her, but she'll definitely be appearing a lot more within the story. Haha, I scared a lot of you guys with that didn't I? XD I was focusing a bit more on the plot this chapter, so I'm not surprised at the lack of humor, sorry! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

LadyKebechet: Thanks! I put him in last time, so I pretty much switch it around. :3 WHAT? GIVE MEH SOME COPIES. I hope you feel better! I'm glad it cheered you up! Seriously? Atama does to, how weird...I WANNA MEET SOMENE NAMED DEJA. Yup! I'm still updating! XD Seriously? What a coincidence! XD Thanks, I'm glad you like it so much~ Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Ilvhstry: A lot of you guys seem to support that, but don't forget! This is LingxOcxGreed! I hope I updated soon enough! I did too, that part just popped into my head and I typed it down, glad to know so many of you guys like it! Another Texan! I have cousins over there too! I do too! I don't think anyone did...XD Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

StoneArmAlchemist: SOOOO CLOSE. But not quite. XD I think I might make that a running gag, it just seems way to easy to set them up~ Yeah, lovable Ghosty, she just doesn't give a hoot. Aww! I'm honored to be your inspiration to start writing again! :D We can all be lazy. I've been there. Perhaps~ Who knew right? XD I should have done that to my mom! She would have been all, "wtf?" XD I do too~ Alacrity has secrets of her own too~ Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Spot'sGalFrom1899: I'M TOUCHED. :D Ah, as much as I would deeply enjoy that, I still need her. Sadly. Who's says greed ain't got the sweets too? XD Black haired males seem to have that affect on people. I'm glad you love the story! Texas? I have cousins over there! :D It'd be cool if you'd meet them, but you wouldn't know it...GKJJSDKFGJSKDJF? Rain is on and off in Cali too, one moment, total sun, and then pourin' rain... Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

shells210: KIMBLEE! :D Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

: Hey! Ish youz! :D Thanks! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Noface: Sure! I hope I updated soon enough~ Haha, a lot of you guys seem to enjoy serious Ling, then again, who doesn't? XD Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

ShafiraHatake: Hurraz indeed. Yup. I just love to torture them like that~ XD When Kimblee's around. Everyone should be scared... Greed? Respect ladies? That'd be a sight to see. Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

animegirl3774: I'm glad you love it! Thanks! I hope this updated soon enough for you! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Sayonara Yasashii Akumu: Really? Thanks! Georgia sounds like she needs to take a lesson in weather management. XD Thanks! I'm really glad you enjoyed it so much! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

LadyxAbsinthe: Whenever I type your name, I think (Ladyx abs in the...) XD I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

WorldOfMagic711: Thanks! It seems so, but I won't forget my additions of humor! Could be Greed, but I'm not letting anything spill! –seals lips- Aren't most of the stereotypes about if you have Kentucky fried chicken there? I wished it snowed so easily in California, we have to drive up to the mountains for that, but I think I can live without the tornadoes... BUT BE PROUD. Kentucky's pretty cool, I really want to visit it sometime! :D Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

DeadRedTank: AWWWZ, YOU SO NICE. Really? The bonus chapters seem to be a main selling point. XD That's so nice of you to say! :D Thanks, I like Ghosty because she defers from my usual line, I like her spunkiness, and yes, I may have added a pinch of tsundere in there~ I've seen so many chimeras, and I like those stories too, but it seemed a bit played out. And then this plot hits me! I'm overjoyed that you enjoy my story so much! This review made my heart swell with pride! Thanks! Cool! Wyoming sounds just like another California weatherwise...XD –hands original Greed- There yah go~ Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Anime1hime: I know right? Those cats totally pwn. I hope this came out soon enough for you! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

An Echo In Time: Dude, your name would make an epic story title...0-0 I know, it's like those thousand pieced puzzles that make you stare at all the little bits and want to curse. I'm so selfish~ XD Could Déjà be her mom? You'll never know! Well, maybe eventually, but not for now~ Thanks for the review! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

kmgd14: They're just awesome like that. Hah, that part made me laugh to. Hey! My mom has a friend in Florida; do you guys have a lot of alligators/crocodiles like they usually say? I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks! Thanks for the review! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

angelbeets: I can't wait either! Maybe she will, maybe she won't~ XD New York, the big apple...makes me hungry...XD Thanks for the review! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

Lizzie the Badger: Congrats! Thanks for making me hit the two-hundreds! :D I'm glad that you think so highly of it! Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

charmingkitty: Thanks! XD Haha, not anytime soon that's for sure! :3 I do wonder how she'll react, I guess we'll see when the time comes! I'm glad it made you laugh so much~ Thanks for reviewing! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

PreuBen: AWESOME PROFILE PIC. Ahah, I would hate it if I had to do that and just leave this story on a hiatus, gosh forbid it! D: Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad you enjoyed the story! –makes Kimblee give you a hug-

WTF? FOURTY TWO PAGES? MEIN GOTT. THIS IS SERIOUSLY THE LONGEST CHAPTER I'VE EVER WRITTEN.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TWO HUNDRED REVIEWS, ALL I CAN ASK NOW IS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO REVIEW! Review and I shall give you ice cream. :3

Marshmellow-

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