TWO WEEKS LATER…

"How is it that hard! It's just a Wind Barrier back lashed!" Erika yelled.

"It's a lot harder then it looks Air head!" Ed yelled back.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Winry sighed as she watched the two bicker again for about the fiftieth time that day. She rested her head on the palms of her hands as she looked through the window. Amy tapped her shoulder and she turned to her. "How long have they been practicing?" Winry asked.

"About three days." Amy sighed as looking at her sister karate chopping Edward in the head. "They've mastered Air Control, now they're working on Wind Attacks. But I don't think Ed's gonna get it any time soon."

Winry looked out the window again as Amy left to snap some sense back into her sibling, Al following behind planning to do the same thing.

"This is the longest our boys stayed." Pinako said.

"Tow weeks right?" Winry asked.

"Yep. Maybe this girl is good for Edward. She seems to be able to deal with him fine." Pinako said drawing in smoke from her pipe.

"Good for him huh?" Winry said as she turned her gaze back at the two alchemists.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

"Let's try it again." Erika said as she clapped her hands. She departed them slowly as a ball of gray Air formed in her hands. "You ready?" Erika called over the roaring of the wind.

"Just shut up and throw it already!" Ed called back putting his arms in the X shape drawing the wind barrier up again.

"Here it comes!" Erika shouted as she threw the ball of Air at the golden barrier.

Ed braced for the rush of air to hit his Wind barrier. It connected with the golden shield and alchemic sparks flew from the contact. Erika looked at him hoping he could pull it off. Ed clapped his hands and the alchemic sparks flew forward. Unfortunately, the barrier lost control and broke causing the Air ball to be flying towards him. Ed ducked just in time as the ball of gray Air dissipated into thin air. Ironic right?

"Idiot! I said are you ready!" Erika shouted running over to Ed who jumped up from the ground.

"I was Air head!" Ed shouted.

"Pea brain!"

"Hot head!"

"Shrimp!"

They both growled as their noses were touching. Edward's golden glare was met with Erika's sapphire one and sparks flew from the contact. They drew back and sighed while crossing their arms over their chest. Amy came soon after breaking the feud up.

"Now, now. It's not that bad." Amy said. "With some more practice I'm sure-"

"We've been practicing for two weeks Amy!" Erika and Ed shouted in unison.

"For an entire two weeks we've been practicing Air and he only progresses after three days of training in one field! I don't know what I'm doing wrong!" Erika shouted in aggravation.

"Have you considered that brother's just stressed and worn out from Air?" Al suggested. Erika looked at him and blinked her eyes.

"How can you be stressed over Air?" Erika asked.

"Well, Ames told me about how you should always be calm while performing Air." Al said. Erika lifted an eyebrow.

"Ames eh? Seems like some people got close over these two weeks." Erika teased smirking at her little sister's massive blushing.

"Sister!" Amy complained and then grabbed Ed by the arm. "That's not the point. The point is that Edward is worn out from all this training."

Erika thought it over. She looked at Ed who was standing there with his arms crossed over his chest yelling at Amy on how he isn't an old bag or something like that. She looked at his golden eyes and found them not as bright and full of energy like how they always were and by the looks of it his muscles were aching by how he isn't running around as much as he would. Erika ran over and karate chopped him in the head.

"Idiot! If you were tired you should of said so!" Erika shouted.

"Who you calling an idiot!" Ed shouted.

"You because any normal person would have told their friend that they were worn out and needed a break!" Erika shouted. "You just kept on going like nothing was wrong! How reckless can you get!" Ed looked at her for saying the word friend. Not once had she called herself his friend.

"Reckless? How was this reckless?" Ed asked truly confused. Erika shut her mouth and started blushing. Amy was first to smirk as she and Alphonse tip toed away to let them have their little moment.

"It was reckless because you could have really hurt yourself by not letting your body rest. Learn to take a break once in a while." Erika replied with a small tint of pink on her cheeks as she crossed her arms over her chest so he wouldn't notice her flustered expression. "If you needed a break, go right ahead and take one. It's not like I'm forcing you to constantly train…am I?"

Ed looked at his partner and tried to figure out her expression. Was she concerned about me? Ed looked her over and saw that glint in her eyes that was showed when he was in pain due to reconnecting the nerves on his automail. He ran his hand through his bangs as he smiled. He shrugged.

"Okay, fine. I'll take a break." Ed said in which made Erika look up. He smiled some more after seeing the glint of guilt taken away from her sapphire orbs.

"What made you change your mind?" Erika asked.

"A certain person worrying about me." Ed said with a smirk at her massive blushing.

"I was not worried you mini sized bean!" Erika shouted to try and cover up her embarrassment. Ed shrugged and started to walk off down the hill. "Think again because I was not pea brain!"

"Whatever!" Ed called over his shoulder as he put his hands behind his head.

Erika stopped her rant and then smiled softly. "The shrimp never learns does he?"

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"I'm done!" Erika announced happily as she emerged from the kitchen carrying an apple pie in her hands.

"You seem to be happy sis." Amy said sitting down at the table.

"Well what do you expect!" Erika said as she stood in the door frame. Her eyes sparkled over with joy as she took a sniff of the apple pie. "I was dieing not being able to try this sooner! The recipe is so simple yet the apple pie itself tastes like it's complicated!"

"Can we taste it?" Pinako asked.

"Well, of course!" Erika said as she cut the pie and served everyone a slice. Everyone took a bite and smiled.

"This is really good Erika." Pinako said.

"Yeah sis! I think this was one of the best you've made!" Amy said eating more of the pie.

"You think so?" Erika asked taking a bite herself. She smiled.

"It's that good?" Al asked. Amy nodded. "Then in that case I'm going to put it on my list of things I want to eat once I get my body back!" Al said writing something in a journal.

"That's sweet of you Alphonse." Erika said with a bright smile on her face. She looked around. "Where's Winry?"

"Oh she's working on some new automail designs." Pinako said.

"I'll go bring some to her." Erika said getting a plate with a slice of apple pie on it.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Trisha Elric

Ed stared at the headstone for a while. He smiled. He bent down to put down his white roses to find a bouquet of cherry blossoms on the grave already. Ed raised an eyebrow and bent down to look at the pink blossoms. There was a tag connected on it with an elegant scrawling on the surface. Ed couldn't help his curiosity and bent down to look at the writing that was on it.

Dear Mrs. Elric,

Your sons are in good care Mrs. Elric. Please don't worry. My name is Erika and my younger sister is Amy. We're watching over them. Your sons are okay, reckless, but okay.

Signed, Erika Violet Evans

Ed looked at the card in awe. She had actually visited his mother to tell her that they were okay. He smiled and turned the card over. It had some more writing on it.

P.S: He is still short. Must I address him?

Ed grew an anger mark. "EVEN WHEN SHE'S TRYING TO BE CONSIDERATE SHE STILL CALLS ME SHORT!"

BN: Oh, Edward. She'll still call you short to the very end. Well, this in dedication to all my readers and reviewers out there. I would like to thank my first reviewers sakura2112 and cutekitty000 you guys are the ones who got me going when i thought no one was reading. I would like to thank The Miracle Angel and Ed'.Kitten for lifting me up once i had thought no one would review. I would like animelover411 for telling me that i was funny in my writing. I would like to thank Rose527 for looking forward to my idea of Erika/Ed pair. And I would also like to thank KuramaEnzanBlues for your exessive reviews and keeping me on my Fullmetal roll. Thank you, all of you!

PS: I am still not ending it! It's going to keep on going. This is officially my longest story ever! And probably the one I enjoy writing the most