Me: Update! Also…I've decided to keep it!
Kono omoi wo keshite shimau niwa mada jinsei nagai desho? (I still have too long a life ahead to get rid of these feelings, right?)
(The seven Chaos Emeralds floated around a PeT with an Alchemy seal drawn upon it. Lan and Megaman appeared before it, walking past one another. The screen glowed before showing a Blue Eyes firing a Burst Stream of Destruction)
Yarinokoshite'ru koto yarinaoshite mitai kara (I want try doing over the things I've left undone)
(The beam turned into powerful flames before zooming out to see Lan, Megaman, Sonia, Arthur, Fong, Rabbit Yuck, Ace, Ed, and Al standing before a building in flames. The Japanese Caricature for 'Cybernetic Blue Blur: Four Years' appeared with a fusion of the SEGA Sonic Symbol and the Hikari symbol behind it. It zoomed out even further to reveal it was nighttime. The screen went into the air as numerous blue lightning bolts rained down.)
Yume no tsuzuki oikakete ita hazu na no ni (I thought I was running after something carried over from my dreams)
(The scene changed to Ed approaching the camera with a heavy wind blowing in a field of wheat, preparing to perform Alchemy. It changed to Human Yuck and Ace looking up at the camera from an alley.)
Magarakunetta hosoi michi hito ni tsumazuku (Yet I'm stumbling into people on this narrow, winding road)
(It changed to Sonia and Arthur staring up at the moons and stars with Sonia seeing Geo in the moon. It changed to show Sonia's tearing face.)
Ano koro mitai ni tte modoritai wake ja nai no (It's not like I want to go back to the way things were back then)
(The scene changed to the group all sleeping with one another under the star with Ed's belly hanging out and Lan drooling on Yuck. It changed to a slide-up of Al lying on the grass in the daytime. It changed to his POV as he looked at his left hand, reaching up to the sky and then changed to a far view of him standing in a field of flowers)
Nakushite kita sora wo sagashite'ru wakatte kuremasu you ni (I'm just searching for the sky I've been losing Here's hoping you'll understand)
(The scene changed to show a revolving zoom-in of Lan before stopping at the side of his face, turning it into an outline as the missing Smashers and Assists were shown in the background with various shaded Smashers yet to be taken.)
Gisei ni natta you na kanashii kao wa yamete yo (Stop making that sad face as though you were a victim)
(The scene changed to a younger Ed standing before his old home on a cloudy day before it zoomed out as blue lightning disintegrated his right arm and left leg.
Tsumi no saigo wa namida ja nai yo, zutto kurushiku seotte'ku n da (Sins don't end with tears, you have to carry the pain forever)
(It changed to a young Alphonse on the street around sunset/sunrise before zooming out as the blue lighting took away his body and clothes completely.)
Deguchi mienai kanjou meiro ni dare wo matte'ru no? (Who am I waiting for, in this maze of emotions with no way out of sight?)
(It changed to Lan in front of the Rockbell home where the blue lightning turned his left arm into his new Automail before he engaged Dragon Claws and dashed at the screen. It changed to Clockman in a dark background followed by a slide-up of Phantom Dark, then Protoman AB, followed by Juvia and Dark-Slayer, before ending with Chaud and Akainu smirking sinisterly in the red and black sky.)
Shiroi nooto ni tsuzutta you ni motto sunao ni hakidashitai yo
nani kara nogaretai n da…genjitsu tte yatsu? (I want to purge myself more simply, as if writing in a blank notebook What is it I want to escape from?…is it reality? )
(The scene changed to Ace firing his Hiken with Acid Ace shooting his blaster. It changed to Lyra Note flying across the sky with four blue angel wings and firing a barrage of Crystal Beast-colored Shock Notes at the screen before changing to a low angle of Yuck roaring as a wolf-like green Woo-Foo Aura erupted from him)
Kanaeru tame ni ikite'ru n datte Sakebitaku naru yo Kikoete imasu ka? (It makes me want to scream that we're alive for things to come true. Can you hear me?)
(It changed to Lan charging at Dark-Slayer with his left arm transmuted into a sword. It zoomed out to show them fighting on a bridge with Dark-Slayer taking flight over Lan and firing a Yamiryu no Hoko before Lan countered with his Dragon Cannons. Kiryu landed on the bridge with Giganto L, causing it to start collapsing and exploding. The camera changed to behind Lan as Kiryu and Dark-Slayer charged at him in the explosions before he took off on his Dragon Wings.)
Bunan ni nante yatte'rarenai kara…kaeru basho mo nai no (I can't put up with playing it safe…I've got nowhere to go home to.)
(The scene showed Shadow, Bass, Jing, Scar, and Kir all waiting out a rain in a large tree before they stood up with the camera going into a low angle, the sunlight seeping through the leaves. It changed to the Crystal Beasts, three Blue Eyes White Dragons, a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, a Blue Eyes Shining Dragon, the Egyptian Gods, the Wicked Gods, and the Sacred Beasts readying for a large battle aside Stardust Dragon, Black Rose Dragon, Red Daemon's Dragon, and Ancient Fairy Dragon before six giant figures that towered even the nine Gods emerging from the ground.)
Yasashisa niwa itsumo kansha shite'ru Dakara tsuyoku naritai. (I'm always grateful for kindness. That's why I want to grow stronger) [I'm on the way]
(The scene changed to Ed performing Alchemy, forming various spikes in the ground at sunset before it changed to see a violet T-Rex, a giant spider, and a red pterodactyl charging at him while dodging the spikes before a silverback gorilla, a giant rat, and a cheetah joined up with Ed and charged.)
Natsukashiku naru konna itami mo kangei jan (I'll even welcome this pain for the things I miss)
(The scene changed to Maylu with both her arms shading her eyes, making them unable to be viewed as she mouth 'Natsukashiku' before the scene changed to Lan and Ed ripping their Automail arms off and throwing them. The scene changed to see the two Automail before the Master Emerald shatter. It changed to a far-away low angle view of the group watching the sunset with their shadows nearly touching the bottom of the screen)
"So how is he?" Al asked.
"He stopped puking," Maylu replied a she traced a side of Lan's face with two of her fingers.
"Funny…Ed didn't stop until the fifth month, but Lan's stopped on the last day of his first month," Al said before seeing Maylu yawn, "Do you need some sleep?"
"No, no, I'm alright, Al-chan," Maylu replied before another yawn betrayed her words.
"…I see…" Al said, his left hand resting on Lan's right hand by accident, causing Lan's body to tense, "Ah! Is he alright?"
"Yes…I…I think he's having a Dimensional Scream," Maylu replied.
"Dimensional Scream?" Al repeated.
"Yes. Lan can see the past or future of something he touches, but he still can't control it to the point where the accidents don't happen," Maylu explained, "He an even show what he sees by the higher level of it called 'Dimensional Shriek.'"
"I wonder what he's seeing then," Al spoke.
Lan shivered as a crow let out a dark caw before flying off. He stood inside a house he wasn't familiar with. He slowly walked into another room to see Ed, around 11, along with another child that reminded Lan of a brown-haired, soft-bodied Ed, which he guessed was Alphonse. The two stood before a basin filled with various ingredients with various books, tools, and equations in Alchemy were set up all around them with a seal on the floor.
"35 liters of water, 20 kilograms of carbon, 4 liters of ammonia, 1.5 kilograms of caustic lime," Young Ed recited, "800 grams of phosphorus, 250 grams of salt, 100 grams of saltpeter, 80 grams of sulfur, 7.5 grams of fluorine, 5 grams of iron, 3 grams of silicon…"
"Brother…A…Are you sure this is going to work?" Young Al asked nervously.
"Of course! Now all we need is some DNA," Young Ed replied as he made a cut on Young Al's pointer finger and then on his own, both adding their blood to the basin, before both placed their hands on the seal, "Okay…This is it."
"Mm-Hmm."
'What are they doing?' Lan thought.
The seal activated and the blue lightning erupted from it and the basin. Both children grinned in excitement before dark energy began to swirl around it. They started to sweat as they looked around.
"Brother, there's something strange here," Young Al gulped.
The black energy stopped for a second, only for a giant eye to appear in the seal, the basin vanishing and black tendrils roared out of it. Young Al and Lan screamed as Al's left arm was grabbed by the tendrils and shattered.
"Al!" Young Ed exclaimed before his left leg was destroyed by the black tendrils, "It can't be…a Rebound?"
"Brother!"
Lan and Young Ed looked at Young Al and gasped. He was being dragged into the center of the seal with his body slowly being destroyed by the tendrils. He continued to scream 'Brother!' as his body was destroyed. Young Al tried to grab him, but a flash of light erupted around for a few seconds before fading, revealing Young Ed crying in agony as the stub of his left leg gushed out his crimson liquid, the glow of the seal fading.
"Damn! This can't be happening! It wasn't…It wasn't suppose to…Damn it all! It's been taken away! Help! Someone! Mom! Mom…"
Young Ed and Lan slowly looked into the center of the circle and Lan puked once more (Outside his mind, Al and Maylu freaked when they saw Lan's body shoot up, grab the basket, and hurl once more before returning to rest position). The smoke slowly cleared the reveal the charred remains of the basin and…something else. It…it resembled a being…but it had numerous bones erupting form its stomach area, it was twisted in every way imaginable, and it died letting out an agonized cry, lying in a pool of its blood.
"No…This is wrong…This isn't…This isn't what we wanted!" Young Ed shivered, "Al…Alphonse…Alphonse! Alphonse! This is my fault…! Alphonse!"
Lan watched as the nearby armor of what he knew as 'Al' fell over beside Young Ed, the helmet falling off. He continued to curse as he slowly dragged himself over to the armor. He drew a seal of a flame being held in various pentagrams on the inside with his own blood.
"Give him back! He's my brother! Take my leg! Take my arm! Take my heart! You can have it!" Young Ed roared as he pressed his hands together, the blue lightning erupting from them, and pressed them down on the Blood Seal, "So, give him back! He's my only brother!"
Lan gasped as Young Ed passed out after the seal activated. The fresh blood shot out of his now missing right arm. The armor groaned as the helmet suddenly reattached itself to the body. A soft red glow emanated from the sockets as the armor looked around…
Lan shot up, drenched in sweat. He felt something touch his shoulder and turned to see Maylu with a worried face. Beside her was Al, leaning over.
"Are you okay, Lan?" Al asked.
"Al…C-Can I see it?"
"Hm?"
"The seal Ed put on you after you and him failed to transmute your mother," Lan replied with a glare.
Al flinched as Maylu looked at Al in shock. Slowly, Al removed his head. At the end of his neck was a seal. The exact seal Lan saw Ed draw on him.
"So it's true…You…You really tried to bring her back…" Lan panted.
"…It's true…So…So you saw us then? You saw what it was?" Al asked.
"Yeah…Y-You're lucky you weren't there, Alphonse," Lan replied as he shook, letting both his arms hug himself, "It…It wasn't human…It was a monster…a pure monster…"
"Lan-kun…" Maylu whispered before hugging him softly.
"Lan…You got your Automail to respond…" Al paused to snap his fingers, "…Just like that! It took Brother two months before he could even lift it after the puking."
Lan and Maylu paused in the hug. Both looked at Lan's Automail before he gave it a small movement. He tested the wrist and saw it moved like his normal one. He tried a finger and nothing.
"Well…Two out of three isn't bad," Lan chuckled, "Hm? Uh…Al?"
"Yes?"
"Is it good when you see skin on your Automail?"
"Skin?" Maylu repeated before gasping, "Al, wake the others up! I think there's something wrong with the Automail."
"Oh man…Please let it not be another operation…" Lan groaned.
"Dammit…The light's burned out…" Maylu growled as she tried to turn the lights on, "Alphonse-san, hurry it up!"
"Yes, Ms. Maylu!" Al yelped as he ran out.
Al ran into Ed's room and left the door open. He took out an old time telephone in his armor and drew a transmutation circle. He clapped his hands and activated the seal. The device turned into a megaphone. He quickly put it where it would work best and leaned over to Ed's ear.
'I'm dead when I do this…' Al thought before whispering, "…Short…"
Ed's eyes snapped open. He growled as he shot up. His mouth was in perfect alignment with the megaphone and he started to rant.
"Who are you calling so-tiny-that-he-need-not-fear-being-crushed-by-a-boot-because-he-fits-so-easily-between-the-grooves-of-the-sole?" Ed ranted.
"Ed!" Winry roared as she ran in and whacked the poor shrimp with the biggest wrench she had, "It's one in the morning! What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Wait, Winry!" Al yelped, "Something's wrong with Lan! We think there's something wrong with his Automail!"
"What?" Winry and Ed exclaimed.
"Is anyone else awake?" Al asked.
"Yes," the Furious Five, Tai Lung, Megaman, Roll, and Shifu replied as they walked in.
"What about the others?" Ed asked.
"Pinako-sama asked if any of us knew of anything to make you quieter in your bedroom so we put mufflers inside of it. Only those with sensitive hearing can hear you in here," Roll explained.
"Ah…Wait, she what?" Ed exclaimed.
"Okay, Lan, you have anything that can light up the room in your Woo Foo?" Roll asked.
"Oh yeah. Fooluminate!" Lan called.
He rose his right hand in the air before the room was brightened by the glow from his pointer finger. Everyone gasped and took a step back. Megaman took out the mirror once more and let Lan see for himself. His eyes widened in shock as he looked at the Automail. It was sleeker than before with the area where it touched the skin was now engulfing his entire shoulder, the area where it turned to metal hard to define. The Automail had changed colors as well to white with blue strikes on it. Going up from the index finger all the way to where the metal met skin was the outline of a Blue Eyes White Dragon preparing for attack.
"Lan…Wha the hell did you do to my Automail?" Winry demanded.
"How the hell should I know?" Lan demanded as he and Winry glared at each other, lightning crackling between their sights.
"…Hold on. Didn't you say you had something in you before the operation?" Ed asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, the Nanites…" Lan replied, "…The Nanites! Of course!"
"What are nanites?" Al asked.
"Nanites are small electronic beings that live in the bloodstream," Lan explained, "The last world I went to caused my Nanites to evolve and develop an organ that produces more of them. I can talk to them and they talk to me in a way."
"How do they do that?" Winry asked.
"Simple. Dragon Claw: Right Hook," Lan said as his right arm turned into its Dragon Claw Form, startling everyone but Megaman, Maylu, and Roll.
"What the heck is that?" Monkey exclaimed.
"These are the Nanite's ability; they modify my body for me to fight better," Lan replied as his arm turned back to normal, "Plus they take care of my body from illnesses. …Which means that the Nanites…"
"Those Nanites ruined my Automail!" Winry snapped.
"…She's addicted to Automail, isn't she?" Mantis asked.
"Yes. We've been trying to get her to go to an AA Meeting, but no luck," Ed whispered before both received the back end of her wrench.
"What was that, you two?" Winry demanded with a malicious intent in her eyes.
"Uh…N-Nothing, Winry-sama…" the two whimpered.
"Good! Now I have some Nanites to shout at," Winry grinned.
"Oh no you're not," Maylu growled.
"Easy, Maylu-Koishii…" Lan began.
"Lan-kun, I love you, but please let me talk," Maylu interrupted.
"Yes, Ma'am…" Lan gulped.
"It's late and I know you care deeply for the Automail as if they were your children from what your grandmother told me," Maylu said, "So can we please go to bed and then let you shout at Lan-kun for a few hours?"
"…Five hours," Winry bargained.
"Two."
"Three."
"Two."
"Two and fifteen minutes?"
"Deal. Now bed!"
"Yes Ma'am!" nearly all the males yelped as they ran out in fear of the red-haired girl.
"Night, you two," Megaman said as he walked out with Roll.
"Don't do anything we wouldn't do," Roll giggled.
"You two are perverts!" Lan and Maylu exclaimed with heavy blushes.
"And proud of it!" both replied with a laugh.
"Hmm…This is interesting…" Pinako examined with Armstrong and Acid.
"What?" Lan shouted.
"I said this is interesting!" Pinako shouted.
"What? I can't hear you! Winry's ranting this morning blew out my eardrums for a bit!"
"Paper and pen," Armstrong said.
Viper after stumbling a bit, got him the two items. He proceeded to scribble on it before showing it to Lan. He tilted his head.
"I can't read your cursive!"
"Really?" Armstrong tilted his head.
He showed everyone else it. They all sweatdropped at the cursive. It was hard to read…especially since it had Armstrong Sparkles on it. Monkey took the paper and wrote on the other side. He showed it to Lan.
"Ah…Okay!"
"Those Nanites are an interesting thing," Armstrong stated, "He doesn't fall ill easily and they've even fused the Automail to his body."
"…Anyone seen Ed, Lan's old man, and Al?" Yuck asked.
"The hell with it!"
Everyone ran upstairs at the shout and a crash. They opened the door to Ed and Al's room and their eyes widened. Scattered about were various books and papers. Nearby, the original copies that Roll and Megaman brought from Central were on a table nearby in a neat order. Yuchiro, Ed and Al were all on the floor, slumping with occasional shakes from them, Ed and Yuchiro's eyes shaded.
"Did you three get into a fight?" Ace asked as everyone walked inside.
"You can't get desperate, just because you can't crack this," Winry added.
"We did crack it," Al replied, surprising everyone, "We did crack the code."
"Really? That's good, right?" Winry asked, "That means you can make a Philosopher's Stone and get your bodies back!"
"There's nothing good about it, damn it!" Yuchiro cursed.
"He must be serious…Tou-san only curses when he's serious about something…and only when it's bad news," Lan said.
"This is the devil's research, which shouldn't be pursued," Ed said as he covered his upper face with his right hand, "Curse you, Dr. Marcoh."
"What exactly…is it?" Tigress gulped.
"The ingredients for a Philosopher's Stone…are live humans!" Ed replied.
"What's worse, in order to manufacture one Stone, it requires multiple sacrifices," Yuchiro added, the three ignoring the shocked and fear-ridden faces of the others, "How could the military of this world carry out such an inhumane practice?"
"This is unpardonable," Armstrong scowled, "As of now, everyone here is forbidden from talking about this. Ed, Al, you two are to take the next year off of your studies on the Stone. Go out and explore the 'world,' so to speak. I will return to Central and inform everyone of your well-earned break."
"But…"
"Please! Just pretend you never heard any of this," Yuchiro begged.
"…Alright," Lan nodded as Armstrong left with loud goodbyes, "Say, Ed-san, Al-san…"
"What?"
"When I get my fingers moving…Wanna come with us?" Lan asked, "I'll need help on understanding Alchemy and I can't really stay here for much longer. It's kinda too peaceful for me."
"…I guess since we're ow on forced vacation…" Ed replied, "Wait! What do you mean by fingers again?"
"Remember this morning? I can move everything in my Automail except the fingers," Lan explained with a grin, "Seems I'm beating you but good on Recovery Time, huh Ed-ebi?"
"Oh shut it!" Ed snapped before tackling Lan into a fight cloud, "And who the hell are you calling the tiniest-piece-of-shrimp-in-a-giant-vat-of-gumbo-the-size-of-a-thimble?"
"That doesn't make sense at all…" Crane muttered.
"It happens…" Pinako, Winry, and Al sighed.
"Okay. Just come quietly and no one gets hurt, please," Dark-Slayer begged.
"No way!" Marcus growled, "Master Hand told me about you guys! Well let me tell you something; It's Fightin' Time!"
Marcus and Agumon X roared as they charged at the group. Clockman was unlucky since he got knocked out by Marcus's fist to his face. The orange data erupted off his form as he held up his Digivice.
"Digisoul Charge! Overdrive!"
"Agumon X, Warp Shinka! ShineGreymon X!" ShineGreymon X roared as he appeared before slamming his fist into the ground and pulling out a double-edge twin sword, "GeoGreySword!"
"Sugoi! He looks like a dragon!" Dark-Slayer exclaimed with stars in his eyes.
"Let's get them!" Marcus declared.
"Right, boss!"
"Yamiryu no Tekken!" Dark-Slayer roared as he dashed at ShineGreymon X.
The Mega Level Digimon roared as he swung his blades. The two attack collided and caused a small explosion. Dark-Slyer shot out of the smoke and took a deep breath.
"Yamiryu no Hoko!"
"EarthBreaker!"
Dark-Slayer, cancelling his spell, barely dodged the sphere of dark energy as he flew down to the others. Blue lightning roared under them before the ground collapsed. Dark-Slayer shot out of it in Full-Dragon Form with the others on his back before a rain of Chaos Spears assaulted him. An emerald beam ripped out and sent them flying in the distance. Shadow, Jing with Kir transformed, Bass, and Scar appeared via Chaos Control.
"What the hell?" Marcus exclaimed, "Why'd you do that, Shadow, Bass? We had them! And who the hell are these guys?"
"Meet Scar, Jing, and Kir," Shadow introduced, "We're the Assault Team Master Hand created to combat this threat. You are to report to Smash Manor at once, Marcus Daemon and ShineGreymon X."
"But…but…alright…" Marcus growled as he gave up, "Let's go."
"Right, boss."
"Aw man…Too bad it wasn't a cutie…" Kir sighed as the two left via the Smash Scarf.
"There may be some, Kir," Bass said.
"Correct, Team Wipeout; move out," Shadow ordered.
"Okay…Rock…Paper…Scissors!" Maylu, Lan, Ed, and Al called.
Ed and Lan used their Automail limbs for the game. Everyone but Ed and Lan picked scissors while Lan and Ed got rock. Lan grinned as he then began to move all five fingers while still keeping it in a rock-shape.
"Yatta! Finally got it!" Lan cheered.
"Good job, Lan-kun," Maylu giggled before pecking him on the cheek.
"Arigatou, Maylu-Koishii," Lan replied before pulling her in with his Automail and giving her a full lip-lock.
"…Ugh…" Ed groaned as he and Al looked away.
"But they're cute together," Al argued, "She doesn't care about him having Nanites in his body or his arm being Automail or anything. I wonder if I'll get to find anyone like that since you have Winry."
"Shut up now…" Ed growled.
"Yo! We've got all the stuff together!" Alex called as he, Acid Ace and Yuck ran up.
"Good," Lan nodded, "Come on."
"Uh…Wh-Where are we going?" Ed asked.
"You'll see…" Maylu replied.
"Are you kidding me?" Ed exclaimed as everyone stood before the reconstructed birth-home of Ed and Al.
"Nope," Lan replied as he got up from transmuting the materials, "Ace!"
"Yosh! Hiken!"
Ed and Al stared as the house was struck with Ace's flames. Winry gasped as she looked at the others. Lan looked at the three.
"This way, it will be meant for all of us that there's no turning back," Lan explained, "Just like last time when you two set it on fire."
"I…I see…" Ed whispered with a small smile, "Guess you're right. So we're leaving tonight?"
"Nope but we're leaving first thing tomorrow morning after breakfast," Arthur nodded, "We've spent too long here and we need to get these two use to warping around with the Smash Scarf."
"Dammit!" Ed exclaimed.
"What?" Lan asked before seeing Ed's fingers move but not his arm.
"Winry…" Ed growled, "Did you forget a screw again?"
"Uh…Whoops?" Winry giggled nervously.
"Say…Where are Megaman and Roll?" Al asked.
"Two miles away," Yuchiro replied, "I told them this was their only night for sex and that I'd turn Megaman into a female if they did it inside the house."
"…They're loud?"
"Yes…" Yuchiro admitted before seeing Ed snoring on the couch in just a light-blue sleeveless shirt and his white boxers, "Uh, Alphonse?"
"Aw…He fell asleep with his stomach exposed again. Oh well…" Al sighed.
"You act just like his guardian, Al!" Pinako laughed as Winry tucked Ed into the couch with a pillow and blanket.
"I've really had enough…It's a pain to have a high-maintenance brother," Al complained.
"It's hard to tell which one of you is the older one," Winry giggled.
"How old are you two?" Haruka asked.
"I'm 14. Brother's 15."
"It's funny that this 'human weapon' despite being a pipsqueak is the same age as me, Lan, and Maylu," Winry giggled, "And he's sleeping like a baby!"
Upstairs, Lan and Maylu sneezed in bed. The two shrugged before cuddling close once more and fell asleep, Maylu enjoying the touch of the cool metal and the warm skin mixing together. Downstairs, Al laughed and earned a few confused looks.
"What I just said reminded me of the time we went to the Youswell Coalmines," Al explained, "Those miners were being pushed around by their bosses and told us to help them out. Brother didn't want to help them out at all in the beginning."
"I see. Must have called him 'short,' then," Pinako smirked, earning a chuckle from Arthur and Yuchiro.
"But when Brother heard them say 'This is our home and our coffin,' he ended up helping them," Al continued, "He really went overboard."
"Kakaka! I see, it was the 'Our Home' part, eh?" Pinako asked before adopting a soft smile, "The pain of losing something as important as a home to go back to must have really hit you hard."
"Yeah. That's why we're grateful to Granny and Winry for being here for us like a real family," Al replied, "It's just hard for me to say. Same with Brother. But still…The reality is that the house where we were born and raised in doesn't exist anymore. I don't regret burning our house down, but there are times when I really want to cry."
"Really?" Yuchiro asked.
"Yeah. I'd probably break down if I cried once," Al chuckled as he patted his torso, "But I can't cry with this body."
"There's a dummy who doesn't cry even when he has a body he can cry with," Winry giggled as she pointed at Ed, "This dummy…Is really just acting tough."
"Thanks for taking care of us, Granny," Ed bowed as he pulled on his gloves.
"Right."
"Huh, where's Winry-chan?" Al asked as she looked around.
"Still sound asleep since she stayed up the whole night," Haruka replied.
"Want me to wake her?" Pinako asked.
"Nah, it's okay, it's okay. She'd probably blabber on about how to take care of the Automail properly or something like that if she got up and came down here," Ed waved her off.
"Okay! Ready!" Lan called as he and Maylu walked out.
Everyone turned to them. Lan still wore the jacket he got from the Satellite Base they found and sealed, but he had painted the same symbol as on Ed's jacket and Al's armor with the serpent replaced with a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. He wore white gloves like Ed with a cobalt on the ends of them. He wore an orange sleeveless shirt and black pants with blue lines on the sides. The morning sun reflected off his BEWD Medal around his neck along with a second one around Maylu's neck. Maylu also wore a silver ring on her right index finger.
"Nice getup, Lan," Ace said, now wearing an open red and orange jacket with a fireball on the back.
"Thanks," Lan grinned.
"Sis…What's that on your neck and finger?" Alex asked.
"Lan-kun gave them to me," Maylu replied.
"An…Engagement ring?" Haruka gasped.
"Hai," Lan nodded.
"Oh…My little boy's growing up so fast…" Haruka sniffled as she hugged Lan, "Next thing I know, I'll be a grandmother."
"Oi…Let's not get too ahead of ourselves…" Lan and Maylu chuckled/giggled nervously.
"That's sweet. Can't wait for the wedding, you two," a voice said before everyone turned to see a sleepy Winry leaning against the railing on the porch, smiling, "Ed! Al! See you later."
Ed blushed as the ten who were travelling to another world instead of Den Tech City walked off waving with Ed saying, "Yeah!"
"Alex-san...?" Fong pondered.
"Yep?"
"You're coming with us so you won't have to deal with the triplets, aren't you?" Megaman asked.
"Yep! They're devil, I tell you! Devils!" Alex whimpered, "They cheated at a water fight."
"…They used a hose, didn't they?" Lan asked.
"Exactly. They cheated," Alex nodded, earning a laugh from the others, "What?"
Me: And here's another chapter!
