The Blade Alchemist

Winry And Ling

Drake POV

After a few days, I was well enough for travel and deiced to leave for Rush Valley. Ed needed some minor repairs on his arm, and my legs needed new parts. We said our goodbyes to Izumi and Sig, then left for the station. "So Drake and Jess, how does it feel to be getting married soon?" Al asked. We both smiled. "The best thing ever!" we said in unison. We got to the station and Al got out tickets for Rush Valley. Me and Jess were inseparable now, any where she went, I did too. Al came back and gave us our tickets. "The man said the train should be here any minuet now." We waited, and finally the train stopped at the station.

On the train, Jess was sleeping in my lap while Ed slept against the window. Al turned to me. "Hey Drake, can I ask you something?" I looked at him. "Sure. Go ahead."…. "You do know about what happened after you passed out during that fight with Greed, right? About Jess?" I turned to the window. "Yes. I do." Al turned his gaze to the floor. (I didn't see it, but Jess woke up and layed still.) "Even after you knew about her true form, you still loved her. I hate to ask this, but why? Didn't she scare you?" I kept staring out the window. "You have a point, Al. Like most people, I should called our love off after seeing what she is." (Jess began to cry.)

"But...I am NOT those people. Even before I knew her true form, I loved her. You want to know why?" Al just stared at me. "It's because of 'who' she is, not 'what' she is. Her name is Jessica, and she is just a human being. A human being with a great gift. I don't care if she is a damn wolf. Even if somehow she changed forms and couldn't change back, stuck as a 'werewolf', I will still love her. Until the day we die." (Jess cried more, then smiled) "I understand, Drake. I'm sorry I asked. I am really happy for you." I turned to Al and smiled. "Thanks, Al." (Jess fell back asleep, happy)

We arrived in Rush Valley and walked to the store were Winry worked. We came up to the store as Winry was carrying a box out. "Hello there, Winry." She turned to us. "You look like your in a very generous mood today." She smiled. "Hey guys. What are you doing showing up like this?" Me and Ed showed her our broken limbs. Winry glared at us, eyes filled with pure hate, and evil, even Jess was scared. And….cue the wrench. After she clubbed us, we went inside so she could work on the limbs. She pulled my leg off and gave me one of those plastic spares. The she began working on Eds arm.

"So what have you guys been up to? And who is this?" looking at Jess. I chuckled. "Oh, sorry Winry, but its a long story. But uuuuhhh…...to put it simple….she's…." Jess walked forward and took Winrys hand. "My name is Jessica. I'm Drakes fiance." I blushed hard. Winry just stared are her, then me. Then the words hit her. "WHAT!? OH MY GOD! REALLY DRAKE!? I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!" She encased me in a hug then ran to Jess. "I'm so happy for you Jess! Oh! I'm sorry, I forgot. My names Winry." They shook hands, then Winry grabbed Jess in a hug. "Congratulations Jess!"

After about thirty minuets of Winry gushing over me and Jess, she got to work on Eds arm. It turned out he needed new parts as well, but Winry didn't have them on hand. She told us to go look around while she got the parts. "What the hell are we gonna do in a town with nothing but automail shops?" Ed asked. "Beats the hell outta me, Ed. I'm new here." Then we noticed Al and Jess were missing. "What the...? Where did they go?" We looked around and saw them near an alley kneeling down. "Al? Jess?" Ed called. "Al turned back. "Um, brother!" Me and Ed walked to him. "What now? Did you find a stray cat, or something." We walked to him and stopped. Al and Jess looked at us and spoke in unison. "Uh….no." Al held up an unconscious man in yellow clothes. "What the…!" I yelled.

We took the man to a local restaurant and ordered something for him. Or...I should say, THE WHOLE DAMN RESTAURANT! What the hell!? How could he eat so much!? Finally, he stopped eating. "Woo hoo! I feel so much better. You guys are life savers. Thanks a lot! Your treat, right?" Are you serious!? "You ate the whole damn restaurant, and you want US to pay!? I yelled. "Yeah. When did we say we're paying?" Ed followed. The guy just waved him off. "Lets not quivel over something so small." Ed started ranting.

Long story short, he said his name was Ling Yao from a country called Xing. I just shook my head. The two started talking about something called alkahestry and such. I was sitting in another table with my wife-to-be, so I didn't quite catch it all. Jess's eyes went wide and I turned around to see two figures cloaked in black holding blades to the brothers. I didn't jump in, but I had my hand on my gun, ready to shoot if something happened. Suddenly, the two figures knocked the brothers on the ground. I turned around and pulled my gun, but didn't take aim.

The brothers got back up went separate directions, the cloaked figures following, leaving me, Jess, and Ling. I sighed, put my gun away, and Ling walked over to us and sat down. "Hello there." he said all cheery. "Uh, hello?" Me and Jess just stared at him, and he turned to the waiter. "Hey pops, lets add some desert to my tab." The man nodded. "And I'll have two lemonades, please." He nodded again then left. "So, Ling is it?" He nodded. "Yes. I'm Ling Yao. And you two are?" I looked at him for a minuet. "Drake Ganters. And this is my wife, Jessica. Or, wife-to-be." We shook hands and he kissed Jess's, the typical gentleman's kiss.

"Well, congratulations to you two." We smiled and nodded. "Thank you. I really don't know why you are here or why you sent those two after the brothers, but you try anything with me, and most defiantly Jess, you'll wish you died in that desert. Please don't take it the wrong way." He waved me off. "Oh don't worry. I'm not here for a fight. I only want information. Nothing more." I stared at him. "Uh huh. Sure you are." The waiter came back and handed us our order. "So Ling. May I ask how old you are?" Jess asked. He smiled. "Fifteen." Me and Jess were shocked. "Fifteen?" I asked and he nodded.

We heard two explosions from the directions that the brothers went. "Well, Ling. Lets go see what they've done now." We left the restaurant and ran to where Ed went. We found him with his arm broken off and a young girl stuck in a snare. Everything was destroyed. "Ed. Just what the hell did you do!?" Jess asked. "Brother!" We turned to see Al walking up to us. "Oh, hey Al." Ed answered. Ling walked by me. "Okay! Good work guys!" I moaned, pinched the bridge of my nose, and Jess patted my shoulder. I turned around, and Ling was…...gone.

Later on, we returned to Winrys shop to get fixed up. Ling was there. I knew what was coming, and I didn't want to get involved in it. So me and Jess sat down in the front office area while Ed and Ling argued. "I'm back!" Ed froze, I smirked, and turned to Jess. "Now you'll see what I meant about Winry and her automail." Winry walked in. "Did you see that? There was some kind of fight on Main Street. So it took a while to…." Winry just stared at Eds arm. "In 3….2…..1…..."

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ARM!?" Tools and parts started flying around the shop as Ed tried to get away from Winry. "Jess just watched, terrified. "Um, is she always like this when he breaks his arm?" I nodded. "Yup. Every time." After everything calmed down, we began talking about going to Central. When Ed said it, Winry brighten'd up. "You guys are going back to Central? Take me with you!" The two started to argue again, but decided that Winry would go with us. Suddenly, Ling popped in the window. "What the….!" Everybody turned around to him and he smiled at us. "Oh, we're going to Central! How exciting!" Now Ed and Ling went at it again.

"Sigh. Their like a bunch of kids, I swear." I said, then Jess grabbed my arm and hugged me. "At least their not 'our' kids." I blushed and she started laughing. "No offense Jess, but I hate you." She glared at me, then slapped me upside the head. "What was that for?" She stuck her tongue out at me. "For saying you hate me. Don't make me bite you too. Or….would you like that?" She grinned at me and I blushed even more. "Evil wolf. Don't make me find a silver bullet." She looked at me confused. "Why a silver bullet?" I face palmed. "Never mind. You tired?" She nodded. "Hey guys, we're heading to the hotel to get some sleep." Winry stopped us and got my leg. "You want this don't you." I smiled. "Sure. Didn't know it was done already." She attached the leg, connected the nerves, and returned to Ed. "Thanks Winry. Night guys."

We left the shop and walked to the hotel. We got a room, walked inside, then got our clothes out. I walked into the shower and Jess, again followed me in. After wards, we climbed in bed and layed down. I looked at Jess and saw that she was thinking on something. "Jess, you okay?" She shook her head then looked at me. "How are we going to do this Drake? How are we going to get married? No one is going to want marry a wolf to someone. So what do we do?" I hadn't thought of that. What are we gonna do about that. What is marriage anyway, besides the love part. Just a bunch of papers binding us by law. "We don't" Jess looked at me again. "What do you mean, 'we don't'?" I looked at her. "The love and affection part aside, what is marriage? Nothing but papers and stuff that bind us together by the law. We don't need that. You want to marry me right?" She nodded. "Of course I do."

"Well, I want to marry you. So, since we can't really be married by law, then hell with it. We'll be married by friends. We'll get married at Winrys house. And granny can marry us. What do you think?" My face was pulled over and she kissed me. "I love it!" We kissed again, then embraced each other in a tight hug. "Well, I'll let granny know when we get to Central." We kissed once more, then let sleep take us.