01: Fullmetal

Her scream put them on high alert. Winry, Oh God Winry, Edward thinks as he follows the sound of her voice. Hikigaya is already there. Of course he would be the first one on the scene. It's his goddamn place. But what's this. The jerk is shaking. With rage. Obviously, he cares about her too. But no. No. What the hell! The bastard is shaking with laughter. Has he lost his goddamn mind, Edward thinks.

"Not funny Hikigaya."

It's Winry's voice. She sounds okay. Maybe a little bit annoyed. But she seems fine. Hikigaya notices him approaching and moves out of the way. "Winry are you…"

Edward Elric trails off. She is dripping. She is soaking wet. Her clothes are sticking to her body, her breasts, her navel, droplets of water trickling down, her thighs, her legs, making her look – he gulps, feeling his throat go dry and tries to rub his forehead, trying to approach this situation with a cool, logical mind, fitting of a famous alchemist.

"Watch it!" Hikigaya shouts.

Edward Elric is about to glare at him when he notices that he has transmuted his automail arm into a sharp blade. He must have done it out of habit. He heard Winry scream and he went into battle mode, prepared to protect her. From what –

"A broken faucet."

Winry Rockbell has the nerve to fume. Though she does blush eventually under both their combined gaze. Edward's eyes shine gold. And Hikigaya's, well, they change colour frequently because of his…condition. At the moment they are charcoal black. The water gushing out from the tap she broke continues to spray her and now she is fully made aware of her wet clothes. Edward is blushing and Hikigaya is looking away. God, this is so embarrassing.

"Are you guys just gonna stand there like a bunch of idiots or do something."

Hachiman Hikigaya has to look down and Edward Elric has to look up. Levi Ackerman is short but he is still a bit taller than Ed, a fact which the Fullmetal Alchemist is none too happy about. He is also a bit of a jerk. And has a mouth.

Edward can't help himself. "Took you long enough. What? Your short legs couldn't carry your faster, captain."

Levi Ackerman can't resist either. "Look who's talking. Oh wait. I need one of those magnifying lenses to look at you. You know, because you are so small."

"What did you say -!"

"Guys!" Winry shouts. "Can we focus on what's important. Me, for instance."

Levi clicks his tongue in annoyance. He then takes off his jacket and throws it at her face. Winry lets out a small yelp. But she grabs hold of the jacket and smiles. "Thanks captain."

"Hmm." Levi sounds disinterested.

She puts it on and pulls it down and –

-and

-and no one is stupid enough to open their mouth.

Not even Edward Elric. He does smile though.

And just when Hikigaya thought this small incident wouldn't be blown out of proportion and wouldn't end in a bloodbath, an idiotic wanderer with a stupid sword chooses to voice out his opinions.

"I think the jacket is a bit small, de gozaru." Kenshin Himura says.

Edward breaks. He lets out a small giggle.

Hikigaya turns and watches Levi Ackerman. He has a predatory grin on his face. "Himura, you and me. Let's go a few rounds at the dojo."

"Oro?"

Hikigaya tries to control the situation. "Levi-san, I think -"

"Shut it, brat."

Edward Elric smiles too. "Call me little, one more time."

"He didn't call your little." Hachiman tries. "He called me brat."

"Okay, you little pipsqueak." Oh, why did he even try. These guys lived to make his life a living hell. "Let's make it a battle royale." Levi Ackerman looked at Hikigaya. "You wanna join in on the action?"

Hikigaya shook his head. Despite his numerous powers and abilities, he didn't like to fight. "No thanks."

Levi shrugged. "Your loss."

As the three of them headed towards the elevator to reach the dojo on the lower levels, a woman cleared her throat. Hikigaya had the decency to look embarrassed. Winry Rockbell clutched the small jacket, wrapping both arms over her breasts, trying to cover herself. Her white tee-shirt was near transparent and she was pretty sure the boys had gotten a look at her bra. Oh why oh why did she have to wear a black bra today, she would never know.

"So," Winry tried for fake joviality. "Do you have some special power that dries off my clothes in an instant?"

Hikigaya gave her a small look. "I think I might." She watched as his eyes turned green and from inside his jacket he took out a stick – no, it was a –

"A wand?" Winry said with utter disbelief. "You got to be joking -"

But within an instant, he gave the wand a complicated little wave and hot air streamed out of the tip. Her clothes began to steam as she could feel them drying out in a matter of seconds. "Hot air charm." He explained.

Winry Rockbell gave him a searching look. "So you are a wizard as well."

His eyes turned back to being black, though it was a different shade of black than before. His voice was halting. "I'm sure you have heard the news. I'm a lot of things."

The news. She hated the news. It made alchemists look like monsters. It made soldiers look like killers. It made samurais sound like relics. And it made him out to be a false god, a title which he utterly despised because he didn't believe in gods even now, even though that was the only explanation of his powers and abilities. He hated it. He hated himself. But he tried to pass it off and make others not worry.

"So you can repair automail but cannot fix a simple tap?" Hikigaya asked with a playful smile.

"I'm pretty sure I can. But I'm feeling really tired." Winry said. "I pulled two all-nighters, fixing Ed's arm." He could see her connecting the dots. She must be really out of it, if she hadn't realized it sooner. "And now the idiot is gonna damage it again over a stupid fight." She started to leave. "Sorry about your tap, Hikigaya. But I better get going." She gave his arm a small, comforting squeeze and a small shy smile which made him think of sunflowers and sunshine. She had blonde hair. She knew how to handle a wrench. So much different from Miura, his thoughts started.

But before he could go down that rabbit hole he shook his head. "I understand." He watched her leave. As the door to the elevator closed he took out his phone and went through his contacts. "Hm. I wonder if I should call Mr. Miyagi or Mr. Han to fix my tap."

A/N: This will be a collection of unrelated one-shots set in Neo Tokyo. I'm planning on writing a separate fic based on Neo Tokyo where Hachiman has all these powers and he has limited omniscience and he is a really powerful being, called a false god. But I haven't figured out some key elements of the story. So, I'm writing this to flesh them out a bit more.

The fic will have characters from all kinds of anime, movies, tv shows, games, books, etc. Though the main focus will be on shonen anime.

Here are the options for the next chapter:

Option 1: Mikasa Ackerman - Attack on Titan.

Option 2: Erza Scarlet - Fairy Tail.

Option 3: Asuna Yuuki - Sword Art Online.

Option 4: Hinata Hyuga - Naruto.

Option 5: Kanade Tachibana - Angel Beats.

Please pick any of the above options or suggest characters in the review.

Hope everyone enjoyed reading this chapter.

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Won't betray your dreams.

Omake.

Meanwhile, down at the dojo –

"Is that the best you can do Batman?" Levi Ackerman taunted.

"I don't know about this batman you speak of." Kenshin Himura said. "But I was called the battousai, de gozaru."

"De gozaru this, you bastard." Edward Elric shouted.

"Oro?"

P. S: Who do you think will win the fight? Levi, Edward or Kenshin?

P. S: Who is better? Mr. Miyagi or Mr. Han?

Let me know in the reviews.