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Chapter 6

Rods of light filtered through the canopy of leaves, illuminating the simple path held underneath

the trees. A young man walked at a quickened pace, followed closely by a young woman. The

young man's head held straight, his eyes unwavering to the path ahead of him. Each step seemed

more resolute than the last. But his thoughts betrayed him. For he was being assaulted by his

memories, both of long since past, and recent occurrence.

His fathers death still nipping strongly at his conscious thoughts, the current event running

through his minds eye as if he was watching a movie on a run away car. All these thoughts raising

questions. What is he now? What is the extent of his new powers? What is he supposed to do?

What is he now? WHO is he now? And then there was Winry. With the simple mention of her

name, even within his own mind, Ed unconsciously looked back at the following figure…..the

previously mentioned rods of sunlight had the curious aspect of highlighting and bringing out the

color of Winry's golden blonde hair, almost give a glow to her….and he was quickly overwhelmed

by the torrent of emotions that welled up in him. Why does even looking at Winry make me so

confused now? Errr well more than before at least… Man Al would make so much fun of me if he

knew…..Al… The thought of his lost brother quickly gripped his mind, reminding Ed of who he

was, re-affirming who Edward Elric IS. And with resolute steps Ed did what he did best. His motto

being "Even if you don't know how to get to your goal, as long as you keep your eyes on it and

keep moving forward you're bound to reach it eventually". It was an unsaid motto. Ok it would be

his motto if he had one. (a/n…DON'T QUESTION THE AUTHOR…thank you) Coincidentally,

due to Ed's myriad or thoughts, he missed Winry's confused gaze upon him.

Winry followed Ed. Trailing a bit slower to her companion, for her thoughts of confusion

weighing down her steps unconsciously. Why am I following Ed? Winry thought, but as she gazed

at his back, all she could think of was making sure he'd be ok. I must just want to make sure that

he's real, that he's alright, that he'll always be alright. She thought, so sure of herself that it was

her "motherly" instincts kicking in. Of course it's my motherly instincts, besides I ALREADY have

Eddy even though Eddy's butt doesn't move like that…Winry quickly mentally slapped herself for

having such thoughts. I was not checking Ed out, I was NOT checking Ed out….Ok I was

checking Ed out Winry figured she might as well be honest with herself. It must be just a bit of lust,

I mean Ed HAS filled out a bit Winry mentally chuckled and drooled giving Ed's new body a more

critical look. Quickly shaking herself from her thoughts once again Why can't I think about Eddy? I

love him, he's the man I'm going to marry, so why is it so hard to think of him? I mean he makes

me happy right? He's there for me. He treats me how I deserve to be treated. He takes care of me,

loves me. But Ed makes me feel…Unable to finish that thought to herself, Winry could swear that

her thoughts were making an audible "click". Eddy makes me feel special, but how does he truly

make me feel? Ed makes me feel…I can't describe it…Could I….

……love her? Ed thought. His thoughts had quickly returned to Winry, although he couldn't

explain why. He just couldn't stop the feeling of just being around her again. He was all too aware

of her presence. Maybe I do, how am I supposed to know? What is the formula? What is the cost

to know? How does …

…he feel about me? Winry thought. Why do my thoughts keep revolving around that baka!

He hasn't' even been around for so long. He wasn't even there for me when I needed him most.

How.. I ever consider that tom boy! Ed angrily thought All she does is hit me with that DAMN

WRENCH! Never….

..HELPS unless its for himself Winry angrily thought Can't see nothing past his "GREAT"

goal, can't even….

…COOK I mean WHAT can she do right Ed growled within his mind, berating himself

forming fists, gripping tightly, tightly enough to hear a slight squeal of metal on metal, catching Ed's

and Winry's attention. He opened his right and in front of him gazing at the unfamiliar metallic palm.

And he remembered HIS palm, the one SHE made for him, working tirelessly on his arm and leg,

hours on end…And then she would smile that smile when she was done….

..looking at me…that smile…he would smile that rare smile….and I could feel that I…he

She…

..he…

..loved me

A train whistle shattered the silence. The two companions stared at each other blushing, but

neither knowing why the other was blushing. "We should hurry" they both quickly said, breaking

into a run. Both too caught up in their own embarrassment to realize the state of the other. They

reached the train station within a few minutes. Ed quickly rushed to the attendant so that he may

purchase their tickets. Something began to nag at Winry. This would be the fact that they had no

money between them, she wasn't sure if Ed could still claim his State Alchemist title to pay for the

fare. "Ed…." Winry started. "Not now Winry" Ed stated as he started to search his pockets for

money. Still not putting the fact that he had no cash on hand as an acknowledged fact. "Ed we

don't have any money, we forgot to get it before we left" Winry stated firmly mumbling something

that sounded remarkably like "baka" under her breath. "Of course we have money, why would we

have come so far to the TRAIN STATION without any?" Ed replied smartly. "You don't have the

money to pay for the tickets, sir?" The man at the desk stated, a sweat drop on the back of his

head.

"Don't mind her, it's that time of the month" Ed said pointing his thumb back at Winry. A

wrench slammed into the back of Ed's head smashing him his face into the glass into the glass in

front of him. Ed blinked a couple of times, noticed a bit of blood drip down the glass "I thought

you were the one supposed to bleed Winry?"

All men within a 10 mile radius reflexively cradled their crotch, most unaware why but was

sure that their "weak spot" was in danger.

The Desk attendant was so stunned, he could do nothing but watch while cradling his crotch,

as the girl wordlessly picked up the young man, picked up the tickets on the desk, and calmly got

on the train to Dublith.

To be continued…

Next time! Ed's voice…. "I had to go through "THAT" and we STILL ended up having to walk? " Ed sulks in the corner cradling his crotch, tears welling up from his eyes.

A/N I know it's been a long time since I've updated. To be honest real life has been sapping up my time. I know excuses excuses. But I hope that all those that enjoy my story enjoy this chapter. No real action, but I wanted to do something a little fluffy while expanding the character development a bit more. Watcha think? Did I accomplish my goal? Read and review! Tanx in advance!