Hagane no Neko

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, nor do I own any of it's characters. Summary: Edward jumps into a middle of a transmutation, and is transformed into a 'human cat'. Al is at Resembool, and Ed has to stay in hiding. Roy has to take him in. RoyEd

Note: For those who have read my The Sin of a Leader fic, we will be meeting someone very special who is mentioned somewhere in one of the chapters. -wink-

Transmutation Ten

Wednesday PT 2: Meet the Visitor

Edward blinked, and stood in his spot for several minutes. Why did the colonel run down the stairs like that? It was pretty obvious that he forgot to do something, and the person seemed to be pretty important.

The neko-boy winced as he heard a vase crash, and Roy cuss louder. The doorbell rang several times before it was silenced with the door opening. Ed shrugged, and decided to go downstairs and check it out.

The teen checked out the damage done to the house, created by the older alchemist. Books were scattered everywhere, as well as papers and magazines and books; the bookshelves had collapsed with some visible prints that Roy had crashed into them; and lastly, a broken vase with soil splattered all over the white carpet.

Roy stood at the opened door, and a person stood before him.

"Nii-San, what happened here?" asked a voice, very similar to Roy's, only a tad bit higher.

"Nothing much." Roy answered, scratching the back of his head. Ed blinked, hiding from view behind the kitchen wall by the staircase. "what brings you here?"

"You invited me, remember?" the voice said, a hint of a smile in it. "two weeks ago. You said I could come over when I was on vacation."

"O-oh, yeah! Heh." the older man twitched. "have a seat! Sorry about the mess here; forgot you were coming! You must be tired after the long trip, want something to eat?"

"Okay." Ed glanced over to the figure, who had now walked into the living room, stepping over the mess, and making his way to the couch. The teenager held back a small gasp, when he noticed that the person had not only resembled Roy's voice, but also some of his looks as well. Only slightly younger, and without the smug and sarcastic look; this one had on a warm smile and slightly wider eyes.

Roy walked into the kitchen, and took a deep breath. He noticed Edward was there as well.

"What?" the older man asked.

"Who's that?" Ed blinked several times. Roy held out his hand, and before the teen could grab it, the man flung him over his shoulders and walked out of the kitchen.

"H-hey! What are you-!.?" the neko-boy blushed a bit. He found himself in full sight of the visitor.

"Nii-San... Who's that?" the person asked. Roy flung Ed onto the couch, beside the visitor.

"Rei, this is just some freeloader, Edward. Edward, this is my younger brother, Rei." he said with a smirk.

"Brother!.? You never told me you had a younger broth-" but the teen was cut off, when his neko ears were being held on to.

"Oh. My. Gosh." Rei said. "are you. . . Are these. . . Holy. . ."

"Wh-what are you doing?" Ed asked. "Ack! Leggo of my ears!"

"This is just so. . . So cute!" the teen found himself being bear hugged by some person he didn't even know.

"Just to let you know, Full Neko," Roy said with a smirk. "Rei is the person to whom I may thank for my love of dogs, as well as adorable little fluffy things."

Ed was turning blue.

". . .can't. . .breath. . ." he managed to say.

"Rei, I think you need to let go of him, now." Roy said. Rei sighed.

"All right. . ." he said, and let go of the suffocating cat boy.

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"Heh, so. . . You're the Colonel's younger brother, eh?" Edward said, after a whole half hour of regaining his breath and straight spine.

"Yeah." Rei answered, taking a sip from a cup of tea he had been served. "we keep in touch every now and then, and once in a while, I come to visit." Ed looked over to Roy.

"Why don't you tell me these things?" he asked.

"You never asked." the older man smirked.

"Say. . ." Rei eyed Edward's cat features. "why are you like that? Did some chemical fall on you? Or did someone superglue a costume onto you by accident? Why are you at my brother's house?"

"I. . . um. . ." Ed glanced over to Roy, who was as stuck as he is.

"Yeah, he got super glued!" the older man said, ignoring the long line of cold sweat that flowed down the side of his face. He twitched.

"Wow!" Rei leaned closer to Ed. "and they look so real! It's so cool!" the teen could have sworn he saw sparkles surrounding the older teen. Oh joy. Armstrong was taking over.

Which got a question in the neko boy's mind. What was the age difference between the Mustang brothers anyway?

"Don't mind me saying this, but, just how old are you?" he asked.

"Me? I'm seventeen."

"Yup," Roy flung his arm over his younger bro's shoulder. "we're twelve years apart, that we are! Our mom had me when she was nineteen!" Ed turned his face over to the screen.

"Which explains why Mustang is what he is right now," he said to the viewers in a whisper. Rei looked up at the clock.

"Oh, wow. Time goes by fast, doesn't it? I better get going!" he said, standing.

"You've only been here for twenty minutes." Roy said.

"Yeah, but I got lost on my way here. . ." the younger brother scratched the back of his head. "I was wandering around the train station for three days, until a kind blond from the military helped me out."

"Is that why you smell like smoke?" Roy crossed his arms.

"About that. . ." Rei chuckled. ". . .the man smoked a lot. . .and all he talked about was eating dogs and a young man with glasses. . ."

"Oh, jeez. . ." Roy sadly shook his head, and placed his hand on his own forehead. ". . .I knew he liked the guy. . ."

"Anyhow, I might miss the train if I don't get going," Rei said.

"Well, next time you come to East City, let me know so you don't get lost." The elder Mustang said.

"Right, right. I'll do that." the younger brother smiled, and walked towards the door. "oh, and remember, Nii-San, CONTROL YOUR FEELINGS!.!.! Bye-bye!" he left, and Roy and Ed stood there.

"Damn it, I should have remembered. . ." the Colonel grumbled, before the neko boy could say anything.

"What?"

"Rei can easily read minds. . ."

"Hah?"

Yeah. . . I just had to do a filler chapter or two for the fic to pass the days bye. And if you don't know why the days even matter, you'll get it later. REVIEW YOU KIND PEOPLE, YOU!

Oh, and Rei will appear later in the fic again! He will become important!