AN: Hey all! Protégé Moi is finally coming to a close, I managed a way to make it into ten chapters! And I've already gotten the last line of the least chapter and the first like of ths first chapter of the sequal planned out! Tha squeal is going to be called Je vous ferai confiance pour jamais which is French for I'll trust you forever, which is the name of a G Gundam song heh. So once again, thanks for reading!

THE WEDDING PART I

Matsuri stood in the dress store, looking at all of the wedding dresses, Riza at her side, they were both looking at the same dress, one that started at the shoulders and went down from there, and it had a beautiful print of a red rose lingering on the bottom (use your imagination here people)

"It's beautiful…it looks just like my moms…" Matsuri softly commented.

"It does?" Riza asked as Hughes came over with Roy.

"Yeah, it does…I saw pictures of it that he showed me…she never deserved to be with that bastard…"

Hughes looked at the dress, with a smile, "It'd look perfect on you chibi."

"Really dad?"

"Yeah, you want that one?"

"Yeah!"

"Ok" Hughes laughed a little as Matsuri hugged him.

"Thank you dad!"

"No problem sweetie"

At the same moment Matsuri came out of the fitting room, Ed walked into the store, his jaw dropped. She looks…amazing…He thought.

She looked up and saw him, she blushed a little, she really did look amazing, her now long black silky hair cascading in a black waterfall, her silver eyes gleaming with pride and a sense of being. He walked over to her and put a hand on her cheek.

"When I first met ya…I almost thought you were a guy…but you look so beautiful now…"

She laughed a little and put a hand on his, "Save the vows for the wedding, Ed"

Ed grinned at this and took his hand back; he looked over at Roy who was goggling over Riza. "And to think he wanted her in a miniskirt…" Ed, Matsuri and Maes all said at the same time with a laugh.

"Aw shut up or I'll take away all your state certifications" Roy said.

"Problem, I'm not an alchemist" Hughes commented

"I'm not in the military" Matsuri added.

"And I'm...er…uh…I'll get back to you on that one…"Ed said with a sigh

That night Matsuri sat on her bed, she looked out at the full moon in the sky. "Mom…I'm finally growing up…I wish you were still here…if that bastard didn't kill you…you could really see what I've become…how much I've changed from that naïve little girl I was…I miss you a lot…I love you…"

At the same time, Ed was looking at the same moon. "Kaa-san…I finally grew up…I finally became a man…" he looked down at his automail arm, "I may have made a lot of mistakes along the way…but each one brought me closer to her…" he closed his eyes with a soft sigh, 'Move forward…you have two legs…get up and use them…' That's what I always told them…yet I was to naïve to use my own advise…but now I am…I never really imagined that one mission…would make me think this much about those words…but now I realize how much they mean…the past is exactly that…the past…no use living in it…when you have so much right in front of you…all those opertunties I passed up…but they all led me straight to her…I wish, kaa-san…you could see…what I've become…hot mush I've changed from that naïve kid who was eager to be an adult…I miss you a lot…I love you mom…He though as he fell asleep.

Roy Mustang looked up at the bare celing, "I've come this far…and now to finally have her by my side…its Paradise…paradise…I'm so glad for the kids as well…they both had hell for a life…they deserve this…."

Riza sat on her bed and sighed, "Finally…I'm finally going to marry the one I vowed to protect…at long last…" She laid down and closed her eyes with a girlish sigh. "Finally…Riza Mustang…has a nice ring to it…"

Weeks passed, those weeks turned into months, then, the day finally came….

AN: OK! There's chapter 9! One chapter left! And it should be long…if I can keep my attention span.! Review please!

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