Hono'o no Inu

DISCLAIMER: I dun own FmA. I dun own Dora the Explorer. I only own Rei. Lucky me. -smiles-

Summary: .Sequel to Hagane no Neko. Six months after Ed changes back, Roy disappears, and a small, black dog comes into Ed's life. There's something familiar about it, though. . . RoyEd

WARNING: Chapter may contain spoilers for episode 15. . . I think. . . Yeah, episode 15.

Back round for chapter: Alphonse in movie. He's so cute! XD

Note: -gasp- I forgot Al in this chapter! -starts crying- Oh well, just pretend he's out somewhere. . . -bangs head against the wall- I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT HIM!

And isn't it surprising that every Mustang family name I come up with starts with 'R'? XD

Chapter Five

"YOU must be THE Edward Elric!" she said, pointing at the teen.

"Yeah. . . Why?" the blond asked with a confused expression. The woman ran over to Rei, and flung an arm over his shoulder. She looked around.

"Hah? Where's Rick?"

"That's Roy. . ." the young Mustang sweat dropped.

"Whatever." the girl grinned, as Rei sighed.

"Ed. . . Meet our cousin, Rin."

'DAMN IT! She's stalking me!' Roy yelled in his thoughts.

"Wow. . ." Ed snorted. "your relatives multiply faster than rabbits!"

'Speaking of rabbits. . .' Roy imagined his human self smirking and thinking up several naughty thoughts. . .

"So. . ." Rin blinked, and asked her question again. "where's Rick?"

"It's ROY." Rei hung his head.

"Same thing." the woman then pulled the younger Mustang into a hug, nearly suffocating him. "I WANT TO GIVE HIM LOTS OF LOVE! WHERE'S MY DARLING SWEET COUSIN!.?.!"

'THANK GOD I'M A DOG!' Roy cheered in his mind, not worrying over the fact that his own brother was going to die in a few seconds. Rin stopped hugging Rei, and looked over to Ed, who watched the scene with a confused look on his face.

"I thought you were cousins? Why would you act that way if you're related?" the blond scratched the back of his head.

"Oh!" Rin placed a hand over her mouth, looking surprised. "this. . ." she continued to hug Rei, who let out a short squeak, and turned blue. ". . .is how we Mustang cousins act towards each other! I pretty much like it, because I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!" she snuggled the teen.

"Is that so?" Ed nodded with his mouth open. . .

Then Rin saw him. Doggy Roy.

"Oh my. . . Since when did Rick have a dog!.?"

"THAT'S ROY!" Ed and Rei yelled. The woman walked over to doggy Roy, who invisibly started to sweat in fear, even though he wasn't supposed to have sweat glands, for he was a dog, not a human.

"YOU'RE SO CUUUUUTE!" Rin spread her arms out wide, ready to hug the dog to death, when Fullmetal quickly picked him up.

"O-KAY! Let's go chat over in the kitchen, shall we?"

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So everything got settled down, and Edward, Rei, and Rin sat at the table in the kitchen. Doggy Roy ate in his doggy dish, being the cutest thing on earth he could be since Neko Edward.

"Seldon, huh?" Rin stared at the canine. "Rick always liked that name."

'I'm not going to even try anymore. . .' Rei thought, mentally crying. Roy finished eating his dog food, and looked up, accidentally catching a glimpse up his cousin's skirt.

'NO! BAD ROY! BAD UNFAITHFUL ROY!' he cursed at himself. Then he stopped. 'since when did Rin like Dora the Explorer?' then he cursed at himself again. 'BAD ROY! STOP THINKING UNDIES!'

"Say, don't take this personally, but how old are you?" Edward asked. "you seem to act a lot younger than you look. . . Kind of. . ."

"Me?" Rin pointed at herself and then blushed. "most people think I'm eighteen or nineteen. . . But I'm really thirty-seven."

"WHOA!" the blond, Rei, and Roy all said at the same time. Well, not really Roy, he just let out a dog gasp.

"Ah, the curse of being so beautiful!" the woman said, placing a hand on her cheek, still blushing, and looking out into space, sparkling so much it could beat Armstrong's sparkles any day.

Rin looked over to the shocked Rei.

"What, you didn't know that?"

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A few minutes later, Rin begged Ed and Rei if she could take Seldon out for a walk. She begged so much, it nearly drove the two teens crazy, and they let her take him.

So, Ed and Rei were alone at the table, sipping tea.

"You know. . ." the Mustang said. ". . .there is a reason why she keeps calling him Rick. . ." the blond looked up with a questioned look.

"Why?"

Rei frowned a bit, and sipped his tea.

"She had a younger brother once. . ." when Ed heard the word 'once' he knew it was something bad. ". . . his name was Rick. He. . ." there was a long pause.

"He what?"

". . .he was in the Ishbal Rebellion. A State Alchemist, like Roy." Rei shook his tea cup a bit, letting the liquid splash at the sides a bit. Then he looked up at Ed. "you know about it, right? They were allowed the use of Philosopher's Stones."

Ed bit his lip.

"One of the alchemists. . . Basque Gran, I believe his name was. .. When he was using his Stone to turn into a cannon and shoot in every direction. . ." Rei started to stutter, and held his forehead, only looking at the table. Ed let out a light gasp, figuring that he knew what happened. He saw a few tears roll down the older boy's cheek.

"Rick. . . He was one of the closest friends Roy and I ever had. But for Rin. . ." Rei paused. He wiped a few tears away. ". . .it was very hard for her. And since my brother was almost exactly like him. . . She started to call him her own brother's name.

" 'This is how we Mustang cousins act towards each other' my ass." Rei chuckled a bit. "that's all an act. She mostly acts that way towards Roy, as if he was her own Rick. . ." the Mustang looked out the window.

"On the day she found out about Rick. . . She didn't come out of her room for days. Some family members have told me they heard her sobbing, night and day, saying things like 'Don't go' and 'Rick, don't leave me' " Rei looked over to Ed, who had his head in his hands.

"Hard to believe, huh?" the boy said. "someone so strong can be hiding all of that."

Then the door opened, and Edward quickly wiped his teary eyes. Rin walked in, as happy as ever.

"I'm here!" she announced, letting doggy Roy into the house.

"Welcome back," Rei smiled. The woman saw Ed with slightly red eyes, and put on 'the pity face.'

"What's wrong?" she asked, walking over to the boy. "did something happen?"

"No," the dark haired teen answered. "he's just crying tears of joy."

"I wasn't asking you, Rei," Rin said, glaring and holding up a fist.

"I'm sorry! Don't hurt me!"

"I'm okay," Ed smiled. "don't worry." doggy Roy looked up at his lover with a 'worried look' on his. . . Face. He was curious about what happened.

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"Sorry, but I can't stay any longer," Rin said with a smile. "I'll miss the train if I don't leave soon."

"Really?" Ed asked. "you can't stay for a few more minutes?" the woman shook her head. She looked over to the boy, and then smirked.

"You know, Roy was right when he told me you were pretty hot. Too bad you're already taken." she then burst out laughing at Ed's sudden jaw-dropping expression. "well, gotta go. Tell Rick I said hi!" she left.

There was a lot of silence after that, and Roy noticed Rei scooting away from Ed. The dog looked up, and saw the blond with a dark expression on his face, eyes transformed into humongous gold stars, an evil grin, and his arm transmuted into a blade.

"He will definitely die. . ." Ed growled.

Ya know. . . It's not so bad being a dog! Maybe there was a chance Roy could stay that way forever! He he he?

Yep. That's the end of chapter 5. Hoped ya like it! Yeah, I was thinking about making Rin sixteen, but then the little brother thing just wouldn't work. . . And besides, her being near her forties was more fun!

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