Arrgh... I forgot. I do not own FMA, and that goes for every chapter I've written and will write because I really don't feel like writing that more than once per new story!

Vacation with the Mustangs

Chapter 3

"I can't believe we're finally here!" Maes yelled as he jumped out of the car. Leroy slumped against the wheel, thanking anyone who would listen for helping him survive the drive. He got out of the car and opened Ilia's door, helping her out. Roy tripped Jean and looked at his father innocently as he glared at him. Leroy was about to open his mouth to say something that he would never be able to take back, but then decided against it and instead gave Roy a pained look.

"We're at the park, please don't give us too much trouble, all right?" The four nodded enthusiastically and followed dutifully behind the two adults, though not as quietly as the two in front would have liked.

"WOAH! Do you SEE that? It's HUGE!" Maes yelled again. Roy's head was too busy swiveling back and forth to take much interest in what Maes was saying. Leroy handed them all tickets. "We've got all-day passes, so you can do whatever you want. Come back here at about six though, so we can head to the hotel.

Roy grinned at Maes. "Let's see how many roller coasters we can go on before we throw up!"

"You'll be the first to hurl, Roy!" Riza watched them both and then asked if she could try too.

"Yeah! Maes is going down first!" Roy made little gagging retching noises. He looked at Havoc. "You want to join in too? I can always kill you later, why not have fun while you can?" Havoc shrugged his shoulders. Leroy gave them all an appraising look. "Now now, kids... you shouldn't be so hard on each other..." Roy couldn't believe what he was hearing. Morals, coming from his father's mouth?

"I'll beat you all anyway!" Leroy laughed and Ilia shot him a look, which instantly calmed him down. "But first... you four have fun. I'll crush you all later!" he took Ilia by the arm and headed down the street, leaving the four to decide where they would go.

"Rollercoasters first? Or should we do something else?" Havoc asked, looking a bit queasy. He didn't relish the thought of a rollercoaster competition, but if Roy challenged him... Ride them he would! Maes piped up, "Maybe we should do something else first. No use getting sick and then throwing up the rest of the time we're here!"

"Can we try the small booths? They have games too, and we got everything free, remember?" Riza said, and the other three agreed. They walked up to a shooting booth, to Riza's delight. "I bet I can outshoot you Roy!" Maes declared, and Roy grumbled that he probably could. Roy looked at the man. "What's the prize if we win?" he asked. "A stuffed toy, your pick." Roy scrutinized the selection and saw Riza staring at a large stuffed dog. This is my chance! I'll win against Maes... somehow.

Maes however, didn't like the sudden purposeful look that had settled and Roy's face. "Alright. You with the small eyes," Roy glared at him. "Take your shots." he took aim and hit three in the center, the fourth a bit too far to the left, and the final he missed completely. He had lost complete concentration with Riza watching him. "Beat that Maes," Roy said weakly, knowing full well that there was a very good chance his best friend would beat it.

Maes sighed heavily and missed the first two, the second shot spraying the man with water, the third too far to the right, and the last two bullseyes. "Alright, alright. Looks like squinty here gets the prize. Whaddaya want kid?" Roy didn't really fear like glaring at the man menacingly, so he just pointed to the dog. "Odd choice for a kid like you," The man commented, to which Roy told him to shove it and hand it over. "You lost on purpose," Roy hissed at Maes. "No way you would ever miss two times in a row!" Maes shrugged. "Today's not my day," he said.

Belcini mewed and Roy looked down, gasping. "Oh no... I forgot to tell Dad to put Belcini in the hotel..." The cat clambered up his leg and settled on his shoulder. "I'm not taking you on the rollercoaster, big guy." Belcini mewed disappointedly and pawed at the gigantic dog toy. "Hey! Paws off!" Riza patted the cat between his ears and he purred. Roy turned. "Um... I was wondering... if... uh... you want this?" he held out the toy to her and she took it. "Thank you!" Roy blushed and turned quickly to see Maes and Havoc laughing.

"What?"

"Nothin' Roy. It's just that... you totally freeze up around her, it's funny! What happened to the ladies man, eh?" Maes chuckled, wiping off his glasses. "Yeah, you never do that around other girls!" Havoc took the opportunity to remove the straw from his mouth and chuck it into a bin.

"I don't like other girls!" he said to them scathingly and quiet enough that Riza wouldn't hear. They continued to laugh and he was contemplating incinerating them on the spot when a large hand thumped down on his shoulder. He gulped and turned his head. A tall dark haired man looked at him thoughtfully. "Your dad's name Leroy, kid?" Roy bobbed his head up and down. The man was at least a foot taller than him. At least, he looked that way. Jean and Maes had stopped laughing and were staring at their visitor.

The man nodded to himself, then grinned. "Come to the show then, it's at two at Center Square! Tell your dad Anri said to come." he whistled and lifted his small case up on his shoulder, rushing down the street to meet a woman, conversed, then headed to Center Square with her. Jean's eye twitched. "What the heck was that all about?" he blurted out.

Roy shrugged. "I don't know." Riza pulled on his sleeve. "He seems to know you and your dad. You haven't seen him before?" Roy shook his head that he hadn't. "Oh. That's odd. Well... it's almost lunchtime. Can you carry this for me?" Roy took the dog toy from her again and carried it for her. "We should go see what we can find to eat. I don't think food is free, so we'd better find Dad too. He's got the money."

Riza nodded and Roy scanned the crowd while Jean and Maes drooled at all the wonderful smells coming from Center Square. "Wooow... I've never seen so much food in my life..." they sighed. Roy cast a glance at them. "You haven't? You need to eat at my place more often then. Mom's a maniac when it comes to cooking." The duo glared at him. "Our parents don't get State Alchemist, Fuhrer, and Brigadier General paychecks! You're rich!"

"Hey, I'm just lucky. Look, I think I can see Dad over there." Leroy spotted them and motioned them over. He was talking to the man who had talked to Roy before. "Ah, so he is your kid then. He looked an awful lot like you." Leroy shrugged and gave Roy a proud look. "Yep, except for the eyes, those are his mom's." Roy's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Don't talk about Mom in public, idiot!" he hissed. Leroy waved him down.

"It's alright Roy. This is my brother, Anri, whom I hate to death."

"Gee, I love you too Big Brother. How's your wife then?"

"Fine... uh... she's having a bit of trouble, but altogether fine."

Roy stared at both of them. " 'Trouble'?"

"Um, anyway. What are you doing here Anri?"

"Nothin' much. My wife wanted to come to the fair, been dying to actually. And since we're not... you know." he motioned towards Roy and the others.

"Ahh... still shooting blanks, Anri?" Anri turned to stone and shattered on the floor. He yelled, red-faced, at his older brother.

"That's not something you tell everyone Brother! At least I'm not a color-blind bat!"

The brothers turned their backs on each other and yelled deragatory terms at one another.

"Look, you don't discuss my problems, and I won't talk about yours," Anri said, trying for a truce.

"Fine. Blank shooter."

"Color blind old bat."

Roy looked at the others. "These two are worse than me and Jean. What is the world coming to?" The others shrugged and Riza giggled, earning her an odd look from Roy. "What?" She pointed at his head where Belcini was raking his claws through Roy's hair, disheveling it beyond repair. "Hey! Belcini!" he took the cat off his head and put it on Leroy's shoulder, who had made peace with his brother and were now attempting a civilized conversation. It didn't last very long, since Leroy erupted into a tirade against his brother, to which Anri dutifully returned.

"This is going to take too long... let me borrow this!" he snatched his father's wallet out of his pocket, and after Leroy had seen what he had nabbed, walked away with it to contemplate what they'd get for lunch. He hoped Belcini tore up Leroy's jacket to miniscule pieces. Jean and Maes groaned. "The selection is too much! We don't know what to get!"

That was when Roy realized the gold pocketwatch that hung from his father's wallet was gone. "DAMN!" he yelled, and the others stared at him. "Dad's pocketwatch! The one Mom gave him, it's gone! I'm going to get in so much trouble if he finds out..." he shuddered, and then saw a little girl running down the street, the pocketwatch in question swinging from her hand.

"HEY! GIVE THAT BACK!"

I didn't think I'd take so long to post up again, sorry for the wait! Thank you for the reviews! I'm really glad I got some; I was afraid I wouldn't get any! T.T - T A