Chapter Sixteen:

(Warning: smutyness in this fic don't like it don't read the part with the smut : :P)

The next two days came and passed uneventful, Ed and Kat had gone to talk to the state military to see how things were running, as well as asking the people around town how the state was treating them. Of course Ed told Kat it was always better to go to the public first since you'll find if the people are unhappy it means there's something wrong with the people watching over the land. Seeing that everything is in order Ed signs the report agreeing that everything is ok with the town and that everyone is happy. Kat does the same as well just to show that she's completed her first mission.

Ed and Kat sit at the weeping willow watching the day pass them by. They'd planed for a picnic that day and since busyness was done Hughes said he'd give them a break for the day and go shopping for souvenirs for his precious little girl and his lovely wife. Kat had brought a book for them to read, wanting Ed to read it to her.

After their reading Ed puts down the book seeing that Kat has closed her eyes and is sleeping soundly. Kissing her head Ed rests his head against the tree drifting into sleep.

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At East City Al looks through the library seeing if he can find anything new on the philosophers' stone. Hearing the padding of leather shoes on the floor Al puts the book down turning to see the Colonel, "Hello sir!" Al sounds happy to see the man, he'd been coming in to check on Al every day at his lunch break to see how he was doing.

"Hello Al, how's the research going?" Roy sits in a chair close by pulling out some lunch in which he probably shouldn't have brought in but all the same it was there. Taking it out and beginning to eat his food.

"A little tough… since well it seems that no one has the same research like Dr. Marcho had." Al sounds a bit disappointed in his lack of findings.

"That's too bad…" Roy speaks up through his sandwich.

Al nods slowly, "I guess we'll have to keep looking." Al sounds a little chipper about his work, and continues on his mission.

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Ed slowly awakens seeing the sun still high in the sky, it probably hadn't been more than thirty minutes that he'd slept. He looks down seeing Kat's still peaceful face. He kisses her cheek the best he can, whispering into her ear. "It's time to awaken little flower."

Kat slowly awakens stretching a little smiling at seeing Ed's face. "Hey… Did I miss the book?"

"Not really." Ed smiles petting the girls hair, he couldn't help himself at how comfortable he felt around this young woman, he hadn't felt this comfortable since before his mother died, and Al was still in flesh and bones. Kissing her shoulder he encourages her to get up so he can feel some of his limbs once more.

Kat gets up stretching once more, she sees him stand up stretching himself. "We'd better get going back." Kat points out. "Besides I think it's just about time Hughes goes to check on his wife for the next thirty minutes."

They both quickly put their things together walking back to the inn smiling at the old clerk woman, her hair white and her smile soft, she waves to them, reminding them not to make so much noise or she might have to call for their friend again. Both giggle shaking their head at the memory of their first day and finding Hughes in Ed's door. "We promise we won't be noisy, sorry for the trouble." Ed speaks up waving his hand.

After walking up to their rooms putting their things away for the day, Kat giggles and tugs on the bottom of Ed's coat. Looking back to see his beloved flower he smiles at her wondering what in the world she could be thinking. "Come here." The look of excitement on her face, Ed complies walking into her room.

"What do you think you're doing you sly Kat you." Ed obviously teasing her as he unconsciously closes the door to her room from his.

Kat pouts her lips to the side of her face. "Well if you're going to tease me then I guess nothing!" Kat turns around obviously teasing him right back.

"Aww come on now, I was only joking." Ed wraps his arms around her shoulders, giving her a light hug.

Kat turns around wrapping her arms around his neck to feel his golden locks, making him wrap his own arms around her waist. "I was thinking about how you haven't tried to kiss me in the past couple days."

Ed grins knowing all too well where this is going, "Oh so you like those kisses eh?"

Kat grins closing the space between their noses, "Your kisses are the only kisses that I like."

"Well I'm glad," He pulls her closer to himself, lightly brushes his lips against hers. "Because I love kissing your lips."

Kat blushes, "You just say that just to watch me blush." Kat teases.

"Heh, if that were the reason I wouldn't want to kiss your lips so badly." Ed smiles pressing his lips on hers fully, his metallic arm 'feeling' the fabric of her light long sleeve purple shirt at the small of her back, his left hand cupping her cheek as he begs her to open her mouth for him.

Kat quickly pulls on his coat and shirt trying to get them off of him, as well as giving him access to her mouth, she'd quickly learned how fun fighting over who could travel who's mouth first was more fun than the traveling itself.

(Let the smut begin!)

Ed quickly takes off his coat and black shirt, holding her tighter to himself, his left gloved hand sneaks under her shirt pulling it off, returning to their kiss. Cupping her right breast he kneads it through her bra. Mentally grinning at the little noises she begins to make from his actions. He breaks the kiss only to leave trails of slow gentle kisses across her jaw line and down her neck. Ed mentally grins to himself about how perfectly his lovers' breast fits into his hand.

Kat runs her fingers through Ed's hair quickly taking out the tie letting his hair flow, Ed takes out her hair tie as well. Both look at one another for a moment, Ed's left hand leaves the young woman's breast and moves to cup her soft sweet gentle face. "I truly do love you. We don't have to do anything you don't want to." Ed kisses her forehead gently.

Kat smiles kissing his nose a bit out of breath from his previous actions. "I love you too, and I want all of you to myself Edward Elric."

Ed smiles, hearing his full name being said huskily only seemed to only make him ache all the more for her. He pulls off his black tank top tossing it to the floor. Cupping her cheeks with both his hands he leans forward to kiss her lightly on the lips. Though slowly moves his right arm to hold her closer to himself, begging to feel her skin against his own.

She shivers lightly at the feel of cold steal on her back, causing her to jump closer to Ed.

He breaks the kiss, feeling the sudden action; he looks around for his jacket or something to cover it only to be stopped by his beloved flower holding his right hand. She takes off his white glove ignoring his protests; she rests her cheek into his metallic hand lovingly kissing it. "You surprised me that's all." Kat smiles at him leaning forward kissing his lips, moving his metallic arm to her left breast, letting him feel her still covered flesh. She moves her own left hand caressing his well-built yet so lovingly soft chest. She feels the scars that had formed over time on his chest; they seemed so similar to those scars that had formed on her own flesh.

Ed returns to kissing her neck, feeling her breast, even if there was no feeling in the auto-mail, he still had a hand, and this made him happy that she was more grateful for it than he at many points in his life. He notices that he's no long touching fabric in his metallic fingers; she'd taken off her bra. Blushing, Ed removes his right hand from her breast moving it to caress her back, his left hand quickly snakes up her body caressing and kneading her breast and nipple, oh the feel of her flesh so soft like cream but smooth like porcelain.

Leading her to the bed, Ed gently rests her back to the bed, holding her like precious cargo that could easily break. Looking into her eyes, he could only think of one thing, 'could this really be love? All these feelings I hold for her, how I feel about her, I don't want this feeling to ever go away!' He holds her close to himself.

Kat sighs happily feeling her lover nibble on her skin, she slowly snakes her hands to his shoulders feeling his taught muscles, and sun kissed skin.

Ed's left hand slowly ventures to the hem of Kat's blue jeans, looking at her, with his own still innocent eyes, he didn't even know he still had. Kat nibbles on her bottom lip smiling at Ed nodding slowly. He unzips her pants, Kat quickly helping him in getting off the bothersome piece of clothing. As well as her white panties, Ed looks at her, smiling gently at her, "I never knew someone could be so beautiful."

Kat smiles and blushes, "Ed…" A slight hint of disbelief in her voice.

"I mean it, I don't want to hear other wise, and I refuse to believe that there's anyone more beautiful than you." Ed leans closer to her, being completely serious.

"Ed…" She smiles hugging him, she'd never thought that someone would think of her in such a way especially after what had happened. Kat quickly blushes feeling Ed's aching erection against his pants. 'It must be true what he said!' Kats blush darkens in color at the sure though of her lover needing her in so many ways, though wonderful they all were, she still couldn't help the heat that filled her cheeks.

Ed kicks off his boots kissing her shoulder once more as his left hand makes a mental memory of his beloved. Her flat belly, the fullness of her breasts, the smoothness of her skin seemed beyond him. Though to his shock he does find one thing that does cause her to moan, loudest so far, for him. A small little button between the petals of her womanhood, rubbing it slowly only causes her to whimper in turn he moves his fingers a little faster making his beloved beneath him writhe underneath his touch. He kisses her left breast, caressing her body with his metallic hand, grateful that his auto-mail had become warmer over the period of time.

Kat rolls her head to the side, the feeling of Ed's finger on her woman hood and rubbing it so quickly seemed so delightfully good, it was more than worth moaning about, running her fingers through his golden locks she slowly rolls her head back feeling her first orgasm. "Ed…" Her body slowly aches towards her lover as she reaches her climax. "ED!" She clings to him as he slows down.

Letting her rest for a moment he does his best to ignore the painful throb in his pants. Kat smiles at Ed and looks down to see he still has his pants on. "So are you going to be the only one who gets to see a gorgeous body?" Kat smiles while tugging at his pants.

Ed blushes a bit ashamed of his own body showing his terrible sins. "Kat…"

Ed is quickly silenced by a loving kiss, "I don't want to hear you say anything about you not being the most handsome man I've ever seen, I wont let anyone say other wise."

Ed looks at her smiling lightly, he had taken his shirt off, and his own words WERE just used against him, and the whole bit about equal exchange. He sits up on his knees unbuckles himself and finds Kats excited hands on his pants faster than a snake strike. 'You'd think the lady was opening a present.' Ed thinks to himself though thinks a little deeper into the thought which quickly causes him to blush all the more.

Kat blushes at the almost naked body, his pants down to his knees as he sits on his legs, though neither cared that they both still had their white gloves on. Ed waits for her to say something, she looks to him blushing at his size, and just how beautiful he was. He knew she'd fear this and also she might not think him worthy of her, and that would be a tragedy with in itself. Kat smiles and leans closer to Ed feeling his erection against her stomach as she sits in his lap, her fingers shyly caress him receiving a light shiver from her lover as he watches her. She kisses his lips, knowing that this would be healing for them both.

"You're better than perfect." Kat gets out from their breath-taking kiss. Ed smiles and lowers her to the bed once more. He quickly takes off his pants completely so they couldn't get in the way. Kat guides Ed to her woman hood knowing he's rather new at this. She kisses his lips feeling him slowly enter her; she wraps her arms around his neck waiting for him to begin. Her legs on either side of his hips, kissing his neck as he moves himself further into her body slowly as to not make any mistakes or hurt her.

Ed moves inside of her until he reaches his hilt. Leaning his body closer to hers he kisses her neck, slowly rocking his hips, mentally grinning at all the noises she makes as he makes love to her. Slowly speeding up Ed finds his breath staggered, as he groans at the feel of the young woman beneath him. "Kat…" it almost seemed that he'd lustfully growled out her name. He lowers his head his right hand digs into the bed for support and his left holding her hip to help guide himself as he continues his fast rhythm.

Kat holds onto her lover, leaning her head against the crook of his neck, moaning all the louder. "Ed… Ooooh… yes…."

Kat leans closer to Ed her hips moving with his own gentle rhythm, slowly feeling herself tighten around him. Both speeding up the pace as they feel each other at their peeks. Ed sits on his legs holding his beloved's hips with his right hand and his left hand holding her lower back, lifting her lower body into the air, the sweat rolls down his face as he groans out his pleasures. His beloved rolls her head back gripping what ever she can of the bed feeling herself about to peek. "Ooooh Kat…" Ed lifts up Kat to have her rest in his lap both looking into each others eyes lustful for one another, Ed quickly speeds up the pace, as Kat helps him lifting herself up and down against him, her head resting against his shoulder.

"ED!" Kat yells, gripping his shoulders tight, her forehead digging into his shoulder.

"KAT!" Ed groans out holding his lover closer as he fills her with his seed, his head leaning back breathing heavily. Both stay this way for a few moments breathing heavily from their lovemaking.

(End of the Smut :D!)

Both look at one another tired though pleased and satisfied, both breathing heavily from their love making, they smile at one another kissing each other on the lips .Ed lowers them to lie back down on the bed, Ed pulls himself out of her slowly resting his head on her bust. He reaches for the covers, covering them both up. He smiles snuggling close to her body. "I love you Katherine."

Kat smiles playing with his hair looking down at him for a moment and then back up to the ceiling, "I love you too Edward."

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Mustang looks at his paper work then suddenly to the door, feeling a terribly chill go down his spin. 'What was that about?' Blinking for a moment he looks around one more time to see if a window's open or anything, though shrugs it off. He returns to his work, trying his best to ignore it.

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Ed looks up to Kat, moving to the side, she moves with him to look at his face, he runs the back of his left hand down her cheek. "Kat… Would you want to marry me?" Even though he smiles at her, his eyes show is seriousness.

Kat looks a little shocked "Marry? Right now?"

Ed blinks a little shocked be HER words, He lightly blushes smiling nervously, "Not RIGHT now, but you know when we get older, would you want to marry me?"

Kat smiles brightly, nodding snuggling closer to Ed, "Of couse!" Smiling he wraps his left arm around her, they both snuggle a little closer to one another as they slowly drift off to sleep.

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Ed awakens slowly his mind a slight blank of where he is or what has happened. Blinking his eyes a couple times he remembers the events from before, smiling at the young woman lying next to him. Getting his left arm free he gently pets her right cheek feeling how soft her skin is. Just looking at her smiling at himself, feeling a great amount of happiness and peace around this young woman seemed so wonderful he could be tempted to just get lose himself in it. He kisses her forehead though quickly pauses hearing her take in a large amount of air and snuggling closer to him, he smiles seeing that she's only sighing in her sleep. "My beloved flower." He whispers, 'You could make a guy believe in god again.'

"Ed…" Kat mumbles out, snuggling closer to him, Ed smiles holding her closer to himself, "How long have we been sleeping?"

Ed looks nervously around, knowing now that she really IS awake. Looking around he gets his pocket watch looking at it, "Mmmmm… about… an hour and a half."

"I see… Well," Kat opens her eyes slowly smiling at Ed, "Maybe we should get something on and report to Hughes before he sends out a search team for us."

Ed blinks for a moment, and snickers, "Yea we should." Ed gets out of the bed and starts looking for his clothes, still trying to cover himself.

Kat moves to his back, straddling his back, holding him close to herself, "I don't get to see you?" She teases, feeling his lower stomach.

Ed smiles and pats her right hand with his left. "I don't think you'd really want to… I'm not exactly pretty." He looks at his left leg, and right arm.

"Not this again!" Kat nibbles on Ed's metallic shoulder. "I don't want to hear that." Kat runs her hand down the left side of his chest, stopping at his heart. "Ed… You're beautiful to me and that's all that matters. It's like how I'm beautiful to you, and how you wont let anyone say otherwise. Well I won't let you say otherwise about yourself, especially around me!" She smacks his stomach playfully.

Ed winces at the smack and quickly turns to her, pinning her to the bed, having put his boxers on while she had been talking. "That hurt you know." He growls.

Kat grins' widely, "What are you going to do about it?"

"This!" The young man quickly goes for her sweet spot of supreme tickling!

"GAHH! NOOOO! ED NO FAIR!" Kat starts smacking his metallic and flesh arms. "EDWARD! NO FAIR!"

"What's going on in here!" A oh-so-familiar voice calls out.

"NOTHING!" Both get out quickly.

"Ed's tickling me!" Kat gets out. Ed glares at her throwing her clothes at her, as he quickly puts on his own.

"Well there's not much I can do about that Flower, All I can say is try calling him something mean like your cousin does." Hughes gets out from the other side of the door.

Ed glares at her showing his ultimate hate for how Roy treats him. Kat giggles and hugs him, "I would never do that to my Eddy-poo."

'Eddy-poo?' Ed gives her a questioning look she only winks at him.

"Are you really going to call him that around work?" Hughes gets out while giggling on the other side of the door.

"No, he's my handsome prince, here to save me when I'm in need." Kat smiles at Ed speaking only loud enough for him to hear, smiling even brighter when she sees him blush.

"May I come in?" Hughes asks kindly.

Both are dressed enough to where they're covered, Ed sighs and walks up to the door opening it so Hughes can come in, Kat still on her bed, smiling at the lieutenant Colonel.

"So what have you two been doing for the past two hours?" Hughes looks at them both.

"Just hanging out," Ed speaks up still only having his black tank on, his boots still un-strapped, though thankfully has his leather pants on, feeling a little nervous hoping that Hughes didn't notice.

Hughes looks around, "Mmmhmmm…" Turning for the door he speaks up, "Ed, may I speak with you for a moment."

"Why?" Both speak up.

Hughes looks at them both for a moment, "Just to talk, nothing really important." Hughes smiles at them both.

"Then I can come too right?" Kat points out, giving her best sweet and innocent smile.

"No not right now." Hughes speaks up and walks out of the room Ed looking as if he's going to the chopping block.

Kat sighs getting the rest of her things and Ed's, gathering them and putting them on the bed. She finds his pocket watch and puts it on his coat, after she folds it. Making her bed she awaits to hear what Hughes absolutely needed to talk to Ed about, and alone for that matter.

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Hughes closes the door behind Ed, "Sit anywhere you want Ed," Hughes grabs a chair and sits in it, waiting for Ed to sit, finding that the young man sits on the bed he begins. "Ed I'd like to know the truth, I wont tell Roy, but did you and Kat…" Hughes leaves his sentence unfinished hoping that Ed would finish it.

"What? Did Kat and I what?" Ed glares at Hughes while playing dumb.

"Did you two have sex?" Hughes sighs. "Just by looking at you I can tell that you must have had quite a bit of clothes off for it to be too hot in the room, and it's not even that warm here. Shoes undone, your black shirt and red jacket discarded on the floor, seemed a little odd Ed." Hughes looks utterly serious.

Ed feels the heat and the weight of what happened weigh on his shoulders. "You won't tell Roy will you?" Ed looks completely serious as well. Hughes shakes his head, Full Metal sighs looking at the ground, "Yea, we… did…" Ed blushes madly.

Hughes nods, "Well that's what we need to talk about young man." Mentally flinching hating it when the older guys treat him like a kid he IS 17 now. "I know that you think you know everything now that you're close to being eighteen and that's a big thing, you're no longer considered a minor and that makes you an adult. Still making bad decisions like that still show how much you need to grow."

Ed growls at the word 'grow.' "I'm old enough to know what I'm doing!"

"Oh? So what are you going to do if you find that, that young woman in the other room is pregnant? How will you support her? How will you tell Roy? He wasn't really for you two staying alone you know." Hughes finishes.

Ed grumbles Hughes' presence the ultimate proof that Mustang doesn't trust him with his little cousin. "I would try to support her in every way I could."

"What about your little brother?" Hughes gets out.

"What do you mean what about Al?" Ed glares at Hughes.

"How will you get him back to his normal body when YOU have a wife and a child to provide for? Would you stop and discard him?"

"NEVER! HE AND I ARE ALL WE HAVE!" Ed growls.

"Don't you mean you're all he has, don't you have someone else to give your love to as well?" Hughes sighs seeing Ed's mental frustration.

"Kat… I made a promise to her that, after I help Al… I'd…" Ed blushes a little still frustrated.

"Marry her? Then what would you do about your little brother? Where would he live? Married couples are happier when siblings and friends aren't always living in the same place. So where would he go?" Hughes points out, "Home maybe?"

'But we don't have a home anymore…' Ed mentally beats himself trying to figure this all out.

"Or would he join the military as well?" Hughes speaks up.

"NO! I will NOT have Al joining the state military!" Ed growls.

Hughes sighs, "Then what? You say you're old enough to take care of all of this, but you're still too young to understand everything."

"I said I'd wait a couple years! I mean that as well! I'll get something figured out!" Ed growls.

"What if you can't? What if you really do have to resort to having Al join the military? He's the same age as Kat." Hughes points out. "These kind of things are a lot harder than you make them seem. Taking care of a daughter and a wife, is not easy, it takes work dedication and sacrifice." Hughes sighs looking out the window seeing the rain falling and the lightening striking.

"I do what I do because I love them, I love them both so damn much, it hurts sometimes Ed. The thought of one-day not being able to go home to the woman of my dreams terrifies me. To no longer see the face of my little girl breaks my heart." Hughes stands up and heads for the door, "So just make sure you truly want this Full Metal, don't make a decision that you'll regret." Hughes opens the door for Ed. "Make sure she's worth it."

Ed gets up and walks out of Hughes room and stands in the hall for a moment, looking at their door. Hearing the door close behind himself he walks into Kat's room. He sees that she's not in it he grabs his pocket watch seeing the bed made and his things folded. Putting them on he walks out the door and walks down the stairs and out the door. 'I need time to think…'

Feeling the wet droplets hit him he ignores them and keeps walking.

Kat walks back upstairs looking around she listens to hear no one talking in Hughes room, she knocks on the door, "Mae's-san?"

Opening the door Hughes smiles at the young woman, "Yes Katherine?"

"Do you know where Ed is?" Kat looks around.

"He was in the hall the last I saw of him." Hughes says looking at his paper work.

"I see, thank you." Kat watches the door close in front of herself and walks into her own room, she sees that his things are gone. 'I hope he's alright…' she puts on her military uniform and runs down stairs and out the door, "ED!" She yells out, looking around for him. 'What's he doing out in the rain?'

(TBC)

Trom::Totally shot for being a perv: XP!

Ed::blushes: I can't believe you wrote that….

Roy::Holds the smocking gun: Do it again and you'll be toast.

Japanese words:

-san: A way to show someone you respect them.

Gomen: Sorry

I don't think there are that many in this chapter o.o;;

Comments:

Dark Angel Alchemist: Thanks also how to make the little ¬.¬ face is just hold down alt then punch in this code 0172 that makes this ¬ then press period, then do the same sequence and you've made it :D! Also Yay for updating :D!

Sakura: Smiles I couldn't help myself there had to be one chapter of lemony goodness X3! Also I got the second game as well with a bonus of the first two episodes of the second season of FMA X3! Yay! Though the game was surprisingly shorter than I thought it would have been ;.

Ed: WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT?

Trom: Sighs not you! I'm talking about the game. Anyway it was fun and I really liked the movie sequences. I really loved the one where Ed and Al are running through the halls of Lior and Al speaks up "Not that way brother!" Ed stops and turns smacking his face into Al XD!

Ed::Holds his nose: That hurt you know…

Trom: Aww Ed needs a hug::Hugs: X3!

Kagome-Aeris: Thanks so much! Here's the next chappy! Also I hope you didn't mind the smut. I just can't help myself sometimes you know ;.

Ed: Yea right… you can restrain yourself you just refuse.

Trom::Points at Ed: Like you refuse to restrain yourself when someone calls you short::Grins:

Ed::Growls: I…. You… I'm NOT short… :Stomps off growling and yelling every now and then: