When they met up again, they dropped off the new stuff back at the room. Al wasn't very happy at being left behind.

"You could have taken me along..." He whined. Ed grinned.

"But you wouldn't have had nearly as much fun as you did back here." He responded, sweeping his arms at the indifferent military personnel. Al sighed.

"Colonel Mustang, sir!" A blonde haired girl walked up and saluted Mustang. "Please come with me, we have a situation!" Mustang sighed.

"I'm coming, Lt. Hawkeye." Without even a word of goodbye, he strode off. Ed shook his head.

"Bye, Colonel Bastard..." He muttered under his breath. Eternity grinned at him, and he smiled back. "Is anyone else hungry?" Ed asked suddenly. "After all this shopping, I'm starved." He didn't wait for an answer and began to walk towards the nearest restaurant. The two girls jogged to catch up to him.

"Wow, you guys really eat well here..." Aria murmured as she glanced over the menu. Shrimp, lobster, steak, it was all there. Eternity's eyes bulged at the prices.

"Are you kidding me! That's expensive!" She told Ed. "I can't eat anything here. It costs too much."

"Don't worry, it's on me." He assured her with a grin.

"No, I don't want to cause you that much trouble..." She replied. "Let's go to someplace where we can get something cheap." Ed's grin grew.

"It's okay, really." He told her. "Here, try the fried shrimp. It's really good." Eternity sighed in defeat. This guy wouldn't give up! She submitted to being served and ate in silence, all the while worrying about being a burden on poor Ed. He already had enough on his plate, without them adding to it...

"I have a question for you two." Ed said. "I want to know everything you know about me and here. From beginning to end." His golden eyes were serious. Aria and Eternity looked at each other; this might take a while.

"It started when you thought you had the perfect formula to ressurect your mother," Eternity began. From there, they wove a tale of pain and fun, of sadness and happiness. Ed found himself drawn into his own story, and marveled at the way their eyes filled with tears when they talked of Hughes and the Nina and Alexander episodes. They seemed to know so much about him, and cared even though they thought he didn't exist. They laughed at his self-chastisment for almost being glad he was small in Laboratory 5, and during the description of Hughes' funeral a few tears leaked from Eternity(Aria had better self-control). When they finally finished explaining all they knew of Ed, there was a silence at their table. The rest of the restaurant just continued as if nothing was happening, but to Ed, the world had changed.

"So you're telling me that anyone who wanted to know all about me in your world could just go to their local bookstore or get online and order the manga or anime," He said slowly. They nodded. "And anime otakus everywhere love my story and wait eagerly for my next move." Another nod. Ed looked like he didn't know what to do. "And there's nothing I can do about it."

"Short of finding a way back to our world and killing the creator and everyone who has ever read the manga or watched the anime, no." Aria told him, slightly amused at the thought. All the police would be out, nowhere would be safe, yet only certain people are picked off...She stifled a giggle at the scene in her mind.

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Author's Note: Just to tell you, the person that updated on my website a while back is my best friend, the actual person that I based Aria off of. I'm just going to call her Aria. Eternity is based off of me.