"NO WAY!"
"BUT YOU HAVE TO ED! OR ELSE I'LL… I'LL…"
"AL! YOU GOTTA HELP ME PLEASE!"
". . . I wish to have no part in this. . ."
"SOME HELP YOU ARE--! AAAAAAHHH! NO! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE THIS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Winry had poor Edward in a strangle hold, and with only one arm… the other arm you ask? Well, it's… er… occupied…
"ED! YOU'RE GONNA DRINK YOUR MILK AND YOUR GONNA LIKE IT!" Winry demanded. Ed began to whimper. Luckily for him, a knock at the door interrupted them. Ed immediately ran to the door to answer it.
"Hello, who-ever you are! And am I glad to see you—ROY?" The flame alchemist looked almost drained of energy. "What happened to ya?" Al and Winry popped their heads to observe.
"Ed… I know this is unlike me… but… YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN TURN TO!" Roy got on his knees gripping Ed's shirt looking seriously desperate. Leaving Ed to look seriously confused.
"Wha-? Well come in. What's wrong?" The four of them sat down. Roy breathed deeply.
"My kid cousin came to visit me… and-"
"YOU HAVE A COUSIN?" Ed blurted. All fell silent. "What? It's news to me!" Roy coughed, and continued.
"My kid cousin came to visit me… and she bombarded me with questions…" He shuddered. Silence.
"And that's bad… how?" Winry inquired.
"She talks… a lot… and her current subject is on the two Mr. Elric's… She's determined on meeting them someday now… I've tried to convince her how you two seem to bring nothing but trouble…"
"Hey!" Ed and Al shouted.
"Well it's mostly Edward…" Roy added.
"HEY!" Ed shouted. Al laughed silently at his brother.
"But she just keeps telling me she'll find them someday. And, to hopefully make her shut up… I was wondering if you two wouldn't mind doing some role-playing…" This got their attention.
"I want to have it that while she's walking around town, she 'bumps' into you two. Make sure you don't reveal your self's yet. I'll have one of my men come down and find you two and give you a 'letter' saying that you successfully finished some big crisis or something so she feels that she caught you two in action. Then we should have a fight or something so she can be fully satisfied in meeting you two."
". . ."
"What?" Al chuckled.
"You've thought this through haven't you Mr. Mustang?" Roy coughed.
"I've been trying to think of something that would get her off of my back… and since all that she can talk about is you two, I thought it'd be a good idea. So, will you do it?" Ed paused and thought… and thought some more…
"Hmmmm… Well this is the first I've known of having a fan girl… this may be interesting…" He smirked, closing his eyes. Winry didn't like that smirk.
'He's up to something… I can feel it… I can't leave him alone with this girl. Who knows what she may do to him!' Winry began a series of horrible mental images involving Ed being tied up and gagged being tortured by an anonymous girl's non-stop talking.
"I'M GOING WITH YOU!" Winry announced. Ed and Al both turned to her.
"Why? Are you afraid that she may fall for me? And you'll have competition? Or worse… I'll fall for her?" He smirked evilly. He knew this would set her off. He loved seeing her get mad like that. It was funny.
"No, actually. I'm afraid of you BREAKING YOUR ARM!" Ed cowered as he felt her woman fury envelop him.
"So I'm gonna come and make sure you get fixed up just in case, 'kay?" She cocked her head and giggled. A sweat drop fell from Ed and Al's head.
"Does she scare you too, brother?" Al asked. Ed nodded his head.
"She always has, Al. Always…"
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"Aqua! Would you mind going to pick up a few things in town?" Roy called out. A young girl, roughly fifteen years of age trotted in the room. Her short brown blonde hair reflected slightly red in the sunlight. She wore a black and white jacket vest with a white tank underneath, with fairly baggy, faded green pants, and she had four wavy lines drawn on her hands. (I think that's the alchemy symbol for moving water… if I'm wrong then gomen!) She scowled at her cousin with sea green-gray eyes.
"Depends… what would those things be?"
"Oh, just some bread. We're having stew tonight and I need some. You can get one or two loaves if you want." She groaned.
"Fine… Oh yeah! Did I show you the picture that I drew of Ed yesterday? I think I did a good job!" She held out a piece of paper for him to look at.
"Aqua… you don't even know what he looks like… So how could you-" He froze. Her picture showed a young boy, around Ed's age, with light hair and bangs. He wore his hair back in a ponytail, unlike Ed who wore his in a braid. One arm of his, the mechanical arm, was behind him with little sparks coming out. Behind him was a full suit of armor that looked, and resembled Alphonse almost exactly.
"Where did you think of what they looked like?" Roy was extremely curious. He'd never told his cousin he knew the Elric's personally, much less told them what they even looked like. The girl smiled.
"I've heard the other villagers talking and I got some descriptions. So… I was wondering… where have you been the past two days? You left me alone with that creep Alex Armstrong! He's scary! He just starts posing for no reason! And then these little purple sparkles appear out of nowhere right by his face! And-" Roy placed a finger on his cousin's lips. She froze, with both arms in the air making little talking gestures.
"So you're going to get the bread, right?" He held out some coins. She sighed, but took the coins, gesturing she would get the bread and would be back soon.
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"Grrr! Stupid Roy! Why can't he get the bread himself? I'm a visitor! I should be the one relaxing-! Ah!" She felt something hit her shoulder. She dropped the bag with the bread rolls she had just bought, causing them to spill on the floor.
"Hey! Watch where you're going-! Huh…" She looked up at the person she had bumped into. Her eyes met that of a young boy, who looked about sixteen, maybe older. His golden eyes stared directly into hers. His equally golden hair swayed a bit in the warm breeze. Her face became hot. She frantically began to pick up the rolls.
"Ah! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you!" She apologized. The boy chuckled and knelt down and started in helping her pick up the bags contents.
"I'm the one who should be apologizing. My brother and I were in a hurry and didn't notice you." He smirked as she slowly went back to looking at him in the face again.
"Well… thank you. Wait… your brother?"
"Yeah, right behind you." He pointed out. She turned to meet the gaze of two ruby beads. Her eyes widened.
"N-no… way…"
"Wha-?" The boy started. A loud voice called out to them.
"Master Elric, sir!" Ed stood and turned to face the stranger.
'No way… this isn't possible… could it-?' She wondered.
"What is it?" The man saluted the boy and handed him a letter.
"This letter was ordered to be given to you in person as a congratulation for completing your mission, sir!" The stranger bowed, saluted again and ran back to whence he came.
"Hmm… Okay then… Hey, Al, we should get going." The armor nodded and responded.
"Right, brother." They began to leave when.
"WAIT!" The girl cried out. They stopped in their tracks and turned to face the girl.
"You… You aren't… Edward and Alphonse Elric… are you?" She asked them hopefully. Ed nodded his head. (That rhymed! Haha)
"Actually, yes. Why?" He asked. The girl's eyes became wide with wonder.
"KYAAAA! I… I BUMPED INTO EDWARD ELRIC!" She bowed down in front of him and stayed low. "I'm so sorry! Can you forgive me-… no! I'm not worthy of your forgiveness… You may punish me as you wish!" (What would YOU fangirls do in this situation? Tell me when you review:3) Ed and Al began to laugh. Aqua's face became hot with embarrassment. She saw a shadow loom over her. She was met up with Ed's face again. He held out a hand.
"Okay, you're overreacting a bit… I love how you seem to respect me and all… but-"
"Respect you? I'm a huge fan! I've heard about almost all of your adventures! I've wanted to meet you guys ever since I first heard of you! I'm just lucky to have met you right here! I feel like I'm in heaven…" She swooned, and turned her gaze Al. He flinched in surprise as she suddenly appeared in front of him.
"You're Alphonse right?" He nodded.
"Y-yeah…" An almost cat like smile appeared on her face.
"Can I hug you?" Both Ed and Al were caught off guard with this question. But Al agreed. "YAY!" She wrapped her arms around her as tight as she could. Even though Al didn't have an official face… Ed could tell he was blushing.
"Ooooooohhhhh someone is getting' embarrassed!" Ed teased.
"B-brother?" Al cried out. Aqua released her grip and returned to Ed.
"Now uh… can I hug you, too?" She blushed and brought her gaze to the floor. Ed began to feel hot in the face as well.
"S-sure!" She practically jumped on him. Ed's face turned almost completely red!
"Now who's embarrassed, brother?" Al teased.
"S-shut up…" He smiled and returned the hug he'd received.
Nearby… a becoming very jealous Winry watched…
'Ooohhhh! That girl's gonna get it!' She snarled.
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Phew! I finished! Took me almost an hour… I think… Anyway… it's like, two thirteen in the morning… guuuhhh…. And I'm dyin… hehe… but I had to finish this! I just watched Full Metal Alchemist and have had this in my head for a long time. Watching the show just inspired me. So, to answer the question in the parentheses above, what would you do if you were in Aqua's situation? I wanna know! I'd probably stay frozen and then begged! Lol Anyway, please review!