Ello! And thank you all for the reviews! I'm inspired to continue! Yaaay! … koff koff. Yeah… And I wish to apologize… I was unable to use my computer to upload any of my stories… bloody thing was all f'd up and stuff… . ;;; grr

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"Hey, you wouldn't happen to know where a Roy Mustang lives would you?" Ed asked, with a convincing tone. The girl squealed mentally.

'This is my chance! I can take them to the house… and lock tie and gag 'em in my closet! Then I can keep them forever!' (Hope you don't mind Usagi .' I thought it was a cute idea.) She readjusted herself and spoke calmly.

"Oh yes actually. I'm his cousin and I live with him! Can I take you there?" She asked, eagerly hoping he would say yes. (Like he has a choice? ;3)

"Sure! Wait… you're his cousin…" He pondered a while. "… Aqua, right?" Her face burned up.

'H-how does he know my name? Does he know Roy?'

"Yeah! How did you know!" She asked, shocked. He smiled.

"He's told us about you." Al answered. She squealed, this time out loud.

"Well come on! I'll take you guys right now! Follow me!" She cheered. She began to walk in the direction of the house. Ed turned to Al looking perplexed.

"I don't think he's ever told her that we know him…I wonder why." Al shrugged in reply.

"I'm thinking it's because if she knew, then she would have begged him to introduce us to her. That would be slightly frightening, don't you think, brother?" Ed let out a laugh.

"Yeah, I'd imagine so."

"Here we are!" She announced, spreading her arms out. The bag of bread she had been holding began to drop.

"Ah! Hey your bag-!" Al warned. In less than an instant Ed was diving to catch the bag, and soon found himself nose to nose with Aqua. They both held the bag fairly close to their bodies, so they ended up being pretty close. Their eyes were fixed in each other's gaze.

"Uh… Brother?" Al attempted to get Ed's attention… but failed.

"Um… Here's your bag… again…hehe." Ed chuckled. Aqua's cheeks burned a bright pink.

"Sorry, and thank you." She smiled as Ed helped her up again.

"Hey, it's no problem." He smiled and began walking. He froze a moment…

"Brother?" Al asked after a moment. Ed smiled and shook his head.

"It's nothing. Come on let's go." He turned back around and walked inside the small house.

Roy was bent over the stove, desperately trying to put out a minor fire that he had started.

"AAH! GET OUT GET OUT!" He shouted whapping it over and over with a damp towel. After a few minutes of various shouts and strange noises, Aqua thought she could enter the kitchen safely.

"Uhhh… Roy? You okay in there?" She asked. He slowly turned his head, looking a little stressed.

"I'm completely fine… Did you get the bread?" He asked after brushing himself off.

"Yeah! AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO I RAN INTO!" she squealed. Roy chuckled lightly raising his shoulders slightly.

"Why I have absolutely NO idea." He said, obviously sarcastically, but she didn't catch on.

Edward and Al then walked through the door.

"Hey, Colonel!" Ed chirped.

"Good afternoon, Colonel Mustang." Al bowed slightly. Roy turned and smirked.

"Afternoon, boys. I see you got your job done." He replied, casually leaning against the stove. Al nodded his head. Aqua looked over at Roy, her face blank and her eyes glazed in horror. He returned it with a growl and held his hand up in defense.

"Aqua, before you ask he works for me in the military and-- "

"NO NOT THAT! YOU'RE ARM'S ON FIRE!" Ed shouted in reply. Roy looked at his elbow and shouted. Suddenly there was a mini waterfall of water that had landed right on top of Roy.

Ed and Al turned their heads toward Aqua, her arms were straight in front of her, aiming toward Roy.

"… You… you know alchemy?" Al asked, surprised. Aqua chuckled lightly and held up her arm.

"Um…just a bit... It took a lot of reading…but even with all that…" She shrugged. "…that's all I can do…" She looked away, slightly embarrassed.

"But still! That was awesome!" Ed exclaimed, sounding like an eccentric child. Al lowered his gaze to the floor.

"What did you study? How did you do it? What books did you read? What kind of alchemy is that?" He asked these and many other questions, leaving Aqua utterly confused and not sure how to answer as Al continued to look at the floor. The colonel turned his head and spoke.

"Al? What are you doing?" He asked with a slight chuckle in his tone.

"Oh! Nothing, I just thought I saw something!" Al replied sounding a tad frantic.

"You don't have to be so upset. I was just curious."

Roy seemed a lot calmer outside of his military boundaries. Al wondered if it was because he didn't have to do much at the military HQ's, since they had no current assignments nor did they have any deadlines to work on.

"O-kay, Mr. Elric. I think you've bombarded this young girl young enough… Don't you have somewhere you need to go?" Roy sternly asked as he loomed, hinting at the young boy.

"Uh…not…anywhere in particular…" Replied the boy innocently obviously not catching on. Roy turned his head away from him a moment, letting out a small (annoyed sounding) scoff.

"Oh but I think you do…" He inquired, with an almost evil glint hitting his eyes, sending shivers up Edwards' spine.

"EDWARD!" An overly cheerful voice, rung through the air. And the source laid itself upon Ed's body quite harshly.

"Ack! W-Winry!" Ed exclaimed, seeming slightly angrier rather than surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to pick you up! You promised me you were going to buy me that brand new wrench we saw on our way over!" She swooned as she began to pull Ed out of the house. Aqua stared at her surprisingly.

"Let me guess… You're, Winry!" Aqua chirped excitedly. Winry quickly turned her head to face the girl.

"How did you know?"

"I've heard about you!" She chirped again. "You guys grew up together in Resmbul!"

"… Wow you are really into these guys' aren't ya?" Winry thought quietly. "Well As a matter fact I am and we did! You are very smart for your age, little girl!"

"…Little? I'm 15 too!" She snarled. Winry stepped back; not only was this girl the same age… but she was also roughly the same height as Edward too… maybe even shorter!

"Oh… I see…Well um… Ed, Al and I have things to go and places to do! Bye bye…er…" She mumbled as she struggled to remember the girls name.

"It's Aqua." Aqua and Ed replied, straining to sound polite. This set Winry back a bit.

"Oh… Sorry, Aqua. But we do have to go." She shoved the boys out of the room. "We will come back though! Bye bye!" And in a minute, the three of them were far from sight. Aqua stepped out the door, and looked longingly down the crowded streets.

"I wouldn't expect them to come back any time soon… They've been pretty busy lately… It will be hard for them to get any free time with there kind of life." Roy tried to tone down the young girl's hopes… She sighed and turned to her cousin with a weak smile.

"I know… I'm just so glad I got to meet them, and now I miss them, is all." She replied. Roy exhaled, and lowered his eyelids as well as his gaze downward. They shot back open as he felt something around his waist. He saw the girl, gripping his middle tightly in a hug. He grinned and returned the gesture, resting his chin atop her head. Her lips moved very slightly as she whispered in her breath.

"Thank you, Roy…"

HI HI HI! Don't think this ends here! There is PLENTY more where this is coming from! I'm sorry, again, for all the waiting that you had to do for this to come up… hahahaaaa… yeah… ;