Chapter four

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-chapter begins-

"There is a town ahead, well I guess we won't be sleeping in the woods again." Sei replied running her fingers through her hair to yelp. "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow, it's tangled. Dammit, I hate tangled hair." She said trying to comb her hair with her fingers, occasionally grimacing in pain from pulling her hair.

"Oh you have a twig, let me get it." Ed replied reaching for the twig, pulling it away Sei whimpered following Ed's hand.

"Let go of the twig please, my head is very tender." She said firmly gripping his wrist.

"It doesn't hurt that bad does it?" Ed questioned letting go of the twig.

"Yes it does. That's why I don't let people play with my hair." Sei said still combing her hair.

Ed and Al looked at each other briefly, and set off again. A about a hour later they finally reached town, it was a small town. The tallest building standing around three stories high.

"Um, Ed what if Armstrong will be in this town as well?" Sei looked over at Ed.

Ed had a thoughtful look on his face. "I suppose we'll just lay low until we know he's gone."

"I could find out some information about him since he doesn't know who I am." Sei replied smirking. "And you two could just hang out in a tavern until we know for sure that it's safe to be in the open again."

"Yeah, that could work." Ed replied nodding.

"At least I don't have to go in a crate again." Al said relieved.

"Well we better get you guys out of the open before too many people see you." Sei said grabbing both Ed and Al by their arms and walking to the nearest tavern.

After getting themselves situated Sei set off in town to find out information. She talked to several people each varying from each other. After a couple of hours she finally found out that Armstrong was in town, and also that he would be staying over night.

"So what tavern did you say he's supposedly staying at?" Sei asked carefully.

"Oh he's staying at 'Maidins Tavern'. He was asken about a young feller who was short with blonde hair. Said something about insuring the safty of the two boys or something. Anyways I have to get back to work, have a nice day." The man said before walking off.

Maidins Tavern, why does that ring the bell? Sei thought while walking back to the tavern they were currently staying in. Suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks, her eyes widened to the size of saucers. SHIT! THAT'S THE TAVERN THAT ED AND AL ARE STAYING IN!I Sei thought suddenly breaking into a sprint. "Not good, not good." she muttered not looking where she was going. Turning around a corner she rebounded off of someone. Looking up her stomach dropped.

"Are you okay miss. It's not every day you run into Alex Louis Armstrong the -" He started running off his titles. Sei stared blankly.

"I'm fine, sorry for running into you. I should really look where I'm going." Sei said hurriedly walking around Armstrong.

"Wait Miss, there's something I wish to ask you. Have you seen the FullMetal Alchemist, he's short and has blonde hair. He wears a red coat, and black pants. His brother travels with him, he's in a giant suit of armor. I believe they're in this town but so far no one has seen him, but maybe you have?" Armstrong sounded hopeful. Sei stopped in mid step, a grin appeared on her face.

Turning around she put on her poker face. "I think I have, late afternoon yesterday, I believe they were talking about going south. Well that's as much as I can remember. I hope I helped any." She said smiling warmly. I'm going to go down in flames for this. She thought to herself.

"You have, thanks a lot." He replied smiling and walking back to the tavern. Sei ran behind some buildings in attempt to beat Armstrong back to the tavern without being noticed. Luckily she succeeded. Dashing up the stairs, and busting through the doors she saw Ed and Al looking through some books. At her sudden arrival Ed jumped off the bed and fell on the floor. The room had two beds, it was small with one bathroom. A normal room, nothing much to it.

"Ed, Al! I have great news. Armstrong is staying in the same tavern as us," Sei shouted excitedly, Ed's eyes bulged.

"WHAT? WHY IS THAT GOOD NEWS?" Ed shouted, veins popping on his head.

Sei tackled him putting her hand over his mouth. "Quiet you numbskull, I wasn't finished. I ran into him by accident, and when he asked me about you I told him to go south and he might find you. The reason that this is good is because he'll be going in the opposite direction than you." Sei replied removing her hand from his mouth. "But if you shout like so, he'll probably find you and then we won't be able to escape him." Sei replied with a stating the obvious tone. "Hopefully we can leave tomorrow without no troubles." Sei finished, her brows furrowing.

The silence in the room stretched, noises were heard down stairs. Armstrong was in the building, his voice carrying all the way up to their room.

"Um, Sei? You could get off me now?" Ed asked, cheeks coloring. Sei's eyes widened in shock.

"Uhh.. I didn't notice. Sorry." She replied getting off of him, her face crimson. Ed looked over at her curiously.

"So he's in the same tavern as us? Well at least he'll be off our trail soon enough." Ed began gathering papers that he dropped in his sudden frenzy of panic.

"So, what'cha researchin?" Sei replied helping Ed pick up the papers.

"Just research on the philosophers stone." Ed shrugged sounding somewhat disappointed.

"Not getting very far on your research?" Sei quirked an eyebrow.

"Not really," he simply replied not even looking up. Sei pursed her lips, obviously he was still mad about the whole not accepting his offer.

"Sei? Where did you learn that transmutation circle you used earlier with those shoes." Al asked, Ed looked up from what he was doing. Sei looked alarmed by the sudden question.

"I uhh, well I don't really know. To tell you the truth, it just popped in my head so I drew it." She replied shrugging.

Ed looked at her skeptically. "What? It's the truth." She replied defensively crossing her arms.

"I never said you didn't lie." Ed replied innocently looking away.

"Yeah but you were thinking it." Sei said looking in the other direction.

"Oh yeah, well how would you know?" Ed demanded standing up.

"Cause I'm psychic, you idiot." Sei scoffed rolling her eyes.

"Oh yeah! Prove it!" Ed demanded with a smug look.

"Okay," Sei said sitting down on the floor and crossing her legs. She looked up at Ed who was currently standing, hands on hips, and glaring down at her. "...You're wearing boxers with little kittens." Sei stated blandly as Ed's jaw dropped and he began to stutter.

"What makes you think that! Hah why would i wear boxers with kittens on them? I don't even own a pair!"

"What are you talking about brother? I know you have a pai-" Al started only to be frantically interrupted by Ed.

"But brother..."

"Whatever," Ed plopped down on the bed, back to Al and Sei, and began to shuffle his papers roughly.

Sei began to snicker while pointing at the bit of boxers' that were sticking up out of the back of Ed's pants as she turned to Al and grinned only to have him laugh back.

"What are you laughing about?" Ed snapped while turning around and glaring.

Sheesh, you're worse than a woman PMSing." Sei muttered towards Ed as she carefully began sorting the papers.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Ed yelled standing up.

"Nothing you need to know." Sei replied smugly not meeting Ed's glare

"What's that suppose to mean?" Ed shouted angrily, Sei glared at him.

"Brother, be quiet Armstrong could hear us." Al said looking around nervously.

"I don't care," he replied looking away. Sei looked down at the papers guiltily, Dang, why did I have to be born with a consious, she thought getting up she sat down next to him.

"Ed, I'm sorry if I ticked you off, it's just.. well..." Sei faltered looking at her hands. Ed turned to look at her.

"Continue," he replied.

"Gah! This is hard to say, actually I really don't know what I'm saying." Sei replied holding her head in her hands. Ed looked at her sympathetically. "I don't know how to put it, words are eluding me." Sei mermaid aggravated.

"It's okay." Ed replied soothingly, Sei grunted.

"No it's not." she murmured, Ed smiled patting her back.

"Sure it is, you'll tell me when you're ready." Ed said rolling his shoulders. "Sheesh I must of slept in a funny position last night because my neck is killing me." Ed complained. Sei perked up.

"Oooh, I'm a masseuse. I bet I could make you feel better." Sei piped up. Ed looked over at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, my dad forced me to rub his back all the time since I was four, and now I'm quite the pro." Sei replied tilting her head. "Just lay down on the bed and I can make your kink go away." Sei waved over to the bed. Ed still a bit reluctant laid down. Sei wasting no time began. Her fingers moved in small circular motion, working all over the knotted area, working with skill.

"Wow you really are good." Ed mumbled sounding relaxed.

Sei smiled before replying, "Thanks, you know, you have a lot of tension, but I think I can work out the knots." she muttered, moving up his neck. Ed moaned slightly, Sei's smiled deepened, leaning over to look at Ed's face, who was blushing.

"I uhh.. I didn't mean too well.." Ed stuttered.

"It's okay, It's happens." She replied simply with a grin, Ed smiled weakly. After a few minutes Ed broke the silence.

"Sei, by any chance, could you rub my back?"

"Sure, but could you remove your shirt?" Ed's shirt was off in the blink of an eye. Sei's eyebrows shot up in surprise. Then she began to work her way on to his back. "You have a lot of tension, no joke. I'm surprised you keeled over from it or something like that." She said as she began to work out the knots, Ed laughed.

"Yeah, so then you've been doing this for 11 years, you're really good at it." Ed said

Sei nodded, "Thanks, try not to fall asleep on me okay?"

"Doubt it." Ed muttered closing his eyes.

Ten minutes later, stopping, she gently shook Ed's shoulder. His eyes were closed and a peaceful expression was on his face.

"He's sleeping, aw he's so cute when he sleeps." Sei murmured smiling fondly Wow, I wish I could kiss his lips. She thought, unconsiously bending down.

Al sitting on the opposite end of the room suddenly spoke up. "Sei, you know brother really likes you." Sei bolted up looking over at Al.

"What do you mean?" She said unable to look at Al.

Al sounded a bit guilty when he continued oblivious to Sei's previous action. "Well I asked brother why you two were fighting earlier, and he told me that you rejected him after he asked you out, although you like him-" Sei held up a hand interrupting him.

"I didn't reject him. There's a difference between rejection and delay. I never said no, and I didn't say yes." Sei replied defensively crossing her arms. "It's just that, I don't know whether I want a boyfriend right now or not." she said looking away embarrased.

"Why?"

"Because, it's just be too much of a hassle, and anyways I don't want to hurt Ed." She muttered sullenly.

"Brother wouldn't hurt you." Al replied.

"But would I hurt him?" Sei replied unable to meet Al's gaze.

"You already did." Al stated simply. Sei looked up alarmed by what he said.

Sei looked over at Ed before replying, "How am I suppose to fix that?"

"Accept his offer." Al said before going back to research. Sei then walked over to the door.

"I will soon, but I would like to get to know him more." Sei replied opening the door, "I'll be right back. I'm sure Ed's hungry, I know I am." She replied with a grin closing the door behind her. Right after Sei left Ed sat up rubbing his eyes.

"Brother you're awake? How much did you hear?" Al asked sitting on the edge of his bed.

Ed's face showed amusement as he reached for his shirt. "So she really does want to go out with me."

"Brother, what are you thinking?"

"Nothing really, I just wasn't sure if she really like me, that's all." he replied, a smile played upon his lips. After a few minutes Ed thought he heard a scream down stairs. Cautiously he snuck down the stairs. Looking into the main room Armstrong wasn't in sight. There were people gathered around in a circle.

"Damn you woman quit struggling or it's gonna hurt ya," a man murmured venomusly. Ed began pushing his way through the people, wondering what was going on.

End chapter four

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