THIS CHAPTER CONTAINES SPOILERS AND LOTS OF SHOCKS! After three days of pondering this, I decided that since I got such a large viewer response to this, I would write another chapter. This is actually one of the few out of MILLIONS of my stories that I liked. So with that said I'll continue. I also had to fight myself on weather to make this a song-fic or a regular. I'll do a regular fic, but if you want to see the one with the song, I'll post it later in the week. I apologize in advance for making this chapter so short. Sorry! -- J A Z Z Y

I'm Right Here

The man stood in his room for a few moments. It was just nearing dawn, and he would have to wake up his daughter at some point. They had both dreaded this day for some time now, but it happened, and he had to put up with it and be strong. For Jazmine. He put on his black coat and thought about the events of the past week. She he had finally found someone to love and they had died on him. Wasn't that irony? Absently he wondered if he was meant to be alone. But that couldn't be the case...he shook his head and went off to wake up Jazmine.

"Jazzy?" he got no response and decided to call again. "Jazmine?" This time the mass of blankets rolled over and fell off the bed. He chuckled and went to help the young girl up.

"Hi Daddy." she mumbled and went through her dresser. He blinked at her, and smiled a bit. She was a fine girl indeed. "Daddy, I don't have anything to wear."

He blinked and walked over to her closet and pulled out a black dress that he handed to her. He then turned her and gently led her to the bathroom to get showered and changed. When she was done, he was sitting on her bed looking at the floor. He hadn't said anything to her other then her name, and it frightened her. Maybe he was as scared as she was. She went over to him and gave him a hug. He didn't hug back, but continued to look at the ground.

"Daddy, I don't like black. It reminds me of..." she didn't finish, and watched as he looked up. His gentle black eyes were starting to tear.

"You shouldn't call me daddy." he mumbled.

"Why?" she asked him a bit dumbfounded.

"Because I'm not your dad."

Jazmine winced and sauntered off to her mother's room, getting a locket, and putting it on. She walked back over to her room, took her teddy, and took Roy's hand walking away. He reluctantly followed along, as they headed to Glacier's house. Glacier hugged Roy, knowing what he was going through, and told Jazmine where Elysia was. She smiled at the older woman, and went off in search of Elysia.

"Roy, I know this is tough on you," he wouldn't look at her, so she lifted his chin and stared into his eyes. "But you have to understand that Jazzy has no one. You have to hold in there for her."

"Glacier, why is it everyone close to me dies?"

Glacier seemed to know something, but she wouldn't let on, and he wouldn't give in. He heard, somewhere in the house, the melodic giggles of two little girls, who came running downstairs, and each took one of Roy's hands. He looked down at the girls, and Glacier gently told them to go wait outside. When they were gone, she took a step closer to him, and gently laid a hand on his cheek.

"I'm still here. So is Jazmine. You just don't understand that the person you love lives on forever in your heart. After all, wasn't it you who said in your vows that 'From here to eternity, I won't leave your side'? Well in that case, stay true, and she'll be there for you."

"Thanks Glacier," he whispered smiling. He then walked outside and took Jazmine's hand. She looked at him as if expecting him to kill her. She pushed all her fears aside, and gently encased her palm in his.

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She wasn't in the service anymore, but they still honored her by doing a military funeral. The last time he had to come here for a funeral was his best friend, and now his lover. He managed to keep his head high, and not cry. Jazmine was gently wrapped around his leg with her teddy clasped in her hand. He took the locket she had given to him off, and slid the wedding ring onto it. He watched as they buried his beloved, trying not to dive in after her. He dug his nails into his palm as if to try and wake him from this terrible dream, but it was no avail. When people stood around mingling, and paying their respects, he watched them. One person in particular caught his eye.

He stood by himself, and watched them lower her into the grave, as if with a smug satisfaction. He had the usual cigarette in his lips, and Roy recognized him right away. He walked over to him, Jazmine following behind him. Havoc looked up at Mustang, and blinked. Then he looked down at Jazmine. He picked up the young girl, much to her protest, causing her to drop her bear in the process, which only made her cry. Roy looked down on her, and handed her the teddy, then looked at Havoc.

"What are you doing here, Havoc?"

"I came to pay my respects and claim what was rightfully mine." At the last comment, he looked to Jazmine. Jazmine started to cry again, and screamed 'daddy save me' which in turn caused Roy to flinch.

"You treat her as if she were an item." Roy Snarled at him.

"Technically she is." he bit back.

"What the hell happened to you?"

"I fell in love." Havoc stated calmly.

"You walked out on her." Roy was biting his lip now; he didn't want to do something stupid.

"She had it coming."

"You poisoned her."

"Hey, I did what I had to."

"I suppose she had that coming as well?" he barked at Havoc.

"Nah that was her own doing. She's the one who trusted me."

"She looked to you for guidance."

"She shouldn't have. That was her own stupidity." Roy was tired of holding back. He fisted his hand, and brought it to Havoc's face, hard.

"You womanizing bastard. She loved you." He flinched and looked at his hand that was throbbing, then back to Havoc. "And if you really cared about Jazmine, you would have stayed to raise her. Now I want my daughter back."

"She's rightfully mine," he answered as he licked the blood off the side of his lip. As he did this, Roy swung at him again. Glacier walked over and picked up Jazmine before she fell, and carried the crying girl over to Elysia, who took her in her arms, and hugged her as she cried.

"Rightfully yours, legally mine." Roy stated calmly. Havoc swept Roy's feet out from under him, who fell from it, and kicked Havoc. Havoc winced as Roy's leg made contact with his groin. "And now you can't make this mistake again. Such a bad judgment of character on your part. Hard to believe she loved you. Bastard." Roy spit on him, and went to Jazmine, picking her up and hugging her. Jazmine snuggled into his chest and cried some more still clinging to her teddy.

Havoc got up and walked over to Roy, with a knife in his hand. Roy blinked, snapped his fingers, and walked away from the fire. He refused to kill one of his old comrades, which was some serious self restraint on his part, but on the other note, he made sure the man knew not to get in the way. Roy turned and saluted her grave, leaving Havoc on the ground whimpering in pain.

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He made sure that Jazmine was sleeping before he went down to Glaciers house. He stood in the cold for a moment when she came down and welcomed him in. "I trust you got the note?" She asked him.

"Yes I did, now what did you need to show me?" he answered.

"Before I show you, let me explain. See, Maes isn't dead." Roy's eyes widedened.

"You've been keeping this from me for HOW LONG?"

"Don't yell please, Elysia's asleep." Maes whispered as he walked into the room. Roy had to keep himself from shooting him.

"What else are you two hiding from me?" he snarled.

"Maes faked is death because he knew too much about the Military. He was glad to see that you understood his meaning. Now, the next part may shock you." Glacier whispered.

"Riza isn't dead either." Maes stated calmly.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S NOT DEAD? SHE DIED IN MY ARMS!"

"Good, that was what was supposed to happen," Maes responded smugly. "I found her an antidote for the poison. The side effects caused a 'temporary death', meaning her body went into a state of comatose while it flushed the poison from her system. As soon as you took her to the hospital, Glacier took over and took her from there, to here. She's been here for almost three days."

"Why did she fake her death?"

"There were too many people in the military after her. Havoc was only one of them. And with Wrath on the lose yet, it was the safest thing to do. We had a higher-up in the military change all her information. Now her name is Liza, not Riza, and her hair and eye color were changed to Black and green, courtesy of Alphonse. She's considered an enemy of the state, so we did this to protect her. We're glad you played your part well."

"Why, Maes?"

"It's actually Miles now." he stated and answered the question. "In order for you to have a well, meaning relationship with her, we had to do it. She really wanted to be with you, it almost killed her to think of dying."

"How long had you been planning it?"

"Since before you came back into the picture."

"So the letter was just a rouse?" Roy was about to punch Maes, had it not been the fact he was his best friend and he hadn't seen him in almost 3 years.

"You could say that. Good thing Glacier is a positively evil person." Maes stated as Glacier went off to check on Elysia. "You want to know why Jazmine was so calm about it. Because we made sure she knew. That way she wouldn't be upset or scared at the new Riza."

"But you couldn't tell me?"

"We needed you to not know, so you could be convincing to Havoc." Roy shook his head. This was beginning to give him a headache.

"Where is she now?"

"Asleep. I suppose you want to see her?" Maes asked calmly.

"Yes."

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OMG! This was my FAVORITE chapter! I got at least three emails about killing off Riza, so I brought her back! And I brought Maes back for my friend Maes! I wanted to point out that I have nothing against Havoc, but he's the only one who could pull this off. Thanks to Kateya for the ideas! Sissy Kate, I really love you right now! I had a lot of fun with this chapter, especially the fight with Havoc. That wasn't planned, it just happened. I took the "Fake Death" idea from the Manga when they killed Ross. So here you are my adoring fans! Chapter two! Will there be a chapter three? You decide! Later!

--Jazmine!