Hi again! This is Elric-Chan, back with Chapter 4 of my lovely fic.

About that, sorry if some of you freaked out and thought that I wasn't going to update. I know that some people would get discouraged if they received a review like I did, but I'm not going to deprive all of you the rest of the story just because someone doesn't like it.

As for the accusations made in the review by "The Tao of Hyuuga", they are all not true. I'm not going to make everyone fall in love with me, and my "anime self" isn't perfect. And I haven't even made Ed go crazy for me yet.

Oh, did I say "yet"?

Tee hee.

And also, I don't care if she has "horny little fantasies". I don't. Well, maybe sometimes…

Uh, moving on…

I don't see where she gets off thinking that I'm "wasting" my talent. Cause I'm not.

Well, this isn't hate mail, so I'll shut up.

Anyway, I'm glad that I have even a few loyal fans to this story. A few dedicated ones are better than a lot of uncaring ones.

This chapter is dedicated to SeaLover456, Marik's Victim, and CorruptionGlare.

I love you guys!

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Chapter 4

So This is Central

"Wow…" I thought, walking through the surprisingly not crowded streets of Central.It was an amazing place.

"Have you never been to Central before?"

"Huh?" I looked at Ed.

"You seem so astounded." he said. "It's not that great."

"Well, I think it is."

Oh no, had I been rude to Ed?

Shame on me!

"Okay," he said. "To each her own, I guess."

"Brother, don't be so rude." Al said. "She can like it if she wants to."

"By the way," Ed said suddenly. "You never told us your name."

"Oh, well, it's Rachel, but you can call me Shana if you want to."

"Rachel, huh?"

"Or Shana. You can just call me whatever you want."

"Uh…"

I had another fangirl moment then. Ed was wearing that adorable curious expression, probably because of what I had just said.

"I mean, uh… you can call me Rachel."

We smiled at each other, until Al's happy voice broke the moment.

"Look, we're here!"

I looked up in awe. There it was. Central Headquarters.

"Come on," Ed said, leading the way up the marble steps. We walked through the enormous double doors, and almost immediately, Ed ran into a man slightly taller than him.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Fullmetal Alchemist, sir," the man apologized rapidly.

I looked at him.

"Lieutenant Fuery!" I said happily.

"The spectacle-wearing boy looked at me.

"Hi there, who are you?"

"She's a friend of mine," Ed responded, picking himself up off the floor with an annoyed sigh. "You know, you should really watch where you're going."

"Sorry, and hello, Miss, uh…"

"Rachel."

"Miss Rachel, then! It's nice to meet you."

"Same."

"Well, Edward," Fuery continued. "Have you come to see the Colonel?"

"You mean Roy Mustang?"

The three of them looked at me and my delighted self.

Oh, Roy Mustang… I'd get to meet him too?

I took my face in my hands and shook from side to side, in a dreamy fashion.

"Are you okay?"

I was too busy obsessing over sexy Roy Mustang to even know which one of them said it.

"Yeah, I think she has a problem or something ," Ed whispered to Fuery.

I heard that!

"What?" I whirled around, my face in complete anime anger.

"Uh… I didn't mean it like that!" Ed sweatdropped. "I just wanted to know what you find so special about him."

"Nothing." I replied flatly. "I just admire Mustang is all." (Liar! cough cough)

"Well, you can meet him right now," Fuery told me. "He's expecting to see Edward anyway."

"Okay!" I said, my not-so-hidden inner fangirl crying out with joy.

As we walked down the illustrious halls, Al bent down to whisper something to me.

"Sorry," he said. "Brother just doesn't like the Colonel, that's all."

I knew that, but no one tells me that I have problems! Only I can tell myself that!

"But hey," he continued. "I think it just bothers him that you like Mustang."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, the hopefulness a little too loud in my voice.

"Not saying," Al teased, walking faster to catch up with Ed and Fuery. I stared after him, sure that he was smiling inside that soul of his.

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Okay! Chapter 4! I hope you liked it, because it came from my heart.

Yeah right!

There's no way I could say that with a straight face.

In fact, I'm laughing right now.

Well, when I typed it actually, because when you're reading this I could be crying, sleeping or beating someone up.

Oh, did I say that?

Um… I'm not sure if I spelled Lieutenant Fuery's name right, but you're not going to flame me for that, are you?

Anyway, I meet Mustang in the next chapter. It should be interesting, if my creativity hasn't worn off by then.

See ya next time!

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