Tai: Yay! Another chapter. Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers. Anyway, as it says in my lookup I apologise for not already knowing the answer to the pet question, but I missed the first 17 episodes. Luckily for me, they're reshowing Fullmetal Alchemist in New Zealand and Australia so I can see them! Anyway, please inform me if there's a question I ask that was answered in the Anime, as I said I haven't seen all the episodes.

Anyway, my thanks to those who voted in my little poll. The people I asked at school (who haven't even read the story) answered it and you will see the results in the next chapter or two. I've been asked twice by a friend of mine how far through my story I am, and I have no idea, so there could be 15chapters in total, or 21, I still have no idea. I do know it will have more than 10.

Also, just a question (and I'll ask again at the bottom, if you haven't seen episode 51 of the anime dont worry about it) at the end of the series, do you think Roy and Riza were together? From what I saw and the way they were smiling and acting around each other they seemed to be. Either that or they were just closer friends.

Anyway, enough out of me, onto the chapter!

Disclaimer: Does Fullmetal Alchemist have a character named Tai? No, then I still don't own FMA.


Chapter 6: Changes

It was 9am Wednesday morning, and the office was oddly quiet. There was little movement and sound, and this was not unusual, considering the only person in the room was fast asleep. Moving a little in his sleep, the young man continued to dream, dead to the world as it were. As footsteps sounded in the hallway, the figure remained still, smiling at the dream he was currently having (whatever it may be about). The steps stopped just outside the door and nothing happened for a few moments.

As the door slowly opened another man entered, looking around the room he sighed, seeing the other man asleep at his desk was always a worry. The new arrival shook his head and walked over to the sleeping figure. "Roy, get up you have work to do." He said gently, trying to wake the other man. Seeing this had no effect he left the room and returned minutes later with a glass of water. "Don't make me do this Roy." He sighed, moving the glass of water above his sleeping companions head. Still no movements were made, and the man sighed, emptying the glass of water onto Roy's head.

This successfully roused the other man, who was in a rather bad mood. "Maes what's the big idea waking me up?" he growled, glaring at the older man. Maes just laughed "Hey you have work to do." Hughes laughed, "Besides you're not usually the first one here. Any idea where the others are?" Roy looked around the fairly empty room. Maes was right, no one else had arrived yet. He knew why Hawkeye was away, but his other subordinates should've been there. "Interesting, you don't think they all caught a cold do you?" Roy questioned, removing his damp jacket. Hughes thought for a moment. "Highly unlikely."

A yell of "I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU MY BRA SIZE!" informed the two men that there was at least one other person in the building. The men gave one another a questioning look, before hurrying over to the door. "Come on Lieutenant Ross, it's not like I'll tell anyone." Havoc pleaded. "You are un-fucking-believable!" the young women replied. "I'm not going to tell you and that is final!" Maria walked towards Roy and Maes, who looked very amused. "How long has he been bugging you?" Roy questioned, stepping out from the doorway. "Since I stepped foot inside headquarters." Maria sighed, "and I doubt I've heard the last about this. Hopefully he'll get bored."

"Highly unlikely, he only stopped asking Hawkeye because she threatened to shoot his balls off." Roy laughed. "And he still makes guesses about it." Falman commented, making himself known. "How long have you two been here?" Hughes asked, a little surprised. Sometime during their small conversation, both Breda and Falman had arrived. "Since the 'un-fucking-believable' comment." Breda laughed. "I guess Havoc's trying the same thing he did in Eastern."

Maria looked at him "What did he try in Eastern?" she asked, internally debating whether or not she really wanted to know. "He tried to find out the bra size of every woman in Eastern Headquarters, he was slapped a total of 29 times and almost killed twice." Furey replied. "Both times by Hawkeye."

"Lieutenant Kelshina! Just the girl I was looking for, tell me, what's your bra size?" Havoc smiled, walking over to the young girl. She glared at him, "I suggest you keep that mouth of yours shut Havoc." She hissed, "otherwise you may find yourself in hospital with your balls blown off." She walked past him and down the hallway, disappearing around a corner. Havoc had gone pale. "You know, that's almost exactly what Hawkeye told him." Falman mused, looking down the hallway. "Yea, but I think her exact words were 'I suggest you keep your mouth shut or you'll find yourself in a grave with your balls blown off." Breda laughed. "Bout time someone shut him up." Maria mumbled before walking down the hallway and out of sight.

"Well Havoc, how many women actually answered you?" Breda asked, walking into the office. Havoc came back to his senses, "Hmm, about 3. I cant remember their names but one's a B, the other two were C's." he smiled. They all laughed before walking into the office and sitting down at their desks, well, Hughes sat on the couch. "So, who's babysitting you boys today?" he asked looking at the mounds of papers sitting on each desk. "Hopefully not Kelshina or Ross, they're mad enough to kill me." Havoc shrieked.

"Well then aren't you in luck Havoc? You get both of us." Came a cold voice. Havoc slowly turned towards the doorway and froze, seeing both women glaring at him. "And if you make any guessing on our bra sizes, you'll be doing extra work, understood?" Tai continued. Havoc nodded furiously and started on his work. "Now Hughes, I suggest you go back to your office and do your work instead of distracting these men even further." Maria ordered, turning her attention to the older man. He considered his options and quickly stood. "I'll see you at lunch." He said quickly before running out of the room.

Both women smiled before moving to sit on the couch. "I suggest you start on your work Colonel, otherwise you'll still be here at 7pm." Tai informed them, opening the book she'd bought with her. Roy looked at them before sighing in defeat. He grabbed a handful of papers and started reading. The other men slowly followed suit, none wanting to enrage the two further.

Hours later Roy looked up from his work. Having finished all of it already he stood and stretched, looking around the room. He noticed something rather odd; Lieutenants Ross and Kelshina had disappeared while he was signing papers. "Havoc, any idea where the Lieutenants disappeared to?" he questioned, looking at the other male. Havoc and the other subordinates looked up from their work and peered around the room. "I guess they left." He mumbled, stretching. It appeared the other four men had also finished their work. "What time is it anyway? I'm hungry." Breda questioned, letting out a rather large burp.

The other four laughed. Roy scanned the room for a clock. Not finding one he pulled out his pocket watch. "It's only lunchtime and we've all finished our work." He yawned. The office door opened and the missing Lieutenants stepped though it, with what looked like lunch. "Since you all did your work without complaining, we decided to shout lunch." Tai told them, setting the bags she was carrying down on the desks.

"Make sure you put all the rubbish away once you're finished." Maria continued. "Then it'd be a good idea to put those files away, that way you can have a free afternoon." The men gawked at her. "A free afternoon?" Havoc said slowly, his eyes along with everyone else's almost popping out of his head. "What is there an echo in here? Yea a free afternoon, unless one of us decides otherwise." Tai sighed, sitting back on the couch. The men continued to stare, they'd never had a free afternoon and they somehow doubted they'd get one today.

They pulled the food out of the bags and lay it out in front of them. Havoc looked over the food and picked up a bread roll. Setting it down in front of him he grabbed a knife that had been found in one of the bags and started stabbing the bread roll. "Havoc, what the hell are you doing?" Mustang questioned, grabbing a bread roll himself and taking a bite out of it. "Making sure there isn't anything hidden in this." He replied, continuing to stab the roll. "Why? It's not like they poisoned anything." Breda laughed grabbing a piece of cake. "Yea, there'd be no guarantee that you'd eat the poisoned one." Falman laughed picking up a sandwich. "You're just paranoid." Furey agreed taking one of everything he could reach.

"I guess you're right." Havoc replied slowly, putting the knife down and taking a bite out of the bread roll. "At least I shouldn't find anything odd in this." A giggling noise made all five men turn their heads. Tai and Maria were sitting on the couch, whispering something to one another. Tai glanced at Havoc and whispered something to Maria. Maria looked at her "No really?" she asked. Tai nodded her head and both girls looked at Havoc before erupting into a giggling fit. "What's so funny?" Havoc asked a little worried. "Nothing, nothing, nothing at all." Tai replied quickly, not trying to hide the huge smile she had on her face.

"Lieutenants, tell me what you're discussing now." Roy ordered, his voice very firm. The two girls looked at each other. "Well sir, how about I whisper it to you instead of saying it aloud?" Tai reasoned, "Saying it out loud would ruin the fun." Mustang considered this for a few moments, and reluctantly agreed. Standing up Tai walked over to the desk Roy was currently sitting at. "All I said to Lieutenant Ross was if you look at someone, whisper something to whoever you're sitting next to, both look at them and laugh, the person you look at gets really worried." Tai told him. Roy looked at her, "Are you serious?" he asked, not believing that was what she'd said.

Tai nodded her head and looked over at Havoc, before letting a huge smile appear on his face. Tai looked over at Havoc and stuck her tongue out, before walking over to the couch and sitting down again. Havoc had paled considerably. "What did she say?" he enquired, his voice very shaky. "Never you mind Havoc, now why don't we finish eating and get those files put away?" Roy instructed, grabbing a piece of cake. The other men nodded and continued eating lunch in silence.

After the papers were put away, Havoc, Breda and Furey decided to have a game of cards, while Roy and Falman watched. However, the sound of giggling caught Falman's attention. It seemed Tai and Maria had decided that it would be more fun to do the exact same thing they'd done to Havoc, to Falman. "Sir, any idea what they're saying?" He questioned Mustang, who looked up at the two young women. "Probably something similar to what they said about Havoc." He mused, turning his attention back to the game. "Which was what, if you don't mind my asking colonel?" Falman questioned, worried about what had been said. "You'll have to ask them." Roy replied joining the card game. Falman sat watching the two for a few moments. Seeing they'd turned their attention to Furey, he decided to join the card game as well.

After about an hour, it seemed both of the female officers were back to normal as they joined the card game. "Just out of curiosity, why were you two acting so, different?" Breda asked picking up his cards. "Well, while you boys were working, we went out for lunch and had something that was very…sweet." Tai replied, picking her own cards up. "And I think you can guess what effect too much sugar can have." Maria finished, rearranging the cards in her hand.

"Actually, I have no idea." Falman admitted. "So, what effect did it have?" Tai sighed, laying her cards face down on the table. "Well depending on the personality you have, it can sometimes make you act in a completely different manner. For example Maria and I would act like a couple of love-struck schoolgirls." "And that's why the two of you were being so…giggly?" Furey asked, not really believing the explanation.

Both women looked at him. "You don't believe that explanation Furey?" Maria asked, looking at him questioningly. "Well, it doesn't seem rational that a small amount of sugar can completely change someone's attitude." He rationalised. "I mean, drugs could, but a large amount of sugar? I highly doubt it." The two women looked at one another and sighed. Tai stood up suddenly, "If that's the case Furey, you can help me with target practise today. I expect to see you down at the shooting range in 10minutes." She informed the young male walking out of the room. Furey sat in silence for a few moments before looking at the others. "What does my view on the effects large amounts of sugar have on you have to do with target practise?" he asked, looking a little lost. The other men shrugged and Lieutenant Ross shook her head as she stood and walked out of the room.

"I get the feeling she's going to be using you as target practise, Furey." Roy laughed. Breda, Falman and Havoc started to laugh as well. "Not funny guys, I'm fearing for my life and all you can do is laugh?" he whinged. "Cheer up Furey, next to Hawkeye, Kelshina is the best shot in the military." Falman assured him. "Yea, that means if she wants to kill you, you'll die first time!" Havoc laughed. "Not funny." Furey growled walking out the door. He didn't want to find out what would happen if he was late.


Tai: Don't believe me about the sugar thing? Come spend a day with me and my friends, I'm usually serious and when I get sugar-high I go completely giggly. For example one Wednesday I had a little too much sugar at lunch and was giggling through most of Computing.

Anyway, I said I'd put the question about episode 51 here again: At the end of the series, do you think Roy and Riza were together? From what I saw and the way they were smiling and acting around each other they seemed to be. Either that or they were just closer friends. Your opinions please.

And now for my random question: Do you think Roy wears boxers or not? If so, what kind.