"Ed vs. Maes: Round 1"
by Chibi Viki
Edward Elric will never forget the day he met Lt. Gen. Mustang's son. It was already registered in his mind… the time, the place and the people who were there with him.
It was, on a bright and sunny Sunday, that he, his brother, Alphonse, and their childhood friend, WinRy, decided to visit the Lieutenant General's home. They had heard about little Maes a few months ago and decided to meet this little boy whose namesake they thought fondly of.
It was not a surprise though to find the Lieutenant General's subordinates also present that day, aside from his wife, Riza. Farman, Havoc, Breda, Fuery and even Armstrong were in the baby's room coaxing the new Mustang to say his first words.
They looked quite funny, really, all of them trying to make the tiny bundle of joy smile as it lay in its crib looking up at the strange company of men making funny faces as they peered down at him from the walls of his tiny castle.
His proud parents, Riza and Roy had ushered in their new guests, Ed, Al and WinRy.
As the trio took their turn for the crib, the baby, looking at Ed, giggling, finally uttered his first word.
"Chi-bi"
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A/N: erm, in case you didn't know, "Chibi" means short, one of Ed's LEAST favorite term ;;
EDIT (01-07-2006): You may notice that Winry's name is spelled with a big "R" here… because I've got 3 complains from spelling Winry as "WinLy" and I've had it with the spelling thing. Frankly speaking, this minor error is nothing compared to what happened to Riza's name which was translated as "Lisa" in the US dub despite all the official materials released by the time they finally licensed it…
Here's a fact… I wrote this story BEFORE Hiromu Arakawa's FMA Perfect Guide was even released so by then, I really didn't have a reference except for scanlations and fansubs.
Strange thing is, this is the only chapter were I spelled Winry as "WinLy" and I still got complains about it… hmm...
