A/N: Here's the next chapter! Sorry it's like two weeks late but I've had horse shows and end of school year stuff to attend to! An just to say this chapters been written for like four days now I've just have had no time to update.

Disclaimer: When my hair strangles me, k and I will own Trigun, samurai Champloo, FMA and Cowboy Bebop but until then… we don't.

Riza, Vash and Maes walked into the large dining hall. There was a large stage at the end of the hall blocked off with a curtain. Around the room were tables for six placed but in the center though there was a large open space. The small band in the pit in front of the stage was tuning their instruments.

"Woo dancing!" Vash exclaimed running and then starting to bust out a move on the empty dance floor. The people milling around the tables started whispering behind their hands. Riza ran up to Vash and dragged him off the floor by his ear.

"You idiot you're not supposed to dance when the orchestra is tuning!" She hissed at him. Hawkeye dragged him to the table where they were seated at. Brosh and Ross were already seated there.

"Good evening First Lieutenant Hawkeye," Ross said, "Who's your…friend?"

"Hi I'm Vash!" He said while Riza threw him onto a chair.

"Are you two—," Brosh said looking confused.

"No, he's Lieutenant Colonel Hughes's friend." She said sitting down.

"Hmm, I don't remember seeing him on the train over here, we were right by the Lieutenant's train car too," Ross said looking confused.

"Well I did just meet him today," Vash then changed the subject, "Do you know where the doughnuts are?"

"Doughnuts, this is a dinner party why would they have doughnuts?" Brosh said.

"Ah man! I thought there were going to be doughnuts!" Vash slumped in his chair.

"Who knows Brosh, there could be some around."

"Really," Vash said hopping up, "I must go in search of them then!" He bounded off running out into the hall.

"That's one interesting character Hawkeye," Brosh said.

"Yeah I noticed."

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"Doughnuts! Doughnuts! Doughnuts!" Vash chanted while looking in trash cans, closets and peoples purses, getting slapped for looking in the later.

After searching a janitor's closet he saw an opening for an air shaft, "Doughnuts?" He scrambled up into the small silver tunnel and started searching. He felt as if he had climbed miles of shaft and had found no doughnuts. He finally stopped and started to bang his head against the floor of the shaft. He didn't notice the supports holding up the shaft start to creak. They finally gave way and Vash crashed into a room highly decorated with flowers. Vash didn't notice this; all he noticed was the array of pastries laid out on a table in the corner.

"Doughnuts!" he yelled cramming his mouth with as many doughnuts it could hold.

"Hey Bozo!" yelled a voice behind him while a shoe hit his head, "Those are mine!"

Vash turned around to see a young lady on the brink of tears holding another shoe above her head.

"Umm if it makes you that upset I won't eat them," Vash said putting the pastry down.

"That's not why I'm upset!" She said sitting down and weeping "I'm upset because I have to memorize a play in ten minutes!"

"Well then I guess I should be going then," Vash said scooting away "There's no way for me to help any—." Then he paused a light had lit up in his brain. "Wait pretty lady I can help you!"

"You can!" she said wiping her face then hopping up.

"Yeah, here." He said taking his earring off and putting on Fuu's. "I can talk to you while you're on the stage and give you your lines!"

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she said bowing on the ground, "how can I repay you?"

"Well," he said stroking his chin, "if you let me eat the rest of the doughnuts it's a deal." He stuck out his hand.

"I don't know what doughnuts are, but it's a deal," she shook his hand.

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"Hurry up Al we're going to be late!" Ed yelled running through the headquarters gate.

"I'm trying to hurry up Miss Edward!" Ed turned around to see Al attempting to usher Edward to go faster. But how fast could one go if they were summer-salting?

"Just pick her up and carry her!"

"Umm okay," Al picked her up and put her on his shoulders, "let's go miss Edward," he said taking off running.

"WEEEEEEEE!" Edward yelled.

They ran to the entrance of the dinning hall and Ed turned to Edward who was still on Al.

"Now no funny business here okay?"

"Gotcha!"

The trio walked into the now practically deserted entry hall. The play was going to begin any moment now. After getting their table assignments they went to join Brosh, Ross, and Hawkeye.

"Who is your guest Edward?" Riza said raising an Eyebrow at Edward. Edward slid off Al's shoulders and sat on the chair upside down, and started to frolic with a napkin.

"Ah we were wondering whether she would be coming," Ross said.

"Where's Mustang?" Ed asked looking around, ignoring Edwards antics.

"He was assigned to a different table," Riza pointed to Roy Mustang. He was sitting with the rest of his subordinates and a blonde lady.

"Aren't you always his right hand man sir?" Al said.

"Yes but thanks to my unexpected dinner guest I had to get the seating arrangements changed," she sighed then noticed Al had to stand. "Speaking of which I don't think Vash will be coming back for a while so Al you can take his seat."

"Vash the Stampede?" muttered a lady with short black hair who was walking by them dropped the silverware she was carrying. She went over to Riza, "You've seen Vash?"

"Well I don't know about stampede par—,"

"WAHAHAHAHAHA," said the Fuhrer walking up to their table, three people were following him. "See I told you he would be here," he gestured to Ed; Edward stopped her frolicking on the chair when she saw her companions and a glomped Jet.

"Yay! Jet, Jet! Spi, Spi! And Faye, Faye!"

"There you are Edward, but how did you end up with these people?" Jet said brushing Edward off.

"Edward fall on Ed,"

"Edward you can't fall on yourself," Faye said.

"No, his name is Edward too!" Edward pointed to Ed.

"Wait he's not Vash?"

"You're looking for Vash too?" Riza said wondering what Vash, the black haired lady, Edward, and now the Fuhrer's acquaintances have to do with each other. Faye now noticed Meryl who was standing by the table.

"Hey its you!" she pointed at Meryl.

"Why are you all looking for Vash," Riza said to them all.

"I always seem to be looking for Vash," Meryl said.

"You don't know he's only wanted for—," Spike started saying to Riza but he was interrupted by the calling for silence before the play was to start.

"Now my new friends let's go find your seats," the Fuhrer started to walk off. Jet kneeled down to Edward.

"Ed, stay here until the plays over okay? No funny business," Jet, Spike and Faye followed the Fuhrer to the other side of the room and sat down at another table.

"Rodger!" Edward said sitting back down in her upside down position.

"Would you sit correctly!" Edward mumbled to Edward.

"You look shorter upside down!" Edward piped cheerfully.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT YOU COULD SELL THEM AS A FUN SIZE ITEM!" Ed yelled while Al tried to calm him down.

"But Brother everything comes in fun size," Al muttered, "Please calm down, the plays going to start, and Miss Edward would you please sit right side up?" Edward flipped to a correct sitting position, but reluctantly.

The gong sounded and the curtains started to unfold. Meryl started to hurry away but Riza grabbed her wrist.

"Can you meet me after the play; I want to know all about Vash."

"Umm sure let's meet in the Kitchens okay?" I hope she knows where that jarhead is, Meryl thought.

Riza nodded as her reply and turned to look up at the stage. A girl walked onto it looking very nervous and clutched her ear.

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"Don't worry go ahead Miss Fuu I got it all under control!" Vash said trying to comfort Fuu one last time before she went on stage.

"OH now who is this mademoiselle, your voice coach?" Rodrigo Smith walked up to her again, before Vash and Fuu could reply he said, "Do good Flower for we at the EC company are all counting on you, the Fuhrer is out there remember that!" he walked off to go fuss with another actress.

"Like I need more to worry about!" Fuu said on the brink of another breakdown. "You're sure this will work?"

"Positive," Vash said confidently. The Fuu remembered something else that needed to be planned out for their act.

"Wait where are you going to be! If they see you telling me the lines my reputation will be ruined!"

"But I thought you were a fraud?" Fuu quickly covered his mouth with her hand and shushed him.

"SHHH! Don't say that I don't want to be caught! Besides there must be someone here that I'm impersonating so I don't want to trash her reputation!"

"All right, all right!" He said muffled through her hand.

"Okay then," she took her hand away and wiped it on her kimono disgusted, "where are you going to hide?

"Umm," he said looking around: trash can? Eww these trash cans are actually being used. Behind the curtain? Everyone could see me! Then Vash looked up. "In the ceiling I shall lurk!" He said while scrambling up the many ropes into the rafters.

"Wait!" Fuu exclaimed. Then she said quieter, feeling another break down coming, "Don't leave me!"

"You're on!" said a forceful stage manager. He kept pushing her to the front of the line of actors waiting to enter the stage. "We're on in, three two, one!" He whispered loud enough for the cast to hear. On one they all started pushing Fuu to the front and out onto the stage.

Fuu felt herself panicking standing stupidly on the back of the stage, all of the military personnel waited for her to do something.

"Fuu, you hear me?" she heard a voice in her ear; she grabbed it shocked, "Okay relax and walk into the center of the stage and repeat after me…" Fuu was thinking with an inward smile this just might work.

A/N: Hey once again so sorry about the wait. What is it now two week late update? Well I've been busy writing a new fic, it's a Royai after the movie so… I really like it but hey I wrote it! Okay I know the weird line Vash says is well… weird but I somehow wanted a little Phantom of the Opera to come out. All right then peace out. And REVIEW!