Chapter 15

Xmas tree part 2

Kumori ran a hand through her hair and followed close behind Ed and Winry. She couldn't help but smile as she saw the two clasp their hands together. She thought it was cute. Looking at the ground, she sighed. Ed took a quick glance back at her.

"Something wrong Kumori?" He asked.

"...Nah...Just thinking."

Concerned, Winry looked back at the ghost as well.

"You sure?"

"Yeah." Kumori mumbled. "Im fine."

"Doesn't sound like it." Ed stated. All Kumori did was close her eyes.

"Well...I'm just thinking."

"About what?" Winry curiously asked. She looked at the girl, then at the boy she loved.

"What if this doesnt turn out the way we want it? Finding her is'nt gonna be easy. Hora's a crafty little she-devil." She explained.

"It better work. I wanna get back to searching for the stone right away." Ed grumbled.

"Are you saying you'd put the philosopher's stone before your own sister?" Winry retorted, sounding angry.

"I never said that!" Ed shouted back. "I want Kumori to be alive again, but I still need to get Al's body back too. I promised him."

Winry let out a long, esasperated(sp?) sigh.

"I know."

Kumori looked up at them. She slightly frowned.

"Well, anyway...Don't you guys have a tree to find?" She said. "We'll worry about me later."

Ed sighed. As did Winry.

"Ok. Lets find that tree."

The three of them continued to walk through the endless woods. Most of the pine trees were too big to fit inside the house, but they knew they would manage to find something nice.

Later, the group met up somewhere in the woods.

"Well, what'd you find Winry?"

"Nothing. Nothing at all." She complained.

Ed groaned.

"Kumori? What about you?"

Kumori pulled out what she found. It was a mere branch that mustve fallen off one of the larger trees. It had a few pines on it, and a bit of snow. The aggrivated teen tossed it in front of him. A growl roared in Ed's throat.

"Who do you think I am, Charlie Brown?" He yelled. Winry giggled at his funny comment. Kumori merely shrugged her shoulders.

"It was all I could find."

There was a laugh from Ed.

"You both are pathetic." He chuckled. "Follow me."

Ed led them deeper into the woods. Kumori looked around at the trees, and screamed at every bird she saw, causing them to fly away into oblivion. Winry raised an eyebrow in confusion. Ed just kept walking forward until they happened upon an 8 foot tree that was the perfect size for inside the living room.

"Ed...it's...it's...perfect!"

"I know!" He boomed proudly.

Kumori poked at the tree with the branch, and screamed. A blueJay flew out. Then two more. She made a nasty-looking face.

"This tree ain't perfect...It's infested with birds!" She shoted, causing a cardinal to fly out of the tree.

"See?"

"What's so bad about birds?" Winry asked.

"I hate 'em. They're so useless..."

"Like you?" Ed joked. Kumori shoved him.

"That's not nice." She scolded.

Ed cut down the tree and tied it to the sled they brought along. When they reached the house, Kumori said goodbye to the teens, and melted away into the ground, as always. Ed turned to Winry.

"Ok. Today was officaily the weirdest day of my life."

"You sure?"

"Yep..." He sighed. Winry leaned forward and kissed his ice cold nose. He smiled.

"Come on Edo. Let's get inside before you catch a--"

Winry was cut off by a loud sneeze.

"...cold."

"I think I already caught one..." He stated, sniffling. Winry giggled. Putting an arm around his neck, the two walked inside the warm house.