Note: YAY! summer vacation! ive been out of school since june 6th, but i was

1 too lazy to update

2 washing every stitch of dirty clothing in the house out of pure boredom (and hoping to get paid)

3 busy with all the recent babysitting jobs

4 yelling at mom 2 get the flipping virus off the compy

5 yelling at mom 2 get my new bed off layaway

6 yelling at mom "PAY ME, DAMMIT!"

7 yelling at mom 2 buy some goddamn cheddar munchies

8 yelling at mom about how fucked up my life is

9 trying to clean my room so i can paint over the spongebob stuff. the walls are being painted the same color blue they are now, but theres spongebob related things painted on there. (pineapples, seashells, jellyfish.)

10 trying to lose some weight. (im not big like gluttony, just chubby)

But the good news is, i have more time to update now that i dont have the annoying interupttion of the educational system. Plus, my mom siad she was gonna start paying me even if it killed her. shes been doing that, but she owes me $30 now. she said shed pay me later. the reason she hasnt paid me is cuz were trying to get my new bed, which is due out 2morrow, but my mom called and extened the layaway. plus were getting a pool in the backyard, whick is another 200 some dollars, and we should get that next week. mom said shes gonna get my bed 2morrow! yay, i cant wait. i need a firmer matress. but sadly im stuck with the one i have till i paint my room. but i need to clean it. its about 10:45 pm now. i felt bad for not updating in so long after i read over my story, so i decided to update NOW, or i was gonna kill myself. i wouldve waitied till 2morrow, but i have just got to clean my room, and itll usually take about all day, since my rooms divided into 2 seperate rooms. (if u dun get it, im gonna take some piccys and put them on my photobucket account. my username is Kagome (underscore) Elric. (be sure 2 take out the spaces, and put in that underscore) ) Things have just been so hectic around here since my 23 yr old stepbrothers been staying with us, and hoping to get my stepdad's social security. if we did, we'd be living on easy street. 2000 some dollars a month! thats more than we get in tax refunds each year! 00

Also, ive got to finish up this story soon. writing an Xmas story in summer? ;; weird. Im gonna write a sequel so you all can see what ed and al's life is like, living with their sister Kumori. keep an eye out for it. i should start it around august, or later, depending on when this story gets finished. and plus, im proud to announce...

-Drumroll-

IM NOT AFRAID OF THUNDERSTORMS ANYMORE!

anyway, better get on with the story. its almost 11:00, and id like to get done b4 parents get home.

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Chapter 17

Christmas Eve Flu

"Ah...Ah...AHCOOOO!" Ed sneezed, causing everone to jump.

"Ed, are you alright!" Winry said, handing him a box of tissues. Al leaned forward, preparing to ask if Ed needed something.

"Yeah, im fine...just..ah ah ACHOOO!"

Winry smiled to herself and put her hand to his forehead. Ed blew his nose and coughed.

"Wow, Ed. You're awful warm..." Winry sighed with a frown. "I think you're getting a fever..."

"What? NOOOO! i cant get a fever! AGH! What bad timing!" Ed cried.

"How is it bad timing?" Al asked.

Thats right. Al didnt know about their plans to find and kill Hora to get Kumori back.

Ed and Winry looked at each other. Ed had a sad expression upon his features. He felt awful for not telling Al whats been going on this whole time. It was bad enough he'd been lying to his brother whom he loved dearly all this time, but now he was catching a bug. 'It must be karma...' He thought to himself. He couldnt take it anymore. He had to tell his brother.

Ed gave his love a pleading look. Winry nodded. Ed turned to his brother and looked up at him.

"Al, we have something to tell you..."

"Sure, Ed, what is it?"

Ed paused. Winry placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Go on Ed, tell him."

"Tell me what?"

The young alchemist opened his mouth to speak, but when he did, it wasnt words that came out. It was an awful cough. It sounded terrible. Ed gasped for breath, and fell into Winry's arms.

"Im sorry Al. We'll have to tell you tomorrow. We'd better get him in bed." She stated. Al nodded, and got up off the sofa. Winry let go of the boy and let Al take him from her arms. He carried him up to his room, Winry following close behind, and laid him in bed.

"Can i help you with anything?" the armor asked politely.

"No thanks. I'll take it from here, you just get some rest." The mechanic said, taking the blankets off of Al's bed, along with the pillow.

"okay Winry, see you in the morning." He said as he walked down the hall to another guest room. He knew that Ed would need lots of rest, so he decided to sleep in a seperate room that night.

"Good night!" Winry called after him, covering Ed with the extra blankets, and the extra pillow under his head. She tucked him in, and placed a damp rag on his forehead, a glass of water by his bedside, and a bucket on the floor beside him, just in case. Placing a kiss on his red cheek, she prepared to leave the room. Just as she was about to leave she heard a painful moan from the body laying silenty in bed. She frowned.

"poor Ed..."

Winry closed the door behind her and walked down the hall to her room. She walked in and attempted to shut the still broken door, but it broke off the hinges and fell out of the doorway. The girl shook her head and walked in the room anyway, and headed for her dresser. She pulled out the bottom drawer and took out her favorite PJ's. The ones Ed bought her a while back.

"She's here..." a voice said.

Winry spun around and saw Kumori. "Huh? Who is?"

"Hora...Shes here to kill Ed..."

Winry gasped.

"No..."

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Well, a nice little cliffy for you. I was hoping to make this the next-to-last chapter, but im tired, and i wanted to make a pretty little cliffy to grab your attention. Why does Hora want to kill Ed? What will the girls do? Why am i asking YOU all these questions? Find out next time in SHADOW SISTER!

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