Havoc: Awwww man, even that freaking Homunculus is getting a girl. Why am I so unlucky? cries as he lights a cigarette

Erin: Don't worry, we have something special planned for you! grins

Havoc: REALLY?

Amanda: Maybe….

Falman: Fullmetal Alchemist and all related characters, locations, and objects are not owned by either of the fan fiction authors.

Sakura was sitting on the fountain edge, face turned upward to catch the sun and eyes closed in remembrance, when a shadow fell across her form. She opened her eyes to see the "Lt. Colonel" standing before her eyes. She sighed.

"Let me guess, you want me to get to work already, right?" she asked, her eyes fading to a dullness and her face turning somber and subdued as she watched Envy.

"I'm not as harsh as that walking, talking matchstick, believe me, I didn't mean to get you in trouble," Envy said as he sat next to Sakura on the edge of the fountain. She smiled at him, eyes brightening.

"Oh, you didn't get me into trouble. Roy just acts like I am when there's an unknown officer around." She looked back up to the sun. "Besides, Roy's concerned about me." She stood up, stretching her arms far above her head and turning back to Envy. "Well, I'm going to go hold up my end of the bargain." She said as she started off, but was stopped by Envy, who lightly grabbed her wrist as she turned to walk away.

Sakura was taken back by the grip of Envy holding her by her wrist, but she stood frozen as Envy pulled her in close to him, her hands rested upon his chest and he titled her chin up towards his lips for an embrace. Her face turned a bright shade of red as she realized exactly what the homunculus who held her had in mind. She pushed him back, breathing heavy.

"Not while you're in that disguise! I'd be court-martialed for fraternizing with an officer, and I don't want them to be suspicious of me yet." She reasoned with him, her eyes catching his and he saw the torrent of emotions that lay there for him and him alone to see.

"FINE! You aren't willing to pursue feelings for someone, but why should I care about, a worthless, pathetic and weak human, all feelings and emotions make people weak and leave them open for let down by those who don't truly love one another...I'm sorry, but I must take my leave for now..." She stared at him as he left, sinking down to her knees as she stared after him and storm clouds gathered above before letting their wet cargo loose upon the ground. This was how the Fullmetal Alchemist found her, sitting on her knees and staring as the rain poured on her, her soaked skin becoming colder and colder as the storm continued.

"Brother, isn't that Col. Mustang's friend?" Al asked as he pointed at the saddened Sakura.

"You might be right Al, I wonder what she's doing out here in the rain," Ed said as he moved towards the girl with his umbrella.

As the brothers approached the Lt, she looked down, arms encircling herself as her shoulders shook and heaved.

"Hey, Lt. Sakura, what are you doing out here in the rain?" Ed asked as he hovered over the freezing Lieutenant, but she diverted her gaze from Edward. Her eyes danced with a fire of hatred and fiery passion for Envy, but now as the rain ran down her face, that flame became extinguished in an instant when hot tears started to roll over reddened cheeks.

"I….I was just….reminded of someone very close to me. I lost him a long time ago." She smiled sadly at the two brothers as she told them a half truth, "You see, my older brother used to love rainstorms like this."

Ed started to remember back to the times when he and Al would sneak out of the house and go sit on the roof and watch the clouds come rolling in as the rain started to pitter, patter on their faces and the roof until their mom found out where they were and called them...minus the number of times that they nearly fell off and killed themselves. "Everybody loves a rainstorm now and again..."Ed said as he stared up at the sky and watched the clouds starting to move away.

"Yeah." Sakura replied, raising her head to watch the clouds as she remembered how her brother would pick her up and the two of them would sit on the stone steps to their house, feeling the rain, the thunder, and seeing the lightening light up the sky. She would cuddle close to him until their mother dragged them into the house. The storm passed and Sakura rose shakily to her knee's, looking at the brothers. "Well, we can't stay here all day. Let's head over to my place here. I've got some alchemy books that I'm sure you'd be interested in." She offered to the two.

Ed was willing to follow Sakura, but he noticed a strange look about Sakura as she walked, Sakura's legs were not only shaky, but she was feeling dizzy as she started to walk forward a few steps and started to fall forward as Ed and Al ran to catch her before she fell. "Lt. SAKURA!" Al shouted as Ed checked her forehead. She was hot to the touch and was shaking uncontrollably from the cold.

"Brother, what should we do?" Al fretted as a Lt. Colonel walked up to them and examined the fallen Lt.

Ed stared at the eyes of the Lt. Colonel as he walked past them and stopped to help the Elrics take Sakura to her dorm where she could be taken care of, out of the cold and wind. A chill ran down Ed's spine as he felt the evil flowing through the Lt. Colonel as he scooped Sakura up and walked ahead of the boys. Ed didn't say anything until they were in Sakura's dorm. When the Lt. Colonel turned back, Ed had transmutated his right arm into a blade.

Ed held his hand blade at the throat of the Lt. Colonel while Al kept watch over Sakura after the Lt. Colonel placed her on to her bed and she slept soundly though her fever was raising with each passing second.

"I know you are something else other than this!" Ed said, but in that instant, Envy shed his disguise.

"What gave me away Fullmetal Pipsqueak?" Envy said slyly.

"Don't play dumb with me! What do you want with Lt. Sakura?"

Envy could see that Ed was serious about his connection with the girl, he wanted nothing more to shut Edward up as he stood with a fiery hatred in his eyes for the Homunculus that stood in front of him. Al watched in awe as he waited for something to happen between Envy and Edward.

"Whatever business I have with the girl doesn't concern you pipsqueak. She and I have a mutual bond to one another," Envy said as Sakura slowly came up behind Ed with a frying pan.

"I'm...sorry...Edward," Sakura said weakly as she raised the frying pan and knocked Ed over the head, rendering him unconscious.

The room went dark in Ed's mind as he fell forward onto the floor and Sakura sat on the floor. She was out of strength as she dropped the frying pan and her fever wasn't helping the situation.

"Why did you do that to my brother!" Al shouted, but he was soon silenced by the sound of Sakura's sword being drawn from it's sheath. She held the up shinning blade so that it could reflect some of the light from outside.

"You wouldn't understand Alphonse, someone from my past is the same as Envy and Envy may be my only key to finding my brother, Daisuke," Sakura said as she sheathed her sword. Then she folded her hands in a strange manner, with both index and middle fingers raised and the remaining fingers on her right hand holding the raised fingers on her left.

What happened next Alphonse could never release say. All he knew was that the world suddenly went dark. Sakura slipped down to the floor, her body feeling as though it were on fire. Her eyes fluttering, she stared at the man, no, the homunculus before her and thought Brother I'm sorry I did what you never wanted me to. I… I fell in … love…with one who's heart can never return my emotions.

Love is never easy, is it? Especially not with a shape-shifting homunculus!