Sakura: Finally! Peace and quiet away from the military!

Ed: SAKURA! THERE YOU ARE!

Sakura: Oh no……

Al: Miss Sakura! The authors want you to do the disclaimer!

Sakura: Fullmetal Alchemist and all related characters, locations, and objects are not owned by either of the fan fiction authors. There, now will the military leave me alone?

Ed, Al, Erin, and Amanda: No.

Sakura: Damn…..

Weeks passed with no sign of Sakura or "Lt. Thompson." On a hunch, Roy sent the Elric brothers to an old town in the far east called Kokoro no Kizu, needing information about some discovery the town had made years and years ago. As they walked through the kimono-clad crowd, Al saw a flash of white hair and tapped his brother on the shoulder.

"Brother, isn't that…?" He trailed off, point at a young woman with white hair whose back was turned to them as she bent to pick up a small child. Ed noticed her too.

"No, it couldn't be…Lt. Sakura!" Ed shouted as he ran to the young woman.

"WHAT! Edward, Alphonse, what are you doing here!" Sakura asked as she placed the child on the ground and watched the young boy run off to play.

"You don't have to worry, we aren't trying to chase you down, but…the Colonel…" Al started to say, but he saw Sakura getting upset as anger started to show upon her face.

"I TOLD YOU IN MY NOTE BACK IN EAST CITY THAT I DIDN'T WANT YOU GUYS TO SEEK ME OUT! CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I WANT TO BE ALONE…I'VE GIVEN UP ON LT. THOMPSON! It just wasn't meant to be…I guess that I'm not meant to love," Sakura said as she hung her head and diverted her eyes from the Elrics.

"We didn't come looking for you for our own purposes, Mustang worries about you and he had a hunch that you would be here….even though…I haven't quiet figured out how he knew to look for you here?" Ed said as he turned towards Al.

"Brother….why are you looking at me?" Al asked with a hint of nervousness in his voice as he started to back away from his brother.

"Al…you had the note from Sakura's apartment…what did you do with it?" Ed asked with an evil look in his eyes.

"I told you! I lost it weeks ago!" Al said as he started to grow nervous with each step.

"Al…" Ed said as he started to climb up on top of his brother.

Al was silent as he shook in fear of how Ed would react if he told his brother the truth.

"I'm not asking you Al, I'M TELLING YOU! WHERE…IS….THE…NOTE!" Ed shouted as he took of Al's armored head and shouted down into the armor.

"I honestly don't know!" Al shouted back through the armor.

"I know you did something with it Al, now where is it?" Ed asked again as his anger level rose.

"I…I…I GAVE THE NOTE TO LT. HAWKEYE WHO GAVE TO COLONEL MUSTANG!" Al said as he yelled back at his brother knocking Ed back onto his butt.

Ed's anger was at a boiling point like amusement park game of "Test Your Strength" and Al had caused the weight to hit through the gong at the top and it was still flying high as Ed tried to keep his anger pent up, but Al knew all too well what Ed could do under the circumstances.

"Al…come here a second…I have something to tell you," Ed said as he looked up with an evil grin on his face.

"Uh….look brother, someone just called you a 'shrimp'," Al shouted as he ran in the other direction as Ed looked for the "shrimp" calling culprit.

"Where is he Al?" Ed asked as he searched high and low, but when he looked in the direction of where Al was running, Ed realized that Al was avoiding punishment.

"AL! GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT…I PROMISE I WON'T HURT YOU…TOO MUCH!" Ed shouted as he took off on a dead run after his brother.

Sakura stood there blinking before she smiled and shook her head, heading after the brothers, and unaware of the shadow that followed after her.

When Sakura caught up with the Elrics, Al was holding on at the top of a flag pole while Ed stormed at the bottom, threatening to break it in half. Sakura walked up and smacked Ed upside the head.

"WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?" Ed asked as he held the back of his head and Al cautiously climbed down the pole. Sakura glared at the two.

"I wanted Roy to get the letter, baka!" She sighed, folding her arms over her obi, "Well, since you're here, you might as well stay with me. I've got a lot of room." She walked away, motioning for the Elrics to follow her.