"Looks like we're getting on this train." Kuri said. "Mustang wants us on it."
"Ugh really..." Ed said. "That guy..."
"Come on." Reiko said, pulling Al along.
"Whoa!" Al said.
"I got sandwiches!" Kuri grinned.
They sat in their compartment, eating, while Ed showed off his automail to a kid.
Kuri laughed at him and they all leaned back to take a snooze.
Xxx
Ed began to drift off to sleep. Kuri idly unbraided his hair and brushed it. He leaned in to her attentions and relaxed against her.
"I was thinking. Isn't it about time Al and Sister..." Kuri trailed off.
"NO!" Ed jerked up. "My little brother is not doing ANYTHING with that fox girl!"
Kuri covered his mouth before he could start a fight with Rei. "Geez calm down. After all it's her responsibility to revive the Hikawa clan. I can't do it, cuz I'm the youngest."
"Huh?" Ed looked over at her. "What's bein younger have to do with it?"
"Well duh Ed." Kuri said. "When I get married, I won't be 'Hikawa' anymore. I'll be...well you remember right?"
"Remember what?" Ed said.
SMACK! Kuri slapped him, dropping the brush and moving to another seat.
Xxx
"He was right! He is here with these girls! And he really is little!" Falman said.
"Who are you calling so puny that you can only make him out under a magnifying glass?!" Ed said.
"Calm down Ed!" Kuri said.
"No, I was just... I'm not the one who said so..." Falman said.
"Be quiet! Everyone, get your hands up!" Bald said.
"Wh-Why, you...!" General Hakuro said.
"Good day, General Hakuro." Bald said.
"It looks like an old fashioned hijacking." Kuri muttered to Rei. "You and Al go through the cars and get all the bad guys. Me and Ed are going up."
With that, she pulled Ed through the window.
Xxx
They climbed on the top of the train and made it to the coal car.
"Ed. You thinking what I'm thinking?" Kuri gestured to the water coolant below.
Ed got an evil smirk on his face.
Xxx
"You can't, Bald! There's someone outrageous up there!" Bad Guy said.
"Bald! Contact with everywhere else has been cut off!" Bad Guy said. "They said something about a big suit of armor and a fox!"
"Don't get excited!" Bald said.
A megaphone appeared in the train car.
"You guys in the criminal group, can you hear me?" Ed said.
"What's that?" Bald said.
"Let the hostages go!" Ed said.
"Are you one of Mustang's secret agents?! If you interfere, I'll kill the hostages, one by one!" Bald said.
"Oh, you're just itching to do it, huh? Well, then..." Ed said, and a water pipe appeared.
"A water... pipe...?" Bald said.
"Okay, hostages, please take cover!" Ed said, and water poured in.
"What?!" Bald said.
Xxx
Kuri and Ed swung in through the window.
"All right, don't move. You're the ringleader, aren't you? What's the matter? Come on out." Ed said.
"Damn...! Before I kill the general, I'll take care of you! Hold it! A fellow Automailer, huh? A brat like you...? Is the military using even children now?" Bald said.
"You'll pay for that "brat" line! And I'm not being used by anyone!" Ed said.
"Kid, let me tell you something. I used to be in the military, long ago. At the time, I thought
I wanted to be better armed. But the military didn't seem to like that idea. They were afraid of me becoming any stronger on my own. Shortly after I had this operation, they got rid of me. And so... and so... I wanted to crush the military! You understand, don't you? If you've got an arm like that, then you must have wanted it too! You wanted to be stronger than anyone else!" Bald said.
"No, I don't understand! And don't you lump my arm in...with yours!" Ed broke Bald's arm.
"Good grief, that was something else." Kuri said as they got off the train.
Xxx
"Don't kill anyone. That's what I told you. As it turns out, it looks like you did as you were told." Roy said.
"You're Mustang, are you?" Ed said.
Roy snapped his fingers and burned Bald.
"A-Awesome!" Reiko said. "Way better than fox fire!"
"I held back. The effect on your body probably isn't as bad as it looks. I am Roy Mustang. My rank is It. colonel, and I am the Flame Alchemist. Remember that." Roy said.
"He's Mustang..." Kuri said.
"Brother!" Al aid.
"Lt. Colonel! Why, you... you knew about all of this when you had us get on this train, huh?!" Ed said.
"It's not as if I had a grasp of everything." Roy said.
"Apparently, those people had us dancing right in the palm of their hand." Ed said.
"But then, there was no way around it. We still don't have any power." Al said.
Xxx
Ed turned to Kuri. "Hey. You forgot this."
He handed her the hairbrush.
"Don't want it." Kuri glared at him. "Brush your own hair, alchemist."
Ed swallowed. She was mad. "I-I didn't forget ok!"
He held out his pinky, though it was automail, different from when they were kids.
She smiled, and took his pinky with hers.
"It's a promise!" They said together.