Yoo I'm back! (grins) Better enjoy the time I have now for writing because next week exams are coming and I won't be back so soon unfortunately! (scratches neck) I hope you guys are satisfied with my one shots so far! IF you don't mind I just had the strongest urge to write this, don't worry REQUESTS will come too of course!

INFO ON CHAPTER: takes place in episode 61 of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood! BUT with Lena included this time!

Enjoy!

Coming Back

Greed expertly maneuvered up the walls and tubes, jumping from one side to the other until he finally entered the light and did a flip mid-air, landing on his feet behind Lan Fan and the wounded Scar.

He straightened himself, bare arms covered in the ultimate shield when Lan Fan called out to him, "Young Lord!" worriedly, turning to look at him and scanning him for injuries.

Greed rested his hands on his hips, annoyed, "The name's Greed now. Jeez, I can't believe you bothered to tag along all the way down he-" Greed's exasperated rant was cut off by a very familiar cry.

"You fool!" a steel covered boot slammed itself squarely in his face, sending the stunned Homunculus crashing to the ground, his healing abilities healing his broken jaw.

When he looked up, he saw her. Lena. She had come seemingly out of nowhere, she was panting heavily, favoring her right side, blood on the side of her face.

He frowned as he slowly stood up, blinking at her, then annoyance and anger took over his features, "What the-?!"

Lena cut him off sharply, "Where the hell were you?! I was worried sick damn it! I'll kill you the next time you decide to do something reckless and stupid! I don't care that you're some big, bad Homunculus, Father could have killed you Greed! I swear I'll-"

Her sentence died in her throat when Greed was in front of her in seconds, moving so fast not even her trained eyes could follow him.

"You're hurt," his anger and annoyance was gone, his tone laced with worry and seriousness at the hunched position she was in, trying to favor her right side, obviously from an injury. And she was bleeding. Damn.

Brown eyes were like fire, "Don't change the subject-"

Greed growled, annoyed, "Would you shut up for one second?! I heard ya woman, but let me see your injuries," he ignored her enraged look and carefully pushed up her shirt, exposing her taut stomach, wincing when he saw the deep gash, the cloth which she tied around herself as a make-shift bandaged caked in blood, "You're too injured to fight. Where is the Alkahestry brat when you need her?" he looked around, his annoyance steadily rising.

The Homunculus looked angry but froze when Lena cupped his face gently in her hands, tears streaming down her face, "You i-idiot...stop worrying about me, worry about yourself!" she fought stubbornly against the tears and her own emotions, resting her forehead against Greed's broad chest so he didn't see her tears.

The man looked down at her surprised, he released a heavy sigh and rested his hand on top of her head, soothingly stroking her scalp, "It's alright, I'm alright Lena," he pulled her close, closing his eyes to soak in her warmth.

When he opened them, he noticed something.

They broke apart and Lena noticed where his gaze traveled to, "That's Wrath! I see...so, they finally got him huh?" Greed commented, a sorrowful expression on his face, his gaze trained on the corpse of his brother.

Lena noticed his gaze, recognized the emotions written over his face even if he would have vehemently denied them, she noticed the way his teeth clenched and his jaw set tight, noticed the way he clenched his shaking fists tighter.

"Bastard dies with a peaceful look on his face...pisses me off," Greed's frown darkened, his words were quieter than usually, but his face spoke volumes of his emotions.

"Greed..." she squeezed his bicep, looking at the corpse of Bradley then back at Greed.

"I wanted to be the one that sees the light fade from his eyes," Lena bit her lip, "You stay here," Greed suddenly turned away from her, intent on going up to confront his father.

Lena wasn't having any of that, "What?! No! Are you insane?! I ain't following orders from you! And you can't take him on alone Greed!" she didn't want to bruise his ego and tell him he was too weak to deal with him one on one, but that was the truth and if that took to get through that thick skull of his, then she would gladly deal low blows to his ego to accomplish that.

Greed stopped, "Who said anything about taking him on alone? The rest is up there too,"

"I can still fight-" she tried to convince him, but she should have known better.

"No you can't!" Greed barked harshly, loudly, his words bouncing off the walls of the empty rubble around them.

He still didn't turn to look at her, "Stop shitting me Lena, you wouldn't survive five seconds out there on the battlefield, now do me a favor and don't come up. Let the runt treat you first, I'll be fine," Greed felt his throat burn, the words tasted like acid on his tongue, like bile rising up his throat at the lie, a thing he swore he never did.

Until she came along.

She managed to flip his already chaotic and messed up world, upside down, but not once, every time he met her she managed to make him question himself, make him question his plans and dreams and ambitions until now, everything. Nothing was easy with her, either it was complicated or downright impossible. And he hated himself for feeling like he did whenever she was around, his heart would pick up the pace, his mind would be all jumbled, words wouldn't flow out of his mouth as smoothly as they always did at times...

And the most terrifying thing was, she saw through him. She was the only one, besides Ling, that could see through his fake smiles, "evil" laughter and overall bad guy act. He didn't know how she did it, but it made him be wary around her at first, he didn't like it when people saw his cards.

And he didn't like it now.

Lena narrowed her eyes suspiciously, her voice strong, "How do I know you're not lying?" Greed blinked, but quickly composed himself.

He chuckled dryly, "I never lie, sweetheart," was his smooth reply.

But the woman didn't buy it, she never did, "Then why aren't you looking at me Greed?!" she growled sharply, tired of his games.

The Homunculus froze, violet eyes widening at her angered tone, his fist shook and his lips drew in a thin line, "I have to go,"

A body slammed into his back suddenly, leaving him breathless, "No you won't! I...I can't, I won't let you die! Not you or Ling! You can't freaking do this to me Greed! Don't I mean anything at all to you, you stupid ass?! You can't do this, not after we..." she bit her tongue, fighting back her burning hot tears.

Greed turned around in her vice-like grip and wrapped his arms around her tightly, pulling her close to him, like he wanted to shield her from everyone and only have her to himself, "Lena...I have to do this, if not you could all die,"

Lena was caught off guard by Greed's embrace but nonetheless she told him exactly what was on her mind, "What does my life matter if I can't spend it with you?" her voice was trembling with emotions.

Greed broke away enough to look at her disheartened expression, the tears still sliding down her cheeks, he brushed one away with his thumb affectionately, "Damn stubborn woman," he muttered under his breath until he leaned in to kiss her passionately, like his life depended on it, like it would be their last kiss.

She kissed him back, losing her battle against her own emotions.

Greed broke apart hesitantly, before he lost the will to leave entirely. In a intimate gesture, he rested his forehead against her own, his hot breath fanning her face gently as he whispered lowly, "Stay safe, this will be over before you know it," he lovingly kissed her forehead, closing his eyes to savor the feeling of her in his arms, before he leaped up onto a wall and was out of sight.

Lan Fan was by Lena's side at a moment's notice, supporting her as emotions and physical pain weakened her.

But Lena smiled, smirked even.

Lan Fan furrowed her eyebrows, more than confused and stunned at what she had witnessed, "Lena, are you alright?"

The brunette smiled, "Yeah...I trust him Lan Fan, even if he lied to me. Greed is not stupid, he would need to be suicidal to try and anger me," Lan Fan didn't know how to react, instead she led Lena down to the ground near Scar to rest.

Lena looked up at the bright light that shone it's way in through the large hole, a small smile adorning her face.

She closed her eyes and remembered her first shared night with Greed.

It had been several months after the group had been travelling, almost a year. It happened before Pride and Gluttony had attacked them surprisingly in Reole, ironically enough, they have been in a fight.

The reason for their fight itself seemed lost to her now, she vaguely recalled something about sleeping arrangements and who was the "leader" of the group. Then they went into a discussion about how much of a bastard Greed was and that his behavior wasn't gentleman-like at all.

The first kiss had been Greed's fault.

The first punch was delivered by Lena. She remembered exactly how Greed had caught her fist, the impact sending them tumbling to the futon on the floor, with her on top of him.

She remembered them trading insults back and forth, his saucy remarks on why she wasn't getting off him. The second kiss had been her fault.

Shockingly enough, Greed had stopped their kissing session and had looked at her with all seriousness he could muster.

"Despite being a bastard, I don't force myself on women," he had told her then.

She had replied with this, "Do I give you the impression of being forced? Stupid Homunculus, I thought it was obvious I...you know..." she had lost her courage to confess to him, until he ignited her anger.

"You what sweetheart?" he had grinned like the devil.

"That I fell in love with you, you damned-" he had silenced her with a passionate kiss.

Hands had wandered, caresses had been traded, loving gestures exchanged and in the climax of their passion, Greed had whispered the one thing he had kept secret from everyone into her ear, "I love you too Lena, even if I shouldn't,"

She remembered how they were cuddled close together, the effects of their afterglow not clouding their minds and how Greed had poked fun at her for "tiring her out". Oh how she had wanted to punch him good if she hadn't been so sore then.

She remembered how she jokingly told him she wanted to finally sleep. Her back had been turned to him and Greed had wrapped himself around her and whispered softly into her ear, "Not without me," his hand held hers the whole night long.

"Go and get them good Greed," Lena smiled, she knew the bastard would return.

And he did.