heya every1! didja have fun whilst we were gone? ...nm, u probably did...

neways, here's the next part!

It had been hours since Ed had seen Bella. She had run off to go knows where. He would've followed her if it weren't for that god-forsaken pain in his side and Brosh and Ross keeping a close eye on him. Finally, he had gotten a chance to sneak off without them noticing. He went towards the roof of the building, hoping he would be able to spot the brown-haired alchemist from such a height, but to his surprise the alchemist was already there, her feet hanging off the sides of the railing, valuable items scattered around her and Koneko the small kitten in her arms.

What's with all the jewelry? He thought, then he spotted his own pocket watch in the pile of items. Ah! Why'd she take my pocket watch! (1)

Obviously Bella hadn't noticed that he was there because she had started talking to Koneko.

"Don't look at me like that" She said quietly enough so Ed could hear. "I know I shouldn't steal, but it just makes me feel better, Koneko" She leaned her head on the kittens furry one while it purred softly.

"I wish Ed could see how hard it was to let him know about my race." She set Koneko down her lap, thinking for a bit, not noticing Ed listening behind her.

(Me: Note, I do NOT own the song "Simple and Clean"! Utada Hikaru does! And it's not the whole song, only part of it. Also, Bella's singing to this song sounds like the person who sings it from Kingdom Hearts the English version WHICH IS AN AWESOME GAME! PLAY IT OR PERISH! Thank you and enjoy the rest of the story/song Bella's about to sing :bows:)

Wish I could prove I love you,

But does that mean I have to walk, on water?

When we are older you'll understand

It's enough when I say so

And maybe some things are that simple

When you walk away you don't hear me say

Please……. Oh baby, don't go

Simple and Clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight

It's hard to let it go

Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning

Is a little later on

Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all…….

Nothing's like before

Her voice was soft and almost hypnotizing. She let out a big sigh, probably because she was relived. As Ed took a step forward, he saw Bella tense up. He looked down to see he had stepped down with his left foot, the automail one, and mentally slapped himself. Bella whipped around and saw him. She blushed madly, embarrassed he had probably heard everything. . She quickly got up and ran towards the stairway.

"Bella!" she heard Ed shout, but she ignored him. She had raced down about two flights of stairs, with only five more to go, when a dizzy feeling swept over her. She stepped back slightly, trying so hard not to fall into unconsciousness again. She staggered and slipped, and began to fall. She began to roll down the steps and found it harder to breathe. She gave in and slipped into unconsciousness.

Ed's POV:

"Bella!" you shouted at her, but she continued to run. You ran after her and turned a corner just in time to see her fall. You quickly rushed towards her and caught her before she could fall down any more steps. You could tell she had fallen into unconsciousness. You held her in your arms as you walked back to your room.

Third Person! Whoot Whoot!

Bella fluttered her eyes open. She looked ahead of her to find that she was back in her room.

"ugh….." she said as she sat up. She looked to her side to see Ed there, holding her hand. He jumped up excitedly and wrapped her in a hug.

"Ack! Blondie get off me! I can't breathe!" she said, though she was smiling.

"Sorry, I just got a little excited there," he said, returning the smile and letting her go.

"What happened?" Bella asked suddenly.

"Well, you caught me when I was eavesdropping on you and I guess you felt embarrassed because you ran away down the stairs." Ed said, gazing into her eyes uncertainly.

"Did you hear what I was saying?" Bella asked, hopeful he hadn't, but she knew in her heart what the answer was going to be. Ed nodded.

"All of it."

Bella looked away ashamed. Things were going to be really weird between them from now on.

"Bella?"

"Ed?" Bella said suddenly. "How do you feel…. about…. me?" she asked.

Ed looked down at his feet, struggling to find the right words. There were so many things he wanted to say. He wanted to tell her how beautiful he thought she was and how he adored everything about her, from her strong willed personality to her mesmerizing deep-blue (now red) eyes.

He wanted to tell her he didn't care if she was an Ishbalan and that he felt the same way about her too. But only one thing could express what he was feeling right now.

He looked at Bella, who was staring at him intently, with prominent fear in her eyes on his reaction. He gazed into her eyes before he lowered his head down. He brushed his lips softly against hers and locked her lips with his. As he broke away he looked into her eyes and saw complete happiness. They turned their heads around when they heard the door open. It was Sergeant Brosh and Lt. Ross. (2)

"Fullmetal Alchemist and Devil's Angel Alchemist!" Lt. Ross and Brosh shouted. "Please excuse us for what we do next!" Ed and Bella stared confused, until suddenly, Lt. Ross slapped Ed across the face. (Heh, heh, that's what Ed gets for kissing Bella smiles devilishly) Bella smiled at him, as though she were mocking him until Brosh punched her in the arm.

"HEY!" she shouted, clutching the spot where she was hit.

"Edward Elric, Bellator Wings! You two, Reian and Alphonse, were restricted from going to the abandoned laboratory! Major Armstrong knew it was dangerous, yet you ignore him and almost got yourselves killed!" Lt. Ross shouted at them. She continued. "First of all, you two and Rei may be talented, but you must remember that you are still children! Secondly you can't always act on your own." She paused, and in a calmer voice she said, "It's ok to trust adults sometimes…"

"MA'AM! SIR!" they shouted as they saluted to Ed and Bella, who were looking down at the ground, ashamed. "Please forgive us for our violent actions and words!"

Ed looked up at them.

"No, it's our fault. We should apologize." He said. Bella nodded her head

"We're sorry….." they said in unison.

"And will you reprimand us for hitting you?" Lt. Ross asked. Bella smiled sweetly.

"Nah, we kinda had it comin'" she said. They sighed, relieved.

"Why are you being so polite?" Ed asked.

"Even though national alchemists aren't regular soldiers, you guys have a rank equivalent to that of a Major." Lt. Ross replied. "One word and you could have us fired."

"You guys don't have to be so nervous. I didn't take the alchemy exam just for the rank." Ed said. He then looked at Bella suspiciously. "Although, I'm not so sure about Bella…….." Bella hit him on the head, hard.

"YOU MORON!" she yelled. "ARE YOU TRYING TO COMPARE ME TO MUSTANG?" Ed put his hands over his head, trying to block Bella from hitting him again.

"Ow! Hey! Stop hitting me!" he whined. Finally she stopped, and pouted. Suddenly, Ed went wide-eyed and he put his hand over his face.

"Hmm?" Bella asked, confused.

"I just remembered, there's gonna be something else we're gonna get screamed at for….." he said.

"Eh, what's that?" Bella said, cocking her head slightly.

"Hello, Winry?" Ed asked. He was sitting on the couch in the hallway, making a call to Winry.

"Ed? You hardly ever call." Winry's voice said from the other line.

"Well, uh, I need you to come over to Central and do some maintenance on me, Bella and maybe Angel." He said.

"What did you do now?" Winry demanded.

"My arm's broken. I can move my fingers, but I can't lift the arm at all. It feels like it's dislocated." He could hear Winry sigh on the other line and mutter something.

"What about Bella?" she asked.

"Uh, hold on, lemme put her on." he said. Ed handed the phone to Bella.

"Hi Winry!" Bella said cheerfully. "My automail got scraped up and parts of it are missing because they broke off because some jerk-ass creep." She said the last part in an angry tone.

"What happened!" Winry asked.

"Well, we kinda got into a fight and almost died!" Bella said. Ed mentally slapped himself.

"……………………….. Could you hand the phone to Edward, Bella?" Winry asked. Bella handed it to him and he put it to his ear.

"ED! YOU MORON!" Winry screamed in the phone. He pulled the phone away from his ear and glanced over at Bella who was covering her ears from the screaming.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU!" Winry screamed. "FIRST YOU GO AND BREAK YOUR AUTOMAIL AND THEN ALMOST GET YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS KILLED! HOW STUPID ARE YOU!" Suddenly she paused. "But I guess I can fix you guys up…." She said.

"Thank you Winry!" Bella said as she grabbed the phone from Ed. "We'll call you later about the details!"

"Phew…….." Ed said, relieved. Glad that's over…….

Ember's notes:

(1) Bella took Ed's pocket watch because stealing makes her feel comfortable and it was something of Ed's so it made her feel a little bit better.

(2) Here's a question I got from a friend who pre-read this chapter "Is Ed and Bella kissing gonna lead on to something?" eh, maybe? I really wanna do an EnvyxBella scene but we don't get to see our favorite little dead sexy, sadistic, cross-dressing, palm tree for a while :pouts in corner with gloomy thing over head: (Rei and Bella: THANK GOD HE DOESN'T COME BACK FOR A WHILE!)

Niri:

k, so...don't expect the next for a while...i has been informed that Kira doeth not haveth book four, as her friend BV (sry, no names) hath borrowed it. so don't expect any updates foreth a whileth.

and sry about the Shakespereian (sry, no good spelling) speaking...and most of it wrong...i'm in an odd mood