Disclaimers and Warnings: My name is not Hiromu Arakawa; therefore, I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of the characters, although I wish I owned Ed!!! This fic is pure EDxWIN and some RoyxRiza if you don't like the pairings don't read!

EdxVictoria?

"Shouldn't Victoria have found Ed by now?" Natalie asked Winry. There was no response. Winry was on her knees examining the automail arm that Ed had carelessly tossed to the floor. A few tears dropped from her cheeks. They were soaked up into the oak floor.

"Ed is pretty hard to find." Liz answered for Winry. Winry forced a smile; Liz had taken a kinder version of the words out of Winry's mouth. She cleared her throat and stood up. Winry noticed the rain sliding on the bay window, over looking the rolling hills. Everything outside looked so gray. A light wind rustled the trees in Winry's backyard. It didn't take her long to notice that she was trying to focus on something other than Edward. What had she said that made him get so upset?

"Do I get a hug?" Winry asked standing up from the love seat.

"You're a fan aren't you?"

"A fan of what? You nearly getting yourself killed every time you leave this house?" Ed stopped hugging Victoria and Natalie, he brushed past them and looked Winry in the eye. Ed was tall enough now to where he didn't have to look up to see her eyes. His brow furrowed.

"I'm very careful, if you paid a speck of attention to me and not that, that machine crap maybe you would know that!"

"That 'machine crap' has kept you going through the past years!"

"Well, maybe I don't want it anymore!" Ed said pulling the automail out of the socket. He winced at the pain but he wanted to be tough.

"Why would you give up something that helps you live, dolt?"

"Because it reminds me of you!" Ed let the automail arm clatter to the oak floor and stormed outside.

Winry shut her eyes tightly to hold back her tears. What he last said had really hurt her. All those years we silently flirted with each other while I worked on his automail. The years I would count his new scars on his bare torso while he read his alchemy books. All wasted, just so he could say he couldn't live with something that helped him live. All because it reminded him of me. That idiot. Winry hadn't noticed that Natalie had made her way over to watch the rainfall with Winry.

"Don't you think we should try to at least find Victoria?" Natalie asked breaking the silence, "I think Ed can take care of himself, but I don't know about Victoria."

"Yeah, come on Winry. Let's go find shorty." Liz said getting her coat. Winry looked at the floor and nodded. She should focus on the people that don't make her mad, unlike Ed. Maybe she wasn't back in love with him after all.

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"Ed, we have to stop." Victoria said out of breath.

"Oh, come on just a little longer." Ed protested looking Victoria in her chocolate brown eyes. Victoria shook her head and leaned against a nearby wall. Her clothes stuck to her body she was soaked to the marrow. Ed was too. Ed held his coat above them both to shield the rain out. There was not a soul on the streets in this dreary weather. Ed lifted his eyes to the sky as if he was telling the rain to stop. The little daylight they had was getting dimmer as it was getting later. Lior was not that far. "Hey, is that Rosé?" Ed asked himself aloud. "Rosé!" The young woman turned around, her pale pink highlights standing out against the gray sky. It seemed as if she had just walked outside for a brief moment. Rosé squinted and then she realized who he was.

"Edward!" Rosé shouted back motioning the two to come to her house. Once inside, Rosé started a fire. "So who is this?" Rosé asked implying that Ed was going out with Victoria. Ed smiled.

"A very close friend." He put his arm around Victoria and shook her a bit. Victoria stuck her right hand out.

"Victoria, nice to meet you, Rosé."

"Why haven't I met you before, Victoria?"

"She is from the other side." Ed stated bluntly. Rosé's smile disappeared for a brief moment, then found its way back again,

"Welcome to Amestris." Victoria smiled.

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"Wow, there is no one out here!" Natalie proclaimed scanning the premises. They were now in Central Market, but it was unlike when Victoria had first arrived. There was no crowd, no nothing.

"Something isn't right." Winry pointed out. She looked down the road as if she was expecting one of the military officers to come. "Usually Central Market is bustling with people." Liz was quiet, she was worried about Victoria. It was not like her to wander off somewhere. She glanced down the same alley that Victoria and the stranger had fought in. Natalie and Winry didn't notice when Liz branched off and walked toward the alley. At the mouth of the alley, Liz noticed a footprint that was firmly ground into the ground. It looked as if the foot had slid, and there were side steps to follow. Not all of the footprints were clear but upon closer examination, one footprint had the words Converse All Star written backwards. All Stars are only made on our side of the gate. Liz thought.

"Winry, Natalie, come look at this! Watch where you step though. Try to make new footprints instead of stepping on old ones."

"Liz, what are you talking about?" Natalie asked kneeling down next to her sister.

"Look Converses. The only person in this world that currently has Converses on is Victoria. You know her flaming Converses?"

"Oh yeah!" Natalie exclaimed, surprised that Liz figured that out. Winry was too occupied to notice the footprints, she picked up black cloth. Winry then noticed automail shards all around her. Wires, screws, nuts, bolts, finger pieces. This was Victoria's all right.

"Hey, guys. Look at this." Winry said holding up the automail.

"That's nothing." Natalie said pulling a left-footed Converse out from the dirt, along with a left-handed glove. Liz was still examining footprints. There were two other sets.

"Hey, Winry what kind of shoe does Ed wear?"

"He wears boots with two circles on the bottom. His shoes have good traction, why?"

"Victoria is with Ed." Liz got up brushing the gray dirt off her pants.

"What makes you so sure about that, Onee-chan?"

"Ed's left foot print is right next to Victoria's right one. Victoria has no left print it looks as if Ed was helping her along. Winry noticed something else. Victoria's one foot print was pressed against the wall, and Ed's bootprints were in front of her footprint, but his toes were facing hers. Moreover, his boot prints' toes were right at Victoria's.

"They kissed, that pervert!" Winry said pointing to the footprints against the wall.

"Victoria and Ed kissed?" Natalie asked fuming.

"Yeah, twice! Once in my house when I first met her and here!" Winry proclaimed stomping her foot.

"Natalie, don't even start." Liz said. "I'm sure Victoria didn't want to kiss Edward."

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Victoria smiled; she had wanted to kiss Ed and was glad he had back there in the rain. She was sitting on the couch, moping about her destroyed automail. She knew Ed wouldn't take her to Winry, and she understood that, but how was she going to get back on her feet, literally?

"Hey, Victoria dinner is ready." Ed said sitting next to her. She gazed into his eyes. They were so deep. He smiled and let her put her right arm around his neck then he helped her up.

"Ed, what are we going to do about my automail and yours? You know you and I need automail, we can't go on living without it!"

"I know that's what I'm afraid of. Winry is the only mechanic that I go to, but she won't help me after what I said about her automail."

"What about that Domonic guy?" Rosé pointed out. "The guy that trained Winry to be a better mechanic; I'm sure he would help you." Ed grunted he didn't really like Domonic he was so serious. "Well, let's worry about that tomorrow, right now we need to eat. Dinner will get cold!" After a delicious meal, everyone began to wind down. Rosé was asking Ed how he had been, while Victoria was trying to figure out how she was going to get her automail back. I could catch a cab to Winry's, get my automail fixed, and come back. It shouldn't take Winry that long to make me new automail. Ed even said she's the only mechanic he goes to and his automail is strong. That other type of automail that was from the other side wouldn't do any good here. All these thoughts and more were bouncing around in Victoria's head.

"Rosé, where am I sleeping?" Victoria asked randomly.

"You can sleep in the room at the end of the hall." Victoria nodded and headed that way. Ed watched her go. He turned back to Rosé and smiled. They waited for the door to shut and then began talking again.

"So, you like her?" Rosé asked unexpectedly. Ed slightly nodded. "Why her, what about Winry?" Rosé asked as if she were interrogating Ed's personal life. Ed blinked slowly,

"Who's Winry?" Ed asked sarcastically. "The reason I like Victoria is she's easier to get along with. She doesn't throw a wrench at every waking moment, and she changes for no one."

"Ed, she's from the other side. How promising is that?"

"What is with you and hating the other side?"

"Hello, Edward. They are trying to attack and conquer this world. How do you know that she isn't just here to pump you for information?"

"She would never-"

"How do you know, you met her what six months ago? Trust grows with time, Edward. It's not instant." Ed paused at this.

"I love her that's why!" Rosé was surprised how Ed said what he just said. He loves her? Does he even know what he's saying?

"Ed, that's moving a bit quickly don't you think? Besides, you've always had a thing for Winry right?"

"You know, Rosé. I really thought Winry and I had something, but I completely forgot about her when I was on the other side."

"Edward, she didn't forget about you. Do you know how many times Winry called Riza and me? She would ask us if we had seen you, or heard from you. Everyone thought you were dead, except Winry. She was waiting for you. No one could convince her, or Al, you were dead. You come back and she was so happy. Now, you've gone and broken her heart again. Way to go, Ed."

"You're still as stubborn as you were with Cornello." Ed said.

"That has nothing to do with this, Ed!" Rosé said getting impatient.

"Yes it does! You wouldn't understand love if it hit you in the face. You were all about that Cain person when it was obvious that that third-rate fraud Cornello couldn't bring him back. You were stupid for believing him Rosé, but you just couldn't let Cain go could you?" Ed said fuming. He had really hated Cornello. Rosé's eyes began to water.

"Cain has nothing to do with this!"

"Whatever, I'm going to bed." Ed rolled his eyes and ran his left hand through his bangs. "Where do I sleep?"

"The same room as Victoria, there's two beds." Rosé wiped her eyes and stood, brushing the wrinkles out of her dress. Rosé didn't feel right about Victoria for some reason. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Rosé thought. Ed opened the spare bedroom door slowly, the last thing he wanted to do was wake Victoria up. He glanced in and saw her sitting up in her bed. Her head was in her hand

"Victoria?" Ed paused to make sure she was awake and not just sitting up in her sleep. "You okay?" Victoria lifted her head looked toward Ed. The light from the hallway cast a strange shadow on her face. Her eyes reflected the light oddly. She made no noise as she stood. She was getting better at balancing on one foot. She used the bed to help her get to the foot of it then she stopped dead in her tracks. Ed could tell she wanted to walk over to him. He walked over to her. "Do you want my leg? I don't need it." Victoria swallowed hard and shook her head. He put his hand on her head. They were the same height; this made Ed feel better about his size. Victoria too. Victoria ran her hand through his hair. It was so soft. This surprised Victoria and Ed could tell. He chuckled at her reaction. His eyes then softened. She pulled his hair tie out and watched his hair fall onto his shoulders. Victoria hadn't spoken yet. This bothered Ed, she was usually the talkative type but now she was silent. They gazed at each other for a while, until Ed broke the silence again. "It's getting late, we should probably rest." Victoria nodded and got back into her bed. Ed walked over to the other bed. The room was much like a hotel room. The beds were big enough for two people but there were two beds. A nightstand with an alarm clock was between the two beds. Ed stood next to his bed and took off his damp black jacket. He figured his red one with the flamel hanging by the front door was still soaked. He took his tank top off in one swift motion. It plopped to the floor along with his pants. This left him standing in nothing but his baby blue boxers. Victoria's cheeks reddened, Ed didn't see her blush, and she was glad. Ed climbed into his bed, and looked in Victoria's direction. Only moonlight lit the room and after a while, his eyes adjusted to the faint light. Victoria was on her stomach, she looked like someone threw her onto the bed. Her arm hung limply over the side. They were so close Ed could reach over and pat her on the head. Ed smiled. Rosé was wrong, there is no way Victoria could be working with Korth. She is so innocent. Victoria rolled onto her side, now she was completely facing Ed. Ed was glad that Rosé had enough bandage to wrap Victoria and Ed's wounds. Otherwise, it would have really hurt for Victoria to lie that way. Victoria shivered and opened her eyes; she saw Ed looking at her. It seemed as if he couldn't tell if she was looking or not. He looks so happy staring at me like that. I wonder what he's thinking. Little did she know, Ed was thinking about keeping Victoria warm that night.

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"Thanks for letting us stay with you again, Riza."

"It's no problem, Natalie. Tomorrow morning we will assemble some of our personnel to help you three find Ed and Victoria."

"I hope they're okay." Riza smiled and put her hand on Natalie's shoulder to comfort her.

"I'm sure they are fine. Edward is a smart young man, he will protect Victoria." Winry rolled her eyes at this.

"I don't know if smart is the word to describe him, Riza." Riza straightened up,

"Yes, well, everyone has their own opinion, Ms. Rockbell." Winry lazily shrugged her shoulders. It's about time I give up on my expectations for Edward. She thought.

Author's Note: I dunno what to say to this one. The mood is getting kinda dull... I know I need to extend more on the whole Korth thing but I dunno how to start the war, yet. Give me time. Anyway leaving off on that note... any advice to make it better, anything you don't like? Help me out here! Thanks,

-Victoria