The next day had soon came, and Katrina was already up, bright and early as usual and waiting downstairs of Central, for the Elric brothers as they were still upstairs packing. Katrina sighed and groaned as she waited, now starting to get a little impatient. "Ugh, when are they gonna get their asses down here?" She mumbled, crossing her arms. She waited, and waited, and waited some more to see still no one coming down the steps. "Man...what is it with everyone and being late?! Honestly, we're gonna miss the train if they don't get down here." Katrina groaned, leaning against the wall to hold her balance, but as she was, she suddenly started hearing some footsteps from behind her. She turned her head around to see Havoc and Breda walking towards her with big smiles on their faces.
Katrina groaned when seeing them. She were so not in the mood to talk to anyone today.
"Hey Crystal!" Breda said brightly, as him and Havoc stopped in front of her.
"Ugh, for the last time it's Katrina, fat boy, and i'm really not in the mood to talk to anyone today, especially you two clowns." She mumled, uncrossing her arms.
Breda's face fell whenever hearing her call him fat. "Well that certainly wasn't very nice..." Breda mumbled, as Havoc chuckled and looked up at her. "Sorry Katrina, but we just came over to say by for the weekend, since your gonna spend time with the Elric brothers at their old home." Havoc said with a small smile.
Katrina only rolled her eyes. "Ugh whatever. I only wish those to lazy idiots would get their asses down here already."
"Well looks like your wish is about to come true, cause here they come." Breda said, as he and Havoc started hearing some arguing sounds from upstairs. Katrina also started hearing them, and looked up to see Ed and Al yelling at each other about who should carry the lugage.
"Ugh, I always have to carry yours brother! Thats not fair!" Al shouted, growling up at Ed. "What the hell are you talking about?! I always carry MY stuff! Your the one who always insists on me doing all the work!" Ed shouted also growling and glaring up at Al. "Thats not true brother and you know that! Your always trying to get me to do your dirty work!"
"I am not Al!"
"You are so Ed! You have ever since we were little!"
"Oh yeah right! What about you, 'Mr. I'm so perfect'!"
"Ugh, thats not true Ed!"
"Oh yes it is! Your always just sooooo perfect! Your too perfect to do any things that involves dirty work! All you care about is doing something that hardly involves doing anything hard!"
"I do not! I work just as hard as you do Ed! Your the one who's always the lazy one!"
"I am not!"
"Oh yeah right!" Al shouted.
Ed started growling, and quickly started pushing Al backwards.
"Edward!" Al shouted, as he nearly stumbled backwards on the steps, but luckily caught himself on the railing before he could, and quickly stood himself back up, before he quickly turned back around and started glaring at Ed. "Ugh Edward!!" Al shouted as he then pushed him back.
"Hey!" Ed shouted as he then pushed Al back a little harder.
Soon after that, both the brothers started pushing each other backwards, and started punching each other, as they were still in between the stairs, trying to knock each other down.
As that was going on, Katrina, Breda, and Havoc were all watching them from down stairs all sweatdropping at the little fighting scene, but soon after a while of watching, Katrina started to get annoyed, and so she sighed and started walking on up towards the brothers. Havoc and Breda both watched as she walked closer towards the brothers and stopped right in front of them. She then shot her arms out, and grabbed both the brothers jackets and started pulling on them, sending the backwards away from each other and up against the wall and the stair railing. This quickly surprised them, and they quickly looked up at her.
"Uhhhhh..." They both started to say.
"SHUT...THE HELL...UP!!!!!!" Katrina shouted in both their ears, causing them to yelp and stumble backwards and fall to the ground. Katrina watched as they did and started growling down at both of them, causing them to shrink chibi size, and hold each other as they looked up at her dark face. "UGH WILL YOU BOTH JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!!! HONESTLY, WHO GIVES A FREAKIN CARE ON WHO CARRIES THE STUPID BAGS!!! YOU JUST CARRY HALF, AND YOU JUST CARRY HALF, AND THERE YOU GO, PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!" Katrina shouted annoyed at them, while picking them both up by the collars and stuffing half of some suitcases into the hands.
Ed and Al both looked at each other, still a little scared and quickly nodded, while looking back up at her. "Y-Y-Yes mam..." They both muttered out as they started running down the steps as fast as they could and out the Central doors.
Katrina sighed, once watching them go, and placed her hands upon her hips and started walking on down the steps and back towards Havoc and Breda, to get her things, while they were just standing there, blinking still surprised at Katrina's sudden outburst at the brothers.
"Uhhhhh wow..." Havoc muttered out, as he looked down at her.
"Ugh just shut up, would you and stop gaping. Bad enough those two assholes wouldn't shut up, so I had to turn them off somehow." Katrina mumbled, picking up her backpack.
"Ummm right. Do you guys need a lift to the train station or something?" Havoc asked, as him and Breda watched her walk towards the exit.
"Now that you mention it. But as long as I sit up front and away from those two buttheads then yeah sure." She said shrugging, while walking on outside.
After watching her finally leave the building, Havoc and Breda both looked at each other.
"Wow...quit a babe huh?" Breda said.
"Yep...too bad she travels with those two brothers though...I would of loved it if she yelled at me instead." Havoc said sighing, as he then grabbed his car keys from out of his pockets and started walking on towards the exit and on outside to drive Katrina and the Elric brothers to the train station.
An hour quickly passed, and Katrina and the Elric brothers were already down at the Central train station, getting ready to board the train, as they said their goodbyes to Havoc.
"You guys better get back from your vacation soon ok? Mustang needs you three back before your next mission." Havoc said.
Katrina, Ed, and Al all sighed and nodded. "Don't worry, we'll be back on Monday bright and early, so no need to worry. At least I think it should take that long to get brothers arm fixed up, huh?" Al asked with a smile while looking back up at Ed. Ed only sighed and nodded. "Yeah it should. Hopefully even faster cause I hate walking around with only one left arm." Ed grumbled as he started walking onto the train. Al chuckled at his brother and soon turned back around towards Havoc. "Yeah, so don't worry, we'll be back soon, clean and refreshed, and ready for our next new mission!" Al said brightly.
"Ok. And don't forget to watch out for your new partner now. She's still new so show her around and try to get to know her a bit while your back at your old home. Although from what I seen this morning it seems like she's the one who's gonna be watching over you two." Havoc said with a small smile while looking up at Katrina. Katrina only mumbled something under her breath and turned away.
Al also looked up at her, and blushed slightly, but smiled as he then turned back towards Havoc. "Yeah we'll take good care of her, we promise. I'm sure she could get to know Winry too, but we better go now. Looks like the train is about to head off." Al said, hearing the whistles blowing.
"Ok, well have fun you three, and seeya on Moday!" Havoc called out waving, as he watched Katrina and Al bored the train.
After saying goodbye to Havoc and a few complaints from Ed, they all finally started walking on in the train and looking for some empty seats to sit in. "Hmmm...oh here's some. Brother, Katrina, over here!" Al called out, smiling, as he motioned Katrina and Ed to come over. Katrina and Ed nodded and walked towards Al, to see him already putting his luggage on the top shelf thing. She and Ed soon started doing the same, and after all that they finally started sitting on down as the train finally started moving.
Katrina sighed, as they finally sat down. She, of course, sat by herself, as Ed and Al sat down together across from her. Katrina looked out the window whenever the train started moving, and watched as they were passing the scenery. There was a long silence for a while, as they were sitting back in their seats watching the scenery, but then finally Katrina started hearing Al sigh and turn his head in her direction. He blushed slightly when he looked at her, but smiled, as he started thinking of something to say to break the silence.
"Uhhhh...soooo, Katrina. You looking forward to seeing our old hometown?" Al questioned with a smile.
Katrina shrugged, but didn't look at him. "No not really."
"Oh...well I think you'll really love it there. It's a very beautiful place, and has alot of our old childhood friends there, which we hope you'll get to meet on our visit back. Esepcially Winry."
"Oh joy." Katrina said sarcastically, still not looking at him.
"R-Right..." Al said nervously, still blushing, as he started scratching the back of his neck, still thinking of something interesting to say. But then a sudden thought appeared into his head, causing him to quickly smile and look up at her. "Hey Katrina? Do you like going shopping?" Al questioned, while smiling up at her.
She sighed and shook her head. "No, not really."
"Oh. Well you want some new clothes right?"
"Yeah."
"Well I was thinking. Whenever Winry gets done with brothers automail and all that, I was thinking that maybe we all could go out together for one day and hang out or something while we're all shopping, and maybe get to know each other there too." Al said with a smile.
"I guess..." Katrina said shrugging.
"Cool! So Katrina, what kind of things do you want on our missions. I mean what kind of clothes. Cause maybe me and brother could help you out with all that." Al asked, smiling sweetly at Katrina.
She sighed and slowly turned her head to look at Al. "It doesn't really matter. Just as long as I can move in it, and isn't so tight, nor to hot, then it's fine."
"Oh...would you maybe like a new chocker to match or anything?" Al questioned, as he noticed her black chocker still hanging around her neck.
She quickly shook her head and placed her hand up on it. "No. I'll leave this one on thank you."
"Ok...hey Katrina?"
"Ugh, what?" She asked, getting slightly annoyed.
"Would you maybe like to play some cards while we're on our way?" Al asked smiling, while pulling out some cards out from his coat pocket. Katrina looked at him, lifting her eyebrow. "Maybe...what game though?"
"Maybe, some...poker?"
Katrina smirked. "Sure, why not. But what would our bet be?" She asked sitting up.
Al quickly started smiling even brighter. "I don't know...maybe if you win, you could have my old pocket watch and my necklace I got a couple weeks ago." He said grinning while laying out the stuff out on the table they had had set up.
"Ok, sounds fair. And if you win, you can have...my rare one of a kind blue diamond crystal." Katrina said smirking, as she pulled out her crystal from her pocket and tossed it out on the table.
Al looked at it, now amazed, and then looked back up at her, surprised that she would actually bet it. "Wow...you sure you want to bet that Katrina?" Al asked.
She smirked and nodded, as she then grabbed the cards from Al's hands and started shuffling the deck. "Of course...it's not like i'll lose anyway." She said as Al watched her, shocked as she was shuffling and dealing the cards real fast and with such talent as they then started playing a hard game of poker.
A long hour passed, and Ed, Al, and Katrina had finally made it to Risembool at last. They had already gotten off the train and were already headed up the dirt path road heading towards Ed and Al's old childhood friends house. Katrina smirked to herself as they were walking, and looked down at her pocket, pulling out an old pocket watch and necklace that Al had once bet whenever they were playing poker on the train. Katrina had beaten him twice and almost three times on the train, but Ed was started to get annoyed cause they wouldn't let him play, but she was too caught up in the game to let him, so he just got mad and threw all the cards out the window whenever they were still playing.
But Katrina only sighed at the memory, and continued smirking as she put it back into her pocket, and started looking ahead. As she did she noticed Al still a bit down from her winning the poker match. He said he was that close to winning in the third round, but thanks to Ed he didn't have a chance to win his stuff back, but he was also still surprised at how well Katrina could play game, which made him still wondering at how good he could be one day.
After a long while of walking, they had finally made it up the hill to see big grassy plains and hills scattered everywhere along the land, and lots of people out working in the crop fields and all kinds of farm lands and houses around the hills as well. Katrina was slightly amazed at the land, but tried hiding it, as she then looked up to see the Elric brother still standing there looking over their home land with warm smiles on their faces. "Soooo are we going to your friends house or what?" She asked, getting slightly annoyed as they just stood there.
Ed and Al quickly broke away from their gaze, and smiled down at her and nodded. "Yeah...sorry it's just been a bit too long since we've been here is all...come on." Ed said as they all soon started walking down the dirtpath road once more.
But after a while of walking and passing alot of people who all seemed to greet the brothers, they had finally made it to this big yellow house with a little white fence and a big sign that read 'ROCKBELL AUTOMAIL' They all stopped in front of it and started looking around. "Wow...sure hasn't changed one bit has it brother?" Al asked smiling up towards Ed.
Ed also smiled and shook his head. "Nope, not one bit...He said looking around.
Katrina looked up at them and then back down at the house. She lifted her eyebrow at the place. 'What? It's just a freakin house. Whats the big change about this? She thought to herself, still looking around it strangely.
But then out of nowhere Katrina suddenly saw a small shimmering light appearing up above, but before she could even see what it was she suddenly saw it land right on top of Ed's head.
"Ouch!!" He yelped quickly falling backwards to the ground along with the small object.
"Brother!!" Al shouted, as he quickly ran to his brother's aid.
Katrina looked at him and the object blinking a few times, when she lifted her eyebrow. 'A wrench?' Then she suddenly heard a loud voice coming from the top of the house.
Katrina quickly looked up to see...