Hehehehe...the rough draft of Kenny's character was a goody-two-shoes, can you beleive it? Her original name was supposed to be Kathrine Nightwood, too. Lots of sarcasm and insulting Roy in that story and hopefully there'll be just as much hilarity in this one. Yes, for a little while, Kenny will probably be a little weirdER than usual.

Oh! One question. Breda's the one who always kicks ass at chess, right? Just for future reference. I'm too lazy to go through all of the DVD's just to find that one episode.

Please review with the answer and such!

The group of four, Kenny, Edward, Seth, and Alphonse, sat on the train bound for somewhere else.

They had worked together and had finally caught the Psiren. Although Kenny had successfully destroyed at least a building in the Sinking City- the Colonel wasn't going to be happy about that.

"Sister, you're always breaking things!" Kenny shrugged.

"Seth, it's who I am. Besides, the city's sinking anyway. It was just going to end up destroyed thanks to the water."

"She does have a point." Edward put in, receiving a groan from both of the younger siblings.

"Brother."

"What? She does."

"Thank you, Edward. So, did you guys plan on heading back to East with us, or are you going to skimp out on it as long as possible?" The woman asked, leaning back in her seat in an attempt to get comfortable.

"Well-"

"Ah, not a fan of the Almighty Flame, huh? Well, I can't say I blame ya. Roy does enjoy ticking off his subordinates." Edward looked to Alphonse.

"You work for the jackass too?"

"I am only a First Lieutenant. I don't have much choice. Although, that goes to say, I don't always do my job as well as I should." Seth groaned.

"No kidding. You hardly listen to the Colonel at all." Kenny looked out the window of the train, releasing a rather loud sigh.

"He needs to be more specific, that's all. Then, I'd be more inclined to do what he says. Although, if he keeps attempting to piss me off, maybe he'll succeed one day and I'll blow his damn brains out. Rubidium Dynamite against Flame, ah, that's got a nice ring to it. Water against Fire is a very interesting combination. I wonder who'd win." The sarcasm was easily detected in her voice as she lazily began to clean her cuticles with a nail file she pulled out of her khakis' pockets.

"Sister!" Seth exclaimed.

"Hell, I'd pay to see that! Mustang getting his ass kicked by a girl oughta be good!"

"Brother!" Kenny looked to Edward and shrugged.

"Looks like it's just me and you on this one, Ed." She then looked thoughtful.

"Hey, Ed?"

"What?" She placed her hand on his head and stared seriously into Edward's golden colored eyes.

He blinked and was rather confused when she stood up and left the train compartment, her auburn ponytail swinging behind her.

"Is something wrong with Kenny?" Alphonse asked, looking to Seth.

The twelve year old was as equally confused as the Elrics.

"I don't know. Lately, she's been acting strange. Well, stranger than usual anyway. Sister has always been strange. For as long as I can remember." Edward looked to Alphonse before he stood up.

"Al, keep Seth company. I'm going to figure out what that was about." Seth shook his head.

"My sister is great at keeping secrets. If she doesn't want you to know something, she won't crack. It's a waste of time." Edward reluctantly sat back down, but he couldn't forget the look she had in her eyes.

They were filled with a mixture of pain and pride. His eyes narrowed slightly in thought.

Pain and pride.

--

Kenny held the phone to her ear, her eyes flaring as she listened to the ringing on the other line.

Those boys- she recognized the look in the eldest Elric's eyes. It was of pain and guilt. The same look she had in her own eyes thirteen years prior. When she had lost her dear baby brother due to a chronic illness.

The ringing continued and she cursed before slamming down the phone.

Damn Colonel wasn't picking up. Probably figured that it was Hughes calling with more "information" about his wife and three year old daughter. Either that or he knew it was her and it was payback for all the things she had done to him in the past.

But, he knew that she wasn't always joking around. There was a number of times that he'd seen that she could be quite serious. Now was one of those times. She knew more about Human Transmutation than anyone in the Military and she knew by just looking at those boys that they had failed at what she had succeeded in.

Alphonse was wearing that armor, not because he wanted to, but because it was the only thing keeping his soul tied to Earth. That armor was empty. Edward had preformed a successful Soul Transfer to save his brother. Question was, however, who exactly had he tried to bring back? That was something she'd discover on her own.

Roy would never tell her anything about them. He would protect their secret with his life, as he would hers. Besides, the research would give her something to do while she was stuck in East City.

Kenny highly doubted that she'd be going on missions for awhile. Especially based on what she had done in Aquroya. Then again, he'd probably be glad that it was just one building that was destroyed. He'd probably be glad that it was already scheduled for demolition too.

The young woman allowed her arms to fall to her sides limply before releasing a quiet sigh. Then, she smirked and began to make her way back to the train compartment where she had left her brother and the Elrics.

--

Seth and the Elrics sat up straight when Kenny returned, her usual grin etched on her face.

"Sorry 'bout that. I remembered that I needed to call Roy. You know, to get on his nerves. Sadly, I think he's avoiding my calls." Seth rolled his eyes.

"Do you blame him? It's bad enough the Colonel has to put up with you face-to-face, but you talking over the phone-" Kenny interrupted him.

"Hey, Little Brother? Pass me my uniform. I probably should change into it now, considering our next stop is East City." She glanced to Edward and Alphonse, the grin remaining on her face.

"You two aren't going to be coming along, are you?" Edward leaned back in his seat, wrapping both his arms behind his neck.

Alphonse nodded.

"There's somewhere we need to stop by first."

"Oh, so you're going to put off East City for as long as possible, huh, boys? Good luck to you on that. I'll have you know now though, Roy knows every little move that you make. I don't know how, but he does. That man has eyes and ears everywhere. Don't be surprised if he busts your ass on every little thing that you did on your supposed "mission". He's done that to me on several occasions." The young woman took the blue uniform handed to her by her twelve year old brother and ruffled his hair.

Seth crossed his arms and frowned.

"Sister! Stop that!"

"Spoilsport. You don't know how to have fun."

"You don't know how to be a grown up!"

"True, but maybe I would be if you weren't already taking the job. Oh well, no point in arguing over personalities. It can't be changed, only accommodated." She swung her uniform over her shoulder and her grin weakened to a smirk.

"Anyway, I'm going to get changed."

--

Kenny was well awake and staring out the window of the train at the passing scenery, mainly the night sky. That night, the moon was full and the stars were extra bright.

Seth, Alphonse, and Edward were asleep- at least she thought Alphonse was asleep. Considering there was no body under that armor, according to her hypothesis, she wasn't sure if the poor boy could. Although, she didn't spend too much time focusing on that. Kenny had more important things on her mind, other than what the Elrics had gone through, according to her own knowledge at least.

Yes, at the moment, Kenny wasn't thinking about the Elrics, she was thinking about her own dark secrets. About how Seth didn't know anything about what she had done- about their parents abandoning them even. No, she had lied and said that their parents had died in a train accident and that their bodies were so messed up that she had them cremated instead of buried. To "honor" their memory. Of course, that was only after she had succeeded in bringing him back. Before, he was much too young to understand death. When he had first died, he was only two years old.

So many lies she had to tell to keep her brother from feeling the guilt of what she had gone through to raise him. So many lies that she didn't want to tell, but had to just to make sure he would never blame himself for her pain.

Kenny was more responsible and mature than she tended to act. As some would say, it was a type of front. All the same, the person on the outside that everyone saw, it was her. A part of her, anyway. The more adult side of her, she tended to keep locked inside so no one would understand her true pain and feelings. That's the way she wanted it to stay.

Although there were many people she trusted with her life, there was no one that she trusted her darkest secrets to.

"What are you doing still up? I thought girls needed their beauty sleep?" Kenny caught Edward's golden eyes reflect in the window as he stared at her.

She closed her own pale orbs and smiled softly.

"Just thinking. It's all I can do right now. The moon is keeping me awake." He raised a brow sceptically and she explained.

"The type of alchemy I use is based mainly of water and the moon controls a lot of the Earth's water levels. Strangely enough, whenever the moon is nearly full and is full, I get restless. Sort of like werewolves in fairytales, minus the fur, the fangs, the blood, and the death. Well, most of the time anyway. I can't say that I haven't killed. I am a Military officer after all." Edward leaned back, wrapping his arms behind his neck.

"Rubidium Dynamite- interesting name. I didn't exactly see how you blew those buildings up back in Aquroya though."

"Ah, that's easy to explain, but, right now, I don't feel like it." Edward crossed his arms in front of his chest and pouted.

"And I thought we were getting along." She grinned and flicked her companion playfully in the forehead.

"Get over yourself. Whining never gets you what you want. I figured you'd be old enough to know that. In order to get what you want, you need to be determined and you need to try your hardest to achieve it. At least, that's what I've learned and so far, it's worked out for me." Edward turned towards her again, just as her expression went somewhat solemn before she looked back out the window.

He slowly uncrossed his arms and stared at her, somewhat confused.

This woman- when he had first met her, she seemed different. What had changed in just that short amount of time?

The teenager looked towards the full moon.

Nothing, but the shape of the moon.