No major edits for this chapter. Just added in more detail.

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Chapter 6: Spoken

"Uh..." I groaned, coming through. My eyes flew open as I sat up, observing my surroundings. It was all white... the walls, the ceiling... even my bedsheets were white.

'Where am I?' I wondered silently to myself.

Suddenly, I felt a pain in my stomach and took hold of it.

"Al, where are you?" I muttered weakly, the pain growing worse with each word I said.

Finally, I couldn't take in anymore. I threw myself in a coughing fit, throwing out blood and staining the sheets in the process.

What's happening?

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"Um, General..." Alphonse asked, laying his eyes on the door. "Can I go see Brother?"

Roy sighed, nodding in reply.

"You can come... he is your brother after all. May I?"

"Sure, you can." Al agreed.

They both stood up from their seats and walked inside. A few seconds later, Alphonse screamed.

"BROTHER!"

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Hey Al," Brother greeted weakly, coughing up more blood.

I rushed to him, carefully making sure I didn't slip on the blood as it spilled on the floor.

"Brother, you shouldn't be talking at all... please lie back down..." I whispered.

If you're wondering where Mustang was, he was standing by the door, silently watching the whole thing.

Brother nodded, then laid back down.

"Where am I?"

"You're in the hospital. The nurse says you have to stay here for a while, and the doctors are trying to find the cause of the blood." I explained.

There was a knock on the door. Looking up, I saw a doctor entering the room. He appeared nervous, as if he was about to bring some bad news.

I prayed silently that wasn't so.

"Hello." I greeted.

"We have just found the cause of your brother's condition." He explained.

My eyes widened. "Really?"

"Yes, and It's very serious."

"What do you mean?"

"Your brother... His insides are deteriorating."

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Outside the hospital, I stood there, my violet eyes staring at Ed's window.

The wind blew, and my green hair flew along in the wing. My hair was spread originally in a way that made me look like a palm tree. I don't really like to be called that.

As the wind blew, the part of my hair which was covering a part of my leg flew, revealing a tattoo of a serpent devouring it's own tail.

I then changed my form, to a brown-haired nurse.

I smiled as I whispered,

"I'm back, chibi-san."