Alright guys i have passed my sever bordom mark so I'm putting this new chapter up because i can and i have nothing better to do. So now that this on'e up and out of the way, I can start on chapter 3! YAY! any who! WEll yeah so here it is! R&R!!!!

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Ed stared in disbelief at the man before him. The last time he'd seen Roy in person the man had had an eye patch covering one eye. Now the eye patch was gone and he looked just like a general should. He took a step towards the taller man and stopped when he saw a needle being prepared.

The medic took a step towards one of the teens and with out thinking Ed had lashed out. His auto mail arm snapped the needle in half. The medic took a few rushed steps back and everyone else in the room stopped what they were doing to look over at the scene.

"Edward! Don't bloody him too much! He means good…" Roy's soothing yet good-humored voice echoed through the deathly silent room. Ed relaxed slightly, looking between Roy and the frightened medic he let his gaze fall once more on Roy before he stepped back.

Adelfa looked over at Ed and then to the man approaching them. He looked exactly like the man in the photograph she'd seen. Roy smiled fondly at Edward.

"Welcome back Fullmetal…" Ed snorted.

"Yeah! No thanks to you…" Roy just rolled his eyes at the expected remark and looked at the two teens almost cowering behind Ed. Some one was missing.

"So Ed… where's your faithful brother?" Ed looked down, as did the two behind him. The younger boy seemed closest to tears.

"He's dead…" the girl choked out.

"I see…" Roy finally said after a short silence. "Well then… It'll be a little odd not seeing him around you, Ed… but, might I ask the names of the two that accompany you?"

"I'm Cole…" The boy started. "Alphonse Elric was our father…"

"And your sister's name?" She looked up through familiar golden hair and met his onyx eyes with her own deep blue.

"Adelfa… call me Al."

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"Quite the lively one ya got there, Ed… They're definitely Al's children." Roy mused, looking over to where the two teens were talking to Riza. They were to be staying with her until Ed was able to get a home for the three of them. Meanwhile, Roy had agreed to house Edward.

"Al loved them… so much… After they lost their mother… he was all they had." Ed said quietly, looking at the floor.

"At least some one can still relate to them. They're lucky they have you to lean on now." Ed thought over Roy's words before sighing. He struggled to hold back the tears that so desperately wanted to fall.

"Who can I lean on? Al was my anchor…"

"Bye Ed! We'll see ya soon! Love ya!" Cole and Adelfa called, waving as the followed Riza out the doors of the building. Ed waved to them before letting his hand drop to where it had been before.

"Al was my only link to peace… to what was still good in the world." Ed finally gave a sob, no longer able to hold back his tears. He felt an arm wrap around him and someone pull him into a hug but he didn't react. He just let himself cry.

"You can grow up all you want… but you'll always be tat same determined brat I saw sitting in a wheel chair." Roy said, stroking Ed's silky blond hair. Ed managed a halfhearted "Bastard…" only making Roy smile.

"I missed you…" Roy said quietly, kissing the blonde's head.

"I missed you to, Roy."

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Arriving at Riza's, Adelfa and Cole looked around in awe. Amestris was definitely different from Germany. The house styles and the subtle differences were there.

"Adelfa… or would you prefer to be called something else?" Riza asked as they stepped out of the car.

"Call me Al please." The woman nodded.

"Right then… Al would you mind taking in a few boxes into the house? I picked up some spare clothes for you two until we could go get you some." Adelfa nodded.

"Sure!" She took the boxes and entered the unlocked house as told.

"Cole, here's a few you can take in as well." The boy smiled and took the boxes, following his sister. Riza grabbed the last few and closed the car and entered the house.

"It's not much but it's something." Riza spoke as she set down the boxes in her amrs. A black and white dog suddenly bound up and nudged Cole's hand. He set down his own boxes and began stroking the dog's head.

"Black Hayate seems to like you already."

"He likes dogs…" Adelfa said quietly.

"Good… you a dog person?" Riza asked with a smile. Adelfa thought for a moment as she also scratched behind the dog's ears.

"No… I'm more of a cat person…"

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Ed looked around at the familiar surroundings and felt as if he needed to cry again. He leaned his head against the cool glass of the car window and gazed out at the drizzling world. It would have just about sunrise, but the clouds blocked out all light from the sky.

He closed his eyes and thought. He felt so lost, so open and vulnerable. Ed knew his hopes for the past were futile and pathetic, but he still couldn't help but miss it. Roy noticed Ed's silent behavior and worried.

"Ed?" The silence was only broken by the thrumming of the rain.

"Edward?"

"I want to come back… Let me come back to the military Roy. Let me have some sense of familiarity again… please." Ed choked out. He hated being weak. He hated feeling useless. Ray gave a sad smile.

"Of course…"

They arrived at Roy's house and soon settled in for the day. Roy brought a change of clothes for Ed. Edward smiled when he recognized his original clothes.

"I had them altered so they'd fit you… if you ever came back." Roy told him. Ed took the clothes gratefully and gave the raven-haired man a smirk.

"You remember how much of a pain these pants were to get out of?" Roy chuckled, clearly remembering what Ed was talking about.

"Yes… I seem to recall you cursing them a number of times." Ed looked to the side, involuntarily blushing that Roy had remembered that much. He muttered his thanks before closing the door to the bathroom so he could change.

When Ed emerged fully dressed he could smell food cooking in the kitchen. Following his nose he did what he always did best according to his brother, he thought with his stomach. Roy chuckled, noticing the short blond was hurrying to braid his hair.

"Here Ed… let me." Roy moved his hands and fixed the braid, tying it off with a black hair tie.

"Thanks… food…." Ed moaned happily as he snaked his way into the kitchen. Roy just shook his head.

"Some things never change…"

AS they both ate, the topic switched to the day's plans.

"After we finish we can head over to HQ and get everything finalized. You won't need to take the exams again seeing as you never really died. After that you'll just have to put up with people and catch up on news. After you've had your fill of Havoc and his whining, Breda and his usual complaints, and Armstrong doing his usual, we can come back here and relax."

"Sounds good to me…" Ed muttered through a strip of bacon. Roy held back a laugh and Ed frowned, swallowing.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing…" Ed just shook his head.

"You get weirder every time I see you…"

"Your pint?" Roy quirked a brow.

"My point, Mustang, is you haven't cracked a short joke since I got here…" The older man just shrugged.

"I guess I feel like being kind today…"

"Uh-huh…" Ed muttered, disbelieving. "You expect me to believe that then you really are insane."

"It's not like I have a short temper or anything…" Ed twitched.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLIN' SO SHORT AN AMEOBA COULD SIT ON HIM AND STILL NOT NOTICE!?!" Roy just pressed his lips to Ed's making the blond stop and melt into his embrace, returning the kiss.

well? How was it?