Yellow!

Been a while huh?

Well…

Most of this chapter is taken from another person's point of view,

so just keep that in mind.

I can't tell you who the person is, but I think you guys know.

Hahahahahaha!

Enjoy!

WARNING: YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ A CHAPTER THAT HAS NO 'CRACK' IN IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Meanwhile:

There's a man in a bar.

He's drunk.

Well, kinda drunk.

Actually, he's not drunk at all.

He just feels very depressed.

The liquor isn't helping him feel better, like it used to. Right after the Ishbal Rebellion, liquor was a big part of his life. It used to wash away all his worries, nightmares and sadness. But slowly, steadily, it began to weaken. And it finally stopped working altogether.

The liquor was replaced by something else. Something…more…

…something…

"Hey, buddy,"

The man stopped thinking and looked up at the bar tender. He was wearing a rain jacket and carrying an umbrella and keys.

"Closen' up shop."

The man that had been thinking stood up from the bar stool and walked to the door and looked out the window.

It was raining.

And he began thinking again.

"Hey hey, buddy- ain't you got a umbrella or anything?"

"…No.."

And he left.

Usually, he would have run as fast as he could to his apartment but this time, in the rain, he didn't feel like. He felt like getting wet.

He walked away from the bar and started walking. He soon came to the entrance of the city park. He stopped. Then continued though the entrance.

The wet grass began to become mud and it slipped and slopped as the man stepped in and out of it. Soon, the grass began to fade and it was just mud. Then the mud began to disapper under the small amounts of water that began to accumulate into one huge pool. The man didn't notice this. He was still thinking. This…situation…that he had gotten himself into wasn't an easy one to get out. 'In fact', he realized as he reached the center of the pool that was now knee-deep, 'I can't get out of this at all.'

Suddenly, he began to hate himself. 'Why? Why her?' Out of all the people, it had to be her. Just her. 'Damn it! How could I have let this happen!'

'Well,' said another part of him that sounded a lot like Maes, 'you are the Flame Alchemist. The infamous Play Boy Flame Alchemist. You always have a tendency to want the things that you know that you can't have.'

'But why did it have to be her? If this gets out of hand—GAH!' The man fell to his knees, so considering that the water was knee-deep before, the water was now up to his waist.

"STUPID, STUPID, STUPID, HORMONES, FEELINGS, THIS--!"

He cringed.

'This what?'

He cringed again.

'Don't tell me that you're afraid to say it.'

He started to shake.

'What's the matter? It's not like your going to die just because you said it out loud.'

"……"

'It's not like your going to lose all control over yourself and do something stupid. C'mon, say it! She's not here!'

"…….."

'Tell you what; we'll say it together! C'mon, you'll feel better if you say it out loud.'

"…No."

'NO?'

"I…I don't deserve someone like her…"

'Listen, Flame- I have no idea where you got the idea that you don't deserve her but, this doesn't have to do with deserving anyone! It's just saying that you -'

"SHUT UP! WHAT IF I DON'T—nngggghhh-WHAT IF IT'S JUST---AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!" The man pounded his fists into the water with his frustration. The rain was growing more heavier now.

"What if…it's just…just the same thing like with every other girl? I…I can't do that- I can't let that happen…….I can't………….I can't……"

'If you didn't care for her this much, then I don't think you'd be arguing with your self.'

"…!.."

The man stood up again and for once in a long time in enjoyed the rain streaming down his black hair, his skin, soaking his clothes making them stick to body like tape, never letting go. It was like washing away all the doubts and renewing him in some way that he couldn't understand nor did he want to understand. For once in a long time, a very long time, he felt….good.

He didn't know why he felt good. He hadn't really accomplished anything accept get soaked, but it felt like he accomplished so many things.

The man started to trudge out of the pool of rain water when he noticed something not to far from him, floating in the water. He trudged taworred it and found it just floating there. It was a small, dead animal. It kind of looked like a cat. The man started to feel sorry for the thing. If some one had cared for the poor animal, then it wouldn't have died this way. He decided that he couldn't leave it floating in the pool- even if the animal was dead, it still deserved better that this. He started to pick it up when it coughed and started to shake viciously in his hands. He held it close to his chest hoping that the animal would get warmed up and stop shaking. He splashed out of the pool and headed for the closest street lamp. He was sure he knew it was a cat, but he wanted to make sure. He reached the street lamp and pulled the animal away from him and the light shined on it.

……...

Riza, who was still a cat, was in the city park. She was walking along a very muddy place. She was panting and gasping for air because she had been running so fast. She felt like she was going to faint. She was also tired because she had been worrying so much. She had been worrying about the office,

'What will happen to them if I'm not there? Will the office still function or will it crumble?'

She had also been worrying about so many other things too, like Black Hayate, her job, her promise.

She collapsed in the mud, getting her fur all brown and wet. She was so tired.

Slowly, as the rain picked up, the mud beneath her began to get more wet, and soggy, and it soon became a small, slow moving mud slide. The mud slide carried her over to a pool of rain water that was at least 45cm high. It dropped her off there splash and continued else where. She began to drown. She was too tired to swim, and thought maybe it was better if she was dead.

'WHAT AM I THINKING? I CAN'T DIE! I MADE A PROMISE AND I INTEND TO KEEP IT!'

But unfortunaly, as she began to drown, she began to faint.

And everything began to get dark. Dark. Dark. Dark. ……dark…

All of a sudden, she was being picked up. She coughed out some water and began to shake. She was so cold. She didn't know who was picking her up but she knew that it was gigantic. It lifted her up and held her to it's chest and started running out of the pool.

It was so…so warm. It was soaking wet too, but it was still so warm. The gaigantic thing was now out of the pool and running toward a street lamp.

Once it got there, it pulled her away from it's chest and held her up to the light. The light was just bright enough to see each other, and Riza couldn't believe her eyes.

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Dun, dun, dun!

Until next time!

Ps: I didn't feel like putting the Secret Royai Mission in this chapter. Maybe I'll make the next chapter entirely for them. What do you think?

"oboete iru kai?-"

"AZUMA, DON'T YOU DARE SING THAT!"

"BUT IT'S A GOOD SONG!"

" 'LINK' BY L'ARC-EN-CEIL IS NOT A GOOD SONG!"

"THEN YOU HAVE TERRIBLE TASTE IN MUSIC!"

WARNING: YOU HAVE JUST EXPIRIENSED A "AZUMA MOMENT".

FOR THE NEXT HOUR PLEASE REFRAIN FROM EATING BELLJUM WAFFLES OR DRINKING A SHRIMP MARTINI. BECAUSE THAT ISN'T A SHRIMP. IT'S EDWARD ELRIC, BUT HE WAS MISTAKEN FOR A SHRIMP AND WAS CANNED IN A SHRIMP CAN. NOW EXCUSE ME WHILE I RUN AWAY AND TRY NOT TO GET MY ASS KICKED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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OR ED WILL COME AND FIND YOU.

AND KICK YOUR ASS.

HE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.

DUN, DUN, DUN!