A/N Things around my place right now are just… I can't even describe it. I'm not really feeling well… but I'm managing pretty well, so don't mind me. Moving onto something more palatable, I just finished the book 'Memoirs of a Geisha' and I've also seen the movie. My favorite characters remain Hatsumomo and Pumpkin; I love them both so much! Hatsumomo really is my very favorite though, I just can't help but love her… Well, not my best chapter, but anyhow, here you go.

Disclaimer: If I owned Fullmetal Alchemist, it would be a terrible, terrible series.

Hughes held out a dog biscuit, getting back up as it was snatched away. "So Ed, this is your great plan?" Hayate barked excitedly, swallowing the last of the treat and running about in a circle.

"Think about it," Ed replied, "Hayate's found her once, why can't he do it again? It's our best bet at this point." Roy opened up his wallet and pulled out his picture of Riza without her bikini top and put it in front of the puppy.

"Hayate, fetch!" he said. Hayate yipped and chewed on his tail. "…Come on Hayate, think Lassie. Get Riza and you can have more treats," Roy finally said, holding up another dog biscuit. Hayate jumped up. Roy smirked. "Yes Black Hayate, Riza equals treats!" he continued, gesturing from the picture to the treat. Hayate bounded forward, followed by the three of them.

"You really think this'll work?" Hughes asked as they sprinted to keep up with the dog.

"It's like Ed said, we don't have any other choice," Roy replied, "And sometimes I really do think that dog is smarter than we give him credit for." Hughes shrugged and turned a corner, still following the dog.

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"Hayate, wait up," Ed said desperately, wheezing and huffing in a desperate attempt to bring air into his system. The three determined men followed the pup at the breakneck speed of a walk, having sprinted for the past half hour. "I never liked dogs, does anyone even know where we are?"

Hughes looked around half-heartedly, just as out of breath as the others. "Somewhere outside of Central I guess. Roy, are you sure this was a good idea?" Roy nodded, attempting a slow jog, but giving up a few seconds later. Hayate stopped about a block away, sitting and pointing his nose into the air, sniffing. He got back up, turning abruptly down an alleyway. The trio of Ed, Hughes, and Roy gathered up their strength and jogged desperately after Hayate, each one regretting not having brought with a leash.

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"Lust, Lust are you okay?" Riza asked as Lust walked up. Lust's eye held no spark of mischief as she looked up, no glint of hope. Only a blank, empty stare. "Listen, I'm so sorry about this, what the hell did they do to you?" Riza asked in horror as their eyes met.

"…They took my life," she replied with an emotion in her voice Riza couldn't recognize. Her fingernails extended and she raised them, her hand shaking as a second later they retracted.

"Aren't you mad?" Riza asked, tears stinging the corners of her eyes. "You aren't going to hurt me?"

"No," Lust replied, "I'm not allowed to. We need you alive." A tear ran down Riza's cheek. She felt like she'd been slapped, hard and crisp on her still red cheek. A horrible silence rang throughout the air, all of the previous companionship between the two women lost.

"I'm sorry, you know I'm sorry," Riza said, wishing that Lust would say something else, anything. Lust's hands flew to Riza's throat at this, clenching it until all of the breath left Riza. She struggled, as Lust's face glowed in white-hot hatred.

"You're sorry that I lay for hours, wishing every moment that I was dead?" she spat, "You're sorry that I got blamed for trying to pay you back for Envy's harassment, that I gave up what little happiness I had for an ingrate like you?" Lust dropped Riza, who fell into a heap on the ground, coughing and gasping. "So, moving forward to the present, how did you escape?" Riza choked, gasping and holding her throat, stumbling back up onto her feet.

"That was my mistake," Envy said, stalking out of an alleyway, stopping to catch his breath. "Can you get her for me Lust? It seems we're going to have some company." Lust didn't move, her eyes squinted in a glare. "Unless you'd like to pay a visit to Dante again, don't let me get into your way," Envy added mirthlessly a minute or so later. Lust grabbed Riza's right arm and twisted it around her back, turning a moment later back to the church as water spilled down the steps.

"…I'm not even going to ask," Sloth said after reforming and looking around the general area, "Envy, Dante wants you. Greed, it seems, is in pain."

"Make sure Hawkeye gets back to the loft Sloth, and watch out, Mustang, Fullmetal runt, and Hughes are in the area. I smell a rat," Envy glanced at Lust, "But they're headed strait here." He didn't stay to listen to anyone, and simply stalked off into the church.

"Lust, you take the girl, I'll stay here on lookout," Sloth said, "On second thought, leave her here, it seems not even Envy can watch her correctly so we'd better stay together."

"And if Mustang comes?" Lust asked warily.

"Then Riza may have the delightful pleasure of outliving her dear husband," Sloth stated. Riza froze at this, no longer struggling to get free.

"You wouldn't kill him," Riza said in shock, "You couldn't, why not just kill me instead?"

"You, dear, are our guinea pig," Sloth continued, "We don't know what will happen to Greed if you die, and vice versa. Experimentation on the both of you hasn't started yet, thank goodness, so we need you well."

"Experimentation?" Riza breathed out, her mind whirring.

"Oh yes, what did you think we were keeping you for?" Sloth asked, as though it was as obvious as, say, the fact that the sky is blue. "I really don't like it myself, what with Envy around I've heard enough of your screams." Riza turned back to Lust, who's expression of hatred had dissolved.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Riza asked, visibly paling in the dim light.

"…You had enough to deal with already," Lust replied solemnly. Both Lust and Sloth looked up suddenly.

"It seems there is no more time for talk," Sloth said, dropping into a pool of water. Lust's fingernails expanded and her grip tightened on Riza's arm.

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"What's going on?" Envy asked, walking into the spacious room. "She looks fine to me." Greed was standing beside Dante.

"I'm not sure," Dante replied thoughtfully, "She's said that she remembers pain. The only other thing she wrote was 'don't forget to buy whipping cream'. Did whipping cream have some sort of significance in the original Hawkeye's life?"

"I can think of one thing you could do with it that would leave a lasting impression," Envy smirked.

"…You're thinking of something dirty aren't you?"

"You know you shouldn't jump to conclusions Dante, but, if you must know, yes. Something very, very dirty," Envy replied, "You know, I never took Riza to be the kinky type…"

"Moving on," Dante said quickly, "Take her outside to get a feeling for her surroundings." Envy took Greed's arm, smiling benignly, and walked to the door. "Envy, you're smiling, what's going on?"

"Oh nothing," Envy replied, "Though if you insist, I suppose I should tell you. Mustang, Elric, and Hughes should be getting here any minute." Then he led the way out.

A/N I had to add in that last part, it was just too great to leave out. I want to write a 'Memoirs of a Geisha' fanfic, but I really can find no inspiration… any ideas? Well, I think I'll go eat some ice cream, and, as always, watermelons help the lovely authoress update faster. Goodnight!