Chapter One

Ed looked down then back up before he transmuted the piece of ground he and his brother and the Colonel were standing on. He watched as Al and Roy floated away from him slowly.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING, BROTHER!" Al yelled to him.

"I have to go back." Ed said solemnly. "I have to close the portal. For good. This should take you back to the ground. Keep Winry and everyone safe."

"Fullmetal," Roy said, stepping forward and jumping the short distance back to the main land, "don't be so foolish as to go alone." Roy patted the younger boy on the shoulder, "I'm going too."

"But!" Al protested.

"Hey, it's alright Al! If neither one of us are here, who knows what type of things Winry will do!" Ed smiled, "Keep her safe, little brother."

With that, Ed and Roy turned around and headed back to the portal, "We'll be back. Don't worry."

As Ed and Roy entered into the ship, Roy took the wheel. Ed sat near him, looking away.

"I could've done this myself. If we get trapped in this other world…" Ed faded off mid-sentence, he changed the subject, "You know alchemy doesn't exist in this other world, right?"

"I don't mind. Today was the first day I used my Alchemy since a while ago, anyway." Roy said, not looking at Ed.

"Really? Why not?" Ed asked, looking toward Roy.

Roy smiled, "I was missing an import part of my life, and I just couldn't bring myself to use the thing that took it away."

"So you found the missing part, Colonel?" Ed asked, wondering what the part was.

"Yeah…I found him…"

Ed looked confused, "…'him'…?"

Roy laughed lightly, "Sorry, I mean I found it."

Ed snorted and looked away; obviously the Colonel was hiding something from him. And Ed was going to find out just what it was!

They rest of the way, they flew in silence. When the ship finally crash-landed in the other world, they were surround by police men.

With out warning, a large black thing crawled out of the ruble-mess and started to harass a police man. It was shot by Mr. Maes Hughes.

Roy and Ed were still unseen, hiding in the mess of stuff, but they could see everything that was going on. "Edward…is that really…is that really Maes?" Roy asked seeing his deceased friend up and moving.

"Well…that's THIS world's Hughes…" Ed answered.

"Hmm…" Roy swallowed the lump in his throat and stayed quiet, realizing that Ed knew more than he did about this place; and it would be best not to ask questions.

Just as Hughes shot the thing, it set off what seemed to be a bomb.

Most of the men were killed. As for Roy and Ed, they stayed hidden behind their pile of Al-looking robots.

When the explosion had gone down, they finally came out of hiding. They ran around to see if their were any servivers.

"Hughes!" Roy yelled as he saw his friend.

Hughes looked at Roy and then to Ed, "Take good care of him. He thinks alchemy's real. He may need some medical attention…" Hughes closed his eyes.

"HUGHES! DON'T DIE AGAIN!" Roy called.

Ed put a hand on his chest, "He's still alive. Let's get him to a hospital. Fast!"

Roy and Ed put Hughes' arms around each of their shoulders as they carried him out of the building.

"Thank you guys…I can't leave 'till I let Gracia know how I feel…" Hughes mumbled, eyes still closed, to the men carrying him.

"I couldn't thank you guys enough!" Maes said, laying in the hospital bed as doctors ran all sorts of tests on him.

A doctor looked at Roy, "You guys got him here just in time. He may not of made of it. You guys did a great job!" He told them as if they were little boys who saved a pet cat or something. Compared to the old doctor, they were incredibly young…

Ed smiled brightly, "That's fine! Were alchemists, you see, we only want to help people and-" Roy slapped a hand over Ed's mouth. Doctor looked confused, not knowing what an alchemist was.

"Come on Ed! Get well Hughes!" Roy called, keeping a hand over Ed's mouth.

Once they were in the hallway, they heard Hughes' voice, "Wait!" He called.

Roy stuck his head back in, hand still covering Ed's mouth.

"Come here." Hughes said, motioning the two to come closer. When Roy and Ed were right next to the bedside, Hughes spoke, "I know you two are going to try and close that portal. I've no clue what this 'alchemy' is where you two are from or how you," he pointed to Roy, obviously thinking about Roy's remark about him 'dying a again' back when they first arrived, "know who I am. But I have some information that may be helpful." Ed looked up; he was going to help them! "Up North, there's a man that studies a different type of magic. He's a smart man, a genius even. I hope this helps."

As the doctor pushed Roy and Ed out of the room, yelling at them about tests he must perform and other things he had to do to make sure Hughes would make it. The last thing the doctor said before they left was, "Be careful."

Roy and Ed nodded as they continued back down the hospital hallway. "What should we do now?" Ed asked.

"We should find somewhere to stay. Just for tonight. We'll look for this man tomorrow." Roy instructed.

"You know, in the this world you're not the colonel anymore and you can't tell me what to do…" Ed reminded him.

"Whether we're in THIS world or OUR world, I'm older than you…and taller." Roy said, smirking at his last remark.

"TALLER! YOU CAN'T CALL ME SHORT ANYMORE!" Ed began to hit Roy on the head; with out Al here, he could do whatever he wanted, without being held back! "YOUR NOT EXACTLY A SKYSCRAPER EITHER, MUSTANG!" Ed continued ranting.

Roy laughed as he put a hand to Ed's forehead and pushed him away. They both stopped as a door opened an angry old lady looked out and scowled at them. "SHUT UP!" She yelled, and then mumbled at the end, "…stupid young folks…!" and back into her room she went.

Roy and Ed laughed and continued out of the building, fight forgotten and mood lightened by the angry old lady. They left the hospital and started down the sidewalk. Ed looked at Roy, "So…do you have any money?" The younger of the two asked.

Roy put a hand in his pocket, "I've got…" he counted, "not enough." He stated.

"Very funny." Ed said, not laughing, and putting his hand in his own pocket, "I've got about enough for nice meal…can you rent somewhere for us to stay while I find us some food?" he asked the black haired man.

Roy thought for a moment, "You'll be careful out here by yourself?"

Ed looked at him, "Of course, I'm not a child anymore, you know!" Ed waved bye to Roy and ran off to find food.

As Roy put the money back in his pocket, he watched Ed's silhouette disappear before leaving to go find somewhere to stay.

As Ed bought his and Roy's food, he gave last of his money to the man at the counter, "Have a good day!" He told the man before leaving. Now to look for the Colonel…

Ed wandered on the streets, plastic bag in hand containing sandwiches and drink and other small snack items he could get at the small market he went to.

It took a good hour, but he eventually found Colonel Mustang. "ROY!" He called, just as the man was about to walk away in another direction.

Roy turned at looked at Ed over his shoulder, "…Ed?" He asked himself, barely more than a whisper.

Ed ran up to him, breathless, "I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS GODDAMNED TOWN LOOKING FOR YOU!" He cursed.

Roy patted him on the head, "Stop all that cussing, Ed.":

"Hmp…" Ed said, pushing Roy's hand off his head. "L-let's just go…" He said, walking ahead, "Where are we staying anyway?" He asked, looking over his shoulder at Roy, who walking behind him.

"Over there." Roy said, pointing to a small inn on the other side of the street. Roy and Ed crossed the street and entered the inn and found their room.

Looking the room over, Ed turned to Roy, "WHY'S THERE ONLY ONE BED!" He yelled.

Roy scratched the back of his head, laughing lightly, "Uh…this was all I could afford…I told you I didn't have much money on me…"

"Whatever…" Ed said, sitting on the bed and pulling the food out, "Let's just eat, okay?" Roy sat on the bed next to Ed. Ed handed some to Roy and took some for himself. Mouth still full of food, Ed asked, "So I was wondering…this thing that kept you from using your alchemy," he swallowed, "what was it?"

Roy swallowed his bite and looked Ed in the eyes, with all seriousness, he spoke, "To be honest…it wasn't a thing…it was a person…"

Ed laughed, "So you finally got dumped by some girl who was too good for you, huh?"

"Not quite, Fullmetal." Roy said, taking small bites.

"Then what? We're gonna be stuck together for a while now, or at least until we can figure out how to close this portal without being trapped in this world forever. So you might as well tell me!" Ed smiled at Roy, who smiled back weakly.

"Well…actually…it's because of the person I care the most about. More than becoming Furhur one day, more than myself. They seemed to have…disappeared off the face of the earth a while ago. And because of Alchemy, too." Roy said, not looking up from his food. "But I knew he'd back one day…" He whispered to himself, "and that day was today, Fullmetal. That person came back…and…I don't think I've ever been this happy!" Roy looked up, smiling more than Ed had ever seen the colonel smile before.

Ed thought for a minute. Disapeared. Disapeared because of alchemy… and they came back today…

Roy couldn't possibly be talking about…ED! Could he…?

Ed thought for a minute. The way the Colonel talked, he sounded like he loved this person. "Colonel?"

"…yes?" Roy asked, looking down at his food.

Summoning all his courage, Ed turned to Roy and kissed Roy on the lips. It was fast, but it happened.

Ed cleared his throat, and began to eat again. Roy looked at Ed, who was blushing as red as a tomato, "What was that for?" He asked, happily.

Ed could hear the smile in the Colonel's voice as he asked that. Ed looked up and shrugged. "I dunno…you just…you just looked like that's what you needed…" Ed looked back down and finished eating.

Roy looked at Ed, "Hey Edward?" He asked.

Ed looked up, "Hm?" He asked, shyly.

"Thank you. Thank you for coming back to me."

Ed's eyes got huge as he saw the colonel lean over and kiss him slowly on the lips. Roy deepened the kiss by pushing his tongue in the younger man's mouth. As they pulled away, Roy looked Ed deep in the eyes, "I love you Edward Eliric. I always have." He said, pushing them back into a kiss before Ed could say 'I love you' back.

~Chapter End~

A/N: So? How was it~?

I worked on this chapter for only a couple days, and it's pretty short, I know, but how does it sound so far? Good I hope! ^^

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Kay! I shuddup now!