Chapter 3 here, enjoy~! I tried to explain a few things in this chapter.
Ed, Kyoraku, Al, Soi Fong, and Nanao stepped through the portal, Ed and Soi Fong hand in hand, Nanao clinging to Al's back, while the two Captains walked on either side of them.
"Hey, Al! Your not in armor anymore~!" Nanao cheered.
"Eh?! You're right! I guess it's because that was my gigai...and we're in Soul Society now..." His eyes opened wide. That was right! Their mission to the world in between the Seireitei and the human world was over! The young shinigami smiled as he remembered the time he had spent here.
Flashback time…
"Yadomaru-fuku-taichou, read to us!" One Ise Nanao had cheered, grinning widely.
"Humph! I could be kicking Shinji's ass right now! I don't need to attend no dumb story time..." Hiyori trailed off.
"Hey now, Hiyori-chan," Al smiled at the girl, who's face turned a light and rather annoyed shade of pink, dotted among her freckles.
"So, what kind of story are ya reading, anyways?" She questioned, rather loudly.
"A book from the human world~!" Nanao cheered, hugging on to her vice-captains arm tightly.
"It's called 'Alice in Wonderland'. About some girl who doesn't want to go among mad people or something like that," Lisa stated, trying to hide her smile.
"I guess we could give it a shot," Hiyori groaned, pulling back the urge to be curious.
End Flashback time…
Ed grinned. "I can't believe I'm finally a Vice-Captain! It seemed like just yesterday we were in the academy. You remember that, don't you?" He chuckled and nudged Soi Fong.
"I remember. You were about as stealthy as a rock back then!" She giggled slightly, glancing over at the rather short male to see an angry expression plastered to his face.
"I was not!" He snapped, while she just continued smiling.
"Sure you weren't~"
Flashback time…
"Al, Al! We're in the academy! Can you believe it?!" As per usual, the "Full Metal" as he would later be called, was much too excited. But could you blame him? After living a horrid life in Rukongai, and finally getting a chance at being a shinigami, who wouldn't be excited?
"I guess," Al smiled, as he turned to face his brother. "This is where we split up, I guess; you're classrooms that way. See you later!" And with that, the two brothers went their separate ways.
Ed walked in to his class, only to find a loud, scratchy voice yelling at him. "MISTER ELRIC, WHY ARE YOU LATE?"
"Because I got lost on the way here, and I--"
"TAKE YOUR SEAT, THEN. RIGHT NEXT TO MISS SOI FONG."
"Can't I take another seat?" Truth was, he wanted to sit next to anyone but a girl. Particuarly that girl, who had been glaring at him the whole time.
"I'M SORRY, MISTER ELRIC. TAKE YOUR SEAT." The woman screeched.
"But--"
"NOW, PLEASE."
The young boy sighed, as he walked over to the assigned seat, not caring for the eyes following him.
"OUR FIRST LESSON OF THE DAY IS..."
End Flashback time…
"Oh! That reminds me!" Ed might have had a light bulb hanging over his head, if that was possible. "We need to say hi to Byakuya!"
"I haven't seen him in a while, either, though he's probably just training. ....Jeez, we're going to have too many teenaged Captains at the rate he's going!" She sighed.
"Since when did two become too many?" Ed questioned.
"Who said I said two?"
"Then who else is becoming a Captain that's our age?"
"Well, if you would get off your lazy ass and learn Bankai, instead of playing fairy tail land in Amest whatever you call it, then maybe we might have a third," She smirked, as he frowned.
"It was a mission!"
That was about when they turned a corner, not realizing they had strayed from the others, to the Kuchiki's manor.
"I don't remember it being this big..." Ed trailed off, staring upwards.
"Meh. They might have expanded it a bit since you were gone." Soi Fong shrugged.
"Oi, Byakuya! You there?" The vice captain called, not really sure where his call was aimed at.
"Huh? Who's there?" A voice, not visible to the two, asked, or more snapped, in a sense.
"You've already forgotten what I sound like? Maybe I should've stayed on that mission in Amestris," The blonde boy grinned, his words dripping with sarcasm.
"....Ed?" The voice was surprised, as if not expecting this.
"No, it's the mail man-- Of course it's Ed, you twit! And I'm assuming that your going to be Byakuya the table fairy, am I right?"
"T-Table fairy? Where'd you get that from, Shorty?" A young boy, standing at about their height, opened the door to the manor, grinning from ear to ear.
"I AM NOT SHORT!" Ed roared, racing toward his long haired friend in what looked like he was going to tear him bit from bit. But instead, they embraced in what they might have called a manly hug.
Over with Al who had gone off to see his new division...
"I'm tiiiired~" A young Nanao yawned, rubbing her eyes. It had been late when they all arrived in Seireitei, and the eighth division was a long ways away from the gate they had entered through.
"We'll be there soon," Al smiled, looking over at his captain. "Kyoraku-Taichou, since I'm your vice captain....what do I do? Fill out paperwork?"
Shunsui nodded, a lazy, drunken expression plastered to his face. "Other than that, you'll be greeting some new recruits. In fact, we got one just yesterday."
"Eh? Who?" The young boy gave the old man a curious expression.
"He went by the name of....ah, I can't remember."
Al sweat dropped. That figured. "Is he at the eighth now, then?"
"I think so," The captain mused.
"Well, then, it's just around the corner, so--"
Al fell silent as they turned the corner. Was that who he thought it was....? His mouth fell open a bit. It was…
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Omake:
"WHY DID WE HAVE TO LET SUCH A PRETTY GIRL GO?" Roy Mustang cried over a picture of the fullmetal alchemist and his younger brother.
"Umm, sir, Fullmetal was a boy," Hawkeye stated.
"Oh really? THEN WHY DID WE HAVE TO LET HIS PRETTY SISTER GO TOO?" He cried.
"Um, sir, Alphonse was a boy too,"
"Really? Then what am I crying about?" Roy Mustang questioned, throwing the picture out the window.
"Umm, sir, I think you're drunk," Hawkeye suggested, eyeing the empty bottles of alcohol.
Well, I hope that cleared up some things. Even more will be explained in the next chapter. That might help a little. Any guesses on who the mysterious recruit is?
Love, Waffle