First of all, this is more of a filler chapter for entertainment mostly, I literally had no idea what to write. Actually I did have ideas as to what to write but I don't know how to portray it that is all. I'll tell the details after this chapter. Oh, this chapter is shorter than the others being only 2000 words while the others were 3000 words, gomenasai!

Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist does not belong to me, if it did Hohenheim wouldn't need to die in the end because he's one of my favorite character.

Chapter 10: A Glimpse of What to Come

The next morning came by too fast for the members of the military building. Especially for Jin.

One thing he realized was that he was nervous, the confidence earlier may not have been very long lasting, well there's no turning back now.

He didn't discuss the details with Winry but he guess that she would come around the evening, while the time runs, he'll only get more and more nervous.

Signing the young man looked at the stump on his right arm that sadly was once his right arm, how unfortunate, it have served him for a long time.

But then something hit him, he have lost his right arm… was he supposed to be sad? He reckons so but… why…

A stabbing pain went up the back of his head, damn… probably he shouldn't think too much he have been getting those quite frequently now-a-days.

There was a knock on the door and entered Meng looking as cheerful as always, but Jin didn't miss the rigid way of walking he was doing.

"Meng…" Jin muttered.

"Yo, Jin, doing better know?" the older teen asked the younger.

"Let's see I just got my arm cut off so what do you expect?" Jin snapped back, he wasn't in a good mood, especially if there was a stabbing head ache and that he will need to do a surgery in a few hours that have a possibility of killing him.

"Roy said that you wanted to get auto-mail, are you sure?" Meng continued ignoring the boy's attitude he was accustomed to this.

"When did you get so close with the general?" Jin asked Meng noticing how he used the general's first name without flinching or uncertainty.

Again Meng ignored this, "It really is unbelievable to say that you only arrived here for one day but already have your arm cut off," he pointed out.

"I could've been dead, you should be thankful," Jin said sarcastically.

"I guess…" Meng said scratching his head.

Just when he was going to say the next chapter a loud crashing came from outside, the two froze to an extent the only movement in that room were their silent breathings.

A loud crash again, and in enter Roy Mustang.

"MAES HUGHES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG TALK!" Roy shouted as loud as possible directing it to the older teen who was staring at him amazed.

"Roy… I'm busy right no-" Meng tried, he doubted that he was getting a slip out of this, it was impossible when Roy's on his rage mode.

"Maes Hughes?" Jin sounded looking at the situation, his face reflected confusion at the two dark-haired male.

"Idiot," Meng hissed in Roy's direction only to receive one of the famous death glares.

"It's nothing," Roy said brushing it off, "How're you doing Jin?" the man asked looking at the youth, 'He's doing well if not for attitude problems'

"I'm doing fine," Jin answered, "Except that I'm going to go through a freaking surgery!" he added.

"Alright then, you might want to rest, we'll be back in some time," Roy said quickly dragging Meng by his shirt out of the room.

Jin stared at the door confused but brushed it off and then continued in his attempt not to sleep and avoiding the nightmares he have been getting.

Meanwhile we will go back to Roy and Meng…

"Where the freaking in hell have you been?" Roy exploded in Meng's face.

"At Xing obviously," Meng answered casually trying to find something in his pockets.

"And why have you not contacted up until now?" Roy asked his fury almost reaching its limit.

"Oh yeah, Roy…" Meng started fetching something out of his pocket. "What do you think? It's my girlfriend Guan-Yin! Isn't she a beauty?" Meng started picking up multiple pictures from his unending hell of a pocket.

"Don't stray from the subject…" Roy muttered a stress mark appearing on his head.

Meng ignored him almost totally and started giving him multiple pictures. It actually made Roy wonder where Gracia and Elysia lies in his heart now. Roy secretly wanted to know how the scene would play out if Gracia and Elysia were to meet Meng as he was now.

One thing that Roy would admit right now that it is Maes have fetched a beauty indeed, and he was sure if he complimented her or do anything suspicious Maes will have his neck.

"About Jin…" Roy started wanting to get serious almost immediately.

"The boy still doesn't know," Meng said shoving the pictures back into his pockets, "But if Jin knows, we could say that it could be good and bad at the same time."

"Why's that?" Roy asked raising an eyebrow at the younger teen.

"Reincarnations aren't supposed to have their memories intact," Meng started, "For me, it's a rare thing, and I really doubt that Jin and I are on the same case…"

"Do you have more information on Jin? His profile or such?" Roy asked immediately, he needed to investigate in this matter, especially why the homunculus are after him, other than the reason that he is the reincarnation of Edward Elric.

"None, when Jin's family went under a massacre 7 years ago the murderer burned all of the family history," Meng answered shaking his head slightly, "But the Yao clan in which Jin is in, is a pretty powerful clan that owns a large piece of land around the West of Xing,"

"I've heard of them before, it was big news when that happened, spreaded off to Amestris," Roy interrupted remembering the newspaper on that day.

"Right, somehow Jin was the only survivor, after that he lived alone as an orphan, and often travelled, but according to research it says that the clan that has more than 500 members spreaded across the country died within one night," Meng continued trying to remember all the facts he could.

"The Homunculus…" Roy muttered his eyes darkening slightly, "We need to talk to Jin on this matter," Roy insisted.

"Not now," Meng countered, "The boy have been having nightmares about the night, I know that, and it would be wise to wait a little bit after the surgery,"

"I guess…" Roy signed glancing at the clock that was hanging on the wall opposite to them. "It's almost twelve, we should go get lunch before noon," Roy concluded before walking into Jin's room.

At that time Jin was wide awake, due to his stubbornness, nightmares were his greatest enemies, at least for now. No; his greatest fear was his greatest enemy. It was a wonder why Mustang called Meng with a name he once used back at Xing, a name he commonly slipped when his anger was taking control. Brushing the thought of Jin continued onto his day dreaming.

He wished he could have brought that book Ling wrote for him which is now currently at Xing, he was forbidden to take it with him for some weird reason…

There was a knock on the door and Jin snapped out of his thoughts.

The door opened and in entered Ling and a Woman with brown hair and green eyes along with a teenager exactly like her mother but her hair was in twin tails.

"Jin, you have visitors," Ling said brightly upon opening the door.

"I could see that Ling, I am not blind," Jin stated his voice lacking the same enthusiasm as Ling.

"Hello, your Jin Lao am I correct?" The brown haired lady asked providing him a warm smile. Somehow that smile evoked something within Jin; a strange familiarity.

"We heard you got into an accident, at such a young age too," The twin tailed girl said signing stealing a glance at Jin's right arm which is currently not available to be seen.

"We just wanted to wish you luck on the surgery," The brown haired woman said handing Jin a basket which smelled of the finest apple orchard.

"It's the first time I have an apple pie I made on my own for someone outside our normal ring so please enjoy," the twin tailed girl said giving Jin a bright smile which Jin tried his best to return but was unable to due to his currently gloomy attitude.

"We'll leave you to rest now have a god day," They said leaving together as Ling opened the door and followed them out giving Jin a small wave along the way which could mean both "good luck" and "I don't care what happens to you"

A few moments after they've left Jin opened the basket and sure enough was wafted by the scent of apple pie, the finest he have smelled, it was a shame it would be quite difficult to eat in the state he was in, however he knew he needed to train his left hand sooner or later, nothing beats the real flesh; not even the best Automail.

Jin glanced at the apple pie and decided it would be best to leave it for now, no matter how much his tongue was craving for the taste of it.

Placing the pie into the basket with difficulty Jin slumped back into his pillow and wondered when his lunch will come, not expecting anything too fancy, he was never accustomed to that either way.

The door was busted open the moment Jin placed the basket on his bedside table. Mustang and Meng entered bickering on the way with Meng shoving pictures of his girlfriend in Mustang's face much to his irritation.

"You guys took fairly long," Jin mused looking at the two bickering features.

They turned to face Jin and immediately gave each other the 'We'll finish this later' look before giving Jin a smile.

"I just came to say that you need to rest Jin, Lunch wouldn't be served because- as Winry said- during the surgery you might puke, and that wouldn't be good," Roy informed the smaller boy.

"Fine, I'm not that hungry either way," Jin signed looking at Roy suspiciously, probably judging if the General was too lazy to provide him with his meal or not. "Leave me alone; you want me to rest do you not?" Jin said after a moment's hesitation. And after that sentence he lied down and turned his back to the two black heads.

The two men (?) blinked at him and exited the room no longer bickering.

Meanwhile Winry was preparing for her surgery and was more jittery than usual. Under some circumstances she wasn't able to move Jin to Rush Valley and was forced to do the surgery at Central hospital.

This troubles her greatly because first of all the doctors there don't seem to enjoy the small amounts of surgery she have done there because of the screaming and following. Such doctors they were, weren't they supposed to hope for their patients most wellbeing?

Winry brushed that aside and continue sorting her things the room she was going to do the surgery in was in a zone of a building she didn't explore as much so she better check it out before the time just in case they get lost or something.

Back to Meng- of rather Maes, he was currently wandering the halls desperately thinking of something we would rather not mention. But as far as rather not go I will just come ahead and say it: he was worried about his wife, or previous wife.

He didn't fail to notice the familiar scent of apple pie, the oh so tasty scent he was greeted with every time he came home from a long day of work. And of course he didn't fail to notice that it was his wife and his daughter that he passed way with on the way to Jin's room.

Now to tell or not to tell? That's a question to be answered.

See? It's pretty short, I know. And I guess at the ending Jin was slightly formal, I apologize for that, it's because the anime I'm currently watching has its effect, doesn't help that I'm listening to its soundtrack too. I'll just say that the next chapter will have some movements, more movements than this one at least.

I just want to say that I received a few reviews last chapter- which I am wholly thankful for. But it didn't reach its mark which is 8 reviews per chapter, but I guess I'll just post this chapter because I couldn't stand keeping it for too long, afraid I will never get it release if the reviews never come.

Judging from the amount I'm changing the amount of Reviews to [5] reviews since I guess 8 was too much…

Also the new anime is really taking my time… taking too much time, and that's really distracting me from my typing time. Maybe some people have an idea what I am watching; I guess I'll just say that the name has a curse word in the title. And maybe people will guess it, if not I'll just say this word: Butler. Just saying I might start a new fic soon, might… either way please wait for the next chapter and don't forget!

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