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I could hug you all!!!!! More expectations, I must live up 2. I'm actually enjoying writing the story which is always a good thing ^-^ It's really fun! So here's chapter 3!!!!

-Nezume-chan

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Roy walked casually through the battlefield of confusion as his comrades attempted to catch Black Hayate. Left and right, he saw his soldiers dive for the dog with their arms out, but fail in the end when Black Hayate would either jump out of their hands, or walk out of the way. The puppy stuck his tongue out at everyone and wagged his tail. Roy simply smirked at the mayhem and continued walking.

With his hands in his pockets, Roy Mustang strode through the streets smirking at all the women on his way, and holding his head up high. He turned the corner down one of the streets, and without warning collided with Fuery. Both of them fell backwards and hit the floor hard. Mustang rubbed his forehead and Fuery immediately stood up holding a hand out towards his Colonel.

"So sorry sir. I'll get back to work." Fuery said quickly and pulled up the Colonel.

"What were you doing out here?" Roy questioned still rubbing his forehead.

Fuery saluted Mustang. "I was sent out for a quick mission and"

"That's fine." Roy cut him off. "Just report back to headquarters." Fuery nodded his head and raced off the other direction.

Once he reached the pen pal headquarters, the slowly stepped in shoving open the door. He trudged into the room unsteadily with his hand still on his forehead. Without looking, the woman behind the desk handed him a letter saying "Farm." Roy stretched out his arm and took it.

He walked out of the room still in pain and headed back to work. On the streets, he felt less confident and frowned at everyone he saw because of his major headache. He took a deep breath and paced himself into his office. Roy slid into his chair, leaned into it, and placed his feet his feet on the desk. He stared upward and saw five heads staring at him. Havoc poked his forehead and Roy howled in pain.

"That's quite a bruise you have there sir." Havoc declared. Falman and Breda nodded their heads agreeing. Fuery ran out of the room and quickly returned with a bag of ice. Hawkeye held her dog in her arms and stepped back while Fuery gently lowered the ice onto Mustangs' head.

"Sir, we couldn't find where my dog was digging, or exactly what he buried. We're free to assume that it wasn't important and the chase to catch him was a waste of time." Lieutenant Hawkeye looked down at him.

Roy sat up in his chair. He looked into Rizas' golden eyes and smiled saying, "That's fine." He turned his head to face the rest of his subordinates and looked into every one of their faces. "Okay everyone. Get back to work." Roy commanded. The soldiers saluted and went back to whatever they were doing before chasing the dog. Roy slid his pen into the envelope and tore it open. He pulled out the letter and read the confinements of the envelope.

"Dear Farm, My nickname is not strange. It resembles something, as must your nickname. Where did you come up with your nickname? In my personal opinion, I think by your letters you think that I'm the criminal type. I actually try to stop criminals so don't get the wrong idea. As for my dog, he is still a pup. Onyx eyes; very interesting. My eyes are said to be golden though I just see brown orbs. Do you own any pets? Do you have any hobbies? I enjoy hearing from you, from your pen pal, Rhino."

Roy smirked at the words 'criminal type.' Somehow this Rhino person had figured out where he and Hughes were getting at. Roy stopped at the words 'golden eyes.' He remembered looking into Hawkeye's golden eyes not too long ago. 'This person might be quite the looker.' He thought to himself and raised his eyebrows. Roy pulled out a sheet of paper and shoved the letter from Rhino where it belonged.

He quietly whistled to Black Hayate who was sleeping by Hawkeyes' feet. The dog raised his ears and closely listened to the whistling. He stood up and leaped towards the Colonel. Roy showed him the envelope and lowered his head telling the dog to burry the letter somewhere no one will find it. Black Hayate snatched the envelope out of Mustangs' hands and raced off to who knows where.

Mustang picked up his pen and stroked the paper. "Dear Rhino." Roy felt a surge of pain in his head and held the ice tighter towards his bruise. "My nickname too resembles something that I quickly made up. I don't live on a farm or anything. That's very good that you try to stop criminals. Are you some kind of a police? I too wish to keep the city safe and am supposed to do a lot more than I'm asked to do. That's good that your dog is a puppy. Be sure to train him well. As for me, I don't have any pets, and I don't intend on getting one any time soon. By your eye color, you sound like you're absolutely beautiful. My hobbies are sitting back and sleeping. What do you do for fun? I wish I could write more, but I can feel my fellow workers glaring at me. Farewell for now, signed Farm." Roy folded the letter and wrote largely 'To Rhino from Farm' on the front of the envelope. Roy sealed it and shoved it into his coat pocket.

Black Hayate returned with dirt on his fur and curled up next to Roys' leg proud of his work. Roy reached down and brushed off some of the brown spots on the dog. Roy pulled out a dog treat from inside one of his drawers and rewarded Black Hayate. Roy then stood up and walked towards the restrooms to go examine his bruise.

After work:

"Sir, are you feeling okay." Riza asked Roy who now had bandages streaked across his forehead. Roy smirked at her and held up his ice bag. Riza rolled her eyes and bent down as Black Hayate leaped into her arms.

"Well sir, I'd better get going now." She smiled.

"Allow me to walk you home." The Colonel offered. "It'll help take my mind off the pain." Riza nodded her head and motioned for him to follow her.

Together, they walked down the streets simply talking about how nice the weather was today. They passed by the pen pal headquarters, and both of their heads jerked towards it. The stopped and stared at the building with the urge to walk in. Black Hayate barked loudly and Riza awoke from her trance and continued walking towards her house. Roy followed her still eyeing the building.

Soon after, they reached her house. Riza bowed her head respectfully and grinned at his onyx eyes smiling back at her. 'I wonder if Farm is as sweet as the Colonel.' Riza thought to herself shutting the door behind her.

The next day:

Riza woke up the next morning and quickly got ready in an eager mood to see if Farm wrote back. She grabbed and reviewed the past few letters from her pen pal before shoving them into one envelope and then into her pocket.

Riza and Black Hayate raced over to the pen pal headquarters and pushed open the door. The old woman behind the desk yawned, "Good morning Rhino. You and Farm stop in so many times, I've learned your names already." She smiled at Riza.

"So do I have a letter?" Riza asked cautiously. The old woman nodded her head and reached into her box labeled 'Farm and Rhino.' She handed out the envelope and Black Hayate jumped high and grabbed it. Riza pulled the envelope out of his mouth and thanked the old woman.

Riza and Black Hayate walked out of the building and together marched into military headquarters. Riza reached into her pockets and pulled out the past letters in her one envelope. She aimed for the trash can and threw it continuing her walk towards the office. Black Hayate caught the envelope in mid air without her seeing it and ran off to burry it.

Riza looked around the office. It was completely empty. She'd gotten there a little too early. She opened her new envelope and read the letter. She laughed slightly. He assumed that she thought he lived on a farm. Riza tore a sheet of paper out from one of her notebooks and began to write.

"Dear Farm, You've got quite a sense of humor. I'm not a police. I simply feel the need to protect others, but I do carry a gun like most crime fighters do. I see we share another thing in common: the love for keeping the city safe. My dog is excellently trained. I taught him mostly everything he knows. The people around me love to play with him constantly. I'm quite amused by your comment that you think I'm attractive. In reality, I feel looks aren't important. I've learned from my childhood that people would accept me for who I was, not what I looked like. For fun, I play with my dog, and enjoy helping out a good friend of mine achieve his goals in life. Laziness is the exact opposite of me. What were you like as a child? I hope to hear from you again soon! From Rhino" Riza once again prepared the letter for sending. Fuery then walked in holding Black Hayate in his arms.

"Lieutenant, your dog was burring something again. I can tell from the dirt on his fur." Fuery declared placing Black Hayate on the floor. Riza nodded her head. "I have a quick favor to ask of you. Would you deliver another message for me?" she asked politely.

Fuery smiled and took the envelope from Rizas' hands, marching out proudly. She motioned for Black Hayate and whispered "Get rid of this." She handed him the recent letter that Farm sent her. Black Hayate wagged his tail and happily and ran off with the letter in his mouth.

Black Hayate reached a tree not to far from the building and began digging deeply. Paw after paw, he clawed into the earth and left a mound of dirt beside his hole. Black Hayate dropped the letter deep inside the earth with a few other papers inside it. Quickly, he kicked the dirt back into the ground and pounced on the buried hole. Casually, he wagged his tail and stuck his tongue out and strode off proudly back into the building.

Okay. I was having so much fun wring this chapter I lost track of where to stop ^-^" I already made up an adorable part for the story…… but I can't give any hints though I want to. It's going to be sweet. =) You just have to keep reading my story I suppose lol.

Thanks for reading and please tell me what you thought of chapter 3! Seriously, I really enjoy hearing what you have to say!!! =D

-Nezume-chan