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-Nezume-chan

Black Hayate finished jumping on the dirt. He naturally strode across the court yard and up the many stairs towards the office of his master.

Roy Mustang hummed a tune down the hallways with his hands in his pockets and felt something brush against him. Black Hayate darted past the Colonel with his tongue sticking out as usual and wagging his tail. Roy whistled and Black Hayate froze immediately turning his head. He eyed the colonel and rushed over to him. Roy bent down and pet the dogs' head.

"I need one more favor. I have these envelopes from previous letters and I need you to get rid of them. I really don't want to burn them because then I'll never be able to see them again, but if you get rid of these, I know their not destroyed." Roy smirked at him and pulled out a few envelopes. Black Hayate tilted his head and stared at the Colonels' face in confusion.

Roy rolled his eyes. "I'll give you a treat if you…" Black Hayate barked at the word treat and snatched the envelopes from Roys' hands. He zoomed the direction from which he came from and Roy stood up and made his way to the office cautiously.

Once in the office he sighed deeply. Only Hawkeye was in the room.
"Good morning sir." Hawkeye greeted. She looked up at him and stared at the bandages wrapped around his forehead. "Why so cautious this morning? You seem tense." She commented.

Roy smiled. "I just have the weirdest feeling that someone might jump out any second and hit me in the head again."

Riza giggled. "Would you like some ice sir?" Roy nodded his head and Riza stepped out of the office. Just as she did, Black Hayate raced past her and into the office panting. His fur was no longer black and seemed to be brown. Riza placed her hand on her forehead and walked off. Black Hayate sat near Roys' feet and was rewarded.

Moments later, Havoc walked in holding a stack of papers. He nearly dropped them noticing the Colonel sitting comfortably.

"S-sir! You're here early!" Havoc stuttered surprised. Mustang simply nodded his head. "Did the Lieutenant get a new dog?" Havoc asked staring at the brown mutt next to the Colonel.

"No. Will you give him a bath though? If you couldn't even recognize the Lieutenants' dog, then we have a major issue." Roy declared. Havoc rolled his eyes, set his paperwork down, and lifted the dog soon leaving the office.

Not long after, Breda, Falman, Fuery, and Hawkeye came into the office. They worked like ants and kept themselves busy. Everyone except for Mustang. Roy had better things to do besides paperwork all day.

'Papers.' He thought. 'They just keep coming, every single day more papers. Sort of like my letters.' The colonel laughed to himself. 'That Rhino person is crazy. Wait… letters. Oh great! I forgot to stop and pick up my letter this morning if Rhino even sent one!' Roy smacked his forehead. 'Everyone is working though. If anyone, Riza would be furious if I left without doing my work. I need an excuse.' Roy glared down at the table in deep thought.

"I think the Colonel's going to explode. I've never seen him so concentrated on thinking before." Breda whispered to Falman.

Roy stood up and everyone quickly looked at him. "I require some alone time." Roy announced and stepped out of the room with a newspaper in his hands. Roy shut the door behind him. He could hear the laughter of his fellow soldiers in the room, but he was too focused on his goal to care.

Roy tossed the newspaper in the trash and headed outside. Roy walked down the streets with his hand on his forehead the whole way to the pen-pal headquarters. He slowly pushed open the door and stepped in. The room had a couple people here and there, but otherwise, it was empty inside.

The old woman behind the desk glanced up at him and reached down into a box. "Take it. It came by about two hours ago." She handed the envelope to Roy marked, 'Farm from Rhino.' Roy bowed respectfully and frowned; the pain from his headache was killing him.

Roy returned to his military headquarters. He stepped in his office and rolled his eyes.

"Roy! Glad to see you." Hughes greeted.

Havoc walked in soaked a second later. Black Hayate barked in Havocs' arms. He was now a shiny back and white; now recognizable.

"Havoc, go find some dry clothes. Breda, Falman; help him out." Roy ordered. They saluted him and stepped out of the room. Fuery stepped out as well with papers in his hands. Hawkeye picked up Black Hayate saying, "I'll be back sir. Havoc lost his collar." All that remain were Roy and Hughes.

"Is that a letter I see behind your back?" Hughes playfully laughed. He reached behind Mustang and snatched the letter. "I see you haven't given up on this Rhino person yet." He laughed. Mustang took the letter back and quickly opened it. He read the letter aloud.

"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"

"You thought that the criminal Rhino person was attractive?" Hughes glared at Mustang who blushed slightly.

"I've never seen them before. I just said that they must look good because of their eye color." He glared at Hughes. Roy pulled out a sheet of paper and sat down at his desk. Hughes leaned his head on Mustangs' shoulder.

"Now what's the famous flame alchemist going write this time." He said to Mustang.

Roy scribbled on the paper to make sure the pen was working. He pressed the pen against the paper.

"Dear Rhino," he wrote. "Not a police? Me neither. My status is much high than that of a police. I'm surprised that you carry a gun. You said you were a female correct? Does your dog do any tricks? My friend has a dog that's well trained also. It obeys orders; even the most ridiculous ones. I feel, you must look how you feel. If you dress maturely, then surely others will respect you maturely." Roy thought of Edward the fullmetal alchemist and quickly wrote in "most of the time." He continued writing. "I see you are a hard worker and appear to be loyal. As a child I grew up with a large dream in mind. I studied hard and got somewhere along the lines of where I wanted to be now. What was your childhood like? Reply soon, From Farm."

Hughes smirked as Roy stuffed the letter in his envelope. "Your letter reminded me of Edward; the only person with no respect what so ever for…. 'Gasp' The Elric Brothers! Hughes stood up strait and jogged to the door yelling, "We'll talk later Mustang!"

Riza stepped in with Black Hayate followed by Fuery, Havoc, Breda, and Falman.

"Sir, where did Lieutenant Colonel Hughes run off to? The Elric brothers are here saying they were supposed to meet him at the train station twenty minutes ago." Fuery asked.

"He'll realize eventually that the Elrics are here and not at the train station." Roy answered. His eyes widened when it hit him; the Elric brothers are here.

The door slammed open and in came Edward and Alphonse Elric.

"Have you seen Hughes?" Ed asked the Colonel. Mustang walked over to Ed and placed his hand on Edwards' shoulder leading him outside of the office.

"Lieutenant Colonel Hughes went looking for you at the train station. I'm guessing the job of picking you two up was of little importance if he was here doing nothing." Roy said calmly. Ed opened his mouth and started screaming his usual drabble of calling him short and the fact that Mustang used little in his sentence. Mustang rubbed his forehead; Ed was making his head feel unusual pain.

"Fullmetal. For making me suffer from more of my headache, I order you to deliver this letter to the given address." Roy told Ed who simply glared at him. "Why should I?"

Roy rubbed his forehead in frustration. "I'll tell Hughes you're interested in seeing his daughter's baby pictures. I'm sure that'll keep you busy for a few weeks."

Ed sneered and snatched the letter from Mustangs' hands. "C'mon Al. We need to get going." He called into the office. Alphonse walked out and followed Ed.

Roy stepped back into the office and ordered everyone to get back to work. Havoc burst out laughing and soon followed the rest. Roy frowned and sat down slowly in his desk. His head felt like someone was yelling at him with a mega phone. Could this bruise really be that serious?

"Sir you don't look too good." Riza stepped over to his side. "I recommend you go home and rest. Then come back tomorrow and we'll see if you feel better." She said to the Colonel with her hand on his head. "Any objections?" she asked ever one else. They shook their heads. The Colonel nodded his head and stepped out of the office followed by Black Hayate.

"Get rid of this, and I'll bring you steak tomorrow." Roy whispered to Black Hayate. The dog barked and like he always did, he ran off to burry his treasure for the reward.

After work, Riza stopped by the pen pal headquarters.

"I'm not assuming my pen pal has written yet, but have they?" Riza asked hesitantly to the old woman behind the desk. She smiled and pulled out an envelope from a box.

Riza felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Excuse me ma'am, but your dog is sniffing my leg and I was wondering…"

"Hughes? What are you doing here?" Riza asked.

"Oh, I thought I recognized your dog Hawkeye." Hughes laughed. "I have a pen pal nicknamed Red Holly. What's that letter your holding?" he asked.

Hmmm… Riza wasn't really in that Chapter much. Next chapter I'll for sure put her in more. After all, I did leave you hanging there. I'll try and really work on the story from now on. I have 3 weeks to finish it up (cause then I have school XP) and a lot more than 3 chapters to work on =) for chapter 5, I intend to make it longer than I did with this one!!! =D Tell me what you thought of chapter 4 please! Anything you liked, or really didn't like, I'd love to hear. What doesn't kill my story will only make it stronger.

-Nezume-chan