Chapter 5

Payback

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First off, I wasn't sure what to call this chapter, so if anyone has an idea I would be glad to hear from them. If I don't find anything better, I will just keep it as Payback. Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who reviewed and to everyone who liked my Royai moments! Sorry for not updating in a while, but I was pretty busy, and sleepy. Okay, now on with the story!

Ed, Roy, and Riza arrived at Roy's house and entered inside. At that moment Ed started to whine, telling Roy to let him down. Roy did as he asked knowing that Ed wouldn't start to run away now since he knew that he was in a lot of trouble already.

"So, are we ready to punish him?" Riza asked Roy.

"Yeah, I think now would be a perfect time to do so," Roy replied, while Ed just gulped.

"Well Ed, you already know what your first two punishments are so we don't need to repeat that. Now as for your other punishment, Riza and I will decide together on what it will be," Roy said with a tone that left no room for arguments.

"I'd be glad to help you, Roy," Riza said, and they immediately began to think up something that would make even the great Edward Elric stand on edge.

By the time that Roy and Riza thought up a suitable punishment for Edward, Ed felt as if hours and hours had gone by. He was nervous on the inside, but masked his emotions nonetheless.

"Okay, we've decided," Riza declared.

"From now on, until we say so, you will be forbidden from reading any alchemy books in Roy's house," Roy stated.

"Oh, well that could've been worse, I mean I did read all of those books at least once," Ed replied, happily, thinking that he got off easy.

"Really, Ed? Don't you remember what we just said about how this punishment will be worse than you can imagine?" Riza asked.

"No, I didn't, but I thought you guys were just exaggerating, or at least that's what I wanted to believe, even though I knew it wasn't true," Ed replied.

"Wait, so you really thought that was all? Ha ha ha! That's hilarious! I assumed that forbidding you to read the alchemy books in this house wouldn't affect you at all. So, you are also forbidden from going to the Central Library, as well," Roy smoothly responded.

""W- w- what did you say? That can't be possible! Everyone there knows me, it's not like they can't allow me to go there!" Ed yelled, surprised.

"Oh, well, you're right about that, but you know, they also know me, the Fuhrer, and what I say goes, and I told them not to allow you access to the library," Mustang replied smugly.

"This c- c- can't be happening! Nooooo! I'm sorry!" Ed cried.

"Too late now!" both Roy and Riza declared.

Seeing the look on Edward's face made Riza and Roy feel sympathetic since they both know what he has been through since he was little, so they told Ed to go wait in the living room, while they discussed the duration of the punishment in the kitchen where they could keep an eye on Ed. In the end they decided that they wouldn't make this punishment last as long as the other ones. But, they also decided that they would play around with Ed a little, in order to get payback for when he worried them. The way they would do this is tell Ed that this punishment will last twice as long as the other ones, when in reality they had already decided to have it last only a week. 'Oh this'll be great,' both Roy and Riza thought.

The Next Morning

Ed woke up and went downstairs to find Roy making breakfast. He grumpily said, "Good morning." Roy also said good morning and then Ed sat down in a chair and waited until Roy finished making breakfast.

When Roy started to put the food on the table and in front of Ed, he also took a glass and filled it with milk and also put it in front of Ed. Edward just looked at him in bewilderment and shock, wondering if he was really serious.

Roy, as if reading Edward's mind, sternly said, "Yes, I am serious. You have to drink that whole glass or you will not be allowed to leave that spot the whole day. A punishment is a punishment."

Edward whined and pouted for about five minutes, but to no avail. In the end he just submitted and drank the milk, all the while glaring at Mustang, with the deadliest glare he could put on his face. Roy just smirked at how he finally had Ed submit to his will.

"Fine. You made me drink it this time, but that's only because I wanted to leave here fast and go to the library," Ed stated.

"Excuses, excuses, Edward. Don't you remember that you can't go in the libr-" Roy started.

"I KNOW THAT ALREADY! LEAVE ME ALONE! I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!" Ed yelled, annoyed by the Fuhrer's constant lecturing.

"Ok. Ok. Do what you want, but first you will come with me to my office and then you can take someone with you, because I still don't fully trust you not to get into some kind of trouble," Roy replied with a voice that held no room for arguments.

"Uhhh! Fine! I'll take Havoc with me! Is that all right?" Ed asked impatiently.

"Good, now let's get going!" Roy said cheerily.

"Hmph," was all that could be heard from Edward.

Fuhrer Mustang's Office

"Havoc! Come with me to the library!" Ed yelled to Jean.

Having been told by Roy about Ed's punishment that doesn't let him go anywhere alone so he doesn't get into trouble Jean just said, "Ok. Let's go!"

At the Library

Ed went up to the guards and said in his most innocent voice, "Fuhrer Mustang said that I am now allowed to go in the library!"

The guards looked at one another and then back at Ed and replied while smiling, "Think about what you just said, Fuhrer Mustang. Don't you think that he would tell us not to believe anything you tell us, unless he specifically called us himself and told us you could use the library? "

"AHHH! WHY IS HE ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF ME? IT'S LIKE HE CAN READ MY MIND AND SEE WHAT I AM PLANNING NEXT!" Ed yelled in frustration.

"Well chief, he has known you for six years. He's bound to learn how you think in that long, especially since he always taught of you as his son," Havoc stated.

"Yeah, you're probably right. But I never knew that he thought of me as his son all those years ago," Ed said in a soft voice.

"So that means you will give up on getting into the library until your punishment is up, right?" Havoc questioned.

"Not at all. But I won't don't anything that would put me in a lot of trouble," Ed said. Then he whispered to Havoc, "I will just keep on trying to trick these guards to believe that Mustang is letting me go to the library."

"Well, good luck with that, and if you want I can take you all those times," Jean offered.

"Great!" Ed happily cheered.

After One Week of Trying to Trick the Guards

"Ok! Today is the day that they will finally believe me!" Ed stated firmly, voice filled with confidence, while he was walking on his way with Jean to the library.

'Doesn't this kid ever give up? He is so stubborn, kind of reminds me of the Fuhrer's personality,' Jean thought.

"Okay, today for real the Fuh-" Ed started to tell the guards but was cut off as they opened the door for him and told him he could enter.

"Please, just leave us alone and go in already! The Fuhrer told us that your punishment has been lifted and now you have full access to the library!" one of the guards exclaimed in a hurry wanting to get rid of Ed fast.

"Really? No joke?" Ed asked with the brightest smile he could muster on his face.

Jean just chuckled and went inside with Edward deciding that he would call Roy and tell him that he will just drive Ed to his house later in the eveing.

Back at Roy's House in the Evening

Edward was waiting with Jean for Roy to come and after about ten more minutes they heard him come in. When he entered he told Jean that he could go home and then when Jean left he turned to Ed and asked him with a smirk, "So did you have fun today?"

"Yeah. Thank you, I'll try to behave a little better from now on," Ed muttered in embarrassment.

"What was that, I didn't quite catch what you just said. Repeat it," Roy said with his famous smirk on his face.

"I said, Thank you! And I will try to behave a little better from now on!" Ed yelled loudly.

"You're welcome," he said to Ed, while inside his head he was thinking 'I wonder how long his good behavior will last until he needs another punishment. Oh well, I guess I should enjoy the good things while they last,' he decided.

"But why did you and Riza decide to change the duration of this punishment?" Ed asked, the curiosity getting the better of him.

"Well if you want us to extend it, no problem!" Roy said, smirking.

"No, no, no! It's ok!" Ed replied hastily.

"Don't worry, I'm just joking. But we thought of all the bad things you went through and we decided that you deserve some, and I repeat SOME, leniency. Does that answer your question?" Mustang explained.

"Yeah, thanks," Edward replied softly.

Then, unexpectedly Ed ran and hugged Roy, feeling the warmth of a father, in this case father figure, which he never had since his father left him when he was really young.

'At least he is beginning to open up to me and accept me as a father figure,' Roy thought.

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