Chapter 11: Normal Vacation?

So Relaxing…. Edward sat on the rock bottom of the hot spring pool, starring up a the night sky. He was alone, the girls were, talking with each other, probably. The men had gone out investigating the mansion, Edward had demanded to go but they had refused to take him because of his wound. They had read in a book that hot baths are good for deep cuts, so they had helped Ed remove his Automail and had left him to be alone. So Ed sat, and was shocked, at first, at how calming it was to be alone, plus, his cut was really feeling better. He closed his eyes and just breathed, didn't think about anything, just breathed.

"Hello Edward." came a voice. Edward's eyes popped open and he turned his head in the direction of the voice. There stood Yuki at the edge of the pool, wearing a winter kimono. Ed was about to let out a scream, but he found out the only thing that would come out was, "Y-y-y-yuki? W-What are you doing here!" He blushed wildly and was about to move away but remembered that he only had one arm and leg, so he just held his breath.

"Tell me," Yuki lead in closer. "What is your relationship with Miss Winry Rockbell?"

"YOUR ASKING ME THIS NOW!" Ed shrunk back from her and blushed harder.

"Tell me, do you love her?"

"WHAT!"

"Edo-Chan, do you need help getting out of the bath." Mikuru stepped out with a towel in her hands.

"MIKURU-SAN!"

"Edward, why are you yelling so much!"

"WINRY!"

"Hey, Edo-chan! A picture in a hot spring will be the perfect addition to the internet! Smile!"

"HARUHI!" Edward screamed, the steam was getting deeper into his head. Can't breath… He fell over on a rock, he heard cries of concern, but nothing more after that.

Edward's eyes shot open and he turned his head to the side to see Yuki fanning him with a cool breeze. He groaned and sat up, his automail was reattached and he was wearing a Japanese robe. The rest of the girls came over. "Are you okay?" Mikuru handed him a glass of water. "Thank you." Ed drank the hole glass. "That feels good." He stretched out his arms and cringed when a shot of pain reminded him of his cut. Winry hung her head. "I'm sorry Ed, we shouldn't have walked in on you like that….sorry." It sounded like she was about to cry, so Edward immediately exclaimed. "No, no Winry, it- it's not your fault, I mean the hot water was getting to me anyway so, it could have knocked me out at any time, so… don't cry…" Ed was at the verge of panicking when Winry's head shot up with a smile, "okay…" The way the two looked at each other made Yuki wave her fan vigorously.

"Is everyone else back?" Edward asked. "Not yet, you've only been out a few minutes."

"Oh." Suddenly, Edward got a sinking felling "So, how did I get dressed?"

"Well…" Everyone blushed a little. "We did that…" Edward didn't have the strength to freak out, so he looked up, keeping his eyes off of them, and blushed. The only one who didn't seem shy was Haruhi. "How did you get those muscles, Edo-chan? I had to take a few pictures for collection."

Somehow, Edward got his strength back after that. "WHAT!"

"Don't worry," she held up the camera. "I didn't take any bellow the waist, so don't freak out."

"That's not my concern!" Ed reached for the camera, but failed once again and fell back. At that moment, the rest of the crew came in, looking like they just saw a ghost. Ed got to his feet and looked at them.

"What did you find?" Roy was holding a picture in his hand. "Fullmetal, it's Allen." He turned the picture to face him. Everyone froze. Staring back at them was a picture of a boy, that was Edward with black hair and purple eyes.

Along with the picture, the group hand brought back tons of paper work. So, while they ate dinner, Ed cycled threw the paperwork still confused. "What does this mean?" He turned over and over. What's the connection? Whatever this man was researching, it was something important. Most of this is different pictures of the brain, what was he trying to do? *Snap* *Flash*

"Haruhi!" Edward scold, automatically knowing what she did. Haruhi smiled at the picture she took with that Suzumiya face of hers. "One special addition 'food-on-his-face' Edo-Chan picture, going straight to the internet!" She held the camera high, expecting resistance, but to everyone's' surprise, Edward just stared at the paper in his hands. "That's it! Mind erasing! That's what he was trying to accomplish! ….But why?"

"He had to have a personal reason." Alphonse pointed out. "Maybe he was trying to forget that he had committed the transmutation."

"Maybe," Roy stood up. "I need to make a phone call about this." He walked to the door. "Oh, bye the way, Fullmetal." He turned around. "There is a woman in the lobby who wants to see you."

Edward walked down to the lobby, curious to find out who wanted to see him. The receptionist smiled as he walked up. "Are you Mr. Elric?"

"Um, Yes, is someone here to see me?"

"Yes sir, she's right outside." she gestured to the door and continued to type on her computer. Ed thanked her and stepped out. He looked around, he saw a figure standing near a tree. He approached it, expecting that it was who had wanted to she him, but the figure darted away into the woods before Ed could say anything. "W-Wait!" Edward called, but it was already gone. "Um, excuse me," A voice said behind him. "I'm the one who called you…" huh? Ed turned around and saw a woman standing there with a shy look on her face, she looked an awful lot like- "M-Mikuru?" Edward looked her up and down, it was no doubt that it was Mikuru, but she seemed to have grown so much sense…. Two minutes ago.

"Um, no, well yes, I mean, I'm Mikuru from the future…" She smiled at him. What? Well I guess that would be true but….Mikuru? "But… how can I believe you?" Edward accused. "You could be someone in discus!" She looked a little startled, but see soon looked as if she thought of something and approached Ed. He took a step back. "GAH!" The future Mikuru unbuttoned her shirt a little to reveal a small mole on her chest. "This mole right here, you and Kyon are the only to people that knew about it."

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! I DON'T KNOW ANY MOLE! COVER UP!"

She looked confused. "But, you have to know. I remember that you asked me if it was there- OH NO! I came to soon again!"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN AGAIN?"

After a few minutes, they had both calmed down, and Future Mikuru started to explain her situation. "I came here….to warn you." Edward froze. "You are on danger, and the me from the past doesn't know yet, and no one else does, so my people sent me here." Edward thought out what she said, then he exploded with questions.

"But, what kind of danger do you mean, and why do you want to help me of all people."

"As for why we want to help you, we are assigned to help Miss Suzumiya, and Miss Suzumiya is quite fond of you." that's a laugh. "As for the danger, the homunculus is that the military that is from your land is looking for is here, very close to Tokyo and looking for you." well, I knew that, wait! If she's the one who called me. He turned to the woods. then who was that?

Edward said goodbye to Future Mikuru after a while of talking about the situation at hand. "I will come back and inform you if anything comes up, be careful." She turned to leave, then turned back and gave Ed a hug and kiss on the cheek. "uhhh…" Ed wiped his cheek. Future Mikuru smiled. "Your as adorable as I remember you!" She hug him again. uuuhhhh. Ed suddenly realized something. "Wait- how old are you?"

She released him and winked. "That's classified."

Edward walked back to the room and ran into Mikuru in the hall. "Oh, Edo-Chan, will you help me with the tea?" She smiled at him.

"Oh….sure." Edward nervously looked at her. She noticed his look. "What is it?"

"oh nothing… it's just." He pointed to his chest. "Do you have a mole, star-shaped, right here." She jumped. "H-HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT? DID KYON-SAN TELL YOU? TELL ME! TELL ME!" She angrily hit Edward on the arm, but she hit lightly, so Edward just smiled and turned away to help with the tea.