Cant' believe it, but here it is!
I wasn't really sure I'd be able to write something satisfying when I started this story, the original manga is so good it's hard to add anything to it, contrarily to lots of good stories. But well, once I had the idea of Roy being a reincarnated Renato, I just couldn't let it go...
Finally I'm quite happy to have dared to write this. It was a lot harder than Game On 1.0 for me, but I do like what I've done with this Game On 2.0, and I hope you it too!

Thank you for all of you for for following and commenting, its what made me persevere even when I had difficulties writing a chapter!
For now, I'm taking a small break before starting reading Inu Yasha again, and I'll be back for 3.0!

Epilogue

There had been less than a hundred people still standing after the unending Promised Day within the Headquarters.
And all of them had seen Truth.
While it wasn't immediately apparent, all were changed from the encounter.

What happened within the walls of Central City's main military bastion was explained away as a coup tentative from the generals of the city. They were the one who killed the Fuhrer, and made despicable human-modifying experiment on good soldiers, and they were the one who attempted to take over the country.

The Hundred were hailed as heroes, brave men and women who'd seen through their officers lies and fought for Amestris' safety and liberty.
But they knew better.
Be it those that had known about Promised Day before it happened, or those who chose a side and took arms of that very day, all had seen the nature of man and monster.
One didn't need to be human, to act as a decent being.
One didn't need to be a monster, to act like one.

In the years that followed, all of the Hundred worked, each in their way, to better the world, and the people around them – sharing in the only way they could the wisdom they gained on that fateful day.
Amestris grew into a far different nation, with tolerance growing between its different ethnics, the military working far more with the civilians than above them, alchemy becoming far more democratized – and one of the main motor of advancement in the country, notably thanks to Al's methods of teaching and Ari's discoveries in Blood Alchemy.

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Roy Mustang declined the immediate offer that was made of making him the Fuhrer, Grumman taking the post on his demand – the aftermath of Father's plans for the country were still felt throughout the war-torn nation, and right now it wasn't as their supreme leader that he would do the most good, he declared.
That speech made his popularity sky-rocket, and there wasn't any doubt in anyone's mind that in a few years, the newly promoted General would become Fuhrer.

But for now, he took Fuhrer's Grumman empty post in East City, and started his work by enrolling Scar's help to start and heal Ishval - of course, he was followed by his whole team, the people he had hand-picked years ago now as good as part of his family.
Riza stayed by his side even as he became Fuhrer, his sorella becoming the general in charge of Central when he finally took the long awaited position as his own.

Fuhrer Grumman was a well-liked man, even if he never reached Mustang's popularity, and he held together the country as their neighbors poked to see if the rebellion had weakened Amestris.
Said neighbors soon had their answer – Amestris may have shook on its foundation, the country still stood tall and strong.
They were far less belligerent than they had been under Fuhrer Bradley – but that didn't mean they'd roll over for anyone.

Within Central City, Fuhrer Grumman was particularly well-like for his immediate offer to newly-widowed Mrs Bradley to stay in the home she'd lived in for years. The old man was himself a widower, and his children grown – he didn't need the large Estate bestowed to the leader of the country for himself.
Mrs Bradley and Fuhrer Grumman started to live together, the former first lady starting up the Selim Bradley Foundation for war orphan after a few years.

Despite her loud proclamations about wanting to become Fuhrer, General Armstrong was more than happy to get back to the North, and her boys.
Central City really was far too soft for the warrior woman – but still, she had gained a tiny bit of respect for that annoying Mustang, and her softy of a brother.
And she got along exceptionally well with the female Elric during the aftermath of the battle.

Ling went back to Xing with his two bodyguards and the younger princess, their two clan now formally allied.
The old Fu retired as soon as he was crowned Emperor thanks to Ariana's array, and instead became the main Diplomat in their relations with Amestris – always meeting with Shan Feng when they happened to be in the same town.
And nobody was really surprised when the young emperor that was changing so many things in his country married his remaining bodyguard.

Winry had soon made working automail for all the wounded needing it after Promised Day. That act of kindness made her reputation in the capital city, and quite a few of her customers went through the effort of coming to her for maintenance even after she moved back to Rosembool.
Among those customers, Shan Feng, the former homunculus' arm lost against Gluttony – and everyone was surprised when after a few years of watching the girl take car of his brother's artificial limb, Min Feng took an interest in automail mechanics, and became Winry's first student.

A few weeks after Promised Day, Teacher realized that when she was healed and made into a chimera, Ariana had completely healed her.

The alchemist had never expected to be pregnant in her forties, but she had never been as happy as the day she realized she was to be a mother.
The Curtis had twins, two black haired terrors born with furry ears and a tail, who called the Elric siblings "uncle" and "aunty" and inherited their talent for alchemy and fighting from their parents.

Ariana had of course been chosen as the two's godmother, and each of her brother were godfather to one of them.
Padfoot and Tempesta relished in playing with the children who understood them as well as they understood humans – and Paws had been jealous for all of five seconds before falling in love with the kids.

Von Hohenheim went back to Rosembool, visiting his wife's grave nearly everyday, telling her about their three children – and the fourth unexpected one.
He became the region's alchemist, helping people where he could – and helping them learn how to help themselves when he couldn't.
He also was the first to help Amestrian grow past their latent dislike for the Ishvalian, a left-over from the war – the East had been the region to suffer most of because of it after all.

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With Promised Day over, the three State Alchemists siblings did wonder about staying in the military.
Edward soon expressed his desired to continue what they had been doing for years - travel the country, learning more about alchemy, and helping people. Pointing out to him that he really was the closest to their father's way of life made him throw a temper tantrum – and smile a bit.
Still, just like his father, he always came back to Rosembool – not to visit a grave, but a quite lively and sometimes a bit violent blond mechanic, whom he soon wed.

As for Alphonse, his true calling, as he had learned with Anastasia, was teaching. With Fuhrer Grumman's reworking of the current State Alchemists into a Civilian and Military branch, he was given the titanic task of creating a comprehensive system of learning for Alchemy to become more accessible to the masses. He thrived under the challenge.
It was a few years after, as he led his latest student to an exchange with Xingese alkahestrist that he met May Chang again.

They shied away from each other for about three months, before starting going out – and because one didn't simply "go out" with a princess, Al courted the younger girl properly, and by marrying her became the twelfth in line to the Xingese throne, behind several of Ling's kids and siblings.

And of course, Ariana was staying in the military – leaving Roy alone would leave the man free of doing everything he wanted. Like drafting a law compelling every female officer to wear a mini-skirt...
As expected, she spent several months recuperating from the massive usage of her Past Life Aura and Holy Powers, taking advantage of her bed rest to learn more about her newly gained Holy System. She was often visited by the ghostly form of King Bradley, her first Disciple learning more about the Immortal Realms and her previous life in the same time - and it had been quite fun to watch Ed's reaction to the former Fuhrer the first time he met the ghost.
During this forced bed-rest, she also realized what the price of saving Wrath had been - as her Past Life Aura had been depleted, not to be usable until her next life. She didn't regret the loss at all, having used said powers only twice in her life as Ariana Elric, and considering it more than a fair price for the man's soul.

To no-one's surprise, Roy made their relationship official on her fifteen birthday by kissing her in the middle of East City Head-quarter's courtyard.
They were officially wedded for the second time two years later – and Ariana was nineteen when Roy was made Fuhrer, and herself General of the Military branch of the new State Alchemists, soon gaining the title of Scarlet Philosopher thanks to her work with Blood Alchemy.

Roy and Ari only had one child, a dark haired, golden eyed boy who was born like his siblings in the two's previous life with a simplified version of Chaos' Game.

Anastasia took the Military State Alchemist Exam at fifteen, the youngest age authorized under the new regulations.
The youngest Elric soon walked the steps of her eldest brother, traveling the country and helping people.
She also became friend, then more, with a Civilian State Alchemist a few years older than her that specialized in Flora Alchemy. Fletcher Tringham was nearly frightened to death by Ed and Al's menace when he asked for permission to marry their youngest sister, but he did become part of the family.

Von Hohenheim lived several decades, old enough to meet all of his grand-children – and just as he'd said, he met Death with a smile when his time came, and was buried near the wife he'd never stopped loving.

Ariana and Roy followed a few years later.
While sixty-two wasn't all that old, it was still a fair deal older than what she had expected to live when younger, and she had far less regrets dying than she had as Sawada Kazami – her only son was grown up, her siblings all happily wedded and with children and grand-children of their own; Amestris a changed country with a future far brighter than it had when she was born.

In the Immortal Realms, the higher gods were waiting – and this time, it wasn't her brother Death that greeted them first, but a smiling Truth.