Fullmetal Alchemist: Alchemy & Automail

Chapter 11 - Attachments

A/N: I realized that I wrote that he lost his left arm and right leg. In FMA, it was right arm and left leg. Oh well, that's why it's AU right! The AU where a human transmutation causes you to lose 1 thing per person transmuted and where Ed's automail parts are on the opposite sides than the anime. Nevertheless R&R!

Winry walked downstairs and rushed passed the living room where Al, Mei, and Pinako were sitting down on the couches. They noticed she went quickly into her workshop to look from something.

They kept their eyes fixed on the door, waiting till she came out. They could hear a lot of noise coming from the workshop. Every once in a while they could hear the sound of a wrench hitting something. When the doorknob turned, the door opened, and she came out of her workshop, she carried both a automail leg and a arm, "Granny!"

Pinako looked a her and noticed her granddaughter wore a cheerful smile on her face. Judging by that, Pinako could tell a certain someone just woke up.

"What is it?"

"I was wondering if you can help me attach the automail arm and leg to Ed's body."

Al stood up by the last words Winry just spoke, "Brother's awake?"

She nodded, "Yeah!"

Pinako got up as well and stretched, "Sure, why not."

Winry smiled as she turned to Mei and Al, "Hey, you two stay down here for now! We will call you when we are done!"

They nodded with understanding as both Pinako and Winry walked upstairs. Of course, they were tired, but to Winry, she wouldn't rest until Ed was safe and sound.

When they came into the room, Ed noticed the two excellent pieces of automail Winry had build. He seen automail at school and even attached to people around town, but her automail seemed different.

"Those look amazing!"

She blushed, "Thanks! They were supposed to be for my automail class presentation, but I am glad your using them!"

"A presentation? When is this presentation?"

"The day before the tournament finals! That's the only day school is opened for this week. A lot of people gather to see the future automail mechanics that will help give new life to those who need it."

"I'm sorry! You probably were looking forward to this day!"

"Don't worry, Ed!" Winry told him in a voice that Ed couldn't help, but worry. He needed to help. The only problem was how.

An idea just popped in his brain, "I will be your presentation, Winry!"

Her eyes widened, "Huh?"

"I go with you to this presentation and I will show them the automail you gave me!"

She smiled, "That's sweet, Ed!" There was silence until a thought popped into her head and she spoke it out loud, "Are you the real Ed!"

"What?"

"I'm not talking about your body, I am talking about your personality! Your being really sweet and nice."

He sighed, "What? Do you want me to be a jerk to you!"

"Of course not!"

"Then don't care about it! I am just really grateful! Now, just connect it! I know there's pain, so I don't want to prologue it any longer."

Pinako went to the left of the bed and Winry went to his right. Winry focused on the right leg as Pinako focused on the left leg. They put the pieces in position and Winry sighed, "Okay, Ed, when we connect the arm and leg to your nerves, it might sting a little!"

He nodded and took a swallowed, Well, it's now or never!"

As they slowly connected the nerve, Ed could feel his entire world go upside down into pain. Al and Mei were sitting down on the couch when they suddenly heard loud screaming come from upstairs.

"AHHHHHHH!"

They were shocked, but were told to stay, so they didn't move.

"Does the connecting hurt that much, Al?"

He sighed, "According to what Winry and Pinako told me and the screaming, YES!"

Winry hated to see him in this much pain, but it was nessesary for the connection. So she has to bear with it. Ed was sweating bullets, trying to keep himself together. He bit his tongue a couple of times to distract himself. He could imagine how much pain the surgery would be if he wasn't asleep. He didn't want to admit it, but he found one thing that was good about that dream he had.

He stared Winry, who was focused on her work. He was making it hard to connect anything with the moving and squirming he did. He saw the look of displeasure on her face. He knew she didn't like him going threw immense pain. It was worse because she was the one who was causing it.

Ed went into his thoughts and forced himself to relieve the dark memory of the human transmutation. All he wanted to do is revive Winry's parents. Nothing more, nothing less. He turned his thoughts to those who witnessed it like Al and that military guy. "Who was that guy anyway!" He thought. He had to ask Al that later. The human transmutation caused him to lose and to gain. He gained a lot of knowledge and something that would result in him never to perform a human transmutation. He then thought about school and the people there. How will they feel when he comes back with two mechanical arms. People would probably start crowding Winry and asking her questions about her knowledge on automail. He chuckled a bit.

Winry was shocked at his reaction. Was he enjoying this pain or was he in his thoughts again. She went with the second choice, there was no way he would be smiling when recieving this much pain. She noticed he frowned, smiled, and then chuckled over and over. "What is this idiot thinking about?" She thought as she noticed the reaction of a smile that stood on his face for the longest.

Ed was wondering about those annoying fangirls he and Al had. When he goes back to school he would have to tell them all about his relationship with Winry. They might attack her for it, but I will be there to protect her.

"Ed."

He thought he heard something, but couldn't hear it quite well.

"Ed!"

He heard someone calling him, but who was it? He noticed it sounded familiar.

"ED!"

He forcefully opened his eyes to see Pinako and Winry in front of him. She sighed, "You are lucky you finally came back to Earth, Ed! Next time, it would had been a wrench!"

He chuckled as he scratched his head, "Sorry about that, hehe!"

He noticed by the cold touch that he was scratching his head with his left hand, which was automail. He slowly moved toward the edge of the bed and made his way off. He noticed how hard it felt to use automail. He would find himself almost losing balance until he tripped and landed on Winry who catched him in time. Pinako sighed, "Ed, you can't walk yet, but you will learn how to!"

"In one day! In one day, I have to had mastered it if I am going to your presentation, Winry!" She wanted to stop him, but his determine look told her no otherwise. She sat him down on the bed as she stuck her head out the door, "Al! Mei! It's ok to come up now!"

As they came up and in, Pinako walked out, "I am going to bed! You need sleep too, Winry! We have been up for along enough time already!" She waved as she went to her room.

Winry waved as she gave Ed a kiss before leaving to her room. She immediately threw herself onto her bed and fell asleep.

"So, brother, how does it feel?"

"Can't move it well, but let's change that!"

"How?"

"Al, let's spar!"

He nodded, "Alright then!"

Ed was able to slowly make his way out the house and to the grassy plains outside, "Okay!"

"You sure your okay, brother?"

"Yeah, and Al?"

"What?"

"WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE!?"

"You blew it up when you performed the human transmutation!"

Ed's eyes widened, "Oh, sorry about that!"

Al saw the look on Ed's face. He was already blaming himself. Al had to cheer him up, "Hey, don't worry about it, brother and let's just spar!"

He nodded slowly, "Don't go easy, Al!"

"Yeah!"

Clicks and clangs can be heard from Ed's arm and leg everytime it clashed with Al. With Mei and Al taking turns, they stayed outside and sparred for along time...

Hours had passed and Ed, Al, and Mei were outside under the night sky. Ed suddenly remembered the things he wanted to tell Al.

"Hey, Al!"

"Yes?"

"I got two questions for you!"

"What are they?"

"First, who was that military guy who was with you when I performed the transmutation?"

"His name was Colonel Roy Mustang. He's a man from the military and he is a state alchemist. He told me he specializes in flame alchemy so he is known as the Flame Alchemist. We met his assisstant Lt. Riza Hawkeye. Thanks to her, Winry and Mei didn't get hurt when the house exploded."

"If I ever see them, I have to thank them myself."

"So, what's the other question?"

"Oh yeah, what's the red stone? Winry told me it was called Philo-something, but you couldn't read the entire name."

"Well, before the accident, I read some of father's notes about a stone. It's a stone that gives a alchemist a lot of power and enhances their strength. It gave Mei enough power to speed your healing time drastically. I feel like this stone still holds more secrets than truths, brother."

Ed nodded, "That's a awesome stone! I wonder if we could make one! We will have to find the ingrediants and materials for it."

"That would be great!"

Mei interupted, "So, nevertheless all that has happened, are we ready for the finals!?"

Ed stood up and raised a fist, "Let's see!"

Mei and Al got in their stances as well, "It's on!"

Winry sat up from her bed and checked the clock, "It's 11:00pm! I been asleep for along time and I am still sleepy. She yawned and heard clangs from outside. She stepped outside on her balcony and noticed that Ed, Al, Mei were sparring. She noticed and stood shock at the fact that Ed could use his automail already without falling. She smiled as she walked back into her bedroom, stepped out into the hallway and inside the bathroom.

When she came out she bumped into someone. She lifted her tired head and noticed it was Ed.

"Hi, Winry! Good sleep!"

"Not quite. I am still tired, but where is Al and Mei."

"Al left to bring Mei back to her home."

"Oh, okay!"

"Well, see you, Win!"

"Where are you going?"

"Well, since my home is a little blown up, I will sleep here on the couch downstairs."

He turned and she grabbed his hand, "You can sleep in my room!"

"Where are you going to sleep?"

She wanted to slap him for his stupidness, "In my room, idiot!"

"So, I will sleep on the floor? No thanks! I think I rather sleep on a couch."

"IDIOT!"

She pulled him inside with her and layed him on her bed. She got on the bed with him, "We are both sleeping on the bed, dummy!"

His face went red, "What!?"

She giggled and she placed the covers on both him and her. Ed was speechless, of course he had already slept with her, but that was when she tripped and fainted while on him and he couldn't move a muscle.

He closed his eyes and suddenly felt someone's head on the right side of his chest.

"It's not so bad." He thought to himself as he wrapped his arms around her and snuggled.

She smiled, "About time you idiot!" She mumbled as they fell asleep.

Al came back and noticed Ed wasn't anywhere to be found. He looked threw a small opening at Winry's bedroom door. He smiled and chuckled, "I didn't think you had it in you, brother!"

See you peoples next time... R&R :)