EDWARD
He couldn't see what was eating Scarlett. She was just overreacting for some weird reason. She kept her glasses pushed up and her hood covering her head. Her face cast into the shadows, she certainly did look worried.
When they got to Rush Valley, Winry got very excited over all the auto-mail everywhere. He was even a little startled. But Scarlett didn't seem interested, instead casting about curiously.
That's right. She said there were a few titanium deposits here. She must be looking for them.
Someone spotted his auto-mail, and a big ruckus started. Over it all, he managed to see Scarlett dodging around people towards a fleeing back. He eventually managed to get away from everyone, and at the same time, he saw Scarlett dragging someone to them. "Hey! What's going on?" he called.
"Someone tried to nick something. Why don't you give it back?" Scarlett answered.
"I didn't take nothing!" the girl protested.
"Don't lie! I saw you pick Ed's pocket!" the Ishvalan female shot back.
"If you wanna go, I'll fight you right here!"
Scarlett grinned.
Not good!
"Scarlett, don't go picking fights now!" he laughed nervously.
"Stay out of this, Fullmetal. Okay, here's the conditions. If I win, you give him his trinket back. If you win, I'll let you slip." Scarlett said, pushing her glasses up and her hood down.
"Scarlett!" he yelled.
"Brother, what's going on?" Al asked, he and Winry coming up behind him.
"Not good! Scarlett just picked a fight!" he told them.
"Why?" Winry gasped.
"She claims the girl took something of mine, but the girl protests that. The conditions are that if Scarlett wins, the girl gives it back, and if she loses, the girl gets away!" he growled, turning back to the fight.
While he wasn't looking, the fight had started. "Hey! Quit holding back on me! That's not fair!" the girl complained.
"No! No, you don't want that!" he shouted.
"Your funeral." Scarlett growled, taking off her glasses.
No one really saw her next move. They just saw the blur as she kicked the girl's feet out from beneath her. Scarlett then withdrew about one foot, letting the girl fall to the ground.
"Scarlett!" they all yelled.
"Stay out of this!" she yelled back, again striking, her glasses slipped back on.
SCARLETT
She relies on her two auto-mail legs, speed, and incredible jumping skills when in trouble. One has a miniature cannon, the other a blade. So I'll just have to be quicker!
Time to finish this!
She ducked down as the girl's leg swung at her. When it was directly over her head, she arched her back, standing up. The girl was thrown off-balance. "Give up yet?" she asked, standing over her.
"Ow... Yeah, I think so... But that was amazing! It was like you knew exactly what I was gonna do!" the girl grinned, chucking Ed's watch up to her.
"I guess. I'm Scarlett, if you couldn't tell from their yelling." she replied, throwing the watch over her shoulder and helping the girl up in one smooth motion.
"Paninya!" the girl grinned.
EDWARD
Scarlett had finished the fight up almost the second she removed her glasses!
He was still amazed, even though it was almost night-time. Paninya had invited them to stay with her and the family she lived with. The woman living there was pregnant, and she was due any day.
Sighing, he made to enter the next room. But the door was slammed open and into his face. "Ack! Sorry!" Scarlett yelled as she ran past.
"What's wrong?" he called after her.
"Baby!"
His mind went blank.
She can't possibly mean... Could it be... That the baby's coming?
She did.
Dominick, the man who made Paninya's auto-mail, was already on his way through the currently raging storm to fetch the doctor. Winry and Scarlett had taken charge of the situation. He and Al were told to go elsewhere.
"It's scary, listening to that." he quivered.
"Yeah..." Al, too, was trembling.
"I can't take it anymore!"
At that scream, they both cowered.
Finally, the door opened, and Paninya stumbled out. "Paninya! What happened? Is everything okay?"
"I-I couldn't take it... All that blood..." she gasped.
He and Al looked just inside the door. Winry was collapsed on the floor. "Winry? Is everything okay?" he asked, afraid of what the answer could be.
"L-look..." she pointed, panting.
Scarlett and the two adults were fussing over a small baby. Scarlett adjusted her glasses, and for just a second, he saw her red eyes. He knew she was examining the baby, making sure it was okay.
She looked up, and fear entered his mind. But then she smiled, and he knew it was okay.
SCARLETT
"Are you sure you can't take on an apprentice?" Edward asked coyly.
She rolled her eyes. She knew Dominick wouldn't say yes... But he was going to suggest her to a different person.
Sighing, she went outside.
The birth of a child is a blessing. All should be happy about that...
So why was she feeling sorrow and darkness?
"Let go of fear... You can be brave that way!" the demon laughed.
"Can I really? Be brave without fear?" she asked it.
"Of course!" The demon extended a hand. She reached out to take it...
"Yuuki!"
She shot awake. She'd dozed off without realizing it.
Someone that knew her real name was still alive.
She had just received a premonition... She thought. Could it be possible that someone who knew her was still alive?
SCAR
"Yuuki!"
He shot awake. He was covered in a cold sweat. But why was he hearing that name?
"She couldn't possibly be alive. She vanished." he told himself.
Yuuki had been his friend... Ten years younger than him, a friend of him and his brother...
But she was gone.
He'd have to accept that.