Welcome Home

Disclaimer: I do not own FMA….*cries like a baby*
Title: Welcome Home
Pair: RizaxEd (hints of RoyxEd)
Summary: Ed’s gone for three years and when he finally returns, what will happen when an unexpected surprise is awaiting him?
***Okay, this plays around after/during the movie occurred so (spoilers some) but I changed some facts about the movie and the after events. So be aware that there are changes but some facts are still here. Sorry if the ranks I give people are their true ranks, I am not sure what everyone is after/during the movie.
Warning: hints Yaoi, M/F, language

Welcome Home
By: Kumiko

Chapter 6

In East city, those revolting against the higher ups were beginning to get angrier. Their demands were not being met and they were being ignored for the most part. When they tried to strike at those stopping them, they were pushed back easily. They weren’t prepaid for the events that were about to happen.

Ed arrived at East a few days after leaving Central. The whole train ride to East, he spent thinking about why he didn’t want to be gone again. This was the first real mission that he was going on without someone with him. Though, this time he didn’t think that anyone would be safe if they went with him. Not that he was completely safe all by himself. Sighing, he made his way down the streets of East toward the command center that he was to be stationed at for the six months that he was supposed to be there.

“Welcome, Fullmetal,” an older man greeted as the blond entered through the door. “I am Colonel June.”

“Good evening, Colonel,” Ed replied, taking a seat on the chair in front of the desk. “What’s going on here? I only got a short brief on everything.”

“That’s what we aren’t sure about,” the colonel replied, sighing. “Those revolting are demanding that we hand the city over to them because apparently we aren’t running the city well enough. They want us to stop all military actions within the city, claiming that the military personal are too hard on the citizens. Except the military aren’t here at the moment, it’s only a few troops and I. The rest of the military returned to Central for further training about a month ago.”

“Colonel,” a man said, entering the building, breathing heavily. “They’ve attacked the stores downtown. They have four of our men barricaded in the general store.”

“Let’s go, Fullmetal, you can see what we are dealing with firsthand,” the colonel said, standing up to follow the soldier out the door.

Ed stood and followed the two men through the back door and down the alleyways to the back of the general store. The three entered the store and found the other men kneeling down behind the wall below the window. He watched as the colonel went and knelt down with the men to talk.

“Sir?” Ed asked, joining the others. “What’s going on?”

“The men are taking hostages,” the colonel said, glancing at Ed. “So far they have four women and their children. We can’t get anywhere near them because if we try they may hurt the hostages.”

“Are there any alchemists in that group?” Ed asked, glancing over the windowsill at the men guarding the house across from them.

“No,” the colonel replied, “don’t do anything that could get any of them killed.”

Ed grinned. “Of course, colonel, just wait and don’t do anything.”

Looking around, he saw stairs at the back end of the building. He made his way to the stiars and up them to the second floor. Once on the second floor, he looked out the front window where he could see the men and the building that held the hostages. This is going to be tricky, he thought to himself. For a moment he sat thinking about what he was to do to get passed these men and save the women. Then it his him, he had to distract the men so that the military could enter the building and get the women to safety.

Out of pure idiocy, Ed jumped out of the second floor window, gaining the men’s attention. He heard the sound of gunshots being fired toward him and decided that it was best to move. Getting to his feet, he looked over at the men and stuck his tongue out. He was trying to taunt the men into following him. The men were stupid enough to fall for the trick and all of them ran after him.

Colonel June and his men took the sign and made their move to get into the building and save the hostages.

Ed ran down the street and into the alley, he could hear the men behind him yelling and firing their guns. Panic ran through his head when he felt a bullet grave his left arm, cutting into his flesh. They aren’t supposed to be this good!! He thought to himself, ducking into another building. Clapping his hands together, he transmuted the ground beneath the men to blow up. This left Ed enough time to get back to the command center without the revolting men seeing him go.

Oh this isn’t going to end well, he thought to himself as he held his arm.


Meanwhile back at Central, General Mustang sat at his desk, signing papers diligently when he heard his phone ring. Sighing, he picked up the receiver, not really expecting the news he was about to get.

“General Mustang here.”

“Sir, this is Hawkeye,” he heard the woman on the phone say. “I am not going to make it into work today.”

“Hawkeye,” Mustang said, “I know Ed left a few days ago but you really need to come back to work.”

“You don’t understand, sir, I’m really sick,” she said, sounding panicky on the other end. “I don’t know what it is but I just can’t come to work today.”

“Okay, Hawkeye, but try to be here tomorrow,” he said, nodding.

“Yes, of course, sir,” she replied just before hanging up.

Hanging up, he sighed in relief. He felt bad because she was at home sick but he was happy because she wasn’t here to hassle him when he slacked off. He hoped that she would be okay, being at home alone when one is sick, isn’t always the best plan of action. Yet, he couldn’t leave the office in fear that the Furher might show up or that something of great importance could turn up. Sighing, he picked up the phone and made a quick call to Gracia, knowing that she would help a friend.

He listened to the phone ring a few times then he heard the sound of Gracia’s voice.

“Hughes residence,” she said, greeting whoever was on the line.

“Ah, Gracia, this is General Mustang,” he replied rather happily.

“Oh no, what has Maes done again?”

“Nothing, I was just wondering if you would do me a favor.”

“Sure, what do you need?”

“Lieutenant Hawkeye is home sick, I was wondering if you would go over and check up on her for me.” He said, leaning back in his chair. “I can’t leave the office or I would do it myself.”

“Of course,” she replied, “Elysia and I would love to go visit her.”

“Thank you, Mrs. Hughes.”

“Don’t worry about it, General,” she laughed, “just make sure Maes stays out of trouble.”

“Always,” he laughed in reply before hanging up.

Well at least that is taken care of, he said, breathing a deep sigh of relief. Now, should I tell the others that she won’t be showing up for work?

A little war raged inside of him before he finally decided not to tell them, they would figure it out by themselves.


Hawkeye lay in bed for the better part of the morning, wishing that her stomach pains would go away and that she wasn’t in the bathroom every three seconds. Her hand lay atop her stomach, rubbing it unconsciously. She wanted so much to be at work where she could keep her mind on other things other than Ed but the morning after he had left, her life turned upside down.

First she had woken up with bad cramps, then before work she had thrown up three times but decided that she could make it through a day of work with it. Then despite thinking that work was going to help get her mind off Ed, it kept Ed on her mind. Everyone kept talking about how even though Ed just seemed like he got back, he was sent away on another prolonged mission. Most of them didn’t think it was fair to Ed that this was happening but some knew why it was done.

That was only the first thing that went wrong, in the first days of his absence. Second, there was the fact that Mustang was a constant goof-off and it was really getting on her nerves even more than usual. Once she went into his office and he was on the phone talking away with some girl and ignoring her. Let’s just say that he wasn’t on the phone at all the rest of the day. There were plenty of bullet holes and bloody ears to last him a lifetime.

So today, was the day that she was going to stay home and hope that nothing happened to set her off. She didn’t really feel well enough to yell at anyone or baby-sit. Grabbing the blankets, she pulled them up over her had and tried her bed to sleep.

When the doorbell rang, she almost screamed in anger. Throwing the blanket off of her, she stood and made her way to her door. Wanted whoever was there to leave her alone for the day. She flung the door open, a little harder than she wanted to, and nearly yelled at those standing there until she saw who it was.

“Oh, sorry,” she apologized, “I didn’t know it was you.”

“It’s okay, Miss Hawkeye,” Gracia said, smiling. “I’m sure the general didn’t let you know that we were coming.”

“No, he didn’t inform me of that,” she said, letting the two in. “It’s good to see you, though.”

“Thank you,” she replied, letting Elysia in first. “We hope you don’t mind us intruding like this.”

Riza shook her head. “I’m glad I have company tonight.”

Elysia went in and played with Hayate while Riza and Gracia sat in the kitchen talking.

“So how have you been since Ed left?” Gracia asked, sipping the tea she was given.

Riza sat at her table, sighing. “Completely awful; first, I’ve thrown every morning since he left. Then I can’t even stand to look at the general, everything he does makes me want to kill him.”

Gracia smiled. “Anything else?”

Lifting her cup, Riza took a sip of her tea before continuing. “I just feel lonely sometimes without Ed here.”

“Sounds to me like we have a serious problem here,” Gracia said, setting down her cup softly. She moved over to where Riza was sitting, and placed her hand on her forehead. “You don’t have a fever and you don’t look sick so that means one other thing.”

“What?” Riza looked a little afraid, considering that Gracia has been smiling the entire time she was talking to her. “Miss Hughes?”

“I think you are pregnant, Miss Hawkeye,” she said, calmly sitting back in her chair.

“What?!” Riza stared in disbelief at the woman sitting across from her.


To be continued…

Authors note: here is chapter 6! Hope you enjoyed this! More surprises to come! What do you think should Riza tell Ed now that she’s pregnant or should she wait until he’s home to find out? Either way, think about it. Ed’s a dad!!! Review por favor!