Hello adoring fans, Jaykid1 here with a new chapter of Lightning Alchemist.

You know there was something about FMA that always bothered me... Hohenheim, while originally human, was technically not human anymore. He was so similar to a Homunculus and known as the strongest Alchemist in the series. The thing that bothered me was how Normal Ed and Al were. You would think they'd be more powerful or something. Going with that thought, there will be a change slight change for the Elric brothers in this story. More for Alphonse than Edward. Not gonna say what, that will come next chapter.

Anyway, I want an opinion on Mustangs plan on self destruction for when he became Fuhrer. Does no one else thinks he's crazy? I mean okay, you feel guilty about what happened in Ishbal, I get it, but it's called war for a reason. Even if it's started from a B.S. reason, it's still war. There are no good guys or heroes when it comes to war. Roy's plan was to basically punish every soldier simply for doing what soldiers do, follow orders, that is what soldiers do. It'd be one thing if he was only talking about the corrupt soldiers but no. The extremely bad ones I.E. Kimblee, were already thrown in prison. Instead of tossing salt into old wounds, he should have only focused on the betterment of the world, the old generation would be sore but the new generation would be free from the pain of the old. Anyway, that's my opinion.

So... wow... so many people liked this story so fast. 37 reviews for chapter 2 alone. Damn. Total, that's 53 Reviews, 359 Favorites 432 Followers and 4 Communities. Thank you all for the support. I'm gonna respond to some reviews.

TamashinoSuzume: In order... Yes, Yes, No, half and half.

Guest #2: Yes.

Zech-DXD: Sorry but no.

Masseffectrulz: Not that it has any semblance to the story anymore but yes, Kushina was Naruto's mother before he was reborn.

ImBored09: Sorry but she has to die. The storyline is kinda ruined if she lives.

Pretty sure that's all the questions so on with the story.

P.S. I don't wanna hear any complaints about Riza being OOC in this chapter. Riza was a different person before the war and not much is known before that other than her not getting along with her father.

-000-

Life in the military, Naruto thought, wasn't much different than being a Shinobi. Answering to a person of higher rank, being deployed on missions, writing reports, yup pretty much the same as a shinobi village. The only difference was the lack of jutsu... well maybe that's not completely true, Alchemy was a close second. Naruto was rather comfortable here. It was just like his old life as Naruto Senju, only when he was stared at this time, it wasn't with malice but curiosity of a thirteen year old being a State Alchemist.

In the few months he'd been in the military, he'd been on several missions of various difficulty. Mostly secret delivery missions on account of his speed thanks to his Alchemy. Thankfully he hadn't had to kill anyone yet, maim a few people sure, but not kill. Since he usually stayed at the barracks, half of his paycheck was sent home to his family in Resembool with a letter, detailing how he was doing. Whenever he got an extended leave, he would go home for awhile and be a normal teenager and spend time with his baby brothers.

Other times, Naruto would go on trips to different places. On one of his trips he intended to visit the far Eastern Country of Xing, which required him to go through the Eastern Desert, something that wasn't to hard as he was use to crossing deserts from his past life as Naruto Senju. Unfortunately, Naruto got lost, or so he thought. Naruto had accidentally come across the ruins of the ancient city of Xerxes. Hohenheim had told Naruto of this place when he was a child, he called it the city that died. Though Hohenheim never said how, Naruto figured out that by the timing of when it was said to die, Xerxes was the location of where the Usurper was first pulled from the gate. Naruto made a mental note to come back one day and explore the location more.

After leaving Xerxes, Naruto continued on his way to Xing. When he arrived, Naruto was surprised to note just how much Xing reminded him of the Elemental Nations, right down to the Shinobi, or as they were called here, bodyguards. Naruto even sat in on a martial arts class and saw that the move were very similar to some of the Taijutsu used in the elemental nations. Though Naruto noted that none were quite on par with his fighting styles. Naruto himself used the same Goken style that he picked up from his old friend Rock Lee when he first returned to Konoha in his past life. Naruto also used a modified version of the Raikage's taijutsu style that better matched his slimmer frame. Surprisingly enough it was very similar to the Armstrong family fighting style. Before Naruto left Xing to head back to Amestris, he read up a little more about Alkahestry and purchased several hundred Kunai, that he kept in a pocket dimension using his Kamui.

One of Naruto's most frequent activities was visiting the Hawkeye estate. Everyone in the military assumed he was trying to get Berthold Hawkeye to reconsider joining the military. Though Naruto did spend some time speaking with Master Hawkeye, truthfully, he was spending his time with the man's daughter, Riza. Naruto rather enjoyed his time with Riza. While she was initially reserved and timid when they first met, little by little, Riza began to open up to Naruto's charm and before long, became as outgoing as Naruto was. Honestly, she reminded him kinda of a girl from his old life, Hinata.

Hinata had a huge crush on him growing up and he would admit he found her cute, but her stuttering at the time left much to be desired. After his training trip as Naruto Senju, he approached her and asked her out. After she regained consciousness, the two went out and dated for a while before a year later, they married in secret as to not deal with her 'stick up the ass' clan. When the war hit, Naruto remembered Hinata telling him that she was 'late'. Probably the only regret he had about his past life was dying before potentially meeting his child if she was actually pregnant.

Time moved forward quickly as the day's blended together and became weeks, then months and before Naruto knew it, 3 years went by. Much had happened in that time. Due to his high mission success rate, his leadership skills as well as his mastery over lightning, Naruto was getting the attention of some of the higher ups, most notably Lt. General Grumman, who he learned was actually Riza's grandfather, and the Fuhrer himself, and was quickly rising through the ranks. Naruto was currently ranked as Colonel and was in charge of a section of Central command. While he hated the paperwork (especially since he could no longer use the Shadow Clone Jutsu), it did give him more time.

His personal life had also taken some dramatic changes in the three years that had gone by. Naruto was very close to his family, especially his younger brothers, so it hit him pretty hard when Trisha was hit heavily with a disease that had passed through Resembool and died. It tore through her so fast, Naruto wasn't sure his Alkahestry would have healed her if he was there. Naruto dropped everything and raced back home to Resembool when he received the news, while Naruto never saw her as a mother on account of their closeness in age, he did see her as a sister or a close aunt. At her funeral he was front and center, comforting his little brothers, they were essentially all he had left as none of them had seen their father since he left. A fact that pissed Naruto and Ed off as the man was no where to be found at Trisha's funeral. Naruto could just barely sense the man's presence but couldn't pinpoint it. Al was too young to remember the man while Ed only had a vague recollection of him, but it was enough to hold a grudge.

After Trisha died, naturally Naruto's first reaction was to take Ed and Al with him to Central where they would be close to him and wouldn't be so close to the Warzone. After thinking more on it, he realized it was probably better that they stayed in Resembool with Pinako and Winry for a while. For one thing, Ed and Al were 5 and 4 respectively at the time while Naruto was 15. He still lived in the barracks and would have to wait another year before he could get a place of his own. Plus, Resembool was all the boys knew, all their friends were there and Naruto didn't want to tear them away from all that. So with a heavy heart, Naruto reluctantly left Ed and Al in Resembool with Pinako and Winry. At least they would be safe. It was worth mentioning he wrote home a lot more now.

Another drastic change was his relationship with Riza. They had been getting along quite well and getting closer the first year and a half. Riza, once Naruto got her out of her shell, was actually a rather sweet and understanding person, not to mention one hell of a markswoman. To anyone who would see them together when they were in town, they looked like they were in a relationship or would be in one soon. Naruto knew for a fact that he had fallen in love with Riza Hawkeye, but not the same way that Naruto Senju loved Hinata, that wasn't a fair comparison. He hated to admit it but the love he had for Hinata was a love of convenience. Naruto Hohenheim, who grew up with the love of a family and therefore understood love better than Naruto Senju, knew that the love he had for Riza was real, just like he knew she felt the same way.

However, sometime after she turned 15, when Naruto was going to ask her out, Riza suddenly pulled away and reverted back to her timid self around him, only worst than before. For whatever reason, Riza would barely look him in the eye now and he didn't understand why. One thing he found interesting was that she didn't go anywhere near her father anymore and flinched ever so slightly if the man was mentioned, so he assumed that her father had something to do with it and Naruto was going to find out what.

Another thing Naruto found interesting was that Riza never showed her back to him. In the rare times they would be in the same room since she began to give him the cold shoulder, she went out of her way to make sure her back was never facing him. The entire situation seemed delicate but it would seem Naruto wouldn't find out the problem unless she told him. He supposed he could use the Sharingan to look into her mind and find out for himself, but he wouldn't do that, not to her.

Naruto had also met a couple interesting people during those years. First up was Roy Mustang, Master Hawkeye's apprentice. Roy was certainly confident and driven if not a bit of a kiss-ass. He was also a bit naive(1) but Naruto figured he'd figure out his place in the world eventually(2). Another individual was the ever eccentric and wacky Maes Hughes. Naruto could easily say that this guy reminded him of a slightly less perverted Jiraiya. Naruto met Hughes when he was supervising a course at the training camp where Hughes was the top student in the writing portions. Naruto took a liking to Hughes and requested that the man be his assistant when he became Colonel. The last important person Naruto met was a man named Dr. Tim Marcoh. Marcoh was a State Alchemist while also being a medical doctor for the military. Naruto met him when he decided to get a refresher course in medical Alchemy since there wasn't much on Alkahestry outside of Xing. Marcoh, seeing Naruto's potential, took him under his wing and taught Naruto medical Alchemy.

This all brings us to now. At 16, Naruto stood at 5'10 inches. Something he was secretly happy about since he was 6 inches taller than his previous life's self at 16, hell he was taller than he was when he died at 18. Naruto's golden hair had grown down his back and was worn in a high ponytail. His face had angled out and he looked even more like his father in his youth minus the whisker marks. The most noticeable thing about Naruto's appearance was the eyepatch covering the Rinnegan in his left eye. A couple months ago while on a mission, Naruto was to stop some guy who was manufacturing bombs and amplifying their power with Alchemy. During the mission there was an explosion that echoed through the city he was in. While Naruto was unharmed, he used the explosion as an excuse to use the eyepatch so he could stop wasting his chakra to keep up the genjutsu. What made it better was that with his left eye closed, his eye was 'deactivated' and for the first time in eight years, his chakra was finally at rest.

Naruto was currently on his way toward the Hawkeye estate. Berthold had contacted him and requested his presence. Whatever the man wanted he said it was urgent. In the last three years since Naruto had know the man, he noticed his health had been in drastic decline. Naruto has offered to help the man but he seemed content to let whatever was ailing him to run it's course. When Naruto arrived to the estate, he made to knock, but before he could, the door opened as Roy and Riza stood on the other side, though Roy didn't look happy. He looked surprised to see Naruto. "Colonel Hohenheim." He said.

"Lieutenant Mustang." Naruto nodded in his direction.

Roy nodded back and took his leave. When Naruto turned back to the door, Riza didn't meet his eye. He frowned at that. "Riza?"

She just barely looked up. "Hello Naruto."

Naruto mentally sighed. "Your father sent for me."

Riza nodded and motioned him in. "He's in his office." She said.

Naruto nodded and moved toward the office before he paused. "I'm sorry." He said over his shoulder.

Riza looked at his back. "What?"

Naruto looked over his shoulder. "If I did something, I'm sorry." He said before continuing on toward the office, unknowingly leaving a distressed Riza behind.

When he arrived, he knocked on the door and entered the room. Naruto didn't see the same man he met 3 years ago. Berthold looked haggard, his hair was long and unkempt, his skin was pale and looked two seconds away from killing over. "You seem content to just let yourself waste away." Naruto said.

Berthold let out a hollow laugh. "You almost sounded like you care. I know I'm not your favorite person in the world, let alone this home." Even his voice sounded raspier.

Naruto wouldn't lie, if the old man killed over right now, he probably wouldn't bat an eyelash. All Naruto was worried about was what would happen to Riza if Berthold died. "To be perfectly honest with you, whether or not you live is not my concern, I already offered to help and you declined. My concern is what will become of your daughter." He said.

Berthold chuckled again. "Good, that's part of the reason I called you here." He said causing Naruto to raise a brow. "To be honest I don't care if I die. I created the most, or should I say one of the most powerful Alchemy in the world, and in doing so, I allowed myself to become complacent." Berthold said as he appeared to look off in the distance. Naruto's brow raised, what was the point of telling him this. Before he could ask, Berthold continued. "We Alchemist are hungry creatures. We must continue the search for knowledge for as long as we live. If we forgo pursuing the truth, then we allow ourselves to die." He chuckled slightly. "I've been dead for a long time now."

"Why exactly are you telling me this?" Naruto asked.

"Just an old man rambling, nothing more." Berthold said as he looked back at Naruto. "It's such a shame, you would have been perfect, the perfect apprentice." He said mostly to himself. "Reason one of why I called you here is because of my apprentice Roy. My days are numbered and I need you to be the judge of when he'll be ready to receive my Alchemy."

Naruto narrowed his eye. "And what am I to do when he is ready?"

"That's where the second reason comes in..." Before Berthold could finish his sentence he was hit with a coughing fit that caused him to spit out some globs of blood as he fell out of his seat, but Naruto caught him before he hit the ground. Naruto activated his sharingan under a genjutsu and could tell that he was maybe seconds away from dieing. Naruto could hear the door open behind him and knew Riza was there by the sharp intake of breath she took. Berthold suddenly grabbed a hold of Naruto's coat. "My daughter, look after her, she has access to my Alchemy." He rasped out right before he went slack in Naruto's arms.

-000-

A week later saw Naruto standing in the graveyard standing with Riza and Roy. They were the only three that showed up for the funeral. Roy was going to pay for the whole thing, but Naruto knew he was an average soldier and didn't make nearly as much as a State Alchemist did, so Naruto took care of the arrangements. After everything was over, Roy quickly left, most likely to think about what he would do now since he didn't have his teachers Flame Alchemy.

There was a slight awkward silence that permeated the cemetery as Naruto and Riza stood there staring at the headstone. Naruto was about to talk before Riza beat him to it. "Thank you."

Naruto turned to her confused. "For what?"

For the first time in a year, Riza looked him right in the eye. "You've done so much. I don't think I can thank you enough."

Naruto shook his head. "You don't have to thank me. I did it because I wanted to, not because I felt I needed to." He said. The silence they drifted into was much more comfortable. Naruto suddenly thought of something that concerned him. "What will you do now?" He asked. Naruto knew she didn't have any family save Lt. General Grumman, but she had never met the man before.

Riza shrugged. "I'm not sure, father did make sure I was educated. Perhaps I'll live on my own for a while."

Naruto looked at her for a moment before he reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a card. He handed it to her as he spoke. "Here, I know we haven't really been in touch in a while, but if you need anything, you can visit or call me anytime in the military. I figure that's where I'll mostly be from now on if not my apartment."

Riza looked at the card in her hands before she looked up at Naruto. "Please don't die." She said. At Naruto's confused look, she continued. "It's just, after all that's happened, I... I don't want to lose you too."

Naruto's eye softened. "Don't worry, I have no plans of dying, not until I bring change to this war torn era." Naruto said. Riza looked at him confused as he looked off into the distance. "We humans are a flawed species. We hate and fear things we don't understand, don't try to understand. There's so much unnecessary bigotry and racism, and for what? That was a question I use to always ask myself when I was younger. Back then I always thought peace was so easy to obtain, that if people could learn to understand one another, then there would be no reason for war. It was as I grew that I realized how difficult such things were. People are stubborn and don't always accept change, even when it's for the best. But then again, sometimes change must be forced in order for people to grow." Naruto monologued until he remembered who he was speaking with. He turned to Riza and gave her a sheepish grin. "Sorry, I must be boring you with such a childish speech." He said.

Riza gave him a small grin. "Not at all, I rather like this determined side of you." She said. "But with a dream like that, are you sure you won't die before it happens?"

Naruto gave her a soft smile. "Positive, I've far too much to live for. Besides, your father asked me to look out for you. I can't very well do that if I'm dead can I?"

Riza's smile faded slightly. "Is that, all my father asked of you?" She asked.

Naruto's face went blank as he stared back at the grave. "No. He also asked me to watch over Roy and decide when he was ready for his notes. However, the thing your father never noticed, or rather, the thing he chose not to see in his lifetime is that Roy is ready to learn. True Roy is on the naive side but regardless he is ready. I think the only reason Master Hawkeye didn't teach Roy was due to his prejudice of the Military. Which doesn't really make sense when you consider how often he would request my presence in the past few years." Naruto turned back to Riza. "He said that when I deemed Roy ready to talk to you as you had his research."

Riza flinched slightly when she heard that last part, an action that confused Naruto greatly. "I see." She said, not meeting his eye. "In that case, meet me at the estate later this evening." She said as she turned and quickly left, leaving a confused Naruto behind.

-000-

That evening saw Naruto walking to the Hawkeye Estate to meet Riza. Naruto had since changed out of his military uniform and now wore a simple white button up shirt with black slacks. He did however leave his boots on.

When he arrived, he knocked like he always did but there was no answer. The lights were on so he knew Riza was home. He knocked again and still received no answer. He jiggled the door knob and found the door unlocked. Opening the door, he walked in. "Riza!" He called out.

"Back here." He heard her from down the hall. Figuring she was in her room, Naruto headed there and knocked once he was in front of the door. "Come in." She called.

Naruto entered Riza's room and saw her sitting on her bed in a robe. "Riza?"

Riza stood up and walked up to Naruto and stood a few inches away from him. "Before you see my father's research, there's something I want from you first." She said.

Naruto raised a brow. "And what would that be?"

Riza's eyes glanced at his eye patch. "I want to see what your hiding under your eye patch." She said. When Naruto gave her a surprised look, she elaborated. "You showed me how your Alchemy works remember. I know how fast you are and I know how quick your reflexes are. So I know there's no way you could have been injured by something, let alone to the point of losing your eye. So you must be hiding something." She reasoned.

Naruto stared at her for a moment. Riza was the only living person who knew how his Alchemy worked so he wasn't surprised that she knew he was hiding something under his eyepatch. The problem now was should he reveal his Rinnegan or not. He could put up the genjutsu he had before but if she saw his eye was 'normal', it would raise more questions. Realizing he'd rather explain his... rebirth to Riza, who he trusted more than anyone, than make up an excuse as for why his eye was intact, Naruto closed his right eye before removing his eye patch and opening both his eyes, revealing both his Rinnegan and his Sharingan in all there glory to Riza.

Riza's eyes widened in shock and awe when she saw, not only his left eye, but the change in his right eye as well. His entire left eye was red with six ripples and 6 commas. His right eye had a red iris with three commas in it. "What are... how are your eyes..?"

Naruto smiled. "That's a story that starts 16 years ago, the day I died... and was reborn." Naruto told Riza of his past life, how he was born, how he lived and most importantly, how he died. He told her of his meeting with the Truth to having his new eyes implanted before his soul was reborn to a maid named Dante, who died giving birth to him, and to Van Hohenheim, the Philosopher of the West. He did leave out the part where Truth wanted him to stop the Usurper though. "After my mother was buried, my father took me and moved to Resembool. The rest is history." Naruto finished his tale.

Throughout Naruto's story, Riza took in everything in with the same blank look on her face. The story seemed so farfetched and yet she was staring at the proof in his eyes. It certainly explained why he was so mature. While physically, he was 16, mentally he was 34 years old. When she thought about it, nothing really changed. He was still the same old Naruto she knew, he never pretended to be someone else, he was who he was before his first death and who he has always been. Taking a deep breath, she spoke. "I must admit, that is quite the tale. If it were anyone else telling me this I wouldn't believe it. But, you've never lied to me before so, I've no choice but to believe you." She said with a small smile.

Naruto smiled too. "You're the first person I ever told that too. It feels good to finally get everything out in the open." After a moment, Riza's smile vanished and she turned away, causing Naruto to frown. "Riza?" Naruto called as he reached out for her only for her to back away.

"I can't." She said as she turned her back to him.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked.

"I know how you feel about me Naruto, I've always known. But nothing can happen between us. It would never work out between us." She said.

"If you know how I feel about you, then you should also know I know how you feel about me. So tell me exactly why it wouldn't work out. Is it because I'm in the military?" Naruto asked.

Riza shook her head. "No, it's because I'm not one of those beautiful charming girls that you deserve..." She paused as he shrugged off the top of her robe, allowing it to pool around her waist and reveal her back to Naruto. "I'm just a human chalkboard." She said as she crossed her arms over her bosom.

Naruto's first reaction when he saw Riza start to remove the top of her robe was to turn away. However, he still had both his eye activated and his Sharingan picked up the first hint of detail on her back and he stayed put. When her back was revealed to him, Naruto went through three emotions one after the other. First was confusion of the red Transmutation Array tattooed on her back. That confusion quickly turned to horror when he realized that it wasn't a red tattoo but was in fact a rather crude branding. Almost immediately, that horror changed to rage as Naruto knew there was only one person who could have done it. And poor Riza, the pain she must've been in. The very thought pissed Naruto off even more as his fists cackled with electricity.

How dare that bastard use his own daughter like this? It made more sense now why Berthold didn't want to be helped. If Naruto found out what was on Riza's back while that man was still alive, then he would have had a very intimate relationship with Naruto's Alchemy. Hell, dead or not, Naruto had half a mind to go beat the man down an extra 6 feet.

Naruto's Sharingan and Rinnegan copied and broke down the array respectively almost as soon as he saw it. When he had it memorized to the point where he could rewrite it and give it to Roy, Naruto shut off his Sharingan and approached her as his Rinnegan glowed and the tomoe spun. He may have lost the old sages power when he was reborn, but thanks to the Rinnegan, he had his own power to help.

Riza had been standing silently with her back to her lost in her own thoughts. She figured Naruto would understand now, she was nothing but a conduit for her father's research, a tool. He deserved someone else, a beautiful woman who could give him the love he wanted and possible a few whisker marked children. She was so lost in her self destructive thoughts that it startled her a bit when she felt Naruto's fingers trailing the array on her back. Riza was surprised by the pleasant tingling sensation left behind in the trail he made, it felt good, almost too good. Riza bit her lip to stop the moan that tried to worm its way out of her mouth.

What Riza didn't know was the tingling she felt was the skin on her back healing as Naruto used his Rinnegan to heal the burn wound on her back. While Alkahestry could heal, it did nothing for scars. That's where the Rinnegan came in. It allowed Naruto to do more advanced healing, it did have limits though. Naruto discovered in his youth, by working with injured animals, that his Rinnegan had similar powers to a philosophers stone and had some ties to the laws of Alchemy. As such, he couldn't bring the dead to life nor could he heal certain wounds such as restoring a body part like an arm or leg, yet strangely enough he could fix internal organs like he did with his old sensei Kakashi when he regenerated his eye. He could also heal scars and burns, like he was doing with Riza. When he finished, Riza's back was blemish free.

Riza felt the tingling stop and felt a slight stab of disappointment, only to gasp when she was turned around and came face to face with Naruto. She looked him in the eye and gasped lightly when she saw him bleeding from his left eye. "You say your not beautiful or charming, I say your wrong. I'd say you were one of the most, if not the most beautiful and charming woman in Amestris." Naruto said as caressed Riza's cheek. "You think that because of Transmutation Array on your back that you are nothing but a tool, then I'll remove the reason for that horrible thought." He said as he turned her so her back was facing the mirror in her room. Motioning for her to look, Riza crained her neck and looked in the mirror and widened her eyes when she the branding on her back was gone.

Riza felt her eyes watering. The horrible mark that had plagued her was gone. When she felt a tear fall, she felt Naruto kiss it away. Turning back toward him, she saw nothing but love in his eyes. "Naruto?" She breathed.

"Please Riza, let me be the one to heal your pain." He said as he kissed the other trail of tears away. "When you feel weak, let me be the one to carry you." He said kissing her chin. "When you fall, let me be the one to catch you." He said kissing her forehead. "Please, let me love you..." He said moving in. "Until you learn..." He said with his eyes lidded as hers were. "To love yourself." He finished as he kissed her lips.

Riza unwound her arms from around her chest and wrapped them around Naruto's neck as one of his arms went around her waist while the other cradled her head. They pulled apart for a quick breather before they kissed again. Before long, Naruto scooped her into his arms and carried her to her bed. Her robe was undone and tossed to the wayside along with his clothing. He kissed away her tears when they came together for the first time. Held her in his arms when she shook in pleasure, nibbled on her neck when she cried out in ecstasy. They made love until the morning sun peeked over the horizon.

As the sun rose, they laid together in eachothers embrace, basking in the afterglow of their act. Riza was snuggled into Naruto's chest, tracing the complicated array tattooed on his chest that held the secret to his Alchemy. Naruto was running his hand up and down her back, his golden hair out of it's usual tail and strewn around as he was lost in his thoughts before he looked down at Riza. "Stay with me." He said.

Riza looked up at him. "What?"

Naruto cracked a small smile. "Stay with me." He repeated. "Leave this horrid old house and stay with me. Stay right by my side and never leave it." He said.

Riza looked Naruto right in his mismatched eyes, one an intense crimson and the other a shiny gold. She noted the seriousness in his gaze and knew what he was really asking. While they were still too young to marry, he was asking her to share his life. Riza leaned forward and kissed his lips before pulling away with a smile. "Okay."

-000-

1. Funny coming from Naruto since Roy is technically 4 years his senior.

2. The Roy that Ed and Al know and the one from the flashback's are completely different as the younger Roy is as said a bit Naive as well as eager to prove himself as shown when he's around Master Hawkeye.

Not gonna lie, I had a lot of fun with this chapter. I know I said Isbal was suppose to start this chapter but it kinda wrote itself. Next chapter for sure is the war. The war is going to go a bit differently this time around, not gonna say what though, that's a surprise.

Anyway, you guys know the drill.

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