Helloz! You know how really early on, I said I would try to make fanfics about holidays? Well, this is a really late one.
This one is about Kodomo No Hi, or Children's Day in Japan. This happens on May 5th. nearly all the stuff that's in this fic is what happens on Kodomo No Hi, but not actually like this. So... Yeah.

ENJOY AND R&R!!! Lol.

Edward and Alphonse hastily walked towards the large doors of Eastern HQ, where Ed had to give a report to Colonel Roy Mustang.

"Damn it, Al. Hurry up! I'm already late enough as it is." Edward said, barging straight through the front gates.

"I'm going as fast as I can, brother!" Al replied, following close behind.

As they walked, Ed looked at the large flag pole that stood in a bed of colourful flowers. He looked up to the top, and noticed that instead of the Amstrean flag flying, there were 3 different coloured and sized fish. There was a huge black one, a small blue one, and a middle-sized red one.

Ed stopped to stare at them, as Al did as well.

"What do you think that's about?" Ed asked, still looking at the fish.

"I have no idea, but I bet I know who might..." Al replied, walking up the front steps, clanking with each step.

Ed sighed. "I hate it when you're right sometimes, Al."

Later, Edward and Alphonse both arrived at Mustang's office door. Ed sighed, but knocked anyway.

"Come in." Came a voice from inside.

Al opened the door as Ed poked his head inside. Ed's mouth dropped to the floor, and not because everyone in the room was wearing a traditional Kimono from Japan. It was because Roy was actually smiling for once and Riza wasn't in her uniform, had her hair down, and DIDN'T have her gun at her waist.

"What the HELL is going on here?" Ed demanded, Al walking up behind him.

"And Lieutenant Hawkeye, you look really pretty." Al added after Ed had finished.

"Why thank you, Alphonse." Riza replied, smiling at him. "And the reason why we're all dressed like this, is because the Fuhrer decided we should start celebrating holidays from different countries. So, this is from Japan. Happy Kodomo No Hi!" She explained, nearly yelling at the end.

Ed just stared, wide-eyed, at everyone in the room because of what they were all wearing.

Roy's Kimono was pure black with a black Hakama, and a white Obi. Riza's Kimono was pink with white and brown cranes, and a baby pink Obi. Everyone else's were basically the same the same as Roy's.

"Can you please stop staring for ONE minute, Fullmetal?" Roy asked, frowning at him.

"Can you shut up for ONE minute, Bastard?" Ed replied, trying to mimic Roy.

"God! You two are like bickering children!" Riza interjected, making two two men stop speaking.

Roy coughed. "Thank you, Lieutenant. Anyway, 'Kodomo No Hi' means 'Children's Day' and the 'Koi', or Carp, outside are to represent a family. The black one represents the father, as the red one does the mother and the blue one does the child." Roy explained.

Havoc stepped forward and smiled. He was holding a small box behind his back and Ed wanted to see what it was. Ed leaned left and right to see, but Havoc kept moving it away.

"Havoc. Stop being an idiot." Roy commanded, using his 'Military' tone.

"Okay, here you go, Boss." Havoc cheerfully said, giving the box to Edward and pulling out another one for Al.

Ed didn't wait very long to start ripping open the small box, which was a Children's Day present.

He looked surprised when he found that the present was a name tag. When he pulled it out of the box, he immediately dropped it and went red with anger. The name tag said "Hi. My name is: NOT A SHORTY.", written in Havoc's barely legible writing.

"Here, Edward. This one's from the Colonel and I." Riza said, handing Ed a large box with colourful wrapping on it.

Ed calmed down and hurriedly opened it, saying thank you. He took the lid off the box and discovered that it was a Kimono. He took it out and saw it was a black Kimono with a black Hakama, like Roy's. But it also had a red Haori, and it had the Flammel near the join in the middle.

"How... How did you get this?" Ed asked, very surprised someone would work this hard on something for him.

"Well, we bought the Kimono and Haori, but I sewed the Flammel on there. Do you like it?" Riza said, putting a hand on Edward's shoulder.

"It's great! Thank you!" Ed replied happily. "What did you get?" He said, turning to Al.

"I got a can opener from Havoc, and a helmet-thing from the Colonel and Lieutenant Hawkeye." Al replied, showing Ed the things he got.

"That helmet, Alphonse, is called a Kabuto. The ancient Samurais of Japan used to wear them." Roy explained.

"Well, thanks you guys. This is really great." Ed commented.

"I'm glad you think that. Come on. We have other stuff to do." Riza said, motioning to them to move along.

Ed was about to walk by with his box, when Roy stopped him in his tracks.

"I think you should go change, don't you?" Roy smirked, pushing Ed off in another direction.
Ed snarled at Roy, before walking into a room and closing the door.

As soon as mostly everyone had filled in, Ed and Al walked in behind them. Ed was wearing his Kimono and Haori, while Al was wearing his Kabuto.

"Hey, Miss Hawkeye? This feels weird because it's all loose and... Yeah. Is it supposed to feel like that?" Ed asked, tugging at his sleaves.

"Yes, they are, now come here. I have something for you to try." Riza said, handing Edward a piece of food.

He looked at it for a second, wondering what it was. Then he gave up and shoved it all in his mouth at once.

"So, what do you think?" Roy asked with a smirk.

Edward turned green, ran to the nearest bin and spat every little bit of it out. He finished and turned back to Roy and Riza, disgust printed all over his face.

"Oh my GOD! What the hell WAS that?" Ed asked, wiping his tongue on his sleave.

"That was a trditional dish served on this day in Japan. Mochi rice cakes, which is pretty much just rice balls, wrapped with an oak leaf and filled with red bean jam." Riza explained, watching Ed turn green again.

"Would you like to try something else, then?" Riza asked, handing Ed something else.

"NO! Not before I know what it is!" Ed yelled, batting Riza's hand away.

"Fine, you big baby. It's called Chimaki. It's a kind of sweet rice paste, wrapped in a bamboo leaf. Now are you going to try it?" Riza said, handing the Chimaki to Ed again.

"Okay then. I'll try it..." He mumbled, taking the small item from Riza's hand and slowly putting it in his mouth.

He chewed it, and started smiling.

"That wasn't too bad." Edward said, licking his fingers.

After everyone finished eating and socializing, Roy clapped his hands very loudly, getting peoples attention.

"Okay everyone, time for the last activity!" Roy shouted as everyone formed a circle.

"Wait, why are we doing this?" Alphonse asked, looking around.

"Because, this is where we have to sing." Riza replied, almost jumping with joy.

"Wow, I didn't realize you liked singing that much." Roy said, astonished.

Everyone, including Ed and Al, formed a circle and started clearing their throats. Riza and Roy walked around the circle, handing out bits of paper with the song on it. On the top of the paper it said: Song – Sei Kurabe, by Nakayama Shinpei. (The music sounds a bit like a Christmas tune)

"Okay. I'll play the music once so you know what it sounds like. After that, just do your best." Riza said over the dull roar of people.

She leaned over and pressed play on the small tape recorder beside her. The music coming out, indeed, sounded like a Christmas tune. Everyone listened closely so they could get it right the first time. Even Edward listened intently.

When the music stopped, Riza rewinded it and said "Well, let's get started!"

The music started and everyone, including Roy, Edward and Alphonse, started singing their best.

Hashira no kizu wa ototoshi no
gogatsu itsuka no Sei-Kurabe
Chimaki tabe-tabe nii-san ga
hakatte kureta sei no take
Kinou kurabe-rya nan no koto,
yatto haori no himo no take.

When they all finished singing, everyone applauded themselves and filled back out again.

Roy walked up to Edward and put a hand on his shoulder. "So, what did you think of Children's Day?" Roy asked, genuinely smiling.

"It was... Fun." Ed replied, a big grin on his face.

"Well, that's good. Now go on, Alphonse is already outside." Roy said, pushing Ed out the door, laughing all the way.

As Edward and Alphonse waved goodbye to Roy and Riza, they admired their gifts.

"That was great, wasn't it, brother?"Al asked, looking down at Ed.

"To tell you the truth..." Ed started, before bursting out in laughter. "That was the first, and best, celebrtion of Children's Day I've ever had!"

"Glad to hear that, brother." Al replied and continued walking in silence.

As they both walked, Ed kept giggling to himself, because of Roy's terrible singing, and because he got photos of Roy with a face full of food.

'Oh, the things I could do with them...' Ed thought evily, already planning to post them around Eastern Headquarters.

So, what did you think? I don't really like it, but that's because I did it within about 3 hours... I'll try and keep doing Holiday fics if you want me to... I might post a pic or 2 of Roy, Riza, Ed and Al on DeviantArt later on.
Anyway, Happy Belated Kodomo No Hi!!! =D