ERMAHGAWD I FINALLY UPDATED GUYZ! Ugh its so bad XD ... Pst, it's shorter than Ed... Ôwô; and that's an achievement. And I don't really like how it came out but... Oh well. Anyways, I hope you like it! Sorry this chapter is really fillerish.. -w-

Replies:

billboytm: Thank you! ;w; I try my best! And I did a flashback of how mustang got here for you. w

TripleReader: I didn't even think of that... Ah, um, LOGIC! It connects with his souuul~ SCAAAARY~ XD I have no clue.

RukiaKuchikiRoyAi: It could crack his blood seal... ~ But yeah my friend wanted Winry to come but shes not gonna really be fighting, more of a healer and she can repair Ed's automail if he messes it up.~

So yeah anyways... Let the chapter commence!

Disclamer: I don't own FMA or SAO, thanks.~

-Ed's POV-

"Ow! Winry, what was that for!?" I yelled, trying to use my arms as a shield as Winry wrenched me over and over with her HUGE wrench.

"FIRST YOU BREAK YOUR AUTOMAIL, THEN YOU SUGGEST I STAY IN THE INN AND JUST SIT STILL AND WAIT HERE!?" I opened my mouth to retort, but she beat him to it.

"NO! IM COMING WITH YOU AND THAT'S FINAL!" I sighed wearily, muttering a sharp "Fine!" Under my breath and looking away stubbornly. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Winry smiling smugly at me and I growled. The colonel, who had been surprisingly quiet the whole time, threw in a smug comment.

"Well, now that your done with your LITTLE lover's quarrel, let's get going to meet the others at the boss room."

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND TOWERS OVER HIM AND MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE AN ANT?!" I screamed, before I blushed a little at what I said and ducked my head until the blush faded.

"You, of course. Who else is as short as you?" The colonel said, smirking infuriatingly at me.

"Whatever, Colonel." I growled, an angry tick forming on my forehead. "So, we going or what?" Winry quickly collected all her stuff together into a bag and got ready. I glared a little at her.

"I'm still not happy about you coming..." She stuck her tongue at me and we headed out. I invited the Colonel and Winry into the group on the way.

"Ugh, too bad I'm stuck with you..." I drawled, throwing a glare at him and sticking my tongue out childishly at him. Mustang simply raised his eyebrow at me and smirked.

"Don't worry, I don't want to be stuck with a pipsqueak, either." he said simply, smirk still in place as he walked ahead to try and avoid the upcoming Ed rant while Al tried to calm me down and Winry sighed, muttering something about immature boys. Soon, we arrived where we were supposed to meet. When we got there, most everyone was already there. We walked up to the two others who were with us in the group. They looked up as we approached, and I couldn't help but be curious at the one with the cloak. You couldn't even tell their gender with that thing on... They looked to each other, before back at us. The black haired boy, Kirito, as Al had told me after the day we ran into them, told us what we were supposed to do as the 'leftovers', as he called us. I wasn't sure I liked being called that, but that aside, he said we just needed to take care of the small fry while they attacked the boss. I was okay with that, after all, that meant Winry wouldn't be in as much danger. Even if she was stubborn enough to refuse to be left behind, I never did say I was letting her fight. As Kirito discussed the rest of the battle plan, he mentioned something called switching. I didn't really understand all the much about the game even if it had already been a month, so I decided to ask what he meant... At the same time as the cloaked person. We looked at each, only sparring a glance, before we both settled for staring at Kirito expectantly.

"... Haven't you guys ever been in a party before?" We all shook our heads, and Kirito lagged behind, before slumping over exasperatedly.

(Mustang's POV)

I lagged behind a bit behind the others, unsure of what exactly I thought of this place. The technology was certainly advanced to be able to make all these things... I thought back to how I got in here and met up with Winry.

-OMG Flashbackz!~-

I sat doing paperwork boredly, as usual, Hawkeye holding me at gunpoint for trying to slack off earlier and take a nap. I groaned as I took ahold of the next file, scanning over it lazily before something caught my eye and I read it over, only reading the parts that caught my eye with interest.

'It seems that the brand new VRMMORPG, Sword Art Online... Causing Deaths by melting the brain... When helmets were attempted to be removed, the same melting of the brain occurred... So far there have been many victims, too many to count as of now..' I stopped reading there, mulling over this confusedly.

'Now that I think of it, I haven't seen Fullmetal lately either...' He looked up to his Lieutenant, Hawkeye, a bored expression still on his face.

"Hey, Lieutenant, any sign of Fullmetal around lately? He's due for a report." She sighed at him.

"Sir, get back to work. I'm sure Edward will come for his report soon, so don't use him as an excuse to escape your paperwork." I groaned, before grudgingly turning back to the task at hand, signing the paper nonchalantly before moving on to the next file. The next day, he was called in for a mission... To investigate the game. With Hughes. Because he signed that paper. He really wished he'd read it now... He sighed as he looked over the information more thoroughly, not getting much more info than his scan over the paper yesterday. He looked around and noticed he was near where Fullmetal and his brother were staying, so figured he might as well stop to check on just what exactly the little brat was doing. He started up the stairs, reaching his room number fairly fast and knocking rather loudly.

"Open up, Fullmetal, I need your report." No answer. He knocked again, with the same result and he creased his eyebrows, thinking Fullmetal was probably doing it to piss him off. He sighed, giving him a warning he was picking the lock before picking it easily, thanks to his military training, and opening the door and striding in, looking around. The place was scarcely furnished, and it was almost like no one even lived here. He looked around before spotting them finally... On the bed with the helmet that the file described. He didn't... He was going to kill Fullmetal when he woke up, that was for sure... He strode out, feeling more worried than he should've and growled at himself. He didn't care, he was just doing his job, and this was the perfect chance to investigate. Now to get back to his office and get one of those helmets.. He was once again going to save Fullmetal's sorry butt. He definitely owed him big time for this.

-time skip-

He had got the equipment set up, which had taken longer than he thought, and he gotten the higher up's approvement of it easier than he had gotten it set up. His lieutenant stood by, helping him get the gear on before looking at him a bit worriedly but covering it up.

"Are you ready, Sir?" He stretched and nodded.

"Ready when you are, Lieutenant." He saw her hit the button and that was the last of the real world he would see for a long time..

When he came to, he realized he was in the middle of some kind of square.

'I guess it worked then..' He thought as he looked around. 'Now I have to find Fullmetal and investigate this place..' He looked around, spotting a young girl looking to be in her teens with long blond hair and walking up to her.

"Excuse me, Miss, but do you know a lot about this place? I-" He cut himself off as she turned around, looking surprised. Her face then morphed into shock as she recognized him. It was Winry. He stood there, speechless for a second before she broke the silence.

"C-Colonel Mustang?! What are you doing here?!" She gasped, her shocked expression forming into curiosity. "Do you know where Ed is?" He shook his head.

"I was hoping you knew, Miss Winry. I'm guessing that's why you're here? To look for Fullmetal and Alphonse?" She nodding, blushing a bit in embarrassment before looking back up at him, raising her eyebrow.

"You still didn't answer my first question." She stated, and he sighed.

"I'm here because I'm investigating this place for the military, and I wanted to know why Fullmetal was here slacking off instead of writing my report." She gave him a half-hearted glare at that before turning.

"Well, I guess we can travel together until we find them then." She then walked away before I could get in another word, and I shook my head, following her. This way, at least, we'd probably find them quicker.

-flashback end-

I shook myself out of my thoughts as we arrived to the Boss area.

'And so it begins...' He thought, smirking half-hearted and following Fullmetal, teasing him about Winry as we walked into the entrance where they would brief us one more time before we began.

"Don't screw us up, Fullmetal." I said, using my most infuriating smirk on him.

"Don't be useless, Colonel." He shot back just as mockingly.

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