Chapter 183 - To the North.

"So?"

"It's done, sir."

"Where did they go?"

"To the North."

"And Fuhrer Bradley?"

"He'll be going back to the Central."

*Tap*Tap*Tap*

In the silent, nearly empty room, Roy looked out of the tall windows. Behind him was his Lt. Riza Hawkeye, holding some files in her hands.

"And you got this, by a letter than just dropped on you out of thin air?"

"Yes."

"Signed by Miyuki?"

"Yes."

Roy stood up in anger, pointing at her, shouting, "and I am supposed to believe that!"

The calm and collected look on Riza's face didn't change, "Yes." She was used to these sudden outbursts from Roy. But this one she understood, a letter fell on her face, and when she looked up, and there was nothing: Not even a bird. Opening it, she noticed that it was more typed (With a Typewriter) than written by a human hand.

At the end was Miyuki's name, telling her whom the sender was. But the whole incident was bizarre to the point it was unbelievable.

Roy felt a vein pop in his forehead, taking deep breaths, his face turned solemn again, "Well...it seems those people at Central are becoming more cautious. My transfer letter is here. I have talked to the Lt. General Grumman about taking you to the Central."

Riza raised her eyebrows, "Just me? Sir?"

"You and Jean. We would be under constant watch once we are in Central. I need the others to stay here before Lt. General Grumman would spread them over. I have decided to send Vato to the North..." A scowl appeared on his face, "He will be our source of contact with her. Especially now that those Chimera's are in her area."

"Breda and Kain will be going to West, Armstrong, Izumi, and Sig will lookout in the south. Tatsuya and Miyuki have taken the East."

"What about the Elric brothers?"

"Let them jump around, let them make as much noise as they can."

"Fuhrer would be suspicious over these actions."

"Let him...right now, those things should be more worried about Tatsuya and Miyuki." A nasty smile appeared on Roy's face.

In Dublith,

Tatsuya was sitting on the roof of Izumi and Sig's house. He was watching the sky, colored in the tint of blue. Although the sky he saw now was more red and green than the beautiful blue, he remembered.

After they made sure that the Chimera's took Greed away, they kept one of the drones on them. Although the Chimera's senses were sharp enough to sense that someone was keeping an eye on them.

Miyuki had to remove the drone, but she still kept on at a safe distance so they could find the Chimera's whenever they wanted.

Fuhrer Bradley was enraged, but he hid his anger well. But, Izumi did catch his eye. It made Tatsuya wonder if they already knew about Izumi or had come to know about her because of them.

He (Tatsuya) and Miyuki stayed here for a few more days, and with good reason. Edward Elric, the boy with golden eyes and golden hairs, braided hairs, and automails in place of the right arm and left leg. His brother Alphonse: Who had lost his body and had his soul attached to the metal armor. And their childhood friend Winry had come to Dublith. To meet Al and Ed's teacher, Izumi Curtis.

When Winry first entered the house, she hugged them and cried for a long time before letting them go. It wasn't like they weren't in contact with her: they had been writing letters to Winry for quite some time now. To her and Pinako, informing them about their whereabouts and journey.

Winry, herself, wrote back, keeping them informed of everything that was happening in her life, which was usually pages filled on Automail. While Miyuki couldn't stand all the automail talk, but kindly read through it anyway. Tatsuya read them with focus and replied to her in kind about the different types of automail he had seen. Especially in the North with all the snow.

But even so, there seemed to be a small complaint in the little girl's heart that they didn't say goodbye.

Ed had his fun, fuming the flames, hoping to put Tatsuya in an awkward situation. If it were - any other child in the world, Tatsuya might have felt it was troublesome or not know how to make her happy in a few minutes. But this was Winry they were talking about. Tatsuya presented her with a new kit of tools that were a decade more advanced than anything on the market right now.

Ed could only look at it in shock while Winry drolled and polished it again and again, forgetting about the small complaint in her heart.

With Winry, Ed, and Al's arrival, there was someone else who seemed happy.

Nina started smiling again after seeing familiar faces - Izumi also got the chance to get close to Nina because she opened up a little. Ed and Al weren't so lucky - they had to face Izumi's wrath, which had multiplied because of the time they took before telling her.

Tatsuya felt a rush of wind behind him, "Miyuki..." Tatsuya glanced back at the beautiful girl, wearing a blue sweater and a long skirt. She stood there with a smile on her face, her eyes observing Tatsuya.

"Onii-sama..." She stepped forward, smoothing her skirt as she sat beside him, "Everyone was wondering where you were."

"Thinking."

"About what to do next?"

"There doesn't seem anything to do but watch how things play out."

"Will they play out fine?"

"Not really, knowing Greed, he'd get himself killed either way. I am just worried he'd get those four killed too."

"Mmm, I am keeping watch on them, so you don't have to worry about anything. Even if Greed want's to get himself killed, I can keep the four safe. I know they'd be of use later on."

Tatsuya exhaled, smiling, "that is the only thing I was worried about - it seems you managed it well."

Miyuki leaned over, putting her head on his shoulder, "So? Should we go to North?"

"Yeah...There is that thing about the precious sacrifice that we need to ask Greed about. But North..."

Miyuki chuckled, "You are not looking forward to seeing her?"

"Yeah...No..." Tatsuya's eyes twitched. He remembered last time what happened. It would be good if it was him that woman had a fight against. But, it was Miyuki, who she had a problem with and Miyuki...

"You seem to be looking forward to seeing her..."

"Well! We didn't finish things the last time!" Miyuki said a malevolent glint flashed in her eyes.

Tatsuya and Miyuki left the next day, traveling with Winry as they dropped her in rush valley.

Ed and Al had to stay with their teacher for a week or two more.

After dropping Winry, they took the train and moved to the North. Reaching North, the first thing they did was move towards the Fort Briggs.

Miyuki was manipulating the remote screen before commenting, "Lust and Gluttony caught up with them. Envy is not far behind."

Tatsuya stopped, looking down at the snow under his feet, "How far?"

"There is a town few miles away from here - it could turn into a disaster."

Tatsuya took out a black snowmobile; it was one of the few things he had built from the materials.

It wasn't the only snowmobile, but Vehicles that they would need in different terrains.

Tatsuya sat down on the back seat, "let's go."

"I'm driving?" Miyuki asked, pointing at herself. To which Tatsuya shrugged, "well, Snow messes up my sight."

Miyuki adjusted her snow cap, removing her gloves, she sat down in front of Tatsuya, "Hold tight, Onii-sama!!"

Tatsuya slowly wrapped his hand around Miyuki's waist, his finger brushing along, which made her jump up and throttle at full force, "Onii-sama!!"

"Yeah..." Tatsuya said with a straight face.

Miyuki pushed her body back, pasting it against his as hard as she could. Meanwhile, she tried her best to control the direction the snowmobile was going.

Tatsuya put his hand on Miyuki's thighs - While his face beside her face so as not to have her hairs hitting his face. He watched something fleeting by - all he could see was white. The closer they got, the graver he became.

Miyuki seemed to have felt the change in the air, "Onii-sama... you plan to kill them?"

"Yeah..." Tatsuya whispered inside her ear - there was a sudden sound of a throttle in the snowmobile.

Miyuki closed her eyes, even while she drove the snowmobile, "then I am ready too."

When she opened her eyes, outlines of figures appeared in the distance, seemingly running towards them.

"Someone is there!!"

She glared as the outlines came closer - it seemed that they were fighting each other.

"Homunculus are already here..." Tatsuya said.

Suddenly, Miyuki turned the snowmobile, there was a large burst of air that passed by them. The snow disappeared with that burst of air. With the sound of the engine busting, the snowmobile came to a stop.

"What was that?" Miyuki was more than just surprised - she was nearly left stunned as she watched some part of the snowmobile had cleanly disappeared.

Tatsuya held her tightly and rolled off the snowmobile - the next moment, there was another sound burst, and the snowmobile had disappeared.

"They plan on killing us," Tatsuya said calmly.

Miyuki pulled her glove off, revealing a transmutation array on her palm with a snow mark at its center, "Let me!" She slapped her hand on the snow, with a sharp sound, a large amount of blue electricity rushed out, turning the snow in the distance into the hottest of steam. Three screams followed the sound and bombing and a large amount of steam that seemed to have burst out of the ground.

"I hope you didn't kill the Chimera's?"

Miyuki chuckled, walking beside him, "do not worry, Onii-sama...I made sure that only the rotten smell of philosopher stone was around."