The Girl From Ishval

Crimson Lotus

Ula had gone with the Elrics and Winry so Winry could get the new automail to Ula. When it was finally finished, Ula stretched, and then began to bend her left arm and extend it again. "This is ten times better than that other automail," Ula said, smiling as she looked at it. Winry had even put another 'sleeve' over it. Like the other one Ula had, it was a little paler then her actual skin tone, but it was close enough. 

"I'm glad you like it," Winry said, watching as Ula stared in awe at her automail. "I really can't thank you enough Winry, this is great!" Winry laughed a little, and the two walked out of the room where Winry put the automail on Ula, going back to Ed and Al. Ed had gotten comfortable on the couch, and fell asleep. Al shook his head at his big brother. "Always napping," he mumbled. "You guys ready to go back to Central?" Ula asked, looking at the two boys. Al pointed at Ed, holding up a finger and shushing her. 

Ula looked at Ed. Winry rolled her eyes, walking over and waking him up. "Edward, we're done," Winry said. He sat up, stretching and standing up. The three left, Ed refusing to let Winry tag along this time. 

On the train, Ed got back to his nap, mumbling about how Winry woke him up before. "So, how have you two been Al?" Ula asked, turning to the younger Elric. "Well we haven't found the stone yet, but other than that we're fine." Ula nodded. "Well I hope that you're able to find it Al," she said. "We will, eventually." 

Ula looked around, noticing there weren't many people on the train. She simply shrugged it off and laid her head back. However, at the next stop, a man got on that caught her attention. She stared in horror as he walked closer, getting in the seat across from them.Ula froze up, looking at Al, then at Ed, who was still asleep. Al woke Ed up, subtly pointing at Kimblee after covering Ed's mouth. The older Elric was going to snap at him for waking him up, at least until he saw Kimblee. "There's no way he hasn't noticed you Al," Ed whispered. When Ula looked back at Kimblee to see what he was doing, their eyes met, and it was as if every muscle in her body just stopped working. 

"Well what do we have here?" Kimblee stated, standing, walking over to her and leaning in. She leaned back to create space between herself and Kimblee, but this didn't work, as he continued to move closer to her until she stopped. Suddenly, Kimblee was thrown back, Al now in front of Ula. "Leave her alone Kimblee!" he exclaimed. "Both of you step away, this is now between the Ishvalan and I," he said. He had seen her red eyes because she hadn't put her contacts in to make her eyes look blue. "No, we aren't going anywhere," Ed stated, standing up as well. Kimblee then ordered him to, which made Ed laugh a little. "We both have the same rank, so you can't order me to do anything," he said, using alchemy to form his typical blade on his automail. 

Ula stared at Kimblee, remembering when he caused the explosion that nearly killed her, and that killed so many around her. Her fear was soon replaced by her anger towards Kimblee, and he could see it. "What? You want to fight me?" he asked, smiling at her. She didn't want to fight him. 

She wanted to reach out and wrap her hands around his throat. 

However, they both knew she wouldn't do that. "I'm not dumb enough to fight you, and I won't kill you, although I'd love to... Mainly because I can't bring myself to do that out of revenge," she stated. "Although, that doesn't mean it wouldn't bring me joy to see someone rip everything you have away from you, just like you did to me and my people... And it brought you joy," Ula said, hands in fists as if she would punch him, but she wouldn't. 

"Well, I doubt that day will come," Kimblee replied calmly. "Don't be so sure Kimblee. They say what goes around comes around.. If that's true, then you've got a lot coming for you," Ula said, sitting back down. "You seem calmer than before, why is that?" he asked. "Because I know you won't do anything to me. Not here at least." 

"Why so sure of that?" he asked. "You're correct, but what tipped you off?" he quizzed, intrigued. "You don't waste your time Kimblee, if you were going to blow us up you would've done it by now, and you'd still be laughing about it," she replied. 

Ed and Al sat down, knowing that Kimblee wouldn't do anything. "Well, you're interesting, aren't you?" "If you were someone else I'd say I was flattered," she snapped. She knew her arrogance would soon be gone, and her fear would return. She knew this was pure adrenaline giving her the confidence to speak to Kimblee in such a way. 

But right now, she didn't care. 

"I look forward to meeting you again, Ishvalan," he stated, as the train came to a stop and they all got off. "I can't say the same for you, Crimson Lotus," she snapped, walking in the opposite direction of Kimblee, alongside Ed and Al. 

"You got some confidence pretty quick," Ed pointed out. "That was more of arrogance than confidence, and it was hardly even that. If anything it was adrenaline," she stated. "I just remembered everything he did, and I got so mad," she mumbled. 

"Well, whichever it was it was pretty good," Ed said. "Yeah well if I had been wrong he could've blown us to pieces so don't get too impressed Ed." They walked into Roy's office, where the rest of his unit sat. Ula sat down in her usual seat, putting her head in her hands. Ed and Al spoke to Roy for a few minutes before leaving. "I screwed myself over sir," Ula said, after Ed and Al left. "How so?" Roy quizzed. "Well, we saw Kimblee on the train," she began. "What?!" Roy and Riza exclaimed. "That's not the worst part," she said. "What is?" Roy asked. "Well, I got mad and arrogant and smarted off to him and worst of all he knows I'm Ishvalan," she said. "Oh God," Roy said. 

"Did anything else happen?" Roy asked. "No, nothing else happened." "Well, I can't really do much to him, so we'll just have to hope he doesn't do anything..."