One rule, no alchemy.

The words surprised Roy before a grin came over his face. He was fine with not using alchemy, but just how long would Ed last before he used alchemy? He pulled his hand away and put his hands up as a show of saying he agreed. Seeing Ed make his way over to him, he steeled himself against the attack.

Ed tried to take him by surprise by his little stunt. Roy couldn't lie, he had been a little bit surprised when Ed didn't immediately drop away. He grunted when the other's knee made contact with his back. He twisted on his way down to grab the other from his back.

He'd planned to just grab the blonde and throw him away. He needed some distance after the knee to his back. He'd only managed to push at the other before the weight of Ed was gone from his back. Roy moved backward to put some distance between them as he caught his breath.

That had hurt, the little shit.

Ed's style had changed since the last time they fought. Which didn't surprise Roy at all considering all the traveling he'd done. Edward was smart, that was something he knew without a doubt. He was academically smart but also curious about other things, in this case, different fighting styles.

Learning how he was fighting and how to counteract all of it, that was going to be hard on Roy.

The brunette's mind tried to pull up a plan to beat the other. He waited for Ed to make the next move, hopefully his mind had planned out the exact movements.