Episode Title:
Yet Another Man's Battlefield.
Episode Description:
Eighteen year old Mustang is in a military boot camp and intervenes when a group of seniors bully an Ishvalan recruit named Heathcliff Erbe. Later, Mustang takes a dislike to Maes Hughes who is supposedly friends with the bullies and the two soon become rivals, competing in various training events. Mustang catches the seniors picking on Heathcliff again and gets into a fight with them before Hughes backs him up, having the same beliefs in justice. The three become friends and discuss their reasons for joining the military. Years later, during the Ishvalan war, Mustang the Flame Alchemist encounters Heathcliff fighting for Ishvalan. Hughes kills Heathcliff after he shoots at Mustang. Mustang falls into despair because of what he sees as the indiscriminate slaughter of Ishvalans before being confronted by Hughes, who holds in the pain of his sins so he can smile in front of his future wife Gracia. Upon returning home, Hughes reunites with Gracia while Mustang envies Hughes's strength.
