Kaori: So Shadow…are you excited to read this story?

Shadow: No. Not at all.

Kaori: Fine! Do the disclaimer then, Meanie!

Shadow: --… EdwardKaoriSonozakiElric does NOT own Fullmetal Alchemist or Pokémon.

Kaori: Thank you Shadz.

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It was another boring day in Central City. Alphonse Elric was watching his brother sleep on the desk of Brigadier General Roy Mustang. He had told Edward it was a bad idea, but he did it anyway.

Brother can be such an idiot… Al thought to himself.

Suddenly a flash of light brightened the room, and a small object flew through the window to hit Ed on the head. He woke up and cursed to himself.

"Where the heck did this come from?!" He yelled in anger.

"Well…you were sleeping and it came through the window," said Al while pointing at the window.

Edward looked at the window and sighed.

"Someone must not want me to sleep…" He said in an annoyed tone, "I haven't had a good night's sleep in a few weeks."

"You never told me that you haven't been sleeping!" Al yelled.

"It's not your problem," replied Ed.

Edward ignored Alphonse's next few sentences and looked at the object that had awakened him. It was actually a small ring with a red stone on it. He didn't sense any alchemic energy coming from the thing, but it amused him greatly. Ed put it on and grinned.

"Hey Al, how does it look?" He laughed and showed Al what he discovered.

"So someone threw a ring at you?" Alphonse asked with a sigh.

"Probably an engagement ring from a fangirl or something," snickered Ed.

He and Al began a conversation about the shattered window and didn't notice that the ring, now on Ed's finger, was glowing. Out of nowhere, a huge circular vortex appeared above their heads. Alphonse instinctively grabbed onto his brother's arm. Said brother raised his eyebrow and pried Al's hands off of his arm.

"Ed…what is that thing?!" the younger asked.

"You think I know?! It's the damn ring's fault!" guessed the older.

They didn't have enough time to continue the exchange of ideas. The Elric Brothers were sucked into the vortex. The two of them got sick from all of the spinning they were doing in the portal. Ed puked once…and Al's face got covered. Eventually the circular motion stopped and they poofed onto solid ground again. Edward cried and kissed the ground…while that happened, Alphonse started to question his older brother's mental stability.

Ed sat up and looked around. Nothing looked familiar at all. Nothing. He blinked a few times, hit his head on a rock, and looked again. Still nothing.

Al stood up and fell back down from dizziness. He observed his older brother for a moment and then brought up his question.

"Where are we, Brother?"

Edward shook his head.

"I…I really don't know, Alphonse," he said quietly.

The brothers helped each other up to a standing position.

"What do you think caused this?"

Edward looked over at his younger brother like he was a retard.

"Isn't it obvious Al?! It was-"

Before Ed could finish his sentence, he collapsed with a cough.

"Brother!"

Alphonse kneeled down.

"Are you ok?!"

His older brother looked at him and coughed again.

"It's that…stupid ring…" he said, attempting to breathe without coughing.

Al helped Ed stand up and they walked for a few minutes.

"What happened to you? You just…" Al started.

It took him a moment to continue. His mind played the scene in his head again as he tried to figure out what happened.

"You fell," he continued, "and it was like you got sick suddenly."

Edward shrugged.

"Who knows what it was? Maybe I just caught a breath of something nasty," he reassured his brother.

"Maybe…"

As the Elric Brothers continued to walk, they noticed weird animal-like things running around everywhere. Nothing like they'd seen before. Of course, the two of them were pretty sure they were in another world…so they didn't know what to expect.

After an hour of exploring, Ed got tired and complained. He complained about his hunger, his leg hurting, and the sudden headache he got. Alphonse got tired of the complaints so they sat down on a rock beside a river they found. Edward curled up and fell asleep. Al looked at him and smiled.

Typical Brother. Falling asleep in important situations, he thought.

The younger brother got up and went to wash up at the river. He thought about tacos and Ed's random cough attack from earlier.

Meanwhile back at the rock, Edward slept peacefully for a time…that is…until a small yellow mouse hopped up beside him. It sniffed Ed and wrinkled it's nose. Seeing that he didn't like the new object, the mouse's cheeks sparked with electricity. Edward woke up to see it's sparks and jumped. He wasn't fast enough to dodge the…

Alphonse turned around to see his brother being electrocuted by the small yellow rodent. He ran over and tried to shoo the mouse.

"Shoo! Go away!" He waved his arms around.

The mouse wouldn't leave, it just sat there.

Edward regained his strength and sat up.

"So you think you can just zap me and get away with it, huh?! Well I'll show you what happens when-"

"Ed…look."

The spazzy older brother stopped his rant and looked at the little mouse. It had a sad look on its face.

"Come on, Brother…" Al defended, "He didn't know any better."

Edward sighed.

"Well…I'm only sorry for yelling if you're sorry for electrocuting me."

The mouse smiled and said, "Pika!"

The brothers jumped.

"It talks!" They yelled simultaneously.

"Holy crap!" came out of Ed's mouth.

Alphonse held out his hand to the rodent.

"Hiya. My name's Alphonse. What's yours?"

The mouse accepted the hand.

"Pikachu!" it said.

Edward held out his hand.

"And I'm Edward. Nice to meet you…er…Pikachu?"

The rodent smiled and said, "Pi."

"Ed…?" Al looked at him, pleading.

"No Al. We're not keeping it."

Alphonse curled up and fake cried. Ed rolled his eyes and patted Pikachu on the head.

"So little guy, what do you know about this place?" he asked.

Pikachu started talking…but Edward didn't understand.

"Pikachu pika pi pika pika chu pika," It said.

If one could see the inside of another's head, you would see Ed's brain begin to melt.

"Al…did you understand any of that?" he asked.

No one noticed that Al was sitting beside them again…even Ed.

"Nope. Nothing," was the reply.

Pikachu jumped on Edward's head.

"Pi! Pika!" it yelled.

Ed raised his eyebrow.

"To the waterfall?" He asked, "Is that what you said?"

Pikachu nodded.

"Pika pi pika pika chu," It began to explain.

Alphonse watched as Ed nodded in understanding. He didn't know what that mouse was saying…but he wondered if his brother had indeed finally cracked. Al watched until Edward stood.

"Pikachu says that it's friends are at the waterfall, but they're stuck in a cage…so it came to find help…and that help is apparently us," explained the older brother.

"Pi!"

The younger laughed and pointed down the river.

"TO THE WATERFALL!"

Edward and Pikachu started walking in the opposite direction.

"The other way, Al," said the only one who understood the rat.

So the Elric Brothers walked upstream to the waterfall…

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Kaori: END OF CHAPTER!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

Shadow: --…Kaori.

Kaori: Sorry…did you enjoy the chapter?!

Shadow: It was alright.

Kaori: Oh and readers wink Don't forget about what happened to Ed!

Peace!