Hello there my readers! I had this idea floating in my head for a while. So, uh, disclaim-

Ichigo: Peace! You forgot to introduce us!

Ed: Yeah! Don't forget about us, we're the main characters!

Not of this story. At least, not entirely.

Ed: Oh, you know what I mean!

Yeah, whatever. Ichigo and Ed here are going to talk with us about the previous chapters in the beginning and might give a preview at the end for upcoming chapters. Now, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, *glares at Ed and Ichigo* disclaimer. I do not own Bleach or anything out of Fullmetal Alchemist.

" Now, you two," Captain-commander Yamamoto said " You are to go into the world of the living and look after this human." He slid a file across the desk with a bunch of pictures held by a paperclip. Shunsui Kyoraku picked the file up.

" Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist huh?"

"Oh, I've heard of him," Jushiro Ukitake said " They say he's the youngest state alchemist in history. Jeez, look at these photos." Ukitake handed them to his friend who took a sharp inhale through his teeth. " Damn, human transmutation huh? I feel bad for this kid. Doesn't he have a younger brother, too?" Shunsui looked up at Yamamoto who handed them another file.

" Yes, his name is Alphonse. He lost his body to the gate and his brother gave up his right arm to bind his soul to a suit of armor."

" Right," Ukitake muttered " So why do we have to protect these two?"

" I fear Aizen is in Amestris. If he is, he will most likely go after these two first. They are very well known in their country and their movements will be easy to track."

" M'kay, I understand." Shunsui said " So when do we leave?"

" As soon as possible."

" In that case, we'll leave right away. Come on Jushiro." He opened a dimension portal and stepped through. " See ya, Ol' man!"

" Good bye, Captain-commander!" Ukitake waved.

Shunsui and Ukitake stepped out of the portal and looked around. They had arrived outside a large military building in a large city.

" Central command, if I'm not mistaken." Ukitake thought out loud.

" Yeah, so now we have to find," Shunsui flipped through the file " a Colonel Roy Mustang."

" Who's he?" Ukitake looked over his friend's shoulder.

" Don't know, all it says is that he's Edward's commanding officer." Shunsui flipped though the files again " Not even a description. How does Ol' man Yama think we're gonna find him if we don't know what he looks like. Jushiro?" He looked to see his friend talking to a soldier who was apparently giving directions.

" Okay, thank you." Ukitake trotted back to his friend's side. " He said We'll find colonel Mustang in Sector 2."

Shunsui shook his head " Just how do you sneak off like that?"

Ukitake shrugged " Practice."

" Whatever."

" Shunsui, I think we're lost."

" Yes, I agree." Shunsui turned a corner " Sector 30! We're on the other side of the building!"

" Well maybe he can help us." Ukitake pointed to a young man with shaggy black hair and black eyes. " Excuse us." He called " We're lost, can you point us to Colonel Roy Mustang's office?"

" I am Colonel Roy Mustang. What do you want?" He looked at their Captain's uniforms

" I can tell your from the Soul Society. What business do you have here?"

" We're here under orders from Captain-commander Yamamoto to protect and help a mister Edward Elric." Shunsui said.

" Ed? He's not here right now, but he should be reporting in soon. Follow me." Colonel Mustang lead them down the hall. When they walked into sector 22, they saw a man with slicked back black hair and glasses.

" Hey, Hughes." Mustang said.

" Hey, Roy!" The man, Hughes, turned to Shunsui and Ukitake. " Who are these two?"

" They're from the Soul Society. This is… uh…"

" We never told you our names, how rude of us." Ukitake smiled " I am captain Jushiro Ukitake of the thirteenth division. My friend here is captain Shunsui Kyoraku of the eighth division. Nice to meet you."

" Nice to meet you to. Oh! I want to show you something!" Hughes dug in his pocket and Mustang let out a quiet groan. " Look at my daughter! Isn't she adorable? She's turning three soon!" Shunsui and Ukiake were surprised, but reacted well to the onslaught. After about thirty pictures, Mustang had enough.

" Alright Hughes, enough, go back to work." Mustang ordered

" Aww, but I haven't shown them pictures of my wife yet!"

" Hughes." He pointed to an empty office with a small pile of paperwork on the desk " Work. Now."

" Alright. Party pooper." He mumbled and slunk towards his office.

" Sorry about that. He's a little bit… family oriented, I guess is the nice way of putting it."

" Don't apologize." Ukitake said " I think he's nice." Mustang shrugged and continued leading them down the corridor.

Sorry readers, but I'm going to stop it here. If I continued for as much as I wanted to write, this chapter would be really, really long.

Ed: So, are you going to do your own plot or what?

For the most part, it's going to follow the Brotherhood anime plot, but with Jushiro and Shunsui edited in. Not the entire episode or episodes though, just the parts with them in it. But around, oh, say, the time Ling becomes Greedling the plot turns into my own. But there will be tiny clues that the Espada are working with the Homunculi and screwing up things.

Ichigo: I have a couple questions. Why does Mustang know what the Soul Society is, why can this Hughes guy see them, and when do I come into the story?

Oh, this will be fun. Mustang knows what the Soul Society is because alchemists have high reiatsu and-

Jushiro: You mean reiryoko? Sorry for correcting you.

Yes, reiryoko. Thank you Jushiro, it's okay. And learn about the Soul Society along with the gate of truth. Hughes can see them because it's easier for the plot to progress and be written. I'm not sure when I'll add you to the story, but I want you to be in Gluttony's stomach with Ed, Ling and Envy. So sometime around the time Ed and Al meet Ling, I guess.

Ichigo: *sigh* Best answer I can get, I suppose.

Tell them to review.

Ichigo: Alright. *takes script* Review, every time you do, Ed gets closer to being taller.

Ed: Really?

Yes, it's called 'aging'.

Ed:…Oh.