Of Cats, Spirits, and Palm Trees

A Fullmetal Alchemist/Digimon: Elemental Mages Crossover

by Bridgitkiido

Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist. I also don't own Digimon. Kima and Bridgit, however, are two of my Mages, so I own them.

Chapter 1

The rain poured down in buckets, causing all of the stray animals living in the streets of Central, Amestris to flee for shelter. Well, most of the animals that fled the rain lived in Central most of the time, anyway. The only exception was a little white kitten that hid in a rotting cardboard box.

But then, this particular white kitten was more than she appeared to be. The collar – a rainbow-colored band of knit wool with tiny orange gems scattered across the surface – was testimony to that. And Kima Kanara, currently transformed into her Crystamon form, was not your average cat or human.

She was also extraordinarily annoyed.

Kima wasn't exactly sure what had happened. All she knew was that she and her older sister had been looking at books in their library at home when Bridgit found something. Kima hadn't gotten to see what, however, as there had then been a bright flash of light. Next thing she knew, she was… here, wherever here was, in her Crystamon form for some reason, and had no ability to change back to her human form. Why? Because one of her key tiger-eye shards had disappeared.

So I'm stuck as a cat in the rain under this rotting cardboard box in a place I don't recognize, Kima thought miserably as she sunk to the ground. How could this day get any worse?

And then, the box gave way, exposing the young cat to the freezing rain. Ah, so that would be how it could get worse, she thought even more pathetically.

As it would so happen, however, she was not the only one to enter this particular alley that night. Fairly soon, she heard the clunking of steel coming into the area, and nothing short of a suit of armor entered carrying a grocery bag. The boy inside the armor murmured to himself, "I hope Nii-san likes what I got for dinner. He's probably going to yell at me for buying milk though. I'll just tell him Winry made me. After all, he needs the calcium."

Kima's ear twitched as she looked up, staring in awe at this suit of armor. She had never seen anyone actually wearing one before, let alone doing their grocery shopping in one.

That, of course, is when the armor noticed the kitten. He walked over quietly and muttered, "Aww, so cute! Are you lost, little kitty?" He picked Kima up, much to her amazement and only slight discomfort. "Let's get you out of the rain. I'm sure Nii-san will let you stay with us for tonight if you're good." He then proceeded to remove his helmet, and bringing Kima close to the opening, he prodded her in, saying, "Go on, jump in. It's nice and dry in there. Don't worry, I won't rust."

Kima didn't jump in at first. After all, she may have been a cat in body, but her mind was still that of a human, and what she saw would make any human jump. This boy in the suit of armor… had no human body inside the suit of armor!

She looked around inside quickly to see how exactly this could be. However, she managed to notice a small red circle-like pattern inside the back of the armor. If she looked at it just right, she could have sworn it was giving off at least some sort of aura.

I suppose that might explain things, Kima thought, recalling some of the research Bridgit had shown her. Well, it's better than being stuck in the rain, anyway. She leapt into the armor and found a comfortable spot. Although there was nothing inside the armor to warm the steel or anything, she felt comforting warmth from within.

"There you go, little kitty," the armor said happily as he placed his helmet back on. "Now, let's go home to where Nii-san is and get you something to eat."

Author's Note: -is frying pann'd- I know no one's probably going to read this…after all, it's a short first chapter, coupled with the fact that it has my mages in it… but if you do happen to read this, could you please leave me even a small review telling me what you think? (I'm going to try and keep most of the digimon stuff out of it!)