Vietvn: Second chapter of my second story:O lol. Well the story goes on and yea. It might be boring in the beginning but i promise u there will be more action and stuff that will happen cuz i got the whole plot worked out. lol so start reading!

Disclaimer: Do you actually think a person like me owns FMA and/or Bleach? No, i wish :P but i do own my OC's k?

Chapter Two: A Grave Encounter

When I woke up, I could faintly hear Kazumi's voice urging me to get up. When I actually decided to get up and rub the sleep out of my eyes, I felt the train was about to move again.

" Himiko! The train! You have to get off! " shouted Kazumi. I jumped quickly to my senses and immediately looked for the closest exit, which was the window. I slid the window up and clambered out of it and onto the station's platform just as the train began to pull away. I sighed in relief as Kazumi appeared beside me.

" Next time, try not to fall asleep on the train! You nearly missed our stop! " scowled Kazumi.

" It wasn't my fault that the train ride was so boring, sleeping was the only thing I could do! " I retorted. Kazumi sighed in defeat, not wanting to get into an arguement, especially in public.

" Alright, alright, whatever. But our goal here is to try to get to the assigned places as civilized as possible. "

" I know, I know...Now, where's the closest graveyard here... " I wondered out loud.

" It said that its near the country side of Risembool..."

" Ok...that was specific..." I said sarcastically, looking around the greenery of fields and hills and more fields and hills. I pulled out my cellphone(A/N: Like the one Rukia has) and recalled my last text message, ' A lingering soul of a mother is still near her grave and a hollow will likely attack her, go to her grave and stop it. ' " Huh...that's all it says about our assignment. Other than the fact that the grave is suppose to be in Risembool. "

" Well, we better start heading somewhere. And maybe help spirits along the way just in case the same hollow might attack them. " suggested Kazumi. I nodded in agreement and we headed torwards the nearest town and hopefully, find a place to rest for a while until night came. By then I can get out of my gigai form.

We followed a dirt road that went past farmland and crop fields and some houses on the hill. It was a peaceful town with nice people that carried on working a farm life. Usually I would imagine the human world to be more...industrialized then peaceful like this, where the grass were green and there were many fields instead of tall buildings. We passed by a cemetery, it was small but there were a handful of tombstones there. I felt strong spirit energy coming from it but I didn't sense a hollow anywhere. I made a mental note of where the cemetery was located and continued on walking. I soon ended up at a small house with the sign 'Rockbell Automail' in front of it.

' Automail? I wonder what that is...' I wondered to myself, I began to ponder on that until I settled the conclusion of it being a type of communication the humans have(A/N: Like mail that does the sending itself XD). I then caught sight of that boy and his armor cladded brother walking torwards the house. I stopped in my tracks and quickly hid behind a tree and peered out to see if they noticed me or not. I never would have thought of meeting those two again but I also never would have thought of how short the boy really was now that he was standing instead of sitting, maybe perhaps shorter than me and I'm pretty short for a gigai form of 15.

" It's been a while since we visited Winry eh Al? "

" Yeah, it has been. Mustang was nice enough to give us a week without assignments. "

" That means we can continue researching the Philosopher's stone but right now, it's time for a yearly check up for my automail. Gotta see if anything needs maintenance. " They both walked up the steps of the patio and knocked on the door. They waited until after a while, a small, old lady answered it and let them in. I stepped out from behind the tree and still pondered in my head what 'automail' was, again.

" Humans have such a strange way in life. "

" Yes, indeed..." agreed Kazumi, " So...what are we going to do for the time being? " I was about to reply to, ' climb a tree and take a nap ' but was interrupted when I sensed a hollow and to confirm my thoughts, there was a deep roar.

" There's a hollow nearby! "

" Yes there is, I think its over near those old swing sets across that field. "

" Alright. " I got out of my gigai form and was now dressed in the Soul Reaper uniform with my zanpakuto strapped to my waist. I ran torwards the place where Kazumi had told me with her by my side. When we got there, we saw a spirit of a young girl being chased by a hollow which looked like a giant half lizard half snake thing with a mask for a face and it was crawling to chase the girl.

" No matter how many times I see hollows, it just amazes me how uglier they get. " I said before pulling out my zanpakuto which was named 'Crimson Moon Butterfly.' You might have guessed, Kazumi is indeed my zanpakuto spirit.

" Crimson Moon Butterfly, light my way torwards the moon! " My zanpakuto was now in it's initial release form and Kazumi was in the sword. The blade is slender(A/N: Like Rukia's) with a butterfly design carved into the blade(A/N: Which is like the butterfly in her pic, you know the one on the hilt of her sword she's holding) near the tsuba which was black with small, silver butterflies around(A/N: The image is on my authors page with all these other links and the hilt is crimson red(A/N: Her initial release sword looks like a katana with those features in it but when its not it looks exactly like the one in her picture. Oh and those italic words are her command to release her intial form) with a red ribbon just above the pommel. I charged torwards the hollow and sliced one of its front legs, that brought some time for the girl spirit to get behind me.

The hollow roared in pain as its blood spewed everywhere and it soon retreated back. It was gone, at least for now. I turned torwards the spirit of the small girl who had been watching the whole time in awe.

" You ok? " The girl looked at me puzzled but nodded her head, " Well then, you better pass on before you get turned into a hollow. " I said before pressing the bottom of my hilt on the girl's forehead. The small seal appeared and there was a bright light briefly shone under the girl as she sank down to the ground. The light stopped and in the girl's spirit place there was a butterfly fluttering away. I sighed and my zanpakuto reverted back to its original state and I sheathed it. The area around the swing set was a bit trampled and looked pretty much destroyed but hopefully no one will notice.

" Hey! " called a voice as I nearly jumped in surprise. Guess all the noise had attracted some attention considering this place was awfully quiet. I turned my head side ways to see the same blonde boy and the suit of armor running torwards me. Knowing they couldn't see me, I walked away and disappeared from their sight(A/N: Its sort of like the first time Ichigo met Rukia in the city and she just walked away and everything went back to normal...Like the background wasnt hazy and spirit like)

Ed's POV

We finally made it to the area where we heard all the noises but before we could reach there, I caught sight of a girl dressed in black with a sword strapped to her side.

" Hey! " I called out.

" Brother! Wait for me! " The girl turned her head to look at me but then walked away, ignoring us and she magically disappeared after passing a tree. I stopped and looked around the place, it was almost completely destroyed as if a stampede of bulls came through here. Al stopped beside me, also surveying the area.

" What happened here? "

" I don't know Al but I'm certain that it wasn't like this before we came. I remember correctly it's just a plain open field with green grass and an old swing set but now...it's like something blew up here. "

" You're right but what could it be? " I placed my finger under my chin, trying to make sense of anything here but nothing came into my mind that would be possible. Then it came to me; that mysterious girl.

" Hey Al? "

" Yes brother? "

" When we were running here, did you catch sight of a girl dressed in black? "

" Uhh...no...I didn't see anyone here... Why? " I thought it was strange that Al didn't see her but then I thought otherwise that he was too far behind to catch a glimpse before she disappeared.

" It's just that...I definately saw someone here... " I trailed off, maybe my mind was playing tricks on me. Or maybe we've been away from Risembool for so long we haven't noticed the changes until now. Knowing that I'll probably not meet the girl again, I decided to shrug the matter off, well at least for now.

" Ahh...nevermind. Let's just walk it off, wait til its dark, head back to Winry's, spend the night and then head back to Central again to research the Philosopher's stone again. "

" Yeah, ok. " I began to walk away from the area and down the dirt path, retracing memories of my childhood here. How everything used to be so simple before any of this happened but I'm determined to make it all right again. It's the least I could do, especially for Al.

Back to Himiko's POV

" Ah geez, the damn thing got away..."

" Which means you are, once again, bored. " completed Kazumi as she 'walked' beside me down the dirt path, well the only good thing was that I was out of my gigai form. I stopped at a big oak tree on the side of the road where I left my limp 'body' and climbed up on it's branches. I rested my back on the trunk while stretching my legs out along the length of the branch. Kazumi floated beside me, watching me boredly.

" Don't tell me you're going to sleep til its dark...you know that hollow can appear again and perhaps devour another lingering spirit. "

" I know but its targeting that particular spirit, what's so special about it anyways? "

" Maybe it possesses some sort of special spiritual energy... " I huffed, I don't want to know but all I know is that I'm going to die from boredom if that thing doesn't appear again so I can kill it and be on my way. I shut my eyes but not before hearing Kazumi sigh and disappear.

Time Skip! X)

I woke up once again to find my surroundings illuminated by the moonlight. Which means its dark, which means the hollow will appear, which means I get some action now, finally! I stretched my legs and arms before jumping down from the tree, landing gracefully on the ground.

" Kazumi? "

" What? " Said spirit who had just appeared by my side. I stretched my arms again and cracked my wrist joint to get a more relax feeling instead of a stiff one. I looked from each side of the dirt road, all is quiet and the small houses around me were all dark. That's good because now it wouldn't attract a lot of attention if I find the hollow.

" C'mon, we better head to the cemetery we saw earlier. " I said before walking off in the direction of it. Kazumi nodded and proceeded to follow me. We soon reached there, I briefly caught a glimpse of a spirit of a woman. I figured it was the spirit that was in my text message that I got, she was fairly young and had long brown hair tied in a low ponytail that was resting on the right side of her shoulder. She was dressed in a simple lilac coloured dress with a white apron tied in front. I walked torwards the spirit with Kazumi still by my side.

" Spirit, why do you still linger near your grave? " I said in a stern voice. The woman looked up, startled and surprised at me and Kazumi.

" Y-You can see me? " she asked, her voice was of a mother; soft, sweet and caring. I nodded and walked torwards her, ready to draw out my zanpakuto to send her to the Soul Society but she interrupted me.

" Wait! Please, don't. I'm not ready to go to the underworld..."

" You needn't worry, your soul will be able to rest peacefully in a much promising place; the Soul Society. It is my duty as a Soul Reaper to send your soul to where it is best. " I said.

" But...I just want to see them...just one last time. " she replied, her voice lowered to barely a whisper. I eyed her carefully, usually if a spirit continues to linger here on earth it means that they had 'unfinished business' here, a grudge or something that is preventing them from passing on. And usually Soul Reapers such as myself wouldn't care if the spirit wanted something done or not before they pass on since it's our duty to prevent wholes from turning into hollows. But something about this women just made me think otherwise, I let got of the hilt on my zanpakuto and asked cautiously.

" You are a mother before you died, what is it that you want and what is your name? "

" I want to see my sons again...and my name is Trisha Elric. "

Dun Dun Duuuunnnnn!!!! It's Ed and Al's mom:O wht will happen next? R&R to find out :P