I'm sorry! I'm sorry this took so long. I had Writer's Block for a while.
Ichigo: Are you sure you're not just lazy?
That also probably has something to do with it.
Ed: *looks back at previous chapter* Lot of dialogue there, Peace.
Yeah, I know. Disclaimer, I'm not Japanese nor can I draw a good picture to save my life, so I own neither FMA or Bleach.
" Looks like you underestimated your opponent, Fullmetal." Mustang said
" Who is this guy anyway, and who are these two?" Edward said, gesturing to Ukitake and Shunsui
" You'd know about the alchemist if you had listened to the briefing, but noo you gotta charge right in-"
" Yeah, yeah, I got it already! I'm sorry, okay? Whatever." Mustang smirked while Ukitake and Shunsui tried to hide their smiles.
" Next time a superior tells you to do something, you might just try it. The one with white hair is Jushiro Ukitake and pinky over there is Shunsui Kyoraku." Mustang said. Shunsui faked a hurt look while Ukitake tried to hide his smiling and chuckling. Edward muttered something under his breath and nodded to Ukitake and Shunsui." The alchemist's name is Isaac Mcdougal, or as he was known back in the day Isaac the Freezer. He's a former state alchemist."
" Former?" Ed asked
" That's right. He served in the Ishvalen war. During that time, he gave us no signs he had turned traitor. But after, he immediately resigned his commission and went into hiding. He's been working with the Anti Establishment Group ever since. Taking him into custody is a matter of top priority, whether it's dead or alive, that's up to him." Mustang stated
" No way, I'm not killing anyone for you." Ed mumbled
' He's determined not to kill, sounds like a good kid.' Ukitake thought
" And that's your choice," Mustang replied " Your orders are simply to help us contain him. That's all." They stared at each other for a few seconds before Mustang spoke up.
" Off topic, have you turned up any leads for getting your bodies back to normal." Ed's once passive expression turned murderous
" Maybe if you ever gave us time to look!" He shouted. The door flung open as soon as he finished.
" Roy! Good to see you again! I heard they put you in charge of catching the Freezer, huh?" Hughes yelled happily. Mustang twitched. " One hell of a nasty assignment, but hey, could be your chance to earn that promotion to central!"
" I thought we were in Central?" Shunsui whispered.
" We are," Ukitake whispered back " I guess he's not permanently stationed here."
" So, what about you two?"
" Huh?"
" Do you have a place to stay tonight?" Hughes repeated the question
" Yeah," Ukitake said waving his hand " we booked a place early. Last time we didn't we spent a night in the rain."
" Without any sake, I might add. Worst night of my life…" Shunsui muttered. Hughes left with the Elrics and the two senior captains walked to their hotel.
" So, what do you think? Think this freezer dude is working for Aizen?" Shunsui asked
" I'm not sure. He doesn't have a set pattern like most serial killers, the reasonable thing for someone working for Aizen would be to kill alchemists, right? This guy's just going after normal soldiers." Ukitake replied and put their bags down. He rubbed his eyes " This is giving me a headache. I'm going to bed. You?"
" Nah, I'm going to see if they have anything to drink."
" Don't get too drunk!" Ukitake yelled ' Why did I say that? He wont listen and I'll have to drag his drunken ass all over tomorrow.' Ukitake laid down on one of the queen beds in the room and fell asleep almost immediately.
Ukitake woke up to a fierce knocking on the door. He looked outside and saw the sun had just risen. ' I wonder who it could be?' he thought. He got up and opened the door to a middle aged lady with reddish brown hair and brown eyes.
" Hello." Ukitake said. The woman pointed her thumb over her shoulder
" Your friend has been at my bar since ten-thirty. He wont get up no matter what I do." Ukitake smiled
" Sorry about that. I'll get him." the woman moved out of his way and he walked downstairs.
When Ukitake went into the bar, the first thing he saw was his friend; half on the counter, half on the floor. Ukitake sighed and started shaking his friend.
" Shunsui, wake up. I told you not to drink so much." Shunsui only rolled completely onto the floor. Ukitake sighed and turned to the woman. " Got a bucket of cold water?" he asked. The woman nodded and went to the back of the bar. When she came out, she had a bucket of cold water in her hands. Ukitake took it and dumped it all over his friend. Shunsui jumped up immediately and started yelling gibberish.
" It wasn't me! I finished all my paperwork! Please don't hurt me!" he saw his friend doubled over with laughter and returned his arms to their normal positions. " Um, how long have you been standing there?"
" I… had to… wake you up, you… passed out." Ukitake gasped trying to contain his laughter.
" Sorry about that, lets go." They left for Central Command.
" Can I get a medic? Hurry!" A soldier shouted. Ed, Al, Shunsui and Ukitake all stood by the body that lay against one f the apartment complexes.
" Looks like a steam explosion; raise the temperature of water fast enough it explodes with the force of a bomb. And the human body is seventy percent water. Let's find him. We have to before he hurts anyone else." Ed said walking off. Al, Shunsui and Ukitake followed. Suddeny, they heard an explosion. Ukitake and Shunsui grabbed their zampaktos and looked to see it was close to where they were. They rushed down the alley to see Major Armstrong.
" Major!" Al shouted. Mcdougal threw a canteen of water that turned to steam. Shunsui and Ukitake dove behind a building while Al grabbed Ed.
" Water from his canteen, huh?" Ed asked " Thanks for the quick save, Al"
" Let's go, he's getting away!"
" Come then, after me Elric brothers and friends." Shunsui and Ukitake followed after them.
Mcdougal ran into an alleyway. " Should we get him?" Ukitake asked, raising his sword.
" No," Ed responded " I want to see what he's doing." Mcdougal ran to a pile of rubble and began clearing it away. He uncovered a transmutation circle and sighed in relief " Good, it's still here."
" Stop right there!" Ed yelled, coming out of hiding " I was wondering what you were doing in this alley, so I came back to check it out. And bingo!" Mcdougal laughed. Al and Ukitake jumped out at the opposite end.
" There's no where to run this time!" Al yelled
" Clearly," Mcdougal said coldly " but who's running?" the transmutation circle began to glow. Ed, Al and Ukitake stared as it set off a chain reaction, causing other transmutation circles to glow.
" What is this…?" Ukitake asked
" That kind of reaction, at this scale," Ed said
" Impossible," Al said " Unless, you don't think he's…" Al's sentence drifted off.
" A philosopher's stone!" Ed yelled. Cold wind and frost started to blow past them. " He's freezing all the moisture in the air."
" Edward Elric," Mcdougal said " You've sworn your life to the state as a dog of the military. But, do you really know the ones you serve or what their true plans are?"
" Who cares! It's not my problem." Ed replied
" Don't be a fool!" Mcdougal shouted " He'll lead us all to ruin, I'm only doing what needs to be done!"
" I told you, I don't care!" Al and Ukitake jumped over the wall of ice. Al attacked Mcdougal and sent him flying against the rail. " Alright, nice work Al!"
" Brother, we still have to stop his alchemy!" Al yelled
" I know," Ed stepped towards Mcdougal " so where is it? You have a philosopher's stone!"
" What are you talking about?"
" I wont ask again, where is it?" Ed yelled
" And what are you going to do about it? You're out of your league!" A giant wall of ice formed behind him. Mcdougal grabbed the rail as it was being lifted by the wall of ice. Ed, Al and Ukitake jumped back and started running.
" Stand back, and prepare for a display of Armstrong alchemy!" Armstrong yelled
" He's all yours major!" Ed yelled as they ran past him.
" Witness the art that has been passed down the Armstrong family line for generations!" Armstrong punched the ground before the ice wall, but it turned suddenly. " That's unexpected-"
" What the heck are you doing! You're making it worse!" Ed shouted
" Well I-" A large explosion interrupted him and sent them stumbling. They watched as the wall of ice grew and merged.
" The ice walls!"
" They're merging." Ukitake turned to Armstrong.
" Where's Shunsui?" he asked
" I sent him to investigate one of the alleyways Mcdougal was seen in." Suddenly Shunsui appeared at the top of a building.
" Just what the hell is going on!" He shouted
" Mcdougal activated a bunch of transmutation circles!" Ed yelled back " See if you can destroy them, or at the very least slow their progress!"
" I'm going too." Ukitake said
"Alright, Armstrong, can you handle them too?"
" Consider them erased, I'm on it." Ed and Al raced down the street.
" Shunsui and I will take the transmutation circles on the east side, you take the west." Ukitake said
" Right," Armstrong replied and rushed off.
" Let's go!" Ukitake said and ran off to find the nearest circle. He and Shunsui reached one in an alley, but it was covered in ice.
" I'll go look for more and start destroying them." Shunsui said
" Alright," Ukitake agreed " be careful." Shunsui nodded and ran off. Ukitake drew his sword and shoved in into the ice. He pushed down and a sizable chunk broke off. However, it just grew back.
" What!" Ukitake yelled " Dammit, Shakkaho 31!" Ukitake fired a kido spell at the ice, destroying it. He leaped forward with his sword and slashed the pavement, breaking the circle. Ukitake raced off to find another one and disposed of it the same way.
" Alright, I think that's all." Ukitake muttered. He used shunpo to get to where Mustang and Armstrong were. " You got the last ones?" He asked. They nodded. Shunsui appeared besides Ukitake. " Then we're done." He said.
" Let's go back to HQ." Mustang said, leading the way.
" So, you two are under orders to help and protect me?" Ed asked.
Ukitake nodded " That's right."
" Alright, man, it's too bad he didn't have a philosopher's stone." Ed complained laying back a little in his hospital bed. The door opened and they looked over to Armstrong, who was standing in the doorway holding a bouquet of roses.
" Greetings Edward Elric, when I heard you were in the hospital, I DASHED RIGHT OVER!" He yelled. Ed, Al, Ukitake and Shunsui all cowered in fear and horror. " And as I suspected, you're in need of my assistance." He tore off his shirt and they all screamed. " You need the example of a perfect physical specimen to inspire your recovery! See? You're looking livelier already!"
" WILL YOU GET OUT!" Ed screamed
I HAVE FINISHED THIS CHAPTER!
Ed: Took you long enough. And what the hell is up with all the dialogue?
Oh, shut up. I wrote six pages of this. Six!
Ichigo: How long is it going to take for the next chapter?
I already got a little bit figured out, so it shouldn't be too long. Review, I need inspiration. Please tell me if you like it. If you favorite or set it on story alert, please review. I'd have quite a few if you do that. Also, I hope I got the kido spell right. Damn pain in the ass kido attacks.