Chapter 3-Brothers in Arms: Part 1 Chapter 3-Brothers in Arms: Part 1

Alphonse and Edward were by a lush green hillside, just the two of them. Edward looked at Al and smiled. Al smiled back.

"Alphonse, I've been meaning to tell you something…" Ed said quietly.

"Yes, what is it, brother?"

"I—I love you… I love you, Alphonse…" Edward said, blushing.

"Really?" Al asked, puzzled. "B—Because I love you, too…"

The two started hugging, cherry blossoms filling the ground.

EEWWW!! WAKE UP!! THIS IS A DREAM; WAKE UP!!

Al awoke with a start, his heart thumping like mad. He tried looking around, but his vision was still fuzzy. He could make out something like a small table beside him, and he was lying down on a bed. It looked as though he was in a hospital.

He blinked thrice.

His vision started to get clearer. He could see that he was in a hospital. He looked to his right and saw Edward and Winry, sleeping on a small leather bench by the wall. Al shuddered. Eww, he thought. How could he have dreamt a dream like that? And more importantly, why was he in the hospital? He tried to remember.

The four Homunculi were there, right in front of them all. They all had evil sneers on their faces that made Al get Goosebumps all over. The past seven Homunculi were scary enough: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Pride, and Sloth; the "seven deadly friends".

And now, their race had come to terrorize the world once more.

"Think fast!" Kakashi suddenly said.

Al snapped back to his senses just in time to dodge a small yet sharp piece of metal headed for him.

He looked back up to see the girls jump around to dodge more tiny projectiles being flung at them. He looked at the Homunculi and saw one of them throwing them up while another was using some sort of wind force to push them forward. He dodged two more, and then took out his transmutation gloves. He clasped his hands together and was about to utilize a mannequin from one of the stores, but before he could do it, a bolt of lightning struck the figure, sending all the bits and pieces flying about.

Al called to Winry and Roze and told them to get out of the "battlefield". The two did as they were told. He then transmuted a giant wall from the pavement and let the ninjas do the long range fighting.

Suddenly, the fourth of the Homunculi jumped behind him and grabbed his shirtsleeve.

"Don't even think about using alchemy, twit!" she threatened. "Otherwise…"

She ripped apart Al's sleeve.

"It'll be your torso I'm gonna shred!"

Al wanted to fight back, but he couldn't. He was amazed at the strength of the Homunculus, considering how young she looked compared to Al. She looked like she was about thirteen, two years younger than him and Ed.

Just then, a lone kunai zipped through the air, landing on the wall just centimeters from the Homunculus' arm.

"What the…?"

Al looked to his left and saw Neji, Sasuke, and Naruto. Behind them (Though barely visible due to his lack of proper height/stunted lengthwise growth/physical height handicap) was Edward.

"Al!" he called. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, brother!" he replied.

"Alright." said Neji. Let us handle her. You two brothers better get going and fight the other two!!

"'Kay!" Al replied.

Soon, Naruto and the others were left to fight the fourth Homunculus and Ed and Al started fighting the two more. Al couldn't help but feel strange all of a sudden, considering that he 'kinda remembered that there were four of them that appeared. He and Ed helped the girls fight the twin Homunculi, and they finally had them all cornered, when suddenly…

"Hey! Stupid Humans!!" someone called from behind.

Edward turned around to see another one of the Homunculi; similar to the twin boys they were fighting.

"My name is Rage." The lone one said. "And we're going to have a little fun with you."

We? Ed thought. He turned round once again to resume his fight with the three other—

The three others. They were gone.