Summary: DBZ/FMA X-over. Sequel to my Alchemy and Saiyans fic. Chi-Chi decides to have Gohan learn alchemy, so she sends him to Amestris.

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Vegeta appeared glaring in the doorway, dripping wet and holding the fifth Dragonball.

Bulma blinked. "Well, that solves that problem."

Chapter 21Dublith

Vegeta walked through the group, dropping the Dragonball in Ed's lap along the way, and left to find a towel.

Ed blinked at the 6-inch sphere that was slowly soaking his pants. (BK: And they're leather! Leather!)

"Okay, then, we now have two Dragonballs left, and one of them is moving," Bulma announced.

"Moving?" Al asked, confused.

"Yes. It's stayed in the general Central area, but it's definitely moving, which means someone is carrying it around with them. It'll be easiest to go after that last," the blue-haired genius explained.

"'Cause we'll probably have to fight for it, and that's rarely pleasant," Mirai chimed in.

"I disagree," Trunks interjected.

"You don't count," Bulma snapped.

Trunks pouted. Goten patted him on the back.

"Alright, so where's the stationary Dragonball?" Ed asked.

"Dublith, looks like," Bulma said, checking the Radar.

Ed and Al's eyes went wide. They looked at each other and shuddered.

Gohan blinked at them. "Something wrong?"

"…Kinda," Al replied in a tiny voice that sounded very strange coming from a 7-foot-tall suit of armor.

Vegeta looked over from where he was toweling off his hair. "Well, out with it."

Ed's eyes were still wide and his was trembling slightly. "…Our teacher lives there. She's kinda… violent."

Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "So?"

"So she usually beats us up every time we go there," Al finished with another shudder.

Bulma gave the two brothers a strange look. "That cannot be a healthy relationship."

"Oh, and yours and Dad's is?" Mirai interjected dryly.

"Quiet, you."

Ed sighed. "We might as well get it over with, she's gonna find out sometime. And hey, maybe she'll be glad enough that we're not after the Philosopher's Stone anymore that she won't beat us up too badly."

"Yeah, maybe," Al conceded, but not very hopefully.

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A few hours later found the DBZ crew staring at Ed, Al, and their teacher.

"YOU IDIOTS!" yelled Izumi Curtis, throwing Al into a wall.

Ed went deer-in-headlights even as his arm came up to block Izumi's kick. "Sensei, wait!"

"Don't call me Sensei! I expelled you, remember?!" Her second kick connected, sending Ed flying backwards.

"Yeah, but—" Ed started.

"Sensei, please!" Al pleaded, running back into the thick of things.

"If you two want more information about the Stone, you're gonna have to get it from somewhere else!"

The DBZ crew stared. (IWA: Even Vegeta! BK: Yeah, he's not used to women being this forceful.)

"She really is violent," Goten whispered.

"Uh-huh," Trunks agreed.

"WE'RE NOT AFTER THE STONE ANYMORE!!" Ed yelled.

Izumi paused and glared at them. "You're not?"

"No! We've found another way!" Al explained.

Izumi looked doubtful for a moment. Then blood started gushing out of her mouth. Sig hurried over with her medicine and got her into bed.

Ed and Al introduced the others, then started explaining about the Dragonballs."

"—so the sixth one is somewhere in Dublith and—"

"I've got it, actually," Izumi informed them.

The Elric brothers stared at her. "Eeh?"

"I found it in the mountains during my training and thought it would make a good memento."

"Great!" Ed exclaimed, ecstatic. (IWA: Alliteration! …And completely on accident, I assure you.) "So can we have it?"

"I didn't say that. I know you two are planning to wish yourselves normal, but do you know exactly how? The exact phrasing of your wishes, so you get what you want?"

"…No," Al replied.

"I didn't think so," their teacher said, crossing her arms. "Well, decide. The dragon gives three wishes, correct? Well, until you two figure out exactly what you're gonna say to that thing, you don't get this… Dragonball. Take as much time as you need."

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After dinner, Ed and Al started figuring out the phrasing of their wishes.

"So, three wishes…" Ed mused.

"And lots to ask for," Al sighed.

"Shenlong said we should 'gather the results' of our transmutation…"

"The homunculus," Al supplied, making a note on the sheet of paper in front of him.

"And undo the alchemy…" Ed continued. "That's a different transmutation circle entirely! We don't have time to figure that out!"

"We need the house, too," Al added.

"Eh?"

"The dragon said to go to the place the alchemy was performed. That's the house."

Ed groaned. "There's another wish."

"…Nii-san?"

"Yeah, Al?"

"Well, my body's just sitting at the gate, right?"

"…Yeah…" Ed said, not liking where this was going.

"…Does stuff… age there?" Al asked.

"Oh, crap. I didn't even think of that." Ed slammed his head into the table. "Rrrg, this is gonna take FOREVER."

"Let's see, we need the house, new circle, contained homunculus, and possibly my body aged…" Al listed, counting on his fingers.

Ed beat his head on the table repeatedly. His brain cells cried out in agony, but he ignored them.

"Hey, Goku, c'mere a second!" Al called.

Ed looked up. "Goku? What do we need Goku for?"

The resident Saiyan idiot stuck his head in the door, then floated the rest of the way in. "Yes?"

"I've got a question about wishes," Al told him.

"Yeah?"

"Can we get two things in one wish?"

"If they're phrased right and related," Goku confirmed.

"So… could we wish our house intact, with the reversed transmutation circle in place of the old one?" Al asked.

"Yeah, probably."

"Perfect. Thanks, Goku."

The Saiyan waved and floated out the door.

"Al, you're a genius," Ed gushed.

"So…" Al said, writing. "Wish one: the house back with the new circle. Then we wish the homunculus to be contained in the center of the circle, then undo the alchemy, and you transfer my soul. And if my body isn't aged, then we wish it to how old I should be."

"And if there's problems with the soul transfer, we'll wish that instead," Ed finished, excited. "Let's go see Sensei."

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And that's Chapter 21! Wow, can you believe it's gotten this long? When we started it, we didn't expect it to take off like this…