Last time, Sora and the Elric Brothers finally come face to face with the leader of the Golems, Crimson, the Heartless King. He came to inform them that he was not the one responsible for Bald's rise to power, there is actually another person out there that could use the Golems. But they had no time to question Crimson since Bald had Hawkeye as a hostage. So to gain their trust, Crimson offered them a Golem dog called the Rabid Dog to track the sent of Bald.
Along with Donald, and Goofy, Sora and the Elrics follow the Golem dog while Hughes headed for the train station to try and find Bald. Meanwhile, Mustang goes off to take care of Bald's demand...
However, as the heroes followed the dog, they noticed a strange red emblem shaped like a heart with the letter 'X' on it, on the Golem's forehead. The Rabid Dog was now under the control of the second Golem master. It then called upon several more Rabid Dogs to attack the group. Surprisingly, it attacked Sora's right hand, due to the fact that he uses that hand for the Keyblade. Sora then remembered shaking Xehanort's hand earlier, and suspected that the strange alchemist may be responsible.
Just when things looked their blackest, a powerful ice spell encased the Golem dogs in cubes of ice. The one who cast the spell was an old friend of the Elrics, as well as an old teacher of Donald, Merlin the wizard. The kindly wizard was told about the predicament, so he cast a spell that could help Sora and the Elrics track down Bald, just by tracking his wet footprints(and ONLY his wet footprints)
Little did they know that they were being followed by the hooded girl Sora met earlier...
Warning: Kingdom Hearts and Fullmetal Alchemist are both licensed by Square-Enix. The secondary licenses for both franchises are Disney (Kingdom Hearts), Aniplex, Bones Inc., and Funimation (Fullmetal Alchemist).
PS: There will be spoilers.
Fullmetal Kingdom: The Fanfic
Chapter 37: The Stealth Sneak
As Sora, Donald, Goofy, and the Elric Brothers followed the glowing footprints, Sora had to ask, "So Ed, it doesn't bother you that Merlin uses magic instead of alchemy?" Ed replied, "Well, naturally I'd prove the whole sorcerer thing to be completely fake. But the geezer's been good to me and Al for sometime. I'd hate to give the old coot a heart attack."
Sora smiled and said, "Yeah, I can understand that. Besides, after someone treats you nice while being dedicated to something that you don't naturally agree with, it would be wrong to point at him and laugh." Sora looked away for a minute, and remembered something, something he had to ask Ed, "So...Edward, did you hear anything about Lior?"
Ed was confused by the question, "No, I haven't heard anything. Why are you bringing that up all of a sudden? (snicker) Your worried about Rose, aren't you?" Sora replied, "Uh, ah, n-n-no, I was just wondering, that's all. If there's nothing going on in Lior, that's fine." As the party ran, Sora couldn't help but remember the conversation he overheard in Xenotime...
It's hard to believe Father Cornello's supporters would just come back to him like that!
They are Ishbalins, they'll do anything for their supposed God.
I heard that a girl with funny looking hair was trying to stop the conflict.
She doesn't have much support, but she seems pretty sure of herself.
She won't stand a chance though, it's only a matter of time until she cracks under the pressure.
That conversation filled Sora's head with guilt and fear ever since, but since he was currently on the lookout for Bald, he decided to put the thought of going to Lior on hold, and so he kept moving. But Ed still felt suspicious, so he asked, "There is something going on in Lior, is there?" Sora replied, "I just wanted to know whether or not Cornello was rising back to power. And since you told me there wasn't any news, then I don't have to worry." But Ed asked, "You know something, don't you?" Sora shook his head, "I don't know anything, OK? I was just curious, that's all!"
"Your lying!"
"Am not!"
"Are to! I can see it in those big eyes of yours!"
"It's just your imagination!"
"Is not!"
"Is to!"
"Quit lying to me like I'm an idiot!"
"YOUR THE IDIOT, SHORT STUFF!"
"WHO-YA-CALLIN-A-MIGITIZED-BUG-EATING-TRASH-OF-A-!"
"GUYS, WHATCH OUT!"
(SMACK)
As Alphonse, Donald, and Goofy called out to them, Sora and Ed unexpectedly bashed their heads against a brick wall. "Somewhere, out there, I know someone's laughing and saying 'DERN IDJITS'!" Sora said as he held his head in pain. Ed leaned against a wall and said, "Pain, my old enemy. And to think, I encountered you in almost every adventure. YOUR JUST ENJOYING THE VIEW, AREN'T YOU GOD!"
Goofy then noticed the glowing footprints were starting to blink, "You guys, we don't have any time left! We have to find Miss Hawkeye before the footprints stop glowing!" Sora and Edward then noticed the same thing, so Sora replied, "I guess we can't stand here and argue anymore, time to get ba-!" Just then, a massive force of strength bashed Sora into a wall!
Ed transmutes a spear from the ground and said to Al and the Genomes, "IT'S BALD'S INVISIBLE PET, THE STEALTH SNEAK!" Al then noticed a glimmer in the air coming towards Ed, "Brother!" Al ran towards, and pushed his brother aside, taking the damage in Ed's place!
"ALPHONSE!"
Donald rushed to Sora's side and asked, "Sora, are you OK?" Sora replied, "...I can...barely move..." Donald looked at Goofy and said, "Goofy, you help the tin man, I'll do what I can with Sora." Goofy gave a salute to Donald and rushed to Alphonse's side. But as he did, he heard something coming from above, so he lept forward, dodging the Stealth Sneak's massive attack! "Gotcha!" Ed said as the invisible creature missed Goofy. He thrusts his spear, hoping to skewer the monster, and then, a shriek came out, as it was screaming in pain, the Golem's invisible skin started to glow!
Ed backed away and saw the creature's form revealed as a large chameleon with alchemic tatoos all over it's body, it had ape-like arms with cat-like claws, long frog legs, a curled up tail, and a large rhinoceros horn on the tip of it's nose. As the Stealth Sneak grabbed the spear stuck in it's arm, Ed smiled and said, "Aww, what's the matter, Emperor lost his new clothes? Now that we can see you, there's no way you can stealthily sneak past-!"
Before Ed could finish, the large lizard took out the spear and threw it at Ed's automail arm! "Damn it!" Ed said as he jumped out of the way. But just as he stopped rolling, The Stealth Sneak used it's tail to grab Ed's leg, and fling Ed across the air! While watching, Al tried to get up, but to his surprise, he finds his iron body parts scattered across the area. Then he saw Goofy running towards him with his left leg, "Don't worry Alphonse, I'll fix ya up in no time!" Goofy jams the leg back into Al, then he runs towards one of Al's arms and repeats the process.
While Al was getting fixed up, Donald pulled out a bottle of Potion for Sora to drink. Donald then explained, "Since you've been banged up pretty badly, desperate times requires us to take drastic measures. Sora, this is a Potion I've been experimenting with for a while, it rejuvenates the body and restores it in the process. Drinking this will heal you completely." Sora asked, "What...kind of Potion is it?" Donald replied, "Well, I'm not good with making up names, so let's just call it, the Hi-Potion."
As his friends were recuperating, Ed used alchemy and brought out a large cannon, and aimed it for the Golem. As the Stealth Sneak ran at Ed, he said, "OK ya puss-eating salamander, I had my fill, BUT YOU CAN HAVE THE MAIN COURSE!" Ed then kicked the canon, firing it's cannonball at the Stealth Sneak, who received heavy damage from the blow, sending it straight through a wall!
Ed walked up towards the wall, checking to see if it was down for the count. But to his surprise, it was nowhere to be seen. Ed walked away slowly while keeping himself alert while looking around. Unbeknownst to Edward, the Stealth Sneak was invisible again while walking towards him silently. While it's eyes were glowing, It crept slowly towards the Fullmetal Alchemist, waiting for it's chance to strike. It raised it's hand in an attempt to swat Ed like a fly...
(BLAM, BLAM!)
Bullets came right through the Stealth Sneak, and the creature shot large blasts of light uncontrollably from it's eyes all around itself, destroying everything in it's path! Edward jumped out of the way, but when he stopped rolling, he found what seemed to be the blood of the Golem son his glove. Though the Stealth Sneak was still invisible, it's bullet wounds weren't.
Edward notices the creature looking around, distracted by it's pain and the need to search for the one who shot it. It was finally time for the Fullmetal Alchemist to take action. So he aimed his spear at the creature's bullet wounds and threw it! Edward's spear then went right through the monster, making it shriek out in pain.
But the creature wasn't through yet, and to make matters worse, it knew who threw the spear! The Stealth Sneak turned at Edward and shot out more blasts of light at him. Ed managed to dodge the onslaught, but the beast's tail quickly knocked him into a wall while he was busy dodging it's attacks!
Ed stood up from the attack, but his head was woozy from the attack. The Stealth Sneak saw Edward and ran right for him, with it's jaw opened wide! But just when the Golem was close enough to eat Ed, it felt it's tail getting jerked, something, or someone, was pulling it away from the Fullmetal Alchemist.
It was Alphonse who was pulling the Stealth Sneak away! Al then threw the Stealth Sneak across the air and tossed a piece of debris at it! As it fell, Goofy threw his shield at it, and it bruised and cut the creature 10 times! But even that wouldn't silence the monster, so as it resumed falling, the Stealth Sneak prepared another light blast from it's eyes at Al and Goofy, but it was interrupted by an intense from Sora, who sent it flying!
The Stealth Sneak finally fell to the ground, with a stable Ed ready for the finishing blow. But Donald stopped him and said, "You had your fun with 'greeny', now it's MY turn." Donald then pulled out a box of matches and said, "Hmph, glad I asked Havoc for these."Donald then lit one of the matches and brought the flame up to his staff, which brought out more ruins, but instead of blue ruins, they were red...
"FIRE, BURST OUT!"
As soon as Donald spoke, his wand blasts a large burst of flame at the Stealth Sneak! As the Stealth Sneak caught on fire, it shrieked out more until it fell to the ground, motionless. Donald nodded his head in pride, "Yup, NOW it's toast!" Al then said, "We can't waist any more time here! We have to find the second lieutenant before Bald kills her!" Ed then said, "Yeah, but...just to be safe..."
(stab)
Ed stabbed the Stealth Sneak, and it let out a large groan, then Ed stabbed it again, (stab) and another groan came out. And then, Ed used a strong thrust (stab) and finally killed the Golem monstrosity, who's groaned weakened. As the burnt creature fell to the hands of death, Sora came up to Ed and asked, "Ed, that thing was gonna fry." Ed nodded, "I know, I know, I was just making sure the giant chameleon was dead. You never know when it'll come back up again."
Sora then felt a nudge on his leg, he looked down to check and found a small stray dog, "RABID DOG!" Sora jumped into Al's arms in surprise, "DON'T LET IT EAT MY HAND!" Al shook Sora to snap him out of his surprise, "It's not a Rabid Dog, Sora, it's just a dog, a puppy to be exact."
Sora then jumped down and took a better look at the small canine. It was a small Shiba Inu puppy with black fur surrounding it's white fur. It walked up to Sora and sniffed his shoes, it then lept into Sora's arms and started licking his face. Sora's fears went away as he started laughing, "(chuckle) OK, OK, your a good dog, I get it."
Goofy smiled and said, "Gwarsh, Sora, I think he likes you." Sora picked the dog up from his face and placed him back on the ground, "Look, little fella, we'd like to give you a home and all, but we have to save a friend of ours, she's a nice lady who's been captured by a one-eyed creep that wants to hurt my other friends."
"Hang on, Sora!" Donald said as he walked up to the Golem carcase. Donald thought long and hard, and in a few seconds, he came up with an idea, "The dog seems to be talented in it's smelling capabilities...Sora, we're bringing the dog with us!" Ed aksed, "Look, duck, he's adorable, but we don't have a home for him."
"NOT THAT KND OF 'TAKE HIM WITH US' JIZ YA PEE-BRAINED PIPSQUEEK!"
"WHO-YA CALLIN A FLEA THAT PLAYS DRACULA AND STICKS IT'S TEETH INTO THE FLEA-BITTEN SKIN OF A DOG?"
Al asked, "So why do we need to bring him along?" Donald explained, "The puppy has a strong sense of smell! Don't you guys get it? We can use the dog to track down Bald and the Golems." Goofy patted Donald on the head, "That's a great idea Donald!" Ed pouted, "I could have come up with that stupid idea!"
Sora then petted the crying puppy and said, "Hey little guy, (Ed: "Who-ya-calling-" Donald: "SHUT-IT!") how about a deal? If you can use your nose to help us find the bad guys, then we'll help you find a nice home. Deal?" As Sora extended his hand, the puppy smiled and barked, then the dog put it's paw in Sora's hand, and the two shake their hands in agreement.
The little puppy walks towards the dead Stealth Sneak and starts smelling it, even though it smelled pretty bad. The puppy then started to track the sent, and so, the party followed in hot pursuit. But Ed couldn't help but wonder, "How could Sora talk to a dog and have it agree to help us?"
Meanwhile, inside the eastern train station, Bald was getting impatient while waiting for Mustang to arrive. He said to himself, "Something's up, I just know it. If I know Mustang, he'll be scheming again, he probably sent someone, or even the Fullmetal brat, to try and save the lady's hide." Bald turns toward Hawkeye and said, "If he does anything funny, don't think it'll just be you, I'll kill every damn person in this town!"
Just then, a deep and gruff voice was heard in the dark, "Getting impatient, Bald? That's not something I would allow, even from my most pig-headed follower."
Bald turned around and saw two figures stepping into the building. Hawkeye was surprised by the first person to enter, "C-colonel?" as Mustang walked towards Bald, he brought someone with him, a prisoner who had his arms placed inside special cuffs that restrain him from using alchemy.
Bald's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the man Mustang brought in, "That hair, those eyes, sir, is that you?" The prisoner replied, "...disappointing, Bald, truly disappointing. Have you really forgotten the face of your leader, Isaac McDougal, the Freezing Alchemist?"
End of Chapter 37
Next Chapter, Bald and Mustang make the trade, but one of them is in for a surprise...
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