Last time, Sora awoke from a hellish nightmare and was greeted by Lust, the strange woman who tried to kill him in Lior. After introducing herself with the false name, 'Solaris', Lust mocked Sora for chasing after his Y. O. U. T. H. friends, saying that he was better off forgetting about them since they were soulless puppets and they wouldn't care if he lived or died. The woman's harsh words pushed Sora to the limit of despair, and Lust left him with some advice, to stay with Ed and not to go off after the assassins.

But misery left Sora's mind when his friends, Donald, Goofy, and Alphonse greeted him. As his friends celebrated his return, Al noticed some flowers left by 'K'. Al hid the letter with her name so Sora wouldn't find out who the stranger was...

Sora then asked what Ed was doing, Al replied that today, the Fullmetal was going to fight the Flame, Roy Mustang himself. Infuriated by Ed's sudden challenge, Sora rushed to see the battle.

Meanwhile, Al noticed someone watching Sora as he ran to the Eastern Military HQ, so Al trailed the stranger in hot pursuit. Al finally caught up with the stranger, who was actually the same person who shot Ed and fought Sora in the train station two days ago. It was the hooded girl who claimed to be Sora's childhood friend. Al asked who she was, and the hooded girl revealed herself as a red-haired girl named 'Kairi'...

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 53: It was a Snap

Sora finally arrived at the fairgrounds, where Edward was about to match his alchemic skills against his boss. Ms. Douglas headed for the fuhrer's side while Fuery walked to the side of his fellow soldiers, Breda and Havok. Fuery asked, "What did I miss?" Havok replied, "The Lieutenant Colonel got his head mashed in by a banner he made of his own 3 year old daughter." Fuery wined, "UGH, I ALWAYS MISS THOSE THINGS!"

As Sora went into the ring and looked for Ed, a bandaged Hughes grabbed his microphone and said, "AND NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER DISTRACTION, WE GO DIRECTLY TO THE DAY'S MAIN EVENT! IN THE RED CORNER, THE FLAME ALCHEMIST AND HERO OF THE EASTERN REBBELION, GIVE IT UP FOR COLONEL ROY MUSTANG!" When Sora heard the colonel's name, he turned around and saw Mustang enter the ring...while being yelled at by random soldiers.

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"YOU JUST WANT A PROMOTION!"

"GIVE ME BACK MY GIRLFRIEND!"

Mustang wore a heavy frown on his face while thinking, Jealous little bastards... As he walked, he saw Sora rushing towards him. Sora finally stopped in front of Mustang and as he was catching his breath, he asked, "Colonel sir! What's going on here?" Mustang smiled and said, "Glad to see your still alive and well Sora, but I've got a troll to torch." As his superior passed him, Sora asked Hawkeye, "Uh, First Lieutenant, why is Ed fighting the colonel?" Hawkeye replied, "Perhaps you should ask him yourself. And anyway, shouldn't you be in the hospital?" Sora couldn't answer, instead, he smiled awkwardly and walked away...

"AND IN THE BLUE CORNER, THE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST AND LIVING LEGEND OF THE PEOPLE, LET'S HEAR IT FOR EDWARD ELRIC!"

Sora looked around the area, but he couldn't see Ed, not even a single blond cowlick of the Fullmetal.

"WHAT? WHERE, I DON'T SEE HIM!"

Ed then came into the ring, where the insults started piling up on him.

"WORKING GRADESCHOOL'S MORE LIKE IT!"

"GOOD LUCK, BEANSPROUT!"

Sora successfully grabbed Ed before he could lash out at the person who mocked him, "DON'T CALL ME SMALL! I'LL BREAK DOWN YOUR FEET 'N' STICK-EM ON YER HEAD!" Sora placed the angry alchemist down and asked, "I knew you were a short fuse, but I never imagined you'd blow so high, you'd take on the top gun." Ed looked at his bodyguard and said, "YOU! What're you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be out cold in the hospital?"

Sora crossed his arms and said, "Nice of you to remember, you could've come over and paid a visit like someone who cares but NOOOOOOOO! You have to fight with our boss! What's going on Ed? Why are you fighting Colonel Mustang?" Ed smiled grimly and said, "OK, you win. Today's the day I renew my State Alchemist Certification by beating up Mustang and GETTING SOME DAMN RESPECT!"

Sora stepped back in shock, "THAT'S IT? You want respect, and so you're planting a fist on the colonel's cheek?" Ed clenched his fist and yelled, "NOT ON HIS CHEEK! A FIST IN HIS FACE!" Sora waved his hands, "Calm down, 'slugger'. Just tell me why you want to beat up our boss?" Ed replied, "He's asked for it, THAT'S why! He says he knows all we do, acting like he let the secret out about me and Al's past, AND NOT TELLING ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW?" Sora then asked, "So...what's your strategy?" Ed replied, "I TOLD YOU, A FIST IN HIS FACE!" Sora then asked, "Alright, but seriously, what DO you want to know from Mustang?"

Ed replied, "He has some info on Marcoh, I know it." Sora remembered who Ed was talking about, "Marcoh...WAIT! The doctor who cured the poison in Elisa from Xenotime? THAT Marcoh?" Ed nodded, "That's right. After Mustang sings like a bird, we'll be on our way to Marcoh's location." Sora shook his head, "Knowing the colonel, he's not the type to go easy." Ed smiled and replied, "I'm actually counting on that."

Sora patted Ed on the back and said, "Good luck, Ed." Ed then replied, "FIST IN HIS FACE!"

Ed and Mustang then walked to the center of the ring and awaited Hughes's signal to initiate the fight. Ed looked at Mustang and reminded him, "This assessment means nothing to me, got it? If I win, you tell me everything you know about Tim Marcoh! And let's not forget, you'll be having a new cat as well." The colonel didn't reply, instead, he smiled and waited...

Sora watched with eager eyes, wondering who would win the fight, If this is a hand-to-hand fight, then Ed's gotta be the obvious winner, but the real mystery is the colonel. Mustang seems so calm, as if he's done this kind of thing before.

"OH MUSTANG, YOU'RE THE GREATEST!"

Sora then noticed a large number of soldier girls with picket signs and kissy faces all involved with Roy Mustang himself. Sora thought, Geez, they must be a fan-club or something.

"GO GETT'M EDWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!"

Then he noticed another group of girls on the other side of the ring, they were obviously doing the same thing as the other fans, but they were all looking at Edward Elric. Sora then said, "HEY, WHAT'S WITH YOU PEOPLE, HE'S FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, HE'S NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR YOU GIRLS YET!" Ed's fan club then looked at each other, then walked straight for Sora...

"Oh no."

Ed's fan club came right at Sora, but to his surprise, they passed him and went for the Mustang fans.

"We've realized what we were doing, could we join the other side?"

Sora shook his head in disbelief as the Ed fans became Mustang fans. Ed then yelled, "THANKS FOR GETTING RID OF MY FANS YOU JERK!" Sora replied, "...sorry."

Hughes then arrived in the middle of the ring and announced, "ALCHEMISTS GET SET! (ahem)..." Just then, Hughes bolted out of the area and yelled, "READY-NOW-FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" Ed was surprised, but before he could contemplate what happened-

"Too slow." (SNAP)

The instant he snapped, Ed saw a small amount of flame come out of Mustang's fingers...

(KA-BLOOM)

And just like that, a massive explosion came from the ground and blew Edward away!

Ed staggered to his feet and yelled, "Damn it, that was a cheap shot!"

(SNAP)

Ed then ran as fast as he could to avoid the flame attacks! "'A soldier favors hast over cleverness', meaning there are NO cheap shots, Edward. Strike quickly and you end it quickly to!" Mustang said. As Ed kept running, Sora wondered, "Those flames...Could it be the Ignition Cloth?"

...

Meanwhile, in the city, gunfire echoed through the city as Alphonse was running for his life while dodging the gunfire of a certain mystery girl named Kairi! Kairi yelled out, "DIE LIKE A MAN YOU LAZY BUM!" As Kairi reloaded her guns, Al stopped and pulled out his chalk to draw a Transmutation Circle.

(BLAM)

But the chalk was destroyed by a quickfire from Kairi's gun. Kairi smiled and said, "Drawing on the sidewalk's for kids. You and me, we're teenagers, so..." Kairi then runs towards Al, and then jumps at him, preparing to kick him down. But Al surprises her by grabbing her by the leg and throwing her into a recycling bin!

Al started to walk away, but suddenly, the top of the bin blew up into the air and landed on top him!

Kairi jumped out, reloaded her gun, and said, "Heads, I win, Tin Man!" Al then said, "This isn't the only way Kairi! You can still see Sora!" Kairi sneered, "You're a good liar, you know that? You make it sound like the truth, but we both know the REAL truth, don't we? We both know that he hates me, that you made him hate me! I've tried to reach out to him, and he called me a 'Lying Psycho'!"

Al then said, "That's because you helped a criminal and shot at us!" Kairi replied, "Well why not? You are the enemy, after all." Al pushed himself up and said, "THAT'S NOT THE POINT! You don't listen to reason, and you think of me and my brother as enemies without even getting to know us! And another thing, your temper is ridiculously unstable! Sora would've listened to you if you had just relaxed and told him the truth earlier, but NO, you !" Kairi answered, "STOP TALKING LIKE YOU KNOW HIM! I can't even come close to him with you two in the way! Sora isn't himself anymore, AND IT'S THE MILITARY'S FAULT!"

Kairi aimed her gun at Al and started shooting again! Al then noticed that the bulletshots were actually cracking his armor! Kairi smiled and said, "These bullets aren't the same as the normal ones. Those bounce off you, but mine do the job, wouldn't you agree?" Just then, a massive purple orb of light started to come out of one of Kairi's guns! Al then turned and ran, not wanting to know what the teenage terror was up to...

"Here comes...THE ATOMOS!"

Kairi then pulled the trigger and released the large ball of light at Al, who successfully dodged it!

"You should've let it hit you! Now you're in for a surprise!"

Kairi's eyes suddenly changed red, and at that instant, the orb stopped and started changing black and purple! Al was confused, but then he felt something pulling him...Al then noticed that the same thing is happening to everything around him, food carts, cars, trucks, almost everything surrounding him!

Kairi asked, "'What's going on' you ask? It's nothing special really, JUST THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL FROM ATOMOS! It will draw anything towards it, no matter how big (or heavy) you are, Atomos will pull you into it, where you will be torn to pieces and scattered all over town! I tried to tell you, YOU SHOULD'VE LET IT HIT YOU!"

Alphonse then felt his body being pulled towards Atomos, so he grabbed a part of the sidewalk to try and keep himself from being drawn into Atomos! It was then that he found a wet smudge of mud nearby, so he dipped his fingers in it. Kairi then said, "You're delaying NOTHING! Just the inevitable!" Ksiri then shot at Al's hands, forcing him to let go of the sidewalk! But Al wasn't the type to surrender, he grabbed the window sills nearby, and started to climb back towards the mud, "Y-you...are wrong...about Sora! He is not a tool, we didn't warp him..." Al then dipped his fingers back into the mud and quickly drew a Transmutation Circle!

"HE'S ALWAYS BEEN HIMSELF!"

Al then transmuted multiple explosives, all were lit and prepared to blow in any second! He then threw them under the Atomos, and as he did, the explosives blew up into a large ball of fire, blowing the Atomos orb into the sky, and watching it explode! Kairi grew furious and pointed her guns at him again, "All it takes is another, THEN you're finished!"

Al then said to her, "What about Sora? Do you think he'd want this?" Kairi staggered for a minute, and replied, "Quiet! He'll forget you after I tell him about our past!" Al yelled out, "STOP FOOLING YOURSELF! Why would Sora want one of his friends to die when he could have both?" Kairi stared at Al with a surprised look on her face, "'One...of his friends'?" Al nodded, "Yes, we're both his friends, and we both don't want to see him get hurt, OR controlled, by an enemy! That's why this fighting isn't going to solve anything!"

Kairi slowly lowered her weapon and said, "No...you're the controller. You're using him...YOU'RE LYING!" But the instant Kairi pointed her gun back at Al, he was already in front of her! Al placed his hand on her head and pats her gently, "Please don't hate me Kairi, I want to be your friend to." Kairi looked at Al, who noticed her eyes changing blue, and said, "...I...I...want to see him...but..." Kairi then pushed Al away and said, "I'll see him when I want to. I don't need your help. But...I enjoyed that fight, and your honesty. Maybe we can be friends someday."

Kairi started to walk away, but before she could, Al said, "Meet Sora tonight, please Kairi! Let him prove to you that you don't need to hide from the past, or him!" Kairi looked back and replied, "...We'll see. I can see how the people here respect and love you so much. Thank you, Edward Elric."

Kairi waved goodbye and ran off, while Al waved back, but stopped, in realizing what she just said!

"Sh-she thinks I'm my brother?"

End of Chapter 53


Next Chapter, Ed's battle with Mustang presses on, but the REAL story is the one Mustang has to tell...

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