Last time, Sora arrived at the Fair Grounds to witness the two State Alchemists who would be facing each other, Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist, against Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist. Maes Hughes then began the battle by running away, which surprised Ed until the Colonel snapped his fingers. And just like that, Ed was caught in a minefield of flame attacks...

Meanwhile in East City, Alphonse was attacked by Kairi, the girl who claims to be a childhood friend of Sora's, and the same person who attacked him and Ed earlier in the Eastern Train Station. Kairi's bullets started breaking Al's iron body, but the gunslinger had a more terrifying attack to unleash, the Atomos Bullet.

The bullet was shot into the street after Al avoided it, but to his shock, the Atomos was already unleashed! Al found himself at the mercy of the gravitational pull, but he used a nearby mud-puddle to draw a Transmutation Circle and create small explosives, which blew the Atomos into the air.

Then Alphonse turned to Kairi and convinced her to approach Sora as a friend instead of hiding and hating his other friends. Al then asked if Kairi could meet with Sora tonight, in which Kairi replied that she would think about it...

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 54: Fullmetal VS Flame

"Hey there Sora, is this the first time you've seen the colonel fight?"

Sora looked to his left side and saw Havok, "Oh, a Second Lieutenant. I think I saw you during the honorary party." Havok smiled and said, "I was also the one who helped you out of Lior. That place is a war zone now, you know. You can't just walk in there and say hello to a bullet." Sora replied, "S-sorry, I was-" Havok interrupted the Keyblade Master and said, "I know, I know, 'you were chasing after the Freezing Alchemist'. You don't have to be sorry though, you did what you could, and THAT is what makes a soldier. Y'know, it's funny, I know your name, but you don't know mine, do you? The names Havok, 2nd Lieutenant, Jean Havok."

Sora kindly shook Havok's hand and said, "Pleased to meet you sir. So Havok, how can the colonel use that kind of alchemy?" Havok replied, "Well the colonel's right glove is made out of a special material called-"

"Ignition Cloth, I know, I shook his hand once and recognized the sent."

Havok then said, "Well if you know what it is, then you can probably guess what it can do. When Mustang snaps his fingers, it makes a spark. After that, he uses alchemy to change the oxygen density in the air. And BOOM, bombs on command." Sora was fascinated by Havok's description, so he looked at the colonel's flame alchemy and said, "Now THAT'S an attack!"

Edward continued to run and dodge the flames that came from the ground! Then he jumped into the crowd and hid himself. Mustang slowly looked around, "Well I guess I can't torch you all. Hmmm..." Ed ran through the crowd, trying to conceal his appearance. But Mustang knew one way that could lure him out...

"THIS IS HARD, HE'S SUCH A SMALL TARGET!"

Ed's temper quickly snapped and he jumped out while yelling, "WHO'RE YOU CALLING SMALL?" And of coarse, Mustang was waiting with his glove hand prepped for another flame attack. Mustang then said, ""If your foe is of caloric temper, seek to irritate and never fall for an enemy's taunts."

(SNAP)

(KRA-KA-BOOM)

And with that, Ed was blown sky high, but the soldiers that surrounded him were also caught in the explosion! As the soldiers ran away, Mustang said to himself, "OK, maybe I over did it." As Mustang looked around the dusty fog for his opponent, he saw a small form in front of him. He then recognized the person in front of him as Edward and prepared for another snapping from his alchemic glove, "What, need more? What?"

But to Mustang's surprise, the thing in front of him wasn't Ed, but a alchemy-crafted doll wearing Ed's coat! Mustang's shock was only beginning, as he heard footsteps behind him, he turned around to try and counter the attack, but-

"CHEAP SHOT!"

Edward came out from behind and sliced though Mustang's glove with his automail blade! Ed looked at his superior and said, "Heh, without that glove, you can't make anymore flames, can you? That's game...SET..." Ed then transmuted a giant cannon that pointed right at Mustang!

"MATCH!"

But instead of being worried, Mustang looked surprisingly calm...

...and pulled out his left hand from his pocket, which had an extra alchemic glove!

"?"

Mustang then proceeded into snapping his fingers, thus blowing Ed's cannon into pieces, as well as blowing Ed up into the air!

The dust cleared, and Edward was coughing after breathing in the dust. Ed then heard someone coming close, and turned around to find Mustang standing before him. Mustang then gave Ed some advice, "'All war is deception. Think your enemy has a weakness, and it becomes his strength.' Remember that."

Ed angrily said, "...just end it!"

Mustang replied, "You don't have to ask."

As Mustang was preparing for the finishing blow, he saw a frail, frightened child with a gun...

?

The child was consumed in flames until Edward sliced through the flame, and pointed his blade at Mustang's throat!

Mustang just froze, terrified by what he saw...or did. The two were motionless, and at that moment, Fuhrer King Bradley stepped in, "Alright, that's far enough. An excellent display from two skilled alchemists." Mustang saluted and said, "We are honored by your complement fuhrer-" But Ed interrupted, "Don't stop us now, we're not done yet!"

Bradley nodded and replied, "Well, that may be true, but if I let you continue, it would be MUCH too hard for just the two of you to clean up." Sora overheard the conversation and asked, "Clean up what?" Hawkeye approached Sora and tapped his shoulder. When she got his attention, Hawkeye pointed to what used to be the battle area.

"Oh."

Minutes later, Alphonse arrived at the fairground, where Sora and Hawkeye were watching Ed and Mustang clean up the entire battleground. Al came to Sora and asked, "So how did the fight go?" Sora replied, "(sigh) It was a tie. The fuhrer stopped the fight because of all the damage they did." Hawkeye then said, "Now they don't have any choice but to work together and clean up the mess."

Sora then remembered the dog that Fuery was watching over and asked, "Hey, second lieutenant, you're an animal lover, right?" Hawkeye replied, "You saw the dog, didn't you?" Sora nodded, "Y-yes I did." Hawkeye then told Sora, "Just stop right there, you don't need to tell me about the 'homeless puppy in Kain's arms' routine. Just know that I can't have one. It is responsibility, as well as a distraction, that I can not be burdened for. "

Sora begged, "But second lieutenant, he's cute, he's loyal, and all he needs right now is a home, and someone nice to take care of him!" Hawkeye then said, "You think I'm nice? You think a highly trained soldier like me, who was trained to shoot between the eyes, without a second thought, is nice? Sora, I don't have time to act like a mother to an orphan, I have important responsibilities to attend to, namely looking after the colonel." Sora then said, "You were trained to kill...and so was I. If I can live a normal life with a family, then you should be able to live a normal life with a pet. ...j-just think about it, mam." Sora then saluted Hawkeye (who was starting to think about what he told her) and left for the exit.

The Keybearer was making his way out of the area when Mustang said, "SORA, DON'T FORGET, WHEN I'M FINISHED HERE, YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND ISAAC!" Sora nodded, "YES SIR!"

Mustang then sat down and said, "(yawn) THIS is the reason I tried to avoid the fight, Ed." Ed looked at Mustang and asked, "What happened? Why did you hesitate in the end? I don't need anyone to cover for me, not you, not the soldiers here, especially not your 'heroic assassin'! If you had time to beat me, then you should've done it!" Mustang's lazy stare changed into a serious face when he started talking, "...this goes back more years than I care to admit, but there was something called the Ishbal Rebellion."

Ed remembered what Mustang was talking about, "Part of the Eastern Rebellion, right? When the people of Ishbal clashed with the military." Mustang nodded and continued, "The corpses were piling up, so I was called along with the other State Alchemists to end the war. During my days in the war...I saw my share...of terrible things. I saw fear in their eyes, they wanted to survive, more then anything. Whether they were young or old, children or the elderly, teens or adults, they were too afraid to put the guns down. But Dr. Marcoh, the 'deserter', he was the smartest one among us. I still think so, even now."

Ed was surprised by what he heard, so he asked, "Is that why you kept quiet about it? Out of respect?" Mustang answered, "Well maybe I was wrong not to tell you. You should pay him a visit, so you'll know for yourself." Ed asked, "Y-YOU MEAN HE'S ALIVE?" Mustang nodded, signifying 'yes'.

Ed smiled, "Colonel, you still haven't told me why you hesitated. But...don't worry, you don't have to."

Back inside the Military HQ, Sora entered the main office, where he was greeted by Donald, Goofy, and the other soldiers. Donald asked, "So, what did you think of the fight?" Sora replied, "It was...explosive, passionate...I did like the part where the colonel surprised Ed with his lefty." Havok asked, "What about when Ed transmuted a cannon the size of a chateau?" Breda interrupted and said, "And when the colonel blew it up?" Falman then said, "THAT WAS THE BEST PART!"

As Sora sat down in a desk, Goofy then said, "Well, even though today was about Mr. Elric's battle with Mr. Mustang, we should also be happy that Sora has made a quick recovery." Sora smiled and said, "Thanks Goofy, but you shouldn't make a big deal out of it. People in the army get into dangerous accidents all the time." Breda then sat in the desk in front of Sora and said, "Yeah, but if it wasn't for us, you probably wouldn't have made it in time."

Knowing that, Sora asked, "Us? You mean you were with Havok?" Donald yelled, "SO WERE ME AND GOOFY!" Breda explained, "That's right, the Genomes and I were with Havok when we came to Lior to find you. Let me tell you something, you were bleeding pretty bad, but it was a cinch for me to take care of. The names Heymans Breda, 2nd Lieutenant, the same as Havok." Sora proudly shook his hand, "Thanks Second Liutenant, I'm Sora."

"You know, you could call us by our names, not just our ranks." Falman said. Sora shook his head, "I-I don't know about that. It sounds disrespectful-" Falman interrupted, "Not at all, you're a soldier to. That gives you as much right to call me Vato Falman as Fuery does." Fuery then said to Sora, "The warrant officer's right Sora, you don't have to worry about what to call us."

Sora nodded and said, "Well, alright, I'll try. By the way...Fuery, did you find anybody to take care of the dog?" As Sora slightly petted the puppy on the head, Fuery replied, " No, nobody wants a dog. And the people that do aren't my kind of people." Sora felt disappointed (and so did the dog) and said, "That's too bad, I wish I could look after you little guy."

Just then, Hawkeye came into the office. She came right to Sora and Fuery and said, "Sora, you're parents have enough people living in your home, including the boy you met in Lior. And Fuery, as you once said, you live in one of the city's dorms, which has a 'no animals' policy. Falman lives in the dorms as well, Breda's scared of dogs, Havok eats canines (Havok: "HEY, I WAS JOKING!"), Ed and Al have no interest in puppies, Goofy's here so Donald doesn't need one (Donald: "Hey come on!"), and Mustang worships them as gods, which really creeps me out."

"So since you have no other candidates..."

(sigh)

"...I guess I can handle him."

Sora and Fuery's eyes lit up with happiness, "REALLY? THAT'S AWESOME!"

The puppy jumped out of Fuery's arms and ram to a wall...and peed on it.

"Not exactly potty-trained, is he?" Sora asked, Fuery smiled and replied, "S-sorry, guess he's just relieved to have an owner (giggle).". Sora shook his head and said, "He's relieving all right."

(chuck-chick)

To the two boy's surprise, a gun came between them and pointed at the puppy!

(BLAM, BLAM, BLAM, BLAM, BLAM, BLAM)

The entire room was silent...and the puppy was standing on his two furry feet while raising his paws up, and it's eyes were filled with tears as he made a teary surrender!

"Now you won't be doing THAT again, will you pup?" Everyone looked at the first lieutenant with fearful eyes, and backed away slowly as Hawkeye started to sound as deadly as her gun, "See you've got a STRICT mommy now! The bathroom's outside, got it Black Hayate?" Fuery cried and asked, "W-W-WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?"

Sora shook off his fears and asked, "Uh...so, First Lieutenant, what made you change your mind about the puppy?" Hawkeye replied, "A trained assassin lives with a family, so why can't a trained soldier have a pet? We aren't monsters Sora. Deep down, we're just orphans trying to find a home...and by the way, call me Hawkeye, like you used to." Hawkeye winked at Sora, and took the puppy in her arms to let him out.

Sora blushed, then smiled, now knowing that he was no longer the only outcast in the world...

"W-WAIT-A-MINUTE! 'THE BOY I FOUND IN LIOR'? THAT'S VIVI!"

Back in Central City, in Traverse Town at the Hughes's house, Elisia was playing with her toys while Vivi was helping Gracia with dinner, Vivi then asked, "Are you sure it's OK for me to stay here Ms. Hughes?" Gracia replied, "Well, Sora's room is actually a two-person room, so since you can't afford a place for yourself, we'll let you stay for as long as you want. Ohhh, I'm sure you'll be a wonderful little brother to Sora."

Vivi shyly said, "B-brother, me? B-but I-I-I don't-" Gracia then said, "Don't worry, I know you won't be staying forever. I just didn't want you to be by yourself. Hughes has already told me about your reasons for following Sora, you're looking for a friend, right?" Vivi nodded, "Y-yes mam, I am." Gracia then gave him a bowl of soup and said, "Then know that while you're searching for your friend, you'll always have a place here. Here's some Chicken Soup, little guy, it's not much, I know, but it's delicious." Vivi took it to the table and said, "Thank you Ms. Hughes."

End of Chapter 54


Next Chapter, Mustang meets with Hughes, who reports on a vicious criminal...

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