A/N: Welcome to Arc 4 of MegaMan X IS. This arc will focus on the MegaMan X 3 game with some minor changes to it. Ryoko Asakura from the Melochony of Haruhi Suzumiya and Naraku from Inuyasha will be side villains who joined forces with Sigma in this story. This arc's featured crossovers are Inuyasha, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, The Melochony of Haruhi Suzumiya and Blazblue (Only Makoto and Carl will appear in this arc). So without further ado, here is Arc 4 of MegaMan X IS.

Disclaimer: I do not own MegaMan X, all rights go to Kenji Inafune and Capcom, nor do I own Infinite Stratos, all rights to the anime, light novel and manga go to Izuru Yumizuru. I also don't own Inuyasha which is rightfully own by Rumiko Takashi, Naruto which is own by Masashi Kishmoto, Fullmetal Alchemist which is own by Hiromu Arakawa, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya which is own by Nagaru Tanigawa and Blazblue which is own by ArcSystem. Please support the disclaimer and enjoy the story.

Warning: Before you read this story, there are things you should know. There will be scenes from certain fanfics like Fullmetal Evangelion which is written by SimmyC, Target: Inuyasha which is written by Frog-Kun, Inuyasha X by MEGAMANX411 and the Fushigi Yugi of Melachony of Haruhi Suzumiya by Dragonwiles, credit goes to the authors of these fanfics and giving me ideas for Arc 4 of MegaMan X IS. Also special thanks tp Panther J for suggesting Makoto and Carl from Blazblue be put into MegaMan X IS. Enjoy!

Arc 4: The Doppler Conspiracy

Chapter 54: No More Mavericks? The Blue Bomber and the Fullmetal Alchemist


(Two months have passed since the Mother Computer incident. X-Estate, 5:00 PM)


X, Zero and the IS girls were watching a breaking news bulletin on a supposed cure for the Maverick Virus. It was showing a old Reploid who wore a white lab coat with strange generators on his shoulders demonstrating his supposed cure to a berserk Maverick. It appeared to work as the Maverick reverted back to a Reploid. The scientist Reploid grinned as he received applauds from scientists, both human and Reploid.

"You see, my fellow scientists. This is the cure for the blasted Maverick Virus that came from the evil Sigma. I, Dr. Doppler have finally created a cure for the Maverick Virus. With this anti-virus software, we can no longer fear the Maverick Virus and ushered in a new era of peace!" He received more applauds from the audience.

"So they finally found a cure for the Maverick Virus, eh?" Zero commented as Kanzashi turned off the TV. "Still, there's a reason why the Maverick Hunters are still there, to preserve the peace." He added.

"Yeah. But something tells me this anti-virus software may or may not work. Call it a hunch though." Ling shrugged as she went to help the Assist-Roids prepare dinner.

"But isn't this great?" Tatenashi grinned cheerfully. "That means, Sigma won't come back thanks to Dr. Doppler's anti-virus software. You met him before, right Char?" She turned to Charlotte.

"Y-Yeah. He asked for a sample of my blood so he can use it for peace keeping measures. I met him at Hunter HQ when Dr. Cain introduced me to him." Charlotte nodded slowly.

"Weird. He asked for a sample of your blood and that's all?" Cecilia blinked.

"Call me crazy, but I have a bad feeling about this…" Laura growled softly.

"Well, we should enjoy the peace for awhile, even if we continue to work as Maverick Hunters even if there are no more Mavericks." X reassured her with a soft smile.

"True. So let's continue to preserve the peace then." Houki agreed with X.


(Meanwhile… in another universe)

Southern Vale - Amestris


Southern Vale was a town 80 km west of Central. It was a peaceful town where many people come from all over Amestris to get away from their mundane life in the city. Everyone was friendly and kind.

But on this particular day, fear and terror came to this small town.

"Take that you miserable pile of fifth!" A man grabs a number of black roses and, with the help of an array on the ground, he made the vines grow and shoot themselves towards a little man, who's easily offended when reminded about his…height problem.

"Look out brother!" Al's eyes filled with concern as he watched Ed jump from side to side, avoiding the attacks of the so-called 'Black Rose Alchemist'.

Ed rolled from side to side avoiding the shoots of massive rose vines crashing beside him. "Don't worry Al. I can handle him just fine. Just stay back Al. I don't want you getting involved in this." Ed clasped his hands and turned his right arm into a sword. He slashed a number of incoming rose vines before they exploded.

The military wanted to contain the Black Rose Alchemist when he turned against him. A veteran of the war with Ishbal, the white haired man, scarred with a long slash on his very wrinkled right cheek, laughed methodically at Ed. "Soon, you will all pay! You will all pay for you crimes against me! Muahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Before he went insane, he was one of the military's most decorated soldiers. After he broke out of prison, he began taking his revenge against the military. Every alchemist he could find, he slaughtered them.

Ed continues to sprint towards Black Rose. He leans to the side as a vine shoots by him. He jumps and pushes himself off of one vine, then another. He does this seconds before Black Rose causes them to explode. Ed gets closer and closer. Determination fills his eyes and he tries to end this madman's reign. Just as he gets close to see Black Rose sweat, a fury of vines rocketing up from the ground sends Ed back. Ed crashed to the ground, skidding to a halt just a few feet away.

"Brother!" Al took a few steps towards Ed when a vine slammed into his armor body.

"Al! Stay back!" Ed screamed back.

"So, this is your brother?" Black Rose grinned with excitement. "Oh this is too good! Prepare to watch your loved ones die like I have State Alchemist!" The vines started to squeeze Al.

"Let him go!" Ed struggled to get up. He forced himself to stand up. He couldn't bear to lose his brother. Not like this. Not after everything they have been through.

"Make me!" Black Rose snickered. He makes the vines squeeze even harder.

Ed closed his fist as he stared down Black Rose. "I will." He sprints towards Black Rose. Everything seemed to slow down as he again gets closer and closer to Black Rose. This time, it seemed that he would finally be able to bring him down. That is, until…

A rush of fire consumed the area.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ed stopped dead in his tracks as he feels the heat from the fire.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Black Rose screamed as fire consumed him, and his rose vines. Black Rose tried to get away from the fire, which seemed to be everywhere. The fire burns through the vines that held Al. The charred remains of the vines collapse as Al falls to the ground.

After the fire around him subsides, Ed didn't move from his half running pose. He was completely blackened from head to toe. After a few moments of being stuck in that pose, he finally falls to the ground with a thud.

Al checked himself out, seeing that he didn't have any major damages, he got up from his position and jogged a bit to where Ed was. "Brother!" Al helped Ed into a sitting position.

'Only one man could do that.' Ed thought. As he looked up from his position, his assumption was verified. "Colonel Mustang."

Riza kicked the charred Black Rose to the ground. She holds her gun out as Armstrong came up from behind and locked Black Rose's arms in restraints.

Roy grinned as he sees that Ed has recovered from his attack. He took a few steps towards Ed. "Fullmetal. Good thing I was here or you might be dead by now."

Ed narrowed his eyes. "Oh shut up! I had him under my thumb until YOU showed up!" Ed spat at Roy.

Roy shook his head a little. "You should be thanking me for saving you and your brother."

Ed growled. "I had everything under control. Besides, I WAS IN MORE DANGER FROM YOU! Your stupid fire nearly burned me to death!"

Roy brushed off the criticism. "Hey! If you simply watched where you were going instead of rushing into things, you wouldn't have been burned."

"What a load of baloney…" Ed retorted. "Besides, I didn't know that you would be here. And speaking of which…why are you here?"

Roy's face turned serious. "What do you think Fullmetal?" Roy began. "I'm here to make sure Black Rose is caught. He's been terrorizing civilians and military personal alike. We can't allow that now can we? A better question to ask would be why you are here? While I appreciate your help in catching Black Rose…even though it was I that did it." Roy watched Ed growled who seemed to be ready to attack him. "Your orders weren't to bring in Black Rose."

Ed sighed. While he hated being the military's lapdog, and on occasion, tries to, at least bend the rules a bit, he still had to follow orders. He knew he had to do it when he joined the military in the search for the Philosopher Stone that would restore Al's body and his missing arm and leg back. Still didn't like though. Although Roy allowed him a bit of freedom when it came to the search of the Philosopher's Stone, he still had to follow whatever order Roy gives first. Why he was in Southern Vale though did have to do with the Philosopher's Stone. "We got word that a group of people in this town was working on a Philosopher Stone. Meeting Black Rose was just a coincidence."

"I see." Roy rubbed his chin. "Although Fullmetal, I don't believe meeting Black Rose here was a coincidence." He turned back as a man that exited the shadows of the alleyway. "Lieutenant Colonel Hughes, have you found any of Black Rose's accomplishes?"

Hughes walked up behind Roy. "Nope. We're still looking for them."

"Hughes." Ed waves at him. "Fancy seeing you here."

Hughes grinned. "Yup. We're pretty serious about this mess."

Ed smile however, started to frown as he remembered what Roy said. "What do mean by accomplishes?"

Roy turned his attention back to Ed. "Did you really think Black Rose got out of prison all by himself?"

Meanwhile, Armstrong slammed his foot on Black Rose's back. "You're going back to prison where you belong Black Rose."

Black Rose grinned. "You're all too late."

Riza held the gun to his head. "Too late? Too late for what?"

The ground started rumbling.

"Brother? What's going on?" Al looked fearful as everything around them started to shake.

Roy face turned serious. 'It must be Black Rose's accomplishes. And if the rumors Ed heard are true…'

Armstrong and Riza also looked up when the rumbling began.

Black Rose laughed methodically.

His laughter was getting on Riza's nerves. "SHUT UP!" Riza slapped Black Rose to the ground.

Suddenly, glowing lights appeared under them.

Ed looked down in complete surprise. "You have got to be kidding me."


Inside one of the Buildings


Inside one of the buildings, a group of men, all dressed up in robes, all had their hands on the array in the center of the floor.


Outside


Men, women and children screamed as they all tried to look for shelter as buildings started to crack and collapse from the continued shaking of the ground.

Black Rose, still on the ground continued to laugh. "We're going to make the Philosopher Stone, in exchange for this entire town and everyone in it!"

Ed's eyes widened. "You're insane!" He began running towards the center of the town. "I have to stop this before it's too late!"

"Brother! I'm coming with you." Al followed Ed as they headed towards the source of earthquakes.

Roy narrowed his eyes. "Those two boys are going to need all the help they can get." He started chasing after the Elric brothers.

'Black Rose isn't the only one insane here. Even if they somehow succeed…' Hughes frowned. "Right behind you Colonel."

Riza frowned as quake continued to worsen. 'The Colonel and the Elric brothers are going to need all the help they can get.' "Armstrong! Watch Black Rose for me. I'm going to make sure the Colonel and the others don't get in over their heads."

Armstrong slammed his foot down on the grinning Black Rose. "With pleasure." Buildings around them started to crumble. Rubble from a building falls from the sky. Armstrong, without looking up, slammed his fist into the rubble. Reddish electricity shoots from his hand and the rubble explodes into tiny pieces mostly harmless pieces.

Ed reached the building where the apparent alchemist was attempting to construct the Philosopher's Stone. He reaches the door that was sealed shut. "Think this is going to stop me?" Ed clasped his hands and then placed them on the door. In an instant, the doors disappear. Right when that happened though, a lightning bolt shot towards Edward. He rolled to the left, avoiding the bolt.

Roy rolled to the right, as he was next in line of the bolt. Upon seeing an opening, he snaps his fingers causing a spark. With the help of alchemy, he turns this spark into a semi-controllable flame (with the array in his gloves, he was able to take the oxygen surrounding the area to expand the and control the flame). The flame whipped into the building. However, when it approached the six inhabitants inside the building, the flame simply went around them. Roy gritted his teeth. 'Darn! They're somehow deflecting my attacks.'

Al stopped and looked up at the building. The buildings around them started to dissolve as they are being used to make the Philosopher's Stone. However, assuming Marco was correct, it takes more than just a few buildings to create the Philosopher's Stone. In fact… Al sees another lightning shoot at from the building. This time, it hits an innocent bystander. "No!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The man screams as his body dissolves.

Ed saw this. His eyes widened in horror. He began to grit his teeth. "We have to stop this now before anyone else is killed!" Ed forced out. He turned back to the building.


(Meanwhile…)


"Soon! We will have the power of the Philosopher's Stone! The military will not stand a chance!" Black Rose ranted through his maniacal laugh.

"I said quiet!" Armstrong kicked him in the stomach. "You will not suc…" As he was saying this…

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…" Black Rose contorted as a wayward lightning bolt hits him. His body started to disappear.

A stunned Armstrong falls back. The shaking continued to grow more intense by the minute. 'So much for him. He obviously didn't live to see this maniac plan come to fruition.' With Black Rose gone, and the situation getting worse and worse, it was clear that he couldn't stay here. Yet, he couldn't just abandon the others. 'I have to go and help the others. I must help put an end to this.'


(Meanwhile…outside of the building…)


Riza was shooting many rounds of bullets while Hughes throws his knives into the building. Some sort of field deflected each of Riza's bullets, and each of Hughes' knives. From Riza's understanding, it was probably an alchemist manipulating the air inside, creating a cyclone that was strong enough to prevent fire, bullets, knives, whatever from interfering with their plans. It didn't help matters much that the lightning bolts were becoming more frequent with each passing second. It was becoming harder and harder to avoid them.

Ed clasped his hands again. This time, he brought it down to the ground and created a rocky wall in the hopes of at least stopping the lightning bolts as they try to advance closer to the building. However, the bolt was so strong that it ripped through his rocky wall, forcing Ed to roll away again.

Al tried to make an array on the ground. However, he stopped when a lightning bolt came straight towards him. He dropped and rolled to the side before the bolt hit him.

Armstrong ran into the area. He ducks as one of the lightning bolt shoots near him.

Riza looked back for a moment and sees Armstrong. "Armstrong! I thought I told you to look over Black Rose!"

"I was!" Armstrong picked up and rock and punches it, with his combined physical strength and alchemy, he creates an electrical wave that slams into the building. "But one of those bolts got to him."

"Hmph." Riza sounded. "Got what he deserves then."

Ed looked around him. The ground started to crack and was glowing an ominous red. "Dang it! So this is where the red water is. The underground aquifers." He started sprinting again. Jumping from side to side in order to avoid the lightning bolts. "We have to make this quick!"


Inside one of the Buildings


"We're doing it!" One of the robed men said in excitement. "We're finally doing it!"

The apparently leader, whose robe was a little flashier then the others grinned. The hood of his robe obscured his face. Only his mouth was showing "Soon, the Philosopher's Stone will be ours!"

Suddenly, a blinding flash occurred.

This shocked the leader. "What? This isn't supposed to be happening! No…NOOOOO!"


Outside


Ed and the others stopped in their tracks as a blinding light consumed the area.

"Brother! What does this mean?" Al had to cover his eyes as the blinding light was getting more intense.

"This is not good!" Ed yelled.

"You're telling me." Roy brought his arm over his eyes.

Armstrong, Hughes, and Riza simply gasped and covered their eyes. They all seemed to be drawn into it.


(Back in the MegaMan X dimension…)


Houki, Cecilia and Tatenashi were posted at Sector 2 of Neo Tokyo, it was a few days after Doppler's anti-virus program was spread worldwide, making the world a peaceful place now, but still, they need to keep an eye on any suspicious activity, Houki activated her comlink on her RepArmor's chestplate. "This is Houki. Reporting from Sector 2. So far, there is no suspicious activity, over."

"Roger that, Houki. If anything happens, handle the situation, over." A Reploid Navigator said over the comlink.

"Roger." Houki nodded as she cut the channel.

"Oh man… I'm getting bored here. There are no Mavericks to fight or convert back to Reploids due to Dr. Doppler's anti-virus software." Tatenashi sighed in boredom as she ate a rice cake.

"Well, peace is here thanks to him, so we shouldn't complain about it… Hmm?" Cecilia noticed a blinding light occurring, forcing the three IS girls to cover their eyes.

Once the light subsided, the three IS girls saw a short man, wearing a red jacket over black clothes. Standing next to him was a suit of armor that appeared to be something that belonged in some museum in Europe. Standing next to both of them was a group of four people who seemed to be wearing outdated blue military uniforms. One was tall, mostly bald with a small curl of hair above his forehead, and had a blond mustache. It was obvious that he worked out a bit due to his big muscled appearance. Next to him was a man, slightly shorter, black medium cut hair, and held a serious look. Next to him was another black haired man, this time wearing glasses, and a few stubbles on his chin. And next to him was a blond woman who had long hair that was bound up in the back to make it look shorter.

Edward Elric was still covering his eyes when he came to. He blinked as the world around him came back into focus. "What, what just happened?"

Al was the next to respond. "We're…not dead?"

Ed was still trying to figure out where they were, and what happened. "No Al. But I don't think we're in Southern Vale anymore."

Roy, Riza, Hughes, and Armstrong scanned the area as they came to.

Armstrong was the next to respond. "I don't think we're in Amestris either. Look at the signs."

The group did just that. That's when they realized the funny symbols on the signs.

Al stared at the signs in amazement. It was obviously not the language that he was familiar with. At least, he thought he didn't recognize it. "What language is that?"

"It's Japanese." Roy responded.

"You know the language Colonel?" Riza asked.

Roy blinked. "Ye…yeah." He continued to blink in amazement. "But, I don't know how I know that or why."

Hughes continued to stare at the sign. "That's funny. I feel like I can read that sign…"

Ed then tapped his foot on the ground. "What are these streets made out of?" He took a closer look. They seemed to be made out of a rocky substance. That he knows for sure. But how did they make it? It seemed to be so uniform, like it was poured there, then allowed to set. Like dried mud in a why, except with fewer cracks. His first assumption would be alchemy. His guess was that someone was able to get, whatever this kind of rock into a liquid like state, and then used alchemy again to harden it. But that process sounded tedious to Ed. Not to mention pretty expensive in that there probably aren't that many alchemist in the construction business to cover kilometers upon kilometers of road with this smooth surface. Most of the cities he had been to, either left their roads as dirt, or bricked them since bricking them doesn't require the need of an alchemist.

Hughes also looked up and noticed a lot of lines going from building to building as well as advanced looking signs of some sort. He assumed that they were telephone lines but…why so many? "It seems that everyone here has access to the telephone." While telephones are not necessarily rare in Amestris, they weren't this prevalent either.

Ed finally noticed the three IS girls standing near him. "Oh hello there! Hehehe…" He waved at them.

"Uh… konichiwa?" Houki greeted nervously.

'Great. It must that strange language Roy was talking about. Japanese?' Suddenly, Ed blinked in realization. 'Wait, I know what she said.' "Konichiwa! Watashi wa Edward Elric desu!" (Hello! My name is Ed.)

"Watashi wa Houki Shinonono, desu." Houki greeted. She gestures to Cecilia and Tatenashi. "These are my friends, Cecilia Alcott and Tatenashi Sarashiki."

Al, Roy, Riza, Hughes, and Armstrong's mouths dropped to the floor. Not only did Ed understand what Houki said, he was also speaking the same language.

Suddenly, Al then realized something else. "I know what they were saying."

"Me too." Riza replied.

"Not only did that blinding light send us to this strange world," Hughes began. "It also must've enabled us to speak their language."

Edward smiled at the IS girls. "So, where exactly are we?"

"What do you mean?" Cecilia asked him confusedly while blinking.

"I mean, um…" Ed scratched the back of his head. "What city are we in? Country? Year? That sort of thing."

Tatenashi looked at them funny. "You mean you guys don't know?"

Roy stepped into the discussion. "We're…trying to figure that out too." He eyed the three IS girls with a perverted smirk. 'Whoever these girls are, they are quite the babes.'

Al thought he heard something strange behind him. It sounded like, stomping. Houki looked up and gasped as a huge purple and yellow Mechanloid stomped towards their position. Houki growled "Maverick!" (A/N: If you don't get it, it's the same Mechanloid that appeared in the beginning of the Maverick Hunter X OVA, Day of Sigma.)

"Maverick?" The FMA group blinked in unison as they turned around and saw something that made them scream in fright, a huge mechanical monster armed to the teeth with weapons that almost made Riza drooled at the weaponry. The Maverick Mechanloid fired a laser beam, at first Houki and her friends rushed in to save them, but something happened that will aid them in a future war.

Ed clasped his hands placed them on the floor. Electricity covered the area and soon, the debris that was falling over the area, turned into flower petals, dispelling the attack.

"Whoa…" Tatenashi gasped in awe.

"I know… I bet Dr. Cain would love to see that." Cecilia nodded in agreement. Houki was in deep thought about this. Since Reploids have powers, they are easy to use, but she has never seen something like this. Could they be…

Houki looked at the FMA group with a serious expression. "You lot, get in the van with us!"

"Uh…" Ed's group looked at the van and then back to the Maverick Mechaloid.

"Do you want to stay here with that Maverick?!" Houki snapped.


(Highway)


"OW!" Ed's face was being pressed to the side window on Houki's side. "Can you move a little Colonel?"

Al, Riza, and Armstrong were sitting in the back seat, at least, as best as they can. Al and Armstrong were crushing Riza who was in the middle seat. However, at least she had a seat. In front of them were Hughes, Roy, and Ed that were tangled up in front of them. And Cecilia and Tatenashi were flying outside the car in their RepArmors which surprised Ed and his group.

"Not exactly Fullmetal." Roy struggled to talk, as Hughes' elbow was right against his face. "Besides, just be glad you weren't taller or it would be really crammed back here."

Ed's eyes flash with rage. "Are you calling me short?" Ed was moving all over the place, making it even worse for Hughes and Roy. "I'll show you short!" The back was bouncing up and down a bit.

"Oof! Ow! Calm down Ed." Hughes was currently useless against Ed's mini-attacks. "I'm sure the Colonel didn't mean it in that way. And please, could you stop?"

Houki was also being slightly banged around a bit. Although she was glad she wasn't in the back with them. 'So, the boy has issues with his height. I feel bad for him for having bad genes. Also, why was he the one with the nickname Fullmetal. I assume it's a nickname; I don't think anyone would call their kid that. If anyone should have that name, it's armor guy back there!'

"Brother! Please calm down." Al tried to reassure him. "I'm sure Roy didn't mean it in that way." Houki then realized something.

"Oh yeah, that guy in the suit. He should take it off if he doesn't want to die of heat stroke." She told the FMA group.

Al, Ed, Roy, Riza, Armstrong, and Hughes looked every which way as they all couldn't figure out how to answer that statement. "Uhhhh…well…you see…"

"Al here has a skin disease." Hughes unconvincingly replied. "Yeah! That's it."

"Yeah!" Ed chimed in. "If he took it off, he'll die! So, we can't have that!"

Houki wasn't convinced, she glared at Al for awhile. 'They're hiding something, I can tell. But I'll wait until we get to Maverick Hunter HQ."

Suddenly, Ed felt something in his left hand. "Hey, what's this?" He started squeezing it out of curiosity.

"Edward…" Riza got an elbow free and elbowed Ed to the window.

"Ow!" Ed's face was further crushed into the window. Anymore, he probably would crash right through it. "It was an accident! If I knew…OW!" Riza hit him again. "What was that for?"

"What was that for? You did it again Ed!" Riza frowned after being violated.

"That wasn't me this time I swear!" Ed defended.

Riza icy glare turned to a certain Colonel. "Colonel…" BAM!

"Ow! It was an accident!" Colonel weakly replied.

"Sure it was Colonel." Riza continued to glare at Roy.

Houki smirked to herself.

Armstrong sighed. He dared not move from his position since they was absolutely no space to move. As he looked out of the small opening to the left of him, he did see the landscape pass by him. He was a little surprised at the speed that they were traveling. "We're going pretty fast."

Houki raised an eyebrow. "Um, I'm only going about 130 kilometers per hour. Haven't you seen a car before?"

"Yeah." Armstrong replied. Although he never heard it called a car, he has seen this vehicle before. "But never going this fast."

Houki smiled in embarrassment. "Well…I am going a little faster then the speed limit, but still, this speed shouldn't be that unusual."

Armstrong was still amazed. While there were automobiles in Amestris, none that he was aware of could go this fast.

Houki noticed a missile from the Maverick flying above the van as she slams on the breaks.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" BAM! Ed crashed into Houki's seat.

Roy and Hughes were dislodged a bit from their positions as well.

Houki's head was resting on the steering wheel. "Last time I'm doing that!" She struggled a bit to get the seat back right up.

While he was glad he could stretch out his legs a bit, he groaned at the thought of doing it all over again when this little rest stop ended.

The Elric brothers, Roy, Hughes, Riza, and Armstrong piled out of the car. Houki checked behind her to see if the Maverick is still following them. She asked Cecilia and Tatenashi to contact X

Hughes stretched his arms behind him. "It's nice to be able to move around!"

Roy however, had something else on his mind. Well, besides his 'feel' of his Lieutenant. Roy took a quick glance towards Riza. He quickly turned away when he catches her ice-cold murderous glaze. Anyways… "Say…ummmm…"

"Call me Houki. I think you're in the military on where you're from, right?" Houki asked with a smile.

"You have a good eye, Miss Houki." Roy smiled slightly as he stood upright. "I'm Colonel Roy Mustang."

Houki looked at her oddly and when Cecilia and Tatenashi landed and heard that, they chuckled a bit. Tatenashi spoke "In that outfit? Where did you get that uniform? In the 500 Zenny costume store?

Roy face faulted. 'It's apparently that they don't were these kinds of uniforms here.' He scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. As he looked up and down at the three IS girls, he realized their clothes wasn't exactly, well, normal. At least for their standards if they're in the military. 'Though they could've been off duty when they called them up. Although there's nothing wrong with dreaming about it being the standard dress…' "Well, uh…it's the style my country choose for me, um, us. Besides…" Roy put his hands on his hips, and a foot on a conveniently close small rock. "When I become Fuhrer, my first job would be to update our uniform. Soon, all the women in the army will wear tiny mini-skirts!"

Hughes grinned. "Same old Colonel Mustang." However, Houki and Cecilia's eyes turned white dotted upon hearing that and they began pounding Roy into submission.

"Pervert!" Houki roared in fury. Al walked up to Tatenashi.

"Hello." Tatenashi greeted sweetly.

"Uh, Hello." Al meekly waved. He then was wondering about the strange machine that was following them. "Say, your friend mentioned that thing called a Maverick… What is it by the way?"

"It's an out of control robot due to a virus. It also happens to Reploids." Tatenashi told him. Ed walked up to her and stood by Al's side, both were confused on the term Reploid.

"Reploid? What is that?" Ed asked her.

"Don't tell me you never saw a Reploid before?!" Tatenashi gasped, Houki and Cecilia looked up after they finished pwning Roy and looked at the Elric Brothers in confusion.

"Is it a new form of Alchemy?" Al asked them.

"Alchemy? You mean the attempted method to turn metal into gold?" Cecilia blinked.

'Who are these people?' Houki thought to herself. Suddenly, the berserk Maverick came up, ready to finish off the group. 'Shoot, forgot about him.' She grimaced.

Riza aimed her gun at the Maverick. 'Whatever that thing is, my bullets won't lay a dent on it…' Suddenly, a charged shot hit the Maverick, knocking it to the side for now. "What?" Riza blinked in confusion.

Houki, Cecilia and Tatenashi looked up with happy gasps, the FMA group looked up and saw a blue 19 year old armored man, his hand was turn into some sort of cannon and a red armored guy with blond hair and wielding a saber of green light and four other girls who wore the same armor as Houki's group, but with different colors.

"X! You came!" Tatenashi cheered.

"Let's discuss this later." Zero said as the Maverick got back up. "Right now, we got a Maverick to take down."

To be continued…


Next chapter: A Deal: The Fullmetal Maverick Hunter

A/N: This… has to be my longest chapter ever. The next few chapters will be a prologue like Arc 1, so we'll get to the main plot of X 3 in about a chapter or so. So next time, the FMA group are detained and later questions are answered and the Elric Brothers and their friends become Maverick Hunters. So stay tuned for more updates.