Ed and I skid to a stop in the kitchen doorway. We both peek around opposite corners before turning and grinning at each other. "Coast is clear." I whisper.

*KA-TANG*

The knife hits the wall literally a centimeter from my nose. I let loose a terrified scream, jumping backwards and cling to Ed. Izumi glares at us and returns to chopping some poor vegetable up. I glance at Ed who's turned as red as a beet. I then realize why: I jumped into his arms… Blushing, I squeak and throw my hands to my face. "Ohmigawdiamsosorry!" Ed swallows nervously and says something quietly before letting me down. I attempt to think of something other than "I'm so sorry! I didn't even! I -uh..." Ed mutters something embarrassedly, nodding, his face turning an even darker shade of red. I'm pretty sure that if either of us got any redder we'd be glowing. As I am very useless in awkward situations, I walk out of the room as quickly as I can, keeping my face covered with my hands so no one sees how red I am.

I'm pretty sure I bumped into every wall on the way to my room.

I walk into my room and flop, face first, onto the bed. "Uuuggghhh~~~." I groan and throw my arms to my sides, my hands dangling off the bed. 'That's it. I'm not moving from this spot until the sun is up tomorrow morning.'

The next morning, I get up and change into a pair of jean shorts and a green tank top before heading downstairs. "I'm up!" I call as I enter the kitchen. Sig waves at me as Izumi smiles. "About time too. Come help." I nod and grab a broom. As I start to sweep up the kitchen floor, I notice the eerily quietness of the house. I frown and look up at the ceiling.

"Something wrong?" asks Sensei.

I frown and look at her, pointing up. "Shouldn't the guys be up by now?" Izumi sighs. "Ed had to go to a nearby Military base to send in a report and Alphonse is outside." I nod. "Ah, ok." 'And there's that whole "I'm forgetting something important" feeling again...' I sigh. "Whatever." I mutter, returning to my chores.

-some time later-

I sigh and wipe the windows down again, just to make sure I didn't miss any spots when I glance out front. Empty… huh. Without taking my eyes off the front door, I call over my shoulder. "Sensei?"

"Hmm?"

I turn to look at her, frowning. "Didn't you say Al was out front?" She nods. "Yes, why?" I glance back outside. "Well, I'm not seeing him. Did you send him off somewhere?" Her head turns towards me, frowning confusedly. "No, I didn't." She comes into the front room and opens the door. "Al? Alphonse!" she calls, walking into the middle of the street. I frown and hurry outside after her. "Alphonse!" I shout. "Alphonse Elric, where are you?!" Izumi sighs and rubs the back of her neck. "He probably went after a cat or something." I sigh defeatedly and nod. "Probably." She returns to the house.

I grab the broom that Al must've left outside and finish sweeping up the front steps. 'I wonder what Al is actually up to right now… If only I'd read the mangas! I only ever watched the show and I don't remember diddly squat of it right now!...' I frown thoughtfully and tap my chin. 'I wonder if Truth blocked out my memories of the show? No, I remember some of it, just not all of it, so it's just me… hmmm… Waitaminute…. Dublith… and what was the big thing to happen here?' I gasp and spin around, dashing into the house, screaming "MISS IZUMI! I KNOW WHERE AL IS AND HE NEEDS US, LIKE, NOW!"

-Southern HQ, Amestris-

Ed let out an annoyed sigh and glanced around. 'My first time in Southern HQ and I'm already lost...' He'd already stopped by the front desk and gotten his forms and now he had go to the "Technical Evaluation" office… wherever that is. He continues down the halls of Southern HQ, glancing at the sheet of paper in his hand, which happens to be his evaluation essay. 'I wonder how Al and Lisa are doing with Teacher?' Ed shivers at the thought of the black haired woman. 'Teacher's probably skinned Lisa twice by now.' He couldn't hold back the stupid chuckle that came out of his mouth at the thought. 'That girl is looney in the head… though she has been trying to help us.. in her own… weird… way.' He sighs. 'I guess Al was kinda right that I shouldn't be so hard on her…' He turned a corner, spotting a blue large uniform out of the corner of his eye. "Excuse me. I'm looking for the office of Technical Evaluation, can you tell me-"

ARMSTRONG IN YO FACE BLONDIE! (This is just me being weird. sorry)

-back in Dublith, at the Devil's Nest bar-

I dash after Izumi. 'LORD this woman can walk fast!' I huff and finally catch up to Izumi as she slows, a large group of possibly drunk men hanging around the entrance to the Devil's Nest Bar. My hand flies to my face as I cover my nose, the rest of my face wrinkling in disgust. "Ugh, I hate the smell of alcohol." I growl unhappily and snap, putting on a gas mask. Izumi shoots me an angry look. I shrug. "I don't wanna smell it." She sighs and rolls her eyes. "Take that thing off. You'll attract attention." I almost say something back, but think better of it and take off the mask. "You ladies lost?" We both turn to see the gang of men approaching. I frown and slid one foot back and hold up my fists. Izumi frowns and holds an arm out to stop me."What we are doing is none of your concern." The men go to say something, probably a threat, when Izumi strides right past them. "So, where's the guy in charge?" I stifle a chuckle as she single handedly starts OWNING all of these weird guys.

I snap up some popcorn and enjoy Izumi being… well, Izumi, when a huge, and I mean HUGE guy walks outside. Like, he's so tall, he has to duck to get through the door. He grins as he straightens up. "What's a matter? Can't you guys take care of a couple of mice?" I growl and toss the popcorn aside, hitting one of the men in the face with it. "Who're you calling a mouse?!" I shout. He then spots me and Izumi, a bit of drool dripping off his lizard-ish jaws. "Ooh! Girls!" One of the guys, a big black guy with weirdly big lips grins and points at us. "You're in for it now! Uluchi ain't like the rest of us! He's got crocodile blood running through his veins!" Uluchi clicks his teeth together. My eye twitches and I turn to Izumi and bow. I gesture towards the croc-man. "May I, Sensei? I wouldn't want you to have to deal with scum like this." "HEY!" They shout angrily. Izumi glances from them to me and nods, crossing her arms. "Don't over do it." she says and I nod before turning to the crocodile man. I smirk and beat one fist into my open palm.

"Alrighty then, lizard boy! Let's see what'cha got!"

He chuckles before cracking his knuckles and then his neck. "You girls walked into a bad part of town-" He jumps at me, claws extended and a crazed look in his eyes. "-SO DON'T BLAME ME WHEN YOU GET HURT!" I pull my arm back, readying to sock the lizard in the face-

*WHAM*

A large fist makes contact with his face and sends the scoundrel flying backwards and crashes into a wall. My head leans backwards to the point I nearly fall over. I grin and wave at Sig from my upside down-ness. "Hi Sig!" Izumi looks up at him in surprise. "Oh honey, you came?" Sig lumbers past me and proceeds to beat the living daylights out of Uluchi. "KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY WOMAN!" I pull a .3. face and glance over at the gang of men who are staring at me with wide open mouths. I blink in confusion. "What?" They all point at him in utter shock. I gasp and jump back, swinging my arms in front of me rather dramatically, my face turning bright red. "N-NO, NOT ME, YOU PERVS! HER!" I point a Izumi who is blushing and smiling and saying something about how flattered she is that he called her his "woman"...

uhm…

yeah.

I then turn towards the men and crack my knuckles. "So!" I tilt my neck till it makes a "crick" noise. "Who wants to take me on?!" They all growl and two of them jump at me. I rear back my fist and run forward, "Naruto"/Ninja style. One of them pulls out a pocket knife and swishes it at me. I duck under his arm, delivering a fist to his stomach. As he starts flying backwards, I jump above him and bring my hands together above my head and then bring them crashing down on his head, smashing him into the ground. Still in air, I spin and kick the other guy in his gut because he's too tall for me to hit in the face. He flies into the other guys who scramble to get away, failing miserably.

Izumi jumps into the fight, clapping and creating a pillar of earth that sends a few guys flying across the alley. "Any of you scum going to tell us what we want to know now?" She asks. They all growl and shake their head. "We'll never rat out our friends!" "Get 'em!"

I dust myself off and sigh. "That was a short fight." The men lay around the alley, in various forms of pain and different injuries. I glance over at Izumi, who's grabbed that Uluchi guy by his shirt. "What have you done with the armored boy?!" She demands. I sigh. "I know where he is Teacher." "If you don't tell me, I'll-" Uluchi chuckles "You'll do what?!" I grumble. "Teach-" "I'll puke blood all over you!" She snaps and.. uhm.. proceeds to... do so…. "Ew gross!" Uluchi starts freaking out like a little girl. "TEACHER! I KNOW WHERE THEY'RE HOLDING AL!" I shout, finally catching teacher's attention. She glances at me and drops Uluchi. "Why didn't you say so!" I deadpan and sigh before leading the way inside the Devil's Nest.

We quickly make our way downstairs, Sig staying back to make sure none of those guys wake up. Izumi takes most of the guys we run into down before I can even make a move, which is really saying something. As we're walking I hear someone talking on the other side of a wall. "Teacher, over here!" She walks over to me. "I think they're in this next-" *SHOOM* "-room." I blink and shrug. "Or just make a door here. That's cool." Izumi kicks the door open, dragging in some poor guy she'd been beating. Several of the men start to move, as if to stop her, when- "YOU STUPID MORON!" She chucks the guy she was dragging at Al. (WOMAN SLOW DOWN! YOU ARE MOVING FASTER THAN I CAN TYPE! Izumi: WHAT WAS THAT!) She growls and then points at Alphonse before shouting, making everyone, including me, shiver in fear. "HOW THE HELL COULD YOU LET YOURSELF GET KIDNAPPED!" She demands as Al starts chibi crying. "I… I… I'm s-sorry!" he squeaks in fear. I duck away from the door and glance around. My eyes widen in surprise as my eyes land on the only person in the room that I actually recognize. "HEY! WE'RE THE ONES ASKING THE QUESTIONS-"

*LOUD SQUEALING*

Everyone in the room spins to look at me in surprise but I'm far too gone to notice or care. "OHMYGAWD OHMYGAWD OHMYGAWD! IT'S GREED!" *more squealing* Greed frowns and raises an eyebrow at me. "Hm?" His eyes widen slightly as he recognizes me. "Hey, you're that chick from the butcher shop." I grin and nod excitedly. "OHMYGAWD IF I HAD REALIZED WHO YOU WERE I WOULD'VE FREAKING LOST IT RIGHT THERE OHMYGAWD YOU'RE GREEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDD!" He chuckles and crosses his arms. Izumi and Al both shoot me some strange looks. Izumi points at him. "You know him?" I grin. "He's Greed the Avaricious! One of the seven homunculi! Easily the most badass and awesome out of all seven! EEEEE! If I had realized it was him at the shop-" "You would've been nicer?" He suggests. I laugh and shake my head. "I probably wouldn't have been as polite, though I would've freaked out!" Greed sighs and frowns. "Well shit." I squeal and bounce towards him, starry eyed. "OHMYGAWD YOU ARE SO RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME!" He chuckles. 'You are giving him such a ridiculously huge Ego Boost you know.' Ignoring the vengeful spirit, I looking up at him as Winry stares at automail. "If you weren't a bad guy, I'd totally take you up and that date offer!" He chuckles. "Oh really now?" I nod vigorously. "Now who said I was a bad guy?" I frown, losing the fangirl attack. "What part of this situation says otherwise? You kidnapped my friend." He shrugs. "Eh." I sigh and roll my eyes.

"Well, I'm better now that I got that out of my system." I spin around and walk to Izumi. "We might as well get Alphonse out of here now, right?" She nods as that big cow fella steps in our way. What was his name again? He snorts and smacks his huge hammer into his equally large hand. "You ladies won't be going anywhere with the kid." says Greed and I frown at him. He chuckles. "I don't know who you two think you are, busting in here and demanding things. But-" He kneels next to Al and pats his helmet. "I need this little guy to figure out how to get immortality." I roll my eyes and cross my arms over my chest. "If you think Ed's gonna tell scum like you how he did that, you're stupid." Greed stand and frowns. "I thought I was awesome." I sigh and facepalm. "You're awesome scum, happy now?" "Where is Brother?!" asks Al in an urgent voice. "Greed might know how we can get our original bodies back!" Greed turns to Al, confused. "I thought you said your brother was dead." "I never said that!" I sigh. "I don't get why people want immortality so bad. Immortality is a bitch to be honest. At least my version of it." Greed straightens up and grins at me. "You have immortality?" I shrug. "Of a sort, though it's alot different than the kind you're thinking of." "There are than one kind of immortality?" Greed seems quite astounded by the idea. I nod.

"There's the kind you're thinking of, where you live forever, no weakness that could get you killed. There's the kind where you live forever, but can still be killed. There's god-like immortality, where you are actually a god, but that has to be earned under certain circumstances. And then there's my kind. If you die in a world, you get spat back into the void, but you can't return to the world you died in. It's the most complicated of the types." I smirk at him with a knowing look.

"Not that you'll get any of them." He frowns unhappily. "Who do you think you are?" I grin cheekily and wink, leaning towards him a bit. "I'm just a traveler! And this." I point to Izumi. "Well." She grins, and cracks her knuckles, stepping forward. "I'M A HOUSEWIFE!"

-(You guys don't understand how badly I wanted to stop right here because Izumi)-

I stopped keeping track of how long fights last, as I suck at guessing time, so after a short fight, Izumi and I (mostly Izumi) had beaten every one of Greed's lackeys. Greed stands by Al, watching us with a weird expression, a mix of some kind of surprise and confusion. "Hey, hey, hey. That's harsh. You didn't even give us a warning." I laugh and shake my head. "Whatever Greed." "Now then." Izumi walks up to Greed, standing toe-to-toe with the homunculus. "We'll be taking him back now." Greed chuckles and crosses his arms. "I don't think so." I roll my eyes and walk up beside Izumi, leaning on Al's shoulder.

"What are you going to do to stop us? She's a master alchemist and I'm a freaking demigod. You're just one homunculus. Not much you can do." He growls softly under his breath and I smirk. "Oh, there's quite alot I can do." he says. I frown and look down at his hand without tilting my head to see his hand blackening to the color of charcoal and his fingertips becoming pointy, much like Lillian's hand. My eyes widen as I shove Izumi out of the way and Greed swipes upwards. A cut opens up on Izumi's hip and I feel a sharp pain fly from left side, all the way across my stomach.

I squeeze my arm across the wound, blood staining my shirt and dripping into a puddle on the ground as I hit the ground. I hear Al gasp. "Lisa! Teacher!" I wince and glare up at Greed, who's frowning down at me, shaking his head. "Now you've just gone and made things worse for yourself." I growl at him, wincing at the pain pulsing through my chest, blood gushing over my arms. My legs are quaking and I feel the urge to puke at the sight of so much blood. I feel Izumi pull my arm over her shoulders as I glare daggers at him. My ears have started ringing and I can only see people's mouths move as they speak. It's really annoying. Izumi leaves the room, dragging me with her. I attempt to walk, but my feet are sluggish and I can only manage a few steps before I get dizzy. 'too much...blood… Li-lli-aann….' My mind is as sluggish as my feet as I attempt to speak to my personal demon. 'I can't do anything.' comes her sharp reply as my eyes start to droop closed. I'm faintly aware of Izumi yelling something and then being carried by a pair of large hands. In my half-conscious state, the figure carrying me is replaced by my own father, carrying me from his truck where I fell asleep in to our house. I manage a weak smile, any voices I'd been hearing fading into a muted mumble as I allow my eyes to close and the darkness to consume me.

I realize that this seems short, but I wanted to end it here. You guys have been waiting long enough and I wanted to leave a cliff hanger. Hopefully in this next chapter I will finally get to the thing I've been wanting to do. Hint: There's a side story incoming people. Keep an eye out it, because it's SUPER DUPER IMPORTANT. When it comes out, read it because it will end up being pretty crazy and SUPER AWESOME. A few people already know about it. You know who you are. Don't spoil it.