Truth revealed

by Lucifer swift

This story original belong to fallen crest Summary:- Some of the cast of FMAB were brought to a room to show the whole secret of the anestrus, the war of Ishwal And many more. But in exchange of the knowledge, they have to feel the suffer and pain of all the event, their past and future, to unravel the mystery which never has been revealed to the world.

1. Chapter 1 (Fullmetal Alchemist)

*CHAPTER 1*

Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, it belongs to the writer and Monthly shounen jump GanGan manga and also this fic belongs to fallen crest, but for some reason He deleted this story 6 years ago, I don't know why but, maybe some reason.

This story is a repost of the delete Story Truth Revealed written by my favorite author Fallen crest, and Man believe me I have waited for it for like 6 years for someone to reposts or at least for an update about the sequel of this story,

And in the end, I decided to repost it, and also if somehow Fallen Crest is reading it, so I would like to apologize for not asking your permission to repost, I sorry.

Those who already read this story before, then you guys can read it again, those who didn't, Man you guys are about to get the best A1 Treat of the best reaction fic in FMAB Fanfiction list and believe me it's worth it.

Now with wasting any moment let start.

Oh, and also this whole is been typed by me, not just use copy paste and slap it on the page, {WELL BASICALLY IM DOING A COPY PASTE BY WRITING IT, BUT TYPED EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THIS FIC, NOT JUST USE MY MOUSE USE RIGHT CLICK AND MOVE CURSSOR AND COPY EVERY WORD AND PASTE IT} it took a long time to write one chapter and man HE'S AWEASOME, FALLEN CREST IS AWEASOME.

The update will be weakly till chap- 49 cause after it will be my original work and I will try my best to write on his level,

I hope you guys enjoy it

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Episode 1: Fullmetal Alchemist

Everyone stared at another in surprise. They were just going about their normal business when they suddenly found themselves in a room that was like a lobby, it had a soft red carpet with a variety of couch, love seats, chairs, coffee tables and side tables around. In the back of the room were a few doors leading to who knew where. In front of them was a screen the size of a movie theater screen.

"What the hell?" Mustang growled looking around the room. In this room were Edward, Alphonse, Riza Hawkeye, jean havoc, Kain Fuery, Vato Falman, Heyman Breda, Maes Hughes, Maria Ross, Denny Brosh, Alex Louis Armstrong, Olivier Mira Armstrong, Karley, Major Miles, Captain Buccaneer, Alexandre, Charlie, Damiano, Richard and Scar. There were also a lot of regular soldiers around. (FALLEN CREST A/N: THESE SOLDIERS ARE FROM THE EAST AND NORTH THAT PARTICIPATED IN COUP D' ETAT. THEY ALL HAD A PART SO THEY GET TO SEE THE FULL TRUTH.)

"Scar?!" Havoc shouted, hand flashing to his side to get his gun, only to find it missing.

While everyone was looking on their person for their weapons, Scar and Edward were glaring at each other. There were only 2 besides the woman who didn't carry weapons, Since Alphonse couldn't do alchemy without chalk, he was searching for that. Unknown to those two thoughts, the woman was watching them with narrowed eyes.

"EDWARD ELRICS!"

Golden eyes flashed away from the state alchemist killer in fear.

"Shit! Teacher!" was all he got out before the teacher foot was slamming into his face, sending him flying into the wall behind him. That, effectively, got everyone attention and stop searching for their weapons to stare at.

"Brother?" Al asked worriedly and in bit of fear. He would have approached his brother, but his teacher was still standing there and he didn't want to move closer.

But, it seems, his voice got her attention as she turned to him. "Al?" Izumi asked, voice soft and gentle now.

Al meekly nodded his head.

"My, you've certainly grown." Izumi said, holding her hand out, Al wasn't all that surprised when he was suddenly flipped over the back of a couch.

"Ow."

"Hmph, not enough training, either of you!" Izumi growled; voice harsh once more.

"What impressive strength." Armstrong cried, truly moved by Izumi.

The youngest state alchemist climbed off the floor, glaring the muscled man." Don't encourage the old hag, Armstrong."

"Brother!" Al cried dismayed.

Izumi slowly turned to her student, cracking her knuckles.

"What was that, you damn brat?"

Sweat dripped down Ed's face as he nervously started at his teacher. "Wait! No, I mean, you are very pretty and young, Teacher! Don't kill me!"

"Wow, I have never seen the chief this scared ever," Breda said amused, a grim spreading across his lips.

Havoc winced as Ed was kicked to the other side of the room. "I wonder what he did to enrage her."

"I want to know how she got him to behave" Mustang commented, much to the amusement to his squad as they were reminded of all fight the two alchemists have had.

"AHHH!" Al screamed as Izumi kicked him after his brother, "What'd I do?"

"Sir, aren't you forgetting about Scar?" Riza demand.

Mustang blinked and looked at the murderer, who was watching the Elrics, "I think he looks too amused to even think about killing anyone right now."

Riza sighed, "Sir, we need to find out why are here."

"And save ed and Al from getting killed." Maes added. Though he was grinning mischievously.

Before mustang could reply, it seemed someone else got fed up first.

"ALRIGHT! Enough!"

All head turned to look at the owner the voice, who seemed to be Major General Armstrong. "Let's all figure out what is going on." She commanded.

"I like the Idea" Edward said, pulling himself off the floor, wincing a bit in pain.

"You just had to call her old." Al muttered annoyed. "Oh, like you never thought it." Edward snapped.

Crack!

Edward and Alphonse shut up, jumped to their feet, and ran to the other side of the room to escape their teacher, much to everyone's amusement.

"Question! Why the hell is the state alchemist killer here with us?" Edward demanded, glaring at Scar.

"Done getting your ass kicked, Fullmetal?" Mustang asked with that damn arrogant smirk.

"Don't start with me, bastard colonel!" Ed snarled, plopping down on the floor in front of the couch. It was then that he noticed a letter on the coffee table. "Look, we've got mail!"

"Brother? Are you okay?" Al asked worriedly. "Did Teacher ruin your brain with all that throwing you around?"

Ed shot his brother a glare as he picked the letter up. "Shut it, Al." He opened the envelope and pulled out a letter. "Dear those who have been gathered…. sheesh, what kind of greeting is that? Could have just said everyone. You have been brought here to view the showing of what is to happen to Amestris in the coming days. All weapons have been removed,along with alchemy being blocked. It is all blocked so there will be no killing while you are here. That includes you, Scar. Try to get along while here…...that's practically asking for the impossible considering who has been

gathered. As you are watching this, any injuries you obtain in it, you will feelthatpain.Youwillnotobtaintheinjury,onlythesensationofthepain…. How cruel Hopefully they aren't a lot of injuries. Without further ado, let the first episode begin. Cheers.V.H…. Who the hell is V.H.?"

Ed stared at the letter for a moment then his hands. Brows furrowed, he clapped his hands and slammed one onto the ground. To his surprise and annoyance, nothing happened. "Well, great. He wasn't lying."

"How did he turn our alchemy off?" Mustang asked shocked. He didn't really expect Ed's alchemy to not work.

"I don't know, but I want to have a word with him!" Ed grumbled.

"We have to feel that pain? Let's hope there are not many injuries." Maria said worriedly.

Al, Mustang, and his Mustang's crew just gave her dull looks, while everyone was confused with the looks. "If anything, I bet Fullmetal is the one who gets injured the most." Mustang commented.

"What?" Edward snapped, turning his head to glare at the man sitting on the couch behind him. "I'm not that reckless!"

"I only fought you once, and I found you quite reckless in that fight." Scar commented from where he was sitting by himself in a chair.

Ed shot him a glare. "You were trying to kill me! Of course, I was being a bit reckless!"

"Mustang, who is this child?" General Armstrong demanded.

"Ah, right, being up in Briggs, you wouldn't what he looks like. This is Major Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist." Mustang said. "Fullmetal, this is Major General Olivier Armstrong, Captain Buccaneer, Major Miles, Karley, and their comrades. They are all stationed in the north at Fort Briggs."

"Nice to meet you." Edward replied, only to be met with a fierce glare from the General. "What the hell did I do

"She's just naturally a cold person." Mustang replied unconcerned.

"Enough chit-chat. Let's start this already so we can leave this place." Izumi growled.

"Oh," Edward said. "So, you know, this is Izumi Curtis. She is Al's and mine alchemy teacher."

"Not for much longer." Izumi growled to herself. If those boys did what she thought they did, there was going to be hell to pay.

Music filled the dark screen before the darkness faded away to reveal Central Next it showed a transmutation circle being drawn with chalk before the screen showed Isaac's grim face. The screen pulled away from him and to the sky to show Central Command.

"The Freezing Alchemist?" Mustang's voice rang out.

A moment later, a picture of Isaac was showed on a form."Yes. He has sneaked his way here into Central." Fuhrer Bradley said as the screen changed to the Fuhrer, who was looking at a map of Amestris at an angle. "Colonel Roy Mustang, I would like to put you in charge of capturinghim."

Mustang was shown to be standing at attention in front of the doors to the office.

"Why do we have to start with stuff that already happened?" Edward complained.

"For the people who weren't there." Izumi growled. She was sitting on the loveseat with Maria Ross and Riza Hawkeye. Dear gate, why did she have to be with Riza?

"If that is your order," Mustang replied,eager to please as always.

"Oh,I'm so glad you are in Central.I can rest assured leaving this to you."The Fuhrer replied.

Edward snorted.

"Yes, brother, we know you hate the Colonel." Al said from where he was lying on the floor on his metal stomach so as not to obstruct anyone's view.

"I didn't say a thing." Edward retorted. "And I have some level of respect for him."

"I'm touched." Mustang said sarcastically.

"And now it just dropped." Edward snapped at him, glaring at Mustang out of the corner of his eye.

General Armstrong smirked. Very little respect for the man? She could agree with the kid on that part. She had a heated rivalry with Mustang, but still respected him somewhat.

"Yessir."Mustang bowed his head a bit before the Fuhrer interrupted.

"Ah,one more boy is here,as well."

"Boy?" Edward growled. "I have a damn name!"

"At least you were mentioned, brother." Al said, trying to cheer his brother up.

"Doesn't make me feel better." Ed grumbled. "How old are you two?" Miles asked. "Fifteen." Ed replied.

"Fourteen." Al said. "We're also brothers."

"And the oldest is a pipsqueak compared to his brother." General Armstrong commented.

Edward whipped around to glare at her. "Pipsqueak?" He hissed

"Leave it be, Fullmetal." Mustang growled, planting a firm hand on Ed's head to turn it back to the screen. He lowered his voice so only Ed could hear him. "You don't want to antagonize General Armstrong. She is worse than Hawkeye on a bad day."

Seeing as the Colonel was giving him a warning, an actual good warning, Edward let the matter go and didn't bite the Colonel's head off for touching him

"Use him how ever you like."

"You know, that could be taken badly." Maes commented, grinning evilly at Mustang, who sat there gaping at his best friend.

"H-Hughes!" Mustang shouted, desperately wishing his gloves weren't taken so he could fry his friend.

"The Colonel would have to spend a lot of time in jail if he did something like that." Havoc commented, enjoying the horror that spread across Ed's face. The kid sat there gaping, wishing for this to be a nightmare.

"You're wrong, Lieutenant Havoc." Hawkeye growled, causing all eyes to turn to her. "If the Colonel did one inappropriate thing to that boy, he would be full of bullet holes."

"Hawkeye! You're supposed to be on my side, not Fullmetal's!" Mustang protested.

Hawkeye's brown eyes narrowed at her superior. "If you touched it, you would be straying down the wrong path, and I would have an obligation to shoot you."

"Children really shouldn't be in the military." Charlie commented, watching the display in astonishment.

"For their sanity or because it causes the soldiers to go crazy?" Richard asked.

"Both!

Edward blinked a couple of times, trying to get his mind to function properly once more.

"You broke brother, Mr. Hughes." Al said accusingly.

"Ah, shit." Mustang grumbled. He leaned forward and smacked the boy on the back of his head. "Snap out of it, Fullmetal. It was a joke."

"Haven't I been traumatized enough in my life?" Edward mumbled.

Mustang ruffled the boy's hair, and to the surprise of many, Edward didn't try to kill him for it. "Yes, yes, you have. Hughes is just a very cruel man."

Hughes grinned, but to everyone in the room it now looked like a very evil grin.

"Fuhrer Bradley, by boy,do you mean…?"Mustang asked.

Fuhrer Bradley turned away from the window to look at Mustang again."Yes,the Fullmetal Alchemist,Edward Elric."

"What other child is there in the military?" Scar scoffed, frowning at the boy. Of all the State Alchemists, the one he didn't want to kill was the child. He was just a kid and had no part in the Ishvalan War, but the moment he signed up for the military, he became the enemy.

"What a stupid decision that was." Izumi growled, glaring at her student.

Edward twitched at the eyes glaring at him. It could only mean that his teacher was glaring at him. Training with her for so long gave him that acute sense to know when it was her.

The screen changed to a blond-haired boy when the Fuhrer was sayinghis real name. A glare was shining in the boy's eyes as the moon shined brightly down on him."Ah,damnit,the colonel is such a slave driver."

"I'm just making you actual do your job, Fullmetal." Mustang retorted.

"You gave me a mission to Liore, then told me to handle this! Which is it, bastard?" Edward cried.

The screen changed a suit of amor."We'd already bought our tickets to Liore,but that's been cancelled, huh?"

The screen was pulled back to show the boys were on a roof.Edward stood up. "Nothing we can do about it. Let's hurry and get this over with,Al."

"How did you even get up there?" Fuery asked.

"I think we used the fire escape that time." Al said thoughtfully. "That time?" Breda asked.

"Brother likes sitting high up in the air so he climbs onto roofs often." Al explained.

"Course. It's the closet I'll ever get to the sky." Edward mused.

"Well, maybe if you weren't so short…" Mustang trailed off, smirking subtly while most of the people gathered groan.

Edward whipped around, glaring at his superior. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT HE CAN ONLY RIDE A RAT AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION?"

"That would be you, Fullmetal."

Before Ed could take his superior's head off, Al had grabbed his brother around the waist and pulled him down to the ground with him so they were both lying down.

"That's one hell of a pair of lungs." Karley commented after a moment of silence. In return, he received many blank stares from everyone else who was not Scar or a Briggs soldier.

"Still has a temper, I see." Izumi commented.

"You're one to talk." Edward grumbled. "Mm-hmm,Brother."

With those words,the screen changed to an opening theme.

"Oooh, an opening theme song. We must be so special." Havoc commented. "We haven't even appeared yet." Falman pointed out.

"We will yet!" Havoc cried.

A white back ground with a transmutation array appeared on the screen as music started.

"Kono omoi wo"

As a voice started tosing,a boy with long blond hair and golden eyes appeared.

"Woah, that boy looks a lot like Chief." Havoc said in shock.

"Except for a few differences, like the bangs and shape of his face. They are almost twins." Mustang said.

"My question is why is he appearing? Does he have something to do with what we are going to learn?" Riza asked.

"Only one way to find out." Ed said.

"Keshiteshi mau niwa"

The background changed to a blue sky with clouds in it as the boy raised his hands and stretched them out towards the screen.

"Mada jinsei nagaidesho?"

Trisha took ove rthe screen,standing on a small hillin Resembool. As the wind blew around her, she smiled.

"Now a strange woman appears. What is this weirdness?" Breda asked, grinning.

Ed and Al stared at the face of their mother with sad eyes. It had been so long they last saw her. They didn't even see her in pictures anymore. They had burned them all, except a few they left at Winry's, and they didn't bother to look at those.

A pair of young boys with gold hair and eyes were shown next, staring as a door shut and left them in the dark.

"Yari noko shite 'rukoto"

"Now that looks like Fullmetal." Miles said. "Is that you?" Ed nodded. "Yep, and that is Al next to me."

"Aww, such cute kids." Hughes said, grinning. "What happened?" Scowling, Ed shot the man a glare. Stupid, annoying man.

The top part of a man's head was shown.The man slowly raised his head to show his golden eyes to the screen.

"Yarinao shite mitai kara"

Ed scowled. He didn't even need to see the man's whole face to know who that was. Hohenheim. If he was being shown, then did that mean he was going to have a part in this? He hoped not. He didn't want to deal with that man ever again.

"Okay, what is with all the strangers? So far we only knew the brothers." Havoc said confused.

A small blot of red appeared in the middle of the screen. As the music got faster, the blot grew quickly, twisting around it self until it turned red and orange so it was fire. Ed and Al were shown to be standing in frontofthefire.

"Why are you guys standing in front of a fire?" Hughes asked. Ed and Al shared a look. "That's our business." The former said. Hughes huffed. "What is with you guys and secrets?"

Al shrugged. "They're our life?"

The words "Fullmetal Alchemist" appeared in front of the boys and the fire.

"What the hell?" Havoc asked.

"Why does it say 'Fullmetal Alchemist?'" Mustang asked confused. "Because I'm freaking awesome?" Ed suggested.

"Be careful, Ed, or you're going to get a big head." Hughes teased. Ed rolled his eyes, but grinned at the man.

The words stayed on the screen as the scene pulled out to show a house on fire and a night sky.

"Why the hell is that house on fire?" Mustang asked shocked. "And why are you two there?"

"What does it matter?" Ed shrugged. He wasn't going to tell these guys that he and Al burned their house down. That was a private matter between the brothers. "This could mean anything."

The scene rose quickly into the night sky with blue lightning flashing down over it before Ed appeared in a field of light brown grass.

"Yumeno tsuzuki oikaketeita ha zunanoni"

The scene zoomed in on Ed.He clapped his hand sand stretched them out towards the screen.

"Chief sure is appearing a lot." Havoc said.

"Maybe he is more important than us." Fuery suggested.

Havoc pouted. "No fair. He's just a kid. What makes him so special?" "He is the youngest State Alchemist out there?" Buccaneer suggested. The blond soldier sighed. "Stupid smart kid."

"Hey, I can hear you!" Ed growled. Havoc grinned at him. "That's the point."

Hohenheim appeared on the screen,turning to face itas the scene pulled out and the wind blew around him.

"Magari kunetta hosoi michi hito ni tsumazuku"

He looked away from the screen to look at the wall behind him.

"Does anyone know who this guy is?" Izumi asked.

Al looked at his older brother, who looked at him for a moment before sighing. He nodded at Al.

Al turned to his teacher. "He is our dad."

"HUH?" Mustang, Havoc, Falman, Breda, and a few other soldiers who knew the brothers said

."That's your dad?" Izumi asked surprised.

Ed sighed. He wanted it kept quiet for a reason.

"Wow, he looks more like a scholar, then a fighter." Havoc said. Ed raised a brow at that. "Why would you think he was a fighter?"

Havoc shrugged. "Well, we have always wondered what your parents were like. And since you are such great fighters…"

"Our dad isn't a fighter. He's just an alchemist." Al corrected.

The scene changed to three kids who were sleeping on a bed. One wasWinry. As the scene moved up, Ed was shown with his hand under his shirt,and then Al was seen with his hands holdings blanket to his chest.

"Ano koro mitai ni tte"

"So cute." Hughes cooed. "You guys had sleepovers with a girl?" "Well, she is our best friend." Al defended.

The three kids were shown to be walking down a path.

"Modoritai wakejanai no"

Al was shown to be lying on the grass. He grass. He raised a hand to the sky.

"Nakushite kita Sora wo sagashite'ru"

Al appeared to be standing in a field of flowers. Next, Al and Ed were shown to be running through a field in Resembool.

"Wakatte kuremasu you ni"

"I'm beginning to think this is all about the brothers." Armstrong said.

"I think we are important as well," Al said. "But I also think you guys are important. This is about the future of Amestris and everyone here is involved in it. You guys just aren't appearing it yet."

"They might not appear in this opening at all." Ed piped in.

"I don't think Chief believes in us at all." Breda moaned to Havoc. "We always knew he was cruel." Havoc added.

Ed rolled his eyes.

Hughes was shown next with a black background, followed by Mustang, who started with a black background that was soon lit up by fire with flaming ashes blowing around him. Riza was shown next, lying on a bed with her arms crossed over her eyes. Her lips moved in sync with the lyrics.

"Gisei ni natta you na kanashii kao wa yameteyo"

"You were wrong, Fullmetal." Mustang said, smirking. "Look who just appeared."

"An annoying family man and an arrogant jerk. How wonderful." Ed said sarcastically.

"What about me?" Riza asked.

Ed shrugged. "What about you? I like you, but if you insist. And a gun manic."

Riza gave Ed a dry glare, but couldn't help the smile that twitched at her lips as she tried to suppress it.

Ed quickly took over the scene.The screen rapidly pulled out as Ed's leg and arm quickly disintegrated with blue alchemical leg surrounding the stumps left behind.

"Tsumi no saigo wa namida janai yo,"

Al was shown next with blue alchemical light surrounding him and looked as if it was pulling at him as his whole body disintegrated and disappeared.

"Zutto kuru shiku seotte'kunda"

"What the hell was that?" Havoc asked shocked.

Mustang closed his eyes. He didn't have to ask. He already knew since he

knew what was in Al's armor, or the lack of what was there, and how Ed lost his limbs. He knew how it all happened so he knew what those scenes meant.

Winry was seen next,stumbling around.

"Deguchi mienai kanjou meiro ni"

Gluttony appeared on the screen with Envy shooting out of his mouth with an evil grin. Lust pulled out of Envy's head,smirking cruelly.

"Darewomatte'runo?"

"Who the hell are these people? And why do they look so evil?" Mustang growled.

"Well, if you think about it, if we are being shown our future, it means something bad is going to happen and we are meant to change it. And if something bad happens, someone has to be the cause of it." Hughes pointed out.

"You think it is them?" Mustang asked. Hughes shrugged. "Could be."

Mustang appeared onscreen, snapping his finger's Creating a wave of flames in front of him. His fingers on his other hand snapped as he brought his hand forward, creating another wave before Riza was shown, pulling her guns out and pointing them at the screen as she jumped back. She started to fire repeatedly.

"Shiori nooto ni tsuzutta you ni"

Armstrong appeared next,looking as if he was screaming.Denny and Ross were shown next.They turned around and saluted at the screen.

"Motto sunao ni haki dashitai yo"

"Oh, look, it's our turn." Denny said with a grin.

"As always, Major Armstrong is flexing." Ross said blandly. "They appeared. Why haven't we?" Havoc moaned.

Ed rolled his eyes. "Is it really that important to you?"

"Yes, because then it means at least someone is thinking of me!" Havoc exclaimed.

Ed rolled his eyes. "Weirdo."

Greed was shown with his shield rapidly covering his face. He was shown to be jumping off of a bridge.

"Nani kara nogaretai n da…"

Ed shot up straight. "Woah, who the hell is that and what happened to his face?"

"That's what gets you out of all this?" Buccaneer asked amused. "But it's so weird." Ed said. "I've never seen anything like it."

"He doesn't look like someone you want to meet ever." Hughes said with a grimace.

Central Command was shown next.The scene rapidly zoomed in on Bradley, who was standing on one of the roofs.

"Genjitsu tte yatsu?"

Ed was running across a bridge to get to Envy. Envy jumped over his attack as Gluttony fell from the sky and landed on the bridge with so much force that it caused the bridge to start to crumble. Gluttony jumped over Envy to get to Ed. When he landed, an explosion happened behind Envy that caused all three to get blasted back.

"Kanaeru tame ni ikite' ru n datte Sakebitaku naru yo Kikoete imasuka?"

"Well, if Fullmetal is fighting those guys, it proves your idea that they are the enemy." Mustang mentioned to Hughes.

"Why is Ed fighting them alone?" Hughes asked worriedly. Mustang shrugged. "Reckless punk?"

Scar was shown to be sitting by a tree with rain pouring on him. The sun started to come out, making Scar raise his head.

"Bunan ni nante yatte' rarenai kara…"

"Even Scar gets shown?" Havoc asked insulted.

Ed rolled his eyes once more. Weirdo.

Scar stood up, looked around for a moment, then ran off.

"Kaeru basho mo nai no"

Pinako appeared to be sitting on the stairs of her porch with Den walking up to her from behind and barking at her.

"Yasashisa niwa itsumo kansha shite'ru"

Ed did a one-handed side flip. When his hands hit the ground, pillars shot out of the ground as he landed on his feet in his next spot. He continued to slam his hands into the ground as he moved to the side, creating more and more pillars.

Lust was shown to be dodging the pillars with Envy doing the same. One of the pillars slammed into Gluttony.

"Dakara tsuyoku naritai(I'm on the way)"

"You have a thing about fighting the crazy people, don't you?" Breda asked dryly.

Ed raised a brow. "What makes you say they are crazy?"

"If they are doing something to harm Amestris's future, they are crazy." Breda said.

Winry appeared on the screen, arms crossed over the top of her face as she mouthed the next few words.

"Natsukashiku naru"

Ed was shown next. His arms were crossed over his hand before heforcefullybroughtthemdown.Hisautomailarmflewacrossthescreenand stopped in front of a strange purple pupil and broken into a hundred pieces.

"Konna itami mo kangei jan"

With a last bang of music, the scene rapidly pulled out and showed two figures standing in the distance by the sun.

"Well, that certainly was interesting." Havoc commented. "What does it mean?"

"Considering we are going to see our future, some of their scenes may have been quick flashes of what is to come." Izumi suggested.

"Then that makes that opening even more interesting." Hughes said, grinning. "This should be fascinating."

With the song over with, it went back to Central at nighttime with ashrillwhistleresoundingthroughoutthecity.Isaacwasshownrunningdownanalley.

"Three he goes! Thatway!"A solider yelled.

Two soldiers appeared, holding their guns out at Isaac."Halt! Halt,or else!"

Isaac brought his right arm out from under his cloak, revealing a metal gauntlet with a transmutation circle glowing on it.His left arm came out to before he touched the sides of the alley to send water at the soldiers,

sending them flying backwards as they were hit. Ignoring them, Isaac turned at the end of the alley to see another two soldiers waiting for him at the end of that one.

This time, Isaac grabbed one of the soldiers' wrist, then created a transmutation where he froze the soldier completely, using the water inside him. The second soldier was then grabbed by the neck and had the water in his body heated to extreme measures, leaving him dead.

"Freezing and boiling, both attributes of water."

"What a horrible way to die." Izumi commented.

"I can think of worse." Edward commented, glancing at Mustang then at Scar.

As the alchemist finished speaking, there was a sound of transmutation as the screen changed to look at the sky where a spark lighted as a spear came flying into view. It landed right where Isaac was. It would have hit him if he didn't jump back in time to miss it.

"Alchemy…"

A red raw burnt hand was shown as Edward's voice rung out. "What a nasty thing to do."

"In order to do great things, sacrifices must be made. "Isaac retorted, as light smile on his face, changing into an almost insane look. "It's what known as equivalent exchange."

"There's no way you can call that equivalent exchange." Edward retorted angrily as he stepped into the light of the alley. He slammed his hands together, creating bright blue electricity to shine around him before he reached out to grab the spear he had thrown. When his hand touched it, the spear changed into a mace which he twirled once in his hand before pointing it at Isaac.

"No transmutation circle?" Izumi growled, jumping to her feet. "Edward!

You saw it, didn't you?"

"Saw it?" Armstrong asked confused, as pretty much everyone was feeling, even Al.

Edward bowed his head, letting his bangs shield his face. "Teacher, not now. Please." He added pleadingly, something none of the soldiers had ever heard from him, even when he was getting beaten up by his teacher earlier.

"Fine." Izumi huffed, seating back down. "But we will talk about this later."

"Yes, I understand, Teacher." Edward replied quietly, making Mustang twitched. He was not used to a submissive Fullmetal, and he did not like it one bit.

Isaac looked at the boy in shock. "Without even a transmutation circle…!"

"You can't afford to be so intrigued."Edward replied, glaring at the man with his sharp golden eyes.

He charged forward at the man, just as Alphonse appeared behind him. Isaac noticed him just in time to dodge under his punch. While he was bent backwards, Ed came charging and slamming his mace down on him, only to have Isaac cross his arms to block the mace. He forced his arms up, throwing the mace block and dodging to the side to avoid Al who was trying to grab him. He flipped, kicking Al in the process. When he was standing upright, he blocked Edward's mace once more, grabbing the boy's right arm in the process. Alchemical light shined in the alley once more as Ed's right arm was attacked. Instead of the intended attack, Ed stumbled back with a gasp as his jackets got all ripped up.

"What?" Isaac shouted shock. Al, who was still behind him, went to slam his hands down on Isaac, who brought his arms up to block the attack before flipping the Armor boy over him. "Any water in there should have boiled!"

"Time and time again, that damn automail has saved your life." Mustang commented.

The screen changed back to Edward, who was kneeling on the ground with his arm still in the air."You ruined my coat , you know."

"Is that all you care about, brother?" Al asked.

"Yes, I am getting fed up with people destroying my coats!" Edward shouted. "It gets tiring to fix it all the time."

"Someone tries to kill you and that's what you complain about." Havoc snorted.

"Did you feel any pain from that?" Damiano asked curiously.

"It's automail. I guess that doesn't count to this V.H guy." Edward commented.

"It's not like you can feel anything with automail." Buccaneer said.

Edward glanced at him and his automail arm and nodded. The captain was right there.

"Automail. "Isaac said, staring at the alchemist in shock.

Edward grabbed the ruined part of his coat and ripped the rest of the coat off of his body, covering the screen in red. When the coat disappeared, it showed as cowling Ed and Al climbing to his feet.

"The skill of a gifted alchemist," Isaac said. The screen changed to Ed's automail arm, looking at it from hand to shoulder. "One who doesn't use transmutation circles, as well as an automail right arm…!" The screen changed back to Ed's face. "You are the Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric?!"

"Is he really that well-known?" General Armstrong asked.

"Yes. Which is why he is always getting himself in trouble." Riza said with a

sigh.

"Edward has been like that even before becoming a state alchemist." Izumi corrected.

"I am sitting right here, you know!" Edward shouted annoyed.

"Okay, I'll say it to your face." Izumi growled. "You are a troublemaking brat who must take pleasure in scaring his friends and family with how reckless he always is!"

Edward scowled. "I don't go out looking for trouble! It usual finds me!" "Well, actually, brother, there was that one time…"

"Shut up, Al! No one knows about that one time." Edward snarled. "And we do not speak of it."

Mustang narrowed his eyes. "That one time? What the hell did you do, Fullmetal?"

"Nothing you need to know about." Edward replied in snarky tone.

The screen changed to tan background with transmutation circles on it and the words "Fullmetal Alchemist" on the screen.

"What a long introduction just for the pipsqueak." Mustang commented.

"Stop calling me that!" Edward yelled angrily, not even bothering to try to get off the floor since it was too much effort at the moment.

"That's all I get this time?" Mustang asked, a bit disappointed. "Oh, shut it, Sparky." Edward snapped.

"Sparky?" Mustang mouthed to himself, while the others laughed. "Not you?" Isaac asked, pointing at Al.

"Oh, um, I'm his younger brother, Alphonse."Al said meekly, scratching his helmet.

"Three years!" Havoc cried. "You've been in the military for three years, and this still happens to you!"

Edward shot the man a glare. "I'm making a list of whose asses I have to kick when I get out of here."

Havoc meeped and subdued his laughter. "This runt…?"

"Who's a puny runt?" Edward yelled angrily.

"I think it is a unanimous vote about your height, Fullmetal." Mustang commented.

"ARGH!" Edward shouted, slamming his head into the ground, which did nothing since it was a soft carpet. "Would you shut the hell up about my height? I am not a tiny little pipsqueak!"

"Do you take pleasure in angering your subordinate?" Miles asked, staring at the kid a bit amused and a bit pitying.

"Of course."

"And people say General Armstrong has an ice heart." Charlie muttered to his friends.

"I always thought it was Major Elric who started the fights." Richard said.

Edward clapped his hands together and put them on the ground. Alchemical energy filled the alley and sped towards Isaac, going up the walls surrounding him so they sprouted out and trapped him between them.

"To think that the man they call the Fullmetal Alchemist is just a little child." Isaac mumbled out as his face was being squished.

Angrily, Edward clapped his hands together and slammed his metal one on the wall. "Don't call me little! "A hand sprouted from the wall , which slammed into Isaac and sent him flying back.

"That sure is a short temper." Scar commented mostly to himself.

"DAMN YOU, SCAR!" Edward shouted, grabbing at his hair in frustration. "I think everyone is against you, brother." Al commented softly.

Edward slowly lifted his head from the ground, glaring dangerously at his little brother. "Does that include you, Al?"

Al meeped and shook his head. "Never, brother!"

"Brother, I don't think he meant your height just now. "Al told his fuming brother.

"Even if he didn't, he's going to pay! "Edward shouted angrily.

"I should go on some missions with you, Fullmetal. I would find myself quite amused." Mustang commented, smirking.

"No way in hell will I ever go on another mission with you, bastard! Not after that last one!" Edward shouted.

"What happened…."

"No." Edward growled, cutting Alexandre off. "Do not even ask." "I was really hoping to give a good story too." Mustang said.

Riza sighed, wishing she had her gun with her. "Sir, please stop teasing Edward."

An MP appeared on the screen along with some jolly music. "That's the Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric for you."

Behind the soldier, Isaac was being led away by other soldiers while Al

stood in front of the soldier.

"Are you kidding me?" Edward shouted.

"You think people would learn after three years." Fuery said sympathetically.

"Thank you very much for your assistance."

"No, "Al said as the screen changed to watch Ed's back as he transmuted something. "I'm his younger brother, Alphonse Elric."

Edward stood up as his brother finished talking. He pivoted on his feet, pulling his red coat on as he did. "Okay. Sorry to keep you waiting, Al. Now, let's get going."

As Ed started to walk away, Al just stared after him. "Geez, you're always so impatient. "He said as the screen changed to look at Isaac once more.

Isaac noticed water on the ground and let a grin cross his face. He slipped a glove off his left hand and fell over to touch the water on the ground. At the sound of splashing water, Edward glanced back in shock just as steam blasted through out the alley.

"What a mistake." Mustang commented.

"OH, come on! How was I supposed to know the MPs couldn't do their job properly after I did mine?" Edward defended.

"You know, it's your job to help escort him to prison." Mustang pointed out. "What? Since when?" Edward demanded.

"Did you even read the military regulation book I gave you?" Mustang asked. Edward shrugged. "I glanced at it. I think I lost it though."

"When we get out of here, I'll give you a new one and give you a test on it!" Mustang growled.

"Ugh, I hate tests." Edward whined.

"Steam…?" Edward asked.

"Brother! He's loose! "Al said.

"Damnit!" Edward shouted. "Trifle with us, will he?!"

"Looks like you underestimated your opponent, Fullmetal. "Mustang's voice resounded through out the screen once more.

Edward was then seen seating in Mustang's office with a scowl. "Who is that guy?"

"I thought I told you to listen to the briefing. But no, "Mustang dragged the word 'no' out to annoy his charge. "You had to go right after him–"

"You didn't properly train your subordinate." General Armstrong said in distaste.

"It was more fun this way." Mustang commented, smirking. "Besides, I was not going to train a twelve-year-old to be a proper military dog. He is still just a kid."

"You wanted him to have the chance to still act his age?" Charlie asked surprised. "And here we all just thought you didn't want to waste time training him."

"I didn't." Mustang said. "It just worked out in more than one way."

"Yes, we only trained him in one subject before letting him go off and do his research." Hawkeye said.

"What subject was that?" Miles asked curiously.

"Proper gun control." Edward answered over his shoulder.

Edward held his hands up in annoyance."Yeah,yeah,Allright."He muttered loudly. "I'm terribly sorry."

Roy appeared on the screen, smirking, with Lieutenant Hawkeye standing next to him with her eyes shut. "You should listen more carefully when your elders speak."

"I thought I trained you better than this." Izumi growled. "Damn, this is going to be the death of me." Edward muttered.

"We're not even halfway through this episode either." Al said, causing his brother to groan in distress.

"Have mercy on my soul." Edward muttered to the carpet.

"Right, right." Edward grumbled.

"Now then, his name is Isaac McDougal. He's a former State Alchemist, who they called Isaac the Freezer."

"Former?"

Mustang stood up from his desk. "That's right. He took part in the Ishvalan War of Extermination as a member of the military" He walked over to the window to stare out it.

Scar narrowed his eyes at the reminder of that horrible war.

"After the war, he renounced his State Alchemist title, and went on tojoin the anti-establishment movement. Taking him into custody is a matter of top priority." Mustang continued, looking at Fullmetal out of the corner of his eye. "We may have to kill him, depending on the situation."

"I'm not about to kill anyone." Edward said.

"We never expected you to." Hawkeye said.

"Yeah, chief, we're not into turning children into murderers." Havoc said, grinning at his boss.

If Al could have, he would have smiled warmly. His brother may not notice it, but he did. Mustang and his team were trying to protect them from the darker parts of the military.

"Suit yourself. All we're after is your performance."Mustang replied.

The screen turned back to Mustang, who suddenly smirked. "By the way, have you found any leads on getting your bodies back to normal?"

Edward twitched in anger" You never give me anytime too."

AsEdward finished yelling,the door was suddenly flung open by Maes."Yo, Roy!"

"I can't believe you never told me the truth about Ed and Al." Maes said. "I wouldn't have told anyone."

"It wasn't my place to. Besides they trusted me to keep their secret." Mustang snapped at his friend.

"See, brother?" Al whispered to his brother. "He does care."

"No, he'd just get in trouble for not reporting it." Edward retorted. "Can we just say it is both?" Al mumbled.

"Hell of an order you drew, to take the Freezing Alchemist in to custody, huh?" He continued, unaware of the angry twitch Mustang had.

"Oooh, the Colonel looks mad." Edward teased. "Wish I could piss him off like that."

"You do, you brat." Mustang growled.

"Then my job is going great!" Edward said cheerfully.

"Those two have a strange relationship." Liran, a Briggs soldier, commented.

"Or is this your big chance to be promoted to Central?"

'Here comes that pest.' Mustang thought annoyed.

"How rude!" Maes cried.

"Oh?" Maes continued, noticing the boys on the couch. "By any chance, are you the Elric brothers?"

"Eh?"

In an instant, Maes was by Al and shaking his hand. "Wow, it's an honour to meet the youngest State Alchemist."

Edward twitched. "I hate you all."

"I'm Maes Hughes, Lt.Colonel."

Al forced Maes to stop shaking his hands."Um, I'm his younger brother, Alphonse Elric."

Maes looked at Edward ,who was radiating dark intents, in surprise."What? You're the Fullmetal Alchemist?!"

'Don't you call me little!' Edward thought angrily.

"Hughes," Mustang called, saving him from possibly getting killed by Edward.

"Yeah?" Hughes asked.

"If you don't need anything, then go home."

"Aww, kicking your best friend out? How mean." Hughes pouted. "I thought we were the kids, brother." Al said.

"We are no match for Hughes." Edward replied.

"I will go,once my business is done."Hughes said before turning to the brothers."You guys don't have a place to stay yet, right?"

"May your souls rest in peace." Breda said solemnly once he realized where this was going.

Edward stared wide eyed at Hughes as the man said, "So come home with me."

"Huh?"

Maes's glasses glinted dangerously as he reached inside his pocket while the boys stared in confusion. They jumped back in surprise when Maes pulled out a picture of his wife and daughter with a silly smile on his face."My wife, Gracia, and my daughter, Elicia."

A little girl with bright green eyes appeared on the screen. She was smiling up at her daddy.Her daddy hugged her tightly, rubbing his cheek against her cheek. "Elicia."

Edward and Alphonse stared blankly at the duo and Gracia.

"Papa, your beard hurts."

"It does? Itchy, itchy. "Maes teased.

"Look, these are our guests today,the Elric brothers." Maes introduced.

Elicia stared at them for a moment before pointingat Al."So big!"Then she turned to Ed. "So little."

Edward growled. "Every single person. I'm not small!" He shouted angrily. "You're a runt. Now shut it." General Armstrong growled.

"So cruel." Havoc said with a teasing grin.

Edward twitched angrily.

"Elicia, I'm Edward Elric,"

he said as he pointed to himself, then pointed at Al." And this is my younger brother, Alphonse Elric. Understand? Younger brother."

"If you're the older brother, how come you're so little?" Elicia asked.

Before Edward could kill anyone, Al grabbed him by his cloak to restrain him as Maes happily carried his daughter inside.

"Let me go! Let me go, Al! Don't stop me!"

"Now, now, they're letting us stay here, so behave yourself."

"Let's have dinner right away." Maes said, ignoring the noisy brothers. "Garcia's cooking is delicious."

The boys found themselves at a table with the Hughes family, staring at a delicious meal.

"Okay, eat up." Maes said.

"I graciously accept this meal." Ed said, picking up his silver ware.

"Yum! It's delicious!" Edward said after his first bite.

"Have plenty, okay?" Gracia said kindly.

"Sure!"

A frown spread across Maes's face as he looked at Al." Alphonse, you can't eat while still wearing your Armor, right?"

The brothers tensed in surprised. While Al scratched his helmet, Ed meekly chewed on his food. "W-well, you see…"

"A-Al is in the middle of his alchemy training right now."Edward said in a panicky tone." Okay, Al, I'll eat enough for the both of us today."

Maes just gave the boys a blank stare.

"I didn't believe you for one second." Maes commented.

"We panicked." Ed said, shrugging. "There is a reason we avoid going out with people."

"Training! Training!"Elicia cheered.

The scene left the Hughes's house andw ent to Central Prison.

"Hahaha. That's the funniest joke I've heard in a while."Isaac appeared on the screen, frowning as usual."The Freezing Alchemist and me, team up?Me, the Crimson Alchemist?"

"Who's the Crimson Alchemist?" Al asked.

"A psychopath who enjoys killing." Mustang replied. "So informative." Edward muttered.

"Kimblee, together we'll get Bradley and bring down this rotten military. You must have seen the hell that took place in Ishval. You must know what Bradley made us do there. That's why you killed those officers, right?"

Mustang snorted. "He kills for no reason at all. That's the kind of person he is."

"Hahaha." Kimblee laughed again. "Please don't misunderstand." He raised his hands, revealing transmutation circles on them. "I do not think in such sophisticated terms. I killed those guys because I wanted to kill them, nothing more."

"That's too bad, Kimblee. It truly is too bad." Isaac said before walking out of the cell. "Good work." He muttered to the frozen guard as he knocked him over, causing him to shatter into pieces.

Maes sat in his living room, contemplating, when his wife opened the door and came in. "This is unusual. Can't you sleep?" She asked.

"Nah."

Gracia walked quietly over to husband, sitting down next to him." Do you want me to guess? You were thinking about those two, weren't you?"

Maes leaned back on the couch with a sad look crossing his face." State Alchemists are the ones who people call Dogs of the Military. When I think of him being called that at his age…"

"How is it?" Maes asked quietly, watching as Edward shifted on the ground. He folded his arms in front of him and laid his head on the cool metal of his automail.

"I've been through worse." He said quietly. "It was mostly difficult in the beginning when I was still unknown. Everyone practically freaked out when I flashed my watch at them."

"But, as time went on and brother made a reputation for himself as the Hero of the People, they became me appeasing when they heard our names. Unlike other State Alchemists, any civilians we run into are more than happy to assist us in any way they can." Al finished the explanation.

"So, it isn't as bad for you?" Kieran, a soldier from the east, asked curiously. There wasn't much known about the Fullmetal Alchemist, besides what was heard from the stories, rumors, and what they hear being yelled at headquarters. It was quite interesting to learn some more about the kid who liked to keep to himself.

Ed shook his head. "No, unless you count all those people, I piss off that want to kill me."

Ed appeared on the screen, lying in a bed as he stared at the ceiling.

"Brother, are you awake?" Al asked, continuing when Ed turned his head on the pillow to look at his brother."Mrs. Gracia's quiche looked like Mom's, huh?"

"Yeah, it was delicious." Edward replied.

"Really? In that case, I'll have to add it to the list of things to eat once I get my body back."

"Get your body back?" Charlie mused.

Izumi tensed in her seat, looking at her students with a dark frown. How could they have been so foolish?

"It will probably come up." Edward said quietly, not looking at anyone.

Edward grinned." Yeah, additon, additon."

"Brother…"

The scene changed to a river that was flowing through Central.

"Hmm?"

"I sure would like to get our old bodies back soon."

"Yeah."

Now, a transmutation circle being completed was shown again. When it was completed, Isaac stands up. "One more…one more, and Bradley's on his way to hell."

Central Command was shown once more as Mustang's voice rang out again. "According to reports, Isaac sneaked into Central Prison last night." The scene changed to Mustang, who was walking down the hall." The situation doesn't leave us a moment to spare. Find him, no matter what."

As he continued to speak, the scene changed to views around the city." Close off all roads, and look in every last spot. Upon finding him, you are free to shoot him dead. That is an order from the Fuhrer."

Mustang slipped his gloves on his hands. "I'm going out too." Edward and Alphonse stood on the sidewalk, looking at a dead MP. "Medic! Hurry!" Another MP yelled.

"Report to headquarters, five men dead."

"How awful." Al's metallic voice said.

"Steam explosion. When you rapidly raise the temperature of water, it expands with explosive force." Edward said. "The human body is seventy percent water, after all…Let's hurry. We have to find him quickly."

"Mm-hmm." Al replied, following after his brother.

Isaac was just finishing drawing another transmutation circle when alchemical energy resounded around him."Allright."When he heard the noise, he jumped away from the wall.

"Impressive, being able to dodge my alchemy, Mr. Isaac."

"That voice…!Armstrong?!"Isaac growled, glaring at the wall.

"Indeed!" Armstrong cried as he punched a hole in the wall. "It is." He stepped through the demolished wall." The Strong-Arm Alchemist, Alex Louis Armstrong."

General Armstrong scoffed at her brother. That disgraceful fool.

"Take this."Isaac cried, slamming his hand on the water on the ground. The water went flying at Armstrong, who stepped to the side and watched as the water sliced through the spikes that protruded from the wall."High-pressure water will slice through anything."

The transmutation circle on his hand glowed again as he waved it over the water once more.The water went flying at Armstrong."It is all for naught before my fist."

An explosion resounded throughout the alley, causing Ed and Al who were going in the opposite direction to pause and turn around in shock. They went running back the direction they came.

"Major!"Al cried.

Isaac threw a water canteen at the boys with alchemical energy surrounding it. It burst into steam. At the last second, Al grabbed his brother by the hood of his jacket and spun around, wrapping his arms around Ed to protect him with his metal body. "Look out!" He had cried.

Through the steam, Isaac ran away to escape the three alchemists.

"How crafty." Edward grumbled.

"Water from his canteen? Thank you, Al!" Edward said, knocking against his brother's chest a shedid.

"Let's get after him, Brother." Al replied.

Armstrong came up behind the brothers." Let's go, Elric brothers."

"Right."

"Yeah."

It was now night time and the soldiers were still running around Central. Isaac stood on a building, overlooking the city.

"It's been a long time, Freezer." Mustang said as he came up behind Isaac.

Isaac turned around to see Mustang with a bunch of soldiers, who had their guns trained on Isaac. "Roy Mustang…. or rather, the Flame Alchemist."

"It's a shame, having to fight against someone who was once a war buddy." Mustang replied.

"War buddy?" Isaac asked."I have no friends. The only ones in Ishval were the rotten military and their dogs."

Scar scowled. It was all because of those damn alchemists that all his people were gone. They were all killed mercilessly. Though, he was amazed that there was an alchemist who regretted his actions.

To that, Mustang snapped his fingers, sending a flame at Isaac, who caused one of the pipes on the roof to explode to cause a water shower to block the flames. He slammed his hand on another pipe that caused water to rain all over the soldiers and soaking Mustang's gloves.

"Flame will never beat water." Isaac said, smirking.

"Now the Colonel is absolutely useless." Edward said.

"All he is good for is his flames. When he is wet, he just gets in the way." General Armstrong agreed with the kid.

'Useless.' Rung through Mustang's head.

Isaac created an ice bridge which he used to cross to the roof of the next building over. When he was over, he turned it into water so he couldn't be followed.

Then he went back to the alley where Armstrong attacked him to clear the alchemical circle of the rubble covering it. "Damn!" When the rubble was cleared, he grinned. "Yes, yes, yes."

"That's far enough." Edward shouted, appearing at the end of the alley.

"You would be the one to find him." Mustang groaned.

"I was wondering what you were doing in this alley, so I came back to see, and bingo." Edward said.

Isaac laughed as he stood up.

Al appeared at the other end of the alley." It's no use trying to escape."

"Escape? There's no need to. "Isaac retorted. He spread his arms apart, grinning, as the ground around him suddenly erupted in red light.

Edward watched in shock as the whole of Central was suddenly surrounded in red lights. For a brief moment, there was a flash of an unknown man's face before it went back to Edward staring at all the red lights around the city.

"An alchemic reaction like this, all at the same time…"Edward murmured.

"Impossible. It couldn't be…"Al said.

"You know what it is?" Mustang demanded.

Edward rubbed his head. "We believe we knew what it was, but we were never able to prove it."

"A Philosopher's Stone." Edward cried right before there dlight turned a bright blue and ice started to creep up the sides of the alley. "What?

He used the moisture in the air…"

"Edward Elric."

At his name, Edward glanced up from the ground to look at Isaac.

"Dog of the Military, State Alchemist! Do you know what this country is trying to do?!"

"Who cares? More importantly…"

"If you knew, you'd understand what I am trying to do!"Isaac cried.

"Wow. Brother, you seem to have a knack of our enemies crying out to you and trying to convince you are something you don't believe in." Al said.

"What's that mean?" Mustang asked.

Al shrugged his metal shoulders. "It's just that the people you usually send us after try to convince brother to join them or to help them escape."

"Must be because Edward can act like such a villain at times." Izumi commented.

"What?" Edward shouted insulted.

"You know it's true, brother. Remember that time you decided to scare the hell out of that man by saying you hadn't had the chance to kill someone in a while and were missing it." Al said.

Ed groaned. "That was just to intimidate him because he was pissing me off. And it worked too! His reaction was great. You can't deny that."

"No." Al said slowly. "It was amusing."

"Now you're corrupting your little brother?" Hawkeye said, frowning. "I'm nothing like brother." Al protested.

Havoc nodded. "Yeah. Al still shows his kindness while the chief keeps his completely hidden so as not to ruin this image he built."

"Wha–argh, it's not worth it." Edward mumbled, dropping his head back to his arms.

"There's something wrong with the chief." Breda muttered.

"I told you, I don't know."

Al suddenly jumped over the giant ice block that was behind Isaac. He landed on the ground right next to Isaac as he dodged the attack. He dodged most of Al's attack, but ended up getting kicked out of the alley. Edward jumped to the side to avoid getting hit by him as Isaac tumbled across the ground.

"Allright, nice work, Al!"

"Brother, his alchemy!"

"Yeah. Hey, you! You have a Philosopher's Stone, don't you?"

"What are you talking about?" Isaac asked in a rough voice.

"If you won't tell me, I'll force it out of you…"Edward growled.

"Sometimes I think you should become an interrogator, brother." Al commented.

"Nah. You can't hit and pound on your prisoners when interrogating them. It wouldn't be fun." Ed replied.

"I'm beginning to think you two need supervision on your missions, Fullmetal." Mustang said.

"You do things your way. I'll do them my way." Was all Ed said in reply.

"And what are you going to do, boy? You're out of your league." Isaac asked. As he said this, the river behind him suddenly sprouted up, turning into a giant glacier. Isaac stood up, smirking, and grabbed on to the glacier.

Not wanting to be killed, Ed and Al ran away from the glacier and passed Major Armstrong." Take a good look at the artistic alchemy…"

"He's all yours, Major." Edward cried.

"…that has been passed down through the Armstrong family…" The transmutation circles on his gauntlets lit up with alchemical energy. "…for generations!" He slammed his fist into the glacier, destroying parts of it and freezing it in place, only for it to continue by going out the side and through a building.

"Nice one." Buccaneer sneered.

"That was an unfortunate accident." Was Armstrong's reply.

"What?" Armstrong said surprised.

"What the heck are you doing, Major?" Edward shouted.

"Oh, I was just…"Armstrong trailed off.

The ground shook violently as the glaciers hit the ground and burst through buildings.

"The ice walls…"Al said.

"They'reconnecting."Ed muttered shocked.

"Don't tell me he's…."Al said.

"It's Central…no, Central Command Center…"Ed said.

"He's going to freeze it over!" Ed and Al shouted together.

Edward turned to the Major."Major! Al and I will stop him. While we do, the transmutation circles…"

"…must be destroyed. You got it!" The major replied.

"You let two kids go after Isaac by himself?" Hawkeye said.

"Well, those boys have been taking care of themselves for years. I believed that they could handle it." Armstrong defended.

The glaciers continued moving towards Central Command with Isaac standing the top one of them." King Bradley, now I will bury you with my own ice."

"Hold it!" Edward cried. Using an alchemical pillar he created, he reached the top of the glacier, landing in a crouch on it. He was then followed by Al doing the same thing.

"Ooh, interesting music is starting. Why do the chief and Al get the awesome music?" Havoc said.

"They're the main characters…of this episode at least." Hughes pointed out, grinning.

"Oh yeah, it is named after Chief."

All and ed behind his brother,who was going at Isaac.The Freezer didn't waste any moment and was already performing alchemy on the glacier.

The snow shot up and at Edward, who destroyed the part of the glacier

Isaac was on. "You're such a pain."

"And you aren't?" Mustang quipped. Edward scowled.

Isaac jumped in the air and slammed his hand on one of the snow blocks in front of him, causing it turn into ice cold water that burned Ed's skin. While he was distracted, the Freezer started running on ice pillars towards.

"Brother!"Al cried, grabbing his brother's shoulders and pulling him away from Isaac's attack.

"How many times do you nearly die if Al wasn't there to pull you away?" Richard commented.

"There is a reason why we are team." Al said, glancing down at his brother.

"Still, Fullmetal should be able to dodge attacks like that without your help." Mustang pointed out.

"Not enough training." Izumi growled.

"Too slow!"Isaac cried,slamming a hand into Al's helmet. There was a burst of steam that sent the brothers flying back and Al's head to go flying.

"Alphonse!"Ed cried,still trapped in his brother's arms as they fell over.

Isaac took a few steps towards the brothers, staring coldly down at them. Before he could do anything, Al kicked out at him, causing him to bend back to dodge. This gave the boys time to flip backwards and break apart. When they were standing, it was revealed Al's armor was empty and there was a transmutation circle drawn with blood inside him.

"What the hell is that?" Brosh shouted in shocked with many of the soldiers staring in shock at the screen. Though, the Briggs soldiers were shocked,

none of them looked ready to reprimand or demand answers. After all, everyone from Briggs had secrets, some of which could lead them to prison if it was found out. "How can you not have a body?"

"Oh, shut the hell up." Edward snapped at him, growing uncomfortable. He knew what was coming. The truth of how this happened. Oh sure, quite a few people in this room knew about Al's missing body, but only five of them actually knew how it happened. He wasn't a fool. He realized his teacher realized the truth a long time ago.

"Are we going to finally discover how this happened?" Maes asked quietly, feeling sorry for the boys. Edward was going pale. The truth must have been really painful.

"Yes." He said quietly.

Isaac stared in shock at the armor. "An empty suit of armor?" Edward picked up Al's helmet.

"You mean, your soul is bonded to the armor?!"Isaac asked.

"How often do people realize this?" Mustang asked.

"Quite a few, but no one knows how it happened." Al replied. "Most of the people we meet in our travels are sympathetic and would never report it to the military. I guess it is their good will to us after we've helped them."

"You lost your arm, and your brother lost his entire body…heh!" A grin crossed Isaac's face." I get it! You fool…"

Al finished putting his helmet back on while Ed simply stared at Isaac."…committed the taboo! You performed human transmutation"

"YOU WHAT?" Quite a few voices shouted in shock.

Scar frowned darkly. This was why alchemy was the devil's work. It ruined so many lives.

"How foolish." General Armstrong commented, but said no more than that. These boys were reckless, no doubt about that, but it was their mistake to bear.

"What happened during it?" Kain asked gently.

Edward glanced at his little brother before shaking his head. "It's not something we like to remember."

"Sorry." Kain replied.

Sighing, Edward sat up, and with a glance at his brother, who nodded, they turned to look at their teacher. "Now?" He asked quietly.

Izumi was about to say they would until everything was finished with Isaac, but seeing the look in her student's eyes, that hollow, lost look, she knew it needed to be done now. So, without a word, she stood up and walked towards one of the back doors with her students following after her.

"Where are they going?" Breda asked.

"She's their alchemy teacher. They were probably warned beforehand not to do this." Mustang said, frowning. "They need to talk about it."

*Bedroom*

"Am I at fault, boys?" Izumi asked, staring down at her pupils who were kneeling on the floor.

Edward, who was staring stubbornly at the floor, suddenly snapped his head up, ignoring the whiplash in his neck. "Never! Teacher, it was never your fault."

"Brother's right. It was our own foolishness." Al cried. "We were so desperate to see our mother's smile again, that we ignored all the warnings and the fact that it was a taboo."

"We heard your warnings, Teacher, but we ignored them." Edward replied, bowing his head once more. "We didn't know any better. We had no idea of

what would happen. But it was our hope that our mother would be returned to us. We denied all our feeling of it being wrong and the warnings for that one hope. The truth is, we knew nothing. We were giant fools."

"No, I must take some responsibility for this. I wasn't strict enough with you boys." Izumi replied.

Al clenched his fists. "Teacher, what we said that day when we asked you to teach us, it wasn't a lie. We didn't solely learn alchemy for human transmutation. We really did want to use it to help people."

"All is one, one is all." Edward whispered. "We knew what it meant, but we ignored it when it came to our mother." He raised his hands that were shaking. "We really thought we could do it. We thought we could have her back in our lives, be a family again. But we were merely egotistical fools."

"But you learned from it" Izumi murmured.

"Brother lost his leg and I lost my body. He then used his right arm as material to bind my soul to this armor." Al explained.

"You both went through so much pain." Izumi murmured, kneeling in front of her students. "You have suffered so much already."

"No." Ed shook his head, smiling at his teacher. "It was nothing we couldn't handle, Teacher."

"Yeah, it taught us a lot. We were stupid to believe it possible in the first place." Al added.

"Stupid boys." Izumi said, pulling each of her students into a hug. "You don't have to act so strong. It's alright to lean on others for help and comfort."

Edward was so shocked by the hug that he almost pulled back in shock, but stopped and instead leaned into the hug. It was so warm, just like when his mother used to hug him. "Teacher." He whispered.

He wasn't sure how long they sat there, simply taken comfort in the warmth of the gestures. But it must have been a while.

When they pulled away from the hug, Izumi had a strict expression once more and moved away from her students, placing a hand gently on her stomach.

"Teacher?" Al asked worriedly.

"Still, I can't condone your actions. I know your reasons, but I still warned you countless times and you went against me." Izumi said harshly without facing her students. "You're expelled."

Al lurched forward in shock. "What? But Teacher–"

He was cut off when Ed threw his arm out in front of Al, head bowed in shame or understanding, neither knew as his bangs were covering his face. "She has every right to, Al." He said quietly.

It was only because he knew his brother so well that Al knew his brother was just as upset as he was, and that was why Al backed down.

"We should rejoin the others. We've been gone long enough." Izumi said after a moment of silence.

"Teacher, I have something I want to ask you in private." Edward stated after a moment, glancing at his brother.

Izumi growled. "I am not your teacher, Edward."

Ignoring her, Ed looked at his brother with a pleading look. Understanding, Al nodded and slipped as quietly as he could from the room.

"What is it?"

"Did you perform Human Transmutation?" Edward asked, straight to the point.

Izumi covered her stomach once more. "So, you've realized what the truth is." Edward nodded. "Al, he doesn't. He has no memories of the event. If he did,

he would perform alchemy like us, right? That was how we gained the ability to transmute without arrays."

"Yes, it was." Izumi replied quietly.

The teenager bowed his head, biting his lip for a moment. "Who?" He asked hesitantly.

"My baby." Izumi replied.

Edward clenched his fists. So that was it.

*Main room*

"Al? Where are Izumi and Edward?" Hawkeye asked.

"Brother had something to ask Teacher in private." Al said as he sat back down on the floor.

"Something you couldn't hear?"

"I don't know. Brother will probably tell me later." Al replied.

Nodding her head, Hawkeye fell quite once more. No one was really up to talking and fooling around at the moment after the revelation of what the Elric brothers had truly done.

Maes was staring at Al in sadness. He knew the boys have been orphans since they were only five/four. He couldn't imagine how difficult it was for them to grow up without parents to tell them right from wrong. With no one to guide them, they went and committed a horrible taboo. There was no way Maes could fault them. They were children and were lonely without their mother there. The end result was the loss of Al's body and Ed's limbs. They had been punished enough. Now, they just needed friends to be there for them.

At the sound of a door opening and closing once more, most people looked up to see a subdued Ed and Izumi returning to the room. Without a word to anyone, Edward gently lowered himself to the floor next to this brother.

Needing comfort apparently because he leaned against his brother's chest,

causing Al to wrap his arms around him and hold him tight. To the soldiers, except Mustang and Hawkeye, it was the weakest they have ever seen the boy look. His eyes had lost their fiery spirit, his skin was deathly pale, and he was so quiet.

"Are you ready to continue?" Mustang asked, figuring that none of them wanted to sit in silence and contemplate about their conversation.

"Alchemy's one and only unforgivable sin!"

That one line caused Ed's eyes to widen and think back to that horrible night.

Blue alchemical light flooded the basement they were in. All that could be heard were the desperate and anguished cries of an eleven-year-old boy calling out to his last family member. "Al! Alphonse!" A pair of bloodied hands appeared next to the glowing transmutation circle. "Damnit, this wasn't supposed to happen!"

Armstrong had tears in his eyes after hearing young Edward's desperate cries for his little brother. Hawkeye, who knew the boys for years, was staring sadly at the boys. None of them could truly understand this hell. Izumi, knowing what it was like, could only feel understanding and pain for her dear ex-students. Maria Ross had covered her mouth in shock, wishing she could just reach out and hold these poor boys, but she knew they didn't want pity.

They knew they were breaking a taboo when they did this. Sheska was openly wailing from hearing Ed's anguished cries. They sounded so painful to hear that it caused her heart to ache badly for the boys. Everyone else were indifferent or just sitting in shock, pained from hearing such anguished cries coming from someone who always acted so tough. These were their friends they were talking about. The Briggs soldiers, not knowing the boys personally, simply watched, but were horribly reminded of their own family members when they saw the pain these kids were going through. It was their job as soldiers to protect the civilians of this country, yet no one was there to protect those kids. It was tragic.

"Damnit all!" Edward cried, glancing to his left side to see where his leg was missing.

In Al's arm, Edward suddenly twitched violently, slamming his head back into Al's armor before a scream tore from his throat. "Brother? Brother, what's wrong?!" Al shouted shocked.

A few of the soldiers slammed their hands over their ears at the screaming. They knew he had a good set of lungs from all his yelling, but this just sounded so painful. It was a cry full of anguish and desperation to escape from it. Edward clawed at his brother's arms, trying to pull them off him.

When that didn't work, he kicked out his legs, trying anything to get away from this pain.

"Fullmetal!" Mustang shouted, jumping off the couch and moving over to his subordinate. "Oi! What's wrong?"

"His leg just got stolen. He is going through that pain again." General Armstrong reminded him.

"Damn it all to hell." Mustang snarled. "Al, let go of your brother. If he keeps slamming into you like this, he'll actually hurt himself."

Al didn't want to let go of his brother, but he also didn't want him hurt so he reluctantly let him go. Mustang pulled the boy forward and wrapped his arms tightly around the boy to keep his arms pinned to his side to help lessen the struggling. If he kept swinging his arms around like that, he would just hurt himself or someone else.

"It's been taken away!"

"So much blood." Kain muttered, wide eyed, trying to ignore the screaming coming from Ed.

"He lost his leg in human transmutation?" Charlie said shocked. Human Transmutation would do such a thing? This truly was a devil's work.

"When he said his limbs were ripped from his body, I didn't think he was literal about that." Falman said darkly, recalling the day when he met the boy and saw his metal arm.

Liran shuddered. "I can't imagine how painful that would be."

"This is the price for their sins." Miles said quietly. He did not, however, believe this justified. Children, who had no one to guide them, made a mistake. This was too much for just one mistake.

In the haze of his pain, Edward heard these comments, but could not do anything to reply. He'd never forgot that night. It haunted him in his dreams all the time. It was such a painful reminder and there was no one to save him from it.

A suit of armor fell over and Ed drew a bloody array in side of it. "Give him back! He's, my brother!" Edward said, voice trembling with sobs. When he finished the array, Ed's face was shown with tears streaming down it."Give him back! He's my little brother. He's all I have left!"

"I never thought I would see Chief cry." Breda said quietly, absolutely despising this flashback. It was so painful for the brothers, but also painful for all their friends to see the truth of what happened to these boys.

Edward clapped his hands, creating a bright alchemical light that brought them back to the present.

Edward gasped as the pain suddenly disappeared and pushed the Colonel off him. He fell to his hands and knees, eyes wide in shock. "That was more painful than then first time." He muttered.

"Edward, are you okay?" Maes asked worriedly.

"Why did it hurt so much more?" Edward asked shocked.

"The adrenaline's not here." Izumi said. "Every time you got hurt, you were in a fight or in a high-risk situation. Your body was full of adrenaline and energy that the pain senses weren't as high. But now, when it isn't here…"

Edward groaned. "Not good."

"This is going to be one hell of an experience." Havoc muttered as Edward crawled back into his brother's arms for the comfort, though no one

commented on it for the boys' sake. After that hell they just saw, Edward deserved some silence and comfort from his only family left.

Edward had his head bowed, bangs hiding his face. "You know, they are just some lines you really shouldn't cross." He said calmly.

"Heh?" Isaac mumbled.

Edward ran down the glacier, anger flaring in his eyes. He slammed his automail fist into Isaac's stomach, causing the man to bend over in pain. Edward used this instant to lock his hands together and slam them on the back of his head.

"Ouch. Chief really is pissed off." Havoc said.

Isaac put his hand on the ice, shooting spikes at Ed, who back flipped to dodge them.Al came forward and sliced the spikes away before swinging his foot at Isaac, sending him stumbling down the glacier side. Al and Ed slid down the glacier after him. The bloodied Isaac pushed himselfup.

"Give it up.There's no water for you to use." Edward said.

"You've forgotten something."Isaac said."What is seventy percent of the body made of?"

Edward stepped back in surprise as Isaac threw his body forward as blood spikes sprouted from them. The two spikes slammed into Ed's shoulder.

"ARGH!" Edward cried, slamming his head back into Al's armor, gripping his shoulder tightly with his automail hand. "This is so damn cruel!"

"More painful this time around?" Al asked worriedly. "Yep." Ed mumbled.

"You should be more careful, Fullmetal." Mustang retorted. "Oh, shut it." Edward said but without his usual bite.

"Brother!"Al cried as he snapped the spikes apart. With Ed free, he fell to his knees, gripping his shoulder tightly.

Isaac climbed to his feet ,stumbling back."You guys don't understand the shape of this country is'nt!"

The glaciers hit Central Command as Isaac walked away, laughing madly.

"Brother! Brother!" Al called worriedly.

"We're going after him. "Edward said, pulling the spikes from his shoulder. "Mess around with me…will he?"

The glaciers exploded in a few spots from the soldiers shooting it. "Did we get it?" One asked, only to be disgruntled when he saw nothing had happened, except that it fixed itself. "Not again!"

A soaking wet Colonel Mustang stepped forward angrily with dry gloves he got from Hawkeye. He snapped his finger, creating a giant burst of fire that lit up Mustang's angry face. "What do you think of my flames now,you bastard?"

"So, someone else has a temper." Edward teased, still gripping his shoulder tightly in pain.

"At least I didn't get injured." Mustang snapped.

"Not surprising when it is Chief you are competing with." Breda said.

Falman nodded in agreement. "Yes, Chief can get injured on the easiest of assignments, like checking a coal mine."

"One damn time." Edward grumbled to himself.

Izumi twitched. What was wrong with her ex-student? She could have sworn she trained him better than this.

Sighing, Hawkeye closed the case filled with gloves for Mustang.

"Good grief. Please, try to only be useless on rainy days, okay?"

Edward and Alphonse snickered. "I really do love you, Ms. Riza!" Edward said, grinning.

"Thank you, Edward."

Mustang caused another flame explosion before the scene changed to Isaac stumbling down a dark alley. He stopped when he looked up to see Fuhrer Bradley standing in front of him.

"Bradley!" Isaac said through his heavy breathing. Once he got it under control, he began to laugh madly. "Say your prayers!" He threw his right hand out and used his blood to create a spear and charged at the Fuhrer with it. In a flash, Bradley had his sword out.

Isaac froze behind Bradley for a second before blood burst from his body and his spear cut in half, falling noisily to the ground, followed by Isaac. Water swarmed around Isaac, and from that water a red sphere followed.

"Ha! So, he did have one!" Edward cried.

"That's the Philosopher's Stone?" Maes asked, staring at the sphere. Edward nodded.

With a chiming sound, the red sphere burst into particles.

"And, it was incomplete or overused." Edward finished with a sigh.

Back in Central prison, Kimblee smirked. "That's too bad."

With Mustang, he snapped both his hands at once to create a giant wall of flames that destroyed the glacier in front of him. "Major! Now!"

"Acknowledged!" Armstrong said, ripping his shirt off as he did. He slammed his fist into the ground, destroying the ground of the alley to disrupt the array going around the city.

With it destroyed, the face of that strange man was shown once more before the screen went back to Al and a heavily breathing Edward staring at the soldiers in front of them.

"Fuhrer Bradley," Edward said.

"Oh, good work, Fullmetal Alchemist. I see…"Fuhrer Bradley grinned. "To think that I'd be able to give you a hand."

"That should have been a matter settled easily." General Armstrong growled. "The soldiers at Central are lacking in training."

"This will make a good story for my son."

A sneeze was heard as Central Command appeared. "What, you got a cold?" Maes asked Mustang, who was sitting at his desk. "Anyhow, I hear you really out did yourself, huh?"

"I just destroyed the transmutation circles" Mustang replied. "The Fuhrer is the one who brought down the criminal."

"And the Fuhrer is giving you credit for the deed" Maes said.

General Armstrong snorted. Just like Mustang to get credit for something he didn't do.

Mustang gave his friend a dry look.

"What's wrong, you upset? Just graciously accept the compliment" Maes said,sighing.

"Haven't I always told you, listen carefully when your elders speak?"

Edward twitched, pushing away from his brother as the pain was gone. "Didn't you say the same thing to me earlier in the episode?" He asked snidely. "Someone should take his advice."

"I'll fry you when we get out of here." Mustang snarled.

"It turns out,"Al's metallic voice said as it showed the boys in a hospital.

"We never did find out whether or not he had a Philosopher's Stone."

Edward shrugged. "Yeah, we'll just have to wait for the military's report."

The door to the room opened,causing the boys to glance at it.They were surprised to Armstrong with a bouquet of roses, sparkling like always."Edward Elric, when I heard you were in the hospital, I dashed over."He put the roses down. "Here, let me relieve your boredom while you're in here."

"Scarred for life." Al muttered to his brother, who snickered.

Armstrong ripped his military jacket off, causing the boys to scream.

"You have to feel sorry for them." Karley said to the soldiers who were under Mustang's command in Ishval. The soldiers chuckled.

The exterior of the hospital was showed. "I'm sure the beauty of my muscles will warm your heart.Don't be shy; you can touch them if you like."

"Would that be considered harassment?" Kain asked. "I hope it would be." Havoc groaned.

"I hope I'm never in the hospital with the major around." Breda added.

"Will you get out?" Edward shouted as the screen went dark and was replaced by the bottom half of a female's face.

"Oh, Isaac is dead, is he?"

"Who the hell is this?" Maria growled.

"Such a shame, he would have been a good sacrifice."

"Sacrifice? That doesn't sound good." Maes said.

"Nothing about this is good." Edward grumbled.

"So,what about the Philosopher's Stone? hmm, he over used it."

A fat bald man with glowing red eyes was shown eating something like a dog. The woman put the phone down, covering its mouthpiece to turn to the man. When she did this, she revealed the tattoo on her chest."Gluttony, you shouldn't eat such things."

"Is that an ouroboros tattoo?" Edward asked, frowning. "What is that, chief?" Havoc asked.

"Just an alchemical symbol meaning infinity and unity." Edward replied. "Though, I can't see any reason why anyone would want that type of tattoo."

The woman put the phone back up to her ear."Yes,things are going well in Liore."

"Liore? They were in Liore." Al said. "Did we meet them in Liore, brother?"

Edward gave his brother a blank stare. "I think we would have recognized those two in Liore, Al! Certainly, can't get the image of that blubber man out of my head."

"You're so rude." Al muttered. "You don't deny it either."

"Do your eyes completely miss the hot woman, Fullmetal?" Mustang scoffed. Edward rolled his eyes. "Unlike you, I'm not a womanizer."

"That's right! Chief only has eyes for his mechanic." Havoc teased.

"W-what?" Ed shouted, facing going completely red. "N-no, it's n-not…. I d- don't! S-she's just a friend!"

Maes grinned mischievously. "You're not fooling anyone!"

"I DON'T LOVE WINRY!" Edward screamed before burying his face in his arms as the soldiers and Al (that traitor) laughed.

The exterior of the church they were in was shown."It will begin, very soon."

"What the hell was that last scene about?" Mustang growled.

"It seems that our country is in danger." General Armstrong snarled.

"And we are all involved somehow." Maria concluded. "Which is why we are here."

"To learn the truth." Al said.

"The truth hidden within the truth." Edward murmured as he raised his head to reveal his cheeks were still pink from embarrassment. His eyes widened in shock and he whipped his head around to look at his brother. "We're still missing something. There is still more to the mystery."

Al stared at his brother. "Well, I wish we knew that earlier so the truth didn't keep us down all day."

"What are you two talking about?" Hawkeye asked.

Ed and Al glanced at each other. "Nothing, nothing. It will probably come up in one of the later episodes."

"Again, with the secrets, boys?" Mustang asked.

"It's too complicated to get into right now." Ed replied.

A childish outline of Edward appeared on screen. Colour swam into the outline.

"Wow! An ending song too?" Havoc said. "We must be so special!" Ed rolled his eyes.

"Anohimitasora,"

"Aww, what a cute drawing of Ed." Hughes said, grinning widely. "I have an idea." Ed said. "Shut up, Hughes."

Hughes, still grinning, did as he was told.

Ed'sautomailarmwasformedonEdfromhisshoulderfirstthendowntohisfingers.

"Akaneironosorao"

Edraisedhisautomailarmtothesky.

Thebackgroundhadsomecloudsinitnowandchangedtoafieryorangeandredcolour.

"NeeKimiwaoboeteimasuka"

Edcurledhishandintoafistandpulleditdowntohisfacetostareat.

"Why is it such a childish drawn ending? The opening song wasn't like this." Mustang said confused.

"Out of all this insanity of seeing our future and having to deal with a pain factor, you are going to question that?" Edward asked, rolling his eyes again.

"Yeah, Roy, just shut up and have fun with it." Hughes said, grinning evilly. "After all, it is a rather cute drawing of Ed."

Mustang raised a brow. "Maybe you're having too much fun."

"But I so enjoy seeing drawings like this. You should see some of the drawings that I see kids making of Ed and Al. They are so cute." Hughes replied.

Ed looked at Hughes sharply. "What the hell are you talking about, Hughes?"

Hughes shot him a smirk. "That's what you get for being the 'Hero of the People' and practically the poster boy of the military and the State Alchemist office, Ed."

"Poster boy?" Ed asked, twitching violently. "I'm fifteen, damn it! Why am I the poster boy? Seems kind of messed up considering I'm just a teenager."

"And quite annoying. Do you know how many teenagers we've had trying to get permission to become a State Alchemist after you did it? It's quite annoying having to tell so many of them to go away and come back when they are older." Hughes grumbled. "You create so much work for us."

"You seriously had teenagers trying for a State Alchemist certification after Brother became one?" Al asked surprised.

"Al, they never get through the gate to sign up for it." Havoc told him. "We always have to push them away and say Ed got special permission from a Colonel to take the test. They think they can just walk up at that age and take it."

"I got special permission?" Ed asked surprised. "I didn't know that." "Colonel Mustang didn't see it relevant to tell you." Riza informed him. "I've also never seen teenagers trying to take the test." Ed added.

"You travel a lot so that's not surprising." Riza replied. "Huh," Ed mumbled. "It makes sense I guess." "Yakusokuchigirishokanokazegatsutsumu"

AtreeappearedbehindEdandthescreenmovedtoshowAlsittingonthe other side of it. A leaf blew gently along as the screen pulled out toshowthebrotherssitting.

"Futariyorisotta"

Edyawnedandstretchedhisarmsabovehishead.Heputhishands

behindhisheadandclosedhiseyes.

"Wow, even in the ending song, you're still sleeping." Al said.

Ed shot his brother a look. "Are you trying to say something, Al?" "Maybe that you sleep too much?" Breda suggested.

"I can't help it if I'm tired!" Ed shouted.

The scene rapidly fell into the ground, which suddenly turned green.Two lumps formed out of the ground and changed into Winry and herdog.WinryranatDenassheranatWinry.Winryturnedaroundasthedog missed her. Den jump into Winry's arm. Winry fell to her knees asDenlickedherface.

"Murinaegaonoura,"

The two dissolved into the ground as Ed and Al jumped back onto thescreen. They bowed as each other before Ed swung a kick at Al, whoblocked it. He swung another kick, which Al blocked again beforepushingEd'slegsbackwhichallowedEdtoflipintheairandlandonhisfeet. Ed blocked a punch from Al. Al swung a kick at him, which Edplanted his hands on top of and flipped himself up to kick Al. His legs gotwrapped around Al's arm, giving Al the chance to throw him off. Edflippedintheairagain.Whenhelanded, hechargedatAl.

"Nobitakagewokakumau"

EdjumpedatAl,whoswunghisarmstodeflecthimtothesidewhereheflipped in the air again and landed on his feet. He charged at Al oncemore and threw a few punches at him which were blocked. He plantedhis hands on the ground and threw one of his legs up, which Al dodged,then grabbed to throw Ed again. When he was in the air, Ed crossed hisarmstoblockapunchfromAlwhichsenthimflyingacrossthescreen.

"Sheesh, that was a lot of moves just for a few seconds of fighting." Fuery said.

"You two do move remarkably fast in your spars." Armstrong commented, recalling a few times he has seen the brothers spar in the training room.

"Dakarakizukanufuri,saiseiwoerabu"

Edwasshownflyingacrossthescreen,betweenRizaandMustang,whowere talking, and Hughes who was on the other side. Riza and Mustangturnedto watchEdflyingback.

"I'm sure that was a strange thing for us to see." Mustang commented sarcastically.

"But not the strangest we have seen from Ed and Al." Riza added. "That's for sure. They do a lot of crazy things." Havoc said.

ArmstrongcaughtEdinhisarms.

"Thank a lot, Al." Ed grumbled to his brother.

"Brother, this isn't really happening. It's just a childishly drawn ending." Al replied patiently.

ArmstrongthrewEdbackbeforespinningintheair.Helandedandhisshirtrippedoff.Hedidaposeandsparkledbeforehedisappeared.

"Major! How could you throw me?" Ed asked, half-shouting.

"Eh," Armstrong mumbled. "I apologize for my childish drawn version throwing you."

"It didn't really happen." Al grumbled.

A square appeared on the screen with Winry and Ed talking it. Anothersquare moved up from the bottom of the screen. In this one, Ed was onAl'sshoulders.AnotheronemovedonscreentoshowEdrunningpast Winry from the bottom of the screen, another appeared to show Edrunningoffa cliff.

"I can see you running off a cliff because you're distracted." Mustang said dryly.

"You're implying something, aren't you?" Edward asked.

Mustang looked at him innocently. "I don't know what you mean, but now that I think about it. Didn't you run off a cliff before?"

Ed twitched.

"I remember that. We were lucky there wasn't any water at the bottom of it." Havoc said.

"What's it matters? I caught hold of the side of the cliff so I didn't even reach the bottom." Ed grumbled.

"Why'd you run off a cliff?" Karley asked curiously. Ed waved his hand. "Not important."

Thepicturesmovedintothebackground.Atableunfoldedonthescreenand it had tools on it. Part of the background melted away to become awindow with the wall forming into curtains. Two jars fell from the skyand landed on the table. Two more jars slid onto the table. A handgrabbed the edge of the table, followed by another before Winry pulledherself up and Den's head appeared by her. She tapped her dog's nosebeforelookingattheceilingforamoment.Shesighedandlookeddown.

"Tableno,nouenofuruenaishirasemachitsuzukete"

ThescenechangedtoAlsittinginaroom,staringoutthewindowatthemoon.Abookcasefellinto placeintheroom.

"Kuuhakunoyorumo,"

ThescenemovedtothesidetogointoaroomwhereEdwaslyingonabed.

"Kuruhazunonaiasamo"

The scene dissolved away. The background changed to orange and theFlames drew itself on the screen. Ed's red coat formed around it beforeEd's arms entered the coat and his head appeared. He turned aroundandclappedhishands.Heslammedhishandsonthegroundandpillarsshotoutoftheground.

"Zenbuwakatte'tanda"

EdandAlranacrossthepillars.Algotstuckbehindoneofthepillars,butsooncaughtuptohisbrother.

"Ano hi mita sora, akaneiro no sora wo"TheyranpastLust,Gluttony,andEnvy.

"Those two again!" Ed shouted. "But who is the third?"

"Huh, they must play a vital role if they are going to show up like this." Hughes said. "But, good or evil?"

"Evil." Ed said. "Evil." Havoc said.

"Evil." Armstrong said. "Evil." Miles said.

Hughes clapped his hands. "Then we're agreed. We don't like that."

Alfelloverandhishelmetwentflying.Edcaughtitandacat'sheadpoppedoutofit.

"Nee,itsukaomoidasudeshou"

"Even in the ending song, you have to have a damn cat!" Ed cried. "If you would just let me have one." Al mumbled.

"No, no cats. We can't take care of it right now." Ed retorted.

The cat jumped out of the helmet and moved closer to the screen. EdtossedthehelmetbackandAlputitbackon.Thebrothersranacrossthegroundoncemore.

They stopped and a watch started to form over them before thedisappeared.Thepocketwatchwasclosed.ThescenepulledouttoshowEdandAlstanding ontraintracks.

"Hatasenakatta,yakusokuwoidaite"

EdturnedaroundandheandAlstartedwalking.

ThescreenmoveddowntoshowagrinningEdandsmilingAlaschildren.

"Futari arukidasu"Thescenewentdark.

"Great, we drew our own childish adventure." Ed mumbled. "Aww, don't be like that; it was cute." Hughes said.

"In a strange way, it was cute." Sheska added, making Ed just sigh. "Let's just watch the next episode." He spoke

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