Hey...here's the fourth chapter of the story...yeah I'm updating two chapters for today...since I didn't update on Thursday and Friday.

So please R and R this chapter too.

Chapter 4:

Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes saw the smoke a couple miles away.

He called Mustang.

"What is it, Hughes?"

"Mustang, we need your people over here, in the town next to ours."

"Why?"

"Because there's blast and all coming from the town that the Elrics and Sohma's went! So bring some alchemists!"

"Do you think it's Scar?" Mustang was getting worried.

"I don't know, but by the looks of it, it may just be!"

"Got it! We'll be there soon!"

The two hung up the phone.

Hughes waited there for Mustang, and some back up, like some alchemist.

"BROTHER!" Al yelled.

Ed was bleeding.

Rika arrived.

"ED!" she yelled.

Ed turned around.

Al was holding Kimblee off for a while, while Rika and Ed were talking.

"Rika? What are you doing here for? Where's Erika? Is she ok?"

"She needs your help. I'll stay here with Al and get rid of this bombing freak! I mean you can pretty much say that we're switching partners."

Ed agreed, and ran to Erika, after Rika told him where Erika and Barry are.

"Hm..." Rika turned around, and was looking at Al and Kimblee fighting, "I'm ready to kick some ass!"

Rika's side was still bleeding, but they were healing very slowly.

She clenched her fists, and ran towards Kimblee, as she grabbed a piece of wood.

"SINCE MY POWER AS ALCHEMY IS MOSTLY LOVE, I'M GOING TO GET YOU WITH THIS!" Rika yelled as she was running towards him.

Al grabbed Kimblee, and Rika hit Kimblee in his stomach really hard with the wood.

She then hit him again in the head, as Al backed off.

I have to find a way to get him so I can take a couple clear breaths Erika thought.

She got cut again, but on her left arm, only ½ cm's in, because she had moved again.

Ed had just arrived to see Erika get cut.

He saw that she had her arm on her stomach, and some blood on her arm from it.

"ERIKA!" he yelled.

She looked at Ed.

So did Barry.

"So your short boyfriend has come to save you, huh?" Barry asked.

Erika and Ed were blushing.

"We're not going out," Erika said.

"Yeah" Ed agreed, then began yelling "AND I'M NOT SHORT!"

"Oh, I'm sorry! You both seem to be the same size! Ok then, your both short!"

"WE'RE NOT SHORT!" Erika and Ed yelled in unison as they were freaking out.

"It doesn't matter! I'm still going to chop her up!" Barry turned around, and looked at Erika, who was standing up looking at him.

"NO!" Ed yelled, as he was running towards them.

Erika had frozen because her wound wasn't letting her get up.

"No, I can't move!" Erika was scared.

Barry had his knife to the side of him, and brought it up cutting Erika again, but in the shape of an X, from her bottom left, to top right.

Barry was stopped 2 inches below Erika's right boob, because Ed had grabbed Barry, and pulled him back.

That was also the reason her cut was the same as her other one on her stomach.

Barry was looking at Ed, as he was being pulled, and brought away from Erika.

Ed was standing in front of Erika, his back facing her as he was looking at Barry with his fist clenching.

Erika had fallen to the ground, after she was cut.

Mustang had arrived at Hughes', which was central headquarters.

He had arrived there with Armstrong, Lieutenant Riza Hawkeyes, Lieutenant Heymans Breda, Lieutenant Jean Havoc, Lieutenant Maria Ross, and Sergeant Denny Brosh.

"Good, you're all here!" Hughes stated, and they all left into the city next to them, where the blasts were.

"Hm...so you're protecting the girl you like, huh?"

Ed didn't say anything.

He just blushed, but still had a pissed look on his face.

Erika sat up, against a building, and was watching the two.

"JUST SHUT UP, AND LET'S FIGHT BARRY!" Ed yelled.

"Hm...sure! More blood for me!" Barry grinned.

"Hm...good!" Ed changed his arm back into a sword, and began charging at Barry.

Barry did the same.

After a while, Ed and Barry were cut a lot.

Barry was cut on his left cheek, and a lot on his arms.

Ed's jumps and dodges had become sloppy because he was cut deep on his left side, left shoulder deep, and hit really hard in his gut by the other end of Barry's knife.

"ED!" yelled the worried Erika.

Ed was getting dizzy.

"Dammit! I'm getting dizzy!" Ed was worried as he was still trying to dodge Barry's attacks, "I'm going to have to male this fast or I'm in trouble, and Erika...she'll get chopped up if I don't kill this bastard! I'm not going to let that happen!" Ed then yelled as he took a distict direct hit attack to Barry's stomach with his sword to knock him out.

He did it, and it worked, Barry fell to the ground unconscious.

Ed walked over to the closet wall, that happened to be far away from Erika.

Ed plopped to the ground.

"ED!" she yelled as she painfully got up, and ran over to him.

I hope that you've liked this story so far now...I'm post the next chapter alittle later today or maybe tomorrow.

So I hope that you review this chapter nicely plz.

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