Chapter Title: Kitty!

Characters: Scar, Ed, Liz, Liz's brother

Pairings: None! I can't write romance for the life of me!

Spoilers: Nope.

Warnings: Cursing, scary little girls

Disclaimer: If I owned the show, Basque Gran would have died a lot sooner than he did. Unfortunately I don't own it. XP

A/N: Thanks to all of you for your reviews. They made me very happy. I'll answer them at the end of every chapter, 'kay? Now, don't expect all updates to be this fast; I'm a very sporadic writer, and I can be very, very slow sometimes. This chapter is shorter than the first, but it's still almost 4 pages long.

"regular speech"

'thoughts'

cat speech-


Scar awoke with a groan, wondering why his head hurt so much, and why it was so dark and dusty and…smelly? Something smelled like a garbage dump, and the terrible stench did nothing for his head. He struggled to clear his muddled thoughts, trying to remember what had happened that had landed him here…wherever 'here' was. He remembered fighting…red coat and blonde hair…so he had been fighting Fullmetal, and then…pain…stone…black figure…trappedTRAPPEDPAINTRAPPEDPAINPAINPAINTRAPPED! In his half-conscious state Scar attempted to surge to his feet as his fragmented memories caused him to panic, but found that he was blocked by stone in all directions, throwing him further into his state of alarm, 'Trappedcan'tescapemustescapetrappedstonebindingcan'tgetawaynotrappednogetawaynoSTAYAWAYTRAPPED-'

NO!- as Scar shouted the last word out loud, and the sound of his own voice stopped his panic almost immediately and he stopped thrashing about, although he could still feel his heart pounding rapidly. He gritted his teeth; now that the adrenaline was seeping away, he could feel every part of him aching in pain. As his thoughts became clearer, he remembered what had happened, although he wished he didn't.

Thrice-damned alchemist…- he snarled to himself, then stopped. There was something…strange about his voice, although he couldn't quite tell what it was. And he felt different somehow, as though he had been taken apart and put together wrong; his senses also felt much sharper than normal. He dismissed the feeling for the moment and began to inspect his surroundings. From the looks of things, he was buried under a giant pile of rocks, which had only failed to crush him on account of a large slab a few inches above his head that created a kind of cave. He was interrupted in his musings by a low groaning sound behind him that caused him to whirl around quickly in something close to fear…at least, he attempted to whirl. He stumbled somewhere along the way, almost falling over, and once again he felt the odd feeling of his bones being in the wrong places. But he forgot it as he stared at what was behind him.

It was a cat. A really big cat; although it was smaller than he was, it was still almost half his size. That was definitely not normal. It was a yellow tabby, although both its right front leg and left hind leg were steel grey; at second glance Scar determined that it was not an adult cat, but more of an adolescent kitten. It looked fairly scuffed up, and shook its head before opening its eyes slowly. They were golden. Scar began to have a sneaking suspicion, which was confirmed when it opened its mouth to mew. Except that Scar understood the mew. And recognized the voice behind it.

Erg…my head…- said the kitten.

Scar's eyes widened, -Fullmetal?-

The kitten's eyes snapped up in alarm, then abruptly got even bigger than Scar's eyes, -S-Scar? You're a…a…-

Scar began to get a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. Slowly, he looked down at his hands…only to see light tan paws, his right 'arm' covered in black smudges that only vaguely looked like the alchemic array that was normally located there. He looked backwards over his shoulder, seeing more tan fur and a tail. He blinked once or twice, as the fact that he was now a cat slowly sank in.

What the hell? I'm a cat!- Scar was jolted out of his reverie by Fullmetal's surprised voice, glancing over he saw the alchemist-turned-cat pacing back and forth as well as the limited space allowed, muttering to himself, -No way…no fuckin' way…that's what the transmutation was, but what did she do so that it wasn't human transmutation?…'Altering Alchemist' was her military name, but dammit, what did she do?-

Scar snorted inwardly at the muttering Fullmetal, turning his attention instead to the walls of the 'cave', looking for a way out that wouldn't require the moving of the rubble, which he was no longer physically able to move due to his current state. He was going to find that bitch, and he was going to kill her, no matter how long he had to search. She was going to pay, in this world and the next, he was almost certain. Her fate once he was done with her was up to the will of Ishbala. She had better start praying.

15 Minutes Later…

Scar was on the verge of leaping over and snapping Fullmetal's neck; if the array on his arm still worked, Edward Elric would have probably ceased to exist some time ago. The boy had yet to stop muttering, and Scar had yet to find a way out. And the muttering, combined with the still-present stench of garbage, was really beginning to grate on the Ishbalan's nerves, which were extremely thin to begin with.

And what about my arm and leg? They still feel like automail to me, but they look like regular cat legs. How could that possibly wor- Ed was cut off as Scar reached one paw over and cuffed him on the head. Hard. -OW! What was that for?-

Cease your incessant heathen mutterings and put your energy to some use, Fullmetal. Look for a way out of this blasted pile of rocks.- Scar hissed before stalking to the wall farthest from Ed to comb over it yet again for any gaps large enough for him to get through.

Ed stuck his tongue out at Scar's back before turning to his side of the wall, muttering a quick -Bully- before beginning to search. Being smaller, he was able to fit into one gap that Scar had passed over, but it narrowed to barely a sliver within a few inches. However, the sliver was like a window to the outside, since that was where it led. He saw that the pile of rubble was located in an alley that looked like it had direct access to the street about twenty feet away. Now, if only there were some people nearby…aha! There! A little girl, maybe five years old or so, and accompanied by what looked like her older brother, perhaps seventeen. The girl had broken away from her brother and run down the alley, giggling.

"Ca' catch me!" she shouted back, as her brother rolled his eyes and jogged after her. Ed grinned; there wouldn't be another chance like it.

Oi, Scar! I believe I've discovered our ticket out!-

Hn. Elaborate.-

No time, just yowl as loud as you can!-

What are you talking about, Fullmetal?- Scar growled, irritated with the commanding attitude of the young alchemist.

Do you want out of here or not? Hurry, they're starting to leave!- and with that, Ed proceeded to yowl, very loudly. Scar growled and flattened his ears, trying to muffle out the terrible sound. But despite Scar's lack of help, Ed's little spur-of-the-moment plan worked.

"Kitty, niisan! Kitty!" the little girl ran over to the pile of rubble, "Undew hewe! Kitty's stuck," she made a sad face, "Niisan, help the kitty! Pwetty please?"

The older boy gave a long-suffering sigh, "Yeah, Liz, fine. I'll get 'im out. Stand back, now."

Ed grinned triumphantly at Scar as the boy began to shift the rubble. At last there was a big enough hole for the two to escape. But before they could get out, the boy's hand reached in, groped around in the 'cave' before latching on to the scruff of Scar's neck and dragging him out.

Put me down you insolent boy!- Scar hissed, twisting in the boy's iron grip, attempting unsuccessfully to scratch him.

"Uh…Liz, I don't think you want this kitty…"

"Ya-huh!" Liz shouted, "I wanna keep him an' name him…uh…Fluffy!"

Scar stopped moving abruptly out of shock, and inside the rubble he could hear Fullmetal laughing. But Ed's laughter was his downfall, as Liz's eyes brightened and she reached into the rubble and grabbed onto him.

"Yay! Another kitty! I wanna name her Muffin!" Liz shouted gleefully, hugging poor Ed to her chest so tight he could barely breathe. He stopped laughing right away after her proclamation, an expression of abject terror crossing his face.

I'm not a girl!- he shrieked, thrashing in Liz's bear-hug as she began to skip out of the alley followed by her brother, who was still holding onto poor Scar's neck, towards their home…and the certain doom of Ed and Scar.


A/N: Heeheehee…I'm so mean to them. But this chapter was a more lighthearted mean, y'know. So I have no problem with cackling evilly about it. Anyway, now I'll answer reviews.

Priestess kurumi inu's sister: Cacklecacklecackle! Yes I did, yes I did! -dances about- Really, yeah I did. It's not like they need them if they're cats, anyway. Sorry about the cursing; that's just how I write, and Ed does have a foul mouth…I'll use a different word in the future if you want.

ShyLight: Thanks. :)

PhantomAlchemist: Hehehe…I heard someone else use the phrase and I loved it so much I just had to put it in there. Anyway, I found that there was another character-turns-cat story out there, and I'm trying to keep my plot as far away from theirs as possible. But maybe I might put Mustang in there later. He's cool (but not as cool as Scar!)