Priestess kurumi inu's sister- that's ok. Here's the next chapter.

WingLiger496 and GenoSaw623-mmmyes. Destruction good….ahem…sorry.

Kumori domo-kun- I shall and I did!

Dueling Dragon Ice- Here it is.

Aeroths Rider- Yes it's always fun when alchemy goes wrong. If it didn't, I wouldn't have much of a plot now would I?

Hiei098-YAY! Ideas! PEOPLE I ENCOURAGE IDEAS! The more random ideas I get that I try to blend into the story, the more interesting the plot shall be.

Okay here's the next chapter. Tis a little bit slow but necessary.

Don't own

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After fifteen minutes of driving, Roy reached the quaint little town of Blackwater. It was over flowing with colors of caramels and warm browns, with splashes of gold here and there. There was a lot of plant life speckling the little town as well. How ever, what gave this town its name was the river that ran through it. At day it would seam normal but at the perfect point of time when the sun goes down but there's just enough light to see, the river turns pitch black, almost like ink.

After asking around he found the only flower shop in town. The Hanala flower shop. He walked up to the front. Through the window he could see flowers of every kind and some he'd never seen. At the front an old woman was sweeping the front. Though of her obvious old age, her hair was remarkably black still. There were only a few streaks of white on the sides. She looked up through rectangular shaped glasses lenses, peering at Roy with wise amber eyes.

"My. What would a handsome military official be doing in the small town of black water?" she inquired as she continued to sweep.

"My name is Colonel Roy Mustang. I'm looking for Kira-Kira," the old lady frowned.

"Kira-Kira… Such a beautiful name. Do you know what it means?" Roy shook his head, "It means glittering. My granddaughter Emily based a philosophy on it. She said the sky; the ocean and peoples eyes were all examples of Kira-Kira. The greatest example of Kira-Kira is the stars, "She looked longingly at the sky, "I am afraid my daughter in law is not well. Her eyes show no Kira-Kira. My I ask why you want to speak to her?"

" I am staging an investigation of her daughters murder," Roy didn't like being so blunt but that was part of his ob. The women stopped sweeping. She leaned against the broom and looked up at Roy.

"I know why she was killed," Roy was taken aback.

"You what…How…Why?" he fumbled with his words.

"The whisper of alchemy… A stone created from nature. It's alive in someway. It is part of the person who has it. The stone used to be balanced but that was disrupted. Now it needs to be a part of something living in order to stay alive. It's not a parasite though. No… It's on a whole new level of nature…"

"I am afraid I don't understand."

"My son came across it somehow…" the women started to sweep again, "It became a part of him. He was a respected alchemist you know. But since it became a part of him he stopped using alchemy in fear of something. He never told me what. When he was passing on, he gave the stone to my granddaughter. That stone is why my granddaughter is gone."

"Why are you telling me all of this?" he asked dumbfounded, "I thought I'd have to spend hours prying the information from you, "He said honestly, "Why are you telling a complete stranger this information."

"Because it is no longer my families concern. The stone has been passed on to someone else. Now it is there problem. My granddaughter was the stones keeper but in her passing she did her job and found a successor for it. How do I know this? Because the stone would still be part of her and the stone would have died along with her. However it is not. Now if you excuse me, I have to tend to the magnolia shoots." With that she walked in side.

Roy sat there processing. Thoughts rampaging through his head like wild fire. Dead girl…Unconscious Edward…Edwards out of control alchemy…Kitty Al…Whisper of Alchemy…Kira-Kira…balance of nature…Out of control alchemy…Click.

"EDWARD!" he screamed at the sky.

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By the time Edward and Al got back. It was night. They spent the whole day looking up the whisper of alchemy and fixing the library. They didn't find much about it but it was naturally made, was a legend, enhanced alchemy (sort of) and a lost book about the stones properties written by an Ishballian alchemist named Gate Trafalga.

"Okay Al, we need to keep this under wraps. The last thing I need is colonel bastard all over my back about this."

"Got it brother."

They tiptoed through the front door. The house was dark, so they figured everyone was asleep. Quietly they crept towards the stairs when…

BANG!

The stopped as the lights came on. Edward looked to see a bullet lodge into the wall about three centimeters from his face. They turned to see Hughes, first lieutenant Hawkeye and a smoking gun, standing next to Roy who was sitting in a chair with his hands entwined.

"Oh hey Hughes! When did you get here," Edward laughed nervously.

"Welcome back Fullmetal. Find anything interesting about that stone."

"We didn't find out anything about philosophers stone."

"I'm not talking about that stone," Ed shot Al a nervous glance.

"I have no clue what your talking about Roy," Edward said smugly crossing his arms.

"Oh really." Roy got up and walked over to Edward, "Tell me."

"No."

"Tell me. That's an order."

"No!"

"Just freakin tell me!"

"No means NO!"

With a dull look on his face Roy whipped out a pair of scissors and grabbed Ed's braid threateningly. He snipped a couple times in the air threateningly.

"ACK! What are you doing?"

The other officials in the room sighed, "Roy," they said sweat dropping.

"5, 4,3…" Roy counted down.

"I can't tell you, you sadistic bastard!"

"3, 2, 1…"

"FINE! Okay, okay!" Al put his face in his hand.

"Oh brother," he said mournfully.

Ed grunted as he ripped his left glove off. He held his hand out high, "There! Happy?"

It wasn't what Roy was expecting at all. It was small and smooth. Kind of like a child's dream skipping stone. It was dark blue that was clear yet clouded. It appeared almost as mist hovered inside of it. What surprised Roy the most was it really WAS part of Ed. It was perfectly embedded in the young alchemist hand.

"I'm confused…what's that supposed to be," Breda asked.

"You got me. All I found out was it's called the whisper of alchemy," Ed said leaning against a desk…with the hand with the stone. There was a flash of blue light and the desk disintegrated into dust causing Edward to fall. He coughed up some of the dust he inhaled. All the none-alchemists backed away from him.

"He did alchemy! With out even clapping!" Breda started ranting.

"It seems this would explain why Al found you unconscious. This stone caused the crack on the wall causing loose debris to hit you." Roy said rubbing his chin.

"What!" Ed said. Suddenly Armstrong spoke up slamming a fist into his hand.

"How could I have forgotten? The legend of the whisper of Alchemy has been in the family for generations!

"It has?" Al asked in confusion. The white kitten, Mint, somehow climbed up onto Al's shoulder and nudged his head with hers affectionately. He was relieved Havoc didn't eat her.

"It is said to be as unpredictable as the forces of nature. Using it is like trying to get a first time horse rider to master a wild stallion. Its name is not truly the Whisper of Alchemy. How ever it's name was forgotten to no more then…"

"…A whisper," Edward finished, "Huh. You know it's funny. All the research I've done on this freaken stone and I haven't learned anything other then what I already know."

"That's it! Eclipse must be after the stone." Hughes said in triumph.

"That's why he was killing the family members of alchemists. Because an alchemist gave his daughter Emily the stone! He must not have known who she was though," Roy exclaimed.

"Emily?" Edward looked at Roy with empty eyes.

"The girl. Her name was Emily Gianni. She gave it to you because if she had the stone when she died the stone would have died." Roy said.

"Emily…" his eyes wandered to the gem in his palm, "What's so important about keeping the stone alive?" There was an awkward silence Ed broke it by stretching and yawning.

"Well I don't know about you all but I'm going to sleep. G'night," With that Edward trailed up stairs, al behind him.

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Roy sighed and stared at the window. He was in a limbo between thoughts and reality. He didn't even notice Hughes sneak up in front of him. Hughes adjusted his glasses and whipped out a photo of Elysia about a centimeter from Roy's face.

"GAH!" Roy fell backwards off his chair, "HUGHES!" He brought out his hand in snapping position ready to fry Maes.

"Whoa! Easy, easy there! I just needed to talk to you!"

"What!"

"Roy something's been bothering me…"

"What is it Hughes."

"Eclipse…when he killed Emily, if he was really after the stone, why'd he leave it behind with a dying girl."

"What are you getting at?"

"If he was after the stone he'd have to know what it was capable of, meaning he probably knew it would die if the person it was with died. Even if he didn't, he had the perfect chance to take the stone. Yet he let this opportunity slip. This leads to one possibility." Roy's eyes went wide.

"He was trying to destroy the stone by killing the one it was dependant on at the time."

"That means our dear full metal bean is in danger." Roy stood up and walked up the stairs. He banged on Edwards door.

"Fullmetal! Open the door!" he demanded. There was no reply, "EDWARD!" he yelled. Still no reply. He tried the handle but it was locked. He brought out his hand and snapped. A torrent of flame rushed at the door, hungrily devouring it into ash. He stepped through the door.

There was no one. The room was empty. There was a note lying on the table. He picked it up.

"I'll give you my evaluation later so don't get a hissy fit while I'm gone.

Edward."

Roy stared for a moment at the note. Hughes walked behind him.

"They left didn't they?" Roy could only reply by saying the one overriding thought in his mind, as he crunched the note in his hand.

"Damn it Fullmetal."

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Well, looks like Edward decided to take things in his own hands. I see chaos in the future.

Any way review please. Ideas and constructive criticism is welcome, Roy will hurt flamers. See ya later!