Knowing More Than You Should

Summary: Al is now the Stone! How will this affect the others around who desire the mythical object? What's with the weird group of heroes? Different species collide and it's hell for the Elric's now. As for Selene and Amy, thoughts of going back to their original world are thin as a new life has taken over, and how would they get there anyway? -This Fic May Contain Spoilers-

Disclaimer: I don't own Hagane No Renjinkotsushi

Rating for this chapter: T for violence and language.

Episode: The current Episode(s) for this chapter are…44 and 45

Chapter 23

Note: Spoiler time! Depending on where you are in the series anyway…

Nobody asked Denny at first what was wrong, everyone thought someone else would ask, so it never got asked. Finally Amy remembered something, it popping into her head and she blurting it out. "He's probably upset that your Dad is flirting with Maria, Ed." she addressed to him.

Ed's eyes widened… "That…bastard!" he put Selene down and took off running just to make sure, make sure she was wrong. He wouldn't show up back at this place, not now. "Brother wait!" Al called, going after Ed, along with Selene. Mustang was interested in hearing the father of Elric was here, so he followed, which meant his subordinates went too. Winry and Shezka, who were standing idly by, went too, for the hell of it.

The others didn't budge, not seeing what the big deal was.

Ed closed in on the Rockbell house, and found Hohenhiem, indeed flirting with Maria on the front porch patio. The lieutenant seemed to be enjoying it too. But this didn't stop him from running head-on with a full automail punch. "HOW DARE YOU BE FLIRTING YOU OLD BASTARD!" Ed quite literally knock him from the porch, unto the ground below. Out of breath, he felt oddly satisfied from doing that, and regained his regular standing poise.

"Ah, Edward." Hohenhiem said, rubbing his sore jaw. Al came up now, the man recognizing him as well. "And Alphonse." he smiled and acted as any loving father would, even though he just appeared on their doorstep. Standing up, he was about of the height of Al's armor, leaving Ed a head shorter. Al was surprised his father had recognized him, and in this state.

"Ed!" Selene said, catching up to the two. She came next to him, taking note of his glare at Hohenhiem. "Please calm down. He actually got here yesterday, waiting for you both." Ed kept glaring, then gripped Selene hand and pulled her away.

In the next hour, everything had settled down, for the most part. Mustang said he'd cover the best he could for everyone here, but he doubted it would last long. And in that time, Amy and Selene gathered everybody around to tell them the truth in the matter. They were from another world, beyond the gate. The Fuhrer was a homunculus, and Dante was really Lyra.

Hohenhiem seemed to be interested when Dante was mentioned; he needed to confront her, and tell her something about their secret. He mentioned details about the homunculus; why they can't use alchemy and so on. Marta and Dorochet even mentioned a thing or two about why they wanted Amy in Loire. (Use her knowledge to guarantee the stone's creation)

Lust sat in silence while all this went on, she's known most of this all along but kept quiet for her own reasons. After that, everyone went to wherever they were staying for the night. Roy and his men left to cover for them. That whole discussion didn't seem to change anything on their prospective on one another, they all still gave each other a death glare of some kind.

Everyone that had been a guest of the Rockbell's or was injured was invited to stay in their house for the night and everyone else had to sleep outside. Hohenhiem and Al slept outside, he explaining to his son about how he was the stone and some effects.

In the Rockbell house, all males were to stay in a room as all females in another; obvious reasons. It was a good thing Kimblee was injured though, for sleeping in the same room as him would have been harder to coop with if he wasn't too injured to waste energy in his alchemy.

Den and Kira were having extreme problems with one another, for one, Kira didn't like Den because he had an automail leg. Den didn't like her because he could sense she was a chimera.

The other chimera made themselves comfortable sleeping under the stars, no problem there, but Lust; she didn't sleep at all. So she just sat on the edge of the Rockbell porch, looking up at the stars in deep thought.

"It's, really beautiful out here, huh?" Selene asked, slowly coming from behind. Lust turned, she hadn't noticed her. "I grew up in the city, so I don't get a view this amazing very often," she added, trying to make conversation with the concealed woman.

It was a few moments before she replied, and it was off the original subject. "Someone here has my locket. They keep getting close to me, and I feel weak or my powers are rendered."

Selene gasped slightly…she'd forgotten about that! Winry was wearing the locket that contained a part of Lust's hair; hair from her human counterpart. "That's not any reason for you to leave. We'll keep it away from you, how about that?" Lust didn't reply.

"Look, we're not your enemies here. If you want to think we are, you can. But you can choose to give us your trust or you can struggle in deciding what's what, take your pick."

A few seconds of silence shot through them both, before a bright blue glow caught their attention up on top of a hill. In the darkness it was hard to see, but Ed came storming back to the house moments later. "Stupid, old bastard.." words like that were heard muttering under the boy's breath.

Al ran over to where the glow had occurred, to see Hohenhiem fused to a tree. Or, his trench coat. Hohenhiem couldn't undo the transmutation since his hands were separated, and he couldn't do anything alchemic. "Father!" Al said, surprised at this was what Ed had done.

-+-

Amy was attending to Kimblee's wounds one last time for the night; she had to admit, he healed faster than she expected. The wound was already working to close up in his stomach. "So, your from another world, and you can do alchemy without a circle? That's pretty impressive." Kimblee teased randomly. Amy finished tying the fresh white bandages around his middle part. Denny was already asleep, and Ed had wondered off somewhere, giving the two a little privacy.

"Yeah…I guess you could call it that." the girl said, a depressed smile on her face.

"Something wrong?"

Amy sighed, sitting next to Kimblee. "I…I guess I'm a little homesick. But, I don't want to leave. Not now." she smiled up at him. Emphasizing 'because of him.'

"Is it because of me?"

"And everyone I've met. This experience. I don't want to go back and live like none of this ever happened." she admitted, being quite honest. "Even though it wasn't what I was expecting."

This is when Ed slammed open the door to the room, making Amy jump and having Selene on his arm. "Ed, calm down!" she insisted.

"I should go. You need to rest." Amy said, their private moment ruined. She kissed Kimblee softly on the lips and headed out, dragging Selene with her after she kissed Ed on the cheek. Denny was asleep in this entire epidemic, and just rolled over and off his bed from all of the ruckus.

Sleep was peaceful and restless…paranoia mixed with exhaustion was what filled everybody's rest. Lust, who sat awake all night, was the one to see Hohenhiem leave on the horizon of the hill she looked up on; from given moonlight. And also noticed Roy running up to the Rockbell residence very early in the morning. She met him on the porch, he out of breath and telling her a search party would be coming in a couple hours or sooner for the Elric's and anybody else here.

The homunculus understood what she had to do, and decided she'd better wake Edward and tell him. "Full Metal boy…" she said, walking into the room and tapping Ed on the shoulder.

Ed opened his eyes slightly, "Five more minutes…"

"Ed." she said sternly, crossing her arms. He realized who was talking and jumped into a sitting position, holding his automail fist out to protect himself if she was trying to kill him in his sleep. Lust raised a brow, standing nearly a whole foot away and not holding her nails in any threatening fashion. "That Colonel man said there'd be a search party heading here soon. You might want to find a good place to hide everyone."

Ed let down his guard, realizing she wasn't his enemy here. "Alright. Thanks."

I know…if you've seen and thought through these episodes for this chapter, Hohenhiem explains that homunculus can't use alchemy because they are from beyond the gate. So, how can Selene Amy and Brandon do Alchemy? Well, in the movie (Spoiler alert) That woman who successfully makes it to Amestris from our world, she uses Alchemy! So, I don't know how that happens. Honestly; I need to look into that though.