Yeah, it seems that this story is one of the only ones that didn't get deleted…well, actually, it had been, but I had posted chapter one, so it was safe. I'll go ahead and let you get reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist, but I do own Kararu Rinamino, but I don't own Shikou Rinamino, she belongs to a friend.

Loosing the Sight

Chapter 2: We've Got a Location!

"Ed?"

Ed jerked awake as he heard a knock on his door. He sat up, sleepily running a hand across his eyes in an attempt to rub the sleep from them. "Huh?" He said groggily.

"I was just making sure you were awake." He heard the voice of Kararu call through the closed door.

"Well…I am NOW…" Ed said sarcastically.

"Hey, at least you didn't fall down the stairs last night…Shikou did." Kararu said, Ed sensing the humor that was hidden in her voice. Then, he heard a loud clang come from the hallway. He shot out of the bed and made it to the door without tripping, then flung the door open; even thought that didn't mean anything…he still couldn't see.

"Oww!" He heard Kararu say from the floor. "What was that for!"

"Kararu! Are you all right?" Ed asked.

"You jerk! Making fun of me getting hurt…" Ed heard the huffed voice of Shikou say angrily.

"Well, you could have hit me with your FIST instead of a FRIGGIN' FRYING PAN!" Kararu yelled.

"Feh…" Shikou said, then Ed heard her shift towards him. "Good morning Edward! What would you like for breakfast?"

"Uh…I don't know…"

"Ed, help me up…please?" He heard Kararu ask.

"Um…sure, where's your hand?"

"Here…" He heard Kararu say, then her hand gripped his lightly.

"Okay…" Ed said, then gripped her hand a little bit tighter and pulled her upright.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

"So, do you have this place memorized yet?" Kararu asked, Ed sensing the humor in her voice.

"Yes, pretty much." Ed said. "All except for your bedrooms, of course."

"Okay, I was fixin' to say…" Shikou said, relief evident in her tone. "Come on, I'll fix you two breakfast."

"All right." Ed and Kararu said together, and they both walked down the hall after Shikou.

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"Sir?"

"Yes Hawkeye?"

"There's someone on the phone for you." Hawkeye said.

"Who is it?" Mustang asked.

"It's the Demon and Wolf Flame Alchemist's on the line, sir."

"Them? Aren't they on vacation right now?"

"Yes sir, but they say it's important…"

"Could it wait?"

"Well, I think they're asking for more vacation time."

"Why?"

"They wouldn't say."

"All right, patch it through…"

"Yes sir." Hawkeye said. Mustang reached across his desk and picked it up receiver and put it to his ear.

"Hello?" Mustang asked.

"Fuhrer Mustang?"

"Hello Demon. Wolf." Mustang greeted.

"Hello sir." Both girls said.

"May I ask why you two are calling while on vacation?"

"We wanted to ask you a question."

"That would be what girls?"

"We'd like to ask for another week or two of vacation."

"And why would you want to do that?"

"Well…you see, sir, we have an unexpected guest here."

"Who would that be?"

For once, when it was their turn to speak, only one answered. "I found a man in an alley way. He was blind, and he needed help, so I offered to let him stay and he's going to be here for a while."

"Why? Demon, you remember what happened to your mother, don't you? You know better!"

"But sir, I just could leave him!"

"Well…just as long as you know what your doing." Mustang said, then thought, "I guess I shouldn't ask his name…Edward wasn't blind…"

"Well, Demon, I guess you two shall be given an extra week of vacation, but no more. I want you back here, even if whoever is staying with you has to come along to stay in your dorm."

"Thank you so much sir!"

"You're welcome Demon."

"Sir?"

"Yes Wolf?"

"Have there ever been any blind State Alchemist?"

"No, why?"

"Oh, no reason. Was just curious."

"I'll let that slide…even though I want to know why you asked, I'll leave it for now. Well, I guess thanks for the call."

"You're welcome sir."

"All right. I'll see you in a week."

"Okay. Bye."

"Bye."

Mustang was about to put the receiver down when he heard a voice in the distance on the other side of the phone line say, "Who did you two just call?"

Mustang yanked it back up to his ear, and listened, but there was no sound. The girls had just hung up. He pulled it in front of his face to inspect it.

"What are you doing sir?" Hawkeye asked, looking at him confused as he set the phone down where it belonged.

"Nothing…I just swore I heard Edward's voice on the other line…"

"Maybe it was him, sir."

"No, it wasn't. They said the person staying with them was blind. Edward isn't blind."

"All right sir. We'll keep looking."

"Yes…I suppose we shall…"

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"Who did you two just call?" Ed asked as he heard them set the receiver back on its cradle.

"Just our boss." Kararu answered as Ed heard her walking over to the table.

"Who's your boss?"

"I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you…" Kararu said, then he heard her shift in her chair to face him. "His name is Fuhrer King Roy Mustang. Not a week ago he was just a Colonel, but he killed the late Fuhrer King Bradley because he was a Homunculus, which is a creature that is a soulless shell. They can live for eternity and never age. There are six left in the world that we know of now, but we don't know where they are. What also happened a week ago, two brothers had been searching for a powerful stone called the 'Philosopher's Stone' because the younger of the two brothers had had his soul put into a suit of armor after a human transmutation they had attempted when terribly wrong.

"They finally were able to make one, and the younger brother got his body back, but then the remaining Homunculus attacked the two, trying to take the Philosopher's Stone to use it on themselves to make them 'pure humans', but during the fight, the Philosopher's Stone, as well as the older brother, disappeared. The State Alchemist have been searching for him ever since. I can't seem to remember the names of the brother's for the life of me…"

Something in Ed's head seemed to click. A flick of a man with black hair and soft brown eyes popped into his head, along with a large suit of armor with a light purple cloth hanging around the waist popped into his mind, but the next second it was gone, and he couldn't recall it, no matter how hard he tried.

"That makes two of us…" Ed heard Shikou say.

"Well, we'll ask Mustang when we get back to Central. He'll definitely be able to tell us." Kararu said.

"You speak very highly of this 'Mustang' character…" Ed commented.

"Oh yes. He's our father figure. Our real father was killed by thieves when we were two, and our mother…"

"I've heard two people mention that it wasn't a good idea to have me here, remembering what happened to your mother. Shikou said something, and so did Mustang…would you mind telling me?"

"Well, you see…our mother was a loving, gentle woman. She would take in any person, wounded, sick or healthy, poor or wealthy, friend or enemy…she's let them in. One day, when we were nine, we were upstairs playing when Mom came and told us that she had brought in a man a moment ago and for us to be nice, and stay upstairs unless we were called. We didn't argue, so we just stayed upstairs and played…that is…until we heard her scream…"

"Kararu," Ed said, noticing the pain that filled her voice, "You don't have to continue."

"No, I want to. I can tell you anything, can't I?"

"Yes."

"All right…well…we heard her scream, and we ran down to find the window in the kitchen smashed and…then we saw her…she had…a knife stuck in her heart, and there were slash marks on her back and stomach…the person that she had taken in was a murderer…and since then, we've been living on our own."

"Kararu, I'm sorry…"

"No need to be. Now, Shikou, what did you fix us to eat?" Kararu asked.

Ed sensed that she wanted to change the subject, so he didn't argue when she spoke. "Yes, Shikou, what did you fix?"

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xxFour Days Laterxx

Ed was making his way through the house, trying to find something to do. He walked his way to the door, where he grabbed the doorknob and opened it. A cool breeze hit his face and he smiled slightly as the wind blew the few strands of hair that were in his face off and back onto his head. Kararu had helped him wash it, and she braided it for him. He realized that his must have been how he kept his hair before he forgot everything because it just seemed natural to have it like this.

Over the pastfour days, he and Kararu had spent a lot of time together, sometimes Kararu stealing him away for long walks outside by themselves without telling Shikou. They had gotten yelled at each time when they got back, but they knew it was a reasonable price to pay for what had occurred on those walks. Enough said.

Ed stepped out onto the concrete slab and shut the door behind him. He heard the soft flutter of wings and the chirping of a bird above him. The sound floated away as he walked towards a tree. He stumbled over a tree root and started to laugh as he regained his composure while he leaned against the tree's trunk. He sat down with his back resting on the trunk, letting his hand trail over the bark of a root.

He fell into a light doze until his ears detected footsteps walking towards him. He faced the source of the noise and relaxed when he heard the familiar breathing of Kararu.

"Hey Ed." He heard Kararu said, and he heard the grass rustle slightly under his weight as she sat down next to him.

"Hi."

"So…I was wondering something…"

"And that would be?"

"Would you like to go to the lake tonight?"

"Did you ask Shikou?"

Ed faced her with a lopsided grin as he felt her stare, and he just somehow knew that she had one of her eyebrows raised.

"Do you think I'm an idiot? Of course I didn't ask her!"

"We're going to get yelled at when we get back."

"So?"

Ed sighed. He knew he couldn't win the argument. "All right…"

"Okay, meet me out here in about three hours, okay?"

"All right…uh…how will I know when three hours is up?"

"I'll come find you if you aren't here."

"Sounds good."

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"Sir?"

"What is it this time Hawkeye?"

"It's Alphonse."

"What? What's wrong with him?"

"Nothing sir…he just woke up."

"Take me to him!" Mustang immediately stood up, forgetting the formalness of his title as he rushed for the door. Hawkeye opened the door and ran down the hallway, Mustang hot on her heels until she came to a halt in front of an open door. Mustang walked in when Hawkeye hadn't made a move. Sitting up in a bed near the door was the sixteen-year-old Alphonse, rubbing his hands over his face.

"Mustang?" Al said once he lifted his head and saw Mustang.

"Alphonse! You're awake!" Mustang said.

"I'm…I'm in my body!" Al said excitedly, using his hands to feel his face.

"Yes, Alphonse. Do you remember what happened?"

"Kind of…Ed and I made a stone…then, once the stone was made, Ed used the stone on me, and that's as much as I can remember…" Al said. "Speaking of Ed…where is he?"

"He…he's gone missing. He's been missing for a week and a half now, since you created the stone. From what we know, after he brought you back, the remaining six Homunculi came to try and steal the stone from him, then that's all we can piece together."

"So…you're telling me he could be dead?"

"I'm not sure…" Mustang said. He was about to say something else, but the door burst open and Hawkeye and Hughes ran in. "Maes, Riza, what are you doing?"

"We've got a location sir!" Hawkeye said.

"What?" Mustang said.

"Someone in the town Ileki…you know, the one that Demon and Wolf live in? Well, when we sent someone searching, they saw a young man dressed in black with sunglasses and long blond hair with amber eyes wondering aimlessly around the town, then a girl, I would assume it was Demon, came and took him with her." Hughes said. Mustang just sat there, jaw drooped as he gawked at this new information. "Does that ring a bell?"

"Yes, it rings the loudest bell in the whole friggin' world." Mustang said, then headed for the door.

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Chapter 3: Why She's Also Called 'The Visions Alchemist'