Author's Note
In all seriousness I don't own Sailor Moon or Fullmetal Alchemist, yet the concept is mine. Please don't take it without my consent… PLEASE…
Dude, I am seriously under the weather this week. But I'll be back, full spring, next week for sure. Later and enjoy!
Sailor Moon and the Philosopher's Stone
Chapter 3: Arguing About Circles
"Serena, you have to tell me how that stone was made!" Ed demanded, as Serena took a step back.
"Why?" she asked.
"Did you kill people to make it?" he said, sounding somewhat angry.
"Back up shrimp!" Lita boomed, stepping in front of Serena. "You aren't getting anywhere near the Silver Imperium Crystal, or Serena, with a look like that."
"SHRIMP?"
"Besides, that stone has been the foundation of the peaceful Moon Kingdom for centuries," Raye said angrily. "What makes you think they killed people to make it?"
"A Philosopher's Stone are made through killing a mass amount of humans. It's their blood that supports the stone. Those who possess it can defy all the laws of alchemy, including the law of Equivalent Exchange," Ed said sharply.
"It's not a Philosopher's Stone," Serena said simply. "Besides, what do you mean, laws of alchemy?"
"Didn't you ever pay attention in Basic Alchemy 101?" Ed asked.
"Sorry, but once again we will point out that we know close to nothing about alchemy," Amy said. "However, I can assure you that we know fully well the history of our powers, which has nothing to do with murder."
"Then where does the excess energy come from?" Ed demanded. "Your outfit has a larger mass than the one you were wearing just a moment ago. In Equivalent Exchange, you can't have less than what you finish with. It's impossible. Mass or energy cannot be created or destroyed. It's impossible unless you have a Philosopher's Stone."
"That sounds like something from physics class," Raye said thoughtfully.
"Physics?" Roy asked. "Is that your science here then?"
"Yes, one of many, but they don't talk about changing molecular structures by use of transmutation circles. That's a pseudoscience," Amy said finally.
"I can't believe I'm hearing this," Ed sighed. "Alchemy is fake?"
"Around here it is," Lita said. "By the way, you weigh a lot for a shrimp."
"QUIT CALLING ME A SHRIMP!"
"He was appropriately named Fullmetal Alchemist," Roy said simply.
"Ed! I thought I heard you!" Winry exclaimed cheerfully, as the group heard a clinking sound. Her smile immediately faded. "OH NO! You did not break your automail—AGAIN! ED!"
"It didn't break! See?" Ed said, beginning to move his arm as it suddenly fell limp. "Oh no—Winry! I didn't do it on purpose! I swear!"
"YOU never do it ON PURPOSE Ed!" Winry shouted, as the group was confused. Trista, Amara, and Michelle all came out. "This is going to take FOREVER to fix without my tools!"
"We thought we heard the shrimp threatening Serena," Amara said gruffly.
"WHAT IS IT WITH YOU PEOPLE AND CALLING ME SHORT!" Ed screamed. Winry sighed.
"Ed, your automail," she reminded him, as he shut up.
"AAAAHHHH! HELP ME BROTHER!" came a scream from within the temple. Suddenly, Al burst out from behind the panel with Raye's grandfather and Chad in tow.
"Evil demon! You will die!" her grandfather exclaimed. Winry, Roy, and Ed looked to the scene.
"Hey! Stay away from my brother!" Ed shouted, as the grandfather stopped to look at Roy and Ed.
"Are you two demons too?" he asked.
"No good sir. It's just that Alphonse Elric is far from the definition of a demon," Roy said quickly.
"IS there really a person in there?" Chad asked, shaking.
"They're visiting," Raye said quickly.
"From a really small country in Europe," Mina added.
"Yeah, it's a famous custom there!" Lita added.
"To dress up in a suit of armor?" her grandfather asked.
"Exactly!" Winry added, covering Ed's limp metallic arm (which was still an arm with a bladed tip) by standing in front of him. "Right Ed?"
"Yeah, right," Ed said, exasperated.
"Oh well," her grandfather said, as he pulled out a series of charms. "I was just about to use these to dispel the demon within the armor, but I guess if there's a real person in there, it's pretty pointless huh?"
"Yup!" Serena said.
"Well, you pretty ladies enjoy yourselves! And if any of you are interested in working at the temple, please don't hesitate to ask!" her grandfather said, as he and Chad left. The girls sighed.
"That was close," Amy said. "I can't imagine how they would have reacted to the demon being here, and the talking armor."
"I already told you that's Al!" Ed shouted, as Winry hit him upside the head with a wrench. "OUCH! What was that for?"
"Now do you mind telling me what happened to your automail?" she demanded, her arms crossed.
"His automail got stuck in that giant blob we saw before heading for cover. He was attempting to fight it," Roy explained calmly.
"Brother! You did what?" Al exclaimed. "Are you crazy? What if it had swallowed you whole or something?"
"Relax Al. I'm fine," Ed replied distantly.
"You're lucky I came along this morning or you'd be stuck out here with no mechanic you can trust," Winry exclaimed. "Is there any kind of workshop that I could borrow?"
"Mechanic? Workshop? Whoa, hold on a second," Lita said.
"Arms going limp usually require a doctor and a hospital," Mina pointed out.
"Unless there's something else you'd like to share with us," Michelle said. Ed shook his head.
"You people are so backwards," he whispered. "I can't believe you've never even heard of automail."
"Maybe if you explained we would know Midget!" Raye shouted angrily.
"Oh! Let's go back to how short I am AGAIN!" Ed shouted once more.
"OKAY!" Roy boomed, as the group silenced. "This is getting us nowhere. Please, quit insulting my officer's stature so that we can get on with this and figure out a way to get us back to where we belong."
"Right," Ed said, and took off his coat to reveal his mechanical arm. "That's automail."
The girls were silent, dumbstruck. Amy, however, was amazed.
"It's a functional, realistic mechanical arm! Cool!" she exclaimed. "How does it work?"
"Well," Winry said in a sly tone. "I could tell you, but you'd have to keep it top secret, because that's my design, after all."
"Wow," Amy said.
"Amy did you actually try Lita's chocolate this morning?" Mina asked. Amy stopped and gave her a look. "What? It's just not like you, that's all."
"This is a technological find of the century!" Amy replied.
"No wonder they don't know about automail. They're primitive!" Ed said, exasperated.
"PRIMITIVE?" Amy whispered, a glare in her eyes. "Look who's talking Mr. Pseudoscience."
"At least mine works!" Ed shouted back.
"Did she seriously eat Lita's chocolate this morning?" Mina asked Raye and Serena. "This is way out there for Amy."
"I doubt that a sugar high would result in such irregular behavior, especially since the effects would have ended hours ago," Serena said, as everyone stopped, and looked at her. "What? I have a biology test tomorrow."
"Serena just spoke science," Mina exclaimed, starting to move back slowly.
"We have just entered an alternate universe," Raye said, stepping away from Serena with the blonde.
"Maybe it's something in the air," Lita suggested, as the whole group began to follow suit.
"Or maybe that isn't Serena," Ed suggested, as the group looked at him.
"What are you saying Ed?" Winry asked. "I've been with her the whole time and she hasn't been switched at all."
"Or she was hit upside the head," Amara suggested.
"You guys," Amy said. "Serena is fine."
"Or maybe Amy and Serena have switched personalities," Mina said finally, as the group looked at the two.
"Forget it," Amy sighed. "Good job Serena."
"Thanks Ames!" she cheered, as Ed remembered the crystal.
"Listen, we can go on all day about how different we are, but I want an answer. How was that stone made?" Ed said sharply. Serena and Amy looked at one another, and then sighed.
"It's been around for millennia. It was the foundation of my people," Serena explained.
"Giving him ammunition isn't going to help the situation," Trista reminded her. Serena sighed.
"What's the point? I think lying to him wouldn't help anyways."
"So you don't know how that stone came to be?" Ed asked in total disbelief.
"Not a clue," Serena replied.
"What does it do?"
"It's a power source for her transformation, as well as a way to defeat enemies at the cost of her own energy," Amy explained.
"Then it IS a Philosopher's Stone!" Ed shouted.
"IT IS the Silver Imperium Crystal!" Serena and Amy shouted back…