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…
I will say it again. It was a fair shot by one reviewer this week, but I guarantee you everything I write is written for a reason! I'm not mad about it either! I love critics!
So we're moving on through the final test… I've almost rescued everyone I want to rescue (the list was REALLY, REALLY long when I started). Enjoy!
Sailor Moon and the Philosopher's Stone
Chapter 13: Rescue Mission, Part IV
Amy wasn't sure when it had happened. Or why. All she knew, was that she was in major trouble, and Fullmetal Alchemist, her arch rival in science, was unconscious next to her. How did she land here? Why Ed?
"What was that?" Ed muttered, waking slowly. The figures around them stirred slightly, as he and Amy jumped to their feet.
To the West
To the North
Lie the Best
"Why do they chant that?" Amy asked Ed.
"They look like—holy hell," Ed whispered. "Giant spiders? Are they chimeras?"
"No, demons," Amy replied. "But why are there demons in the place that they fear? It was pure here only a few days ago."
"That's a good question," Ed replied.
"Cover me," Amy commanded, grabbing her wand.
"Right," Ed moaned, as he clapped his hands.
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!"
The shadows didn't move as the pretty lights and colors swirled, and Ed's arm became a sword again. Sailor Mercury began typing away on her computer, as numbers flashed on her visor.
"I got it!"
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT SO FAST?" Ed demanded, holding his ears. "AND WHY DID YOU SHOUT?"
"It's called a computer," Sailor Mercury replied. "But these demons aren't real."
"What do you mean 'they aren't real'!" Ed demanded again.
"They're copies," Sailor Mercury replied. "They aren't the real thing, like that phony Tuxedo Mask we saw the other day."
"But how do you know?"
"They're all made entirely of some type of sturdy paper. The most these things can do is give us a paper cut."
"Does that mean Version is playing with us?"
"I think so," Sailor Mercury said, as she looked to Ed. She froze. Her eyes widened.
"What is it?" Ed asked her, confused.
"What's your codename?" Sailor Mercury asked hesitantly.
"Fullmetal Alchemist, of course," Ed replied. Sailor Mercury took a step back, smiling now.
"Hey Fullmetal, you know what's cool about magic and computers?"
"What?" Ed asked, giving her a strange look.
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"
Water flew through the area around her, as everything that had surrounded her crumpled to the ground. She walked over to the now crumpled Ed.
"They see through everything," Sailor Mercury laughed, as she looked around with her visor. "And using that data you've so generously given me, I can find out where someone else is. The concentration of these paper signals should lead me to a comrade in danger. And I will prove to Ed once and for all that I'm not primitive!"
"You really do care, don't you?" a voice said, as Sailor Mercury spun around. Before her stood a woman, who held a quill in her hand. Her long black hair twitched, moving on its own as if she were alive. "Don't worry Sailor Mercury, I won't tell your friends. However, I cannot allow you to get back to them at this time. If they discover my secret, I fear that the term blaze will explain the fires that will arise."
"You're Version, aren't you?" Sailor Mercury asked, as the woman's golden eyes narrowed, her grin widening.
"You really are a clever little girl," the woman, Version, said, her hair now flying at the blue Sailor Scout.
A scream. A very loud scream. That's all that they needed to hear, as they ran off in the direction of the sound.
"Who was that?" Roy asked, as Winry, who had been next to him, stopped running.
"Al."
The group stopped running, and looked to her. Winry was staring off at something that wasn't too far away.
"Winry?" Sailor Venus asked.
"AL!" Winry cried, running off in another direction, as the group was forced to chase her.
"Winry!" Raye shouted, as she finally caught up with her, and froze. She couldn't believe her eyes. Before her and Winry were a large amount of goblinesque demons, who were all tossing around various parts of the talking armor, Al!
"AL!" Winry shouted again.
"Winry!" Al's voice replied. "You've got to get them away from me! If they scratch the seal—AHH! Please quit tossing me!"
"The seal?" Raye asked Winry, who pointed to the torso.
"It's on the inside of that part. It's a blood seal. If it's damaged, Al's soul would be lost forever."
"Then we have to get his torso away from them, right?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "Leave that to me!"
"But Jupiter, how do you plan to get him back with so many of them?" Sailor Venus asked.
"By force," Sailor Jupiter replied, cracking her knuckles. Roy coughed slightly. "What do YOU want?"
"Why not draw him here magnetically?" Roy suggested.
"I am not a magnet scout! I am the scout of thunder!" Sailor Jupiter replied.
"But what if you could create poles with two lightning attacks?" Sailor Venus pointed out. "Wouldn't that serve as a magnet?"
"There's a chance we could damage that seal in either case," Raye said, whipping out her charms. "So by brute force it is."
"I'm beginning to see why Fullmetal was on such short fuse with you girls," Roy grumbled. The two dove into the group of demons, knocking them out of the way with ease. Raye stopped mid-punch and looked at her hands.
"This doesn't hurt? I would think that it would hurt me to punch this hard," Raye thought.
Use the shield!
Use the shield!
Quickly, the remaining demons started using Al as a shield.
"That's strange," Sailor Venus exclaimed.
"Their lips didn't move," Sailor Jupiter whispered.
"What are these things?" Winry screamed…