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…
Roy loses his voice most of the time today, but when he gets it back… oh boy. And was Amy hit upside the head? Anyhow, enjoy!
Sailor Moon and the Philosopher's Stone
Chapter 15: Rescue Mission, Part VI
"We're here," Raye said, stopping the group, and looking around. "There is someone nearby."
"Are you sure?" Winry asked, shivering some. "This isn't like the other places. It's really, really cold."
"It's because of Mercury's ice attacks that are going around," Sailor Jupiter replied.
"I'd recognize her Aqua Rhapsody anywhere," Sailor Venus added.
"She's got to be in danger. She doesn't just attack out of the blue," Raye added, giving the group an evil glance. Before anyone could respond, something mewed. The whole group spun, looking to see that it was a small gray kitten, fallen on the floor nearby.
"Diana!" Sailor Venus exclaimed, rushing to its aide. The poor kitten continued to mew for a moment.
"Diana, tell us what happened," Raye whispered to her.
"ANOTHER DEMON CAT?" Roy demanded.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" Raye boomed at him.
"I was just trying to protect Rini," the kitten, Diana, finally confessed. "Somehow, I ended up here, but it was really weird. Mercury has never attacked me before."
"WHAT?" the group boomed.
"His Highness was somewhere over there, fending her off when I last saw him," Diana continued. "Although, she looked pretty scary, and Mercury has never looked that scary before."
"We'll take care of it Diana," Raye assured her, pulling out one of her charms and winking to the kitten. Diana slowly began to fade.
"What's happening? Am I dying?" Diana exclaimed. "I still have to protect the princess!"
"Don't worry Diana. Trista is picking you up," Winry said assuredly. After seeing the routine as much as she had, there was little doubt in Raye's mind that she was even fazed by it anymore.
"Yeah, Winry's right, Diana!" Al added.
"EEP! TALKING ARMOR!" the kitten cried before it finally faded away. The group sighed.
"Diana is never going to make it through another castle hallway without Rini ever again," Sailor Venus mused.
"Well, you heard her! Darien's in trouble!" Sailor Jupiter said, clenching her fist as she rose to her feet. The rest followed suit. After a quick dash through the icy tundra, they indeed found Darien as Tuxedo Mask, fighting with Sailor Mercury!
"Tuxedo Mask!" Raye cried, getting ready to jump into the fray. "Hang on!"
"Wait Raye!" Sailor Jupiter said, grasping Raye's shoulder. "This doesn't seem right."
"What is it Ms. Jupiter?" Al asked.
"I think I see it too," Winry said, looking at the two fighters. Roy gave them a questioning look.
"They're definitely fighting, but it's like they aren't even touching each other," Sailor Venus finally said, looking at the two fighters. As they drew close to one another, every connected shot seemed to result in nothing. And no matter what he did, Tuxedo Mask did not lose his top hat… almost like it was attached with superglue to his head. To top the situation off, they made strange noises as they struck one another. Not the usual sounds of flesh on flesh, nor of steel versus flesh, or even steel on steel.
"They sound like," Roy thought.
"Paper," Raye whispered. "They sound like paper."
"OH NO!" Roy thought hysterically. "I'm catching their ability to oddly start and finish sentences!"
"Hmphmm!" a voice cried from below. Everyone was too entranced by the fight to notice.
"Oh well," Roy continued in his mind. "At least it's with Raye."
"HMPHHMR!" the voice cried again, as the group finally looked down. Underneath a layer of ice was a frozen Tuxedo Mask!
"Tuxedo Mask?" Raye asked, looking a little surprised.
"What's he saying?" Winry asked. Roy merely held his hand out to Al's head.
"You want my helmet? Why?" Al asked, as he reluctantly handed it over. Roy then started chiseling at the ice. "Hey! Wait a minute!"
"Roy, I have the wrench you know," Winrey said, as Roy swiftly tossed the helmet back to Al, who swiftly put it back on his head, seeing the transmutation circle in the ice. Roy placed his hands on the circle, a flash of light erupting as the surrounding ice became a flood of water, and the group was forced to cling to one another to prevent floating away. There was a scream, and a splash, and then the water levels receded. When the group was done sputtering and getting over their travels through the waters, they all glared at Roy, who shrugged and helped Tuxedo Mask to his feet.
"Thanks man. I don't know how you did that, but it was amazing," he said, as he started to fade. "I guess this is Trista's work. Make sure you rescue Serena everyone!"
And with that, the tuxedo-clad man was gone. Roy sighed, and looked back to the source of the scream from earlier. He wasn't sure how much longer he would be silent and entertain Raye's request, but it wouldn't be much more if the person in question had drowned.
"I don't know who did that," a voice said from behind, as the group all jumped at the sight of Amy! "BUT YOU WERE BLOODY BRILLIANT! I LOVE ALCHEMY!"
And with that, she proceeded to hug Al. The group was staring in shock.
"Who are you and what have you done with Ames?" Sailor Jupiter scowled, as nods of agreement came from Raye and Sailor Venus.
"What are you talking about?" Amy asked, confused.
"Give us your codename," Winry asked, shaken by the sudden hostility of the Sailor Scouts towards this person that looked like their friend.
"Alchemy Lover," Amy replied with a smile. The group then crashed.
"You hit her head with that, didn't you?" Sailor Jupiter accused of Roy. "You just had to go and transmute all the ice into water! Why?"
"From what I heard of her shout, she couldn't have been falling fast enough to have a concussion like that," Al replied.
"See? Al gets it! I've just seen the light and the beauty of alchemy!" Amy cheered. "So now, I'm going to find all the books on alchemy and become an alchemist like Ed!"
Everyone started backing away from Amy—slowly. And when she didn't explode, as many thought she would, they came closer. Amy sighed.
"All right. If you must know I've met Version, and I've discovered something that will help us save the others," Amy said, as the whole group dove at her.
"What?"
"Really?"
"Tell us Amy! What's up?"
"How?"
"When?"
Roy stood back silently, a vein popping on his forehead.
"All of our enemies are made of paper," Amy replied with a smile, as the group froze, looking at Roy and Raye.
"WHAT?" the two roared.
"You mean this whole time the reason they stole our stuff was because everything here is MADE OF PAPER?" Roy boomed.
"An unusually durable paper, but yes, paper," Amy replied. "And look what I found! It's what got me into that phony me's frozen tundra!"
In Amy's hands were three objects. One and two being Roy's gloves, and the other being Raye's pen. The two fire lords smiled demonically at this, and the group, short of Amy, stepped back from them.
"This is good news, isn't it Roy?"
"Yes Raye. This is good news indeed."
The group shivered. The demonic duet sounded very, very scary right now. And both seemed to have forgotten the past worries the moment they'd seen what Amy had brought.
"What has Amy unleashed?" Sailor Venus squeaked.
"Let the flames of hell be brought unto this trial…"