Ok, for those of you who care, there will be Latin phrases and they are "spells" in a way. I'll have a translation, and if need be, what the spell does. Oh, "Kumakichi" is "Lucky" and "Kentaro" means "Sharp". Hope you enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Fullmetal Alchemist, and other characters and the story. BUT, I do own the Paper Alchemist, Kumakichi Kentaro.

Begin Chapter 2

Kumakichi looked at Ed, and Ed looked at Al. Al looked from the Lieutenant to the old lady, then back to the lieutenant. None of them spoke for a while till the old lady sighed.

"Well, I guess my secret is out. Edward, Kumakichi, Alphonse, I guess I must explain who I am, and what I did."

"Um…yes ma'am. I believe that it would calm us and not confuse us as much as we are now, " Kumakichi replied. The old hag then turned and held her hand towards the frightened lieutenant. "What are--?"

"Tuam memoriam amittes et de nos dixisse non potes," she said. The lieutenant was silent and didn't say a single word. He sat with a blank look upon his face and curled up into a ball on his side. Kumakichi looked at her and she smiled. "You may get your paper young man."

"Oh, thank you." He touched the necklace and grabbed the chain part of the handcuffs of paper and they folded into sheets of paper. He pocketed them and looked at the scared man. He felt a shiver run through his spine and ran over to Ed. "I don't care for her. She is a bit scary."

"Yeah, no kidding. I think we should be on our guard. I don't know if she is good or bad."

"Either way Elric bothers, I'm gonna stay on her good side regardless." Ed and Al nodded in unison. Kumakichi turned and looked at the old lady. "I think you owe us an explanation." She nodded and hobbled over to them.

"I'll explain at the Rockbell household." Kumakichi looked at the Elrics and shrugged. Ed and Kumakichi took a side of the spell caster and walked her to the house.

When they got there a wrench flew from the door and landed square in between Ed's eyes.

"What did you do to my perfectly engineered auto-mail parts this time Ed?" asked a blonde girl wearing a pink bandanna forcing her hair back behind her and a black tube top. Her pants were not pants, but the bottom part of a jump suit that was put on and had the top half tied around her waist. She was mad and was scary, even to Kumakichi. "Did you get into anymore fights and damage them again?"

"No, I'm coming back for a check up and a touch up or two!" he screamed back holding the wrench and his forehead.

"What the hell is all this racket?" said an older voice. It belonged to the short old lady with a pipe in one of her hands. "Oh, Edward is back."

"Pinako? Is that you?" the old lady with the boys asked softly, hobbling her way to the door.

"Saige, you old bat! How are you my friend? It's been a long time."

"Yes it has. Pinako I need your assistants in a leg." She pulled back her cloak that she was wearing and revealed a bloody stump that was supported by nothing. Kumakichi stared and looked at Ed.

"Brother, I don't think she's human," Al said shivering, or so it seemed.

"No shit…Ed, let's uh…get her inside," Kumakichi looked at the stump and grabbed an arm.

At Central, Colonel Roy Mustang was on the phone in his office, with his lieutenants doing chores and paper work.

"Dammit Hughes! I don't want to hear about your wife and your daughter!" he boomed.

"But she's so cute and my wife is absolutely beautiful," Hughes replied on the other end of the line.

"Are you at the train station with Major Armstrong?" the Roy fumed.

"Yes, but he's too big. Did you have to send him with me, I mean he sticks out like a really big man," Hughes whispered the last into the phone. Major Alex Louis Armstrong was indeed a big man, but not big as in obese. He was a muscular man with a blonde tuff of hair in front and a blonde mustache. He was dressed in regular clothes, but looked like a military personnel nonetheless. Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes was in his non-military clothes but looked normal compared to Armstrong. They were at the train station in Risembool.

"Yes, he needs to keep an eye on Major Kentaro. I don't need Fullmetal and Paper to end up killing each other. They both have a problem with their tempers."

"Yeah, that is true. So you just want us to tail them, or what?"

"I would just say out of sight but keep tabs on them just in case."

"Oh Roy, just one more thing…" Hughes said.

"What's that?"

"Can I show them pictures of my cute little daughter? Oh, and my beautiful wife?"

"You want to help me discover if my flame powers can go through a phone line, Hughes?" There was a soft click. "Guess not."

Kumakichi sat at the Rockbell table with the Elric brothers on both sides. He didn't bother eating because he needed to understand what happened in the past couple of hours.

"What's the matter sonny, not hungry?" Pinako said as she was bringing Ed some more bowls of rice.

"No ma'am, it's not that," he replied.

"Then what is it?"

"That old lady…Saige. I just don't understand…"

"How she could stand like that without her leg? Yeah, I don't understand it either. But I could never understand some of the things that gal has done. She went to another place, now don't ask me where I haven't the slightest idea, but she was gone until you brought her here." She took a puff of her pipe she had. She let out a heavy sigh. "Winry should be done with the surgery by now. I wonder…" At that moment Winry broke into the room panting. Pinako looked at her and blinked.

"She…She…" she panted walking over to Pinako.

"Winry?" Ed had finally stopped eating and looked at the horror on Winry's face. Simultaneously, Ed and Kumakichi jumped up and moved to the room and Ed almost puked. The floor was covered in blood, and on the table where Saige should have been was a beautiful, nude young lady. Her hair was a golden brown and her body was voluptuous and enticing. Kumakichi turned to Ed and looked at his pale face. Ed fell on his bottom and stared at the room with his right hand over his mouth. Kumakichi, gathering his courage looked back at the room and eased his way into the room. He looked at the alluring body on the operating table. He swallowed his fear and hardly moved to touch the soft appearing skin. His hand was above her breasts when she arched her back and inhaled deeply. He lost his balance and started to fall. He felt two metal hands under his arms. Looking up, he saw Al and looked at the body on the table. As he stood up, it started to fall slowly back onto the table and her eyes opened. She turned to him.

"Kumakichi, I'm sorry for the mess, and for worrying you. I must now explain who, and what I am. She stood up and walked over the closet and picked an apron and fastened it onto her body, she bent down over a spot of blood and started to suck it up from the palm, up the arm, and into the center of her chest. The blood from the rest of the room was pulled into her hand. "There," she said. "That should be good enough. Pinako," she called standing up. "Please if you do not mind, I would like to borrow some clothes." Pinako looked at her and slowly moved and retrieved them. She got dressed, uninfluenced by the staring eyes at her body. She tossed the apron and walked passed Al and Kumakichi, and picked up Ed. She kissed his forehead and walked to the table. "Pinako, Winry, and you young alchemists. Thank you. Now, I need to explain myself to you kind souls."

Hughes and Armstrong were outside the Rockbell house and saw the beautiful lady take a seat at the table. The others took their seat around her and looked at her. Hughes handed the binoculars to Armstrong and he looked through at the small group.

"Well Major, what do you think?" Hughes asked.

"I don't know sir. I don't think I know who she is," he replied.

"Hmm, I don't think that is normal behavior for Kentaro. I mean, just look at him." Armstrong did so, and he saw what Hughes meant. He was pale, and looked as if he was scared. Kumakichi was never scared easily. Then he saw Ed jump up from his seat and grabbed Kumakichi by his shirt. Kumakichi then responded by breaking his grip and shoving him. Ed clapped his hands together and transmuted the top of his right arm into a sharp blade.

"I think that's our cue," Hughes jumped up and ran.

"You son of a bitch!" Ed screamed. He grabbed Kumakichi by his shirt. "How can you say that?" Kumakichi broke his grip by sliding his hands on the wrist and pushing up. He then shoved Ed back.

"Get off! All I said was that you were an idiot for bringing your dead mother back! Your math may be right but you forced your brother to go along with him and look at what happened you stupid midget!" Kumakichi yelled. "He's nothing but a damn shell!"

"I'll kill you!" Ed clapped his hands forming a circle and brushed the back of his right arm and transmuted the top of his automail right arm into a bladed edge. He jumped at Kumakichi. Kumakichi touched his necklace and drew the paper from his back pocket.

"Ed! Don't!" Winry cried. At the same time Hughes and Armstrong busted in and saw Ed and Kumakichi fighting. Kumakichi managed to make a paper sword and parried Ed's attack. Armstrong grabbed and held Kumakichi while Hughes grabbed Ed.

"Ed, calm down! What the hell is going on here?" Hughes asked.

"He insulted my brother and my mother! He's in insensitive bastard! He's…"

"He is this country's savior, and you are too Edward," the beautiful lady said.

"Who are you, miss?" Hughes asked holding Ed down.

"I am Lina. I am a messenger to Edward and Kumakichi," she said. "Edward, calm down and please take a seat. You too, Kumakichi." She turned to the ones holding them down. "Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes, and Major Alex Louis Armstrong. I am glad that you arrived. Now, please take a seat as I explain how these two must save the country from a terrible evil. His name…is Canute."

End Chapter 2

Well, here is the breakdown. "Tuam memoriam amittes et de nos dixisse non potes" means "You will lose your memory, and you will not be able to talk about us." The names mean, in order: Saige, Lina, Canute mean old/wise, beautiful/alluring, and knot. Hope you guys like this, I'll work on the next installment. Later!