whoot whoot! we've got part one o' cha'er 5! hehe, this is gonna be good...

"You owe us for this one, Colonel." Ed smirked. He, Rei, Al, and Bella were at the Colonel's office after their battle on the train. Bella, who was looking as bored as ever, (which happens a lot) wasn't quiet listening to the conversation between the Colonel, Rei and Ed.

"Hearing you say that makes a chill run up my spine." Roy said. He sighed. "So what is it that you want?" he asked. Ed smiled.

"You sure do come right to the point!" he said cheerfully. "We need to know more about bio-alchemy." He said. "Do you know anywhere where we can get more information?" he asked. The Colonel walked over to a shelf and grabbed a file.

"Well, there's a chimera researcher here in this city," he said. "Shou Tucker. The Sewing-Life Alchemist" Rei looked up.

"Tucker? Wasn't he granted the title State Alchemist for making the first chimera that spoke human words?" Rei asked. As Roy nodded, Ed gave her a surprised look.

"A chimera! It talked! Like a human!" he said.

"A talking chimera?" Bella suddenly asked. She wasn't paying attention. She had been lost in thought about on of her past memories, and only heard the last of Ed's words.

"That's what it says here. I wasn't in charge then, so I've never seen it. It says here that the only words spoke was "I want to die" then it refused to eat and died shortly afterwards." Roy said, "Well, anyways, let's go meet him to see what kind of person he is."

As the five of them arrived at the house of Shou Tucker, Roy rang the bell.

"Damn. This is one hella of a big place." Bella said. Ed was surprised by the size of the house. He turned around when he heard something from behind him. As he did, a giant dog pounced on him.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ed screamed as the dog jumped on top of him. Rei and Bella looked around to see what the problem was. They saw the Labrador retriever on top of Edward, and Ed with his face flat against the ground.

"Oh my gosh! A dog!" Bella said excited "I love animals!" She ran over to the dog and started to scratch the dog behind the ears.

"Aren't you such an adorable thing!" she said.

"Bella, can you get the dog off me?" Ed asked with a hint of anger.

"Nope. I like you better this way. You can't kill me if I mock you." Bella said, laughing a little.

"Hey Alexander! You stop that!" said a little girls' voice. Rei turned her head as she saw a young girl, and a weary old man at the door.

"Wow daddy! Lots of guests!" she said with a cheerful smile on her face.

"Nina, I thought I told you to keep the dog tied up." Said the man. At the sound of Nina's voice, Alexander immediately got off of Ed and ran over to her. He licked her face as she giggled.

"Please excuse me for the mess." Shou said as they took their seats. "It's been like this since my wife left me." He said. He smiled a pleasant smile at the five of them

"It's nice so meet you Edward, Alphonse, Rei and Bella. I'm Shou Tucker, the Sewing-Life Alchemist." He said.

"Edward here is interested in bio-alchemy," Roy said, "I told him that you might be able to show him your research."

"Hmmm? Is that so? Well, if you want to see what's up my sleeve, you must show me what's up yours. Alchemy is about "Equivalent Exchange." So, why are you interested about biological transmutation?" Equivalent Exchange my ass. Bella thought I wouldn't be stuck with an automail arm if it wasn't so screwed up. Ed gave Tucker a serious face.

"Um, well he's-" Roy started, but Ed interrupted him.

"Colonel. Mr. Tucker has the right no know." He said, taking his jacket off, revealing his automail right arm.

"So," Tucker said in astonishment, "That's why you are called the Fullmetal Alchemist. What about your friends over here?" he gestured towards Rei and Bella.

"We just tag along with him." Rei said. Tucker nodded as he got up.

"Let me show you four my laboratory. Although, I'm not sure it'll be much use to you." He said. They walked down the hall towards a room.

"This is my file room." Tucker said as he opened the door. Ed walked in, with Bella, Rei and Al following him.

"Wow! This is incredible!" Ed exclaimed. He picked up a book, and opened it.

"Feel free to look around. I'll be in the lab." Tucker said.

"All right then, I'll start with this shelf." Ed said.

"I'll start from over there." Al said, walking off towards another shelf.

"I'll go with Al." Bella said. Rei nodded as she saw Bella disappear behind the shelves of books. She grabbed a book and sat down on the ground beside Ed and began reading.

A Couple Hours Later

Rei looked up as the clock gonged. It was around four o' clock. (That's what the clock in the book looks like to me, so don't kill me if I'm wrong)

"Wow, didn't realize the time." Ed said. He got up and held out a hand to Rei, helping her up. As soon as she had stood up, Alexander jumped out of nowhere and tackled Ed yet again.

"GYAAAAGGH!" Ed shouted as he was tackled by the dog.

"Oh, Hey big brother." Al said with Nina on his shoulders giggling. Bella was at his side laughing.

"Heya Ed!" she said cheerfully.

"What do you mean, 'Hey big brother!" Ed said frustratingly. "You two are supposed to be researching, not baby-sitting!"

"Well, Nina wanted us to play with her so-" Al started.

"Hey big brother! Alexander says he wants you to play with him too!" Nina said as Alexander licked Ed's face. Ed took out a handkerchief to wipe of the dog drool.

"You've got a lot of nerve to ask me to play with you dog." He said, "They say that catching a mere rabbit takes every bit of a lion's strength."

"JUST TRY TO SIT ON ME YOU CAININE FIEND! I, EDWARD ELRIC, WILL FIGHT YOU WITH MY ENTIRE BODY AND SOUL!" Ed shouted as he chased Alexander. Rei rolled her eyes at her short-tempered companion. She then looked at Bella who had started cracking up. Bella started to walk off in the direction Ed had run.

"Come on Rei! Let's see if Alexander will tackle Ed again!" she said, as she gestured to Rei to follow. Rei sighed and followed her excited partner with Al following her. Just as they thought, Alexander had mauled Ed again.

"Hey Chief, I'm here to pick you up." Said Havoc as he leaned on the entrance of the doorway. Rei and Bella turned their heads as they saw 2nd Lt. Jean Havoc.

"Mind I ask what you are doing?" Havoc asked. He looked down at Ed. Alexander got off of him and walked over to Nina. Ed got up.

"Um…… well….. You can say I'm just taking a little break from my research." Ed said.

"Did you find any useful data?" Tucker asked. "You can come back tomorrow if you like." Ed nodded as he started to walk off, swaying a little.

"Are you gonna come back?" Nina asked Al and Bella.

"Uh-huh. We'll play tomorrow" Al said as Bella nodded, smiling.

"Yeah!" Bella said. She leaned down to Nina and whispered in her ear "And maybe Alexander will tackle Edo again." She said snickering. Nina smiled. Bella walked up to Rei and waved to Nina.

"So Rei, found anything interesting?" She asked.

"Well, I found lots of information about chimeras. But I'm still wondering how Tucker was able to create a chimera that talked?" Rei said.

"Hmmm? I dunno. My question is why it said "I want to die?" That's kinda scary if you think about it. A creature who desires death?"

ooooh, creepy...we've got a chimera that wanted nothing but death...

k, 'nough with the creepy stuff...we've got a new question!

...jk! i've still got two i need people to answer to!

quick reminder:

question 1: which author created each character? remember, its Ember and Kira who wrote the story, NOT ME! i could never write something this good...(cries)

question 2: which pairing is your favorite? chose one from each #:

1a EdxBella

1b EdxRei

2a AlxBella

2bAlxRei

...and i'm not making a third question till i get some answers! (looks at fudge) ...you may want to answer quick...