hello, reader::fakey smile: did you have fun while i was gone? (Ember and Kirea::hiding in background:) yeah...

actually, i'm not mad...hah, i shoulda posted that already...sry, deprived readers! neways, there's a prewriten note for you, from the (stupid hacking) authoresses!

:evil grins:

Previouslywritten note:

Ember: Heyllo readers! Me and Kira-sama hope you are enjoying this fanfiction! But c'mon readers, REVIEW! You are making me and Kira-sama very sad, and then we take our anger out on nonexistent video game characters!

Kira: Hey Ember, can you beat this boss for me? –hands Ember controller-

Ember: -dies in game- OH YOU (edited out) SON OF A (edited out)(edited out)!

Kira: Ok, let's just get on with the story.

Ember: ALSO READ KIRA-SAMA'S CCS FANFICTION! Or I will hunt you down and dispose of you, oh pitiful reader…………. –threatens readers with plastic knife-

Kira: -sighs- she's always scaring the fans off………..

Warning Chapter 15 contains: Idiotic blonde alchemists, walking tins cans, hyper-active morons, emotionless angels, and insane adventures of Kira-sama and Ember.
"OH MY GOD! SHINEY THINGS!" Bella exclaimed. Her face was pressed against a shop window staring admiringly at all the treasures inside the shop.

"AHHHHHHHH!" She screamed in excitement. Rei glared at her from where she, Ed and Al were standing, watching the idiot enjoy herself.

"This ring is the latest item from Remis Jewelers!" she pointed to a ring inside the shop, "I never thought it would be in a town like this! And that!" She pointed to yet another piece of art. "That's the 'Fallen Angel's Love Potion'! and that's the Saint of Tears Statue and that's The Crown of Alice!"

"I don't think we should have stopped here Edward" Rei said, looking down at the ground and sighing. She ran her fingers through her hair, lifting her left bang and then letting it drop over her eye again. "Bella's gone insane with the stuff here."

Ed smiled and nodded. They both looked over at the hyper-active alchemist, jumping from shop to shop, awing the priceless treasures.

"Hey Edo!" Bella turned to them, "Can we buy some of this stuff!"

"No," Rei said rolling her eyes at her baka of a partner. "We aren't here to buy jewelry or pieces of art. Plus, you don't have the money to pay for any of this stuff." She put on a smirk and Bella's expression dropped

"Rush Valley!" Bella said, as they four teenagers walked through the town. "Known as the Automail Mecca. This place is like the Holy Land of Automail!" she said cheerfully.

"And you know this, how?" Rei asked, cocking and eyebrow. It wasn't everyday an idiot knew so much about one place.

"The mechanic who did automail surgery on me lives here." Bella replied. "I haven't seen him since then."

"Well maybe we should go visit him-" Ed started but he was interrupted by shouting behind him.

"Incredible! 51 straight wins! No way can you beat this guy!" The four teens turned to see a large crowd behind them. They pushed their way through the crowd to see a large, buff guy sitting at a table and a tall skinny guy standing in front of the table.

"Metallic Arm Wrestling Contest!" the skinny guy shouted in a commercial like voice. "Limited only to challengers with automail arms! Entry fee is 10,000 sens! Take home the pot if you can beat the champion!"

"Alright! I give it a shot!" one guy shouted, pushing his way to the table. Once the fight had started, he lost in a VERY quick defeat. The skinny man then looked over at Alphonse.

"How 'bout you big guy? You up for it?"

"Oh! No, no! Al protested, "I couldn't possibly..."

"Well how about you cutie?" the man leaned down to Rei. He stood back up, "Oh what am I thinking? A little girl like you wouldn't be able to take on such a strong man." he laughed. "Anyone else up for the challenge?"

Rei glared at the skinny man and reached into her obi (that's a sash for u morons) and pulled out some money and slammed it on the table.

"Oh," The skinny man replied, kinda surprised, "The girl's serious"

"Heh, this will be easy" the fat (laughs) man said.

"Angel!" Bella hissed in Rei's ear, "What the heck do you think your doing!"

"Kicking this guys ass now move." Rei said. She grabbed the guys arm roughly and grinned evilly at him. "Ready to get beaten by a girl?"

"You wish" was his response.

"READY! STEADY!" the skinny guy shouted, "GO!"

In less than a second, Rei had ripped the champions' entire arm off. Everyone's jaws dropped speechless. Except for Bella, who can never shut up.

"WHOOT! GO ANGEL!" Bella shouted.

"Oh I'm sorry" Rei said, with fake hurt in her voice, "Should I put this with the rest of the scrap?" The three other teens raced up to Rei.

"Wow Angel! How'd you do that!" Al asked. Ed motioned for Al to lean down.

"She used alchemy" he whispered so no one else would hear, "She changed his arm into a weaker substance than her own. Bella gasped.

"That's cheating!" She said, but then a playful grin formed across her face, "but I like it! HIGH FIVE!" She raised her hand but Rei didn't budge. "Oh fine meanie….."

"Hey," a person said, pointing to Rei's arm. I've never seen that kind of automail before. "Is it ok if I take a closer look?"

"If you want a look at good automail, attack those two" She said pointing to Edward and Bella.

"WHAT!" Both of them shouted.

"The girl's got a really light left arm with various blades in it, and the boy's got an arm and leg" Rei said.

Bella and Ed gulped as all the mechanics eyes gleamed with joy.

"What do we do!" Ed hissed.

"One thing"

"What's that?"
"RUN LIKE HELL!" Both alchemists starting running with a mob of mechanics chasing after them.

"Lemme see your automail!"

"Come on, just a peek!"

Rei smiled wickedly at what she had done and glanced over at Al who sighed.

"We're gonna be here longer than I expected" He said.

"Eh, don't feel too bad. Ed had it coming." Rei replied.

Minutes Later

"Well, it seems this really is a Holy Land of Automail" Rei said, a smirk across her face. "Everyone's so devoted to their work."

"THAT'S NO REASON TO LET THEM STRIP ME TO MY UNDERWEAR!" Edward screamed as he gave her a glare from hell. Bella lay on the ground, exhausted, and her jacket ripped apart.

"That was my brother's………" she said. (She looks like this: TTTT)

"Haha Brother," Al said, "I don't think there's many state alchemists who strut around town in their underwear" He laughed. Edward glared at him harshly.

"You shouldn't be talking, brother dear, seeing as you only wear a loincloth!"

Al sulked into the background.

"It's not a loincloth…….."

"Hmph!" Ed pouted, putting his pants back on. (Ew, that sounds dirty….) He looked down to realize something missing. He panicked, searching his pockets for it.

"What the heck are you doing Ed?" Rei asked.

"It's gone!"

"What's gone?"

"My silver pocket watch! It's gone-"

"AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!" Bella screamed, interrupting him. Rei and Ed looked over at the panicking alchemist.

"What's wrong!" they asked in unison.

"Onii-chan's (Rei taught her a bit of Japanese) necklace! It's gone!" She said. She looked as though if she were about to cry. "That was the only thing I had left of onii-chan"

"It's ok, we'll find it" Ed said, comforting the other alchemist. Rei sighed at her partners and looked down at her wrist. She let out a small gasp. The bracelet that had always hung there was now gone. She narrowed her eyes and glared ahead.

"Hey pops, I got some valuable stuff for ya" Paninya said, dropping her spoils onto the counter of Glatz. Lying in front of the shopkeeper was a pocket watch, a bracelet and a necklace. The shopkeeper picked up the bracelet first and examined it. It was silver chain, with few extra chains hanging off here and there and in the middle was a large teardrop shaped sapphire.

"You've really outdone yourself this time Paninya. This bracelet could never compare to anything by Remis Jewelers." The shopkeeper said, setting the fragile bracelet down and picking up the next item.

This one was a dog tag made out of pure silver. The first plate had writing inscribed onto it, while the second had a small rose carved into it.

"Aubrey Wings……" The shopkeeper said, reading the inscription. "The work on this one is astounding. It may be just a dog tag, but this is very valuable." He set the necklace down and finally picked up the pocket watch.

"Edward Elric?" He said, looking at the back, then turning it over and tracing the six pointed star with his finger. "It has the military crest on here. I'm sure I have heard this name somewhere" He tugged on the lid of the watch.

"I can't open it" he said.

"Hmm… let me try" Paninya grabbed the watch and tugged on the lid. "Hmm….. maybe if I just wind it-"

"DON'T WIND IT!" Paninya and the shopkeeper turned to the door that had slammed open. Edward, Rei, Al and Bella were standing in the doorway, not too happy.

"Don't open it either……"

"Give us our stuff back you thief!" Bella shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Paninya.

"You do know you're being hypocritical Bella?" Rei asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Ah! Be quiet!" Bella crossed her arms and pouted.

"Hey scrimpy," Paninya said, grabbing her spoils and picking up a vase with her foot, "catch!" She tossed the vase in Ed's direction.

"Ah! That vase is worth 100,000,000 sens!" the shopkeeper shouted.

"WHOA!" Ed barely caught the vase as it flew over his head.

"Nice catch!" Paninya smiled as she jumped out the window and ran over the rooftops. Ed ran over to the window and stuck his head out.

"GET BACK HERE!" he shouted. He looked back into the shop. "C'mon, Angel, Bella, Al! Let's go!" He stumbled out the window and raced after Paninya.

We are going to skip some of this so this chapter isn't so long. Thank you.

Rei, Bella and Al watched from below as Ed chased Paninya around. The three alchemists would have helped if they hadn't been lazy.

"This is taking too long." Rei mumbled angrily as she watched Paninya race by, Ed at her tail. She looked over at the brunette and grinned inwardly.

"Say Bella," she started, an evil gleam in her eye. "Why don't you catch Paninya for us?" Bella blinked at the angel.

"Me!" She pointed to herself, "You expect ME to catch her!"

"Once a thief, always a thief, and I promise I'll get you something" Rei grinned evilly at the young Ishbalan.

"Oh! OK!" The Ishbalan marched over to an alley and climbed her way up to the roof. "HEY EDO!" she shouted, drawing Fullmetal's attention away from the thief. Ed looked back at her and forgot to jump over the ledge to the next building.

"AHHHHHHHH!" he shrieked as he fell into a pile of trash bags. (Take that Edo-chan!)

"Sorry Edo!" Bella shouted as she jumped over the gap he had fallen from and chased after the other thief. She slapped her hands together and touched the ground ahead of her, transmuting a wall in front of Paninya.

Paninya stopped for a brief moment then turned around, only to be caught in a cage that was transmuted as soon as she took a step.

"Bwhahahaha, I've caught you now!" Bella said, advancing towards the trapped thief. "Now give us our stuff back!"

Paninya tapped on the bars of the cage and grinned to herself.

"Stand back" She said, taking a step back.

"Wha-" A blade had shot out of her right leg and cut the bars. "No way………"

"Whatcha looking at?" Paninya asked, grinning. "This is Rush Valley." She started running away.

"WAIT!" Bella shouted running after her. In the process, she tripped and brought the other thief down with her.
"Ah! Let go!" Paninya shouted back at the Ishbalan.

"Ah but wait!" Bella shouted, not letting the thief escape. "Who did your automail? Was it Dominic?" Paninya looked back and blinked.

"Um… yeah?"

"Ugh, they've been talking nonstop" Ed complained as the two thieves were still chatting. "SHUT UP ALREADY! Just give me back my pocket watch and let's go turn her in to the military!"

"Shut up Edo!" Bella shouted, glaring at him. She turned back to Paninya and said, "How about you give us our stuff back, and we don't turn you in?"

"What?" Ed shouted, but he was ignored.

"Sure!" Paninya said, dropping the stolen goods in Bella's hands. Bella took the necklace and put it back over her neck. She picked up the bracelet next.

"Here Angel! Catch!" She tossed it over to Rei, who caught it and put it back on her wrist.

"Ok, give me back my pocket watch Bella" Ed said angrily.

"No"

"What!"

"I'm keeping it for that comment you made" She stuck her tongue out at the shorter alchemist.

"Bella you jerkwad!"

Hours Later…….

The four alchemists had followed Paninya through the mountains to Dominic's house.

"Yay! There it is!" Bella shouted. She followed Paninya up to the small house, Rei, Ed and Al behind her.

"Hiya!" Paninya said, waving inside. A man working on a piece of automail with glasses and a bandanna on his head looked towards her.

"Paninya? What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I brought some guests!" She said gesturing towards the four alchemists that had walked in.

"Hi Lear!" Bella shouted. The man smiled.

"Haven't seen you for a while Bella" he said.

"Teehee" she grinned. "Oh! Lemme introduce you to my friends!" She pointed towards Rei, "This is Angel," Rei gave a small wave in acknowledgment. "And that's Ed and Al!" Bella pointed towards the Elric Brothers.

"WHOA HE'S TALL!" Lear shouted as he looked up at Al. He looked down at Ed and shouted, "AND HE'S TINY!"

Bella laughed at the screaming alchemist. Rei leaned over towards Bella.

"This is Dominic?" she asked, raising an eyebrow, "I thought you said he was stingy?"

"Oh, no, that's his son, Lear" Bella replied, walking over to where another man was working with iron. "That's Dominic,"

The man turned to Bella and Rei.

"Gah, you're back? I thought I told you to get out!" he growled.

"I can't, I still haven't paid off the payments for my arm" Bella sweatdropped.

"I told you, I don't want your money!" Dominic continued to work with the iron.

"God," Bella rolled her eyes, "Still as stingy as ever."

Ed, Al and Rei were all standing by Sadila, Lear's wife, who was sitting in a chair.

"Wow, you're pregnant!" Ed exclaimed.

"That's so touching" Al responded. Lear smiled at them and rested his hands on the chair.

"She's due in half a month" he replied.

"It feels like it's getting heavier and heavier." Sadila sighed.

Rei smiled sweetly at Sadila, a rare emotion from the angels face, and said, "Life and love to you and your child" Sadila smiled back at the angel.

"Thank you for your blessing"

"Can I touch it?" Ed asked. Sadila smiled warmly at him.

"Sure go ahead."

Ed rested his hand on Sadila's stomach then pulled it away after a few seconds and grinned.

"First time I ever touched a pregnant woman's stomach" He said, beaming at her.

"Hopefully it will bring you good luck in giving birth to your baby" Al said.

"Thank you" Sadila said.

"We were just like that in mom's tummy…." Al said thoughtfully. Ed looked up at him.

"Yeah it's unbelievable" he replied.

"Yes," Sadila said, closing her eyes and resting her hands on her stomach. "Thinking how I have a little life inside of me, it's really unbelievable."

"That baby stays inside his mom for 280 days before coming out to the world!" Lear exclaimed.

"It's unbelievable. Nobody tells the baby but he comes out after 280 days" Sadila finished. "Even if he's tiny, he's still alive."

The three alchemists smiled, happy for the soon-to-be mother.

"Oh Edo!" Bella shouted from a table, sitting next to Dominic and Paninya.

"I'm getting a sinking feeling about this………" Edo muttered.

so...there ya go! part two may be out soon!