At last, sorry for the Delay, but this chapter is ready.

Chapter 5: Kaos Overture

If someone asked him which had been his most impressive moment, he will say that. That teenager was staring at him as he was staring him, but without the morbid exaltation that that encounter had produced to Ed.

- Al? – He asked the same question for the third time. It was like he was unable to control his own mouth and brain. It took a lot of time, but he was responding at last.

"He can't be Al", he thought, and he couldn't be Al indeed. At first, Al would never use that tight leather that seemed to rip at the next movement that youngster would do and in fact he was starting getting fitted, he wouldn't be "that" fitted in only a month. He also would never look anybody with those curious but cold eyes and, overall, he will never deny him, in any time, in any case.

And just to be completely sure, his hands were dripping with a strange colored liquid that looked like blood. And then he was absolutely sure: he wasn't Al, but the resemblance was too strong to be ignored.

He shivered as he remembered something quite unpleasant that happened some time ago, but that was the reason why he and his brother had already recovered their normal bodies.

"It seems that that bastard has already started doing his damn experiments, again" Ed thought to himself, quite angry now, "he wasn't satisfied with creating a fake brother and to make his short life miserable and had to create another one; but maybe this could be an advantage, if this one falls in having the same dreams of the original one, as the other one had"

But although he was thinking at this way, there was something that didn't fit in his theory, that cold semblance, was something Al would never have, but that wasn't the problem; he was sure that he had seen that semblance before, in other face…or maybe others?.

Indeed, killing all those chimeras was a very good exercise before that time encaged in the flat, and it was almost done. All the HQ was filled with chimera corpses and only a few still stood up, already weakened by the might of the state alchemists, overall the fist power of the strong Arm alchemist, the infernal-like powers of the Flame alchemist and the Crazy gate-knowledge of the younger Elric.

But he was already tired and he wanted to search his brother to see if he had already finished with the sector he was supposed to clean He searched office by office; room by room, until, he entered the Führer's office. With the secret passage opened, it wasn't difficult to guess what has happened there

- STUPID "NIISAN" – Alphonse yelled, very angry now – how could he just think to go alone to that place! And even now that he's completely bone and flesh!

He rushed as fast as he could towards the underground maze, and he started searching his brother. He was extremely terrified thinking about what could happen if he didn't arrive in time and then he started thinking on a way to search him faster. He then reached a room with Transmutation Circle in the middle of it, and a human-shaped blood stain in middle of it. He then noticed a very familiar suit of armor, at one of the corners of the room stained with non-human blood, and he grinned; he had just found a better way to search his brother. He clapped his hands and touched the armor, surrounding them in white alchemic light.

- Who are you? – The strange teenager made his first question against the blond alchemist.

- Al? – He replied, as if it was a valid answer.

- Al? Who is Al? My name is Kaos, not Al.

- Kaos… - then his thoughts were right, he couldn't be Al, even in a million of years. But Kaos? Was that really a name? Kaos was a name that no mother will put to his son. But then he remembered the place where they were. Was he could be a Homunculus? But he broke the pattern, all the other Homunculi were named after one of the capital sins, and he had known about the existence of six of them except Sloth. But that guy wasn't Sloth as he had said that he was Kaos. And there was no Uroboros in sight; little flesh was shown though.

- Why are you here? Have you come to stop the Chimeras? – Ed asked.

- Maybe you haven't noticed, but I've made a question to you, I've already answered one of your questions and it's time you answer mine – Kaos replied, quite altered now, seems that even small things like that could alter him.

- Oh! Sorry – Ed replied, quite surprised with the suddenly change of manners of the boy – My name is Edward Elric and I'm a state Alchemist – he even showed his silver watch – I came here because of…

- Oh! You're a State Alchemist! – Kaos manners changed again, now with an innocent but calculating voice tone – Father got rid of the control of the state because it was useless to him…

"Father? Then he really is…" but he didn't have time to finish his thought.

- … then I have to get rid of you because you're useless.

-…Eh?

The boy suddenly clapped his hands and a line of spikes started rising from the ground directly going to Ed's position, trying to impale him. Not even a second before he came out from his impression, Ed tried to dodge them, but the rising spikes followed him wherever he moved. He finished cornered, having no place to escape. Just before the spikes reached him, he put his hands together and touching the ground he created a sonic wave that destroyed the incoming spikes; giving him enough time to move from the corner and to return to his last position to face him.

- Well – Kaos said with something that seemed a voice of surprise – you seem not to be as useless as you are supposed to be.

- You Damn Homunculus! – Ed yelled – What are your plans now! – Why have you attacked the central HQ with such a ridiculous attack? Was that only a distraction? What are your true intentions!

Interesting, then that's the way you know us – Kaos replied, looking amused to Ed with his serpent like eyes – Well, well. You asked my question, then I can ask yours; I didn't want to bring those chimeras to the surface. It seemed like by some strange reason, Dr. Marcoh was able to do alchemy even with the Alchemic seal Father put to his jail. He was able to make the chimeras that guarded him to go frenzy and to attack him. What an interesting way to die; it seems that when humans are in extreme situations they're able to do veeeery interesting things.

Kaos made a lustful grin that made Ed to shiver from feet to head. How could there be a being in this world that liked that situation! Ed's brain, even being a genius' brain, wasn't able to understand that behavior.

- You bastard! – Ed shouted now very angrily to Kaos – YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT! I WON'T LET YOU TO DESTROY ANY OTHER LIFE AS YOUR TARGETS OF HUMAN SACRIFICE!;

Ed Clapped his hands and two swords raised from the ground. Ed grabbed both swords, one with each hand, and faced Kaos.

- I've already defeated a lot of your kind, only one Homunculus is no problem for me!-

And he rushed against him, aiming for the fastest kill.

- It seems that he has started to move again – Ling said, cleaning his sweat with the sleeve of his chimera's blood stained fine jacket. If one of his ancestors revived and saw him in that state, he'd die again there.

- He was in control of the state until the death of the past Führer ("or at least that's what I want to think" he thought to himself) he maybe wants to recover it. Anyway it's better to go to a better place to finish our diplomatic affairs.

Both of them were heading to the office, Mustang in front of the foreign leader; but when Mustang reached the door and looked inside the office, he turned around almost instantly and pushed Ling to the other direction.

- I forgot the chimera corpse inside the office, it's better to continue this in other of the offices, please follow me.

- Well, ok. Could you please call the Elric Brother's? I want them to be in our meeting too

- I'll give orders to search them; we can wait them in the office.

And then they headed to the Führer's emergency office in the third floor. He knew what was happening there: the two brothers had gone to cut the problem from its roots, but he couldn't let Ling to know about it or him to get more involved on a problem that was indeed Amestrian and not Xingjian. He couldn't also order soldiers to search them a as well because the General's attitude was still too suspicious to ignore it and any uncared move could fall in horrible consequences.

But then he thought on something, he ordered a soldier to search a certain State Alchemist that was near.

He slashed and slashed, tried and tried, but the new homunculi seem to have eyes everywhere. Edward wasn't able to make him even a scratch in what seemed to be an hour of fight for him. He was panting and feeling that he could faint in any time; Kaos, at the other side, was grinning and even laughing as if he was playing and not having a people in front of him that wanted to kill him.

- Oh, C'mon! Is that everything you can do? - Kaos asked, with an irritating ironic tone.

"How can he dodge all my attacks?" Ed thought desperate "Does he have eyes in all his body?"

- Well, I wasn't supposed to get fun, father will get mad at me if I don't report soon, so I have to finish this quickly

Kaos raised his left hand, pointing at Ed. Then one of his nails grew with incredible swiftness and almost stabbed Ed. Ed was barely able to dodge the attack, but he wasn't astonished by that. He was sure to have seen that attack before, and to know it very well.

- The Ultimate Lance! How do you…?

- It's very remarkable for you to have that energy to still move in that state, but I never miss twice – now all the nails of his left hand grew almost half a meter; then he rushed against Ed, not leaving an open way; Ed was too tired now to move at high speed and that seemed to be the end.

- NIISAN!

From the depths, a big suit of armor appeared and tackled Kaos. Kaos was a bit surprised for the first time.

- Well…this happens when you get so much diversion when you are…

- STUPID NIISAN! HOW DO YOU DARE TO COME HERE ALONE AND NOT TO SAY ANYTHING TO ME…

- Al? Is that you?

- OF COURSE THAT IS ME! You've seen me like this for 5 years and you do don't recognize me? I found it while searching you and used it to hurry up. I'm coming with my real body now. Now let's hurry and…

The helm of the armor got launched by a strong kick of the Homunculus to one side of the room, making the Armor to fall to Ed's feet

- I hate to be ignored – Kaos exclaimed, looking mad to Ed

- Argh! Now that the fusion is only temporal, I can't see without the helm – Al said, standing again.

- Eh? How can you be alive without a head?

- There are things too complex in this world to be explained that easy. And who are you anyway?

- My Name is Kaos, and I'm what your brother calls a Homunculus.

- Another Homunculus? You don't follow the pattern of names, what happened, the capital sins were not enough?

- You can ask father about that if you can. And what's your name?

- My name is Alphonse, Alphonse Elric.

- Alphonse? Al? then you are…

- What are you talking about?

- Al, haven't you seen him? – Ed asked.

- No, I don't have my head, I can't see him – Al replied.

- Anyway, my duty is to kill all the intruders and you will die right here right now – Kaos nails grew again and rushed against the brothers. Suddenly, a clap sounded and from the entrance a wave of white energy entered going towards Kaos. Kaos dodged it easily though.

- More intruders?

- No, just the original one – Ed explained.

- From the entrance, Alphonse Elric, flesh and bones, came to join his brother. He was in the middle of the room when the Homunculus turned around to see him. the effect was instantaneous. Both Alphonse and Kaos kept completely frozen for a couple of minutes, Kaos thinking "Why do you…?" and Alphonse "Not Again".

A/N: the Encounter of Destiny has occurred at last, but what do you think would be Al's reaction with this?

Next Chapter: The Ultimate Homunculi.