Summary: DBZ/FMA X-over. Sequel to my Alchemy and Saiyans fic. Chi-Chi decides to have Gohan learn alchemy, so she sends him to Amestris.

Disclaimer:

it walks alone: Sorry for dropping off the face of the planet like that...

BritKit: You didn't even tell me you were going to!

IWA: (ducks) Sorry!

BK: Anywho, sorry for not updating since February.

IWA: We've finished the story now, all we need to do is type and post it. I will attempt to post one chapter per day, and that is the only way to get it all posted before I disappear of the face of the planet again when I go to college in three weeks.

BK: (glare)

IWA: It's not my fault!

BK: Standard disclaimer applies.

"Speaking" Thoughts (Me to you) "Telephone or other such communication device"

Last time:

"Well, see ya," Ed said, extending a hand to Russel, who smiled and clasped it.

"It was good to see you again, Ed."

"You too. Bye Fletcher!" Ed called back over his shoulder, already jogging towards the plane.

Russel and Fletcher remained there, waving until the plane was out of sight.

Chapter 16: Liore

In Liore, at about the same time:

A small child hunted through a pile of debris and rubble that had once been a house, looking for anything he could use.

After a few minutes of struggling, he finally succeeded in pushing aside a chunk of wall that had fallen over and found what looked to be the remains of a box. In the center of the pile of wood chips was a small green ball made of some pretty green glass. The child picked it up.

Maybe if I offer this to the sun god Leto, He'll make the fighting stop, he thought.

So the kid took the stone to the temple dedicated to Leto, snuck in, put it on the altar, whispered a prayer, and left.

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In the plane, somewhere over Amestris, Al and Mirai Trunks were playing cards, Ed and the Brats were sleeping (they'd worn themselves out arguing earlier), and Goku and Vegeta were elsewhere. Gohan walked into the cockpit where Bulma was pouring over various maps with the Dragon Radar in her hand.

"Where to?" the demi-Saiyan asked.

"Looks like the closest one is right around here," the blue-haired genius informed him, pointing to the blip on the radar. "I'm just trying to figure out if it's in a city or just lying around."

"Want me to go get Al?"

"No thanks. I'll get this in a minute."

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A few hours later, Ed woke up and wandered into the cockpit.

"Decided on a destination yet?" he asked.

"Mm-hmm. I think the Dragonball is somewhere around this town here--It'll be easier to tell once we get closer," Bulma answered.

"What town where?"

"Liore, looks like."

"Okay, well, Al and I have been there before. Shouldn't be too much of a problem."

Bulma smiled at him. "Great!" She turned back to the console. "We should probably land soon," she added, flipping a few switches.

A few minutes later, they had landed and capsulized the plane. The group then trooped into Liore proper and promptly stopped, looking around them in shock.

Ed continued on a few steps, then stopped as well.

Buildings had been reduced to rubble, streets had been torn up, bodies littered the area--men, women, and children alike--and there were blood spatters everywhere.

Goku frowned. "What happened here?"

Al gulped. "I... I don't know. It didn't... It didn't used to be like this."

The group started walking again. (Al had to shake Ed out of his shock to get him to move.) Any people they saw avoided them like the plague, hiding as well as they could, shielding their children , and watching them fearfully. Looking down alleyways, they could see troops of military men walking around.

When they turned the corner, Ed ran into someone, knocking them both down.

"Ow!"

"Oof!" Ed exclaimed. He looked up to see who he'd run into, and his eyes went wide. "Rose?"

The girl looked up. "Oh! Edward!"

"Sorry!" he exclaimed, standing up and offering her his hand to help her up. She took it.

"Don't worry about it," she told him, smiling wanly at him.

He looked around. "What happened, Rose?"

Her smile fell. "After Father Cornello was exposed, he performed another miracle, then started sowing dissent among his followers a little while ago. Then the military stepped in and it became a civil war."

Ed's eyes went wide. "Cornello...? I did this?!"

"No, no!" Rose quickly reassured him. "I think you just accelerated something that was already happening."

"Well, yeah, but it's still my fault..." Ed muttered.

Rose put her hands on her hips. "Edward, stop blaming yourself. It's not your fault!" She sighed. "How about you bring your new friends over for tea?"

Bulma smiled. "Sure!"

After a short walk, Rose led them into a still-standing house and started boiling water for tea.

Some kids ran in from the back.

"Rose! Rose! Lookit wha--" they froze when they noticed the others and hid.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Rose asked, turning to the kids.

"Who're they?" one of them asked distrustfully.

Rose smiled reassuringly. "They're friends," she told them gently.

Goku grinned and went over to the kids. "Hey! I'm Goku!"

They blinked.

The Saiyan held out his hand. "Wanna play?"

The kid in front of him grinned. "Yeah!"

The crowd of kids immediately surrounded Goku and herded him outside.

Rose blinked. "Good with kids, isn't he?"

Gohan laughed. "Yeah. He's a kid himself. Never really grew up."

Rose smiled. "This country could use some more people like him."

Vegeta snorted.

"So, Ed, who are your friends?" Rose asked, pouring tea.

Ed introduced them all while Rose passed out the tea. (IWA: I don't feel like introducing them all AGAIN. Deal with it.)

Rose smiled. "I'm Rose."

Bulma leaned forward. "Rose, have you ever heard of something called a Dragonball?"

Rose blinked. "No, sorry."

Bulma nodded. "You probably wouldn't call it by the same name." She fished around in her bag for a moment, then pulled out the Dragonball that they'd found in Xenotime. "It looks like this."

Rose picked it up and examined it. "...I think I've seen something like this before--It was put as an offering in the church."

The bluenette smiled. "Well, we know where it is, now."

Mirai frowned. "Yeah, but if it's an offering to a god, it's going to be difficult to get it."

Rose blinked. "The military men have been talking about it because it's got an alchemic symbol on it. They were going to call in a specialist from Central."

"Well, we have an alchemist," Bulma said. "Does that count?"

Everyone looked at Ed.

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Back in Central, Sloth was on her way to the Fuhrer's office when she passed by Mustang, Havoc, and Hughes, talking amongst themselves.

"...really think it'll work?" Hughes was asking.

"'Course it will," Havoc replied. "That dragon's a god, isn't he? If he says that the Elrics can wish their bodies back, then they can."

"So all they gotta do is collect our world's Dragonballs and wish?" Hughes asked.

"Not quite," Mustang interjected.

"Huh?" Hughes and Havoc chorused.

"The dragon also stated that they needed to undo the alchemy. 'Gather the results'--"

Sloth's breath hitched.

"--'and undo their work', was the exact wording."

"Whaddya think he meant by 'results'?" Havoc asked.

Mustang paused. "...No idea."

As the three men turned their conversation to other topics, Sloth leaned against the side of the hallway. "Gather the results, and undo?" She shook her head and left, once again heading for the Fuhrer's office.

Ah, Ms. Douglass, there you are," the Fuhrer greeted her.

"Where are the Elric brothers?" she inquired.

"They left a few days ago, to look for something."

Sloth's face darkened.

The Fuhrer, however, was looking at a piece of paper in his hand and didn't notice. He handed it to her.

"Here, what do you make of this?"

The paper was a request for an alchemic specialist to examine "a small green orb with an alchemic symbol in it."

Sloth frowned. Could this be the 'Dragonball'?

"Well?" the Fuhrer prompted, jolting her out of her thoughts.

Sloth tossed the paper back on to his desk. "Send the specialist. It could be dangerous. I'm going to take a few days off."

She turned and left.

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IWA: Well, there's Chapter 16, for you.

BK: Yay! Typed! Now to post it...