Chapter Two up!

Kinda just writing this as it comes to me, unlike my other story The Death Alchemist.

I actually have my plans written out for that but with this I'm just going on impulse ;D

Which means there's probably going to be a lot of funny/cute/embarrassing moments XP

Disclaimer! Don't own FMA XP

Chapter Two

"Brother?" Al called, looking afraid.

Ed just gaped at the see-through form of his brother, now floating in front of the armour.

Ed reached forward to touch his brother's hand, only for his hand to go through it.

As soon as he did it, the form was gone and the glowing eyes were in the armour once more.

Al lifted his metal hands and stood in shock. The glow was gone from his body and the heat had returned to its warm pulsing. Hector had passed out on a nearby chair from shock.

"What the hell was that?" Ed was the first to break the silence.

"I- I...I don't know..." Al replied, glancing at the pot warily.

Something in the back of his mind twitched and he looked out the back window to see the field of dead sunflowers. His instincts screamed at him to go out there as he wrenched the back door open.

"Hey! Al!" The older brother called after him.

Al kept walking till he was almost in the middle of the field. What he saw there made him screech to a halt.

Bright green eyes turned to him, long black/blue hair swishing as she turned.

Al didn't need her to introduce herself, he knew exactly who she was already. Though she looked a little older than in the picture. She looked about the same age as him.

The girl smiled sadly before turning away again. Alphonse then noticed the glow that emanated from her.

"Another person to come to my field to find the ghost, huh? Too bad, humans can't see me or hear me." A soft voice echoed across the field.

"You...You're Jade Neims, aren't you?" Al asked.

The girl's head whipped around to him, shock evident on her face.

"You...You can see me? You can hear me?"

Al nodded. The girl stood shakily to her feet.

"It's been so long since anyone has seen me" She told him as her eyes watered, a tear sliding down her cheek.

"Hey! Al! What are you doing running off like that?" Ed yelled, catching up to the armoured brother.

"Brother! Look, It's Jade!" Al said, excitedly.

Ed's eyebrows furrowed as he looked around the field. His eyes didn't stop at the glowing girl and just passed over her.

"What? Where Al?" He asked.

Al's heart dropped. "You can't see her?"

Jade walked forward, stopping directly in front of the state alchemist.

Edward gazed right through her, looking into the distance.

"What's going on Al?" He asked.

"Human's can't see me...That means you are a soul attachment too..." The girl looked sadly from golden eyes to glowing ones.

Al nodded slowly.

"The plant back in the house...is that where your soul is attached?" He questioned.

The girl smiled then, but it was only a shadow of the smile that was in the case file.

"Yeah, I was able to transmute myself there before I was taken." She replied, just as she did Ed asked. "Who are you talking to Al?"

Al turned to his brother, who looked like he was questioning his sanity.

"Jade is like me, her soul is attached to the flower inside the house. You can't see her because she is a soul. I think I can see her because I'm also a soul. The only reason you can see me is because of this armour." Al explained.

Ed pondered this new information, deciding that it was a logical conclusion. Then he turned to the, apparently not, empty field in front of him.

"Well, umm...Jade? Is there something you can do to help us...me see you so I can ask you questions?" He inquired. Ed felt stupid talking to thin air.

Al was quiet for a bit, Ed assumed he was listening to Jade speaking.

"She said if she was closer to her plant, it might help." Al answered. "Though she doubts it, No one else has seen her before."

When they entered the house again, they saw that Hector was awake again, though he looked pale still.

"Mr. Hector, Are you ok?" Al asked, helping the man to the couch."Yes, I'm fine, just a little surprised. I heard Jade and her brother talking about souls before, I didn't think I'd see one..." He answered.

"Please keep this a secret, sir. No one can know I don't have a body!" Al begged.

Hector nodded, a kind smile on his face. Ed stopped in the kitchen, facing the plant pot.

"Um...Al! come in here!" He yelled, his face going slightly red at the thought of talking to someone he cant see.

Al walked back into the kitchen, leaving Hector on the couch.

"Can you see her brother?" He asked. Ed shook his head but then stopped when he saw a light beside the plant.

He couldn't make out the features but he could see enough to tell it was human shaped.

"I can see the outline I guess..."

"Ahh, so when she touches the plant, you can see that much, why don't you try put your hand on the pot too, brother?" Al suggested.

Ed shrugged and did as he was told. The pot felt warm to his touch and suddenly a girl was standing...floating next to him.

Ed gasped and tried to stop himself from moving away.

"You can see me now?" The girl looked excited.

Ed nodded.

"I wonder why, people have touched my sunflower before and never seen me..."

"Maybe it's because brother was the one to bond my soul to this armour." Al commented.

Ed looked between the two, trying to process the new information. He then cleared his throat to start asking questions.

"So, why are you bonded to this plant?" He asked.

Jade jumped slightly, letting go of the pot. Ed saw that she just went more transparent when she did.

"Well...I..." She started "Why are you asking?"

"We were assigned to find you." Al told her. "Ed's a state alchemist."

Jade looked surprised. "Wow, I thought they only let adults join the military..."

Ed glared at her slightly, but after seeing her wide eyes staring at him in awe, his eyes softened.

"Anyway, could you tell us what happened here?" He asked.

Jade fidgeted a little, glancing between the two boys.

"Well...I just wanted to help my brother Andrew..." She began again "His childhood friend and love, Amber" She winced at the name "...died infront of us. We just wanted her back. We didn't want to lose anyone else. Brother was determined to use human alchemy to bring her back...I thought we could do it. But...It back-fired. I was taken to a white place with a big gate. A creature told me that my brother had been taken and I would only pay a small toll. I refused, told him to take me instead of my brother. Luckily I had alread put the transmutation on this plant to receive my soul if my body was gone. Brother paid for it with some of his organs...which I regret." She seemed to finish there but then mumbled "I just wanted him to be happy..."

Al and Ed were quiet for a while.

Ed's wasn't sure how to feel about this, so he decided to be angry. Angry that they had done the taboo. Angry that Truth had let her be taken instead of her brother and also he was angry that this girl had given up her body to save her brother. He wasn't sure why that made him angry, but it did.

The state alchemist heard a chink of armour and was brought out of his thoughts to see tears running down the girl's transparent face. Al was beside her, he tried to put his hand on her shoulder but it just slipped through.

At least, the armour did. Al's transparent hand stayed on the girl's shoulder as the armour stood empty.

The see-through boy and girl stared at each other, surprised.

Ed watched the two, his eyes wide.

"You...you can touch me" She said, green eyes staring into brown/grey ones.

"But this didn't happen when I was fighting Barry the Chopper!" Al fretted, waving his arm that wasn't on Jade's shoulder.

Ed noticed Jade's face go red as she put on hand over her eyes.

He then noticed his brother was naked.

"Umm...Al..." He said, pointing to his brother's naked body.

Al jumped away from the embarrassed girl, his soul returning to the armour as soon as the contact was lost.

The armour curled up into the corner, hands over his head in embarrassment.

The room was silent for a while. Ed's chuckle broke it.

"Shut up Ed!" Al yelled, still feeling embarrassed.

That just made Ed laugh louder. Al got up from his spot, hitting his brother on the head.

"Ow! AL!"

They both heard a giggle and turned to Jade.

Her face still had a light blush on it but she was smiling.

"It's been so long since I've been able to talk to anyone." She grinned to them.

"You've been alone for two years?" Al asked.

The girl nodded. Ed picked up the pot he was still touching and walked into the lounge. Hector was still sitting on the couch.

"Ed!" Al exclaimed, him and Jade following the older Elric.

Ed looked at Hector as the older man returned his look.

"Did you find clues?" He asked.

Ed held the plant toward the old man. Hector looked confused but took the pot, it was warm in his hands.

"We found Jade" Ed told him.

Hector's face snapped from the plant to the boy, a glare in his eyes.

"Don't toy with an old man's heart boy!"

Jade stood beside Al, Ed couldn't see her anymore.

"Tell him I always loved Auntie Margaret's Jam cakes and I love when they came here to read me stories after Mom and Dad died" She said, her eyes sad but a smile on her lips.

Al did as she said. Hector's eyes watered.

"Where is she? JADE?" He looked around, expecting her to come in from another room.

Ed pointed to the pot.

"Her soul is bond to this plant, just like Al is bond to his armour" He explained "That's why it's still alive"

Hector looked to the plant. "She's a ghost? Does that mean she died?"

"No, sir. She is a soul, her body is in another place. I'm on a mission to return my brother's body to him. We can take Jade with us and try to return her body to this place too." Ed told him.

"Brother..." Al was surprised, usually his brother wouldn't take anyone with them, for fear they would be hurt. Jade was a soul though, like Al, she can't be hurt unless the transmutation circle is destroyed.

Hector got to his feet, putting the pot on the coffee table, and put his arms around Ed's shoulders and Al's waist.

"Please, please help her come home..." The man sounded old at this time, not a snapping man but like a concerned grandparent. He pulled away from the brothers and talked to the room. "Jade! You're welcome to come back to live with us when you get your body back! We'll be waiting for you!"

Jade smiled as she put her a centimeter away from the man's head, as if to pat him.

Dunno when next chappie will be up, I will do my best to write it! ^_^