Yes, I am alive!!!! Whahaha! Anways, here's chapter 6, enjoy!

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Shinobu and Ed dodged to either side to avoid the column of street. Scar veered to the side of the uplifted street Shinobu was on and pinned her to the ground, with his right hand, by her neck.

"Your death will avenge everyone you murdered, Elemental!" Scar growled.

Shinobu reached out to her left with her hand, causing a part of the ground to hit Scar on the side of his head, sending him flying. She stood back up. "Trying to choke me? That's pathetic!"

Scar stood up and dodged an attack from Ed as he tried to stab the Ishbalan in the back with his alchemy-enhanced automail short sword.

Ed ran over to Shinobu. "Be careful, he could've killed you!"

"No, he couldn't have! He tried choking me, that's all!" Shinobu argued.

"His right arm has an transmutation circle on it that only destroys. He can kill you if he gets his right hand on you, you moron!"

Shinobu launched an earth spike at Scar, who was right behind Ed. "I'm not the one with my back turned on him! You're the moron!"

Ed growled and turned around to try and stab Scar again. His automail arm was caught midair. "You never learn. Do you, Fullmetal?" Scar shattered the automail into thousands of tiny pieces.

Ed dropped to his knees, holding what was left of his automail with his other hand.

"Edward!" Shinobu transmuted a stone spear and tried attacking Scar to keep him away from Ed, but Scar shattered that too.

Scar reached through the dust left over from the stone spear and latched onto her arm with his right hand. "Let's see how badly I can torture you before you admit to your sins!"

She quickly controlled stone to wrap around her arm, under Scar's hand also, before he tried destroying it. She fell backward; her arm had nearly a hundred random cuts bleeding uncontrollably.

That was close… Shinobu looked at Ed. He did that to automail; I can't imagine what he seriously could do to flesh.

Scar rested his hand on Shinobu's forehead. "Do you admit your sins against my people?"

"What sins?"

Scar glared at her. "You were involved in the Ishbalan extermination, were you not…?"

"If I was, I don't remember."

Scar tightened his grip on her forehead and made her look up at him. "How can you not remember what you did to my people?! The blood shed on Ishbala's ground!"

Tears welled up in Shinobu's eyes, she was really gonna die for something she didn't remember. "The first memory I have is of waking up in a bed in the royal palace in Xing."

Scar's face softened as he realized just how honest Shinobu was being. "You were not involved in the extermination of my people?"

Shinobu shook her head, tears slowly rolling down her face. "Even if I was, I don't remember anything before Xing. If I had any part in killing off anyone precious to you, please forgive me…but I don't know!"

"Mr. Scar?" A little girl with black hair in four braids trotted up to Scar with a small panda on her shoulder. "What's going on?" She looked at Shinobu, shocked that she saw her. "Shinobu?"

Shinobu looked over at the little girl. "May Chang?"

Scar looked down at May Chang. "You know this girl?"

"Yeah, she's my adopted sister." May Chang shooed Scar's hand off of Shinobu's head. "What're you doing in Amestris? You can't claim the throne since you're not blood of the royal line."

"I know." Shinobu wiped her tears away. "Father sent me here to discover who I truly am. He said that I must've come from Amestris since his guards found me in the Great Desert."

"Oh." May Chang looked at Scar. "Don't try to kill my sister again!"

Scar looked at May Chang seriously. "I won't unless I find that she's somehow connected to the massacre of my people."

"Shinobu's too kind hearted for that."

Scar sighed. "Go back and watch after that buffoon who's tagging along with us."

May Chang nodded once and turned back in the direction she came from.

Scar turned to Ed. "You're lucky…Shinobu, that girl saved your life just now. I was still going to kill you because I know you, even if you don't know yourself."

Shinobu hung her head and held onto her bleeding arm as it became numb from the blood loss.

"But, you, Fullmetal, will not be spared." Scar rested his hand on Ed's head.

Mustang shot a round into the air. "That's enough, Scar." He put one of his gloves on. "You can be charcoal now, or later. Your choice."

Scar glared at Mustang and backed away from Ed. "Flame Alchemist, Roy Mustang. You did more damage in the massacre than Elemental."

Roy's face hardened. "You have five seconds."

Scar let go of Ed's head and charged towards Mustang. "I'll get rid of you first."

Mustang snapped his fingers together, sending a flurry of flames at Scar.

As Scar and Mustang were fighting, Shinobu went over to Ed to make sure he was okay. "Ed? Are you okay?"

Ed looked over at her and chuckled. "Guess we should have listened to 'Lord Colonel' more carefully, huh…?"

She chuckled too. "Yeah, we really should have."

"Well, have you two learned your lesson?" A blonde-haired woman asked, kneeling beside them.

"Lieutenant Hawkeye?" Ed looked at her. "Shouldn't you help the Colonel?"

Hawkeye shook her head. "He'll be fine." At that moment, Mustang blew up half off the street. "If he needs help, I'll help, but he'll be just fine."

"Hawkeye?" Shinobu just stared at the blonde Lieutenant. Why does that name sound so…familiar?

"Yes. I'm Riza Hawk—" Hawkeye looked at Shinobu and her eyes widened. She fell back onto her butt, surprised at who she saw. Kari? No, that's not possible, she died during the Ishbal campaign! This is a coincidence!

"Lieutenant?"

Hawkeye shook her head and cleared her throat. "Forgive me, I thought you were someone I knew. I was mistaken."

Shinobu smiled. "Don't worry. That seems to be happening a lot lately anyway."

Hawkeye's eyes narrowed. "Who else has said that you look familiar?"

Shinobu thought for a moment. "Well, first it was Havoc, then Mustang said something, and I think even King Bradley."

So it's not a coincidence? They recognize her too? Hawkeye smiled and held out her hand for Shinobu to take. "I'm First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye. You are?"

Shinobu shook Hawkeye's hand. "Shinobu, the Elemental Alchemist."

Hawkeye froze, unable to believe what she heard. This can't be…is she really…Kari Kyoku?

"Lieutenant?" Ed looked between the girls. "Shinobu?"

Shinobu pulled her hand away after a moment. "Are you okay?"

Hawkeye shook her head to clear her mind. "Yes. You just remind me so much of a young girl we all used to work beside. She was just as spunky as you are."

Mustang walked over to where the three sat on the ground. "He ran away."

Hawkeye stood up. "Well then, I have to speak with you, Colonel." She looked at Mustang seriously. "It's about the old Elemental Alchemist."

Mustang nodded once and led Hawkeye back over to where the car was. Shinobu looked at Ed's broken automail and sighed.

"This sucks." She chuckled. "What now?"

"I have to go see my mechanic." Ed sighed, obviously dreading the trip. "And she'll rip me apart for what happened."

"Oh…o-okay?"

Havoc ran over to Shinobu and Ed, pushing the Elric brother aside and kneeling in front of Elemental. "Are you alright?"

Shinobu smiled. "Yeah, just a couple of cuts is all."

Havoc sighed in relief. "You need to be more careful. Scar isn't a serial killer for nothing."

Ed sat up and glared at Havoc. "You know, that was mean, pushing me aside like that."

"Really?" Havoc smirked. "I wouldn't have guessed."

"You should be nicer to the injured."

"You hardly classify as injured, twerp."

That's when Ed started screaming that he wasn't a twerp, a shrimp, short, little, or any variation of those words that Havoc never said. Which that, in turn, got him yelled at by the Lieutenant. Shinobu sat there laughing the entire time.

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Once they were safely back at Central HQ, Ed got chewed out by his brother, Alphonse. Shinobu found it odd about Al's situation. She wasn't told, but, as most people in Xing can do, she didn't sense any life chi inside of the armor. That was enough for her to know that he was only a soul.

"Interesting body, Alphonse." Shinobu smiled. Her arm was wrapped in bandages, though it wasn't stopping the bleeding much. "I'm intrigued, how did you become just a soul?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Shinobu. They wanted an explanation as to how she knew just what Al was.

Shinobu sighed. "In Xing you're taught sense a certain energy called the life chi. It's in everyone in this room," she pointed at Al, "save for you. Therefore, I know you are nothing more than a soul."

"That's amazing." Ed smiled. "Can you teach me?"

Shinobu smiled at the blonde-haired shrimp and replied, "It takes many years to learn how to sense chi on even a small scale. I never finished my training, so I can only sense the living chi of everyone on this floor."

Everyone just stared at Shinobu like she was insane.

"Except…" She looked at Mustang. "Is King Bradley here today?"

Mustang nodded. "Yeah, he walked in his office shortly before we came in this room. Why?"

"Because…the only living chi I can sense coming from his office…is his secretary's. Maybe King Bradley's on a different floor, because otherwise we have two possibilities. Either he's dead, which in that case would mean that we should get him to a coroner, or…he's not human. In that case, I would propose dropping out of the military immediately. Serving under a non-human is not a good idea."

Ed started laughing. "He's probably just on a different floor." He stopped laughing and smiled. "Regardless of that, I have to go get my automail fixed up."

Shinobu stood up. "I'll go with you." She smiled. "I wanna see more of Amestris, and you need a guard."

"I do not need a guard!"

"Yeah you do!"

"No I don't!"

"Yeah you do!"

"No I do—"

"Yes, you do." Mustang cut in. "I think sending Shinobu is a great idea. She should see the country she's serving for, plus she is incredibly strong. She's the best choice for a guard, Fullmetal."

Ed just sighed, knowing that he'd lost.

Shinobu smirked. "I knew I'd…win…?" She felt dizzy all of a sudden and dropped to the ground.

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"Kari!"

Kari turned around at the sound of her name and smiled at her friend. "Hey there Riza!"

Hawkeye ran up to her friend and smiled. "How've you been? It's been a while."

Kari turned and started walking towards what looked to be a small camp-like-thing up ahead. "I don't know how I've been. This...campaign, as they're calling it, is testing me to my limits. I'm not sure if I can take much more."

"I know how you feel." Hawkeye sighed.

Kari stopped and looked at Hawkeye, her eyes looked the same as hers. "Maes told me something the other day, something him and Roy have been speculating for a while."

"What?"

"It's about everyone eyes."

"What about them?"

"They're like that of a murderers." Kari hung her head. "At first, I had no idea what he was talking about, but, when I looked in the mirror this morning, it made sense. This isn't a campaign, this is slaughter! The higher-ups call this a campaign to try to sugar coat the fact that this is nothing short of genocide!"

Hawkeye smiled a bit. "That is true, this is genocide." Kari looked up. "But, regardless of that, we have a duty to our country. If we push aside all thought of what this really is, then we can accomplish the duty set in front of us."

"How can you say that?"

"Because, I—"

…

"Shinobu, wake up!" Havoc yelled as Shinobu's eyes opened.

She looked around her, confused at what just happened. "What?"

"I'll call for a doctor." Hawkeye said, walking to the phone.

Shinobu bolted into a standing position. "No, I'm fine, really! There's no reason to call a doctor, Riza, I'm perfectly okay."

Hawkeye's hand stopped short of the phone as she looked back at Shinobu. It's been a long time since that voice called me by my first name. But you're not her…my best friend died during the extermination, and she can never come back.

Hawkeye dropped her hand next to her side. "Fine. If you don't want a doctor, then I won't call one."

Shinobu smiled. "Thanks."

Mustang looked at Havoc. "Go with them to Resembool. If Shinobu passes out again, wake her up quickly."

Havoc nodded once and saluted. "Yes sir!"

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So, now, Havoc, Shinobu, All, and Ed are all on the train to Resembool. Shinobu and All seemed to be the only excited ones of the four; Ed was dreading facing his mechanic, and Havoc didn't want to travel to boondocks at all. Having been stationed there too many times, there was no way he could ever want to go there…but it had been a direct order…and he did want to watch over Shinobu.

Once the train started moving, the boys thought Shinobu was going to have a heart attack. She was bouncing in between both seats, and trying to find out where she wanted to sit because she wanted to most scenic view of Amestris on the way to Resembool. Finally, Havoc made her sit in the seat next to him, nearest the window.

Shinobu smiled as big as possible and stared out of the window for a total of forty minutes before becoming sleepy and passing out on Havoc's shoulder.

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"How can you say that?"

"Because, I have someone I need to protect. And I'll protect him at any cost."

For a moment, Kari thought about it, and then the light finally came on in her head. She smirked. "Go for it. As soon as this is all over, ask him."

"Huh?"

"Ask Roy Mustang on a date."

Hawkeye blushed and shook her head violently. "N-No, I could never do that!"

"Why not?" Kari turned around and started walking towards the fire again. "I think you two would make such a nice couple."

"Kari!" Hawkeye ran after her friend.

"Just wait until after this is over…you don't want to do what me and Jean are doing."

Hawkeye smiled softly. "But you do love him. I think that you two will be okay."

Kari looked back at Hawkeye. "You think?"

"Yeah."

Kari stopped and looked at the ground sadly. "But, I just haven't heard anything for so long. I'm worried."

"As it's said: no news is good news."

"Hehe! I guess you're right!" Kari grabbed Hawkeye's arm, dragging her towards the fire. "Lets go get some grub!"

Kari stopped at the fire and reached to get some "soup", almost falling into the fire while doing so, but stopped when she happened to glance up. She stood up straight with her bowl in hand as she tried to make out to shadows coming towards them. Everyone else looked in the direction she was, trying to figure out which squad was coming back to the main base.

"I heard it's the third squad." Some guy said. "They apparently finished the northern sector, and were told to report back here."

"Third squad?" Kari mumbled, knowing full well that Hawkeye could hear her.

About a minute later is when she saw him. He had a few bandages on, but aside from that, he was unscathed. Her eyes welled up with tears. She threw her bowl at Hawkeye and ran towards Havoc.

When she was close enough, and when he realized she was coming, Kari opened her arms and jumped into Havoc's. "Jean!"

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Shinobu opened her eyes slowly, not wanting to wake up just yet, but not wanting to return to the dream. It had been a tame one this time, but she still didn't want to go back to that place. About ten seconds later, Havoc was poking her in the arm.

"Wake up, we're here."

Shinobu opened her eyes and sat up. She looked outside of her window and saw the small train station, behind it was a rural town. This was the town of Resembool.

The four got off the train as fast as possible. They slowly made their way towards the automail shop; mostly because Ed wanted to delay the inevitable beating, but somewhat because Shinobu was so fascinated that she wouldn't walk any faster.

Suddenly, Ed stopped, causing Shinobu to run right into him. She rubbed her nose where she hit it on Ed's head and yelled, "What's the big idea?!"

"You!" Ed yelled, pointing at some black-haired guy in front of them.

Said black-haired guy turned around and smiled at everyone. "Oh, hi there, I never expected to see you here!"

Shinobu glared at him over the top of Ed's head. "Go back to Xing you shifty eyed bastard!"

The "shifty eyed bastard" looked at Shinobu more closely and smiled. "Hey there, Shinobu!"

"Go away, Lin, I don't want to talk to you! In fact, I hate you."

The black-haired, shifty eyed bastard's name was Lin Yao, a prince of Xing. "How dare you say that to your fiancé!"

The four Amestrian boys looked at Shinobu in shock. "Fiancé?!"

Shinobu sighed. "We're betrothed."

And he is also betrothed to the one who lost her memory, Shinobu.