Hello! Ehmmm... Now, then as you all know, I didn't write this story on my own, since my friend didn't like being called an assistant I'm just going to call her... What? I suppose 'Friend' is good enough, isn't it? Well, anyways, I'm thinking about posting some kind of interview chapter between my characters and me and *surprise* my friend will also be joining us, isn't that nice? The problem of getting her to get the interview done is the only thing to worry about at the moment...

Anyways, just so you know, I don't think I should be spoiling anything in general but if any of you feel like wanting some spoilers, feel free to contact me through private messages or reviews, I won't mind giving spoilers but, just so you know, this story is much more fun without any, and that is the truth. As always, Please enjoy this chapter!

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Chapter 5

"A fight? You and the, oh, so famous, Fullmetal Alchemist getting onto the middle of the official training grounds of the central HQ to fight in front of the entire central military and alchemists just so that you can either tell him about your research or not?"

"Yup"

The girl shook her head before leaning against the edge of her friend's table, "You do know that's pretty much suicide, right?"

"What makes you say that, Arra?" Alice asked innocently before placing the stack of documents back with the rest of the finished ones. She stretched her arms up before glancing back towards her friend, "I hope you're not implying that I'm weak in fights…"

She shrugged, "Can you blame me? I've never seen you fight once in my career of being here, heck I've never seen you held a gun before let alone use alchemy in battle…rephrase that, I've never seen you held a gun before let alone use alchemy for anything!"

Alice sighed before sitting down on her chair, "I've been hearing that excuse a lot…" She picked up a piece of paper before bringing it up to her eye level before a smirk spread across her face, "Guess you'll know how I fight tomorrow afternoon."

"What? Tomorrow? Afternoon? As in, tomorrow in the afternoon?"

Alice looked at her with a dumbfound look, "Yes, genius, that's what the statement 'tomorrow afternoon' means… Is there any questions or complaints?"

"Yes, there are!" Arra said before slamming her hands on Alice's desk. She narrowed her eyes, "One, tomorrow I have to go on a mission up on the south and at Briggs so the soonest I'll come back is probably a couple of days from now. Two, if you're fighting tomorrow…that means you don't have much time for any preparation!"

Alice sighed, "Will you calm down-?"

"No, I will most certainly not calm down!"

Alice took a deep breath before looking back at her with a soft smile, "Listen, Arra, when have I ever gone into a battle field without a plan before? Never… When have I ever try to just wing-it and let fate decide either I live in the end or not? Never… So, what makes you think that I'm doing all of this as a mindless attempt to keep him away from me?"

"…You do have a point…"

"Besides, if I wanted him to get off my back…I could've just asked my brother to do it, couldn't I?" Alice said before reading the first paper from the stack.

Arra looked at her for a moment before sighing in defeat, "Fine, but I expect you to still be well and breathing when I get back from my mission; got it?"

Alice smiled, "Thanks for trusting me, Arra."

"Yeah, yeah…" she said before waving and stepping out of the room. The door slammed closed and the noise was rebounded so it would ring in her ears loudly and disturbingly.

She smiled before sighing and shaking her head lightly, 'She worries too much at times…'

She opened her eyes and gazed softly at the piece of paper before narrowing her eyes a moment later. The words written on the piece of paper began to move and shape different sentences. She furrowed her eyebrows before reading the upper part of the writings, "…Human Transmutation."

She narrowed her eyes dangerously before reading the rest of the writings, there were only a view parts which she found important. 'The gate… Truth… God… Alchemy…' She paused and stared at the one simple word with slight fear in her aching head, she gulped before a cold sweat rolled down her face, '…Sacrifices…'

"Don't worry, Alphonse…"

Alice raised her head and widened her eyes slightly at the sudden change of scenery. She was standing in a large green meadow and a small house could be seen at the distance. She narrowed her eyes before walking forward, the sight of a boy sitting on a wheel chair and a suit of armor sitting behind him could be seen slowly coming into view.

She stopped a couple of feet away from them and watched the young Ed turned the pages of his book. He trailed his fingers on the page's surface before narrowing his eyes slightly, "It says here that…the Philosopher Stone might be able to give you your body back, Al. We'll just have to find one stone and we can go back to normal."

She widened her eyes at his words, "No…" She took a step forward and stopped when she was finally standing right in front of the boy, "Why would you…look for such a thing?" she said in futile since it was obvious he wouldn't be able to hear her. She narrowed her eyes before whimpering slightly, "Edward… Alphonse… I can't let you two find the secret of that stone, if you do…"

Alice gasped and widened her eyes before a drop of cold sweat dripped down her neck. She furrowed her eyebrows before opening her palm, a pack of ash lied on it instead of her previous work. She sighed, "Damn it… I hate it when that happens…"

'…I can't lose tomorrow…I just can't' She lied down on her desk and pouted while glaring straight ahead, "Seth… What the heck is taking you so long?"

With Seth

Seth pulled up his scarf before trying to breathe calmly and he could see the white cloud formed by his own cold breath. His eye twitched slightly, "I hope Alice is having a blast…" he said while smiling at his own current misery.

He looked up and furrowed his eyebrows, "Their fight is tomorrow, and it'll still be freezing by then…" Seth narrowed his eyes before looking back straight ahead, 'Alice… You better have a plan whether you lose to him or not.'

"Sorry, were you waiting long?" He looked to the side and saw the face of a certain dark haired man's smirking face. Roy's smirk widened, "Are you feeling cold? You look as pale as a ghost right now."

Seth sighed before crossing his arms over his chest, "Well, did you find it or not? Basically if you didn't I'm pretty sure that Alice is going to kill you."

Roy paled before nodding, "Yeah, guess it's a good thing that I found it" he said before pulling out a small brown box from his jacket's pocket.

Seth smirked before taking the box and opening it, "Hmmm… I'll never understand how she uses that weird alchemy of hers…"

"Technically, the reason she can do it is because of that human transmutation your father did, isn't it?" Roy pointed out before sitting down on a nearby bench.

Seth looked down to his feet before nodding, "Guess you're right" He walked and seated himself next to Roy, "Don't you find it weird why my father even did that transmutation on her? He gave away his soul and handed everything down to her, and that transmutation wasn't even completed yet."

Roy narrowed his eyes before placing his chin on his palm, "That's true, and to be honest…" He felt chills go down his spine at the memory of him fighting her personally, "She's a bit scary when she's serious about fighting… Should we tell Fullmetal that?"

"Hmmm… Nah, he can figure it out himself…" Seth smirked, "The hard way that is."

The Next Day

"Ugh… I'm still sleepy…" Alice mumbled softly as she buried her head in the pile of paperwork placed on her desk. She grunted, "Why does the sun have to set so soon? Can't it wait a bit longer?"

Seth sighed and crossed his arms over his chest, "C'mon Alice, the fight is going to start soon, if you don't show up you'll be count as lose…" Seth rubbed the back of his neck before looking away, "Then you'll have no choice but to tell them about the Philosopher Stone, remember?"

Alice snapped her eyes wide open before standing up with narrowed eyes, "Let's go."

Seth smirked before turning around and walking towards the door. "Here" Seth threw the brown box Roy gave him yesterday towards Alice before glancing back, "He found it in his house, you left it there, right?"

Alice looked at the box for a moment before shrugging, "I don't really remember."

…

"So, this fight was actually allowed by the Fuhrer?" Roy asked as he stared at Ed with wide eyes.

Ed nodded, "Yeah, he said something about he wanted to see Alice fight and blah… blah… blah…"

Roy sweat dropped, "And I'm guessing you're not worried by the least of how she fights?"

"I don't know, maybe" he said calmly with a shrug.

"Well aren't you the confident one?" Ed and Roy both turned around and saw Alice walking up towards them, Seth was already standing next to the Fuhrer and Al. Alice stopped once she was in front of Roy before smiling, "So, you really think you can beat me?"

Ed smirked, "We'll find out, won't we?"

Ed turned and began walking towards the middle of the training grounds, Alice was about to follow when someone grabbed her wrist and causing her to turn to meet Roy's gaze. He narrowed his eyes, "You're just going to use that one, right?"

She smiled before taking back her hand, "Don't worry, colonel, I won't go overboard in this fight, at least I'm not planning to…"

Roy sighed before turning around and walking back towards Seth, "…Hope so" he muttered softly under his breath.

Alice pulled out the brown box before opening it and taking the item inside, she held the item firmly in her hand before throwing the box away. She looked down and saw a pair of white gloves on her palm, 'I haven't used these in a while, wonder if I can still use it…' She shrugged before slipping her fingers into both gloves and pulling the end to steady it.

She furrowed her eyebrows before stretching her arms above her head, "I hate wearing gloves!"

Ed gazed at the girl across from him with narrowed eyes, "She uses gloves in her transmutation?"

…

The two stood across from each other, both in their stance and both their eyes were narrowed in concentration. The edges of the training grounds were filled and covered with rows of people in military uniforms. Al, Seth and the Fuhrer were watching from the top of the surveillance tower.

The Fuhrer smiled before speaking, "Begin!"

Ed narrowed his eyes before clapping his hands together and turning his automail into a blade, "You should know, considering the price of this fight, I'm not going to hold back against you!" he said before jumping forward, missing her by an inch when she jumped back.

Alice smirked before landing on her feet, "I'd feel insulted if you do!" She jumped forward and clapped her hands together before slamming them to the ground. A large explosion occurred and smoke soon covered the entire training grounds.

Ed narrowed his eyes before covering his nose and looking around. He narrowed his eyes even more when the sound of metal being clashed and steam was heard. He looked down and widened his eyes before quickly jumping back and exiting the cloud of smoke.

He gritted his teeth and gazed down at his automail, it was red and burned. He calmed down when the heat began to die down and his automail turned back to its normal temperature.

SNAP!

He looked up and raised his eyebrows slightly when the smoke dispersed. Alice stepped out of the smoke with a smirk, "Wow, you're really fast you know that?" She stopped and grinned, "But I guess you'll probably need that."

Ed stared at her for a moment before grinning and standing straight, "You think so, huh?" He took off his robe and took his stance, "Guess you're really not just some office worker, are you?"

"I'll be taking that as a complement" She smiled before clapping her hands together again, "Edward Elric."

Yo! Arra, her full name is Arra Knight, don't ask why I gave her that name... It is personal... Moving along!

So, just a fair warning before you get your hopes up or anything about the fight, just to put it simple, I am not very good in battle scenes... I think I pretty much stink at it, it's usually too short, or doesn't make sense, or maybe not exciting, or it'll be hard to picture it... I'm so sorry if the next chapter disappoints you all! Please forgive me!

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