Hello! Ehmm...Well, I had a pretty nice holiday and I managed to update before my deadline passes, that's a win-win, right? Oh, yeah! Just a brief information, but my deadline is every Sunday after two weeks... If I update sooner then that also counts!

I'm going back to school next week so I'm not sure how often I'll be updating, that's the bad news right now. Good news is, I've been getting really excited in writing some of my stories because, for whatever reason I can never figure out, during my holiday I managed to get a lot of thinking time! I got so much ideas I decided to make a story on Fictionpress as well...heheh...

Okay, enough with the talking, Please enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood!

Chapter 6

"Ummm, Seth?" Seth turned his head and saw Al looking back towards him.

"Yeah?"

"It's…about your sister's alchemy…" Seth smirked on the inside but kept the same smile on his face. Al continued, "I've never seen those types of circle on her gloves before."

Seth shrugged before looking back towards the fight, "Guess you can say my sister is very creative in alchemy."

SNAP!

Ed jumped back and avoided the blast of fire from Alice. He landed on both feet before clapping his hands and slamming them to the ground, a wall formed between the two fighters. He narrowed his eyes, 'Something is very weird about her alchemy…'

Ed widened his eyes when the wall was frozen into solid ice before breaking and falling to the ground. On the other side, Alice smirked, "You're going to have to be more observant, Edward."

"Don't I know it" he said before jumping forward with his blade in front of him.

Alice narrowed her eyes before jumping back though Ed managed to get a pretty good cut at her gloves and an extra gash on her arm. She stopped and skidded slightly before gazing down towards her bleeding hand, 'So he's already trying to break my circle? Well, he is as good as the rumors say.'

Alice looked back up and saw Ed jumped forward again, cutting a rather deep gash into Alice's abdomen. She gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes before jumping to the side and snapping her fingers, SNAP!

Ed glanced back and saw the fire heading towards the pile of ice, melting them in an instant before a large wave washed over the training grounds.

Ed spitted out some of the water before shaking his head, "What did you do that for?"

Alice clapped her hands together before placing them on the water's surface, turning it into ice. The ice was heading towards Ed, since he was also drenched in the water, "Shit!" He jumped up and watched the ice stopped at the spot he stood previously before forming a block of ice.

"Hey, mind telling me how you can use fire and ice alchemy with the same gloves?" Ed asked while avoiding the shots of ice.

Alice hummed, "Actually, yes I would mind. I'll tell you when this fight is over."

Ed landed on top of the ice and glared towards her. He clapped his hands and cracked the ice until the explosion reached Alice. He jumped down and landed on the ground that wasn't wet.

Alice coughed slightly before stepping out of the cloud of smoke, her clothes were covered in dirt and her hand was covered in cuts caused by the bits of ice. She glared daggers towards Ed, "That wasn't very nice…"

"Look who's talking," Ed replied plainly.

The two stared at each other for a bit with narrowed eyes, as if daring one another to move first. Ed moved his foot but didn't break his gaze from the girl. He took a glance towards the girl's glove, one was already dangling off her hand and the other one had a slight cut on it. He smirked, 'One cut for each glove is all I need.'

Alice narrowed her eyes before glancing slightly towards her gloves, 'Damn it! These gloves just can't survive any type of cuts, can they? Why did I even make them so delicate when I know I'll be using them for fights? Ugh, I'm such an idiot!'

Ed jumped forward and aimed his blade towards her hands. Alice narrowed her eyes before jumping to the side, though her left glove was cut right off before falling to the wet ground.

'Damn, that guy has a great aim!' She widened her eyes when her vision suddenly turned blurry; she gritted her teeth before forming her footing. He made a quick duck to avoid Ed's blade. 'Not now!' She quickly jumped back when Ed brought his blade down.

'Great, now I'm just playing in the defensive while he struck me down!' Alice landed on two feet but ended up falling to one knee before bringing her hand up to her head, 'Of all times… Why now?'

She shook her head and glanced forward. She sighed, "I knew those gloves wouldn't last." Both her gloves were cut clear off her hands during Ed's rapid attack.

Ed sighed, "Guess I win."

Alice furrowed her eyebrows before glancing to the side, only to widen her eyes a second later. She could see her eye patch halfway across the field, 'When did-?' She narrowed her eyes when she recalled the moment she duck and Ed must've accidently cut her eye patch off, lucky for her, some of her bangs were covering her left eye.

She thought for a moment before smirking, 'Sorry, Edward, but this isn't over' She looked at him and smirked, "Actually, this fight is far from over."

Ed raised his eyebrows slightly, "What are you saying?"

"Some blonde headed shrimp just accidently helped me in this fight," she said mockingly. She couldn't help but smirked when Ed began muttering curses loudly, "I never said it was you, did I?" Ed growled slightly, causing her smirk to widen.

She narrowed her eyes before glancing back towards Seth. Seth sighed before looking back at her. He shrugged lightly, 'But don't you dare go overboard, Alice…'

Al looked at Seth questioningly before glancing back towards his brother and Alice. He thought for a moment, 'Why does he seem so worried all of the sudden?'

The Fuhrer merely smiled warmly, 'Well now, I always knew that eye patch wasn't just some random accessory, seems I was right.'

…

Alice blocked the boy's feet with one hand before punching him in the stomach, causing him to skid back a couple of feet. She stood straight and held her knuckles, they were actually bleeding after that one punch, "Ouch, your body is as hard as steel!"

Ed gritted his teeth before spitting some of the dirt that found its way into his mouth. He narrowed his eyes. 'Something feels…different' he thought before jumping forward and making a quick cut on her left feet.

Alice clapped her hands together, causing Ed to widen his eyes when she slammed them to the ground and created a sword of her own. She smirked, "What? You think you're the only one who can transmute without a circle?" She brought up the sword and narrowed her eyes before her smirk disappeared, "You better not have any hesitation this time."

Ed raised his eyebrows slightly when he noticed the sudden change of personality, 'She's certainly full of surprises, isn't she?' He narrowed his eyes before taking his stance again, "As if I was."

Alice narrowed her eyes before jumping forward in great speed. Ed widened his eyes before ducking his head; the sword went right above his head while cutting a couple strand of his hair. He jumped back before a large gash was placed on his left arm. He gritted his teeth before throwing himself forward; barely cutting Alice by the chest instead he cut her right shoulder.

Al and Roy both stared at the scene with wide eyes and their jaws dropped. Al shuddered slightly, "She's…fast…"

Roy nodded, "...Very fast."

Seth stared at the scene with a bored look, 'What is it about that boy that makes her not want to lose so badly?'

Ed brought down his blade against Alice's sword and his grip was so hard that it felt like his hands were going to bleed. He narrowed his eyes before separating them and using his left feet to stand his ground before throwing himself forward. Alice widened her eyes before only one thing came to her mind; she clapped her hands together before placing them to the ground.

'I hope he won't mind if I messed with his head a bit,' Alice thought.

Ed widened his eyes before his foot was caught and he fall face first against the ground. He looked up and glanced back to see his foot was caught in what seemed to be coves, "When did-?"

"Edward"

He looked back straight ahead and quickly stood up to avoid Alice's blade. He clapped his hands together before breaking the coves and jumping back. He looked up, "You don't expect to stop me just like that, do you?"

Alice clapped her hands and slammed them to the ground, and much to Ed's surprise the ground under her didn't transmute instead, the one beneath his feet began morphing. He jumped back and saw the ground turned into a mountain of spikes. He landed on one foot before using his other one to push himself to the side, clashing blades with Alice.

"Will you stay still?" she yelled before jumping forward in high speed.

The two clashed blades over and over again, exchanging blows and each receiving equal amount of damage. The two crossed swords and pushed with same amount of strength, neither of them having any ideas on backing down.

"You're not going to let me win, are you?" Ed said under his breath while continuing to push the girl back.

She narrowed her eyes, "Tch, of course I won't! Besides…" she smirked, "It'd be interesting if a state managed to get beaten by an office worker, wouldn't it?"

Ed growled slightly, "You really think you'll be able to pull that off?"

She shrugged, "Who knows? If I can't beat you, then I'll have to give up my most prized research…" she narrowed her eyes, "You should know pretty well that there's no way I'll do that to some guy I just met."

"We'll see about that!"

The two separated and jumped back, they skidded slightly before coming to a halt. The two jumped forward and clashed blades, crimson liquid dripping down their clothes.

Alice grunted, 'This is getting nowhere!' She looked down and saw the ground beneath her feet was already destroyed, revealing the pipes under it. She smiled, 'This could work!' She clapped her hands and placed them to the pipes, smiling when she saw the wave of electricity dispersed into the metal.

She looked up and widened her eyes before quickly standing up and blocking Ed's blade, a moment late and she ended up with a cut near her cheek. Ed narrowed his eyes before clapping his hands and placing them on her blade, destroying it in an instant. She jumped up and landed a couple of feet away from the boy.

"You're pretty good yourself you know that?" She glanced back and saw Ed walking up towards her. He narrowed his eyes, "You're still going through with this?"

She smirked, "You shouldn't underestimate me, Edward. Because if you do…" she clapped her hands and grinned, "…you won't be paying attention to your surroundings!" She slammed her hands to the ground and watch as the pipes underneath transmuted.

Seth widened his eyes before taking a step forward. He stuck his head out of the tower's edge and he nearly fell down, "Wow!"

"Seth!" Al panicked slightly before leaning forward and holding on to his arms, securing him in place. "A-Are you crazy? You can fall off the edge!"

"I know that but…" he furrowed his eyebrows as he gazed down at the scene.

The entire training ground was exploded from beneath since the pipes Alice destroyed ran through the entire thing. A thick smoke screen was covering the ground below and the two fighters were nowhere in sight. Sounds of whispers could be heard from the row of soldiers below and some of the office workers were now gazing out their window.

Seth narrowed his eyes as he search for any sign of his sister and Edward. He raised his eyebrows slightly before his face turned slightly pale. "Alphonse…" he said solemnly.

"Eh?" Al responded a bit surprised that the boy used his full given name instead of his usual.

Seth stood back on both his feet and continued to gaze down, "Alice…she…" He turned back and looked at Al with an empty look before he pulled out a small smile, "You might want to call an ambulance…and a plumber."

I always have issues with plumbers... Why? I have no idea, but I am a weirdo so it's only natural for me to have my own weirdness. Now then, as I've said before, I stink in battle scenes, I hope you don't mind... Please forgive me!

Ehmm... Just a quick reminder for all of you, this story follows the original story line of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, but if I were to make a sequel, maybe I'll make my own story line... But that's only if I'm making a sequel... I'm not very good in making stories-_-

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