The brothers looked a little confused, terrified, and worried. These kids were going to get themselves killed! But they just shrugged it off. "G-Good luck!" Ed stuttered, and the three nodded as the train came to a stop. "Bye!" The three said in unison as they locked their hands together and got off the train. Leon stopped and turned back around. "Bye shorty!" and Edward glared. "WHO YOU CALLIN' SO SHORT THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN SEE THROUGH A MICROSCOPE!" Al tried to keep his brother in his seat, but Leon had already skipped away.
Emil got the suitcase and the backpack, and they decided to look around the city for somewhere to stay. But then, a weird old man who was sitting on a bench noticed Kikue, and began following the children. "Excuse me!" he said in a raggedy voice, and the three turned around. He inspected Kikue, he was going to reach out to touch her until Leon smacked his hand. "Lay off." He said in his lifeless tone, and the man backed up. "I'm sorry, how much are you willing to see it for?" The man said, and Emil sweat dropped. "One she is human! And two se isn't for sale! Go away!" and the trio began walking again. The man scowled. Doll or not he will have her.
As they were walking, Emil saw a grouping of flowers. "Hey guys, watch this!" Emil ran over to the flowers, and grabbed a bouquet. "Vladmir taught me this!" He put the flowers down. "What the hell are you doing?" Leon said, and just then, there was a flash of light. "Leon covered his eyes and he saw Emil walke=ing back over with a, whip? "What did he do?" Kikue asked, and Emil handed her the whip. "I made you a whip! So you can protect yourself!" Emil smiled at his work, and Leon looked shocked. "Cool!" Kikue said, thrashing the whip around, hearing it snap. "Stop before you- OW!" Leon said, rubbing his arm. Kikue accidentally hit him with the whip. "Sorry, I'll stop…" Kikue said, and they began walking again. They didn't get too far until they bumped into a man. "Who the holy hell are you?" Emil said, and the man smiled. "Just follow me please." The three shrugged and decided to follow the man in the blue suit.
"Test? Seems easy, Vladmir told me all about that stuff!" Emil said, and Mustang nodded. "Great…" Mustang said, and the three left the room. "Wait, before you go, don't you need somewhere to stay?" The three nodded and he smiled. "If you run into a blonde kid who is really short and a suit of armor just ask them, they could take you to an inn" And the three exchanged looks. They knew who he was talking about.
"So how are we going to find them?" Kikue asked as she sat on Leon's shoulders. He was pretty tall for a twelve year old. "I know." Leon snickered. He cupped his hands and put them to his lips, and he yelled with all his might. "EDWARD ELRIC IS SMALLER THAN A GRAIN OF RICE!" Kikue looked down at him and Emil tilted his head. Then they heard a voice in the distance. It was yelling back. "Come on!" The back running toward it. They turned around a corner to see Ed thrashing around in Al's grip. "It was you wasn't it! You little brat!" Ed said, and he began hissing. Leon started laughing. "Hey guess what?" Emil said, but before he could finish, the bag on his back began to start moving. "What the…" Emil said, and he unzipped it. "What is it?" Al asked, and a Puffin flew out. "WHAT THE HELL MR. PUFFIN!" Emil yelled. That wasn't it. A panda bear fell out, but Leon caught it just it time. "Panda and… Pochi?" a small barking noise was heard, and the dog jumped right onto Kikue, making her fall backwards. Leon caught her too. "Why are there animals in your bag…" Ed asked, pointing to Mr. Puffin. "I should ask you why you are so small!" Mr. Puffin said, and Ed rubbed his eyes. "Did that bird just talk?" Ed said, and Emil shushed Mr. Puffin. "Yeah, sorry he is kinda rude…" Emil said, and Ed chuckled. "Anyways, what did you want to tell me?" Ed said, looking at Emil. "Colonel Mustang said I am going to take a test to become a state alchemist isn't that awesome!" Ed smiled alittle. "I guess that's good, so why did you tell me?" Ed said, tilting his head. "Because he said that you could take us to an inn!" Kikue said, and Ed smiled. "Okay, come on…" Ed said, and the three cheered.
The next day, Kikue and Leon were sitting on the steps, waiting for Emil to walk out of the place. It took awhile, but he left the building smiling. "I know I passed it!" Emil said, hopping down next to his friends. "I can't wait! I am going to be so awesome!" Emil said, and a familiar laugh was heard. "Not as awesome as the awesome me!" Gilbert said, and the three almost fainted. "GILBERT?!" They yelled, and that wasn't all. There was Antonio, Francis, Alice, Lovina, and Feliciana. "Mr. Puffin gave me this note that you were becoming a state alchemist. I told Francis here I was going, he told Gilbert, Gilbert told Antonio, Antonio told Lovina, and Lovina brung Feliciana. I couldn't stop them…" Alice said, and the three stood up. "Isn't it great?" They said in unison, and Alice laughed. "Yeah, it is!" and Gilbert looked at Emil closely. "What the hell is a Emchest or whatever! You never told us!" Gilbert whinned, and Alice smacked him. "Shut up!" Alice said, and Ed rounded the corner. "Hey Emil, did you do good on the te- who the hell are these people?" Ed stopped, and the grouped turned to him. "He is so short!" Francis chuckled, and Ed twitched. "WHO YOU CALLIN SO SHORT FRENCHIE!" Ed shrieked, and Leon chuckled. "Anyways, yeah I did good! I can't wait to show off my stuff!" Emil chimed, but the bath touch trio and the Vargas twins didn't understand.
Again, Leon and Kikue sat on the stairs. Including Ed, Al, Alice, Lovina, Feliciana, Francis, Gilbert, and Antonio. They couldn't wait to see if he made it. Meanwhile, Emil was staring at the landscape. A patch of trees, a mountain of rock, and ice. He decided he'd go over to the trees. He skipped over to the trees, clapped his hands together and pressed them to the ground. The trees, weren't trees anymore. It was now a wooden looking gunlance. Oh, but he wasn't done yet, he went over to the pile of earth and did the same procces, but this time, it was a large statue. Of his brother Lukas. Peopled watched as he took the wooden gunlance and took down the earth statue. Impressive, right? As the rocks fell, he took a bundle of flowers and created a whip, cutting rocks in half, pebbles, you name it. The thorns helped a lot.
Emil finally left the building. It took a few hours, but he left, and he was smiling. "I DID IT! See?" He held up the watch. It was official. He actually became a state alchemist!" The group cheered. "Come on Kikue and Leon, lets go!" The three left the large group to themselves. Confused as they were, they walked around the city.
They were walking down the path, and the passed an ally way a man was sitting there. Leon took a closer looked. The man was awake. Scar was looking at the pocket was in the Icelandic boy's hands. "So you're a state alchemist, huh?" He asked, and Emil nodded, in fear. Scar got up, and the trio began backing away. "So young…" He mumbled to himself, and he reached out to grabbed Emil. "No!" Leon yelled, and he drew the katana. He struck Scar on his back. No effect. Scar looked at the boy. He fell backwards and began shaking. "L-Leave Emil alone…." He stuttered, and Scar smiled. "I don't kill kids, but I have to kill your friend here…" he said, turning back to Emil. This was one of Kikue's tricks that she had up her sleeve. Leon looked over at her, and she was just a limp doll. No, that was her real body, just no soul. "Kikue?" He whispered, and The Katana began glowing a faint red. "Just attack you fool!" She whispered. Was she acting, or was she doing something more shocking that Leon or Emil could think of?