Fullmetal Alchemist: Alchemy & Automail

Chapter 18 - Fullmetal Alchemst

A/N: I knew these last chapters would be a pain in the bottom to write! These last days of my summer are getting to me!

Next chapter is the final chapter of the story, but not the series! So keep that in mind..

R&R...

"...W-What.."

Mei sat up and noticed she was on a hosptial bed inside a imfirmary. Her brain hurted and part of her vision was still blurry, but after awhile she could see properly. She rubbed her forehead and sighed. The last thing she could remember was fainting after she had thoughts she didn't want in the first place.

She sighed, "Nice way to act on your last day in Amestris, Mei. Randomly fainting in front of everyone and probably losing the match by default!"

She heard the door swing open and looked towards the direction. She noticed Ed and Winry come in and then her heart pumped and moments after, blew into pieces when Al and Julia came in as well. Great, another way to make her feel even worse than she already is.

Before Mei could say the first word, Winry suddenly hugged her. "Thank goodness your alright, Mei!" She noticed how her best friend was worried about her which made her feel worse about fainting. "Yeah, I'm feeling much better now!" She forced a smile onto her face. Good thing for her that no one caught onto it.

She pulled back and smiled, "That's great to hear!" Winry suddenly come closer to her ear and whispered a few words. "I know what's going on with you, Mei.."

Mei was shocked to hear that. There was no way she could know what made her fainted and why she kind of looked depressed. Part of her eyes fixated on the boy next to her, Ed. Of course, he must have told her and he must have known. Mei rememered when she looked back at her team before she fainted. He seemed to know about it and of course he would tell Winry.

Mei was now the one that came closer to Winry's ears and she whispered something back. "Was it Ed? Did he know? Did he tell you?" She nodded and Mei thought and quickly whispered another thing. "D-Does.. Al know?"

She shooked her head and Mei sighed in relief. "Don't you think you should tell him, Mei?"

"I won't. I don't want to make him feel bad." Suddenly, Al came up and he looked worried as well. Al looked like he was going to say something, but a loud voice came first..

"Can both teams please report to the battlefield. We are about to start the final match!"

"Looks like we have to go! Get better!" Mei nodded and once again she was alone inside the room. But, it wouldn't last long as another person came in. It was the nurse and Mei's eyes widened. She looked at Mei's confused face and smiled. "Get better, Mei!" She got what she came for and left and Mei was frozen in place.

"She... T-That women.. N-No way... I-It can't be.." She layed down and stared out the window. She was falling asleep and before her eyes became shut, she muttered one word. "W-Winry..."

"The final match of the Alchemy Tournament Finals will now begin! This is for all the marbles. The winner of the match will determine the champions of this year's Alchemy Tournament!"

The crowd roared and the sounds of cheering flooded all around the arena...

"Edward Elric vs Alistar Tsuki!"

Ed sighed, "I guess it's up to me!" Winry gave him a hug and kissed his cheek. "You'll win." Ed nodded and approached the field.

"Win this, Alistar!" He nodded, "It's time I show you two my secret weapon!" He left for the field as well.

They stood a foot away from each other. They both narrowed and stared at each other. They studied each other and tried to predict their first movements. It became quiet and it became very suspenseful inside the arena. Ed then stared at King Bradley and he narrowed his eyes. He caught Riza and Roy both smiling at him. He smiled himself.

"Now, if both sides are ready.." Ed and Alistar nodded. "Then begin!" The referee backed away to make room. Ed swong his right hand and so did Alistar. Their fists connected and Ed smiled. Alistar felt a sudden pain in his fist and the hardness in Ed's. He quickly backed away and rubbed his hand.

"What was..."

Alistar smiled and slapped his hands onto the ground and the ground formed pillars which Ed quickly dodged over and over. The arena gasped. Ed's eyes widened, "No transmutation circle and the light was red and not blue."

"Hey, Elric! You seem to be confused!" He laughed and kept the pillars coming at him. "Can't take it! You seem nervous and-"

"Shut up!" Ed slapped his hands on a pillar and created a sword and charged at him. "You aren't the only one who doesn't need a transmutation circle! Don't act so smug!" Alistar made a sword as well and charged. The two wills clashed and clashed. Sparks and clangs can be seen and heard. Alistar smiled and made another sword appear from the ground. "Try dual swords!" He swinged over and over and suddenly he was backing Ed in a sticky situation. He grabbed Ed's sword with both of his and pulled it from Ed's grasp.

Now Ed was defenseless. "Take this, Elric!" He swinged both swords down onto Ed and what seemed to be the match's end actually became the beginning. Ed smiled and blocked the swords with his right arm. Alistar's eyes widened and the crowd gasped.

"How-" Alistar noticed Ed's arm was made out of metal. "Automail?" Ed tapped his automail arm and created a blade which when he swinged, cut both of the sword's blades in half. "Take this!" Ed slashed side to side and made cut marks on Alistar's chest. He could see the red color that was forming on his shirt and gripped on. "Why you-" Unable to finish his sentence because Ed had punched his jaw with his automail and threw him backwards.

Alistar created a spear and managed to hit Ed's left leg, but he noticed something was strange. The spear cracked and he noticed the grin that grew on Ed's face. "Then even your leg is made out of automail!"

Ed nodded and kicked his gut, he coughed up blood and flew back. "I got my own secret weapon, Elric! Now watch this!" He clapped his hands and place them on his body. The scars and the injuries were starting to fade away. Ed's eyes widened, "That's impossible!"

"Now crumble!" He slapped his hands onto the floor and made the ground shake. Suddenly, boulder came down from the ceiling and landed on Ed's body.

"Ed! Brother!"

There was smoke surrounding the field. Ed coughed loudly as he tried to stand up. His vision was blurry and he noticed the red lighting coming from Alistar. "Don't try to stand up, Elric! I'm just going to knock you down."

"Don't underestimate me!"

"Suit yourself! This would be a good time to try some alchestry on you!" Ed's eyes widened, "How do you-"

"I'm Alistar Tsuki, from the Tsuki clan from the country known as Xing! My clan is the rival of the Chang clan and we despise the Xerxes bloodline." Alistar pointed at Ed and then at Al which suprised them both. "You and your brother are from Xerxes, aren't you!?"

"I don't know what your talking about!"

"Color eyes and hair matches correctly!"

Alistar started laughing, "So my opponents were a Chang clan member and two from the Xerxes bloodline! That's great! It gives beating you guys more pleasure!"

He slapped his hand onto the floor and many transmutation circles covered the field. "Begone!" The whole battlefield exploded and the ground under Central shook.

BOOM BOOM BOOM

BANG BANG BANG

Winry who was starting to get concerned about Ed glanced at the opposite corner of the field and noticed a lady in a nurse's outfit leaned against the wall. Winry could only see the white clothes and the blond hair that he wore.

The Nurse

She stood in the shadowy hallway, leaned against the wall. When Alistar was using the power alot she chuckled and sighed, "Alistar... Your a fool! Don't abuse the stone's power! That's your downfall!"

She then noticed Winry was glancing over at her and seeing Winry's face made her drop a tear, which Winry noticed and the nurse walked away. She smiled and put her head down. "Winry Rockbell..."

Back At The Field

Winry wondered who that woman was. All she could see was her blond hair. She decided to forget about it and glanced back at the match. Her eyes widened when she saw part of the roof gone and smoke everywhere. First thought that popped into her head, "Ed!"

"I won't lose! Not to a monster like you!"

"You have a strong will, Elric! I have a question for you!"

"What is it!?"

"Seeming you can do alchemy without transmutation circle and your lightning is blue and not red, I can come to only one conclusion. You performed a Taboo! Human transmutation!"

"So that explains your automail! I feel sad for you, Ed. Sacraficing your arm and leg for a human who was probably worthless to this world. Every single human being that Taboo was for is worthless!"

Ed grinded his teeths and seemed to start releasing a angry vibe. The thoughts of Winry's parents and Winry herself ran threw his mind. What Alistar said next was the awaiting trigger for Ed's release of anger.

"They are worthless and need to die! Poor souls and they all are trash! Digusts me!"

"No.."

Alistar then stared at Ed and smiled, "What?"

"No..."

He clapped his hands and nothing happened. "What's going on! Why isn't the power working!?" He slapped and clapped over and over, but no response.

"NO!"

Suddenly, Ed grabbed Alistar's neck. "You freaking bastard! How dare you talk about them like that! HOW DARE YOU THINK MY SACRIFICE WAS MEANINGLESS!" The smoke cleared and everyone could see the hold Ed had Alistar in.

Ed scream the final words for everyone to hear..

"For Sara Rockbell!" Al and Winry's eyes widened. "My mother!?"

"For Orey Rockbell!" Winry started tearing up. "My father!?"

"For Winry Rockbell!" Winry was shocked and couldn't believe what Ed was saying.

"And for Xerxes and the Chang clan... Your mockery and disrepect for them!" Ed clutched his fist.

"YOU LOSE HERE AND I WILL WIN!"

He swinged many punches and one fierceful punch that knocked tooth from Alistar's mouth and he flew back into the wall. He nose released alot of blood and he started coughing batches of blood as well. His skull smashed into the wall hard and he collasped...

The arena gasped and stood silent. The referee went over to Alistar and checked him. He pointed at Ed..

"The winner and the champions of this year's Alchemy Tournament is, Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric, and Mei Chang!"

The crowd cheered and yelled. Al and Julia smiled, "YEAH!" Winry was speechless and shocked. Suddenly, Ed collasped as well and they ran towards him.

"Brother, you okay?"

Ed nodded and chuckled, "Yeah and don't worry! We should be glad we won!"

Ed looked up and saw Winry staring into him. "Ed, about what you-"

"No one says bad things about the Rockbell family and gets away with it!" Ed smiled and it made Winry start to poor out. Ed sat up and when he did, Winry threw herself onto him and wrapped her arms around him. "Thank you!"

"No problem and Win?"

"Yeah?"

"Your crushing me.." They laughed and smiled. "We actually won.."

Bradley clapped which made Roy and Riza stare at him. Bradley smiled and muttered two words, "Fullmetal Alchemist.."

Thirty Minutes Later...

"You said this stone would give me ultimate power! You told me that we would win if I used the stone!"

"You abused the power too much! The power is limited you know!"

"You never said anything about that! You lied to us!"

"It doesn't matter, do you know what we do to those who waste the stone's power?"

"What?"

Suddenly, two other footsteps were approching the room. "Hey, Alistar, I heard screaming coming from over here.. Who are you?"

"No, Jade! Alex! LEAV-"

"ALISTA-"

"..." It went quiet.

Winry, Al, Mei, and Julia stood inside Ed's room and he was on a hospital bed. Suddenly, the door flew open, "Hey, Edward! Alphonse!" They turned and noticed Roy and Riza walking their way, both grasping a pistol in their hands. They looked cautious and digusted.

"Hey, what's the matter? You two seem worried and alerted!"

Roy grinded his teeth, "Something has happened!"

They all stared cautiously at them, "What?"

"Alistar, Alex, and Jade have been murdered..."

A/N: That was the second to final chapter people.. There's probably alot of questions like "Who's that nurse?" and "Why did she cry when she saw Winry?" and others.. Those won't be answered in this Arc.. Sorry! Lol, but in the Arc to come they will!

Next chapter is the Arc's finale..

R&R...