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"To think...you saw it and manage to survive; I doubt ever know impressive that is." Izumi said to him. "I-No," Ed said softly. Regardless! I can't accept the decision you've made." she turned and looked at them seriously. "You're expelled." the three gasped, but Izumi's glare did not falter. "But, Teacher-" Al started but was cut off by Ed. "...Al" " The trains are still running... get on one." Ed's lip quivered and he bowed. "Thank you for everything."

{Opening Song}

-Beasts of Dublith-

A night filled the town as streetlamps lit up.

"Feel free to drop by when you're ever in town," Sig told the four as they were at the Train Station. "I'm not sure about that." Whity trailed off as Sig said, "You idiots! You're so busy pouting you can see what your expulsion means!" Whity stared at him blankly then Whity hit her head saying, "...I get it... you're saying that since you're not her students anymore, we can talk as equals."

"Exactly... unless you're too chicken to try it..." Sig grinned. " Damn it Al, Whity, Addie... we haven't done what we came here to do in the first place." "Thank you Sig.. we're heading there right now." Whity stated as they all ran off. "Don't let her kill you." Sig warned.

*Izumi's Place*

Izumi sharpened a steak knife on a small piece of metal. "Teacher!" Whity and Ed stated as they walked into the kitchen, only to have a knife thrown between their heads into the wall. "Ah?!" they held onto each other as Izumi shouted, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING COMING BACK HERE?! AND YOU CALLED ME TEACHER! I DON'T TEACH SCAMS LIKE YOU! GET OUT OF MY HOME!" Ed, Whity, Addie, and Al all plot the ground as Ed said, "Teacher." "We came to you to find a way to get our bodies back," Al stated as Whity finished, "We will leave without your help!" "Get out now!" "We're staying!" They each said in unison.

There was a pause of silence as Izumi and the Trio glared at one another. "...You idiots..." "Al, you didn't see the truth did you?" "No...I don't know what means." "You must have lost your memories from the shock. We need to get Al's memory back; his entire body was taken from him... just think he must have seen." "Oh yeah... we only exchange parts of our bodies for what we saw, Al paid the toll with his entire physical being." Ed stated. "He must've seen more of the truth than either of us did." Whity trailed off as she looked at Al. "So, if Al can remember what he saw, then we'll get our bodies back?" Whitney asked.

"...but...the memory of that thing..." Izumi trailed off. "That thing," Ed echoed. "What? Is it something bad!" Al asked worriedly. "No, it's more like, awful!" Izumi said, wiggling her arms like tentacles. "Yeah," Ed said, flailing his arms around like Izumi, "And horrifying!" "It could drive you insane!" "Or even leave you brain-dead!" "Guys, stop you're scarring him..." Whity and Addie sweat-dropped at them. "That doesn't matter! If there's a chance that can help us, then I wanna do it!" Izumi put a hand on her chin and thought for a moment. "...Alright. I have an acquaintance that might know a way to retrieve your memory for you." The five got excited as Izumi said, "But let's eat dinner first. Give me a hand." "Okay!?"

"The rumors are true." a lizard-like man said, "he's able to transmute human souls." He began climbing higher and higher up the brick-walled building.

*East City, Eastern Command Center*

"There's only one week left until the big transfer, huh?" Grumman stated as Roy and he played chess. "Yes, sir," Mustang said, sitting across the small wooden table. "Just won't be the same without you, you brought a little color to this dreary desert." "heh heh... I'm boring compared to some of the stories I've heard about you," he said, moving one of his pieces. They sat there in silence for a few moments, each taking their turn to win the game against the other. "Well, all of your hard work has made my life easier. I finally got to relax." he moved.

"I feel like I'm grown as an officer, thanks to the variety of work you've allowed me to take on." Mustang took a piece and moved it in front of the white king. The man looked at the piece and picked it up. Mustang smirked. "Checkmate!" Mustang said. "Ah!" Grumman stretched. "It took me long enough to beat you," Mustang stated as he cleaned up the game. "You can consider that my going away gift." "Well, then, if you're in a gift-giving mood, There's something else I'd like."

"Master Sergeant Kain Fuery, Warrant Officer Vato Falman, Second Lieutenant Heymans Breda, Second Lieutenant Jean Havoc, Second Lieutenant Katelyn Glass, First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye. Gather up your things," Colonel Mustang commanded, "all six of you are transferring to Central with me. And no objections. Understood!" they all saluted except for Jean who walked over to Mustang as and said, "I got a problem, sir... See I just started dating this girl and I like her." "Dump her," Mustang said flatly. 'Cruel!' He thought, the other officers casually comforting him.

~Ishvalan Refugee Camp~

Scar sat in the tent he had been at for a while now, lifting weights made of concrete. The tent door opened, bringing light into the same place. "Come on! Not again... your wounds will never heal if you don't give them a rest." the young Ishvalan boy said. A bald man with a mustache made his way inside. Scar gasped. "Master?"

"I was informed that you were targeting State Alchemist for execution. I know the animosity you feel...the State Alchemists are responsible for the burning of our village and the death of our loved ones but...your vengeance will only sow the seeds for further violence. What you're doing is senseless revenge, and it's feeding a fruitless cycle of death. You must end this cycle, once and for all."

"Anyone home?" The three looked up to see two men, not ishvalan. "Well, what do ya know? He is here. He's got the scar and everything." "Looks like you've got a deal. We'll split the bounty three ways with ya. What the?" He looked back, but no one was there. "Guess he didn't want the reward." A weak-looking man then appeared from behind a huge rock as the townspeople said, "Yoki? How could you do this?"

"We took you in and treated you like family when you had nowhere else to go!" A woman yelled. "Shut up! I never even wanted anything to do with you ishvalans!" He smiled. "You lost your war, but I'll rise again! I'll rise! And I will use my power to annihilate Edward Elric and Aaliyah Martin! Now then," he said to the bigger men, "Catch him, please, so we can fetch our money."

"It's obvious I'll cause more trouble the longer I stay here." "Thanks for making this easy." One of the men went to grab him, but his hand suddenly disappeared. "What'chu do to him!" he balled up his fist and threw it at Scar. He quickly ducked, bringing his hand over the man's mouth. "I'll give you a moment to pray to god. The man reached up and brought Scar's hand down just enough to say some words. "You should be the one prayin', freak!" Blue lightning coursed through his body. He swelled duo until blood spurted out of his nostrils, mouth, and ears. The young ishvalan boy looked fearfully up at Scar.

Scar began to walk up in Yoki's direction. "Please don't kill me!" he cried as Scar stopped and picked up a pair of sunglasses. "So you're leaving then? Your brother would be sad." Scar placed the glasses on as he said, "Still, it's too late to go back now." Yoki looked at the ishvalans and ran after Scar.

*Earlier in the Evening/ Izumi's Place*

Ed and Whity were talking then Whity had a poker face and remembered something. "Um, Ed didn't we forget something?" Ed stare at her in confusion and remembered. "We forget to do our State Alchemist assessment?!" "Oh, crap we have to do that now." so they told teacher and Al, that they have an assessment to do to stay as State alchemist and went to it.

We went on the train to head to Central for our assessment to stay as State alchemists. "I can't believe we forget it." Ed stated as I look at him. "Yeah, well let's just do it anyway so it's over." I reply. "Yeah," Ed looked at me, I had a concerned look on my face as I lay my head on his left shoulder. "What's wrong princess?" l look up at him. "I have a bad feeling Al and Addie are in trouble but with what I wonder." Whity replied. "Kitten, they are alright. They can take care of their selves. Don't worry." "Alright. But I have to worry. Like something bad happens." Ed smiled at me and kiss me on the forehead. "Alright, I'm positive they're alright." Ed looked down at me. "Alright Edo, if you say so." Whity reply as Ed smiled at her.

~Timeskip~

"Now where would a 7th tall suit of armor go and Abbie missing as well.." Ed asked looking around with Whity. "I'd be happy to tell you where you could find them." a short guy said, walking from an ally way.

"But first...tell me what his secret is!"

A metal door opened as Bid fell to the ground, unconscious. Ed and Whity walked into the room of chimeras.

"Ed, Whity!" Al and Abbie said. Ed and Whity glanced at Al and Abbie as he said, "Never really crossed my mind that you two could get kidnapped."

"Ed, Whity! This guy's a homunculus!" Abbie shouted as Ed said, "Are you serious?"

"Way to ruin it..." Greed stated as Al said, "We might be able to get some leads from him on how to get our original bodies back."

Greed showed Ed and Whity his hand and snickered. "An Ouroboros tattoo."

"Aren't you observant?"

"I was hoping that I'd only have to deal with the little armored giant over there..." "Why don't you just ask your partners what you wanna know?!"

"Partners?" "Yeah, the rest of the Ouroboros gang from the Fifth Lab. They had a couple of armor-bonded souls with them as well."

"Ya don't say? Well, it's kind of a long story, but we don't talk much anymore."

"I've got a little proposal for you. You guys are pretty desperate to get your bodies back, right? 'Cause I can teach you how to fabricate your homunculus in no time at all. In return, all I ask is that you teach me how to transmute a soul." Greed said.

"Classic Equivalent Exchange..."

"I screw to god if you touched them ill-" Whity said be was interpret. Ed had a dark look on his face as Greed turned to Al and Abbie said, "Hmph, but I don't understand why you'd even want your other body back. Seems like you've got one that's perfect already—"

"How dare you say that?! You don't know what he goes through!" Whity shouted. "Not until we get what we want..."

"That's enough. Shut your damn mouth!" Ed screamed furiously. "SOUNDS GREAT TO YOU! IT SEEMS PERFECT! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE HELL HE'S HAD TO GO THROUGH STUCK WITH THAT BODY! AND YOU WANNA KNOW HOW TO TRANSMUTE A SOUL!" Ed screamed at them as Whity who was standing next to him sweat-dropped at him for yelling.

"YOU KIDNAPPED MY BROTHER AND SISTER, AND YOU WANNA TRADE SECRETS WITH ME! I'M GONNA CRUSH YOU CREEPS! I'M SMASHING YOU! END YOU! AND I WON'T GIVE YOU SLIME ANYTHING! In other words, there won't be an exchange with you SCUM!" Ed yelled angrily, ending by pointing finger at Greed.

Greed clapped while the other chimeras looked at Ed dumbfound. "I guess we're doing this by force again," Dolcetto sighed as he took the blade that he had and charged at Ed. Ed jumped in and spun around in the air. "You're a lot slower than a prisoner I know!" Ed came back down, punching Dolcetto in the jaw. He clapped his hands and touched his metallic arm, bringing out his forearm blade. "Next?"

"Roa, get the armored kid and little girl out of here. Guess we'll dismantle them." As Roa grabbed them on each shoulder.

Ed slammed his blade forward, but a black hand stopped him.

"Hey, hold on!" Al and Abbie said helplessly. "Alright." they then ran out with Al as Greed turned to Ed and Whity. As Ed projected his arm at Greed, only to be blocked by an armored claw.

They exchanged short, quick blows. Ed ducked and hit the ground, bringing up the stone stairs which he used to attack from the air.

Greed blocked once more. "Nope, sorry. That little hand-sword of yours is kinda neat, but it can't even scratch my Ultimate Shield."

He ran at Ed. "Be Careful Ed!" Whity shouted as Greed looked at her and said, "Look at that your little girlfriend is looking after you." Ed sent a barrage of spikes at Greed. He cut through the stone like butter, but Ed sent an assault of small stones quickly after. Greed blocked, but Ed was already in the air, coming down for his next attack.

Blood sprouted up from Greed's neck as he grunted in pain.

"Guard your head next time." Ed said before jumping away as Greed slash his claw across his chest.

Ed stumbled back as Greed sat up. "Ah, that hurt." He said. "That move would have hospitalized most people."

"But you're not like most people, huh?" Ed retorted.

"Well," Greed bowed his head and put a hand on it. "My body is." He lifted his head as red alchemical light surrounded his neck. "All that sets me apart are my ultimate shield and advanced healing powers. Nothing special, but you're never going to beat." He added as he stood up.

"So I suggest making a deal." He paused as Ed glared at him before saying, "Oh, you're one of those guys. You don't care if somebody beats the crap out of you, but if someone lays a finger on a family member, you completely freak out."

"What a waste." Greed continued. "You lose your temper like this and you're going to lose my information and your brother and sister."

"My siblings are fine. They will just waiting for me to kick your ass." Ed retorted. "You've already told us you're not immortal, remember? And your ultimate shield doesn't cover much."

Greed laughed and removed his jacket. "Sorry to let you done, but I've been holding back." The black shield moved up Greed's arms. "This obscures my handsome face so I try not to wear it that much." He added as the shield move to the rest of his body.

Ed stared in horror.

"I wasn't kidding, kid." Greed said as a hurried, active song entered the scene. "Try all you like, but you're not going to beat me."

The scene changed to Sig holding a broom. "I found this lying in the alley."
"Then you're saying, they're both missing?" Izumi asked.

Izumi turned around and cracked her knuckles with the flames of hell surrounding her once more. "Those idiots! They can't even sweep the street without getting into trouble! They're lucky I expelled them! Otherwise I'd kill them!"

"I think I can help!" A voice called out to them. "Here, catch." Mason tossed a small box to Izumi. "A friend of mine noticed a short blonde haired kid entering a bar called the Devil's Nest."

Izumi looked at the box in her hand with narrowed eyes.

Ed's blade appeared on the screen. Next his leg was shown before Ed was sheen to be leaning against a wall with the outer part of his automail arm missing. As the screen raised, blood was seen to be smeared on the wall.

Greed took a step forward. "You dead yet?"
Ed looked up with a glare. He pushed himself back to his feet.

"There you go. You chop full of piss and vinegar." Greed said before Ed charged at him.

The boy slammed his fist into Greed's chin, resulting in pieces of his automail flying off.

Greed slammed his hand in Ed's face and pulled him up into the air. "I appreciate the effort, but you just can't win." He said as he threw Ed into a crate.

Ed gasped as his body slid to the ground.

Greed pulled Ed up by his shirt. "So, you ready to tell me your secret now?"

Ed chuckled. "Thanks for toying with me."

"What?" Greed asked.

"You've given me just enough time to cool off and start thinking clearly." Ed explained.

Ed's hand twitched. "Is my mechanic amazing or what?" His hand curled a bit. "Even after all this, it's still working." Once again, an active and excited tone entered the scene as Ed clapped his hands. He put his hand on Greed's arm, throwing blue light around the room. This caused Greed to throw the boy to the ground, but Ed easily landed in a crouch.

"How long you want to drag this on?" Greed asked as he walked forward. "It'd be so much easier if you'd just stayed down." He swung his first forward but Ed transmuted spikes onto his hand and slammed his fist into Greed's. The black shield on his hand fell to pieces to reveal a red area below it. Greed pulled his hand back in pain.

Ed swung his bloody fist to the side.

Greed's hand healed itself before being covered in the shield again. He slammed it into one of the spikes Ed created earlier, destroying it. "Well, that was pretty bizarre. Good as new." He said as he looked at his hand.

Ed raised a finger and motioned for Greed to come. And Greed complied, charging at the boy. He swung his leg at him, but Ed pushed it to side before clapping his hands and slamming one onto Greed's stomach.

Greed grunted in pain. "What was that for?" He asked as he swung a claw at Ed.

Ed jumped over it, landing a bit clumsily on the ground before he flipped himself and slammed a hand into the ground. More spikes sprouted up, flying at Greed.

"Come on. Again?" Greed shouted. "Try a new one." Two of the spikes slammed into his sides and actually went through him. Greed yelled in pain and stepped back from the bloody spikes.

Greed fell to his knees as blood poured from his mouth. "What the hell did you do to my shield?"

"It's actually pretty simple once you think about it." Ed replied. "You may be a Homunculus, but you really shouldn't have told me that your body is human, considering that a third of it is made of carbon." Greed started to stand up. "The hardness of carbon varies depending on how the atoms are arranged." Greed's wounds began to heal themselves. "So it's obvious that's what your shield is made of. Once I got that figured out, the rest was just simple alchemy." Ed wiped the blood away from his mouth as he smirked.

Greed charged at him. "I'm glad to hear it. It's no fun if it's not achallenge."

Ed dodged his punch and slammed his hand into Greed's stomach again." And there's one other important thing I noticed!" Edward shouted before slamming his elbow into Greed, sending him flying back. "You can't harden your shield and heal at the same time!"

Greed stumbled back, grabbing his side. "I think it's safe to say that I underestimated you." He stood up straight. "But, how much longer can you keep this up in your condition?"

Ed's eyes narrowed. Before anything could be said or done, the door behind them came busting down with smoke all around it. Ed turned around in shock.

"Sorry to barge in like this." Izumi said as she stepped through the smoke while dragging a body with her.

"Teacher?" Ed asked surprised.

Izumi came in with unconscious guys. "You damn imbeciles!" she then some men at Ed, causing Ed to get thrown into Whity. "Two birds with one stone. Do you think it's funny not to put the broom away?! I asked you a question!"

"No we're sorry!" they shouted, scared for life. "Thanks for your hospitality...they needed the exercise."

"Teacher! Careful; he's a-" Ed stated.

"Yes, I know. I could hear you two down the hall!" "Oh, give me a break...don't tell me you're going to start something lady; it's not fun-" Greed was cut off by Izumi running up to him, grabbing his face, and using alchemy to weaken his shield. She then kicked him into a wall. "Haha...well now...what the hell are you?" he asked, getting up. "You ask what I am?" she pointed a thumb at her chest. "A HOUSEWIFE?!"

The scene went dark.