Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

After what felt like hours, the team had gotten their current stay within this Amestris town. It wasn't too high-class amongst the options, but with the money they got, it was all they could manage. They were lucky to find a place that would accept Yen or the queen's coins, and the only one that they could get was a low-running motel. It was only for the night anyway, so it was the best they could do before their trip off towards the Capitol. Besides they can get a train right away once this they were done with their night here. They had to get two rooms to accommodate the group, one for girls, one for boys, both rooms equally run down. Twilight and Pinkie got their room to themselves, as the rest of their group had to handle one room. Sebastian made his post just outside the door, mainly similar to guarding back at the manor. As for those inside, there was a mixed reaction with those inside.

"I can't believe I have to sleep in such accommodations," Ciel groaned, getting ready for bed himself.

"Better than sleeping in an alley. Like they say: any boat'll hold in a storm," replied Aladdin, as he got comfy under the covers, putting his turban by the bed. Being the rich kid he was, Ciel's preferences did not include such a run down option, or at least not with this many guys in one room. Ciel and Karma in one bed, Aladdin and Nagisa in another.

"So, how much longer til we run into our next demon bitch?" Karma wondered, stretching his arms and sitting by the foot of the bed.

"I'm hoping we met our last one for a while," Nagisa said.

"Come on, with our luck we'll be seeing plenty more demons on our way. Hell, we have our own demon butler standing outside right now."

"He's not your butler," Ciel corrected. Nagisa sighed and laid down in bed, as Karma laid next to him.

"Look, if we're going to meet any more, I'm hoping we'll actually come across some angels instead. We've been meeting demon after demon, but the only angel we've met is Aladdin," Nagisa explained, both looking over to Aladdin, who was already asleep in bed by the time they noticed him. Nagisa did have a point there, and even then Aladdin might not count since he was a Magi. Karma turned off the light and gave a yawn.

"Eh, point taken. Let's chat in the morning about it," Karma said, getting comfortable in bed. With Karma, Aladdin, and Ciel sleeping, Nagisa laid himself down to sleep as well. With Sebastian outside, the girls in the room next door, and no one to talk to, Nagisa had no real reason to stay awake any longer. ...

.......

"Nagisa? ... It's nice to see you, Nagisa. ..."

"Huh? Who's talking to me? What's that voice?"

Nagisa began to open his eyes to the sounds of the gentle, almost motherly voice. It sounded nothing like any of his friends, or anyone familiar from where he went to so far. He felt a soft freeze flow around his body, one thing he knew couldn't happen in the room he last remembered being in.
That was because the room he last remembered being in was no longer there, or anywhere for that matter. Looking around, the smooth floor, isolated tree and linear rivers flowing off a dropping cliff made the area a vaguely familiar sight. However, it wasn't night time in this place as he last remembered, but instead the skies were completely clear and bright blue with a sun shining brightly onto him.

"Wait. This is where me and Twilight were at before. We got our Future Sight here ... Am I dreaming again?" Nagisa told himself, trying to think. No way can his body and mind be put here while he was asleep. He saw no one else around him this time though, so this visit to this place was strictly him only. No Twilight this time to share this with, or anyone else familiar.

"Indeed you are. Hello, Nagisa."

There it was again. Nagisa turned around a bit, but he couldn't see anyone around to connect the voice to at first. In his small look around, he eventually noticed that he actually wasn't alone here.
He stood about five feet away from Nagisa, appearing to be a young adult. He stood fairly decent, Nagisa eye level to his shoulders in height, though many details made him stand out from any normal human he knew. His outfit resembled that of a royal Prince: a silver overcoat lined in a blue line going over a snow white under shirt. His overcoat flared in the back in two 'tails', lined with blue as well. He wore deep blue pants reaching to just above his feet as well. His hair flowed behind him, reaching down to about similar length to Twilight's hair (and just as smooth), yet as blue as Aladdin and Nagisa's hair. His eyes shown pure blue like Nagisa too, giving Nagisa the impression that he was looking at a possible future self. Nagisa wasn't afraid of this sudden figure looking to him, and he began to put the numbers together.

"What a coincidence: I mention about meeting more Angels, and here I am with another one," Nagisa thought. Still, he knew he was in a dream, so anything damaging here would affect him in the real world, an advantage he was grateful to have in this situation.

"You're another angel," Nagisa stated.

"I am. You've been running around quite a lot, haven't you? You're doing a grand job," said the figure. Being a dream, Nagisa somehow found himself with that list of visions he and Twilight had shared and marked down. Though the list now had a number of slashes in it to mark off past events in accordance. The figure moved closer to see the list alongside Nagisa. However, Nagisa moved away.

"Before we continue, please tell me who you are," Nagisa stated, humbled a little bit. The figure understood the confusion and nodded.

"I'm known by a number of titles. ... Though you can refer to me as Lugia."

"Lugia," Nagisa quietly repeated. At least he got a name for this holy entity. Still, Nagisa took a look around and then to the entity. Time to get some answers.

"Hey, Lugia. What is this place? Where are we?"

"This is just an fabrication of the Overworld. Don't worry, you'll return to your world when you wake up," Lugia assured him, though Nagisa figured that much already anyway. Aladdin mentioned about the Overworld time to time, so now Nagisa got a better idea on it here.

"Now. I do hope you're not put under too much pressure with the Future Sight."

"That was you?!" Nagisa asked, surprised. Hard to believe, since neither he nor Twilight noticed any human during the given Future Sight. But still, Lugia stayed calm and collected.

"I'm sorry I had to be secretive about it. Especially after what happened already," Lugia said, feeling slightly guilty, which Nagisa caught in his tone of voice.

"Oh, no no. It's just, well, a bit surprising, that's all."

"I know it can be overwhelming to humans. Wish I could've contacted all of you at once, but this was the safest I could do," Lugia admitted.

"Safest?" Nagisa thought, a bit confused. What did he mean by the safest method? He can get a telepathic message, but why was it safer if it was only just him and not the rest? However, he didn't bring it up and allowed Lugia to continue. The entity walked closer to Nagisa from there.

"I understand your concern over these demonic activities as of late."

"Well. It's not exactly that. It's more that me and my friends had only been finding demons, and not angels. Aladdin is fine, but ..."

"You wish for some reassurance?" Lugia asked. The entity got it down pact alright. Nagisa had some good allies, but this 'secret' game wasn't giving him any true assurance. He needed help from someone who knew this stuff well before he did, and not alongside him. Lugia nodded and took a step back. Nagisa then looked to Lugia again.

"You might be getting help sooner than you expect. Your friends are secure for the future, I can assure you," Lugia promised. That just reminded Nagisa about the Future Sight he mentioned earlier, and another important question came up.

"Lugia, listen. These Future Sights. ... Is there a way to avoid these?"

Lugia knew what he meant by that, but regrettably shook his head.

"That's not how Future Sight works. Those visions aren't given to avoid, they're given for preparation. ... I'm sorry, but not all the visions we both saw can be altered. I gave them to you so you can be prepared mentally for what's to come," Lugia said gravely. They both knew what some of the visions entailed, but if they can't be altered then it's a matter of when, not if. Nagisa could see that Lugia was regretting a bit, evident on his face. Nagisa looked over the list he made, taking these a bit more seriously. There was one vision in particular, simply labeled 'City', that he truly had trouble with. Now it was guaranteed to happen, and they both knew that. Nagisa stayed quiet for a bit, but eventually he looked to Lugia again.

"... Lugia?"

"Yes?"

"... Do you know how this'll happen?"

"I'm afraid I don't. These events are guaranteed to happen, yes, but events leading to the event are varying. I only had time to show you those events alone. ..."

Nagisa took it in, and then let out a sigh before locking eyes with the entity.

"... It's okay. We can't do everything perfectly," Nagisa just admitted. At least he had the overall idea of the events, over none at all. Besides, it's not like he could do it any better. Why argue over something that he barely knew about.

"I'm glad you understand. Grateful Aladdin found you for a friend," Lugia said, though he wished he could do more. Once that was finished though, they both begun to notice that the light was starting to get brighter on them.

"Oh dear. It's almost time to wake up."

"I understand. It's nice to talk to you," Nagisa said.

"Thank you. Oh, and Nagisa? Prepare your mind when you wake," Lugia advised, as the light began to become blinding. Nagisa could only nod, just before all he could see was white.

.......

"Wakie wakie."

Well, Nagisa knew that voice well enough. He was back in the real world, and back in the motel room they were staying at. However, Nagisa found himself staring into the giant magnified eye of Pinkie Pie. She not only had a magnifying glass in hand, but wearing her detective outfit as well. The pink girl was right in Nagisa's face with the magnifying glass. The typical reaction to this would be a Yelp and a tumble out of bed, but Nagisa was mentally prepared this time.

"... Morning, Pinkie."

"Morning, my dear Shiota," Pinkie said, hopping off of the bed. Nagisa found that he wasn't the only one waking up due to Pinkie Pie's antics. In fact, everyone else was up and about alongside him. Sebastian was in mid process to dressing Ciel for the day, Aladdin and Twilight appeared to have had a rude awakening, and Karma was simply dressed and alright overall. Nagisa yawned and woke himself up, seeing Pinkie Pie going around the room trying to find a sort of something.

"Pinkie's at it again, huh?" Nagisa yawned.

"Sort of. Blair hasn't come back yet, so Pinkie's trying to find clues. ... Or something like that," Twilight explained, yawning as well. Pinkie suddenly popped up behind Nagisa, looking over him to Twilight (Nagisa feeling the pink girl's boobs push on his back).

"Detective Pinkie's on the case, we'll find her!" Pinkie insisted.

"How ridiculous is this? Just as we're about to leave, and one of us happens to disappear," Ciel groaned, as Sebastian buttoned up his overcoat.

"Quite a coincidence, my lord. It might prove problematic if we miss our train because of her, wouldn't you think so?" Sebastian agreed. Ciel nodded his head just as Sebastian finished, and he got to his feet. Nagisa overhead their conversation, as he got up himself.

"Blair gone. So that's what you meant, Lugia," Nagisa thought.

"Eh, she must've wandered off into town last night. Hey Sebastian, try and fetch her will you?" Karma instructed.

"Hey, who're you to command my butler?" Ciel questioned. Luckily, Twilight got to him before things could get out of hand.

"Ciel, wait. Maybe it would be a good idea to have Sebastian look for Blair. He can look faster than any of us could," Twilight insisted. Ciel waited a moment to consider the idea before turning to Sebastian.

"Don't be late, Sebastian. Find her and get her back before that train leaves for the Capitol."

"I'll do only my best, my lord. Meantime, I suggest the rest of you to arrive at the station, if such thing happens that I do end late, we can meet at the Capitol in future," Sebastian said. Without a second word, Sebastian went off on his way, far gone in a very short time as the others watched him go. If anyone could find her fast enough it would be Sebastian.

~~

Meanwhile, off in a different part of town, the cat girl in question had it pretty well for herself. Even if she was hanging out with what she would consider a silver golem, the figure still was treating her very well. Nice and cozy, sleeping away the morning by her large living suit of armor. She even got cozy inside of him by this point, and it stayed nice and dim to keep her sleeping. The figure was enjoying it too, feeling the cat's soft and warm body just made him feel all cozy himself. Things just felt nice for both figures, but it was the armor who woke up with the morning light.

"Al. Hey Al, we gotta go."

A voice was enough to fully wake up the armor. It started dull but it was enough to wake him up all the same, as another figure of this house opened the door. The next kid in the house, low and behold, was the exact same kid that won the arm wrestling contest just yesterday. He was fully clothed now, and ready to move. Al though felt a little unsure.

"Oh, morning brother. Sorry, I overslept," Al said. However, his brother was in a better mood today, in his mechanical automail hand a bag of money proudly presented.

"Don't worry about it. Just wait til we get back to central."

*meow*

Al froze up. The figure, who was just happy a second ago, suddenly turned suspicious over his towering brother.

"Al? ... Did you just meow?" He asked him. Al tried his best to play dumb.

"Uh ... No?"

And not very good at it. His brother went right up to him, and before Al could do anything, his chest cavity suddenly opened up. Inside the hollow shell, Al's brother then saw Blair fast asleep inside him. Well, so much for that. The light made Blair wake up to see Al's brother there, a look of annoyance on his face. Al straightened up.

"Not again. Al, this is the third time this month, you can't keep taking in every cat you see."

"But Ed, this one's different: he called to me. Can't we keep him?"

"No, Al! Now take it back to where you found it," Ed instructed sternly. It was clear that Ed wasn't like Al in case of scenarios like this. Still, Al just didn't want to get rid of his new kitty. ...

"Alright, I'll do it," Ed decided, grabbing Blair and starting to walk out. Al immediately followed him, trying to get Blair back but Ed wasn't wavering a bit. Ed didn't have time to deal with cats right now.

"Ed, pretty please?"

"Al stop it! We got an appointment at central, we can't be taking care of any cats right now!" Ed snapped. Al felt broken-hearted as they reached the door.

"How can you be so cold?" Al wept. Ed wasn't really going to take the time to care this cat for Al's sake. Al could beg all he wanted to, it wasn't working. Blair was getting a bit annoyed herself, being held rather roughly by Ed the whole time they were talking. Anyway, just before Ed could step outside though, Ed, Al, and Blair, all heard a knock at their door. Rather unexpected surprise. Since Ed was right at the door, he went onto open up the door, Blair trying to scratch her way out of Ed's mechanical arm grip, no avail of course. They open the door, and who do they find? A Phantomhive Butler right at their doorstep. Looked like Sebastian found his quarry.

"Morning. I have reason to believe that you have something that belongs to me," said Sebastian, not wasting anytime in getting to the point. And with the only new thing over twenty four hours being Blair the cat, it wasn't difficult to figure out what this something was. That didn't mean Ed and Al weren't weirded out by Sebastian's arrival.

"See Al? It's not your cat," Ed cleared up. Al wasn't so convinced though. Why would his cat be wandering the streets? Ed still handed the cat over to Sebastian anyway, the butler already fonding over the cat.

"It's a pleasure to see you again my sweet feline friend. You've been around quite a bit haven't you?" Sebastian said, slight baby talk to Blair around the end of it. Blair was not amused by this handling. Ed was okay with it, but Al wasn't so sure.

"W-Wait. How do we know it's his cat?"

"Why else would he be here, Al?" Ed pointed out, Sebastian still fonding over Blair. As Al looked into Sebastian's eyes, it was hard to say but it almost appeared that they seemed to glow. ...
Next thing they knew, Al grabbed Blair, and took off down the street!

"HEY, GET BACK HERE! THINK OF THE KITTEN!" Ed called.

"I KNOW! I AM!" Al called back. Sebastian didn't actually know what happened, almost dumbfounded by Al's cat-burglary. Still, the butler kept his cool and gently adjusted his glove as he usually does. He had a schedule to keep, and he didn't need this kind of tomfoolery.

"Here we go," Sebastian sighed, before suddenly rushing Al. Ed didn't react very quick to the lunge, and had to run after him fast as he could. Al tried to keep running, Blair freaking out slightly. But despite the head start, Sebastian soon caught up with him. In fact, the butler even looped around and placed himself in front of Al, the armor skidding to a halt in shock of Sebastian's speed. Ed caught up, but both Al and Sebastian were in a bit of a scuffle over Blair. Sebastian tried to get Blair, but Al kept moving the cat out of his reach over and over again.

"Just give him the damn cat already!" Ed demanded.

"No, I won't! I don't trust him!" Al retorted.

"I assure you I won't do any harm to her," Sebastian firmly stated. Eventually, Sebastian finally got a hold on Blair with one hand, leaving both him and Al at a stalemate. Blair honestly had enough with this. As fun as it was to have two men fight over her, having them do it as a cat wasn't as fun for her. Eventually, Blair pulled herself out of their grip, and landed on the ground.

"Boys, boys, I'm more than enough girl for everyone,~" Blair cooed.

The blank expressions on both faces was enough of a reaction.

"Did that cat just talk?!" Ed yelped. Blair sat down over a few feet away, and soon, Blair smirked towards them both, and suddenly a rather familiar poof of purple fog out of nowhere, and soon there was Blair. Now, in her human form, and once more Blair gave them enough eye candy by modeling in a revealing, black microkini, with Blair showing off the best of her figure to both her admirers. Accompanied by a sly smile, and a wink of the eye, Blair revealed who she really was to Ed, Alphonse, and Sebastian, showing off her barely covered body.
The reactions were ... not what she anticipated.

"W-WHAAAA?!" Al and Ed gasped, quickly backing up from this sudden sexy kitty popping up. Sebastian wasn't as dramatic in reaction, but surprise was still evident on his face, wide eyed and dumbfounded. Blair looked to all of them and their odd reactions, but rather than being discouraged, decided to tease them a little more. Sebastian, who was closest to her, ended up getting wrapped by Blair, her arms wrapped around his waist and boobs pushing against him.

"Aww, what's wrong?~ I thought you loved a good little kitty, right?~" Blair cooed, her cat tail whipping behind her as she said that. Sebastian honestly needed a minute to process this, and when that was done, he pushed her off of him. One hand pushing her back by her face, the other pinching the bridge of his nose as he tried to contemplate.

"So. Their cat, and this girl are one of the same," Sebastian thought, looking down at Blair with a more disturbed expression than before. To think that he was just fonding over her a minute ago. Al and Ed were still trying to contemplate this themselves.

"Please stop that," Sebastian simply said. He even pulled out a napkin and wiped off where Blair's boobs pressed him. Blair then changed her targets, and turned her attention to the 'big hunk of man' that was Alphonse., suddenly popping up by him, and holding onto his arm, pressing her boobs against him as well.

"I know you won't mind me, don't you, you handsome stud?~" Blair cooed. Al didn't know what to say, but ...

"BACK OFF!" Ed snapped, suddenly clocking her in the head with his automail arm. Strong enough to give Blair a large red bump on her head.

"OW! What'd you do that for?!"

"BACK OFF FROM MY BROTHER, SLUT!"

"Did you have to hit me with your right arm?!"

"I CAN HIT YOU WITH MY LEFT IF YOU'D PREFER!"

Few whacks later by Sebastian, and the argument stopped. Now Ed and Blair had a good sized lump on their heads, Al worried as ever. The rather impatient butler then grabbed Blair by the back, like one would pick up a kitten one-handedly.

"My apologies, but we're both behind schedule. Blair, your friends are to leave on the Capitol train in ..." Sebastian paused, and checked his pocketwatch for a moment on the time. "... Oh. Apparently the train left already."

"Wait. The capitol train?" Al asked, trying to clear it up. Ed and Al couldn't believe their ears. All this nonsense, and they all missed the train.

"We missed it, GOD DAMNIT. Now how're we supposed to get there?" Ed wondered, annoyed and head still hurting from Sebastian's hit. Sebastian took a slight moment to think about this.

"Well, perhaps I can be of some assistance."

.......

As Sebastian expected, the train heading off towards the Capitol of Amestris was already heading down the tracks at full speed, making express time. At this point the train went through the countryside with no signs of stopping. Skies were clear as can be, and with nothing left to halt the run anytime soon.
As the train went past an acre of farmland, one mudsdale stallion was happily grazing on the grass nearby the tracks, not too far away from his herd. The train chugged by, signature whistle ringing, and to the mudsdale the noise was a minor distraction. If one lived by the tracks, noises like that wouldn't faze them for long. However, as the stallion grazed, a thud close by caught the animal's attention. The object rolled over to only a foot away from the stallion, and the item turned out to be a ripe, red apple. The mudsdale glanced to the train, and then happily took the fruit as a welcomed snack.
And on the train, one pink-haired girl and one little Magi smiled brightly on seeing the results just outside their window. Team Harmony was on their way in this train, and all awaiting for their next destination.

"And that, my Magi, is how you feed a horse while riding a train," said Pinkie, as Aladdin was pretty happy to feed a creature from the human world.

"I hope he likes his treat," Aladdin said, looking back from the window at the horse. Consider it a good deed of the day.
The group was having a pretty good ride on the train here, and each one basically passed the time by watching the scenery outside go by them or just chatting with eachother. Since Ciel was apart of this, considering his status, high class riding was all in for them. They had seats facing eachother, along the same side of the car as well. Pretty classy appearance and rather homey too. The ones who got the window seats were Aladdin, Pinkie, and Ciel, as the rest sat alongside.

"Who'd of thought it huh? Just earlier this year, we're average joes at school, and now we're heading to King Bradley," Karma commented.

"I have to agree. But I hope we're all on our best behavior there. THAT GOES FOR YOU, Karma," Twilight cleared up. Karma raised his hands in submission, though it was more of a joke. Twilight just sighed and turned to the others, and was then she saw Ciel and Nagisa. Nagisa seemed to have his mind distracted on something, and Ciel seemed more annoyed than anything.

"What's with you?" Karma asked.

"Sebastian's late," Ciel groaned.

"Gee, I wonder when that happened after we left on the train," Karma joked, though it didn't seem to help too much in the situation. While Ciel was getting annoyed with things, Nagisa was caught up in his deep thinking. That dream last night was caught up in his head, with his talk with Lugia and everything, but he had yet to share it with anyone (mostly because of the morning rush to get to the train anyway). This confirmation about these Future Sight visions just left him wondering what the results would be, not really the visions themselves. As he sat there, his eyes looked down towards the list he had in hand, something he held onto since leaving the station earlier.

"All of these visions are true then, Lugia? The Philosopher Stones, the city, King Bradley. ... There has to be a connection with all that somehow, but what?" Nagisa thought. Those three things sounded important, and Nagisa wanted to figure out what was what before any of them would come around. But how? It was anyone's guess on how a stone, a king and this event in the city intertwine with eachother, and without even meeting the Amestris ruler to get any data, he couldn't know for sure.

"So, how do you wanna guess Sebastian would catch up?" Karma asked, Nagisa coming back around on hearing Karma's voice.

"Don't think he can now, we're already moving," Twilight said, pointing out the window. Reasonable logic.

"He'll come. He'd better," Ciel simply stated, looking out the window. Having being without his butler for well in a month, Ciel wasn't up to having his butler disappear on him again.

"Don't feel sad, Ciel, I'm sure we'll meet up at the Capitol," Pinkie assured him, even patting his head. Ciel swatted her hand away.

"Who said I was sad?" Ciel questioned.
As this went on, Aladdin then brought his attention to Nagisa after a while.

"You've been quiet for a while, Nagisa," Aladdin said. Nagisa turned to his Magi friend. That simple sentence got the group to move their attention over to him, something he wasn't used to. Least he can say he was with his friends rather than complete strangers, so he had that going for him.

"I'm just wondering what to expect at the Capitol that's all," Nagisa replied. Not too specific, but it passed enough anyway.

"We're going to meet a grand ruler of Amestris while dealing with demons popping up and possibly becoming legends, what do you expect to happen?" Pinkie said.

"I draw the line at that last part," Nagisa thought. They're doing plenty, but what to consider themselves legendary remained to be said. At least he wouldn't consider it that big, especially if most of it isn't known by public ears anyway. Besides, he'd rather not be bothered with that kind of attention.
After that was said, Nagisa took a glance off outside, taking in the scenery passing them by. As he was looking out there, Nagisa's mind wandered for a little bit, until a familiar chill crept up on him, making him shiver. It was enough to get them to notice, as Nagisa tried to specify what exact demon was coming around this time. He could buy it if the train was idling in the station, but it was already moving fast, so whatever demon was coming at them had to move fast to catch up.

......

*BAM*

The sound made them all jump, sounding like it came from the back of their car. It didn't sound like any small debris that hit, nor was there any clue in the sky to say that something would fall onto the car. Regardless, it wasn't enough to stop or stutter the train. It took a minute, but they did start to hear someone coming up to their seats after a bit, only after seeing him did they calm down.
Sebastian. And what is more, he had brought Blair, Ed and Al with him. Blair, in her human form and regular outfit, was being held from the back of her collar like the cat she was, though the sight of Ed and Al there was clearly unexpected. Both of them looked freaked out, to put it lightly, as if they just came off some freaky roller coaster.

"Hi, boys. Everyone having a good time?" Blair asked, Sebastian setting her down by them. Aladdin was more than happy to see her, even hugging her with his face buried in her boobs. (It was too long since he had fun).

"Blair! So great to see you!" Aladdin said, his head smothered in her boobs. Not that Blair minded, of course.

"Sebastian. Nice of you to catch up," Nagisa said.

"My apologies for being late. I found a pair of interesting catches and acted accordingly," Sebastian explained, the catches referring to Ed and Al nearby. The brothers got themselves around and soon saw the rest of the group, though they were still frazzled from whatever method Sebastian used to get here.

"Hiya! I'm Pinkie Pie, pleased to meet ya," Pinkie said, first to introduce herself to them.

"I-Is that man with you?" Asked Alphonse, pointing to Sebastian.

"Indeed. Sebastian, what is the meaning of bringing these two?" Ciel questioned. Sebastian simply needed to simply point out that Future Sight list Nagisa had with him. He and Twilight took a glance at it to get a look over. This list already mentioned a young earl, AKA Ciel Phantomhive, but did it mention anything about these two? However, both suddenly came to a similar conclusion.

"Now, as for you two -" Sebastian started to say, but Twilight decided to get in the way, the list raised like a red flag at his face.

"Sebastian stop it. Look, we're sorry about this, we're just trying to get to the Capitol," Twilight said, trying to make amends to what just happened. However, that just brought their attention to this list, and to the girl in question.

"Wait a minute. Have I seen you somewhere before?" Ed questioned, trying to think a little bit.

"Arm wrestling! You tore that man's arm off and got lots of money," Pinkie chimed in. The startled response made Twilight drop the list by mistake, getting Al's attention as he picked it up to give it to her. As he did though, it was then he took a better look at the list in question. ...

"You ... You're foresaw us?" Al questioned, sounding very confused and surprised. The list, after some looking, did have that very clue in it to further suggest this.

Full metal.

"I-It's kinda complicated," Nagisa said meekly, being given the list back. Well so much for that, and now they could see why Sebastian would involve them. But how was he going to explain all of this so soon? He just met them for god sake! At least with Ciel it was more gradual than this one.

"Well start talking them."

"What?"

"That damn butler nearly killed us on those tracks, hell yeah you're gonna tell me!" Ed snapped. Ciel took a rather rough look to Sebastian, who just said nothing.

"Calm down, brother," Al said.

"BROTHER?!" The group gasped.

They got a lot of explaining to do.

~~

Back in Japan, life there was going along more smoothly than Team Harmony's antics. School day had drawn to a close again, as with any day, and the student of Orora High were starting to head off home. Nabiku was amongst these students. While she's normally not bother with being in a crowd if she could help it, she wasn't going to risk getting attacked by a giant moth again. She could still feel the bite that thing had left on her, even if there was no mark to show (thank god). At least no one else was hurt in the little tussle she dealt with. All the same, even with the moth she still wondered on what exactly happened. More importantly, who was the one who saved her. She never saw the person before, yet it disappeared so quickly after everything. The blurry vision at the time didn't really help her much either.

"Who was that? ... I should thank him for saving me," Nabiku thought. If she does come across her savior, the least she could do was thank her savior for what he did. Well, if she could figure out who saved her, that is.
Nabiku went on her walk towards home, going through the forest path to the city without any incident this time. Though, with the forest moved off outta the way, now she had the troubles of the upper classes to deal with. Something that she always had some trouble with, one way or another. With the reputation and feelings of the upper classes to 3-E as a whole, Nabiku always had trouble with going through the upper class students and their domination over her. Nabiku just went passed the front gate of the school, and started to go off home. ...

"Hello Fluttershy."

Oh no. Nabiku knew that voice, and she regretted hearing it completely. That name didn't help her very much either, as it was just a nickname of mockery to her ears. Nabiku turned and found Emi Isuzu standing there of all people. Only she would call Nabiku by that kind of name. Emi stood tall and bold over Nabiku.

"Oh. H-Hello Emi," Nabiku said meekly. Emi Isuzu placed a hand on her head, to keep her gaze down and in submission to her.

"Good thing I caught you. I got a little something for someone like you to handle for me," Emi said, though her time made it more like a instruction than a request, and Nabiku knew she couldn't refuse Emi if she tried.

"What's that? ..."

Then Emi took out a rag from her bag, and forced it onto Nabiku. Next thing she knew, Emi Isuzu raised her foot up and rested it on Nabiku's things like a stepping block. Her shoe looked a bit dusty. It was a rather old thing by now, but Nabiku had to do it regardless of the situation. Emi really didn't need this, but she still loved to show who was on top here. Nabiku quietly got to her knees, and started to shine her shoes for a little bit, some other students watching from afar. Nabiku didn't want that much at all, her face flustered up red. Emi waited until just after she was done before she got her foot under her stuff, and suddenly swung her foot high, making Nabiku's stuff fly everywhere!

"Thanks for the free service," Emi said, not even caring for Nabiku's predicament, Nabiku going in and trying to get her stuff together. She felt humiliated in front of everyone. No one really tried to help her, some higher grading students even snickering at her. Nabiku felt her weakest here. ...

"Think this is yours."

Nabiku paused for a moment. Looking at the ground for a bit first, she looked up and found that one of her books was being held there for her. Nabiku found herself seeing another girl standing there with her book, though her school uniform was actually the school boys attire, not the girls attire like Nabiku had on her. Nabiku could guess that the student was a girl because of her head. Her hair was slightly long, and blue (like another kid she knew earlier that year when he stopped by 3-E). And her eyes had a sort of cerise color, first one that she saw with that kind of eye color not to mention. Nabiku got up from the ground, and quietly took the book. Now standing up, Nabiku found herself a little bit taller than this other student, though only by a few inches really.

"Thank you," Nabiku simply said. The student nodded in approval.

"No problem. Anything wrecked in that?" She asked, pointing to the items she picked up.

"Oh, don't worry about it, it's alright," Nabiku insisted, but the student checked her items anyway, just to be sure. Lucky for Nabiku, many of her items remained in tact apart from a few stray writing papers which crumbled in Emi's kick. But, that was about it.

"K good, that jerk didn't wreck anything," she concluded.

"Eh, yeah. Thank you, uh ..." Nabiku tried to get a name going, but she couldn't come up with anything. She didn't recognize her from any of the E-3 students, or any of the students for that matter, regardless if she was in Orora high, or Canterlot high. She might guess she'd be a Canterlot High kid transferred to Orora high like plenty of other students due to her vibrant colors, but it didn't seem to ring any bells. Still, the girl extended a hand with a smile on her.

"My name's Niji," she introduced. Nabiku was a little humbled, but she shook her hand anyway.

"I'm Nabiku."

~~

The train ride to the Capitol took more time than either one had anticipated to be really honest about it. The day turned to night in the ride along the tracks, and in their cart, Team Harmony was starting to doze off. Aladdin, Pinkie, and Blair had already dozed off on them, and the others were starting to get tired themselves. The lights were still on inside the rooms, the soothing sounds of the moving train cars quietly echoing outside the window, the sight of partial clouds and stars up in the night sky giving them something to observe. Twilight was probably the most awake out of the whole group, leaving only her and Sebastian awake. A whole afternoon of nothing but a train ride would get anyone drowsy at this point, including the team themselves. Sebastian sat down at another seat nearby the others, keeping his eye out on everything. He wasn't going to let anything happen to his master of he had anything to do with it. Twilight remained quiet for a while more, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Something the matter, madam?" Sebastian asked. Twilight got up.

"No I'm fine. I just need to use the bathroom. Be right back," Twilight replied, beginning to head to the other end of the car. Sebastian didn't bother to ask for company, much to Twilight's relief, as she moved to the next car over.
If she could say one thing for this ride, it was the most comforting one in a while. After her little break, Twilight took some short time to look around the train, and watch the world go by as she went. The stars at the moment shined a lot more here than they did earlier, so it gave her a bit more something to look at aside from clouds.

"So now the king of Amestris, huh? Man, first Ciel, then the queen of England, then Seitenshi, and now King Bradley. I wonder what we'll meet next," Twilight wondered. What sort of luck could a person have to meet so many people that would normally take lifetimes to at least get acknowledge personally? It really made her feel pretty excited to meet such famous people, not to mention all the other stuff going on. All the same though, as she looked to the stars, her mind drifted back to her family at home. Her mother was alone, her brother had been and gone, and now here she was too.

"Hope you're doing alright, mom. Boy, do I have a story to tell you when I get home," Twilight thought, smiling and staring off into space. If her mother would believe her or not was not sure, but considering she was basically skipping school to do this, as summer vacation had been and gone, she was sure that her mother would start wondering about her one way or another. She didn't want to worry her mother, but she couldn't get home right now either, so Twilight could wonder and only wonder. She might believe her, she might not, but Twilight couldn't hide this fact once she does get back, that's a fact. Twilight could imagine how relieved and happy her mom would be when she would step back through that door. ...

"Fonding over home, are you?"

That split moment wrecked the entire mood. Twilight looked down the hallway of the car, but found that she was not only with company, but company that Twilight didn't recognize as she and a companion stepped out to confront her.
Lust and Gluttony!

"Evening,~" Lust cooed. Twilight hadn't seen either Homunculus before before, but something told her right out that this was not company that she would want to be with, especially now when caught alone. Gluttony drooled and licked his eager maw like a starving dog, disturbing Twilight even further. The biggest clue of their danger was the Ouroboros engraved on Lust's chest, a symbol she remembered during their early days in England.

"Homunculi," Twilight confirmed.

"And a smart one too," Lust noted. Gluttony took a few sniffs of the air towards Twilight's direction before turning to Lust.

"She smells so tender. Can I eat her?" Gluttony asked, only freaking Twilight out even more. Such a scary question and asked so bluntly and unprompted too.

"Not yet, Gluttony," Lust said. Gluttony pouted on hearing that, as Lust stepped towards Twilight, drawing out her long claws. Twilight needed to get armed up, but her book was back in the other car with the others.

"Why am I always the one caught like this?" Twilight thought, scared and slightly annoyed at the same time. Hellgar was bad enough, now she had these two to deal with!

"But how're you here? Y-You're demons, right?" Twilight asked, not revealing Nagisa's demon sense to be sure (at least she tried not to).

"We're homunculus. There's a difference between the two," Lust stated. Twilight readied to run for it, but Lust's claws didn't make that easy. Not to mention Gluttony blocking the way too.

"What do you want?!" Twilight stated, rather loudly. Lust quickly drew her claws at Twilight's throat to keep her quiet. Lust saw what the rest could do from last time, she wasn't willing to meet with them twice tonight.

"Keep quiet, or I'll feed you to Gluttony," Lust warned.

"Can you, please?" Gluttony asked, getting hungrier the longer he waited. Twilight shivered on the idea of getting eaten alive, but she wasn't as submissive.

"OH NO, not this time," Twilight said. She got tortured enough by Hellgar, she wasn't going through the same here! In a quick motion, Twilight ducked and just managed to slipped passed Lust and her dagger claws. If she could get to the others, then it'll be okay. Lust obviously wouldn't let her off so easily. Angry, she spun around and shot her claws out at her to try and stop her, but Twilight found her out just in time to dive to the ground. Just because the claws shot out, didn't mean that they didn't hit. Twilight heard the sound of skewered flesh and splattered blood, just to look up and find Gluttony had been hit. The claws were sharp and long enough to stab right through him, one in the head, two in his chest and one in his shoulder. Twilight moved passed him too, Gluttony coughing up blood as his body healed up.

"I thought we're working together!"

"Like I meant to hit you, now get her," Lust ordered. Gluttony turned and gave chase right away, and despite the head start, Gluttony was quick to catch up to Twilight. As before Twilight dodged Gluttony just in time, the heavy Homunculus crashing into the wall. If that skewering didn't at least wake them up, or anyone up, that smash would've got the whole train to and alert! Something Lust didn't want to happen.

"Hurry up Gluttony, that'll wake them all up by now!"

"OKAY!" Gluttony replied, just as Twilight managed to get through the car doors to the next car over. Unfortunately for her, she had to go through an extra car so it'll still be a bit before she'd reach the rest. Gluttony was right behind her, arms out and mouth wide open. For such a big and heavy Homunculus, he sure moved fast. Twilight had to get something figured out before Gluttony could catch her, so all she could do was hide. When Gluttony got to the next car, the Homunculus found that this car appeared to be completely empty. Not a soul anywhere, not even any lights on. Here was when Gluttony paused for a moment to check around.

"I can smell you," Gluttony sneered menacingly, his nose sniffing the air. Twilight kept herself hidden just under one of the seats - only spot she could get to - and had to wait until Gluttony moved on. However Gluttony wasn't so easily tricked, and he closed his eyes to focus on his scent gathering over his eyesight. One grand advantage for him in this situation.
Each step Gluttony made creeped the floor dangerously close to Twilight, trying to sniff her out like a hungry bloodhound. The closer Gluttony got to Twilight, the more nervous she was getting. It didn't help that Gluttony stopped right in front of her. Gluttony kept his nostrils up high, sniffing all around him to get a full picture and location of his environment. ...

"FOUND YOU!" Gluttony suddenly exploded out, and tore off the seat Twilight was hiding under! Twilight was found out, and she was caught up in Gluttony's radar. No place to hide now.

"What's going on in here?!" Shouted a new, more reassuring voice. Gluttony found Ciel, Nagisa, Pinkie, Karma and Sebastian now standing there in the same car. As probably would be expected, Twilight found that the impact did wake the group up right away, all of them now up and alert, if not only awake. Twilight saw her moment and bolted for it, shoving Gluttony back and running to the others. Gluttony tried to bite her, only to take a chunk out of another seat instead, which he tore off easily with his teeth.

"Yugure, what happened?" asked Pinkie.

"He's trying to eat me, that's what happened!!" Twilight yelled, still freaked out now. Gluttony chewed up the seat in his teeth as he sniffed the air, taking in the new scents.

"There's new human smells everywhere in here. A Magi, and a witch too. they smell delicious.~"
Gluttony started a slow approach towards them from there.

"Can we ever get a break?" commented Karma.

"Sebastian, handle this," Ciel ordered. Sebastian stepped in between them and Gluttony from here. At least it'll save the others some trouble for once in this demon tussle, and the others knew that. Gluttony licked his mouth in anticipation over his full course meal sitting in front of him. He was sure he could eat at least one of them before the night was over. The gluttonous Homunculus rushed forward towards them at a breakneck speed, Sebastian at the ready. Gluttony only got about a inch away from biting Sebastian's head off when Aladdin got his shield up and blocked Gluttony just in time. Gluttony stunned, and stumbled back from the shield launch.

"I'm perfectly capable, thank you."

"Force of habit, sorry," Aladdin said, as Gluttony got to his feet.

"Why won't you let me eat?! I just want to eat you, is that too much?" Gluttony asked, shaking off the launch back.

"Is this dumbass for real?" Karma thought.

"He can't be serious. ... Unless ..." Nagisa thought, his mind trailing off as he tried to get Gluttony's view on the situation. It was obvious what answer that question would tell, but it almost seemed unsure for Gluttony. A more legitimate question in Gluttony's eyes.
Gluttony started to move in on them again, but Sebastian wasn't going to let him have the chance. Sebastian moved forward fast, and got a good kick right to the head, knocking Gluttony to the back wall. Gluttony almost seemed confused.

"What are you doing? You're a demon!" Gluttony said.

"Sorry but my lord's not interested in being eaten tonight, thank you very much."

"Why not?!"

Then came in the next guest. Sebastian, sensing the danger, quickly rushed back as some similar dark claws launched forward into their direction. The group just got missed by inches, and as they retracted, in soon came their next adversary, one which they knew right away.

"Lust!" Aladdin gasped. Sebastian readied to go for her, and rushed forward.

"Too slow!" Lust said, her claws just getting into Sebastian's face. In such an enclosed space Sebastian had little room to maneuver, but the torn up seat provided just enough cover for the strike as Sebastian knocked it up into her way, and getting torn to pieces. With all that racket going on, it was only a matter of time before -

"O-Oh my."

There you have it. Lust, Gluttony, and practically everyone else saw another newcomer into this game: Ed and Alphonse!

"What's going on?" Ed asked, troubled by the scene.

"Ed! Al! Quick, go away!" Twilight warned.

"Can I eat them?" Gluttony asked.

"Alright, but be quick," Lust simply said. Gluttony was sure pleased, and changed his targets on a dime. Perhaps these targets would be a bit more willing to get eaten than these other humans. Ed and Al couldn't believe their ears on the demand.

"Leave them alone, Lust! They're not involved in this!" pleaded Aladdin.

"No matter, we can't have any witnesses. This runt will be no trouble," Lust said. ...

"OH YEAH, CAN A RUNT DO THIS?!"

Then the biggest surprise came around here. Ed, reacting out of strong anger, suddenly started to act on Lust and Gluttony. Both of his hands clapped together, and he grabbed the closest metallic item at hand: the walls of the train specifically. Once both hands got onto that, blue sparks started to fly like crazy. Next thing Lust knew, the walls of the train, and the floor too by extension, caved in on her and pinned her in place of metal barricades, leaving only her head visible to Ed and Al, the team on the other side of it. Lust kept some composure but she didn't expect such a sudden jump from this random newcomer, and so strong no less. Gluttony was left stunned too by this sudden attack on his fellow Homunculus.

"What the? How'd you do that with such little effort?"

"DON'T CALL ME LITTLE!" Ed screamed, another surge of energy taking effect on the metal. Suddenly, Lust and Gluttony both were slammed with a launch pad made from the floor, the force so strong it slammed both right through the train car wall! Lust and Gluttony flew off out, tumbling down on the ground as the train sped off without them. After all that was over, another surge of power and the metal returned to where it was supposed to be.

"Uh. I don't think she was referring to you that time," Al commented.

"... Well, she still pissed me off!" Ed replied, still fuming. When all of that was over and done, Alphonse looked to the others, just to find Team Harmony staring in utter surprise, unsure what to say. Al tapped his brother on the shoulder to direct his attention towards the others. Well, he didn't mean to freak them out, even if he did a damn good job at it.

"Uh ... right. You ok?" Ed asked.

......

"OH MY GOD, was that full metal alchemy?! THAT'S AMAZING! That type of alchemy is so hard to use, but you got it right off the bat! AWESOME!! What other alchemy can you do? I bet it's very strong if you learned full metal alchemy," Aladdin praised, fanboying over Ed for a bit. Ed was a little perplexed at first, but he got a confident grin on his face after a bit. Well they were alright by the looks of it anyway. Though, as Ed was handling his admirer, Al looked to the others again.

"Are you okay?" Al asked.

"Oh, we're fine. Didn't know you can pull off alchemy like that," Karma said.

"Well, it's just my brother," Alphonse admitted.

"So we noticed. Thanks for the help," said Nagisa.

"... So. You're not freaked out?"

"Why would we? Trust me, we're far from anything normal," Blair commented, reminded Al of the incident yesterday. Al rubbed the back of his head for that response.

"So we're not going to take note of the damage your brother made?" Ciel reminded, pointed to the damage done to the train. At first, they weren't sure how to handle it, but Sebastian sighed and adjusted his glove again.

"Say no more, my lord, I'll take care of it," Sebastian simply said.
A minor setback for saving those on this train.

~~

"Damnit. This here better be worth it. Seriously, Lust and Gluttony get the fun job and I'm stuck with this one."

Miles away from the team, another job was being done this night as Envy moved along his way. As Lust and Gluttony were after Team Harmony and their quarry, Envy got the short end of the stick and still stuck in recruitment by Sombra, this time by himself. He may had been keeping out of trouble, but it wasn't doing his personal enjoyment any favors. At the least, Envy wasn't as restricted this time, and at the moment was actually up in disguise ala Amestris high guard. His patrol through the halls of the area was more than boring, to put it lightly. And this sort of choice wasn't even entirely Sombra's own either!

"Here we are."

Earlier that day, Envy, Lust, and Gluttony were in position over near what looked like a high ranking military field. The trio of Homunculus were hidden just enough to not be noticed by the multitude of Amestris patrol here, but they couldn't get in there without being spotted.

"Look at all those tasty humans," said Gluttony.

"let's not be hasty. Envy, how about you take this one?" Lust insisted.

"Why me? I'd rather tear them up than -"

"Just get in there. Sombra is on his last nerve with you since your last incident, and he wanted a spy in the military base anyway. Unless you want him to lose it on you."

"I hate it when she gets a point," Envy thought, annoyed. All the same, orders are orders and Envy had to handle them one way or another. At least this one wasn't as complicated this time. All he had to do was get some proper information about this place for Sombra, and nothing else. Boring, but straight forward. Envy continued his 'night patrol' for a while longer, keeping his eyes and ears open for anything suspicious or anything worth while. What advantage he can find in the long run for Sombra would do them good.
Far as the whole patrol getup went, not a guard remotely bothered to question him, which was probably for the best either way. Which explains how he pretty much got the job in the first place. He moved on alone, and without any assistance from the other guards as the night went on. For any normal guard, this would be the time to keep better focus on the job, but Envy was just getting more bothered. No adrenaline or joy of killing guards bummed him out more than anything. ...

"Honey, when're you going to retire and enjoy your life with your family?"

"Oh come on now, I'm not that old."

"What's this?" Envy thought, upon hearing the voices. It was about time he got anywhere. Envy quietly began to move in on the voices, which wasn't very far off as it turned out.
Envy found himself over by one of the base building, this one looking more like one for living space more or less. Just outside was a walkway, arching pillars running along to the center yard, leaving plenty of shadow cover for Envy or any other sneaking figure of the night. Envy took stationary to the corner of the building, and taking a small look around the corner to check for any guards.
That was when he found his little chatting group. The appearances here revealed three different people: father, mother, and son. The make looked to be a military Amestris soldier, and very high-ranking at that with his blue uniform. He appeared to be fairly old, forties to fifties most likely. He had jet black hair, a small mustache to match, and the most prominent feature was an eyepatch over his eye. Envy could only guess that this soldier had seen a bit of hardship in his life to get here according to that.
The wife of this soldier appeared more innocent than the soldier himself (obviously), and as well appeared pretty normal too, nothing unique to point out.
Then there was the son. He looked very young in contrast to his parents, possibly between five to ten years old. He had the innocence from his mother in his child expressions, though physical fetuses more matched his father. He seemed fairly normal too far as Envy was concern. Honestly Envy showed little interest in them, with the exception of this soldier. It seemed Envy caught them at a reunion sort of thing, as the child looked pretty excited to see his dad again. Envy stayed stationary anyway. After all there could be something here ...

"Her, Salim. Guess what your old man found out earlier today," said the soldier.

"What is it?" asked Salim.

"We're going to have some special guests coming to central tomorrow: Princess Victoria, and the Fullmetal Alchemist."

"Whoa, really?! Can I meet the alchemist, pretty please?" Salim asked, excited to hear it.

"You sure are excited to see him, huh," said the wife, Salim nodding his head.

"Yeah, he sounds so cool!" Salim replied. The soldier playfully fluffed Salim's hair, smiling to him.

"I'll be sure you get to meet him the minute he arrives," he promised.

It was at this point that Envy slipped away a bit, letting them do their own thing. This new information sunk in him easy, as he strolled down the path. Not only will a alchemist be coming in, but Victoria as well! What kind of luck was that? Still it might be trouble in disguise.

"So. An alchemist and England's princess. The alchemist should be fine, but Victoria might be a problem. I should keep my disguise on in their visit. Or at least until I get out of here, whichever comes first."

Envy. Envy?

Envy stopped himself on hearing the telepathic voice.

"What is it?"

Is Lust and Gluttony with you?

"No; Lust ditched me here to go after those holy brats with Gluttony. I think I got something for you."

Do you?

"Apparently that Victoria from England is stopping by central. And not just her, but a "Fullmetal Alchemist". What're your thoughts on that?"

... Both her. AND the alchemist. And the status on Nagisa and his friends?

"How the hell should I know?"

I see. ... Did you locate King Bradley?

Envy peeked around the corner once more, seeing the group walking on their way at this point.

"Just some old man in an eyepatch with a brat and wife."

Thats them! Envy, keep an eye on them both.

"Both? Both who, him and the wife?"

Him and his son. They both could be useful.

"You're joking." Envy could buy some of that, but he wasn't buying how both Bradley AND Salim could be useful to them.

Watch it, Envy. The others will meet you soon, but until then see what you can do. ... And don't stray this time. Or there will be hell to pay.

The telepathic message ended there. Good thing Envy wasn't watched there otherwise people would think he's senile. Either way, Envy was now stuck here, and on alert in watching the king of Amestris and his son too.

Hopefully it'll work.

.......

"Oh Envy, what am I gonna do with you?" Sombra sighed, as he got up from his meditation stance after his telepathic chat with Envy. With the trio of Homunculus apparently split up, he could only wonder what they could be actually doing now. At least Envy stayed on his task a bit more this time unlike before.