Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

"Is Karma Akabane and Edward Elric in?"

"Right this way."

With news of the encounter with the Crow Tengu, Team Harmony took time to go in and visit both Karma and Edward at the Tokyo midtown medical center, somewhere Seitenshi had both of them go to not long after the attack, Karasu's hits more damaging than expected. Guided by one of the staff, it didn't take them too long until they found the room where Ed and Karma were taking note in. Each one was in their own bed, side by side, both in patient garments, and bandaged up in a number of places. Edward Elric had his chest bandaged up, along with some bit of his good arm and a white headband on his head. As for Karma, his bandages covered up his torso where he was stabbed, and a bit of his head where Karasu sliced his face. Not too big, but still there as both of them needed stitches to seal up their cuts. Alphonse was there as well, but the injuries didn't seem too bad as Karma was sitting on his bed as Ed was actually on his feet already. Whatever injuries they actually got couldn't be too bad.

"Hey Karma, Ed," said Pinkie in her usual cheery way. A good little greeting from Team Harmony after everything.

"Oh hey guys, what's up?" said Edward, walking over to them.

"We're doing fine, and you two?" said Twilight.

"Much better than we thought, but they said we're gonna be in here for a day or two. you know, just to be sure we're alright."

"Considering one of you were going to die, that's pretty good. By the way, you doing alright, Karma?" asked Nagisa, looking to him.

"Eh, I'm fine, considering. I'd get skewered like a marshmallow if Alphonse didn't send that Tengu Karasu flying away," Karma said, looking over to Alphonse who was sitting nearby.

"I'm just glad to see you're all safe," Alphonse said.

"A Tengu you say? It sounds like the Great Tengu is coming up to play after all," Sebastian noted.

"What're you blabbering about now?" Ciel asked. Sebastian took little time to get to his point, and actually had Twilight's demon guide in hand and skinned through the pages to the Tengu in question, showing multiple Tengus including the Crow Tengu Karma fought

"These Tengu you just fought with. Notice how it numerously mentions this "Great Tengu" amongst their beliefs?" The others took a closer look at the details, and sure enough, the overall Tengu race has this reference to the Great Tengu in a number of places, often showing this being as a lord among Tengu in some sort of way.

"Hey, you're right," commented Nagisa.

"Indeed. The Great Tengu's a rather isolated demon in the Underworld, but it seems your little games had coaxed it out to the human world with its group of Tengu. This Crow Tengu, Karasu, was merely a Tiger Class demon, where as the Great Tengu is rumored to be just one fight away from a Dragon Class level. ... course this is just rumor," Sebastian said, giggling at the last part.

"DON'T TREAT IT LIKE A JOKE!" Nagisa, Twilight, and Aladdin insisted.

"It's just rumor, calm down," Sebastian insisted calmly, hands raised.

"Well anyway, I think we'll be fine. That's two futures screwed up, now there's that last one left. We're on a roll with this," Karma commented smugly.

"You kidding me, you barely made it Karma," Edward advised. Karma didn't want to make it out like that, but he was still right. That, and the possibility of this "Great Tengu" was still a bit interesting to wonder about. If that Crow Tengu could nearly kill him, he could only wonder how strong this Great Tengu must be. This did remind him of what happened with Seitenshi and Bradley though.

"Oh, by the way, you said Bradley and Selim were Homunculus, right? Guess what: that Fuhrer flat out admitted it to our president like it was nothing," Karma threw in, giving them all a word for thought. The others were surprised Bradley would even do that, Ciel looking more bemused than anything.

"You're kidding," groaned Ciel.

"Guess he's not scared to admit it," Aladdin realized, scratching his head.

"You should've seen him during the meeting," Blair said, being the only one who was actually there for the meeting.

"Ok, ok, so we saved Heine and Karma, but we still got Envy to deal with too. Let's try and keep an eye on him for a while," Nagisa suggested. Something they all could agree on for Envy's sake.

*knock**knock*

Looked like they had another guest showing up today. Pinkie had the honor of checking the door and soon their guest ended up coming in with a bouquet of roses, as out of nowhere as that was.

"Greetings Elric, Akabane. When I heard you two were in the hospital, I DASHED RIGHT OVER!"

The sight of the manly man gave Ed and Al shivers, especially with that manly statement, some of the others a little bit unnerved themselves. Lucky for them the room was plenty big enough for them all. The manly man saw them both and gently placed the flowers on a nearby table.

"As I suspected, you're in desperate need of my assistance. ..."

AND off came the shirt, and out showed the expansive and incredible muscular body. If they weren't freaked before, they sure were now.

"AAHHH!"

"What you need is an example of a perfect, physical specimen to inspire your recovery! You see, you love lively already!"

"WILL YOU GET OUT?!" shouted Ed. God was it awkward in there. The only who hadn't met this supposed stripper was Ciel, who was unnerved to say the most of the situation.

"Who in bloody hell are you?! And put your shirt back on this instant!" Ordered Ciel, obverting his eyes away from the situation.

"That would be the Major. We kinda ran into him during our first trip to Elysium," Nagisa explained. Though that didn't make the situation any better, especially with Major flexing still, despite Ed and Al's attempts to make him stop. Lucky Sebastian made a quick fix and got the shirt back on the Major before this embarrassing display could go any further (and before anyone could get kicked out).

"Not helping, my friend," said Sebastian.

"How'd you know they were here, Major? The attack just happened yesterday," asked Twilight.

"One of our comrades brought back word, and I had to come down to aid in their health!"

"Stripping's not aiding!" Edward snapped, as the Major went over to the roses, got his hand in there, and actually pulled out a message from inside it.

"Your current instructor Heine told me to give you this," the Major said.

"shall I read it, my lord?" asked Sebastian.

"Feel free," Ciel simply said. Sebastian took the letter and looked it over. Once he did, he took a moment to clear his throat and started reciting the letter.

"Team Harmony. I've recently had word back in Elysium of your fight with the Tengu, and it has reached the queen. Celestia wishes to meet up with all of you at the earliest convenience. And this time, I mean ALL of you. Ciel Phantomhive, I wish to have a word with you in private beforehand in regards to your current situation."

"Why does that not surprise me?" Ciel sighed, as Sebastian continued.

"Sincerely Heine Wittgenstein. P.S.: speaking on behalf of one of our generals, Edward and Alphonse are to have a word with her as well."

"Wait, her? Her who?" Aladdin asked.

"I'm afraid he left that to be desired," Sebastian sighed, showing that there wasn't an exact name to this female general. However, considering it pointed towards Edward and Alphonse Elric, it had to involve them in some sort of way.

"Funny how he pointed them out in particular for this one."

"Guess so. Hey Ed, Al, you know -" when Nagisa asked, both Ed and Al looked a little bit frazzled about the news, both of them not even looking at them.

"I suddenly don't feel so good," Ed said meekly.

"... Well, we still have a day or two until they get better. Major, tell Celestia we'll be there as soon as we can," Nagisa instructed. At least it'll give them some time to figure things out. The Major saluted them and went off on his way. They can't go anywhere with Karma and Edward being treated in the hospital anyway.

.......

"Sombra! Open up in there!"

While Team Harmony may be doing successful over there, Gaara himself had been far less lucky. With his agreement to work with Sombra, things had slowed down quite a bit since their encounter with Pride. Sombra had brought Gaara back to his Underworld palace, but as it stood, he was just left doing nothing for the most part, with the occasional demon passer for company. Now though he was getting a bit impatient with this demon king, and as Sombra was trying to handle some meditation, Gaara was right outside his door and trying to get in.

"And here I thought he was telling the truth," Gaara thought in anger. He continued to bang hard on his door over and over again, trying to get an answer, when another demon of the castle found him.

"My, we are impatient, aren't we?" said the female demon, strutting over to him. Gaara hadn't met too many other demons yet, so seeing the green succubus was a newcomer for him.

"Stay out of it. Sombra made me a promise, goddamnit," Gaara stated, before trying to open the door again. However, the succubus moved right in Gaara's way, grabbing him by his arm and moving him back before he could punch a hole in the wall.

"Listen, Sombra's not a demon to forget any promise he keeps, so do yourself a favor and refrain from breaking his door, will you?"

"How about I break your neck instead?" Gaara warned.

"Temperament, Gaara," warned the succubus. It was then that the door ended up opening, revealing not just Sombra, but Pride as well. Pride did end up joining with them after all, and at this point he and Sombra were a bit busy. In fact it was Pride who actually answered the door, making it a bit odder for the succubus.

"It's just Gaara and Chrysalis, Sombra. You want me to deal with them?" asked Pride.

"No, no, let them in. Gaara would anyhow," Sombra said. so, opening the door, Pride allowed Gaara and Chrysalis to come in. For a room in the Underworld, which was supposedly a medieval time place, this place looked more like an experimental area: which included a tester table and a number of experimental items: needles, scissors, and other examples of surgical tools. Seemed he and Pride were in the middle of some sort of practice when Gaara and Chrysalis interrupted him, but luckily the practice wasn't as big or dangerous enough to put them in big trouble. The first one he took note of was Chrysalis.

"Ah, Chrysalis. And the results of your recruitment?" Sombra asked.

"Pretty good. I managed to get a number of candidates together after a few kind words," said Chrysalis, as she pulled out a sort of list from her cleavage, and presented it to Sombra. Sombra was more interested in the list rather than where it came from so he went on to take that instead and read it over. Gaara was getting a bit impatient with Sombra as he was doing this.

"Hmm ... I'll think about them. Thank you," Sombra stated, putting the list in his pocket. Gaara reminded him of his presence with a grunt of his throat.

"Yes, Gaara?"

"Sombra, I've been waiting since we had our little get-together in Central, and we haven't done anything in days. If that was the last thing from me, then you fill in your end of the deal," Gaara made clear, speaking to him as if he was just some other piece of scum he'd come across. This reminder just made Sombra a little bit more frustrated with Gaara.

"Gaara, I've told you before I would get Shukaku out of you, and I will, but I got more than enough to do right now," Sombra made clear. Gaara though was not having it, and actually had the balls to step in Sombra's way, which actually unnerved Chrysalis a little bit.

"Now listen here, I've kept myself down because you said you're the only one who can get him out of me, and goddamnit I'm not going to wait any longer. You get him out of me, and I don't want any waiting," Gaara sternly spat. Chrysalis then intervened and grabbed Gaara.

"How dare you speak to this great hunk of a demon like that? He's the king of Tartarus may I remind you," Chrysalis snapped.

"And I'm reminding you to back off," Gaara warned again, forcing himself out of her grip.

"How sad," Pride commented.

"Right. ... OK, that's enough," Sombra stated, getting them both to stop. It was then he looked over to Gaara.

"You sit down. I'll get him out right now," Sombra stated. That was all Gaara needed to hear, and he went over as Sombra had said, taking a seat nearby. Sombra sighed and sat down across from him in his meditation position, before looking Gaara dead in the eyes. As he was doing this, Sombra's body started to turn into smoke, and began to seep into Gaara from his nose and mouth, temporarily choking him before he fully entered Gaara's body. If Shukaku was anywhere it would be inside him.
Eventually, Sombra opened his eyes and found himself in a rather empty area, completely dark and devoid of almost any light. Not any sign that he was anywhere in particular, nor anything around him to see or talk to. It wasn't exactly anything new for him though, as the demon king took time to look around. If Shukaku was anywhere here, it shouldn't be too hard to locate. ...

And not a moment too soon either.

After a little bit, something started to make its appearance after a few minutes. Something huge, far bigger than Sombra himself would be. A huge creature, who's body appeared to be made up purely of sand, large and thick as well. It had two stubby legs with huge claws, and very long arms with similar like claws on them too. Its single tail looked scaly, layering over one another like a pinecone or skink scales, and its head met with small yellow eyes and sets of sharp teeth to appear like that of a jack-o-lantern. The skin on the creature's body was colored in a similar sandy color, with multiple black streaks, stripes, and marks all over it, giving it a similar appearance to an obese, humanoid, demonic raccoon. Not too far from the truth. Sombra had found Shukaku.

"Shukaku."

"Sombra. ... First time in centuries did someone recognize me," said Shukaku, his voice surprisingly high-toned and almost screechy. An ironic voice for such a giant and foreboding demonic creature.

"And you're aware of my name?"

"I see and hear everything that husk of a boy hears and sees. Whatever that Gaara tries to keep secret can't get past me," Shukaku stated, giggling a little bit afterwards. A little familiar to another demon Sombra had to tangle with.

"Note for future. ... Listen, you want out of here, don't you? I can easily let that happen," Sombra said. Bizarrely though, Shukaku started to laugh like crazy at Sombra.

"You're joking! I can get out of this body anytime I want to! did you not see all that sand?" Shukaku pointed out. Sombra realized what he meant when thinking about all that sand manipulation attacks Gaara had used.

"That was you then. So if you can get out of here on your own, why don't you?"

"Can't you figure it out or do I have to go into a lecture?" Shukaku questioned.

"Damn, he sounds as crazy as Tirek," Sombra thought. ...

"Tirek? And where is that pathetic little troll of a demon at? Did he finally kill himself?" Shukaku questioned. Nothing in any book mentioned of Shukaku being telepathic at all, so hearing it make that supposed guess was a bit of an interesting surprise.

"Telepathic, huh?"

"No, no, you're just contacting me that way. Talk with your mouth or your brain and you'll still be talking to me."

"Oh yeah. And as for Tirek, yes, he was naïve enough to think he could charge out into the human world without planning and got himself killed. ... Then again, if you could see from Gaara's eyes, you should know that by now."

"Oh I saw that tiff, but with the reputation of regeneration it's always hard to tell if something's really dead."

"Decent point. Back to topic, shouldn't you rather be outside rather than inside Gaara Shukaku? If all that was you, it's clear you got more than enough power on you."

Shukaku laughed again.

"Ironic: you get ticked off at Tirek for releasing a savage beast and here you are trying to get me out."

"This is a favor to Gaara, Shukaku. We made a deal, you know that, and between you and me, Gaara's being a persistent pain about the whole thing."

"Who wouldn't be? Gaara's always had a one-track mind since he was born. Hell, he could barely stay asleep without me playing with him and keeping him awake. Nothing like a few threats to make one submit to your will, eh Umbra?"

"It's Sombra," Sombra corrected.

"And I'm not gullible either," Shukaku joked, laughing again at Sombra's expense. Sombra wasn't really amused at all.

"Very funny. Now are you coming out or not?"

"To be honest I planned to. I've been biding my time until I come out, but not yet. I'm having plenty of fun with this, and it keeps me out of trouble too with Team Harmony and their antics. Besides, wouldn't it be easier to control me in this husk rather than my true form?"

"Who said I'd wanted to control you, Shukaku?" Sombra questioned. Shukaku started to move closer to him, his stubby legs shaking the ground from under him as he did so. Sombra actually had to take a step back as Shukaku towered over him like a god.

"You're talking to the one of a few remaining Nine-Tailed beasts, you know that. That, and I'm sure you have your reasons for recruiting Gaara in the first place? I'm the real reason he's keeping in line with you because he's so desperate to get rid of me. Why else do you think he even bothered to train Nagisa in the first place?" Sombra was going to remark about that, but he was surprised as to how right Shukaku was. If Gaara really wanted Shukaku out of him, someone with a blessed weapon like a Halo Blade would be enough to drive him out.

"A surprising amount of sense. ... How long until you get out, might I ask?"

"You can figure that out yourself. And just some food for thought: Gaara only has that sand manipulation because of me. You remove me from Gaara, and you're only left with another young human with a short temper. Is that what you want out of a Team Harmony potential ally?"

"Damn, you're good," Sombra thought, but Shukaku still heard him. It didn't matter anyway, as these points Sombra didn't exactly consider until now.

"That and he could reveal some tough information as well."

"That'd be the idea. After hanging out with you for a while, I think we can work out a little deal that'll make everyone happy. Well, namely you and me."

"... What did you have in mind, Shukaku?"

Shukaku gave Sombra a rather sinister grin.

...

Eventually, Sombra returned back to the real world, he and Gaara finished with their little session, and back in the room with Pride and Chrysalis. Gaara took one look to Sombra when he was done, not seeing really anything happening.

"Well?" Gaara asked. Sombra sighed and looked a bit disappointed in the result he had.

"Take this how you will, but I couldn't seem to find him in there. The task might be harder than I thought ..."

"Damnit, Shukaku."

"... Still, maybe you could try to handle some things with Chrysalis for me beforehand?" Sombra asked. That didn't suit well for Gaara at all, but Sombra raised his hand to keep him quiet.

"Now I know what you're thinking, and I do promise that I'll eventually release Shukaku, but It's going to take some time and there's too much going on. If you and a few others could keep things out of the way or now, I could get a solution much faster that way. Please understand that being a Demon King has it's priorities, and those have to be handled before I could help you. You think you can do that for me?" Sombra asked. Gaara felt his hopes being stabbed at by the very same demon that's still stuck inside of him. Then again, Sombra was the only lifeline he had left to get Shukaku out of his body, and a guaranteed one nonetheless, so in the end Gaara had to consort with Chrysalis.

"Fine. ... You better not forget why I'm here," Gaara warned, before getting up and beginning to walk away.

"Chrysalis, he's gonna be working with you and your group for a bit, so be sure you tell him what to do," Sombra instructed.

"Awww, do I need to?"

"Do you want me to have some fun with you later?"

Chrysalis needed no more convincing, and she went off on her way to catch up to Gaara. Soon it was just Sombra and Pride again. Eventually, both of them went over to the table once more, Sombra picking up a syringe nearby.

"Now, where were we? ..."

~~

The next day, Edward and Karma both were released from the hospital after some recovery in their wounds, and as they've said earlier, they were more than ready to head off on their way to Elysium. Heine waited for the whole group over off at the pickup nearby the 3-E building as before, with the giant bird and carriage all present and awaiting for their arrival. A bit of a Deja Vu, but Hopefully there wouldn't be too much trouble.

"Not too long now. Let's hope everyone's more willing this time," Heine thought, taking a look at the time. He didn't give a specific time to go off, but with how much longer it was taking to his liking he might be asking a bit much out of them. ...

"Hold that carriage, Heine!"

"There they are," Heine noted, and indeed it was. The whole group of Team Harmony had showed up now, which included Alphonse, Sebastian, and Envy. Heine had expected plenty of the group to show up, and seeing Ed and Karma well was a plus too, but he didn't expect to see Envy come around this time, though not that he really was annoyed by it. Heine was glad they all decided to go though.

"Hey, Heine. We're ready to go now," said Twilight.

"It would seem so. Now a word of advice for some of you though before we go: Sebastian. I highly advise you especially to keep some needed distance. You may be amongst Team Harmony, but that won't excuse your chemical reaction to the Overworld, understand?" Heine advised. Sebastian knew all too well what that would mean, and Ciel understood this too. If Sebastian was coming, he just had to be a bit more careful up there than he would be down here.

"I will keep a low head, Heine," Sebastian reassured.

"Very well then. In that case, may you all head on and we'll be off on our way," Heine said, as they begin to board up the carriage. It didn't really take them too long before they all were seated inside, though it was Envy's first time seeing the carriage itself, taking a moment to look around the place before sitting down over by Blair.

"A royal Overworld carriage, huh?" Envy commented.

"I know right? We are going to see the queen though, so why wouldn't we be here? Think this'll be the first time you've seen the Overworld Envy," Blair noted, fluffing his hair.

"Yeah. Come to think of it, I don't think any other Homunculi seen the Overworld either," Envy said, now that it was brought up. Suddenly Envy started to feel a bit more special about it, being the first Homunculus to go to the Overworld. He was now a human, but still it was interesting.

"OH, a bonus!" Pinkie beamed.

"It would be said for me as well. I've heard many a word about the Overworld, but it'll be the first time seeing it with my own eyes," Sebastian also noted. Sure a homunculus may not be put into too much trouble, but he was a fullblood demon so that made things more complicated for him. Not just in law, but in health as well.

"You just be careful there, Sebastian, and everything will be fine. Everything all set up there?" asked Nagisa, turning to the front seat to Heine, who at this point had got into the driver's seat. All Heine did was nod and rang the chime of one of the bells, and the bird flew off once again towards the Overworld Elysium. With their flight off, Ciel took a small look off back down to earth, seeing how high up they were getting after a short while, the ride giving him time to think, and remember about a particular talk he had at that same building. ...

"You wanted to talk, Heine?"

Heine nodded his head, finding Sebastian and Ciel over by the 3-E just the night prior, and inside the building too to avoid the night cold.

"I do. Now I do want to point out that this is a required visit to Elysium this time, so I do want to point out a number of details for you and your demonic butler there, if I may," Heine explained. however, Ciel didn't find it too interesting, nor something he could make worth while.

"You might as well save yuour breath. I don't intend to go up to the Overworld anytime soon, you get it."

"Your trip to Elysium isn't a request, Phantomhive. Celestia wishes to meet all of you, and that's not something that can just be denied so casually," Heine said sternly. Ciel was starting to get upset, but rather than do that he removed the eyepatch and revealed the contract symbol to him again.

"... Heine. You were there when I told Gakuho off with my own past. This contract confirms the fact that the gates of paradise will never be for me to venture to. Even if I wanted to go, I can't even do so. Stop pretending like it's something possible," Ciel made clear, though he didn't sound too worried or remorseful about it, much like how facts can't be altered either. Heine began to see what he actually meant, but he wasn't willing to give up and suddenly his pointer was aimed directly at him.

"It's time for a lesson," he announced. Heine was seeing something else behind those eyes, and Ciel just allowed him to go on with whatever he had to say.

"Before quitting something you want to do, you should always explore alternative solutions. Broadening your horizons to the options when they come forward will give you a more profitable future, where as keeping your mind narrowed will bring forward the latter. Don't try to immediately avoid these chances when they do come around. As I've said: One must consider all options when the opportunity does arise to be truly successful."

"Ciel ... Ciel?"

Aladdin's word got Ciel back to reality, the group already high up into the sky and closing the gap between them and Elysium.

"Uh, sorry. What?"

"I'm trying to tell you something about Undertaker: he actually works as a librarian up here. We might actually run into him again if you're lucky," Aladdin told him.

"... I doubt that," Ciel stated, this news catching him off guard more than most. Why would the Undertaker be up in the Overworld in the first place, and as a librarian no less?

.......

"We're about to land."

It really took less time than Ciel, Sebastian, or Envy really expected. Envy got his head out from the side of the carriage as they flew, and sure enough they were reaching the city of Elysium, the very sight of it a big surprise for the kid. The floating buildings, many flying angels, and almost dream-like physics to the place surely had a special look to it for Envy to see. Unlike before though, which Heine parked the carriage by the main lobby, he brought the group over from the main streets and over towards a much larger building. With how much it looked like a castle, it was clear where the stop was actually going to be. Eventually Heine found a landing platform by the palace, and got it down gently. Waiting for them was some of the Elysium guards, all lined up and waiting for them over by the door, outfits similar to the Major and his troops.

"Hello Elysium, we're back for round two!" announced Pinkie Pie as she hopped right out. The others followed her outside, Heine going off from the driver's seat. Many of them got out okay, Envy and Ciel included, but it was Sebastian who started to feel a little bit uneasy. not exactly sick, but feeling just a bit off when he got out.

"Looks like they were expecting us," noted Nagisa, seeing the line up in front of them. Looking back, Blair noticed that Edward and Alphonse were standing ... pretty far back.

"You two okay? You've been in Elysium before," Blair pointed out, but both boys felt way more uneasy than Sebastian was. A bit odd since they joined the others in getting to Elysium the first time on the field trip and even went off on their own to mend Ed's automail, so why were they freaking out now? Ed tried to chill, but Alphonse looked too worried.

"I think I'm too scared brother. There's no way she's not gonna kill us," said Al, freaking out and shaking in his armor, both brothers holding hands.

"Hey, don't chicken out on me now, I'm scared too okay?!" replied Ed, equally terrified. But, terrified of who? Was it this general they were talking about or what?

"She, who's she?" asked Twilight.

Apparently they didn't have too long to figure that out, as they heard the soldiers get in position. Once that was done, then walked out the "she" they were talking about. Each soldier stayed still as she passed them by, walking straight towards the team. She was dressed up in an Overworld general's uniform, showing her high authority to whomever was coming her way or passing her by, not to mention a sabre sword at her side. Her blonde hair reached down to her waist, covering one of her blue eyes which pierced through the team with little effort on her part. Eventually she stopped and examined them over. Of course, it didn't take very long until she saw Edward and Alphonse, her eyes narrowing

"Hello, little red runt. I heard you've become one of Amestris's military dogs," she said sternly. Normally Ed would pummel her or at least tell her off for calling him a runt, but he was too freaked out to do so, which shocked most of the group.

"Oh y-you heard about that?" Ed said meekly.

"Uh, hi there. I guess you're one of the soldiers?" Nagisa asked, only to be met with a glare to silence him. At first she didn't say much, and looking him over again, but she eventually spoke again.

"My name is Olivier Mira Armstrong. And you're to refer me as "General"," she made clear.

"Armstrong, ease yourself. This happens to be Team Harmony, you know. The same group who'd been handling demons down in the human world, remember?" Heine reminded. According to Olivier though, she didn't see very much promise in this rag-tag team of humans. When her eyes saw Sebastian though, Olivier immediately grew suspicious.

"Not promising."

"So cold," the team thought. Heine found it annoying, but they still had a meeting to get to, so there was no time to waste.

"Now, let's be on our way. You can talk to Ed and Al later, Olivier," Heine said, beginning to walk by her. Ed and Al begin to follow, just for Olivier to grab them both by the shoulder, pulling Al down to her level. The grab freaked them both out.

"You two don't forget our little get-together. Because I'll find you," Olivier warned.

"We won't, we won't, we promise!" They both quickly said, and only then did Olivier let them go. It was kinda hard to notice for some of the members.

"What did they do to piss her off?" Nagisa thought.

~~

"Now all you remain here until everything's prepared. I'll get you all later."

So, after that little venture, Heine brought them off from the landing port and started heading through the castle. That little encounter got plenty of them even more curious over what happened with Ed, Al, and Olivier, especially with how harsh she was treating them. They did get to the room Heine brought them to, but instead of the throne room straight away, it looked more like a guest room, with plenty of space for them all to wait. Heine left them to their leisure from there and while they were alright overall, Sebastian was starting to feel a bit more uncomfortable. So much Overworld energy made Sebastian feel like he was in a minefield. He felt some very slight sweat form up on his face, which he patted away with a napkin from his coat pocket.

"Easy, Sebastian, the others will catch onto you if you keep freaking out," Envy commented. Any angel finding out about Sebastian's demonic identity would get them all in trouble.

"My apologies. ... A bit warm, that's all," Sebastian simply said.

"Way ahead of ya," Pinkie suddenly said, and all of a sudden she had a little something for him: an umbrella. How she got that here was anyone's guess, but after she opened it and gave it to him, the shade surely helped Sebastian a bit.

"Much obliged," Sebastian said.

"Where'd she get that from?" Envy wondered. One of many questions best not to ask about Pinkie Pie. As they were chilling though, the nagging question over Edward and Alphonse's involvement with Olivier still hung in the air, and the brothers could feel that they wanted that sort of question answered.

"Hey bros, what's with you and Olivier?" Karma suddenly asked, finally getting that question out and open for the brothers.

"Yeah, you two secretly Angels going incognito?" Pinkie asked, popping up between Edward and Alphonse.

"Eh ... no, we're not," Alphonse said.

"Then what happened with you three? that bitch nearly tore your arms off - MMPH!" Envy's comment was shut up by Alphonse, who covered his mouth.

"Would you watch it?! If she hears that she'll actually do that," Alphonse said, scared. That was not something to say to someone like Olivier, if she was nearby, but luckily for them she wasn't around.

"You might as well tell us. Seriously, I've never seen you two so freaked out before," Nagisa admitted. And with many of them in recorded memory that was mainly true. Edward sighed and got himself comfortable in his seat.

"OOO story time," said Pinkie, as Alphonse started to think and remember a bit.

"let's see ..."

"NO! That's my livelihood you idiot!"

A rather troubling accident: in one of Amestris's towns, one seemingly aristocratic man had just made a rather rough accident with someone's food stand. The main aftermath effected them both one way or another: the car was dented up with a broken windshield while the food stand laid down in a heap of wood with smoke bellowing out from it.

"I-I'm terribly sorry sir," said the driver.

"Well 'sorry' isn't gonna fix my stand," retorted the angry stand keeper. Rude, but unfortunately true, and with the extent of these damages it was indeed a troubling sight to see. Who knew how long it'll be before this was fixed.

"Looks like you could use some help!" called a distant voice. Both men turned, and there stood the person that would give them their answer. The person: Edward Elric. He looked a bit younger here, slightly shorter by an inch, but he still had his mechanical parts on him. He was in a more "introductory" pose, fingers pointed forward with a wink on his face for style as his brother (still in his armor by the way) was nearby with Japanese-styled fans for cheery support.

"It's a good thing I happened by. Edward Elric: State Alchemist at large!" Ed beamed. Alchemist? both men weren't exactly convinced, but before either one of them could complain, Edward Elric clapped his hands together, blue sparks flying out, and in little time all with a bit of regeneration, both the car, and the stand, were up and good as new!

"Wow, that's amazing!" said the shopkeeper.

"Thank you very much sir. Please, you have to let me pay you for this," said the other man. This act quickly caught attention of the locals, but Edward didn't have too much trouble with that. If anything he enjoyed it pretty nicely.

"Pay? Well that's not necessary but thank you," Edward said, acting humble about it as his brother continued his support with his fans. Amongst the crowd was another person, an old women, who came up with what looked like a broken pot.

"Please can you mend my broken vase? It's a priceless family heirloom," the old lady asked politely.

"No problem at all mam," said Eh with a thumbs up.

It didn't take very long, but eventually Edward started to fix up things all over town. Soon after the broken vase was mended it was one item after the others, each one done with equal amount of hero-enthusiasm and little time needed for each one: Edward found a old man with a snapped walking cane, and one alchemic try and it was good as new. Some construction workers saving tons of time on a support beam to an outside overhang when Edward mending the beam with a clap of his hands. Edward even took the time to help out a mother and baby by fixing up their baby carriage, the baby giddy about the light show more than anything. All this stuff finished up in no less than an hour of time, which would take hours just to get through one of them. The more things the Elrics got involved in the more attention they got, and by the time they were done Edward was up on a light post in a hero's pose, taking in the cheers and joy from many of the locals as Alphonse continued his support with his fans.

"That's right, I'm your friendly neighborhood state alchemist! Don't forget, I'm Edward Elric!" Edward announced, more cheers from the crowd. It was a good day for many a people around this town, thanks to the alchemy used by Edward.

.......

Soon, they got a break from it and it reached sunset. With all that help they gave, they both felt pretty good about things. With this town all handled in their main problems, both Alphonse and Edward both went off through the outskirts, and on their way down the road and away from the town. Even without too much money given to them, the two still felt pretty good for helping out the town.

"K, so where to next? This town's taken care of," Edward asked.

"You know, we have been doing these small towns, so why not try and go up a bit?" Alphonse suggested. Edward didn't need very much time to get where his brother was coming from, and a grin came on his face.

"Of course, Central! Why didn't I think of that? If we can make miracles here, Central would surely give us a great welcome," Edward figured. He could see it himself: both him and Alphonse being greeted by the men and women of Central, all in salute to them, and cheering for them both when Edward would show off his alchemy regeneration skill. While his brother didn't worry about fame like Ed, he still thought about just how much help they could be when they would get there, imagining him and his brother as highly respected individuals because of it, seeing them both earning the generosity prize from the king himself or something like that. Regardless if it was for either fame or generosity, both brothers reached the same conclusion.

"Central?" Alphonse asked.

"Central," Ed simply answered.

"Not just yet."

Both brothers stopped when they heard the statement, as someone else walked out of one of the alleyways to meet with them, blocking their way. This women was Olivier, and she was quick to stare them down the minute she showed up. Seeing her made the two shocked more than anything.

"A Amestris soldier?!" the two thought. Guess the stern look wasn't the thing that shocked them first.

"I saw what you two did earlier today. Now, you and I need to talk," Olivier said sternly, and coldly. Al and Ed immediately turned and were whispering to eachother.

"What're the odds an Amestris soldier would be showing up here?" Alphonse noted.

"I know, this is perfect! After we're finished helping her, she'll put a great word for us at Central for sure," Edward said, excitedly. The logic seemed to be there, and since they've never been to Central yet this could very well work in their favor. The decision was made fairly quickly, and both of them turned to Olivier, Edward stretching before walking up to her.

"Well, you want some help from the state alchemist? Well, you came at a great time, because I'll help in anything you need," Edward said, acting out the hero role from earlier. Unlike practically everyone else around town though, Olivier was not remotely impressed by it. If anything, it bugged her even more with the cocky nature of Ed. Her answer moments later? ...
Slashing at them with her sword! The sword didn't hurt them at all, but when Ed saw some of his hair get cut off and fade to dust, that surely freaked them both out, both kids yelping and jumping back away from her, as Olivier aimed her sword right at them.

"W-What was that for lady?!" gasped Alphonse.

"You two think you can show off that alchemy so freely, you little bugs?"

"A bug? I'm no bug, lady - WAAAHHH!" Ed was immediately silenced when Olivier skewered right above his head. A inch lower and Ed would've got killed by her in that strike, though it mainly showed that Olivier was more than worthy to beat them both up in no time at all.

"You're in no place to be talking down to me. Now where'd you figure out how to do that?" Olivier demanded, her sword aimed at them and waiting for an answer. Any wrong word and they'll be nothing but cubes before she would be done with them. Ed gulped.

"I-I ... I ... Look, thief!" Ed said, pointing past her. However, Olivier didn't remotely budge.

"Terrorist! ... there's a sale on weapons! ... uh ... not working, huh?"

"Idiot," Olivier simply stated, her sword dangerously close to his face. The sword, combined with her almost terrifying glare humbled both boys.

"Had either of you ever heard of secrecy? You can not show off that kind of power like it's a new style. Maybe I should cut off what limbs you have left to teach you a lesson."
Ed and Al weren't going to stay to find out any further, and both of them bolted for it. That just sparked Olivier to go right after them, much to their surprise. Olivier proved to move much faster though, and was catching up fast. Alphonse tried to avoid her, but Olivier actually went a bit far with her approach, and tackled Alphonse down. That move was forceful enough to knock off his head, which Edward caught in his arms as he turned back. Now Edward was getting angry at her.

"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, LADY?!" shouted Edward.

"Don't try and run away from me, coward!" Olivier yelled.

"Well, let my brother go then!" Edward insisted. Olivier paused and looked at the armor, but she couldn't find anything inside at all. Nothing but air and metal walls of Alphonse's armor. Olivier did get off, but she wasn't by any means calmed down as she moved over to Edward.

"That thing's your brother?" Olivier questioned.

"Yes he is, and don't you think you can kill my brother because you're an Amestris soldier," Edward warned, though this was more of his anger talking rather than sense, something which Alphonse was a bit worried about. As for Olivier, she looked back at the body again, which was actually up on its feet and walking back to them as best it could. Edward took the moment to give the head back, and soon Alphonse was whole again. Eventually, Olivier aimed her sword back at Edward again.

"You need to keep this more quiet, get it? And that goes for your "brother" too. Stop treating this alchemy like it's some sort of game, there's a reason why alchemy is dead here," Olivier firmly stated, making sure her words didn't miss them. The brothers didn't want a fight anymore.

"Ok, ok, we promise, just put that thing away," Edward insisted. Olivier sighed roughly before withdrawing her sword, and with that said she started walking away. That was all the reassurance she needed, but she decided to give them one more message.

"And one thing. If I catch either one of you playing around with this in front of anyone else again," Olivier finished her statement by slashing apart a nearby barrel, which freaked out them both. With that, she went off and out of sight, leaving the two brothers wondering what to actually do now.

"That explains it," Aladdin said.

"Yeah, so after that Al and I went off hiding from there. I had to keep Alphonse out of sight for the most part, and had to keep Alchemy low," Edward explained.

"Hence me finding Al in an alleyway and not with you?" Blair asked.

"Yep."

"Sorry to hear that, Ed. I don't think she'll be too mad at you now, especially with what happened," Nagisa assured.

"Well I don't know. Considering ... considering ... she's gonna kill us when she finds out what happened," Ed wept.

"It would've been nice to at least have had a girlfriend before I died," Alphonse added, also worried sick. However, as surprising as it was that they met a Elysium general on their travels, Nagisa started to wonder a little bit about it.

"No, that can't be right. Ed and Al are more strong than that, they couldn't have been that scared of her then, right? ... Something else must've happened between them," he thought. Before they could go any further, the doors soon opened up again, and ... well, speak of the devil.

"Hello, little red runt."

"Gah! ... little, red ..." Ed said, freaked out and shivering again. Just their luck she would show up after their little story. And after hearing that as well, the others had their impression on her already, and they doubt if Olivier cared about that or not.

"Ah, Olivier, we were just talking about ya," Karma suddenly said, freaking out the brothers even more.

"I heard you already from outside the door. Edward, Alphonse?" Olivier said, her sword drawn out again, scaring them both. That was more than enough for Team Harmony, and Envy, and Pinkie suddenly were grabbing the sword in Olivier's hand, worried she would attack them.

"Back off, Olivier!" Envy demanded.

"Let go of that, you brat," Olivier demanded, trying to get the sword back, but Envy and Pinkie weren't letting up.

"Ed and Al are trying their best, they don't deserved to be marshmallow'd!" Pinkie cried. confusing, but Olivier managed to get her sword back after a good yank. She was more upset at Pinkie and Envy than she was at Edward and Alphonse.

"Who said I was going to kill them? I'd 'marshmallow'd' them by now if I did," Olivier said.

"Y-You're not mad?"

"Don't push your luck," Olivier warned, worrying Al again before addressing everyone else in the group.

"Now who's in charge here?" Olivier asked. In charge? None of them really considered that at all, most of the time they were just friends working together and didn't consider anyone in charge of anything in their group. In the end, Ciel Phantomhive got her attention.

"May I ask your reasoning, Armstrong?" Ciel questioned. Olivier didn't like the tone given to her, but she bared it and reached for what they thought was her sword again, but instead she tossed what looked like a folded paper to him. After some unfolding, it turned out to be a set of wanted posters of a number of notable figures on it, each with their own bounty underneath.

"The queen was going to blabber on about this, but I got tired of waiting. The longer those pansies continue going around, the more damage they'll cause."

"So you want our group to go out and handle them for you," Ciel concluded.

"with me. I'm not staying behind just because it's your group doing it," Olivier made clear. After hearing Ed and Al's story it was a bit out of nowhere.

"Damn, first you try to kill these two and now you're asking for our help. Talk about a one eighty," Karma joked. Olivier just ignored his remark, Ciel nodding his head and giving it to Nagisa to look over. First time they've been actually tasked to hunt down some demons since this whole thing started. Most of the time they just found the demons where they went, so this was interesting for them. Not to mention one of them was actually the Great Tengu they were just talking about too.

"We'll see what we can do," Ciel simply concluded. Olivier could tell that was the best answer Ciel was going to give her, so she then went over to Ed and Al.

"And you two watch yourselves! If Pluton wasn't dead because of your involvement then there'd be a world of pain for you," Olivier warned. Ed and Al quickly got the hint, but still moved back a little bit, which Olivier found a bit silly.

"Really now, I expect far more from my former students than a bunch of cowering dunces," stated Olivier. Well THAT came out of nowhere! The whole group turned to Ed and Al, both of which felt a little embarrassed. Before they could explain themselves though, Olivier had another message for them as she opened the door.

"By the way, Celestia's ready for you now, so you better get moving," Olivier suggested. The others begin to get up and go, but suddenly Sebastian was stopped by Ciel.

"... For the sake of the rest of us, you stay by the door," Ciel simply instructed.

"Yes, my lord."

~~

After some guidance from Olivier herself, the whole group had gotten themselves from the guest room and off to the throne room. They had time later to figure the student and teacher thing out with Olivier, Ed, and Al, but for now they had a meeting with the queen to get to. It didn't take them too long, but eventually they did reached the main doors to the throne room in question.
The throne room was fairly large, and pretty elegant for the queen of Elysium to have. A long red carpet reached from the door to the throne itself over clean white floors. The walls lines with pillars and window murals up to the throne itself, each side of the back wall had a banner for the Overworld symbol, resembling the sun and the moon. Pretty nice for the queen herself to have.
Speaking of which, it didn't take them too long before they saw Celestia herself standing there. The two words that would describe the queen would be beautiful and regal: a women with fair skin and a skim figure, standing about as tall as Sebastian. She wore a white cream, long-sleeved dress which ended in a yellow flair at her feet, a set of yellow heeled shoes, accompanied by small gold accessories on her wrists, elbows, and running around her neck and shoulders, a purple gemstone at the center of her chest. Her hair flowed down her back in a flow of many colors, a calming rainbow almost like the aurora lights, and her violet eyes greeted them with calming demeanor and almost motherly comfort. The angel was clearly recognized as such by her creamy white wings, and a horn that came out of her head like that of a unicorn. The horn was also accompanied by a tiara, which was also gold and having a purple gemstone on it.
They all could sense a sort of holy power flow from her, regardless if they had a sense for it or not, and Aladdin almost immediately bowed to her. Being a Magi of the Overworld, it would be disrespectful otherwise. Turned out as well she wasn't alone: Heine was over nearby and at attention, along with the Major.

"Team Harmony. It's so nice to see you all at last," Celestia said, walking over to them.

"I-It's nice to see you too, uh, your highness," said Nagisa, humbled at her presence. The others felt similarly, though Pinkie couldn't help but stare in amazement at the beautiful queen. Celestia took a moment to look them all over, and actually started to smile and giggle softly.

"What's so funny?" Ciel questioned.

"Oh, nothing much. I'm a bit humbled myself, actually," Celestia admitted with a smile.

"Let me guess, because of how many demons we battled off of our world?" Karma figured. That would be enough to earn respect regardless.

"And it was all done by a group of children too. At such a young age and look at how much you've all done already. Congratulations," Celestia said.

"Oh. Uh, thank you," Twilight said. It was then Celestia looked to Aladdin, who was still bowing on the ground. Aladdin was just trying to show his respect to her, but he didn't realize that no one else was doing in.

"I think you can get up now," Blair said, nudging Aladdin.

"O-Oh, uh, ok," Aladdin said, red in the face and getting up to his feet. Ciel then stepped to her.

"So, queen Celestia -"

"Call me Princess Celestia. It makes me sound younger," Celestia joked.

"Right. Princess Celestia, what's this about exactly?"

"It's just a visit, Ciel. Is there anything wrong in just a informal visit?" Celestia asked. Not exactly what Ciel expected to hear, but they didn't really protest against it. However, she then took a look over at Sebastian standing over by the door, and noticed that he was feeling a bit troubled. Sebastian had been a bit troubled since arriving here, feeling pretty warm since showing up, but while the others didn't want to get into trouble, Celestia actually started going up to him, making the situation a bit more troubling.

"Is everything okay?" Celestia asked. Sebastian felt himself heat up when she moved over to him, but he tried to keep himself relaxed and not act too troubled for being here.

"Just under instructions, mam," Sebastian simply said, not even looking at her in the face. The others were beginning to get a little bit worried, and Celestia actually went on and gently placed her hand on Sebastian's hand, keeping it there for a moment. Sebastian tried to keep himself together. Eventually though, Celestia started to sense something with him, especially where her hand was.

"Oh dear. A demon in the throne room."

Crap, they were found out! The news got the Major and Olivier very on edge, and Olivier immediately drew out her sword, but Nagisa, Twilight, and Blair got in the way, Celestia backing up.

"NO, NO, NO, NO, wait a minute! Yes, he's a demon but he's on our side really, he saved our lives multiple times, and yeah he can be a bit rough but he's not willing to harm anyone!" Twilight quickly stated. However, Celestia looked at them all down with disapproval. ... but then laughed.

"I'm joking, I knew he was a demon since he arrived here."

"Well, why didn't you say?" Olivier questioned.

"You heard what they said. Sebastian is a demon, but he's done more good than harm. As long as he doesn't run into any holy water, he should be okay," Celestia said. A wave of relief washed over all of them, including Sebastian. At least Celestia had an open mind about the situation, even if it meant letting a demon run around her own castle. Celestia then turned over to the rest of the group, walking over and stopping in front of Envy. Envy had tried to keep quiet about it, but seeing the Overworld queen like this left him unsure what to say. He took a few steps back as she came close.

"Ah, Envy. Heine did mention you while he was there. Are you enjoying your life as a Human?" Celestia asked. Envy recollected himself, glancing at Heine nearby.

"Eh, it's okay. Took some time getting used to, but it's fine," Envy said. What else could he say? He couldn't even look up at Celestia, but Celestia brought her gentle hands under his chin and lifted his gaze up her, Envy seeing her sweet smile. After that she moved over to the front of the group again, Envy trying to calm down from that.

"It is nice to meet all of you, but as this is a meeting, I do have something for you," Celestia informed, catching their attention.

"Sweet, what is it?" Blair asked. Celestia then turned over towards the Major. They didn't notice when they came in, but they did find out that Winry was also with him, standing at attention.

"Edward. I believe it was Winry who mended your automail, right?" Celestia asked.

"Uh, yeah, why?"

"Because she's going to be your new mechanic from here on out. In a way, it is her automail your wearing, so it would make sense for the mechanic of the automail to be with you. Winry Armstrong, do try to help him however you can," Celestia explained. So basically, Celestia gave Edward a mechanic. Edward glanced to Karma, who was smiling smugly at him. Edward knew the idea Karma must have in his head, but he didn't say anything. With her dad standing right there, and how strong he even was, he'd rather not get his head cracked open by Alex.

"... Wait. Winry Armstrong?" Ed thought. He worked out the family tree in his head and reached the similar conclusion as the others: Winry was related to Olivier.

"Hey Ed, Al, guess we'll be hanging out together for a while, eh?" Winry said with a smile.

"Eh, yeah. Cool," Ed said meekly. He could only wonder what sort of traits she might've got from Olivier, and not a good idea to make any snazzy comments to both parents here.

"Ah, a new member! Welcome aboard," said Pinkie with a grin.

"Do try to make her feel right at home. It'll be grateful over what you three had gone through. Also, I do have something else to show you all," Celestia said, ready to grab whatever it was. However, she found that the item was ... kind of missing. Celestia looked a little confused and tried to find it. After a little bit though, Nagisa started to guess what she had in mind and then pulled out the poster Olivier gave to them earlier.

"Looking for this?"

"How'd you get that already?" Celestia asked.

"Your general Olivier got impatient, that's how," Karma commented. Olivier felt a little bit ticked for the tattletale, but more embarrassed for it being right in front of Celestia. The queen just kept that aside and looked back to the group.

"Yes. I know it might be much, but perhaps ..."

"Sure," Nagisa said, a bit quick too. "We've been running into so many left and right, I'm more than sure we'll end up finding them anyway. Besides, Karma already faced one of the Great Tengu's followers, so seeing him shouldn't be for too long."
Honestly, saying this won't happen to them was simply hogwash at this point, and with how many they fought before they might as well take the task at hand with more open arms. At least Nagisa was more up to the task, and in the end many of the others started to agree to (Envy being the only exception that is). Celestia smiled on this word.

"How wonderful. I'm glad you're all so willing to help."

"Well let's be real, it's probably gonna happen anyway, why fight it? I'm actually looking forward to meeting the Great Tengu. If his followers are gutsy to attack at a military base, I wonder how the Great Tengu will fight," Karma brought. That detail about the military base actually reminded Ciel of another detail.

"Speaking of, Celestia, there's something I want to ask of you. A number of leaders down in the Human World had started a protection agreement, you see."

"Protection Agreement?" Celestia asked.

"Oh, that. It's an agreement for countries to protect eachother from the demons showing up. They've been pretty rough lately," Nagisa said.

"Well, something like that. And we've been wishing for some more Overworld support."

Celestia smiled.

"I'll have Olivier and Alex arrive in Tokyo to help you then," Celestia decided.

"Sounds good to me."

"Nagisa, what the hell?!" Ed and Al thought.

"It's all settled then. I wish you all my blessing," Celestia finished.

With the meeting over, Team Harmony took their leave from the throne room, Sebastian opening the door and letting them all go off. Sebastian took one look over back towards Celestia before leaving himself, and they all begin to go off towards the carriage. A lot had been done in there: more demons to find with a bounty, a new member for their team, and now some Overworld support against the demons down in the human world.

"Well, that couldn't have gone better, could it?" Ciel concluded.

"Yeah, and now we have a new member to our team. It's gonna be great!" Pinkie said, referring to Winry.

"I'm glad you like me here," Winry said with a smile. Blair took a look over to Envy then, and Envy actually looked very frazzled, hand over his heart as it was racing.

"My god. ... Is that what goddesses truly look like?" he thought aloud.

"I know, it's amazing! Celestia gave all of us her blessing, that's such an honor!" Aladdin beamed, hands together and eyes sparkling. As they went along, Nagisa started to think over what just happened.

"Let's see. We still have Envy's capture to deal with soon. We got these four Demons to find and stop alongside the general and the major, and Twilight and I still have Lugia to find. We got a lot of work to do, but with the group we have, I think we'll be okay."