(ririo pic)

*blast* " hi~~ winryl ~~ " kimblee adjusts his hat. " its time all of you die." he raises his one hand and sends a big explosion in their own way. Winryl turns her back towards the explosion and hug the kids.

kimblee: barrier? You guys are a little annoying.

winryl: you two...

there were two daggers on the stabbed to the ground as rickie and maya grabbed onto the handles. She hugged the both of them " you guys are really his kids. You learnt it by yourself?"

maya: kind of.

rickie: may-nee helped carve this circle. Kia-nee said this circle is a barrier and told us to wear it on out neck on all times in case of emergency. She said to run if we ever used this.

maya: kia-nee said we are geniuses because we could use alchemy at such a young age.

She patted the both of their heads " um. You two are really geniuses."

rickie: mama let's run!!

She stand up with the kids and starts to run. Another explosion ignites and the barrier breaks. He was going to ignite another explosion when the wall breaks through from the right and two wolves bite onto his arm. Blood flowed from his arm ... he got irritated and explodes the two wolves.

The three of them shiver in hear seeing the brutal scene. They continue running. "hope you don't die" alchemy reacts...

Suddenly another alchemy opposition reacts and kimblee's explosion turns entirely into smoke.

kimblee: what the... what's that?

winryl: kia...your body.

rickie: kia-nee!!

maya: kia-nee!! You will save us neh!!

kia: *smiles* um. Promise.

The wolves return to her side and growl at kimblee. " I didn't want to use that alchemy..."

kimblee: this is going to turn out troublesome isn't it?

kia: winryl, can you kill people for your kids?

winryl: eh....

kia: answer me.

winryl: well... if I really had to.

kia: hesitations. That is bad. Just like ed... I understand. Listen to me very carefully. Forget what you see later. Rin (alpha wolf)and his gang will guide you out of here. If I faint in here, leave me alone. Run.

winryl: I can't....do that!!

kia: don't be an idiot!! Once I destroy this place, soldiers will surround here. I can't protect you anymore!! You cannot get caught!! You hear me!!

" bla bla bla" kimblee reacts the alchemy and a big explosion targets at kia. The explosion destroys everything in its way, the walls at the side and even the floors below. Kia takes in a deep breath " back to...zero..." A huge alchemy reaction happens and the entire explosion alchemy turns to smoke. While in the process, the floors above, the entire part even the roof... disintegrates and turns to dust. It extends through the smoke and attaches itself to kimblee. It spreads and starts to disintegrate kimblee into dust. Kimblee screams " aahhh!!! Damn you..." was his last words.

" shit..." it goes a little out of control and the rest of that part of the house disintegrates into dust. She faints.

winryl: kia!!! kia!!!

rickie: we have to go mama!! The soldiers!!!

winryl: I am not going to leave her here!!

" I agree." lee walks to her and lifts up her head " stupid. Doing things like that again." the soldiers gather around them. " get lost or I will kill you." he smiles cynically. The soldiers charge towards them, the kids hide behind lee. Kee swings his sword, " shadow slit. " A slit opened up horizontally, the soldiers couldn't stop their steps in time and falls into the black slit. The slit zips up.

rickie: so cool!!! Where did they go?!!

lee: somewhere where someone likes to eat souls. *smiles* come on, let's go.

He carries her onto his back.

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back at the mansion...

yuki: kia-nee!!! Poor thing...

ed: lee you saved her?

lee: than wait for you to go there and than she can't do anything again?

ed: ..... gomen.

lee: I'm just joking. Have a little faith in what you do. I can't read alchemy things as good as you.

ed: ... and you're comforting me.

lee: did you guys get the secret?

ed: ah. Its a horrible secret.

kia wakes up " secret... what about it?"

ed: kia!!! you ok?

lee helps her sit up and makes her leans against his chest " you're tired. Forget it." Ed caress her cheek " it looks painful. Yuki, can anything be done?"

yuki: um. But it will be painful. Changing skin. I will go gather the materials.

zihein: I will go help you~~

Winryl: I'll go make some tea.

Kia: wait... Come here.

Winryl: hai?

She helped winryl to pluck out a shard from her knee " You're careless."

Ed pats kia's head " like you aren't. " than ed squat down to check winryl's wound " you should get may to heal you. "

Suddenly winryl cries...

Ed: what's wrong?

Winryl: nothing... Its just... Its just... I feel I shouldn't have ever come back alive.

Kia: winryl... But don't you want to see ed?

Winryl: but its not fair to you!!! You took care of my kids, made ed fall in love with you like I asked... Than even protected me like I'm your friend. Why...?

Kia: I... Just felt like it.

Lee squeeze her " she's too kind in her own way. "

Winryl: I... Feel really bad... Without me... You probably would be with ed already...

Kia stands up from her bed while stumbling a little over. Winryl catches her " kia... Be careful. "

Kia: don't be an idiot. Living is not easy. Don't speak death so easily.

Winryl: kia... *cries*

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Eliza: I've decrypted the inscription. Where's nee-chan?

Lee: I didn't allow her to come down. I locked her in. She needs to rest.

* door flies... *

Kia: leeeee!!!!!

Lee: oops.

She jumps down from above and crashes onto him " how dare you!!! "

Yuki touches her forehead " You're having a fever like I expected. The cells are rejecting your new skin. "

Kia: urusei. Who cares. I'm always having a fever anyway. *yawns* go on. I'm listening.

Ed motions her to go over there and she does. He pulls her waist her in and her butt falls into her lap. She snuggles comfortably " seat seat."

lee: but you can seat seat me too!!

kia draws a circle on the table and summons the wolves. *poof* they seat crash on top of lee. " kia!! that's not fair!!"

frin: so lets continue on our topic earlier.

Lee: don't ignore me!!

eliza: The information you guys passed to me, the transmutation circle creates a stone.

zihein: a stone? kenja no ishi?

eliza: no. Not that. It is a stone that cancel the kenja no ishi's efffects. Meaning anything that is kenja no ishi made, this stone can cancel its effects permanently.

al: ja... if winryl were to come range of that...

eliza: most likely disappear.

may: luckily she's out playing with the children. Imagine her hearing that news.

Ed's mood starts to sink. Kia turns around and gently cups his cheek " daijobu. We just won't get her in range of that." ed's mood slighty lightens up.

eliza: its called ao ishi (blue stone). Made by pulling out the souls of humans.

may: what... that's cruel and like... kenja no ishi.

yuki: I'm not surprised, you need something equally cruel to fight against the same kind of cruel.

zihein: compared to the kenja no ishi which can do so many things. Ao ishi seems... a little sole purposed and useless.

frin: there's one more thing, this stone called the ao ishi (blue stone) has to be binded and controlled by a conscious A conscious that can command the other souls in ao ishi. Hence it would be embedded in a human.

al: it seems like... more things needs to be sacrificed just to hold back kenja no ishi.

zihein: but it would prove to be effective to develop something like that.

lee: I wonder why in the first place would have something like that? ao ishi. He created this method? Or... did he discover it.

frin: true... its makes people wonder. If he created it, there might be some connection he has to kenja no ishi.

lee: that's why, question. Are we going to develop something like that?

Everyone turns their attention to kia... zzzzz... "strawberry shortcake..." she says in her dreams and a little bit drool leaks. Everybody giggles at her cute side. Ed helps to dry the corner of her lips " kawaii."

*bang* the door flies open " I am back!!!"

al: sensei!!! What took you so long to come back?

" hahaha... obviously because I had things to do. Look what I brought back." She holds the boy in the air by the back collar .

may: -_- a boy?

izumi: from jack's house.

Al and may's eyes widened " boy...."

izumi: he's quite the poor thing if you knew what he is.

Kia opens her eyes " what existence is that?" she walked towards the boy " you... have souls in you isn't it?"

eliza: wait!! So this boy... he has... ao ishi... in him?

izumi: what's that?Anyway... it was hard to get him out of the room. He didn't want to leave. This idiot.

Ed pov:

Kia was right.. you can hear many souls inside him. Their voices... its as if they are fighting against each other. They want to kick each other out. They want the body for themselves...

ed: so you are the one eating the food from the kitchen.

" hai. "

al: neh... sorry to ask but.... are you an artificial life?

" how did you know?"

may: we kind of read the research papers. The one and only successful one.

ed: wait what?!!! Artificial life?!! Are you serious? It is possible?

yuki: that's something interesting. Hehe~ Can I absolutely open you up?

" no. "

yuki: how cold...

frin: how old are you? Name?

" at least there is somebody who recognises my existence as a human.I am nine months old . My name is ririo"

al: eh. But you don't look like.

Ed: of course he's not nine months old. Which nine months old looks like that?!!

Al: eh? Really?

May taps onto al's shoulder " ^_^'''' baby. It's still a baby inside the womb."

Al: eh?!!! Really?

Eliza: ooi. Nii-san *looks at ed* are you really his nii-san? Why is he... So much no sense than you?

Al: its not my fault....

May: alright alright its ok. *pats head*

izumi: anyway they quicken his growing process apparently and gave him many knowledge downloading information into his brain. He's body age is now... 23 years old.

Kia: phew... Still younger than me.

Lee: -_- '''' that's what you're worried about?

yuki: hmm... so its just like rin and the others.

lee: you did something to them?

yuki: um. I made them understand human language. They can even speak it.

ed/al : *eyes sparkles* that's so cool. We should have done that with our books. It would have been so easy.

eliza: I heard its excruciating to download things to one's brain.

yuki: yup ~

ed/al: I love books now. No thanks.

ririo: you guys are weird.

zihein: why?

ririo: its like you guys really think I'm a human.

zihein: than aren't you?

ririo: urusei...

izumi: *knocks head* brat!!!

ririo: gomenasai!!! gomenasai!!

izumi: I guess I could take care of him for a while. *eyes sparkles*

may: al...you sure ririo will be alright.

al: heh... heh... I am not sure. But I don't dare to question sensei either.

may: dayo neh...