KKD: And here we officially have our second update for Update Barrage Sunday. It took me a while to come up with this one due to lack of interest for a while. I hope you guys are on the seats for this long awaited update to the first Fullmetal Alchemist/Kamen Rider crossover and my first official story ever here on Fanfiction as KKD.

DISCLAIMERS: KKD only owns Hajime Genda; the other franchises or characters shown or mentioned belong to their respective owners including, but not limited to, Square, Toei, Bandai, Archangel Igneel, Kamen Rider Decade Complete [author], etc.

KKD: Also, for those guys who offered their OC Greeed ideas, I apologize in advance if I forgot something on the way while writing this. Now, I'm kinda in a hurry to get to the other updates, so let's get this on the road.

Chapter 3: Phantom Thief Part 1

*The scene starts with three o's enlarged to show some images, then some images from the previous chapter emerged in those o's*

Hajime: Fullmetal …Kamen Rider …OOO!

Ed & Al Elric: Here are the key points that occurred last time.

*The first image enlarges to envelope the screen; this shows scenes of Ed's capture and the Rhino Yummy's creation.*

Hajime: 1st, Ed gets captured while Cornello accidentally creates a Rhino Yummy, only to use it to his advantage.

*We quickly shift back to the three o's before the image in the second o, which shows Hajime transforming into the Ratorata combo.*

Al: 2nd, Hajime transformed into an all yellow feline version of OOO, but seemed to get lazy while in combat despite his power.

*Back on the three o's, the final image enlarges showing the final scenes of the previous chapter, including the "Philosopher's Stone" breaking and the trio leaving town.*

Ed: 3rd, Al and I lost everything on our best lead on the Philosopher's Stone, only to gain Hajime as an ally to find it and help us take on the world.

After a long hike through the desert, we had been able to reach the nearest train station and we decided to take it. We purchased three tickets for East City and rode the train there.

Oh, sorry. I should probably answer some things first. Ed and Al promised before they'd explain their story to me, and so they did as we walked to the station and even on the train over a game of cards, where we used my medals as bargaining chips to represent what was being wagered (Cell Medal lowest value $1, to highest being the Taka Medal worth $1000).

It turned out, they learned Alchemy at a very young age, taking after their old man. They showed this to their friend Winry Rockbell, who made Ed's Automail limbs, and to their mom, Trisha Elric. However, when she died of a sudden illness, that was when they tried to revive her with alchemy, after having apprenticed themselves under an unarmed alchemist. However, as was discussed before, Ed lost his left leg while Al lost his entire body, and the only result they got was a homunculus. After that disaster, Ed sacrificed his right arm to bound Al's soul to the armor he is trapped in to this day, leaving Ed broken and bleeding from where the two limbs used to be. It was then that Al took Ed to Rockbell Automail to get his new limbs.

An unexpected arrival Colonel Roy Mustang, their current boss assumedly, being a result of receiving a letter to bring Ed and Al to his office, inquiring about their dad, Van Hohenheim (which was an odd name to me). After that incident of human transmutation, he offers Ed and Al jobs as State Alchemists, but Winry's grandma, Pinako, ordered him to leave. After paying for the limbs, Ed decided to become a state alchemist so he can gain privileged access to the state library and find a way to restore Al's body. Yet, before they left, they burnt their childhood home in the town of Resembool so they don't give up and try to return.

Then, the duo explained to me the horrible events they had to deal with involving people who used alchemy for evil deeds. The biggest one being about a guy who thought his lover died and tried to bring her back with binding innocent girls' souls to mannequins that looked like her, only to find out his lover was alive but old. The coot refused to accept her and tried to kill Ed in the process, only for Ed to knock the weapon out of the guy's hand and having it accidentally impaling him in the chest.

After that, they talked about a train hijacking where they a man named Major Maes Hughes who helped defeat the hijacker. After the train arrived safely at the station and the hijackers were captured, Mustang told Ed that a grateful man named Hakuro gave him special permission to take the state alchemist examination. This was surprised and annoyed Ed due to actually taking part and due to Mustang's implication of manipulation.

Ed and Al began preparation for this exam while lodging with the "Sewing-Life Alchemist", Shou Tucker, who had been credited for creating intelligent chimeras. They became fast friends with Tucker's daughter Nina and her dog Alexander. Despite their attempts to cram for the exam, Hughes and his wife Garcia threw a birthday party for Ed. However, Garcia, who had been pregnant, went into labor that night as the boys witnessed the birth of Hughes' daughter, Elicia. It was also during this time that Ed discovered he could do transmutations without the need for a transmutation circle.

Sadly, when it was time for the examinations, even though they did well in the written portion, Al was forced to drop out by Mustang due to the lack of a real body seeing suspicions that this fact would have risen were it discovered by Mustang's superiors. Ed managed to pass the interview and practical portions when he saved the entire prospective state alchemist group with his quick thinking, courage, and ability to transmutate without the use of a circle.

After becoming a "dog of the military" for having passed the exam, Ed was given the silver pocket watch he carries today, which is a symbol of his rank and an alchemical amplifier. However, after writing a letter to Winry, Ed tried to ask Tucker about the talking chimera years before, but got nothing. Ed would've checked the library, but was denied access for some reason. On the way out, Ed encountered some guy with a cross-shaped scar on his face and an odd tattoo on his right arm. After someone found out about Ed's investigations, one of the higher-ups ordered Ed to cease and desist, forcing the two young alchemists to leave Tucker's mansion.

However, it was then they discovered something horrifying. Tucker had finished creating another talking chimera for his yearly examination requirements, but Ed and Al found out the horrible truth. …Tucker… sacrificed his own wife to create the first chimera, and the one Ed and Al witnessed was created by transmutating… his own daughter and pet! How… how sick! Ignoring Tucker's accusations of Ed doing the same, Ed just beat Tucker to death, only to be stopped by the chimera that was Nina and Alexander. Sadly, after that night, they found the Nina-Alexander chimera had died, with only a blood-smear noticeable on a wall.

Traumatized by Nina's death, Ed was disgusted as his first assignment was to organize Tucker's research after learning of the man's death. Ed was considering deserting his assignment just so he could track down Nina's murderer, but Al then found reference to the Philosopher's Stone among Tucker's papers. Ed just thought the thing never existed at that point. Al had to talk with the Führer, King Bradley, as he was left to his own devices. However, they didn't know Winry came to town before she was kidnapped by a butcher-turned-serial-killer disguised as a woman. This Barry the Chopper, as he was called, soon captured Ed and removed his Automail arm as Ed tried to free Winry and run away. In maddened desperation, Ed almost killed Barry as he fought for his life until Al came to stop him and have the authorities arrest Barry. Broken down into tears, Ed agreed to search for the Philosopher's stone with Al. Even Mustang gave the two permission to search for the stone, as long as the colonel was informed of all the brothers' findings.

After their short shopping spree, the two got their next assignment in a town called Youswell. Sadly, since Ed's in the military, he wasn't welcome at the in until some guy named Yoki came to collect taxes just as a riot broke out. But thanks to Ed saving the innkeeper's son, Ed was welcomed to the mansion after being noticed as a state alchemist through flattery and bribery. The inn was destroyed at nightfall, during which Al saved Kyle that time, and later, Ed used his gold coins to pull a fast trick. He used his alchemy and the coins to purchase the mines from Yoki under the disguise of a priceless transfer before returning the bars to stone and selling the entire town to the people of Youswell in exchange for a single night stay and the newly repaired inn. After defeating Yoki's alchemist servant Lyra, Ed was proclaimed a hero.

All of that happened years ago, and those were the most exciting things that happened to them, the latest of those events having happened three years ago, and according to Al, stories of Ed, who had been dubbed by Bradley the "Fullmetal" alchemist, basically got to the kid's head. Sadly, when they were on a drive to Lior with news on the philosopher's stone, the driver accidentally used the word "short", and Ed took it the wrong way, crashing their ride and forcing him and Al to run through the desert just to find the city of Lior, and they traveled miles before they ended up meeting me.

And that pretty much catches us up to the present. Now, back on the train, we were in another one of our card games.

"Okay then, for this game, Hajime, I'll bet 50," Al replied, taking a Shachi medal and placing it in the pile.

"I'll call," Ed sighed, doing the same.

"I'll see ya," I figured, doing the same as the others. "Okay, Al. What've you got?"

"Jacks and a pair of nines," Al smirked, placing down his cards set to take the loot before Ed stopped him.

"Ah ah ah! Keep your hands off, Al. I've got a pair of Kings, and three Queens," Ed smirked before…

"A-AH! Don't touch," I replied, laying out my hand. "Take a look at that."

I was about to take the medals back before…

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Ed snapped, moving my hand aside. "You don't even got a pair, there. You got a two, four, six, eight, and ten; they're in all different suits."

"How dumb can one get? That's a Kangaroo Straight."

With a smirk and a slight chuckle from Al, I took the wagered medals back to my end of the table while Ed just looked confused.

"Kangaroo Straight?" Ed gawked.

"Yea, sure," Al confirmed.

"What's a Kangaroo, and how'd it get in this game?!"

"…Look, Al I already told you when Ed had to get a snack, so you tell him," I groaned as I shuffled the deck.

"You see, brother," Al started to explain. "A Kangaroo Straight 'jumps' from the deuce, to the four, to the six, to the eight, TO the ten! Very rare hand."

"That's a raw hand," Ed groaned. "I don't know what kind of game this is."

"Easy Ed, we'll do Draw-a-Poker, you're better at that, than me," I sighed as I handed out the cards. "Bets?"

"$500," Al replied, placing in a Kuwagata medal.

"I'll see your $500," Ed sighed.

"I call," I replied as we looked at our hands. "Okay… I'll start by discarding three cards."

With that, I did so and drew out a very good hand, but my Poker face could've fooled the Elrics easily.

"Your turn, Ed," I replied to the Fullmetal Alchemist, who had a skewer in his mouth from some food he ate earlier acting like it was a toothpick.

"Right. Discarding two," Ed sighed, doing so and getting his hand. 'Geez. More junk."

Then, we were just waiting on Al, who made a sound like he was thinking he had something good.

"Just discard already!" Ed snapped, being his impatient self.

"Sorry!" Al apologized making his move. "I'll take two as well."

I couldn't help but noticed Al mutter something when he made his draw and look at us.

"Hey, brother, Hajime? Wanna double the bet?

"$1000 each? Sure," I nodded, placing down the three Taka Medals.

"Suit yourself," Ed shrugged, not looking up from his cards.

"What do you have, Hajime?" Al asked me.

"Got a Straight. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9," smirked before Al chuckled.

"Sorry," he replied showing his hand of three queens and two tens. "I've got a Full House."

"I'm sorry, too," Ed sighed showing off his hand of all spades. "Royal Straight Flush."

"WHAT?!" I gasped.

"No way! I thought for sure I'd win for once," Al gawked as Ed took his actual winnings while I took my medals back for resorting while Al took the cards to reshuffle. "Okay, THIS time I'm gonna…"

"I quit," Ed sighed, getting our attention as he leaned back in his seat. "I'm bored."

"Bored?! Bored of what, winning? You haven't lost yet! Why don't you lose on purpose for a while?"

"It's not about the cards, Al. It's who we gotta see: Mustang."

I noticed as Ed said that, he picked up a card and turned it over to reveal it was the joker. He must've thought of his boss as a joke. But he seemed annoyed as I heard him growl.

"You don't want to meet with him?" I asked.

"Of course I don't, Hajime! Our best lead on the Philosopher's Stone turned out to be fake! All of this searching, and we've got nothing to show for it!" Ed groaned.

"But we've done lots of good," Al remembered.

"That's true. You've gotta think on the bright side, Ed. Think of everything you did that was good," I agreed/encouraged.

"Good?" Ed scoffed. "Good goes on a military report in a sidebar for collateral damage. I can see his face. Those sarcastic little quips."

I saw he was telling himself this while staring at some of the food on his last skewer he was saving.

"Just thinking about it," he groaned before chomping onto a piece from the skewer and chewing while saying the rest with his mouth full. "Makes me completely nauseous."

"Says the guy who's stuffing his mouth out of anger," I quipped.

"Shut up."

Little did the trio know that they were being watched from a distance by some new figure in the distance. This man looked like a black haired version of the Ankh-possessed Shingo Izumi, with his hair slicked back. He wore what looked like a white gator-skin jacket with a black shirt underneath, white pants, black shoes, and somewhat tanned skin.

"So, the Multi-King has arrived, huh?" this man smirked holding up what look like core medals, but within the golden rims was white and engraved on them were images of one of three lizards (An iguana, a flying snake/Orunata, or a Komodo Dragon). "It shouldn't be long now. They'll arrive in Aquroya soon, and only a select few will know of us, but they'll soon encounter… the Lost Greeed."

You count the Medals! One two and three! Life goes on! Anything Goes! Coming up OOO

*The screen changed to the Taka, Tora, and Batta Core Medals in a triangle. It cut to a series of shots of OOO with a ring going over his body, showing a Combo Part. It then cut to a far shot of OOO transforming before cutting to Hajime tossing a coin into the air. He caught it and put it into a Vendor, transforming it into the Ride Vender. It opened up and transformed into the Ride Vendor. It then cut to OOO driving off on it followed by Ed and Al on a few more of them as the title appeared*

Iranai, motanai, yumemo minai (Don't bother with dreams that are unnecessary or fleeting)

*It cut to Hajime, Ed, and Al walking in from the right followed shortly by Winry and Hikari from the left*

Free na joutai, sore mo ii kedo (It's fine to just be completely free)

*We soon cut to a scene with the trio of travelers staring off into the distance, first from a far off angle then to a close up of the trio*

Koko kara hajimaru! What you've been waiting for! Count the Medals! One two and three! (It starts now!)

*We see the ghostly images of the five greeed from the original OOO toku series hovering behind them before Ankh, Kazari, and Uva were shown up close showing off the Taka, Tora, and Batta medals*

Unmei wa kimi hottokanai (But you can't ignore fate)

*Hajime holding his open medal before the camera cuts to him close up holding up a Taka core medal*

Kekkyoku wa susumu shika nai (In the end, all you do is keep moving forward)

*It cut to a close up of Winry and Hikari examining a Tora core medal before cutting to Al with Ed holding and looking a Batta core medal*

Michi naru tenkai! Give me energy! Count the Medals! One two and three! (Mysterious turn of events!)

*It cut to a rotating shot of the Elrics, Winry, Hikari, and Hajime holding one of the coins as the ghostly glowing of the five greeed, and the ghostly glowing silhouettes of many more hovering around the five protagonists before Ankh, Kazari, and Uva are seen up close holding up their respective medals*

Daijoubu! Ashita wa itsu datte Blank (It's okay! Tomorrow's always a blank slate)

*The scene cut to a soaring zooming shot of the homonculi before it switches to Hajime embracing Hikari with Ed and Winry sitting nearby*

Jibun no kachi wa jibun de kimeru mono sa (You're the one who decides what your worth is)

*The scene changes to when Hajime was hanging out with some friends in college before the image shatters like glass and we see Hajime in between Ed and Al who were preparing to summon weapons via alchemy while Hajime scanned the medals and executed his henshin pose with the call of henshin*

OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come On!

*It then cuts to a coin showing scenes from the chapter before cutting to OOO, Ed, and Al riding on their Ride Venders*

Anything Goes! Sono kokoro ga atsuku naru mono (Anything goes! Fire up that heart!)

*OOO and the Elrics drove off before cutting to a close up of Hajime's hand holding the medals.*

Mitasareru mono wo sagashite (Find something to fulfill you)

*It cut to a Taka Cell Medal with a head shot of Colonel Roy Mustang looking to the left for a side shot before cutting to Riza Hawkeye looking at him with the back of a Cell Medal to the screen before cutting to Winry and Hikari looking out the balcony of Rockbell Automail waiting for someone*

Life Goes On! Honki dashite Tatakau no nara (Life goes on! Time to get serious! If you are going to fight…)

*It cut to OOO activating the Tora claws before jumping up up with Ed at the side transmutating a lance who followed close by. It then cut to Hajime and Hikari hugging each other while Ed was chasing Al with Winry nearby giggling at their antics.*

Makeru ki shinai hazu (…then don't worry about losing)

*It cut to the homunculi walking out hanging out in their hideout before cutting to OOO inserting three Cell Medals into the medajalibur and activating the Triple Scanning Charge. He swung it down at the same time that Ed and Al swinging some swords at the same time, creating large sand explosions that sent Cell Medals flying all about and covering the screen with the dust. The three Core Medals spun before ending at the front of the screen with the Taka Medal at the left and the Batta Medal at the right*

When it was time to stop, we got off the train station, but from the signs, I figured this wasn't where Ed and Al were supposed to go. In fact, the place didn't look much like the East City they described.

"You sure it's okay to stop?" Al asked his brother while holding on to the suitcase with his and Ed's supplies while Ed was still munching on some of the leftovers from the train. "We're supposed to go straight to East City."

"He's got a point. If I had a boss who wanted me to do something right away, I'd listen to him," I added in agreement.

"It's right on the way. Maybe we'll find something on the philosopher's stone and avoid a lecture," Ed responded.

It seemed to me that Ed and Al had been getting these kinds of lectures quite a bit for every misstep they took when they didn't find the stone. Oh well, as far as I know, it wasn't my problem… unless… it could help me regain my memories that I somehow lost on the way here.

"Besides," Ed started, snapping me out of my thoughts once more. "Aquroya's a tourist hot spot. I've always wanted to check it out."

"I'm still not so sure about that, Ed," I sighed in response as Ed was finishing off his last skewer.

"Feels kinda like we're playing hooky, don't'cha think?" Al asked, getting a reaction from Ed, making him drop the tray and skewer and turn to us in anger.

"Stop being so-!" Ed started until we heard something fall, and something did fall… several paper somethings fell from his sleeve.

Sure enough, as I partially suspected while we were on the train, several copies of the best cards we were using. There were extra aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks, and tens in the pile that fell out.

"AHA! I knew you were pulling fast ones on us!" I exclaimed picking up the cards before looking up and seeing Ed run away from me and Al. "WHAT?!"

"Ah! ED! YOU CHEATER!" Al shouted as we ran after the Fullmetal Alchemist. "COME BACK! I WANT EVERYTHING YOU WON FROM ME! AND I THOUGHT I WAS JUST UNLUCKY!"

"EDWARD! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, YOU'LL WISH YOU'VE NEVER MET ME!" I shouted alongside Al as we chased after him.

After that, though, we ditched the killing efforts and decided to find a hotel for the night to relax and catch some much needed z's.

That night, several police officers were knocked over by forcefully thrown playing cards. As for who threw them, it was a female thief who managed to leap over one of the officers. She wore an all black suit with some skin exposed at the left shoulder and the right leg before it reached where her panties would assumedly be. And along with the black top that had what looked like dog-ears on it, the other things noticeable about that outfit were the silver shoulder pad, and the white mask that showed off her eyes while bits of her costume didn't cover exposed her white skin as well as let some of her blonde hair flow. She leaped from a high ledge before landing below on solid concrete and running off one way with a horde of police officers led by the chief in a beige suit and hat wielding a pair of handcuffs.

"Keep running, gentlemen! I want zero mistakes; tonight is the night we catch her!" the chief ordered his troops.

The thief then ran off to what looked like a small dock or pier before stopping at the edge of it, seemingly trapped.

"Finally! A dead end, Psiren!" the chief responded, getting the thief to turn back and look at the officers chasing her. "Can't walk on water."

However, the thief now known as Psiren just smirked as she held up some cards like the ones used to knock over some of the officers from earlier, making the officers before her gasp. Psiren then dropped the deck into the water, making a pretty heavy splash before a bright red transmutation circle appeared on the water's surface. With the circle vanishing, the cards reappeared, forming a path for Psiren to run on all the way to the other side of the water. Psiren took advantage of this and ran all the way across the water with no problem.

"What're you waiting for, boys?" the chief responded as he and the officers ran out as well, but when they hit the water, the just dropped in like normal humans would.

Meanwhile, Psiren made it to the other side completely dry and holding a large and valuable fist-sized ruby with gold ornamentation on it in her right hand.

The next day was bright and sunny, perfect day for strolling through this town. And now that I got a good look at it, it reminded me of Venice since it, like this one, was a city built on the water and the main transport besides walking was by boat.

"It is a beautiful city, isn't it?" Al asked Ed and me as we walked along taking in the sights of the town.

"It sure is, Al," I agreed.

"I'll say. Aquroya, the City of Water, and perennial tourist magnet," Ed as we walked past some puddles. "It sure beats the heck out of that East City dustbowl and having to see the Colonel's know-it-all grin, don't ya think?"

Suddenly, to my surprise, there was someone driving a horse-drawn carriage that sped right in front of us, splashing through one of the muddy puddles on the way, covering poor Ed in the muddy water.

"What the hell's YOUR problem, pal?!" Ed snapped as I tried to hold back a snicker.

"Well, it is the city of water," I reminded Ed, as I couldn't hold back a chuckle.

Then, with a clap of his hands, Ed placed his hands on his clothes, and with a glow, he transmutated the muddy water off of him so he was nice and dry once more, but as the glow under him began to vanish, someone slapped a handcuff on his right wrist, making Ed gasp.

We then turned to see who placed the cuffs on him. It turned out to be a guy in a brown vest, pants, and shoes, a white shirt, green tie, and a gray coat and hat, making him look like some old detective with his shoulder-length brown hair, aged angry face, and whiskers covering his chin to the edge of his jaw.

"Hey," Ed started when he looked at the older man. "Shouldn't we talk first?"

However, the officer just raised his left hand into the air above him, yanking Ed's arm up in the process and making the young alchemist wince.

"You're coming to the station," the old man replied, making me gasp.

"Huh? The police station?" I asked.

"Yea, that's right. I got some questions for you, alchemist," the officer smirked as Al looked nervous with his arm in a giddy position, clanging the metal of the suit together until I nudged him to stop it.

Later, we were brought to the police station, in what I can only assume was an interrogation room. However, by this point, it felt like three hours, and he hadn't changed up his questions that much, and never explained his reasons for the suspicions. While we (mostly Ed) were being questioned, Ed was munching on some rice and meat in a bowl with some chopsticks while I simply munched on some cheese, which was tasty; tasted like white cheddar.

"So, …you're telling me you're with the state, and that you're the famous Fullmetal, 'Hero of the People'?" the chief asked for the umpteenth time.

"How many times do I have to say it, Chief?" Ed asked while stuffing his mouth pointing to his pocket watch on the table in the room only lit by a small lamp. "That watch should be proof enough."

"Sure. If it's real, but I have my doubts. I'd say you're too short for a hero…"

Uh oh. He did NOT just say that… Okay, he did, and of course, Ed's gonna freak out as he stopped eating for the moment.

"WHO YOU CALLIN' SO SMALL YOU WANNA CRUNCH LIKE AN ANT!?" Ed snapped, making me sweat drop at how embarrassing it was.

"Brother, please! He didn't say anything like that!" Al responded, allowing Ed to relax enough to put the bowl back down and take his seat again.

"Sorry for the third degree kids, but I had to test you," the chief replied. "We've got a thief on our backs named Psiren and we're all a little on edge."

"Psiren?" I asked in confusion.

"Yea. Real name's unknown; only lead we got is she uses alchemy, so I thought that you just might be connected."

Interesting theory. But I did notice that the chief was off, just because the Elrics were alchemists, it didn't mean that they were connected with every single one around the world.

"But you say you're with the state, and the Fullmetal Alchemist, no less," the chief continued.

Thankfully, after hours, we were finally dismissed from the station with a clean slate, and boy was it annoying.

"Geez! I thought we'd never get out of there," I sighed.

"Yea! Damn, that guy. He kept saying the same things for three hours straight!" Ed groaned. "He probably wears that hat to hide the hole in his brain."

"Still, doesn't it concern you? A criminal using alchemy to steal?" Al asked.

"Yea, you got a good point," I nodded in agreeme-

"Crud!" we both heard Ed groan as we looked at the Fullmetal, seeing he was brought to his knees, and was looking a bit pale.

"Ed? What's wrong? You don't look so good?" I asked as Ed weakly turned his head to look at us, looking like he was in pain while clutching his stomach.

"My… stomach feels…" Ed started before Ed felt the pain increase.

Al and I managed to get Ed to the nearest hospital in time to get the diagnosis of the scenario.

"Well, it looks like a bit of food poisoning, that's all," the aging doctor who checked up on Ed replied.

"That's a relief," I sighed.

"It's not from eating too much?" Al asked.

"Oh, shut up," I heard Ed mutter.

"We'll need to give you an injection," the doctor replied before calling for the nurse. "Clara?"

However, the I-word in his sentence really got our attention, basically implying one thing.

"An injection?" we gawked in unison.

"You mean… like a shot?" I asked to clarify.

"Yea. Just a poke," the doc answered, but that was enough to make Ed freak out and try to escape while Al caught his brother and dragged him back.

I ignored all the screaming and cursing Ed made at me and his brother as I managed to remove his coat and hold down his limbs until the nurse came in and placed her finger on Ed's upper lip. He and I looked to notice she had a motherly smile, which distracted Ed from the needle as…

"There," the nurse, Clara smiled as she moved away with the syringe, allowing the doc to use some alcohol and cotton to remove the blood that leaked from Ed's arm and I helped putting on the bandage. "You're all done, Ed. That didn't hurt at all, did it?"

"That was pretty fast, I've gotta admit," I replied while Ed and Al stared at her for a little bit.

"Yea, that was fast work," Al agreed with me before turning to Ed. "You didn't even notice."

"And after all that fuss," Clara couldn't help but giggle.

"Yea? So what's your point?" Ed asked as Clara just smiled.

"We all have to grow up sometime, right?"

"Yea, I guess you're right," I agreed.

"So, is the rude commentary included in the bill," Ed replied, making me bonk him in the head. "Ow! What's THAT for?!"

"You ding-dong! That's no way to talk to a lady!" I scolded Ed while Al just seemed to stare at Clara for a little bit.

Later, we were out in the hospital courtyard outside, allowing us time to rest up before moving on. While Ed and Al just sat there, I was again polishing my medals. However, while polishing one of my Taka Medals, I couldn't help but notice what I thought was the Greeed face of the Bird Greeed, Ankh. I turned around to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but found nothing there. I just shrugged it off, thinking it was just my imagination.

"She was so good at her job. Smart." Al noted of Clara, as I was about to get back to polishing. "And gorgeous, too. I can't stop thinking about her."

"Sounds to me like someone's in love," I teased, as Al instinctively moved his head away from me, even though a suit of armor couldn't blush.

"You've got the weirdest taste in women, Al," Ed sighed. "She was a bad gift, in pretty wrapping."

"Do you always have a smart-aleck remark for every person you don't trust?" I asked before…

"That won't do, Mrs. Crabby," Clara's voice replied, causing us to turn our attention to see Clara next to an older woman in a wheelchair.

I couldn't help but notice that the woman had a plate with some bread that looked hard for such an old woman to munch. Not that I'm saying older women can't chew, it could be that some just get sensitive teeth or something.

"You can't get better on an empty stomach," Clara said in a reminding tone.

"I'm sorry," the woman replied almost weakly. "I just can't get it down; it hurts my teeth."

"Well, that bread's too tough, isn't it?" Clara figured as she pulled out a knife and an apple. "We'll have to make you something tastier."

I had to admit, that Clara looked like a very nice woman, very kind and generous. I watched as she peeled the apple carefully with her knife before cutting the apple into slices. I also noticed Al watching her, too. He seemed to stare at her for quite some time, too. I wasn't sure what was on his mind, and it was tougher to tell when he didn't have a normal face and eyes to give off the right expression.

Thankfully, Ed noticed this too, and he was the one to speak up.

"You still with us, Al?" Ed asked, getting the attention of the kid in the suit of armor.

"Yea, sorry," Al sighed. "I was just thinking…"

"Thinking about what?" I asked.

"That nurse, Clara? There's something really giving; calming about her. She kind of reminds me of our mom."

"Really?"

"Don't be ridiculous! That woman's nothing like her!" Ed snapped.

"Can you just listen to people without throwing in your own opinion in there, too, Ed?"

Suddenly, we heard some glass drop and turned to see the elder woman had dropped the plate that Clara had placed the apple slices on just a moment ago, leaving the plate and the apples lying on the ground.

"I've gotten so clumsy," the elder woman spoke in a near apologetic voice.

"Don't worry about it. It's just a piece of fruit," Clara replied about to pick up the pieces before Al walked over.

I kinda figured what was about to happen, so I walked over and picked up Clara's knife and the plate to clean it quickly before I saw Al finish his transmutation circle with the apple pieces in the center of it. Next, he activated the transmutation, and the pieces of the apple were soon restored to the full apple it once was.

I couldn't help but notice Clara gasp when she saw this, but Al simply picked up the apple to show Clara.

"Good as new," he "smiled".

"Here, let me fix this back up for you," I offered as I peeled it and cut it on the plate like Clara did as she made the conclusion to her observation about Ed and Al, and even me.

"You're all alchemists? I didn't realize that," she replied as I finished peeling the apple.

"They are; I'm not. I'm just a friend willing to help," I smiled as I cut the apple and handed it to the elder woman.

"Thank you, young man," she smiled.

"Anything I can do to help, ma'am."

"Mr. Elric! Mr. Elric!" we heard a familiar voice call out as I slightly noticed Clara flinch at hearing the voice.

Oh boy, I think I knew who it was, and sure enough, it was none other than the police chief from earlier. He had apparently ran from the station and was now out of breath.

"Oh, again? Look, we've already answered your questions, three hours straight! We don't need to do it for another 5!" I groaned.

"Yea, so let's make a tape saying 'I'm innocent'; you can play it back all you want!" Ed added with equal annoyance.

"I know you are. I know," the chief panted before looking straight up at us. "And this time I'm asking you for a favor!"

"A favor?" I gawked.

Later, we were brought back to the Police station, but instead of being led to the interrogation room, we were led to what looked like a dining room with thousands of bowls of rice and freshly cooked and fried meats, which I could only assume was either fish or chicken judging by the looks. Also with us were almost all of the police officers on either side of the table while Ed ate up one bowl while Al sat next to his left with the chief standing to Ed's right, and me standing to Al's left.

"Officers! Presenting State Alchemist: Master Edward Elric. Salute!" the chief ordered as all the troops did salute as Al and I looked on with sweat drops while Ed kept eating.

"What a bunch of stiffs," I noted.

"Yea, geez," Al agreed.

"So. What do you want?" Ed asked the chief, not looking up from his bowl.

"First, I want to apologize for earlier, all those questions," the chief answered in an apologetic voice while his body looked like he was trying to suck up to Ed. "I did what you said, sir, I got in touch with Col. Mustang at the Eastern Command Center; I paid long distance and everything. He sounded nice, angry, but nice. Eh… he said you really are a state alchemist. I sure pegged you wrong. Haha."

Man, Ed and Al made this Mustang sound more generous and stern than that, but I digress; I never met the guy, so who was I to talk.

"Like I said," Ed growled as he was finishing off this bowl.

"Indeed, sir. In light of this new information, I wanted to ask you…," the chief started before he opened his eyes and noticed the three of us looking at him with Ed holding out his now empty bowl to the chief.

"He's got a bottomless stomach, chief. So I doubt he'll listen to you at the moment since…" I started before Ed finished by saying…

"I'll need more."

"…As much as you'd like," the chief offered.

Later that night, we were brought to a museum where we all surrounded two exhibits in particular. One contained a golden wristband adorned with jewels encased in a cylinder while the other one contained something that really surprised me. It had five medals about the same size as the ones I carried for use as OOO, but these look like something a fan designed. Instead of being trimmed with gold, they were trimmed in a silver platinum color while the medals themselves were a mix of crimson and gold. The theme of these medals seemed to be mythical creatures. One of these had a Kitsune etched into it, while two others had a dragon design, and the last two had a gryphon design.

I was just amazed by the sight of these, but Ed managed to yank me away from the case they were in as the chief spoke.

"This is it," he replied. "Psiren's next mark. With you on our side, that thief's hold on this city will finally unravel."

"Yea. We'll do whatever we can, tonight," Ed nodded.

"Quick question, chief. How'd this place get a hold of those medals?" I asked, pointing to the ones in question.

"No one really knows; an executive just found them in his drawer one day and set them up here on display," the chief answered.

"Oh… okay. Still, for a simple heist, that's a lot of people watching by the gate."

Oh yea, I forgot to mention. While we were guided in, there was a crowd of people there with signs cheering for Psiren like a bunch of girls to a Justin Beiber concert… no offense to any Beiber fans reading this.

"Yea, a lot of ways for things to go wrong," Ed agreed with me.

"That's Psiren's M.O. Most thieves don't announce their heists before they happen, Psiren tells every paper in the country. Journalists, thrill seekers, even Psiren groupees flock to see. It's become a spectator sport," the chief noted.

"It is quite a following," Al agreed.

"Well, the start event's tonight. It's amazing how quick your popularity fades when you're wearing stripes. I'm gonna check the security station."

With that, the chief left us with the rest of the troops in the room.

"I'm kinda surprised you took this job," Al replied.

"Really? After everything you told me, I thought nothing would surprise you, Al," I quipped.

"Guess I'm just curious," Ed figured as we turned to look at him. "Yet another way to use alchemy for wrong."

After that, my gaze turned back to the assumed Core Medals sitting in the display case nearby. It made me wonder, where did they really come from, what Greeed would they belong to, and if it was still out there, why didn't it come here sooner?

Later, after an explanation of my armor and abilities to the chief, we just stood around with the officers guarding the items the chief told us to watch over while I was in my armor with the Taka head, the Kame arms, and the Tako legs. My eyes darted around the room to see if something was off. I figured if the Taka eyes could spot invisible foes, it could track down enemies that used alchemy for some kind of disguise.

As we scanned the room, the others weren't looking at me as I heard something from above. I saw some kind of glow form on the ceiling before it turned into a water droplet of sorts before it fell and…

POOF!

Steam or smoke covered the room as a sudden gust of wind came and covered the smoke throughout the room, blinding most of the men there with the exception of me, Ed, and Al.

"Clever move," Ed noted.

"But not clever enough," I noted as my vision, now red thanks to the Taka head, showed me the room as if there was no smoke.

And in front of the glass pillar in the room was the female that I could only guess was Psiren. However, she seemed to have something else in mind from her looked as I saw her left hand holding a few Cell Medals along with some Core that were the normal gold rimmed, but were white.

"Just how many new medals are there?!" I gawked before…

"C'mon, Al!" Ed shouted before something shot past Ed.

I was able to quickly block it thanks to the Goura Guardner on my arms, but Al… he was somehow stuck to the wall by a bunch of cards. Ed and I turned back to see that Psiren had already cut a hole in the glass to take out the wristband, but with her, tossing the gold and crimson medal was another new figure that surprisingly looked like a Greeed.

This guy had a white reptilian appearance with an iguana-themed head with yellow eyes; snake-themed arms that were very sleek and slim yet still showed power, and very muscular legs that resembled a Komodo Dragon. In fact, the Greeed's appearance was almost draconic.

Then, Psiren and this new Greeed just ran off towards where the exit was.

"HEY! HOLD IT!/STOP RIGHT THERE!" Ed and I shouted as followed the thieves.

However, we soon had to split up. We agreed that Ed would track down Psiren while I went after the new Greeed.

Psiren was far away from the museum by now, and it seemed that she was in the clear, until she stopped and saw Edward in front of her.

"Alchemy's the greatest thing we humans have going for us, and yet here you are stealing with it and making things even worse!" Ed snapped at the female thief. "Not to mention I had to put up with a mind-numbing interrogation because of you! I'd say you owe me a major apology!"

However, Psiren just pulled out a deck of card and blew on it before the cards extended and transformed into a sword, making Ed gasped as she lunged and slashed Ed before the Fullmetal roared and countered with a right hook.

While Ed had followed Psiren, I switched my medals so I still had the Taka head, but also the Kamakiri swords of the Kamakiri (mantis) medal (which were like two reverse grip blades), and the cheetah legs.

Soon, we were in a deserted part of town where I had a staredown with the white Greeed.

"Okay, buddy. Who are you? You sure have a lot of questions to answer," I growled.

"Well, I figured you would encounter me sooner or later, Multi-King. My name's Kiru, the Greeed of the Reptiles, and not like those orange ones Gara made," the Greeed replied, making me gasp.

"Wait… you look an sound like an OC some author created, and yet you sound like you know of the original Greeed."

"I should. After all, along with a few other Greeed, I was created alongside them. However, the alchemists who created me found me, and a select number of my siblings, to be far too powerful for their own good. I don't know how, but they sent our core medals into another world; this world, and as such, none of the 'official' Greeed, as you call them, remember us. It's too bad that now you're here, I'm gonna have to destroy you so you don't retrieve the medals of my siblings."

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I plan to stop it."

With that, I swung my blade, but he was able to counter with his claws, blocking every swipe I sent. However, Kiru smirked as I seemed to tear his insides out as the cell medals fell to the ground and eventually formed a new Greeed.

This guy had a crimson Kitsune head with gold lines around the eyes, along the ears, and from the eyes to the cheeks and neck. Compared to his relatively mammalian head, his torso was a gold reptilian appearance, resembling a dragon with his scaled arms and torso, clawed fingertips, and the wings on the back along with the crimson star in the center of his chest. Finally, I noticed his muscular gryphon-like legs that had gold claws and crimson fur/feathers. The golden lines from the waist stretched to his knees and feet.

Something tells me my role here has expanded to more than just helping Ed find the Philosopher's Stone to prevent desire from controlling the locals in that fashion.

Kimi no te de kirisaite Tooi hi no kioku wo

*The scene shifts to scanning Ed's automail arm from the joint connecting it to the shoulder while it was surrounded by both core and cell medals before changing to the image of a glowing transmutation circle*

Kanashimi no iki no ne wo tometekure yo

*The scene cuts to Ed, Al, and Hajime's silhouettes looking off onto a small town with many fields before showing a close up of their faces. A few seconds of this, and Hajime nods to Ed who then turns and hold out his automail arm before clenching his fist.*

Saa Ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke

*It cuts to a zooming out to see the State alchemist symbol from East City before it flashed revealing the title of the story in front of a transmutation circle*

Asu ga kuru hazu no sora wo mite Mayou bakari no kokoro moteamashiteru

*The scene changes to a birds-eye view of the trio standing on the edge of a tower staring off into the sunset, which shifts to a panning close up of the trio then a view of the sunset from the town they were in*

Katawara no tori ga habataita Doko ka hikari wo mitsukerareta no ka na

*The scene then shifts to Hikari nudging Winry awake from her slumber. It quickly changes to getting a better view of Winry's room before we get another look at the girls staring out the window before smiles emerged on their faces*

Naa Omae no se ni ore mo nosetekurenai ka?

*After a quick pan of the countryside, we see the Elrics inside a train car staring out of it with Hajime polishing his medals once more*

Soshite ichiban takai toko de okizari ni shite yasashisa kara toozakete

*It then cuts to Hajime sitting in a spot not too far from the Elrics talking to "ghosts" of the five most well-known greeed as well as even more transparent images of some other greeed that have yet to be introduced. It cuts to Colonel Mustang, Hughes, and Hawkeye walking towards the screen with other State Military officers, which quickly changes to Trisha Elric falling and fainting, before another scene change occurred showing Gluttony, Envy, and Lust*

Kimi no te de kirisaite Tooi hi no kioku wo

*It cuts to a rotating scene of the Elrics and Hajime surrounded by goons with swords and guns as well as several yummies before Hajime henshins into OOO and Ed transmutates a blade from his automail arm followed by Al transmutating the ground to launch Ed and OOO into the air with OOO executing his scanning charge while slashes down with his armblade*

Kanashimi no iki no ne wo tometekure yo

*The scene changes again to a desert wasteland with Scar walking slowly towards the camera before the image blurs and zooms in on Scar's face looking as stern and cold as ever.*

Saa Ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke

*The scene shifts to Ed clapping his hands before creating a green glowing transmutation circle in the ground with just the resulting electricity before it changes to the Elrics, Winry, Hikari, the "ghosts" of the Greeed and Hajime standing in front of a stone image of another transmutation circle*

Hajime: Fullmetal Kamen Rider OOO

Ed: Chapter 4-The Phantom Thief Part 2

Al: The Lost Greeed? I didn't think there were more than the ones Hajime told us of.

Ed: Niether did he, but this Kiru guy means business, and now he's trying to gather the core medals of his fellow Greeed.

Hajime: And if that weren't bad enough, I keep seeing and hearing the original Greeed I knew of without anyone else seeing them.

Ed & Al: Except us.

Hajime: Just what the heck is going on here?!

Al: And what does this have to do with Psiren?

Hajime: All of this and more next time on Fullmetal Kamen Rider OOO.

KKD: I hope you guys like this chapter after waiting so long for an update. In fact, I think this is appropriate that I get his updated since this is my birth month. Yep, I'm born in April, and come my actual birthday, I'll be 21, but I won't take advantage of drinking and smoking due to personal reasons. *checks watch* Whoops! I'm really late. I gotta get to work on updating the other two stories I promised. I'll catch you then.