It was a sunny mid-August afternoon. All was peaceful and well in the village of Konoha. The branches on the trees waved lightly in the wind, and the birds flew cheerfully over them. The green gates of Konoha stood open. A large transportation circle appeared just outside them. Five adults flew down from the sky. Two of them landed quite comfortable on their feet, but the latter three collided with the ground.

"We got through," announced Harry Potter. It had been 6 years since he'd last been in the village. Much had passed in the last 6 years. Harry was now 23-years-old. He was almost identical to his father, except for, of course, his bottle green eyes.

"I wonder if everyone remembers us?" questioned Winry Potter, nee Rockbell. The 21-year-old worked as a doctor in a muggle hospital, although she still occasionally made auto-mail for the wizarding population. Winry looked almost exactly the same, except she was taller and her hair was longer.

The other two that were with them were Kakashi Hatake, Nymphadora Tonks and Iruka Umino. Tonks and Kakashi had gotten married three years ago, but Tonks decided to keep her own last name. The years changed the three very little. Tonk's hair was bright blue that day, and pulled back into a long ponytail. Kakashi and Iruka were still in shinobi-wear, although Kakashi had stopped wearing the mask. They had not adapted to the wizards' flappy robes, even though they worked for the Ministry as Aurors. Tonks had also gone back to her job as an Auror.

Another circle appeared, only a few feet from theirs. A wizard, three State Alchemists, a Xingese teenager and her panda all crashed to the ground. Harry grinned, recognizing them immediately.

"Very smooth landing, shrimp!" Ronald Weasley snapped at Edward Elric, who landed on his stomach. Ron was taller than before, but otherwise, looked exactly the same. He was dressed in a State Military uniform, and his stripes indicated that he was a Lieutenant Colonel.

"Don't call me short! I've grown! I'm taller than…" 21-year-old Edward picked himself up. Harry noticed that he had indeed grown. However, his younger brother Alphonse was taller than him by a good six inches. Ed was easily the shortest person there. Both the Elrics had long, blonde hair that was tied back into ponytails. They weren't dressed in the blue uniforms, preferring their trademark Flamel's Cross jackets. Ed's was red with a black symbol, and Al's was black with a red symbol. "Well, I've grown taller than Mei!"

"No you haven't. We're the same height, bean-boy," the Xingese girl told him. Indeed, she stood at Ed's height. Mei was wearing a Xingese outfit, and her hair was still pulled up into buns. Xiao-Mei, tiny as ever, was perched onto her shoulder, as usual. "Besides, I'm only 16. I'm going to grow taller, but you aren't."

"That's not true…" Ed whimpered. Al patted his back in sympathy.

"Hey, it's Iruka-sensei!" Lee noticed. He was wearing a military uniform, and he still had his trademark shiny bowl cut. Lee was much taller, and looked almost exactly like Gai.

"Harry, mate! You came, too!" Ron greeted his best friend happily.

"We're been trying to get through everyday," Harry told him. "And today, we finally did."

"Same here!" said Ron. "I'm so happy to see you! Where's Hermione?"

"Hermione's unable to travel," said Iruka, blushing. "You see, we're expecting our first child in October." Everybody congratulated him.

"Rose is home in Lior for the same reason," said Ron. "Ours is coming mid-November."

"Congratulations, mate!" Harry grinned. "I can't believe how much we've both grown up! To think, when we first met, we were both little 11-year-olds who had no one else to sit with on the train!"

Four people jumped out and landed beside the group. Ed recognized the Sand Siblings right away. Gaara, Temari and Kankurou hadn't changed all that much. Of course, at 18, 20 and 21 respectively, they'd grown taller and looked older. Kankurou had also changed his face painting. The siblings also looked a little more relaxed. Although Gaara's eyes were still surrounded by black, they held a much gentler expression that when Ed had last seen him. Gaara was carrying Luna on his back, and set her down upon arrival. Luna had grown very little, for Gaara now surpassed her in height. Her fair hair had been cut to shoulder-length, and she donned shinobi-wear.

"Edward! You've grown taller!" Temari walked up and kissed him as if no time had passed at all. She examined him critically. "Not as tall as me, though."

"And good to see you, too," Ed grumbled.

"Looks like the nickname 'pipsqueak' is gonna stick," Kankurou cheerfully observed.

"The Gate finally reopened, eh?" Gaara nodded his greeting. "It took longer than McGonogall-san estimated."

"How are things back in England?" asked Luna.

"Well, I got a job as an Auror when I graduated. I became the youngest Minister of Magic ever when Scrimgeour retired last year," said Harry.

"Congratulations!" Luna and Ron grinned.

"It turned out that Envy really did murder our father," said Temari. "Gaara's the new Kazekage."

"Temari and I are Jounins now," Kankurou announced proudly. "Luna became a doctor."

"We're engaged," Gaara took Luna's hand. "We wanted to wait for all of you. Now that the Gate opened again, expect a wedding invitation any day now."

"We're actually on a business trip," explained Luna. "I'm here to deliver some medicine to Hayate-nii-san… his illness has improved, but he still gets sick spells occasionally. Gaara's meeting with the new Hokage."

"I'm on business, too," said Mei. "The Emperor believed my story after he saw Ron, Ginny and Anko. He made me the Head of Foreign Affairs."

"There's no use standing around, then," Gaara lead Luna towards the gate and motioned for everyone to follow him. The group practically just stepped into the town when they spotted a pair of familiar faces.

"Riza! Ibiki!" Ed waved at them. A black and white dog walked beside Riza. Spotting Ed, he immediately ran and toppled Ed over. The dog barked excitedly, licking Ed's face in happiness.

Ed recognized him as Black Hayate. Except the puppy was now about the size of a male lion. Ed tried to get the dog off him, in vain and to his friends' great amusement. A little girl was perched on the dog. She looked like a dark-haired, three-year-old version of Riza. She stayed on quite comfortably, gripping on Hayate's collar. Finally, Ibiki and Riza came, and they were able to pull the dog away from Ed.

"I'm sorry," Riza apologized. "I guess he's glad to see you."

"Yeah," Ed scowled, dusting himself off.

"And who's this cutie?" Winry smiled at mini-Riza.

"This is our daughter, Noa," introduced Riza. "Noa? Can you say hi to everybody?"

Noa peered at the group with Ibiki's trademark suspicious glare. "No," she replied.

"Awwwww! Isn't she just adorable!" Riza and Ibiki squealed, shedding tears of mirth. They grabbed Noa and squished her between them in a group hug. Everyone else sweatdropped.

"This seems awfully familiar…" mumbled Al.

"Except both parents are obsessive…" muttered Ed.

"Anyways, how are things back in Amestris?" Riza's tone returned to seriousness after she set Noa back on Black Hayate.

"Well, Roy became the Fuhrer," said Ed. "Havoc and I were promoted to Colonel. Armstrong, Breda, Fuery and Falman all became First Lieutenants. Ginny, Ron, Lee, Anko and Al also joined the army. Hughes and Anko were promoted to Brigadier General… Anko got promotions really frequently after Roy became Fuhrer, if you know what I mean."

"That's really terrific," answered Riza. "But how did it happen? I don't think Roy jumped from Colonel to Fuhrer overnight."

"He didn't. When landed back in the middle of Lab 5 and we sort of… demolished the place," Al explained sheepishly. "We rescued some of the humans they were testing on in the lab. They're in good hands now. They made Hakuro the Fuhrer. It turns out that, shortly after we went back to England, some soldiers sent into Lab 5 were killed by chimaeras. After Hakuro found out we defeated them, and also had Scar's body, he was really pleased with Roy. He gave everyone who was already in the army huge promotions. Roy was promoted to General, and became Hakuro's right-hand man."

"About 2 weeks after we came back, Creta started a war with Amestris," continued Ed. Riza winced. "This time, I had to go to the battlefield. But luckily, this war was pretty short. Hakura died in the war. Mustang was able to talk the Cretians into a peace treaty, and we haven't heard much from them since. Mustang then got promoted to Fuhrer. By the way, Hohenheim went AWOL as soon as he set foot back in Amestris. We haven't seen him since. Some father."

"That's too bad," said Riza. "But life can't be perfect, I guess."

"How have you been, Riza?" inquired Al.

"Well, I decided to become a ninja. Fortunately, I didn't have to go through the academy. Think of how embarrassing that would be! Ibiki trained me," explained Riza. "Last month, I graduated into Tokubetsu Jounin. My specialty is tracking. How are the others in Amestris?"

"Greed is now the owner of a successful nightclub down South," said Ron. "Ginny joined the military. She's a Second Lieutenant, and she works for Ed. She ditched Greed because she got tired of him!" Ron had a look of relief on his face.

"That's what he thinks," Ed hissed to Riza. "However Ginny happens to be one of the Devil's Nest's most frequent customers."

"Ginny also set up Falman with her best friend Sheska, Hughes' secretary. But Colonel Havoc is as luckless with women as ever," said Ron. "Rose became a teacher in Lior, which was fully rebuilt. I serve in the Headquarters closest to there. Ishbal was restored as well. Scar was buried back in his land, right where he wanted to be." The group talked for a little more, until Noa started to fuss.

"We promised Noa we'd take her on a trip outside of Konoha," Ibiki told them.

"We'll see you later," Riza waved at them, and the Morinos walked out of the gate. The group resumed their walk.

"Lee?" a deep voice cried from down the street.

"Gai-sensei?" Lee peered towards the direction the voice came from.

"Lee!" Maito Gai ran up the street towards his favourite student.

"Gai-sensei!" Lee dashed to meet him.

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!" Lee and Gai crashed into each other's arms, sobbing. Lee was as tall as Gai now, and they looked like a pair of twins. A beautiful beach sunset formed behind them.

"Oh no… here we go again!" the Kodak moment was shattered by the voice of a 19-year-old Neji Hyuga. Neji was now taller than Gai, and his hair was so long it touched the back of his knees.

"Lee? That uniform… are you part of the military now?" asked Tenten. Her brown hair was pulled up into buns, just as the group had last seen her. Wrath accompanied the group. At 16-years-old, he looked more like Izumi than ever. His black-blue hair was tied back into a ponytail like Neji's. It was quite as long, but certainly getting there. His arm and leg of auto-mail clearly showed. Winry rushed over, examining them. They had grown a little small, but she quickly assured him that she'd adjust them as soon as possible.

"Yeah. Three years ago, Alphonse-kun and I both became State Alchemists. They chose us for the same reason Edward-kun was picked!" announced Lee. "We're both Lieutenant Colonels now. My second name is the Drunken Fist Alchemist, and Al's is the Split Spirit Alchemist."

"Drunken Fist?" repeated Wrath.

"Yeah. He packs quite a punch when he's had too much alcohol," explained Ed.

"I work as a vet in my spare time," said Al.

"Your sensei must've been as proud of you as I am now," sniffed Gai.

"Actually, no. She got over it eventually, but Izumi was pretty pissed when she found out that all three of us became State Alchemists," Ed recalled.

"She didn't hesitate to show us her anger," added Al. The Elrics looked at each other and shuddered.

"I was sore all over for weeks!" Lee proclaimed. He sniffed in fond memory. "Oh, how I miss you, Izumi-sensei!"

"What does that mean?" asked Wrath, expecting the worst.

"Oh, well, I'm so sorry, Wrath. Izumi… your mother… she passed away a year ago," Al told him gently. Wrath's fears were confirmed.

"If McGonogall-sensei was right, and the Gate really did open in four years… I might've been able to see her again! I should have gone with her! I've lost both of my mothers!" Wrath burst into tears.

"Wrath! I'm so sorry! But Mr. Curtis is still alive, and he's looking forward to meeting you!" Al and Lee rushed to comfort him.

"That's right, Wrath. You still have both your fathers." Neji told Wrath kindly, motioning towards Gai.

"You have your brother Neji, your sister Tenten and your friends, the other kids in Konoha," Tenten soothed him. Wrath wiped his eyes and gave them an appreciative smile. Gai and his favourite student enfolded his second favourite student in a group hug.

"What have you been doing the last six years?" Gai asked Lee. "You've grown so tall and handsome! Surely, a beautiful lad like you can't be single?"

"I am not, Gai-sensei," replied Lee. "I have a girlfriend. I won her through much persistence. Her name is Ran Fan, and she is from Xing, like Mei-chan."

"Dog of a Yao," Mei coughed.

"By persistence, he means he stalked her until she gave in," Ed whispered to Neji. "But Ran Fan learned to like Lee eventually. They make a cute couple."

"Well, the love birds here have nested," Gai elbowed Tenten and Neji.

"Gai-sensei! I thought you promised us you weren't going to say that anymore!" Tenten blushed.

"Okay. We're dating. We're boyfriend and girlfriend. Squeal all you want, I don't care," Neji told Lee. And he did. Tenten and Neji were subjected to the same group hug Gai and Lee gave Wrath.

"Promise me you will make me the best man at your wedding!" Lee told Neji. Both Neji and Tenten's eyes widened.

"Whoa! We're just dating!" Neji exclaimed.

"How are things back in England?" Tenten asked Harry and co. to change the subject.

"We became Aurors," said Kakashi. "Harry became the Minister of Magic."

"Mr. Moody passed away two years ago," said Winry sadly. "He came down with the dragon pox. He didn't tell anyone until it was too late."

"We have to go see the Hokage," said Gaara.

"I'll catch up with you later, Ed," Temari told him. Gaara picked Luna up again, and they disappeared.

"Kakashi-sensei! You're back!" Naruto cheered, spotting the group as he hopped over the roofs. He, Sakura and Sasuke joined the group. All three were now 18 and, to Ed's dismay, taller than him. Naruto still had the same, spiky blonde hair and energetic blue eyes. Sakura had kept her pink hair short all these years. Sasuke was still easily the best-looking boy in Konoha.

"Hey, Gaara mentioned something about a new Hokage," recalled Kakashi.

"That's right! The old man died three years ago!" confirmed Naruto.

"Who's the new Hokage? Is it you?" Mei asked Naruto eagerly. Those who had lived in Konoha the last 6 years all burst into laughter. Naruto's ears turned red.

"No, it's a woman named Tsunade. She is one of the legendary sannin, along with Orochimaru and Jiraiya," explained Sasuke.

The group caught up with what had been going on in Konoha. Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru had become Jounins. Tenten and Shino were Tokubetsu Jounins, their specialties in examining and tracking, respectively. Everyone else, including Wrath, had made it to Chuunin. Asuma and Kurenai had gotten married. Asuma's team was on a mission at the moment, but Kurenai's team was in Konoha that day. Ino and Sakura had reconciled their friendship, although they were still bitter rivals. Ino was going out with Kankurou, and Sakura was going out with Shikamaru. Tenten pointed out that last week, Ino was with Shino, and Sakura, with Chouji. Before that, it was Kiba and Wrath, and so on. Both were still dead set on winning Sasuke. Harry, Ed and co. told them what was happening in England and Amestris.

"Why don't we give you a tour of Konoha, Mei?" Sakura offered.

"Okay," agreed Mei.

"Jiraiya wanted me to give you something," Naruto told Kakashi. "He's in Suna right now, 'researching' for the next novel." Naruto handed Kakashi a trio of books. One was titled 'Icha Icha Fighting', another, 'Icha Icha Tactics' and the third, 'Icha Icha Drama'.

"Don't tell me there's more of that trash!" Tonks cried. "I found Kakashi reading that garbage last month. I quickly set flames to those!"

"No thank you, I don't want it," Kakashi declined. Naruto shrugged and tucked them back into his bag. When Tonks turned her attention away, Kakashi pulled Naruto aside, and hissed: "Meet me at the ramen stand at six with the books. I'll treat you to all the ramen you can eat! See if you can get the first one, too!"

"Hai!" Naruto's mouth watered at the thought.

"Later!" Sakura waved at them. Team 7, Mei and Xiao-Mei dashed off.

"Come, Lee! We have much catching up to do!" Gai put an arm around his favourite student.

"See you later!" Lee told his friends, and walked off with his old team and Wrath.

"I'll give you a tour of my home," Kakashi told Tonks, and they went away as well.

"I'm going to say hello to some of my friends," decided Iruka, and he jumped away.

"Anyways, Harry, how is everyone else?" asked Ron.

"Well, Sirius works for the Ministry, in the Beast department. Lust still teachers Defence Against the Dark Arts. Lust and Sirius are going out, but they don't want to make a big deal out of it. Hermione teachers Transfiguration, and she's the head of Gryffendor. The eight of us; Sirius, Lust, Tonks, Kakashi, Hermione, Iruka, Winry and I all live in the Grimmauld place," recounted Harry. "Hogwarts is running as good as ever. Kreacher died of a broken heart when he learned of Bellatrix's death. Dobby's as healthy as ever. Hermione's given up on SPEW." Ron laughed at the name. "Malfoy's stopped being so anti-muggle. He works for the Daily Prophet, and he writes articles much better than that Skeeter cow!"

"Wait. I thought we killed all the Death Eaters? Why do we still need Aurors?" asked Ron.

"Some of them escaped," explained Winry. "And the Death Eaters aren't the only bad wizards. Some of them gathered in America. They formed a new group called the Walpurgis Knights."

"You guys catch up," Al told them. "I'm going to go look for someone." Al walked away, and his brother caught up to him.

"Are you looking for her?" Ed grinned, elbowing Al.

"She's my friend. You know I miss her," Al replied. They were approaching a street corner. Team 8 was coming up the other side. Hinata Hyuga was first. She quickly fell back against the fence when she saw who was coming. Kiba and Shino kept on going.

"Hey! Ed and Al! You're back?" Kiba waved merrily at them. He was perched on top of a large… no, colossal white dog.

"Hi, Kiba!" Ed waved back. He and Al did a double take after taking a closer look at Kiba's steed. "Is that… Akamaru!"

"Sure! Don't you recognize him?" Kiba patted his dog.

"He grew… a lot!" observed Ed.

"What do you mean?" questioned Kiba.

"Well… three years ago… wasn't he sitting on your head?" Al asked weakly.

"Maybe he has grown," Kiba shrugged. "I've been with him the whole time, so I didn't notice." Kiba had stopped wearing the furry hood, and his brown hair spiked up proudly. He still had the red triangles on his cheeks. A hood and sunglasses covered the face of person that accompanied him. He cleared his throat loudly.

"Is that you, Shino?" Ed peered at him.

"Funny you recognized Kiba and Akamaru so easily," muttered Shino.

"Like we're supposed to know it's you when your face is behind a hood!" frowned Ed.

"Where's Hinata?" asked Al. Behind the fence, Hinata's heart gave a great thump at hearing her name spoken by Al.

"She was just behind us a second ago," replied Kiba, looking around. He spotted her behind the fence. She desperately put her finger to her lips, motioning for him to be quiet.

Alphonse walked around the corner, and spotter her. "Hi, Hinata!" he greeted her cheerily.

At 18-years-old, Hinata Hyuga had still kept a look of childish innocence. She had grown her indigo hair long, put still dressed in a baggy jacket. Her face turned bright red at seeing Alphonse.

"H-hi… Al…" she hadn't seen him for so long she was unsure what to say. One thing was certain. Her feelings for him hadn't faded over the years, and Al felt the same way about her. They stood there for several moments, just staring at each other.

"I'll leave you alone now," said Ed. "I'm going to go find Temari." He gave Alphonse a little nudge.

"I'll help you! Why don't you ride on Akamaru?" suggested Kiba, winking at Hinata. Ed hopped on, and Akamaru dashed away.

"I'm going to… go home…" Shino got what his friends were doing, and jumped away as well.

"Um… how have things been in Konoha?" asked Al.

"They've been okay. Tsunade-sama is a very good Hokage." Hinata fell back into her old habit of fiddling with her fingers. "There's a criminal group called the Akatsuki, and they've already trashed Konoha twice. We've had no luck catching them. And the village of Sound wasn't completely wiped out. We've left it alone, but we get some trouble from them sometimes."

"Evil didn't completely die out," Al told her. "There's a group called the Walpurgis Knights. They've been bothering the people in the wizards' world. Has Neji been nicer to you?"

"That's terrible. Yeah, Neji and I get along now. He even helps me train sometimes," replied Hinata. They talked a little more, relaxing.

"Roy and Anko, Hughes and Roy's old crew are in Aerugo right now," Al told Hinata. "They're trying to come upon an agreement with the Aerugians, but things don't look good. It looks like there's going to be another war."

"Now that you're a State Alchemist, you're going to get sent to the battlefield, aren't you?" Hinata gripped Al's collar, and buried her face in his chest.

"Hinata! Don't worry! I'll be fine!" Alphonse put his arms around her.

"I really missed you, Al," Hinata confessed.

"I missed you, too," Al whispered back. Throughout their journey through Konoha, the sky had been changing from blue to grey, although the others hadn't noticed in their joyous reunion. Now, the rain began to pour down from the clouds. But the two just stood there, embracing each other.

"You're not going to leave again, are you?" asked Hinata. "I haven't seen you for so long, and now, you have to go to war…"

"We don't live in perfect worlds," Al told her. "As long as we're human, war and death will continue to exist. Killing a few villains won't change that."

"You're right," Hinata smiled. "We just have to make the best of the circumstances we have."

"Exactly." Al lifted her chin. They looked at each other, white eyes locked onto grey. Their lips met. The downpour of rain didn't lessen as Alphonse and Hinata kissed.

"Come on. Let's get out of the rain," Alphonse put an arm around her. Hinata drew herself closer to him, and together, they walked down the street in search of shelter.

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And I declare "The Magic of Alchemy with Ninjas" officially over! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it! Good-bye! Sayonara! Au revoir! Zai jien! Auf Wiedersehen! Thank you all so much for reading!