tzu leapt from the roof, and crashed into a house. there were three ishballans facing him.

the first he burned up, but the second took him by suprise and leapt on him. tzu just manged to swing him off and shoot him. the third ran off.

tzu saw that michaels rock wall was behind him, and he realized he was cut off

*oh dear.*

YOU want to speak to a mob of bloodthristy ishballans" exclaimed mitch " there must be another way"

"look let's suggest ideas quickly, another thing! where's Tzu!" shouted Michael

"the most pressing question is how are we going to get tzu out without any support"

tzu shot from inside the house

"a little help would be useful!" he shouted to the alchemists

"We do not negotiate with the Ishaballans Michael! That would be treason and against the high commands orders! Besides they would only deceive us."

Alen growled at Michael and his doubts about Michaels motives grew, he would make a report about Michael and his friends so that they would get kicked out of the military because with this course of action they would only kill Amestrisians instead of Ishaballans.

"Hes behind that wall you created" said Mitch "you sealed him in"

"any ideas?"

Michael got his chalk out.

"this will get me in so much trouble," he said.

He drew the same circle as before, there was an alchemical reaction, it made a tunnel going to the alleyway, hoping Tzu would find it and block it!

tzu triped over something. as he did, an ishballan leapt through the window. tzu shot him, and found he had triped over a trap door he opened it and went into the cellar

"you know that you could get kicked out of the military for this" said Mich looking worried.

Mitch walked off and stared at the wall analysing it.

"You want to hear something Alen, I am the biggest treasoner then you ever met! I have saved innocent Ishballan children and women, I have save innocents! And you know what, I'M HAVE ISHBALLAN!" shouted Michael!

tzu bolted the door above and looked around, using his flames as a light. to one end was a small tunnel, the other seemed to go a long way, like each house had the same cellar.

"I have an idea" said Mitch

As he said this he flung his arms out and the circles on his gloves started to glow. His whole body was engulfed in a pyramid of water. It then sank into the ground.

tzu appeared from the tunnel.

"i think i've found another way to he temple" he said

Mitch had vanished and was now travelling throught the ground to find tzu

(if you turned yourself into the water, I think your dead?

tzu said to michael "tell alen to get a unit down here"

he then went back into the tunnel.

(got to go be back later)

Alen`s eyes widened slightly by the announcement of Michael.

"Well no wonder"

He muttered in answer, but shook his head before raking cover from machine gun fire by the Ishaballans. The fighting would rage on the sides of the city, but everything was in a dead halt in the center of the city. The plaza divided city, but on the sides the Amestrisians began to gain the advantage all tough it would take sometime until they could take full advantage of the situation. Firing ceased from the temple, but Alen gazed towards the temple quietly.

"We wait, Michael and his group are apparently traitors so... send that message to HQ, I won`t let him pretend to be of the Amestrisian military while siding with the Ishaballans... yet women and children? He is more ignorant than I had imangined..."

( im not dead im in my water form)

(I dont die)

(lol that is actually not possible, no human can turn into water with alchemy and continue to exists etc, its just stupid.)

(perhaps he's a humonculus)

(Are you a humonculus like Wrath, that can use alchemy due to having another person's arm, if yes then, that works, if no, then... WHAT?! Humans aren't that Malleable)

"Alen, I have killed Ishballans, I have saved Amestrian soldiers, I just don't see why some innocents should die!" said Michael

tzu reappeared from the tunnel
"sorry to break up this important conversation, but the way to the temple is wide open. get down here!"

"Do you honestly think that I have killed women and children? I am a soldier, I kill enemy soldiers, all the women and children have always fled before anything could have happened to them. Surely a few might get killed in artillery bombardments, but that is war, people die in war, no matter whether you are innocent or not.

Yet I will not lower myself to your level by betraying my own country just for the sake of naive dreams, I will report about you and your friends as collabrators with the Ishaballans. I will not have you place my men in danger because of what you think, you shouldn`t be wearing that uniform and you should be on the other side, if you wish to save the innocent people.

I am on the amestrisians side to save my men the best I can, but I will not have you leading them to their deaths because you of what you feel for the other side or because of what you are."

Alen said to Michael with a cold and truthful tone as he wasn`t going to lie about this, but he stared at Tzu and shook his head.

"We are not attacking idiot, none is, we wait and you are going to be kicked out of the military as soon as I make my report."

Soldiers close the hatch and placed it under guard.

"look, actually, i never saved any ishballans. i killed them. i didn colaborate with him. i just followed him around.

"All's fair in love and war? That's complete rubbish! What the hell could these Ishballans do, we have more heavy weapons than them, we use alchemy! The only reason we can't win is because we have idiots for generals and people who can't even tell those people they are so dumb!" shouted Michael.

"I know, I should kill them, but knowing that there blood is inside you, it makes it that much harder!" he shouted again, a tear coming to his eye.

"besides, i think you should know that if you don't secure that tunnel now, the ishballans will have men pouring out of the houses in front and behind you."

"I won`t take that chance either"

Alen said calmly before gazing towards the temple and whispering something to another soldier who nodded, th soldier grabbed explosives and descended into the tunnel to blow it up. Alen turned to Michael.

"I do not like this war either, but I am choosing the lesser of two evils for myself, I`d rather see more Amestrisians smiling at the sight of their loved one returning from war rather than seeing them being butchered all over the battlefield. I already have the duty of meeting around 20 dead mens families and to tell them how sorry I am that their sons, husbands or brothers have died in the war.

I`d rather kill an Ishaballan than let an Amestrisian die, it`s nothing personal Michael, just a brutal war and I am not going to be the one that turns away as a coward yet if you can`t take it then I think you should just leave or join the other side. Either way, I won`t let you stain that uniform with the blood of Amestrisians..."

(ooh, that the time! GOTTA GO!)

"As sad as it is I see... I will only kill rebels though, if there are any orders of mass slaughter I will not fight!" said Michael, almost in a fit of tears.

He pushed Tzu out of the tunnel and got his chalk out. He was going to set out a trap, he realised that in this war, if the rebels attacked him, then he and his friends would die. In war, anyone on the other side is not a friend.

He made the trap. Once he had done the trap, he charged to the temple, once he got in there, he opened the trap door, and there in front of him was a Warrior priest, he knocked the priest out, and then started to draw another alchemy circle. He put his hands over it,, and a tornado came out, lifting up some of the guns and giving his friends a chance.

But in his mind, he had a horrid thought coming throug saying "murderer, murderer"

(eh one thing, how on earth did he not get hit by the snipers or machine guns that would have surely shot him? I find it annoying if the events go forward too fast and too easy just like you just did, our characters aren`t super humans or anything and my character is tired and wounded after claering out some blocks before reaching the plaza.)

(2 excuses, okay first, he went in the tunnels, second, remember, he hasn't actually done much fighting, he's been trying to avoid it, for a long time)

(i agree, it was a bit fast, but I am currently short on time. sorry

(eh Alen had a soldier of his explode the tunnel(in order to stop the Ishaballans getting trough as his soldiers weren`t up for a fight yet and he had orders to stay put until the temple could be surrounded) so he couldn`t have used it)

OOPS! ignore that! I've made a fool of myself. Pretend I didn't do it, as stupid as pretending it never happened is.

(Kaboom, said he found a tunnel! That's why I used it, but rewind)

Michael was sad as he knew Alen Corsair was right. He swallowed, and then he got up and ran, snipers were shooting at him, he got hit in the automail arm and it stopped working properly. As he carried on running, he got more and more shot up, until he went into an alleyway. He scrambled, then he got out his chalk, and drew a circle. Once he had done that, he summoned a small tornado. Whether it did damage or not, he did not know, due to all the bullets in his arms arms and legs, and the amount of blood he was losing, he passed out.

Elizabeth was in the medical tents *I have to get out of here and find Michael and the others*She thought as she walked out of the tent looking for Patrick when she heard somethig "Elizabet?" She though about walking away but she heard the voice again "Elizabeth?" As she heard someone walking toward her, she slowly turned around "Hi there" She said to Alexander her 20 year old brother "I am only gonna ask it once...What are you doing here?" He asked angryly "I am... umm well" She tried to said but he cut her off "You going to get out of her right now" He said "No I wont, you are worring to much I will fine so dont worry" She said "How I am supose not to worry when my younger sister is in the middle of a war!!" He said angryly "Well my older brother is in a war, I am worried too you know? I wanna help too" She said angrily "You dont get it, it is a war!!People are dieying!!" He said more angry "Yeah innocent people" She said angrily "Alex dont worry I will fine" She said more calmly "Elizabeth get it, It is too dangerous, you are alone in a war"He said "I am not alone" She said, but then she realised her mistake "Who are you whit" He asked suspiciusy (Overprotective brother epecialy around boys) "Dont worry they are good people and I can take care of myself" Elizabeth said as she walked away "Be carefull and if you need something ask me be carefull" He said *She is just like mom* He though as he walked away.

Michael started to wake up, he saw everything, it was all blurred. He started moaning out.

"alen, Tzu, Patrick, Elizabeth! I'm so sorry."moaned michael.

He moaned out loudly, he just wanted to die quickly instead of this slow pain. He was trying to crawl along, but found he was in so much pain he couldn't move.

Elizabeth was walking lost in her thoughts *I have to go to the war zone* She finally decided *I am sure Alexander wont like the idea but I wont tell him* She looked at her ring *If there is a way to find them it is this* (Elizabeth moddified her ring can find injured people *If you have ever seen Howl Moving... Elizabeth ring is like Sophie`s* when an injured person is near a ray of light show were it is it it also can show if a person has inner wounds and were are they) *It may be dangerous but if there is someone that can go into a war whitout being noticed that is me* She thought, she didnt found Patrick *I guess I have to go whitout him, he alredy put himself in danger because of me I can let that happen twice* She thought as she walked into the war zone. Elizabeth walked trougt the destroyed city her ring showed if there people around *It better to keep a lower perfil* She though ( Let fastfoward a little in here after a long walk) She was walking when she noticed her ring changing it color (Blue is the normal ring color, green means injured people, orange means badly injured people and red means people close to dead) It changed to red whoever was that person was his or her life was hanging on a limb she followed the light of the ring and she saw a men she looked closer *Michael* She thougt she looked his wounds she clapped her hands and a blue light appeard it was a little difficult but she got all the bullets and healed him, Elizabeth felt she got a little weak she hadnt sleep since she was in HQ and doing healing alchemy whitout rest wasnt easy, she sat down and noticed Michael automail It was really damaged (Elizabeth knows about automails too)

(Ah sorry, forget this post)

(quick note: Howl's moving castle movie and manga rocks!)

(Mad Bomber Elizabeth alredy healed Michael so you cant drag him around)

"I'll never leave the army, as long as my job is still to be done. I've realised your right." said Michael.

"Wait where's Elizabeth!" said Michael.

Michael then just collapsed, he was so tired, his wounds hurt.

sorry he's just tired

This got confusing.

just have Elizabeth take care of Michael

Michael woke up to find himself in bed.

"What happened, hello, anyone there?" asked Michael, the room was dark, he just wanted to know what happened and what was going on.

(Let just say I got Michael to the medical tent)

(sounds good)

Elizabeth entered were Michael was resting "Calm dow you are at the medical tent" Elizabeth said.

"hello, what's going on?" asked Michael, he couldn't see, everything was confusing.

"Elizabeth... I can't see currently, what happened, why does every thing hurt?" asked Michael.