Philosopher's stone rebirth

20: clues

(pic above)Benkira: I'm going to start than.

Than an alchemy reaction lighted around his body. It was coming from his arm where he had a circle. He closed his eyes... And concentrated. He open his eyes after a while.

Roy: so?

Benkira: a really slight one... Luckily its within my maximum range. Two towns away from here. Town juruslim.

Al: two... Two towns?!!!

May: that's amazing!!!

Ed: how did you do it?

Eliza: dogs have very good smell in the first place.

Al: that couldn't be the only reason right? Its impossible if it is...

May: or... Benkira-san happens to be some super dog.

Ed: enhancement... Alchemy?

Eliza: you did your studies.

Al: you're right nii-san!! But at most... I think... I read is that people can enhance up to...  five times.

Benkira: well enhancing it only means further range and increase in sensitivity.

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They reach the train station and bought their tickets. They sat on the benches waiting for their train. The train station was a big one just like the one they used to go to at Central. Only difference is that they were not at the borders of the country in town richopak.

al: reminds me a lot of Central.

eliza: well... many people do stay here because its the borders. Hundreds of people try to go out of the big doors nee-chan gatekeeps.

roy: can't we just teleport there?

eliza: I didn't leave a circle there. There is no way we can just 'teleport' there.

ed: there really isn't a way we can just appear there?

eliza: like how?

ed: fly there. *thumbs up*

eliza: of course not !!! Sigh.. *deep breathes* there are limitations you know.

ed: hmph. So much for advanced alchemy.

kia: advanced alchemy is for killing. A convenience to killing. Didn't I tell that to you?

ed: that's not true. Yuki healed you. You could have died.

may: yeah!! I agree. Alchemy has its own good merits too.

The train comes and they all board the train, kia going first.

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ed pov:

There was  blood everywhere... on the floor... than I looked to my hands... no blood... meaning... gasped in terror... my vision went blurry. It was like the ther time. it wasn't my own blood. It was somebody else's. Whose...? Like the other time when I lost a lot of blood. I was going to die. But at least it was my own. I wasn't afraid of something like that. Blood that is... mine,  killing myself.

I looked up... a little blurry... that face... kia?

I woke up when al shook me "huh?"

al: you were pespiring nii-chan.

ed: was I? Oh. *wipes forehead* you're right.

I went to look for kia "did you have any dreams?"

kia: no. Why? There isn't someone they need us to kill yet I guess. You have one?

ed: ah.

kia: if its not somebody to kill... than someone's death.

ed: Truth sends these kinds of warnings too?

kia: its not a warning. It will happen. So who did you see?

ed: I see. Never mind.

kia: must be someone close to you.

ed: eh? What makes you say that?

kia: Truth only shows death of the agent's closed ones.

ed: agents... whoever came up with that?

kia: someone very very old. Obviously not me.

ed: so there is other people like us out there.

kia: al? that person in your dream. I saw zihein's death. Weird right... he is still alive.

ed: are you even sure the death that Truth shows are definite?

kia: well... I believed so.

ed: or... he didn't really even die.

kia: but... everyone in the dreams I had... died. Even for him...

I turned around "none of your business anyway. "

kia: if you say so.

close to my heart? She? of course not!! She's so annoying.