Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 5

After a failed alchemical ritual cost Edward Elric an arm and a leg and left his brother Alphonse a soul bound to a suit of armor, the brothers keep searching for the Philosopher's Stone. In this volume, Ed, Alphonse and their childhood friend Winry head south to find Izumi Curtis, the alchemist who trained them. In the boomtown of Rush Valley, a run-in with a pickpocket leads them to an auto-mail blacksmith whose work impresses Winry. The volume then flashes back to show how the brothers first learned alchemy.