I Death

The sound of violent coughing could be heard throughout the whole apartment, but no one walked in to make sure he was ok. Occasionally it would stop and be replaced with heavy breathing, but sooner or later it would start back up again. Other than that and the ticking of the clock it was quiet. Eighteen year old Edward Elric sat in his room reading trying to drown out the noise. He was used to his father's coughing, but it only got worse.

"Son...Come here" he heard Hoenheim say weakly.

Hearing that he stood up and quietly made his way across the hall. The door was cracked open, and he took a deep breath as he prepared himself for the stench as he opened the door and walked into his father's room.

"Yes dad?"

It had been about two years since the two of them had come through the gate against their will and ended up in a parallel world. They had ended up in 19th century Germany, and while Ed began looking for a way to get back to Amestris Hoenheim had kept his promise and stayed in his current body.

So now here was seeing his father on his death bed. His body has continued to rot, and he didn't have much time left. Ed could tell easily of course. The smell of his rotting body could be found all over the apartment, but it was the strongest in his room. He had tried to cover it up with cologne, but the two didn't go well together and the combination made Ed nauseous. He was also noticeably pale and thin, and he had been coughing up blood non stop for the past few days.

"You know I don't have much time left in this body"

Ed lowered his head and nodded silently.

"I want to give you something before I go"

He paused to cough into a bloody handkerchief, then pointed one of his black rotted hands towards the bookcase.

"Fifth shelf, black book in the middle"

Ed walked over and frowned slightly as he stood on his tip toes to take out the book he was talking about. As he looked at it he noticed there seemed to be something stuck in between two pages so he took it out. It was a small brass key.

"It goes to the middle drawer of my desk; the contents are yours"

Ed stuck the key into the middle drawer of the wooden desk and turned it until it opened. There were a few leather bound notebooks inside, as well as a small white wooden box and an object wrapped up tightly in cloth.

"Those are my important research notes, they might be able to help you"

Ed nodded and opened the box, but all that was inside of it was ash.

"That's all that's left of Envy's remains. I hate to ask you to bear my own sin, but you did say you saw him come through the gate as well so he could find you"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of him"

He put the lid back on the box and put it back, then reached for the object. Thinking it was fragile he undid the cloth slowly and carefully. Once he saw what it was his eyes widened and his hand began to tremble. It was a Philosopher's Stone, and judging by it's size it contained hundreds if not a few thousand souls.

"It's your choice to use it or not, but use it wisely if you do"

Ed nodded and placed the stone in his pocket.

"Dad...I forgive you"

Hoenheim's eyes widened in a bit of surprise and happiness, then he smiled and closed his eyes for the last time.

"Give Al...My regards" he said softly.

"Say hi to mom for me"

A few days later the funeral was held. It was rather small considering that didn't know man people in the world they were stuck in, but it was still a sad day. Ed was the last one to leave, but he quietly stood there in front of the grave for a while. It was quiet, then a voice spoke.

"I could bring him back for you"

Ed turned to see a tall (to him) overweight man with an oddly big smile holding out his hand to him. He had gray skin and pointy ears, and just by that Ed guess he wasn't fully human.

"No thanks" he said turning away.

The man just blinked and stood there not believing what he had just heard.

"No? What do you mean 'No'? Don't you want him back?"

Ed shrugged.

"Not really"

What's with this kid? He thought.

"Don't get me wrong, I do miss him, but he's finally at peace with mom now. I think part of him wanted to die"

"Than how about someone else?" he tried not giving up.

"Your mother maybe? Or-

"I SAID NO!" Ed yelled in his face.

"Life only flows in one direction and humans aren't supposed to be brought back to life!"

Images from that night he tried the forbidden came flooding back to him and he subconsciously held his right arm.

"Believe me I learned that the hard way" he said softly.

Then he turned away again and started walking down the hill.

"My advice come back to me about eight years ago, would've saved me a lot of trouble"

With that he left the man standing there confused and irritated, but he simply moved on to someone else and continued to create Akuma.

Author's Notes

Yet another crossover, but I like them ^_^ Now here's just some little things you need to know:

Timeline: FMA wise this is two years after the FIRST anime, so in other words this will have a few similarities with the movie. DGM wise...I haven't really decided yet. I haven't finished the anime yet (on the last season) and I do plan to start the manga at some point too but I may not get around to it for a while...

With that said and done there are a few minor changes (mostly FMA wise) that I'm making: Al has not lost any part of his memory, Izumi is not going to die, Mustang did not go all depressed and emo like he did in the movie, Amestris is still run by a Fuhrer (Not Bradley), and last and definitely not least alchemy DID exist in the DGM/our world.

All of those will be important at one point or another. That's all for now, and I hope you guys like it so far ^_^ Please review.