Yah! My first fanfic! I hope you like it! Warning: my verb tenses might not cooperate. I stink at verbs.
Full summary: Nothing seems to go well with the Elrics. When they were about to destroy the Gate, Edward ends up getting sucked in instead. Now, he is in the Naruto world with filler characters: Neji, Hinata, Tenten, and Kiba. And he's stuck there; it was an one way street. Ed wants to redeem himself. But, there is just one question that keeps floating above his head. Is he finally accepted? No, not as a famous military dog, as a brother to be depended on, and not as a kid that should be pitied on. As a person.
This story was created (The rough draft/"original" is finished!) by me and my friend (Alias) Kit-chan. We worked it on it together. "A Metal Heart" is my new and improved version of the "original."
And, Neji might seem out of character becuase, well, he has no personality. Now, since he is one of the main characters, I want to write on what he "TRUELY" thinks and acts.
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING. Fullmetal Alchemist and Naruto belong to their owners (authors).
A Metal Heart
"A Separation and an Encounter"
"Al! Al! Alphonse!" Ed yelled; reaching towards his little brother's outstretched hands. He was trying to pull away from millions of tiny black hands' grasps. The hands that shot out of the Gate. The big, huge, brown, over-engraved double doors. On the other side of the Gate, a big eye was visible in the middle, with millions of other tiny, baby-sized eyes scattered around the big one, like stars in the brilliant night sky.
"NO! Nii-san!" Alphonse screamed back; trying to grab Ed's hands. He just barely touched Ed's fingertips.
But, it was too late, the big double doors slammed shut, leaving Al standing there in an empty room with his arms outstretched. Big blots of water rolled down his stricken face. His rusty gold eyes reflected on what just happened.
"Damn," Al muttered, wiping away his tears. He chuckled softly, reminding himself of his big brother, after all, that WAS Ed's favorite, overused swear. This wasn't supposed to happen, Al thought. We were just going to blow up the stupid cursed Gate. But instead Nii-san was sucked in. Crap. This probably happened because we forgot all about the first law in alchemy; Equivalent Exchange. Damn, damn, DAMN!
Ugh, Neji thought, following his younger cousin. I'm always stuck with these types of pointless jobs. But I guess I have to, I AM in the Cadet Branch. Sheesh, I wish there WEREN'T any ranking. It isn't practical.
"N-n-Nii-san? You know you don't have to g-go with me if you d-don't want to," Hinata stuttered, tugging on Neji's sleeve.
"No, no, I DO want to go with you," Neji stated calmly, clearly lying right through his teeth. And I'm NOT you big brother! I'm you older cousin!
Hinata looked skeptical and continued to walk, until she gasped. On the road to the town laid a young boy with bright yellowish gold hair that was tied back in a long, thin ponytail.
"Why is a kid here?" Neji asked, racing towards the boy in a calm, collected fashion. He threw the boy onto his back, not caring to examine him because he wanted to go back home as quick as possible, no matter what. He started running back the way they came.
Hinata tried her best to follow him, thinking WOW! Nii-san must really care about other people! He's really nice!
They started racing on top of branches of trees, going straight to their home.
The cold hard ground felt so good to Ed, especially after the journey through the Gate. He remembered everything all so clearly.
"You ready?" Ed asked, finishing up the large transmutation circle; the same one that he drew many years ago in his childhood.
"Yep," Al replied; worry and doubt coated his reply.
They stood opposite of each other on the circle. They haven't done alchemy in so long; they nearly forgot everything that they dedicated themselves into when they were so young. The brothers clapped their hands together simultaneously; the sound echoed along the walls of the empty room. The boys slowly placed their hands on the ground; their gloved fingertips were just along the edge of the outer circle.
Suddenly, there was first a bright yellow swirling light. Then, the joyful bright light turned malicious. Dust and dirt flew everywhere in the room. The brothers' gold ponytails whipped at their faces. Finally, the moment that the boys had been waiting for: the Gate appeared in front of them. Al's right hand slowly inched towards the thing that would be used to destroy the Gate; the uranium bomb. But the trail that his hand was taking soon stopped in its tracks for a sudden pained yell came from the other end of the circle where the Gate was opening up to.
Alphonse ran as fast as his legs could carry him, around the circle to where his older brother was standing. He was horrified at the scene that played before him that he nearly dropped the bomb that he held in his hands. Edward was being dragged into the horrid Gate. Millions of long black hands shot out of it. Ed fought against the merciless hands; but all his struggles were futile.
"Al! Don't get sucked along with me you fool!" Ed screamed. His yellow eyes that were just shade darker than his hair was glazed with fear for Al was trying his best to rescue him.
"Too bad! I WILL not lose you!" Al screamed back, struggling against the energy that pushed him away from Ed.
Ed decided not to argue. Instead, he reached out to grab hold of Al's outstretched hands.
Al struggled harder. He tried to reach the only thing he prized: his brother. His fingertips brushed slightly with Ed's, as the teen was slowly dragged in towards the dark abyss of the Gate.
Half of Ed's body was already in the Gate. "Al! Al! Alphonse!' he yelled.
"NO! Nii-san!" Al yelled; his fingertips were so close to his brother's hand.
But the struggles against the Gate were of no avail. The double doors closed around Ed, shutting him away.
Ed was enveloped in a dark, hellish, purple glow. Enveloped completely in darkness. Billions of malicious hands grabbed him, tugging him deeper into the abyss.
Ed stopped struggling. He knew it would be of no use. It's over; they failed, again. Once when the two boys tried to resurrect their mother and once now. Nothing concerning the Gate had a "happy ending." In fact, nothing ended happily for the Elric brothers.
"No," Ed thought to himself. He shouldn't give up now! What will happen to Al? What will become of him? What would Al feel? Will he be depressed? Will he spend all his days crying? Or maybe worse, will he attempt suicide just to try to follow him and be with him? Ed didn't want to find out the results. The results that all led to one thing; depression or death. The results that might make Ed himself sad. Results that he didn't want seen happening to Al. The brothers went through many hard times, never stopping in their tracks.
"You have strong legs. Get up and use them. Keep moving forward." Those words bounced around inside Ed's head. His famous quote that he told Rose when she lost all hope. The quote that kept the brothers going.
Those thoughts fueled him. Ed began to struggle once more. He clawed, swiped, ripped, and even bit at the black hands that grasped tightly around him.
Soon enough, the hands disappeared, and the darkness faded into a white light. Ed started walking forward for no apparent reason; only knowing that if he kept going, he would reach his destination, where ever that would be.
He continued to walk, staggering every now and again. Suddenly, darkness embraced Ed once again. But this time, it felt . . . kind. It wasn't menacing like before. But then again, it wasn't exactly darkness either.
Ed then found himself lying on the ground. The nice, hard ground. And he liked the ground, it felt reassuring. Finally he fell unconscious; the last thing he remembered was being carelessly flung onto someone's back.
"We're back!" Neji cried, entering the Hyuga residents.
"Back so soon?" the head of the Hyuga clan, Hiashi, called back.
"W-w-well, we s-s-sorta f-f-found a kid on the way t-to the t-town, so N-n-Nii-san carried him all the way here" Hinata stuttered.
"Yes. And he seems to have the fever," Neji informed formally.
"Okay. Thank you Neji" Hiashi said; taking the boy off of Neji's back. "Wow! This kid's pretty heavy!" He carried the boy into a room and set him onto a futon. "Neji? Hinata? Could you please take care of the guest?"
"Yes, Hiashi-sama," Neji replied.
"O-okay, Father," Hinata said. She followed Neji with a bowl of ice water and a towel.
Ed regained conscious to find a wet towel spread across his forehead. He tried to pry his eyes open, but he was still so sleepy.
Out of nowhere, a glass stick was forcibly stabbed into his mouth. Immediately, Ed shot up and ripped the stick out of his mouth, finding it was a thermometer.
"KYAAAA!" he heard a little girl scream.
"Hiashi-sama! The guest is awake!" he heard a boy yell.
"Ah! Good!" he heard a man yell back.
Ed had no idea what was going on, much less, where he was. He glanced around, with the thermometer still held tightly in his hand as if it was some type of curse that should be vanquished from the world. He saw a young boy wearing white bandages around his forehead with an even younger girl cowering behind his back. Then a man, probably their dad, walked into the room.
"Hello. Welcome to the Hyuga residents" the man said as he walked over.
"Okay, who are you? And why am I here?" Ed asked trying very hard NOT to sound impulsive and rude.
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