One More Try

Summary – Lost in grief, Kagome travels through an endless void of darkness, but when she sees a gateway she makes her way there as it opens. She looks back, hands pulling at her, begging her to let them take her place. Now she wonders if that would have been the better course of action. Strung into a world of alchemy, what does she do when she is nothing more than a shadow of her previous self? Her fellow roommates Envy and Wrath may be able to bring her out of the shadows and back into the light, that is, if Dante doesn't notice.

Rated – T – M (Mild Violence) (Medium Sexual Themes) (Mild Language) (Medium Blood and Gore)

Disclaimer: No I don't own InuYasha or Full Metal Alchemist.

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Chapter One – The Gate

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Prolog

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"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

Kagome said this to herself, a quote from her favorite poet. She never understood that quote though, that is, until just recently.

Looking around, it truly felt like a dream now. She was dead, right. When she spoke her words came out as if she was in a stadium, echoes bouncing off of...nothing.

She continued the walk, strangely she was reminded of a fortune cookie she had gotten once.

'Hn, The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.' She looked down at her feet, picking one up she sat it down before her.

"A single step," She hadn't expected anything to happen, certainly not a Gate forming before her and things appearing around her, pushing and shoving to get to the gate.

'...that was my single step, perhaps my journey of a thousand miles...' She could see someone with a kind smile. She felt a twinge of pain in her heart.

She walked forward and as she passed through the Gate, she smiled.

"I forgive you, Inuyasha." She whispered out loud, ignoring the pleading of those around her. Though she forgave him, her heart was still full to the brim with the feeling of Betrayal, grief seasoning the top just a bit.

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A little boy with long black hair that went to the middle of his back, he wore a black leather top and black leather skirt. A red tattoo was on his thigh. Bright purple eyes looked at the girl, who lay on the couch, his fingers inching towards hers. He walked two of his finger up the ivory skin of her arm to her long black eye lashes.

"Envy, is she going to wake up soon?" Envy looked up from his position on the recliner, one leg over the arm the other rocking him back and forth, his arms behind his head. Black hair with a forest green tent to it fell around him in a palm-tree like fashion, his violet eyes looked back at what he would almost call, a miniature Envy. He wore the same clothing that he wore.

"Maybe, maybe not, how the hell should I know?" The little boy stuck his tongue out at him.

"Wrath, you know I get paid a lot of money to kill people and make it look like an accident, right?" The little boy nodded.

"Yeah, what about it?" He asked.

"Well, you're real close to having an accident." Wrath quickly stopped talking and was somewhat shocked when the girl before him started laughing softly. Her eyes opened and cerulean orbs stared at him in the eyes.

She didn't have clothes on yet, merely a white and black chiffon robe. Envy looked over at the laugh and watched as she sat up, the robe opened between the caverns of her breasts, not showing anything more than a trail of ivory skin to her belly button.

'Damn, what a teaser.'

Envy stood up from his spot and stretched, drawing her attention to him. He watched as she stood up, closing the robe tightly before sitting back down.

"So sleeping beauty awakens. What's your name?"

"Kagome." He stared at her oddly.

"Child, what do you feel in your heart, what kind of pain is hidden in the depths of your heart." Kagome gasped in pain as she clutched her chest tightly. Envy turned to see a woman with short black hair in a red skirt and black shirt with knee length black boots come in.

"There is no pain."

"Really, then why do you hold your heart? You were hurt." Kagome fell to her knees.

"No, I forgave him." This caught the woman and Envy's attention, Wrath just wanted to comfort the girl.

"What did he do to deserve forgiveness?"

"He...did it for love. It's her I hate, she betrayed me, and she claimed she would stop the advances, telling me that we were sisters. It's the person who brought her back to life I hate, not him, but them." Envy watched as she cried. She didn't even realize that she was saying all of this.

"Kikyou, she was supposed to be dead, his past love, he made a promise to her in the past, she died, he fell in love with me, then she comes back to life, taking half of MY soul. He always lied to me, telling me stuff like, he was going to scout the area, and he was going for a walk. NO, he went to her, the walking corpse. Finally, Kikyou told him, she has to die, I need her soul Inuyasha, and then we can be together." Tear now falling helplessly to the floor, by this point the woman was on her knees with the girl in her arms, thinking of her past and how much it was like hers.

"My son had been with me too, when he came back. I remember everything, he was part demon part human, he brought those claws down my side, I backed up into the wall, stumbling a bit. I told my son to run, get out of there. He took off who knows where, suddenly, I felt his hand drill into my chest, an intense pain and then...darkness. He...betrayed me."

"Deceit, my dear; my name is Dante, that there is Wrath and this, is Envy. They will be your roommates, alright?"

"Deceit...yes, I understand." She nodded.

Dante smiled before standing and leaving.

"Deceit—"

"Kagome, my name is Kagome. Not Deceit, I was betrayed, I did NOT Betray anyone to warrant that name." Wrath flinched and took a step back at the harsh tone to her voice. She noticed this and her face softened drastically that even Envy had to check if he saw right.

"I'm sorry, what was it you wanted?"

"I wanted to ask if I can sleep with you tonight. Envy—"

"Thinks it's a good idea for him to have a female figure to watch over him that isn't a crazed Bi Polar, lust fanatic or a major sloth; no pun intended to the last two." He glared at Wrath who immediately understood.

'Mouth Shut.'

"Oh, is that it?" Kagome asked Wrath who nodded.

"Sure then, I'll let you sleep in my bed, that way I can make sure no 'accidents' happen." Wrath laughed as Envy's eyes widened.

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"Brother, what are we doing here for?" A suit of armor asked.

"I don't know Al, Colonel Mustang want to see us." A boy with blonde hair in a braid and amber eyes said as they walked into said man's office.

"Hello Colonel—"

"Brigadier General, Edward Elric."

"Ed, Roy Mustang." Ed said, glaring at the man that now had an eye patch, Ed jumped when the man snapped his fingers and fire formed around him.

"I GOT IT, BRIGADIER GENERAL MUSTANG; it's too damn long to say though."

"Better, we have news of a new Homunculus. You need to find out all that you can about her."

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Ed and Roy ran outside to see a blonde shooting at...

"ENVY!"

"RIZA" Roy yelled out to the blonde who was about to get hit by Envy's arm that had been turned into a sharp blade, only to be surrounded by a pink...bubble.

"What the..."

"Hey, Envy, I wanted a tour of Central, I didn't think that stepping onto military grounds would start a war, let's go." Suddenly she felt a blade to her neck.

"Is this the thanks I get for saving your friend down there?" Ed looked shocked as he removed the blade from her neck.

"How?" She formed a couple more pink barriers around her, causing him to be pushed to a five foot distance.

"I am a miko, Dante made a vital mistake when she chose her homunculus."

"What's that?" Roy asked.

"She chose me, I will not bow down before that woman, her words like venom, her aura darkened to nothing more than a blackness that is fouler then the blackest witch, her blood runs cold, her soul fades from existence, as so many of the other Homunculus. I am Kagome Higurashi of the Pure bloodline, reincarnation of the noble Midoriko. I am the Shikon no Miko, That was her mistake."

"The speech was really nice and all but what is a Shikon no Miko."

"A balancer, between good and bad, chaos and order. There cannot be one without the other. But when times come that one overrides the other, I step in and even it out." She moved the pink ball of energy around Ed and moved him back down to where Riza and Roy now stood.

"Dante gave you your name, you are no longer Kagome you are Deceit now."

"NO, I have never deceived anyone; I've always been deceived, so why should I be the one to get punished?" Suddenly her powers drained and she fell from the building, surprisingly warm arms caught her. She saw violet eyes glare down at her before blacking out.

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Me: Alright, I figured this would be a good place to stop, for the main reason...

Envy: IT'S 4:07 AND I'M TIERD AS HELL. So is Devil-Babe-911. I NEED SLEEP!

Me: I agree, I will write more soon.

Envy: Please READ and REVIEW. SAANK YOU!