This is a drabble piece from my Through The Looking Glass Universe, I guess you could read it alone but it would probably make a lot more sense if you read the first few chappies of Through The Looking Glass first.

I will probably add more drabbles to this, I really like the idea of Ed and Al in the modern world.

Now without further ado...

Elric Brothers Vs. The Remote Control

Ed and Al sat on the small couch in the back of the shoten waiting for Uryuu to show up for Al's patrol. Ed was shown the TV by Renji one morning and had quite honestly fallen in love with the thing. Who would have thought that some bulky black box could open the entire world to your fingertips? He had spent almost an entire day flipping through channels, watching news and laughing at comedy shows before finally finding something that had taken both Al's and his breath away with its sheer awesomeness.

I'm not letting you win this time Natruto! The cartoon figure yelled out on the screen.

"Man this whole television thing is really cool." Ed murmured. He had never even heard of ninjas before and was pretty sure it was overdone to ridiculousness, but just something about the way these guys lived and laughed and fought spoke to him in some deep way.

"I know what you mean! Just look at all the stuff we can just sit here and watch." Al replied, eyes glued to the scene in front of them.

Sasukeeeee! The TV character yelled and the two boys watched in rapt attention at the fight scene taking place before them.

"Yeah, it's definitely good. So who do you think will win this fight?" Ed asked. Al's brow creased for a moment in thought.

"Sasuke." He replied with a nod.

"Sasuke? No way, Naruto is totally gonna kick his ass!" Ed retorted and thumped his hand on the couch cushion for emphasis. Unfortunately that movement also jostled the remote control.

Get back here or I'll-

–CHCK-

The black widow spider is one of the most deadliest of mates….

"What did you do? " Al cried, turning a shocked face to his brother.

"I don't know, I think I smacked the remote." He replied, now picking up the small item and looked intently at all the buttons. What channel were they watching again?

"Well change it back!" Al said and looked at the tv with uncertain eyes at the two spiders.

You can see the male spider climb on to its web in preparation for the mating ritual…

"I'm trying, the buttons won't work!" Ed said, trying not to become visibly flustered. By this time he was pressing both the channel up and down buttons but all to no avail.

"I don't want to watch spiders having sex, now fix whatever you did." Al said sharply, his eyes were growing larger the closer the spiders got to each other.

Ed took a steadying breath and tried to ignore the television. All he had to do was figure out how to get the remote control to start working again and then everything would be fine. He looked over all the buttons on the small contraption.

"Ok, ok, I can do this. Maybe if I hit this button…" He murmured. He placed his finger over the small button and pressed. Then pressed it again, and again and again.

"Nothing's happening, and they're getting closer!" Al was starting to sound a little strangled. Ed gave him an apologetic look and went back to punching buttons. TV button – nothing. AUX – nothing. Volume up – Nothing! He didn't understand how this infernal thing could just stop working!

"Nothings working! I cant-"

The male has been accepted and the mating begins. The female is still while the male starts his erotic dance…

"Erotic WHAT?" Al cried and pushed himself backwards on the couch so that his small body was flush against the cushions.

"Maybe this button will work." Ed's voice was becoming strangled as well. He pressed a red one. Nothing. Then a blue one, and still nothing.

"Mash them all!" Al's voice squeaked and the two smashed the buttons together in unison.

Unfortunately this male has displeased the female, and she bites him-

The two brothers stopped to gape wide-eyed at the television in front of them.

"EEW!" They shouted in unison.

"What are you two doing?" Renji asked as he came around the corner, a small bowl of rice in his hands.

"NOTHING!" Al shouted, his face going a bright shade of pink while trying – and failing – to look anywhere but at the television and the horrific scene in front of them.

"Help the buttons aren't working!" Ed said while pushing frantically at all the buttons his fingers could get to.

"Oh yeah, that remote's crap, sometimes it shorts out. There's a button on the tv you can press to turn the channels, it's right here." Renji said, pointing out the small knobs along the side of the black box.

"Well change it! I don't want to watch this!" Ed yelped. He was growing nauseous from the mating rituals of arachnids. Thank goodness people didn't act like them. That was definitely a disturbing thought and had him shuddering in revulsion. Renji looked to the TV, blanched and looked away, then pressed the button. All of a sudden the cartoon was back on, the fight still going strong. Ed and Al both breathed a sigh of relief.

"There, better?" Renji asked.

"Thank goodness, Thanks Renji." Al said and gave the man a bright smile.

"No worries. " Renji said with a shrug, then walked over to one of the floor cushions, sat down and ate his snack while watching cartoons with the two boys.

Urahara watched the three from the hall and gave a light chuckle, placing the working remote back in the folds of his robes.

"Oh yeah, they're definitely not from around here." He said with a smile and shook his head a little in amusement, then walked back to his workroom.

Note: I don't really watch Naruto but I did see one fight between Naruto and Sasuke and thought Ed and Al would probably love it. If I screwed up on the characterizations of Naruto and Sasuke please to be forgiving me, as I do not know them well *bows*

~Symphonyofsilence