My attempt at a crossover between FMA and Naruto! When I first started writing, it was supposed to be a one-shot but it just got too long and I got a bit stumped. If people are interested, I should be able to put the next chap out pretty fast (considering I've already written it...)
Anyway, I haven't been on in about a year but I've still been writing. Hope I've gotten better, please enjoy my story.
Catastrophic
Chapter One: The Scene is Set
A boy stomped through central command ranting on to the large suit of armor that followed his every step. He was exceptionally short, not to mention loud, and all of the military grunts around tried hard to avoid his rage.
He was dressed in all black except for his white gloves and his long red jacket with a black symbol on the back.
"Please calm down, big brother!" called out the armor in a young boy's voice, "We'll get this all sorted out!"
He slammed open a large door to find a military clad man sitting amongst piles of paperwork. "Oh, Edward…" said the man calmly, "I see you've heard the news."
"Colonel, what's this about?!" asked the armor boy, holding up an assignment letter while his older brother vehemently cursed at his superior, "Will Ed really have to go to war!?"
Those last words silenced the young alchemist, but his glare was fierce as ever.
"This is not what I signed up for," he said coldly.
"Actually, it is, Edward," answered the colonel, becoming more serious, "Pledging loyalty doesn't just mean you have to show up for an assignment once per year, and then get to go off and do whatever you want. If we decide to send you to the front line, that's where you have to go…"
The two boys tensed, unsure of what they should do.
"Fullmetal…" he said with a sigh, "Did you even read that paper thoroughly, or just skim the fist paragraph and go storming off?"
"Um… well…"
He had hit the nail on the head with that comment.
"That's not the point!"
"Let's see here…" said the colonel, taking the paper from Al and beginning to read, "By order of central city's Fuhrer president king Bradley and the war strategies… blagh… blagh … Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist is ordered to immediately report to his direct superior Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist, for further orders involving his future involvement in the current war …blagh… blagh… blagh…refusal to comply with these or Colonel Mustang's demands will result in either a court martial and suspension of your state license or an immediate arrest depending on the level of mutiny…"
The two brothers looked at one another, not having learned anything new from Mustang's little lecture of doom.
The colonel sighed saying "This doesn't say you're going to war, it says to come see me to find out what they want you to do, and in fact you're not going into battle any time soon…"
"Then what are my orders?" Ed said, a chill running down his spine from the last word ever passing his lips.
"You're on guard duty…" Roy answered in an annoyed tone, handing them a paper regarding the specifics of the new assignment, "And because of it I have to do loads more paperwork. You know you're…"
The two had already left the room before the end of his sentence, not wanting to hear his paperwork rant again. A woman stepped inside saying, "I see that went well."
After about an hour of neither of them knowing where they where going and Ed refusing to ask directions, they finally arrived.
"Here we are, brother," said Alphonse as he and Edward approached the back entrance to some unknown building.
Ed opened the door to find creepy, lightless stairway leading down to pure darkness.
"Yeah…" he said sarcastically, "This sure looks legitimate."
The two brothers made there way down the staircase, the light from the open door fading with every step.
"Maybe we should light a fire…" suggested Al.
"Good idea," said Ed, grabbing an unlit torch off the wall and with a clap of alchemy setting it on fire.
"This place gives me a bad feeling."
They continued downward until a steel-reinforced door stood before them.
Edward checked the paper's instructions. "It says…" he recited it aloud, "…The door is down at the very bottom of the staircase, knock twice for entry'…"
Al knocked, but the door didn't sound quite right, not to mention nothing happened…
Ed got down on his knees, examining the ground. "…very bottom, hn…"
Slight alchemic marks could be seen on the stone floor. The Elrics turned to one another and nodded. Ed clapped his hands together and, in a flash of blue lightning, the floor opened into a short way down to a small room with one door.
"Nice one, brother," said Al, giving Ed a thumbs up, just before the two of them jumped down.
Maybe I shouldn't have brought you! thought Ed, squished in the tiny space with his bulky armor of a brother. He knocked twice on the new door and it immediately opened up.
"Thank goodness!" called out a stressed-out stranger from behind the door.
His eyes were baggy as if he hadn't been sleeping, and he had cuts and scrapes all over.
"Are you -" the man switched places with Edward and Alphonse in an unbelievable flash of speed "-okay…?"
"Good luck," said the oddball, closing the door. "See you in two months."
"WHAT!" the Elrics called out to no one.
They turned around to find a long dark hallway. There was a lit lantern at the other end but the one on their side was out.
To the left were jail cells filled with enemy prisoners.
A chair with some kind of clipboard was on the right, along with some used matches, an empty food tray, and one stick of chalk that appeared to have been used to number days by making lines on the wall.
"Sixty," said Al pointing to the wall markings, "He wasn't joking when he said two months."
Fullmetal lifted up the torch and lit the lantern to provide a little better light. "We're supposed to check each cell periodically and prevent any escape attempts."
Said Ed looking at the paper in the dim light.
Al picked up the clipboard. It had names written down the line with a date under each. To the right of the names were numbers in a row. Only the first few rows were filled and there was a date at the top of each column.
Ed looked over at the clipboard too, reading its title aloud. "Escape Charter."
There was only one mark under the current day's column:
Ukki Kishinomoto.
Whoever this person was, the chart showed that they had made 99 escape attempts in the three months he had been held captive there.
At the top it said:
Only register noticeable escape attempts.
"I've got a feeling this will end up being harder then it looks…" said Ed, looking down at how many times these people had tried to get away.
"Hey shorty," called out the man in the first cell.
It was this Ukki person. He had shoulder length limp brown hair that looked like it had never been washed or brushed and shining green eyes that seemed to silently mock anyone in their gaze.
"If the war doesn't get called off soon, I swear Amestris will be destroyed by the Leaf."
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY I'M A SHORTY WHO NEEDS CRAZY TALL ELEVATOR SHOES TO MEET A MIDGET EYE TO EYE!?" Ed yelled at the stranger, completely ignoring the threat made to his country.
"Th-that's not what I said at all…" Ukki answered confused.
All the other prisoners came to the front of there cells to see what was happening.
"That the new guard?"
"Why'd he bring his kid with 'em?"
"A child, eh! This is gonna be too easy."
"Armor won't help you now."
They murmured and laughed at Edward and Alphonse (mostly Ed) until Kishinomoto yelled out, "Lets end it now, plan CHIKYUU! Go!"
The person in the second cell did a series of strange hand signs and yelled out "earth style, sand trap jutsu!" The ground beneath the two alchemists' feet turned to quicksand, immobilizing them long enough for Ukki to use his own powers.
"What is this?" yelled Ed, struggling to break free before Ukki could make his move.
"Alchemy?" questioned Alphonse.
Before anything could be answered, Ukki finished his hand signs, causing strangely large plant roots to come out of the ground, further trapping the new guards.
Ed and Al continued to sink while the plants just grew. They soon engulfed the entire space and were slowly prying open the cells.
The prisoners began hand signs of their own, preparing for a fight when they are able to get out. By now Ukki's cell had been opened enough for him to slip out.
"Better luck next time, Amestris!" he called, passing by Ed and Al. He opened the door expecting freedom and finding, a hole in the wall.
"What the hell!" he yelled, pressing his hand against the back wall, "What did you scum do to the exit!"
"Perhaps it's some sort of genjutsu…" suggested the second person to escape his cell.
"Listen, you bastards! If you don't-"
Ukki yelled, turning round to find Edward and Alphonse free from the quicksand.
"Don't what…?" Ed said with an evil grin on his face "I really don't think you're in any place to be giving orders."
"Feh, so what if you're freed? So am I…" Ukki said, regaining his confidence, "I am a shinobi warrior, a jounin, and you are nothing but a little boy and his tin man!"
"That's a new one!" Al said, completing his alchemic circle on the wall and pressing down with both hands.
A flicker of flame appeared on a nearby root and quickly spread across them all.
"Now then…" Edward said clapping his hands together
"…are you ready to get back in your cell…" he ran his left arm across his right and blade shot out "…or will I have to force you back!?"
"Come on Kishinomoto, we better do what he says," whispered the second escapee, "This guy means business!"
Ukki put his head down.
"That's a good boy; now just… get back… in…" Ed noticed he had his fists balled.
The ninja punched Ed right in the face, sending him flying backwards. "It wouldn't be any fun if I just gave up," Ukki said, smirking "Show me what you've got."
"Big Brother!" Al called out.
He stood between them, giving Edward time to recover.
Alphonse threw his metallic fist at the enemy, missing and crushing part of the stone doorway.
"You're fast…" Ukki said, making more hand signs "…but not fast enough!"
More plants appeared, one growing upward and pulling the head right off Alphonse's armor.
"Wh-what's going on!?" asked Ukki seeing nothing inside.
"Aw man!" Al complained looking around for his head "Why does this always happen?"
"Here ya go," called Ed, tossing it to his brother.
Al reattached the head while Edward told a very confused shinobi, "If you still feel like fighting, try me on for size."
"You think you're so powerful…" Ukki said with disgust, performing a new series of hand signs "Shadow clone jutsu!"
In a puff of strange white smoke, three doppelgangers appeared.
"Your little illusions won't work!" Ed yelled, putting his hands together and pressing against the ground. A portion of the floor seemed to liquefy and sent a quickly hardening wave at the ninja foe.
The clones puffed away, leaving Ukki trapped.
"Congratulations…" said Alphonse picking up the clipboard and making the necessary marks "… on your 100th failed escape."
I know Naruto's not in it yet, but I promise he'll be the main character in the next chapter!
Please tell me if you think I should continue; constructive criticism is great as long as it is helpful more than it is hurtful.