Category~ Fullmetal Alchemist/Naruto crossover

Story Title~ A Dying Ring of Wilted Flowers or Shiorete Hana shi no Ringu

Story Pairings~EdSaku; RoyEd; RoySaku; possible AlSaku, RoyAl, and EdAl; RizaJean, FalmanOC, FurySciezska. Possible slight (very slight) past ItaSaku, NaruHina, NejiTen, TsunadeOro

Story Summary~During Konoha's last stand Naruto activates a jutsu that will send Sakura careening to the gate of truth. With her toll already paid, she lands in a small town in Amestris making a living by healing others. Soon enough while on a little vacation in Central to pick up medical supplies she is asked out on a date with Mustang and saves his life after an assassination attempt. Sakura then meets the rest of Mustangs command and decides she will become Roy Mustang and the Elric Brother's bodyguard.

Story Rating~ T for now. But it will change I believe.

Chapter Title~ Prologue: The Gate of Truth

Chapter Summary~ Sakura meets Truth, glimpses inside the Gate, and wakes up in a small town. Upon hearing the people are sick she decides to heal them all, wanting nothing in return, effectively pushing aside the law of Equivalent Exchange.

Chapter Rating~ K

Chapter Word Count~ 1,404

Warnings~ Possible future Elricest, Future yaoi, Language, There will be relationships featuring three or four people, Death, ect.

Authors Notes~ (1) Referring to Konoha's Will of Fire. Aka she regained some of her will back. (2) Don't worry, not everything will be Japanese, just a little in the beginning. (3) I apologize if Truth is a little OOC. Also I would appreciate if you would keep any flames to yourself. This is my first crossover and multi-chaptered fan fiction, suggestions are welcomed and so are reviews! 3 Also forgive any bad grammar and/or spelling mistakes.

Disclaimer~ I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood,

or Naruto. All characters and places you recognize will most likely belong to one of these creators.

Prologue: The Gate of Truth

The dark gate loomed ominously before her. However, the threat didn't register in her mind. The only thing she could think of was how her brother in every way besides blood had sent her there. She knew he was dead. How could he not be? With all those wounds, chakra exhaustion, (which was thought to be impossible for the ramen loving idiot) and the fact he was incredibly outnumbered, he was sure to be dead. And even if she didn't take that into consideration, there was this hollow feeling in her chest, an empty feeling that was incredibly painful. Deep inside her heart, she knew Naruto was dead.

So she brokenly stared at the whiteness in front of the out-of-place gate wondering somewhere in the back of her mind where she was. "Little ninja….Look up at me…." Absently Sakura did what the voice said and looked up. Her eyes widened in shock and she regained some of her fire back (1). She shakily stood up and walked forward towards the large gate a bit.

"Ano, sutorenja shitsurei? Anata ha doko ni iru no?" (2)(Um, excuse me, Stranger? Where are you?) An eerie voice echoed throughout the nothingness.

"Just remember, you asked…" The huge door of the gate began creaking open, and out stepped something vaguely human shaped. It was something you wouldn't even know was there if it wasn't for the fact it was outlined in darkness and the ominous grin stretching across where its mouth should be.

Sakura started for a moment before smiling hesitantly at the figure. She then bowed in greeting." "Watashi ha Haruno Sakura o shi te I masu. Anata ha watashi ga doko ni iru ka shit teru ka?" (I am Haruno Sakura. Would you happen to know where I am?) A dry chuckling sound echoed throughout the nothingness.

"You are in front of my Gate," you could hear that 'gate' was capitalized, "The Gate of Truth." Though Truth was speaking, its grin didn't move or change once. Though slightly confused and disturbed, Sakura didn't let it deter her.

The pink haired sixteen year old nodded slowly and said, "Watashi ha, Naruto ha nantoka koko ni watashi o okut te iru riyuu ha doko ni 'koko ni' masani koko ni watashi o watashi desu" (I know Naruto somehow sent me here, but why am I exactly here, wherever 'here' is.) If possible, Truth's grin stretched wider.

"Your little demon friend gifted me with quite a bit of chakra to let you pass through my gate alive and unharmed. Too much if I am honest, which is not often. However you are polite and well mannered, which is such a pleasant change, so I will give you a glimpse of inside my gate and let you keep you chakra coils and channels," (3)It paused and it's grin turned predatory, "Have fun little ninja."

Thin black arms reached out of the darkness of the gate and wrapped around her waist, arms, and legs; pulling her into the inky blackness. She didn't resist, she didn't have the strength to. She was still exhausted from all the fighting and all the emotions she had experienced throughout the last twenty-four hours. Grief, anticipation, loss, fear, and sorrow where only the beginnings.

So Sakura let all that confusing alchemy information be shoved into her skull without a fight. This of course made the whole process a lot easier.

It felt like it lasted ages in the darkness of the gate though it was probably only minutes. Sakura's head felt like it was going to explode until finally it was finally over and she fell out of the gate, landing in a heap. She panted trying desperately to be able to breathe again.

Finally she looked up to see Truth grinning at her again. "So," she panted, "Equivalent Exchange, huh?" She never noticed she began speaking a different language. Truth chuckled that raspy sound again.

"Indeed."

"To obtain, something of equal value must first be lost, the law of Equivalent Exchange. I have to say, the concept is odd to me. But I want to learn more about it," she paused, "So Truth-sama, what now?" The figures grin grew wider.

"You leave little ninja." And then everything went black.

Sakura groaned as her eyelids fluttered open. It was light out and it had recently rained from the feel and smell of the air. She was also very comfortable in a warm bed.

She wondered where she was until everything rushing back. She bolted up into a sitting position before groaning and flopping back down. Her head was spinning and paining her greatly.

"I can bring you something for that," a feminine voice spoke. Sakura glanced over to look at her. She was middle aged, about mid-forties, but she was aging nicely, had warm reddish-brown eyes, and chestnut colored hair with a hint of gray in it. But her skin was pale and pulled gaunt and her face was tired. She looked sickly.

"Nan demo mai you… (Don't worry) I can heal it," then Sakura pressed her hand against her head and pulled her chakra to the surface. The woman's face was thunderstruck when Sakura stood up without a problem. "I'm a medic." The woman stepped forward with a face filled with hope.

"C-can you heal sickness?" Sakura blinked. 'My observations were correct, this woman is sick, and considering the urgency in her voice, it isn't some common cold. I'll help this woman, and by right of Equivalent Exchange I could request something from her. But…that isn't the way I live. Sure, it's the law of this world, but I'm not from the world. I'm not about to change the way I live because of some law. Of course it might come in handy in the future, but I refuse to involve Equivalent Exchange in my healing. That's just wrong.' A sweat drop mark appeared over Sakura's head. 'Why do I have a feeling that won't go over well?'

"Hai (Yes), ma'm, I've never seen a sickness I couldn't eventually cure since I've climbed to this level. So unless this sickness is completely out of my element, I should be able to help." The woman's face broke into a huge smile. She suddenly rushed forward and engulfed the pink haired woman in a bone-crushing hug with surprising strength for someone so fragile looking.

"Oh thank you! Thank you so much!" The woman clung to Sakura with tears dripping down her cheeks. Sakura smiled slightly and patted the woman on her back.

"I'll do anything I can to help," she grinned ferociously, "Now, step back and let me see what's wrong with you." The woman obliged and stepped back to let Sakura look at her. Sakura slowly brought chakra into her hands and pressed them to the woman's chest. She closed her eyes and began searching. It didn't take her long to find the illness. It was infested in her lungs. She had seen it before once or twice. It slowly ate your lungs until you were unable to breathe and suffocated to death. It was contagious and very painful. She frowned.

he woman saw the expression and immediately assumed the worst. "Is it incurable?" Sakura smiled at the woman cheerfully.

"Iie, (No) not at all. In fact, let me cure it now," she then sent a large burst of chakra to the infected area. It didn't take very long to cure the illness; it was deadly, but easily defeated. About a minute and a half later she was finished. "There, done!" She was then engulfed in another bone-breaking hug.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Sakura let the woman sob tears of joy on her shoulder for a few minutes before prying the woman off of her.

"Your illness is contagious, am I right to assume there are others that are sick?" The woman nodded furiously.

"Yes ma'm! Most of the village is sick! Could you please help us! I beg you! We'll do anything!" Sakura grinned.

"Of course I'll heal you all! However do you know if there is any place I could stay for the time being while healing everyone? Unfortunately, I am unable to heal everyone at once."

"Yes," the woman nodded while smiling, "just follow me. Oh! I'd forgotten, I am Elisabeth Hawkeye." Sakura smiled at Elisabeth.

"Sakura, my name is Sakura."

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