A/N: Yup, Ed is trapped on Earth trying to get home. The ending of the first anime leaves lots of room for crossovers. Technically, he's not supposed to be able to use alchemy, but I can't bear the sight of Ed without his alchemy, so I'll let him keep that Makes him more epic that way too. Should he have his trademark black clothes and red jacket? Maybe that's stretching it a bit too much XD BTW, this is set when Soul and Maka are in Spartoi (but Kid was never stuck in the book of Eibon, let's just say Noah ran away :) and Conqueror of Shamballa never happened.
Title: A Fullmetal Soul
Rating: T because even though I usually don't curse, Ed is of a different opinion. Maybe some violence?
Maka Albarn sighed. It was in the middle of class right now and Professor Stein's lecture on dissecting was starting to get a little boring, even for her. Her weapon partner, Soul Evans had long since succumbed to the lure of daydreaming. Seriously, how was Soul supposed to get good grades like that?
Suddenly, Maka started. There was an extremely strong soul inside Death City. Its wavelength was reminiscent to that of a witch however, so she wasn't sure what to think. She leaned over to whisper to Kid. "I felt it too, Maka. Don't worry about it right now. My father can handle this," was his response.
That's right, Shinigami can surely sense the presence of a soul like that. Maybe he would send some meisters to check it out and contain it. Maka wondered though, what kind of soul that would be. It certainly wasn't a witch's soul since she didn't sense any malevolence in the wavelength whatsoever. Instead, she noticed that the soul seemed feel lost and somewhat isolated.
"Maka, Soul?" Stein called. Maka straightened up. Soul snapped out of his daydream with a snort, which caused some of the girls in class to giggle. Maka rolled her eyes. "Shinigami wants you two to investigate that soul in Death City, assuming you've already sensed it by now." Professor Stein informed the pair. "Maka, you'll get a headset that'll keep you in touch with Death Scythe Yumi Azusa. Good luck."
As Maka and Soul left the classroom, she heard her friend Black*Star say, "Wait, hold on a second, why did Maka and Soul get to go on the mission? Surely you would've wanted the great Black*Star to go as well!"
"So whatcha think Maka?" Soul asked. "Guess it's our first mission as Spartoi, pretty cool isn't it?"
Maka smiled. "Guess so, and you're a Death Scythe now too. Still though," Maka closed her eyes. "the soul we're after is extremely powerful, almost like a witch's soul. I can't say what it is though. It's…different from what soul's I've seen so far."
"Your Soul Perception's gotten better too." Soul commented. "We'll teach this guy not to mess around with us!"
They were walking in the streets of Death City now. As they walked, the partners noticed a lone figure walking around the corner.
"That's our guy!" Soul grinned.
Ed saw two figures approaching him and stopped walking. To his annoyance, the two were obviously taller than him. On closer inspection, the pair were both wearing white, with a skull emblazoned on the sleeve. 'Must be some kind of school uniform.' Ed said to himself. There was a girl, with dark forest green eyes and sandy blond hair in pigtails. Next to her was a boy with messy white hair, red eyes, and spiky teeth like a shark's. Ed absorbed the information as if he were solving alchemical equations from Hohenheim's books.
"What are you?" the girl asked him. She seemed confused at his appearance. "You're not a witch are you?" At that point Ed almost laughed. Did she seriously think witches exist? Because they didn't, thank you very much. "I'm just a traveler minding his own business," he answered and he indeed looked like one carrying a suitcase and wearing a long brown coat.
"You need to come with us, alright shorty?" said the kid in the white hair. Something inside Ed snapped and he yelled, WHO'RE YOU CALLING SMALL ENOUGH THAT HE NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT ESCAPING THE WRATH OF A SHOE BECAUSE HE WOULD FIT BETWEEN THE GROOVES OF THE SOLE!"
The pair looked surprised this time and the girl face-palmed herself while muttering something that sounded suspiciously like "…another idiot." The boy scowled and said, "You know what, it doesn't matter what you think, you're gonna be coming with us. Alright?"
"Maka-CHOP!" Ed stared in astonishment at the book that popped out and smacked the boy's head. Almost like Winry with her wrenches. Ed smiled sadly.
"SOUL, YOU IDIOT! We're SUPPOSED to try bringing him in without a fight; he's not going to come with us if you act like that!" The girl was shouting now. And Ed learned that the boy's name was Soul. Pretty strange name, in Ed's opinion.
"THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL MAKA, AND BESIDES, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO HIT ME WITH THAT BOOK? THAT'S NOT COOL AT ALL!" And apparently, the girl's name was Maka, and who was 'they' supposed to be?
Maka spoke to him. "So, are you going to come with us without a fight?" She held out a gloved hand.
Ed narrowed his eyes. What did she think? That he was just going to go with them? They were smarter than that, he knew. However, as far as he knew, the pair was unarmed. They wouldn't be able to restrain him if he tried to flee. A fight may draw too much attention.
Ed started to run. As he ran, he looked back and saw the white haired kid transform into a scythe. Ed gasped at the sight. Surely what he just saw behind him was a result of human transmutation. That just doesn't happen all by itself. Apparently, there was more to this place than he thought.
Ed heard Maka's voice. "You can't outrun me you know," he looked up. The girl was sitting on her scythe now, which had glowing… wings? She was flying above him at breakneck speed. She spoke into a headset, which Ed FINALLY noticed. Ed cursed under his breath. "Azusa, the target's running away, we might need reinforcements to contain him. I'll confront him now." As the girl spoke, she flew even faster as to overtake him and jumped off. The wings vanished and she landed in front of him.
At this point, Ed knew it was no use to run now. "Are you going to come with us now?" she held out her hand. Ed glared at it and said, "Heck no. You may have some tricks up your sleeve, but so do I." Ed clapped his hands and set them on the ground. Blue lightning crackled and wind gusted. As he stood back up, a metal spear with a dragon coiled around it slid out of the ground, which he grabbed, spinning it around and pointing it at the girl with the weapon.
Alchemy was quite new to him in this world. Before, he hadn't been able to use it at all until several months ago. Ed wondered why. Either way, he was glad that it was back.
The girl seemed astonished and Ed took advantage of that, using it try and get past her guard. He ran at her, with the spear aiming towards the side of her head in an attempt to knock her out or break the headset. It would've worked too, had the scythe not shouted at her to block his incoming attack. This, she did surprisingly and Ed somersaulted, lashing out with his left leg. She also blocked this attack and swung her scythe, the blade happening to be red and black with zigzags near the base, Ed noticed idly while dodging it as well.
"Azusa, we need some help! Find a way to contact Kid and Black*Star, we'll need them," she shouted while dodging Ed's punches and kicks. Ed was surprised. She was used to combat apparently and was doing quite well, although Ed wasn't aiming to kill her, and then again, neither was she. Who was she working for really?
"Maka, why do we even need to bring Black*Star and Kid anyway? Let's just use Soul Resonance," Soul said.
"Soul, even a Witch Hunter can kill him if you're a death scythe. Black*Star and Kid'll help." Maka replied.
"IT IS I, THE GREAT BLACK*STAR! I'VE COME TO SAVE THE DAY!" Ed heard a voice from above. A boy (who also was a bit taller than him, Ed realized with annoyance,) landed with a thump! on the cobblestone. "Tsubaki, Smoke bomb." Instantly, the general area was filled with a cloud of white smoke. Ed squinted his eyes as he tried to peer through the smoke.
A glint caught his eye and Ed did a handspring to avoid the chains that flew within the smoke. Immediately, the girl swung her scythe around, aiming to pin him to the ground. As he leaped backwards, Ed suddenly heard a voice behind him shout, " Black*Star Big Wave!" as a hand struck his back.
Ed suddenly felt an electric charge course through his body. He gasped a little and fell to his knees feeling somewhat dizzy and coughed up blood. "Fuck," Ed muttered under his breath. He couldn't defend himself in this state and was appalled at himself for underestimating his opponents. Teacher would be pissed at him if she saw him now. Ed smiled wanely.
The girl sighed. She looked at the blue haired boy in exasperation. Ed noticed that the boy also had a partner with him too. His partner seemed to be a girl with long black hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a pair of shorts and a white shirt that also had a skull on it. She also looked somewhat Xingese.
"Black*Star, you could've held back a little bit right? That's gotta hurt," the blonde said.
"No way, Maka. That shrimp needed to taste the mighty soul wavelength of the shadow assassin Black*Star!"
Unable to muster the energy for a rant, Ed glared at the spiked blue haired person. The boy returned his gaze confidently. His partner on the other hand, looked away while biting her lip, with a slightly exasperated look in her eyes. However, it seemed that all of their faces were floating in and out of focus, until it all dissolved into black.
A/N: R&R please. Since this is my very first fanfic, I would like to know how I've done. I am extremely sorry that Ed couldn't be very badass at the moment, he'll have another chance. Maybe this whole confrontation should've taken a few chapters to build up -_-; I dunno. Also, should Ed have an accent to probably show he's not from here?