Ed ran for literal hours. He ran until the sun was gone from the sky and the moon took its place. Rin had caught up to him by then.

Ed had his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. "You ready to call it quits? It'll be hard to find your brother with how dark it is." Rin asked, bending down to Ed's level. "He's a suit of armor, even in the dark he sticks out like a sore thumb." Ed replied between breaths. "Your brother is a suit of armor?!" Rin "It's a long story. I'd rather not talk about it right now."

"Well, aren't you hungry or something?" Just before Ed could deny that, his stomach growled. "Whatever, let's go." Ed grumbled, storming back the way they had came.


"So, exactly what do you guys do?" Ed asked, moving the empty plate in front of him to the side. He was actually a lot hungrier than he thought, and he ended up getting seconds after devouring an entire steak. "What do you mean by that?" Yukio asked, looking up from the book in his hand.

"Well, I mean, most people don't usually carry around swords and guns and stuff."

"We're exorcists!" Rin replied. "Exorcists?" I had a feeling I wasn't in Amestris, but now I know I'm not there. I doubt I'm even in the same universe anymore. "Yup." Yukio didn't even look up from his book. "Um, where am I, exactly? Like, what country is this?" The brothers were giving him weird looks. "Japan."

"What the hell?" Ed ran a hand through his hair. "What?" The two brothers were even more confused than before. "I must be dreaming or dead if I'm actually believing this." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "Believing what?" Rin asked. "I don't know how it happened, but I think I got sent here from my world." Ed replied. Yukio was given him a look that screamed 'what the hell are you talking about?!'

"You might be right." Rin replied. "I mean, what you did during our fight earlier with the wall and the pillars, no one here can do anything like that. And your arm, it didn't feel right. Plus, you made a blade with it! How did you do that?!"

"Well, I'm an alchemist. We're able to do things like that. Though, it usually requires a circle." It seemed like Ed's explanation only resulted in confusing them both even more. "What do you mean by that?" Rin asked. "Know what, it's probably easier for me to show you rather than explain it to you." Ed pulled out his notebook, turning to a page with a transmutation circle and showing it to the brothers. The three spent hours talking until Rin and Ed passed out and Yukio ended up dragging both to bed.

-The Next Day -

"Hey Ed. Yukio says you have to come to school with us." Ed spat out his water. "What?! Why's that?!" He yelled, slamming the cup on the table, not caring that some of the water went out of the cup. "It'll be easier to keep an eye on you if you're going with us. Besides, you've got nothing else to do and you clearly don't know a thing about this world." Yukio answered, walking into the kitchen. "I know things about this world!" Ed yelled in response. "Dude, you got excited over a microwave."

"W-Well, Amestris doesn't have things like that!" Ed stood up, slamming his hands on the table and causing the cup next to him to fall over and spill. "Well, anyway, you're also going be training to be an exorcist. It's just so we can keep a better eye on you."

"Quit acting like you're my mom." Ed grumbled. "Well, we're older than you are, and we know more about this world than you do."

"How old are you, anyway?" Ed asked in annoyance. "We're fifteen." Both brothers replied. Ed looked dumbfounded. He walked over to Yukio. He's a whole foot taller than me?! Ed was practically screaming in anger on the inside. "Why's everyone my age taller than me?!"

"Wait, you're fifteen?" Yukio asked. "Yes, I am!" Rin could almost see the smoke coming out of his ears. "Anyway, when do we leave?" Ed asked. "Actually," Rin slung his sword bag over his shoulder "we're leaving right now."

"What?!" Ed tried to run, but Yukio grabbed the hood of his jacket and started dragging the boy kicking and screaming.


"Everyone, we have a new student today." Yukio announced, standing behind the stand in the classroom. Ed walked in, stepping up onto the platform. Yukio (forcefully) made him wear one of Rin's spare uniforms, so the shirt was rather baggy, as was the coat. "This is Edward Elric. I hope you get along with him, and, uh, please keep all comments on his height to yourself. I learned that the hard way." Yukio's foot was still aching from when Ed stomped on it after he commented on how he was short for his age. And that was an hour ago.

Ed sat behind Rin, resting his head in his hand. He couldn't stop worrying about Alphonse. If he was sent to this world with Ed, he could be in serious danger. He was exhausted. He had woken up in the middle of the night after having a nightmare and struggled to fall back to sleep. He was so exhausted he ended up passing out on the desk.

"Mr. Elric." Yukio looked behind Rin in frustration. He could see Ed passed out on the desk. He went in front of him and slammed a book down on the desk, startling Ed awake and making him fall out of his seat, the chair falling with him. "What the hell, four eyes!" Ed snapped. "That's 'Teacher' to you, Elric. Stay awake in class." If looks could kill, Ed would've died three times over. "R-Right! Sorry!" He stood up and moved the chair back into it's spot before sitting back down. How can that guy be so terrifying?

The bell rang, signaling the end of class. "Class dismissed. See you all tomorrow." Ed could see the other students coming over to ask questions, so he immediately bolted from his seat, the chair he was in falling over. Rin and Shiemi looked from each other to the chair that was now on the floor. "That guy isn't good at socializing, is he?" Rin muttered to himself. Ed was long gone by now, and Yukio was clearly concerned that he would do something stupid. "I'll get him." Rin stood up from his seat and ran out the door.

Five minutes later and he was dragging Ed back by the arm kicking and screaming. "What the hell! I don't want to talk to anyone right now! I have to find my brother!" Ed yelled. "Yeah, I get that, but Yukio said we should keep an eye on you."

"Which one of you is the older brother, anyway?" Ed asked. "Why?"

"Well, Yukio's so much more mature than you are, and not to mention he's a freaking teacher."

"Well, believe it or not, he's actually the little brother." Rin replied. "We're twins, yet we couldn't be any more different." He laughed. "Well, I'm glad he's my little brother. When we were kids, he used to look up to me. I kinda miss that. Now he's this big hot shot and the youngest exorcist to pass the qualification exam, and I'm just his reckless big brother who ended up getting stuck with Satan's flames."

"Wait what?"

"Didn't Yukio tell you we were the sons of Satan last night?"

"I was really tired then! You can't blame me!"

"Well, whatever." Ed didn't even realize they were almost to the classroom door until he looked behind him. Rin went into the room and finally released his death grip on Ed's arm. "We're back." The group crowded around the two boys. Ed took this opportunity to sneak over to the window.

When the others realized he wasn't there, they heard him laughing and turned to the window. He was standing on the edge of the window, holding onto the top and bottom to keep himself from falling. "See ya later, suckers!" Then he jumped out the window. All that could be heard after was him hitting the ground followed by a string of curses. "That guy's almost as crazy as Rin." Shima commented. "Shut up!"