Connected by the Truth
Chapter 3
Death, and Moving Forward
AN:YAY! I am really happy that every one likes the story so far. In this chapter and a few in the future I might be pulling in a few of my OCs from my other stories. So if you read my other stories you will see a few familiar faces! So I do try update as much as I can, but I work all the time and I have other stories that I must attend to as well. If an update takes a little bit don't be mad because there will be one!
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"Take good care of me on our journey. Ok!"
"So why are we here again?" Ed grumbled as he laid on the ground. He felt a black eye beginning to develop.
"Because I needed help to test a theory of mine," Sakura sighed. She was also on the ground. She and Ed's feet almost were touching causing her to sighed again and lightly touch her eye, which was also turning black.
"Well why the hell did you pull me into it?" Ed grumbled. Sakura sat up quickly and stared at him.
"Isn't it obvious?" she piped up rather excited. Ed propped himself up on his elbows and looked at Sakura with a raised eyebrow.
"No tell me what were you hoping to gain today?" Ed asked but Sakura was already talking to herself about her discoveries.
"I really wish I could tell Naruto I was sorry. I really hit hard," she mumbled and rubbed her black eye.
"IF THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE TESTING DO IT TO YOURSELF!" Ed yelled. Sakura shook her head.
"I can't hit myself with the correct weight and power. Not unless I remove my arm but that wouldn't work," she smiled as Ed lunged at Sakura who just rolled out of the way.
"Calm down this is a multiple part test. Come here," Sakura motioned for Ed to sit down in front of her. Ed huffed and sat there. Sakura smiled and brought her hand to his eye. Ed batted it away.
"What are you doing?"
"Did you forget that I saved your life with my hands?" Sakura brought her hand back up to his face and began to heal his black eye. As her glowing green hand healed Ed's eye she felt the pain in her eye dissipate as well.
"Fascinating! I feel your pain but also can be healed through you too!" Sakura sat back on her heels and thought about things. She pinched her arm and stared at Ed for a reaction.
"I can see where you are going with this but that is the wrong arm," Ed sighed. Sakura looked down and laughed. She had pinched her right arm in hopes of a reaction.
"I was so excited I didn't think," Sakura nodded and pinched her left arm. Ed gave no reaction. Sakura thought for a moment before looking at Ed with a smile.
"Ed, I need you to punch me. Anywhere is fine just make it hard and worth my pain," Sakura smiled as Ed nodded and rushed at her. Sakura fought her natural urge to protect herself and stood completely still. Ed came at her with his right fist and she watched as it connected with her gut. Sakura was sent reeling back and thrown into a tree.
"Good hit," she gasped out and looked to Ed once again for a reaction through the link. She stood up and shook herself free of any bark and walked over to Ed. Ed stared at her, jaw dropped and confused.
"She just walked away from a punch like that!" Ed thought to himself.
"Alright so it seems that the bond we share is completely one sided. I feel your pain but you do not feel mine. My only guess would be that your life chakra isn't within me so you cannot feel my pain. I must talk to an old friend about this," Sakura bit her thumb on her left hand and looked at Ed again but there was still no reaction. She drew a symbol in the ground that Ed had never see before and began hand signs but stopped.
"I want to warn you that my friend isn't human. He is also not from your time or world. Do not fear him," Sakura completed her hand signs and poured chakra into the ground. Within a giant poof of smoke a figure appeared.
"By the gods I thought I would never feel this chakra again," the figure stepped forward and pressed his head into Sakura's hand.
"I am surprised that anyone answered my summons. After death of the contractor the contract is void and you are free of that person. You didn't have to come if you didn't want to. Though I am glad you did, Mizuru," Sakura hugged the creature around the next and pet him as the creature purred in contentment.
" what the hell is that?!" Ed screeched as he backpedaled into the house. Al came running out of the house and next to Ed. They stared at the creature. Sakura looked at Mizuru and sighed.
"Al, Ed, this is Mizuru Nekowa. He is a dear friend of mine, and yes he is a horse sized two tailed demon cat," Sakura said as she pet the large demon that was now lying in the ground so she could reach his head. His long black fur glistened in the sun as blue highlights danced and moved across his pelt like little streams of water. Mizuru purred some more as his twin tails twitched back and forth. Almost like a dog waging it's tail but Mizuru would never admit that.
Al stepped forward and Mizuru stood up on guard and stepped slightly in front of Sakura.
"You don't smell right human, remove the armor and show yourself or I will shred you!" Mizuru growled. Ed tensed ready to jump into action, but Al simply removed his helmet and showed the hallow inside of his body.
"Mizuru stand down," Sakura said in a very commanding voice. The large cat pit back his ears and laid down in front of Sakura. He may have gotten an order but he wasn't letting his guard down.
"Why don't I explain what happened? Ed, Al as I said this is Mizuru. Mizuru this is Edward and Alphonse Elric. I suppose I should start with my death," Sakura watched as the Elrics' eyes shot open. "Yes I said death. This whole thing started with Naruto's death actually. Madara in a last ditch effort at the end of the war cornered Naruto, Tsunade and I. There was no place for us to go. He didn't even bother with Tsunade and I. He went straight for Naruto's seal, and ripped the kyubbi from him. Ed, Al doing this killed Naruto. I am a medic so I did what any other medic would do. I tried to revive him, but he was gone. So I took it to the next level. I did a technique taught to me by a very wise woman. In exchange for your own life you can bring someone else back. Much like what you boys tried, but there wasn't an equal price for your mother's soul. I whole heartedly gave my life for Naruto's and died," Sakura paused as Mizuru put his head in her lap.
"You foolish girl," he mumbled. "Your life was just as important as the fox child. Our entire clan has mourned you. When your chakra called to the clan no one wanted to be falsely summoned, but I had to take the chance. The clan will be overjoyed to know you are alive," Mizuru purred in her lap.
"I am glad you took the chance, but death isn't so bad you know. I was able to meet Jiraiya and the third Hokage again," Sakura smiled, Mizuru purred more and the Elrics wondered just what they had gotten into.
"I hope my life will bring happiness to the clan, but do not tell my village. I died for Naruto and I will stay that way in the eyes of the village. If they knew I was alive but in a different world they would stop at nothing to bring me home," Sakura pleaded. Mizuru nodded in agreement and let her continue with her story.
Sakura looked right at Ed, "it was then when I was confronted by the truth." Ed knew what she was talking about. The truth had taken Al and his own arm and leg.
"Balance is all that matters. So the truth picked me to help fix the balance. I gave my life to keep the balance and that was big I guess. They gave me my body in exchange for my help, but to keep my memories of my old life they needed more. They took years. 8 in fact. I must now relive 8 years of my life so I could keep my memories. That is why I look this way, Mizuru," Sakura smiled at the surprised cat.
"I thought you were just in a henge!"
"Nope I am in the body of a 10 year old. It is really a pain in the ass because now I have to train all over again to expand my chakra network and gain my muscle. That kinda leads me to why I summoned you. When I first came through the gate I came upon Ed over there. The truth took his Arm and leg as payment so I had to perform emergency jutsus. I totally forgot my chakra limitations and um... Used a little life chakra," Sakura explained and sped through her confession.
Mizuru stood over her like a looming giant.
"You are saying that after giving you life to Naruto you almost gave your second chance to a complete stranger?!" Mizuru roared. Sakura nodded as the boys stared all the more.
"You created a bond with the boy didn't you," Mizuru asked and Sakura nodded again.
"The bond will only become stronger you know that. The only way to get out is to kill him now when it will only hurt a bit. If you let him live you will become so bonded that if he dies you die," Mizuru tried to reason with Sakura.
"You do realize that isn't an option. I am here to help them fix what they helped break. Killing him void the reason I am here and disrupting the balance. They would take back what they gave me and once again I would die. Ed lives," Sakura growled
Mizuru sighed knowing he lost and walked over to the Elrics.
"You both must understand that girl is special. You are in good hands with her around but I must warn you that if anything happens to her. There will be an entire clan of demon cats ready to kill you," Mizuru sharpened his claws on the ground in front of the boys making his threat clear.
Mizuru's ears twitched as they caught the sound of Sakura's breathing change.
"It seems holding me here on this plain is more difficult then at home. I will take my leave," Mizuru walked away from the boys and to Sakura.
"Before you leave, I wanted to ask you. Since I am in a world where my family does not exist here. Can I have the honor of taking your clan name?" Sakura looked down and waited for Mizuru's answer. A large black paw landed on Sakura's shoulder.
"The moment you stepped into the village ready to become our sage, you were one of my clan. It would be my honor to accept you. Now train, and grow strong so you can summon me again. Don't risk your life, I would like to see my favorite student again," Mizuru whispered before disappearing in a poof of smoke. Sakura smiled and looked at the boys.
"I can understand if you can't trust me but you can't get rid of me," Sakura sighed and jumped up into the tree she had crashed into earlier.
"I only have one question for you," Ed looked straight at her.
"Ask away I have nothing to hide from you," Sakura nodded for him to continue.
"What you called chakra, is there anyway using that to bring back Al's body?" Ed asked very seriously.
"It would take many months to reconstruct a body and I would need something from his body to do it. I could do it for you arm and leg but you have a better way to defend yourself with that auto mail. That and I need to train and expand my chakra before I could attempt it anyway. I am sorry Ed, I really am," Sakura leaned against the bark soaking in the rich chakra in the world.
"Then I guess we stick to my original plan and go to central and see Roy Mustang about becoming state alchemists," Ed said sticking his hands in his pockets and walked away with Al behind him.
"You can come along I guess. Not like you know anything about alchemy anyway can't hurt to have you along." Sakura smirked and closed her eyes absorbing the chakra of the world.
"This is going to be interesting," she said to herself and fell asleep.
AN: This is kind of a filler chapter. I wanted to introduce Mizuru and let the Elrics find out about Sakura's past.
Ok so no one is confused. I wanted to change Sakura's name so I could fix her character more to the way I want her. That and she died like she said. If she kept on living with that name it would be like her sacrifice was nothing. She is a new person here. Mizuru is my OC from An Arrowed Heart and the Lost Priestess a Inuyasha/Naruto cross over so if you like those go check it out!
I know the Uchiha cats are not demon cats but I thought it would make them cooler if they were, and if you want snidbits of Sakura's time training under the cats let me know!
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