Central Training Grounds

It was already an hour until noon. Everybody that had heard about this new teen had already been gathered around the show area. In the center was the boy clad in black leather pants, boots, and an overcoat. Mustang looked around and looked to Armstrong who nodded.

"The candidate is Ray Urahara," Mustang stated, "He is applying to be part of the alchemist division. Urahara, are you ready?"

Ray nodded.

"You have one minute to show us precisely what you can do with your alchemy skills. Since you are the only one today our standards for you are way up," Mustang explained. "Please begin at the gun…. Ready…"

The gunshot went off. "Go!"

Ray didn't move, he just looked around, and in return everyone looked at him.

"What's he waiting for?" Ed asked. "He knows this is timed right?" He smirked. "Maybe this sucker doesn't even know how to do alchemy."

"Hold on brother," Al interrupted. "Maybe he's just-"

"Ha, just what? Watch he can't even-"

Ray looked at the sky. "Now."

He quickly snapped off his coat revealing his fit torso, the majority of it covered in scars from top to bottom, the most noticeable was where on the left side of his chest. The scar looked as if he had been shot through with a large blast.

Ed looked at it. What in the world has this guy been through?

He looked to Winry, who by now had drooled all over the ground below her. He sighed and looked back at Ray. He put two different leather gloves, a black one with a white transmutation circle and a white one with a black transmutation circle.

Al poked his older brother. "Look, the designs. They're both different."

"I know. It's strange. Why would you need two different circles?"

"Allow me," Ray started as he slowly circled his foot on the ground. "To show you what my type of Alchemy is."

His left hand, the one with the black glove and white circle, glowed an eerie black aura. He touched the shadow of the lamppost and dark sparks formed from it. "Go!" he hit the ground and from the shadow game a spear surrounded in the same dark aura. Then he took the spear jamming it into the ground. He circles around it then hit's the spot next to it where the sun is directly shining on.

"This marks it." he said softly. He hit the ground with his fist hard enough for it to crack with both hands. Winry winced a little. "That has to hurt… He's bleeding."

He raised his hand. And sparks of dark and light energy began to go around slowly but surely something from the ground began to take shape. Dark energy and light energy. It grows until finally it is 12 stories high covering the area of the grounds.

Everyone was speechless, nobody knew what to say to this.

"Wh….what is that?" Mustang asked.

Ray looked down at everyone. "This is my alchemy. Darkness and Light." He jumped down landing right in front of his building made of pure light and darkness. Ed jumped over the barrier.

"Hold on!" he shouted. "How… what!"

"Speak words shorty."

Instead of snapping Ed asked his question. "How the hell did you do that! There's no way that's light and darkness. What about the rule of equal exchange!"

"It still applies to this. I have to use shadows for both. However in order to make it solid I have to use the elements in the air and ground."

"It should still be impossible! This has to be some kind of trick!"

Ray stood his ground. "Well then Full Metal Alchemist." He held up his hands getting into a fighting stance. "Allow me to prove to you otherwise."

Al tried to step forward. "Brother! You need to-"

"Hold on." Al looked in the direction of the voice. It was Mustang. "Let's see what he can do. Besides I've been wanting to see Full Metal in a real fight. It's been a while."

Ed took off his jacket and get ready. "Bring it on."

Mustang got in the middle of them. "Hold on though," he said. "This fight can't happen here."

Ed fell over. "You just said you wanted to see it!"

"Think Full Metal. We're in the middle of a densely populated area. If something goes wrong, and knowing you it will, the entire area could be destroyed."

Ray looked around and put his jacket back on. "He's right. I wouldn't want to be the cause of the deaths of the very people we're trying to protect." He looked towards Ed and put his hat back on, tipping it a little. "Especially for some petty fight you want to pick with me."

"YOU WERE THE ONE THAT CHALLENGED ME!"

Ray walked off holding onto his hat. "Yet you were the one who accepted. Therefore… you are at fault, Edward Elric."

As the dark haired boy walked away, his back to the blonde child, Ed clenched his fists. Al walked behind him. "Brother," he said worriedly.

Ed clenched his teeth. "If it's the last thing I do Al, that guys going down. I swear it."

"Well you might just get the chance," Mustang said, a cocky smirk on his face. Ed looked at him.

"What does that mean?"

"Allow me to introduce your new partner on the latest case. Ray Urahara…. The Shining Darkness Alchemist."

Ed shot back. "Wait…. WHAT!"