Summary: The moment darkness approached, Itachi knew that death was coming. After being killed by Sasuke, Itachi was sent through the gate, where the Uchiha prodigy found himself in the body of none of than Edward Elric, the fullmetal alchemist. Not necessary to read Sasuke's Brand New Start And a New Family Member.

Disclaimer:

Ed: animegirl98 does not own Fullmetal Alchemist or Naruto. It is copy write by their owners.

The Authoress: That's right! The people who made those shows were all Japanese! I'm not Japanese! I'm Vietnamese! Yeah, my parents were from that small country U.S. fought against decades ago against the north. Have a problem? Being Vietnamese is awesome! We have Lunar New Year so we get to play, eat, and get those pretty red envelopes from relatives full of cash… I love this.

Ed: …

"blab" talking, normal text

"blab" thinking

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"blab" Itachi/Ed talking in thoughts

Crimson Eyes Beneath Golden

Chapter 3

Al sighed as he putted his face deeply into his two hands. He was sitting outside of the Major's office at the headquarters and could hear his brother arguing with the Major.

"Well Ed, I see that you're still quite short after all those months…"

"SHUT UP COLONEL BASTARD!" The boy could hear his older brother shout back. Even though the Colonel was promoted to the rank, Major, people who were close to him still called him the Colonel. Ed here still called him by cruel nicknames. Alphonse buried his face even further. This could just go on and on… He waited for more when he heard nothing so he decided to look up. Their argument seemed to pause and stopped. The preteen boy heard some mumbling in the Major's office when he saw Edward coming out of the door and slammed the door. Al sighed again. Edward grumbled and than stretched out his arms and yawned. "That bastard… I hope Riza will get back to work soon…" he was heard mumbling. The Lieutenant was taking a break from work to have a nice Roy-free vacation. That meant the Major had some free time from her deadly guns instead of doing paperwork, unfortunately for Ed. Ed will always be Ed. Al and Ed walked out of the building to get to their next stop on their next mission. Roy, being a generous guy, for a bastard that is, let Al comes along on this mission. The two stopped by at an ice cream shop for a small break. The young man ordered himself some chocolate raspberry and his brother ordered an orange swirls. Edward gazed at the sky peacefully as he ate his ice cream slowly. Al found a lost kitty and both him and the kitten licked the ice cream happily. Al laughed softly as the cat got some of the ice cream on its nose. The young man smiled at this when Itachi decided to talk right here, I guess we'll be off on another mission… Itachi said. Than Ed answered back, Yeah, this time Al will be with us. Good thing Colonel Bastard agreed with this.

Remember after I became stuck to you, I had to deal with the Colonel? Itachi asked. Yes. Ed said.Ed stared pasted everything as a flashback catches on.

Flashback…

A teenage boy was seen in a building. Everything was deserted and nobody was there except him. The boy stood up and stretched his arms out. Where… am I? He thought. He was about to get to that part to think about it when he heard something…

Hey bastard! What are you thinking you're trying to do with my brother!? The boy's eyes turned into dots when he heard that. The voice wasn't talking exactly, but he could hear it in his mind.

"Who…are you?" He asked, looking a bit confused.

The voice paused; Well I'm Edward Elric of course! I'm a state alchemist! The fullmetal alchemist!

The blond looked even more confused than ever. "State…alchemist?"

Yeah, I'm a state alchemist. Don't ignore my question. What are you trying to do with my brother, and what are you doing here in my body?!

"Nothing," he mumbled and thought that this kid was more demanding than his younger brother, "And what do you mean in your body?"

Why don't you look in the mirror? Ed suggested. Itachi looked at the mirror nearby and saw that he wasn't himself anymore. His image has changed entirely. He now had blond hair when he usually had raven hair, and his eyes were gold. Everything seemed to be weird and unnatural now. Itachi Uchiha was now stuck in Edward Elric's body.

Ed, I mean Itachi in Ed's body, turned pale. After killing his clan, joining Akatsuki, and than get killed by his brother, he had to deal with this? He was stuck in a little kid's bo-

HEY! I CAN HEAR ALL YOUR THOUGHTS HERE! Edward yelled, he was irritated that another person called him a kid, small, short… and he could head all his thoughts. Itachi was startled this and than said slowly out loud, "How old are you? Twelve? Thirteen?" He looked down at his new body. This didn't seem to make things any better for Ed. WHO ARE YOU CALLING ME SOMEONE WHO IS SO SHORT THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT HE IS A LITTLE KID WHO CAN'T EVEN REACH THE DOOR KNOB EVEN WHEN HE'S STANDING ON HIS TOES ON A CHAIR?! The teenager seemed to have some problems with his height. NO I DO NOT! Ed could be heard shouting inside Itachi's mind, echoing while you could hear nothing in reality except Itachi taking to himself. By now, the Uchiha prodigy recovered from this shock. Besides, I'm sixteen. Ed mumbled. What a joke… Itachi thought. The young alchemist glared mentally at the ex missing nin. Itachi sighed, if this is what happens to people who die, this was just plain crazy. He thought he might go to heaven, well, hell maybe, but instead, he winded up being stuck in this body. He looked at his hands when he noticed that one of his hands showed a small hint of metal. Strange. Itachi thought. He may have got into a kid's body, but hey! He had this awesome… thing… A hand made of metal? That might come in handy. What's a state alchemist? Itachi asked calmly. Ed stared at him. This person, Itachi he called himself… did he have any idea how he got here? Did he even know what alchemy is?

Months later a certain blond alchemist was at Central Headquarters leaning against the wall. He was to visit the Colonel for his new mission. Ed was still in the military and so he had to report to it when the Colonel recovered from his attack at the hospital. Why do I have to do this…? Itachi mumbled. Because, I don't want to deal with Colonel Bastard again, two, I don't know how to get control back yet, and three, I want you to meet him personally. Ed relied back, listing his reasons. After Itachi discovered himself in Ed's body, he was the one who took Al back to Resembool. Al seemed to have no memories of his journey during those years much to Ed's disappointment. A man told Itachi/Ed that the Colonel was ready. Itachi stepped into the office and waited to meet this man Ed keep on calling Colonel Bastard. The office itself was normal; it was neat on one side and messy on the other side. The other side was messy because of all the paperwork stacked on a desk. A man was sitting in the desk. His hair and eyes were dark and had a patch on his left eye.

"Ah, Ed. It's good to see you again." The man said. "Ed" was twitching. Now, Itachi had control over Ed's body for this moment. "I have another mission for you. I see that you're still short because I can't see you over this huge stack of paperwork." Roy said. He was expecting "Ed" to explode as usual and make a huge fuss over it. "Ed" stared coldly at the flame alchemist. It wasn't his killer glare, because he could go much worse than that, it was just the traditional Uchiha stare, not a glare. The real Ed was making a little mental tantrum in the mind of the prodigy at Roy's statement. Itachi ignored this and said coldly, "It's not wise to underestimate people. Especially by the outside of their looks…" Roy stared at the blond. It has only been a few minutes since the midget has been in his office and the flame alchemist could almost tell immediately that there was something up with Ed. It was not Ed's nature to be so cold to anybody at moments like these, especially when people tease him about his heights. It was almost like Roy was talking to a completely different person. Since when did he get…wise? Sure, the boy was a prodigy for alchemists and he had to grow up faster than most kids would, but he wouldn't be able to think up of such a thing like this that could stun the man for minutes. Roy was stunned for minutes, it seemed like months to Roy. Itachi continued to stare at the man and the sensed fear the flame alchemist possessed at this moment. Ed from the back of Itachi's mind was wondered by how a simple glare and one comment could stop Roy in a matter of minutes. Fortunately, Roy was quick to recover from this and than said, "Well, I see that you've been maturing." Itachi continued that glare. This made everybody, except Itachi of course, nervous and cautious. "I guess I'll take that as an apology." The prodigy said with no emotions. Itachi turned to let it look like he was leaving the office. He than quickly turned and than slammed Roy into the wall. Roy was stunned by this, again. Itachi pressed the flame alchemist against the wall with his right hand. He than moved closer and said softly, "I already told you," his voice was soft and showed a sense of danger. "Don't underestimate people…" He grinned as he dug his sharp nails into Roy's stomach. "Because… they may strike back… When you don't know it…" His fingers dug deeper into the flame alchemist's flesh. "Tell me my next mission… Don't stall with me..." Roy nodded slowly as small drops of blood came flowing out of the cuts from Itachi. Ed from the inside was shocked by what Itachi did. Who was this guy?

Itachi was walking out the building to get to his next destination when Ed interrupted, Hey! What's the big deal here? What did you attack that man for? Itachi than said, I have my own reasons.

That's not a proper answer! Ed shouted angrily at the eldest Uchiha. You can't just go attack people like that! What are you anyway?

… said Itachi. Ed was pissed. This guy won't give any answers back! Itachi continued to walk as Ed was shouting a bunch of things to him. Ed eventually got tired of asking and shouting, which was good for Itachi because he was getting a headache from hearing the boy's shouts and rapid thoughts across his mind. Their mission was to get to Lior to check and see how much progress the people there made since the war ended. If there were to be any problems, they would have to report it to the military.

Lior seemed to make some progress after that long war they just had. Men were seen repairing some of the damage of the buildings that were still standing. The women and children were helping their husbands. Some shopkeepers were in their little shops and continued their business after their shop was finished being repaired. Edward/Itachi would have to stay at this city for at least one week. Nothing looked out of place. Edward hadn't said much since the arrival at this town. Itachi hadn't figured out how to let the kid gain back control, not that he didn't enjoy having total control for his.

He settled to stay at one of the inns the town had. It was a regular inn, nothing special. The owner was kind gave Itachi a discount for his stay because he was a "kid". On the forth day at their stay, Edward still hasn't been heard often. It was like the boy was deep in thought. Because he didn't have much to do for this mission, Itachi would just walk around to explore some parts of the town. Itachi went past an alley when he noticed that this part of Lior seemed to be deserted. Edward mumbled something about guys who think they're better than everyone else. The prodigy ignored this. In fact, Itachi has been ignoring this kid a lot! He had to; the young alchemist won't just stop complaining. By now, Itachi has learned to block his thoughts, or having Ed from communicating with him. So there were times when Ed couldn't read his thoughts because of this. Edward seemed to pick up at the same pace as Itachi had trouble talking to him or reading his thoughts as well. Let's face it; both of them were prodigies in their area. Ed was practically a genius in alchemist compared to the other alchemists, most of them were adults. Itachi was definitely a genius. He was known as the Uchiha prodigy after all before he killed his clan and became a missing nin. If he stayed in Konoha, he could have become the strongest ninja in the village. So it was no surprise that they both figured that out. Itachi must had drop his guard, because the boy (Or is he a man? He's a boy physically, but he's actually a man!) didn't seem to notice a boy Ed's age attacking him from the back. BAM! The prodigy sensed his present and punched the guy with his right fist. The boy fell down. He was about to finish him when someone came running.

"Hey! Stop!" A girl came running. Itachi stopped when he noticed her. The girl stopped at the spot where the unconscious boy lied and panted. "Please sir! I'm so sorry for that! This doesn't happen too often!" Ed and Itachi were staring at her. "I'm very sorry for what my brother did!" Itachi would have killed the person anyway, but he was in civilization and killing random people wouldn't help him in his new life. He glared at her. What was she here for?

It turned out that this girl's name was Kristy and that boy who attacked Itachi was her stepbrother. The boy's name was Kit and was her older stepbrother. From was Kristy said, their parents were killed during the war by state alchemists. So Kit was against state alchemists like some people were and wanted revenge on them for killing their parents. He was 16 and Kristy was 14. Their grandfather was the man who own that inn Itachi was staying at. The old greezer greeted the three when his two grandchildren brought Itachi in. Kristy showed Itachi around the town and Kit had to go on an errands.

Two days after meeting Kristy and Kit, the mission was almost over. The town has been making great progress, so it was no use staying here now. Kit was jealous that this boy, Edward, got all the attention from his stepsister. He was the one who comfort her after their parents' death. He was the one who took care of her. He went through all that trouble and than this boy came along and had all attention on him for nothing.

Edward grumbled and said, Come on, answer my damn question. Who are you? He could now block his thoughts for a longer period of time. He waved goodbye to the old man of the inn when a huge crowd of people came rushing. The mob nearly ran over Itachi, but he luckily got out of the way in time. The huge crowd angrily ran after Itachi. "Hey, you! You're a state alchemist. Am I right?!" One of the men in the crowd shouted to the prodigy. Itachi ran out the door and said nothing. He ran and gathered up his chakra and cried, "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu! Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Itachi expected a fireball to be released. All that came out of Itachi was ashes and smokes. He coughed on this. How was it possible? Itachi, the Uchiha prodigy couldn't produce such a simple jutsu of the Uchiha clan when he had did many other jutsus ten times more difficult than this one! The huge angry mob laughed as the Uchiha coughed at his attempt of his jutsu and prepared to take down the boy. The old man of the inn went to escape through the back of the shop to call the people. "What the hell are these people attacking me for?" Itachi asked himself between coughs as the group all attacked Itachi with guns and knives. Some even had clubs with them! Rebels… A voice said. It was Edward. The prodigy nearly got slashed with a knife. The Uchiha helplessly defended himself with his automail arm as he couldn't use any jutsus. There were too many people! Those people must be one of those rebel groups who still were against the military after the war. They're usually nothing much to state alchemists, but I guess you're new to alchemy eh? At this statement, Itachi felt his two hands moving. Moving without his command! He saw his two hands clapping together and hit the floor! A huge boulder sprang out of the ground to block out the mob. Edward had control of Itachi's limbs! Itachi cried, "What the hell are you doing?!" he was in shock of how this boy made that boulder just by clapping his two hands! I'm just doing a little bit of alchemy! The young alchemist said and grinned mentally as he saw that shock in his eyes. This man isn't such a hot shot anymore is he? As he saw Itachi's shock as an opportunity, he gained totally control of his own body back. Itachi grinded his teeth as struggled back control of Ed's limbs. He leaped at the rebels and punched a couple of them. It looks like some taijutsu worked here after all. Give me back my body! Edward cried. That would be foolish if I did that! Itachi cried back as he kicked the rebels aside. This wasn't coming out too well. Two souls in one body, fighting for control.

The police, or what ever you want to call them, arrived and saw the beaten rebels lying on the ground. Many of them were beaten up. A couple had serious injuries. During the fight, many of them were damaged by ruthless shots and other damage from ruthless rebels because of their aggressive manners. The group was taken in to see what they would do with them when Edward/Itachi noticed one of the rebels. It was Kit. He was beaten real badly by some of the rebels when they were coming that way with their attacks. Kristy was there at the scene when she saw this. "Those repels…" Kristy whispered when she saw her brother bleeding in a pool of blood. On her brother's shoulder was where one of the rebels shot him. The bullet was there, dug deeply into his skin and had bruises on his body, "Why do they have to do all of this?" Itachi was behind her. He watched as the girl cried. "Why did you have to do this?! Because of you, those rebels came and hurt Kit!" She cried in tears. Itachi and Ed were silent as the girl now found herself screaming. "First mom and dad, and now this!" She paused and continued, leaving the two souls in Edward's body in shame, "After mom and dad got killed in the war, all I had was grandpa and my brother… What did I do to deserve this?" The prodigy felt a bit guilty for her, even though he didn't like her brother much. The girl wiped her tears away and turned to Itachi to say, "I'm sorry I had to make you guilty. Forgive for that. You should go back." He still said nothing. He had seen many deaths as a ninja. So if this boy died, it would be nothing. Edward had pity for the girl. Kristy looked at Itachi and said softly, "I'm sorry for this. I'm really am." She turned her back and left the scene. There was nothing but silent. I guess there's nothing left, but to go back home… Edward said sadly. Every since becoming a state alchemist, he had been through many happy moments and sad ones. Well, this was one of the sad moments. Somehow, the two knew that Kit would survive. The mission was complete. "I guess jutsus don't work here," Itachi murmured.

Jutsus? What the hell is that? The blond alchemist asked the Uchiha. Itachi said nothing. Hey! Stop ignoring me again! You can't go on like that! Give me back my damn body! Are you listening to me? Itachi blocked the connection. Ugh! Damn it! He's blocking his thoughts again! Who the hell is this bastard anyway?! Ed screamed in frustration. Just when he thought that two minds could give him a better advantage, this had to happen! Itachi on the other side of that imaginary invisible wall that was blocking the connection lifted his right hand and looked at it. This hand… it's made of metal… And that power that kid did earlier… Alchemy… what kind of world was this? What had this kid been through? Itachi glared at his surroundings before he left that town. It looks like he'll have to get use to this world. Behind him was a sunset as he walked on that road to his new life. Perhaps he'll learn some new tricks.

A/n: Chapter done. Please remember to read and review. I like to call it the R&R no Jutsu. The Art of the Read and Review. Don't blame me for that. I had some trouble on this chapter. So much HW. It feels like all the knowledge I have is leaking out… I hate 2nd trimester.

Itachi (in a dull voice with no enthusiasm): Give me a R.

Ed (in same tone): Give me an &.

Itachi: Give me an R.

Both at the Same Time: R&R.

Al: Why the long faces?

Itachi: The authoress is torturing us!

Edward: She made us share the same body!

Itachi: I need my hot body back! My fangirls need me. I hate sharing the same body with this shorty.

Edward: Yea-- WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SHORTY THAT EVEN A LITTLE KID COULD BE AS TALL AS HIM BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET A GROWTH SPROUT AND AN ELECTRON CAN'T EVEN BALANCE ON HIM BECAUSE HE'S TOO SMALL THAT HE GETS CRUSHED UNDERNEATH IT INSTEAD!?! (his face is fuming red)

Itachi (twitches): This must be hell. Why did I have to get stuck with this guy of all people? What's the point of being in this body when he isn't even old enough to drink yet?! I'm a grown 22 year old man for kami's sake!

Alphonse: ...