Twins At Heart

Part 4: More for Company

Disclaimer: I do not own any YugiOh! characters mentioned or any Full Metal Alchemist (FMA) characters. It's all thanks to the Japanese, folks. It was going to be a surprise for this fic, but I'm adding some characters from other anime/mangas as well^^. It will be so much fun and maybe I'll get you hooked on them.


Stas: Finally! I am now on to this. It took me over 3 years, er possibly 4-5 lol (and over 1000 cases of mountain Dew) XD but now I have more pieces to add to this story. I wanted to add more characters to this but sadly, I was only into three animes when starting this. So I obsessed over other anime as well over these years. Now I can add more and am so happy XD.

Yami: Wow, I think I'll keel over and die at the thought of you starting this again.

Stas: And I will be happy to help you with that *evil grin* Now my precious Staclara, feast on the fast food that I've provided!

Staclara: *pounces on the pharaoh and attempts to eat his hair*

Yami: Gah!!!! You will pay for this, you fiend!!!! *Tries to get up, but Staclara decides he makes a better couch* Get off me you beast of burden, or face the wrath of the shadow realm!!!!!

Stas: She's immune to it hun, hence she has no soul. It's an essence, but not a soul, so I'd say your threats are rather useless.

Yami: Ahh son of a Slyfer!!

Stas: Pay no attention to them and just read what I have to offer^^ Please read and Review 3


(insert dramatic sexy narrator voice here) When last we left off, Ed was pushed into the dreaded milk fall by the bad ass pharaoh, Yami. Yugi was petrified at the thought of Ed not liking his cookies with milk. (And what happened to the abnormally happy and insane Kaiba, who claimed he could bake cookies with the sun???) What does fate have planned for this trio of explorers, er stranders? Find out in the next paragraph, duh!

"That was the most horrible experience EvEr!" Ed knew Yami was on the protective side, but THAT was not being protective, that was just being a jerk. He had to have his clothes soak in water for what seemed like days (even though it was only 5 hours, hence the heat), and his watch was lost, yet again. He had no intention of jumping back in the milk fall. "I don't care if they don't believe I'm a state alchemist, I'm never going to search in there eVeR." This was the worst day of his life. It did not help matters when Yami walked by every few hours asking if Edward wanted to go for a swim. Edward was attempting to build a raft and sail off again, sure he could wait for a search party, but this island creeped him out.

"Hey Ed! Do you need a hand?" asked Yugi politely. He was chilling by the beach barefoot with his pants legs rolled up. "I want to get off of here as much as you do." Edward smiled. It was like having his brother with him. The quiet Alphonse Elric couldn't voyage with him, and yet he was amazed that there were other people around that were just as kind and gentle.

"Sure! I'm just gathering all the materials," he replied cheerfully. "It will still be a while so maybe we should set up camp first." Yugi nodded in agreement.

"I'll start a fire since its getting dark." Ed had already constructed a lean to against the tree he made to shelter them for the night. "Yami, I don't trust you with Ed so come with me." Yami was about to protest, but Yugi gave him the cutest chibi stare that could kill the devil, twice.

"Alright hikari, I'm coming," he said in defeat with his macho manly voice. Ed sighed with relief. He could feel the evil glare behind him subside that he felt on him for the past five hours. I wonder how Al and Winry are with me gone...


"Yami, why can't you just chill? There's nothing evil in his heart and you know it." Yugi was tired of Yami being a bodyguard for him. They walked along the beach and searched for anything worth burning.

"He still looks suspicious to me."

"Everything looks suspicious to you, knock it off already!" said Yugi.

"I can't let anything happen to you-"

"Well we wouldn't be in this situation if you were true to those words," spat Yugi. He was actually enjoying seeing Yami cringe at the words coming from his mouth. "Sometimes you gotta let go and quit thinking you know whats best for me." It was true that Yami always seemed to think for Yugi and never gave him a chance to save his own skin.

"Fine but can't I have a little fun now and then?"

"If it doesn't involve any deaths or injuries, fine I guess." Yami grinned "Or the shadow realm."

"Ra Dammit!" sulked Yami as his facial expression subsided.

"Oh, and no discussing the heart of the cards either," continued Yugi.

"Gah come on why are you suddenly the boss of me?" [insert anger mark here] Ignoring this remark, they began the walk back to camp in silence, arms loaded with branches.


(These characters are from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)

On the other side of the island was another group lost at sea. They arrived close to nightfall from another dimension. Syaoran opened his eyes halfway. Though he was blind in his right eye, he could make out a dark figure next to him. He brushed away his brown hair from his eyes.

"K-Kurogane-san?" he breathed heavily. Why did it suddenly hurt to breathe? He had no recollection as to where they were. Kurogane sat cross-legged next to him with Mokona.

"Have a nice nap, kid?" he asked in his deep voice. Though he claimed to be a tough ninja, Kurogane had a soft spot for Syaoran and Sakura. He wasn't always that way with them, but after having to travel to various dimensions to collect the princesses memories in the form of feathers, things happen. Syaoran smiled lightly up at him. He tried to sit up but fell back in pain. He vaguely remembered escaping the previous world.

*Flashback* Syaoran tried dodging an attack, but got his right side sliced open by the soldier on the dragon. He used his sword to help stand his ground. Kurogane and Fai were rounding up all the villagers. Syaoran refused to have them fight with him because he didn't want them to put their lives at risk. "Protect the princess and the others," was all he said. There was no time to object his wishes, since the town was being set ablaze and they had to move to the next world. He managed to slay the dragon and was close to defeating the soldier, but before he could complete this task, he was beginning to black out. He could feel the blood pouring out from his side. They were heading to the next world. Mokona already opened the portal and was the last to jump in. Syaoran heard Sakura cry out his name. He felt her embrace him as his knees buckled and she whispered something to him. He couldn't make out any of her words though. While they were traveling thru the time gap and space his eyes finally gave in to his exhaustion.*End Flashback*

"Syaoran, its good to see you awake!" Mokona jumped off of Kurogane and hugged Syaoran around the neck. "Fai and Sakura went exploring. They should be back soon." Syaoran sat up at the sound of her name. He ignored the pain this time in his right side. His side was already bandaged, probably by Fai. The mage always seemed to tend his and Sakura's wounds. He was a cheerful magician by appearance, but his past held a bad secret.

"Sakura Hime," he murmured. What did she say to him before he fainted? He wanted to stand up but Kurogane pushed him back down.

"Sakura ordered me to not allow you to strain yourself. She wants you well rested for when she comes back." Syaoran nodded. If it was her orders, he would obey them. He gazed at the night sky and wondered if they met up with anyone. He enjoyed meeting new people and was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. What he also hoped for was that the princesses feathers would be in any world that they visited.

"What's on your mind, kid?" questioned Kurogane. His voiced snapped Syaoran back to the present.

"I was just wondering-" he hesitated. He could trust Kurogane and it was no big deal anyway."I was wondering what Sakura Hime tried saying to me, before I lost consciousness." Was it him or was it getting harder to breathe again?

"If it's important enough she'll tell you," stated Kurogane. "If it bugs you that much then just ask her."

"Aww Kurorin is such a good advice giver," chirped Mokona.

"You little mince bun!!" Kurogane was easily annoyed with the various nicknames Fai and Mokona gave him. He tried to throttle Mokona but the creature hid behind Syaoran for cover. Syaoran smiled down at Mokona.

"Kurorin is scary!" cried Mokona. Kurogane's eye twitched. He was trying really hard not to jump on Syaoran and grab Mokona. Syaoran turned around, careful not to hurt himself more than necessary, and saw Fai and Sakura walking towards them from the distance.

"Syaoran-kun!!" cried the princess happily. She ran over to his side and grabbed his hand. "Are you feeling better? Does it hurt? Do you have a fever?" She felt his forehead with her other hand. "Syaoran you're burning up!!" The truth was he did have a mild fever, but he was blushing furiously as well, so it made him look worse.

"Hime, I'm fine, really," he stammered. "You shouldn't worry so much about me." He should have been used to this by now, but ever since the princess lost her memories of him, she was still the same person, but not used to her own actions. Syaoran tried to stand up again. This time Fai, Kurogane, and Sakura nearly tackled Syaoran.

"You need to rest!" they all pretty much screamed in his face. Syaoran just laid there in a daze 0.0 He was too shocked to fight them off.

"Did you find anyone else here?" asked Syaoran, ignoring their concerned faces.

"Yea, we met a cute little character actually," commented Fai. "He didn't seem too fond of me calling him tiny tho." Sakura laughed nervously, a sweatmark slowly emerged from her head.

"He did welcome us to their camp and said they've been stranded here since this afternoon," said Sakura in her gentle voice. "Perhaps they have some pain meds for you."

"Sakura Hime, I'm fine." The strained look in his face proved he was lying. Sakura hated when he tried hiding his pain from her.

"Syaoran, I'll worry more if you aren't treated properly. Don't hide your burdens from me or I will just worry more." He looked into her deep emerald eyes and nodded.

"Let's all head over there now," suggested Fai. "It's getting late and we need time to rest." Syaoran glanced down at his wound reluctantly. He had no intention on having Kurogane carry him all the way there. Despite all their lecturing, Syaoran got up on his own two feet without complaining. He felt a little dizzy from blood loss, but it was a minor setback. Fai handed Syaoran his flame sword.

"Syaoran don't overdue it, ok?" piped Mokona. Sakura took Syaoran's arm.

"There's no one else who can replace you, Syaoran-kun, " smiled Sakura. Syaoran smiled back at her.


"Ah, so there are others here as well?" asked Yugi. When they went exploring they never saw anyone.

"Yea, I invited them over," said Ed. Yami gave him a dirty look and started grumbling about the munchkin thinking he was in charge. "One of them is injured, so I figured we could help them out. They aren't even from this world," explained Edward while trying hard to ignore Yami's remarks." They mentioned being from a different dimension."

*Flashback* Edward was at camp waiting for Yami and Yugi to get back. "It's taking them forever and its getting darker out," mumbled Ed. Ed looked up from his work on the raft and saw two figures. Is that them? he thought. Yami wasn't THAT tall so it wasn't the same two he knew. When they got closer Ed was surprised to see that the small figure was a girl, possibly around his age. She wore a dress and looked like she was deep in thought. He thought about Winry yet again but shook the thought from his mind. The other person was a young man with short blond wavy hair and piercing blue eyes. He wore a smile, but Ed could tell he was being as cautious as much as Ed was. The tall blond was the first to speak.

"Are you from around here?" he asked. Ed shook his head. It was lucky for him that he was wearing his tank top because he didn't like having his shirt off in public. When fighting off Lust and Envy tho, it was an exception.

"No, we got stranded here this evening from a shipwreck," Edward was amused at his own comment.

"We aren't from here either. Nice auto-mail by the way. I'm Fai and this is Sakura-chan." Seeing this as a friendly gesture, Edward smiled.

"Hi, I'm Edward Elric, state alchemist, Ed for short." He cringed to himself at the word he loathed the most. "How do you know about auto-mail?" Ed assumed that they weren't from his area either.

"Syaoran, one of our companions, read about it. He's into archeology and history." The girl snapped out of her daze at the sound of his name.

"Syaoran-kun... is injured," she choked. Her bright emerald eyes were holding back tears.

"What happened to him?" asked Ed.

"We barely escaped the last world. Syaoran fought off the dragon knight general by himself," explained Fai. "He bought us some time to open the portal and save the remaining civilians." Ed was used to fighting battles, perhaps he could get some sparring in with this guy, pending how fast he healed.

"I know how it is to fight too. It's sort of a hobby, as well as a must-have for my job."

"Yea, I fight as well but I am a magician too." Fai smiled down at Sakura. "Sakura here is princess of Clow Country. She holds a great power."

"We don't have much to offer, but you are welcome to stay with us," invited Ed. "Depending on how bad his injury is, we may have the right medicine." Sakura beamed.

"You can help Syaoran-kun?!"

"Of couse! I had so many injuries in the past that I can treat just about anything." Sakura embraced him, nearly knocking him off his feet.

"Arigato!!!" Ed was blushing furiously. [chibi hug XD]

"Give the little guy time to breathe now, Sakura." Edward gave Fai the evil glare. He HATED that word, as well as other words that meant the same thing. It was a good thing Sakura was still hugging him. Fai must have noticed the tension [as well as the anger mark] in the air.

"In exchange I can do the cooking, it tastes better when shared right?" said Fai. Now it was Edwards turn to beam. He loved food, Especially ramen noodles.

"Ha ha the equivalent exchange," murmured Ed to himself.

"Say what?" thought Fai.

"'Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return... To obtain something, something of equal value must be lost.' It's the law of alchemy we live by." informed Ed.

"Ah, alchemy, a mix between magic and chemistry in a way right?"

"Yea I guess you could say that. Anyways you may want to hurry cuz its getting colder out. We should have a fire by the time you come back."

"Shall we head back and fetch Syaoran and the others?" winked Fai to Sakura.

"Hai!" she replied happily.

*end flashback*

"I am very interested in the worlds they have been to. Maybe they can help me find what I'm looking for," said Ed. He looked into the fire and let his thoughts wonder. "I promised I would do anything to return you to your original form, Al. Even if it means losing another arm or leg, I'll bring you back."

"Who's Al?" asked Yugi, letting his curiosity get the best of him. Ed continued to stare at the flames.

"He's my brother," he breathed. "Usually I don't take a liking to anyone right away, but you act so much like him, its like he's here with me." Yugi smiled. Yami was the closest thing to having an older brother. He had no siblings as it was. Yami was still pouting because Yugi wouldn't let him have any fun. I suppose maybe he has a point. If that kid knows hieroglyphics, then maybe he could help Yami. Ed did mention that Syaoran was into history so maybe he knew ancient languages as well?


Stas: How do you like it so far? I had this idea for a while, but was to afraid to post it and recieve flames^^' If you are ok with it please let me kno so I can add more chapters. I have no idea how long this will end up, but I'll go wherever it takes me.