Dragon Ball GX, Side Story: The Alchemic Saiyan
Chapter 7: Home At Last!
Edward Elric
As I stepped through the portal, I used my Ki senses to make sure that Father hadn't pulled a fast one on me while I had been gone.
As my senses alerted me to a whole country filled with life, I found myself realizing that things were safe…for the moment.
"Well, I'd better get my bearings" I say to myself as I curl up my tail around my waist.
I quickly walked over to the nearest building and asked where I was.
"Well son, you're in Dublith" the man at the bar says cheerfully.
With that, I sweat dropped, and realized that this bar was just across the street from teacher's house.
But then I remembered, Izumi was no match for me now.
I chuckled and decided before I took off, I'd pay her a visit.
Izumi Curtis
As I was helping my husband chop meat, I smiled, knowing I was lucky to have a man like him.
Suddenly, the door to our shop burst open, as a tall figure stood in the doorway.
"Ahhh, hello there young man; can I get you anything?" Sig asks the potential customer.
"Yeah, I was wanting to talk to a woman named Izumi Curtis" the man says as his silhouette cast figure speaks.
"Oh, well in that case, my wife is right over there" Sig says as he motions to me with his big meaty arm.
"(Chuckle) Same old Sig; you were always a teddy bear unless you're fighting" the young man says in a voice I instantly recognized.
"Who are you?" I ask suspiciously.
"What, don't you recognize your old student?" the man says as he smiles and steps out of the sunlight.
Immediately, I was struck by a sight I was not expecting.
"EDWARD ELRIC!" Sig screams in alarm.
I then dropped my butcher knife in shock. As it clattered to the floor, I saw that the young man was indeed my old student…Edward Elric.
As the butcher knife clattered, I quickly began to cough up blood from emotional overflow.
Suddenly, the man rushed over to me…did he even move?
Before I could reply he began to speak, "Hang on teacher, this blood coughing shall never happen again"
Without warning, I felt my entire body filled with an explicably life giving energy.
After several seconds, I realized something was…off.
After all the years without a uterus…I knew what its absence felt like; but now…
"S-Sig…my uterus…I have a uterus again" I stammer, unable to believe it at first.
"All your organs have been reconstituted teacher, I couldn't bear to see you bleed anymore" the man says kindly.
As we both stared at him, he gave us each a smile as warm as the sun.
"Who are you young man?" Sig asks with disbelief.
"If you don't believe its me, then here is proof" the man says as he pulls out a silver pocket watch.
As he opened it, there was the same writing as Edward had in his watch!
"Don't forget, 3. oct. 11"
"Edward…is it really you?" I ask, hope and tears brimming in my eyes.
Edward then did something completely unlike him-HE HUGGED ME!
"I'm sorry I made everyone worry" he says apologetically.
Edward Elric
After explaining everything I'd been through, they stared at me in shock, like I was completely mental.
"Edward…because of your trip…everyone thought you were dead" Izumi replies as she continues to absorb my story.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!" I scream in horror.
"They held a burial service with an empty casket just over 3 days ago Edward" Sig replies with affirmation.
"No…Al…Winry…" I say, as my words get hung up in my throat.
"I HAVE TO GO FIND THEM NOW, WHERE ARE THEY!" I scream in anguish.
Izumi Curtis
I could see how horrified Edward was as he realized that everyone he cared about thought he was dead.
"They're at Penako's in Resembool, so lets go get you a train ticket and-"
"THERE'S NO TIME FOR THAT!" Edward screams.
Suddenly, he erupted in a flash of golden light, his hair and eyes changing color as the shop becomes filled with an unbelievable power and wind.
"I've got to go home now! WINRY AND AL NEED ME!" Edward yells angrily.
Without warning, he took flight and burst through the roof!
As his golden aura left a trail behind for several seconds, I realized he wasn't planning on waiting for an instant to get to his family.
Winry Rockbell
After 3 days, I began to wonder if Edward really was…NO! I couldn't let myself think that.
"Winry dear, I know its hard but…I think its time we accept the facts; Edward's gone now, and all the hoping in the world can't bring him back from the dead" my grandmother says as she hugs me.
"(Sniffle) No…Edward isn't gone; he can't be…I love him, he can't be gone, he just can't be!" I scream, my tears burning hot as they stream down my face.
"(Crying) Brother…we were gonna get our bodies back together" Al says as he sits in the corner crying. But being just a suit of armor, the only thing real about his crying was the sound.
Suddenly, there was a huge boom outside, that shook the whole countryside.
Then there was an even larger crash, and it seemed the whole planet shook from the vibrations.
Then, like a crash of thunder, a deep voice bellowed, "WINRRRYYYY!"
Suddenly, the door burst open, and a giant rushed through like a gust of wind and swept me off my feet in a bone crushing hug.
"WINRY! I'm so sorry I made you all think I was dead, don't cry anymore please" the man says as he hugs me blue from suffocation.
"(Choking) Excuse me…GACK! Could you please….let me breathe sir?" I wheeze, my face turning purple.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Winry; I was just so happy to see you" the man states as he releases me.
"Who are you young man?" Penako asks suspiciously.
"Wha…don't you recognize who I' am? Its me-Ed" the man says with a smile.
"LIAR! Edward is a bean sprout midget with two automail limbs; not a tall…handsome…muscular…(drooling)" I start, trailing off into admiration of this amazingly suave stranger.
"I can prove it, if I wasn't Edward, I wouldn't have this cause supposedly it was vaporized in the explosion" the man says as he pulls out a silver pocket watch with the iconic words scratched on the inside.
Suddenly, the world fell away-and all my sadness melted into oblivion.
"Ed…its really you" I begin, my eyes watering.
"That's right Winry-" Ed starts. Opening his arms for a hug.
"-I'm home at last" he says sweetly.
With that, I instantly embraced the man I loved.
"Welcome back Edward (Sniffle) I missed you" I reply as I sob tears of joy.
