A/N: Ok, next chapter! :)

Sorry, it's late. It's been almost completed for a while, but I forgot about it. I have a day off so I'm trying to update all my Fanfiction today.

Chapter 10

"Nam! Let go of Alphonse now!" Maka yelled. The back of her head was still hurting, but she still managed to stand up. Soul asked to make sure if she was ok, but Maka didn't respond. Her attention was soley focused on Alphonse. Alphonse laughed.

"Fool! You really think you can get through me?" He laughed. Edward took action and ran forward. He transmuted a weapon on his automatil. Edward knew that all he had to do was stab Nam then the madness would be over, but flames errupted from Al's body. It surrounded the cave. "You can't lay one scratch on me. Your brother is in my possesion now."

Shiro watched the commotion with a expressionless face. Nam was out of control. When Shiro was his master, he had complete control of him. Nam was a free demon.

And it was all Ed and Maka's fault.

Shiro sighed exasperated. "Maka, Edward, this is all your fault. You caused this so you must fix this."

Edward cast a confused glance at Shiro. "Our fault? What did we do?"

Shiro narrowed his eyes at the alchemist and the Scythe Meister. "You know what you did. You released Nam. You released me. Fix the problem."

Alphonse started laughing. "These are the brats that released me? Oh, thank you so much! Honestly! I appreciate it. Y'all did me a favor. Unfortunately, I will have to kill you two."

"Maka, what exactly is he talking about?" Soul asked. Maka shook her head and said, "Don't listen to him Soul. He's lying."

"No, you are lying! You've been lying to me for the past two days, Maka! Do you not trust me? We are partners. If you have a problem you can tell me about it!" Soul yelled. Maka wanted to desperately tell him everything, but how could she? Her and Ed made a silly childhood promise. In the end, it would kill all of them. Edward knew it too, but him and Maka had something in common.

They wanted to fix it by themselves.

Edward and Maka didn't want other people getting hurt for their foolish mistakes. They had to deal with this themselves. That's why that promise was made. Out of fear and devotion to protect their loved ones.

"Soul, I promise to tell you someday. Hell, I really don't think making any promises is good for me, but for you I'll make that exception. We just have to save Alphonse right now." Maka said.

"Ok, Maka." Soul said.

Nam was the determined look in the pairs of gold and green eyes. They were willing to do anything to help Al. More flames surrounded Al and a few sparks landed on the trees.

"Nam, don't be stupid! You will burn this whole forest down and kill all of us!" Ed yelled.

Nam cackled. "I'm not stupid, but finally I get to challenge the two brats that released me. You had better put up a good fight."

"Oh, don't worry we will not disappoint you, Nam." Maka said. "Let's go Soul Resonance!"

Their energy was rising. Their weapon was Genie Hunter. Maka ran forward and swung at Alphonse's body. Al lifted up his hand blocked the attack. Maka's eyes widened. How could he block their attack?

This was the oppurtunity Ed needed. He sprinted past Al and to the cave where Nam lay. Flames engulfed Al's body, but Maka hit him again with Genie Hunter and it stopped his flames. Ed was grateful that Maka and Soul were here. He needed as much time as possible.

Ed travelled into the cold, dark cave. This was the very cave he had heard about all his life. The myths were all real. Ed heard the ragged short breaths as he got deeper into the cave. Chills went up his spine.

He made it to the back of the cave where Nam was laying down. Nam's red eyes scanned Ed's profile as he said, "Alchemist, will you kill me now?"

Ed didn't say a word as he lifted up the blade on his automail arm. The blade was about to plunge into Nam's heart when suddenly flames erupted from Nam's body and it sent Ed flying backwards. The cave became a hot, fiery hell and Ed scrambled to get away.

"Where are you going, boy?! I thought you would kill me!" Nam laughed. The laughter floated all around the tunnel and it was imbedded into Ed's brain.

Make it stop! Shut up!

Meanwhile, Maka and Soul were taken by surprise by a unexpected visitor. "Winry! Kid!"

Kid was flying on his skate board, holding Liz and Patty in his hands, and Winry was holding on to him. Kid fired a shot at Al's body. The flames stopped again and Al looked up.

"It's you two! Just what the hell are you doing here?!" Nam yelled.

Kid narrowed his eyes and prepared to fire again. "This is the end for you, Nam!"

Kid fired Liz and Patty and the shots went into the top portion of his armor. Maka's eyes widened in horror. "NO! YOU'LL KILL HIM!" Maka yelled.

Kid stopped firing and saw Maka standing over Al's defeated form. His armor had holes in it. Tears ran down Maka's face. Kid was trying to hit Al's blood seal. He had killed him!

The cave exploded as chunks of rocks and flames went spewing up into the air. Ed was tossed into the air and he fell in another part of the forest. Maka and Winry watched in horror as Nam floated in the sky. Shiro didn't bat a eye. His and Nam's eyes locked. A silent message passed between them. Nam began to gallop away.

"Nam!" Shiro gasped.

The demon horse looked back. "Listen up fools! In three days, come to the final battle ground! But only Maka, Edward, and Shiro! This is our fight and ours alone."

Tears streamed down Maka's face as the watched Nam's retreating form. She clenched her fists. In three days, she would kill Nam and make him pay for everything.

She would correct her mistake.

A/N: Intense, right? I hope you enjoyed!

P.S. I really hate my freshman year -_-

Updated: 9/28/12