Testing Me
He stared at her grave. While he'd been away, she'd passed on. Tears began to run down his face. His teacher had seemed immortal and, though she had her weaknesses, Ed would have never thought they'd kill her.
"Izumi…" he whimpered, scrunching the envelope with his automail hand. Hurriedly, he tore open the message she had left.
Edward,
Don't mourn my death. Move on, grow stronger for it. Don't live in the past, become the person I could never be.
Izumi
"Izumi…" the alchemist repeated, "Damn it! Even in death she's testing me!"