Well, I'm sitting at the computer so I'm gonna type up another chapter. Here ya go!

Don't own Death Note; don't own FullMetal Alchemist…but I do want a combat butler (looks for them on eBay).


"I am called…L Lawliet." The boy said timidly. Ed looked down at the boy, other then being anywhere from five to seven years old, the boy looked identical to Apathy. Edward looked up in the direction that Apathy had disappeared in, there was nothing but darkness. Roy Mustang got up and brushed the dirt off his jacket and uniform, he then walked over. He knelt down in front of the boy and looked him directly in the face. The boy avoided eye contact, he proceeded to suck his thumb and look at the ground.

"Edward, do you have any idea what this boy is?" the colonel asked.

"No, I've never seen anything like that before," Ed replied, "I thought the homunculi couldn't do alchemy, but this boy was clearly transmuted out of the ground. How it was possible I'm not sure, the ground isn't made up of the same elements as a human being."

"So this boy isn't human." Roy stood back up and held up his hand, ready to snap a fiery attack. Ed though stepped in front of him with a very serious look on his face. "FullMetal, step aside."

"You heard what Apathy said; he said he couldn't kill us. Why, I'm not sure of but I don't think he created this boy to do any harm."

"How do you know?"

Edward frowned, he really wasn't sure if what he was saying was true. The boy could have been left there to kill them but, for some reason that just didn't feel like the case. Ed turned and knelt down,

"You said your name was L right?" Ed said.

"Yes…" L muttered.

"What did Apathy tell you before? Did he leave you here to kill us?" Edward asked. L looked up at him, his dark eyes wide. He then looked over at the colonel with an equally surprised look.

"He…he told me that I was the residual essence of the past and, that I was to hold on to this." L fingered the envelope with his mittens.

"May I see that?" Ed asked reaching for the envelope. L backed away and held the envelope close, "I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to see the envelope." Ed reassured.

"No, I can't. You're not allowed to see it." L said giving Ed a childishly distrusting glare. Ed sighed and glanced up at the colonel, who in tern frowned. He didn't trust the boy, that boy was hiding something. Ed returned his look to L and gave him a small smile.

"Alright, you can hang on to that. Why don't you come with us? We have some more questions for you but we should get inside."

L went back to looking at the ground; he then cast a slight glance towards Colonel Mustang. The colonel glared down at the small boy with suspicion, causing him to quickly return his stare to the ground.

"I'm…sorry…" he suddenly said, "About your friend."

The colonel didn't respond, his glare was still present but now he seemed to be analyzing the child. Did Apathy tell him what happened or does the boy have all the memories of the homunculus? If that was the case, he would definitely have to question the boy, but at the present moment it was probably best to let him go.

"Colonel, I'm going to bring him back to the hotel. We should decide what to do with him in the morning." Edward steered the young L in the opposite direction towards the main street.

"FullMetal…"

"Colonel, whatever it is you want to ask this kid, I think it can wait…you won't get anything out of him if he's scared." The older Elric said pausing briefly. He then started walking again, he knew that this boy was a clue to Hughes' murder but, first he wanted to confirm something.

It took about ten minutes for the two to reach the hotel. The moment they arrived, Alphonse and Winry burst through the front doors. Al seemed to have been very worried, as did Winry but, she looked more angry then anything else at the moment. Their sudden appearance startled young L; he gasped and ducked behind Edward – grabbing hold of the back of his black over shirt.

"Oh!" Winry noticed the boys' sudden movement and paused. Alphonse also noticed him and stopped, he looked at Edward then back at the boy.

"Al, Winry, this is L." Edward introduced. L peeked out from behind the alchemist; he gave Alphonse a nervous glanced before looking at the ground timidly. He'd been sucking on his thumb but now he seemed to be chewing on it out of nervousness. Winry had pushed aside her irritation with Edward and smiled. She walked over – noticing the boys' nervous shift – and crouched down.

"Hello there," she said, "Are you hungry? I could get you something to eat if you want."

L seemed to calm down a little as he nodded slightly. Winry smiled again and held out her hand. The boy gave it a mildly uncertain look before mustering up some courage and taking it. Winry then led the young boy into the hotel. Alphonse remained outside with his brother.

"Brother?"

"Apathy created him," Ed answered his brothers unspoken question, "I'm not sure what he is exactly."

"Do you think he's dangerous, brother?"

"The boy no, Apathy though. He's definitely a threat." Edward frowned crossing his arms, he then glanced up and noticed Al was just looking at him. Despite not having actual facial expressions, Ed knew Al was giving him a look. "Listen, what happened tonight and back at the Devils Nest is proof enough that Apathy is dangerous. His actions are too chaotic, you never know what he's thinking and that makes him dangerous."

"I know but…"

"Al, Apathy was involved with Hughes' murder." Ed interrupted.

"What? Are you sure?"

"Yeah…Mustang wouldn't have any other reason to want to question that boy if he wasn't."

Meanwhile, inside the hotel, Winry was looking around for something to eat. The breakfast bar had been closed for some time now so, she had to ask the hotel manager if he could open it up just so she could get something for L to eat. The manager was kind enough to do so – it would be added onto the bill later as an extra necessity. L in the mean time was sitting on a wooden chair, he had his feet up on the seat and his knees pulled in close to his body. The envelope he was carrying was tucked safely inside the winter jacket he was wearing. His dark eyes followed Winry as she busied herself; he started to fiddle with his untidy black hair and rubbed his toes together.

"My, you sure are antsy." Winry chuckled as she walked over with a trey, "I'm sorry, all they had were cinnamon rolls." L just looked at Winry blankly, it was kind of awkward so she continued, "I'm also making some tea, and it should be ready in a moment."

"Thank you." L then replied helping himself to a cinnamon roll.

"It's no problem, really," Winry smiled while pulling up a chair, "Edward said your name was L right?"

"That is what I am called, yes." L answered pulling the pastry apart.

"Well, my name is Winry Rockbell; it's nice to meet you L."

L nodded in acknowledgement as he took a bit of the roll. He chewed for a moment then swallowed. He glanced over at Winry again muttering,

"Are you a mommy?"

It was safe to say that Winry was caught by surprise by that question. She cleared her throat trying to regain her composition before replying,

"What makes you think I'm a mom?"

"Well," L once again started fidgeting, "You're really nice and you always seem to be smiling, and you're pretty."

Winry chuckled, which made the boy fidget awkwardly. She then said,

"I'll take that as a compliment then, but no I'm not a mom."

"Oh…" the boy had a slightly awkward look of embarrassment on his face.

"Do you miss your mom?" Winry asked, trying to change the subject slightly. L didn't say anything at first. He just seemed to be starring blankly at the floor. After a moment, he answered,

"I don't have a mommy, or a daddy."

"I'm sorry…" Winry said, "Where they killed?"

"No…I just don't have them." The boy replied, his tone was obviously sad but it didn't really show on his face. This was kind of creepy but Winry did her best not to let it bother her.

"Where did you come from then?" she asked slowly.

"I don't know."

Winry just starred at the boy, she'd never met anyone like him before. He seemed so sad and lonely but he didn't let it show on his face. Now that she thought of it, he didn't let many emotions show on his face. 'Just who is this boy?' she thought, 'How can he not have any parents? Where did he come from? How did Ed find him?' All these questions ran through her head. As she thought about them, she hadn't realized that L had dozed off, at least not until he haphazardly flopped over off his chair. The loud thud he made when he hit the floor, snapped Winry out of her thinking. She quickly got up and knelt down to check if he was ok.

"He's out like a light…" she muttered, it was true. L was fast asleep; not even hitting the hard wooden floor had stirred the boy from his sleep. Sighing, Winry picked the small child up, "Oh my, he's a lot heavier then he looks." She huffed; she then brought him up to the room she was staying in and laid him down on the bed. The minute the boy touched the mattress he curled up into a ball and went right on sleeping. Winry pulled the covers over him and patted him on the head. She then left the room, closing the door behind her.

Back outside, Ed and Al were just about to head inside when suddenly, two people appear out of an alley way. A young man and woman, the young man appeared to be quite flustered and the young woman seemed anxious.

"Help, help us!" She said quickly when she spotted the Elric brothers. Ed and Al rushed over to see what they could do to help.

"We were attacked by some crazy, mad man!" the young woman explained franticly, "We barely got away."

"Are either of you hurt?" Edward asked. They both shook their heads but appeared quite ruffled. The woman cast a nervous and suspicious glance towards Al, which Ed picked up on right away.

"Oh don't worry about Al, he won't hurt ya." Ed reassured, "Come on, lets get you two inside." He then led the two into the hotel where they were able to sit down and try to calm down.

"What are your names?" Alphonse asked.

"My name is Misa Amane, and this is Light." The young woman introduced.

"It's nice to meet you both, my name is Alphonse Elric, and that's my brother Edward." Al then introduced. "Can you tell us anything about your attacker?" he then asked.

"It was Ryuuzaki!" Misa snapped, "But he's supposed to be dead!"

"Misa!" Light hissed, both brothers looked at him. Light then frowned and said, "What she's trying to say is, someone we knew who we thought was dead, attacked us."

"What is their name?" Edward asked.

"We usually call him Ryuuzaki but, his real name is L Lawliet." Light answered. When he said this, both Ed and Al looked at each other, they then glanced in the direction of the staircase just as Winry came into view.

"Oh, more guests?" she asked.

"Winry…where is he?" Ed asked.

"He's sleeping, why?" Winry answered, she glanced at the two new comers. She didn't like the looks in their eyes; they seemed dangerous for some reason.

Edward didn't answer right away; he turned back to Light and Misa and asked,

"Did he call himself Apathy by any chance?"

"Yes." Light nodded, briefly recalling the incident back in the alley. The Elrics once again looked at each other; this was something they hadn't thought of before. Though, now that they thought about it, it made sense. Apathy creating that boy, who looks exactly like him, that's because the boy is him. Or at least, it used to be.

"Is something wrong guys?" Winry asked, walking over and sitting down next to the brothers, "Who's this Apathy you're talking about?"

"He's a homunculus." Edward answered, Light and Misa looked confused.

"An artificially created human being," Al continued, noticing the looks of confusion on the twos' faces', "They are created when someone tries to either create the Philosopher's Stone or tries to bring someone who's dead back to life."

"So wait, are you saying someone brought Ryuuzaki back to life?" Misa asked.

"Yes and no." Edward said, "You see, a homunculus is only a living doll. It's impossible to bring the dead back to life, it goes against the flow of nature. A homunculus is sort of a stand in, they look exactly like the person trying to be resurrected but they are not that person."

"If they're not that person then tell me, how is it that this Apathy knew who I was?" Light asked.

"It's possible that whoever created him told him about you." Al suggested, Light though shook his head.

"He knew things, things only the real L would know."

"That's impossible; homunculi don't have memories of when they were human." Ed replied shaking his head also.

"Think what you like, but whatever that thing was, he knew things that nobody else could."

"Like what?" the two brothers suddenly asked. Light fell silent, there was no way in hell he'd tell perfect strangers that he was the one who killed L in the first place or that he was the mass murderer Kira. Seeing that Light wasn't going to answer, Ed sighed and shrugged.

"Well, anyway, if you want you two can stay here for the night. We'll try and figure everything out in the morning."

"Wait a minute," Misa piped in, "Where exactly are we?"

"What do you mean?" Ed asked standing up.

"We went through this huge scary gate thing with lights and eyes. That's how we ended up here." Misa replied.

"Did you say…a large gate?" Ed asked shakily.

"Yes…"

"This is Central, the capital city of Amestris." Ed replied, he then grabbed Al by the arm and lead him away. When the two were out of ear shot, Al halted.

"Brother, what is it?"

"You heard them Al, they said they came through that thing." Ed responded.

"What are you thinking brother?"

"I'm not sure; this is a lot of information." Ed responded, "Let's talk about it in the morning."

To Be Continued


X3 awwww…little L is so cute! Ok, off topic a bit but…what would you think of a Tsubasa/Yu Gi Oh! Crossover?