Full Metal Alchemist: The Blood Snake

Chapter 6: Memories

Ed gaped at the sheafs of paper. It was their whole journey recorded on paper! How could anyone do this? What could do this? Al stepped back aware of the horror in the papers. Commander Ji-yu merely drank some black coffee, waiting for Ed to respond. But he couldn't. He was lost in the memories of his past...

Renkinjutsushi...Alchemists...they are people who can activate the gate inside of them to transfer energy from human lives to recreate and decompose. Edward Elric was a child when he first learned alchemy. He learned that to alchemize, he must learn the Law of Conversion. You must sacrifice something of equal value to recieve something in return. Edward and his brother Alphonse Elric broke this law. They tried to revive their mother with nothing to sacrifice. Instead, Ed lost his arm and leg, Alphonse his whole body, and their mother's corpse reduced into a homunculus, an entity from the Gate inside every alchemist, it takes control of the body used in human transmutation to give itself a body with no soul. Consuming Red stones strengthened them, making them nearly immortal. Yet they still had weaknesses. The homunculus helped make the Philosopher's Stone for Dante by creating large masses of wars to make the human lives needed. Indeed, the homunculus were doing evil things but only for the sake of making themselves into normal humans and helping out other humans from reaching this fate. Edward and Alphonse to reclaim their bodies needed the Philosopher's Stone.

"We searched for it and obtained it..."

Al was transformed into the Philosopher's Stone with the ancient Art. Edward died trying to save Al and Al using the power of the Philosopher's Stone brought him back to life. Ed, then ruined it by sacrificing his life to remake Al's body using the 4 years of memories and work they done. He was transported to beyond the Gate where he stayed. Al as a ten year old boy, traveled with his sensei to relearn a way to bring his brother back. But he knew that no amount of studying could bring his brother back without a human sacrifice...

Ed meanwhile as in World War I with his father Hohenheim of Light. Ed scrambled around lifting his rifle, used to not using alchemy anymore. He fired a shot, pinning a man on the shoulder. Cries of terror roared into the air and the air raids whistled mortifyingly as they fell to the deaths of many men. Gas was ejected all over as Ed slid to a bunker, covering his mouth.

"Edward, my son, go to the second bunker!"

"What! Why?"

"They're about to bomb it..."

"How do you know?"

"Just do it ED!"

Ed gulped and nodded, then fired a random shot into the air, satisfied to hear a scream of pain. He then slid into a roll and ran for it to the bunker. He fired a few more shots, blood spraying onto the ground. Suddenly, he felt the heat of flames as a missile crashed into the bunker had come from. Father...Hohenheim...

"To-chan!"

Ed looked at the bunker, fear in his eyes as he saw why his father had sent him away. But what about you Hoheheim? How could you not think about yourself? Suddenly, he saw Hohenheim rise from the blazes, the flames winking out like candles. Truly you are magical To-chan...

"Edward!"

Ed whipped around to see a bayonet about to stab into him. His eyes widened as the bayonet came closer to his ribs, unable to stop it, the blood rising in his eyes. Suddenly, he was at Winry's. He stood frozen. Winry...?

"Winry what the hell!"

"Ed! You're back!"

"What happened! I was in a war past the gate..."

"I know, Al..."

"Brother, I did it."

Ed swung around to see Al back in his armor. Al smiled sheepishly and waved hesitantly.

"Al..? Where's your body?"

"Brother, I spent many years training in alchemy. I sacrificed my body and memories for you brother! But you still lost your arm and leg...since that was how you were."

"Why Al?"

"Because brother, at least when I was in armor, you were still with me. It doesn't matter about the body. I think I like being bigger than you."

"WHAT!"

"Hahaha..."

Ed and Al were back, into the way they were after the incident. Ed told Al all about the other world and about their 4 years together looking for the Philosopher's Stone. When Ed got to the part about Scar...

"Brother...Do you think Scar will ever come back?"

"I don't know Al. He was doing evil things yet he was a good guy. I heard he ripped his arm off to save you. He can't be all bad..."

Then Ed broke down, seeing the flashes of red as he remembered how the Philosopher's Stone was made. Archer...That bastard.

Ed had gotten rusty in alchemy, so he studied at the Central Library with Scheska. Al stayed with Sensei to learn to control the new power he had of using alchemy without the array, for everyone who tried human transmutation saw the gate making them able to do alchemy with their hands alone. Al finally mastered it, but still liked using chalk to create his arrays. Soon, they were reinstated both of them to the military. Al declined, but Ed joined again to make sure they had access to the library. Ed became the Ensign Hagene No Renkinjutsushi. He was below Major, but he was able to gain full access to all the files in the library. Ed became more powerful in the military as Mustang became Fuhrer. Soon, Ed was Lieutenant Commander. As Ed and Al accepted new missions, they took more of their time to work harder and to solve new mysteries. They had to work harder to resist becoming dogs of the military completely. One day, Al spoke to Ed.

"Brother...Are we doing the right thing?"

"Al...We have command in Central now. We can continue to study the Philosopher's Stone and alchemy to one day revive the lives of all those who died for our sake...Hughes, Marcoh, Scar...and remember, there are still homunculus out there..."

"Yea..."

Then, the day came...A riot had occured in the Central alleys. Ed was ordered to check it out. When he got there he saw hundreds of bums attacking military officers.

"Please desist! Hold still! What is your damn PROBLEM!"

The bums halted for a second until one very audacious man cried out to Ed.

"You filthy dog of the military! You keep us here, starving us, killing all of us. Now we want retribution!"

A cry of acknowledgemnt came out from the crowd as they attacked the officers once again. Ed alchemized the walls, crushing many of them. Blood seeped through, splattering unto the rough cement.

"You filth! You killed our comrades for no reason!"

"You call attacking officers no reason!"

"OF COURSE! YOU CALL YOURSELVES PACIFIST MAKERS! PEACE CREATORS! BUT ALL YOU DO IS KILL IF SOMETHING GETS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL."

Ed stood frozen, for this was exactly what the military was. Was...Ed alchemized a dome to surround and trap the rioters and left before he applause sounded out. At night, he sat on his bed, weeping, sobbing. Was the military still like this? Why? Was is this gone? Did Mustang change things? Had he been creating chaos all this time? He stayed in the depression for days, not eating, not sleeping. All he did was ask himself those questions, never answering himself. Finally he came out of the depression when he asked himself why he had joined the military.

"To survive..."

The day Ed came out of the depression, he was called out to a burned building where there had been ransomers...

Ed dropped the report and looked at Ji-yu. He stared straight at Ji-yu and saw something. Something different.

"Ji-yu..."

"Yes Hagane No?"

"You are not him. Wrath."

Instantly, the body of Ji-yu crashed onto the floor and blood spilled. Wrath emerged out of the shell and grinned.

"How'd you know?"

"Ji-yu was looking a bit bulgy. And those eyes..."

"Very good Ed."

Wrath spitted out his name with disdain and looked at Al. Al was staring at the body. Wrath smiled and pointed at Ed.

"You. You killed my mother, your own mother. I was thinking about this while I was away. I could'nt comprehend any of it. Until he showed me the way. He showed me power, he showed me who had caused the problems. It was all you. Now I'm here for revenge!"

Wrath transformed his auto-mail into a blade and charged at Ed, who stood frozen at the mention of his mother. Had Sloth...been his mother? Why was Wrath kidding himself, he was a homunculus. Wrath slashed his blade down as Ed looked at Wrath blankly. Blood spilled onto the Ji-yu's desk, smearing it with red...

Wings: Woah! Stopped!

Ed: Am I dead?

Wings: Guess...?

Al: Why wasn't I attacked.

Wings: Cause, you're not important.

Al: WHAT?

Ed: So important people die?

Wings: No. I just hate you. I nvr said u died anywayz.

Ed: But did I?

Wings: Maybe...Muwahahhaha (fights Ed off and slaps him in the face.) Cya.