Title: Hagane No Shinobi
Authors: Ani Kawashima and Rose Nightshade
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist / Naruto
Archive: Not without direct permission.
Disclaimer: If we actually owned either series, this would be official and there would be much yaoi-ness all around. And since last we checked, neither of which is true, so sadly, we own nothing. Except figurines. And books. And posters. And we're gonna stop there since that list could go on more than you're likely willing to read.
Warnings: Shounen ai and Yaoi. Swearing, shounen ai, blood, yaoi, violence, and did we mention shounen ai and yaoi? That means lots of action and lots of boy/boy action. Don't like that? Then you've clicked on the wrong fic and we suggest you find something more suiting to your tastes. Any flames will be confiscated and added to fuel our fire for yaoi lurve, kthnxbai.
Pairings: Main pairings are: Naruto/Sasuke and Roy/Edward. Supporting pairings are: Alphonse/Hinata, Lee/Sakura, Shikamaru/Temari. Tiny bit of one-sided Naruto/Edward. (Main pairings meaning they're the ones actively followed in the fic, supporting means they're really just mentioned and brought up from time to time.)
Summary: Sent to Konohagakure on a mission of peace between their countries, Edward and Alphonse find themselves slowly drawn into the daily lives of the Shinobi of the village. Between learning jutsu and teaching alchemy, they find themselves increasingly tied to the goings-on around them. Will such events keep them in Konoha? Will what they have to offer save or destroy the proud village? And will surprise hints of the philosopher's stone from a dead Hokage lead them to what they've been searching for all along?
July 26th: Shoot me now.
I have no idea what to make of all of this. If anyone had told me a month ago that Al and I would be sitting at a dock in a foreign country half way around the world, I would have told them they were insane. No, actually, I would have hit them, then told them they were insane and that'll never happen in a million years when pigs fly! …Pigs fly now apparently, someone forgot to inform me of this. Probably that stupid Colonel. This is all his fault, I blame him entirely! …I guess I must have just spazzed out, 'cause Al's looking at me funny… Stupid Colonel.
I swear, everyone in the military is fucking nuts. All of them. I don't know who's bright idea it was to send us over here to this Konoha place, but they really must be a few colors short on the crayon box to send ME on any kind of diplomatic mission. I'll never understand what those bloody idiots are thinking. Al hasn't come out and said it, but I know he's got to be thinking the same things 'cause he keeps telling me to be on my best behavior. Heh, just like Al, always trying to take care of me, even though I'm older… always the same.
Well, it seems like Al's finally gotten some directions to this Konohagakure or whatever that village is hidden under. (It seems like every single country on this continent is hidden in something! Sand, Mist, SOUND, I mean come on… if it's hidden, shouldn't no one know about them? Bah, whatever.) I just hope we can get there quick, get this diplomatic shit out of the way and get back home so we can continue researching the Stone. Maybe we'll luck out and there will be something here. Ha, like that'll ever happen.
…right?
Edward Elric closed the small leather bound journal and stood from the crate he had been using as a temporary seat. A strong ocean breeze ruffled his bangs playfully, causing his braided hair to tap him on the back as if it were hurrying him along. Seagulls nearby chattered away with loud squawks, eyeing hungrily the fishing boats near the large steamer the Elric brothers had disembarked. He tucked the pocket size volume into the inner lining of his red jacket for safe keeping along with his alchemy journal and notes, never without either, and never comfortable with them away from his person. After all, he believed a lot could be told about a person by the things they keep near, and frankly, he would rather not have anyone reading either one. A stretch and a yawn later brought him to his younger brother's side, the tall suit of armor waiting patiently with a battered brown suitcase in hand. Ed glanced down at the leather carrying case; a lot could be told by the things one kept near… Every worldly belonging he owned was either on him or in that time abused case, everything important to him was kept close. Ed liked it this way.
A clank from Alphonse brought his attention back to his surviving family member. The armor prevented him from creating the inquisitive expression that would likely be on his face, but this was not lost on Ed, the elder knowing him well. "I'm fine, Al."
"Brother, are you sure? You looked really serious for a moment there. Is everything alright?" Al asked, his hollow voice laced with its ever-present worry over his brother's condition.
Ed grinned, easily waving off his concern. "As good as it's gonna get. Let's just get to this place so we can get home. Konohagakure is waiting."
Al nodded once with a rattle, "Yes, to Konoha."
July 26th End.
Please, for the love of anime READ THIS! We know it's long, but it clears up some questions straight away. If you read the fic, and ask us a question that has been answered here or in one of the chapters, we will not be happy campers!
A/N: PLEASE READ! This is a fic that was originally a role-play between the two of us. The RP itself is still going, and therefore, this fic has yet to reach its end. It is a fairly time consuming process, seeing as we have role play it, then go back and change it from that format to a proper story. We cannot tell when new chapters will be released, and bugging us for more won't make them come any faster. Please just be patient and we'll update as regularly as we can. On that same note, chapters will vary in length SEVERELY. Due to the chapter format we've chosen, there might be an extremely long chapter, then an extremely short one. If we've got a couple short ones in a row, we'll try to post them at once, instead of waiting between them.
Bits of the fic will be from Ed's point of view (POV), but those pieces will be brief. The rest is in past tense, 3rd person POV.
This fic is what we consider a canon-AU. It follows the plot of both series up to a certain point (serving as the history that it references to) then deviates after a while.
Spoiler alert For the series of Naruto, the history of this fic stops when Naruto and the others were chasing after Sasuke to prevent him from joining Orochimaru. That was the point that the comic was at when we started the RP. So things may not match up completely with what actually happened after that point. Such as, Neji and Chouji died trying to rescue Sasuke. Also, Naruto won the fight between he and Sasuke and managed to drag him back to Konoha, instead of Sasuke acting like the idiot he can be and going to that creep Orochimaru.
For the series of Fullmetal Alchemist, we used the comic for our main reference instead of the anime. Things are different between the two, so don't be confused if things don't match up with what might have been said or occurred in the show. The point where FMA breaks off from its main timeline is at Ed's encounter with Greed. Seeing as we followed the comic for this, Ed did NOT kill Greed. And seeing as how the comic seems to have gone in such a different direction from the anime, he Homonculus are also NOT made through failed human transmutation, but made by one man.
Now, with that being said and explained, please don't write and say "that's not how it happened" or "that didn't happen". This is AU after those points and if you've only seen anime FMA and not read the comic, then bitching about details will DEFINITELY get either a rude response or nothing at all. Do your research before opening your mouths people, that's all we ask. 3
Please make sure your question hasn't already been answered either in a note from one of us or in the fic itself before asking. And to those of you that actually stuck through and read all of the warnings and disclaimers and notes, kudos to you, you're in the minority.