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Ed- -.- oh boy…

Chapter Eight: The Great Demon Lord Sesshoumaru

"I can't believe you told him about Sesshoumaru!" Kagome ranted "I mean, your brothers going to kill Ed the minute he sees him! ARG!"

"You know she's got a point Inuyasha, that wasn't very wise." Miroku nodded.

"I agree, we should probably go after him." Sango said.

"Nice going Inuyasha!" Shippo said, he was the only one to get rapped up side the head.

"I know, I know, so I let slip about Sesshoumaru so what? It's not like the kids going to be able to find him, he was better off staying with us if he wanted to get a hold of my brother." Inuyasha said shrugging.

"SIT BOY!" Kagome snapped "sitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsit!"

Inuyasha smashed into the wood floor and was repeatedly crushed by the power of the beads of subjugation that where around his neck, everyone else scurried to the back of the hut in shock and horror, they'd never seen Kagome so angry. By the time she was done Inuyasha was firmly implanted in the floor not moving mainly from fear she start doing the 'sit' commands again and because he felt that his spine had snapped and he had been paralyzed.

"Aharg…"

"Ok…" Kagome muttered, she then turned to Sango and said, "I agree, we need to find him before he finds Sesshoumaru."

"Right…" they all said, except for Inuyasha who just half heartily raised his hand to show he agreed also.

The Forest…Somewhere

Edward meandered around the forest in search of Sesshoumaru, he had no idea what he looked like let alone where to look for him. He should have asked, not that they would have told him but it still may have helped. Ed must have traveled a good five miles before he set down Al's body near a tree and sat down to rest, his search was going less well then he had predicted. He looked at Al, he was considerably pale and had no life to him, it just didn't seem right. Closing his eyes Edward tried to sleep, it was late and he would pick up his search in the morning.

He had a strange dream that night, he was standing in front of a large gateway and a shadowy figure was standing next to him. All Ed could make out was a large smile across the figures face, the smile seemed to say that this person knew things that nobody else did. When Ed tried to move he collapsed, looking down at his legs he noticed that his left one was disappearing, sort of falling apart into millions of tiny pieces. The figure was laughing now, laughing but no sound was coming out. Ed's eyes widened as the figures left leg started to materialize as his was disappearing, Ed tried to reach out to the figure for help but gazed horrified as his arm started to disappear also. The figure just kept laughing as his arm started to materialize just as his leg had. The gateway started to open…small hands seemed to reach out at him, they started to drag Edward away, he was powerless to stop it…he tried to scream but nothing came out…

Edward sat blot up drenched in a cold sweat, he was gasping for breath and looking around worriedly. Trembling he leaned back against a tree and looked over at Al again, nothing had changed, cold and unliving. He shivered involuntarily and rubbed his right arm, it was cold and unfeeling and made him sick for some reason. He hated this arm and he hated that leg, they were just like that shadowy figure, they knew something and they wouldn't tell him what. Standing up after a moment Ed looked around, if he had to guess, it was almost morning. So he decided to continue, picking up Al's body again, only this time he would carry him on his back, he moved out. Today would be the day he would find Sesshoumaru, he just knew it.

It was only two hours later that Kagome, Inuyasha and the others found this spot, Inuyasha was scuttling around with his nose to the ground. He was following the scent of, well, the dead.

"He was definitely here Kagome but it had to have been a good hour or so ago." Inuyasha said. Kagome looked around hoping to find some sort of clue, this was unsuccessful.

"Why would he just leave without telling us?" she asked, more to herself then anyone else.

"Maybe it's because he figured we'd all try to stop him," Sango said "I don't blame him, I know I'd try and stop him…this is crazy."

"Under the circumstances he's probably not in the right state of mind, I mean after losing his younger brother just like that and not even being able to morn him properly because he doesn't remember him." Miroku said.

"Man he must be feeling really bad huh?" Shippo said. They all stood there for a moment to ponder his motives but moved on a minute later.

Carrying Al on his back made it a lot easier to move forward, Ed had managed to move further and faster this way. He came to the edge of a small lake, looking around he could see no sign of life anywhere. This was somewhat disappointing, but he didn't let that get in his way. He started walking along the side of the lake half heatedly hoping to run into someone who would know where he could find Sesshoumaru. Now that he thought about it, what was this Sesshoumaru like? Would he bring Al back? If he was Inuyashas' half-brother then does that make him a half-demon? What was the deal with these demons anyway?

He pondered all these questions for a while, one such question crossed his mind, if this Sesshoumaru was a full fledged demon does that mean he's a soulless monster who cares nothing for anyone but himself? Ed hoped not but he didn't keep his hopes up either, with the way Inuyasha acts it wouldn't surprise him if Sesshoumaru were a jerk too. As he was walking someone came out of the trees; it was a little girl with long dark hair and a kimono. She ran up to the lakes side and dipped her hands in the water, lifting her hands up she drank the water that was trapped in her hands. Ed looked up and saw her, this was the first new person he came across sense he had left that village.

He ran up to her and knelt down next to her and said,

"Excuse me?"

The young girl looked over at him with a questioning look in her eyes, she then smiled and said,

"Hi!"

"Um, hi, I was wondering…do you know a…" Ed was interrupted when the girl stood up and waved to someone in the trees. Some more figures came out of the forest, a small green…thing with a staff that had two heads carved out of the top, and a large two-headed lizard like creature.

"Rin! Don't run off like that! Such a troublesome child…" the small green thing scolded while it lead the two-headed lizard to the edge of the lake so it could get a drink.

"Master Jakan look!" she pointed at Ed, the green thing called Jakan looked at him with mild disgust,

"Uhg! What a filthy creature! And just what do you want! Hm? Carrying around that dead body, it's disgusting. Really I will never understand humans."

"What?" Edward hadn't expected such a welcome "I was looking for someone…" he said trying to forget what Jakan had said.

"Hmph, well I could care less what you are looking for, I'm sure it's just some other filthy human, go away now!" Jakan snapped.

"I'm looking for someone named Sesshoumaru…" Edward said. Rin, Jakan, and the two-headed lizard all looked up at him with a mix of shocked and horrified expressions "What?"

"W…w…w…what do you want to see him for?" Jakan asked.

"Lord Sesshoumaru is over there!" Rin laughed and smiled pointing towards the forest.

"Rin! Don't tell him that!" Jakan scolded again "Answer my question human, why do you want to see My Lord?"

"Lord? Hmm…" Edward placed Al's body on the ground in front of him "I heard he could bring the dead back to life…I've come to ask if he would bring my younger brother back."

"What?" Jakan gasped "My Lord would never stoop so low as to bring that back!"

Edward stood up and stormed over to Jakan, picking him up forcefully he started shaking him shouting,

"Don't call him 'that'! He's my brother! I have to see him do you understand!"

"Ahhhg! Put me down!" Jakan swung the staff of two heads at Ed, he let go of Jakan to duck from the attack. "How dare you!"

Ed glared at Jakan then ran into the forest where Rin had pointed, he was going to find this Sesshoumaru! He was around here somewhere…Not watching where he was going Edward ran straight into someone, falling backwards slightly Ed looked up. He had run into a tall man with long white hair, he seemed very sophisticated dressed in spiked armor. He had strange stripes on his face and a crescent moon shape on his forehead; he looked down at Edward with cold eyes.

"Are…are you Sesshoumaru?" Edward asked. The man drew a large sword out of his belt and pointed it at Edward. Startled by this Ed took a step back and asked again, "Are you?"

"What do you want?"

"If you are Sesshoumaru then you are the one who can bring the dead back to life right?" Ed said not looking straight at him, the cold look he was being given sent shivers down his back.

"Nonsense…" he replied.

"B…but you are Sesshoumaru right! You're half-brother is Inuyasha right!"

"Yes, I am…and now you die…" Sesshoumaru raised Tokijin and brought it down, seeing this Edward did the only thing he could thing of. Dodging the attack Ed clapped his hands together and touched his right arm again, and once again, it was transformed into a sharp blade. Sesshoumaru was put off only for a second by this strange event but recovered quickly and attacked again. This time he landed a blow, Ed had blocked it with his right arm, the blow was really strong. So strong in fact that Ed felt his shoulder cave a tad.

Getting up as quick as he could, Ed ran off in the direction he had came half hoping Sesshoumaru wouldn't follow him, no such luck, Sesshoumaru bounded after him. When they got to the lakeside Ed ran over to his brothers' body and was about to pick it up again when Sesshoumaru attacked him again, he didn't move this time. The Tokijin grazed his side,

"Ahg!"

Ed grabbed hold of his side, it was bleeding considerably, he could only manage to drag his brothers' body over to the forest edge so that it would be safe…for the time being. Sesshoumaru attacked again, Al's body was in the way! If he tried to dodge it Al would get hit, if he tried to block it, same thing, so Ed moved in and shielded Al from the attack, closing his eyes…when he opened them again he wished he hadn't.

Sesshoumaru was standing right there…his sword was covered with blood, Ed tried to move, and when he did he started to choke. Blood came out of his mouth, looking down he saw that there was a large stab wound in his chest.

"N…n…no…please you have to bring back my little brother…" he gasped. Sesshoumaru just flicked the Tokijin to get the blood off and said,

"I have no reason to do such a thing." He turned to leave when Ed grabbed back of his pants leg,

"Bring Al back please…I'll do anything…I have no memories and…he told me before he died that he'd help me…I don't want to stay in the dark…"

Sesshoumaru pulled his leg out of Ed's grasp and put Tokijin away, he just stood there. The pain in Ed's chest started to build, he started to choke again…

Ed's POV

What have I done? I should have…known…I'm going to die ignorant aren't I? I'm sorry little brother…The metallic taste of blood in my mouth made my stomach churn…What was I thinking? I looked up at Sesshoumaru; he wouldn't stop giving me that cold glare. I attempted to glare back but was unsuccessful, I mustered up what straight I had left and sat up. Looking at Alphonse I took a deep breath and said,

"Is this…really…the only way…I'll be able to see you again…Alphonse?" With that said I felt my last breath leave me and the world faded into darkness once again….

-To Be Continued-

Me- EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Ducks as Ed-lovers…and Ed…throw stuff at me I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Dodge Hey! Don't stop reading just because I've killed both brothers now! Takes evasive maneuvers and dodges even more random items being thrown T.T I blame the beautiful and inspiring singing talents of Fuhrer Vic-san! Sways and hums 'Brothers' it's both beautiful and sad ToT. R&R and drink lots of hot chocolate! I sure will be! Looks outside and cries Evil white out…snow too is both beautiful and sad T.T. Oh hey! I think this is my longest chapter!

Ed- THAT JERK! reads his death T.T