This'll be the first time I don't use the whole "Me, Ed, and Al" dialogue thingy. Though it is fun and it's just another way I can torture him, I was reading EVEN closer at past reviews and my oh my! I must have lost all sense of self due to over inflation of ego, I will honestly admit I misread a good portion (ok not ALL of them) of the reviews…I'm sorry T.T. But anyway, yes, for the last few chapters (yes the story is coming to an end soon, even I'm sad T.T) there may be shorter dialogue sessions with Edu-kun and Aru-kun but nothing as long as before. Ah yes, I just want to run this idea by all of you, what would you think of a sequel? Just wondering because I had this idea (which happens only once every other Friday). Just tell me what you think of the idea of having a sequel to this story and if you like the idea I'll use my idea for a sequel (cough, cough, YGO/FMA crossover, cough, cough)…if not I'll just make it a separate story. But I'm rambling (AGAIN!) so please read, review, and especially enjoy!

Chapter Nineteen: My Name is…Edward Elric the FullMetal Alchemist!

"That Al kid has been at it for sometime hasn't he?" Miroku said watching the two siblings. Sango walked over to Inuyasha and Kagome asking,

"Do you think he'll get through to his brother?"

"I don't know, I think it's working but I can't really tell." Kagome said.

"I say he just needs a good smack upside the head, that'll snap him out of it." Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome glared at him,

"Inuyasha, that's not very nice."

"Nothing else seems to be working! Excuse me for making a suggestion."

"I could try putting another sealing sutra on him. With him the way he is it wouldn't be so difficult." Miroku suddenly suggested.

Kagome shook her head, though it did seem like a good idea under present conditions, she felt it wasn't going to solve the problem. No, he had to regain his lost memories. That was the only positive way she could see…or maybe…

"You guys, I think I've got an idea," She said looking up "Let me run it by Alphonse first though."

"What is it Kagome?" Sango asked. Kagome turned to face the group, she knew her idea was risky but it just might work.

"Edward's being controlled by a 'darker' version of himself right?"

"Yeah…" Inuyasha interrupted "We all know that."

"Well, maybe by shooting him with one of my arrows will purify the darker half." Kagome said. They all looked at her for a moment, then Inuyasha snickered,

"So you want to kill him then?"

"No I don't Inuyasha!" Kagome snapped "I don't mean shoot to kill, what I ment was, just say shoot him in the shoulder or something. The arrow will then purify his darker half and the good one will come back!"

"That's a good plan Kagome," Inuyasha said, Kagome smiled "Only problem is, wasn't that darker half created from his longing to get his memories back? Well…I guess returning his brother did have a factor in it but regaining his lost memories was his first priority when we found him."

Kagome frowned, she hadn't thought of that,

"That is true but, why wouldn't my plan work?"

"Because, the darker half would just come back. I don't remember hearing that kid say 'oh hey, I've got my memories back'. Why not wait until he remembers something then purify the darker half?"

Kagome nodded, that was a good point, she turned and made her way over to where Alphonse and Edward where sitting, Al looked up.

"How's he doing?" Kagome asked.

"I…I'm not really sure," Al looked over at his brother "He said not to touch him, maybe he's fighting off his darker half and trying to remember."

"Well, me and the others had an idea and I wanted to run it by you first."

"What is it?"

"You see, I'm the reincarnation of a powerful priestess." Kagome started.

"…" Al gave her a blank look.

"Well, I can shoot these sacred arrows that purify anything evil and I was thinking…" she wasn't able to finish her suggestion because Edward had looked up and grabbed her by the wrist.

"D…don't…" he muttered dryly, Kagome tried to pull her arm away but wasn't able too "Don't…"

"Let go that…that hurts."

"Brother stop it…" Al grabbed his brothers hand and tried to pry his grip loose, Inuyasha had noticed this sudden little confrontation and rushed over,

"What the hell is going on!" he snapped, he saw they where trying to get Ed to let go of Kagomes' wrist "Don't you touch Kagome!" Inuyasha lashed out and slashed him.

Edward let go instantly, though he was still somewhere in between the good version and the bad one, both sides reacted to this attack in a different way. At first glance one would think he was having a fit of some sort, two minds in one body trying to do two different things at the same time made for the most unpleasant of sights. Ed had his hand covering his face and he was rolling around on the ground both cursing and pleading,

"Damn you…I'm sorry…"

"Brother! What's the matter?" Al tried to calm him down.

"I've almost got…I'll kill that stupid mutt!"

Al tried to get Ed to lower his hand so he could see how bad or how little his brother was hurt.

"Inuyasha…you really shouldn't have done that." Kagome scolded.

"What? He was trying to hurt you, and this is the thanks I get."

"No he wasn't, he was telling me not to go along with the plan…in his own sort of way." Kagome added the last part because she had a feeling that part of Edward probably did want to hurt her, but she wouldn't let Inuyasha know that.

"Miroku, why is he saying those things? It's like he's got two thoughts trying to get out at the same time." Sango asked.

"I think it's just that Sango, both sides of him are reacting differently towards Inuyashas' attack. Thus both thoughts sort of meld together and come out as complete nonsense." Miroku answered.

"I see…what should we do?" Sango asked.

"To be honest, I haven't the slightest clue. As far as I can see we've done what we could and should leave the rest up to them."

"But…"

"I know, I know, but if you really think about it…after seeing that kid fight…Inuyasha is probably the only one who'd stand a chance. And then there's Kagome, the voice of reason…for Inuyasha that is…and of course Alphonse, that is his older brother what other reason is there?"

"You're probably right…" Sango muttered, she still wanted to help but no matter how hard she thought about it she really couldn't see anyway for her to help.

Meanwhile Alphonse was still trying to get his brother to lower his hand,

"Come on brother let me see, did he get you?"

"That stupid mutt he'll…pay…for…one…is…"

"What?" Al stopped and looked at his brother, Ed had stopped rolling around and just lied there with his hand over his face.

"Shut up! Shut up…my…name…" Ed seemed to be rambling now, at least that's what Inuyasha and Kagome thought, but Al seemed to have gotten very excited.

"Brother?"

Edward sat up quickly and lowered his hand just enough so that everyone could see his eyes, he was looking at Inuyasha with a mixture of pure hatred and pure sorrow.

"I'm going to kill you…I…I'm…sorry…" he jumped to his feet and made a mad dash straight for Inuyasha and Kagome, Ed had his head down slightly so his bangs covered his face.

"What the…" Inuyasha picked Kagome up and jumped away from Ed, he then set her down with Miroku and Sango "Stay here Kagome…it looks like the kid wants another fight." He then drew Tetsaiga and readied himself.

"Stupid…sword…caused me a lot of grief…my…name…" Edwards' speech was starting to get more and more mixed, it sounded strange and didn't make that much sense.

"What's the matter kid…can't you decide what to say?" Inuyasha said in a very mocking tone.

"I hate…shut up!"

Both sides' attentions had turned to the other, from everyone else's points of view it looked like he was arguing with himself.

"Stay out of this weakling…leave them alone…shut up…stop it…I'll stop when you remember your name…it's Ed…your full name idiot…"

It just went on and on like that for a solid ten minutes, back and forth he'd bicker with himself. Getting rather annoyed with this Inuyasha sheathed the Tetsaiga and walked over and punched Ed in the face. When he drew his fist back he noticed there was blood on his hand, he knew he hadn't hit Ed hard enough to cause him to bleed so that ment…he looked up.

Edward had his hand over his face again only this time when he lowered it he looked up so that Inuyasha could see his face, there was a nasty 'scratch' across his face. Due to the fact that his 'darker' half was presently dominant over the body at that time, his healing capabilities where much faster, but when Inuyasha had punched him that cut had reopened and started to bleed.

"So…I did get you didn't I?" Inuyasha growled. Edward didn't say anything; he just starred at Inuyasha, "Awh, are you going to cry now or are you going to try and kill me? Maybe both…"

Al rushed towards his brother, he wanted to see what the matter was. When he got over to him and saw the cut he frowned,

"Brother, calm down ok…just focus on remembering. You where really close last time I know you can do this."

"I…can see…things, strange things…"

"Hey, a solid thought…" Inuyasha stopped his retort when he saw the nasty glares he was getting from both Alphonse and Kagome.

"I'll kill you mutt…one name…comes to mind though."

"What's that brother?"

"Shut up! Shut up! Don't say it!"

"Come on brother, don't listen to him. Tell me what that name was…and what it means…to you." Al urged.

"The…name…shut up! No…you shut up…" Ed actually told off his darker self, for this his darker self retaliated most violently "I hate all of you! You won't kill me!"

He took his left hand and placed his thumb over the cut and pressed down on it really hard, tears started to well up in the corners of his eyes. Even though his good side had more control over the mind his darker half had taken control of all physical movement and was causing him great pain, he was trying to make him stop thinking…stop remembering…and focus only on the pain it all brought him.

"Stop it! Brother!" Al tried to make him stop, but failed. Ed pushed him away and started to charge straight at Inuyasha again.

"The name is Edward Elric! The FullMetal Alchemist! And that name…is mine!"

There was dead silence…he even stopped his advance on Inuyasha…everyone was looking at him. Alphonse had slumped to his knees; he had a look of shock on his face, after all this time…was it possible?

Edward just stood there, he didn't look at anyone or anything, he just stood there. Inside his head there was a frenzy going on, memories upon memories seemed to flood everywhere inside his mind. It was hard to take for a moment but that feeling went away, the darker half was standing there in the middle of it all a look of pure horror on his face. He knew this was the end for him, the moment the 'real' Ed remembered he would fade away, he had no purpose anymore.

-Going On Inside Edwards mind-

"You don't have to go away you know…" Edward said.

"You've killed me…of course I have to go away." When the darker half spoke it wasn't like it was apart of him anymore…a separate person almost.

"…"

"What? Don't tell me you don't want me too."

"I don't know…it just doesn't seem fair…" Edward muttered.

"Heh…heh…oh this is rich…NOW you think it isn't fair? Damn, you're more hopeless then I thought."

"You remind me of someone…someone I vaguely remember hating every fiber of." Edward said looking at him.

"Really? Now who would that be?"

"…"

"Well…"

"My half…my half brother."

"Say what?"

"My half brother, Envy…he was a homunculus and I hated him. I don't know, there's just something about you that reminds me of him." Ed said.

"Then why do you care what happens to me?"

"Brother or not you're still me and if you go then so does apart of me and I don't think I could live with that." Edward said.

-Outside Edward's mind-

Edward, now with complete control over himself, sat down on the ground. He then took his shirt off and ran his left hand over the cut on his face, it bled slightly. Al, who finally recovered from his shock got up and walked over to him asking,

"Brother? What…are you doing?"

"Do you still have that paper?" he asked.

"What?"

"That paper the monk used on me?"

"Oh." Al took the sutra out of his pocket, now that he thought about it…he wasn't really sure why he had kept it. But that didn't matter because it seemed his brother was using it for something…but for what, he wasn't whole sure of that either.

"Al…I want you to use my blood and draw that seal thing over the tattoo ok?"

"What!"

"Please Al! Just do it…"

"…Ok brother…" Al did what his brother asked, when it was done Al stepped back, the Ouroboros seemed to fade more, now it just looked like a oddly shaped bruise that wouldn't go away.

Edward stood up, he was wobbly but all there, he looked around at everyone and frowned…it was the first time in a long time that he remembered everything but only one thing seemed to nag at the back of his mind…

"W…why are all of you…taller than me?"

"Brother…"

"Even you Al! That's just not right!"

"Brother stop it…you've had a long ordeal and you need to rest."

"Even the dog man is taller then me!"

"Damn right I am! I was savin' this insult for when you really made me mad sprout boy!" Inuyasha retorted. Edward would have retorted back but he passed out…all this excitement and the fact he had lost a fair, but not lethal, amount of blood made him light headed…

"We should go back to Kaedes' village, she can make that tea he loves so much." Kagome said with a slight smile on her face.

-To Be Continued-

No the story isn't over yet! Don't stop reading! Pwease…anywhozles…yes! Edu-kun has regained his memories! More or less (I love using that)…now all the Elric brothers have to do is return to Risembool and everyone lives happily ever after. Ok, I'm not really the fairy tale ending type (not that I don't mind fairy tail endings, I'm just not 'experienced' enough to make happy, sappy, everyone lives with out internal/external scars endings.

Well anyway, the last bit with the chapter ending with Ed bringing up his size and Inuyasha calling him 'sprout boy', that idea was given to me from mimiru1618 (thank you!). I figured because most of the story was all 'torture Edu-kun as much as possible' I'd be nice and change the pace slightly…snicker, snicker, oh wait…isn't Inuyasha callin' him 'sprout boy' a form of torture? Anywhozles, I really hope you enjoy this chapter and review! Who doesn't love reviews? Nice reviews bring warm fuzzies and Armstrong sparkles, Not nice reviews bring sulking in a corner and depriving one's self from all humanity.