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2 chappie 17! KYAH!

Chapter 17

Life In Death

"ED, NO!"

Kaname leapt forward, and ran to Ed's side, with Alphonse trailing close behind. She was running at top, almost inhuman, speeds, but no matter how hard she pumped her legs, she felt like she just wasn't going fast enough.

As soon as she and Al had reached Ed's body, she dropped to her knees, and rolled him onto his back. She looked at his face. It wasn't right. It just wasn't right.

His skin was very pale, almost blue, his lips were turning purple, he looked so cold and clammy, but there was one part that was worse than the others. His eyes…

Ed's once beautiful golden eyes, were now a dull, almost brownish-color. They had no life in them. Completely void of anything. No spark. No shine. Nothing…

Kaname held in a sob, "Edward…."

She squeezed her eyes shut, 'You can't do this to me. I don't want to go through this again. You can't leave me.'

Al was behind her, staring down at his brother, "Edward." he muttered.

He dropped down onto the ground. He couldn't believe it. His only brother, his only family member left. Sure he had his father somewhere in the world, but he wasn't there now, was he?

Al reached out and gasped Ed's shoulder, nudging it, ever so lightly, "C'mon, brother." he pleaded, his voice cracking, "No more playing around. We have to defeat Yukio, remember? We have to stop him from taking over the world, and turning it bad."

He shook him a little rougher this time, "Brother?" he asked, on the very brink of breaking down.

No matter how hard Al tried, Edward Elric's body just wouldn't respond. There was no gentle breathing coming from his mouth or nose. His chest was still, never moving. His heart wasn't beating anymore. But most importantly, his eyes weren't seeing anymore, they were still, as dark as before.

"BROTHER!" Al cried, unable to contain himself any longer. His tears could not be seen, nor could they be felt, but anyone who could hear him, knew that he was indeed crying.

Yukio stood not twenty feet from the three people. He had a smug look on his face. He was enjoying every minute of this. He loved the look on Kaname's face, and he also loved the sound of Alphonse's sadness.

'I love my job.' he thought to himself, 'It's just so… exhilarating!'

He stepped forward a bit, "Now, now!" he chided, "No need to panic. You shall be joining your friend soon enough."

Kaname looked up at Yukio and glared at him. If looks could kill; the man would be six feet under, twenty times over.

"You bastard." she growled.

Looking back down at Ed's face, her expression softened. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't keep an angry face when she looked at him.

"Ed," she mumbled, "I-I… don't know what to do anymore…"

Al's sobs echoed around, but it wasn't for very long. Soon, everything around her, faded into nothingness. It was just her and Ed.

Yukio disappeared, Al's cries became more and more distant, and soon the rest of the world vanished too.

Memories came flooding back to her. How Ed had looked at her the first time they met each other, how he had saved her from the burly man that same day, and let her cry on him and soothed her.

She continued to stare at Ed, "Ed, you don't know how much you meant to me. We were so alike." Tears stared to come around, "When your mother died, you blamed it all on your father. I did the same when my village was slaughtered, but I blamed it on Yukio." She paused and sighed, "Soon though, after your failed resurrection, you blamed everything on yourself, just like I did after. I blamed it all on myself…"

No more holding back, the salted beads rolled from her eyes and cascaded down her cheeks at a constant rate. She couldn't believe it. She had lost so much in her life. She just refused to believe that one could loose so much. She thought that God must have hated her. Why else would so much bad happen?

"WHY, ED?" she cried, the tears now pouring like waterfalls from her eyes.

She slumped forward, "Why does it have to be this way?"

Kaname pulled herself together, and straightened her back. She gazed into Ed's long darkened eyes. She nodded slowly to herself, and placed her hand over his lids, closing them ever so gently.

"Ed," she moaned, "I love you so much."

She leaned down, slowly, and stopped. Her nose was barely grazing his.

She softly gazed at his face, "I love you." with that, she closed the small gap between them.

Her lips landed on his in a soft wisp. To her, it felt so right, and yet, so wrong.

'It shouldn't be like this!' She screamed at herself, 'He should be alive, and his lips should be warm!'

She was just pulling her head away from his, when she found that she couldn't. She gave a small jerk, but she still couldn't remove her lips from his.

The world came rushing back. Yukio, Al, everything. Al was still crumpled by Ed and Kaname, and was gawking at the sight before him. Yukio wasn't too far away, either. He, on the other hand, was sneering at the scene. But not for long…

"What is this!" he exclaimed.

There was an odd glowing coming from both Kaname and Edward's bodies. It was surrounding them almost like a second skin. It was dull at first, but gradually grew bigger.

Kaname couldn't see much of what was going on, but she could definitely feel the warmth from the glow.

Her eyes were wide, as she felt a tiny tug come from inside her, 'What's going on?' she mentally asked.

"Kaname?" Al asked, the remnants of his tears still in his voice, "What's happening?"

But the innocent question could not be answered, for Kaname's head was suddenly being lifted away from Ed's. It was slow, but she could tell it was going to be important.

"Do you wish to save your friend?" a voice boomed from all around.

'YES!' Kaname inwardly shrieked.

"Would you give your life for him to live?" it asked again.

'A thousand times, YES!'

"So, be it…" it vanished. The voice was no longer there. But something happened.

"Guh…"

Kaname's mouth slipped open, a tiny bit. Out from it, came a silvery-white wisp of cloud. It traveled from her mouth, and found its way into Ed's.

As soon as the tiny smoke cleared, Kaname felt very light-headed and weak. She slumped to the floor and breathed heavily. She knew right away what has happening… She was dieing.

A shimmery form began to appear over her body. It didn't seem to have an exact shape, but it was definitely beautiful.

It was just a patch of smoke, but it wasn't ordinary…

"What has been taken has now been granted back. The girl still had power, which she has willingly given up, to save this boy's life..." it said.

"WHAT?" cried Yukio, "But that's impossible! I took her powers away! How could she still have them!"

The cloud spoke again, "You can never take away what one was born with." It stated, "Not truly. She had a pure heart, and it desired for that boy to live. Her soul still contained a small portion of one of her gifts. So it allowed it to escape and aid her."

Al was curious, "Which power was it?" he asked, "And who are you?

The smoke turned to face him, "I am Himiku. A God of Vexous," it said, "The girl's power, was of life."

Yukio gasped, "No," he pleaded, "Anything but that one!"

The cloud sighed, "I truly hope the girl made the right choice, bringing that boy back."

Al perked up, "What?"

Kaname lay there the whole time, just listening, 'So,' she thought, 'I brought Ed back?'

In answer, a sharp pain stabbed through her chest, and a gash appeared. She gasped in pain, grabbing the attention of Al and Yukio.

"Kaname!" Al gasped.

She looked down, and saw that she now had a profusely bleeding wound on her torso. She glanced quickly and painfully towards Ed. His wound was no longer there. There was no trace of it whatsoever.

'I saved him.' she thought happily.

Soon, her body went cold, and fell limp. She could no longer feel anything. Not the wind on her skin, not the hope in her no-longer beating heart. Nothing at all.

"Kaname…" sighed the giant suit of armor.

"Kaname," another, weaker voice followed.

Yukio and Alphonse's heads shot up at the voice. It was a voice oh-so-familiar to the both of them.

"My work here is done." Himiku informed the two. And with that, he vanished.

Al inwardly grinned, "Edward." he whispered.

Yukio groaned, "Oh no…"

End Of

Chapter 17

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