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Edward Elric sighed as he put on his school uniform. For once in his entire school life he had finally gotten a break before the school year started (1) so that the school administration could do construction on his high school, and now it was already over.
You may be wondering what the whole construction was about, right? Well, because Edward's school district has been having major budget problems, Alchemy High, where Edward goes, and Shinobi High, which is the other high school in Ed's school district here in Tokyo, were cominbined into one. Therefore, over a period of only a month, the school district sold Shinobi high and expanded Alchemy high so that it could fit more students. The school is now called Alchemy no Jutsu High (where they got that name from, Edward would never know.)
Edward walked downstairs and sat down at the kitchen table. His little brother, Alphonse, who was starting his first year in high school, was making breakfast. It was pancakes. Five minutes later, Al had finished, and the brothers sat at the table and ate.
"Reminds you of the good old times, huh?" Al asked. Edward looked down at the ground and nodded.
"Yeah…"
When Edward was 13 and Al was 12 (I made them a bit older so that they wouldn't be sent to an orphanage.), their mother, Trisha, died. Ed and Al were then orphans and had to live on their own. It was tough, but they managed to get throw. Plus, there dad sent them checks to live on from who-knows-where he is.
Five seconds later, Edward had already finished. He then picked up his backpack.
"Well, I'm off Al. I'll see you there," Ed said.
"Niisan (2), can't we go together? Why are leaving so early?" asked a confused Al.
"Well, it's just that-" Ed was interrupted by someone suddenly yelling, "Hey Ed! What's up?" from where the window was.
Both brothers jumped to see a squinty-eyed teenager that looked like he was much older then he really was, 16 years old like Ed. He had long black hair that was in a ponytail and a black uniform like Ed's and Al's. He had a hand-me-down backpack that he had gotten from one of his 10 older brothers and sisters and everything in his backpack was probably hand-me-down too. Ed groaned when he saw the boy.
"-I didn't want to deal with him," Ed finished, now in a whisper to his little brother. The visitor glared at Ed.
"Oi (3), oi! Don't ignore a visitor, Ed! That's rude!" he said.
"Maybe I wouldn't ignore you if you used the front door like any normal person would instead of climbing threw the window, Ling (4)," Edward responded, glaring at his friend.
"Well, it's more convenient to use the window since our houses are right next to each other," Ling said.
"You still shouldn't."
"Anyway, we better get going. If we're late, Winry's going to have wrenches thrown at us."
"You mean me, Ling. If Winry threw one at you, Ran (5) would kill her."
"Whatever. That still doesn't mean I won't get yelled at. Besides, I wanna see all the chibi (6) freshman!"
"Um, I'm a freshman," Al said, making himself noticeable.
"Like I said, chibi freshman."
"LING!"
"Oh, yeah, I forgot that there are junior chibis too. Oops."
"SHUT THE HELL UP, UGLY FACE!"
"Hey, I'm sensitive about that!"
Al sighed as he watched the bicker. He wondered how they were even friends…
Naruto Uzumaki grabbed a pack of instant ramen and poured some hot water over it. He immediately dug in after he did this.
"Itadakimas (7)!" yelled Naruto, beginning to eat. He slurped it all down in a matter of seconds and then grabbed his backpack.
"Another school year…" Naruto muttered as he put all his new supplies in there.
Like Edward, Naruto also got a month off school for construction. However, unlike Ed, he never went to Alchemy High- his original school was the other one, Ninja High. Naruto was also happy about the break, and like Ed, he wished it would have lasted longer.
"At least we get a shorter school year this year…" Naruto said, now grinning.
"Alright, got everything…I'm off!" he called to absolutely nobody. Like Ed and Al, Naruto was an orphan. As soon as he got out the door, he heard a familiar voice.
"Yo, dobe (8). What's making you so hyper today?" said the voice.
"Shut up, teme (9)!" responded Naruto, glaring at his best friend since he was just a little kid. This boy was Sasuke Uchiha.
"Sorry about my little brother. He's just being his cold self," said another voice.
Naruto looked up to see an almost identical boy to Sasuke, except that this boy was older. This boy's hair was long and tied up in a braid and he was much taller then Sasuke. This boy was a senior while Sasuke was a sophomore (10) and is Itachi Uchiha. Like the Elric brothers, both of these boys were orphans. They used to live in a huge house complex with their entire family, but one day, back when both brothers were still in grade school, someone killed off their entire family. No one ever found out who did it, but Sasuke said that he would kill whoever it was when he found out.
"Ohoyo (11), Itachi," Naruto greeted. Sasuke glared at his older brother. Itachi made no reaction though, since he was used to this behavior.
"Alright, let's go!" said Naruto, and the Uchiha brothers followed him to his new school.
"Ed, Al, Ling! Ohoyo!" said a familiar girly voice. The threesome turned to see a young girl. She was sixteen years old and a sophomore like Ed and Ling. She had on the girl's uniform, which was a white sailor suit with a small blue tie at the top and a blue skirt to match (it's the typical Japanese girl's school uniform). Her name was Winry Rockbell.
Al blushed when he saw the girl and smiled. Ed smirked when he noticed his younger brother do this. Ever since they were little, Al had liked Winry. Ed didn't mind, of course; actually, he thought they'd make a great couple. Ed, however, also knew that Winry had a thing for him. Ed didn't feel that way about her, though. He felt like Winry was a sister to him. To tell the truth, Ed was gay, but he'd never admit that in public. He found that out a couple years ago when he started to develop feelings for a boy in his old Jr. High, Russell Tringham. Russell had moved away a year later, so eventually, Ed lost his interest in the boy. Of course, he still knew that he was gay.
"Ling! What's up?" asked another girl. This girl had short black hair and an identical uniform to Winry. She had a small weapon pouch on the left; why she had them always with her, and how she got away with it, the others would never know. This girl was Ran Fan, and was sixteen years old like the rest in the gang (besides Al).
After Ran said hello to Ling, she noticed Ed and glared at him, which sent a chill up Ed. For reasons unknown, Ran had never liked Ed. She, however, had a thing for Ling. Everyone (except Ling) knew that Ran had a huge crush on the boy. In fact, whenever anyone insulted or hurt Ling even the tinniest bit, Ran would proceed to trying to kill them. She was overprotective of him and sometimes even took the liking of calling him "Young Master". No one knew why, but she did. Everything thought it was a miracle that Ling had no clue. Ed wondered if Ling had any feelings for the girl too. If he did, he didn't show them.
"Hey, Ran, what's up?" asked Ling.
"Nothing really. Oh! Did you know that my little sister Mei (12) is starting here too? She's a freshman like you, Al," Ran said. Al was relived to hear that at least one familiar face was going to be in his grade.
As if on cue, Mei appeared behind Ran. She was short- very short. She had long black hair that was tied into two braids. She was also wearing the girls uniform, and like Ran, she also had a weapon pouch, expect her's was on the right (Ed guessed that this might be a family trait or something like that.) On her shoulder rested a very tiny panda, which was called Xionei Mai.
"Hi, guys!" she said happily. Ran glared at her sister.
"Mai, do you need to bring Xionei Mai to school with you?" asked Ran.
Mai then grabbed her panda and held it to her chest in defense, saying, "Of course! What if someone tried to steal him like I was gone? I need to keep him safe from everyone! Plus, me and Xionei Mai have been through everything together!"
Like anyone's going to break into a house just to steal achibi panda, thought Ed.
"Hey, Mei, Al, you better get over to the cafeteria for the freshman ceremony. I don't know about the principal, since they're from the other high school, but Vice Principal Bradley isn't happy when anyone's late," Ran said, and Alphonse and Mei nodded. Winry agreed to show them to the cafeteria and they left.
"Well, here it begins. Another year in this hellhole," said Ed.
"Yeah, expect this time, there's going to be a bunch of new students to bother," Ling said.
"Yep," said Ran.
The three of them went up to the building to get their schedules. They hoped they'd been in the same class again this year.
Neji Hyuuga, a 17-year-old senior, walked up to his high school, occupied by his best friend, Rock Lee. Neji always wondered why he was best friends with Lee, since he was really weird. Maybe it's because they'd know each other since preschool. At one time, Neji had evened dated the boy. That ended as soon as the entered high school, and Lee met the love of his dreams- Sakura Haruno. Lee immediately broke up with Neji so that he could try to date the girl. Poor Lee, since it all proved to be worthless, since Sakura ignored him and only had eyes for Sasuke, the school heartbreaker, who ignored her. Even after Lee broke up with Neji, they had still remained friends. In the end, it was probably a mistake to date each other, since Lee soon found out he wasn't really gay. Neji, however, was truly gay. How did he know?
Well…
"Nejiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!"
It was because after Lee broke up with him, Neji found another love interest.
Naruto Uzumaki.
The blonde boy pounced on Neji, which made him reactive a big glare.
"Get. Off. Now. Naruto," Neji said, blushing and indicating danger in his voice, which made Naruto get off immediately.
"Demo (13), demo, Nejichan, we're dating!" Naruto wined, hugging him. Neji broke away.
"Naruto, I don't like acting romantic in public. It's embarrassing. And don't call me Nejichan; I'm not a girl!"
"But you look like a girl! And plus, Nejichan is cute, like you!" Naruto said, grinning.
Why do I love this guy? wondered Neji.
Sasuke watched Naruto glomp Neji and Neji's face go red with embarrassment. Sasuke would never admit it, but he was completely jealous of the Hyuuga. Ever since Jr. High, Sasuke had loved Naruto as more then a friend. He had always wanted to ask Naruto out, but he could never get the courage to do so. And now, he lost his chance, since Naruto had fallen for this other guy. Sasuke wanted to kill Neji. Why did someone that Naruto didn't even meet until last year deserve the blonde?
Gaara Sabaku (14) walked to the High School. He was a 16-year-old sophomore and, like everyone else, he was wearing a school uniform. The only difference was that his school uniform had holes in it and was tarnished to make him look tough. And it was true, when it came down to it. Gaara was known as the biggest school punk at their old high school. He was actually suspended for a week once because he had sent one kid that had pissed him off to the hospital. Not like Gaara really cared. To Gaara, everything about life sucks and everyone should die. Gaara was the definition of emo, to be exact. Also on Gaara was an "ai" (14) tattoo on the left corner of his forehead. He had messy red hair and weird black circles under his eyes.
Gaara looked to the right and noticed a blonde boy glomp the Hyuuga boy. Gaara felt his entire body boil with jealousy.
Naruto Uzumaki.
That was the only boy that Gaara had a soft spot for.
When Gaara had entered Ninja High last year, he immediately noticed Naruto. Like himself, Naruto was mysteriously hated by everyone for no reason. However, unlike Gaara, Naruto chose to be confident, hyper, and hard-working, which eventually gave him friends and precious people. Gaara soon realized that he had started to fall for the blonde boy. However, before he could admit his feelings, the Hyuuga boy snatched him away from Gaara.
He's the reason Gaara was suspended last year. During lunch one day, he had gotten so mad that Neji that he had punched him so hard in that stomach that Neji started to cough up blood. Even though he was severely punished, Gaara didn't feel bad one bit. In Gaara's eyes, Neji deserved it.
"Gaara, don't tell me your think about trying to kill that Hyuuga again. You might be on the brick of getting expelled if you try to do anything like that again," said a male voice from behind Gaara. Gaara turned toward the voice and glared.
Behind Gaara were his two older siblings, Kankurou and Temari, who were both 17 and seniors (15). Temari had blonde hair that was tied in four small ponytails and was wearing a girl's uniform. Kankurou had hair that looked a lot like Gaara's, expect his was brown. He had on a boy's uniform, and unlike Gaara's tarnished one, it looked almost perfect.
Gaara looked around to see many new faces that were probably from Alchemy High. Gaara knew, just by looking around, that this year would be more interesting then the last.
(1)Since they are in Japan, they are going by Japan's school system. In Japan, the school year starts in the spring time and there isn't a break in between school years. Also, they have school on Saturday, but only a half-day. In Japan, they also have teachers switching classrooms instead of students switching classes.
(2)"Niisan" means "Big brother" in English
(3)Hey
(4)Ling is a manga-only character in FMA. Introduced in the 8th volume (which will be released in July here in America), Ling Yao is a traveler from the neighboring country Xing. Like Ed and Al, he seeks the Philosopher's stone, but for a different reason- he wants to gain immortality so that he can become Emperor of Xing. You see, Ling has many, many brothers and sisters (I don't know the exact number; I just estimated here.) and all of them are competing for the crown since they are all the current Emperor's sons and daughters. I won't say any more because I don't want to spoil it anymore for you. If you want to know more about Ling, you can read fansubbed manga for FMA. I read it at so I recommend you go there.
(5)Ran Fan is also a manga-only character. Her part in the series is as one of Ling's two bodyguards (the other one is named Fu, but since he doesn't play as big of a role as her I'm not putting him in the story). She comes from the Fan clan which lives to protect the royal Yao clan. Ran travels with Ling and Fu to protect Ling against all dangers. To find out more about her, you must read the manga. If you want to read the manga, go to the website I put above for Ling.
(6)Short or little
(7)Means "Thank you for the food." Usually said in Japan before eating anything.
(8)Dead-last. What Sasuke always calls Naruto in the anime.
(9)Basterd. What Naruto always calls Sasuke in the anime.
(10) Do to the fact that I want Sasuke and Itachi to both be students, I'm making them only a year apart. And yes, Sasuke must be a sophomore because I want him and the main FMA characters (Ed; Ling; Winry; Ran) to be in the same grade. And they must be sophomores because Al is a year younger then Ed.
(11) Good morning
(12) Mei is the third manga-only character I will putting in this for FMA (as you'll see later, I'm going to put in two manga-only characters for Naruto as well). Mei is also a traveler from Xing, but she doesn't come with Ling and his two bodyguards. You see, Mei comes from a conflicting clan, Chen, that wants to have an emperor too. So she is also searching for immortality. I'm sure that she and Ling are probably related in some way. In this fanfic, I decided to make her and Ran sisters to make things more interesting (and because there's not many siblings in this story). She will have Ran's last name, Fan, in this fanfic. Her panda, Xionei Mai, also appears in FMA and, like in this fanfic, is just a puny panda that she travels with and has been threw everything with her. Read the manga to find out more on her.
(13) "Demo" means "But"
(14) Since neither the manga nor the anime mention any of the sand siblings' names, I decided to make their last name Sabaku. Sabaku means "sand" in Japanese.
(15) Like with Sasuke and Itachi, I decided to change the ages. In this, Gaara is only a year younger then his older siblings, and Temari and Kankurou are the same age. In case you're wondering, in the original, Gaara is two years younger then Kankurou, and Kankurou is a year younger then Temari, making the Temari the oldest. In this, Kankurou and Temari are twins, but obviously not identical.
Whew, that was pretty long (I think). 5 pages on Microsoft Word if you don't include the author notes (then it's 7). Hopefully the next one will be even longer. Next chapter the FMA and Naruto characters meet. Also, vote for your yaoi choice of pairing for Ed! Here are you choices:
Gaa/Ed
Ling/Ed
Sasu/Ed
I'll post the votes for a few chapters or so, and then incorporate them into the story later. But for now, bye bye!