The Quest: Demon's Return

Author's Notes: I feel so sorry guys for not updating in such a long time… But this time I really PROMISE to get things updated in situated, I want to finish this story and get on with the sequel as possible!

Oh yeah, guys in the sequel "The Quest: The Gate" will be rated M for Mature or referred to as rated R. I don't know if it would be rated like that because there will be some sexual scenes or lemons. I don't really know guys do you think it should be rated M, because there will be a "lemon" scene with Kagome and Edward then some other characters… ehehe… well just please review on that!


Chapter 9: Return to East Headquarters

Resembool, Rockbell Residence

"Your leg's finally done!" Winry sighed as she wiped a sweat off her forehead. Edward then stood up with a new mechanized auto-mail leg he had on connected. He felt like his old self from long ago, now it seems like it was coming back to him. Edward then swings his leg back and forth to see if it's good for him or not. He smiled, "Well Winry, your auto-mail tactics has been improving!"

Winry smiled, "Yeah Ed, it is… well it's not from me, it's the auto-mail itself. The 11th Generation of Auto-mail is here and they're light, so it's possible that you will turn a bit tall when you have these auto-mails unlike the last one." Winry giggled and Edward twitched, "Whatever…" He then put back on his pants and coat. Winry stood up putting away her stuff.

"Ed, what happened to you last night? Kagome was quiet and she didn't tell us anything about it, I'm hoping you would tell me Ed." Winry asked with a frown on her face. Winry look up to Edward as a big brother and Edward always protected her and helped her as if she was his little sister. Edward had to answer; he sat down on a chair as Winry listened,

"There was a Black Priestess named Tsubaki who was awfully jealous of both Kagome and Kikyo because they both kept the Shikon Jewel. Furiously she did a curse at Kikyo first and then Kagome but last night was a bit different… The Black Priestess did another curse at Kagome but this time it was permanent so it was a little hard for me to snap her out until the Philosopher's Stone Shard and the Shikon Jewel shard were released and she snapped out… but it felt like a nearly killed her there but Kagome seemed to forgave me… and then after that we perished Tsubaki and she was forever cursed." Edward explained.

Winry sighed heavily, "I know how it feels Edward seems like everyone is like cursed in this world of ours now don't you think?" Winry then stands up, grabs her stuff, and before she was about to leave she glanced at Edward, "Oh yeah Edward, Fuhrer Mustang called he says he want you in East Headquarters right away so get ready." She told him and left. Edward sighed as he put on his boots, braided his hair again, and grabbed a few things. He then left and closed the door.

Kagome was on the kitchen table thinking deeply about what happened last night. She couldn't quite remember like it was a distant memory in her mind but it wasn't it just happened last night. Kagome held a cup of hot cocoa she did, she took a sip and was refreshed at the chocolaty sensation. She then set down her cup and thought deeply again. Kagome sighed, "I wonder what happened last night… I just couldn't remember it for no reason…" she then stood up from the kitchen chair and was about to go to the sink until she bumped into Edward, the cocoa then accidentally spilled on his black t-shirt and a bit on his red coat!

"Oops! Edward I am so sorry…" Kagome said as she frantically grabbed a paper towel and was about to wipe his shirt until Edward's auto-mail hand stopped her hand. "It's okay Kagome, I can clean it." He chuckled a bit. Kagome blinked, "What?" Then Edward clapped his hands and put it on his clothes, suddenly a glow of light came and miraculously his clothes were clean. Kagome smiled brightly, "Alchemy again?" Edward shrugged and smirked, "Always count on it."

"Brother! Are you ready were going to East Headquarters!" Alphonse told his brother as he swung his backpack behind him. Sango, Miroku, and InuYasha came in the room. "Where are you two going?" Miroku asked confusingly. Edward and Alphonse glanced at them and answered at the same time, "East Headquarters." InuYasha crossed his arms, "Well were going back to the Feudal Era." He told them. Kagome's eyes widened with confusement. "Why InuYasha?" she asked.

"Kikyo has been detecting something bad happened at the Sacred Village, and she said it's probably one of Koi's attacks." Sango replied as she carried her hiraikotsu tighter. Kikyo then came with her usual emotionless face again, she sighed heavily. "Kagome, we will be going now… we are wishing you luck and your friends. We have decided that you must help Edward, Alphonse, and Winry with this. Shippo will also be staying." Kikyo told her, and then Shippo ran in and jumped into Kagome's arms. "I'm going to be traveling with you guys again like we used to!" Shippo laughed and cuddled to Kagome.

Sango, Miroku, and Kikyo put on a little smile. InuYasha "fehed" but in his eyes the feeling was happy. "Farewell." Miroku waved as they left to the Sacred Well. Kagome and the others waved back as they all watch their Feudal Era friends jumped in the Well. Winry had a little tear escaping out of her eye. She wiped them quickly. "It feels like they're disappearing out of our lives again," she whispered. Alphonse hugged Winry softly, "Don't worry Winry they'll come back." Alphonse told her softly. Winry nodded as they sighed.

Edward turned to them, "Okay everyone, are we all ready to go to East Headquarters?" he asked with a determined smile. Kagome was the one to nod first, "Yeah, I'm ready!" she giggled. "Are you Shippo?" she asked the little Fox demon. "Yes I am are we all?" Shippo asked. Winry and Alphonse nodded, "Yupp!" Edward smirked, "The East Headquarters we go!" Edward then started running without them. "Brother! Hey no fair!" Alphonse shouted as he ran after his brother to the train station. Winry, Kagome, and Shippo laughed as they too ran after the two brothers.

At The Train…

Shippo had already fallen asleep, and this time he was with Winry. Winry put the sleeping Shippo on her lap at the train ride. "He falls asleep fast Kagome." Winry said as she ruffled Shippo's tail. Kagome nodded, "Yeah he does, I guess he's still tired." Both Kagome and Winry giggled, then they glanced at the boys who were playing cards again. Edward was winning again and Kagome knew what his secret was… but she didn't know if Alphonse still remembered it. "Well Al, I won again." Edward yawned as he put his arms behind his head. Alphonse glanced back in forth from Edward to the cards he put.

"Darn…" Alphonse frowned as he sighed heavily. "Brother you always win… and I don't like it." He said. Winry laughed a little, "I know you'll get better Alphonse." She then gave him a quick soft kiss on the cheek and giggled. Alphonse blushed and laughed nervously. Edward and Kagome had "awe" expressions and chuckled. The train ride didn't last long but it looked like it was 5 hours but it really wasn't.

The train came to a stop at the East Train station. The people in the train stood up, grab their belongings, and left. Edward, Kagome, Winry, and Alphonse stood up. Alphonse was carrying sleeping Shippo in his arms gently but when they stepped out, the sound of the train rang and Shippo awoke. "Are we here already?" He asked. Alphonse nodded, "Yeah were here Shippo, do you want me to set you down so you could walk?" Shippo nodded and jumped out of Alphonse's arms and followed his friends to meet Fuhrer Mustang.

East Headquarters, Fuhrer's office…

Roy Mustang was doing paperwork again; lately his job had been so hard on him today ever since he became a Fuhrer. He then started tapping the corner of his big desk again trying to think of what letter to write that he needed to reply at Central. The paper was blank and Roy's black lacquer eyes just stared at it. He had another headache coming since his mind was about burn out like an explosion or something.

"Sir?" A feminine voice spoke. Roy sat up, "Yes Riza?" Riza Hawkeye Mustang came in with a few papers in her hands. She then cleared her throat and said, "Roy, The Elric brothers is here and Winry. Also surprisingly, Miss Kagome Higurashi and Shippo are here too with them." She told him. Roy's eyes widened, "Kagome? Shippo? I thought they left back to their world and the Sacred Well was locked up?" Roy then scratched his head, "Just let them in… probably they have a reason to tell us, and plus, I have to tell them something."

Riza nodded as she went back to get Edward and his friends. Roy sighed heavily as he finally thought of something to write down as a letter. Riza then came back in with Edward and his friends. Roy's eyes widened, "Well, well, well… The Fullmetal Alchemist and Immortal Alchemist (Alphonse's state alchemist name) are here." Roy then smiled, "Also Miss Rockbell, Miss Higurashi, and little Shippo. Please sit down." He told them.

Edward didn't like the sound of this, but he sat down on the chair anyway. Kagome sat down at a chair next to Edward, Alphonse and Winry sat down at the two remaining chairs. Shippo jumped up on Kagome's lap and sat down looking around the office. "Hello Colonel… I mean Fuhrer Mustang!" Kagome smiled nervously, she had forgotten he was already Fuhrer. "Sorry…" she apologized. Roy smiled, "No need to apologize. It's been a long time Miss Higurashi, how is everything?"

"Okay enough chit-chat, what did your bring us here for Roy?" Edward interrupted with bit loudness in his voice. Alphonse then spoke, "Brother, please don't be rude…" All of the sudden they heard a baby crying in the other room, Riza sighed heavily as she rushed to the other room. Baby Richard Mustang was crying again. Kagome looked over at the door that led to the other room. "Fuhrer, who was crying?" she asked confusingly. Roy replied, "Me and Riza's baby, his name is Richard Mustang, he was just born not too long ago." Kagome then smiled, "That's great… but as Edward's saying, what did you brought us here for?"

Roy then started tapping his desk again, "There was a call at Central referring there was a deadly attack assault. 5 Military personals are dead, and 9 civilians were killed. It happened yesterday night, and our officers are still tracking who did this. We are still guessing that Scar was the one who did it but it didn't seem like it. The bodies seemed to be chewed up and spat out. A lot of the bodies' parts were missing like a head and a leg." Roy explained as he gave Edward the paper. "Here are the examination and investigation papers, I think you might want to read it." Roy told him.

Edward started reading the paper:

"Central assault and attacks: The Devoured Corpses. Yesterday night at Central City there was an attack. Five military personals were killed and nine civilians too. The bodies seemed to be chewed up, cut, or destroyed inside out. Many people said that Scar did it, but the attack wasn't similar as Scar's earlier attacks. This has been a very gruesome scene at Central, no one knew who had caused it or what."

"Brother, do you have any theories who did it?" Alphonse asked. Winry, Shippo, Kagome, and Roy looked at Edward for the answer. Edward then rolled up the paper and put it in his pocket. He sighed and stood up, "The answer is at Central. Roy if you don't mind if we take a look at the investigation at Central." Roy looked at Edward and smirked, "Well go ahead Fullmetal, I really wanted to assign this mission of investigation for you. Even you Immortal Alchemist, you can join your brother. Winry, Kagome, and Shippo… if your going just be careful." Roy ordered them.

"So are we up for this Ed?" Winry asked as she grabbed her bag. "Yes we are, Central here we come!" Edward smiled with determination. "Edward wait! Do you have any theories about who killed the people there?" Kagome asked as she followed Edward. Edward glanced at her, "It seems like the assaulting attack was did by a crazy brute but it doesn't seem like it…" Edward shrugged, "But my theory about the attack is…" Then it was silent a bit… then Edward looked at her with an angry face.

"A demon attacked them…"


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