A/N: Hello again! Sorry if it took awhile but I'm back with another dose of action! Just so you know this story takes place after the time-skips/series finales in the anime canons and after the Big Picture Show for those of you who are familiar with Ed, Edd n Eddy and the other anime heroes in this story. I may also add some details from the anime canons so correct me if I make an error in any future chapters. I haven't got any reviews yet but feel free to do so cause I know some of you have already read the first chapter and are probably waiting for more. Now, on with the story!

Chapter 1: Close Encounters of the Ed Kind - Part 2

Eddy

The standoff between Goku and the pink-haired teen lasted for a few seconds before the teen made his first move by dashing head-on towards his opponent with great speed. The saiyan, however, anticipated this strategy and shifted his upper body to the left, dodging a potentially effective blow to the abdomen. The teen started throwing fire-punch after fire-punch, but was able to land a blow on the shifting saiyan. Eddy looked on with anticipation, expecting to see Goku take a hit but is currently still dodging the blows.

"If you wanna get me, you gotta try harder! Hahaha!" Goku laughed making the angry opponent throw more persistent flame punches at a much faster rate.

"KISHI O KOROSU HIKARI O KOROSU! KISHI O KOROSU HIKARI O KOROSU!" The young teen screeched with rage repeating the same sentence over and over again.

"Come on, Goku! Just this punch this idiot already! I'm getting bored!" Eddy exclaimed, who was still spectating the fight.

"Almost there, buddy! You're getting warmer!" Goku taunted while ignoring Eddy's complaints.

As the opponent kept persuing Goku, the latter was about to be cornered by backing into the side of Rolf's shed. Once the teen finally gets the upperhand, he builds up his stamina before going in for a flame-kick. But instead of hitting the intended target, the saiyan uses his Instant Transmission to avoid the kick, leaving a scorched dent in the shed.

The teen turns around only to be met with a kick to the back of the head sending him slamming into the pig pen, splashing mud all over place, especially on Eddy, leaving him quite disgruntled and dirty. The pigs that were relaxing in the pen were now squealing with panic and began to scatter.

Goku started laughing at this spectacle. "Hahahaha! Look at you! You're covered in mud! Hahahaha, I'm sorry, but that's so hysterical!"

Eddy, wiping mud off his face, called out to Goku. "Hey, Biceps for Brains, I think this guy is mad enough already!"

Sure enough, the teen emerged from the pen, seething with rage, formed a dark-red aura around him, burning off the mud on his body while turning it to hardened dirt, signaling that this fight is about to get real ugly.

"Kishi... o korosu... HIKARI O KOROSU!"

Goku now sees that this fight was starting to get out of hand, which means it was either 'game on' or 'game over'.

"So, you wanna take this to the level, huh?" Goku asked challengingly. "Okay, LET'S DO THIS!"

Goku gave out sharp yell before emanating a pulsating aura which made his hair stick up while turning it blonde. His eyes also turn into an emerald-green as he made his spellbinding transformation. Eddy looks on as he sees the saiyan take on this new form as it mesmerizes him.

"Whoa, this guy must be one with the universe or something." Eddy assumed as he watched with amazement.

"Alright, you, let's finish this!" Goku growled as he commences this awesome battle.

Both the saiyan and the pink-haired teen attack head on as they both started throwing multiple kicks and punches clashing with such dexterity and performance.

Seeing as how this fight will not end well, Eddy immediately takes cover in a bush praying that he would survive this ordeal.

The fighting went on and on and on for a good while. What seemed like long hours were only a measly ten minutes, when Goku lands a hard punch on the teen with such precise force, making him skid across the battlefield until the friction slowed him down.

"Looks like now's a good time to end this! KAME… HAME…..." As he said this, Goku cupped his hands together which formed a small ball of energy that grew and grew with each passing second. The teen jumped into the air, hoping to land a hit on his opponent, was stopped by a beam of blue energy sending him airborne. "HAAAA!"

The teen screamed as he was blasted into the air by the beam, sending him high into the sky away from view.

Once it was done, Goku then transformed back to his orginal form, exclaiming victoriously. "Well, that was fun!" He patted his hands together to wipe his palms of the dirt that may have got on to his person.

Eddy emerged from the bush after the fight concluded, feeling blown away after seeing this amazing battle go down in style. "WOO-HOO-HOO! Oh man, that was insane! You really nailed that guy like he was nothing!"

Goku, feeling modest about his victory, rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, well, I've been in bigger fights than that. But he did put up good fight, though." Goku smiled before hearing a petrified scream.

"ROLF'S FAMILY'S FARM! IT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO RUINS! The prosperity of Rolf's livelihood is hardly thriving! Even the infant rutabagas were neither spared!" Rolf woed as he picks out a small, burnt rutabaga which turned to dust upon contact. This brought tears to the Son of a Sherpard's eyes, fully realizing that his precious crops have been destroyed, even after all the hard work, love and care that was put into making it happen.

"Gee, I'm real sorry about this, I kinda got carried away there, didn't I?" Goku apologized which brought attention from the foreign boy, who was neither pleased nor joyful. He was about to raise hell on this poor bastard.

"YOU! YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HEINOUS ACT, AREN'T YOU!?" accused Rolf who was about to have an aneurysm from his excessive screaming.

"Yeah, it was me, I take full responsibility." Goku admitted, feeling guilty for vandalizing this poor boy's land.

"And YOU, Short-and-big-mouthed-Ed-Boy! You are a witness to this flashy, muscular fool's actions, no?! Otherwise, you plea as an accessory to this travesty!"

Eddy, not wanting to have his hide handed to him by Rolf, agrees to his testimony. "Umm, yeah, sure, in that case I totally saw this guy trashing your backyard. He was mad I tell you! Mad!"

Rolf, satisfied that Eddy expressed his honesty, pats him on the head. "Thank you, Ed-boy, that will do."

Eddy gave a sigh of relief.

Rolf then turns towards the bulky saiyan with disdain. "As for you, he-with-shiny-cunning-and-spiky-hair, as punishment for dishonoring Rolf's soil, Rolf challenges you to a Battle of the Death!"

He pulls out a box and opens it, revealing it's hidden contents as two raw fish. "Pick your weapon…"

"Wait… you want me fight you with fish? Isn't this supposed to be a Battle of-"

"PICK YOUR WEAPON!" Rolf screeched. "Cod or Salmon? Choose wisely…"

Goku chooses the codfish as his 'weapon'.

"Interesting choice… but sadly, you have chosen poorly! The Salmon has more precision and is wind-resistant! Therefore, it can cut through any strong metal! Including that of steel!" Rolf boasted while showing off his fish.

Eddy suddenly busts out laughing. "Okay, first of all, that's a load of baloney! Second, I've already seen Goku in action, and believe me, you have no idea who you're messin' with, Rolfy-boy!"

"Silence! Or else I'll challenge you instead, interfering Ed-boy!"

"Actually, Rolf, he's right. I'm a really well-trained martial artist and I don't think challenging me would be very a good ide-"

"Enough, dilly-dallying! Rolf demands recompense in the form of bloodlust! Prepare your pants, 'Gook-ooo', for you shall face the vengeful spanking of the Son of a Shepard! KI-YAAAAAAHHHH!" Rolf starts to dash towards the saiyan as he raises his salmon to 'slay' his enemy only to be thwarted by a swift slap to the face by Goku's cod. This sends him flying into his shed, leaving a Rolf-shaped hole in it.

"Wow, that went a lot quicker than I expected." Goku said with a surprised look on his face. "I hope I didn't kill'em."

"Nah, he'll bounce back. This is Rolf we're talking about." assured Eddy.

Rolf growled as he emerged from the hole; he had way more endurance than anticipated, "It shall take more than a mere smacking to knock Rolf out of the ring."

"Hey, kid, I think maybe we should be more reasonable about..." Goku said as he tried to talk down the angry farm boy, until the latter takes another attempt at attacking the warrior.

"SHAK-LA-HAH!" shrieked the Son of a Shepard before being clocked again with another quick fish slap, causing him to collide with the shed again.

Eddy, realizing that this bit was about to be stale momentarily, calls out to the Goku, "Hey, can we wrap this up? The readers are gonna get bored soon."

"You said that Rolf was a strong guy, right? Why don't I give him a Senzu bean so he could have better chance?" The saiyan inquired. "This battle is kind of unfair since I'm way more experienced in combat."

"Rolf does not need a puny jelly bean to regain the honor of the fallen rutabagas!" roared Rolf as he gave a weaker charge while struggling to wield his weapon. He gives a couple of thwacks to Goku's chest with little effect. He also tries to knock the taller man down by pulling him by the legs. "The Son of a Shepard... will prevail... oh, my triceps are in flames, just like the fertile soil of the desecrated garden."

"Hey, Rolf, I'm sorry about destroying your farm. If only there was some way I can pay you back." Goku apologized as he picked up the humiliated Rolf.

Rolf, though dazed and worn out, gave a humble grin in response to Goku's apology. "Don't burden yourself, Goku-boy, you have fought with great honor in the face of battle. Weasely cowards like shortstack Ed-boy, usually flee in terror when they are challenged by the Son of a Shepard."

"Hey! I'll have you know, Rolf, that I didn't run away like a baby when you challenged me to-" Eddy retorts but fails to when he gets slapped by Rolf's salmon.

"DO NOT INTERRUPT, ROLF! You may seem to be like a muscle-bounded buffoon, Goku-boy, but you have the heart of a blood-thirsty beast!" Rolf replied with a stoic disposition.

"Haha, I don't what to say, but thanks." Goku laughed having no idea what he meant by that simile. "Also, I really admire your passion for standing up to your opponent, as well. You got a little fighter within ya."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all learned a very valuable lesson, yada, yada, yada, now can we-" Eddy gets slapped again.

"ROLF IS STILL NOT FINISHED! Here…" Rolf offers Goku his salmon.

"Say, thanks! But what about your farm?"

"Rolf comes from a long line of farmers, warriors and barbers, Rolf will fix this mess by the end of the day. It is in Rolf's genes."

"Well then, I guess this means we're done here. Come on, Eddy, let's go find your friends and maybe have some fish for dinner. Sound like a plan?"

"At least it's better than getting slapped by a fish!" Eddy grunted while rubbing his face from where Rolf slapped him with the salmon.

"Haha, I guess you're right." laughed Goku carrying the cod and salmon.

"Farewell, brave Goku-boy, may your life be blissful and stout-hearted." waced Rolf as he parted ways with Goku and Eddy.

"Bye! Your friend's really nice, Eddy."

"Yeah, sure, whatever." Eddy said sardonically. He then thought to himself. "When he's not beating you with a mackerel that's for sure."

Edd

The two opponents, Edward Elric and the unknown young adult, are both engaged in combat in which only one would walk out in one piece. Edward, the alchemist, is holding his own against the animalistic teenager who seems to out-match him due to Edward having a compromising size. (To put it bluntly, he was really short). Edd had the same thought, until Edward gains the upperhand by breaking the teen's blades with his automail blade, kicking him in the abdomen which knocks him down onto the ground.

"Is that all you got, asshole?!" smiled Edward taunting the average-sized boy.

"Language, please!" Edd called out to Edward, scolding him.

"I can say what I want, Double D! Now quit lecturing me!" Edward exclaimed, feeling rather annoyed by Double D's way of helping him in battle.

The teen took the advantage of a distarcted Edward to use his special equipment to grapple onto nearby lampposts and uses the element if surprise to swoop down onto Edward, giving him an effective blow. The force of the teen's powerful kick sent Edward flying towards a nearby house, crashing into the exterior of the home and landing in a flowerbed.

"Oh dear, not Jimmy's begonias! He's not gonna be happy when he sees this!" Edd panicked seeing the collateral damage that Edward caused.

Edward, still stunned from the surprise attack, slowly gets back up when the teen makes another surprise attack by slamming him into the house. breaking down the crumbling wall. In the house, the two opponents continue to brawl inside. destroying the entire interior of the house and causing it to collapse.

Outside the house, Edd, after seeing the building collapse, runs over to see whether Edward is okay. He gets his answer when from under the debris, the teen gets shot out from under the destroyed roof, right onto the pavement.

Edward comes out a second later covered in multiple scratches. His busted lip opened up more, causing more blood to drip from his mouth to his chin.

"As I said before: IS THAT… ALL YOU GOT?!" shouted Edward taking in multiple breaths.

"Edward, are you alright?" Edd asked, concerned about his new friend's current condition.

"Yeah, sure, if you define having a house fall on you as 'alright', then yes, I guess you can call it that." Edward said sarcastically as he wipes the blood off his chin and brushing dust off his shoulders.

"You need some medical attention, immediately, or else you won't be able to fight!" Edd exclaimed with concern for his friend

"Don't worry about me! I'll be fine once I get rid of this guy!"

"Oh my!" Edd exclaims with a shocked expression.

Edward looked at what Edd was looking at and makes the same reaction. The teenager was now surrounded by a dark-red aura. Despite taking a rather excessive beating the crazed youth was still standing.

"This guy just doesn't know when to quit does he?!" Edward exclaimed annoyed that this kid was still standing.

The teen charged at Edward and Edd to finish what he started. The alchemist, however, wasn't gonna have any of it.

"All right that's it! Get behind me, Double D!"

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna finish this jackass off for good!" Edward exclaimed as presses his palms together and by doing so he creates a barrier made of earth between him, Edd and the ballistic boy. The kid starts beating the barrier with his own fists which proves uneffective. Edward then follows it up with a giant rock fist which grabs the boy, throws him like a rag doll, and then hits him against a fire hydrant, causing the hydrant to break and burst out a fountain of water from the ground and knocking out the youth in the process.

"Incredible! That has to be the most astounding use of alchemy I have seen yet!" Edd exclaimed with fascination. "There must be more to this field of study than I could've imagined!"

"Yeah, well don't get all fangirly just yet. I don't think this guy is down for the count just yet." warned Edward who approached the unconscious teen with upmost caution. He approaches the teen and checks to see if he's still alive by pressing his fingers on his wrist to see if he still has a pulse.

"Well, Edward, is he…?"

"Dead? Nah, he's still alive. Although I think after that ass-whooping I gave him, he might have brain damage when he wakes up."

Suddenly, the aura that was attached to the boy suddenly expels from his body, releases into the air and then disappears without a trace.

"What was that?" Edd asked, feeling jolted by this sudden revelation.

"Don't know, but I'm willing to bet this must be the work of an alchemist. Probably some kind of a mind control effect but I don't think I've ever seen it being used in alchemy before." Edward assumed.

"But what does this mean though? What does it have to do with you, him and that strange anomaly in the sky from earlier?"

"Well, let's just assume that whatever brainwashed him, must've had something to do with us being here."

"Right, and I suppose you and this young lad aren't the only ones who are trapped here."

"I'm willing to believe that. So what do we do with him?"

"I suggest we bring him over to my house and heal his wounds, as well yours." surmised Edd.

"Right, we have to carry him though. You pick up his legs and I'll hold up his head." Edward directed Edd as the two boys take one end of the unconscious male and they pick him up gently. But the task was easier said than done.

"My word, this boy is heavy! He must have eaten more than his fair share!" Edd reckoned while struggling to pick up the boy's legs.

"He's not that heavy! He's barely eaten at all! He's pretty much a twig!" compared Edward.

"Perhaps he has, uhh... low-blood sugar in his upper-body. Yes, that's it, maybe that's why you're able to lift his head better than I can with his legs." Edd presumed.

"Double D, I may be more experienced in alchemy than in medical science, but I'm pretty sure that's bullcrap. Plus, I'm only like five feet high and I've been through a lot of rigorous training when I was an apprentice alchemist and I can lift more weight than you can even without the use of alchemy!" contradicted Edward who was losing his patience with the scrawny Ed-boy. "D'AH, I JUST CALLED MYSELF SHORT!"

"Oh, you're absolutely right! Curse my body for being a late-bloomer!" Edd woed as he trembled while holding up the injured teenager's legs.

Edward suddenly hears a loud screaming sound from overhead. "Hey, you hear that?"

"Hear, what?" Edd asked until he hears it too. They both looked up to the sky to see two figures slam into each other at Mach 5 before falling towards the ground.

Edd panicked and dropped the boy's legs and ran to avoid being dropped on. Edward was about to go after him before he was flattened by the two falling bodies. "Hey wait for- AHH!"

Seeing his alchemist friend get crushed by the two persons, the hat wearing Ed went over to his friend. "Edward! Are you alright?! Answer to me, man! Answer!"

The short blonde said something that was muffled due to him being buried by the small pile of unconscious bodies. He pushes his head out from underneath the pile. "I said: 'I can barely move or breathe! Get these lumps OFF OF ME!"

To Edd, lifting one body is a rather difficult chore, but pushing off more than one is an impossible feat. Therefore, there can only be one solution.

"Maybe we should just wait." Edd suggested.

"WHAT!?"

"Hopefully, Ed and Eddy will come along and find us here, so that they could help lift those heavy bodies off of you. But until then you're just gonna have to lay there and learn to be patient while I do a bit of light reading during our past time." Edd sits down next to Edward, pulls out a copy of 'The Scarlet Letter' and opens it as he started to read. "By the way, if you ever feel like doing a bit of light reading yourself, I suggest you read 'The Scarlet Letter'. I find it to be quite the selection if I do say so myself."

"DOUBLE D!"

Ed

Back at the creek, Ed and his new friend Luffy are both confronted by another stranger who appears to be enraged by the presence of the two boys. Luffy figured that this other teen wants to fight. "So, you wanna fight, huh? Well, then…" Luffy puts the giant clam down on the creek bed so that he could stretch a bit before getting into a fighting position. "...might as well be ready for it!"

The spiky haired teen made his first move by tossing shurikens towards the straw hat pirate but misses as Luffy jumps into the air and stretches his arm to an abnormal length, which amazes Ed, and uses it to punch the ninja-like teen, slamming him into a tree.

"Really? That's it? I was getting warmed up for a minute there, Hahaha!" Luffy laughed.

The teen, however, was far from finished. He recovers from the shock of being thrown against the tree, and retaliates by multiplying into multiple copies of himself, creating a small army of ninja kids which surrounded Luffy and Ed.

"Oh no! He must be a Clone-jacker from the planet, Munchies 11, here to take over the Earth by replacing the entire population with mutant lawyers with pyrokinetic abilities and lawsuits!" Ed exclaims with fear.

"Well, whatever this kid is, he's gonna be hard to beat!"

The clones began to attack Luffy all at once, piling on top of him. Ed assists Luffy by poking some of the clones making them disappear. "Poke. Poke. Poke. Poke."

When the pile of clones finally hold down the pirate, the pile starts to shake a bit before Luffy comes bursting out of the pile with his stretchy powers, making the entire pile of clones disappear. "GUM GUM… PISTOL!"

As Ed kept poking the clones until he stops at one of them revealing it to be the real teenager. "Hey Luffy! I found the Clone-jacker! Oof, hello-" Ed gets grabbed by the shirt collar by the boy, then gets thrown into another tree breaking through trunk leaving him to be stuck in it.

This shocked Luffy to which he reacted with concern. "Ed! Are you okay!?"

"I feel like a chipmunk, Luffy!" Ed laughed, oblivious to being stuck in the tree trunk.

"HEY!" Luffy shouted to the opponent whk harmed his new friend. "You can punch me, kick me and make clones of yourself to dog pile on me… but NOBODY lays a hand on my nakama! Especially not while I'm still breathing!"

He then pumps his arm up, increasing strength in his body making steam come out from his body. His blood began to flow rapidly through his body, his arm strength increasing by the second, he started to feel his adrenaline consume his system with boiling energy. The ninja boy took this as a challenge, who then releases a dark-red around him. The two opponents stood their ground as they both stared at each other with intense ambition. Luffy makes the first move as he starts throwing punches at his rival. The ninja was able to avoid the first few blows before being grabbed by one of Luffy's enlarged rubber hands, tossing him into the air.

Once the gravity takes effect, Luffy finishes off the adrenaline-filled assault by using his signature ability. "GUM GUM JET PISTOL!"

He punches the ninja teen sending him flying into air all the way across Peach Creek, out of sight, out of mind.

Luffy then powered down after using his power technique. He then yawned while stretching his arms. "Woo! Man, what a rush! That made me even more hungry!"

"That was an exciting battle, Captain Majesty! You fought more valiantly than King Arthur riding a mammoth while chugging coconut milk!" Ed praised the pirate with one of his random rants as Luffy pulls him out of the tree.

"It was nothing, Ed, I couldn't let that guy hurt you like that. I always take care of my crewmates whenever they're in trouble. And, come to think of it, anyone who is my friend are pretty much like family to me and I value family!" Luffy reassured the tall Ed-boy.

"I swallowed a termite." Ed gulped.

"Hahahaha! Yeah, I'm hungry, too! So where can we find your friend Double D? We need to cook this clam pronto!" Luffy picked up the clam and carried it over his shoulders.

"Uhh… I think he might be at his house." Ed guessed.

"Well, then, off to Double D's house we go!" Luffy then stopped for a moment realizing he has no idea where his house is.

"Umm… which way did you say it was?" Luffy asked.

"Maybe they know." Ed pointed to a small stampede of animals which consisted of a brood of chickens, some pigs, a goat and a cow.

"Wow! Good idea, Ed! We can follow those animals to where your friend might be!" Luffy praised for supposedly coming up with this 'idea'.

Luffy then handed the clam over to Ed so that he could use his one hand to grab onto the cow and coiled his other hand around Ed and the clam.

"Hang on!" Luffy gave heads up as he propels himself and his scatterbrained companion on to the back of the cow riding it all the way to the Cul-de-sac.

"Woo-hoo, giddy-yup! YEE-HAW!" Luffy hollered excitedly while hanging onto the bovine.

"EXCELSIOR!" Ed shouted as the two nimrods rode on top of the cow as they rode off towards the neighborhood.

Elsewhere in the woods, Jonny was able to get himself down from on top of one of the trees after being thrown in the air by that ninja boy, causing him to get stuck in one of the branches. On top of being thwarted in his attempt to get rid of one of the Eds, he was feeling irritable about the whole ordeal.

"I just don't what to do, Plank…" Jonny confided to his 'friend'. "How am I going to get revenge on those stupid Eds for ruining my life?! They're so unpredictable, that I can't even lay a hand on them! If only I had some kind of power that can make me invincible or something! What's that?"

Jonny then listened in to Plank as if he was telling him something. "Become a congressman? What? But, Plank, I don't have any political experience. Huh, come again? Oooh, you mean YOU can become a congressman, that's right! You ran for King of the Cul-de-sac didn't you? Whatever you say, buddy, as long I get to be your campaign manager!"

He then hears a twig snapping nearby, which indicated that someone was watching them. "Hello? Is someone there?" Jonny called out, not getting an answer. "Hello? Kevin? Rolf? Is that you?"

Still not getting an answer, Jonny turned to Plank. "I don't like this at all, buddy, I'm getting scared." Jonny trembled until, right out of the blue, something pierces the back of the bald boy's neck, making him dizzy.

"Hey, Plank, is it me, or is it getting really hot out here?" Jonny said woozily before blacking out. He is then dragged away by an unknown figure, along with his imaginary friend.

Cul-de-sac

"Oh, Lady Macbeth, how do you put up with that husband of yours?" Edd pondered as he read through his fourth book, Macbeth, given that he is a really fast reader. Edward, who was still pinned under the weight of the unconscious bodies, was getting tired of hearing the sock-headed Ed reading to himself for the past ten minutes.

"Lord, if you're real and if you're listening to me now, I pray that you would please kill me." Edward agonized.

Fortunately, for Edward at least, Eddy finally found the two of them, with Son Goku in tow. "What's up, sockhead? I've been looking all over for ya."

"Eddy! Finally, where have you been? I was worried sick! Who is this?" Edd asked concerningly while also noticing the saiyan who was brought along with Eddy.

"Him? Oh that's just Goku, he fell from the sky." Eddy introduced the saiyan who smiled and waved to the Edd.

"Who's that guy?" Eddy pointed to the young alchemist under the pile of persons.

"Why, this is Edward Elric, he's an alchemist." Edd introduced Edward who blankly greeted with a flick of his forefinger and middle finger.

"Alchemist? Is that French for 'pint-sized nerd'?" Eddy chortled then busts out laughing receiving dirty looks from Edd and Edward.

"First of all, that's not what an alchemist is! Second, I'm not 'pint-sized!'" Edward corrected the short Ed-boy. "If anyone is 'pint-sized', it's you, shorty!"

"Why you little-"

"Gentleman, please! Now is not the time to bicker." Edd scolded.

"He's right, we have to figure out why we're all stuck in this place and to do that we have keep a clear head." Goku intervened, keeping Eddy and Edward from fighting. "Speaking of which, who are these guys? The pink-haired one I fought earlier, but the other two, I don't think I've ever met before."

"I don't know, but whoever they are, can you please get them off me?!" Edward exclaimed finally acknowledging the elephant in the room.

"Don't worry, I got ya." Goku volunteered as he picks up the two characters on top of the alchemist while freeing him.

"Thank you, you have no idea how long I've been stuck under there!"

As Edward was finally freed from being trapped underneath the unconscious persons, the latter hears the sound of a cow trotting down the street. It was none other than Ed and Luffy riding on the back of the bovine. Once they stopped next to the group, the two dismount the cow as Ed slaps the cow's rear to make it run off and then goes to greet the others.

"Hi, guys! I'm back! And I've brought a clam!" Ed greeted jovially.

"Hi, everyone! Nice to meet ya!" Luffy followed with a greeting.

"Hey, Luffy! Long time no see, huh?" Goku greeted indicating that the straw hat is an old friend of his.

"Hey, Goku! How are you doin'!" Luffy greeted back while stretching his arm out with his rubber powers to shake hands with Goku. Seeing him do this floored everyone.

"What the hell?!" Edward shouted surprised by this boy's sudden ability to stretch like putty. "How did you do that?!"

"Oh, great, another weirdo." Eddy mumbled.

"Such elasticity! So tell me, Luffy, how are you so flexible?" Edd questions the rubber boy.

"That's because I'm a Devil Fruit user. I ate a Gum Gum Fruit that gave the power of rubber." Luffy explained.

"Interesting." Edd said to himself as he wrote it down in his notebook.

"Are we just gonna yak all day or are we gonna take these other idiots inside!" Eddy bluntly asked.

"Well I guess we might as well take these three to my house so that they can heal." Edd suggested.

"Leave that to me! Come on, Luffy, you can help carry the other one on the ground." Goku directed Luffy.

"Whatever you say, Goku!" Luffy replied as he picks up the brown-haired teen as well as Edward, which only sets him off, making him complain like a child.

"HEY! Put me down, you idiot! I'm not unconscious! Hey! HEY! I'm talking to you!"

"This has got to be the weirdest day of my life." Eddy remarked to which Ed replied with a loud screech making Eddy deaf in one ear.

Edd's House

In Edd's room lay three young adults. Each of them are bandaged from the fight they had early that afternoon, which rendered them unconscious. One of the teens, the one with pink hair, slowly opened his eyes and sat up while rubbing one eye. He sees that he is sitting in someone else's bed... in someone else's room... in someone else's clothes. The shirt he was wearing was a yellow bowling shirt, that had a purple trimmed collar and sleeves and a vertical red stripe on the right side of the torso and cyan pants. He looks over to the left side of the room seeing two other teens in sleeping bags. One with spiky, blonde hair and wearing the same clothes as he is and the other with dark-brown hair who was wearing an orange shirt and purple shorts. Both were fast asleep.

The pink-haired boy tries to wake up the other two. "Hey, hey, wake up!" The teen whispered. "Do you know where the hell I am? Hey, wake up!"

The two boys still haven't stirred, which leaves the pink-haired teen no other choice but wake them up himself. He grabs the foot of their sleeping bags and lifts them off the ground and thrashes them around like pillows.

"I SAID WAKE UP YOU BLOCKHEADS!" The boy shouted making the other two boys fall right out of their bags, waking them up in the process.

The boy with the blonde hair and whisker-like markings, feeling annoyed that he was awakened so abruptly, rubbed his head tenderly. "Hey! What did you do that for?! I was trying to sleep!"

"Would you two mind telling me where the hell I am and how I got here?!" The teen demanded still confused as to how he ended up in this small, organised bedroom.

"I don't think I know, either, I'm still trying to figure that out, too." The brown-haired teen replied, who took a good look around the interior of the room.

"First things first, though, who are you?" The blond asks the teen that woke him up.

"Natsu Dragneel, Fairy Tail mage." The teen bowed.

"Fairy Tail? What's that?" The blond asked curiously.

Natsu gave an exaggerated look of shock in response to the whiskered boy's question. "WHAT?! You mean you've never heard of the strongest guild in Fiore?! Hmph, some mages you are!"

"Mages? I'm not a mage, and I'm pretty he isn't either." The brunet boy pointed to the blond one.

"Then what are you?" Natsu asked with contempt.

The blonde teen stood up and bowed. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, and I am a shinobi born and raised in Konoha. My dream is to one day become the Seventh Hokage of my village so that I can become a great leader to my people!" Naruto proclaimed with determination.

"Wow, you're really that serious aren't ya?"

Naruto nodded 'yes'.

"Good, cause where I'm from, it's best to never give up on your dreams and to always try your best to make that happen!" Natsu heeded the young ninja.

"Ya got that right!" Naruto replied holding his hand up signaling a high-five in which Natsu gave in return.

"So what about you?" Naruto asked the brunet youth "What's your name and more importantly what are your dreams?"

The boy was hesitant but answered with pride. "My name is Eren Jaeger, from Wall Maria, and I am the 5th ranking member of the Scout Regiment!" He folds his right arm around his torso and his left arm behind his lower back and folds his hand into a fist over his heart as if he was making a salute.

"And it's my mission to make sure that every last Titan in existence is as good as dead! They will all pay for bringing humanity to the brink of extinction and for slaughtering many innocent people, including the many women and children that they trample and DEVOUR!"

Eren's extremely melodramatic determination received blank stares from Natsu and Naruto which cried out 'WTF?!'.

"Ooookaaaayyyy… that was… wow… I don't even know how to respond to that." Natsu replied dumbfounded by this kid's somewhat dysfunctional desire to… kill Titans?

"Well… as long as you're passionate about it... I guess it's fine with us." said Naruto sharing the same reaction as the mage.

"Sorry, I get a little carried away sometimes." Eren apologized feeling embarrassed for making his new friends cringe.

"Hey, it's fine, we all get carried away at times, as long as you don't lose sight of what's important." assured Natsu who smirked and patted Eren on the back hard.

The bedroom door then slowly opens revealing Edd, who was wearing an apron and oven mitts. "Ah, you're all awake, I see! Not to mention you have already aquainted with another. Brilliant timing, too, I'm almost done preparing supper for you and the other guests."

"Huh, other guests?" Eren asked before being drowned out by Natsu and Naruto excitement.

"SUPPER?! What are we waiting for?!" Naruto started dashing towards the door while jumping over Edd as Natsu did the same as he dragged Eren by the arm.

"Wait a minute, fellows! It's not quite ready, yet!" Edd hollered after the boys.

"DATTEBAYO!"

"Naruto, wait up!"

"Guys! Slow down! I'm not even that hungry!"

The three boys yelled as they made their way downstairs to the dining room where Ed, Eddy, Goku, Luffy and Edward were staying for dinner. They burst into the dining area which brought attention from the other males sitting at the table.

"WHERE'S THE FOOD?!" The two teens screamed before taking notice of the other strangers in the room.

"Uh, who are you guys?" Naruto asked meeting the other heroes for the first time.

"Hi there! Sorry for beating you up earlier. I guess you weren't exactly right in the head then but since you're okay now we can probably start over." Goku said nonchalantly wearing Ed's clothes. "My name's Goku, what's yours?"

"Uh, Natsu. Wait, whaddeya mean ya beat me beat me up before? I don't remember that!" Natsu replied, confused as to what the saiyan was talking about.

"I do!" Luffy interjected, also wearing Ed's, pointing to Naruto. "I remember using my Second Gear to kick your ass! And man, was it fun!"

"And I know what the inside of a tree looks like!" Ed also chimed in.

"Huh? I don't remember you, either!" said Naruto even more confused.

"Is that why we were unconscious?!" exclaimed Eren making a sudden realization. "Did I go into Titan form?!"

"Way to go, Goku, now you made it really awkward now." Edward said to Goku sardonically, who was also wearing Edd's clothes while his are being cleaned.

"I know how to make it less awkward! Let's greet each other in a polite manner! Like so: How do you do and shake hands, shake hands, shake hands/How do you do and shake hands, shake hands/State your name and business! That's manners." Ed sang as he went around the room forcing everyone to shake hands with each other in an even more awkward fashion.

"You watch way too many Disney movies, Ed." Eddy retorted.

"OFF WITH HIS HEAD!" Ed shouted, once again making Eddy deaf.

"Why don't we just talk about this after dinner? Cause I'd rather not lose my appetite due to the awkwardness." Edward insisted.

"Yeah, where the heck is Double D, anyway?" Eddy asked just as Edd came down the stairs, exhausted from chasing Natsu, Naruto and Eren.

"Sorry… I was checking on… these three when they… woke up… whoo, they were really fast… oh my hernia." Edd gasped taking in breaths.

"Well, Double D, what about the food? Is it ready yet?" Eddy asked impatiently.

Edd finally caught his breath before answering. "It's just about to be. I just need to make a few more preparations before we could dine. Ed, could you please seat our extra guests, please?"

"Right this way, Madam-soil!" Ed said, mispronouncing 'mademoiselle', as he picks up the other three youths and places them in their respective seats. Eren was seated between Eddy and Luffy, with Naruto on the far side of the latter. Natsu also sat on the far side next to Edward with Goku sitting between him and Ed.

Edd poked his head out from the kitchen, calling out for Eddy. "Oh, Eddy? Could you come into the kitchen real quick?"

Eddy then gets out of his chair begrudgingly to see what Edd wanted. He steps into the kitchen to see that Edd has already prepared a batch of dinner rolls. He is also preparing the cod and salmon that was brought by Goku (courtesy of Rolf, of course). The main course happens to be clam chowder from the giant clam that Ed caught in the creek with Luffy.

"Eddy, could you please bring out the rolls to the table so that the guests could curb their appetites before the main course is finished?"

"Yeah, whatever, Chef Boyardee." said Eddy sarcastically.

Edd giggled hearing that comment. "You know this reminds me of the time when we had that restaurant scam. Oh, memories, how I live for the nostalgia."

Eddy grimaced from that memory, preferring not to look back to it. "Yeah, sure, I remember that."

"Eddy?" Edd asked concernly. "What happened earlier today? You seemed rather… despondent. Are you sure you're all right?"

Eddy was about to say something, but hesitated to do so. "Uh, it was just uh… gas. Heh-heh."

Edd didn't believe a word he was saying but kept a concerned expression. "Right…"

Ed then popped his head into the kitchen. "Do I smell gravy?"

"ED! Get outta the kitchen! The food's not ready yet!" Eddy hollered to Ed, prompting him to leaving.

"Oh, okay." Ed leaves.

"Well, better get these rolls out before they get cold." Eddy proceeded to the dining room as Edd made the finishing touches on the food as he thought to himself. "He'll open up eventually, I suppose. After all, he isn't exactly an emotional person".

"Hey guys, I got some rolls for-"

"ROLLS!"

Some screams were heard which was followed by the sound of loud chewing as the guests devoured the dinner rolls while Eddy made a hasty retreat back to the kitchen. He was covered in scratches and bruises and was panting like a thirsty animal.

"We're gonna need more rolls, Double D, these guys are maniacs!"

"Are we having gravy for dinner?" Ed asked again poking his head in once more.

"NO! GET OUT!"

"Oh, okay."

"That won't be necessary, for dinner is served!" Edd presented with a food trolley complete with an array of dishes ready to be served.

"Finally! Let's just feed these idiots and get them outta here!"

"Is the gravy ready, yet?" Ed asked sticking his head in one more time before being met with a baking tray to the face which left an Ed-shaped dent in it.

"Oh, okay." Ed slinks back to the dining room for the last time.

"Eddy, can you at least be hospitable for these poor fellows? For all we know, they may be lost and have no idea how to get home." Edd said sympathetically in the other characters' defense.

"I'm gonna need a hospital when we're done with them." Eddy mumbled.

When Edd brings out the meal, the entire table looked on with hungry eyes as he wheels the trolley next to the table placing the dishes on the table. "I hope you all didn't spoil your appetite from all that bread, because tonight we're having clam chowder, smoked salmon and marinated cod, mashed potatoes with gravy, a zesty salad and for dessert: blueberry pie."

"Everybody dig-" Before Edd could finish, everyone at the table started eating everything in sight. "-in. My what atrocious table manners."

The whole table, especially the food maniacs, Goku, Naruto, Natsu, and Luffy, were scarfing down the entire meal like it was nothing. Edward and Eren hesitated before trying the clam chowder to which they enjoyed. The Eds were barely able to grab a plate in this culinary chaos, but Ed was able to gather food on his plate. Especially the mashed potatoes which lacked a little bit of gravy.

"Could someone pass the gravy please?" Ed asked politely as Edward slides the gravy boat to him. "Thank you, good sir." Edward nodded 'you're welcome'.

Instead of pouring the gravy on the potatoes, however, he pours the entire boat in his mouth, shivering with delight.

Eren decides to make polite conversation with Edd. "I'm sorry, but, I didn't catch your name." Eren asks the sock-headed Ed-boy.

"Hmm? Oh yes, of course, how rude of me! My name is Eddward, or Double D for short, and this is Eddy…" He gestures to Eddy in which he replies with a half-hearted wave. "And of course you met Ed… Ed!" Edd gets Ed attention who looks at Eren and greets him as gravy comes squirting out of his ears.

Eren stared at Ed blankly before bringing his attention back to Edd. "My name is Eren Jaeger, and those two over there are Natsu and Naruto. Natsu is a mage from a guild called Fairy Tail, and Naruto is a shinobi. That's all really I know about them let alone everyone else at this table. Where am I by the way?

"Why, you're in the humble town of Peach Creek." Edd explained to Eren.

"Peach Creek?"

"Yeah, as in the home of the peaches!" Eddy chortled as he chewed.

"Why, yes, Peach Creek is abundant with peaches, especially during this time of the year, and Eddy please don't eat like that you'll choke." Edd scolded which made Eddy mumble.

"Peaches. Where I'm from we rarely ever have peaches, in fact food is always short in the world that I live in. There's basically little to no food." Eren explained which was overheard by the other diners who were flabbergasted by this new boy's revelation.

"No food?" Goku asked bringing a nightmarish thought to his head which made him cringe.

"Not even... meat?!" Luffy cried out cradling his salmon like a child holding a toy.

"I don't think I can ever live without ramen." Naruto moaned bringing a tear to his eye.

"I don't what everyone's so worried about, there's always gonna be food." assured Natsu as he slurped his second helping of chowder.

"NO FOOD MEANS NO GRAVY! NO GRAVY MEANS NO BUTTERED TOAST! AND NO BUTTERED TOAST MEANS NO ED!" Ed bawled who starts shedding tears like a sprinkler.

Goku pats him on the back, letting him cry on his shoulder. "Hey it's okay, Ed, there will still be buttered toast."

"It must be hard for you, Eren, to live in poverty all the time." Edward sympathizes with the soldier boy.

"Pfft, talk about a charity case. Am I right, Double D?" Eddy whispered which received a glare from Edd.

Eren, unfortunately, heard what he said. "What?! What's that supposed to mean?!" Eren questioned Eddy, raising his voice a bit.

"Nothing! It was a just a joke! Uh… say how bout that Donald Trump, huh?" Eddy defended himself, frantically trying to change the subject, but Eren was a lot sharper than he thought.

"Don't lie to me, you coward!" Eren growled, his voice growing louder. "You have no idea what it's like to live in fear knowing that there are Titans waiting to kill you at the slightest opportunity and there are people who turn a blind eye to those who are struggling to survive, you ever thought of that, huh?!" He picks up Eddy by the collar making him tremble with fear.

This outburst made everyone jump out of their seats, waiting to intervene if necessary.

"Eren, calm down, what's your problem?" Naruto asked calmly, trying to mediate this confrontation.

"You wanna know what my problem is?! People who insult others less fortunate than they are, people who are better off as pigs! People like this privileged little smartass!" Eren was now screaming with rage.

"Hey, leave him alone! He's not worth it!" Edward warned the angry boy.

"Shut up, midget! This is between me and him!" That very comment made everyone silent with shock. This really set Edward off.

"MIDGET?! Alright you wanna go pretty boy?!" Edward switches out the blade in his arm with his alchemy, ready to fight the dark-brown haired youth.

Eren drops Eddy and grabs a knife used for cutting the fish and gets ready to fight the angry alchemist. "Give it your best shot, shorty!"

"Gentleman, please! Let's not make this escalate any further!" Edd pleads with the two.

"Aw, hell yeah, a fight! I'm all fired up!" Natsu exclaimed engulfing his fists with flames.

"Guys, knock it off! This is Double D's house, you're being disrespectful!" Naruto also intervened but to no avail.

"Hey, hey, hey! We're all friends here aren't we? Let's just put our knives down have some more clam chowder!" Goku mediated, holding a pot of the chowder in his hands.

"For honor and gravy!" Ed yells barely helping at all.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Eren screams, ready to destroy Edward.

"NOT IF I KILL YOU FIRST!" Edward proclaimed as the two boys go at each other with Ed and Natsu joining in the fray. But before they could even touch each other, all four of them are smashed against the table by Luffy's enlarged fist, cutting the battle short before it even began.

Some silence prolonged for a bit before Edd finally broke it. "Luffy, why did you break my dining room table?"

Luffy shrugged. "Just because." He ate his last bit of smoked salmon before resting in his chair, completely full from the large meal.

"So… who wants pie?" Eddy asked nonchalantly.

"More for Ed, please!" said Ed emerging from the wrecked table.

"Pie?! I love pie!" exclaimed Natsu, despite being crushed by Luffy's rubber hand.

"No thanks, we're good." muffled Eren and Edward who were stuck underneath Ed and Natsu.

After having dessert and fixing the table, the group made sleeping arrangements since the wandering characters don't have a place to stay. It was decided that Luffy and Goku would stay at Ed's house, while Naruto and Natsu stayed Eddy's house, which left with Edward and Eren to stay with Edd. They all said good night to each other before heading over to their temporary homes as Edward and Eren were situated into Edd's guest rooms.

"This is where you two will be staying for the night. Sorry if it's a little dusty in here, my parents haven't used this room in a while and I haven't had the time to clean it yet."

"That's fine, as long as I get to sleep somewhere." Edward said relaxingly. "By the way, when do we get our clothes back after we're done using yours?"

"I've already finished washing, drying and sewing your clothes so they'll be ready by tomorrow morning. Well, good night you two."

"Wait Double D, I… want to… apologize for the way I acted tonight.. I just…" Eren went to apologize before being cut off.

"It's alright, Eren, Eddy can get a little carried away with what he says sometimes. No harm done, I suppose." affirmed Edd. "Except for my dining room table."

"And except for me ya know!" reminded Edward.

"Right, I guess so." Edd giggled before turning off the light. "Good night."

"Night, Double D." said Edward and Eren at the same time.

Once Edd exits the room, Edward rested his head on the pillow. Eren was about to do the same until he decided to get something off his chest. "Hey, Edward?"

The golden blond turned on his side. "Yeah, what is it?"

"Sorry for calling you a midget at dinner. I was just… caught up in the moment, I guess."

"Don't worry about it, people call me short all the time, and I don't care."

"I'm pretty sure you do, cause you were just as mad as I was."

"Well, nobody should be underestimating me, ya know?"

"Yeah… that happens to me sometimes. A lot of people don't really see me as someone who can always do what he can to help others. My mother also thought the same when I wanted to be in the Survey Corps. But I still think about her every time I go out into the field. I fight everyday because of her and my friends."

Edward thought about it for a moment. He thought of his own mother who loved and supported until she died. He, too, cared for his mother, to a point where he tried to bring her back, but failed to. The loss of his arm and leg and his brother's body was burden he had to carry.

"I guess I kinda see where you're going from there." Edward responded looking down on his automail arm with a heavy heart.

"Thank you, Edward, for understanding." thanked Eren as he laid his head down on the pillow. "Good night."

"Good night, Eren."

The two young men then slept in their respective beds, dreaming about what may come tomorrow morning.

Eddy's House

When Eddy, Natsu and Naruto enter Eddy's home, Eddy brought them to his old brother's room so that the mage and shinobi could have somewhere to sleep.

"You guys can sleep in my brother's old room; get comfortable all you want cause he doesn't use it anymore." Eddy unlocks his brother's old room, turning on the lights overhead revealing it's somewhat pristine condition.

"This room looks really nice, Eddy. Your brother must be really cool to hang out with." Natsu surmised.

Eddy then starts to snicker a bit before laughing so hard that he starts rolling on the rolling and bangs against the doorway begging to stop laughing before regaining his composure. "Sure, he's real cool-like, heh-heh-heh. Well, good night."

"Hold on, there's only one bed." Naruto stated.

"So?" Eddy retorted.

"How can the both of us sleep with only one bed?" Naruto asked.

"Okay, okay, hold your horses!" Eddy went out of the room for a moment and came back with a sleeping bag. "Here, use this."

He throws the bag over towards Natsu. "You know, what could be better though? If you two shared the same bed so you could spoon each other for warmth like a newlywed couple!" He starts up his laughing again as Natsu and Naruto look at each other while blushing and then glared at Eddy.

"We're not in love you, moron!" They both yelled at the same time.

"Sure, whatever, Mr. and Mrs. Lovebird! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Eddy laughs one more time before leaving the room.

"No wonder Eren tried to kill him, I would've burned his ass!" Natsu scowled.

"So which one of us is gonna sleep on the bed and who's gonna sleep in the sleeping bag?"

"I know! Let's play 'Cat, Fairy, Dragon'!"

"What's that?"

"It's Rock, Paper, Scissors: Fairy Tail style!"

"Okay, let's do it!"

"Here we go…" They hold out their hands just like in 'Rock, Papers, Scissors' but with different hand gestures.

"Cat, Fairy, Dragon shoot!" Natsu's Dragon beats Naruto's Fairy.

"YES! I win! I get to sleep in the bed, again! HA-HA-HA!" Natsu cheered in a sing-songy voice until he sees Naruto is already in the bed.

"Wha- how did you-" Natsu looked towards the other Naruto who gave him a silly face before disappearing.

"YOU CHEATED!" Natsu accused the young ninja.

"I didn't cheat, cause I wasn't the one playing." Naruto said cleverly as he made a victory sign.

"WHY YOOOUUUU… GET OVER HERE!"

The sound of fighting ensued before the two were eventually tuckered out from all the ruckus and went to sleep.

Ed's House

Ed brought over Goku and Luffy over to his house and lead them downstairs to his room in the basement of his home. His room was very dirty and unkempt unlike Edd and Eddy's rooms which were kept clean and tidy. It was basically deplorable.

"Welcome to my lair, new friends! I like having sleepovers with friends." Ed said happily.

"I wouldn't say it's a sleepover but I guess it's kinda like that." Goku said modestly and was only slightly appalled by the room's condition.

Luffy sat on a big chair but found it to be a little lumpy. He stuck his hand in it to find the source of the lumpiness while pulling out a whole turkey. "Hey! Free meat! I'll save you for later." He puts the turkey in his shirt for safekeeping.

"So, Ed, where do we sleep?" Goku asked the dim-witted Ed.

"We could sleep in a noodle!" Ed suggested dumbly.

"Umm, okay well, uh…" Goku was confused by the Ed-boy's idea.

"He says we can sleep wherever we feel comfortable in." said Luffy as if he knew what Ed said.

"How did you know that?"

"Cause I can pretty much read people better than others can." Luffy explained seeming to know how he understood Ed.

"Is that really what you said, Ed?"

Ed responded with a head-jarring nod while he stuck out his tongue.

"Alright then, where are you gonna sleep Luffy?"

"I think I'm just gonna sleep in this chair." Luffy yawned before turning in for the night. "Night, Goku."

"Night, Luffy!"

Ed also fell asleep in an instant as soon as he took off his clothes and slept in his underwear.

Goku smiled seeing Ed fall asleep like what he usually does sometimes. "Let's see, where can I sleep?"

He looks around the room to find a place to sleep. He looks in the closet which was filled with dirty laundry and Ed's sponge collection. He didn't like the smell of it one bit. He looks around a little more until looks into the bathroom. He sees that the bathtub was empty and decided to lie down in it.

"It smells a little weird, but it'll do." Goku tosses and turns a bit before finally finding the perfect sleep position. He quickly falls asleep almost immediately.

As the three slept in the dirty basement, Luffy was suddenly awakened by Ed whining. He sees that Ed was having a nightmare, so he stretches his hand to rub Ed on the head to make him stop whining. The comfort of Luffy's rub on the head made Ed feel happy. Luffy then when back to sleep. "You know what, I think Ed's gonna be alright".

Wow, that was long. I figured it would take a long time. I also put in the Alice in Wonderland reference because I thought the Tweedledum and Tweedledee reference suited Ed the most. Let me know what you guys think if it was funny enough or if there's something I should've added that I missed. Don't forget to read and review.

***This chapter has recently been revamped for all intents and purposes of improving story quality for first-time readers***