I do not own anyone but Ice, and whoever you people dont know.
A/N: Sorry about the long delay, but work got in the way, and if this story is different from the first one, it is because my girlfriend is helping me co-write the story, and needless to say i needed the help, also, expect fewer updates, since my job doest have a very steady internet access.
Alos, i plan on the thrid chapter there being a meeting with Ice and a couple of the scouts. and you will see how good he realy is.
RETURN OF THE DARKNESS, Alchemists Return
"Now how are we going to close that?" said Edward as he looked at the glowing form of the gate that connected this world to his home world.
"Between us, brother, anything is possible," said Alphonse Elric. Looking at each other the two brothers grinned, their minds racing into overdrive as to think how to close the gate.
Clapping their hands together the two brothers placed there hands on the gate, waiting for Roy Mustang to do the same. Moments later, the gate began to glow with the marks of alchemy, fading at a very slow pace.
Suddenly, the gate expanded, and a figure could be seen falling to the ground, he was dressed in all black, in his hand a jewel of some kind glowed. The group of people gasped at his decent, thinking he would splatter on the ground, only to be more shocked as a ring of ice formed in the air, allowing the person to slide down safely to the ground.
"So...Where did you send me now?" Ice asked the gem
"The Gate was open, it was the easiest to get to, do not allow them to close the gate until midnight, we will need the power soon enough." the Shadow gem whispered to Ice's mind.
Still at the gate, Edward stared at the figure who had just appeared to come from nowhere, causing the temperature to drop as he walked. Edward started to lift his hands but stopped. Staring at the gem that the stranger held in the palm of his hand.
The man raised a hand and frost seems to condense before shooting out and knocking the on looking guards and people, leaving only Ed, Al and Noa, who was safe, up in above them.
Ed gasped as he saw the use of Alchemy on This side of the gate." Give us the Philosophers stone, now!" he demanded
Al only remained silent, as he could feel an itch in the gloves he wore; signaling Alchemy was usable if it was a bit weak.
Why would you attack me, Alchemist? I came here to help you." Ice persisted
Ed looked into Ice's eye, and felt himself drowning in their frigid depths, and his gold eyes flashed silverish-white. "Who are you?"
"I am merely an old friend, Alchemist, a friend who wants to bring back the
Juppon Gatana to their former power in the world, and you want the Jewel?' Ice tossed the gem and before Ed could act, it struck him in the temple, drawing blood, and causing Ed to scream in rage and pain. "Have it, and remember who you are."
His hand pressed against his forehead, Ed glared at the one who had thrown the stone at him. Using his other hand he picked up the philosophers stone and stared at it. " Is... this the real stone? Or is it just another fake, simply a practice stone that will break with too much use?"
"I AINT A FAKE, YOU JERK!!" Screamed the gem inside Ed's mind, who screamed and let it drop to the floor.
"Who said that?" he cried out, looking around the room, Ice was calmly picking up the gem and setting it back around his neck
"The gem, it is called the Shadow Jewel, it is sentient, and it is much more powerful then the regular Philosophers Stone, you have three of them back on Planet Shade." Ice extended a hand; "Will you join me, and come back to the Juppon Gatana?"
Edward looked at the hand, but before he could extend his own, a clap was heard and a cage of metal surrounded Ice.
"Don't go, brother, please, I just found you, I don't want you to leave me again."
Turning around Edward looked towards his brother, who had an aura of desperation around him. "I'm not going to leave you Alphonse"
Looking back towards Ice Edward didn't bother to tell his brother to destroy the cage that he had made. Instead he kept an eye on the gem, wary of the fact that it had just screamed at him from inside his mind. "Why should I go with you?"
"Because if you come with, me, I can take your brother and one person from you home world, all with the power of the gem, and your Alchemy will be fully useable to you, never will you have it taken away again. Why, you could even continue your research into Human Alchemy, Alchemist"
No one noticed the small layer of frost growing around the steel bars.
"It could be a trap brother, why does he have his face covered? Could he be one of the Homunculi? His face could be what the tattoo takes up."
Ed nodded his head, and walked towards the steel cage, his metal hand reaching for the cloth that covered Ices face, when he felt a sharp stinging sensation on his neck, "I wouldn't do that if I where you, I am not a homunculi. I am Ice, I make the moisture in the air become my weapon"
The ice that was creeping around the cage was now becoming noticeable. Edward backed away from the cage next to Alphonse, looking at Ice.
Alphonse looked at his brother. "We should go Ed. We'll be able to use alchemy in this world!" Edward kept quiet, thinking. He could go... but, why would this man suddenly show up to ask him if he wanted to go somewhere where he had never heard of, with the promise of unlimited alchemy. What would be the catch to all of this?
Nodding to himself Edward looked back at Ice. "There has to be another reason as to why you want me to go with you. What is it?
"Once, we, The Juppon Gatana where unrivaled, no one matched us in our fighting powers, we were the best, and I want us to come back and show the world, no the galaxy, why people thought twice to attack us." Ice purred, his voice almost showing emotion.
Alphonse looked at Edward, who nodded. "Very well, we'll come with you"
Just than the cage shattered. "Good"
Ice held the Gem up in the air but before the Black mist could condense around them, Noa threw herself down, and the four vanished as if the never existed, the gate glowed ominously and started to Shrink, just as the moon rested overhead, it closed, but not with out repercussions that would come back to haunt the Elric brothers for years to come.