A/N: Gomen...gomen nasai...Sorry. I haven't posted in a while...updated in a while...because something very bad happened...

My best friend...was literally murdered. I was in complete shock when I solved it. You see, I work in the military and I was given a case to solve. It was simple to find out...but the victom was my brother...not literally my brother but he was pretty close in my eyes...

So, one more time, I'll apologize. Gomen! GOMEN NASAI!

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Two Graves…

Edward stood looking at the Armored Elric. "Who are…you?" The small boy asked. He shook with chills running down his spine.

"I'm…your brother…" Al said to the tiny boy. "I revived you…"

"Re…vived?" Ed shook and a quick flashback played, making his mind and head hurt badly. "NO!" Ed said. The blonde boy fell to the ground and embraced himself…making himself more comfortable.

Al flinched, but smiled softly. "I know…I shouldn't have…but…I couldn't live without any family. Its heart breaking, Edward…to have no family or friends…" Al sighed. If he could cry right now…he would. "Let's get you dressed."

A bit later, Ed sat at the kitchen table staring into the distance. His golden eyes reflected no emotion whatsoever. Looking beyond the hills, he could manage to make out faint figures of tomb stones. Standing up, he looked to the side door, and then he turned around and looked at Al, who stood in the walkway to the Kitchen from the Living Room. "Brother…I…" Al started. But Ed had already stepped out of the house and was on his way up the hill.

Al, who was a bit taken aback, made his way over to the open side door and pushed the screen door open, and he looked to the hills. He must be visiting mom's grave…Al thought for a moment. For the young blonde stood broadly at the top of the hill, looking into the distance at the ashes and blackened stone of their old house. Not far from there was placed two graves, one next to each other on either which side.

Ed, within two or so minutes, was now standing in front of the first grave. Saying the engraftment on the stone in his mind, he read:

Trisha Elric

A beloved mother and a good friend to two shining alchemists.

Ed took a side step to the left and read the next one to himself, but out loud. As he read it, though, his eyes got wider and started to shine some. For what he read was, "Edward Elric…an awesome alchemist and a caring brother to one of depression and sorrow."

Ed took a step back and his shoulders became tense. "Wha-what?" Running back to the structure that Ed and Al's childhood friend, Winry Rockbell, had lived in with Auntie Pinako for so long, Ed stumbled but busted into the house he had left not that long ago.

Edward flew past Al who sat in the kitchen where Ed had sat, not too long ago, and he fell to the couch in the Living Room. "I'm not dead, no I'm not dead!" Ed said to himself as little of his memory started to come back.

"BROTHER?" Al shouted as he stood up and ran into the Living Room. "Brother? Are you…crying?" Al seemed very surprised. Homunculi weren't supposed to be able to have that kind of emotion…were they?

Was Ed even a Homunculus? Al had no clue…but he was indeed curious.

A/N: This chapter took so long to think up. I had to go back to the RP and half of the info was erased. So I had to cut the chapter in half…not to mention, was being evil and didn't lemme upload the whole chapter… It was like five pages long too…

Also, my friend's been murdered, so that's another reason for it being so short...