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Chapter Nine

Witness to War

"Why are they fighting?" Al didn't understand why brothers would wish for the other's death, he could never wish anything like that on his brother.

"He wants Inuyasha's sword, the Tetsusaiga." Miroku couldn't comprehend this either, though he didn't have any siblings.

"All of this for a sword?" Ed was stunned.

"The Tetsusaiga is a master blade, forger by a master sword smith, this sword has won wars." Sango was envious of Ed and Al and what they had.

"But still, to kill each other for it?"

"Sesshomaru rarely shows any mercy towards Inuyasha, he's only done it twice in front of us." Kagome couldn't look up, in fear all she'd see was Inuyasha getting hurt, even though she thought Inuyasha had as much chance of winning as Sesshomaru.

"When was this?" Miroku couldn't remember.

"When Inuyasha changed into a full demon in battle with him and when you guys were stuck in that cocoon and he slaughtered the bandits."

"Inuyasha slaughtered people?" Ed was amazed, even though he didn't care for Inuyasha; he couldn't imagine him killing people.

"No! He wasn't in his right mind!"

"But he still killed people!"

"He didn't know what he was doing!"

"People are still dead because of him though, just because he didn't know what he was doing doesn't bring them back does it."

"Brother, give Inuyasha the benefit of the doubt. You almost killed a group of prisoners in Lab 5."

"Yeah, almost, he actually did it!"

"When Inuyasha is separated from the Tetsusaiga and is in danger, his demon blood takes over and he turns into a full demon, although he will die if he is a full demon for too long." Kagome hated explaining this, she dreaded the thought of Inuyasha dieing, or being a full demon at all.

"Does Sesshomaru want to take the Tetsusaiga to kill Inuyasha?" Al was confused.

"We don't know, but all we do know is that if Sesshomaru does get the Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha will eventually die." Miroku answered so that Kagome didn't have to.

"But did he want the Tetsusaiga before Inuyasha had it?" Al was curious.

"Yes, he sought after it when Inuyasha and his father died. It took him more that 70 years to find it." Kagome knew a lot of the story.

"Sesshomaru is more that 70 years old?" 'He certainly doesn't look it!' Al turned his head to the side to get a better look, nothing.

"Yes, so is Inuyasha. He was sealed to a tree for 50 years, but before that, he doesn't talk about, at all. All we do know is that Inuyasha lived with his mother, but she died when he was very young, and Inuyasha's father died when he was a newborn. After that, he doesn't talk about. The sad thing is, he didn't tell us all of that, we found it out from Myoga." It hurt Kagome deeply that Inuyasha didn't tell him anything.

"Wow…Who's Myoga?"

"He's…a flea demon, I guess he's Inuyasha's keeper…. I guess. He's a chicken, and runs in the sign of any danger."

"Well, it's always good to hear what people think about me." No one noticed Myoga sitting on Kirara's ear.

"Well, it's not like we're lying." Shippo muttered, crossing his arms.

"Anyways, who are these two; the blond and the armored one?"

"They're Ed and Al. They just appeared here a while ago."

"Ah, um, okay! So, why are Lord Inuyasha and Sesshomaru fighting again?"

"No clue really, probably just the same 'you're my half bother, you suck' or 'give me your sword or I'll kill you'. You know the usual." Ed and Al were gawking at Miroku, amazed at how suddenly he shrugged all of this off.

"They really should try to get along; they might need each other's help someday." (A/N Hello 3rd movie!)

"I don't understand how brothers can wish for each other's deaths! I mean I want, sometimes I want to hit Ed, but kill him, never!"

"What do you mean you want to hit me? You generally do! So does Winry! Except she uses a wrench! It hurts, too!" Ed started rubbing his head.

Back at Central

Winry stepped off the train, suitcase in hand. Her straw colored hair moved in the small breeze the arriving trains created. She turned to see Havoc, checking her out, as nonchalantly as possible; he noticed her looking at him and quickly averted his eyes and took a long drag on his cigarette. The largest possible sweat drop attached itself to the back of her head.

"Nice to see you Ms. Rockbell."

"Hi, Havoc! Can we go to see the Colonel now?"

"Yeah." Havoc was depressed that Winry hadn't at all seem happy to see him.

BACK AT THE COLONEL'S

"Hello, Winry!" Mustang stood "You may leave Hawkeye."

"Yes sir."

"Wait no, on second thought, you stay here! You'll be of use."

Her eyes immediately focused on the ground, "Yes Sir."

"Now, why did you guys call me, what is wrong with Ed?" She didn't bother to hide the concern in her voice, it would be useless anyways, then she'd cry if she did.

"Well, that's the thing, we don't know. We can't find either Elric or 3 of the homunculi."

"So, you have no idea where they are?"

"None."

Winry's head slumped into her hands; Hawkeye leaned in and gave a comforting hug.

"I'm going to hotel room now, if you don't mind." Winry rose, her head down to hide her red eyes.

"Okay, do you want some one to take you?"

"No, just tell me the hotel and the room, and I'll go."

"Hawkeye will show you. Farewell." He rose again. Hawkeye and Winry left. Leaving him to think. 'Dammit, Ed. Do you know what you're doing to Winry?'

Winry was walking to her hotel, engulfed in her thoughts, far too preoccupied to notice that she took a wrong turn and walked into an alleyway. "Where am I?" An envelope engulfed her, taking her to the unknown.

"What do you mean Winry's not there yet? She left here 3 hours ago! Send a search party out for her, Ed'll kill me anything happens to her!"

With Winry

"Where am I?" Winry sat up to the sitting position. She looked around herself to find trees and grass. "Hello!"

"Winry?" She turned to find a familiar face she'd been longing to see.

"Ed!"