A/N: This chapter may suck because I'm sick( well coughing really bad where my chest hurts) so I'm sorry.

Chapter 6!

"Maka, what did you do?" Ed yelled as he ran toward the decapitated man.

Maka didn't know what she did. She saw Resembool destroyed, didn't know where Winry and Pinako were, and this man came in with Al's helmet. Where was Al in the first place?

Soul had transformed back into in his human form. Soul couldn't believe that Maka did that. Did rage truly drive her to do that?

"He did something to Al! This man probably hurt Winry and Pinako too." Maka protested.

Ed shook his head, but before he could retort the man's neck started glowing red. Slowly, a new head started reforming on his neck. Maka gasped. He formed a new head!

"What the hell?" Soul said.

The man stood up and cracked his head in place. He rubbed the back of his neck. He turned around and smirked at Maka. "Well, that wasn't very nice. I was just returning something that belonged to you. This helmet is yours, correct?"

Ed took Al's helmet out of the man's grasp. He examined it thoroughly before saying, "Where did you get this, homunculus?"

Homunculus? Maka had seen that word somewhere when she read a book about alchemy, but had never understood what it meant.

The man looked at Ed confused, tilted his head to the side, and rubbed the side of his chin in deep thought. "Homunculus." He murmured.

"My name is Shiro. I'm lost." Shiro said.

Ed and Maka's eyes widened in surprise. Shiro! That was Nam's master. Why was he still alive after all these years? He should be dead.

"You are Nam's master. Why are you still alive? You should be with Nam." Ed said through gritted teeth.

Shiro shrugged. "I know. I lost my horse, but I'm confused. I don't remember much. Who are you? Where is my horse?"

"Hey, do you think Shiro lost his memory?" Soul whispered to Maka. Maka shook her head. "No, I bet he knows about Nam. He's just using us."

Soul was about to respond, but Shiro suddenly yelled and clutched his head in agony. Shiro stumbled along the floor and finally fell against the floor.

"Is this truly the man that mastered a demon horse?" Ed whispered.

*( Nighttime)*

"Maka, are you still up?" Ed asked quietly as he knocked on Maka's door. Maka opened it and was surprised to see the golden eye boy in front of her bedroom door. Well, it was actually Winry's room.

After Shiro collapsed, Ed and Soul moved him into a vacant room where they could discuss what they were to do with Shiro. Soul and Ed both agreed that he wasn't trustworthy. Maka, however, wanted to interrogate Shiro more.

Maka, Ed, and Soul were to take shifts and watch Shiro. Soul was taking the first shift. Ed decided to talk to Maka. He wasn't exactly sure what he would say.

Maka let Edward in and she closed the door. Ed was surprised to see Maka with her hair down. He had seen her in pigtails all his life and now it was falling past her shoulders. She looked so different. Ed had to admit that she was actually cute, but not that he would actually admit that.

"Ed, is something wrong?" Maka asked. Ed turned his head a bit so he wasn't starting at her.

"I'm sorry about what happened earlier. I can understand if you were upset about what Al and I did, but I promise you Maka," Ed grabbed her hands and held them. "I'll make sure to correct our mistake. I'm sorry."

Maka pulled Ed into a hug and murmured, "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. If I had been there for you more then you and Al wouldn't have felt so lonely. Then you guys wouldn't be in this mess." Tears were streaming down Maka's face.

Ed wiped Maka's tears away. She was just an inch or two taller than him. "Blaming ourselves won't do us any good, will it? Let's just rekindle our friendship." Maka said.

Ed didn't know why, but he suddenly felt upset at her words. Ed had never really been interested in girls, but with Maka it was different. He knew they almost kissed, but he was sure they were caught up in the moment. After all, he couldn't be in love with her. Right?

No. Ed needed to focus on sealing Nam back up. He couldn't worry about love right now. It was something that had to wait.

"I'm going to go look at some alchemy books. I need to at least devise some plan on how to seal Nam back up." Ed said. He began walking to the door when Maka called his name.

He turned around and he saw Maka coming coming closer. When she was close enough she leaned down and planted a kiss Ed's cheek.

"Thank you, Eddy. You're the best." Maka said and smiled. Ed's cheeks turned a bright red. He mumbled 'you're welcome' and walked out of Maka's room.

Maka laughed at Ed's red face. She lay down on her bed and began to wonder if she loved Eddy too? But there was Soul. She did have some feelings for Soul.

Maka groaned and closed her eyes. She hated possibly being in love with two boys.

A/N: Sorry for the sucky chapter! Next chapter It'll go back to Black Star, Kid and Mustang in Central. Let's just say another battle is coming up. And we'll learn more about Shiro in later chapters. Mysterious right? And Al will eventually be back. Or not.

Updated: June 6, 2012