A/N: I'm back! Did anyone miss me? -Looks around.- Ummm... Guess not. I only received one review from the last chapter... Did all my reader forget about me? -Pouts.- By the way, thank you VadMustang!! I really liked writing that chapter. Heeheehee! -Ahem.- But back to the point. It's getting close to the climax of this story! I need to know if there are any readers out there and how you feel about it, so leave me a review! Now on to the story... Well... Disclaimers first.

Disclaimers: I do not own Fullmetal alchemist, though I wish I did.

Now on to the story!

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Forbidden remnant Ed's eternal pain

Chapter six: Pain of loss.

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The new had struck him hard. He had thought it was nothing but a dream when he saw her at the train station before blacking out. It wasn't, he knew that now. There she was a bloody mess lying at the end of an alley way. Worst of all... Winry Rockbell, the girl he and his brother had known all their lives, their sister of sorts, was dead!

What had exactly happened after he had blacked out? No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't recall the memory. He had finally pulled his eyes from the body, looking from each of the blue clad men. This had been done, apparently, by the same murderer lurking somewhere in the city. He hoped they'd catch the bastard before they killed again!

He clenched his teeth, pounding his fist into one of the rough, brick wall lining an alley. "Damn! Damn! Damn!" He cried, through his teeth. Tears threatened to fall, but, trying not to look like a broken little child, he held them back. Aru hovered near by, staring blankly at the body, his whole body quivering.

Thick clouds had darkened the sky, rain making a threat to fall for the past few hours. One drop fell, another, two more, then it started to pour. They finally let go of their watery load. Both of the Elric brothers had become drenched in a matter of seconds. "You two should head home before you get sick," A woman's voice spoke up. It was gentle, but stern all at the same moment.

Edward looked up at the speaker. Riza Hawkeye, dressed in the military uniform that he always saw her in, stood behind him.

"Alright…" He muttered. Edward turn around, eyes catching Mustang. He froze then. There was concern in the older man's stern eyes.

For a long time, Edward had hated that man. Wished he could punch a hole in his face. He still wished to punch his face in, no change there. Now, however, they seemed to get along well enough.

---The Elric household. ---

"It's all a bad dream, right Aru? I'll wake up and everything will be how it's suppose to be, right?" Right?" Edward asked, head dipped back on the couch, eyes unfocused, but staring off at something beyond the white washed ceiling. When Aru had responded, Edward sat up and looked at his brother.

"Nii-san… She's really gone. It's not a dream. Our childhood friend… No, she was like our sister wasn't she?" Aru rambled on, his voice cracking.

"I wonder who did it…" Ed trailed off. He froze, vision flashing red before everything blacked out…

"Nii-san!! NII-SAN! Where are you going?!"

Edward blinked twice. Golden eyes took in the surrounding area, confusion hitting him hard. He found himself near the library and he was wet and cold. Why wasn't he home? Why was he here? And what the hell was going on?!

"Nii-san?"

"Aru…?" He turned around, seeing the mixture of fear and concern in Aru's eyes. Was that blood on his forehead? "What happened to you?"

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Well that was it, what did'ja think? I thought I'd try something new for once and title my chapter. I'll do the same to the previous chapters eventually.