The Furies of Paradise Chapter 4, a Fullmetal Alchemist + Wolf's Rain Crossover fanfic

The Furies of Paradise

By Shadow

Chapter 3:

Ed: Hey what the hell is the deal! I had one friggin line last chapter! And it was because you called me short!

Me: Well Ed would you like to be in the story or not? Besides what I said was the truth last time.

Ed: Yes I want to be in the story, and I AM NOT SHORT

Luna: Hurry up and do the disclaimer before I bite off Ed's puny face.

Ed: Don't call me puny!

Luna: (shrugs)

Ed: GRRR!

Luna: Oh now I'm really scared of the little pipsqueak!

Ed: WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!

Winry (popping in from another dimension): SHUT UP YOU GUYS (throws wrench)

Al: Thanks Winry, I knew I could count on you!

Me: Damn, that was a close one, and oh great…I took up half a page with a fucking disclaimer! Now look what you two did! Goddamn it, I'm going to kill you both one of these days!

Ed and Luna (bringing hands up in fear): Don't kill us!

Al and Winry (ignoring the situation): Anyway Shadow doesn't own FMA or Wolf's Rain

Me (looking up from beating up Ed and Luna): Enjoy the chapter! Just wait to see what I have planned for the two arguers. Mwaha!

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When they finally arrived back at camp Alphonse wanted to rush strait to his brother and tell him all about the Lunar Tome, however he was silenced by a stern look from Luna.

Alphonse cringed under her gaze, and it didn't go unnoticed by Edward; he suspiciously looked over at the two of them and his eyes settled on Luna. Luna looked over at Edward and their eyes locked. You could almost see the sparks flying as they took steps toward each other.

Al was thankfully saved from the oncoming fight when Noa called him over to help set up dinner, however he didn't expect the two young adults to already be yelling by the time he had returned. It had only taken, what, five minutes to put out plates and whatnot?

Al sighed discontently as he walked over towards the quarrelling pair. He could hardly make out what they were yelling about in the first place because it was replaced with insults, most of which about his brother being short and Luna being a freak of nature.

The younger brother sighed again as he tried to explain to the two dinner was ready, but he was promptly ignored.

"I'm not telling a short little ant like you anything!" Luna said, gritting her teeth together, "So would you just piss off?"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT HE COULD LIVE IN AN ANT HILL?"

Surprisingly the insult was similar to what had been said for once, so this time there was no way to correct Edward's little outburst.

"Now tell me about that book! It doesn't take a genius to see that you knew about it!" Ed snapped. Luna sighed and looked like she was about to give up. Ed awaited her answer with puppy-dog eyes

"Let me think about it…nope," Luna said as she waved a hand behind her, dismissing the conversation like it was nothing. Ed immediately started fuming. For a moment it looked like steam was pouring out of his ears.

Luna started to walk away and Ed made a sound that could be compared to a lion growling. If only he could use alchemy. Well, he'd settle for the next best thing.

He charged forward, knocking Luna to the ground, "What the?" Luna gasped in surprise. Immediately instinct took over and she rolled around with him pinning him to the ground below her. She let out a satisfied laugh and smirked.

"Nice try pipsqueak, but you'd never be able to defeat me. My abilities surpass even the strongest of men, so what makes you think you could beat me being as small as you are?"

Edward yelled something about not being small as he struggled in her grip. He soon found that he really couldn't get out of it, so he just sighed in defeat and grumbled, "This is why I wish I still could use alchemy."

Luna's eyes widened; She was about to speak up, but Alphonse knew that things had to stop before they became any worse, "Brother! Luna! Dinner's ready!"

Luna stood up and Ed followed her example now having been let free. He was thankful his younger brother was mature enough to not mention anything about the awkwardness of that entire situation, however Luna hardly seemed fazed.

Edward started to walk away, looking back briefly out of the corner of his eye to see Luna watching him curiously. She seemed intrigued by something. Ed shrugged it off as he sat down at the table.

After a few moments Luna hesitantly followed the Elrics. She did need to eat something. She was going to be stuck here a few days thanks to the crazy man shooting his gun.

Dinner was no better for Alphonse than getting back to camp. Luna and Edward seemed to make everything into a competition. Ed was determined to eat more than Luna just to prove that he was better at something, and Luna took up the challenge. They both inhaled their food at speeds so fast that the people around them barely had time to fill their plates for themselves.

In a rousing five minutes the entire table of food was empty. Both teens held their stomachs in pain. Ed muttered curses to himself while Luna just groaned. Al laughed at the two of them. Ed needed a new rival now that Roy Mustang wasn't around all the time to annoy him to no end.

Maybe it would motivate Ed in the same way he had been on their journey for the Philosopher's Stone.

After the two teens had digested a bit Alphonse decided to bring up the important topic of the Lunar Tome, weather Luna wanted to or not.

"Luna," Alphonse started. In response she just grunted, too tired to really care what he had to say, but willing to listen all the same, "I think you should tell Ed what you told me about the book."

Luna immediately sat upright as well as Edward. Her eyes bore daggers at the younger brother, but then her mind settled on what she had heard earlier, "This is why I wish I could still use Alchemy…"

"Fine, but in exchange…" she started, "I wanna know where you guys came from."

"That's a stupid request but fine, I wont argue," Ed smirked, "We're from right here, in Germany."

Luna shook her head, "Than how is it you know about alchemy? Or did I just imagine you saying that? Hmm?" A knowing smirk crossed over Luna's lips. The brothers seemed taken aback by the question. Oh she knew about alchemy. It was something all wolves were capable of. It was how they changed from wolf to human on command.

Alphonse looked at his brother curiously and Ed looked to him with a bit of fear in his eyes. How the hell did she know about Alchemy?

Edward took a deep breath, but was cut off.

"Tell me something," Luna asked, "Can you tell what I am?"

"Huh?" the Elrics asked in unison.

"You're a person, like the rest of us," Edward answered, "What kind of question is that?"

Luna shook her head, "Just seeing if you were paying attention," she lied. So they weren't wolves. She was pretty sure they weren't anyway, but she needed to be sure. So then how did they know about Alchemy?

"So then…tell me where you came from," Luna demanded. The brothers weren't convinced that they knew the significance of her last question, but they would never know she wasn't human. Only Noa. Luna promised that to herself the second she set foot in the campgrounds.

The brother's looked at each other again, "You probably wouldn't believe us," Al said, trying to urge her out of the question.

"And yet you believed me when I told you about what lies inside that book. What's written there seems pretty unbelievable to me. I mean Paradise? Its like a fairytale."

Ed stared at Al in confusion and then to Luna. What in the world had they been up to? Paradise? Ed's mind flickered to the crazy woman talking of Shembala. Wasn't that supposed to be the Aryan Paradise?

Alphonse muttered something to Edward and turned his attention to Luna. He was determined to find out more about this place she called Paradise. Maybe answering her questions truthfully would make her trust them.

"We came from another world altogether," Alphonse blurted out, "Where Alchemy progressed instead of Physics. Beyond the gate you can use Alchemy."

"The Gate?" Luna thought thinking of the picture from the book. "The gate…to Paradise?"

"I see," she said plainly. She decided to lie back down. She closed her eyes and listened to the bustling of the Roma. She sighed contently but was cut off by Edward.

"So are you going to tell us about the book then?" Ed said curiously. Luna seemed to not really care about the fact that they came from another world. Did she just flat out not believe them?

"Alphonse can tell you. I told him all I know about it." She said waving a hand in the air to dismiss the subject.

Al looked dumbfounded. She had to know more than just that it was about Paradise! Needless to say he later told Ed all he knew from Luna. They both agreed that starting the next morning they'd start getting more info out of her.

Winry was still in shock from the day beforehand. The memory was still fresh in her head as she walked over to Shezka's house.

As Winry walked up the stairs leading to the military dorms she recalled the conversation they had:

"A State Alchemist? Are you INSANE?!" Winry demanded, "I'm don't even know alchemy!"

"Which is exactly why I am offering you the opportunity to learn alchemy from a master. We could really use your help in the military, especially since you seem to be reading that."

The woman was pointing at the book in Winry's hands, "Are you guys searching for…paradise?" Winry asked quietly. An image of her Al and Ed playing back in Resenpool entered her mind. It still seemed like yesterday when they were all together.

"You could say that," the woman said, "If you want to know the details take up my offer."

"Or I could ask Brigadier General Mustang," Winry thought. Nevertheless for some reason she felt as though learning Alchemy might help her find him…

…find Ed.

"I'll think about your offer," Winry said.

"Well then Winry," the woman said, "Make sure you think very carefully. We can't have you knowing the secrets of this book and still live normally."

"Live normally or live at all?" Winry asked herself. Although she couldn't imagine that Mustang would allow her to be killed, he still wasn't the Furher of the country, so he didn't have a complete say either…

Winry shook off such thoughts. She had to decide what she was going to do first.

Winry finally reached Shezka's room and knocked on the door.

"Just a second!" a voice called from inside. The next thing that was heard was a large crashing sound.

"Did your books fall on you again Shezka?" Winry yelled. There was no answer so Winry shrugged and opened the door herself. Sure enough, there was Shezka literally buried underneath a stack of books.

Winry sweatdropped as she went to help Shezka out of her mess; It was going to be a long day.

"Ok Luna, tell us!"

Luna awoke with an annoyed Edward peering over her face. Luna's eyes widened and she punched his face, causing him to fly backwards into Alphonse and they both fell to the ground.

"What the hell was that for?" Edward demanded.

"For having an ugly face to wake up to!" Luna yelled back, "What the hell do you two want now? All I'm trying to do is heal up so I can leave!"

Ed got up rubbing the cheek where he was punched and glared at Luna.

"We know you know more about this book! So spit it out! Tell us what you know!" Ed demanded.

"And even if I did, why do you guys want to know about this book. Paradise? Do you really believe that nonsense?"

"Do you really believe we came from another world?" Ed spat back. Luna remained silent after that, "Well, do you?"

"How else would you know about alchemy? Its not exactly a popular science in this world," Luna said coolly.

"Wait you actually believe we came from another world?" Alphonse asked in disbelief.

Luna shrugged, "Is that so unusual?"

The Elric brothers just looked at each other and sweatdropped. What the hell kind of a statement was that?

"So if you believe us why not tell us about the book? It has information on getting to another world right? That's exactly what we've been searching for!"

Luna sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She pulled her arms above her head and stretched before getting up on two legs.

"I honestly don't know very much more than what I've told you," Luna stated.

"But do you know anything else? Anything that will give us a lead?" Alphonse asked.

"If I told you anymore, you'd run away from Paradise. I don't want you to loose your determination if we're gonna make the trip to Paradise right?"

"We?" the brother's asked in unison, pointing to themselves.

Ignoring the surprise of the two brothers, Luna went on, "If we want to find out about this book, we better go find a translator. It's in Russian if I recall correctly…"

She turned to the two brothers smiling, and reaching a hand out, "You two think you can keep up?"

Ed and Al looked at each other with surprise, but their gazes quickly changed to that of determination. They both put out their hands and highfived Luna.

"Get whatever stuff you have. I want to leave now. There's a friend of mine who might be able to help us…"

"That is if he wasn't shot," Luna thought grimly. Knowing Zev, there was no way he would allow something like that to happen, but with crazy humans like that running around…

Luna sighed. The two brothers had left to gather their things as fast as they could, "Funny that I ended up trusting a couple of humans. Toboe, you would be laughing at my hypocrisy right now. And mom, you would be proud."

A/N: Well how was this installment? XD

Thanks to all my awesome reviewers! I'm feeling really good about this story. Things with Winry will pick up soon, don't worry.

Anyway…reviews? Please?

I've also got another idea for an FMA Fanfic. Roy and Riza have to go on a mission and no one can take care of Black Hayate. Roy dumps the dog on Ed who has no idea how to take care of a dog. The only person other than Al (who is elsewhere) who knows how to take care of a dog is…Winry of course! XD It would be EdWin of course and humorous. I was thinking of telling it through the opinions of Den and Black Hayate. Tell me if you like the idea! XD