Naruto Fan Fiction / Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Of Alchemists and Shinobi: The Broken Law ❯ Fading Into Unconsciousness ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: Only own the story plot for this crossover and some created peoples.

 

Chapter 4: Fading Into Unconsciousness

 

 

After two hours of cleaning, Ed miraculously made the apartment he shared with Naruto half-decent. Now there were no ramen containers on the ground or laundry strewn about. The place still reeked of aged ramen and dirty laundry though. Ed plopped down onto a newly discovered couch. For some reason he felt tired and worn out, like he used his own energy.

 

`Alchemy has never done that to me before, why now?' thought Ed. `Okay, let's go over the checklist first: ramen containers placed in bags, check, clothes put in piles, check, bags transmuted into a futon, check, clothes put in washing machine, check. Is that it? No, get rid of horrible ramen and dirty laundry smell.' Ed sighed and left the house to find some sweet smelling flowers or something to rid the room of its abhorrent stench. He wandered through the streets of the city `Konoha?' and looked around for some perfume or flower shop. And sure enough, he came upon a fancy looking one, it was called Yamanaka Flower Shop. `It looks decent enough, maybe I can find something sweet smelling,' thought Ed as he entered the store. As he entered the store, he saw what seemed like a humungous congregation of plants, from big to small and from black to white. He went through one of the aisles of shelves that had perfume made from flowers (a/n: don't really know if the Yamanaka's do sell this, but in this fic they do) when someone approached him.

 

“Hello, may I help you?” asked the person. She was wearing a pink kimono with blue roses on them. She had long, blonde almost white hair that dazzled with the Sun and icy blue eyes.

 

“I'm looking for something that smells good,” replied Edward slowly, awed at the beauty of the girl, but then remembered that he was sixteen, not actually seven. `Baka! You're ogling a seven year old!' Edward scolded himself.

 

“I have just what you need then,” exclaimed the girl with a very cheery tone. She started to look over the aisles when a blue bottle caught her eyes. She pulled it out and examined it as if to check something. “This is essence of bluebell and it costs one thousand yen,” cheerfully explained the girl. Then realization struck Ed like a hammer; he had no money on him.

 

“Err, I just recently moved here and I have no money,” explained Ed, rubbing the back of his head.

 

“Hold on a second,” requested the girl. She ran off and around five minutes later came back and fetched Ed. “My mom would like to see you.” She led Ed through what seemed like a maze of aisles and gardens before they reached a counter where a woman almost exactly mirroring the young girl in appearance. She held out a small bag to Ed, and he gently took it and muttered a thank you.

 

“It's a housewarming present,” explained the woman. “I am Yamanaka Inoichi (a/n: don't know the name of ino's mom, so I made up a name), who would you be?”

 

“Elric Edward mam,” sheepishly answered the boy.

 

“And where are you living?” sweetly asked the woman.

 

“In Naruto Uzumaki's apartment,” answered Ed. At this, the woman gasped and became incredibly angry with him for some reason.

 

“Get out,” quietly commanded the woman, losing control of her emotions. “Get out! Get the hell out of this store and never come back!” shrieked the woman, entirely red in the face. Ed just looked at her strange and left with the perfume.

 

`Somebody has anger issues,' thought Ed disdainfully. `Is there something wrong with Naruto? I mean, I know he's annoying but it's not so bad as to make that Yamanaka woman pop a blood vessel.' He then glanced at a watch he had transmuted for himself from a ramen container, his test subject, and saw that it was a quarter to eight. `Crap! My tutor's supposed to arrive in fifteen minutes, I better run for my life.' Ed then started to sprint towards the apartment. He found the door almost torn off its hinges. `Oh shit, what happened now?'

 

He entered the apartment and the first thing he saw was the wreckage all around. The refrigerator had a gaping hole in it, the one sofa Naruto owned was torn down the middle, and there was rubble all over the floor. His eye started twitching at the sight of this, for he had spent two whole hours cleaning up laundry and garbage. Then he saw it. It was standing in his room tearing his new futon apart.

 

“You bastard! Do you know how long it took me to clean up this apartment!” screamed Ed. He then transmuted the floor into spikes that wrapped around the intruder, immobilizing and stabbing him, but not before It turned around and aimed its eyes at Ed, completely paralyzing him. Its eyes brought out Ed's deepest fears and dreads, of death, of failing his brother, of failing himself. It had grey eyes that pierced the very soul hidden behind a frog mask. Right before It was immobilized, it threw three shuriken at the boy, one hitting his chest and two hitting his shoulders. Blood spurted out of him like a faucet as he collapsed into a heap onto the floor, eyes blank and his body limp like a broken doll.

 

 

“Winry, Rose, I'm leaving,” I stated bluntly. “I need to find the monster who desecrated Mother's grave.” It wasn't easy saying goodbye so quickly after arriving. I couldn't stand seeing tears well up in Winry's eyes or the sad smile on that touched Rose's lips. I turned my head and left the door with around one hundred dollars in my pocket.

 

“Al, be careful,” whispered Rose.

 

“You better come back Alphonse Elric, or else,” warned Winry. It was supposed to be threatening, but her emotions betrayed her words.

 

“Don't worry, I will come back,” I assured. I didn't even turn my head back as I left the door. The recently fallen snow still coated the ground as I began my three day's worth journey towards the comfortable rural community of Mezzeret. I looked up and saw the Sun rise up to greet me and wish me luck on my journey. I trudged onwards for six hours before I finally reached a small hamlet. There I bought some bread and apple juice as a small lunch. Afterwards I continued my journey, walking for another six hours straight until I reached the next town, this one I knew by the name of Siraiya. By this time I began to stagger and was slowly falling into unconsciousness. I desperately tried to fight off the demon but by the time I was five yards from the gates I succumbed to its demonic powers.