Fullmetal Ninja [Chapter 3]
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esp_dragonFandom: Fullmetal Alchemist/ Naruto crossover
Summary: Ed and Al tried to resurect their Mother but something went wrong. Not only did they fail, their bodies paying the price, but they are no longer in Amestris. They are in a world where all the natural rules aren't always obeyed...
Rating: K+
Notes: Yes, the ending was contrived. Shh.
OOC Naruto? Not completely sure...
Timelines: Naruto - just after Tsunade becomes Hokage. Fullmetal Alchemist - pre-canon.
Genre: General
Word count: 2,437
Total word count: 7,836
Status: Work in Progress
‘Tsh. Whatever ya stinkin’ pervert,’ Naruto grumbled in his head. Like Jiraiya actually knew what it was like to know someone like Sasuke. Naruto walked down the hospital corridor, not taking in much about his surroundings. He knew where the exit was and dodging around people wasn’t hard, there weren't that many people in the corridor anyway. He had his thoughts on other things – like Sasuke and Sakura.
He sighed and scratched the area of hair behind his ear. What had happened during that fight? It’d barely even started before they began using the strongest techniques that they had been taught. And then Sakura was in between them before they were about to hit each other, when they were unable to pull back, unable to change direction, unable to do anything apart from fall/jump towards her. If Kakashi hadn’t stepped in and threw them away from each other when he had…
“Oi, Naruto.”
Naruto paused at the calling of his name, waiting to see if there was going to be anything else said. Turning his head behind him, he saw Tsunade leaving one of the rooms that he’d just passed. “What?” he said grumpily, shoulders hunched. He wasn’t in the mood to be talking to anyone at the moment.
Tsunade jerked her head to the room she had just left. “I’ve got a small mission for you,” she said, before turning back in to the room, not looking back at him.
He perked up a little at hearing this. A mission? What kind of mission? It’d better be a good one. Or at least something interesting. He followed her in, already feeling slightly better than what he had been before.
Until he saw the people who were in the room. He stared at the two boys for a second before glaring up at Tsunade. “Babysitting,” he said flatly. A D-rank mission. And the two were at least eight; they were old enough to look after themselves, he thought sourly. He had been looking after himself at that age.
Tsunade sighed. “Not exactly. They don’t know our language and, well, I heard that you got on well with Konohamaru – that he looked up to you.” She shrugged. "They seem interested in learning our language," she added.
“Pfft.” Naruto crossed his arms. “I’m not a teacher. Why isn’t Iruka teachin’ ‘em?” As soon as he said that, Naruto remembered the conversation that he had had with Iruka the day before. Every Chuunin and Jounin available were being sent on missions – even the teachers at the Academy and the people who hadn’t been on missions for years. “Never mind.”
“So you accept the mission then?” Tsunade asked him sweetly, smiling as if she already knew his answer.
He eyed her and then snorted. “Yeah, yeah, whatever,” Naruto said while waving his hand at her. He knew that she was basically asking him to and that it wasn’t officially a mission. He definitely wouldn't be getting paid for it, that was for sure. But it could get his mind off other things for a little while. Maybe.
She nodded to him curtly. “Keep them out of trouble,” she warned him. She then hesitated for a second. “And just be careful if they want to move around the hospital; Shizune's going to be bringing a wheelchair when she's going through the rounds.” Naruto was surprised by that word of advice.
“Why?” Not that it was obvious since she wouldn’t want them hurt again but still. She didn’t have to say that; he wasn’t that stupid.
“Look closely at their eyes,” she hinted, glancing back at the two.
So Naruto did. He held back a hiss as he saw that the two boys had gold eyes. Just like Orochimaru. They stared back at him, curiosity on their faces on their faces before they began talking to each other quietly. “Huh,” he said lowly. So soon after his attack on Konoha, people were going to be more jumpy than they usually were. Since this was a hospital for ninja… And it wouldn’t matter that they were kids – Naruto had enough proof of that.
Tsunade grunted as a reply. She then smiled at the two and waved at them. “Bye.” The two mimicked the wave and what she said. After she had left, there was a brief uncomfortable silence. And a staring contest. If they were dangerous, the old hag wouldn’t allow them in the hospital without some sort of guard at least, Naruto reasoned to himself. ‘Course, if they were, and Tsunade asked him to look after them then she trusted him with something like this, he thought with a small grin.
But they weren’t doing anything except from staring at him. Really dangerous that was. “So what am I supposed to do?” Naruto muttered under his breath. He sighed and then pointed to himself. “Uzumaki Naruto.” May as well start with the easy stuff.
The boy furthest from him spoke up first. “Ed Elric.” He then lightly elbowed the boy next to him. Naruto saw that that boy was missing the lower part of his left arm, which was why Ed hadn’t jostled him too hard. Looking back at Ed, he saw that he was missing part of his left leg. Well, they had to be here for a reason didn’t they?
“Al Elric.” Naruto's brow furrowed. Why were they putting their family name after their given name? Maybe that was how they did things where they were from. So were they brothers or cousins? To Naruto, they looked similar, so probably brothers. Not that he really knew, he thought with a mental shrug.
There was a thinly veiled expectant look on the boys’ faces. What was he supposed to do? Just point and say what it was? That seemed rather stupid and he’d look like an idiot doing that.
“Uzumaki?” Ed said slowly, tripping over the pronounciation.
Naruto shook his head. "Naruto," he corrected.
Ed blinked in incomprehension and then scowled at him.
What? He was angry at him because he wanted them to call him by his... Oh. How the hell was he supposed to explain that? A few seconds thought and he had a vague idea on what to do. Naruto pointed to Ed. "Elric." Then he pointed to Al and said, "Elric." And then pointed to himself. "Uzumaki." They should be able to understand that, right?
Understanding bloomed in their faces. The two boys nodded.
"Hmm, Naruto?" Ed said, this time a little bit faster, finding his given name easier to say. Ed pointed to his own forehead, a puzzled frown on his face.
“Eh? Forehead?” Naruto reached up and touched the same area that Ed was pointing to. His fingers brushed against metal. “Oh. My forehead protector.” The two repeated the words slowly, saying each syllable carefully.
Ed was still pointing to his own forehead, to the very centre of it. “It’s the symbol of the Leaf,” Naruto explained, realising what Ed was actually pointing to.
Twin blinks.
Naruto sighed irritably. Was he going to have to talk in one word sentences to them all the time? “Leaf.” Again, they repeated the word. Where were these two from? How come they didn’t know the language or the sign of a ninja? They had to be complete civilians… But what people had such different coloured eyes that wasn’t part of a bloodline limit?
“Umm,” Al hummed, looking around the room. He pointed to the curtain and asked something in his language. None of it sounded even vaguely familiar.
“What’s this?” Naruto hazarded a guess at what Al was asking. The two repeated the phrase, still looking at the curtain.
Naruto groaned. Sakura had more patience than him, didn’t she? Why was he the one to do this? Right, he was just walking past the door and Tsunade caught him. “No. What’s this?” He pointed to the curtain. “Curtain.”
The two boys’ eyes lit up in understanding. “What’s this?” Al asked experimentally, pointing.
“Table.”
“What’s this?”
“Window.”
“What’s this?”
“Bowl?”
“What’s this?”
“Didn’t he already-? Oh. Wood. Wood.”
“What’s this?”
“Fork. Knife. Spoon.”
“What’s this?”
“…Steel?”
“What’s this?”
“Ugh. Hospital food.” He rolled his eyes and made a face. The two’s grins widened at the comment.
“What’s this?”
“Lightbulb.” Naruto was already regretting the idea of telling them the phrase. As soon as he’d answered one pointed finger, the other would point at something else. But at least he didn’t feel stupid because he wasn’t the one who was pointing. They seemed to enjoy it though. Weird.
“What’s – ah!” Al, getting excited from learning new words apparently (Naruto didn’t know why but at least they weren’t staring at him) had been leaning forward to point, Naruto thought to the door. He leaned too far forward and he wasn’t able to keep his balance. Naruto started to move to catch him instantly.
“Al!”
‘Clap.’
Flash.
Then all hell broke loose.
:-:-:
“What’s – ah!”
“Al!” Ed cried out in alarm. He didn’t know what he was doing, he didn’t know what he was thinking. He merely reacted to his brother being in danger.
‘Clap.’
Flash.
The bed morphed under his hands to form a much bigger hand underneath Al and caught him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Al wasn’t hurt. Al had landed on his back –he’d tried twisting around after falling because landing on your back was a hell of a lot better than landing on your front- and was staring up at the ceiling. A beat later, his eyes were on Ed and his eyes slid down to Ed’s hands.
His eyes widened and he pointed at Ed. “You can do what Teacher can do!” he yelled in amazement.
“What…? No I-" Ed stopped. He looked down at his hands. No transmutation circle. Just… his hands touching the bed. “No. Way,” he whispered, bringing his hands up to his face. It wasn't as if staring at them would reveal how it had happened but maybe... maybe there had been a transmutation circle on his hands that he didn't was there. Or something.
Just then, Naruto started shouting and pointing at Ed, his eyes wide in shock. Ed winced. Jeez, he didn’t know someone could actually yell that loudly. But even though there was still the language barrier between them, it was pretty obvious what he was saying: ‘What did you do?!’
Ed helped his brother get back on the bed, ignoring Naruto for the moment. “How can you do what Teacher can do?” Al asked him over the racket.
Ed scowled at Naruto. “Alchemy,” he snapped at Naruto. Didn’t he know Alchemy when he saw it? It normally didn’t happen with just a clap of the hands but the reaction after was still the same. Naruto was quiet at the word, mulling it over while also mumbling to himself. Ed shrugged at Al. “Dunno. I just…” He trailed off. He remembered what Teacher had said when the two had asked her about how she was able to do Alchemy without an Array. “True Knowledge…” Ed breathed.
“What-” Al began to ask but then paled. “That door thing… You saw it too?”
Ed nodded, remembering the strange, intricately designed gate, the invisible being, and those black arms. “Yeah, I saw it. That… entity said it would show me ‘True Knowledge’.” He looked up at Al, realising something. "If you saw it too, that means you can do it.”
Al frowned and glanced down. “But I don’t have two hands though,” he said quietly.
“So why don’t you try with your foot?”
Al’s head snapped back up. “With my foot?” he repeated incredulously, pointing to his right foot for further emphasis.
“Yeah, why not?” Ed said while shrugging. “Teacher said that her hands were the circle and she was the formula remember? So… a foot and a hand would make a circle wouldn’t it?” It was a guess but it did make sense, that a weird way that only happened when you didn't think about it too much. They’d never seen Teacher use a hand and a foot but why would she? Using two hands were a lot easier than bringing your foot up to ‘clap’ – if you could really call it clapping.
His brother sighed a little resignedly. “I’ll try it then.” Al shuffled back a little bit for more space to move his feet and for when he placed his hand and foot on to the bed. Ed looked up at the sound of a ‘click’ in the near silent room. It was Tsunade - no, Hokage, Ed corrected himself, if their last names came before their first names, walking in, an annoyed frown on her face. Ed held up a finger to his lips when she glanced at him. An eyebrow quirked at that and she turned her gaze to Naruto. He shrugged helplessly and then started talking quickly (but at least quietly), pointing to the both of them, as well as using wild gestures. Ed was only able to catch his and his brother’s name from it all and the rest seemed to be just one word with a few breaks in between. Not really interested in trying to understand what Naruto was saying for the moment, Ed checked back on his brother to make sure that he hadn’t moved too far back and Ed wasn’t going to have to clap his hands again.
Whatever Naruto was saying, it made Hokage’s other eyebrow go up. She took a step forward and was then able to see that it wasn’t just a blanket fallen at a strange angle. She regarded it curiously before looking towards Al.
“Okay,” Al muttered. He looked up at Ed for reassurance to which, Ed grinned at him. Seeing that, Al’s shoulders relaxed slightly and he managed a nervous smile back.
‘Clap.’
Flash.
Ed looked down and saw that the hand was away and all that was left was the hospital bed as it originally was. Al’s eyes were wide. “I did it?” he whispered in disbelief. He looked down at his hand and foot. “That worked?”
Ed pretended to be offended and crossed his arms. “Of course it worked,” he huffed. He dropped the façade a second later and beamed at Al.
Al grinned. He opened his mouth to say something but he was interrupted by a polite cough.
The two turned their heads to Hokage. “What-" Ed was only able to understand the first word and the rest was unintelligible. Although, come to think of it, if he remembered what Naruto had been yelling… Naruto’s version had a few more words in it Ed noticed with amusement. So he now knew some swearwords in this language already.
“Alchemy,” Al answered, knowing what she was asking.
Hokage cocked her head at the word. “Alchemy?” she repeated. She asked something else in her own language but Ed and Al looked at her blankly.
Ed snorted to himself. “Which part of Amestris are we in if they don’t know about Alchemy?” he muttered. “I mean, we’re from Resembool and we know about it.” Okay, they probably didn’t know Alchemy because they had a different name for it. But didn’t they know what an Alchemic reaction looked like?
Hokage glanced between the two of them. She tutted when she didn’t get an answer from them and then asked another question. “Amestris?”
Ed and Al froze. Their attention was now completely on her, their mouths agape. They didn’t know what the name of the country was? Where were they?
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Summary: Ed and Al tried to resurect their Mother but something went wrong. Not only did they fail, their bodies paying the price, but they are no longer in Amestris. They are in a world where all the natural rules aren't always obeyed...
Rating: K+
Notes: Yes, the ending was contrived. Shh.
OOC Naruto? Not completely sure...
Timelines: Naruto - just after Tsunade becomes Hokage. Fullmetal Alchemist - pre-canon.
Genre: General
Word count: 2,437
Total word count: 7,836
Status: Work in Progress
‘Tsh. Whatever ya stinkin’ pervert,’ Naruto grumbled in his head. Like Jiraiya actually knew what it was like to know someone like Sasuke. Naruto walked down the hospital corridor, not taking in much about his surroundings. He knew where the exit was and dodging around people wasn’t hard, there weren't that many people in the corridor anyway. He had his thoughts on other things – like Sasuke and Sakura.
He sighed and scratched the area of hair behind his ear. What had happened during that fight? It’d barely even started before they began using the strongest techniques that they had been taught. And then Sakura was in between them before they were about to hit each other, when they were unable to pull back, unable to change direction, unable to do anything apart from fall/jump towards her. If Kakashi hadn’t stepped in and threw them away from each other when he had…
“Oi, Naruto.”
Naruto paused at the calling of his name, waiting to see if there was going to be anything else said. Turning his head behind him, he saw Tsunade leaving one of the rooms that he’d just passed. “What?” he said grumpily, shoulders hunched. He wasn’t in the mood to be talking to anyone at the moment.
Tsunade jerked her head to the room she had just left. “I’ve got a small mission for you,” she said, before turning back in to the room, not looking back at him.
He perked up a little at hearing this. A mission? What kind of mission? It’d better be a good one. Or at least something interesting. He followed her in, already feeling slightly better than what he had been before.
Until he saw the people who were in the room. He stared at the two boys for a second before glaring up at Tsunade. “Babysitting,” he said flatly. A D-rank mission. And the two were at least eight; they were old enough to look after themselves, he thought sourly. He had been looking after himself at that age.
Tsunade sighed. “Not exactly. They don’t know our language and, well, I heard that you got on well with Konohamaru – that he looked up to you.” She shrugged. "They seem interested in learning our language," she added.
“Pfft.” Naruto crossed his arms. “I’m not a teacher. Why isn’t Iruka teachin’ ‘em?” As soon as he said that, Naruto remembered the conversation that he had had with Iruka the day before. Every Chuunin and Jounin available were being sent on missions – even the teachers at the Academy and the people who hadn’t been on missions for years. “Never mind.”
“So you accept the mission then?” Tsunade asked him sweetly, smiling as if she already knew his answer.
He eyed her and then snorted. “Yeah, yeah, whatever,” Naruto said while waving his hand at her. He knew that she was basically asking him to and that it wasn’t officially a mission. He definitely wouldn't be getting paid for it, that was for sure. But it could get his mind off other things for a little while. Maybe.
She nodded to him curtly. “Keep them out of trouble,” she warned him. She then hesitated for a second. “And just be careful if they want to move around the hospital; Shizune's going to be bringing a wheelchair when she's going through the rounds.” Naruto was surprised by that word of advice.
“Why?” Not that it was obvious since she wouldn’t want them hurt again but still. She didn’t have to say that; he wasn’t that stupid.
“Look closely at their eyes,” she hinted, glancing back at the two.
So Naruto did. He held back a hiss as he saw that the two boys had gold eyes. Just like Orochimaru. They stared back at him, curiosity on their faces on their faces before they began talking to each other quietly. “Huh,” he said lowly. So soon after his attack on Konoha, people were going to be more jumpy than they usually were. Since this was a hospital for ninja… And it wouldn’t matter that they were kids – Naruto had enough proof of that.
Tsunade grunted as a reply. She then smiled at the two and waved at them. “Bye.” The two mimicked the wave and what she said. After she had left, there was a brief uncomfortable silence. And a staring contest. If they were dangerous, the old hag wouldn’t allow them in the hospital without some sort of guard at least, Naruto reasoned to himself. ‘Course, if they were, and Tsunade asked him to look after them then she trusted him with something like this, he thought with a small grin.
But they weren’t doing anything except from staring at him. Really dangerous that was. “So what am I supposed to do?” Naruto muttered under his breath. He sighed and then pointed to himself. “Uzumaki Naruto.” May as well start with the easy stuff.
The boy furthest from him spoke up first. “Ed Elric.” He then lightly elbowed the boy next to him. Naruto saw that that boy was missing the lower part of his left arm, which was why Ed hadn’t jostled him too hard. Looking back at Ed, he saw that he was missing part of his left leg. Well, they had to be here for a reason didn’t they?
“Al Elric.” Naruto's brow furrowed. Why were they putting their family name after their given name? Maybe that was how they did things where they were from. So were they brothers or cousins? To Naruto, they looked similar, so probably brothers. Not that he really knew, he thought with a mental shrug.
There was a thinly veiled expectant look on the boys’ faces. What was he supposed to do? Just point and say what it was? That seemed rather stupid and he’d look like an idiot doing that.
“Uzumaki?” Ed said slowly, tripping over the pronounciation.
Naruto shook his head. "Naruto," he corrected.
Ed blinked in incomprehension and then scowled at him.
What? He was angry at him because he wanted them to call him by his... Oh. How the hell was he supposed to explain that? A few seconds thought and he had a vague idea on what to do. Naruto pointed to Ed. "Elric." Then he pointed to Al and said, "Elric." And then pointed to himself. "Uzumaki." They should be able to understand that, right?
Understanding bloomed in their faces. The two boys nodded.
"Hmm, Naruto?" Ed said, this time a little bit faster, finding his given name easier to say. Ed pointed to his own forehead, a puzzled frown on his face.
“Eh? Forehead?” Naruto reached up and touched the same area that Ed was pointing to. His fingers brushed against metal. “Oh. My forehead protector.” The two repeated the words slowly, saying each syllable carefully.
Ed was still pointing to his own forehead, to the very centre of it. “It’s the symbol of the Leaf,” Naruto explained, realising what Ed was actually pointing to.
Twin blinks.
Naruto sighed irritably. Was he going to have to talk in one word sentences to them all the time? “Leaf.” Again, they repeated the word. Where were these two from? How come they didn’t know the language or the sign of a ninja? They had to be complete civilians… But what people had such different coloured eyes that wasn’t part of a bloodline limit?
“Umm,” Al hummed, looking around the room. He pointed to the curtain and asked something in his language. None of it sounded even vaguely familiar.
“What’s this?” Naruto hazarded a guess at what Al was asking. The two repeated the phrase, still looking at the curtain.
Naruto groaned. Sakura had more patience than him, didn’t she? Why was he the one to do this? Right, he was just walking past the door and Tsunade caught him. “No. What’s this?” He pointed to the curtain. “Curtain.”
The two boys’ eyes lit up in understanding. “What’s this?” Al asked experimentally, pointing.
“Table.”
“What’s this?”
“Window.”
“What’s this?”
“Bowl?”
“What’s this?”
“Didn’t he already-? Oh. Wood. Wood.”
“What’s this?”
“Fork. Knife. Spoon.”
“What’s this?”
“…Steel?”
“What’s this?”
“Ugh. Hospital food.” He rolled his eyes and made a face. The two’s grins widened at the comment.
“What’s this?”
“Lightbulb.” Naruto was already regretting the idea of telling them the phrase. As soon as he’d answered one pointed finger, the other would point at something else. But at least he didn’t feel stupid because he wasn’t the one who was pointing. They seemed to enjoy it though. Weird.
“What’s – ah!” Al, getting excited from learning new words apparently (Naruto didn’t know why but at least they weren’t staring at him) had been leaning forward to point, Naruto thought to the door. He leaned too far forward and he wasn’t able to keep his balance. Naruto started to move to catch him instantly.
“Al!”
‘Clap.’
Flash.
Then all hell broke loose.
:-:-:
“What’s – ah!”
“Al!” Ed cried out in alarm. He didn’t know what he was doing, he didn’t know what he was thinking. He merely reacted to his brother being in danger.
‘Clap.’
Flash.
The bed morphed under his hands to form a much bigger hand underneath Al and caught him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Al wasn’t hurt. Al had landed on his back –he’d tried twisting around after falling because landing on your back was a hell of a lot better than landing on your front- and was staring up at the ceiling. A beat later, his eyes were on Ed and his eyes slid down to Ed’s hands.
His eyes widened and he pointed at Ed. “You can do what Teacher can do!” he yelled in amazement.
“What…? No I-" Ed stopped. He looked down at his hands. No transmutation circle. Just… his hands touching the bed. “No. Way,” he whispered, bringing his hands up to his face. It wasn't as if staring at them would reveal how it had happened but maybe... maybe there had been a transmutation circle on his hands that he didn't was there. Or something.
Just then, Naruto started shouting and pointing at Ed, his eyes wide in shock. Ed winced. Jeez, he didn’t know someone could actually yell that loudly. But even though there was still the language barrier between them, it was pretty obvious what he was saying: ‘What did you do?!’
Ed helped his brother get back on the bed, ignoring Naruto for the moment. “How can you do what Teacher can do?” Al asked him over the racket.
Ed scowled at Naruto. “Alchemy,” he snapped at Naruto. Didn’t he know Alchemy when he saw it? It normally didn’t happen with just a clap of the hands but the reaction after was still the same. Naruto was quiet at the word, mulling it over while also mumbling to himself. Ed shrugged at Al. “Dunno. I just…” He trailed off. He remembered what Teacher had said when the two had asked her about how she was able to do Alchemy without an Array. “True Knowledge…” Ed breathed.
“What-” Al began to ask but then paled. “That door thing… You saw it too?”
Ed nodded, remembering the strange, intricately designed gate, the invisible being, and those black arms. “Yeah, I saw it. That… entity said it would show me ‘True Knowledge’.” He looked up at Al, realising something. "If you saw it too, that means you can do it.”
Al frowned and glanced down. “But I don’t have two hands though,” he said quietly.
“So why don’t you try with your foot?”
Al’s head snapped back up. “With my foot?” he repeated incredulously, pointing to his right foot for further emphasis.
“Yeah, why not?” Ed said while shrugging. “Teacher said that her hands were the circle and she was the formula remember? So… a foot and a hand would make a circle wouldn’t it?” It was a guess but it did make sense, that a weird way that only happened when you didn't think about it too much. They’d never seen Teacher use a hand and a foot but why would she? Using two hands were a lot easier than bringing your foot up to ‘clap’ – if you could really call it clapping.
His brother sighed a little resignedly. “I’ll try it then.” Al shuffled back a little bit for more space to move his feet and for when he placed his hand and foot on to the bed. Ed looked up at the sound of a ‘click’ in the near silent room. It was Tsunade - no, Hokage, Ed corrected himself, if their last names came before their first names, walking in, an annoyed frown on her face. Ed held up a finger to his lips when she glanced at him. An eyebrow quirked at that and she turned her gaze to Naruto. He shrugged helplessly and then started talking quickly (but at least quietly), pointing to the both of them, as well as using wild gestures. Ed was only able to catch his and his brother’s name from it all and the rest seemed to be just one word with a few breaks in between. Not really interested in trying to understand what Naruto was saying for the moment, Ed checked back on his brother to make sure that he hadn’t moved too far back and Ed wasn’t going to have to clap his hands again.
Whatever Naruto was saying, it made Hokage’s other eyebrow go up. She took a step forward and was then able to see that it wasn’t just a blanket fallen at a strange angle. She regarded it curiously before looking towards Al.
“Okay,” Al muttered. He looked up at Ed for reassurance to which, Ed grinned at him. Seeing that, Al’s shoulders relaxed slightly and he managed a nervous smile back.
‘Clap.’
Flash.
Ed looked down and saw that the hand was away and all that was left was the hospital bed as it originally was. Al’s eyes were wide. “I did it?” he whispered in disbelief. He looked down at his hand and foot. “That worked?”
Ed pretended to be offended and crossed his arms. “Of course it worked,” he huffed. He dropped the façade a second later and beamed at Al.
Al grinned. He opened his mouth to say something but he was interrupted by a polite cough.
The two turned their heads to Hokage. “What-" Ed was only able to understand the first word and the rest was unintelligible. Although, come to think of it, if he remembered what Naruto had been yelling… Naruto’s version had a few more words in it Ed noticed with amusement. So he now knew some swearwords in this language already.
“Alchemy,” Al answered, knowing what she was asking.
Hokage cocked her head at the word. “Alchemy?” she repeated. She asked something else in her own language but Ed and Al looked at her blankly.
Ed snorted to himself. “Which part of Amestris are we in if they don’t know about Alchemy?” he muttered. “I mean, we’re from Resembool and we know about it.” Okay, they probably didn’t know Alchemy because they had a different name for it. But didn’t they know what an Alchemic reaction looked like?
Hokage glanced between the two of them. She tutted when she didn’t get an answer from them and then asked another question. “Amestris?”
Ed and Al froze. Their attention was now completely on her, their mouths agape. They didn’t know what the name of the country was? Where were they?
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Date: Apr. 27th, 2007 04:20 am (UTC)Learning a new language is fun stuff. XD;
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Date: May. 30th, 2007 08:51 am (UTC)I think...Shyeah, I meant to reply but never got 'round to it. So now I'm doing on the morning of an exam. Figures. ;p
^^; I'd thought in my head that since they were the weirdest words in the sentense, she'd ask them. 'Cept, you're right and none of it would sound 'normal to her. Whoops.
Especially when you're learning the swear words.
And I'll just answer your other question here from your other comment - Nah, no-one in the Naruto world knows the language that Ed and Al speak. Not unless... *evil grin* *cough* Well, I said that I was going to be mixing and matching the animé and manga somewhere didn't I? XD Can you guess?
Probably not but it'd be interesting to do so the FMA world is a bit more AU. Depending. And I'm not making any sense again. ^^;