Struggles for Success

First Crossover Second ever fanfic so don't be too ruff I'm still a newbie at this

I mainly focused on the first anime of FMA but may tie in some brotherhood late on

This is probably a common them for a crossover between Inu and FMA but oh well

I don't own Inuyasha or FMA

ENJOY! ^_^

Edward Elric was sulking just outside of Resembool, sitting against an old well. After all they had been through so far, just to learn what they had was too much for him. He couldn't believe that the thing that they have been looking for all this time, the Philosopher's Stone, the stone believed to greatly enhance a person's alchemic ability and ignore the laws of equivalent exchange, was made from... made from...

"DAMN!" He screamed as he punched the ground. "So close. We were so close, Al."

"I know, brother." The younger Elric, Alphonse Elric, whispered, unable to voice it any louder. "I wish I could cry, brother. It feels like I'm bottled up. It's time like these that I really remember that I am hollow inside, because I can't show my feelings on my face."

Al was always the one to be able to voice these things out loud. Maybe he couldn't let his feelings show on his face, but they definitely rang in his words. Ed was the opposite. He was completely the strong and silent type. He hated crying, while his brother wished to cry, and always kept to himself. Al's words stung Ed and snapped him out of his trance.

"Hey Al, don't think like that! You're more human than a lot of people we know. And you can cry Al. You cry on the inside rather than physically. Everybody knows it when you're crying. Even Scar could tell. You've always been special Al, always been able to show everybody how you feel. You don't need flesh to be human. You just need the right spirit and soul on the inside. We learned that when we tried to bring mom back to life. She had a body, but no soul, so she's not human." Ed said, trying to reassure his brother.

"Thanks brother. I needed that. I think we should still give our all. We'll find something else that may work even better than a Philosopher's Stone!" Al exclaimed, with newly found enthusiasm.

Ed just looked at his brother and smiled. That's Al, always the optimist. He can never stay upset for very long.

"I've been wondering about those beings we saw when we went to Laboratory five, those things called Homunculus that were after us. They wanted me to make them a stone. I almost did it too. I just wanted you to be happy again Al. We should probably find out more about these Homunculus guys as our next move and make them talk. After all, it's possible that they might know a way to get our original bodies back!" Ed mumbled

Al just nodded his agreement. They were silent for a moment longer when Al suddenly shouted and pulled out... a wrench. "Oh Ed, I just remembered something! Winry told me to give this to you as a reminder to call more often and I quote 'So that he will always think of me here, back in Resembool, waiting for him'" Al said in a soprano voice. "Did anything happen between you two when we were here?"

A flashback of Winry bravely leaning forward and stealing a quick, but passionate kiss off Edward's lips came into his mind as he blushed a light red on his cheeks. "Of course not! How could you even think that dear brother. Anyway we should really get going, you know, we have places to be, people to see, and things to do!" Ed stammered as he snatched the wrench away from Al.

However, he grabbed it a little too a little too fast and it went flying out of his hands into the well.

"Don't worry brother! I'll get back your reminder of Winry!" Al said teasingly.

He jumped into the old dried up well. The well used to hold water, but because it has been so hot and dry lately that it dried up, so Al didn't need to worry about wiping off his blood seal that kept his soul attached to the armour that acted as his body.

Al was blinded for a second by a strange flash of light that he didn't understand. When he reached the bottom he grabbed the wrench and called up to his brother. "Ed! I have it! Did you see that light?!"

But there was no answer from above.

Meanwhile...

"Al! ALPHONSE!" Ed didn't know what just happened. The well released a blinding light and when Edward looked down to make sure his brother was alright... he was gone!

"Alphonse! You're not getting rid of me that easily!" And he jumped in after his younger brother.