A/N: Alright, sorry for not updating the Naruto Chronicles but I'm having a little trouble writing right now. To try and appease some of you, this is an old favorite that I am restoring and turning into a new story altogether. Once again, I am sorry for NC not getting updated, but I have two chapters I'm working on along with Blood Naruto and I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy all of them.

While the story is going to be deeper and darker then before and hopefully further in detail, it has many different twists then the original and far more angsty. Naruto also is going to be seventeen to the original fifteen he was in the beginning. Names will be presented in western as it doesn't make full sense to use them in eastern. Many of the newer manga additions to Naruto will be added as well as they are worth adding in and I'm doing more research on FMA as I now have DVR and well... It helps... It really does. And finally, I'm going to be doing a little more point of views to show you what is really going on and showing the depths of Naruto's mind.

I Do Not Own Naruto or Fullmetal Alchemist.

(Naruto's point of view)

I've failed everyone. This was not how it was meant to be, is it? Was I suppose to lose everyone that was precious to me and close to my heart? It's not fair that this has to happen to me. God Dammit! Why does everything bad have to happen to me? I know that other people have bad things that happen to them, but the sheer amount of them I have had is truly absurd. The only three people that could ever say they had as horrible lives as I have are no longer amongst the living.

Gaara. He was the first I ever knew to be almost exactly like me down to having a demon within him. We held similar pains but it was the paths we chose that shows how different we truly were. Almost at the same time when he was forced to kill uncle and chose his bloody path, I had the choice of killing a man that had wronged my greatly, but chose to spare him. Four years later we met and fought and I showed him the path I chose, while harder, was the right one. Eventually he came to and began to see that and changed his life for the better. Not that it mattered. Three years later the Akatsuki put an end to him and not even the extra life Chiyo granted him could save him from his date with Death.

Sasuke. He was the first that ever, ever recognized me for who I was and in that alone I still consider him my best friend to this day. He might have become an evil bastard that murdered hundreds in an attempt to achieve his revenge, but he was still my friend even if I did not approve of what he had done. I cannot hold any of that against him as his mind is fucked up beyond all repair from watching his parents die at his brothers hand over and over again. If I was in his shoes, I too would have chosen the same path to kill that desolate bastard. He is the only person that I have ever known that life can be considered to be worst then mine. But it was because of this that he died after he succeeded in killing his brother as he crossed that bastard Madara.

Yugito. I miss you the most out of all three of them, my love. Not just because you were my fiancée, but because you were the first to ever show me what love was. While your life was the most gentle of the four of us, it was still far more horrible then most people can imagine. Even with all that happened to you, you still showed my kindness and treated me like I should have been for all my life. You gave me a true reason to fight on and continue even if all hope was lost. When I lost you, I almost lost everything I held dear.

I'm sorry for destroying your village, but when I reached the Cloud and I found our daughter's corpse sprayed on the walls I couldn't control myself. I tore it down, flash by flash. Nothing was left other then bloody corpses of anyone that tried to stop me, not that they could. In my enraged state I had tamed my four tail stage and had complete control of what I did. Their blood stained my hands as I ripped their throats out, tore off their heads, plucked out their hearts and other gruesome deaths I cannot fathom at the moment.

I also knew you were seeing another by your scent, but I could not hold that against you as you had only known me for a short time and the distance between us caused a rift. How I knew was because you were only a few months pregnant and the last time I had been there was nine months. Sadly, I knew who it was all along and I did not let that bother me, even if it was killing me inside that I wasn't the only one in your heart. Kirabi did come after I destroyed the village, but he only pitied me before knocking me out as Sasuke arrived. When I awoke, I learned he was dead too as Hachibi was extracted from him. Sasuke had left me as he wished for me to mourn knowing of your importance to me. That is when I snapped and had lost my mind.

Before your two deaths, I had lost many others that were important to me and even after I lost more important people. But that was just it; they were important, not vital. I could lose them and I would be alright, but without you three it meant nothing as you were so like me. Sure, they helped me see that I could live without you and eventually brought me back into the light, but that was soon taken care of as I was plunged back into darkness.

Jiraiya's death was all it took to bring me back to insanity. He had died for me, to protect me! How am I suppose to feel about that after two of my most precious people die and the third one was working with the group seeking to kill me! I was dragged into the darkness once more but once more I was pulled out thanks to the great toads, Pa and Ma. Strange names, but they taught me the ways of the toad and how to use the Sage form like Jiraiya and my father did.

Oh, that almost was the straw that made me lose my mind entirely and become a ravenous killing machine. The man I held up with such veneration for was the same man that anathematized me to the depths of hell with this fox demon. While it figured he had to be my father, it made me angrier that he left me absolutely nothing in his will and in fact had stated that his wealth be spread amongst the village that ever so treated me nicely for giving them wealth. Oh well, it won't be long before I meet him so I can rip his face off and show him the truth of what he did to me!

Sigh... At least the toads forsook him after hearing of my life and even went so far to wipe his name of the summoning contract. They would have done the same for Jiraiya, but he at least made a conscious effort to better my life and train me and even went so far to teach me both my father's jutsu, which he oh-so stated that he didn't want me to learn as he wanted me to 'gain my own strength and not inherit it'. I spent a year with them and we did not come to the aid of Konoha when Pein leveled it to the ground. Most of the civilians survived thanks to Tsunade, but she was so vulnerable afterwards that Pein had easily killed her.

Learning that Kakashi, Sakura and Shizune died there as well had left me in a pathetic state. Seventeen times, I counted, that I tried to kill myself during my stay with the toads. The fox no longer even tried to heal me or escape as every time we met, I frightened it. That is how unstable I have become. Not even the fox will stand in my way any longer and will let me do what I will. After the last time, they sent me out into the world once more in an attempt to get over my mental illness by having me fight for my life.

It worked too. Sasuke death didn't affect me too much when I learned about it because I was fighting for my life. Pein quickly found me, but with my new strength, he was not able to last five minutes against me as I smashed all six of his heads in before destroying the scroll that kept the real Pein alive. The blue haired woman didn't even stay around to mourn as I attempted to kill her as well, along with anyone that got in my way. I had become a monster, like the thing inside of me.

It wasn't until Itachi came back from the dead that I regained my mind. The raven he had me swallow had not been for power, but for sanity. He feared for my sanity and put his own counter measures to make sure that he would play a role in recovering my mind. Guess it takes one insane person to cure another as there was no doubt the Uchiha was far more insane then I was. Then again, he was ordered to murder his family and to keep his brother alive to harvest his eyes. In truth, Konoha got what it deserved as it was founded on betrayal. Somehow, I wasn't surprised seeing what I had to go through because of the village.

Nevertheless, he and he alone had set me on a better path then the one I was heading down. I began to recover lost fragments of my mind when I ran into some old friends of the wandering Konoha tribe as it was now called. I had forgotten everything that it meant to be a shinobi of the leaf and began to take it to heart once more.

Just as I was learning, Madara struck with his full force and wiped out every single person out. I fought him to my full extant and came out victorious, but at a price. I had no energy left or the will to continue. I was easy pickings for Kisame and Konan, who were now the last of the Akatsuki and were still going to carry out their plan even though Zetsu left as there was no longer a reason to continue without Madara.

So that is how I am here now, having the fox extracted from my gut. He isn't enjoying this even though he has already admitted to me that it is better then being stuck within an insane ningen like me. Hmp. He did not need to state the obvious as I already knew I was insane. I knew I was soon as this entire mess started. I had to admit, I was in pain as they pulled the fox out, but I had gone through worse. Hell, they didn't even bind me to do this as they knew I was willing. I wanted death as I had admitted that to Madara but could not give my life to another without a fight.

My vision darkened and I know they aren't close to finishing the process. Hell, they hadn't even removed two full tails and I was dying. Hah! They are going to die as Kyuubi will be freed at this rate. And without Madara, they can't control him. Oh, irony has its perks and for once it is working out for me. I die and the Akatsuki gets anally raped by Kyuubi for trying to control the nine bijuu. Can't have it any better with my tragic life. This is as good as it goods and I'm going to make the best of it while I can.

I laugh as they scream in horror as the fox breaks the seal. I know I am already dead, but somehow I am laughing. My heart isn't even beating yet I'm still laughing as the fox rips them to shreds like they were chew toys. I don't know what took over me. Was it another demon that was allowing me to laugh at the bloody mess of the Akatsuki or was I just letting go of all my pent up emotions after seventeen years of bottling them in? Kyuubi turned to me and attempted to kill me, but some sort of shield protected me from the fox. I heard him mention something about the Gods, but I could not understand too much of him as finally I was beginning to fade from this world as I should have been five minutes ago.

Suddenly I hear many roars and unearthly screams along with massive amounts of power being release. I know it is the other bijuu and Kyuubi was the one to release them. I know what they are going to do, but with my dying body I really can't do a thing. The insane portion of my mind asks me why I care, but I refuse to answer it. Giving it an answer only empowers its control over me. But then again, does it matter? I am dead after all. It is only a matter of time before I'm in the otherworld and placed in Heaven or the Underworld.

I can no longer see, but now I know they are gone. All but one. I can still sense one, but I can no longer sense which one it is or how powerful it was so I could have a clue which one would be devouring his body. I felt my life force draining, but to my surprise, I heard a woman's voice echoing in my ears as darkness clouded my vision. "You are one with the darkness, but it shall not claim you. Not yet. You have much value and have use for other worlds besides this one. It is within my power to spare you this time, so I will as I am sorry for what has happened to you. Live... And enjoy what you could not enjoy in this world."

Suddenly, I found myself in a world of devoid of all life. White was all that I could see. Great, maybe I'm in Limbo. I guess they thought this would be my version of hell. Eh, at least they know how to hurt me correctly then if they are going to torture me. Okay, what is with this gigantic door that just appeared in front of me? It seems ancient and could break if I struck it hard enough, but something tells me this door is very steady. Maybe this is the door that will lead me to the after life. Maybe they're all on one plain?

Eh, might as well open it. Have nothing better to do after all, I'm dead. Funny, this wasn't how I pictured death to be at all. It is, kind of quiet and nice. I always pictured it to be spiraling in nothingness for all eternity, but I can't complain. Damn this door is heavy. How in the hell does this thing open? Is it telling me I'm not ready to cross over? Well that's bull shit. I'm dead; I should be allowed to join the rest in the after life.

The door suddenly swung open and I barely jumped back in time to avoid having my face broken. I wonder how that would feel like when you are dead as it was a very painful experience while alive. Wait, I thought that in death you couldn't feel pain or anything like that? ...Huh, this is odd. It seems that the gate is beckoning me into it. Now I'm really wondering if I should go. This plain looks like its more enjoyable then that one. Must be the Underworld... Well, crap. The fox's screws me once more. Let's see what its... "NO!"

"No... No... NO! This can't be right! Why is everyone here?! Chouji! Hinata! Ino! Kiba! Shino! Shikamaru! Sakura!! Old man!! Oba-chan!! Ero-sennin!! Shizune!! GAARA!! SASUKE!! ...No... God no... Not you two... No... this isn't right... WHY?! GODDAMMIT WHY?! NOT ALL OF THEM DESERVED THIS FATE YOU BASTARDS! IS IT ME YOU WANT?! ....FINE, TAKE ME AND RELEASE THEM! THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE HERE! TAKE MY DAUGHTER AND HER MOTHER AND GET THEM THE FUCK OUT OF THIS PLACE!"

I watch as hands blacker then any black I had ever seen before shot out from inside the gate and gripped my extremities and wrapped around my torso. It seemed they had heard my plea and I would be sacrificed for my child and her mother. They pulled me into the gate with speeds beyond what I can believe. I can see beady little eyes attached to the beings as they tried to rip off my limbs for their own. I see the others look at me with sorrow in their eyes, but then I see my father standing by a red haired woman. I instinctively know that woman is my mother and I try to call out to her. "Mother?!"

She hears me; I know she does as she looks at me with tears welling up within her eyes. She wants to speak, but then I see why everyone here had not done so. These black creatures had taken something from everyone whether it is an eye or a leg. And they had taken my mother's tongue. Rage courses through my body as I call upon my power. I know I don't have any in this world, but it was coming nonetheless. Suddenly a pitch black scythe dropped and cut me off from the black creatures.

On instinct I grabbed the weapon and slice the minions and on touch they are absorbed into the blade and it grows darker. The minions run scared as they see the weapon as if it wielded some sort of power over them. I turned back to my friends and family with the scythe firmly in my grip. I want them out of here and into a better place as they deserve it. I might not, but at best I'm getting my mother and my daughter out of this place.

But before I could act, I feel things entering my mind as something is pulling me away from them. Images flash through my mind and I don't know what they are about. I try to get rid of them and try to reach out for my family, but I could not as I was being pulled harder by the omnipotent force then I was before. I knew it had to be a God that was pulling me back as there was nothing else that could keep me away from doing what I knew was right. I screamed for my mother and daughter over and over again, but only my mother responds with a small, sad smile and I hear her voice for the first time as if one of the creatures had given her tongue back. "Live my son. This is where we live now; you still have your life."

I feel tears streaming from my eyes at her statement. I redoubled my efforts to reach them, but I could not. I screamed their names until I could see no more. All I have left now... Is nothing.

(End of Naruto's POV)

In a large desert, a small blonde haired teen was walking along side a giant suit of armor and a large, ripped man. While this was out of place in any world, it was a normal day for the two brothers and their muscled guard.

To many people's surprise, the one in the armor was only a child at heart. While this was surprising, many more would be surprised that he was twelve yet he sounded eight. And there were many that would think the one wearing the suit of armor was insane as they were in a desert, however it wasn't because he had no body and was attached to the suit through his soul. His name was Alphonse Elric, the younger of the brothers Elric.

The tinier of the two brothers was wearing a red trench coat over his black sleeveless shirt and leather pants. He had a pair of white gloves but the odd pocket watch hanging just inside his pocket watch caught many people's attention as that was the symbol for a State Alchemist. He had a quite vicious and short temperament and wasn't afraid to scream obscenities at those who angered him and attempt to attack them. His name was Edward Elric, the elder and least responsible of the brothers Elric.

And finally the large man walking besides them was thoroughly chiseled and considered by most to be overly buff. He was almost completely bald except for the little lock of blonde, wavy hair on the top of his forehead. His eyes seemed to sparkle and give off a frightening gleam like that could rival Gai's. And it didn't help his case that he liked to flaunt his muscles around in questioning manners. His name was Major Armstrong, a hero of the Eastern Rebellion despite the horrible truth of what happened.

After about twenty minutes of walking aimlessly through the desert, the larger of the two brothers spoke in what seemed to be a young boy's voice. "Brother, it seems like we are walking in circles and it is only going hotter as the sun is almost on top of us. I think we're lost."

"Al, we're not lost... We're being forced to walk like this... We're caught in some sort of illusion." Edward answered in a deeper voice then his body looked as his eyes looked around for the culprit at fault. "I've noticed this for a while as we should be out of the desert by now and we keep passing that same sand dune over and over. I'm letting the one think he has us in his grasp while trying to find him. So play along, got it Al?"

Alphonse nodded as he caught onto what was going on and played his part. He knew his brother would get them out of this mess; it was only when that was the problem. If they didn't get out soon, his brother would dehydrate and Major Armstrong would have to find the one using the illusion while he worried about his brother. Turning to the said Major, he noticed that Armstrong was nodding as he was searching for the ones responsible for this himself. "Don't worry yourself young Alphonse. We should be out of here and in Central in no time."

Feeling a little better as he knew Armstrong would come through if Edward couldn't; he kept his cool as he kept a watchful eye just to make sure they didn't miss the culprit at hand. Of course as he was searching, he caught a glint of a strange gleam. It was as if someone else in the desert was wearing a shiny metal object. Poking both his brother and Armstrong to take a look, both caught it and all three were quickly on what they believed to be the cause of their entrapment.

However they found a blonde haired teenager wearing an orange jumpsuit with black sleeves on his jacket and what happened to be a pitch black scythe besides him. They noticed the lack of sand on his clothes and his pale complexion despite the heat of the desert leading them to believe he was dropped off. Armstrong was quickly on his knees and checking if he had a pulse before nodding to himself feeling a slight one. "Alphonse, I need the canteen. He's dehydrated and won't make it long without some water in his system."

Al didn't even need the explanation as he already pulled the canteen from his hatch and handed it to Edward, who was feeding it gently to the unconscious teen's mouth. They all saw his eyes flicker as the water entered his system, but they closed once against as he did not have the strength to keep them open. From around them, the scenery began to flicker in and out before fading away leaving them to see that central was not too far away. Edward narrowed his eyes at this, but Armstrong did not as he picked up the orange wearing blonde and put him over his shoulder while holding the scythe in his other hand. "Hm, it seems whoever it was that was holding us in the illusion wanted us to find the boy. Nevertheless, we need to get him to the hospital right away."

Neither Alphonse nor Edward could argue with the Major at that point. The unconscious blonde was far paler then natural and he just looked like he needed medical attention. Without wasting a second, they were chasing the surprisingly fast Major through the desert as he set the pace to a hospital.

(Naruto's Point of View)

Floating in darkness still huh? Figures that I wouldn't be allowed to live a normal after life. God, what did I do to deserve such punishment? Can I honestly be told for once? It is getting ridiculous with all the crap that happens in my life. Is it wrong of me to ask for one little thing in return for going through all that I have done? ...Sigh... I guess it is. I guess I have to wait this out... And maybe when it is all over I can see my little girl again and mother again...

"And what will that do, human."

I heard the voice, but looking all around, I could not find it. All there was darkness. A never ending void with no chance of escape. But the voice echo's through me as if it around her, but has no point of origin.

"Seeing them again will only cause you pain. Nothing can change the fate of the dead permanently... Except one thing in this world. I brought you here to find that object, the Philosopher's Stone, and if you find it, I will bring your daughter back with it. However, it is being hunted by despicable people that desire what should not be attainable. While what you want is selfish too, boy, it is something that was wrongfully taken from you and something you deserve. There are, however, good people searching for it as well with goals like your own. You need to distinguish who is who and take your side in the conflict before it is over."

My eyes narrowed as I heard the voice. I could now tell it was obvious a female speaking and her voice was familiar, I just couldn't place it. I continued to look around the area, searching for the voice until, out of nowhere, a shadowed body formed in front of my eyes. It had a feminine shape, but other then the gold pupils with dilated iris in the center I was unable to distinguish any key features. After looking at her body for a moment, my eyes found their way to hers as I spoke in as a control voice as it was physically possible for me to speak. "And... If I were to do this... What would you get out of it? No one does anything for free."

All I heard was a laugh from the shadowed figure as she sauntered her way towards me before pressing her ample chest to mine and looked me straight in the eyes with her demonic ones. I was no fool. I knew she was one of the nine, but I was sure she wasn't the fox and that was the only that was keeping me alive right now. "Oh you will learn soon enough, my young prince of the leaves. However without the fox within you, you won't have her abilities to sustain you in battle. However I've taken it upon myself to give you some of my Gods power. I hope you enjoy your scythe, boy."

Something was wrong and I knew it. She wasn't tell me and I wanted to know what was going on now. More then that, I wanted to know why I was so familiar with her actions as they made me feel at ease and few could me make feel that. I just saw her smirk as my mind was going a mile a minute, trying to figure out who she was before she shut my brain down with a quick kiss to my lips. "Now, now. Don't go thinking too much otherwise you'll short circuit your little brain my Naruto. As I said, you will learn who I am and what I want soon enough... Now... AWAKEN!"

Then as if it never happened, light flooded my vision.

(End of Naruto's POV)

"I'm not sure he's going to wake up soon brother." Alphonse spoke as he stood next to the window, sulking that they weren't outside on a gorgeous day like this. While his brother was on duty, it was to do research on the philosopher's stone and since they had just spoke to Marcoh, they were suppose to look up some books he wrote and find what he left in them about the stone. Still, that meant getting up and walking in the sun to get to Central Library.

"Come on Al; just wait a little longer will ya? Hell, even the Colonel having patience... Why the hell are you here again along with Hughes, Mustang?" Edward spoke in a relax tone even as he lay down in his now reclining chair, thanks to alchemy. He knew this annoyed them to no end and he loved to put a frown on Roy's face as much as he could. He rather have his fist in his face, but a frown would have to suffice while on duty as punching your superior officer often had bad results. In this case having his ass deep fried and smothered in flames would be a quick and painless sentence.

Mustang twitched at Fullmetal's tone of voice and reclining chair. Not only that, he had to inquire why he was here as even he really didn't know. All he knew was that the Fuhrer wanted him to look over him and find out what he could as the circumstances of finding him were quite extraordinary. While he understood Hughes was here as he was the head of the Investigations Division and good at putting together the clues, he did not understand why he had to be here. And damn Hughes was pissing him off with that picture of his daughter. He had seen the girl over a thousand times already, did he need to see her more! "I don't know Fullmetal. I could ask you the same question, but I already know why you are here... And Hughes, if you don't... ...Al. Did you just meow?"

Somehow, someway, the metal boy found away to blush as he began to try and cover up his chest. Three collective beads of sweet were rolling down the back of Edward's, Hughes' and Roy's head as they instantly figured out what was going on. So being his brother, Edward scrunched up his face as he looked over has brother. "Al, please tell me you don't have another cat in your armor."

"NO!" Alphonse waved his hands in front of him wildly while trying to make an innocent face with his metallic face. Somehow, he managed to do so, defying all the laws of nature in the process.

Placing his hand over his face as he looked at his brother, Edward let out a deep sigh before holding out his hand. "Give it here Al. You know we can't keep it and now trying to tell me otherwise. We don't have the time to take care of a small animal, but I will find him a good home."

"Alright brother..." Alphonse sighed as he knew his brother was right. He pulled his hatch open to reveal a small black cat with a white ring of fur around its neck and dazzling gold eyes. The said cat meowed louder as Al was about to reach down and pick him up when the cat suddenly jumped out of his armor and onto the hospital bed and began circling around and embedding itself into the now roused ex-jinchuuriki. This caught all four off guard, but none more so then Alphonse as he reached for the cat. "Ah! Sorry about that..."

"It's fine." Naruto spoke in blank tone that revealed nothing about the blonde. He looked at the cat and noticed its gold eyes, but paid it no heed as many cats had the same colored eyes as the demon he was talking to only moments before. His cold, electric blue eyes scanned all four of them and made notes as he analyzed them for possible threats. Knowing he wasn't in any immediate danger, he slowly stroked the cat's head and spoke in the same emotionless tone. "So why exactly are all of you here? I doubt it is all because you found me in the middle of a desert."

His tone caught them all off guard; however, Mustang was able to quickly identify the teen's problems and quickly filed them under traumatic events. Pushing his elbow into Hughes gut for him to answer his question as he was the one suppose to be gathering information as Ed and Al were only there to check if he was okay.

Understanding what the elbow was for, Hughes nodded as he turned to the blonde haired teen and took a serious pose. That lasted for about five seconds as Hughes went into his father mode and decided to show another his beautiful daughter, Elisa. "You see! This is my daughter Elisa! Isn't she the most gorgeous girl you have ever seen! Oh see is only three now and is learning how to speak full sentences! Oh, she makes me so happy!"

Naruto's body froze as he saw the picture of the girl. He had nothing against her and had to admit she was cute, but it was what he could see about the picture that was frightening him. Instead of seeing Hughes' daughter smiling and hugging a teddy bear, he saw his young daughter holding a bottle of milk in the arms of her blonde haired mother. Tears began to stream from his face as his body began to curl into his and away from the infectious Hughes. Then it happened. He saw the body of his daughter slain and her blood and guts splattered along the walls of the house. His body began to quake as he mumbled her name over and over as the cat jumped off his lap and hissed at the now surprised Hughes.

Mustang quickly pulled Hughes back having seen reactions like this and once having one like this before, he calmly assess the situation before pushing the button as there was nothing that could be done at the moment. A nurse quickly rushed in along with a doctor and the two began working on the struggling shinobi and he led the four out of the room before turning to Hughes with his eyes burning in anger. "Under no circumstances are you to ever do that near him again, Lieutenant! Do your job; that is all that is asked of you! We don't know a thing about him and for all we know he could have a phobia of children! Now get your act together, please. ...I'm going to go for a walk and think about what's going on. I'll be back in ten."

As Maes looked solemnly at the ground, Roy slowly took a stroll around the hospital as he thought about what he saw in the room. The eyes alone told him the story and he was frightened at what he saw. 'That boy knows more horrors then I can even imagine... To be frightened at the image of a girl... That is something else entirely. I've never seen anything much less heard of something like that without the person having a fear of children of the opposite sex. And it seemed before he was frightened he was reminiscing... Damn, not even a full fledge adult yet and having that sort of life... And I thought I had it bad...'

Walking around for a moment more, he returned to the room to see both Edward and Alphonse sitting on the bench with somber faces as Hughes leaned against the wall oppose to them. Sighing to himself, he walked over to Hughes and leaned against the wall next to him and shaking his head. "Sorry, I was reacting to the situation as called for. However that was still an order, but let me handle trying to get him to speak. Somehow, I think I can relate to him more."

He could see the questioning gazes of both Ed and Maes, but he shook his head as he looked at the door quietly, waiting for the doctor and nurse to come out and give them a diagnosis. It still was a whole twenty minutes before both the doctor and nurse came from the room tired and a little banged up. Wanting the report, Mustang headed over to the doctor, who was thoroughly tired and just wanting to get home as he tired, looked up at him and sighed. "We went into a state of shock and we injected him with fifty CCs of Sodium Pentothal to put him asleep until our psyche specialist can take a look at him. Surprisingly all it did was calm him down from his shock. We still would have given him another fifty to up the dosage if he hadn't convinced us he didn't need it."

Mustang didn't like how he emphasized the last part, but he had to credit the doctor as he was irritated and tired as well as a little beat up. Not wanting him to bother him longer, he decided to wrap this up quickly. "Can we go back in and continue?"

Getting the doctors permission as he motioned for him to go in, he did so and was quickly followed by Edward, Alphonse and Hughes. They were treated to the same sight they first saw Naruto when he woke up as the black cat with a white ring around its neck purring away in the shinobi's lap, who was automatically stroking the cat's spine. There was a long, awkward pause until Naruto broke with his slightly dark tone. "... Seeing that you are here again... Will you please get to the point?"

Having called himself as the one to do the investigation now, Roy sighed as it was going to be a long day filled with having to deal with angsty teenagers. While he knew Edward had a good reason and this blonde haired teen more then likely did, he was sick and tired and having to be the one to put up with them. "Can you drop the attitude? I'm sorry for my partner's irresponsibility, but he has an eccentric personality like that and does this to us all the time."

"My condolences for that... However, if you have a problem with my personality... If you lived the life I've had, you would have killed yourself by now, so fucking get over it and ask what you got to ask or get the hell out." Naruto answered in a darker voice as his electric blues hues darkened at his statement as his face hardened.

Everyone was caught off guard as they already learned a good detail about his life in one simple statement. His voice and face told years of hardship far beyond any of their comprehension. Quickly pulling himself together as he had a pretty horrible past himself, Roy tilted his head at the affirmation of his statement before returning to his regular, stoic self. "Alright, that is fine. We, however, do need to know why we found you in the desert? Not only that, but there was some sort of illusion that had allowed the two Elrics here..." Roy motioned over towards both Edward and Alphonse, "That only stopped when they found you. We figure that you have to know something..."

"Nope. I can't explain a damn thing as I severely suck at genjutsu and couldn't cast one if my life depended on it." Naruto interrupted making them wonder what in the hell genjutsu were. Feeling out of place already and knowing this wasn't his home world, Naruto sighed as he leaned back against his tilted bed. "A genjutsu is a powerful illusion that the people of my old village can cast to hide themselves, trick their opponents or make them feel intense pain… An area I am absolutely dismal in at best. So I cannot help you if some sort of illusion led you to me as it is not my doing."

As Roy was twitching from the sarcasm laced in Naruto's voice and refrained from slipping his glove on and snapping, Alphonse blinked, another abnormality of nature he was able to perform in his suit of armor. So his brother and Armstrong were right when someone had caught them in an illusion, they just had the wrong person. "So there was someone else out there. I knew it!"

"Bravo. Did you just find that out yourself, metal face?" Naruto responded sarcastically as he was about to clap for him. Just as he did, a burst of wind centered from his clap caught a hold of everyone and blew them back with the only ones that were able to hold their ground were Naruto himself and Mustang. Soon as the burst of wind ended, Naruto was the first to speak in a heated tone. "And what the fuck was that?! I've been clapping seventeen years and that has never once happened before until I come to this God-forsaken place!"

As Ed quickly jumped up and attempted to strangle Naruto for catching them off guard, Roy gripped him by the back of his coat as he thought for a moment. Once he was finished, he purposely sneezed into Edward's hair having the short blonde's rage turn to him as he was still focused on Naruto, therefore able to ignore him. "You don't know what alchemy is, do you?"

"Al-key-me? Hell no! Never heard of it unless its something like chakra, which somehow I really, really doubt it is." Naruto answered in his still sarcastic tone as he searched around the room, looking for his clothes. He really wanted out of here and knew he was more then capable of taking care of himself at the moment. Seeing that his stuff was situated in the room, he had a feeling the guys in the blue military fatigue knew where it was. He knew without a doubt they were part of the military from the patches on their shoulders and chest and finally that two of them were dressed exactly the same.

Mustang frowned hearing this as he had never heard of chakra actually being used since the days of old when alchemy became a more followed field then technology and chakra. Something was going on and he was going to find out what, but before he could continue, Edward beat him to the punch. "Alchemy is difficult to explain, so its best left for the books as there are many different kinds of it but they are all based on a few principles. I've seen someone else use the air with their alchemy... But unlike them you didn't need a seal to use it... Just like me... ...When did you see it?"

While Roy was angered that Fullmetal interrupted him, he was also wondering what it was. However, Naruto understood as his eyes narrowed as he noticed the slight gleam of metal coming from his arm, knowing something was wrong. "Hmp... If it is the Gate of the Underworld your talking about... Yeah, I saw that wretched place right before passing through it and ending up here."

Edward narrowed his eyes at the name he called it, but he knew it had truth to the statement as the dead did live in the Gate of Truth. But what he said about passing through it was something he was not counting on. But this time before he could ask, Mustang interrupted him as he broke up the conversation. "That is enough for now. We got what we came here to learn. However, in the mean time mister..."

"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto plainly answered. He knew his father's name, but refused to use it as the bastard left him with nothing. His mother did as well, but she had nothing to give so there was a difference other then her medical jutsu and he really couldn't use that type of jutsu.

Nodding to himself at his name, Mustang continued where he left off. "However, Uzumaki, we will have you under close watch for now as something about this entire situation is off and I want to know what. Edward will be your guard for now until I can get back to Central and get you some better company as Fullmetal isn't entirely stable. Now I need to go and report this with Hughes, Alphonse, keep your brother in line."

"SAY THAT TO MY FACE WILL YOU?!" Edward ranted as he was just about to jump up and punch Mustang in the face.

With a slight nod in understand, Naruto watched as Roy left with Maes leaving a fuming Edward and a dead panned Alphonse. Once the door was closed, the short blonde was pacing around the room while ranting about how he was going to pound the Flame into the ground making Naruto raise his eyebrow at him before sighing out loud as he looked over at him. "Hey shorty, will you shut the hell up? I'm tired here and want to rest but with you spouting off about your Colonel every second makes that kind of difficult."

As Edward tried to blow up at the bedded Uzumaki, Alphonse grabbed him and nodded. "Sorry about my brother... He has an explosive temper and a height complex, especially with me being bigger then he is even though I'm younger." Of course this just sparked another fury of rants from Edward which in turn made both Naruto and Alphonse sweat drop at the scene. "Um... I'll just take him outside. My name is Alphonse by the way and my brother is Edward, nice to meet you."

Naruto only tilted his head in their direction for confirmation as he was not interested in talking very much. While the anesthetic had not worked on him it did make him a little drowsy and seeing that his reserves weren't filling as fast as they normally would, he knew he needed rest. Then again without Kyuubi he knew he was going to be more vulnerable and unable to rely on his fast regeneration as much even though he could still tell that his body knew how to heal itself with its own chakra.

Seeing that the brothers had walked outside, he pressed the button on his bed and lowered it a little so he could lay back. He still was automatically stroking the cat's spine, which in turn made him wonder why he was doing so. Looking down at the cat, he smiled a little as it looked up at him before shaking his head. He knew that the image of cats should be haunting him, but then again he did love the animal so it was hard to tell. "Well little girl, I guess your mine now. Eh, I should name you... Nightingale."

A rare smile graced Naruto's lips as the cat purred at its name. Petting it a few more times, he leaned back against his bedding and closed his eyes. "Good night, Nightingale."

(Naruto's Point of View)

It was night time and I was wide awake. I wasn't sure why, but I felt something was going to happen and I needed to be up for it. I could see Nightingale sleeping peacefully on my lap and I would leave her there as she was comfortable. I really didn't want to check if it was a male or female, so calling it a girl for now would work as most the cats I've known have been female.

My mind wonders to my deceased fiancée as I think of this. I knew something was off with her when I first met her, but I still got involved and ended up falling for her. Or at least I think it was her. All her friends had told me she seemed to be a different person when I was around and her eyes had a different gleam and it was something they were not sure about. I asked her about it on multiple occasions, but she never once cracked and told me not to worry, my Naruto.

Before I could even begin to connect the dots as to what was going on, I hear foot steps heading towards my room. I would have believed it to be a nurse, however, it wasn't a light tapping but a loud thud leaving me to believe it was probably another military man. Hearing the soldier in front of the door salute the man and call him Fuhrer, I know this man has much importance as he walks into my room. He was a tall man and had a dark skin, but his face had warmth to it that made me feel a little calmer about being in the room with him. However, the feeling I got when I was around him was that off death.

I notice the Colonel was besides him with my equipment, but with a spare military fatigue as well and I could only guess as to what they wanted. They wanted me to join. While it was tempting, there was something off about this entire thing and I needed to know what was going on. But before I could even move my lips, the man known as the Fuhrer spoke in a rather docile tone for his size. "Relax young man. I've come here to make you an offer. Colonel Mustang here has already seen your skills first hand an I believe them to be adequate enough to offer you a position as a State Alchemist."

"What are the benefits?" I hear myself asking them. I would have normally never even dreamed of joining another military, but I also know there are always benefits for doing so and being in a new world without knowing the layout of the land was a hindering factor.

Mustang was the one that stepped forward to speak for the Fuhrer, who only smiled at me as Roy answered my question. "Besides having three square meals a day, you are allowed into all the libraries here in Central and other headquarters to research the field of your choice. Also you are allowed complete freedom within the laws of the state outside of your missions. And finally as the Fuhrer requested that you work under him, you are given the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and allowed into some of the more classified files. Now, what say you?"

It was obvious that Mustang did not like what was going on and I couldn't blame him. He was already being given a rank just below him and I hadn't even been interested in joining the military until just now. Something was going on and the best way to find out was from within. "I wish to join and I have chosen my field. I want to research and seek the Philosopher's Stone."

The Fuhrer only smiled at me as I said this. "Done."

(End of Naruto's POV)

A/N2: There is the first chapter of The Wind Alchemist. I know it does seem a lot like the remade start of Search for the Philosopher's Stone and I admit it does have a similar starting theme, but it will not end up being the same story. However I am building it from the ruins of the said story so it of course is going to have similarities. I'm going through this story right now as it is on my mind, Fullmetal Alchemist is being shown on Adult Swim once more and that both my Naruto Chronicle chapters are giving me some grade A trouble.

Now, I know some of you are wondering why I did some of the things I did that have serious alter the story from the original story. The answer is simple, plot device. Many others are wondering why I changed the story altogether and that answer is simple. The Search for the Philosopher's Stone was never what I really, really wanted it to be. I could say all these things about it; however the easiest way to say it is that the story wasn't strong enough on its own. Other then that, if you have any questions, please leave them in a review. Peace out.