Do not own Hetalia: Axis Powers or Soul Eater. Although I am surprised that someone have yet to do this plot idea.

No Beta so errors are my own.

If you have read my other chapter story, The Adventure of Jack Frost in America, this is along the same vain, only this time it will be between Lord Death or The Grim Reaper and his friendship/alliance with the personification of the USA. This does take place in the same universe as my other story, The Adventures of Jack Frost in America although reading the other story is optional to understand. It does mean that I will have cameos of the Rise of the Guardians characters. There will be state OCs but they will only be expected to play a minor role.

3/3/2017 This story have since went into AU territory but the elements will become clear.

"Papa, tell us a story! Please!" Pleaded a child with brown hair.

"What would you like?" Ask the father.

"Something different," cheered a little girl with blond hair.

"Ok then," acquitted the man, "This is a tale of helping a stranger in the 1340s…"

It all started with a hug. Of course there is more, but the hug was what ultimately started the oddest friendship that many people who know about it deem the oddest on Earth…

It was in the barren land west of the Rocky Mountains that a lone city sits. It was an odd city made of stone, adobe, and wood that is ruled by the mysterious entity called Death.

A women and her three child had arrived because she needed to speak to the elusive figure known as the Reaper. Of course she did not want to bring her children but she could not leave them alone.

She told them, "Do not let anyone in for there monsters around every corner, so do not trust strangers little ones for they may be a soul eater. You should know who to trust." She then set them down for a nap while she seeks to find Death.

Now two of the children listen to their mother and took a nap as commanded, but the third did not want to sleep. He wanted to find Death and defeat these monsters. So he sneaked away from his brother and sister.

The child travels and after a while and bumps into a tall man with black hair with amber eyes. Looking up the child looks up and ask, "Have you seen the monsters Mama warned me about?"

The man turn his head, "No I have not, what are you looking for?"

The child said back, "I am looking for Death."

The man says, "Watch out for soul eaters."

The boy next runs into a women with grey hair and brown eyes and again the boy ask, "Have you seen the monsters Mama warned me about?"

The woman turn her head, "No I have not, what are you looking for?"

The child said back, "I am looking for Death." The women said, "You should be with your family."

The boy runs into a third man wearing a black cloak. Looking up the child sees dark hair and gold eyes, and ask, "Have you seen the monsters Mama warned me about?"

The figure turn his hooded head, "No I have not, what are you looking for?"

The child said back, "I am looking for Death."

"Why?"

"Because Mama have to speak with Death about something super important! And Mama would be so happy and I want to make her happy and proud." Boosted the boy.

"Why do we not look together?"

The child shake his head, "Mama said to never go with strangers unless I feel that the can be trusted because Mama said that I should know if I can trust my people."

The man in black smile, "Your Mama is smart. I insist that I help you home."

The child looked at the pale man and ask, "Why are you pale?"

The man chuckle weakly and said, "I often have to travel to the land beyond the seas where the people are pale and dying."

The boy ask if it get boring to help dying people.

The man nodded and said it is. The man then said, "You best be heading home little one."

The child nodded yes and turn to leave. But before he does so, the boy hugs the man saying that everybody needs a hug.

The man froze and before he could think about it, the child leaves.

The boy was about to get home when he see the man and the women from before. The boy froze then try to run away only to be cornered. The child backs towards the wall.

The first man approached with mouth salivating, he said, "Your soul will be tasty."

The women chuckled, "What an easy soul to eat."

As the child stood frightened, an ominous and familiar voice said, "By my command, you will leave the child alone."

The man scoff and the women ignored the threat.

The cloaked figure step forward and in one shift motion, grabbed the necks of both them and lifted them of the ground said, "Your time is now." The snarling people burst into dust scaring the child. In the both hands of the cloaked figure was holding glowing orbs. The savior, scoffed and said, "Ghost Eaters, typical."

The child creep forward and said meekly, "What was that?"

The man with the stripe hair look down and smiled, "That was a wendigo ghost, much worse than a normal wendigo. Instead of the flesh, they eat the souls of people."

The child shivered.

"You best be heading home little nation," said his rescuer softly.

The child wanted to thank the strange cloaked man and so the child hug the man and said, "Want to come with me so you can meet Mama so I do not get in trouble and…"

The cloak gave a deep menacing laugh and said, "Are you sure little one?"

The child not falling for the trick scold him and said, "Acting mean does not mean that you are mean. You feel nice compare to those wen-degos."

And so the man laughs his dark laugh and lifts the child and carries him home. When they arrived, the boy's siblings were awake with worry, while their mother was not back yet. While they wait, the children try to feed the man and the boy resume his questions about the people from beyond the seas. The cloak seem to be happy. So the children and the cloaked man waited for the mother while they talked about people, death, and why water goes down.

When their mother return, she entered with being strangely silent for she was sad for she did not find Death. When she saw the cloak she step in to protect her children, her eyes looking around the room.

Shrieking, the children protested to stop.

So the mother eyed the being and ask what he wanted.

The man smiled and said, "I wanted to thank your son for being so nice."

The mother ask, "Which son?"

The man said it was the loud son. Staring hard at her children, she turned to the cloak and ask for his name.

The cloak lowered his hood to reveal what was once a face was now a skull, "I am Death and I was told that you wanted to speak to me."

The mother stood brave and nodded.

"Then let's talk," he rumbled.

The children waited as their mother and their new friend Death talked. They came back and she told them that they are leaving.

The family packed up and set off. As they were about to leave the City, Death was waiting for them in the front gate. The loud boy ran up and gave a hug for 'his new friend.'

Death return the hug and told him that if in need, ask Death for help. While look in awe, the children wave to Death goodbye.

The man smiled as he tucks in his sleeping children.

Giving them a goodnight kiss and as he leaves them, one child sleepily said, "Are they still friends?"

Smiling he said, "Yes, they are." The man leaves and closes the door. Giving a smile he walked to his study. Opening the door, he did not even blink when he notice another 'person' in his room. Leaning on the closed door he ask, "What do you need now?"

The man with skin as white as clouds and hair as black night with his three strange horizontal stripes in his hair was standing there. The man smile, "Hello America."

"Well," drawled America, "Hello Death."

Ugh…the first chapter always seem the hardest.

An important note; I will be basing this on the anime with some ideas from the manga. Mostly because I have not read the manga but seen almost all of the anime but thought the ideas in the manga is great for the story. A little headcanon that Lord Death looks like his son but older when he needs to look human.

Did you get that history bit? Hint: what was happening in the 1340's elsewhere?