This is the first installment in my Scott Pilgrim/Hetalia crossover. I hope you enjoy it.
If the beginning seems unnecessary to anyone, I'll edit this chapter to accommodate the change.
A teenage girl sat on the bus next to her mother, clutching her books while pretending she couldn't hear the latter nagging her to get a boyfriend. She sighed and glanced towards the other side of the bus where she saw a young man sitting alone and looking, as her English teacher would have described it, rather melancholy.
The sadness on the young man's face aside, she found herself thinking about how cute he was with his longish blond hair, blue eyes and red maple leaf hoodie. For what reason was a guy like him so glum?
A lone car suddenly pulled out from a driveway and into the path of the bus, stunning the driver. He slammed his foot hard on the brake and the vehicle came to a rapid stop, the force sending many of the passengers forward.
A few exchanges of profanity between the two drivers later, the girl was hurriedly picking her dropped books that had scattered all over the floor of the bus.
The large man behind the steering wheel stared at her impatiently as she went down on her hands and knees to retrieve her maths textbook from beneath one of the front seats.
She got up and brushed some dust off her knees when she heard a gentle voice behind her.
"Hey, here's the rest of them." The cute guy from earlier said politely, holding a large pile of books effortlessly in his hands. "I could help you carry some later if that's alright with you."
"Thank you so much." The girl thanked him. She was beginning to feel a fluttering in her chest, but couldn't think of a logical reason.
"So, how do I say your name? I saw it written in one of your books..." He asked once the two of them were back in their seats and the bus was moving again.
"Just call me 'Mei'!" She called out in reply.
"May?"
"Yeah! What's your name?!"
Four young people, three men and one female, sat around a dining table eating their breakfast.
"You're dating a high schooler? What's wrong with you?!" The lone female asked our story's hero, Matthew Williams.
"It's not what you think, Liz..." He said in embarrassment as he poured dollops of maple syrup over his pancakes. "She's mature and smart, and I think she understands me..."
He sat down at the table and began to eat his pancakes while being seemingly oblivious to the disapproving looks of the other two people there.
"Seriously, Matt? How desperate are you?" The one by the name of Alfred uttered in concern. "She'd better be hot, is all I'm saying."
"Um, that word's not what I'd use to describe her. She's more cute, if you know what I mean..."
"What have you guys done together so far?" The youngest at the table, a mere adolescent by the name of Emil inquired in curiosity.
"Well, we've ridden the bus together, talked, gone shopping, the usual..."
"You two kissed yet?"
"We've only held hands, Alfred."
"So she's cute, huh? Are you evil or are you just really stupid?"
"What did you say, Liz?"
"Nothing you'd care about." She retorted bitterly.
"So what's her name?" Alfred asked another question, now genuinely interested in Matthew's dating life.
"May. Or at least that's what she told me. I don't think it's her real one..."
"Tell us how you met her!"
"It's a long story, but I believe it happened on the bus one day..."
"Is that all? That was actually pretty short." Liz sighed in disappointment as she set up her drums for band practice.
She waited for a reply from Matthew, but one never came, for he was distracted by the ringing of the doorbell.
"Oh, I think it's her! I told her she could come over today!"
He ran to the door and opened it swiftly to reveal a smiling young Asian girl standing on the doorstep.
"Hi, Matthew." She greeted him shyly, flashing her perfect white teeth as she spoke.
"Hello, May. You're welcome to come in if you want-"
"Not so fast, bro."
Alfred came to the door and peered out at Mei, who looked back in confusion.
"Oh, this is Alfred. He's the lead guitarist in our band..." Matthew began to explain, only for Alfred to slam the door shut before Mei could enter.
"Is she gonna geek out?" He asked Matthew in complete seriousness.
"I'll tell her to just sit in the corner..."
"Dude, I want her to geek out."
Matthew blinked and thought of all the times he'd hung out with her, taking special note on how she had reacted to specific events before formulating his answer.
"Yeah, she definitely has the capacity to geek..."
Mei sat down on the couch next to Emil as the older kids set up their instruments in preparation for rehearsal.
"So what do you play?" She asked the silver-haired teen hesitantly.
"Zelda...Tetris...that sort of stuff..."
"That's not what I meant."
"Oh, sorry. I actually don't really play any instruments. I just live here and watch them perform."
He lowered his head in shame and Mei turned her attention to the three young adults poised to begin playing in front of her.
"Let's start with Launchpad McQuack." Matthew announced. He got a confused look from Alfred.
"That's not the actual title-"
"We are Sex Bob-omb!" Liz screamed over the two boys and counted to four, smashing her drums accordingly. Matthew hastily started playing his bass guitar and was able to get into rhythm with the drum beats quite smoothly. Alfred then began to strum the strings on an acoustic guitar that somehow produced a rough electric sound and sung the words to their song, whatever it was supposed to be called.
The music gradually built up in intensity until it reached an epic climax that blew Mei's mind. Her eyes and her mouth dropped wide open in awe, in contrast to Emil's unfazed expression as he focused on the falling blocks on his console screen.
The song came to an end almost as abruptly as it had begun, but Mei was slow to break out of her rock induced euphoria. It was so unlike all the classical pieces she and her friends played on their pianos and violins at school and home. It was different, a fresh change from what she had grown so used to and it made her feel, dare she say it, ready to rebel and take on the authority of her parents.
For the time being though, she was only able to utter a single sentence to the band that was now packing up their instruments.
"You guys...are so...amazing..."
If you're wondering who is who, here's the cast so far.
Scott Pilgrim: Canada
Knives Chau: Taiwan (Most people call her 'Mei' because they can't be bothered trying to say her real name)
Stephen Stills: America
Kim Pine: Hungary (known as Liz for short)
Young Neil: Iceland