Hola!
Welcome to my...-counts on fingers-...third yaoi fic! And its for a pairing I love too! SpainxRomano FTW!
...Figures I crank out angst for my favorite pairing. XD
Axis Powers Hetalia (c) Hidekaz Himaruya
AD 1512.
The woman ran.
She ran, ran, ran, though she knew not where to or why. The chorus of gunfire echoed throughout the dense forest, growing in intensity, surrounding her, blocking her senses. There was little, no, nothing she could do to escape them. There was no point in running, and yet she did.
The woman gripped at her bleeding side, hissing in pain as blood trickled down her legs. These foreigners -these Spaniards, she heard them call themselves- were destroying her piece by piece. Her culture, her people, all she held sacred was being eliminated. She predicted she wouldn't have long left in this world.
Seething in her spite, she fell to her knees and prayed. The land was her temple, the trees her pillars, the rocks her altars.
"Great gods, I implore you. We have gained enemies from across the sea, they are destroying this land, me. I have done all within my power to appease you all my life, and now I pray that it has been enough to gain your favor in this, the moment of my death. Please... I implore you, great serpent gods and goddesses, let me have my vengeance. When he, he who has destroyed me, has found what is more important to him than any earthly possession, let me return the favor. Let me take it from him."
She panted for breath. Her lung had collapsed, blood pouring from her mouth.
"With... with my dying breath, I curse that land. I curse you. In my death... let me ruin Spain."
The light in her eyes dimmed, and the Aztec Empire fell to the ground, defeated, conquered, destroyed, deceased.
xXx
Romano paused, looking over his shoulder. This was just getting ridiculous, no one was following him! Not even his brother! He was all alone.
And yet the feeling of someone watching him remained. Maybe France was nearby...
He sighed. He was getting waaay to paranoid.
"Romano~? Brother, where'd you go!"
Please... I implore you, great serpent gods and goddesses, let me have my vengeance.
Said Southern Italian groaned. Crap, his paranoia had been right, sorta. Veneziano was looking for him, again, and knowing him he wouldn't give up until he found Romano. And Romano really didn't want to listen to his younger brother yap on and on about Germany this and Japan that. It got irritating after about three minutes. Hearing his brother cry his name again, a lot louder too, Romano caved and started walking back. If anything he could change the subject to pasta and distract the younger Italy...
When he, he who has destroyed me, has found what is more important to him than any earthly possession, let me return the favor.
"What the...?" Romano stopped again, this time distracted by something. Something was making one hell of a racket. It sounded pretty close by too, but what was it? It wasn't a cicada. Too early for them. Tilting his head slightly, Romano tried to think what it sounded like. It was almost like... a rattle. It was strangely unsettling, and Romano felt himself shiver sightly. It was getting faster...louder...
Before he could even move, Romano felt a searing pain just above his ankle. Like something had bit him...
"Gah! Dammit!" The nation swore, looking down. His golden eyes grew wide with terror, and then screwed shut when pain like a raging fire began to spread through his body. It was unbearable!
Let me take it from him.
"Aaaaaah!"
-Meanwhile-
"I wonder where he went..." Italy muttered, looking around. "Romano! Where are you! I wanted to talk to you abou-"
"Aaaaaah!"
The younger Italy jumped in alarm at the scream. He knew that shriek anywhere, it was Romano! Panic already starting to bubble, Italy ran like hell in the direction of his brother's scream. It didn't take him too long to find Romano. The older boy was crumpled on the ground, trembling. And as he ran to Romano's side, Italy saw something slithering across the dirt and into the bushes.
It was a snake.
It was harder to tell who was shaking more, Romano or Italy. The younger Italy shook his brother gently, growing more and more panicked by the second. "H-Hey Romano...are you alright! S-Say something!"
Drenched in sweat and still shaking, Romano opened his eyes only to find his vision blurred. He was feeling pretty light headed too...
"Romano!"
He could hear the hysteria in his brothers voice now. He must have seen the bloody bite mark. Romano tried to muster the strength to tell him off, that it wasn't that bad and he would be fine...but he couldn't. Everything hurt, and he was staring to fade in and out of consciousness.
Italy had managed to pull out his cell phone, which was a miracle considering how bad he was shaking. He flipped it open and hit the speed dial.
xXx
Ring.
That cursed sound.
Ring.
Every time he heard it, he knew there was trouble.
Ring.
You'd think he'd learn to not pick it up anymore. Or to at least get caller ID.
Ring.
Not that he didn't already know who was on the other line.
Ri-
"Hello?" Germany asked, bracing himself for what he knew was coming.
"Germany!" Italy screamed. "Germany! Help meeeeee!"
Germany rubbed his temples with his free hand. It was a never ending cycle. It was a miracle Germany ever got anything done. But Italy seemed more hysterical then usual...Germany could hear him practically sobbing into the phone. Something was up.
"Italy, calm down. What's wrong?"
"I-Its Romano! He's hurt really really bad! Ah! H-He fainted! ...So much blood everywhere! Gaah! I-It won't stop bleeding!"
"Blood?" Germany sat up straight, alarmed now. "Italy, tell me where you two are. Now!"
"W-We're back home! A block away from Rome!"
"Stay there. I'm on my way." The nation said, standing up. On the other end of the line, he heard Italy give a hiccuped sob as an answer before hanging up the phone. Without wasting a second, Germany headed out the door and ran smack into...
"Ow! Heeey, West! What's... whoa, did something happen? Who died?"
"Prussia! I'm glad you're here, listen..."
Hmm...is it me or does this seem rushed?
Dammit.
Oh well, please review!