"More than Just a Territory…"

An Axis Powers Hetalia Fanfiction

By Maddy Greene

Rated M for mild and suggestive language and actions and violence (historical!)

Note: Human & nation names used. Based off of real history; Dark!Japan will be used in later chapters. I DON'T OWN HETALIA AND ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. I happen to own Kaijen and the plot, however.

Well, this is my first Hetalia fic! Hope it's good! Review please, and share too! ^_^

Part 1: Spain

In 1874, Spain was told by his boss to circumnavigate the world to find new territories for him, and he eagerly agreed. So, he went east, getting territories left and right. But after a few months, once he was in between Hawai'i and Australia, he came upon a chain of atolls with small, flat islands, none longer than three miles. Antonio docked his ship on shore of one of the "larger" ones and left to walk around. He walked through lots of coconut trees to get to the other side, which was only a half mile walk.

Once he came upon the beach, he looked to the right and saw a girl who looked about sixteen years old that was trying to pull in a huge, full fishing trap. She had mocha-brown skin, naturally black hair that reached to her knees, and chocolate brown eyes that glistened in the sunlight. She looked as if she was struggling, so he ran over to help her. At first, she was shocked to see a foreigner, but then she realized that he was only trying to help her, so they pulled in the trap together.

After they brought it back to her home, Spain tried to talk to her through some speech and lots of hand gestures. But all of a sudden, she spoke and said, "I can speak Spanish; another man of your race came by here a few years ago and taught me your language." She smirked.

He gave her a shocked look, but then he smiled and laughed to himself. "What is your name?" he asked.

"Kaijen Anni, what's your name?" She replied and looked at the Spanish man curiously.

"I'm Spain and I'm a nation!" He grinned and winked at her. "Feel free to call me Antonio if you'd like."

"A nation? Wow… that's awesome." Kaijen smiled back at him.

"Are you alone here?" Antonio began to look a bit concerned and looked around.

"Not really… there are a few other people, but I'm relatively shy, so I'm not really in contact with them."

He paused and looked at her. "Are any of them your… you know… friends?"

Kaijen shook her head and sighed. "It's the result of my shyness, again. Um, sorry to change the subject, but why are you here?"

"Oh! That…" Spain looked off to the side. "I'm coming to claim colonies for myself and my boss and… I was going to claim you as a colony."

Her eyes widened a bit, but then they went back to normal and she didn't reply.

"Could I, you know, take care of you and be your friend, as well?" He asked with a slight smile.

Kaijen looked at him strangely for a bit, but then she nodded. Spain's face changed from normal to pure joy very quickly. "Yay!" he cheered and hugged her. Kaijen then looked shocked and became tense, but then she relaxed and lightly smiled, knowing that she wasn't in any harm.

So, she became his colony and he handled all of her affairs. She allowed him to sell some of her goods as long as he gave her some of the profit. After a few months of being Spain's colony, Antonio had brought England to the islands for a visit. When the island was in view from Spain' ship, the two nations walked to the bow of the ship. Suddenly, they saw Kaijen standing on shore waving to them. Spain smiled and waved in return, and England asked him, "Is that who you want me to meet so badly?"

"Why, yes!" He replied cheerfully. "My lovely colony… come to think of it, I haven't thought of an official name for her yet."

"I hope you don't mind, Antonio, but could I name her?"

He smiled at Arthur and said, "That would be wonderful! Gracias!"

England nodded in acknowledgement and smiled lightly.

The ship soon anchored off-shore and, taking a smaller boat, the two nations came ashore. Once he came off the boat, Kaijen glomped Spain and said, "Welcome back!"

He laughed and after she got off of him, he said, "Kaijen, this is England. England, this is Kaijen." He gently pushed her toward him.

"Hello!" she cheerfully greeted him.

"Good day, Miss." He lightly smiled at her. "It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you, too!"

Spain stepped into the conversation and said, "Arthur has brought you a gift from his land."

"Oh!" Arthur suddenly reached into his pocket and pulled out a glistening silver bracelet with teardrop-shaped sapphires dangling off of it. He then asked, "Can you hold out your hand?" Kaijen did so, and he took her hand and put on the bracelet. The reflections of the sapphires danced across her skin from the sun. "There you go," he murmured and did a closed-mouth smile.

"It's so beautiful," Kaijen replied with her brown eyes sparkling. "Thank you…" She smiled and slightly blushed.

"Oh, it's no problem at all," he addressed.

"England," Spain whispered into his fellow nation's ear, "her name."

"Oh, that!" He then knelt down to her height and stated, "Your caretaker here asked me to give you a name. I'm deciding to name you after someone very important back home. You're territory name shall be the Marshall Islands!" He stood up straight. "Well, do you like the name?"

Kaijen smiled and nodded. "I think it's nice," she shyly murmured.

"Well that's wonderful!" Spain cheered. "Now, do you have any dinner prepared for us, dear?"

"Why yes I do! I have some coconut juice, some chicken, fish, and breadfruit…" Kaijen trailed on and on about the meal for that night as the two powerful nations followed her to her home. Her home was a large hut made of palm wood and palm fronds. They all walked inside and all the food was laid on a palm frond tapestry on the floor in banana leaves. The steam was still visibly rising from the food. "Eat up and enjoy!" she exclaimed.

The two gentlemen sat down on either side of the tapestry, picked up their banana leaves, and began to eat. "I say, this is quite delicious," England said after he swallowed his third or fourth bite.

"Esta delicioso!" Spain commented with his mouth full.

Kaijen giggled and then she began to eat the food she had cooked. They carried on a lively conversation about what Spain and England were like; insulting and complementing each other's cultures. Then after a few hours, England yawned and mumbled, "I'm going to go to sleep; I'm leaving tomorrow for home."

"Oh, let me show you where you will be sleeping." Kaijen stood up and walked with England to a large room where a futon lied on the ground with a few sheets as covers. He thanked the territory for the wonderful meal and her hospitality and she smiled and walked out. Spain was putting away the extra food and he asked, "Where will I be staying?"

"You'll be staying in the room next to mine, as always," she replied. Antonio followed her there and a similar futon setup up was ready. "I'm sorry we couldn't stay very long," the nation said. "We both have our own nations' issues at the moment, but once this is all over, I'll come back to visit you myself."

"Oh, it's alright, Mr. Spain! Don't worry about it!" She smiled as he laid himself down.

"Well, goodnight, Kaijen." He smiled as she left the dark room.

Kaijen herself went to bed soon after; she wanted to see her new friend and caretaker off. She got in her futon with blue sheets Antonio gave her and snuggled inside them, falling asleep soon after.

At sunrise, the two nations woke up, got themselves dressed, packed their things, and walked onto the beach. Their ship was still parked on shore, and they sleepily walked onto it. As they were about to pull out, England saw Kaijen running out to see them off. "Have a safe trip!" she shouted.

"It was nice meeting you!" England said, waving.

"Hasta luego!" Spain shouted and waved, as well. England and he looked out at the islands until they were nothing more than a speck in the distance.