I'll be perfectly honest, I've always wanted to write a Hetalia adaptation of Studio Ghibli movies. One of them being Spirited Away, which is, by far, my most favourite of the Studio Ghibli films.

Anyway, I decided to act upon it, despite there beings several stories for me to continue on along with other things I want to complete, first, so please, bear with me. ^^'

Still, hopefully I can continue writing - it's holidays for me right now, so I do have time. :D

Either way, I hope you enjoy~

"Goodbye, Emil. Hope to see you soon, and good luck!

Yong Soo"

"Emil."

"Emil, we're almost there~!"

Raising the bouquet up a bit, a mop of silver-white hair was viewed lying on their back on the rear seats of the car. Narrowing the violet eyes on his bored face, the boy's eyes were raised to the ceiling off the car, somewhat unseeing. An Icelandic flag appeared to be draped around his figure like some sort of blanket.

"It really does look like the country out here. It's nice."

"We will have to do the shopping in the neighbouring town, however."

"I still think it looks nice."

The silver-haired youth disregarded all of the voices that were speaking close to him. He simply continued gazing up with the bouquet in his grip, and his legs resting on a box as the van continued driving on the even road in its slow pace from the traffic.

"Hey, Emil, look! There's the high school you're gonna go to!"

Turning his head to the side, white-haired, purple-eyed Emil saw his family at the front. At the wheel was a spiky-haired blonde with dark eyebrows and shining baby blues. He was the one who spoke and announced the presence of Emil's school. Beside him was a bespectacled man whose glasses magnified the intense gaze of his greenish-blue hues. Behind the pair were two more blondes – one with violet eyes, a gentle and warm face and wearing a white beret; the other looked more serious with a curl, and deep, sapphire orbs.

"Yeah, it doesn't look so bad!" the beret-wearing blonde piped up cheerfully.

Emil slowly rose from his spot to peek over the car's door and glance through the window. Noticing a bunch of kids pointing at his direction and whispering, he scrunched up his nose in an obviously disgruntled expression. He rolled his eyes, showing visible disgust, and even gave a small snort of disdain before sticking his tongue out at one kid who was really staring at him. He then lay back down on his spot.

"I preferred my old school," Emil grumbled. "Mm…" However, glancing down at his bouquet, his eyes widened at the curling petals and drooping buds. "Huh?" he gasped before sitting up immediately, making the four older men to gaze at him in question, "My flowers are dying!"

"I told you not to smother them like that when we left," the sapphire-eyed blonde murmured. However, traces of a smile ghosted his usually serious face. "It was cute, though."

Emil snorted, "Shut up, Lukas."

"Don't worry!" the beret-wearing blonde beside Lukas smiled reassuringly. "We'll just cut off the stems and put them in a vase filled with water when we get to the new house."

Emil heaved an exasperated sigh, his own figure drooping like the flowers, "I finally get a bouquet as a present for the first time. And yet it's a good-bye present, too. Now, that's just depressing…" He retreated back to his spot at the back of the van as the beret-wearing blonde, named Tino, was able to grab hold of the card that was stuck into the bouquet.

"Didn't Lukas get you a bouquet for your birthday?" the glasses-clad man at the front passenger seat questioned in a low tone.

"It was just one flower," Emil responded as he chose to sit instead of lie down. "And one flower isn't a bouquet."

Here, Lukas reddened slightly at hearing that. Still, he spoke up, "I'll buy you a real bouquet filled with many flowers for your birthday."

Emil arched an eyebrow, "You will? Really, Lukas?"

"Big brother."

"What?"

Lukas then turned his head to face the younger boy, "Only if you call me 'big brother', though."

Emil's face reddened before he snapped, "Never!" He then gave a huff and crossed his arms over his chest, looking really irritated this time.

Tino laughed before handing back the bouquet's good-bye card to the boy at the back. "Here, you can have your card back!"

"Hold onto it," the glasses-wearing man murmured. "I'm going to open the window. And you don't have to sulk that much, either."

"'Waldo's got a point, there," the spiky-headed blonde grinned from the driver's seat. "Come on! It's fun to go on an adventure!"

This time, the van was able to scour through the onslaught of traffic as it ran down the road, past a myriad of houses, and up a ramp with a railing. A light breeze blew into the car, tousling Emil's hair a little as he gazed through the window, bored. The wind was a nice, cool touch on that warm summer day. He could see a great amount of trees to make what appeared to be a green forest on a mountainside. Once the van was up the ramp, it reached what appeared to be a dirt road as it climbed up the mountain's side.

However, the driver stopped upon noticing the road was now a dirt road.

"Why did you stop, Mathias?" questioned Berwald, the glasses wearing man.

Mathias, the spiky-headed driver, scratched his head, "Did I take a wrong turn?"

Berwald checked the map as well and shook his head, "This trail isn't on it, either…"

"Hold on," Tino piped up. The three other adults (that being Mathias, Berwald and Lukas) turned their heads in his direction, as he pointed. "There's our house over there! It's the blue one with the black roof at the end."

Peering up the mountain's side, the other three saw that indeed, there was a pale blue house with a black, tin roof that was right at the very end of a series of houses. There also appeared to be a fence around it – separating it from the forest it was really close to.

"Yes, that's our house," Berwald nodded, the corner of his lips appearing to twitch up into a smile.

"Looks like I just took a lower road…huh," Mathias rubbed the back of his head with a good-natured laugh. He then looked ahead of him in determination at the dirt trail, "Well, I'll take this way, then!"

"Seriously, don't," Lukas sighed in exasperation. "You always get us lost that way, you fool."

"Come on, Lukas!" the driver spoke up. "Have more faith in me!"

"It's not going to happen," Berwald this time spoke up. "We do always end up lost whenever you do that."

"Only just a little longer!"

Meanwhile, throughout all of that, Emil wasn't paying attention to the new house, or what his family was talking about. Instead, his eyes were fixated curiously upon a set of stones that were at the base of an old tree. Though some appeared to be toppled over or even crumbly, the cube-like bottoms and triangular prism tops looked unmistakeable to him.

"What's with those stones?" Emil questioned with interest. "They look like little houses."

"They're shrines," explained Tino gently, noticing the youngest of the group wasn't partaking in the argument on whether Mathias should drive ahead or not.

"Shrines?" echoed Emil.

Tino nodded, "Some people believe little spirits live there."

With the van driving on ahead, it was safe to assume that Mathias' obstinacy won the battle, and so, they continued on the dirt trail. Noticing that they were surrounded with nothing but trees and greenery, Emil couldn't help but this time feel a little nervous with the driver's choice.

"Mathias, I think we're lost," Emil spoke up, shuffling slightly in his spot.

"Nah, we're fine!" replied Mathias with a grin on his face. "This is a four-wheel drive! Just trust me on this one!"

"This is really a bad idea," Lukas agreed as he narrowed his eyes in the spiky-headed blonde's direction.

"Sit back down, Emil," Berwald spoke up, noticing that Emil was somewhat crouched standing behind them.

All of a sudden, as the van continued driving up the dirt trail, the path suddenly became rocky as it reached a stone path. They were gaining speed along the forest path, prompting the van to rock up and down from the stone's edges. Emil gave a yelp as he was knocked back into his spot. He sat there with widened, violet eyes as he held onto his bouquet tightly again. It was at that moment, when he looked to the side, he saw something in the shadows of the trees.

There stood a stone statue of what appeared to be a grinning, egg-shaped man.

The way it stared at him made him feel as if it really were looking him in the eye.

Emil blinked when he could've sworn he saw it move from its spot. At the very least, he was certain that that branch was not there next to it as the van drove past.

The vehicle continued driving by, this time even bumping into what appeared to a little stream. There was a huge splash as the van zoomed past onto another stony forest path. Emil gave another loud yelp as he this time held on to van's interior as the bumping through branches and the stones grew rougher and rougher – shaking the vehicle's being.

"Mathias…!" Lukas spoke up in stern alarm as the van suddenly skidded, prompting Tino to give a high-pitched shriek.

This time, a bunch of branches were slamming against the van's front window. However, with how fast Mathias was going, the branches simply rustled with leaves and sticks scratching at the window's surface.

"Slow down, Mathias!" Tino exclaimed as he pressed himself back in his seat. "You're going to kill us!"

Berwald almost reached over to grab the wheel from its current driver before Mathias perked up. "What the hell is that?!" he gawked before slamming his foot on the brake.

The van came to an immediate stop.

The path wasn't so bumpy anymore – this time appearing smooth. A bright, red wall with pieces of paint peeling off from its side along with moss growing around it stood in weary pride with a huge entrance that appeared to be a dark tunnel. The red wall was connected to what appeared to be a building with very darkly tinted windows. There were only trees around a specific spot where the sun shone brilliantly down upon it, and there, in the middle of that spot, was a statue.

"What is this building?" questioned Lukas as he peeked his head out from the window.

"Dunno," Mathias however already unbuckled his seatbelt and was getting out of the van after shutting off the engine. "But it looks like an entrance of some kind!"

"Hey, Mathias get back to the van, we're going to be late!" exclaimed Tino, now sounding nervous. Hearing another light slam from a closing van door, Tino, Berwald and Lukas saw that Emil had left his bouquet on his spot and came out as well, now genuinely curious.

Seeing his little brother get out, Lukas immediately followed suit. Berwald sighed before unbuckling his own seatbelt along with Tino, who did so reluctantly.

Mathias meanwhile was standing at the very base of the entrance with a hand on his hip, and another feeling the wall of the building. He gave a smirk, "This building's not old, it's fake."

Emil blinked in confusion as he stood close by him, "How can you tell?"

"The wall's made of concrete, not brick," explained Mathias. "So therefore, it was made recently."

Emil this time looked forward and saw a void of black, with the only thing not part of it being what appeared to be an exit. He could feel the wind this time tickle his neck as it blew straight into the tunnel, lightly nudging some dead leaves inside. "The wind…" the Icelandic boy murmured. "It's pulling us in…" he couldn't help but feel a highly unpleasant shiver run down his spine.

Just staring ahead, and the wind blowing at his back made him feel as if the tunnel wanted to suck him inside.

"Why are we out here, anyway?" Lukas questioned, looking a bit irritated.

"Why don't we take a look around?" Mathias offered, a mischievous glint sparkling in his baby blues. "Maybe it'll lead us to the top where our house is!"

"You're kidding me, right?" Emil this time snapped his head in the spiky-headed blonde's direction. "No way!"

"Aww, you scared, Emil?" Mathias teased. He then laughed, "No need to be a scaredy-cat! It's just a tunnel! So, how about it?" he offered to the three other men. "Why don't we just take a look?"

"The movers won't wait for us to arrive," Berwald spoke up, arching an eyebrow.

"Well, they can start without us," Tino surmised slowly. "I did give them the keys to the house. So…they'll have enough to do." Admittedly, the beret-wearing blonde was highly curious, and even a little excited on where the tunnel was going to lead to.

"True," agreed Berwald, now crossing his arms. "But…"

"I said no!" Emil this time snapped, shoving his hands into the pockets of his brown jacket before heading to the van again. "Come on, guys. Let's just get out of here and go already!"

"There's nothing to be scared of, Emil!" Mathias laughed again, beckoning the younger male towards the group.

"I already told you, I'm not going!" Emil said sharply. However, his eyes slowly fixed onto the statue on his right. It definitely looked familiar, no it was unmistakable.

It was the same statue he peeked at when Mathias was driving down the path.

Only looking at it from the side, he realized that it was the same at the back.

The same, so that it appeared to have two faces – one where the face normally was, and one where the back of the head should be. The stone was covered with moss, and the mouth was open in a wide, gaping smile.

It was honestly really creepy.

"Just wait in the car, then, Emil," Berwald spoke up as he and the others started walking into the dark expanse of the tunnel.

Emil licked his lips, "But…" however, gazing at the statue again, he shook his head before giving a groan. He ran forward to catch up with his family. Lukas was waiting at the very rear of the group for his little brother. Once Emil caught up, he continued walking.

Soon, the light from the sunshine was gone, as the whole tunnel seemed to gulp them in its dark void. Emil couldn't help but feel a bit tense as he continued following the rest of the members in his family. Mathias was at the very front with Tino and Berwald behind him. Finally, Emil and Lukas were at the read.

"Everybody, watch your step!" Mathias spoke up.

Their footsteps echoing throughout the tunnel rang in Emil's ears. The silver-haired youth just watched ahead, making sure not to lose sight of his family.

However, soon, they found themselves exiting the dark tunnel.

The room it led them to, had a couple of stained glass windows, as well as chairs scattered around its old, cluttered expanse. Sprinkles of the sun's rays were scattering through the mosaic pieces softly. A small, dried-up fountain was at the very centre. There was also another opening out into the sunshine.

"What is this place?" wondered Tino in awe as everyone else also looked around in wonder.

"Oh…!" Lukas then perked up slightly. He then cupped a hand around his ear, "Do you hear that?"

The room shook slightly as a loud whooshing sound rushed by, accompanied by a loud ringing sound, and the rattling of tracks.

"It's a train," Emil spoke up.

"Looks like the station isn't too far from here," Berwald remarked.

"Curiouser and curioser," Mathias chuckled. "Let's go check it out!"

On their way, though, Emil couldn't help but turn back one last time at where they had exited from. He was surprised to see that instead of one tunnel, there were three. He didn't say a word as they continued outside.

When they exited the building, Emil saw that the fields were green and grassy – hinting at a very healthy land. The blues skies that had fluffy white clouds also added further perfection to a picturesque scene. He noted a couple more rocks of those strange…things were still plopped around on what appeared to be a thin, narrow trail. "There are buildings here?" the purple-eyed boy questioned when he spotted what appeared to be houses at the top of a slight hill.

"Now, I understand!" Mathias spoke up, prompting everyone to turn to face him. "It's an abandoned theme park." The top of the building they exited from had what appeared to be a clock tower as well. "These babies were around a lot in the 90's or so."

Berwald nodded, "I have heard. Because of the sudden downfall in the economy, a lot of them became broke. This one is no exception, it seems."

Much to Emil's dismay, his family continued walking forward. "Where are you going?!" he cried. "You said that you were only having just a quick look! Now, let's go back!" Heaving a sigh, he took a deep breath before calling out, "Hey!"

Except his loud call was drowned out by not only the roaring of the wind that blew at his back again, but the building that loomed above. A great, grim groan rung from its being as grey clouds rolled in its direction, covering the sun.

Feeling more unpleasant shivers down his spine, along with this time a twisting knot in his stomach, Emil ran to his family again. "That building…" he breathed.

"What is it?" Lukas questioned, a little worried this time at his younger brother's reactions. Perhaps after they take a look around this second stretch, they can finally head back. His little brother certainly seemed on edge, though Lukas reasoned with himself that it was probably because of moving to a new place.

"It was moaning…" Emil whispered, shivering slightly.

"I'm sure it's just the wind," Lukas reassured, rubbing his younger brother's shoulder reassuringly. Emil quickly got out of Lukas' grip and just continued walking, hands stuffed into the pockets of his jacket again.

"Oh, this place is so pretty, though~!" Tino marvelled. "A really lovely landscape! We should've brought our food here so we could have a little picnic!"

Walking onward, they were met with a trail of large rocks and boulders that ran past some steps made of stone. There was also what appeared to be a shut-out lantern on a stone pillar.

"Looks like they wanted to make a river here," Berwald commented as Mathias easily jumped on the stones.

Mathias then stopped as he raised his head, he licked his lips as his nose caught the whiff of a delectable aroma. "Hey, guys…"

"What is it, Mathias?" questioned Tino.

"You smell that?" inquired the spiky-headed blonde.

When they gave sniffs as well, Tino nodded, "Oh, yes!" Lukas and Berwald also nodded in agreement.

"Smells good, doesn't it?" Mathias grinned.

"Yeah," agreed Tino. His stomach let loose a growl, to which he gave a sheepish chuckle before rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment, "And I'm really starving…"

"Perhaps this theme park is actually still in business?" inquired Berwald.

"Let's take a look, then!" said Mathias eagerly as he rushed forward.

"Come on, Emil," Lukas spoke up, shaking his head at Mathias' impatience. "Let's go before we lose this fool…"

"Wait a minute…" Emil groaned as he stretched his legs slightly to reach across another boulder. Still, he was able to catch up with his family yet again as he ran up the stone steps and followed them into what appeared to be a little town. One of the buildings had flowers that were engraved on the side, while another building that was next to it had what appeared to be some sort of balcony.

Emil noticed more weird looking buildings as they all followed Mathias' nose. One of the buildings was green with golden stars, planets and even a moon stuck on its walls, another looked like it could belong to Western movies, while one was the polar opposite – appearing to be from some ancient oriental film.

"It's coming from there!" Mathias called, pointing at a certain direction.

"Strange," Lukas murmured as he looked around with a slight quirk of one of his elegant eyebrows. "They're all restaurants…"

Emil looked around, too, and felt even more uncomfortable, "There's nobody here…"

Mathias meanwhile continued to run forward when he finally stopped at a building with red trimming. "Here it is!" he announced. Entering, he saw many huge plates of what food around him. He licked his lips and almost drooled when the smell came tenfold, making him famished.

"Wow!" Tino's violet eyes were sparkling upon catching sight of the food. He could see what appeared to be a fish's head on one plate, and another next to it with something that looked like chicken, but smaller. He immediately took a seat beside Mathias. Berwald sat on Tino's other side, while Lukas seated himself on Berwald's vacant side.

"Hello?!" Mathias called out in his booming voice. "There anyone in here?!"

"Emil, why don't you sit down?" Lukas offered as he patted the spot next to him. "It does look pretty amazing, doesn't it?"

Emil shook his head, clenching the insides of his jacket pockets tightly.

"Anyone?!" Mathias shouted out again.

The inside of the restaurant appeared empty with only a kitchen, off lights, and various pots, pans and other kitchen utensils neatly stacked around everywhere.

"Should we really be eating this?" Berwald questioned. "I don't think we should just eat other people's food…"

"We can just pay them when they come back," offered Tino.

"Good idea!" grinned Mathias. He then licked his lips, "Hey, that looks great~!"

"I wonder what this is called?" inquired Tino as he took one of the pieces of meat from the plate in front of him. It had golden brown skin, and it had a crunching noise as the beret-wearing blonde took a bite out of it. He then gave a cry of mirth as he exclaimed, "Oh, it's delicious!"

Seeing that Tino seemed to really like the food, Berwald took a few plates and laid them in front of the other members of his family. He then took one himself and gave a tentative nibble. However, his greenish-blue hues widened before he started to devour it.

"You have to try this!" Tino ushered. "It's so great!"

"I don't want any," Emil said stubbornly as he shook his head. Even if the food did smell great, for some reason, there were alarm bells ringing in his head.

"Don't you think we'll get in trouble?" Lukas questioned.

"Precisely, let's just get out of here," Emil honestly felt that they were here too long for his liking.

"Don't worry about that!" Mathias guffawed as he got plates containing portions of more of the food around in the restaurant. "I got my card, and 'Waldo and Tino have their wallets, am I right?"

Berwald only nodded vigorously before accepting the plate Mathis pushed in his direction eagerly. He didn't at all say a word as he continued to gobble the food down. Tino also keenly took the plate Mathias offered him, scarfing down the food.

Now genuinely interested, seeing that the others didn't seem to be affected, and also feeling a little hungry himself, Lukas finally took a small bite. His sapphires eyes widened before he nodded, "It is, it's really great." He then turned in his little brother's direction, "Emil, there's nothing wrong with the food. Try it, it's so tender…"

Emil vigorously shook his head again.

"Mustard?" Berwald offered in Lukas' direction.

Lukas murmured his thanks as he, Tino, Berwald and Mathias continued eating. They were slurping, scarfing and devouring the food very hungrily as they seemed to just add more and more to their plates. Mathias and Tino were shoving food into their mouths with forks, while Berwald was also packing it in, though not as messily or sloppily. Lukas, being one who was more raised around etiquette, didn't wolf it down, however he was going at a really fast pace to compensate the amount that the others were putting in their faces.

One would've thought that they were dying from starvation from the speed rate and amount that they were all eating.

"Come on, already!" Emil groaned. "Seriously?"

They were even starting to make snorting sounds as they continued to eat.

Seeing that they weren't going to listen to him as usual, Emil's brows furrowed down to a scowl before deciding to explore on his own. He raised his head high as he walked down the clear path. True to Lukas' previous observation, every building appeared to be a restaurant, though some didn't have food displayed out like the one that his family was eating at.

Finally turning a corner, Emil saw a series of stone steps leading up to a red pillar that seemed to contain a paper lantern.

Looking up and past the red lantern however, Emil saw a rather large and extravagant looking building with a large pipe that exuded black smoke. The walls actually didn't appear to have peeling paint, and there was what appeared to be steaming water pouring from both sides over rocks in small falls. A wooden bridge with red railings connected between the two, rocky cliffsides.

"A bathhouse…?" Emil questioned to himself aloud. Still, he couldn't help but relax his shoulders at the thought of lying back and into warm waters to cool his now aching head.

Walking forward onto the bridge, Emil stood at one of the bridge's sides and crouched to his haunches to take a little bit of a closer peek. He wasn't afraid of heights, and he was personally curious to see what was at the bottom – perhaps a river?

Instead, there was rocky ground several kilometres below, and what appeared to be a tunnel and tracks. A sudden loud whistle boomed as a golden train with a maroon roof zoomed past on the tracks, slightly shaking the ground beneath its form.

"There's the train," remarked Emil. He ran to the other side of the bridge to watch it leave.

But when he raised his head, he realized he wasn't alone.

There on the bridge right close by was a man.

The man appeared to be of Asian origin, and he had short, dark hair that framed around his sharp face, along with a pair of piercing, slanting, golden eyes that seemed to bear right in his being. He was wearing a pale blue shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows, brown trousers with the legs rolled to his knees, and a very worn pair of sandals. He also had a straw hat.

'So it's not abandoned after all,' Emil thought in shock as he peered at the man.

The man meanwhile seemed to give a start at seeing him. His golden eyes widened as he took a step forward.

Emil stared back, unsure of what to say to the strange man. He couldn't help but remember his family eating at that one restaurant, and immediately felt embarrassed. However, before he could say a word, the man spoke.

"You shouldn't be here…" the man spoke in a deep and hoarse voice as he finally walked forward and close to Emil. "Get out of here, now!"

"W-what?" Emil stammered out, astonished at his words. He couldn't help but shuffle a bit away from the man in question.

"It's almost night," the man looked both outraged yet worried. "Leave!" he pointed in direction to where Emil came from. "Get out of here before it gets dark."

Too late, the sun was already setting, and suddenly, the lights were lit at one of the buildings. Emil was awed at seeing the lanterns light by themselves suddenly, but the strange Asian man didn't at all look as impressed.

Instead, he looked a bit panicked, "Damn it, they already lit the lights…go!" He then grabbed Emil's arm and pushed him in direction to the side of the bridge that Emil came from. "Go already! You must cross the bridge! I'll distract them."

While Emil kept running until he was well past the bridge, the man stopped and turned around to face the direction of the bathhouse. He then took a deep breath and raised a hand with thumb and index finger were joined.

Giving another blow, soft lotus petals suddenly formed from where his breath had blown.

Emil however was at the bottom of the stairs by the time he stopped running from the Asian man's urging. He shook his head slightly, wondering if that man was a figment of his imagination from exhaustion due to moving, or if he really was there. Regardless, his mannerisms was rather strange. "What was his problem?" the Icelandic boy questioned with a disgruntled expression before running in direction to where his family was.

All around him, the lanterns suddenly started to come alight as they glowed a bright yet ominous red.

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Emil - Iceland
Lukas - Norway
Tino - Finland
Berwald - Sweden
Mathias - Denmark

For some reason, I could see Emil fitting the role of Chihiro/Sen. I think it's because of his personality dynamic where he looks "cool and composed" on the outside, but is "hot-blooded and passionate" on the inside. It's also revealed that he uses taciturn to look mature, but he's really childish. And Chihiro/Sen really matures by the time the movie is over, too. All I can say is that Iceland's definitely a potential character to write about, and I like it. ;D

Who is the Asian man? Well, he'll be revealed in the next chapter. ;3

Anyway, see you tomorrow, as the next chapter is already written up. :D

Peace out!
- Hebi-Kazechi-10