Yami Ryo: I dedicate this to my bff esyas123! I hope ya like it dude and I know I made some promises about it and I'm so sorry! Really I am but it took on a life of its own! Special thanks to my pal akuoni too cause she's awesome and helped me when I got stuck!
Summary: America has been lured to a dangerous place and following after him Canada, Japan, and England are now caught in a deadly game. The objective: Find America before it's too late. The consequence for failure? Death.
Warning: Yaoi, horror, gore, angst, sadistic behavior, cursing, and just some stupid shit.
Chapter One: The Game Begins
The sky was dark and eerie no stars visible at all and a blood red glow on the horizon. A dark village with ancient looking Victorian homes and buildings stood alone in the middle of a thick forest. The buildings were decayed and broken most of them falling apart. The whole village was dead silent, the roads were a mix of dirt and cobblestone streaks of deep black splattered and dragged along sometimes entering doors or even windows. There were dark splatters against some houses and buildings rubble scattered around in various places.
In the center of this village stood a broken down fountain. This fountain was the most eerie thing in the whole village as it still worked...however what was in the fountain was not water but a thick crimson liquid with a thick scent of copper and rotting meat. Floating in the crimson liquid was various body parts moving sluggishly through the liquid.
Sitting on the rim of this fountain was a tall man with short messy black hair, tanned skin, and dark black eyes. He seemed to be waiting for something. He did not wait long before he heard footsteps. Looking up the man's eyes fell upon a short young woman with long gray hair, deathly pale skin, wide colorless eyes, and dark bags under her eyes, this woman was missing her entire belly, entrails completely gone, and her toes missing. She staggered forward slowly in a slouch. The man stood up and grinned.
"Good job with the fountain Akuma." The man complimented his voice deep and silky. The woman's cracked slightly bloody lips curled into a smile.
"Glad you like it. I'm hoping our dear hero loves it and takes the time to admire. Did you send him the email Yuuto?" The woman said her voice smooth and creepy.
"I did. I even snuck out to see him. It seems he's not been doing so well lately." Yuuto told her. Akuma frowned making a small thoughtful noise.
"We'll take care of him, he's ours after all." Akuma said softly. Yuuto nodded in response.
"He should be here soon." Yuuto voiced. Akuma's lips curled into a smirk and she snapped her fingers together. The sound echoed through the entire village, suddenly everything was darker and an unsettling fog began to snake and curl through the buildings. The silence throughout the village seemed to thicken and a feelings of anger, fear, and anguish thickened the air everywhere. Akuma's eyes shot toward the entrance of the village her smirk becoming more sinister.
"He's here. Let the game begin." Akuma voiced over her shoulder as she left the center of the village to go greet their guest.
"Alright! I'm gonna go get in place! This is going to be so much fun." Yuuto replied vanishing into the shadows.
At the entrance of the village a tall lithe man with wheat blond hair that had a single rebellious cowlick sticking out from the top of his head, lightly tanned skin, and sapphire blue eyes hidden behind square wire framed glasses. Normally this man would never be seen without his beloved bomber jacket but he left it back in his car knowing that it could be severely damaged in this place.
The man looked into the village and took a deep breath before actually entering it. As he walked along he heard the sounds of multiple rapid footsteps and cursed turning quickly and dropping into a stance that could be used for either fight or flight. Suddenly from out of the forest three familiar men ran in out of breath and looking terrified.
The tallest man looked very much like the first man though his hair was curled with one long curling stray strand, wide violet eyes behind oval thin rimmed glasses, and a pale well muscled body under a rather large looking jacket. The one that was around middle height had rather wild flaxen hair, emerald green eyes under thick eyebrows, and a thin but strong pale body. The shortest man was of Japanese decent with dark black short hair, dark brown eyes, a lithe muscled pale body, and a beautiful face. The man that had been the first to enter the village was so shocked he did not react for a moment before he cursed.
"Oh, such a shame Alfred F. Jones. You were told to come alone." An eerie female voice remarked the sound echoing. The blond man turned around terrified and looking around for the source.
"Wait please! Don't hurt them you don't understand!" The man shouted desperately.
"Now, now. Someone must be punished." The voice teased, there was a loud snapping of fingers and heavy footsteps and the sound of wet gurgling. Alfred turned to the men that had followed him in horror.
"What have you done?" Alfred whispered in terror the sound of his voice loud and clear.
"You've been acting strange! We were worried about you Alfred." The tallest man responded very upset. Alfred shook his head walking forward quickly.
"You don't understand Matthew! You have to leave! All of you!" Alfred told them desperately trying to usher them away.
"What don't we understand you wanker? Just what is going on?" The flaxen haired man demanded.
"There's no time Arthur! Go now!" Alfred ordered desperately.
"Too late!" The woman chirped her laughter making all their hearts clench in fear. The loud footsteps stopped just behind the three men and they turned slowly. Behind them stood a large muscled creature that looked vaguely like a man though it's flesh was completely gone, it pulsed and dripped blood, and its head hung limply behind it by only it's spinal cord blood bubbling from where its throat once was. The creature reached forward hand going immediately toward the Japanese man. Alfred rushed forward pushing the frozen man out of the way.
"Move Kiku!" Alfred cried, the creature grabbed Alfred by the throat its entire hand was able to wrap around his throat and one of his shoulders. Arthur rushed forward moving to punch the creature but it moved to quickly jumping away and throwing Alfred over its shoulder. The creature took its victim and began to run away but the messy haired man jumped and grabbed onto the creature his hands slipping slightly in the blood. "No Arthur! Just run! You all have to run!" The creature lifts a fist and knocks Alfred out. Matthew rushes forward intending to fight the creature only for a loud shriek to sound causing all but the creature to drop to their knees clutching their heads. The three men could feel themselves beginning to black out.
"Alfred-san." Kiku mumbled out being the last to lose consciousness and unable to do anything as he watched the creature take his friend away. From the darkness of one of the houses nearby Akuma stepped forward her steps slow, halting, and firm. She frowned at the three intruders and toed one of them with her bare bloody foot, she did not feel any pain though she had no toes. When the person she prodded did not move she turned to her left.
"Good work Sally." She praised the empty air beside her. The faded image of a small girl with long curly brown hair held up in pigtails appeared beside her slowly. The little girl had large blue eyes, light peach skin, and wore what would have been a pretty blue dress had the front of it not been stained with blood from a large stab in her heart.
"Thank you Queen Akuma! I been practicin' my screech real hard every night!" The little girl crowed excitedly floating around happily giggling. "What are we gonna do with them? Outsiders don't belong." The girl asked curiously pouting a little as she floated over to one of the men poking the tallest blond in the cheek a few times.
"Sally don't poke the guests." Akuma scolded lightly a small smile on her face. Sally floated over to Akuma quickly hiding behind her.
"So they're guests?" Sally asked eagerly a smile on her innocent face. Akuma smirked at her.
"They are now. I have an idea." Akuma told the child, Sally giggled and clapped happily.
"This is gonna be so fun!" Sally squealed vanishing in a burst of mist. She quickly reformed. "Oops, I'll fix that." She said sheepishly, Akuma chuckled.
"Let's set up a new game." Akuma said softly smirking, Sally grinned in response.
Matthew woke with a gasp laying flat against a concrete floor, trying to control his breathing his eyes darted around for a moment before the sound of humming made him freeze.
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are!
When the blazing sun is gone,
When the nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night." A soft female voice sang making Matthew quake and his heart beat faster in fear. "I know you're awake little traveler." The voice told him from just a few feet away. Matthew pushed himself up onto his elbows looking out in front of him and whimpered. Only the woman's face was visible in the dark room, the only light came from a small broken lamp hanging from the ceiling. This woman made his breath come rapidly and his whole body shake in fear. "Now that I have your attention. I have something of yours, do you want it back?" She asked holding up a dirty torn photo. In the photo Alfred was asleep on a dirty bed with old singed crimson sheets, his wrists and ankles were tied with metal wire string and various places on him were smeared heavily with blood. Matthew gasped getting up onto his knees.
"Alfred! What have you done with him?" Matthew demanded glaring with rage suddenly feeling braver at the sight of Alfred in trouble. The woman smirked at him tucking some gray hair behind her ear and putting the picture back into her pant pocket.
"I've done nothing to him," The woman assured him with a pause. Matthew felt a little relieved before the woman smirked and continued. "Yet." Matthew glared standing up quickly and trying to reach the woman through the bars he only just realized stood between them. The woman chuckled.
"If you do anything to Alfred I'll kill you." Matthew threatened darkly. The woman smirked.
"Oh touchy touchy. Why are you so eager to get him back? What is he to you little Canada?" The woman asked with a dark smirk. Matthew gawked at her in horror. "That's right. I know what you are nation of Canada, or shall I use your human name? Matthew Williams." Matthew backed away in horror looking at the woman more fully.
"W-what are you? How do you know what I am?" Matthew demanded shakily. The woman stepped into the light more fully and Matthew began to hyperventilate. The woman had no belly the shirt ripped enough to show that all her entrails were long gone, bloody torn flesh hanging limply, there were no toes on her feet and no nails on her fingers that were covered in dried and fresh blood, her lips were cracked and bleeding, and her teeth were sharp and clean. "The other two that came here with you are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the nation Japan. Their human names are Arthur Kirkland and Kiku Honda I believe. Am I right so far?" She asked condescendingly.
"Why are you doing this?" Matthew asked weakly. The woman scowled at him.
"Because you have been nothing but trouble! You were not invited here Canada! You and the other two are intruding and now you will play with me." The woman sneered. Matthew fell to his knees in disbelief and horror.
"Play with you?" Matthew asked weakly. "This is a game to you? I'm not going to play!" He protested becoming a little indignant. The woman scowled at him her colorless eyes narrowing.
"Such a shame, I guess I shall simply have to kill you all then." The woman spoke coldly stepping to the side and picking up a rusted but sharp blood spattered meat cleaver. Matthew whimpered and backed up in his cell as the light glinted off the weapon.
"No please!" Matthew pleaded backed up against the wall. The woman raised an eyebrow at him.
"But you said you didn't want to play. If you don't want to play with me I'll just kill you all. If your friends and Alfred are still out cold I'm sure they won't feel a thing. I can't promise the same for you though." The woman smiled sinisterly stepping closer to the cell and Matthew cried out.
"No! I'll play! I'll play your game just please don't kill them." Matthew begged still trembling in fear. The woman smirked darkly.
"I knew I liked you. The game is simple," The woman began looking at Matthew seriously to make sure he was listening. "Your goal is to find and rescue Alfred F. Jones, or America as you know him. The rules are easy enough to follow. Rule one: Don't leave the village or it's game over and I kill Alfred. Rule two: In seven key locations I've hidden clues that will help you find him, you must find each clue and put the story together. Rule three: Survive." She smirked ironically at that though Matthew did not find it very funny.
"Why are you doing this? Why Alfred?" Matthew asked desperately.
"You have forty-eight hours to find Kiku, Arthur, and Alfred. If you fail to find any of them they will die in this place. For ever six hours that pass you will hear the sound of a siren and the darkness that blankets this place will become thicker." The woman continued ignoring his question. She looked at him thoughtfully for a moment before giving him a soft smile that seemed completely out of place on her face. "Because you remind me of Alfred I will give you a single clue to start you off. Go to the place where children once laughed." She said cryptically.
"Where children once laughed?" He asked wanting to make sure he got it right, her smile became more sinister.
"The game starts now Matthew, I'd get moving if I were you. The clock is ticking." The woman laughed her voice echoing hauntingly in the dark room. The light flickered for a moment before plunging them in complete darkness. The light flicked back on after another moment and Matthew was horrified to see the woman was gone and the cell door was open. "Tic toc goes the clock." Her voice whispered teasingly. Matthew swallowed thickly and stepped forward.
"I'll save you Alfred. I promise..." Matthew whispered his resolve strengthening and his steps becoming faster. The game was on and Matthew was determined to win.
Tbc..
Yami Ryo: Originally this was going to be just humor but somehow this happened...I hope that's okay...And I am so sorry Ruto-kun but I tried making Kiku into a girl and I couldn't do it. T-T I'm so sorry Ruto-kun, I promise I'll try harder and I'll make Kiku a girl the next time I use Yuuto-kun. Sorry dude. (bows) Please forgive me!