"OOOOOOOOOOKAAAAAAAAAY GAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIZ!" came a distinct hero yell from across the table that made England and Germany rub his temples and pinch the bridge of his nose, respectively. "It's April Fools Day, so I'm going to play a joke on you guys!"
England looked up from his tea with a blue twinge and a frown on his perplexed face. "Excuse me, but wasn't April Fool's Day a little while ago...?"
France lifted his head, which had been resting until now on a hand coming from the elbow resting on the desk. One eye lay shut in a demure wink and a small smile touched his lips. "You, 'ow do you say, defeat the zjhoke by telling us zer will be one. No?"
"Yaaaaaay! Sounds like fun!" Italy. Of course.
"I will not play such silly games!" Germany. Of course.
Japan sat quietly in the back, waiting to see how everyone else would react before making any decisions. Truthfully, he rather liked April Fool's and this would be a rare occasion where he and America completely agreed. Of course, he wasn't saying it...yet. He silently counted the vote. Germany was a definite no, and England probably would disagree just because of his tsundere attitude towards America. Italy had voted yes and France would probably go along with it just for fun. A dead even heat.
"Well, I-a think it's stupid!"
"Why, brother? I think it's cute!"
"Be quiet, Veniciano!" So Romano was another no. Japan looked around while Spain, Belarus and Ukraine cast their votes. Belarus opposed, because she's kind of a bitch and she hates America, and the other two agreed due to their easy-going natures. Japan had a feeling Ukraine just might want to make friends. He looked at the room. There were 30 countries who had attended Canada's house today. America apparently asked him to throw this party as his version of a late April Fool's Joke (he and Canada wore the same suit. Haha. Like they hadn't done that one a million times.), and Japan realized only about half of these people would have come otherwise. Definitely not Cuba, who was looking a little pissed America was taking votes, and definitely not Belarus, who hated what he did to Russia in the Cold War. Russia probably still would have come, though (he was rather strange like that), so that might have brought her. Japan was getting a little worried as the votes stayed at an even keel and in the end, the vote came down to him. This was the worst position a Japanese man can take in a diplomatic setting.
"Well, dude, Japan, you get to break the tie!" America yelled with some oomph, giving a wink and a thumbs up to Japan. "Don't worry, dude, I totaaaally know you won't let me down, right?" America's blue peepers froze on Japan, causing him to shake. Everyone was staring at him, expecting him to make the final decision. If he voted against it, the vote would be a tie and they would revote, but Japan had really wanted to do it initially...It was very unsettling. Not only that, but America had completely implied to Japan that he was obligated to support him. He always did that! Worst off, he was so much of an idiot that you never really knew if he meant to do it or not! It was just like those damned Black Ships!
"Uh..." Japan did some quick math in his head, because thats what Asians do, and counted who voted for what. In favor of the joke was: America, France, Italy, Russia (probably for some sociopathic reason, Japan thought [he really just wanted to be friendly]) Denmark, Prussia, Finland, Ukraine, Spain, Canada (They could hardly hear his vote), Cuba (suprisingly, he probably did it for Canada,) Lithuania (Poland probably would have voted for it, but for some reason he got really shy when everyone looked at him and just gave a thumbs down), Greece (though he was half-asleep, so Japan wasn't sure if it counted), Latvia (he thought the idea sounded cute!) and Sealand (who voted right after England and did it mostly to annoy him, though it did sound fun!)
Against the joke was China (he said it was childish, and that he was waaaaay too old for that[aru]), Germany (who said he was too old for it and so was everyone else [except America and Canada, apparently]), England, Romano, Austria and by proxy Hungary (Austria had just voted against Prussia, really), Switzerland (though he hated to agree with Austria but he was afraid the joke might cost money somehow) and by proxy Liechtenstein, Poland (strangely), Norway, Sweden (he actually didn't answer in anything but a monosyllabic grunt so they moved on), Iceland (who was afraid he might have to take his shirt off, again), Belarus (who freaked out when Russia voted after her in favor of the joke [! Why, brother, why?]), and Estonia (who said it was a little too silly, but he wasn't very opposed to the idea).
"Well," he said at length, "I must admit, it does sound rahzer apprearing to me."
A collective groan hit from half the room and a resounding yell could be heard from America and Prussia. Ironically, they BOTH yelled that they were AWESOME and then gave each other a very weird look. "I'm way more awesome..." Prussia muttered.
"Yeah, yeah. That's why you're still a country, right?"
"What, America? Let's see how long you last, you 200 year old baby! Nice economy, by the way!"
Italy came between them with a smile and patted them both on the shoulder, a trail of hearts coming from his curled hair. "Now, now guys. We can-a all be awesome! Ve ve...we all voted for the super fun cool idea, right?"
"Okay, okay!" America stated with reknown vigor [smart stroking his ego, Italy! Was that on purpose or are you just that easily impressed?] "I'm going to announce-" he looked sideways at Prussia "My AWESOME idea!"
"Can I change my vote?" Prussia muttered to himself and walked away very uncooly.
Canada appeared next to him quivering, holding a hat labeled Alaska [totally got that idea from someone else] which was filled with little slips of paper. "Okay!" America shouted, causing Canada to cringe, "Everyone who DID NOT vote for this joke, come pick out a slip of paper! If you get your own name, throw it back in the hat. KEEP YOUR PAPER! You'll need it when we are done!"
He bounced up to England first, just to make a point. "Looks like you lost to me again, England. You can go first. Don't read the name yet!" England furrowed a brow at the last remark [git], but said nothing and shoved his hand in the hat. After furrowing around he picked out a paper and stuck it in his pocket. "That's right, I almost forgot!" America said with an innocent perk, "Yeah, don't look at your papers yet!"
"Das is stupid..." Germany said as he furrowed out his own paper. Pretty soon, under various smirks or glares, everybody had a piece of paper.
"Okay, England! Announce whose name you got!" England blushed very slightly as America [git] told him what to do. It was rather embarrassing, him being a former colony and all. But no matter. He unfolded his paper and read the name aloud. "Denmark [great, that damn Viking had scared the hell out of him when he was a kid]. So what's that mean?"
"Not tellin' yet. Germany?"
"I told you dat das is stupid. I got England."
"Throw away!" America said and flipped the strip out of Germany's hand. "Pick another!" he added and lifted up the hat.
"Sveden."
One by one it went like this, until the following pairs were decided: England and Denmark; Sweden and Germany; Norway and Sealand; China and Belarus [poor China!]; Russia and Romano [poor Romano!]; Liechtenstein and Prussia; Hungary and Poland; Lithuania and Japan; Cuba and Spain; Estonia and Finland; France and Ukraine [uh-oh]; Greece and Canada; Switzerland and Iceland, Italy and Latvia, America and Austria (much too Austria's fear, not knowing what the joke was.) "Okay, finally, geez, that took forEVER!" pouted America.
"It was you idea, brother..." Canada quietly reminded him.
"Pfft. Whatevs. Anyways, HERE'S THE JOKE GUYS! That's your friend for the entire day! In the true AMERICAN spirit of all nationalities coming together - "
"YOU aren't the first person of mixed blood, git!" England interrupted.
"Whatever, like all your people don't look the same, whitey," America said to a stunned audience (especially Cuba, who was the only color around [why was his dad so white?]). "Anyways, it was a good speech before I was so RUDELY interrupted! But anyways, that's your date! You have to stay in Canada all day and hang out with that person! Or you lose!"
"Lose what, exactly?" asked an exasperated Germany. What was he supposed to do with Sweden? At least it wasn't Romano. Or America, if he was going to be this chipper all day. What exactly did all of this prove?
"The game, of course! And the winner gets the Peace Prize next year, so-"
"Shut the HELL up you American sheep! Just because Obama one once doesn't mean it's happening again, so hands off the Peace Prize!"
"Can't you take a joke Switzerland? [death-glare from Switzerland] Okaaaaaaaaay. No."
Switzerland sighed and walked up to Iceland. "I guess in the prospect of Peace, I cannot refuse this stupid venue."
"..."
"Ve ve ve! This sounds like so much fun!" Italy exclaimed as he popped up next to Latvia, who smiled in return. "You're so cute, just like me when I was little and I wore a dress!"
"W-what?" was all Latvia could say in response.
"Ja, well..." Germany said as he approached Sweden, "I guess it can't be all bad. How about we go have a beer?"
Sweden looked at Germany with a chill that even made Germany stammer [but only for about a millisecond] before merely grunting "kay". They walked off, both looking rather stiff.
England took a lead from Germany [I guess if he's even doing it...] and went up to Denmark. "Hullo, ya bloody Dane." he said with a snark and handed out his palm.
Denmark squinted his eyes. "I need a drink..."
Lithuania walked up to Japan and extended a hand with a sweet look in his eyes. "H-hello, Japan. We never r-really spend much time together, do we?"
Japan met his hand with a blank gaze. "No, I supprose we don't [totally not writing that accent for the Japan Lithy chapter]."
France idled up to Ukraine with a rose in his hand, his eyes meeting hers [he knew when to look down, it was when she wasn't looking of course!] "Mon cherie," he said with a pompous laugh, "You are, how they say, very beautiful..."
Ukraine began to cry, much to France's shock [imagine the rose drooping]. "Oh! That is the nicest thing anyone has ever saaaaaaaaid to me! You must be the nicest man in the world!"
*bounce*
Prussia walked [uncooly] up to Liechtenstein. "So you're that meek chick who looks like a boy, eh? That is so not awesome..." He looked sideways as Hungary met up with Poland, while Liechtenstein nervously patted her pettanko chest with a blush.
"Hi, Poland! You know, I was very friendly with Lithuania back in the day."
"Oh, like, I guess that's so cool..." Poland said, crumbling beneath an awkward blush.
Norway gloomily walked over to Sealand, who stared up at him with a chipper grin. "I bet you'll just be loads of fun!"
Cuba walked up to Spain, who opened his arms in a hug. "My long lost son!" he said with a smile.
Cuba frowned. "You know, mi amigo, I never thought I'd say this, but I owe America one. He freed me from you, kinda." Spain's face fell under a blue cloud of doom.
Russia walked up to Romano and placed a hand on his quivering shoulder. "You're cute, ja?"
Romano squeaked as Russia touched him. "S-spain..." was all he could mutter.
Canada slowly walked up to Greece, who was sitting in the chair. "H-hey...I'm Canada."
"Who?"
Finland and Estonia were quite pleased with their matchup and watched the others jumble together with funny grins. "Look," Finland said, "Latvia and Italy. How weird."
"My favorite is China and Belarus," chuckled Estonia, "Four thousand years is about to come toppling down, don't you think?"
"You..." said Belarus dangerously, in a quiet and steely tone, "Are the one my brother wanted..."
"AMERICA!" shouted China from across the room, "I'm-a-gonna kill you! ARU!"
"Not if I do it for you..." Austria muttered to himself. Seriously, did this guy always laugh this loud? Austria fell to the floor as America slapped him on the back.
"DUDE! Did you see Belarus totally freak out China? That is SO Belarus!"
"You got my jacket dirty..." was all Austria could say.
'Kay, guys, if anyone reads this and wants something particular to happen, let me know and I'll see if I can work it in!