Okay, I'm back already! It's the weekend, so I have pretty much all day today and tomorrow to type. Hopefully, I'll take advantage of them. Well, onward!
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Italy skipped along-side Germany, Prussia, and Japan as they started walking through the small town America had talked about.
"This is the town I chased you into this morning!" Germany said to Italy.
"V-ve!? Oh, um… Yup, sure looks like it~!" Italy smiled right back at Germany. "Und so… You don't find it the least bit suspicious that America heard the rumors in the exact town you ran into this morning?" Germany questioned.
"Mm… Well, maybe the least bit…" Italy muttered.
"What was that, Ita?" Prussia asked from the window he was now beside.
"Bruder, stay away from shops! We did not come here to buy useless junk!" Germany scolded. "But this sword isn't useless! It has diamonds in it-!"
"That are probably fake."
"-and it's hilt is blue-!"
"The paint is peeling!"
"-and… W-well, it looks awesome!" Prussia finished lamely. "It looks old und like it could break if you breathed on it," Prussia's brother deadpanned.
"W-well of course it could! Anything could break if the awesome me breathes on it!" Prussia declared, following with a laugh. "Besides, they have this awesome-looking whip beside-"
"Was?" Germany interrupted, pushing Prussia to the side. He saw a black whip with slight wear markings on it and saw a tag that said "REAL LEATHER!"
"I- M-my whip is perfectly… f-fine…" Germany forced. "C'mon, West… You know you want it… You buy the whip, I buy the sword…"
"Oh no you don't!" Germany shouted, shrugging his brother from his shoulder. "I refuse to be captivated by a whip und let you get away with some useless sword!"
"Oh, und what would you use the whip for!?" Russia demanded hotly. Germany opened his mouth, but he shut it quickly, face reddening. Prussia was about to taunt him like a good big brother when Japan suddenly pushed both of them to the ground.
"Hey!"
"Wh-what the Hölle!?"
"I-it is!" he yelled from the window. Japan whipped around and got on his knees.
"Please, please! I-I'll buy anything for either of you, j-just let me in there! Th-they have a limited-edition poster sword!" Germany and Prussia stood up entirely and looked down at Japan with a strange look on their faces. He had never begged before; it was shameful! The brothers shared a quick look before sighing.
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"Thanks a shit ton, Japan~!" Prussia thanked cheerfully. "Ja, danke…" Germany muttered, stretching tugging on the whip to test the strength of real leather.
"Hai…" Japan mumbled, stroking his new rare sword.
"Hehe~! You all look like zombies, staring at only one thing like that~!" Italy giggled. Germany immediately wrapped the whip up and stuck it at his side, simply tossing his old one to the side. Me and that thing did have a lot of fun together… Though I suppose this new one will last even longer… Germany thought with his sadistic mind, just barely smirking.
Prussia was next to lose his old sword and replace his new one in its sheath. "Looks AWESOME, doesn't' it?" he asked. "Or is my awesome to awesome for this new awesome addition?" Italy giggled at him while Germany sighed. Japan was the hardest to convince to put his new item away, as he wanted to stare at it forever. After threatened to go to his house and do what they wanted while he did that, Japan quickly drew his tachi and said, "One more moment…"
When he was satisfied, Japan carefully placed his poster sword into his bag and told them never to joke about his house. The rest of the trip through the city was silent.
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"Ve~! I think I see- No wait, that's another tree…" Italy said.
"UUUUUUUHH! When will we GET there!?" Prussia shouted to the sky.
"Ve~ Well, America did say it would three hours to reach…" Italy said.
"He did?" asked Japan. "Yeah! He said 'There's this totally cool mansion in the mountains! It's haunted, and it's three hours from this wicked small town!' …Don't you remember?" Italy asked with his rare frown.
"Er… It sounds a little familiar, I suppose…" Japan said. "I think I don't care what he said I want to get there!" Prussia complained.
"Alright already!" Germany shouted. "We have been only walking this entire time, so why don't we take a break for dinner?"
"Ve~! I like the sound of that!" Italy cheered. Japan was as silent as ever in any matter while Prussia agreed just as loudly as Italy.
"I'm glad we brought food to eat on~!" Italy said through a mouth full of pasta.
"Don't talk with your mouth full!" Germany scolded. "Sorry~!" Italy apologized, his mouth still full of pasta. Germany sighed and continued eating his wurst.
The four of them continued to eat silently, Japan occasionally glancing at Italy, until Italy was through eating and stood up.
"Und what are you doing?"
"Ve, just stretching… My legs feel weird after being under me for so long~!" he answered cheerfully, running around near them. As they finished eating their own food, Italy stopped suddenly and gasped, darting into the forest.
"Hey, Italy! Get back here!" Germany yelled, going after him without a second thought.
"Hey, West! Your bag!" Prussia shouted. Then he noticed Italy was missing. He and Japan quickly gathered everything, Prussia grabbing Germany's things and Japan Italy's, and they ran after them.
They saw them after a few minutes. Italy was crying on the ground.
"I-Italy-kun!"
"Ita!"
They sped up and skidded to a stop just in front of him.
"Wh-what's the matter!?" Japan asked. "I'm not sure… He hasn't calmed down enough to tell me yet…" Germany said, worry written across his face.
"Th… There was this-this pretty little kitty cat I saw, so I went up to it…! B-but it ran and when I finally caught it, it-it scratched me!" Italy sobbed. Germany sighed, relief briefly visible on his face before anger slightly took over.
"Let me see the scratch…" Italy hesitated at Germany's order, something Japan found odd. Italy always does what Germany says immediately… unless it's training, Japan thought with a frown.
Prussia pulled Germany's sleeve before he could yell the order at Italy. Germany turned around with an annoyed look, but it faded as he saw what his brother had spotted.
And that's where I end it! Yeah, I know, you want the mansion already. I'm getting there, believe me. The next chapter should be up a little after this one, so calm yoselves. Anyway, thanks for the favs, follows, and comment guys! I really appreciate it, it lets me know I'm doing something right! Keep those coming, 'cause I'm definitely coming back with more! Bye bye~!
