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Chapter 2:

"What do you mean America split?" Russia asked, confused as to how their America vanished and was replaced by two younger ones. And how did they know if these were the only two?

"It's bit hard to explain, but I assure you this does happen," England began to explain only to stop when he heard a growl come from Chibi America's stomach. England simply laughed good-naturedly at this before saying, "But it sounds like there is at least one little one here who woud rather have food than a conversation. So how about we go to their home and get you something to eat first, alright?"

"I'm hungry too so let's go. After all, chasing rabbits to calm the littler me down is hard work," Colonial America retorted before grabbing hold of one of England's hands and pulling him towards the rest of the group.

"It is close to lunch time so I suppose food is in order. As long as you do actually explain this England," Germany commented as he and the others walked towards the car.

"I don't think England can hear you right now, what with him having two little America's fussing over his attention he must be on cloud nine," France laughed.


It did not take them long to reach America's house and for a quick meal to be made for the seemingly starved children. As they ate and watched TV, several of the nations found it surprising how the younger Americas easily assimilated into the current lifestyle. Thinking about this Japan commented aloud, "It certainly is surprising. I would have thought there would be some sort of culture shock for them to suddenly end up in such a different time period."

Colonial America heard this comment and replied, "It's because this is just like one of those dreams where you know you've never been someplace but you still know everything about it. Most likely, I'll wake up any moment in my bed and spend the rest of the day wondering what's real and what's not."

"And besides, England is here and if he is calm about everything then there is no problem," Chibi America chimed in.

"I suppose that's as good a way to look at this as any. The reason you seem alright and remember current things is because you are still a bit of the current America. Somewhere in your head is a bit of him who is giving you memories to help you understand things," England explained to the child. The explanation seemed to go over his head, however, causing him to give England a confused look before returning to watching a show with Chibi America.

"And you have yet to explain what is happening," Germany retorted.

"It's like this. Every once in a while there will come enough internal stress for a nation that will cause him to break into different parts; depending on the nation. Before America split, he was complaining about how he wanted things to be like old times, and so he split into his past eras. At the same time, if things were a little different he could have split into regions or something else, but splitting by ages seems to be the most common for this rare predicament," England finally explained.

"If I remember correctly the last time this happened was to Spain in the late 1800s. It certainly was entertaining trying to find all of his past selves," France commented as to continue the topic.

"Hardly. I only helped you find one of his past selves, and started regretting it the moment Pirate Spain tried to cut my head off," England retorted as he subconsciously rubbed his neck.

"Oh, ya, I kind of remember Romano talking about that now. Of course we were busy with our own stuff at that time so I didn't spend any time helping with that," Italy answered.

"So if America-san has been split into his different age classes, than how many Americas are there now?" Japan asked.

"There would be one America for each era, or in his case each time he went through a growth spurt. As it is I'm not completely sure how many there are either. We currently have Chibi America, or pre-colonial America, along with Colonial America. Then there would be Western Expansion America. There is most likely more that I can't think of," England answered.

"I can think of one more which you are purposefully blocking," France commented.

"At least most if not all of them should be in his own country," Canada commented.

"Yes, if we end up having to find this unknown number that will be helpful," Germany continued.

"So why do we need to find all of these Americas?" Russia asked.

"The only way to get our current time America back is get all of the parts together again," France answered.

"And why do we want the current America back? Is it really so bad if things stay like this?" Russia persisted. It was not so much that he wanted America gone, but this sounded like a lot of sudden and possibly never ending work for someone who he really did not care for.

"Generally speaking, a divided America could lead to hurting his landmass, which in turn could have negative effects on the rest of us," Japan mused.

"Besides, America is our friend so we should be there to help him! And it could be fun to see what he was like at different times," Italy rationalized.

"So are we really canceling our meeting to play a giant game of hide-and-seek with different Americas?" Germany asked.

"That sounds like a lot more fun than a meeting," Italy agreed, only for Germany to shake his head in dismay.

"Before he vanished, he said himself that he did not want to be separated," Canada persuaded.

"And if he needs our help to get back together than we should do it now instead of wait," France commented.

"So then it appears we are in agreement to look for more Americas," England said at last.

"Alright, so where do we search next?" Russia asked.

"Out west, for Western expansion America," England answered.

"But wouldn't it make more sense to get the last America on this coast before heading west?" Canada asked, but England ignored the question when Japan asked, "So then would we be taking the little Americas with us also?"

"Yes, last time this happened we found that the other parts can help find missing ones," France answered.

"Where are we going to find what?" Chibi America asked as he walked up to the nations with the other child. Their show had ended and they were curious as to what the adults were talking about.

"We're going to take a little vacation out west," England answered.

"Why? What's out west that is so important?" Chibi America asked with a frown. He liked this area, and was not too happy with the idea of having to suddenly leave to go to some place he had never heard of.

"Bison. Bison as far as you can see," Colonial America answered, his eyes twinkling with the idea of adventure. He then continued excitedly, "And gold, and Indians to fight, and large tracks of land waiting to be taken! I remember all about it from these dime novels."

"Hmm some of that may have changed since then…but what if I told you if you come with us you can meet a real live cowboy?" Canada asked, trying to entice the younger America with his sudden excitement over the west.

"Really?" Colonial America asked, taking the bait.

"Ah yes, I forgot that America-san spent a good amount of time playing cowboy," Japan commented as he thought back to a few times he visited America's house after opening himself up.

"Meeting a cowboy sounds pretty cool," Italy agreed.

"So what are we waiting for? Let's go! Let's go! Come on!" Colonial America ordered eagerly as he swooped Chibi America into one arm and used the other to pull England out of his seat.

"We can't leave this minute, America. You will have to wait until tomorrow, so that our friends here can get everything ready, alright," England replied as he freed his hand from the youngster's iron grip. Colonial America pouted at this, but nodded his head in agreement. England smiled at this and lead the children back to the living room as the other nations left to make their own calls to bosses and hotels. Early the next morning, the group flew off San Francisco.

For anyone interested: Since the colonies were on the East coast, I always think that younger (colonial) America would share some of the East coast ideas throughout history. This is why colonial America is obsessed over the idea of the 'wild west' from the 1800s despite the fact that knowledge of the western North America would be very little/nonexistent during his actual time.

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