Chapter two is here! Thank you so much for the reviews so far! So um, yes, I decided to continue this. How many chapters, I have no idea. I should do some more extensive planning, no?

This is kind of pointless to put, no is should be fairly obvious that I don't own Hetalia. Seriously, if I did, I would not be posting this here because wouldn't it become just regular fiction? Hmmm

Well anyways…


The two youth continued to hug like this for a while, huddled together for both warmth and comfort, listening to the howls of the wind that came from outside. About half an hour later, the two of them started to feel tired and fell asleep in each other embrace. This cycle of keeping warm continued for a couple of days, however this could only continue for so long.

On the fifth day, the boy looked at his friend.

"Kumajiro, I'm hungry." He said to him for the fiftieth time.

Kumajiro looked at him with mutual agreement. That seal that was the last gift that his mother gave him was already eaten, and this had unpredicted events on the small boy. For the first little while he refused to eat it, as if it disgusted him. He complained that it "wasn't ready yet" whatever that meant. Kumajiro asked for clarification once, for even though he was a young one himself, he was pretty sure that it wasn't getting any better. The boy looked at him with a blank confused stare, as if he didn't know either.

A couple days after this, the boy got hungry enough to try some with the small polar bear. He took a few bites and then complained by whimpering out a few random syllables which Kumajiro eventually figured out that it meant "yucky". The thing that weirded out Kumajiro out even more than this weird kid not loving this divine food is that a few hour later, he paled and moaned in pain saying that his "tummy hurts". The boy seemed to recover from this surprisingly fast, and was back to normal within an hour. Maybe his species recovers from stomachaches fast?

This occurred twice before Kumajiro finished off the seal, feeling a little bad for eating so much, but the boy seemed weary of eating it, and he was a growing bear right? That is what his mother always told him.

Speaking of his mother, she was still there with them... well in body anyway. Polar bears obviously have neither a way nor a reason to give each other burial ceremonies. Since she was much too big to put outside, she was still there and her blood seeping onto the cold ground. This freaked both Kumajiro and the other boy out on the physiological scale quite a bit, especially Kumajiro, and made him cry frequently. The boy on the other hand while he knew that he was suppose to be freaked out, he regarded the situation with a mixture of childhood ignorance, and timid regard. He knew that there was something wrong, but his mind either couldn't, or wouldn't, grasp it.

Meanwhile, a storm picked up outside shortly after the child arrived at the cave, and it continued almost constantly for the whole five days. The frigid temperatures in their cave were affecting both the boy and Kumajiro. They both were able to take the cold extremely well considering, but this has its limit, even with the embrace for body heat that each other shared.

However, Kumajiro noticed a strange ritual that this boy liked to go through when he was cold, and thus wanting a hug. He would stick his stubby thumb towards himself and say "Mattie" a lot, though quietly and hesitantly, as if he wasn't sure of himself. Sometimes when he did this he would say a random noise that translated to "I am". After this, he would hug Kumajiro until his shivering from the cold stopped. This puzzled Kumajiro a lot. While he could figure out the rest of his random language, Mattie was somewhat of a mystery for him. On the surface it means either "wanting happiness or warmth", but there was something about it that made it confusing, as if it meant a million other things.

Either way, the boy seemed determined to use that word over and over again, so Kumajiro just accepted it. If the kid wanted to use it to describe how he is, then let him. It can become his name for all he cared.

There was nothing to do about the hunger, for neither one was able to hunt anything. Despite this, something had to be done. Kumajiro knew that the boy could not just eat nothing forever. He was getting weak.

He suddenly remembered something his mother told him. She said that there was a warmer place that had different kinds of food. The summer was longer and more vegetation grew. She told him to beware though, for too far south was not a place for polar bears, and he should instead stay in the north.

Kumajiro looked at Mattie, who was currently sitting in the corner, shivering again. He has never seen anything shiver so much in his short life. It didn't seem like Mattie was made for this climate as well as he was. The boy was also starting to become skinny now that Kumajiro looked at him.

This made up his mind. He would wait for the storm to finally stop and then leave for a warmer climate, one that didn't have Mattie shivering constantly. In the meantime, he decided to tell Mattie exactly what he was planning for them to do. He trotted over and poked the small boy with his left front paw, to make sure he was paying attention.

"I was thinking… after the storm is over, maybe we should leave. Perhaps go south." Kumajiro began.

Mattie looked at him still shivering. "Huh? South? Is that food?"

"Uhh… no. Mommy told me it's a place."

"Oh. Does that place have food?" Mattie asked. Kumajiro felt his stomach growl. Won't this kid shut up about food?

"Yes, yes, probably. Now I'm just telling you to be ready alright?" He growled irritably. However Mattie didn't seem to notice.

"But the food will get away. I want this storm to stop." Kumajiro mentally sighed. What exactly is he suppose to do about that? Yell at the clouds for a couple of hours? Instead of wasting his time, he fell asleep in his usual place in Mattie's arms, listening to the rhythm of his breathing.

This kid falls asleep quick, Kumajiro thought as he closed his eyes.

The next morning he seemed to have been granted his wish. Kumajiro looked at the opening of the cave in disbelief.

No way… That couldn't have possibly just happen…Did it? That seems way too much like a coincidence to be true

Still in disbelief, he hurried outside to see for himself, and sure enough the storm had stopped. The sun started to make the white snow sparkle, causing Kumajiro to blink a couple of times.

He couldn't believe his luck.

He trotted over to Mattie who had fallen asleep. Kumajiro prodded him with his nose a couple of times. Mattie stirred but remained in whatever dreams he was having. Kumajiro growled, and carefully nipped him. Hard enough to cause him pain, but not enough to cause damage. Mattie purple eyes shot open as he cried out in pain. Kumajiro looked into his confused eyes.

"Come on. We must leave." He said, wanting to take advantage of the lull in the storm. Mattie nodded, confused from sleep but got up anyway. They both stepped out of the cave, and looked out into the large vast land. As Mattie covered his eyes from the sunlight, Kumajiro looked over one last time at his mother.

"Bye bye, mommy. I'll always love you."

Silence returned his words as the two friends started out on their journey.


Gah, what a cheesy chapter. Sorry it took so long everyone. I was busy trying to prepare for Animethon, and then I was working on a contest type thing after words, so many apologies about the wait. I hope it was somewhat worth it, and hopefully there isn't too many grammar mistakes. I can't write a sentence sometimes without something wrong with it...

By the way, yes I gave Canada a name. It was getting to be annoying to call him "that kid" or "little boy" a thousand times. Don't worry; this does have something to do with the plot, as loosely based as it is right now. Kumajiro seems to remember his name right now XD. Don't you love a good miracle?

Also, apparently you can reply to reviews. Is that true?

Well anyways, that is basically everything. Chapter three will be up eventually.