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Where Is Home
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Kagome sighed irritably, crumpling up her map and throwing it in the nearest recycling bin. She didn't care where she was going at this point, as long as she could find her way back. After leaving the airport from France she had mainly just wandered around.
Coming to Austria, land of music as she so happily nick-named it, was confusing to navigate though. She was starting to wish she had gone to some place else, like Greece maybe. She'd always wanted to see the ruins…
Kagome found herself on a dirt road and she shrugged to herself, maybe this was a good sign? After all the Feudal era was all dirt roads, maybe she'd have better luck here than on the busy streets.
After a couple of hours of peaceful scenery and the occasional kind biker or car, the road curved and the trees hid what was beyond. And as soon as she turned the curve, her jaw dropped to the ground.
There was a gigantic mansion sitting right there in the middle of nowhere with a tiny town surrounding it. Seriously, she had seen mansions and villages in the Feudal Era and they were toothpicks compared to this one. The dirt road turned cobbled under her feet and before she knew it, she was walking among the quiet streets, entranced. She stopped by a café to get something to eat and had some sort of pastry. The people were dressed very elegantly and Kagome mildly wondered if these were all incredibly rich people.
Kagome walked a little closer to the mansion after shopping for some new shoes (hey, who was she to object fairly-priced rich people shoes? Besides, hers were worn out from walking.) and was surprised to see there was no security or anything. Maybe there were no such things as assassinations in this tiny hidden village? (No naruto reference!)
She walked under an arch with a bell into the front grounds (that mimicked the one at the front of the town where she entered) of the mansion and looked with awe that only a tourist could. She was surprised though.
The green bushes surrounding the property were unkempt and the windows were a little dirty. The stone outer wall was fading a little in color and the whole place looked like it hadn't been swept in a while, for there were leaves and sand and dirt everywhere (only she could really see how dirty a cobbled stone driveway was, having dealt with the shrine ground duties before). The mansion itself seemed to be a little gloomy, the walls faded in color.
She was starting to wonder if this house was empty when suddenly someone or something collided into her and both of them were knocked down with loud "eep"s. Kagome sat up and looked next to her and was shocked to see a beautiful woman in a green and white maid's outfit laying next to her with… was that a frying pan in her hand?
The lady spoke to her in a rush but Kagome frowned and shook her head, not understanding. The woman looked puzzled for a second until a look of understanding flitted across her face.
"Hello, I'm h- Elizaveta! I'm sorry I bumped into you, I wasn't watching where I was going and I was in a rush-" she started explaining, getting to her feet and helping Kagome up with surprising strength for such a small woman. Kagome smiled and waved her hands dismissively.
"Not to worry, I wasn't really paying attention myself. Oh, I'm Kagome Higurashi. I'm not trespassing on your property, am I?" she asked in embarrassment. She could sense this woman's aura and she was definitely a country, one that started with "H". Elizaveta blinked, then laughed a little. Where did she recognize that name from?
"No, no! You're fine. This place is opened to tourists, though only the front yard. Roderich was annoyed to even allow that, but anyway.." she said, a small awkward tension forming. Kagome nodded.
"This is my first time to Austria, so I got a little lost but I saw this place and it's huge." She smiled, coming up with conversation. Hungary smiled, though it was a little sad.
"Yes, it's a wonderful place. Roderich and I have lived here for years, though it's starting to fall apart.." she said, motioning around to what Kagome had already seen. "My young friend, Feliciano use to take care of this place. He always kept it so clean, using that little push broom. But he got older and he moved away, and now he's living without me." Elizaveta sighed. She missed her little Italy, he was so cute when he wore that little green maid outfit and helped clean with her. And she missed Holy Rome, too, but it was clear he probably wasn't coming back, though she didn't mention that.
Kagome gave her a sympathetic look. She knew how that felt, because Shippo had gone traveling when the Shikon was completed. She was heartbroken when her "son" left, but he had promised to come back when he had become the greatest fox demon ever. She patted Elizaveta's shoulder. She had a pretty good feeling "Feliciano" was Italy, and was further confirmed since she was positive Elizaveta was a country.
"I know how you feel, but you shouldn't worry. You must have raised him well since he's out in the big world. He's probably using the things that you taught him to make it out there." She said and it brightened up the other woman considerably.
Soon they were chatting amiably and Elizaveta invited Kagome in for tea, which she kindly accepted. They came upon a topic that Kagome was interested in.
"Yes, since Feliciano moved away I've had a lot of trouble keeping all the grounds in good condition. I've been looking for workers but this town is small, and the people are too rich and snooty to do actual work." She sniffed angrily.
"Well you and I both are in luck then." Kagome smiled. "I need a job while I'm away from Japan, and I've had a lot of experience cleaning. My family runs a shrine in Tokyo and it's very large, so I have experience with a large area to cover." Elizaveta smiled brightly and clapped in excitement, taking Kagome's hands.
"Really? You'd be willing to help me out?"
"Of course! It would be a benefit to us both. I could afford a hotel room with what you pay me—" the miko said but Elizaveta shook her head.
"No need! The hotels are overpriced and Roderich has plenty of room in the mansion! He doesn't need every room. As a matter of fact, I could probably get you moved into feli's old room." She smiled and everything else went by quickly: introductions to the stiff and brilliant Austrain man, Elizaveta phoning the hotel where Kagome had left her bags to bring them to the mansion, Kagome moving into what she was positive Feliciano's old room, getting that cute green maid outfit and to have a minutely blushing Austria approve…
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Kagome has been working with Hungary for about two weeks now. She's been paid a pretty amount of money and has been having the time of her life, listening to amazing classical music and hanging out with her friend Elizaveta. She's decided not to ask them about both of them being countries, though she pretty much knew Roderich is Austria (if the name, aura and talent were anything to go by) and Elizaveta is Hungary. Now she is cleaning the front steps of the mansion…
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Kagome hummed a happy tune. All her worries from the previous G8 meeting had completely malted and she was happier than ever working for Roderich and Elizaveta (Though the pretty pay she was receiving had a little to do with it, too). She twirled in her maid outfit (that she had come to adore).
She giggled at the thought of her two friends. They were romantically impaired, they were. It was obvious that they loved each other to some degree. She was surprised neither had noticed by now.
Kagome finished sweeping the steps and hopped into the courtyard, humming as the sun glowed down on her and the birds started singing. It was quite early, but that made it all the better, since it was so peaceful. She felt like she'd gone to some kind of heaven, and the classical piano coming from Roderich's living room furthered her thoughts. She was so occupied with the fore mentioned and working that she didn't sense the familiar type of aura make it's way through the front arch, nor did she realize it froze there for a moment before rushing up behind her until it was too late.
"Kyaa!" she shouted as someone hugged her from behind, trapping her arms against her sides. Her first thought was that Italy had found her, but when she didn't recognize the person's—strike that, the country's aura, she feared the worst that one of her other Nation friends had sent someone to find her. But that notion was squashed when whoever it was nuzzled her neck from behind affectionately, his or her face warm and she shivered as the person spoke.
"My Italia, I'ma home…" the man said, gender given away by his voice. She said the only thing she could muster at the moment, her oh-so intelligent reply;
"Huh?"
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Where Is Home
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MCD: LOL! Cliffy! You probably hate me right now, but you should know who it is if you've watched Hetalia! And for those who reviewed and said they don,t well, you should either watch Hetalia (Highly recommended, the shows are only 5 minutes long) or you should google "Holy Roman Empire Hetalia" XD
Yay, accomplishment! Two chapters in one day :D I probably won't update this often though, and the chapters might not all be his long, just saying. Adios!