Chapter Two

Matthew immediately stepped in front of Prussia seeing the dust starting to clear. Three pairs of glowing red eyes materialized out of the smoke. He growled protectively seeing them. The albino had a fistful of his sweater pulling him back.

"Birdie!" Prussia said nervously. Other nations were already starting to run, but others were frozen. A tentacle shot out of the dust wrapping around Italy's waist pulling him back. The albino let go of Canada's shirt seeing this. "Be careful!"

"You too, get out of here." The blond said quickly giving him a kiss on the cheek and Prussia nodded eyes filled with worry.

Blackbird immediately ran forward quickly throwing on his mask and releasing his kagune. He jumped into the air turning and cutting through the other ghoul's kagune. He caught the Italian and jumped back shooting a blast of shards at the trio. Germany was still there watching, eyes filled with fear. Matthew used his wings to shield his back as he got closer to the blond man.

"Take him," Blackbird said carefully handing Italy to him. Germany only looked slightly terrified. "Get out of here."

Ludwig nodded taking the Italian and running. He looked quickly around the room, all the other nations were gone. Matthew turned back to the ghouls with a growl. He could see now that the dust had cleared there were two female koukaku ghouls and a rinkaku male ghoul. All wore identical uniforms and masks. The two koukaku ghouls must have been twins, both had identical kagune.

Blackbird stood and watched to see what they were going to do next. They seemed to be nervous not knowing what to do or if to attack. They clearly weren't expecting a ghoul to be among the nations. The pair of koukaku's seemed to have made their choice and rushed at the Canadian. He hopped up out of the way of their swords shooting a concentrated blast of crystal shards at one of the twins.

The woman cried out in pain as the crystals tore through her. Her sister jumped in front of her blocking part of the barrage with her sword. Matthew landed in a crouch as the girl started to run at him again. She stabbed at him, but he ducked under it tackling her. He threw her back at her twin.

The rinkaku ghoul decided to step in and attacked with his tentacles. He managed to wrap one around his waist while the twins were recovering. He was lifted off the ground. The Canadian twisted bringing one of his sharp crystal wings down on the limb and sliced through it. He landed easily on his feet as another tentacle shot towards him.

Blackbird moved out of the way of the first, but didn't see the second one coming. The second's razor sharp end cut into his side just above his hip. He growled and quickly sliced through it. By now both of the koukaku ghouls had recovered and were advancing. The pair tried to flank him, but he jumped back up into the air watching for the rinkaku's legs.

Canada shot another blast at the koukaku he'd injured earlier. The woman growled blocking with her sword, but he landed behind her. Blackbird shot another bunch of shards point blank at her back. She didn't have a chance to move as the crystals became embedded in her spine. The woman immediately collapsed. Matthew could see that the wounds weren't healing.

The other koukaku ghoul howled with anger and charged at him head on. He brought his wings in front of his chest protecting himself from her swipes. He unfurled his wings throwing the other ghoul back. He noticed the rinkaku's tentacles starting to encircle him. He growled shooting larger shards at the woman before focusing on the other ghoul.

The rinkaku's legs snaked around him. Blackbird didn't have enough time to jump out of the way before the man's tentacles tightened around him. He lifted him a few feet off the ground. The sharp scale like texture cut into Matthew's arms and legs. He struggled, but it only made the scales bite deeper into him. Canada could hear the koukaku ghoul walking towards him slowly. She was scraping her sword along the ground as she walked. He bit his lip and twisted in the rinkaku's grasp. He pushed his crystal wings back shattering the other ghouls kagune.

Matthew landed in a crouch shielding himself with his wings from the falling shards. He hopped back into the air seeing the koukaku charging at him again. He was about to shoot a blast of spikes at her, but he was tackled. The rinkaku ghoul growled and pushed him back.

They hit the windows on the edge of the room. The glass shattered and Canada lost his balance falling backwards. His eyes widened trying to grab anything to hang onto. He grabbed the other ghoul, but he lost his balance as well. The pair fell through the broken window.

The rinkaku ghoul screamed as they fell clinging to Blackbird. He growled and twisted throwing the man off him. He quickly spread his wings. He couldn't fly, but it would slow his fall. He knew he was still falling to quickly and turned digging his kagune into the side of the building. He managed to slow himself enough landing in a crouch in the street. The other ghoul had landed in the centre of the road and wasn't moving.

Matthew heard a yell and looked up to see the other koukaku ghoul sliding down the building after him. He growled and shot sharp spikes at her. He hadn't led his shot enough. The woman avoided the shards and landed in the street.

Canada was very aware of the humans around them and was hesitant to use his ranged attacks. They hadn't done anything wrong and he didn't want to hurt them. The people started to back away and run.

Blackbird wanted to end this quickly and get out of here. He charged forward at the woman. Her eyes widened as he swiped at her with his wings. She clearly hadn't seen a ukaku attack head on before. The koukaku gasped as the crystal cut through her chest. She slashed back at him. Canada easily jumped out of the way not wanting more wounds to heal from. He came back down quickly and cleanly slicing through her shoulder breaking her kagune.

The woman cried out in pain holding her shoulder and stumbling back. The wound looked like it was already started to heal. Matthew shook his head and advanced again. The koukaku didn't have her kagune to deflect his. He quickly shot a small concentrated blast at her throat. Blackbird jumped back ready to fire again, but she fell to her knees. The woman didn't make a move to get up.

Canada turned ready to run, but skidded to a stop seeing a line of Doves in the street. He immediately lowered his kagune. He had no intentions of attacking or hurting the agents.

"Surrender, Blackbird." The man he'd seen earlier with white and black hair called. He stepped forward away from the line of Doves. The Canadian wondered how much English he knew and how well they'd be able to communicate. The man's scent suddenly made sense. He had smelled a one-eyed ghoul before, but something about this one was different.

"I don't want to hurt you." Matthew said slowly. He took another step back looking for an escape.