Disclaimer: I don't nor have I ever owned Hetalia: Axis Powers.

Thank you for the alerts and favorites. It makes me feel special when people enjoy my work. Okay, so while writing this I realized that with 7 characters in a room together, it can get pretty busy. So after another chapter or so, the story is going to progress when only two or three characters are the main focus. All right, it's now story time.

In the center of the cave, a boy laid on the ground, his short black hair disheveled by doing so. A dog sat next to him, contently nuzzling the hand petting him. The boy, whose name was Kiku, hummed in content, enjoying the serene scene around him. He had come here today to escape his busy household of 6 and enjoy his day in peace. He already spent hours staring at the sky, making out pictures in the clouds. Every now and then a bird would fly into the cave, using the gap in the ceiling, and he'd make a mental note of which nest the bird went to and continue with his day.

'How peaceful' he thought, closing his eyes. Pochi, the dog next to him, suddenly growled at a group that had entered from one of the three entrances, Kiku's eyes abruptly opened due to the growling from Pochi. He quickly stood up, wielding a stick as a weapon, hoping that it would scare them away; it didn't.

"Ve, Why is the short Asian waving a stick at us?" A short reddish-brown haired kid pondered, poking a scowling brunette, the scowl deepening as he continued poking.

" Quit poking me idiot! I don't know why, maybe it's a cultural thing?" the brunette responded slapping away his hand.

" May you please tell me what you are doing here?" Kiku asked politely, even though he was slightly offended.

" Holy Crap! He talked!" An albino shrieked, popping up from behind a tall blond." I thought he would speak Chinese."

" No, he doesn't look Chinese, jerk… Maybe Korean?" The brunette replied.

"Ve~! I've never met a Korean before!"

The chatter continued, Kiku keeping his face stoic as it continued. The chatter turned into yelling as a disagreement sprouted between the brunette and the albino about his ethnicity.

" Will you all shut up and answer his question!" the blond screamed silencing everyone.

"…"

"Alright, let's first introduce ourselves. I am Ludwig Beilschmidt, nice to meet you." He continued

" I'm Feliciano Vargas, but most people call me Feli," The reddish-brown haired kid interjected, shaking Kiku's hand." This is my brother Lo-"

" Idiota, I can introduce myself thank you very much!" The brunette fumed. "I'm Lovino, jerk."

"And I'm the super awesome, Prussian, Gilbert, the blond guy's big brother. But you may call me Lord Awesome." The albino boasted, leaning on Ludwig's shoulder.

Kiku already knew this group, somewhat. After studying he would look outside and would see them hanging around the neighborhood, joking around, occasionally going to the ice-cream shop. Sometimes he wanted to go outside with them but his brother, Yao, had high standards for Kiku so he was often trapped inside, studying. It was a miracle he made it outside today, Im Yong Soo clung onto his leg as he walked out the door and had to be pried off using a shovel. The look Yao sent him as he left made him shudder, still.

" I-I am Kiku Honda, p- preasure to meet you," he stuttered out, blushing, as his English became Engrish." Pleasure, I mean. And this is Pochi."

Pochi yipped in response.

" It's a puppy~!" Feliciano flailed his arms in a strange manner. " It's so cute~!"

Kiku gave him a strange look but didn't say anything.

' Best not to think about it,' Kiku made a mental note.

Feliciano ran off as the argument between Romano and Gilbert continued. Still discussing if he was Chinese or Korean, both wrong.

"I bet Kiku is Chinese, Koreans are really loud and stuff, this guy has barely talked!" Gilbert pointed out to Lovino.

" Yeah, but I thought that the Chinese say stuff like 'Ayaah'. He could be Korean, jerk. That's just a stereotype." Lovino argued back.

"That is a stereotype, Lovino." Ludwig interjected.

" Shush it, Macho Potato!"

" I thought that the Chinese were suppose to say 'Aru' at the end of each sentence." Gilbert thought aloud.

" Then why did you think he was Chinese, he hasn't said 'Aru' once." Lovino fumed.

" Actually I'm Japanese…" Kiku finally spoke up.

Everyone looked at him in wonder. The room was silent except for Feliciano, chatting with something in the corner?

" Ve~! There's someone spying on us!" Feliciano bellowed pointing at two blond boys, one cowering the corner, the other in total awe pointing at Gilbert in particular.

" Holy Crap! It's a demon! I though I'd find aliens but I found a demon!" He rambled on. " Told you I'd find them Mattie."

" What have you gotten in us now Al." The one in the corner, Mattie, mumbled.

A few minutes before the current event.

"I hope Al didn't get into too much trouble" Matthew had been having trouble in finding his brother, his trail of laughs had died down leaving Matthew worried for his well-being.

" Hahaha " A laugh rang through the cave walls.

'There he is' Matthew continued down the trail. He eyed the little bird on his shoulder, it's feathers ruffled, nuzzled into the depths of his red hoodie. The little thing had fallen asleep during the adventure. The trail became colder as he went on, the scared feeling returning.

"A-Alfred? Are you t-there?" He stuttered out, the atmosphere changed. It became less nice and friendly, more dark and ominous. A quick thud behind him made him jump, a hand covering his mouth to hide a yelp. The bird woke up, pecking, the attacker.

"Mattie! Tell the bird off! We're spying on the aliens," Alfred whispered taking his hand off his brother's mouth. " Let's be sneaky."

There was a group of 5 in the center of the main room of cave. Discussing… Well, arguing about something. As the argument got deeper Alfred lost interest and the bird suddenly decided to chirp loudly and repeatedly, as if calling out to someone.

" The bird! It's going to give us away if it doesn't stop." Alfred said crouching behind a rock to get closer; Matthew followed so.

" S- sorry! I'll try to make it stop. " Matthew closed the little birds mouth in attempt to stop the noise, it failed.

" Let the hero try!"

" A-are you sure Al? It might bite you again."

" I'm the hero remember!"

"Sorry…"

"Ow! It bit me again! Stupid bird!"

"Zwölf isn't stupid, why would you need to keep quiet, Ve~?" a voice behind them mused. They both turn around to see one the 'aliens' standing there, dumbfounded at the sight.

Alfred, who at the moment was panicking came up with a lie to throw off the 'alien'.

" Aliens, we have been spy on you for hours! We know your secrets! Take us to your leaders." He commanded.

It failed.

" Ve~! There's someone spying on us in the corner!" The boy bellowed.

" Oh Maple Leaf." Matthew muttered under his breath.

It took a while for the two groups to explain and introduce each other. Alfred was studying the 'aliens' most of the time leaving Matthew there to explain, stuttering with his quiet voice like an idiot. Lovino yelling at him to speak louder made it harder to but eventually, he got the point across. It turned out the bird belonged to Gilbert. When Matthew told him about how the bird attacked his brother, he simply laughed and said:

" That's Zwölf alright, that's how he got his name"

" Wh-why is he named Zwölf?" Matthew asked.

" Please don't ask him that." Ludwig groaned behind him

Gilbert's face stiffened up, completely serious. " He killed 12 people."

Matthew really wished he didn't ask.

"Heh, Kesese~ It's weird. Usually when he goes AWOL he attacks anything that comes near him. He must like you!" Gilbert added. "I'll call you Birdie because you're small and your hair color reminds me of Zwölf."

Matthew turned a bright red and looked at the floor, fidgeting with his hoodie sleeves, a nervous habit. Yeah, he had a petite frame but he wasn't that small, only an inch shorter than Alfred and he was taller then Arthur.

"Hey, Mattie!" Alfred's voice yelled behind him. "Lovino gave me an awesome nickname, Hamburger Head!"

" That was an insult, stupid" Lovino fumed.

" Still a nickname though!" He smiled wrapping his arm around Lovino's shoulder, the short Italian's face resembling a tomato.

"Chigi! You bastardo, get off of me." Lovino pushed Alfred's arms off and punched his shoulder.

"Oh no! Fratello is mad now! Hug Therapy!" Feliciano chirped bringing Lovino into a tight embrace.

" Get off me now! I don't need hug therapy." Lovino crabbed.

" While we wait for them to sort that out," Matthew's attention returned to his and Gilbert's discussion." I say we name this awesome hangout, I suggest Cave Awesome!"

" No, I think we should name it Alfred the Hero's Super Cave!" Alfred injected.

" Ve~ we should name it Deliziosa Pasta Grotta!" Feliciano chimed in.

" All of your ideas are stupid." Lovino barked.

" I think we should name it Bird Cave." Kiku, who had been discussing something with Ludwig, spoke up. " There are so many bird nests here that I thought the name would fit."

" I-I like Kiku's idea, b-but maybe we should name it Birdie Cave?" Matthew suggested, hoping they wouldn't overlook him.

" Hm... I like sounds pretty awesome. Has a nice ring to it."

" Yeah, much better than 'Alfred the Hero's Super Cave'"

" Hey, I liked that name! But Birdie Cave is all right with me."

" I agree with Alfred, It is a good name."

" Ve~! It sounds pretty."

" It's a Reasonable name."

And so it was agreed for the cave to be called Birdie Cave.