Chapter 2: When Hungary Met Jack
While walking through the streets of Aku City, a city where many different creatures aliens roam, a young woman, who was a country representative of Hungary, walked with three of her friends, who were countries as well, through a rundown street.
"Hey Germany, look!" one of the countries called out as he pointed his finger at a group of musicians.
One of them was a lightbulb shaped alien man with three blue eyes, playing a guitar.
Another was a human girl, who had tan skin, wore a blue tank top, a pair of green shorts, and flip-flops, tapping on the sides of a big jug.
There was also a human boy that looked just like the girl sitting beside him, possibly a twin brother of hers, only he had shorter hair, wore a dark blue sweater, a pair of jeans, and red sneakers, playing a pan flute.
And an alien couple, a man and a woman, sang along to their group's melodies.
"They may be thieves, Italy. We must be careful when walking in this city, someone stole my wurst yesterday without me even noticing." The tall and broad country with bright blond hair named Germany warned as he pulled his friend away from the group of musicians.
"Oh give it a break, West. You can get another wurst from the hot dog stand. And for mother of Gilbird, let the kid admire these guys. They don't even look like thieves, plus they have kids with 'em." Germany's older brother, an ex-country called Prussia, stepped in between the two.
"As much as I hate to say this, but Prussia has a point." Hungary agreed as she pointed to a hat on the ground, filled with gold coins and dollar bills.
Hungary stared at the musicians for a few moments, even listening to their songs.
They sounded so familiar, much like the music she used to listen to back at home.
She inhaled before walking up to the singing couple.
The musicians stopped playing their instruments and looked up at the young woman.
"We really like your music." Hungary complimented as she dug through her pockets for at least two gold coins and threw them into the hat.
"Thank you Miss, we're practicing for a performance at the Feast and Fight Festival today." The boy told as the three men behind Hungary looked at each other.
"Feast and Fight Festival?" Germany uttered.
"It's an annual festival where the best fighters from all over the world come to the city to compete. To honour those fighters, we set up a feast for them and the city people, and also perform for entertainment. It lasts for an entire week. We're really excited!" Exclaimed the female alien excitedly, clapping her hands.
"If it's anything like the Oktoberfest, then the Great Prussia is all in." Prussia gave the group a thumbs up.
"We're also in need of a dancer. A good tune is never complete without a good dancer."
"I can be a great dancer. In that case I'm in."
Italy looked towards the entrance of the street to find a hand full of Aku's guards turning to the street they were currently standing in.
The young man shook his tall friend's arm to get his attention.
Germany looked to where Italy was pointing at and found himself panicking on the inside.
"We have to go, Aku's guards are here."
With that said, the musicians looked to their left to the guards in the distance, gathered their belongings quickly, and made a run for it.
Prussia, Germany, and Italy also made a run for it.
Before she ran with the others, Hungary saw at the corner of her eye that the musicians forgot their hat filled with gold.
So she went back to grab the hat.
Suddenly, as she ran, she tripped on the long skirt of her dress, making her fall forward and dropped the hat, spilling hard earned coins all over the concrete.
Hungary quickly got up to pick up the coins when the shadows of the guards loomed over her.
Around the same time, a man who wore a homemade straw hat, a white gi with a sword tied to his side, and a pair of sandals, sat and drank his tea at a tea shop.
He saw at the corner of his eye a woman with dirty blonde hair being surrounded by that demon's henchmen.
What did they want with that young woman? Whatever did she do to arouse their anger?
"Alright, female, where did you get the money?" One guard interrogated as Hungary stood up to her feet and held the hat tightly against her chest.
"It's not mine. I was just..."
"Thief!" Another guard shouted at the top of his lungs.
"No! I was just trying to return this to my friends!" Hungary argued as she felt one of the guards pull onto the hat, trying to force her to let go of it.
"Save it for the Pit of Hate, girl." It became serious problem for the Hungarian when both of her arms were grabbed by a guard behind her.
The guard in front of her tried to pull the hat out of her hands again when she kicked him in the face with her foot and jammed her captor in the stomach with her elbow.
She quickly bent forward, throwing the guard off of her and hit the other one with his weight.
Before she ran, more guards were surrounding her, blocking every possible exit.
Hungary was probably going to be arrested for false robbery and resisting arrest by violence.
Just then, one of the guards was hit with a straw hat.
She stared at the mysterious hat in confusion, and was dumbfounded.
Suddenly, at the blink of an eye, two guards were cut in half, making them disappear into dust thereafter.
Next thing Hungary knew, she witnessed a man up in the air, screaming at the top of his lungs.
Before landing onto the ground, he vertically cut the demon guard in half.
Hungary stood back to watch the intense action happening in front of her.
He sliced through every guard in sight, vertical cuts, horizontal cuts, diagonal cuts, two or three in one cuts, until they were nothing but ashes and dust.
The man stood onto his feet, putting his sword away.
The Hungarian stared at him with a surprised expression on her face.
"Are you hurt?" He questioned.
"No," Hungary answered when she picked up the straw hat that was thrown earlier.
"You dropped your..."
"You can keep it. I'll make another one." That was all he said to her.
Hungary stood there, observing the straw hat that she now has ownership over.
"Thank you for saving me."
"It is my sole duty to protect the innocent from the evil deeds of Aku. I bid you farewell."
Hungary looked at both of the hats, but when she looked up, her saviour was gone.
She thanked him for saving her, but she should've asked for his name.
But the most important thing to do right now was to find her friends and give the musicians their money back.
Who was he? Hungary thought to herself as she grabbed the front of her skirt and ran through the streets.