Hello again! To answer the question I got in the comments, the countries don't interact with people as much as they'd like. Later in the game, they think of official human names, so my theory is that they rarely use them. When chatting with random people they won't meet again, they say their country name and people assume that it's just a nickname. Their human name is something they use rarely, and they have a few.

Again, I do not own Hetalia or HetaOni.

Japan was getting a cup from one of the shelves while I tried the tap.

"It's no use, it's broken." I told him. "We have to get it from somewhere else." Japan came over with a mug.

"The bathroom also had a sink. Let's try there." He suggested. I agreed and we made our way to the bathroom. As we got closer I moved behind Japan, so that if the monster attacked he would be eaten first. Nothing attacked, and we went inside the bathroom. Japan walked to the sink and I looked around the wall to the toilet.

"Well… This is water…" I said jokingly. Japan looked slightly queasy.

"Let's not be so hasty." He tried the sink. "Ah, thank God. It doesn't seem to be broken." He filled the mug with water. I looked at it. Something felt off about the water.

"Are you sure that's water?" I asked. He shrugged.

"I think so." He replied. I shook my head, but followed him back to Germany's room. He knocked on the door.

"Germany-san?" Germany peeked out and Japan offered the mug. "Here. It's not filtered water though…"

Germany drank it and stopped shaking. "Is that… really water?" He asked.

"Judging from it's color… probably…" Japan replied. Germany was silent for a moment.

"I see… Anyway, sorry for falling apart like that. I feel much better now." He replied. He didn't seem to notice me, but I didn't mind. He looked a little scary, and was much taller than me.

"So where are the others?" Japan asked.

"I don't know. We all ran in different directions, I think." Germany said. He took a calming breath. "Sorry, just… give me a moment to pull myself together." Japan nodded.

"All right. We'll go look for the other two. Try to get some rest." Germany started to retreat back into his closet, but paused.

"Oh, by the way, I found this when I was running. Maybe it can be of some use to you?" He offered a key. Japan took it.

"Arigato." Japan replied. Germany closed the door and I moved slightly closer to Japan.

"He must have met the Thing too." I muttered. Japan shrugged and looked at the key. It had "LF1" scratched on it.

"L… Floor one?" He mused. "Let's check the first floor." He headed downstairs and I followed. At the bottom he paused, looking like he was trying to decide which way to go.

"Let's head towards the kitchen." I offered. "There was a door that we didn't try." Japan nodded and walked over to that door. He tried the doorknob, but it was locked.

"Try the key." I told him. He did, and the door unlocked. Inside was a library. Japan locked the door behind us and we headed over to a messy table. I picked up a loose paper.

"Blank." I muttered quietly. "All of them are blank."

"Or they have these squiggles." Japan said, holding up another piece with black squiggles. "Oh!" Underneath the paper was a rice ball. "An onigiri!" He wrapped it in a piece of paper.

"Why is there a rice ball in a library?" I asked. Japan shrugged.

"Let's keep looking." We looked at the bookshelves. I pulled out a book, but it was filled with blank pages. What a waste of paper. Japan looked around the back of the bookshelf.

"Oh, I dropped the key." I bent down to pick it up. I heard the sound of a sword being drawn. I whirled around to see Japan facing the Thing.

"Get back and draw your katana." He ordered. I pressed myself against the wall and hastily drew my sword. Japan launched himself at it, slashing with his katana. The Thing raised his arm to block, and the katana made a shallow cut. Japan attacked again, but still made only shallow wounds.

"Run!" He yelled at me, blocking a swipe from the Thing's claws. I was frozen. "Go!" He yelled again, and I managed to make my feet move. I ran around the fight, sprinting for the door. As I passed Japan I felt something metal being forced into my hand. The sounds of the Thing and Japan fighting filled my ears. I stumbled across something in the middle of the room. It looked like a key, but I caught my balance and kept running. I slammed against the door and tried to open the handle. It was locked. I fumbled with the key Japan had forced into my hand and opened the door. I burst out of the room and slammed the door behind me. I stood there shaking for a moment before backing against the wall and sinking to the floor.

My eyes started tearing up. "O-oh God…" I muttered shakily. "I'm g-going to die." I dropped my katana and held myself. I stayed like this for a few moments, before the door slammed open. I flinched away, curling into a ball, as Japan closed the door. He leaned against it, holding it shut. Everything was silent for a moment. Japan stopped leaning against the door and looked around. He spotted me curled up on the ground. I could only imagine how I looked. Shaking, face covered in blonde hair, brown eyes red around the edges and filled with tears.

"A-are you alright?" He asked. I sat there for a moment, shaking.

"I want to go home." I muttered Japan didn't hear me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that." He apologised.

"I want to go home!" I said loudly. "I want to go home to my Mom, and eat whatever she makes for dinner, and obsess over fictional characters and play HetaO-" I cut off, eyes widening. "Oh. HetaOni. That's Steve, you- you're Japan! The real one!" This didn't comfort me at all. Instead of being in a random house somewhere, I was in another dimension or something. And my chances of going home were now almost nonexistent.

Instead of tearing up, I was now full fledged sobbing. Japan looked like he was having a minor panic attack.

"Was it something I said? I'm sorry if I have offended you!" He fretted. I didn't say anything, I just held my arms out for a hug. Japan hesitated for a moment, but complied.

Funny, I thought that when I sobbed into a man's arms I would be in a relationship, or at least very close friendship, with that man. I didn't know how long we stayed like this, but I eventually calmed down.

"T-there was a k-key." I told Japan. "I-in the room. I tripped on it." Japan pulled away and stood up.

"Stay here. I'm going to get it." He instructed. I nodded and scooted away from the door. Japan readied his sword and opened the door. He looked around in astonishment.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It's… empty." Japan replied. "Even the blood is gone." Despite his instructions, I looked into the room with him. It looked just like it did before we came, except there was a key in the center. Japan walked over and picked it up.

"F4" I read. "Floor four?" Japan nodded.

"I think so." We headed to the fourth floor.


There were only two rooms on this floor. We skipped past the first one and went to the second, just to mix things up. The key we had gotten worked. Inside was a curtain, a table, a bookshelf, and a very fancy chair. I went straight to the chair and sat on it. It was really comfortable. Japan went to the bookcase.

"I think there's something behind this." He told me, inspecting it. I hopped off the chair and helped him move it. Behind was a big, white, squishy ball with a cowlick and glasses.

"Oh, a mochi." Japan said. "Are you stuck?" It was indeed stuck in the wall. It took me a moment, but I remembered where this mochi was from.

"Oh! It's the America mochi from the start of the game!" I realized. "What's it doing here?"

"Game?" Japan asked. I waved his question aside.

"Tell you later. We should try to get it out, the wall can't be that comfortable." I told him. Japan shrugged and tried to pull the mochi out. It didn't work.

"I can't get it out. Not like this." Japan replied, sitting back. I sighed and pat it's head.

"Maybe Germany can get it out of here. He seems pretty strong." I suggested. Japan nodded.

"We'll be back." I reassured the mochi. I walked towards the door. "Now let's go get Germany out of his closet!"


The closet now had an iron door. The curtain was gone too.

"Erm… maybe he doesn't want visitors?" I suggested. Japan knocked on the door.

"Germany-san? Do you have a minute?" He asked.

"Is that you, Japan? What's the matter?" Germany's voice asked through the door.

"There is a mochi stuck in the wall on the fourth floor. Could you get it out for me?" Japan asked.

"I see. I'll go and get it out, but can you do something for me first?" Germany replied. Japan nodded, even though Germany couldn't see him through the iron door.

"I seem to have dropped my whip. Could you get it for me? I want some sort of weapon in case the Thing shows up again." Germany requested.

"Actually, I found your whip a while ago." Japan said. "Here." He slid the whip under the door.

"Oh. Thank you." Germany said, but he didn't sound too thankful.

"Now let's go to the-" Japan started, but Germany interrupted.

"I'm really, really sorry Japan but I'm hungry too. Could you get me something to eat?" Germany asked.

"I have an onigiri…" Japan said. I sighed.

"Let's come back later Japan. He obviously needs more time." I told him.

"Japan? Is there someone else with you?" Germany asked, sounding worried.

"Hai." Japan replied. There was a moment of silence, then I realized that they were waiting for me to introduce myself.

"Oh! My name's Emma Brune." I introduced. "Let's go find some of your other friends." I told Japan. He nodded.

"We'll be back later Germany." He said as we started to leave the room.

"No, wait! Take this with you." Germany said. The door opened slightly and a bottle of beer was placed on the floor.

"But I'm underage." I said blankly. Japan picked up the beer.

"Ah, thank you. We'll be going now." He said. We left the room.

"Let's start from the bottom." I suggested. "Then work our way up again." Japan nodded and we headed downstairs.