Chapter 2: Germany… Part 1

About ten years later, in 1885, Spain came back for about his hundredth visit with a different nation. Kaijen saw them come onto shore and Antonio had a bit of a solemn look on his face. She ran up to hug him, but she noticed his expression and stopped herself. "What's wrong?" she asked in a concerned way.

"Well… I'm sorry, but I lost my power over you and I have to give you away." He furrowed his brows and looked down. His green eyes looked angry, yet sad at the same time.

"What…?" The colony looked at Spain and asked, "How…"

"He was too strong for me… but, I brought him here to meet you today. This is Germany. Germany, this is Kaijen, the Marshall Islands."

The newly introduced nation was very tall and muscular, and had slicked-back blonde hair and sky-blue eyes. He looked down at her sternly, and Kaijen stuttered in intimidation, "N-nice to meet you, Mr. Germany…"

Germany nodded and bellowed, "Nice to meet you, as well. Do you know any other language other than Spanish?" (He was speaking Spanish to her.)

She nodded shyly. "Spain also taught me English, German, Chinese, and Japanese."

He sighed in relief and said, in German, "Good, that will be much easier on me."

Spain butted in and stated, "Germany will be staying with you for tonight; I will be going and another ship will pick him up then."

"Will I ever get to see you again?" Kaijen asked.

"I'd hope so, but most likely no…" He frowned.

She looked at him with a sad look on her face and sighed. "Well, I guess this is goodbye." She gave her old caretaker a goodbye hug and he embraced her in return. After he let go, he gave her the Spanish customary kisses on the cheeks, with his chestnut-brown hair moving over his eyes. "Adios, señorita," he murmured as he walked away from her and back onto his ship. As it pulled away, Spain stood on the stern of the boat to look out at her and Kaijen looked back. "Hey, Mr. Spain!" she yelled.

"Qué?" he shouted back.

"Tell Mr. England I said hello!" Tears came to her eyes and she sniffled.

The nation smiled and replied with a wave, "I will!" After a few minutes, the ship disappeared on the horizon and Kaijen turned to face her new caretaker, Germany. He sternly looked down at her and she backed away a step. "Guten tag," he said in a serious tone.

"S-same to you, M-mister German-ny," she stuttered awkwardly.

He looked around for a few moments, and then asked, "Do you have anything to eat for dinner?"

"Um, I think so. I have some fish at home; would you want to eat now?"

"Yes, that would be nice."

Kaijen motioned the muscular nation to come with her, and so he followed. They walked into her hut together and she pulled out some fish and breadfruit. "What is this?" he asked, looking at the strange fruit oddly.

"It's called breadfruit… I hope you like it." She walked up to hand it to him, but suddenly she tripped, dropping the fruit. "Oh, I'm so sorry…"

He knelt down to help her pick it up and to help her up. "Err…" he grunted. "It's fine."

Germany soon sat across from her and they ate in silence. As they ate, the nation wondered why Kaijen was so scared of him. Well, mostly everyone was; he didn't have too many friends in the first place. And of course, he didn't include his brother Prussia because he was just annoying and always bugged him. There was Roderich, but he always nagged him about every little thing he did. Perhaps he could make friends with his new territory, but he had to make himself more acquainted with her first. "So, what is there to do around here?"

"Um… there's fishing, swimming, climbing trees, that sort of thing." The island nation smiled warmly. "Please don't expect it to be like your home…"

"Oh, I don't… I guess I'll have to make friends with you anyhow…you are my territory, after all."

Kaijen nodded and looked at him awkwardly in silence. Suddenly, she looked shocked, as if she remembered something. "I forgot my fish trap! It's been sitting by the reef for half a day! I hope the tide hasn't pulled it out to sea…" She ran out of the hut across the island to the shore. Germany followed and they came upon a full fishing trap—with sharks wrecking it and trying to get all the fish out. She cursed in Marshallese to herself and tried to pull in the trap, but it was too heavy due to the sharks slightly trapped and still alive inside. Germany then pulled out a revolver and shot both sharks, taking care of the problem. She looked extremely startled, looked up at him with a bit of an angry look, but then she calmed herself down and murmured, "Thank you."

"Not a problem." He helped her pull in the heavy, wrecked, bloody trap. She sat on the sand and sighed, "That was really heavy… thanks again, Mr. Germany."

Germany sighed and nodded again. He then lifted up the entire trap with one, beastly arm and carried it back to her hut. The territory was amazed at his strength and physique and she stated, "You're really strong…"

He raised his eyebrows and smiled a smile too small to even notice and replied with a subtle, little chuckle. "Hmph," he muttered as he put it down,

Kaijen then walked over to the trap and sighed deeply. "Well, this thing is wrecked. Good thing I have a spare," she murmured to herself.

Germany then yawned quietly and said, "It's getting a bit late, so I'm going to rest. Being on a boat for five weeks is exhausting. Could you show me where I'm going to be sleeping?"

"Oh, right this way…" The girl showed him to his room, which was where Spain used to sleep when he visited. The nation and territory said their goodnights and Kaijen shut the door quietly. She sighed and thought, Today was awkward… thank God that's all over. She then went in her room, got into the night clothes Spain had gotten her in the past, snuggled in her futon, and fell asleep.

Kaijen woke up to a loud horn the next morning and got up grumbling; she knew it was Germany's ship. She walked out of my room and saw Germany putting his pajamas in his bag. "The ship must've woken you up, huh?" the masculine nation inquired as he stood up.

She nodded slowly with her eyes half-closed. "Mm-hm," she mumbled.

"I intended not to wake you up, but the damn ship ruined that plan." He rolled his eyes in annoyance and looked back down at her again.

The little territory lightly smiled and murmured, "It's alright… I don't mind this. I wanted to say goodbye to you anyways."

"Hmph." Then, the two of them left the hut and walked out onto the beach. A huge, steel ship was parked on the shore with a few smoke stacks coming out of it. Kaijen looked up at in awe. "Woah…"

Germany then shouted something in German and a ladder was soon lowered for him. He then put the bag on his back and walked over to the ladder. "Well, I guess I'll see you again in a few months, hm?" He gently put his hand on her shoulder.

She nodded, shifting a bit. "I hope so…"

Before he started climbing, he then finally said, "Danke for your hospitality."

Her eyes slightly widened, but then she smiled. "Oh, you're welcome. It was a pleasure."

He oh-so-lightly smiled and climbed up the ladder. Soon after he got on board the ship undocked and began to withdraw from the island. Kaijen waved goodbye to Germany, who was still standing on deck, and he lightly waved back. She looked out until his ship was out beyond the horizon… and the sun soon came out from under it.