Hey guys! I'm going to see how many chapters I can get out today.
AnonChan1: Yay! Yep! We're going to be the same age on March 9th! If it's before September 21st, she's 16, after, 17. Firend, have you seen the pictures of what Mochis have become? Let's just say things can become very creepy very fast... It's disturbing. True. Yes! You saw the end note! What means Lady Luck? The scratch? That was from where his nails dug into the wood. In the first chapter, LL recognized the time travel feeling, partially because it's already happened to her, but also because of... I dunno, she's Italian? Work with me! She knows that someone fucked with time, her brother's acting very weird and they're stuck in a mansion with Steve. Feli is smart, but it's Luciano that's better with lying, so there are cracks, just big enough for his sister to see. . Yep, but he needs his shield! Yep!
Let the record show that Germany and Veneziano fight very well together. Germany would attack and when the creature would go for him, his friend would do something to distract the beast and Germany would come to his rescue. Lather rinse and repeat. With everyone else's help, it was getting weaker and weaker. Before they knew it, the creature decided it had enough and escaped through the door. Veneziano returned her gun to her and to her delight, it had eleven bullets left. They group piled around the door for about a minute until they determined the thing wasn't coming back and relaxed. Prussia sheathed his sword and stomped over to his girlfriend and the others.
Japan tried to break the ice first, "Are you hurt-"
The albino growled, "Vat ze hell?! Jou completely ignored vat I said!" Germany placed a hand on his shoulder and calmed him down with a look.
"I zought ze two of us could do somezing about it...Sorry. Jou really helped. Are jou okay, too?" Veneziano smiled and threw his arms around Germany.
"Yep. But I'm-a so relieved now! You-a two ran away really fast, so I'd-a been wondering what-a had happened to you."
Japan cut back in, "I am really glad that everyone is alright. Now what are we going to do from here?"
"Get out of here?" Liberty suggested, leaning on a wall.
Prussia shrugged, "Jah. The Thing could show up here again, so ve should move to a room zat is safe as possible. Besides, if the four of us stick togezer, it won't be so scary."
His brother nodded in agreement, "Good idea, Prussia! Now, let's search for a room zat looks as safe as possible. And let's not split up, of course."
"Roger, Captain!" Venie crowed and snapped to a playful salute. A small sound from the corner got his attention and we went to look at it, "So cute!" Liberty smiled at him, happy to see him returning to a bit of normalcy. While he played with the mochi, the rest of the group split up and investigated the room. Japan found a wooden box, but they left it there.
"Should we go to the room with the lever? We never saw what Earth did," Japan asked. The immortals gathered together and agreed. Marching up to the room quietly, they kept a close eye out for the thing. Luckily, nothing was there and they made it around safely. Japan went to the lever that was somehow fixed and shifted it to the middle. It broke again and a key fell. Germany picked it up to pass to his friend who took it and added it to his collection of keys. They made their way downstairs and Prussia shot Liberty a look. She nodded and sighed. She was not looking forward to this talk.
Japan walked around and began unlocking all the doors on the second floor when he came out and pulled the other aside. "I forgot something up stairs. Are you coming? We would be coming back down."
Prussia cast her a look and she nodded, "Prussia and I need to talk, we'll stay down here. Hurry back or we'll come up." The former axis nodded and walked up. Liberty sighed and turned to the albino, "Look, I know what I did was rash, but-"
"Amalia, jou put jourself at risk! Jou could have gotten hurt!"
She ran a hand through her hair, trying to avoid eye contact, "You think I don't know that? I couldn't leave you and Germany to fight that thing by yourselves-"
"Do you think I care about that-"
"I do! I'm worried about you! We're no longer as strong as we used to be so we have to stick together!"
He lowered his shoulder and grasped her shoulders lightly, "Amalia, look at me." Bringing up one hand to lift her chin, his faint purple eyes glittered nervously, "I don't want to lose you right in front of me. I know I'm not as strong as I used to be anymore, but I want to protect jou. I want to make sure jou're safe."
Liberty smiled, "I know, but I can't stand it when you fight and get injured, not when I could have done something. I have fought by your side when possible whenever I could, but you need to understand my terror when you go off and do something without me knowing. I don't want to wake up and you're not there because you went off and did something..."
"Stupid?" He filled in with a twinkle.
She laughed, "Yes, stupid. I know we're both immortal, but I don't want you hurt and having to regenerate. But we need to compromise on this."
"Jah. Ve do. I want jou out of the way in a fight. I vant jou safe," He stated calmly.
"I want you safe and able to protect you when I can. I am your shield and you are my sword," The auburnette replied.
Prussia tapped his chin, "How about we try to stay out of fights?"
"Agreed. If they can't be avoided?"
"Then... Jou can jump in if you zink jou have to. Not if it's a minor battle, but if one of us is in serious trouble," He suggested. Liberty sighed and leaned her head on his chest.
"Agreed. Please don't go doing something stupid. The 2Ps are missing. I know Gilen is... But I want to make sure you're ok. You're an organization, not a country anymore and that terrifies me. Stay safe, Sword," Liberty asked.
Prussia nodded and wrapped his arms around her, "Alright, I vill try, Shield, I'll try. Jou just scared me."
"You scare me more." They chuckled and sat to wait for the others. Giving him a spare whetstone stone, they sharpened their blades in relative silence. The trio returned two minutes later and the group went to a bedroom on their floor. It was opened with two beds side by side to the right, a few bookshelves, filing cabinets, a large fireplace and a large table in the middle.
Liberty crawled over to the far bed and watched the others pile in as well. Prussia took a seat on the other side of the table, "We can't get too careless, but I zink we're safe here, for now. We have ze key, and the door is firmly locked from inside."
Japan nodded in agreement as he locked the door, "It's only temporary, but it should do for one night, I suppose..."
"One night is-a good enough for me. I'm-a really tired from-a running around," Veneziano said as he stretched his arms and winced as a shoulder popped awkwardly.
Germany nodded, "You're right. Ve ran a lot for one day. It makes me feel like having some beer..."
"I'm a little cold-a, too... I-a wonder if it's because of-a this house?" The Italian whined as he rubbed his hands together.
Japan hummed, "If I'm not mistaken, we found some matches. There's also enough firewood for one night, so we can warm up."
"Thank Peaches!" Germany winced and Veneziano chuckled.
"Still-a holding onto that, Sorellona?"
She grinned, "Always and forever!" Germany groaned and took the matches out of his pockets.
"Be quiet, you two, please. I'm going to start this up."
A fire was made quickly under his hands and Prussia curled up in front of the fireplace, "Ooh, zat's nice!
Japan smiled, "Yes. I feel much better now that we have some light. And now I'm not alone, either." Liberty stood and sat next to her boyfriend. He lift his head and put it on her leg and she started running her fingers through his hair.
Her brother smiled at the pair, "Yeah... But it was-a really scary at-a first! Even though Germany was the-a first to run away-" Liberty and Prussia laughed, "it was-a me that monster chased after!" His sister looked at him.
"Venie..."
The albino smiled and turned onto his back, "Jah, jou're right. I remember zinking "No, not my precious little Italy!" and zen both ze monster and Italy disappeared! And Vest and Amalia had vanished, too."
She smiled, "I had to make sure Ludwig was ok. He was like a child!" Prussia howled as his brother turned a bright red.
"I hate supernatural zings! B-besides...it's not like I just ran and hid- Vell, never mind now. As long as we're all okay it doesn't matter."
Japan nodded and took a seat, "Yes, exactly. Besides, rather than think about how we acted in the past, we should discuss what to do from now on."
"I see, ve can only conclude zat zat monster has really made us prisoners here. Zough, having no way out is vhat really bothers me..." He trailed, looked at his hands, then Liberty. The woman had a feeling she knew what he was silently apologizing for and shrugged. Not your fault, remember?
"Indeed...I really wish I could go home, I've been waiting for several games that will be released soon..." Japan added.
Veneziano smiled and leaned on the wall next to the fireplace,"Me, too. I can't-a eat pasta or pizza like this!"
Prussia looked around and continued to dig into that can of worms, "Um, hey, jou keep talking about a way out...If all the exits are locked, vhy don't ve just make one ourselves? Didn't jou do zat vhen you vere prisoners of var, too? It's time to put zat into practice now!"
"Huhu. That brings me memories, too. I miss those times when I kept trying to commit seppuku," Japan noted fondly.
Veneziano grinned and thought back to a few occasions as well, "Germany worked-a hard to make a way out for us. But this-a time, I'll do everything I can, too!"
Liberty looked down and toyed with her pant leg, "I stopped trying. I was always caught again anyway. Luck can either go good or bad I guess..."
Silence overtook the room as the others processed that. Her brother had heard about that, but he never saw it in person,
Germany cleared his throat, trying to break the mood, "All right, all right. So, ze plan for tomorrow is to make a vay out, ve can't forget about that."
"Right. Well, now I don't know what time it is, but let's sleep here tonight," Japan said, also breaking the ice in the air.
"Fratello, don't you have a watch?" He blinked in confusion and looked at it. His face looked like the time he had opened a present, but already knew what it was- he was pretending. Liberty noted this, but waited.
"My-a watch broke when I wasn't looking, too!" Another pause over took them and Germany perked.
"Vait, won't it be dangerous if ve all go to sleep? I zink one of us should stay up to keep watch."
Japan nodded, "You definitely have a point. So, shall we play janken to decide fairly who will keep watch tonight?"
Venie cocked his head, "Jan-ke? What are the rules?"
"Well, er...It's a very simple game. You play by showing three types of hand-signs..."
Prussia whined, "Vhatever, let's do it already! I'm really tired! I vanna sleep!"
His brother sighed, "Prussia, wait just a little." Japan went on to explain the game to the other three and Liberty jumped in when she could to help.
"-and Rock beats Scissors. You can throw Rock, Scissors, or Paper."
Veneziano jumped up a little at the end, "Ah, it's a little like-a "Morra". Okay, I-a got it, Japan! Let's-a do it!"
Liberty chuckled, "Venie, it's not like morra. There's a lot more shouting in morra." The man laughed because he knew it was true. Morra gets real. Fast.
Japan cleared his throat, "Let's go then. Jan... ken..."
Liberty leaned on Prussia as she slept. He pet her hair lightly, careful not to touch the back of her head and he smiled down at her. "It's no fun being alone..."
He chuckled and raised his gaze from his girlfriend to the other three, "Zose zree, zey really sound asleep... Haa... If only I had my computer, I could update my blog. Now all I can do is take pictures of their sleeping faces. It's just... their serious faces when we were playing janken...They looked awesome. I couldn't resist them..." He sniffed and shifted his back closer to the fire, "I'm kinda...cold. The fire is... strong enough and jou're normally warm. So vhy is it so cold?"
The albino shivered as he felt a cold hand on his back, "What the hell!? I just felt a chill running down my spine..." Looking around nervously, Prussia made a cross quickly, "L-Look, this isn't funny. I'm just...hearing things, right?" The door banged and he jumped in his seat and looked down, closing his eyes.
"Zere's no one here! No one! Why aren't zose zree waking up!? Liberty!?" He chuckled nervously and remembered the way his girlfriend and Japan would always win at hide-and-seek, "Zat's it! I'll use zeir stategy and pretend I'm not here! If I turn off my aura, I von't be found!" Another loud bang came from the door and Liberty shifted in her sleep. Prussia looked down, hopeful, but she just resettled, sighing happily.
Prussia smiled, "I'm sorry, Shield. I guess I couldn't do it. Right, I can't do it." Moving her carefully, he carried her over to the bed and put her between her brother and Germany. "Right, I have no choice then..." Placing a kiss on her forehead, he left the room.
I can try to get in one more chapter tonight! Also, I have given y'all plenty of hints as to what has happened between this story and the main one. Don't say anything if you know please!
