As Japan walked out of the room, he tried to think of where to look for tools. He saw that there was a door across the hall and decided to try that one. When he opened it, he saw that there were three random crates on a rug near the wall. Also on the rug were some stools and a table. He walked over to the crates and found a piece of paper with green and blue rectangles on it lying on the floor. He flipped it over, looking for some sort of secret hidden message, but after finding none, he just put it in his pocket and moved on to the strange lever on the wall. There was a piece of paper tacked onto the wall next to it.
"Up is Heaven, Middle is Earth, Down is Hell," read Japan. "Hmm, that's interesting…"
So he pulled the lever to the middle first. After waiting for a few moments, he muttered, "Nothing happened." He then pulled the lever down. There was a sudden noise behind him, and when Japan turned around, he saw that there was a hole in the floor.
"Well, that's strange," he said while walking over to it. "I wonder what's down there?" He started to push on the loose board, seeing if it would budge. When it didn't, he put his full weight on it and suddenly fell through the floor. When he landed, he saw that he was in a large room with a piano and bookshelves in it. He walked over to the piano, curious if it worked. He pressed a few keys and was soon playing a song. When he had finished, he said, "That's weird… The piano sounds fine even though it probably hasn't been played in years. Maybe those strange monsters can play the piano…?"
He quickly moved on from that room and went to the room across the hall after closing the door to the piano room. When he entered, all he could see was bookshelves. But after walking around for a while, he was nearly stabbed with a knife. If it hadn't been for his ninja-like reflexes, he would've been dead.
"Oh, it's you Italy. I was wondering where you were. Why have you been hiding in here?" Japan asked with a smirk.
"I wasn't hiding," said Italy, a little annoyed. "I was exploring, looking for a way out of here."
"So you were looking in the library?"
"Just shut up, will you?!" said Italy, holding the knife closer to Japan. "I wanted to see if there was any useful information in here about this mansion. Oh yeah, and I made pasta. Want some?"
"Umm, I think I'll pass," said Japan, pushing the plate of pasta away from his face. "Oh yeah, Germany and that weakling Prussia need some help with a mochi stuck in the wall upstairs."
Italy sighed before saying, "Fine, I'll go help those idioti."
So the two of them left the library and went upstairs to help Germany and Prussia with the mochi. But when they opened the door, they saw that one of the monsters had pushed Germany and Prussia into a corner of the room, forcing them to fight.
"Ehi, idioti! What are you doing fighting that thing! You know you won't be able to defeat it!"
"Yeah, but we had to do something! We couldn't just let it kill us," said Germany.
Italy just rolled his eyes and said, "I guess I'll have to help you then, huh…"
"J-Ja, thank you Italien," said Germany, thankful for Italy's help.
The four countries then started to fight the monster. Japan slashed at it with his katana first, and then Italy threw a bunch of knives at it. This continued on with Germany and Prussia hitting the monster every once in a while. Eventually, the monster tired and just disappeared. The four nations stood tensed for a few moments before they knew for sure that the monster was gone. Once they did, everyone walked to the middle of the room.
"Tch, worthless idioti…" Italy muttered under his breath.
"At least we tried…" Germany also muttered.
Italy looked at him, annoyed. "You tried?" he said sarcastically. "Sure didn't seem like you did…"
"Oi, baka, we should probably find a safe spot before we're attacked again," said Japan, annoyed by their behavior.
"J-Ja, you're right. Let's go everyone."
The four of them left the room, deciding to go across the hall first. When they entered, Japan walked over to the lever, deciding to see if it would do anything else. He pulled it to the middle first, and immediately a key fell from the ceiling. Italy walked over to it and picked it up, inspecting it.
"It looks like it's the key to the second floor," he said, turning it over in his hands.
"Okay, so let's look there first," said Japan, walking out of the room behind Italy. They descended to the second floor and started to check the doors. After a while, they walked into a room that had a bunch of dressers in it. They started to check the drawers and soon found a first aid kit. They patched up the small cuts they had before searching in the room some more.
"Hey, I found a matchbox," said Italy, holding up said box.
"Cool," said Japan before they left the room, taking the two boxes with them.
They searched the other rooms and eventually ended up in a room with a large table and a fireplace. Japan firmly locked the door before they started to discuss their plans.
"I don't think we're completely safe in here, but it'll have to do for now," said Japan.
"Yeah… I'm tired…" said Prussia before closing his eyes.
"Don't fall asleep now bruder!" said Germany, shaking his brother awake again.
"Meh, fine…" Prussia mumbled, still half asleep. "But I am a little cold…"
"Yeah, me too…" says Germany.
"It's probably just this house. It seems pretty old," said Japan.
"Hey, we do have matches and firewood. We could start a fire," said Italy, walking over to the fireplace and lighting the wood.
"That's better…" mumbled Prussia, falling asleep. But a knife to the face quickly woke him up again, although he looked annoyed.
"Now then, let's get talking. Why did you baka run away and leave me alone?" asked Japan, glaring at them all.
"That thing was scary, and we didn't want to stick around to find out what it would do to us, so we ran," said Germany.
Japan just rolled his eyes before asking Italy, "And why did you run away?"
"Tch, that thing was emanating extreme strength, one I knew I shouldn't mess with. Even I was uncertain about fighting him at first. It was just so…foreign and strange to me…so I let my instincts take over and ran."
Japan was surprised by Italy's answer, and yet he knew that he was telling the truth. The first one he had fought was exactly like Italy had described it. He had wanted to run too, but knew that it was futile.
"But when I ran, it followed me… It was just so…strange…" said Italy, a puzzled look on his face.
Germany and Prussia looked confused by Italy's behavior as well. They had never seen Italy actually act scared before.
"Well, we're all safe here now, so we don't have to worry about any strange monsters coming in and attacking us, alright?" Germany said, trying to sound comforting.
"…Shut up… It's not like you did anything after we ran…" Italy muttered angrily.
"But I did… I can show you later," Germany said.
Italy just rolled his eyes and ignored him.
"So, let's just move on from that and discuss what we should do," said Japan, not wanting a fight to break out between them.
"Ja, alright. So…has anyone found a way out yet?" asked Germany.
"Nein, not yet bruder," muttered Prussia.
"Iie, all the windows and doors have been locked."
"I haven't found any either," Italy said with a shrug.
"Hey, why don't we just make our own exit?" Prussia asked.
The others pondered this.
"Good idea, idiota. It might actually work. But first, let's get some sleep," said Italy.
"Hai, that's a good idea. I think we should choose someone to stand guard with a game of Janken," said Japan.
"Umm…what's Janken?" asked Prussia.
"It's Rock-Paper-Scissors," Japan stated, holding his hand out.
"Oh, okay," Prussia said, holding his hand out as well.
After the game of Janken, Prussia was the one keeping watch.
"Why did they even let me stand guard…? I mean, they know I'm the laziest…" Prussia yawned, eyes drooping as he watched the door. "I guess I'll just have to focus on staying awake right now."
Prussia sat there for a few moments, dozing off a little before he felt a sudden chill go down his spine. Knowing from previous experience that that meant danger, he was soon wide awake. Just then, the door rattled. Despite being prepared, he started freaking out a little.
"M-Maybe I should wake up the others…?" he wondered as the banging continued. As he looked between the door and his sleeping comrades, he muttered, "I'd rather face what's behind this door than wake them up…"
Prussia then walked over to the door and opened it, slightly prepared for what was on the other side.
…
You cannot easily set foot into that "mysterious mansion" in your town.
Because if you anger its former occupant, you will not get away lightly…
Especially when there are no people there…
…
As the Allies walked up to the mansion, they could tell it was pretty strange, and haunted too. They stopped at the front door, taking in the full extent of the mansion.
"So, it's really here…" stated China, gripping his butcher knife tighter.
"I didn't think it actually existed!" said England, looking at the mansion with a slightly sadistic smile on his face.
"Hmm…it has a kinda desolate feel…" said France.
"Yeah, but I don't really think it's that interesting," said Canada, rolling his eyes at the others' fascination with the mansion.
"Tch, what, are you scared?" asked America, hefting his bat.
Canada just rolled his eyes again. "No, I'm not, asshole."
America turned to his brother. "Umm, what did you just say?"
"Nothing," said Canada, turning to face his brother.
"I think we should get along today," Russia stated.
The two nations immediately turned to face the mansion again.
"Perhaps we should just take a quick look inside," said Russia, eyes boring into the backs of everyone's heads.
"Y-Yes, that sounds like a splendid idea!" said England.
"Yeah, but I don't want to stay too long," said China, quickly glancing at Russia before turning back to the mansion.
"Well, let's go in already," France said, puffing on his cigarette one last time before snuffing it out.
… Inside …
"The rumors say that there are ghosts here, and that that is why no one comes near this place," said Russia, looking at his two companions.
"Yeah, it is kinda spooky…" said Canada.
"Seriously bro, if you're scared just go. We don't need a scaredy-cat holding us back," said America.
"I'm not scared, just stating the facts," Canada retorted.
"Whatever," muttered America. "Hey, by the way, where did everyone else go?"
"They said that they would leave the first floor to us and went straight upstairs," said Russia.
"Oh, well, okay…" said America before something suddenly attacked him.
… Upstairs …
"It's pretty clean," stated France. "It reminds me of something my counterpart would like."
"It is quite nice! But hey, can we go now?" said England.
"What, are ya scared, psycho?" asked France.
"No! Just a little apprehensive…" said England, looking around.
"Tch, it's not like this place is haunted or anything. Seriously, I can't believe you would be scared of something like this. You can go back and start baking more cupcakes if you really want," said China before walking away.
"Hey, where are you going?" asked France.
"This room just smells a little funny, so I'm going to check it out."
"Hey, I know that smell! Are you sure you're going to be alright? I'm still feeling apprehensive about this place!" shouted England.
"Oh shut up, will you? I'll be just fine," said China, walking towards the room, England and France following.
A/N: Yay, done with Chapter 3! XD It's so long, you think it's never going to end! So, anyway, hope you liked it!
EDIT: So I edited it some more, what a surprise! XD
