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Chapter 4: Jump In

Kiku watched as his friends walked into Ludwig and Feliciano's one by one; Gilbert, Lovino, Antonio, and others. The ones that had yet to arrive were Alfred and Arthur. The Japanese boy stayed away from the others in the living room while they all waited. Lovino was really irked and questioned why he had to be there, that it wasn't any of his business. Kiku had to let out a small sigh. Arthur and Alfred are the only ones left to arrive...

Finally, about an hour later, Alfred and Arthur walked in. Alfred was smiling widely while Arthur refused to look at them, blushing only a slight shade of pink. "Sorry," The Brit muttered. "Alfred is the reason we're late."

Ludwig stared at them. "That's alright, well…thankfully you two are here now."

Arthur shook his head, nodding. "Yes," He turned to Kiku. "How are you doing Kiku?"

The black-haired boy said nothing to him as he simply looked away and walked into the guest bedroom. Arthur frowned slightly and turned to Ludwig. "Not good...Well...you think I'll be able to help?"

"You do practice that...witchcraft or whatever that is, ja?" The German crossed his arms. "You should be able to do it."

The Brit sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I suppose I could try, but...I can't guarantee anything."

Ludwig nodded. "It's alright...anything to help."

Arthur stood there, his hand raised to his chin, in thought. "Hm...I can try to jump into his nightmares, his head, and see what the problem is." He paused. "If I can do that...maybe I could get rid of the problem."

"Would that work?" Heracles asked from the couch, his green eyes staring at the British man. "You're talking about jumping into my boyfriend's head here..."

"I know, but...if I can get rid of the problem...Kiku should be fine." Arthur explained.

Heracles stood up and walked up to him. "What if you can't? What will happen to him?"

Arthur looked down and sighed. "...he may die."

Everyone fell silent at the statement. Arthur walked away into the kitchen, Alfred following after him. Heracles sat back on the couch, thoughts running through his head. Everyone had thoughts running though their heads; all of them about their Japanese friend.

Kiku was sitting on the bed in the guest bedroom, not quite sure what he should do. Voices were talking to him and he was trying to ignore them the best he could. It lasted for a little while before Arthur, along with the others, walked in. Arthur gave him the tinyest of smiles. "You okay, Kiku?"

"...You already know what's going on," Kiku shrugged, looking somewhat blank. "I don't need to tell you anything that you already know."

Arthur's small smile turned into a frown. "We're going inside your mind, Kiku; we're going to help you."

"Alright..." The black-haired boy sighed.

"Well, can we hurry the hell up?" Everyone turned to the white-haired Prussian. "We're wasting time, you know. The awesome me is around, so I think we shouldn't be wasting any time."

"Gilbert! This isn't the time! Especially for your foolishness!" Ludwig yelled at his brother, glaring directly at him.

"Oh come on West-"

"Just shut up!" Arthur called out, sighing right after. "I don't want to hear the two of you argue. Though...Gilbert is right, we are wasting time."

"Ha!" Gilbert smiled, turning to Ludwig with a smirk. "See? I know what I'm talking about."

Ludwig simply waved the Prussian and turned back to Kiku. Arthur walked closer to the bed, placing a hand on the Japanese boy's shoulder. "Again, we're simply here to help you. I'll be working on a spell to have all of us jump into your nightmares-"

"You don't want to jump into my nightmares," Kiku said quietly, looking up at him. "Trust me Arthur, you don't want to see them..."

"But we want to help and we're going to help." Arthur removed his hand and backed away from the asian on the bed. "Everything will be fine, Kiku."

The black-haired male didn't say anything and turned away from the Brit. Arthur frowned slightly and sighed before turning to the others. "Let's get started shall we? Alfred, can you go get my stuff for me?"

"Uh sure, right..." Alfred muttered before hurrying out of the room.

The sun was just setting as Arthur placed a candle at on of the coners of the pentagram he drew on the floor, which Ludwig wasn't happy about something being drawn on his floor. The Birt had Kiku sit in the middle as he lighted each candle silently and he had each of others stand around the pentagram in a circle. Arthur then pulled a black orb out of the bag sittiing next to him and handed it to Kiku. "Just hold this..."

Kiku looked down at it, eyes narrowed just barely, confused a bit . "...Alright..."

Lastly, Arthur pulled out a thick book from the bag and kicked the bag away; he opened it to a certain page. Everyone glanced at each other as Arthur closed his eyes and started to mutter under his breath. The flames of the candles started to wave around a little and the orb in Kiku's hands began to glow a dark shade of purple just like the the pentagram underneath.

"Everyone stay calm..." Arthur said, feeling the uneasyness of the others and then muttering under his breath once again.

The sun disappeared from the sky and night fell upon the world. As Arthur continued to mutter the spell, the candles waved more and more until...they suddenly went out. Everything was just...black.


Everyone, except Kiku, found themselves in a dark hallway, candles barely did any good. This... really doesn't...seem good...Arthur thought as he looked around and then blinked. Doors...? Wait...where's Kiku? Arthur could tell the others were worried by the absense of their Japanese friend. Alfred spoke up, "Uh...dudes...Where's Kiku?"

"I'm right here..." Kiku's voice made everyone jump and turned to see him walk up.

"Don't scare us like that!" Lovino shouted angrily. "You-"

"Shh...don't shout Lovnio..." Kiku warned quietly as he turned away from them and towards a door. "Come...we'll stay in this room for now..."

He opened the door and walked inside, the others following after a moment of hesitation. Everyone was only slightly surprised when the all found themselves in Kiku's bedroom. Kiku was sitting on the floor, facing at what looked like outside. Arthur frowned slightly, Each door must lead to a version of something...or so to speak...

Kiku looked over his shoulder at them, "You may sit if you wish too..."

"What the hell is going on?" Lovino questioned, his green eyes burning with slight anger. "You better tell us; we all barely know anything about this! And this isn't even any of my damn business! I'm only here because Antonio-"

"Oh calm down Lovi," Antonio interupted him, smiling slightly at him.

Lovino muttered under his breath but didn't say anything else to them. Awkward silence weighed heavy on all of them, none of them really knew what to say. Though, Gilbert stood up out of nowhere. "Someone speak! Awkward silence is not awesome!"

Ludwig mentally face-palmed. "Gilbert!"

Gilbert frowned and sat back down, looking away from Ludwig. Kiku sighed, "...You...all know...there's something wrong here...my nightmares...they seem so real...you guys all die...it scares me..."

"We know Kiku and we're all worried about you...that's why we're here," Arthur said, giving Kiku a small, assuring smile but then frowning. "Now that we're here...we can still get hurt...if we die here, we die out in the real world too."

"Why didn't you tell us that before?!" lovnio shouted, glaring at the Brit and standing up. "Screw this! I'm not dying here! I'm leaving!"

The Italian started to walk towards the door but was stopped by a sudden hug from his brother, Felicano. "No! You can't-a leave Lovino!"

"Just watch me! Now let go of me!" He yelled, fighting his way to the door.

Kiku stood up immediately, fists clenching at his sides. "If you go out that door...you'll die...!"

"I just want out!" Lovino continued to yell as he finally reached the door.

He yanked it open.

I know I barely worked on it and this update isn't as quick as the first few, but I promise I will make sure I finish this story^^ Ah, so...please review, I want to know your thoughts on this:)