Thanks to DOWEmpire2, AquaEclipse, primsturtle, Bob Ross, Eternal Nexus Warrior and a guest for reviewing. Really sorry for the wait... again. I only got a proper idea of how to continue after publishing the latest chapter of DOTNWO a few days ago, and then I didn't really have time to work on it until now. I hope you like this chapter. Now, on with the show!
Sleep came almost immediately the moment Taiwan crashed into her comfy bed. God, she was exhausted. Like, really exhausted.
Taiwan had to put up with a grueling seventeen-hour flight from Taipei to Orlando, deal with the frustration of being foiled from kissing America thanks to that creepy clod Russia, and then find out she's going to have to keep an eye out for said creepy clod as he'll try to ruin Taiwan's genius grand master plan to have America fall in love with her.
How? Who the heck knew?! Taiwan was too tired to care.
But… the day wasn't terrible, no, on the contrary, Taiwan had a really exciting day! America welcomed her with really nice merchandise including a Stitch plushie that she currently had tucked under her arm, possibly be the first nation except for maybe America to punch that creep right in the face and cuss the heck out of him.
Taiwan felt extremely proud of herself, she was awesome! Not to brag, but she couldn't help herself, because she punched Russia~! Take that, jerk! Now that definitely earned her official nation status. Come on, it takes guts to do that! Like, more guts than all the fatalities of every single one of those gory Mortal Kombat games combined!
Taiwan smiled. She wondered what that old fart would think if he saw her crush Russia. He'd probably go cry
Sure, she might want to begin coming up with some sort of plan to deal with Russia, but Taiwan really wasn't worried. She and America were made for each other! No brain-dead lump could do anything to change that. Bring it on! Taiwan was confident she could handle anything that guy will throw at her! Let's see him try to destroy her hopes and dreams of love and marriage, let him try!
Now that she thought about it, what could Russia do to make everything fall apart between her and America?
Eh, she'll cross that bridge when she came to it.
CHIRP!
One thing's for sure, under no circumstances will America discover what happened (though she'll totally tell him all about how she hurt and cussed Russia someday, both for bragging and earning hero points reasons), because of three reasons:
CHIRP!
One) If she does spill, then this romantic date will turn into a scandal, and America will be too busy Russia-hunting to fall in love with her!
CHIRP!
But then again, there's a chance that she and America could bond while the beat the living daylights out of Russia. Maybe he'll find her "commie-fighting skills" attractive?
CHIRP! CHIRP!
Wait, will they even have time for the parks if Taiwan went in that direction?
CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP!
Two) If Taiwa-
CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP!
Oh, for the love of all things that China hated, WHAT WAS WITH ALL THE RUCKUS OUT THERE?!
If there wasn't an adorable, hot, cute, sweet, awesome American who she had strong feelings for sleeping peacefully next to her, then Taiwan would have raged. Oh, how she would have raged. Without making a single sound, Taiwan sat up with messed up hair, bags under her eyes and all, and snarled. She bet she looked hideous. Those stupid birds better not wake America up.
Taiwan cringed when the chirping got louder and increased as she left her bed and stomped towards the window.
With some more angry grumbling, Taiwan's hands reached out and opened the curtains, so she could scare the stupid god-annoying bird who made the worst mistake of its life waking up Taiwan in the middle of her-
Wh-Wh-Wh-What on Earth was she looking at right now?
In an instant all her anger disappeared so it could be replaced by a feeling of sheer shock and pure disbelief as she gaped.
For a moment, Taiwan thought that her sleepiness was making her see things, that or she was dreaming. Why? Because outside, at the balcony of her hotel room, were birds…. Gilbirds, now that Taiwan looked at them… multiplied by at least fifty!
Yeah, about fifty or so Gilbird clones and/or look-alikes were all cutely staring up at her as they stood in military formation outside on the balcony, with every single one of the little feathery cuties wearing hats and one even holding a Prussian flag.
Um…
"Huh?" Was all Taiwan could say at a sight like this.
But then she noticed another thing, right in the center of the group of Gilbirds was a box, about the size of Taiwan's hand. She saw that the Gilbirds, in all their cute glory, seemed to be looking up at her expectantly. Did they want her to go outside?
Taiwan hesitantly obliged and carefully opened the door, making sure not to make enough noise to wake up America, and stepped outside to the Gilbirds. The small adorable birdies hopped out of Taiwan's way, allowing her a clear path to the box, and she went over and opened it up, raising an eyebrow when she did.
A walkie-talkie? Do people even use these anymore?
Taiwan looked around and cracked a tired smile at seeing all the Gilbirds still staring.
"Um…" Taiwan began, still lost on what was happening, looking at the birds curiously. "Do you want me to…?"
They all chirped together, which didn't really answer Taiwan's question, but she decided to take it as a yes.
"Uh… okay?" Taiwan shrugged and pressed the button, clearing up her throat before speaking. "Hello?"
"Super Special Awesome King of Awesomeness to base, do jou copy?" A cocky German-accented voice whispered loudly into Taiwan's ear, causing her to cringe.
"What the… Prussia, is that you?" Taiwan asked incredulously.
"I repeat, this is Super Special Awesome King of Awesomeness to base, do jou copy?" Prussia repeated proudly.
"What the heck are you planning, Prussia? And Super Special Awesome King of Awesomeness? Seriously?" Taiwan said unimpressively, rubbing her eyes tiredly.
Taiwan could have sworn she heard Prussia groan. "I repeat, this is Super Special Ultra Mega Awesome King of Awesomeness to base, do jou copy?"
"I think that's worse." Taiwan remarked, cracking a grin.
"I repeat… again…" Prussia grits out angrily, obviously annoyed that Taiwan wasn't respecting his well-deserved title of awesomeness. "Super Special Awesome King of Awesomeness to annoying broad, do jou copy?
Taiwan's eye twitched and she looked at the distance. "Alright, that's it! It's late, I'm dead-tired, I have a date in the morning, so I'm NOT in the mood for this. I'm throwing this away, so you can go fu-"
"VAIT! VAIT!" Prussia nearly shrieks in alarm just as Taiwan was about to throw the walkie-talkie, and she stopped, much to her exasperation. "The awesome me apologizes! There, so don't you dare unawesomely throw away the walkie-talkie that I bought with Vest's money and I vill awesomely explain!"
Taiwan burst out giggling. "No way, you bought these with Germany's money?!"
"Vhat?! So what if my monthly allowance from my uptight bruder vasn't enough to buy walkie-talkies, buy me and Dane plane tickets to effing Disney World, get us an awesome hotel room, and tickets plus fast passes to just about every park and ride?! So vhat if I just happen to stumble upon Vest's wallet and didn't bother to tell him about it, knowing that he'd ignore my awesome needs? So vhat if I spent and vill spend a ton of money? So vhat? VHAT?!"
This only made Taiwan laugh even more. "You stole Germany's money! Tee-hee, that was probably one of the dumbest decisions I've ever heard anyone do. You're using Germany's credit card, I just can't believe it."
"That's vhat I said, now shut up!" Prussia squawked indignantly over Taiwan's giggling, but then screamed when the Gilbirds all began to chirp animatedly. "VHAT THE HELL?! Even you my awesome friends?! Some Gilbird army you guys are! Vell, at least my main Gilbird, mein awesome best buddy, would never… WHAT THE FU-"
Then Taiwan heard another voice, a nation Taiwan recognized, howling in laughter over the speaker. "W-Well, what did you expect, Gil? And why didn't you tell me that we're using Germany's money? I thought we were in this together, buddy!"
"Because if I told jou, jou would have laughed at me or unawesomely chickened out." Prussia deadpanned.
"First of all, I'd never chicken out on one of my best men. Second of all…" Denmark snickered, Taiwan could already see Prussia's glare. "You're right. That's hilarious!"
Taiwan stopped giggling, but still and to stifle one or two, and she blinked. "Denmark's there too?"
"Yup! I'm here to help out my buddy Alfred. We both here…" Denmark trailed off, and he laughed. "…Thanks to Germany's money!"
"Oh, ha ha, SHUT UP!" Prussia shouted, and everyone quieted down, allowing the ex-nation to speak. "…Danke. Anyway, let's get down to business, girlie."
"Right." Taiwan nodded, and she narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Now, why are you two stalking me and Alfie on our date?!"
Prussia scoffed, offended. "I prefer the term, secretly watching from a certain distance."
"That's exactly what it means!" Taiwan shrieked angrily.
"Anyway, ve saw vhat happened with jou and that unawesome cock, Russia, at the airport and vhen you awesomely slapped him." Prussia cackled at the last part. "That vas totally awesome, by the way."
Taiwan's scowl dropped at the compliment and she grinned proudly. "Thank you~"
"Yeah, it impressed Gilbert so much, that he doesn't think of you as an unawesome har-" Denmark was cut off by what sounded like a slap, and the Nordic yelped. "Hey!"
"It impressed me so much, that it convinced me that you really are Awesome Trio material!" Prussia said haughtily. "So, you have Matt and the awesome me's full support!"
"Really? That's-wait a minute." Taiwan said suspiciously, glaring at the walkie-talkie. "I wasn't Awesome Trio material before?! You were just gonna let Russia-
"Hold it, girlie. We came originally to see if jou were really worthy of an awesome but not quite as awesome as me guy like Alfred, but that all changed vhen I saw the personification of unawesomeness: Russia!" Prussia's tone turned dark. "We overheard him talking to him himself like the unawesome loser he is about crushing you and taking Al for himself, and I'll be dammed if I let that happen. Dane and I are going to help you burn that loser."
Taiwan blinked, surprised at what she was hearing. "Wow, really?"
"Of course!" Denmark cheered, most likely grinning. "You really do love Al, and he deserves an awesome girl like you. I mean, what you did to Russia back there? That took guts that even I don't have."
Taiwan blushed, smiling warmly at what Denmark said. "Aww, stop… I really appreciate that you two are doing this… I don't know what to say…"
"No problem, girlie! Even if you hadn't socked the loser, we still vould have wanted to help jou, and by help, ve mean that we're going to help jou help stop the unawesome evil plans of that jerk." Prussia said confidently, then gave his signature laugh. "KESESESESESE! Just leave everything to us!"
"Ja, we got your back!" Denmark added cheerfully.
"Including my Gilbird army!" Prussia said haughtily.
"You mean the birds here?" Taiwan asked, looking around at the birds in amazement. "You're telling me that you have a whole army of them? That's… that's awesome!"
"Ja, the Gilbirds there are barely a fraction of my entire might Gilbird Army. They vill also help in defeating the unawesome Russia, so don't jou worry a thing, because jou are not on your own, girlie. Just leave it to us. Always make sure to bring that walkie-talkie, ALWAYS! Now then, the awesome me wishes you goodnight."
"Have fun in the morning!" Denmark chirped.
And that was that.
Taiwan smiled.
"Thank you." Taiwan said softly.
/ / / / /
"You know, Turkey, when you said that you booked all of us a hotel room, I… none of us thought that you booked all of us a hotel room." Cyprus said nervously as he twiddled his thumbs, sitting on the same bed as an annoyed Hungary and Greece. "None of us."
"I definitely didn't see that coming…" Greece muttered sarcastically, not at all surprised.
"Not in a million years…" Hungary muttered with the same tone, crossing his arms.
Turkey scowled at the two nations' remarks, and he scoffed, looking away. "Hey! It's not like any of you offered to give me any money to get your own rooms. Ya think I'm happy that I'm gonna have to spend this entire trip crammed in a room with you two?!"
"I would have given you money, Sadik." Bosnia chimed in, smiling and ignoring the annoyed glares Greece and Hungary sent him.
"Thank you, Emir." Turkey smirked, and he again glared at the angry nations. "Why can't any of you morons be like him?"
"Where are we supposed to sleep?!" Hungary exclaimed, a vein bulging in her forehead as she shook a fist. "We only got two beds!"
"Pssh, that's easy!" Turkey cackled, waving it off dismissively. "Me and Emir will sleep on this bed, while Japan and Cyprus sleeps on the other. As for you two idiots? You get the sofa."
Before Hungary and Greece could angrily protest, Cyprus sweat-dropped. "How's Japan doing?"
The four looked behind them, where on the floor was Japan, looking worse for wear and in complete despair, rocking himself back and forth as he muttered prayers to any god out there for Taiwan's soul.
"I'd say he's doing great!" Turkey grinned.
"You're an idiot." Greece growled.
/ / / / /
The bright merciless scorching sun was now up and shining over Florida. And Taiwan felt refreshed and ready for the first part of her date with America: Hollywood Studios.
Taiwan felt great. You know, knowing that Prussia, Denmark and a massive army of Russia-hating Gilbirds have got her back, support her crush on America, and will do everything they can to make sure the big creep won't do anything to ruin her and America's fun really helped out with her worries. Denmark and Prussia are one of her crush's closest friends, and Taiwan had faith in their craziness.
Let's see Russia take on her, the Awesome Duo, and a ginormous army of Gilbirds. Taiwan still couldn't believe that Prussia had more than one Gilbird. Hopefully he'll allow her to steal-see! See all his Gilbirds!
She slept great for the rest of the night, and now she's full of energy and ready to go win America's heart! And to see Russia crash and burn into a charred, burnt, horrifying corpse of his former self.
"You ready to go on an adventure, Mei-Mei?" America asked excitedly, striking a pose with his sunglasses on.
"You bet I am!" Taiwan responded confidently, striking a pose as well, grinning.
Her qipao and skirt were obviously not fit for the humid and hot climate of Orlando, Florida, so Taiwan made sure to bring several tank tops, shorts, sneakers, caps and sunglasses from her home. They came in a unique assortment: Pink, Hot pink, Peach, Light Pink, and Rose.
Hey, she's girly! Don't judge her.
"You ready for the ultimate date with the hero?" America winked.
"I've been for years!" Taiwan giggled, winking back.
They left their hotel with America laughing as he pulled a grinning Taiwan by the hand.
As they made their way to the bus stop, Taiwan was sure that the grin on her looked painful, but she couldn't help it, she was happy. And she clearly underestimated how excited America would be, because Taiwan could barely keep herself from falling over from how fast America was going as he pulled her along.
This was another sign, Taiwan internally squealed in delight. America was just as excited, or maybe even more excited than she was, to spend time with her! Take that, Russia. Only nation who could understand him, her foot! Taiwan's cutey-pie hero clearly had the hots for her and her only! She just couldn't wait to see Russia's face when he sees America confess his love for her and have the last laugh.
Because Taiwan will get the last laugh, no doubt about it. Russia's going down, down, down, down, down, down!
"So, Alfie…" Taiwan began sweetly as she hugged America's arm, smiling cutely. "What's our schedule for today? You did say that you wanted to keep it a surprise, you know. I hope we'll be able to spend a lot of fun having quality time together."
"Course we will, Tai! It's Disney! The happiest place on Earth!" America said proudly, eyes sparkling. "That's why I went with this awesome place, so that you're 100% guaranteed to spend the bestest time with the hero!"
Taiwan blushed, and her smile widened, before she looked down at the floor. "You know, Al… I can't believe it."
"Huh?!" America asked, widening his eyes in horror as if he realized he just made a huge mistake. "But I'm totally serious! Seriously! I made to get the best rides and shows, triple-checked to see if you'd really like it and-"
"N-No, I mean… I still can't believe I'm actually here… with you… on a date… with you actually acknowledging it as a date." Taiwan laughed awkwardly, and she wringed her hands as she looked away at the parking lot. "A part of me is worried that all of this is actually a dream…"
Taiwan knew that this probably came out of nowhere, but she wanted to get it off her chest, she needed to say it to America. She wasn't lying, as much as Taiwan's over the moon for going on a date with America, and how determined she was to win his heart, she still needed this. Hopefully, this'll help America understand how much she loved him.
America's expression softened, and he began to look a little worried. "Hey…"
"This almost seems to good to be true… You, the world superpower, going out on a date with me, an island whose status is kind of in limbo. To other nations, I mean." Taiwan said that last part quickly, and she gave a forced smile. "China thinks that I'm being more delusional than usual and that you don't even care about my crush on you."
America snorted, shrugging. "Eh, it's China. You know how he is. I told ya not to let him get to you."
Taiwan scoffed. "Puh-lease, I don't care about that. It's just that… I want you to like to me… I want us to get together, hopefully…"
"I'm sure you'd be a great girlfriend, tai. I dunno why you're saying that, I think I'm the one who should be saying that…" America smiled nervously, scratching the back of his head. "If anything, I'm worried I won't be a good enough boyfriend… I've already let you down once."
"Hey." Taiwan said, smiling sadly while poking his chest. "Did you see me pissed at you?"
"No, but-"
"Do I look pissed at you?"
"Nope."
"Which is why I forgave you before you even apologized. Besides, we both agreed to blame that old fart, right?" Taiwan winked, smirking mischievously, then her smile softened. "I guess what I'm trying to say is…"
Oh, darn her nerves.
"I'm going to do my best to win your heart." Taiwan stated, her confidence coming back. "You're the one who planned this, but I'm the one who asked you out."
America smiled. "Taiwan, dudette, you're awesome. You're like my main girl, I really like you a lot, and I sometimes I wonder if I even deserve a friend like you... You rock, you know that?"
"…" Taiwan trailed off when leaves rustling reached her ears and then much to her surprise, Russia's head slowly raised from the bushes, that accursed smile plastered on his face. "Holy Firecrackers on a motorcycle…"
"What?" America asked, confused at Taiwan's sudden change of demeanor, and began to turn around. "Somethi-"
Taiwan nearly shrieked and pulled him by the hand and laughed nervously. "Oh, no, no, no! Nothing's wrong! Just realized that the bus is here. Come on, the sooner the better!"
Taiwan still laughed as she pushed America into the bus to Hollywood Studios, and after he got inside she snapped her head towards where Russia was grinning at her, the island scowled and kindly flipped him off before going off to join America.
She really hated Russia.
/ / / / /
Goodness how could the Americans survive in this weather?!
Ukraine continued desperately using her folded map of Hollywood studios as a sort of fan in a vain attempt to combat the heat. She was a temperate nation, not exactly fit for this sort harsh weather. She wiped a large amount of sweat from her forehead. Phew! Definitely not fit for this weather.
Hopefully heatstroke wasn't too likely…
But most of all, it shocked and sort of worried her that her little brother didn't seem the slightest bit affected by the hot weather, in his favorite and precious scarf no less!
Ukraine wasn't quite sure why. She supposed that his determination and stubbornness made him blind to
In fact, Russia was sitting next to her on the bench, staring into space with his usual smile seemingly stuck on his face and the dark bruise on his face from Taiwan rather noticeable, it was unnerving, even more because Ukraine didn't have the faintest idea what her brother was doing. He just came out of some bushes by the time Ukraine met up with him, and he didn't provide her with much of an explanation.
Ukraine truly did love her brother, despite everything, but it's times like this when she wished that Belarus would make one of her sudden appearances and scare Russia back to his fortified house.
/ / / / /
As the siblings waited to follow out lovely couple's trail to continue their stalking, two heads simultaneously popped out of the bushes, both wearing tree hats and have dirt on their faces, with one man having his eyes narrowed suspiciously at where Russia was going while the other snickered.
"Alright… The loser is in sight…" Prussia whispered to his partner, smirking. "Commence Operation: Stop Unawesome Fiend Via Torture."
"Sweet!" Denmark rubbed his hands together, grinning. "So what are we going to do?"
Prussia only snickered.
"Gilbirdzilla?" Denmark asked excitedly, eyes gleaming like a child.
"Gilbirdzilla." Prussia smirked before going into his signature laugh.
Hollywood Studio's coming up next chapter, and you'll be able to see more AmeTai and more stalking! Please review!