Whoo-hoo! Chapter four of Trying To Get Home! Have you been looking forward to this? I know I have! What questions - if any - will be answered in THIS chapter? Read to find out because I'm not going to tell you here because I don't own Hetalia!

... Don't question my reasoning...

Ludwig was up before the sun was. Why? He was uncomfortable. He watched over those he could see, especially Feliciano... Okay, you got me. He had his eyes on Feliciano /only./ He hated the others picking on him and saying he was in love with Feliciano because he really /was/ in love with the younger of the Vargas brothers.

Of course, he'd never tell a soul... Unless somehow he were to muster up the courage to admit to Feliciano, but... The blonde German was a coward when it came to such things... Talk about an odd sentence.

Ludwig shook his head, "I should be thinking about getting home, not..." he looked back at Feliciano, "Sooner or later, they'll change my title from the Natural Leader to the Lovesick Fool Who Talks To Himself..."

"Kesesesese! So, West, why haven't you told him yet?" Gilbert made himself known, "Seems to me that the feeling is awesomely mutual. What's holding you back? Other than a slight case of unawesomeness."

"B-Bruder!" Ludwig went wide-eyed.

"The awesomest Bruder /ever/ at your service." The paler of the two grinned. His grin turned to a frown at record speed, "Seriously, when are you gonna tell Feli-kins how you feel?"

"Never." The blonde stood up so he wouldn't have to look up at his brother, "Feliciano doesn't feel the same, and I don't want to make our friendship awkward."

"You mean /more/ awkward than it already is?" Gilbert rolled his eyes, "Honestly, if you don't tell him yourself, I'll gladly and awesomely tell him for you."

"Wha- Nein, you can't! I will! Later! Much later!"

"Promise?"

"Ja, ja! Promise!"

"Gut, now stop yelling or you'll wake the others, and they'll be mad at you."

"E-Es tut mir leid."

Eventually, of course, everyone had to wake up, so the Beilschmidt brothers took the task of waking them up. None of them were exactly thrilled to be awoken from their slumber, but they knew they had to move on.

"You know, I don't really remember where we're going." Alfred yawned as they began to move.

Midría City." Arthur replied, "Honestly, when they chose your title, they did a smashing job."

"Oh, who asked you?" Alfred huffed.

"Can we PLEASE get along?" Yao snapped, "You're giving me a terrible headache, aru." Somebody isn't a morning person...

"Eto, arguing will get us nowhere except in trouble." Kiku added, "It's best to quit while you're ahead."

"What's the point of even TRYING to get them to stop?" Ludwig sighed, "They'll argue everyday for the rest of their lives."

Francis laughed, "That's a lot of lovers' quarrels."

"We're NOT lovers!" Arthur and Alfred shouted at the Frenchman.

"Yet."

"Never."

Francis rolled his eyes, "I'm afraid you might be right. Arthur is too tsundere and Alfred is much too childish. You two need some serious l'amour help."

"Why the hell is everyone in denial?" Gilbert sighed.

"They're just afraid." Antonio replied, "That, and they don't realize how wonderful it is to be in a relationship." He leaned over to Lovi.

"Kiss me, and I'll shove my sword through your head."

The Spaniard kissed him anyway. He knew the older Vargas brother wouldn't actually hurt him.

"Fucking bastard."

He'd just cuss...

"Veh~ I wonder how much farther we have to go." Feliciano looked around, "I hope it's not too much further."

"We all hope that, Feliciano-kun." Kiku replied.

"Hmm..." Feliciano looked thoughtful and walked side by side with Kiku, "Ehi, Kiku, do you feel like we're being watched?"

"Hai." The Jap nodded, "I'm surprised you of all people noticed."

"What's THAT supposed to mean?" The younger Vargas brother pouted.

"It means you are as oblivious as you are innocent." Kiku answered.

"Now I don't know whether to feel insulted or not."

"Gomen'nasai."

"Hey, hey! Lookie!" Alfred exclaimed pointing ahead towards a city, "That's GOTTA be Midría, right?"

"Probably." Arthur nodded, "That IS where this road is supposed to lead to."

"Hopefully we'll be able to get some help." Ludwig sighed, "I want to get home as soon as possible." he looked around at the other eleven, "Okay, try to blend in, and don't make a scene."

"That'll be difficult for some people." Arthur huffed.

"This shall be interesting." Kiku chuckled as the twelve walked into Midría.

"Veh~ Welcome to Midría, the Pirate City." Feliciano said earning a few - read: eleven - looks. He quickly added, "It's what the sign said."

Learn to read, people!

"So, we're in a town full of fucking pirates." Lovino sighed, "Great."

"The pirates are fucking?" Francis asked from the background... He was ignored.

"I don't think you'll have any trouble fitting in, Lovino." Arthur began, "After all, most pirates are thieves, right?"

"Don't make me STEAL your life."

"Oh, God, the puns..." Alfred groaned.

"Look," Ludwig started, "let's just split up, and see if we can find out anything." he looked at Lovino, "Or I'm sure one of us- coughLovinocough- could practice their abilities."

"Yes, yes, I know. I fail as a thief." Lovino rolled his eyes, "I can't even pick a lock." he turned around and walked off.

"Everyone else, groups of two. I do not care how this is done, but no arguing."

Ludwig and Feliciano were one group, Group Two was Arthur and Alfred, the third group was Francis and Gilbert, there was Antonio and Kiku, and finally Ivan and Yao. They went off in different directions, but... Weren't there twelve? Only eleven adventurers have been sent off... Hmm...

"Um, hello? Miss Author? You forgot me!"

Oh... Sorry, Matthew... Why don't you just check out the stables over there? I'm sure you'll find something otherwise I wouldn't have thought about that.

"Well, okay."

Now stop breaking the fourth wall or something bad might happen. Also, don't tell the others.

"Yes, ma'am."

So, Matthew walked over to the nearby stables. Why? Because I told him to...

The Canadian looked around like the invisible guy he was. Nothing was there except some horses that didn't seem startled by him being there... Did they even notice him?

Anyway, Matthew decided it would be a good idea to trip and fall to the ground. He looked at the object he tripped over and smiled. It was a chest. There was just one question... Could he open it?

He decided there was no better time to try, and...

Tah-dah! It opened!

And whataya know? There was even a not.

Matthew Williams,

You were not forgotten.

"I think I like whoever's laying these around."

Wanna know what the other paper read? Of course you do...

Matthew Williams - Beastmaster

-Armor

Chest - Tunic of the Canadian

Feet - Boots of the Cheetah

Hands - Beastly Gloves

Legs - Leggings of the Unknown

-Weapon

Scythe

-Title

The Invisible Friend

-Other

Chameleon Cloak

Healing Kit

Horn of Animal Calls

Knife

And nothing amazing happens. Matthew just puts on the awesomeness.

"Nothing amazing ever happens to me..."

Because you broke the wall again, a puppy just died.

"..."

Lovino might not be able to pick locks, but if he wanted to, he could steal a hat off a lady's head or a watch off a man's wrist. In fact, several men were going to be wondering where their watches were, and Lovino was going to be selling a few things while laughing hysterically.

"So, what's in the chest?"

"A very expensive, rare jewel."

Lovino picked up a newspaper but didn't read it... In fact, he couldn't read it. For two reasons. One, it was in some sort of wierd language unknown to Earth. Two, he was much more interested in what was in the chest.

"How much do you think it'll sell for?"

"Maybe about 20 wafers."

"What?! That's, like, 20000000 kelbs."

Lovino was curious about this world's currency. He put the newspaper back and walked over to the men. One of them walked inside a building of some sort.

"Excuse me, sir."

"Whataya want?" The man asked rudely.

Lovino twitched but kept his cool, "I'm not from around here, and I was wondering if you could tell me about the currency."

"Currency is the same everywhere, kid. Didn't your mother teach you not to talk to strangers?"

Ouch...

"My mother is dead." Lovino admitted, "And I overheard you talking about kelbs and wafers. Back home we only use kelbs."

"You not going to leave me alone until I tell you, are you?"

"Why would I leave such a dashing man alone?" Lovino winked. He wanted to be on this guy's good side. The stranger looked scary.

The man chuckled, "Dashing, eh? that's a new one. Alright. Out here in the big world of Conroe, the Middle Kingdom, we use kelbs, trigs, dules, wafers, and connies. 100 kelbs is 1 trig. 100 trigs is 1 dule. 100 dules is 1 wafer. 100 wafers is 1 conny. Anything else?"

"What's in the chest? It must be pretty cool if it's worth 20 wafers." The Italian nodded towards it.

"It's a rare jewel." The man replied, "You seem like a nice kid. So, wait here while I go find a merchant. Guard this for me, will ya?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good boy."

The man left, and Lovino sighed, "People are gullible even here..." he picked up the chest and left.

It took Lovino a while, but he found a spot where he could stop and work on his lock picking skills. It was a small tavern called Washouts.

Ludwig and Feliciano had been walking around. They had eavesdropped and talked directly to people. One person decided it would be a good idea to bully Feliciano, but Ludwig quickly showed the stranger what a /bad/ idea that was.

"Ah! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't realize he was your lover! Please forgive!"

Feliciano, who was trembling behind Ludwig, blushed slightly. The German turned fifty shades of red, "For the love of- He's NOT my lover!"

"Oh? But you two would be so cute together." A random lady stated. Even people who didn't know them thought Ludwig and Feliciano should hook up...

"Ma'am, please don't make me hurt you." Ludwig sighed and blindly grabbed Feliciano's hand to drag him into a small tavern called Washouts.

Athur and Alfred had been too busy fighting with each other to find out much of anything. They even argued as they walked into a tavern... You know it already I'm sure. They went into Washouts.

Francis was hitting on Gilbert, and Gilbert was just hitting Francis. The paler punched the blonde into a tavern.

"Hey, Gil, I found our friends..."

"Good for you." The self-proclaimed awesomest person stormed into Washouts.

Antonio and Kiku didn't actually know each other very well. They had mutual friends, but... There was an awkward silence as they walked into Washouts.

Yao rushed blindly into a tavern trying to get away from the Scary One, but Ivan followed the Oldest One into Washouts without hesitation.

So, did you guess that they all met up with each other to discuss information? Yes, even Matthew was there. I didn't forget about him /this/ time.

Ludwig looked at the chest that had the Foumouthed Tsundere's undivided attention.

"Lovino, what in that?" The Natural Leader questioned.

"Supposedly some gem worth 20 wafers." Lovino replied.

"20 whats?" Antonio raised an eyebrow.

"Wafers. I found out about the currency." The older Vargas answered, "100 kelbs equals 1 trig. 100 trigs equals 1 dule. 100 dules equals 1 wafer. 100 wafers equals 1 conny." he paused, "Holy shit, I got it!" he picked inside the chest and almost went wide-eyed, "This is pretty..." he cleared his throat, "Anyway, I'll be right back. I gotta go sell this thing and, like, 20 watches." he jumped up, grabbed the chest, and left without waiting for a word from anyone else.

"Eto, should someone go with him?" Kiku questioned.

"... I think he'll be fine." Ludwig replied, "Anyway, I think we're going to have to go to the capital, so we can talk with the king."

"We'll have to take a boat to Wishton, aru." Yao stated, "then we'll have to walk the rest of the way."

"Veh~ I was a fool for cutting gym..." Feliciano sunk in his chair.

"The only ships here are pirate ships." Antonio spoke up, "We'll either have to pay a lot of money or... Borrow one without permission."

"Do we have any intention of returning it?" Ludwig questioned.

"... Maybe?"

"I wonder what Wishton is like." Arthur wondered out loud.

"It has a magic academy, aru." Yao replied, "So, a lot of people will probably be magic users, aru."

"You could get some practice in, Yao the Mage." Alfred laughed.

"Aiyaa..."

"Well, before we leave, we have to wait for Lovino-san." Kiku spoke up, "Also, I am curious about the class and title of Matthew-san."

"Oh, yea!" Alfred looked at his younger brother, "I completely forgot about that. So, Mattie, what are you?"

"A beastmaster. I'm the Invisible Friend." The Canadian replied happy that he was being noticed.

"Invisible?" Francis repeated, "Nonsense. Mattieu is not invisible. He's too adorable."

This earned a sweatdrop from most and an expression of jealousy from Gilbert... Why would Gilbert be jealous though?

"I hope Lovino hurries, da." Ivan began, "I'm very tired of waiting."

"I'm sure he'll be back soon, aru. then we can leave." Yao reassured.

"I just hope he doesn't get into any trouble." Antonio frowned worriedly.

"Veh~ Fratello can take care of himself." Feliciano stated, "And if he does happen to get in any trouble here, he can just flirt his way out."

"But that makes me jealous..." Antonio grimaced.

"Would you rather him be dead?" Arthur asked.

The Spaniard went wide-eyed, "My goodness, no! Definitely not!" he sighed, "I just don't want anyone getting the wrong idea."

"Glad to know you have so much faith in me."

Antonio looked back and smiled brightly. He jumped out of his seat and embraced Lovino, "Oh, mi amor, you're okay! You ARE okay, ¿sí? You didn't flirt with anyone, did you?"

Lovi tried to push his Spanish boyfriend away but failed miserably like always, "Yes, I'm okay, damn it! All I had to do was run from the pirate I stole the chest from! Now let the fuck go right this goddamn instant, tomato bastard!"

"¡No!"

"How much money did ya get?" Alfred asked.

"20 wafers, 52 dules, 18 trigs, and 30 kelbs."

"Hmph. Well, we know what the thief is here for." Arthur stuck his nose in the air.

"Hey! If not for me, you wouldn't even have 1 kelb!" The tsundere Italian retorted, "What have you done other than argue with almost everyone, Eyebrows?"

"Hey, don't pick on Artie." Alfred stood up, "That's MY job."

"Why I oughta-"

"Veh! Fighting each other won't get us anywhere." Feliciano interrupted, "It'll only give Luddy a headache, and then he'll yell at everyone. We don't want that, do we?"

"No, Feliciano..." Almost everyone replied.

"Then stop your fighting so we can borrow a ship to get to Wishton."

Ludwig raised an eyebrow and patted the usually oblivious Italian on the head, "Good work."

"Grazie~"

"Hmhm. It seems like Ludwig-san is rubbing off on Feliciano-kun." Kiku chuckled, "Very well." he stood up, "We should proceed now. I want to get home as soon as possible.

Everyone else who was sitting stood as well, and the twelve headed towards the docks.

End of Chapter

Yay, Matthew has his class and title now! Isn't that awesome? Whataya mean you don't know who Matthew is? He's that only Canadian! What's a Canadian? A person from Canada, moron... Where's Canada? Now of American, duh!

... you still don't know who I'm talking about? Well, fine. You're obviously not awesome enough to remember him.

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