A/N: Sorry about the long wait! I had one final month of college left and they were really long finals (3 of them were final essays, oh my god...). I am finally done with my first year of college and to be honest, I was waiting for my beta to read this before posting but she has been busy with her things so I decided to relieve her of duty. I don't think I want a beta, but if you guys spot any confusions or quirks then tell me by review and I shall try to fix them as fast as I can and keep in mind for future reference. Here is the long awaited chapter! Enjoy!

Arthur groaned and was once again awoken by the familiar voices from before. He twitched when he heard a loud voice shouting in Italian and groaned when he felt a sudden painful throbbing in his head. The voices instantly quieted down and Arthur slowly began to open his eyes. He hissed at the sudden brightness and shut his eyes again. He waited a bit before slowly opening them again, blinking a couple of times to get used to the bright light in the room. Arthur frowned and looked around only to see another individual that looked suspiciously like Spain with black hair and a sullen, cold expression upon his face.

"W-what happened?" Arthur asked in confusion. His head throbbed in pain and he gave a small hiss, reaching up and touching his head with a whimper.

"Oh sweetie! You shouldn't have tried to run! My friend here hit you while you tried to reach for the door. You looked really banged up and passed out, so we brought you to this little infirmary here in my mansion~!" Romano's clone said with a smile. "By the way, my name is Flavio~! This is my twin, Luciano!" he said, proudly grabbing his twin into a tight hug. The other Italian just groaned and tried to get away from his twin, but to no avail. Arthur tilted his head at their behavior and marveled at how different they acted.

"Hey! Don't forget me~! My name is Kuro~" the Japan clone stated with a flourish bow to Arthur. Arthur's eyebrows rose a bit at the action, but nodded in acknowledgement anyways.

"Oh! And this is Diego! He used to be my caretaker when I was little, but now I kind of take care of him! He's the one who hit you with the door and he also helps with my…extracurricular activities…" Flavio said with a giggle, wrapping his arm around the black haired Spain who seemed to scowl at the mention of those said 'activities'. Arthur blinked and tilted his head, narrowing his eyes in suspicion when the man began muttering about there being too much blood in the basement. He had a feeling that he didn't want to know what those 'extracurricular activities' entailed any further than that.

"My name is Lutz, kid" the scarred up German replied with a nod. Arthur blinked and looked at them all individually, judging whether he should tell them his name. After a moment of thinking it over and observing them more, Arthur reasoned that they would have hurt him already if they planned to and so far, that incident with the door was an accident as far as he knew. The small Brit inhaled a deep breath before shakily letting it go.

"M-my name is Arthur…Arthur Kirkland…"

The twins didn't have to wait long for the others to arrive since they were in Europe and they could travel fast amongst themselves. Alfred greeted everyone and also told them what the other Kirkland brothers had said about finding the ingredients necessary for the spell. He also told them of the plan about going into the portal to go find Arthur…which didn't seem to sit well for some of them.

"Aiyah! Why are we going in there!? What if something happens to us!? I'm not risking my life to save Opium!" Yao exclaimed, shaking his head to emphasize his dislike for the plan. Alfred glared at him, only to be shocked to hear Germany agreeing with China.

"I agree…I mean, we do need to get England back…but is it really worth risking all of us to go to another universe and possibly being trapped there? Especially if this universe is dangerous and could possibly lead to us getting killed or risk of disappearance like the older nations…" Germany explained, trying to get Alfred to see the big picture. Alfred, however, just ended up getting angrier.

"So…what? We just leave Arthur there!?" he exclaimed angrily. He shook his head in disgust when he saw all of them shuffle awkwardly and not meeting his eyes. "What the fuck!? What is this 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' bullshit!" he exclaimed, glaring at them. "Well guess what, Spock! I'm Captain Kirk! And I say we GET ARTHUR BACK!" he shouted, shoving Germany in his anger. Germany growled, his eyebrows twitching in annoyance.

"You…" he growled, but was surprisingly cut off by Italy who laid a hand on his shoulder. The Italian was shaking, frightened at his friend's anger, and shook his head. He then looked at everyone with a disappointed gaze before looking back at Alfred.

"When do we go?" he chirped, his smile appearing back onto his face. Although he was still shaking slightly, America couldn't help but appraise Italy for his moment of bravery while everyone looked at the shaking Italian in shock.

"Well…at least we know someone got the balls to go" he said, mocking the others. "To answer your question, Italy…I think we just wait for the other Kirkland bros to find all of the necessary ingredients for that traveling spell…" he said, looking at the Italian nation.

"Ve~! Okay! Oh, can we bring Romano and Gilbert~! I'd feel safer with Romano around so…" Feliciano trailed off and played with his fingers awkwardly. "Also…he's kinda hiding behind a bush outside and I think he might want to come in before it rains…" he said, pointing out of a window. The others looked and lo and behold, there was a noticeable brown hair curl twitching in plain sight from behind a bush not too far from England's driveway.

Germany sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, shaking his head at the other Italian's stupidity before going outside. The others watched as he walked down the driveway with a straight face, grabbed a struggling Italian and, to their surprise, a laughing Prussian, before making his way back inside the house. He tossed them onto the remaining couch and crossed his arms, glaring at the two nations who were awkwardly trying to avoid his gaze.

"K-kesesese~! So…what's up, guys?" Prussia asked, looking at them. The others looked at each other before looking back at the two seated on the couch. Alfred cleared his throat.

"Well, we might as well tell you guys since you're already here…" he said, sitting down on a recliner near the sofa the two nations were sitting on. He then began to recount the whole story about Arthur's disappearance and the mission to go save him.

"…Of course, SOME people don't want to go…" he growled, glaring mostly at China and Germany. Prussia tilted his head and seemed to think about it before nodding.

"Okay…so lemme get this straight…you guys are going to another possible dimension to get Arthur back?" he asked.

America nodded and gave a small laugh. "Yeeaah, that's pretty much it!" he exclaimed with a shrug. "Arthur's got weapons here from his old days that we could use, so I don't know what the big deal is…" he said.

Prussia gave a sudden smirk. "Kesesese~! I'm totally in!" he exclaimed, getting up and pumping his fist into the air in excitement. Germany's eyes widened at his brother's statement.

"WHAT!?" he exclaimed. "Absolutely not! This is serious! We don't know what could be on the other side of the portal and-" he was suddenly cut off by Prussia who gave Germany a one armed hug.

"Oh come on! You're worrying too much! This is an adventure, bruder! An adventure! You guys gotta live a little!" he exclaimed with a laugh.

Canada made himself known by coming in with refreshments. Alfred turned towards his brother who placed a tray of various drinks and food onto the table.

"Hey dude! So that's where you've been!" he exclaimed, getting a soda from the tray. Canada nodded and frowned at Prussia.

"I couldn't help but overhear everything but…I don't think you should come" he said to the Prussian. Gilbert's eyebrows rose at the statement.

"Huh? Why not?" he asked, frowning at the Canadian. Matthew just scowled and shook his head.

"Because…if you're not there for the sole purpose of searching for Arthur…then you have no business being there at all" he growled at him, straightening his back. The others were shocked by how assertive Canada was being at the moment, and were also a bit surprised to find that without his constant slouching, he was about as tall as Russia.

Prussia blinked before frowning and staring at Canada. There was a long moment of silence as Canada and Prussia had their stare off. The others were just beginning to get uncomfortable by the atmosphere before the sound of footsteps coming from the basement broke the two glaring nations' out of their heated trance. Wales walked out and was pleased to see the others gathered in England's living room. His eyes lingered on Romano and Gilbert before shrugging in an uncaring manner.

"Okay…so I have good news, and bad news…which one do you want to hear first?" he asked.

The others looked at each other before looking back at Wales. The Kirkland brother sighed before speaking.

"The good news is that we found all of the ingredients needed for the spell to work…" he said, a slight smile coming onto his face. However, that smile didn't last long when Germany took charge and spoke.

"What's the bad news?" he asked, a frown coming onto his face.

Wales sighed. "The bad news is that we went over the youth potion and…it's...not good…"

Arthur was laying down in bed, and watching as Kuro told his tale of how he defeated the plant monster that held Arthur captive the day before. Arthur was surprised that a day had passed, but he later concluded that he must have been exhausted from casting the spell. Of course, being chased by killer spiders and plants didn't help with the process of recovery afterwards.

"…And so, after it laid there defeated, I stabbed it one more time…okay, maybe a couple of more times to make sure the beast was dead! Of course, being the one who had come to aid the call for help, I picked up little Arthur-chan here and…well, the rest is history" he said, a smile growing on his face.

Arthur's eyes widened and he had a giddy feeling in his chest all of a sudden. Before he could hold it in, a small gasp escaped him and a small smile made its way to his face. He didn't know what compelled him to say what he did…but he did nonetheless.

"…Can you tell me another story?" he asked, his voice suddenly taking an innocent tone. Kuro blinked at Arthur before smirking. Luciano rolled his eyes in exasperation when the Japanese man began to snicker.

"Of course~! Now, I will tell Arthur-chan about the great prank that happened last week~!" he exclaimed with a cheeky smirk. Flavio chuckled and watched the scene quietly with a smile. Diego frowned and looked at Flavio.

"Where did he come from?" he asked, gruffly. Flavio shrugged and as he watched Kuro make extravagant gestures as he told his story about his prank, he sighed.

"Kuro said he just found him in the woods, about to be eaten by one of those mutated plants…" he said, scowling and shaking his head. "Those damn things…I hate those fuckers" he growled. Diego laid a hand on the back of his neck and the Italian calmed down. "Sorry…" he muttered, looking down guiltily.

"It's fine…but what are we going to do with him?" Diego asked. Flavio looked at him with a deadpan expression. Diego stared at him for a moment before shaking his head. "No…No way…Flavio, we can't just…" his protests were ignored as Flavio quickly put on a smile and made his way towards the small boy.

"Come here, sweetie~!" he cooed, picking up Arthur and taking his place in the bed. He sat Arthur on his lap and the Brit gave him an insulted look. "What are you doing!? Put me down this instant!" he shrieked, trying to get away. Flavio pouted and held him more securely.

"Aw come on, don't you want to hear more stories?" he asked. Arthur turned around and glared at him.

"N-no way! I don't know what compelled me to even ask for another! Just leave me alone!" he exclaimed, his voice fading a bit at the end. Flavio gave him a worried look and rubbed his cheek with his thumb. Arthur tensed and looked at the thumb suspiciously before calming down.

'Stay calm, Arthur…you need to keep calm and carry on…The only logical way to get out of here is to get along with them and hopefully they will allow me outside. Then, I can slip away from them then…' the Brit thought to himself.

However, there was a flashback of the darkness and the mutant beasts from the forests, and how the purple sky made the trees look like they were painted in the redness of blood. Arthur's breath stuttered slightly and he looked down, closing his eyes. He felt a hand running through his hair and felt…comforted?

He leaned into the touch and buried his face into the Italian's chest. He took a deep breath and took in the man's scent. To his surprise, it was actually pleasant and it made him feel…strangely safe.

'Maybe….just maybe…I'll stay and see what happens…'