Chapter 4 Who's Betraying Who?
Me: Sorry for the long wait. And I kind of made a little mistake, the people who are not going to be here are Prussia, Canada, and Romano. Not Spain, so about that.
Tara: And try to guess who's the one behind it all. The one who controls the puppet, (Steve)
Emillee: The only clue Kyla gave us is that Italy is innocent, again, not going 100% like the game, so scratch him off your list.
"-And by bringing life to these gems, we get a little stronger…" Japan pauses for a moment, "so it is imperative that we do this."
Japan and everyone else are now together in the piano room, discussing what they should do and what theses little gems are.
Kyla speaks, "We found this weird scrap of paper. And then we found a safe inside a room in the kitchen."
"A safe?" Tara says, "Maybe the numbers on the keyboard… could be some kind of hint?"
"Yeah," Russia agrees, "then we can open the safe and make some progress. So, first of all… shouldn't we take a look at the scraps of paper that Kyla found?"
Kyla takes the papers out of her pockets and hands them over to Russia.
England looks over Russia's shoulder and takes a peek at the papers, "Yeah," England says, "they're a perfect match. Try sticking them together."
Russia tries to put the papers together, but jumps when a singing sound plays.
"~Pubu-Pubu-Pubu and tte GO! Fuishu ando chippusu! Kirai na aitsu ni noroi wo kakete~"
"Argh!" England yells, he blushes, "S… sorry, it's my cell phone."
"Again?" China says, "Russia's also rang earlier."
"Same here!" Kyla proclaims, "We heard a piano!"
"A piano?" England says, "Well, anyway, I'll answer it."
He takes his phone out of his pocket and presses a button, "Hello?"
There is silence, but only one little piano note is played, "… dink." The phone goes dead.
"It really was a piano." Japan breaks the silence, "But it was a different note from the one that Russia heard." He turns to Kyla, "Kyla, did you also hear a different note?"
Kyla nods her head, "Yeah, it was different."
"Only one note." England says while putting his cell phone away, "That's the only thing in common. But there is no doubt that there're big hints. We could only solve this one by one."
"Yes." Japan says, "If we do that, we'll soon to meet America, France, and Italy. Though they're probably get mad at us for taking so long."
"That's why I'm saying that this piece of paper might be some kind of hint to some kind of hidden passage!" said Germany.
"Wait a second?" China says in confusing, "Wouldn't there be one more note? Shouldn't we wait for-"
"How can our phones even get calls if we're out of range?" England interrupts, "Besides, we don't even know who's calling us. Should we blindly trust the hints they give us?"
"I'm getting a little hungry…" Tara complains.
"Want a sandwich?" Kyla offers.
"Ugh, fine." Tara takes the sandwich and starts eating it.
When Tara finishes, a phone starts ringing, "… There it is." Tara says, "Germany. If you please."
"Y-yes," Germany says, "Understood. I'll answer it now."
Germany takes his cell phone out and flips it open, "Guten tag?"
There is silence, but only one little piano note is played, "… dink." The phone goes dead.
"… It was a piano after all." Japan repeats.
"Da," Russia says, "Now let's put the notes together."
Kyla stays quite, Japan looks over to her, "Kyla?"
Kyla jumps a little, "Oh, sorry Japan. The note I got was La."
"The note I got was Re." England mumbles.
"The note I heard? It was… Sol." Russia says.
"The note I heard was Si." Germany murmurs.
"So the notes we heard were Si, Re, Sol, and La." China says.
"Let's take a look at the keyboard." said Kyla.
Everyone huddles around the piano and looks at the keyboard.
"Hmm…" everyone hums.
"… Oh!" everyone looks at Tara, "I've got it! I think I know how to solve this! It's a very simple password. You see, first, the notes that played were these four."
Tara points to these numbers
235147283695
"You're right." Japan says.
"So, it's 4269?" England asks.
Tara adjusts her glasses, "No, not yet. Now, when you look at the piece of paper that Kyla and Germany found…" She takes the pieces of paper from Russia and puts them together, "… it's like this."
The colored bars were yellow, then red, then green, and then blue.
"It matches the colors of the numbers on the keyboard." Tara explains, "If we match the numbers with their respective colors…"
Tara takes a pencil (out of nowhere) and writes down the numbers to their colors, the numbers are now 6294. She shows it to everyone, "See? Perfect match."
"I see." China says, "Amazing!"
"When you put it that way," Germany points out, "it is rather simple. Well, then, let's head to that safe."
Everyone nods and all leave the room.
Except for one.
The person walks up next to the piano and rests its hand on it, it looks at the keys, "Haa… They solved it, after all…"
The person uses its other hand to run it through its hair, "Odd. I thought I'd done everything right, but it was no use, after all…"
It puts its hands down and lets them hang limply on its sides, "I guess I really shouldn't have given them a hint. But…"
The person shacks its head, "No, never mind. I'm sure this is the right thing to do. I'm not making a mistake, right?"
RigHT. You'Re nOt mAKinG a MisTaKe… YeT.
"But, what if they get mad at me?"
AhaHA. ThEy miGHt bE, thEy mIGht nOt eVeN Be yOUr FrIends anYmoRE.
"But I don't want that! And why are you the only one talking? What happen to the other two?"
So, you are wondering where "we" are? How pathetic of you.
"I was just curious. What do I do now?"
JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT FOR NOW ON. BUT IF YOU DO-
"I will be possessed and my soul will be killed, I know the drill."
The person looks at the door, "Do… Do I have to kill them?"
Yes.
"And if I refuse?"
YoU wIll dIE iNstEAD.
"But if I finish the job… everyone will return?"
YES, OF COURSE.
The person sighs, "Alright then…"
The person leaves the room.
Japan, Kyla, and Germany go into the room where the safe is while the others wait in front of the kitchen.
Japan puts in the numbers 6294 and the safe opens. Inside it was a key with a little tag saying "study."
Japan, Kyla, and Germany tell the others and go to the dojo. Kyla leads them to the door that was locked and puts the key in it.
The trio goes in and looks around. While looking, Germany accidently presses a lever and makes a bookshelf slide to the side.
Kyla jumps in surprise and glares at Germany. She was looking through the bookshelf and wasn't expecting it to move.
Japan just sighs and goes over to where the bookshelf had moved from. A door stood there in its place.
Japan opens the door and lets the other two inside. He goes in as well and locks it, Kyla looks at him puzzled, "Japan, why did you lock the door?"
"I… just have a feeling." He says.
"Well, stop wasting time and help me with this door." Germany nags.
Japan pushes the door to the side and it creeks open. Kyla enters in and picks up an object. A key that said "basement."
The trio unlocks the door and exits the room. Problem: STEVE WAS THERE!
"OH SHIT!" Kyla screams and grabs the other two. She starts running at full speed with the two nations in tow.
"Slow down!" Germany yells.
"Does it look like the time to SLOW DOWN?!" Kyla snaps back.
"No time for arguing!" Japan yells.
Kyla runs all the way to the kitchen and back to the room they were in, Japan slams the door closed and locks it.
Japan and Kyla fall to the ground in exhaustion, Germany on the other hand: he looked like he just WALKED the whole time.
Tara runs over to the duo on the ground, "Are you two okay?" she asks.
"Do I *pant* look *pant* okay *pant* to you?" Kyla pants.
Everyone else walks over to them, "Oh, you're back." China says, "Are you two okay? Sorry you had to go through that."
"Where *pant* the HELL *pant* have you been?!" Kyla yells.
"Right here." Russia answers.
"Ugh." Kyla gets up to her feet and pulls Japan up as well.
Kyla sighs, "You know, you guys suck eggs, BIG time."
Tara just adjusts her glasses and shrugs, "You did very well. We found a gem!"
"Really? Let me see." Tara hands Kyla the little black gem. Kyla examines it closely and says, "Well, it seems to be a diamond."
Everyone just stares at her, "How do you know?" Germany asks.
"Well," Kyla says, "I am an Opal guardian am I? What's the point in it if I don't know what gem it is?"
Japan sighs, "You're right." (A/N If you are wondering, when I mention that I'm an "Opal Guardian," no one believes me. They just think I'm crazy. The only one here who believes me is Tara)
"And an energy wave-length is leading to…" Kyla pauses, "… Japan? That can't be right. Oh well, here Japan."
Kyla hands the so-called diamond to Japan. The gem shines, brighter then the topaz, everyone shields their eyes. When the light dies down…
Japan was lying on the ground, knocked out.
"J-Japan!" they all yell.
Me: Sorry for it being short, I am doing chapter 5 as we speak. Plus, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so…
Me,Tara,&Emillee: Happy Thanksgiving!