Chapter Three
And, somehow, Taiwan found herself at the next world meeting.
She had even brought England along, just for the heck of it. And she was going to tell the other nations.
Of course, not everything was going quite the way she'd planned. Everyone was being loud, as per usual.
America was arguing with France about which female country was the hottest (for some reason, without England, this is what America and France fought about). Not normal, but not surprising, either.
Japan just nodded whenever America spoke and shook his head whenever France spoke, not saying a thing. Normal.
South Korea was claiming China's torso as his. Normal.
China was trying to sell sweets. Normal.
Switzerland and Liechtenstein were sitting all neutral-y in their corner. Normal.
Poland was dressed as a girl. Normal.
Poland was crawling all over Lithuania and talking about his newest pony. Normal.
Prussia was crawling all over Hungary, talking about how awesome he was and then getting hit with a frying pan. Normal.
Belarus was crawling all over Russia, trying to make him sign a marriage form and put a ring on him, whoa oh oh oh~ Normal.
Sweden was hugging Finland closely and pokerfacing with his normal glare. Nor - wait, Sweden hugging? Not normal.
Norway was trying to get Iceland to call him Big Brother. Normal.
Spain and Romano were eating tomatoes, with Romano chucking some at Spain. Normal.
Greece was sleeping while Turkey smacked him. Normal.
All of the micronations were probably at the keyhole. Normal. Hopefully, England would drive them away. He was waiting outside.
Germany smacked the table and everyone shut up. Normal.
He then proceeded to go on with his usual spiel. Normal.
When he asked for who wanted to start, a certain wobbly hand wobbled its way up. Normal.
A second hand went up. Not extremely unusual.
This hand belonged to an Asian. Not very normal.
Germany called on this second hand. Rather unnatural.
The speaker was Taiwan. The absolute definition of WHATTHEGLUBISWRONGWITHTHISWO RLD.
She stood up before speaking. "Hello. As you may have noticed, England and I have been absent from the last few world meetings."
"Kesesese~"
"Fusososo~"
"Ohonhonhon~"
She sent a glare to the Bad Touch Trio but said nothing to them before continuing. "There's a very good reason why."
"DUDE. I MEAN DUDETTE. DID YOU GUYS BECOME ONE OR SOMETHING?! FOR REALZ?!" America looked... somewhat extremely excited about that.
"No! Stop getting these ideas!" Taiwan banged her head on the table. "He turned himself chibi. As in, he reversed his body and memories so he's a child again."
The room was silent.
"Like, really?" Hong Kong was the first to speak.
"Yes. Want me to bring him in?"
"Si! I miss seeing England as a child!"
"Totally. I wonder if he, like, has a pony. Or a pink unicorn. That'd be, like, so totally cool."
Taiwan left the room. No lingering micronations in the hallway.
"England?"
She heard voices coming from further down the hall. Scratch that, there /were/ micronations in the hallway. Or rather, a certain micronation with a sailor outfit. Sealand ran up and down the hall rather dangerously, waving around (A/N: Not a pair of scissors, sorry.) a small form.
England.
Taiwan stepped in front of Sealand, who crash-landed into her.
"Oh... Hello there! I'm Sealand and I'm a country! I'm bigger than Jerk England! HAHAHA!"
"Sealand. Give me England. Now."
Despite only being about eight inches taller (although, that /is/ a big difference when the shorter one is only about four foot three) and generally seeming much shorter than eight inches taller due to her tendency to stay fairly quiet, Taiwan looked quite menacing. So, Sealand dropped England and ran for his life.
Sighing, Taiwan picked up England, who was looking quite confused.
"Who the bloody hell was he?"
"Nobody you know. Come on." She pulled him into the room and didn't look at anyone until she sat down with the little country beside her. His eyes widened as he looked at everyone.
"Blooming... Why is everyone old?! And I don't know most of you!" Fearfully, he crawled into Taiwan's lap and clutched her qipao shirt, hiding his face in it. "GO AWAY! GO AWAY, OLD WANKERS!"
Taiwan sighed as she put a protective arm around him. "Calm down, England... Everything will be alright."
Slowly, he turned around and faced the other nations with a small pout.
"He's so little-aru! And almost cute, but those characteristsic eyebrows give away that he's Opium-aru."
"He will become one with me, da?"
"Kesesese~ He isn't as awesome as I was when I was a kid!" This earned another whack to the face. The frying pan now had a slight crack on the side, although Prussia's face hadn't cracked yet.
"So... What will we do?" The first person to say anything rational was Finland, who looked relieved that Sweden had finally released him.
"WE SHOULD ALL DRINK UNTIL WE'RE WASTED! AHAHAH-"
"No." Norway was suddenly up from his seat and choking Denmark with his tie.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!"
Yet again, everyone shut up just as Germany wanted. England looked quite scared and his his face yet again.
"Ohonhon~ Angleterre is a scaredy cat, non? Black sheep of Europe~!"
"SHUT UP, FROG!" England sent a vicious glare toward France, who just laughed. It, honestly, was much cuter than it should've been.
Germany was getting angrier and, finally, he slammed the table with such a force that large cracks appeared all throughout the marble.
"SHUT UP! Ve are trying to solve a problem here! As you can all see, zis is a major problem. Ze United Kingdom has been reverted to some point in time vhen he vas little, and ve must find a way to return him to normal!"
"Miss Taiwan?"
She looked down into the forest green eyes of England. "Yes?"
"Why do they keep saying I was reversed in time?"
"I..." She wanted to cry, but she managed to hold it all back and keep smiling. And those eyes... his eyes, but not quite... Shaking her head, she rejoined the conversation.
"I think I should bring him home! I was, after all, the one to originally raise him!"
"He raised me! I know that I'd be the best at raising him! Like a favor for the old man. Seriously, dude!"
"I raised all of my siblings ever since they were young children-aru! Except Vietnam... but France took her away-aru!" China sent France a deathglare.
"But I have taken very good care of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia for a while, da? My sister raised me, and I have helped in raising my little sister. England can be one if I'm allowed to raise him!"
England was now trembling slightly from fear. Slowly, he stepped up onto the table.
"I want to stay with Miss Taiwan."
The other nations looked at him incredulously before laughing.
"Listen, dude, we're all adults and you aren't. We know better. AHAHAHAHA!"
He winced and gestured for Taiwan to hold him again. She did so, and whispered into his ear, "Do you really want to stay with me?"
He nodded. "You're nice and let me eat scones, and sometimes you let me experiment in the kitchen."
She smiled and, slowly, stood up. Nobody noticed at first, until she began to speak.
"I was the one to discover England as a child. I witnessed the transformation, but I have no idea what happened. Currently, I've been trying to figure out what happened so I can try and reverse it. I'd like to be the one who takes care of him."
Several of them scoffed.
"Taiwan, you don't know how to take care of anyone-aru!"
"I'm not, like, letting my sister be corrupted by him and, like, get these eyebrows, too."
And then everyone went back to their arguing.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!"
It was the fourth time this meeting.
"Ve only have a few minutes left in zis meeting, but nozing important has happened, nor have ve come to a decision. France, you vill take care of England as you, for ze most part, raised him. End of discussion, ja?"
"I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BLOODY FROG!" England screamed as France began pulling him away from Taiwan.
If this was a typical event, Taiwan would have probably pushed him away apologetically. But brown met green, and she saw the look in his eyes.. She almost felt as though a part of her was being torn away - a part she was supposed to care for. So, she sat there in shock until someone tapped her shoulder.
"Taiwan, are you, like, going to come?"
It was Hong Kong. She smiled, acting perfectly fine. "Yep~! Just wait a moment, I have to collect some stuff, okay? You can go on."
She began slowly shuffling some papers and pretending that she wanted everything to look perfect. Once Hong Kong was out of earshot, she put her head down and began to cry.
She could still see it. There, somewhere hidden deep down and locked away, was the England she knew. He was begging her to help him and bring him out, because he didn't trust anyone else. And yet, the light in his eyes that seemed like him begging had seemed like it was fading, almost giving up. Seriously, why did they have to take him away? She was doing all right on her own, anyway. Inhaling shakily, she wiped at her face until it was dry before leaving the room with a bright smile.
A bright smile that almost hurt.
~Tilde's Ceiling~
And this, little children, is what happens when you listen to Rolling Girl while writing. I told you there was angst coming though, no?
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To Guest-chan (-chan, right?) aka Ayumi:
Onoes! D: And France Nii-san was just caressing his crossdress image in the mirror, you know! /SHOT
And yes, it is. It's my Hetalia OTP. Which is probably not good seeing as that it's just like CRACKCRACKCRACK but that's okay X3 I actually got the cover art for the story from Pixiv.
EVERYONE ELSE. REVIEWING THIS CHAPTER GETS YOU A PASS TO ATTEND THE NEXT 50 WORLD MEETINGS, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE A NATION.