Ha-ha, another mind block overcome with the help of my friends! Something greater has to get in the way of me not bringing you awesome readers another chapter of this story! Unless it's unavoidable, I'm not listing examples…anyways, enjoy! Making a cameo in this chapter is my friend's OC, Katarina~!
(Also, just to get this out of the way, I kind of cheated and skipped a couple days in the story line to make it a Friday in the beginning. Just thought I'd clear that up.)
After class ended for the day, Kimi and her friend, Katarina decided to stick around of campus inside the building.
"It's good to know that you're finding more people to talk to." Kimi's friend grinned.
Katarina and Kimi had been close friends since they met in the sixth grade, overtime becoming like sisters. Despite their similarities in personality and interests, they looked like complete opposites. Compared to Kimi's more built and curvy shape, Katarina was very slender; as well as style, Katarina preferred to wear skirts and business casual tops with high heels. Yet both of them went through the same martial art experience until medical dilemmas stopped them after reaching their black belts, while Kimi's was anxiety and asthma; Katarina's was due to a small error in her back. The last contrast to each other was Kimi's ability to withstand the nightmares Katarina received after watching horror movies, absorbing more influence.
"Yeah, it's brought me to a lot of new things though." Kimi chuckled slightly.
"Really, like what?" Katarina asked curiously.
"Being brought to a World Conference, dudes trying to kidnap me, crazy stuff…" She listed out casually, "A lot of them keep acting oddly when I'm around them for some reason."
"What have they been acting like?"
"For one, Germany looked like he just had a heart attack when France requested me permission to be with the Allied Forces for a day; America was acting like a macho man before we watched Killer Clowns from Outer Space; now France won't effing leave me alone."
"World Conference?"
"It's a meeting where all the countries gather together in order to talk about the world's problems," Kimi explained, "However, we never get anything done because everyone's always arguing about something stupid and irrelevant."
"Sounds a little irritating."
"You have no idea…"
"Really?"
"Not only do a lot of the countries fight a lot, practically all of them are guys who are vaguely perverted."
"Oh geez…"
"Yup, luckily, I always stick by Germany; he told me that it was an order, so I'm doing what I'm told."
"At least you've got protection."
"Yeah, but I wonder why some of the countries think I'm his girlfriend or something."
"I'm not sure why, I'm not a professional at these things."
"Neither am I, but that's okay."
More time passed as they walked and talked around the campus perimeter, eventually splitting up to go back to their apartments. The sky grew darker each minute as Kimi strolled along the path; vigilantly she scanned left and right in case of any potential dangers. Suddenly wary of the footsteps following the echo from her combat boots, she forced herself to turn around and see who was approaching.
"Hey, Japan, what brings you here?" She greeted, relieved that it was one of her friends.
"Mr. Germany sent me here, he wanted to tell you that there will be another World Conference tomorrow." Japan answered, his expression and tone blank as usual.
"Okay, I'll make sure to remember…" Kimi nodded.
"Also," Japan added, "He wanted to know if you'd be interested in staying over for the night, just in case if you did forget."
"Sure, I've got nothing else going on." She shrugged, "Just give me a second to grab a couple things from my apartment, and I'll be set."
Japan quickly nodded in agreement before following Kimi back to her place, not saying a word as they walked.
"C'mon in, Japan," Kimi insisted as she put the key in the door lock, "I wouldn't want you standing out here in the cold."
"O-okay…" He responded shyly, walking in through the door after her.
Turning on the lights in the living room and halls, she requested Japan to briefly wait at the door while she collected her things. Rushing to her bedroom, Kimi grabbed her old black backpack, the costume she last wore to the first World Conference, a black crowbar in case, iPod, mini speakers, and a canister of mace. Packing everything into the bag and zipping it closed, she hurried back to Japan, instinctively apologizing for taking so long.
"Don't worry about it," Japan dismissed, "Let's go."
Shutting off the lights and locking the door, they made their way to his car and drove off. Pulling the black hood of her kitty sweatshirt over her head, Kimi reclined in the front passenger's seat. Neither of them said a word, Japan too focused on the road while Kimi looked out the window and stared off into space.
Break.
"Ve~ Kimi, you look so cute~!" Italy cooed, wrapping his arms around her neck once they entered Germany's house.
"Thanks, it really is adorable!" Kimi smiled, letting Italy finish the hug.
"Italy, calm down!" Germany scolded, hitting his closed fist on Italy's head.
"Hey, Germany!" Kimi greeted warmly to him, making Germany to blush a bit.
"Don't be shy, Germany~!" Italy laughed, "It's just Kimi, she won't bite!"
Kimi couldn't help but snicker a bit, not paying any attention to Germany's flashing red face.
"I hope you're not still too hung up on that incident with France." She said concernedly, tilting her head slightly.
"I'm fine, I just hope that nothing happened to you while you were with the Allied Forces." He responded.
"There was a couple arguments between them, but at least I was able to avoid France." Kimi sighed, chuckling a bit at the memory of America's energetic attitude during all of the mayhem.
"Well, at least they didn't try anything funny." He said blankly.
"Trust me, if they tried, I would've made my day." She smirked.
"You're quite the soldier, that's for sure." He chuckled slightly, petting Kimi on her head.
"Ve~ You two are so cute together~!" Italy suddenly cut in, causing Germany to flinch and turn completely red again.
"Shut up!" He barked, bonking Italy on his head.
Kimi began to laugh, but at the same time tried to calm down Germany with Japan's help. Thankfully after a brief moment, his face cooled down, but he still acted bashful to Kimi's presence. While the others sat down at the table, Kimi couldn't help but nervously fiddle with her cell phone charm in her pocket.
"Is something troubling you, Kimi?" Japan asked her in concern, noting how her head was slightly bowed as she sat in the seat.
"Not really," She answered, "I'm probably just a little nervous about the World Conference."
"Don't worry, you have us to stick around with~!" Italy mused in an attempt to comfort her.
"That's true, I'm glad about that." Kimi smiled, holding the side of her face with one hand. "I just hope that we'll avoid an awkward situation this time."
"As long as we stay distant, everything should be fine." Germany sighed, rubbing the back of his neck.
"I'll be sure to bring mace, just in case if things start getting out of hand." She assured.
"You were already planning ahead, weren't you?" Germany questioned.
"Most likely," Kimi responded, "When you're paranoid, you take some extra precautions."
"For what?" Japan asked.
"For a lot of things, I just brought the mace so I won't get groped or kidnapped at the meeting." Kimi answered, "I even practice playing dead in case of an unexpected attack where I am unarmed, I even practiced on how to get out of a strangle hold from time to time."
"That seems like a useful strategy," Germany praised. "Did you ever have to use them though?"
"Not really," She added, "But that doesn't mean I don't need to plan for the unpredictable."
"Say what~?" Italy suddenly floated in.
"Nothing," Kimi chuckled, "We were just talking."
Italy cocked his head to the side in a questioning manner, but dismissed it when she decided to make him laugh by meowing and acting like a kitty, causing him to smile and cheer.
Break.
"ALRIGHT, LET'S GET THIS WORLD MEETING STARTED!" America cheered heroically from his side of the table.
"Here we go again…" Kimi thought, adjusting her reading glasses before tuning into America's blathering.
"Again with this, America, can't you just once come up with a more REALISTIC idea?" England groaned disapprovingly after taking a sip of his tea, "Honestly, can't you suggest something more useful?"
"I'm the hero, of course I can!" America laughed, "And as the hero, this plan is FOOLPROOF!"
"THAT'S WHAT YOU ALWAYS SAY!" England yelled, smacking America on the back of his head.
"Mein gott…" Germany sighed, pinching the space between his eyes.
"Does this always happen?" She asked in the same tone as his.
"I'm afraid so." He answered. "If this keeps up I'll have to step in again."
"Be careful if you do," Kimi said concernedly, "I wouldn't want you to strain your voice too much now." She added with a sincere look, making Germany look away instantly to keep from turning red.
"I-I'll be fine." He responded curtly, before getting up to go break the fight building up between America and England.
"Germany certainly has taken a liking to you~" Hungary's voice chirped from the seat next to Kimi.
"Really?" Kimi asked, tilting her head slightly as she gave Hungary a confused look.
"Haven't you noticed? He practically blushes just by hearing your name!" She giggled.
"I never noticed anything, I honestly just thought he wasn't used to having girls hanging around him." Kimi shrugged, a little puzzled by what Hungary was saying.
"Don't act so oblivious, you've got multiple guys trailing you!" Hungary smirked.
"Didn't know I stood out that much." Kimi chuckled nervously; checking to make sure Germany was out of listening point. "Who are they exactly?"
"Other than Germany, it seems America's been hinting too." She whispered slyly.
"I couldn't tell, I must've missed that part." Kimi said thoughtfully.
"You're so innocent, it's adorable~!" Hungary smiled, "I need to get back to Austria, meet me after the conference is released!" She noted to Kimi, getting up from her seat and walking away.
Kimi didn't know what to think of what Hungary told her, it was simply a delayed reaction to her as she stared at Germany and America from a distance.
"Such barbaric beasts…" France suddenly spoke up from behind Kimi, "A beautiful woman like you shouldn't be around such brutes." He said, gently putting his hands on her shoulders.
"I can handle them, I've hung around with worse." She answered blandly, clenching her fist tighter, preparing to through a punch if France tried any funny business.
"Honhonhon~ someone as gracious as you should be treated better!" He laughed.
"GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU WINE GURGLING BASTARD!" Yelled Germany and America as they charged straight for France.
"Aw, but I was just trying to comfort the little angel~!" France chuckled, "She'll need the attention after you two mangy mutts abandoned her!" He said dramatically, lifting Kimi up from the seat and holding her in front of him.
"I wasn't abandoned," Kimi interjected, "Germany was simply trying to straighten out America and England before things got out of control."
"Poor thing, you're too modest!" France cooed.
"No, that's the truth." She answered blankly, "Can I go back to my seat, please?" She asked innocently.
"As you wish." France said in a smooth tone, unwrapping his arms from around her shoulders and released her.
"Don't touch her again." Germany growled at France with a menacing glare, America glaring as well before returning to the other side of the table.
Taking his seat next to Kimi once again, they continued to sit silently as usual.
"Thanks for getting France away from me." Kimi whispered to Germany, not wanting to talk over America while he continued stating his idea. "Sorry if I was distracting you during your little argument with England and America."
"You weren't…" Germany murmured as he cleared his throat.
"Glad to hear that I haven't been disruptive." She sighed with relief, sitting back in her chair as the meeting went on.
After the conference was finally over, Kimi made sure to tell Germany where she was going before walking off to find Hungary. Ducking behind objects to avoid France's line of sight, she finally managed to spot Hungary talking with two girls. One was slightly taller than Hungary and the other girl, sporting green eyes, shoulder length blond hair with a light colored headband, wearing a small light purple coat, and a floor length turquoise dress. The other had short blond hair with a purple ribbon in her hair, green eyes with a slight tint of blue, wearing a red knee length dress, white nylons and black dress shoes.
"Hi, Hungary." Kimi greeted warmly, walking up to her.
"Hey, there you are!" She greeted back. "Belgium, Liechtenstein, I'd like you to meet Kimi."
"Hi!" Belgium waved cheerfully.
"Hello." Liechtenstein greeted shyly.
"Nice to meet you!" Kimi grinned.
"YO, KIMI!" America called from the crowd, running straight for her.
"What is it?" Kimi asked, turning around to face him as he tried catching his breath. "Wait, were you running?"
"I had a hard time finding you, I need to tell you girls about a party I'm throwing tomorrow night!" He announced. "Everyone'll be there!"
"Sounds like fun!" Belgium grinned.
"What's the occasion?" Kimi questioned.
"Just having a totally awesome bash!" America cheered.
"Okay, is there a certain dress code?" She added.
"No need for fancy dressing, just be yourself!" He answered proudly.
"Cool, glad to know." Kimi shrugged.
"I can't wait, I'm sure that it'll be great!" Hungary chuckled.
"Great, see you there!" America waved, running off once again.
"I need to go find Germany, it was great meeting you guys!" Kimi said, taking a small step away from the group.
"It was great meeting you too, Kimi!" Liechtenstein replied with a small giggle.
"See you at the party!" Hungary waved.
Once the brief farewells were over, Kimi ducked into the crowd in search of any of her allies. In her scanning, a familiar hair curl appeared just at the corner of her eye; it was probably Italy! Quickly making her way towards the sign, she stopped in her tracks once she saw the male in full view. He was with Italy, and even bore a striking resemblance to him, yet having darker hair and his curl was on the left side of his head.
"Ah, there you are, Kimi~!" Italy called, cheerful as usual as the other man scowled at him.
"Hi, Italy." She greeted calmly, "Who's this?"
"This is my older brother, Romano, also known as South Italy~!" He responded, bringing Romano closer to him. "Big brother, this is my new ally, Kimi!"
"Um, hello…" Romano greeted shyly, slightly looking away from Kimi's direction.
"Nice to meet you, South Italy." Kimi greeted back with a polite tone.
"Please, call me Romano." He said.
"Sure thing." She grinned obligingly.
"So you're that potato-eater's new ally, eh?" Romano huffed, "Why would you ever hang out with a bastard like him?"
"Trust me, I've met worse people." Kimi answered dismissively. "But, it's better than hanging around France."
"Oh shit, I forgot about him!" Romano shuddered. "But if he even comes near me, Spain will get him." He coughed, putting on a macho-man act.
"I hear ya, but I think I'm more worried about Prussia showing up." Kimi murmured. "Speaking of Germany, have you seen him?"
"Germany? He's over there, talking with Japan." Italy answered, pointing in the direction of an opening through the clusters of people making small talk.
"Thanks, Italy." Kimi nodded, "Bye you two!" She said briefly, before hurrying over to Germany and Japan.
Suddenly, Kimi found her arm was being pulled tightly, and backed up into something. Not knowing whom was behind her, and not wanting to take a chance at hitting what could be just a friend, she simply flinched and slowly turned her head to see who was there.
"See, West, I told you she's too weak!" Prussia bellowed over to Germany, using his arm to wrap around Kimi's neck.
"WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'VE GRABBED?" Kimi's mind bursted with a fit of rage, but kept a blank expression the whole time. "Prussia, please let go…" She requested calmly.
"Oh, crying for help are we? YOU HEAR THAT, WEST, SHE'S JUST A LITTLE WEAKLING!" He sneered, pulling her closer to him once Germany came running.
Once Prussia took his focus off of her, Kimi sent a powerful punch straight up under his chin.
"SHIEZZA THAT HURT!" He cried, instantly letting go of Kimi.
Given the advantage, she sent one more punch swinging right to his nose, and a good hard kick to his stomach. As Prussia staggered about on his feet, holding his bleeding nose and aching stomach, Kimi sent an axe kick straight down on the back of his head. Obediently, she then readjusted her reading glasses, and returned to Germany's side. Germany and Japan stared speechlessly at Kimi as Prussia lay on the ground wallowing in pain, not really sure of what to say. With a small innocent grin, Kimi bowed her head respectfully to them, as they looked at her in a bit of silent shock.
"Looks like Prussia didn't know how to handle a lady." Hungary smirked at Prussia on the ground, "Too bad he passed out from pain, I was hoping to get him with my frying pan."
"Hit him anyway, it should wake him up." Kimi giggled impishly covering a hand over her wide grin.
"That won't be necessary," Germany interjected, "We have other business to take care of."
"If you say so," Kimi said, "See you later, Hungary, tell Austria I said hi!"
"Goodbye~" She waved back.
While Germany walked around the grand hall of the building, Kimi followed beside him like a vigilant guard dog, standing with discipline in her posture. However inside of her mind, she felt a little nervous on account of hearing the whispers and murmurs from other countries as they walked together. Managing to maintain his emotions to keep from blushing, Germany kept moving along like he didn't notice anything. Kimi's face felt boiling as the words floated in the air into her ears, feeling a tinge of paranoia to what they were all actually saying. Despite the urge to turn red, the two held their nerves together while they continued his business at the World Conference.
There, finished! Next up is lucky chapter 7, guess what's gonna happen next if you want~! Happy holidays everyone, thanks for reading!