Disclaimer: I don't own hetalia or any of its characters or plot.
Author's notes: I know a few people asked me to try and give everyone equal screen time, but I have to say that trying to write a good story and give thirty some people equal screen time is next to impossible. So sorry but say hello to the new member of the reapers.
Chapter 10
Rabbid dog's first Christmas
A young man staggered through the streets struggling to see through the relentless rain drenching him from head to toe. Red covering his hand which in turn covered his shoulder. Doing his best to move as quickly as he can, the man staggers further until he reaches a high way. Quickly climbing the high way the man moves southward on the high way constantly looking back, still holding fast onto his shoulder.
With the reapers
"Merry Christmas Everyone!" Alfred cried on the third floor as everyone had gathered in front of a large Christmas tree standing twenty feet tall. Alfred climbed down onto the main floor where everyone else was already gathering and awing at the mountain of presents. Peter of course dived right on in grabbing the first present with the most appealing wrapping paper.
The others jumped in after Peter, of course they didn't literally jump into the pile of presents. Everyone quickly opened the presents they found addressed to them. Everyone began to enjoy themselves save, Ivan who was trying to enjoy opening his presents without Natalia trying to force him to open a small one which was no bigger than his palm, now Ivan could guess what it was but he didn't want to figure it out the hard way.
With the lone man
"Not good" the man whispered to himself as he stopped in front of a railing, looking past it he saw a huge parking lot with a mall still standing tall and proud. "Maybe I can find refuge there" the man said to himself he quickly crawled over the railing, and gently stepping towards a pole when a zombie came out of nowhere reaching for him. In his panic the man quickly let go of the railing, but with his support gone, the man was subject to falling thirty feet towards the ground. "Oh, Shi" the man said during his fall, but his vision was quickly overcome with flashed of green and brown. The man felt his body tumble through branches, and leaves as the tree slowed his decent. After falling for a few more seconds the man fell from the trees final branches of the tree and hit the ground.
FLOMP!
"Oh!" the man groaned as he turned over to try and get onto his feet. "I'm gonna feel that one for a long time" the man said getting on his two feet.
CRACK!
"AH!" the man cried as he felt his right leg crack from underneath him. Dropping to the ground he clutched his knee, the constant rain, and soaking ground doing little to help the pain. The man looked up to see the front entrance of the mall more clearly then suddenly a flicker caught his eye, lights were flickering, and there seemed to be life moving inside the mall. The man also observed that all the windows, and the front entrance was well kept and relatively untouched, which was a good sign that there was human life inside the mall. "Gotta g-get to the mall" the man said to himself feeling his determination rise as he began to crawl towards the mall, but the unmistakable growls from pursuing zombies began to grow ever closer.
With the Reapers
"THANK-YOU BROTHER!" Peter cried hugging Arthur as he clutched a remote controlled toy car.
"You're welcome" Arthur answered by hugging Peter back.
Ivan was finally caught by Natalia and the group was being entertained by how Ivan was desperately trying to escape. "HELP ME DA!" Ivan cried.
"Help you from Natalia?" Alfred asked as if speaking for everyone, but for the most part he did. "You're crazy"
Ivan then looked desperately at Yao. "HELP!" Ivan continued to cry.
"Looks like we have no choice aru" Yao said stepping forward. "But how?"
"I've got an idea" Kiku said stepping forward as the others intently watched the man with a death wish. Natalia apparently heard him then looked at him with warning eyes as if telling him that if he does anything he dies. But Kiku knew she wouldn't be interested in him enough to kill him with what he does. "NATALIA-CHAN LOOK!" Kiku cried pointing behind him. Amazingly enough Natalia looked, Kiku then wound up his leg, swinging it he kicked the hand holding the box and sent it flying. "YOUR PRESENT IS FLYING!" Kiku cried continuing to point at the flying box. Natalia struck with horror forgot her killing intent towards Kiku and chased after the box.
"AIYAH RUN IVAN!" Yao cried encouraging the Russian to run for his life.
"THANK-YOU!" Ivan cried as he ran for his life.
By this time Natalia had recovered her present and slowly approached Kiku with a combat knife in one hand. Kiku however had another plan to save his life.
"How dare you" Natalia said in a low venomous voice.
"Yes how dare I" Kiku responded. This response seemed to confuse Natalia a bit. "Which is why I'm going to give you something to lure him back" Kiku said holding up a bottle of vodka. Natalia didn't say a word as she grabbed the bottle and ran after Ivan.
"Aiyah! You give Ivan a chance to escape now you just sentenced him to death aru" Yao said.
"Maybe Yao-san, but no matter what I may have done, I at least get to keep my body fluids in my body" Kiku responded.
"Where do you keep getting those bottles of Vodka?" Alfred asked.
"No idea" Kiku said.
"You've got to be bloody kidding me" Arthur said.
"Anyone else vote to go and watch the spectacle?" Francis raised his hand.
"I DO!" a huge cry from everyone capable of speaking and those who couldn't talk just raised their hands in agreement.
With the lone man
"NOT GOOD!" he cried as he turned o stop a zombie from completely enveloping him and getting at him with his jaws. The man looked past the zombie he successfully stopped, only to see tens more slowly staggering towards him. But thankfully for him the rain was hindering their ability to move faster, the cold induced by the water made it more difficult for their bodies to move so the man had a chance to shake off the zombie before he was surrounded by zombies. But he still couldn't get up and run, his leg was in bad shape, and his still intact leg was hurting beyond belief if he put pressure on it, he was stuck to wandering on his hands until he could find help, if there was any. The man with every bit of immediate strength he could muster, shoved the zombie off of him, as the zombie staggered back onto it's feet, the man resumed his quick crawl towards the mall just thirty feet away.
With the Reapers
"HELP ME DA!" Ivan cried as he was again on the run from Natalia, running circles on the third floor Ivan desperately did his best to stay out of reach. Meanwhile Im Yong Soo was taking bets as to how long either person would last. Kiku was handing out soft drinks, Yao, distributing chairs, Taiwan holding a video camera. Alfred and Belana cheering Ivan on, Heracles, and Sadiq, fighting over the best spots in which to watch, Viet and Thai are no where to be seen. Randal, Ralph, and Antonio and their wives watched, the males cheering for Ivan, the females cheering Natalia on. Ivan then suddenly began running back downstairs putting some effective distance between him and Natalia as Natalia couldn't run as fast down stairs. The others began to follow them. Ivan ran past the Christmas tree, and past several other intersections, before coming into view with the front entrance.
With the lone man
"Almost there" the man said still crawling as fast as he can, the door just feet away, when he felt two hands grab him from behind. The man felt horrified as he expected teeth to dig into his shoulder, but instead he was being lifted, he was then turned around to come face to face with a zombie, the zombie then held onto his collar as the zombie tried to bite the man's face. But the man resisted, the zombie then tried to get to him by slamming the man into the doors of the mall, but what neither of them expected was the result of the doors still being unreinforced glass.
With the Reapers
Ivan ran for the doors hoping that running outside and into the rain would prevent Natalia from chasing him. He knew in the back of his mind it wouldn't stop the crazed woman, but he still wanted to try.
CRASH!
Ivan was thirteen feet away from the door when something came crashing through the first set of doors, glass sprayed everywhere like water impacting concrete. Ivan surprised, suddenly came to a sudden stop Natalia colliding with Ivan's sturdy back as he stopped to shield his face from the spraying glass. The others quickly gathered by the entrance their cheering and betting had long since stopped, they watched as two figures formed from the mess of glass one slowly standing while the other was struggling to crawl away.
"What's going on?" Vash asked out loud as he arrived.
"No idea" Arthur responded.
"WHO CARES THIS IS FREE ENTERTAINMENT!" Im Yong Soo and Alfred yelled at the same time.
"Better entertainment that I get to beat something da" Ivan said evilly gleefully as his steel faucet appeared out of nowhere.
"How does he make that pipe show up out of nowhere?" Matthew asked out loud but unheard.
"Aw what a mess" Elizabeta said looking depressed obviously thinking that she will have to clean that up later.
"Aw that's gonna be a pain to replace Roderich sighed a hand covering his face.
"EP!" everyone turned to Viet who seemed to have a relapse of horrible memories as soon as she saw the zombies entering the building. Thai quickly held her to try and comfort her.
Everyone turned back as they saw the zombies slowly flood the mall, there seemed to only be roughly forty of them, but it didn't bother the Reapers as they had lots of fighters who could fight close quarter with a zombie. The last few weeks had been dull as the zombies seemed to have migrated from the city towards the East side of the continent.
"Well looks like where gonna get some fun after all" Gilbert said cracking his knuckles, Ludwig and Feliks standing beside him doing the same.
"GET OFF ME!" everyone turned to the figure on the ground now struggling to get the zombie off of him.
"Well, looks like Feliciano isn't the only one capable of making some interesting friends" Alfred said.
Everyone laughed hysterically at that as Feliciano sulked. The man who was getting attacked however didn't seem to have any sense of humor.
"SCREW YOU AMERICAN AND HELP ME ALREADY!" the man cried angrily.
"Alright" Alfred sighed, he trotted up and kicked the zombie in the gut forcing the zombie off the man. "REAPERS LET'S ROCK!" Alfred cried as the Reapers rushed the group of zombies.
Matthew grabbed one zombie by the hair and tossed the zombie into another, focusing on a third zombie Matthew drew his knife and quickly parried the zombies hand as he slashed the zombies throat. A fourth zombie went for Matthew but Matthew was to quick for it as he slashed that zombies hands off and then stabbed the zombie in the head. The first two zombies that went for Matthew resumed their attack, but Matthew quickly disposed of them by throwing two throwing knifes into their heads, after that Matthew drew a second combat knife and rushed for a fifth.
Alfred had already disposed of two with a strong swing from his bat, a third zombie lunged for Alfred from behind, but Alfred already aware of the zombie's intent and position, disposed of him quickly. Alfred then made a dash for Arthur. "Arthur A Hand!" Alfred cried.
"Got It!" Arthur responded as he ducked. Alfred then using Arthur's back as a stepping stone he leapt into the air. As Alfred descended on a zombie Alfred raised his bat, doubling the momentum, and impact of the bat, Alfred effectively pounded the zombie's head into its chest. Alfred suddenly finding himself in a crowd of zombies he began to swing wildly killing two more zombies. But Alfred was quickly finding himself in more trouble as several more zombies began to close in on him.
"Do I Always Have To Save Your American Hide Alfred Da!" Ivan cried as he jumped a zombie that was closing in on Alfred, Ivan then beat it's head repeatedly blood and brain matter spraying everywhere. Ivan stopped in time to bring down two more with his steel faucet. Alfred beat down another one, and ducked in time to avoid a rose that came flying at him, and the rose found it's mark in a zombie's eye.
"FRANCIS THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME!" Alfred cried. Glaring and shaking his fist at the French man who just stood there winking at Alfred and blowing a kiss. Strangely enough the zombies near Francis quickly stepped back and seemed to dive out of the way Francis was blowing the kiss as if it were a lethal virus to them.
"Just accept my beautiful offering of help Alfred" Francis said before making several more roses appear out of nowhere. "BEAUTIFUL ROSES OF DOOOOOOOOMMMM!" Francis cried. The roses killed some of the zombies, while hindering others.
Arthur then contributed to Francis's effort by killing all the remaining zombies with his crow bar. Ivan finished a few more, and Alfred rushed to help Matthew keep the zombies from getting any deeper into the mall.
Yao, Im Yong Soo, and Hong teamed up to take on several other zombies, Yao using an old rusty pipe as a bow staff as he expertly clubbed several zombies with it.
"Oh, Sure Show Off, While You Kung Fu The Zombies" Alfred complained.
"Aiyah! Mind Your Own Business Aru!" Yao cried as he hit a zombie in the back of the head, sending the zombie towards Im Yong Soo, who was waiting for the zombie with a broken guitar. Im Yong Soo clubbed the zombie several times before convincing himself it was dead. Hong drawing several throwing knives killed several zombies from a distance.
Kiku and Taiwan teamed up, using a Katana, and a traditional Chinese sword, the two danced around each other like they were putting on a performace, killing a zombie almost with every stroke produced in the deadly dance. Taiwan kicked one while Kiku turned and decapitated it with his sword. Turning and chopping off the limb of another, and Taiwan impaled its chest.
Yao drove the pole through a zombie's mouth and through the top of its head, killing it, while Im Yong Soo dispensing with the guitar, and drawing out a bowie knife, he stabbed another zombie in the chest and impaled it's heart killing it. Hong ran out of throwing knives and resorted to punching and stabbing any zombie that came too close.
Natalia drew out two bowie knives as she leapt into the fray next to Ivan slashing several zombies with almost divine grace, so much that it even captivated Ivan for but a moment, before Ivan resumed his rampage for zombie blood.
Vash, Roderich, Feliks, Toris, and Berwald stood in the back taking care of any of the zombies that would get past the others. However they let Elizabeta deal with most of them, as she was in a moody rage, swinging a heavy frying pan.
Peter however was one the second floor with a camera Arthur just gave him, and was taking pictures like a paparazzi from the second floor.
Lichen with Viet was watching from the second floor as well, but more out of worry rather than interest.
Back at the fight, the zombies where now all but dead, as only seven remained. Kiku and Taiwan quickly disposed of three. Matthew, and Alfred killed two, and the last two met their deaths at the hands or rather clubs of Heracles and Sadiq.
"Well that was fun" Alfred said as he let his shoulders relax.
"Now we have to clean this mess up eh" Matthew whined, looking at the tens of dead bodies and blood all over the floor.
"No problem, just get some water, bleach and chlorine and that will clean this up just fine" Alfred said holding both hands on his hips as if he just released some world changing information.
"Great to know you volunteered Alfred da" Ivan said placing a hand on Alfred's shoulder.
"WHAT, NO WAY!" Alfred cried as he and Ivan began to bicker about it.
Im Yong Soo and Hong however took more interest in the man who was huddled up in a ball to shield himself from getting stomped on as the Reapers went on a crazy rampage on the zombies. Im Yong Soo placed a hand on the man's shoulder and tried to get the man to unball himself. The man quickly unballed himself as he relaxed when Im Yong Soo placed a hand on his shoulder, the man sat up slowly and looked Im Yong Soo in the eyes. Im Yong Soo quickly noticed that this man is Asian like him, he had a pony tail that reached down to his shoulder blades, dark eyes, stern features but still young like him. The man was wearing tatters and rags like he had been living on the streets his whole life and didn't even live a decent moment for years. But as Im Yong Soo turned to the man's facial features he suddenly found himself recognizing the man.
"YOU!" The two screamed at each other recognizing each other.
"What!" Alfred and the others turned to see what was going on until the unknown man caught sight of Alfred.
"AMERICAN!" the man cried as he charged at Alfred, though the man's legs were badly damaged he somehow was overcome enough with rage to run on it. Alfred outstretched his arm and caught the man by the head keeping the man and arms distance away, however it did nothing to stop the man from trying to claw away at Alfred's body.
"Who's this?" Alfred asked turning to Im Yong Soo.
"Looks like a rabid dog to me da" Ivan said.
"Looks like a rabid dog to me" Kiku said.
"Looks like a rabid dog to me aru" Yao said.
"You know this rabid dog Im Yong Soo?" Alfred asked not fazed that there was a young Asian trying to tear his body to pieces but couldn't reach.
"He's not a rabid dog" Im Yong Soo sighed embarrassed.
"Then what is he? A lost dog?" Alfred asked.
"No" Yong Soo replied.
"A bad dog da?" Ivan asked.
"No"
"Wild dog aru?" Yao asked.
"No"
"I Know He's a Wolf!" Kiku cried sarcastically, and yet somewhat enthusiastically.
"NO!"
"A neutered dog?" Feliks asked.
Im Yong Soo didn't reply he and the others just looked at Feliks with rather disturbed expressions. The only ones who weren't listening where Alfred, the Asian man, and Matthew who was mockingly holding up a dog biscuit in front of the man's face.
"I KILL YOU AMERICAN!" the man cried.
"BAD DOG SIT, STAY!" Alfred cried wagging his finger at the Asian man.
"I think he's a good little boy da" Ivan said as he approached the man.
"RUSSIAN!" the Asian man cried as he ignored Alfred and charged at Ivan. Ivan did the same thing as Alfred by holding him back with one hand. Im Yong Soo sighed again getting more embarrassed by the moment.
"Guys meet by twin brother Im Yang Soo" Im Yong Soo introduced pointing to his brother.
"Suddenly I'm not surprised" Alfred said looking annoyed.
"It was to be expected" Ludwig said as he just watched.
"Well, looks like we have a new member then" Kiku sighed. "Where is he from Im Yong Soo-san?"
"My parents split up and my brother was taken to live in North Korea, all I heard after that is they moved here" Im Yong Soo answered.
"JAPANESE!" Im Yang Soo cried now charging at Kiku, Kiku however side stepped the man and Im Yang Soo collided with several boxes before crashing to the ground.
"That wasn't very nice Yang-san" Kiku said. Yang Soo slowly stood back up, and glared at Kiku, but before he could charge he was held back by Yong Soo.
"That's enough brother" Yong Soo sighed as he held a firm grip on his brother.
"I think a celebration is in order" Alfred said.
"On what?" Im Yong Soo asked.
"For your brother of course" Alfred said. Apparently this caught Yang Soo's attention as Yang Soo heard the word "Party"
Party Mode: "YEAH PARTY TIME!" Im Yang Soo cried.
"See even the North Korean agrees with me" Alfred said.
"You say that like it's a normal thing" Matthew sighed.
"Since when was it normal for North Koreans to agree with Americans da?" Ivan said still watching Im Yang Soo closely like a new toy.
"It's not, your not getting the point" Matthew said.
"Sorry I'm not really paying attention Matvey da" Ivan said not taking his eyes of Yang Soo. Matthew sighed in annoyance as Ivan said that.
"Well anyway I guess I'll start getting the kitchen going" Matthew said as he turned to go, but he didn't see Katyusha behind him when suddenly they bumped into each other. However they didn't just simply bump into each other, Matthew and Katyusha being roughly the same height ended up pulling a classic scene when their lips met unintentionally. And due to shock they stayed that way for fifteen to twenty seconds, which unfortunately for them was long enough for the others to see what happened, and Peter to get tons of pictures of it. Katyusha quickly turned red, and Matthew blushed uncontrollably, Alfred stood shocked in the background unable to say a word of protest. Ivan stared shocked, signs of building anger showed as his grip tightened on his steel faucet, Natalia however didn't seem to care, her expression more expressed 'Good now less competition for my Ivan'.
"Matvey da. You violating my sister da?" Ivan said in a dangerously low voice.
Matthew and Katyusha finally pulled away from each other and turned away Matthew however was frantically trying to get himself out of trouble with Ivan. "NO NO NO NO NO YOU HAVE IT WRONG IVAN!" Matthew waved his hands frantically.
"Why don't you and I ever kiss like that?" Belana asked as he slumped on Alfred's shoulder.
"HUH!? Your Drunk!" Alfred cried as he smelt Belana's breath.
"Yeah, I drank that whole bottle of brandy you had in your room" Belana said.
"BRANDY!" Francis cried. "YOU STOLE MY BRANDY HOW COULD YOU!" Francis cried.
"Aw, quit your whining you already have so much" Alfred said.
"NO MY BEAUTIFUL WINE!" Francis began bawling.
"AH HOW COULD YOU MATVEY!" Katyusha cried as she began yelling and swinging at Matthew, Ivan however had heard enough.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SISTER DA!" Ivan cried as he charged at Matthew.
"I'M OUTTA HERE!" Matthew cried as he turned to run.
"Party?" Yang Soo watched confused at the unfolding situation.
"Well, I guess you could call this a party" Yong Soo sighed.
"This is more like a Gong Show" Alfred said as Francis was effortlessly trying to beat Alfred by pounding on Alfred's chest. Seychelles was doing her best to try and get Francis off Alfred, who was busy trying to keep Belana standing.
"What's a Gong Show?" Arthur asked.
"Never mind" Alfred responded.
"My money on Ivan catching Matthew before long aru" Yao said raising his hand.
"My money is on Matthew-san staying out of Ivan-san's grasp" Kiku said. As both he and Yao handed some money to Gilbert.
"YEAH ANYONE ELSE WANT TO MAKE ANYMORE BETS FROM THE AWESOME GILBERT!" Gilbert cried.
"NO BETS!" Ludwig cried as he began bickering with Gilbert.
"Anyone else up for Pasta?" Feliciano asked outloud.
"I AM!" several people cried as they made for the second floor and towards the food court.
"Anyway, Yang Soo, welcome to the Reapers" Alfred said as he now carried a semi conscious Belana bridal style.
"huh, Reapers?" Yang Soo asked completely forgetting his anger towards Alfred and the others for being part of another country.
"Yeah, we are the Reapers, Guardians of SouthWest Sacramento" Alfred fully introduced.
"Uh, Okay" Yang Soo said.
"Anyway, NOW PARTY!" Alfred cried.
"YEAH PARTY!" Yang Soo joined in.
The Reapers finished their Christmas with everyone ending up with new equipment, clothing, and weapons. Except for Peter who got a modified bike so that it could reach up to speeds of over forty miles an hour due to the motor attached to the bike. Arthur finally got his Ferrari running, but he also received a second car which happened to be a large black trailblazer. Matthew got a new rifle with a more powerful scope and a larger magazine. Everyone also received a new weapon or better attachments and enhancements to their weapons. The biggest news of the presents was all the fighters especially the males getting a set of cloths which were pitch black, pads of hardened black Leather lining the arms, legs and chest of the outfit. New combat boots, and melee weapons on a leather belt also accompanied the outfit. But the signature article of clothing was the black long coat that everyone got, on the back of the coat bore a rather defined picture of a winged Reaper, it's scythe crossing over a moon. That is the common uniform of the Reapers.
Later that day Matthew, Ludwig, Gilbert, Kiku, and Alfred set up a stage and surround sound stereo systems and had a Karaoke night with more realistic setting as if they were at a concert. The party carried long into the night before everyone grew tired and went off to bed. Yang Soo was given a room right beside Yong Soo, but before he could go to bed he sat on the bed and began to reflect on how he had to survive up to this point, dodging death and hatred since his arrival in the U.S until the outbreak, and then having to survive until these people took him in. Though Yang didn't get any presents because he arrived on the 25th of December he didn't feel any rejection from the others.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
"Come in" Yang Soo said and the door opened to reveal every single one of the Reapers entering his room.
"Hey Yang!" Alfred said holding up a box. Yang Soo took a moment to realize that everyone was holding a nicely wrapped present.
"What's going on?" Yang Soo asked.
"You need to ask. You're a Reaper, and Reapers don't forget a member" Alfred said as everyone set their presents down and Yang Soo began to open them one by one. He got a Reaper uniform to match the others, and two bowie knives to attach to his belt. Another present contained an assault rifle and several spare clips. Several other packages contained new sets of clothing, and undergarments, sets of soap, hand wash, and shampoo came in others, but the one that meant most to him was the Hanbok that Im Yong Soo had sewn together with the help of Taiwan, Yao, Kiku, Belana, Katyusha, and Elizabeta. Im Yong Soo also had a Hanbok and they would wear it together on their countries national holidays.
Author's notes: Not much excitement this chapter, I just wanted to add a character that not much is known about especially in the anime and manga. Im Yang Soo's rage against Alfred is understandable, his anger towards Kiku is also understandable, but about his anger towards Ivan is more an exaggeration and somewhat unrealistic, but it is based when the Soviet Union fell, and Russia didn't support North Korea to the same secure extent that they did before, which may have caused some feelings of betrayal. Anyway enjoy, I will start making up a following plot and maybe add a couple other characters, but I need to pick up my other story Brothers of Asia and hopefully finish it because I hate leaving stories unfinished.
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