Sorry for the long wait. This isn't centered on Japan as much as it should be... Oh well, enjoy anyway.
Kiku was standing in front of the classroom, bare of both props and helpers. The only thing accompanying him up at the front of the room was a thin stack of cherry blossom printed notecards. Japanese characters were carefully written in straight horizontal lines across each one. Taking a deep breath he prepared himself to begin speaking. Then Gilbert started laughing at Roderich for no reason, which prompted Elizabeta to smack him.
Emotionless Kiku taking another breath for the second time he opened his mouth to speak. Before he could begin Lovino began to shout at Ludwig, who had in most of the class' opinion, done nothing wrong. Ivan rotated in his seat until he was facing Yao.
"Become one with mother Russia, da?"
"N-no aru! Quit asking me, my answer will always be no!" The Chinese student turned back to the "notes" that he was taking. A scowl flickered across Kiku's face, but just as quickly as it appeared it was gone. Straightening his back he resolved to start talking in a few seconds, he was completely committed and nothing short of a disaster would stop him now.
"The art of controlling your emotions has been around for centuries in my homeland, Japan. Not all people are capable of completely mastering this technique of keeping out of trouble." The short Asian student made superb eye contact, looking at every person in the room. Continuing to speak at a steady pace Kiku projected his voice, ignoring the whispers snaking around.
A few minutes into his speech he was interrupted by the principal, who was speaking over the intercom.
"This is a lockdown, I repeat, this is a lockdown." The absence of the word "drill" alerted the students and the teacher that there was a real threat inside the building. The teacher quickly covered the window on the door and locked it. Then she jogged over and closed the blinds. Unsure what to do the class milled around the room. Then after warning everyone to stay quiet she flicked to light switch, and the entire room was blanketed in black.
The class packed themselves like sardines into the darkest corner, which was also the furthest away from the doors and windows. It was completely silent, and after a few minutes something slammed into the door. Feliciano, scared as always, pushed closer to Ludwig, his eyes roving around the room. Alfred spoke up.
"I'll save everyone, cause I'm the-" He was cut off when Arthur slapped his hand over Alfred's mouth.
"Shut up you git!" Arthur hissed into his ear.
Looking over at his friend Heracles, Kiku was unsurprised to find that he was in a deep slumber, as always. Gilbert, as per usual, was preaching his awesomeness to the unlucky kid next to him, Mathias. Wait, that wasn't right… Oh, it was Mathew the Canadian who got forgotten all the time.
Vash, overprotective as always, was sitting with Lili curled up in his lap. By her shivering she was clearly scared, and completely dependent on her older brother. Glancing around again Kiku realized something: He was truly sorry for the poor people who had to sit scrunched up against Francis in the dark, when no one could see.
Eventually the principal made another announcement saying that it was safe to resume classes, and that the person in question had been taken care of. So continuing where he left off Kiku stood up in the front of the classroom.
"Would anyone like to volunteer to help me? Anyone who is considered to be annoying by others is eligible to assist me." Gilberts hand immediately flew up.
"The awesome me annoys West all the time! He never hesitates to tell me about it either." Feliciano waved his hand around.
"Ludwig calls me annoying to! He says it's because I talk too much and to loud." Roderich delicately raised his hand into the air.
"Ludwig also complains about my lack of ability to do anything except act aristocratic whenever I visit him."
"Kesesese~ West everyone annoys you! Stop being so uptight." Gilbert drawled over at his younger brother. Ludwig glared at him a second before looking away.
"My point." Gilbert walked up to the front of the room, awesomely of course. A death glare was being sent his way from Ludwig, a physical fight between the two brothers wasn't that far over the horizon.
After all three of his volunteers were standing up with him Kiku began to speak again.
"I will now ask these three to do their best to annoy me." Immediately the Prussian (That's right, not German, Prussian.) began loudly talking about his awesomeness. "A warning, most likely you will be driven insane before I so much as twitch," he inserted at the last second before.
"Bow down to the awesome me! My awesomeness is so awesome that you can't even comprehend how awesome I am!" The Austrian adjusted his glasses.
"How unseemly, it would be a much better use of time if you wrote and played-" The long music related rant began to combat the "awesome" rant.
"Ve~ Pasta, let's make some pasta!" Kiku barely moved, but the rest of the class seemed close to tearing their hair out. With a blank face Kiku waited until his helpers paused to take a breath.
"Thank you, your talents are no longer needed for my presentation." With perfect manners he ushered them back to their seats. "I blocked them out by focusing on my breathing rate, and then slowly retreating into my mind." Turning his gaze back to his own table he was surprised to see that Heracles was completely awake and listening intently.
A slight blush tinted his face as their eyes met, and he stuttered a little bit. A few seconds later he had pulled himself together and was once again speaking flawlessly. After a few more minutes he finished his speech and went to give his notecards to the teacher to grade.
The class was in a frenzy, Kiku had actually stuttered! Everyone was formulating their own ideas about what had happened, and they were circulating like wildfires. Inwardly ashamed of his behavior the Japanese student slid into his chair and took out the things he would need to take notes on the next speech.
"Your speech was good. Your grade will be at least an A-, if not more." Heracles was calm and relaxed as he spoke to Kiku.
"H-how did you stay awake for the entire thing Heracles-san?" He looked away embarrassed. "I'm sorry, please excuse my rudeness."
"I wanted to see how you would do. Nice stutter by the way." His head slipped down and the Greek student went back to sleep.
If you have the time please review. Also, some changes have been made to who is writing what speeches. The author's note at the beginning of the first chapter has been edited to show the changes.