Hello everyone! I'm so so so so so so sorry for not updating this soon enough :( It was my first two weeks of High school and I'm really busy! Good news, I made this chapter extra long for all my readers :D I hope this makes up for the waiting I've made everyone do :( Bad news, I won't be able to update this every week because I have many fanfics I need to update and HW! ARGH! Oh how I hate HW! Except social studies.. I luv social studies :D Enough blabbering! Commence chapter 10! :D

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Previously on Awaken of Ex Colonies:

"You're an idiot for not helping him!"

"The day when I met you in the new world, it was sunny all week in London."

"America, I care about you!"

"England… your heart beat… why is it slow?"

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"And now for the weather"

"It's quite sunny in London, England. There will be small showers soon coming at around 1 pm, but after that it will be clear skies and good weather all night. Normal weather for England, I must say. Tomorrow will be cloudy-"

"I think that's enough…" America trailed off as he turned off the small TV in front of him. He had been sitting in the same bench in a large waiting room for two hours. It was three hours ago when England fainted which caused Scotland to panic and storm out. The other nations were waiting for them outside. Lithuania receives a text message asking for England's status from Switzerland.

If England fainted, bring him immediately to the address below. It's a special hospital that knows about our existence as countries in Geneve, Switzerland. We're coming there with China right now! Answer back.

Switzerland

As soon as the other read the message, North Ireland drove his limit to Switzerland in forty minutes. At the car ride, England's body began to burn and breathe heavily while resting between Scotland and America. This caused North Ireland to drive even faster. Once they got in the hospital, the nurses took England to the doctor and the nations haven't seen him since.

"America-san…" Japan called. America snapped back and looked at the Japanese slowly approaching him. "America-san… are you okay?"

America smiled. "I should be asking you the same thing, Japan." America's tone was faked cheerful. Japan could tell he was also fake smiling. America met Japan fifteen minutes after they arrived. Japan and the Asians looked scared and sad, just like the UK siblings and the rest of the world. The two have talked and cried together for an hour, then separated to wait for their elder countries. America and Japan haven't seen each other cry so much. To America, he hasn't seen the Japanese talk so much without stopping to catch his breath.

Japan nodded and took a seat next to America. "Italy-kun and Germany-san gave me a hug after China went with the doctors. They said China's going to be fine and that they'll wait with me for him to get better… I'm fortunate to have such nice and dependable friends." Japan looked at the ground.

America glanced at the Japanese before nodding. "Canada and France said they'll be here with me until England wakes up. But… other than them, you and England are the only closest friends I have…" The American trailed off.

Japan shook his head. "No, we're not. America-san, you have many friends other than us… Even if you have a small family, you're close. Besides, I thought heroes are supposed to have many friends…"

America's eyes widened. "Of course I have many ALLIES close to me!" America stood up and crossed his arms. He stared at Japan while puffing up his cheeks like a little boy.

Japan giggled. "Now that's the America I know and is friends with." America gave Japan a shocking face before grinning.

"Thank you, Japan. You really are a great friend!" America gave Japan a thumb up. "Oh, and your family is pretty close too, ya know! You still talk and eat with each other like good ol' times! I just know that you have a great relationship with your family! Just watch!" America beamed. Japan gave his friend a light smile before nodding.

"Yup! That was nice getting out of that miserable state!" America nearly shouted that caused the Japanese to jump. "England and China said they're going to be fine, we should trust them! Because they are going to be okey dokey!"

Japan smiled. "You're right America-san. They will be fine… but, what does 'okey dokey' means…?" Japan confusedly asked.

America instantly had a blank look in his face. "… I don't really know…" Soon, the two were laughing with each other for a minute or so until they got back to the topic.

"So Japan, what brings you here?" America asked, whipping a small happy tear of his eye.

Japan took a deep breath; he couldn't take one after laughing so much. He hasn't laughed like this in years. "Oh right! Switzerland-san asked me to fetch you so we could start a meeting about 'The Stalker'. It's going to be held in a bigger waiting room in this hospital"

America frowned, but soon he smiled again. "The Stalker huh... Well, when I see him I'm going to punch his face from the face of this Earth! Like… Like…"

"Superman?" Japan giggled, finishing of the American's sentence.

"Yes! Superman!" The American said triumphantly.

Japan sighs. "Yes, same goes for me America-san… Same for me…"

-At the temporary meeting room-

It was dead silent before and after America and Japan arrived. After the scene with China and England, every country was suspicious of each other. Switzerland, who was holding the meeting, stared silently at his little sister then his black pen. Everyone was paranoid and secretly scared. At first, The Stalker only took pleasure in stalking them and everyone was freaked out but they were okay with it. Before it was just mare stalking; now it was taken too far. Two countries, unable to heal properly, got hurt badly in the process.

"Okay, then let the meeting begin!" Switzerland announced, breaking the eerie silence. Germany raised his hand which caused Switzerland to notice him. "Yes, Germany may take the floor now"

The German nodded and stood up from his seat next to Italy who was next to Japan. "I know everyone here has come to talk about The Stalker. I also know that everyone believes The Stalker was the reason that America and Japan were possessed into hurting their elder countries." Germany took a deep breath. "Everyone's tired and exhausted by this, but we cannot go home yet until everything has resolved. Two countries have been hurt from The Stalker and are unable to heal as a country, but as a human. We are lucky to have their strength as a country rather than a human when they were being hurt. We have to figure out who The Stalker is before he attacks more of us."

A murmur of questions and comments accrued between the countries. "How will we do that, exactly?" Austria asked.

Germany shook his head. "I don't know really, but what I know is we need to find out who he is and why he's doing it! We can't let China and England sacrificed themselves so that we could do nothing about it." Germany sighs. "We need to at least try before more nations get hurt by The Stalker."

The silence in the room was intense. It has never been done before. The nations didn't speak but shot glances at each other before nodding. "So, de ye ken any clues?" Scotland asked.

Switzerland shook his head. "We don't know. Whoever The Stalker is must be really good at keeping clues"

"This is going to be hard…" Wales mumbled.

It was silence once again. The nations couldn't think of anything else than stare into a blank space and fumble with their pens.

Suddenly, Japan mumbled something. Germany heard but couldn't figure out what he said.

"Japan, can you please repeat what you're saying?" Germany asked his fellow nation. All eyes were glued on the Japanese.

"I…Ummmmm… it's really… nothing…" Japan mumbled. America gave him a concerned look and Japan instantly saw this.

Then, Japan felt a tug on his shirt. "Japan… you know you could tell us, right?" Italy ask, concerned. "Japan, you should let it all out… we're here for you." In Japan's mind, Italy face suddenly changed to China's. China… that's what you said to me before I betrayed you. I can trust them! After all… I can't keep it in anymore. It hurts more that way…

Japan took a deep breath. "It's a little about The Stalker but mainly about something China said. 'Japan, I found your tears' he said…" Japan trailed off leaving the murmurs of different countries around him.

"How can someone lose something like that?" Hungary asked. Her tone was curious yet gentle to the Japanese.

"Well… after the revolution I had with China, my emotions became mixed up. After crying for days from that event, I felt my heart go heavy. Then, once I stopped crying, I could not cry again. At sad periods in history, no matter how hard I tried, no matter how sad the atmosphere is, I could not cry. I have to cry from the inside, it hurts. My heart felt like it wants to jump out of my body. It was crying. That's when I found out how painful it is to silently cry like that." Small tears formed out of the corners of Japan's eyes. Nations looked at him with sad faces, some even held their tears.

"I couldn't cry when someone dear to me dies, I couldn't cry when my people were hurt, my cries and pains were hidden when the earthquake and tsunami hit me. It hurts to keep it in. I couldn't tell how long I have until my heart breaks. At sad times like those, I sounded like a cold, ruthless person towards my siblings. I wanted to cry and shout when my siblings were being hurt by my people… but I don't have the power to do that. I kept everything hidden and made me believe I have lost my tears." Japan was now engulfed with tears streaming down his face. Some nations were streaming silent tears to themselves; others were saddened from the story.

"I thought I have completely lost my tears, so I gave up searching for it. I thought I was the only one who knew about this. It turns out China-san had already knew about my tears. All those times he tried to make me smile, were hints that I still have emotions with me. But I ignored them and letting my mind play with me into thinking my siblings would never forgive me. Until… that incident, I was able to experience crying again. I was happy, but the horror I saw of China-san made me cry sad tears instead of happy ones." Japan took his sleeve and whipped the tears running down his face. "The reason I bought this conversation was because I think The Stalker is sort of kind. I hate him making me hurt my brother, but I thanked him for helping my brother bring back my tears… It's complicated." Japan took deep breaths before giving a small smile to himself. Other countries tried their best to calm down and wipe the tears from their face.

America was one of the few nations who were crying. He pulled out Texas for a minute to wipe the tears before putting it back on again. "I kind of understand what Japan's going through… but I still hate him for making me hurt England" America said. "He was severely injured because of The Stalker and we cannot let him hurt other countries like this… it's wrong…" The other countries nodded at the American.

Switzerland waited until most of the nations' eyes have stopped streaming before speaking. "Ahem…" He cleared his throat. Nations stopped looking at their hands and turned their attention to the Swiss. "I understand what Japan and America are saying and I agree. Though The Stalker has hurt two of our fellow countries, we must make sure that that was his last deed. We must stay here, for if we split we cannot help each other at the time in need."

"Switzerland is correct!" Germany nodded. "We cannot split; we have made that mistake twice. We must stay here until The Stalker is found and when both England and China are awake." Countries all nod in unison. Estonia raised his hand up.

"Yes, Estonia?" Germany said.

Estonia rose from his seat and stared at the different faces around the room. "I don't mean to be rude or anything, but what about our work and our bosses?" Faces looked at other faces with shrugs.

Austria raised an eyebrow. "It would be best if we postpone both the work. Our bosses must be informed about this event and they must agree to it. Our lives' at stake and they need to understand that." Austria took a deep breath. "England's and China's bosses will be notified of the event."

Switzerland nodded. "I'll book everyone on one of the hotels next to this hospital, but for now, everyone must take a long rest. Tomorrow we will have another meeting about this! Meeting adjourned!" Switzerland slammed the palms of his hands to the wooden table which signalled the countries to leave the room.

The Stalker…Who are you hurting next?

-Japan-

"Japan, you know we'll always be with you, right? If your brother is in need, we will help you to the very end. I know you would do the same thing if my brother was in the same situation. We share our feelings because we are friends forever, Japan. That doesn't mean you have to keep that feeling within. Next time, can you please tell us your feelings, veh? I don't want to see one my friend get hurt… again*…"

After the split with Germany and Italy, Japan decided to roam around the hospital while waiting until he was able to see his brother again. Saying his hellos and goodbyes to nurses and doctors were entertaining to the Japanese man. But soon, he was getting bored of the white scenery and the smell of doctors everywhere. Japan then decided to wait at a bench in front of his brother's room. As he was walking, he spotted a body leaning against the wall, next to his bench.

"North Korea…" Japan trailed of, no emotion at all. North Korea looked up at his elder brother with the same disgust look on his face. Japan approached his younger brother with emotionless face and stood in front of him.

"Japan…I knew you're going to be here…" North Korea said. He then stared at the silver door in front of him. Lies beneath the silver door, was the body of his elder brother. "'I found your tears…' huh?" North Korea repeated the words from China. Japan face fell into shock. He never thought North Korea would actually listen to him.

Japan raised his eyebrow. "You were listening?"

"Of course I was. Even those Brits listened to it… I wonder why…" North Korea smirked. That exact smirk was the reason of Japan's hatred towards him. The Asian family is one of the families that don't act well together. The part where North Korea's talking to him surprised Japan more.

"Why are you even here?" Japan asked coldly.

"I don't know" North Korea answered. "I was pulled here… nothing else."

"If you were pulled here, then why are you staying? It's not like you to stay." Japan gave him a cold look.

North Korea's fists tightened. "We all care about him…" was all he could say to the surprised Japanese. Japan tilts his head down.

"I'm sorry…" He whispered, loud enough for North Korea to hear him.

"Y-you should be…" Japan lifts his head up to find the Korean with tears in his eyes. This shocked Japan completely. He has never seen North Korea cry in front of someone before. North Korea roughly whipped the tears on his cheeks, hopping they would stop. It didn't.

"North K-"

"Y-You should be sorry! H-He was the only person in the family who actually supported me in being communist! H-He didn't place me in the shadows like the rest of the family! Everyone thinks I should be left alone in the darkness, but China came to see me and supported me steadily!" North Korea bellowed. "Even if I want to be alone, I still want company. China was the only person who would act friendly with me… even if I try to hurt my people. I was always the bad luck in the Asian family. People have told me I was bad luck before… but China didn't! He believed in me, he supported me, he didn't reject me like the rest of the world! He was my true elder brother…" Japan looked at the Korean and frowned. This is the exact reason of why he felt uncomfortable to be with his family. He hurt all of them.

Japan couldn't say anything and continued to listen to the cries of the younger sibling. "Now that he's hurt like this, I don't know what to do! He's always been there with me when I get sick! He always took care of me even when I'm doing something wrong!" North Korea was now crying like a little child, rubbing his face with his sleeves. "Every year, he always invited me to Chinese New Year. I was reluctant to go and see the people who hate me. If I did go, no one will talk to me and everyone will make rumours about me. Not once have I held an invitation from anyone! Not once have I had a conversation with other countries. Don't people know I get lonely? Only one person knows, but he's unconscious!" North Korea shouted and points at the door in front of him. Japan felt his heart go heavy. But he shouldn't cry. He was the elder brother. China didn't cry when Japan cried, now it was his turn.

Japan walked up to the crying Korean and gently placed his hand on North Korea's head. North Korea jumped at the sudden approach and looked at Japan. He then began ruffling the Korean's hair gently. "Please forgive me" Japan said and smiled at the Korean. North Korea's eyes water before letting out the cries that he kept in for decades.

"Italy's right, Japan. Sometimes, you need to let everything out. Keeping everything in hurts both you and the people around you. We're your teammates Japan. We'll always listen to your problems and will always be there for you. I know that if bruder ever got in a situation like this, you and Italy will be there to help me. So can you please tell us the truth next time? It'll help us both, ja?"

"North…" Japan said softly. North Korea looked at his elder brother's dark eyes. "I know I'm not like him, but I'll do my best to help you and the others anyway possible. China nii-san will get better but… I'll do my best to help my younger siblings by being the elder one… would you please let me do that?" North Korea gives Japan a small smile before nodding.

"Okay… Aniki…"

*Again: Erm... for the people who doesn't know, Italy meant HRE :)

Yes, I put clues in here. Yes, I might be lying about putting clues here ;) hehehehehehe :D As I was saying, I might not update the next chapter for a while... please be patient for the next chapter... sorry :(

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Next Chapter on Awaken of Ex Colonies:

"Why don't you leave me alone?"

"Why am I related to you?"

"I'm scared of the sea, the cold always hurt me"

"Where did they go?"

"Who are you?"

"Island ... være trygg. Ikke gråt"

*For people who speaks the language above, please don't spoil it for the others. Cya next Chapter! :D*