Canada entered the house and looked around in amazement. It was decorated with various swords and knick knacks. There were pictures of everyone: Greece, Japan, the brothers, America and even China, all in various poses and shots. They all looked like a family that loved having fun together. The house had a friendly and inviting feeling that Belarus and Russia's house never had. He went to follow everyone into the hallway that led to the many bedrooms of the house, but Japan blocked his path.

"I don't think so," Japan said. "We don't know if we can trust you yet. I'm letting you sleep indoors out of the kindness of my heart, but you're going to sleep on the couch and I'm going to be locking the hallway door, got it?"

Canada nodded once, a frown set in place.

"Good." Japan turned and nodded as America passed him. "Hurry up," he said, disappearing into one of the rooms.

"Thanks for saving me today," America told Canada.

"What kind of Nation are you?" Canada scoffed. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

America opened and closed his mouth a few times, not sure how to reply. He settled with, "What?"

"You plan to survive on your own, but was alone for, what was it, barely a day and you nearly died. Your country would crash and burn in under a week."

"Oh?" America said smiling, "And you think you can teach me to be a better country?"

"Definitely," Canada smirked.

"America!" Japan called, appearing in the hallway.

"I'm coming!" He turned back to Canada, "All right. You have one chance. Tomorrow. Teach me what you know about being a country. You better hope you can impress me," America turned away from Canada without waiting for a response and went to his bedroom.

Japan shot Canada one more look before closing the door to the hallway. A soft click was heard as the door was locked.

"I'm looking forward to it," Canada chuckled to himself.

"And now everyone is in bed. He's making Canada sleep on the couch," France said into a walkie talkie. "Doesn't seem like Japan is a very loving person, honestly. Maybe Greece isn't a satisfying partner. Japan would probably be more open and trusting if-

"Oh will you ever shut up?" Belarus yelled back. "Everything is going perfectly! He rescued America and Japan fell for it. Now, as Canada and America become closer as partners, Japan will have no choice but to accept him. They'll spend more time together and once he has Japan alone..." The line suddenly went dead, almost emphasing her point.

Japan was standing on a cliff in Mongolia, watching the cars and people speed by underneath him. He was horrified that the same scene that had changed his life so drastically as a child was happening again. So many plans and procedures had been put into place when he took over China. The only lucky part of this whole thing was no one was trapped down...

"Japan!" someone called below him.

A quick glance down was all it took for Japan to fall to his knees. This couldn't be happening. There's no way this could be real.

"Japan! Help me!"

"China!" Japan yelled, lying on his stomach so that he could reach down to help pull China up from the side of the cliff.

Laughter came from behind Japan and he jumped, turning his head to see behind him. Russia stood on a higher cliff, staring down at Japan and China, glad to see the two struggle above their own personal pit of death.

"Japan!"

Japan turned back to China, wanting to pull China to safety before Russia could come closer. He swung his legs over the cliff and climbed down a little, trying to stay close to the edge. It was to no avail, because China had slipped down farther.

"Just a little farther," Japan said, trying to convince both himself and China that everything would be fine. As Japan started to climb down a little more, Russia grabbed his hand pulled him upward.

"I have you," Russia said quietly. "Trust me."

Japan looked Russia in the eyes and begged him to let him go so he could get down to China, but Russia only looked at him with pity.

"Japan!" China yelled again, slipping away.

Panic overtook Japan and he struggled against Russia's grasp. However, he couldn't do much with one hand as he dangled precariously over a cliffside. He turned back to China, wanting to apologize that he couldn't do more to help him, but when he turned back China was falling into the traffic below.

"China!" Japan yelled his breath picking up as he tried to fight back tears. "No, no. China... I... No," Japan was choking out breathlessly.

Above him, Russia was laughing loudly. Japan turned back to him angrily and ready to fight, but when Russia moved into the light his voice changed.

"Canada?" Japan gasped as Russia changed into the younger nation right before his eyes. "But..."

Canada let go of Japan's hand and he fell into the traffic below, meeting the same fate as China.

Japan screamed, bolting up in bed. His breathing was hurried and he put his hand over his chest trying to calm down. He looked around frantically, and started to breath easier as he realized it was only a dream. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before lying down to go back to sleep.

A/N

As if it wasn't hard enough to witness Mufasa's death once, Disney had to knock it up another level and make everyone relive it in the cruelest way possible, but I guess everyone deals with that in their own personal way.

Speaking of which, Bambi? I saw it the other day for the first time since I was 7. Cruelest. Movie. Ever. I don't understand how we ever enjoyed it or thought it was cute and nice. But I guess if I wasn't traumatized by it the children of the future won't be either. My future nieces and nephews will definitely watch it. (I read that some newer parents refuse to show their kids the older disney movies because they send the wrong message. WHAT?) Anyway, that's not important.

I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter, actually, I don't. It's cruel. I hope you cried. (That doesn't sound cruel at all (Gah! I don't know what to say!))

Anyway. Please review, have a good day, and DFTBA.