I can't believe I've gotten this far! Normally I'd have given up by now!

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Warning for fail!POV's, especially Prussia's. I just can't think like him. Also! Fail attempt at an English accent. -sigh- Just work through it as best as you can. And I KNOW Prussia really falls out of character by his second time at 1st person POV, he stops talking about awesome as much and stuff.

I just noticed, all the people we know haven't been captured so far and are at Japan's house (or on the way there) are people who have been paired up with Japan. Weird, considering I never even planned that to begin with.

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-~-Prussia's POV-~-

England still had a good grip on the back of my shirt when we got to Japan's place. Didn't matter, though, since it's unawesome to be dragged no matter what, so I was trying to break free.

"C'mon, dude, not awesome! Leggo!" I growled (awesomely).

"Shut up, already!" he whisper-yelled (awesome skill, but come on, dude!) in response. "Things are pretty bad and you seem pretty out of the loop so just shut your bloody mouth!"

With his free hand, England banged on the door, calling, "America! Open up! It's England!"

-~-Japan's POV-~-

A loud banging burst through the silence, accompanied by someone yelling.

"America! Open up! It's England!"

I stood slowly, unsheathing my katana. I opened the door about half a foot and saw England staring back at me. "Well? Are you going to let me in or just stare at me like a bloody lunatic?"

"Oh, right. Come in," I forced out, relieved. "I am so sorry, England-san, it's just..."

"Safety measures. Could've been those three kids out there instead of you," Germany finished from somewhere behind me.

I slid the door open, and promptly froze. "P-P-Prussia-san?" I sputtered, staring at the albino held in England's grasp.

"East? Where have you been?" Germany asked. It sounded as if he was standing right behind me.

England rolled his eyes. "Can we come in now?" he asked.

I blinked and stepped back. England entered, kicking off his shoes as he crossed the doormat and dragging Prussia inside with him.

"Hello, Japan, Germany. Yes, it's Prussia, I found him in some bushes. Freaked me out a little bit, the bloody git," England said calmly.

Prussia squirmed out of England's grip, glared briefly at the Englishman, and crouched to take off his own shoes. "Sorry if I worried ya, West. I just went for a walk and forgot to leave ya a note," he said, standing. "Afterwards, before I headed back, I decided to visit Japan and grace him with my awesome presence, but all of his doors and windows were locked. Not awesome, by the way. I would've gone home, but then you guys showed up, so..."

I stumbled backwards, collapsing against the wall. My mind had gone blank, I had no idea how to react. I cleared my throat quietly. "I... I think I should go check the perimeter. Make sure no one is listening in. You guys keep talking," I said quietly once I had everyone's attention. I turned to Prussia. "Prussia-san... I am glad you are all right."

Sending Prussia a final relieved smile, I walked out the (still-open) door, katana in hand, and slid the door shut behind me.

Little did I realize just how final that "final" smile would be...

-~-China's POV-~- ::Approximately one and one half hours ago::

When the phone rang, I honestly should have ignored it. It would have saved me a huge headache, not to mention spared me from a lot of Belarus-induced stress. But I picked up the phone anyway, figuring it might be important.

"Nǐ hǎo?" I greeted, putting down the book I had been reading.

"China? This is Belarus. Is Russia with you?" asked Belarus. She sounded stressed out, but if she was asking about her brother... well, the stress was somewhat normal.

"No, why? Is he hiding from you again, aru?"

"I do not know. Brother didn't answer the door," she replied. "He always answers the door, even if I am his visitor."

"I take it he hasn't installed the peephole yet, aru," I said, rolling my eyes.

"No, he has not installed the peephole. He keeps forgetting." ('Or you keep threatening him out of it,' I added internally) "But that is not the point. I cannot find him anywhere. I have checked all of his usual hiding places. It isn't like him," Belarus responded.

"Don't you have a spare key or something? You always seem to get in, even if Russia locks you out, aru," I pointed out.

"That is exactly why I called you, Poland, and the Baltics. I have searched the house from top to bottom, and I still haven't found him. The only sign he has been there recently that I could find was a stack of unfinished paperwork on his desk, one of which was half-finished."

"Should have known," I muttered. "You tend to be really thorough when it comes to Russia. I'll call Japan, I saw several people heading to his house earlier. Someone there might know where he is. I'll call you back if I find anything. I'll also call the other Oriental nations, they might've seen him."

"All right. Do not forget to call," Belarus said, her words sending a shiver up my spine, before she hung up.

Hanging up my own phone, I took a deep breath to calm myself a bit before dialing Jin's number. This was going to be a long night...

-~-Germany's POV-~-

When Japan's phone rang while I was trying to explain the situation to my brother, it startled us all. Japan was still outside. He had stopped by once, to let me know that no one was out there, but he was still going to patrol the area in case he had missed anything. Walking over to the phone, I picked it up.

"You've reached the residence of Kiku Honda. Can I help you?"

"Germany? Do you know what's going on?" the person on the other hand asked. "I need to ask Kiku something, aru. Is he there?"

"China? Um, no, Kiku's not in the room right now, what do you need?"

"Belarus called earlier, looking for Russia, aru. Have you seen him?"

"Hang on," I replied. Placing my hand over the mouthpiece of the phone, I turned to the others and asked, "Have any of you seen Russia?"

Italy shook his head, curl bouncing along. England and Prussia also shook their heads.

"I haven't seen 'im," America replied, shrugging.

"No, no one here has seen Russia. Japan has scarcely left the house this evening, things have taken a strange turn," I told China, removing my hand from the mouthpiece so he could hear the response. I glanced at my brother and suddenly noticed something that caused me to raise an eyebrow. Why did Prussia look so stressed out?

"A strange turn? What do you mean, aru?"

"It's a long story."

"There's time," China replied. "What's going on? It sounds like you aren't sure if you can trust me, aru."

-~-Japan's POV-~-

As I approached my front door, I heard a rustle in the bushes along the path. I paused, wondering if it was just a wild animal or something.

"Better safe than sorry," I muttered to myself, walking towards the bush. I had sheathed my katana on my way up the path, thinking I could pull it out quickly enough if I were attacked. Crouching next to the bush, I was just about to dig through the branches when I heard Germany's voice from inside.

"China? Um, no, Kiku's not in the room right now, what do you need?"

"Aniki? Why would he be calling?" I muttered, standing. The bushes rustled again, one a few feet away from where I was at the moment, right between me and the door. I slowly walked towards it, puzzled. I just stood there for a minute or two, staring at it, wondering if the movement had simply been my imagination. I raised an eyebrow when I noticed what looked like a pointed hat sticking out of the bush. I crouched down again, moving some of the bush's branches aside.

"What the -"

My eyes widened as blackness engulfed my vision, crying out in surprise. This time, I couldn't protect myself with a barrier of any kind.

I had been captured. And this time, there was nothing I could do about it.

-~-Prussia's POV-~-

I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen. I didn't know what, but this sense of foreboding had put me on edge ever since Japan went out on patrol. Germany seemed to notice around the middle of the phone call, right after he told China that we hadn't seen Russia anywhere.

I glanced out the window, wondering what was making me so nervous. I saw Japan crouch next to one of the bushes he had planted along the front walk. He seemed to be looking through it. I saw something pointy poking out.

"Bruder?" I called, interrupting Germany's conversation with China. "About the three kids you mentioned, where any of them wearing a pointy hat or anything?"

"According to Japan, yea, one of them was dressed up like a witch, pointy hat and all," America piped up.

My eyes widened and I raced for the door, grabbing my brother's gun off an end table as I passed (because I have awesome skills like that). Just as I grabbed the edge to slide it open...

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

I flung the door open, running out without my shoes. Taking aim for the three kids surrounding a dark-colored bag, I squeezed the trigger, the blood pounding in my ears drowning out the loud bang produced by the gunshot. Unfortunately, the shot missed by a few centimeters, although it still caught their attention. They grabbed the bag and ran off, vanishing into the night.

"No!" I shouted. I felt so defeated. They had gotten away. I couldn't save him. I slowly sank to my knees, tears slipping down my cheeks. I didn't even care that it was unawesome to cry anymore, because those three demon-kids had Japan. Nothing else seemed to matter.

West, Italy, America, and England ran over. Germany placed a hand on my shoulder, staring off after Kiku's captors.

"This can't be happening," I whispered. "Mein Gott, please let this just be some horrible nightmare! Please, someone tell me they didn't just capture Kiku! This can't be happening, this can't be happening!"

-~-Germany's POV-~-

When we heard Japan's scream, we all jumped up. I reached for my gun, only to realize Prussia had already grabbed it. The others grabbed their own weapons (except for Italy, he had a white flag. Typical.), and we all followed Prussia out the door.

When the gun went off, I ran outside ahead of the others. My brother stood at the base of the steps, gun in his hand, still held in shooting position. I could see where the bullet had gone, and the three child-sized figures racing away with something that seemed to be made of cloth and... squirming?

"No!" Prussia shouted. He sank slowly to his knees, shaking slightly. Was he... crying? No way. Prussia doesn't cry. Ever.

I walked over to him, the others running over to join me. I placed my hand on his shoulder, eyes still staring at the spot where the three kids had vanished.

"This can't be happening," Prussia whispered. "Mein Gott, please let this just be some horrible nightmare! Please, someone tell me they didn't just capture Kiku! This can't be happening, this can't be happening!"

I didn't know what to tell him. I didn't even know what to say. Japan had been captured? It wasn't possible. He was... around back, yeah, that was it. He was around back and hadn't heard all the commotion. Any second now, he was going to walk around the corner and ask why we were all out here.

"Es wird in Ordnung sein, Bruder, alles wird gut." I whispered, trying to reassure him. I couldn't help but worry that I might never see Japan, my ally and close friend, ever again...

OH NOES! Japan has been captured!

Yes, I know, some characters (Prussia) were so OOC that it was sickening, but consider his position: his close friend (and possible love interest [wink wink]) just got captured by those three little jerks. You might act a little off in a similar situation (ha ha fail excuse is fail)

Translations(All translations done through Google translate. It's not my fault if they're wrong.)

Es wird in Ordnung sein, Bruder, alles wird gut - It's going to be okay, Brother, everything will be fine (German)
Nǐ hǎo - Hello (Chinese)
Aniki - Big brother (Japanese)

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