Flight of the Dragon

AN: This chapter will be based on the events of Pearl Harbour.

[Warning: There are Asian racial slurs in this chapter.]

1941

Japan looked over his prisoners. 'What a pitiful bunch,' He thought to himself.

Some of the nations were silent like Vietnam, while others like North Korea were still struggling against their bonds. The Korean threatened to murder him as usual, but the angry country could not harm Japan. After all, Kiku could easily convince his Emperor to increase pressure on Korean people, effectively disciplining both Koreas. South Korea glanced at Kiku with a look of painful grief. He used to be an optimistic, cheerful, talkative person, until he witnessed what the Japanese were treating his people. His face was stained with his own blood and was darkly bruised on his body, evidence of the repeated beatings that Japan had given him to discipline his nature. The rest of the nations had the same treatment as Im Yong.

Japan's strict control was unbreakable over the captives within the vault. The vault was built beneath the Imperial Palace, where the nation could keep his vassals under close surveillance. Japan had been expanding his empire for the last couple of years since his current major war with that senile nation. The Japanese man knew that the time was right. He was prepared to make his stand as a powerful nation. He had met with geniuses, absorbed new ideas and made alliances with the right nations to learn, whereas China never did, and the old fool was forced to surrender to the will of the Western countries.

Japan would not be subdued that easily. He would grow stronger than any of the Pacific nations and claim as much territory to dominate the lands around ocean surrounding him. Japan gently closed the vault's doors, which muted out North Korea's obscenities. As he locked the door, he felt a presence behind him. A soft voice reached by his ears.

"Honda-ue, the Emperor desires your attendance in the throne room." The lock was finally secured with a loud click. Japan turned his head to face one of his servants.

"Domo arigato, Asuka-san, you may go."

Asuka bowed and she ascended up the stairs leading up to the throne room. Japan followed after, briskly walking to avoid making his leader wait any further. Although it was questionable of who was true Emperor over him. Hirohito was a shy, indecisive man concerning military matters. Since the Second Sino-Japanese broke out, the strikes were merely planned by the high ranking officers. It was a tradition that had been passed down from era of warring clans. When Japan entered the room, all the officers greeted him in unison before bowing their heads.

Hirohito spoke first to the nation.

"Konnichiwa, Japan. We require your voice on the final preparations on the battle plans. I need you escort one of the two battalions that are ready to mobilize."

Japan nodded. He knew what his choices were Hong Kong or Pearl Habour. Pearl Habour was in Hawaii, America's foothold in the Pacific. America was one of Japan's most trusted trading partners, until a few months ago. But why would he attack his trading partner? Simply, America had stopped sending oil and other resources to him. Without that fuel, the Japanese would have less usable vehicles to transport his armies. Japan had come to America's home, in an attempt to discover why the country had the oil embargo placed and to negotiate for the trade to continue.

It was a month ago.

"Alfred-san, may I ask what is going on? Why did you send a statement that you are ending your business with me?"

Alfred stared back at Japan. His simple reply was, "You already know,"

Japan glared with a glint of anger. His normal calm, demeanor heated up. "You desire for me to stop my expansion against China?"

"Kiku, I know that we are friends but I just can't let you continue on your cruel massacres and oppression on the Chinese."

"You dare perform this embargo upon me, while you happily give weaponry and resources to my allies. What sort of code do you follow if you are a hypocrite?" Japan snapped.

"I really can't help you." America said somberly.

"My goals are to survive and I must do whatever I need to do to meet them. What you are doing is wrong and I cannot support our trade any longer. You are on your own, Kiku. I am sorry."

Japan was confident that his planes would win without his guidance, even though America had been declared war on. Kiku thought about his other choice to join alongside with his men. Hong Kong was one of England's colonies. He was an easy target since his troops invaded the Mainland. By taking Hong Kong, the England would lose a tactical ally and the victory would demoralize China even more.

"Hirohito-heika, I have decided to assist our troops who are mobilizing towards Hong Kong.

Hirohito smiled with a flare of satisfaction. "Now that your decision is made, you will be sent with the battalion to attack on December 8th. Good luck to you."

Japan bowed and left the throne room. He was going to need his katana.

December 7th/8th, 1941

America sat in his living room, exhausted. It had been another meeting with the president. It was pretty boring to hear the same news over and over. He had made process with his neutrality, giving both sides of the new war weaponry. It had worked the last time, until that incident. But Germany knows not to mess with him again. He had kicked that bastard's ass in the first war. Maybe this time he will be able to avoid being forced into another war again. America rested his eyes, hopeful for his future.

Just as Alfred fell into a nap, he felt two pricks near his stomach.

"Ow! What the hell was that?" As soon as he realized the pain was coming from his liver, he felt more stabs in the organ. He hissed in pain. What was happening to him? Over and over, the minor pains in his liver become absolute torture. Never had he felt such agony since the American Civil War. After a moment, the pain stopped. America started to feel tired. He felt like he was sniffing gas fumes. America heard the screams of dying people that quickly ended. His liver was bleeding profusely. America sunk into his chair, exhausted. Within 30 minutes, America called a meeting with his president. America looked quite pale. He clutched his gut tightly as he tried to talk.

"America, what is going on? Are you alright?" Roosevelt asked.

"Mr. President, I was just attacked just a few minutes ago. I have no idea who did it."

Roosevelt was puzzled. "But who would attack you? You are neutral to the new war. The only explanation would be…"

Suddenly, one of the generals walked into Oval Office. He carried a letter in his hands.

"Mr. President! We have a report from our naval base in the Pacific!" Roosevelt turned his attention to the officer. America silently gasped. There was only one nation who had a grudge against him at current time. "An attack on Pearl Habour, how could this happen?" Roosevelt replied.

"The attack was preempted, Sir. This was the message sent from the Japanese government sometime afterwards." The general placed the paper on Roosevelt's desk.

Both Alfred and his president read over the letter, which was translated to English. It was declaration of war! America reread the declaration, because he was disbelief. 'That slant eyed bastard!' He thought to himself. His pale complexion began to redden with his rage. He managed to cool off just enough so that he could speak.

"President Roosevelt, may I leave for a minute? I need some time alone."

Franklin knew that his nation had a short temper and excused him from the office. When Alfred returned back to his house, his false calmness dissipated. He clenched his fists in anger.

"Japan, YOU TWO FACED MONKEY! YOU are WORST than SNOBBISH BUCK TEETH! [England] YOU WANT ME TO FIGHT? You just PICKED the FIGHT with the WRONG NATION, you YELLOW NAPOLEON! "America shouted out. He went into his closet and took out his favourite jacket, the one he wore during WW1. It had a tan, furry collar and it still had sweet smell of leather on it. He would have never thought that he would wear this old thing again.

Historical Notes:

The Japanese Empire had several Pacific nations under its power, including Korea. Manchuria, Indochina, [Which was Vietnam], and several islands.

2. The Japanese had attempted in 'romanizing' the culture of Korea. For those unfamiliar with this term, it meant a sort of culture assimilation. Ancient Rome had removed the unwanted things from cultures from the nations they conquered, but kept the things that they liked from each culture. An example would be the Greek gods were transferred to the Roman culture, with names changes, except for Apollo. To summarize this, the Japanese had tried to change the Korean people's way of life. This was met with resistance from the Korean people, but the Empire was able to force it upon the nation.

3. The attack on Pearl Habour happened because of two factors. The American government had placed an embargo on trading with the Japanese. An embargo is essentially ending trade with a nation completely. The Japanese needed the oil and other resources that were sent from the US to fuel their campaign in the Pacific. It was strange that USA would only place an embargo only on Japan and not the rest of the Axis Powers, but the government had been convinced by Chinese lobbyists to stop trading with Japan.

4. The Empire of Japan felt threatened because they believed that USA was going to join the war. This would apply pressure on the Japanese troops, due to the British presence in the area. With several nations to deal with was difficult enough, so the Japanese decided to attack Pearl Habour, to frighten the Americans from joining WW2. However, that did the opposite.

5.. There were reports that the Japanese declaration of war on America was sent before the bombing of Pearl Habour, but this is still up to debate among historians.

6. The attack on Pearl Habour and the invasion of Hong Kong was simultaneous, but the dates for both are different due to the time zone difference in USA and Japan.

7. Hideki Tojo was the general who led the attack on Pearl Harbour and later in the war, was responsible for killing many POWs of Japanese.

Japanese Honorifics:

San – Miss/ Mrs/ Mr

Ue – A title for someone of higher rank

Heika – Used only for the Japanese emperor