Chapter 10!
'Please be safe Nihon...' China thought as he ran up the stairs to the top of Dark Japan's fortress. 'I'll get you back no matter what.'
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On the battlefield, the three girls that Finland had sent out were doing their job perfectly. Taking the form of Daemons, they searched out the remote few male candidates to be transformed to assist the female nations.
Canada had been first, through Yutarou stabbing him, so he was checked off. There were only a few more who their leader said could be transformed; Poland and Lithuania were quickly found.
The attack was swift and the 'transformations' went flawlessly.
The two kept their green uniforms, but the weapons were much different than the sword and gun they had carried. Poland swung around a bright pink bazooka, while Lithuania had a tea set, which, like Hungary's pan and Wy's brush, grew hundreds of times their size in order to be used in battle. They began to assist in pushing back the Daemon army.
The next targets were the Italys. The two of them together would be a tremendous help.
But the girls didn't need to transform them. Both North and South Italy had already done so by jumping out in front of Germany and Spain before the two were attacked. They both wielded matching battle axes that doubled as a white flag if their original frame of mind were to ever return.
Taking the opportunity, the girls finished what they needed to do and headed inside Dark Japan's castle to look for the source of the Daemon duplicates.
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There were only a few more floors to go through before China, Hong Kong and Korea could make it to the top and save Japan, but the number of Daemons had begun to increase even more than before, making it difficult to get by.
The three ducked into another room and blocked the door; the Daemons were starting to become too much for them to handle.
"Those things just keep coming." Korea sat on the floor. "How are we going to get past them?"
"We only have a few more floors to go." China said. "Do you two think we can make it?"
"I don't really think we can." Korea said. "There are too many of them."
"Then why not just go around them?" Hong Kong asked, opening the window. "I'm sure we can get decent footing on the walls of the castle. Then we just climb up to the top floor. We won't need to face any more of those creatures."
"Why didn't you mention that sooner?" China exclaimed, heading for the window. "We could've been up there ages ago and with Nihon too!"
Hong Kong backed away from the window, knowing he had made the eldest nation mad. As China started his way up the castle wall, the mob of Daemons began to break through the door. A loud CRACK brought it to China's attention.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Just keep going!" Korea said. "We'll hold them off!"
China, knowing there was no turning back now, began to scale up the castle wall, aiming for the top floor where Japan was being kept.
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Dark Japan, well knowing that China was on his way, moved Japan out of his prison cell. He needed more time to steal the rest of Japan's energy.
Locking the doors and windows, he placed Japan in the center of the floor, his hands behind his back and his legs tied together at the ankles. If anything, he looked like the perfect picture of a captive: a bit bloody, beaten down, tied and with a look in his eyes that just gave you the urge to beat him some more. But Dark Japan needed him in one piece. At least for now.
Holding his hand out, he quickly said a spell that created a small orb in his hand. Setting it on the ground, it moved around the floor to draw a circular symbol around where Japan was sitting.
"I should've done this when I first captured you." Dark Japan muttered, taking Japan's chin in his hand and forcing the island nation to look at him. "I'll try to make it quick and painless, but I don't think it'll end up that way."
Japan glared and jerked his head out of Dark Japan's hand.
"So be it." Dark Japan said, stepping out of the circle. "Enjoy the next life, fool."
But before Dark Japan could activate the spell, the building shook violently. He checked the monitor showing the battlefield and outside, and found that Belgium had shot multiple lightning bolts at the building. She was trying to assist Hong Kong and Korea, but with them so close to the intended targets, she had to adjust her aim as she was firing, making it difficult to tell if she was really helping them or just making things worse.
Deciding not to waste any more time, Dark Japan activated the spell. But barely any energy had been retrieved from Japan before China burst in through the window, a few Daemons having followed him. Destroying both of them, but keeping the arm of one since it had morphed into a sword-like shape, he stood before Dark Japan.
"So you're the only one to make it up here?" Dark Japan asked calmly. "How ironic."
"There's nothing ironic about it." China growled. "Nihon, whether he likes it or not, is part of my family. And I will save him from the likes of you."
"Pretty mighty talk from the one who caused all of this." Dark Japan chuckled.
"What?" China asked, lunging at Dark Japan with the Daemon sword in hand. "Don't blame me for this! You're the one who did all this!"
"But who angered Japan into silence as a child?" Dark Japan asked smugly, dodging China's blows and then getting in China's face. "Who caused him to hate you? I'd think only you could do that."
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Back down on the battlefield, Finland sensed that China was already present in Dark Japan's highest room. It was time.
"Sweden." He said. "If you'd be so kind, please stand behind me."
Sweden, though not knowing the reason why, complied and stood behind Finland.
"I'll be heading out if it's okay with you." Finland said. "You may have your wife back."
In that instant, Finland fell back, unconscious again. With an added flash of light, a young woman stood before the two Nordic nations. Sweden didn't get a good look at her though. As soon as she appeared she ran out into the battlefield, plowing her way through the Daemon army and running up the outer castle wall to the top of the building.
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The anger and pure hatred began to boil over inside China. All Dark Japan had said was true. And he regretted every moment of what had happened between him and Japan. But the past cannot be changed by the likes of man, only the future. And China swore the future would not contain the likes of Dark Japan. Flying into a blind rage, he sent the Daemon sword through the living mass in front of him.
But he shouldn't have closed his eyes.
When he peeked to see if he had met his target, he was horrified to see Japan on the other end of the Daemon sword.
At that moment, before China could even move, the castle began to crumble. The Daemon sword disintegrated and with a flash of light, Japan grabbed hold of China and flew out of the castle.
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In one of the lower floors, Korea and Hong Kong were surprised that the castle began to crumble, but were rescued by Taiwan and Vietnam, who brought them safely to the ground. What had happened? Looking up, they spotted Chian being carried by Japan, who was flying. They also spotted someone flying a short ways behind them, but they didn't recognize her. Who was she?
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As the castle crumbled to the ground, the nations breathed a sigh of relief as the poisoned Daemons started to disappear as well.
"So does that mean that Dark Japan's been defeated?" America asked.
"Right now, this only means his little base has been turned to dust." A young girl with long brown hair said, standing a short distance away from the nations with two others.
"Who're you guys?" America asked.
"You'll find out soon enough." The smallest girl (the redhead) said, sitting on the ground and typing on a laptop.
"But so you're not wonderin'," The tallest girl with jet black hair said, while chewing some gum, "it can't be said whether or not Dark Japan is alive or not. We only took out the mechanism that was making duplicates of the Daemons, therefore the building collapsed and the Daemons disappeared. If he lived, he lived, but I'm pretty sure he's been taken care of."
Before America could ask anything else, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea and Hong Kong rode up on a large wok.
"Is China back yet?" Korea asked.
"No, none of us have seen him." Switzerland said. "Why? Did something happen?"
"They're up there." The tallest girl pointed up at the sky casually. The nations all looked up to see Japan, surrounded by a deep red glow, carrying an unconscious China in mid-air.
"I see he has the blessing too." The redhead said, using a pair of binoculars to get a closer look. "I'll add that to my list." And she continued to type on the laptop.
The two Asian nations gently floated down to the ground a few feet away from the other nations. Setting China on the ground, Japan proceeded to pass out as well.
"Guys!" Korea, followed by Hong Kong and the other nations, ran over to the two. "I hope they're okay!"
"I don't see any obvious injuries." The girl with brown hair said. "I'm sure they'll be just fine."
"China will be fine after a nap." A voice came from above the crowd. "But Japan is a different case. He'll take a while longer to heal since he had lost so much energy over the past week."
The crowd lifted their heads to see a young woman floating in mid-air, as Japan had done earlier, carrying a black creature under one arm.
"Mother!" Yutarou exclaimed.
Chapter 11 is the chapter where it's all explained xDD
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