I fell asleep to the monotonous sound of the heart monitor It was annoying, but it brought me relief. Japan was going to be okay. I hadn't killed him. I wasn't a monster. Japans breaths were steady and becoming stronger. What weapon had I created? What had war done to me? I couldn't that get into the wrong hands.
"America? You're still here?" Japan said as he woke up. I was lying across his lap from the side of the bed. His voice woke me up, so I got back up so he would have more room.
"Oh, hey buddy, How you doing?" I said, still a bit groggy.
"Better, I think. The toxins are mostly out of my body now, I think. The wounds still hurt though." Japan looked down at his stomach. The bandages sill had a little bit of blood on them. The wounds had just been closed.
"Sorry about that. You're going to have some nasty scars," I said.
"I don't mind scars, they are proof that I fought bravely," Japan said. He got a sad look on his face. "You were too merciful, I should not be here any more."
"Don't you start!" I said. "There's no way I'm going to let my friend die from losing a fight. You couldn't help it. I am the hero, so I had to win. No one's going to die on my watch!"
There was a knock at the door. The door opened a crack and Italy poked his head through. He slipped into the room and went straight to Japan. Germany followed after him.
"Japan! I was so scared. I didn't want you to die!" Italy said, hugging Japan tightly. He looked shocked and tried to push Italy off.
"We brought you some sakura blossoms to make you feel more at home," Germany said. Italy released Japan and started to put the light pink flowers in his hair. Germany looked warily at me, trying to gauge my reaction. After all, until very recently I was his number one enemy.
"You know what would make you feel better, Japan? A giant hamburger! Oh, and I thought I saw some bright green get well soon cakes in the gift shop! I'll go get some for you!" I got up and headed for the door to let the Axis be together.
"How…thoughtful," Japan said wearily as I raced down the hall.
Apparently, the Axis powers weren't the only ones who came to visit Japan. When I entered the gift shop I saw England and France fighting with two huge bouquets of flowers.
"You obviously have no taste. Roses are not for a thing like this. Lilies are much better. No wonder you're the black sheep of Europe."
"Everyone knows roses are the best, so shut up you stupid frog."
I looked in the section with all the cakes. Forget about the plain green cake I saw earlier. This one had three stories all in different colors. All the colors of the rainbow were fluorescently painted on this beautiful cake.
"Guys, you're both wrong! Flowers are for girls. Japan's a dude!"
'What do you know?" They both said together. They looked at each other, embarrassed to actually agree on something.
"You're not planning to give him that, are you? You'll just make him feel more sick," England said, eyeing the cake and burgers I had just bought.
"What are you talking about? This stuff always makes me feel better. Is there anyone else to came to visit?" I asked.
"Oui! China went to go visit Japan ahead of us, and Russia followed him like a stalker. He's really creepy," France said.
"I don't want to hear you of all people saying that. You stalk girls all the time," England quipped.
"Ah, you wouldn't understand. What I do I do out of love and passion. Plus, the women dig it. What Russia does…I don't know, it just screams 'I'm going to take over you and I don't care what you think,' which I guess isn't so bad, except…je ne sais pas…"
"Well, we probably shouldn't waste anymore time. Since we're all here, we should probably get that treaty sorted out."
When we got back to the room, Russia was staring creepily at Japan, who looked rather uncomfortable. In fact, everyone in the room looked rather uncomfortable.
"Wow, America! You really did a number on Japan. No wonder you were keeping big bad weapon project a secret. Can I have it?"
"No! That weapon is too dangerous for anyone else but me to have!"
"Russia's smile fell. His face went sad and I almost felt sorry for him. Almost. "Well, that's no fair. I want one, too. I guess I'll just get China to show me the ancient Chinese art of copying." Russia placed his hand on China's shoulder, and China flinched. "Once everyone is one with mother Russia, all will be shared and everyone will be equal. I will be more equal than everyone else, though. Kol kol kol."
"Everyone equal? What kind of world is that? No individuality! No competition! No heroes! That sounds horrible!" I said.
"That sounds better than having a huge gap, aru. The way you are, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. What's so fair about that?" China added. Why in the world was he of all people agreeing with Russia. I guess competing with all the western powers and then getting beat up by his brother was too much for him and he cracked.
"Anyway, back on topic, obviously what we worked out before didn't exactly, well, work out. We have to come up with a better solution this time," England said.
"Oh, I know! You guys were all upset about land before and who owned who. So, why doesn't everybody just release all of their colonies. I'll even do it!" Bye bye, Philippines!
"That sounds fair, I guess," Germany said. It's not like he had many to begin with. France nodded his head.
England didn't say anything. "A-All of them?" England whined.
"Oh, just stop resisting!" France said.
"Fine! But you're all a bunch of wankers!"
"Does that make me a real country now?" Canada appeared behind England out of nowhere. Everyone in the room started freaking out.
"Germany, save me!"
"Bloody hell!"
"Aiyaaa!"
"Wait, there are two, Americas? Oh well, just more to become one with me!"
"Mon Dieu! Where in the world did he come from?"
"Even I am impressed by his ability as a ninja!"
He looked very familiar. I think I knew him, but I couldn't remember where from. I stared into the eyes of the polar bear.
"Come on, guys! I've been here the whole time. I'm an Ally, too. I helped in the war. Don't you remember?"
"Who are you?" The little bear asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
"I'M CANADA!"
Oh, right, Canada. The guy who lived to the north of me.
"Sure. Anyway, I still like the idea of that whole hero club. I'll actually be a part of it this time. And I've also thought of a better name. We'll call it the United Nations. Isn't that a totally heroic name? Probably because it was named after me, the United States of America. Oh, and we should all leave now, so Japan can get his rest."
Hopefully, everything would go better this time around. I waited as everyone left Japan's hospital room. It wasn't good for him to be going through so many important discussions while he was hurt.
"America, could I speak with you for a moment."
I stayed behind. "What's up man, need more burgers?"
"uh, no…you see there is this…thing I want you to take care of in my place. I pretty sure if I wasn't there, he would probably die or something."
"No problem, is it like a pet or something?"
"Or something. I sent him over to your place. Just protect him from creepy things like Russia, okay?"
"Got it! As the hero I can take care of everything! You just get better!"
When I got home, I looked all around for Japan's pet. I really hoped it was a puppy. Or a whale. I liked whales.
"If I were Japan, where would I put a whale…" I said out loud.
"Whales are originally from Korea, da ze!" came a voice. Did I accidentally leave the radio on? There was a room in the hall with the light on and the door open.
There was a strange guy lying on the floor of my radio room. He was listening to one of my western dramas. His clothes were weird and really flowy. How could he move in that stuff?
"Cowboys did, too. In fact, everything originated from Korea, da ze!"
Just what had I gotten myself into?
