Lunara: *half awake* What time is it?

Yusei: How should I know?

America: Dudes, it's only 9:30pm!

Lunara: Huh? Are you serious? It feels like 2 in the morning. *head slams into desk*

Yusei: *groans and follows my lead*

America: *confused at Yusei* Wait, Dude, aren't you from a different anime?

Yusei: Yeah, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's….

America: Why are you here then?

Lunara: We're both studying for our incredibly HUGE amount of final exams. We have two in math, two in language/reading, one in science, one in art, one in P.E., and lastly, one in orchestra…if you count the big state tests we take every year (which we've already finished) that makes, THREE in both math and language/reading.

Yusei: *groans* I completely forgot about the third one in math…

America: I'm sorry your state has a stupid idiot for an education dude. It wasn't my fault! Blame the people who voted him in!

Lunara: *sighs* I know it wasn't your fault and I already do. Let's stop wasting these poor readers times and get on with the fanfic, they've waited long enough. Thanks to, GermanRainbows *loves rainbows*and citrine sunflowerfor reviewing! *hands out virtual assorted cookies* homemade~ Haha, so obvious I started this chapter before summer vacation started…. , *fails*

Stjarnas: -laughing ass off- Perfect! Just fucking... I open my email, see the new chapter for me, open it, and see Yusei in the AN as he says in my YouTube tab "Card games on motorcycles." Win! Yeah, I'm into the Abridged Yu-Gi-Oh! Little Kuriboh is win. Deal. And If you get Yusei, I'm going to grab Ryou! Finals did suck, but I passed all mine with flying colours. Hell yeah!

Lunara: I passed too ^^

Yusei: I passed as well. ^^

Morning came all too quickly for everyone. Despite being jetlagged from the trip the day prior, everyone was ready to leave by 7am.

"Hey, is breakfast free here, or do we have to pay?" Kiki asked eagerly.

"Breakfast is free for now, da," Russia responded, packing his extra jacket and uniform into his suitcase.

"You can go ahead of us if you like," Japan offered upon hearing Kiki's stomach growl softly.

"Thank you!" Kiki purred, standing up quickly and dragging Hikari out of the room.

"We'll be back!" Hikari was able to call back before she disappeared with her friend.

Russia and Japan finished packing and set off for the downstairs. Not a word passed between them as they walked down the many flights of stairs as there were too many people waiting for the elevators. By the time they reached the bottom, Japan was panting lightly and Russia had a barely visible line of sweat on his hairline.

"They really should invest in more elevators, da," Russia sighed, wiping away any trace of the sweat.

"Hai, they should," Japan said, controlling his breath once again.

They both walked into the lobby and began looking for the girls. Japan spotted them first, walking towards them without a word to Russia. The Russian nation was not amused and smacked the back of Japan's head as he caught up. Japan shot him a glare before sitting down next to Hikari.

"Aren't you two going to eat?" Hikari asked, placing her fork on her plate.

Japan simply shook his head as a response, choosing instead to stare blankly into space.

"Come now, we must go before we miss our plane, da?" Russia said, getting up.

"Hai," Japan rose as well.

Hikari and Kiki sighed and followed them out of the hotel and waited for a taxi to come and take them to the airport. It wasn't that long a drive considering the hotel was strategically placed so that people who flew in from the airport could simply walk the city block to the hotel.

Kiki glared out the window of the plane. Every mile they flew towards Japan was another mile closer to Russia. Every minute they were flying to Japan was less time she had to spend with Hikari. It was kind of depressing. She shifted closer to the window, senses heightened thanks to the fact she got stuck next to the Russian instead of Hikari. They had both begged the flight ticket person to change their seats but he shot them down with a warning to throw them off the plane.

"Something troubles you, da?" Russia asked her, turning his head to her and smiling.

"What are you talking about you ice cold jerk," Kiki growled, glaring at him.

"You just seem to be upset about something." Russia replied reaching over and wiping her cheek his large hand. "Don't tell me you're fine, because you're crying."

Kiki widened her eyes in shock. She was…crying? She blinked and reached her hand up to feel her own wet cheek. She pulled harshly away from Ivan glared outside the window.

"So stubborn," Russia sighed, leaning his head back.

"Shut up," Kiki said, surprised at how broken her voice was.

Hikari sat across the aisle with Japan; she also had a window seat. She turned to look out the window and sighed at the clouds that streamed past them. It was going to be a long trip. When they finally arrived at Japan, it was still light out.

"I'll go get our bags, da?" Russia offered not even waiting for a response and leaving.

"Oh Russian ain't gonna touch my bag," Kiki growled and followed him.

"Kiki, wait!" Hikari was about to follow them, but stayed with Japan instead.

"They won't ever mature, will they?"

"No, but that's what makes them enjoyable to be around. The different levels of maturity add variety." Japan responded.

"True, I couldn't imagine Kiki being calm for more than 2 minutes at max," Hikari laughed and earned a chuckle from Japan.

"We are back!" Kiki called, waving her arm in the air as she dragged her own bag and Hikari's behind her.

"So, Kiki, where is your apartment?" Russia asked.

"Like I'd tell you," Kiki huffed.

"Hikari, where is your apartment so I can drop you off to gather your things?" Japan asked sweetly.

"Oh, it's not far from your place actually. I pass you sometimes in the morning when I go out for a jog." Hikari confessed, a small blush rising in her cheeks.

"Oh, that was you? You look so different with your hair down." Japan's face lit up with realization.

"Let's go then, da?" Russia smiled.

"Hai," Japan nodded and they all walked out of the airport and began to walk down the road that would eventually lead them to the older part of town.

"Wouldn't it be faster if we called a cab?" Russia offered.

"Wouldn't you lose some weight if you walked more?" Kiki snapped with about as much venom as she could.

"No need to be rude now," Russia smiled and patted her head.

"Don't…touch…me," Kiki growled a dark expression on her face.

Russia and Kiki bickered in the back while Japan and Hikari walked a little ahead so they wouldn't go insane listening to the other two.

"I swear, anyone would think they were related somehow," Hikari huffed.

"Hai," Japan nodded.

"We need to turn left up at this next cross road and then it's straight for a little while." Hikari directed as they continued their walk. "By the way, how is your wound from the conference?"

"It's fine. It hasn't bothered me at all." Japan reassured her. He had forgotten that most people don't recover from something like that over night.

"Put me down!" Kiki shouted from behind them.

"No," Russia purred.

Japan turned around and almost facepalmed. Russia was holding Kiki by her waist and had her a couple inches off the ground, taunting her.

"What are you going to do now, da?" Russia smiled down at her.

"This," Kiki said simply as she punched him in the face and squirmed free.

"Yeah Kiki!" Hikari beamed and hugged her friend. "That was awesome."

"It was," Kiki nodded. Russia rubbed his cheek and left her alone for awhile.

"Turn right here," Hikari smiled, crossing the street.

Japan followed and turned around to see that Kiki and Russia were too involved in their argument to turn. He sighed as they both seemed to realize their mistake and hurry across the street.

"Sorry, marshmallow here distracted me," Kiki sighed, pointing to Russia.

"I'm sorry, I believe it was little miss red head here that was doing all the distracting, da?" Russia smiled.

"Erm, that was a lame comeback…." Hikari commented.

"H-Hai," Japan nodded.

They soon regretted that as Russia pulled out his pipe with a murderous gleam in his eyes.

"Ivan-san we are in public," Japan snapped.

"You think I care, da?" Russia asked all too cheerful.

"You should," Hikari put her hands on her hips.

"I don't~" Russia beamed.

"Actually, Ivan, you should care. If you want to take me back to your place then you can't have two murders on your shoulders." Kiki pointed out with a smirk.

"I guess you are right, da?" Russia sighed. "The mood has been lost anyway."

They followed Hikari to an apartment building. It was rather large and was completely white. Even the inside of the place was white.

"Reminds me of home, da," Russia smiled at all the white.

"Reminds me of purity," Japan sighed.

"Reminds us of snow," Kiki beamed, throwing her arm around Hikari's shoulders.

"Our apartment is number 2," Hikari explained, starting to climb the stair off to the left.

They followed her up the stairs and down a hall. The room was on the left and it had a white door with a golden number two and a golden mailbox slot. The only thing not white in the building was the tan carpet.

"Welcome, I guess," Hikari shrugged as she unlocked the door.

"Oh it's good to be home!" Kiki purred and ran into the door and jumped face first into a couch that was in the front room.

Japan nodded to Hikari and stepped inside with Russia behind him. They both looked around the small apartment with interest. It was a rather large compared to most apartments. It had a separate kitchen and living room and a hall that led to a bathroom in the center and a bedroom on either end of the hall. The bedroom on the far right had a red sign that read "Kiki's room~ STAY OUT or suffer the consequences!" The bedroom on the far left had an Amethyst sign that read; "Hikari's room! Don't even bother entering, you'll never make past the bathroom."

"Wow, it's very neat in here," Russia smiled.

"There are only two girls living here. What did you expect? A man cave?" Kiki glared.

"No, a woman cave," Russia retorted.

"Again, you fail at comebacks, no wonder you have to use weapons to strike fear," Hikari sighed.

Russia glared at her and sat on the couch next to Kiki. He scanned the room again to make sure he didn't miss anything out of the ordinary for two girls' apartment. His eyes locked onto a black bladed katana that was mounted about the tv.

"What is that?" Russia asked, pointing to the object.

"That's Hi-" Kiki started before Hikari punched her in the arm.

"That's just a decoration sword. You couldn't cut anything with it." Hikari smiled.

"Really?" Japan narrowed his eyes at it and seemed to look carefully at it, as if judging it for a competition. "It looks rather sharp. It seems to have been used before and has the smallest trace of dried blood at the very tip."

"Well," Hikari nervously scratched the back of her head.

"No point in hiding it." Kiki smirked. "Hikari used to train in a sword dojo not far from here."

"Well, more like forced to train. They would take people off the street and train them in their ways. Whoever survived the initial entrance fight would be taken in and trained the rest of the way. I earned that katana after completely mastering the dojo's teachings, but it was at the cost of a friend's life. They blindfolded us and sent us head on at each other." Hikari's eyes darkened at the memory. "The last thing I heard from her lips was a blood curdling scream."

"I'm so sorry," Japan bowed his head.

"It's alright, it happened years ago," Hikari smiled and winked at him.

"Well, you want us to pack our bags for how long?" Kiki asked, changing the subject.

"As long as you can, da," Russia smiled.

"We don't know exactly how long, but plan for a maximum of 1 maybe 2 years?" Japan estimated.

"What?" Kiki nearly screamed. "2 or 3 YEARS?"

"Well, that's been the shortest time period recorded, right?" Japan turned to Russia.

"Da, those were the shortest," Russia nodded.

"That's ridiculous! Who's going to pay for the rent?" Kiki glared.

"We've talked to your landowner. Everything is taken care of." Japan reassured her.

Kiki just glared and stormed to her room. She pulled down her black suitcase with a single red flower on it and a little keychain with a little horse on it from the dark abyss of her closet. She held the keychain fondly, before letting it dangle and turning to grab some of her clothes.

Hikari sighed and followed Kiki's example by walking to her room. She pulled her ruby suitcase from her neat closet. It had a purple flower on the corner and a lotus flower keychain on the zipper that was welded on to keep it from falling off. She turned on her heel and instantly got a few of her turtle necks and belts from the top rack.

Japan sat on the very edge of the couch as far away from Russia as possible while he waited for the girls to pack. The Russian kept smiling at him. It was unnerving to the point of sending shivers down his spine.

"Can I help you?" Japan asked, turning to him, sick of the feeling.

"No, I'm just teasing you, da," Russia beamed.

Japan couldn't hide the cold chill that ran down his spine. He arched his back from the feeling and his teeth chattered. He moved off the couch and sat on the corner of the recliner seat, facing away from Russia even though he could still feel the other's eyes boring ice cold holes through him.

Kiki gently placed a stuffed bear that had a collar with the initials, K. K. J. They were her initials. She smiled at the bear. It was a white bear with a white ninja outfit that had red trimmings. Kiki stuck her finger into the bear's shirt and pulled out four tiny kunai knives. She counted them before putting them back and smoothing out the fabric. She covered it with her red and white blanket and pillow.

Hikari finished packing her clothes and sat on her bed, picking up a chocolate brown stuffed bear with a purple collar that had the initials S. J. engraved into it. She smiled sadly at her initials. The bear wore a light blue house kimono over a black ninja outfit. She undid the small obi on the kimono and undid the kimono to reveal a small sword on the bear. She unsheathed it and poked the tip of the blade with her finger. It was still sharp. She sheathed once more and redid the kimono and obi. It reminded her of Japan's kimono. As she packed the bear she wondered if Kiki was going to bring hers to Russia with her. She brushed the thought off as she placed her amethyst and black blanket and pillow over the bear to hide it.

Both girls went to their closets and pulled out satchels. Hikari's was amethyst with a black trim and Kiki's was red with a white trim. They both walked out of their rooms at the same time and went to the bathroom to gather all their stuff from their.

"Are you taking Snowy with you?" Hikari asked as she put her toothbrush and deodorant into a plastic baggy.

"Yeah, are you taking Chocolate?" Kiki asked, doing the same.

"Yeah, I can't imagine 2 years without him." Hikari giggled.

"Same here," Kiki smirked.

They both bit their lips and look up at each other, eyes brimming with tears.

"I know this is childish, but I don't want you to go to Russia," Hikari sighed, sniffling a bit.

"Then I'm just as childish. I don't want to leave you alone in Japan," Kiki sniffled.

They both did one last sweep of the bathroom before deciding they had everything from there in their satchels and went back to their rooms to retrieve their suitcases.

"Please stop staring at me?" Japan tried, still trying to get Russia to stop smiling at him.

"Hmmm, nyet," Russia responded, shaking his head playfully.

"What are you two doing?" Kiki asked as she walked into the living room with her suitcase.

"I'm simply smiling, da," Russia purred.

"Please smile in that general direction," Japan sighed, pointing to the exact opposite area that he was in.

"Nyet," Russia chuckled.

"Well, I guess we're set," Hikari sighed as she stepped out behind Kiki.

"Wait, Hikari, aren't you going to change out of that kimono?" Kiki asked, smirking at her friend's forgetfulness.

"Oh yeah!" Hikari gasped and sprinted into her room, locking the door behind her.

"Gotta love forgetful friends," Kiki chuckled.

Hikari searched through what was left in her closet and found a pair of black jeans and a v-neck, black, short sleeved t-shirt with gray stripes. As she slid off the kimono and pulled on the shirt she saw something shiny shimmer out of the corner of her eye. She pulled on her jeans and ran over to her bedside table. The shiny object was a silver, wire headband with diamonds in a vine like pattern. She smiled at the headband and took out her flower clip. She put the headband in her hair and adjusted it into place, happy that all her hair was out of her face for once.

Japan, Russia, and Kiki all sat in an awkward silence. Japan shifted a little in his seat; he could sense the tension between Kiki and Russia. It didn't help that Russia was smiling at her the same way he had previously been smiling at him.

"Ok freak, stop smiling at me," Kiki growled.

"Calm down Kiki," Hikari sighed as she walked out of her room.

"Wow, you haven't worn that headband since... When did you last wear that headband?" Kiki asked.

"I haven't worn it at all actually," Hikari responded shyly.

"You look lovely," Japan nodded, standing up.

"Da, you do," Russia smirked at Japan.

"So are you both ready to go?" Japan asked.

"I guess so," Hikari nodded.

"As I'll ever be," Kiki straitened up in determination.

Japan and Russia walked out of the apartment and waited for Kiki and Hikari to do their last run through of the apartment. Hikari walked strait to her katana and pulled it off its mount and proceeded to grab the sheath. She examined her sword and sheathed it. She put it on her waist and went through her satchel to make sure she had her license for it.

"You're taking your sword?" Kiki asked, surprised.

"You're taking your kunai knives," Hikari retorted with a smirk.

"I guess I couldn't hide that from you," Kiki sighed.

"Well, let's go," Hikari nodded to Kiki and walked out the door.

"Alright," Kiki followed her and locked the door before closing it.

"We're ready," they both said at the same time.

Lunara: Yay! I actually got through this chapter! I've been so lazy, I swear you're all going to look at this and be like "She FINALLY updated, took her long enough!" I sorry….

France: It's alright mo cheri~

Lunara: You're not even in this fanfic France!

France: But, I'm almost like your big brother….

Lunara: Nu uh! If any of you were to be my brother, then it would be America or Japan. It's already been decided that I'm the human child of China and Russia. *evil smile* explains a lot, huh

France: *sweatdrop* It does…

Lunara: ^^

France: Then does that mean I can be a bachelor to you?

Lunara: If you could stop flirting with everyone.

France: *dramatic* You wound me!

Lunara: :P Hey readers and Stjarnas, who would your parents be? Siblings?

Stjarnas: Hm... I like my family. But... Sweden and Finland as my parents... Canada, Prussia, the Italies, and Hungary as my siblings... What about you, Ryou?

Ryou: -sweatdrop- Eh...

Stjarnas: Told ya I'd grab him. Where did Yusei go?

Yusei: I'm over here. I think you both just broke some sort of wall or something like that…

Lunara: Probably…oh well, reviews are appreciated even if I don't say much about them. ^^;