Russia and China ran onto an overlooking ledge and scanned the crowd looking for Japan, not seeing him anywhere.

Hong Kong, meanwhile, was dodging people in the crowd. He found Japan hanging from the roof of a small building. He was trying to pull himself up, but the the passing wind of the people was making it extremely hard for him.

Japan was looking around desperately. "Hong Kong!" He yelled when he noticed him. "Help me!"

"Just...hang on! China will be here soon!" Hong Kong ran away and was able to signal to China, pointing out where Japan was.

China immediately spotted Japan and began to climb onto a higher ledge. He jumped from there, flipping in the air, and landed on the roof of the building Japan was hanging from. He was able to pull him up, but it seemed that some of the panicking people were able to find cars and someone swerved into the building, causing the wall and roof Japan and China were on to collapse.

"What should we do?" Hong Kong yelled. "They need help! We should go get help! That's what I'll do! I'll get Korea! And Taiwan! China shouldn't have made her stay behind! Since when does she listen to him anyway..."

Hong Kong started to run away and Russia rolled his eyes. He signalled with his hands and the baltics pounced on Hong Kong, pulling him away.

Japan had backed into the shade of the what was left of the building, standing in a corner. He frantically scanned the crowd for China.

China appeared across the crowd and Japan watched as he jumped. He grabbed Japan by the arm and threw him on his back, running for the ledge Russia was watching from. He was cut off by a car and tried to jump at the last second, throwing Japan onto a lower ledge. However, he landed on the windshield of the car and fell to the ground.

"China!" Japan yelled, as he looked for the smallest hint that China was alive.

China jumped from the crowd. He landed on the rock face under Russia and desperately tried to find a good hand hold, weak from the struggle. "Russia!" he yelled. "Help me!"

Russia crouched down and looked China in the eye. "You should've become one with Russia, da?" Then he stood up and walked away. China watched helplessly as Russia left, and as he reached up for a new handhold, the one under his other hand broke and he fell down into the crowd again, this time being hit by multiple cars. He was dragged along several miles.

Japan let out a small cry of pain and collapsed. Not long after, the crowd finally shrunk to nothing but a few stragglers, so Japan climbed down and walked north across Mongolia until he came across China, just south of the Mongolian/Russian border.

"China!" Japan ran to him, falling to his knees next to him. "China," Japan said softly. "China, come on." He shook him a little, trying to get a response. "You can't do this China," he begged. "You're a nation. Nations don't...China! You have to get up!" Japan started to cry and he brushed China's hair off of his face. It had come out of it's ponytail. "China," he whispered. "You look like a mess. Who taught you how to dress for public?" He ran his fingers through China's hair, desperately trying to fix it. "What if your teacher saw you like this, China?" he laughed through his tears. "He would be so ashamed of his pupil." He paused for a second, thinking. "You never told me who your teacher was, China. You haven't told me a lot of things...You have to finish your teaching! You have to!" Fresh tears ran down his face as he ran his hand along China's face. "China!" he weeped, putting his face in his hands. He looked up as a shadow fell over him.

"Japan," Russia said, his face full of horror. "What have you done?"

"It wasn't my fault!" Japan said, jumping up. "I just...there were these people. They were panicked and running...he had to come save me...and the cars...I couldn't do anything. I didn't mean for this to happen." Japan was gesturing wildly, anxiety shining through.

"Oh! Of course!" Russia knelt down and placed a hand on Japan's shoulder. "I know! We don't mean for these things to happen. No one ever means for something like this to happen." Japan put his face in his hands again. "But Japan," Russia said, "a nation is dead now. Do you realize how hard it is for a nation to die? And you were the one that caused this. If it weren't for you, China may still be here. Right now." Russia looked over at China, "And his hair wouldn't embarrass him." Japan looked up, shocked. Russia looked back toward him. "Hmmm. Oh!" a thought seemed to occur to him. "Who will tell Taiwan? Will she still want to be your teacher after this? What will she think?"

Japan's anxiety seemed to increase and he shook his head slowly. With tear filled eyes, he looked at Russia. "What am I going to do?" he asked.

Russia looked around him. He looked from China, to Japan, and toward his home, which was just past where China was lying. "You'll have to run, Japan. You'll never be able to be a fully grown nation now. Everyone will take their blessings back. Run away, Japan. Run away and never return." Japan's face seems to shatter; he turns and runs off blindly. Russia watched as Japan crossed the Russian border, the fake sympathy falling from his face. The baltics came out of the shadows and stood behind him. He turned and looked at them. "Go," he nodded, walking past them. The baltics took ran after him.

Japan ran north until he saw water, he looked around desperately, filled with panic. He turns back around and sees the baltics approaching. In attempt to outrun them, he started running east along the shore. Finally stopping at the Ural Mountains, he climbed, remembering that the baltics wouldn't be able to make it.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Lithuania demanded of Estonia as the watched as Japan climbed higher.

Estonia shrugged, "Let him go, I guess. Russia doesn't pay attention to his European side, he was too fixated on China. He'll never find Japan in Europe."

"We have to finish this!" Latvia yelled, thinking of the cruel things Russia would do if he found out.

Estonia shrugged again. "Don't worry about it. There's no way he'll be coming back."

"But what if he does?" Lithuania argued.

"If he happens to come back," Estonia sighed, "we'll finish him off then."

"Yeah!" Latvia yelled up the mountain. "If you come back, we'll get you!" His voice echoed through the mountains. They stood and watched until Japan was too high for them to see.


A/N

I couldn't have Russia throw China off the ledge! I just couldn't! Especially since I've been putting this off for days.

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