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"I am speaking."

'I am thinking'

I am informing you of things.

I am not ordinary.


Listen

"Japan, I want to help." Halia stated clearly. Her face remained neutral but it took one glance at the hand gripping the pocket knife to know that she was agitated.

"I am more than capabre of handring this myserf, Haria-chan." Japan responded not taking his eyes away from the creature.

'He didn't!' Halia thought indignant as she let out a low growl that went unheard.

'He did… Please, please, please! Halia, don't let your temper get the better of you!' Dysis thought giving her best friend a fearful glance. Halia looked ready to argue before she got a thoughtful expression before giving a sigh of defeat.

"Fine…" she muttered but remained firmly in front of Russia ready to protect both Canada and Russia in case it decided to get easier prey. Dysis gave a sigh of relief before getting in front of England.

'I know he only wants to protect me, but it's frustrating… how can I learn to protect myself better if I don't get the chance to learn?' Halia thought bitterly.

Japan

870 HP

739 SP

Not wasting a moment, Japan did a regular attack on the creature causing 68 damage. To which the creature responded with its own regular attack causing Japan 182 damage.

[Wrath Blade] Regrettable.

The creature performed another regular attack giving Japan 200 damage. Japan grunted as a Japanese symbol appeared in white, the area around the creature exploded before a green light lifted the debris around the creature and caused 1810 damage.

0 EXP 20G

'Well, guess Japan really didn't need help…' Halia admitted.

'…I never want to be on the receiving end of Japan's anger…' Dysis thought with a shudder.

"Wow. It looks just like Canada now." Russia commented as the creature faded away. Halia gave him an annoyed look despite not being on the receiving end.

"Just say it disappeared, will you?" Canada requested.

"Can you stand up, Engrand?" Japan asked him.

"Y… Yeah!" England said, Dysis moved and grabbed his arm to help him get up. "Anyway, Japan, have you fought that monster before? It wasn't the first time… Was it?"

"What? What are you tarking about? You have fought it before, too, haven't you? You got here first, after arr." Japan stated confused.

"We haven't been here for even an hour. And you… weren't even supposed to be here yet." China informed him, equally confused.

"That's true, when you put it that way. I mean, China sent Japan a message and Japan replied from the meeting place, right?" Russia asked.

"Yes, and then Itary started saying that he wanted to come, too, so Germany, Prussia and I came with him… but…" Japan stopped with a frown.

"What? But it takes three hours to come here from the meeting place. We really have been here for only about an hour. Don't you think that's a little odd?" Canada said incredulous.

"… There are many things we need to talk about. First of all, let's go to the second floor. We know of a safe room there." Japan said.

"We?" England asked.

"Haria-chan and Dysis-san know where it is." Japan explained.

"You knew about Japan being here and didn't tell us?" China outraged.

"I tried to tell you, it is not my fault if you chose to ignore me!" Dysis complained with a huff.

"… Wait a minute! What about this then?" China brought out the bloody kimono. "What's with these clothes of yours? They're covered in blood!"

"Oh. Those are the crothes that I threw into the fireprace. Why do you have them?" Japan asked.

"I found them when I went to that room! Aren't you… hurt…?" China asked hesitantly.

"Um, that's…tomato." Japan stated turning away from Halia's accusing gaze.

'Does he really believe anyone is going to buy that?' Halia thought annoyed.

"…..Huh?" China gave him a similar look clearly not believing Japan.

"I'm fine; I'm not hurt at arr. Now, ret's join Germany and Itary and I'rr exprain the situation to you." Japan said.

The items you had got so far came back when the Allies joined you.

As everyone left the room Japan gave his inventory a quick glance, Japan headed toward the broken plate. Halia glanced at him and leaned against the wall by the entrance of the dining room.

'Shouldn't be alone…' she thought as she kept an eye out as the other nations followed Dysis up the stairs.

Obtained "Broken Piece of Plate."

[Broken Piece of Plate] Piece of a broken plate.

'….. Really? I had no idea it was a piece of a broken plate with the title Broken Piece of Plate...' she thought dryly. Japan got up and gave a start when he saw Halia by the door.

"Let's try to avoid being alone anymore than we have, we wouldn't want anyone to worry about…us…. I probably could've worded that differently… Well, you get what I mean!" she told him covering her face in embarrassment.

"Erm, um, hai, ret us catch up to the others." Japan responded looking equally embarrassed. Noticing this, Halia covered her mouth to stifle the laughter that was threatening to come out.

"Well, then, let's go already!" She gave him a smile before she began to walk after the others. Japan walked after her, giving her a bewildered look.

'I will never understand Americans…' he thought with a sigh. 'Halia-chan…who are you? You seem to bounce back up each time you are caught off guard. You knew the names of my friends before I even told them to you… You get a strange look on your face every time you want to argue before giving in… Who are you? What are you hiding?'

Before they knew it, they had reached the second floor and Halia was already walking toward the fireplace room.

"Haria-chan, I need to inform Germany and Italy of the situation, you go on ahead." Japan told her as he headed to a different room.

"Roger that!" Halia responded as she walked to the fireplace room leaving Japan behind. Opening the door she found that China, England, Russia, Canada and Dysis were all standing by the table.

"Japan went to retrieve Aleron, Mr. Germany and Mr. Italy, they should be here in a moment." Halia told them as she went to sit in the seat that she had subconsciously labeled as hers.

"Ah, where are those three anyway?" Dysis asked as she stood across of Halia.

"I think they are in Mr. Germany's favorite room of the house. At least, that is the direction Japan was heading toward." Halia stated.

"Mr. Germany has a favorite room?" Dysis asked. 'How could anybody have a favorite room in this place?'

"Oh that's right, you weren't there when Japan and I found him. Well, let's just say that that room has a pleasant surprise for all involved~" Halia gave a wink and placed a finger over her mouth and moving it sideways as though closing a zipper. England stared at her and opened his mouth.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself didn't I? I'm Halia Arden! American extraordina—AH!" She was interrupted by a heavy object hitting her head causing her to face plant with the table. "Mmmmm! Mnghn…mmm." She waved her arms in the air before they landed on the table and she stopped moving.

"That is for making me carry around that thing you call a backpack!" a voice snarled as he walked into the room of shocked people.

"H... Haria-chan!" Japan rushed to her side and shoved the backpack off of her.

"Ahaha… I'm okay…" Halia let out as she clutched her head.

"Veh~ that wasn't very nice…" Italy scolded.

"That is no way to treat a lady!" England yelled.

"Kolkolkol…" Russia chanted.

"She is not a lady! She is my best friend!" Aleron retorted with a glare at the nations that spoke up.

"You aren't going to say anything, aru?" China asked Dysis who was between him and Russia.

"Nah, this is normal behavior between Halia and Aleron. It is too tiring to get between them; you just learn to live with it. Plus, Aleron does know how much Halia can handle." Dysis explained.

"Ugh. I'm fine, let's get back to why we gathered." Halia said, beginning to feel uncomfortable with the concern she was receiving. After a moment, everyone scattered around the room, Halia, China and Russia sitting while everyone else stood. Dysis was standing between China and Russia, Japan stood to Halia's left and England a little away to her right with China sitting across from her. Canada stood at the edge of the table to Japan's left. Both Germany and Italy were by the fireplace with Germany being a little closer to the table behind Russia and Aleron stood by the book cases facing toward everyone.

"Sorry for making you wait. Now, without further ado, I'rr exprain our situation." Japan began as Germany moved to face the fireplace. "First, as you know, I received a message from China saying that you had arrived here, and Itary thought it would be interesting and wanted to come as well, so Germany, Prussia and I came here with him. First, I went to take a rook around and found Haria-chan, whom was searching for Dysis-san and Areron-san, but in the meantime, that monster you saw before appeared and attacked them."

'I'm glad he didn't mention how scared I must have looked…' Halia thought propping her head up with her elbow on the table.

"W…were you all right after that?" England asked worried.

"Yeah, somehow. For better or worse, it seemed to be targeting me, and I'm good at running away, so I got to escape." Italy said sounding relieved.

"You got away? That's amazing…" China said awed as Italy walked up to Germany.

"In the end, whire we didn't know the true nature of that thing, we arr got together again and spent the night in this room, with a sense of security because we had the key to it." Japan continued.

"The night…" Russia repeated in thought.

"Th… that really is odd… I mean, we-Oh, I'm sorry, please, go on." Canada said quietly.

"We've run out of firewood. Can I burn this wooden box?" Italy said as he looked at the dwindling fire.

"Yes, let's burn anything that can be used as fuel." Germany agreed.

"We decided that one of us shourd keep watch and Prussia kindry took up this duty, but maybe because of our sense of security, the rest of us ferr into a deep sreeep…" Japan admitted as Germany walked back toward the table and stood by Canada. "When we woke up… Prussia, Halia and Dysis were gone. There were broodstains in the harrway, so I forrowed the trair, but… eventuarry…"

"The trail ended…" Russia concluded as Italy walked to the table and stood a little ways away from England.

"What I want to know is what Halia and Dysis were doing when they went missing." Italy said looking at the only females in the room.

"Ah, well, I woke up to find Prussia gone; I glanced around the room when I noticed voices outside the room. One was Prussia for sure! The other… I think had a French accent… but when I went out into the hallway, I only found the trail of blood, following the blood, I heard another voice before hearing Prussia's and the French guys voice again so I went downstairs where I found Mr. Russia and Mr. Canada. Blah, blah, blah, we ended up in the kitchen cornered by that thing and you know the rest from there. Ugh, I'm sorry if I made anybody worry, I thought for sure I would catch up to Prussia but despite my best attempts, he always seemed a step ahead of me…" Halia pinched her chin. An action Aleron and Dysis recognized for when she was thinking.

"As for me, I woke up in a panic and noticed both Halia and Mr. Prussia gone. I really wasn't thinking straight, I just ran out of the room hoping that Halia hadn't done something reckless but instead of going downstairs, I thought Halia had gone upstairs so…" Dysis trailed off looking around the room.

"I see, well, we tried looking for Prussia and you two, but we didn't want to lose anybody else, so Germany and I stood by. And then, Japan found you guys, right?" Italy continued.

"Yes. And that's what happened to us. But… I thought for sure that America and France would be here, too? From what Haria-chan said, it is safe to assume that they are with Prussia…" Japan stated.

"Yeah, the six of us came here on America's suggestion and split up into two groups. China, France and I went to check out the second floor, while America, Russia and Canada looked around the first floor." England began.

"We had a bad feeling while we were on the second floor, so Opium and I went to check out the third and the fourth floor where we found Dysis who was searching for Halia. When we finished looking and came down to the second floor, France was gone and I found Japan's burnt clothes in this room, and I wondered what had happened." China continued.

"I tried to tell them that Japan was here but they were too distracted to listen to me and kept interrupting until I gave up." Dysis sniffed.

"We came back to the first floor and found Russia, Canada and Halia fighting that Thing. That bastard disappeared the first chance he got." England went on.

'That bastard… is he talking about America, Prussia, France or Steve?' Halia thought blankly.

"Rearry? I vaguery noticed it when I was fighting it, but that strange creature…" Japan trailed off.

"It resembles a friend of America's, doesn't it?" Germany finished off.

"America has a friend that looks like that thing?" Dysis said incredulous.

'It kinda looks like Tony… if I squint really hard… nope, Tony is way cuter! Even if he has a potty mouth.' Halia thought.

"That's right! I noticed it the moment I saw it! That's definitely it! Um… its name was…" China trailed off unable to remember that name.

"To…Tommy, wasn't it?" Germany offered.

"Yeah, that was definitely its name. They look identical. Don't you think this was America's doing?" England suggested.

'But it looks nothing like Tony, Tony is scrawny!' Halia wanted to say but held back on grounds that she technically wasn't supposed to know about him.

"He's the one who heard the rumors about this place and asked us to come here, after all." England reasoned.

"I see! So this is just a prank of America's that got too far!" Italy said before making eye contact with Halia but turned away quickly from her accusing gaze that turned to bewildered.

'What was that about?' Aleron thought noticing the exchange.

"Well, in that case, there's nothing else to say! Let's just look for America!" Italy suggested.

"You're mistaken." Canada said quietly though for once, it was heard by all.

"Huh?" England responded intelligently.

"That's not Tony." Canada said looking at everyone in the room as he held onto the polar bear.


Fk306: Whoo, the chapter is done and everyone is together… Almost, there are those that are still missing…

Sirflightypencil: … Yea I got nothing…

Fk306: I can't think of anything to add either…

Sirflightypencil: Well, at least you guys got the update.