Sorry this chapter's late! I meant to have it up on Friday, but stuff got in the way. Hope you all enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia
He told her. Steve told his girlfriend the one thing he had been divorced over. He told her about his amnesia. Steve couldn't remember anything before nine months ago. He told her all that he knew about himself.
"The first thing I remember," he explained, "is being in town square. I had some cuts and bruises but nothing worth going to the hospital over. I was sitting on a park bench. I had no idea who I was or how the heck I'd gotten there. I didn't even know how I got hurt. I was wandering around until I found my ex-wife. At that time, she was still my wife, you see. Anyways, she recognized me and told me that my name is Steve Copperpot. After that, things took a turn for the worse.
"Over the next few days, she kept noticing… differences. According to her, I was acting differently, that I wasn't being myself. Every time I ate a hamburger, she'd say that I didn't like them and told me to stop it. She also didn't like it when I helped people. She said it wasn't like me. It was the same with how I dressed. She said that I normally wore more proper things. Guess she doesn't like bomber jackets. There was a lot more. In short, she said that my personality had completely changed. We got a divorce and the last thing she said to me was, "You are not my husband." She was probably talking about the divorce, but I got a sense it wasn't that.
"So yeah. I have amnesia. It's really been bugging me lately." Steve finished telling her everything. He looked at her expectantly for some sort of reaction.
"That's horrible!" She replied. "You must have been really sad when you heard your wife say such mean things! You couldn't help it! Just what kind of a wife would dump her husband in his time of need?! So you still don't remember anything before that?" She asked. Steve nodded. "Well if that's the case, I'll help you get your memories back!" As she declared this, she made the sign for peace with her hands.
Steve smiled at her. "Thanks Jackie."
"So do you have any leads?"Jackie asked him.
"Other than the fact that my name's Steve Copperpot? Nothing." Steve told her honestly. "I googled my name, but none of the stuff that came up rang any bells."
"Oh dang it." Jackie said, looking down at her feet. "Are you sure? There wasn't anything that seemed slightly familiar?"
"Nada." Steve answered. "If that was the case, do you think I'd still have amnesia? I may not work hard when it comes to my job, but I'm serious about this. I've tried just about anything you can think of. I even did research to try an see how I got my injuries. Still nothing. This ain't no walk in the park."
Jackie puffed out her cheeks when she replied. "No need to be so mean. I'm just trying to help."
"Sorry. This is a dull subject, and it gets me angry." Steve explained.
"Will ice cream make you feel better?" She asked.
Steve's face lit up the second she said that. "Yes! Ice cream!" Ice cream was like the magic word that would make Steve feel happy no matter what the situation was. Well, that, and hamburgers. You could never leave those out. And chocolate, and soda, and spam, and just about any kind of junk food.
Jackie went to the kitchen to get some out of the freezer. There was always at least one pint of ice cream in the freezer, which was always next to that at least one frozen pizza in the freezer. Jackie grabbed two Ben and Jerry's Everything But The… and some spoons to eat them with.
"Hey Steve!" She called from the kitchen. "Can you turn on the news? I think they're announcing the winning lottery ticket for the multi millions." Jackie came back into the living room.
"Why do you want to watch that? Did you buy a ticket?" Steve asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Maybe…." She said as she handed the amnesiac hi ice cream, which he immediately began to devour. Jackie set her's down on the table and grabbed the cable remote. After turning on the tv, she switched it to channel 3.
"Earlier today, Steve Copperpot was found dead." The news reporter reported. "He was found with three bullet wounds to the chest. The police have yet to find the killer."
"What?!" Steve dropped the ice cream he had been cherishing only a few seconds ago.
Japan had just finished making all of the house calls. To his surprise, quite a few nations did answer their phones. And when I say quite a few, I mean two or three. That was more countries than Japan thought remembered on their own. For the ones that answered, he invited them to the next world meeting. Just in case some of them were in their homes, but couldn't answer the phone for one reason or another, he left a message with information on the world meeting and the date. So, hopefully there'd be more than just the three Japan had talked to would show up. He also informed the other countries of the meeting so they could meet and greet the ones arriving, and maybe have reunions with old friends and/or enemies.
The meeting would take place shortly. Japan hope he'd given those who hadn't been home at the time enough time to hear the message. Japan had gotten to the Conference building a half hour early, but was surprised to find that Prussia and Canada were early as well. Japan figured that they were excited to see who would show up. There were only 3 countries that Japan could be sure would show up other than the ones who participated in past meetings. Canada asked Japan who those countries were after fifteen minutes of anticipation flew by. "Well," Japan answered, "Engrand-san, Denmark-san, and Hungary-chan were the only ones to answer the phone. They'll probably come, and hopefully, others will too."
"Oh." Canada said. "So you still don't know about America?" He was worried about his brother. He might be loud and "heroic", but he was also an idiot. Canada hoped the world wasn't treating him too badly. After all, the world is a cruel place, especially for American idiots.
"iie." Japan shook his head. "We haven't found any reads on him." Canada looked down towards the ground after he heard that. Prussia noticed how upset his "Birdie" was, so to comfort him, the former nation said, "You found the awesome me. If you did that, we'll be able to find you less awesome brother."
Canada nodded. "Thanks, I needed that." He told Prussia.
"Any awesome time."
Soon, other countries began to enter the room. Italy and Romano walked through the doors. They had already started quarreling. "I don't give a damn about those other bastards." Romano snapped at his brother.
Italy frowned at that. "That's not very nice Fratello. Do you need another hug?" Italy wrapped his arms tightly around his older brother, preventing him from escaping the hug, despite how much he tried.
"What the crapola! I do NOT need any more of your hug therapy!" He kept squirming and trying to get out of his brother's grip. No one in the room tried to stop them because all the countries in the room knew the brothers' fighting would die down quickly enough.
The next countries to arrive were Spain and France. They walked over to where Prussia and Canada were and sat down. Spain had brought a basket o tomatoes, which he delightfully began to snack on. "Roma~ would you like a tomate?" He called to his former colony. And thus the fight between Romano and Italy ended, not that it was much of a fight anyways. Italy let go of Romano so he wouldn't be the thing keeping him from his favorite fruit. Romano immediately took the empty seat next to Spain and began to cow down on the precious red jewels.
Surprisingly enough, Germany was one of the last countries to arrive, though he was still technically early. He began to talk with Japan about which countries he was expecting to come. Finland and Sweden entered the room, making all of them (except fir the others) present for the meeting.
Since the meeting wasn't officially supposed to start until 10 minutes from then, the countries talked amongst themselves and waited for the last people to enter the room. None of the other countries arrived between then and the beginning of the meeting. When the time came for it to start, Germany was the first to speak up and get everyone to settle down. He cleared his throat before speaking. "All of you know the reason we are here today. We are here to see what other countries of the world have gotten their memory back without us knowing. There are three countries that we have confirmed are back. England, Denmark, and Hung-" He was interrupted when 3 nations entered the room.
Even though the number of the nations entering the room was the same as the amount of countries Japan ha talked to, only one was one of the ones they were expecting. Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and last but not least, Mr. Puffin. "See Norge! I told you there'd be other countries here!" Denmark practically shouted at the Norwegian, with a big obnoxious grin on his face. "And you thought I'd had too much beer!"
Norway had a blank expression on his face, or at least that's what it looked like. To those who knew him, it was easy to tell that he was annoyed at Denmark. "That's not my name. Norge's a girl's name."
"Whatever you say Norge!" Denmark replied, still calling him that annoying nickname. Norway let out an angry sigh at that.
"Guys!" Finland called. His face brightened up when he saw his three friends. He formed an adorable smile and his eyes lit up. Berwald also seemed glad to see them, even though his face was mostly stoic. Finland waved at them, showing the other Nordics where they were sitting. The three that had just entered the room, walked over to their friends.
"Good to see ya!" Denmark said. "I didn't think you guys were back!"
"Yeah, I've been back for months now." Finland told them. "Though Sweden only got his memories back earlier this week."
"We should celebrate!" Denmark suggested. "Tonight, let's go out drinking, your treat!"
"That sounds like fun!" Finland said. "An maybe we can get some coffee after the meeting. I found a great place not too far from here!"
"Great!" Denmark answered. "I can tell you about all the crazy stuff that happened to us in the past few months! You'll crack up when you hear how Norge and me met again!"
While the Nordics were chatting amongst themselves, the other countries were quiet out of shock. If Norway and Iceland came unexpectedly, who else would show up? They'd gotten wind of England and Hungary coming. Would they bring other countries along with them too? If so, who else would they bring? Things were getting interesting. Germany's plan was working out better than expected.
Not even ten minutes later, two more countries came to the meeting. Well, more like one country, and one who thought he was a country. At first they were just arguing in the hallway, but after a little bit, they entered the room.
"How many times do I have to tell you that you are NOT a country?!" Britain yelled at the blond boy in a sailor suit who was with him. "Just go home and watch anime. Only countries are aloud at this meeting."
"And that is precisely why I came, England." Sealand said. "The phone call said for all countries to come, so of course I came."
"You are not a country!" Britain snapped.
"Yes I am!" Sealand replied. "Just ask Mama, and Papa! I'm positive they're at the meeting!" The two of them entered the room.
"Hello everyone," the rather large eyebrowed country greeted the rest.
He scanned the room to see which countries were already there. "Good, that bloody git, America isn't back yet. I guess I can have some peace of mind for the time being. Oh wait, the frog's-"
Britain was interrupted by France, who couldn't resist teasing him after all of their time apart. "Still 'ave az mezzy 'air az ever I see," he said with a chuckle. Now his favorite passions was back.
"There is nothing wrong with my hair, you bloody frog!"
"My mistake, those are your eyebrows." France retorted.
Britain's face grew red with anger. "You bloody frog! There is nothing wrong with my eyebrows! You better take that back this instant or I'll curse you!"
As Britain and France continued to argue, Sealand took it as an advantage to get away from England, before he could be sent home. "Mama! Papa!" He cried happily as he ran over to the Nordics. He hugged Sweden and Finland, who hugged him back. "Britain was being mean to me while you were gone. He didn't even want me to come today!" Sealand told his parents. "I'm glad I got to see you! I missed you! Is Hanatamago here too?" He looked at his parents for answer.
Finland at first was not sure what topic to respond to, because he had said so much. "I'm glad you came, I missed you too." Finland started with. "But we had to leave Hana at home because of the no pet policy."
Sealand looked disappointed at the last part. He always had fun playing with Hanatamago, but at least he got to see his Mama and Papa. It had been a long time since he saw them and no one had been home to tell him why they left. After all of the countries disappeared, he began to stay at Britain's house (taking advantage of the fact he wasn't home), and messing with thins as revenge for England saying that he isn't a country. He couldn't wait to get home and play with Hanatamago. "To bad there's a no pet policy here." Sealand said, "Hana must be really lonely at home."
"If you're that worried about her," Finland said, "You can go home and visit her."
Sealand's face brightened. "Really?"
Finland nodded. "As long as you don't mind us taking a while to get home."
"I don't mind!" Sealand answered. "As long as you're home in time to tuck me in to bed, I'm fine."
"We'll be home by then. Right Berwald?" Finland said.
"Mhm." Sweden nodded.
"Thanks!" Sealand said. He ran out of the room, completely forgetting that he had wanted to attend the meeting.
After that, the minutes dragged on. Germany had to pin down England to keep him from strangling France. The minutes turned into a hour and England began to cool his head. At one point, Germany released him. In that time though, no other countries arrived. England, Norway, Iceland, and Denmark had come about on time. Hungary was supposed to come too, but with how much time had passed, it was a wonder if she would arrive at all. On top of that, Prussia and a few other countries were starting to get bored of just sitting there and waiting for someone who might not even show up. Germany was the only one keeping those nations, (and ex nation) from leaving, and that's just because of how scary he is.
"I'm outa here." Prussia finally said at one point. "This meeting's gotten unawesomely boring." He grabbed Canada and got up to leave.
However, just as they were about to leave the room, two other countries entered it. "Sorry we're late." Hungary said. "I was supposed to give Greece a ride,-"
"I overslept." Greece explained.
Hungary continued. "No matter what I did, I couldn't wake him up! Not even hitting him on the head with a frying pan worked! So I had to wait for him to wake up."
Hungary then noticed Prussia standing in the doorway. Bang! She struck him over the head with her frying pan. "That's for whatever you did in the past nine months!"
"Ow!" Prussia said, putting his hands on his head where a bump was beginning to form. "That unawesomely hurt!"
"Serves you right!" Hungary said. "You probably deserve it." Then she elbowed Greece. "Japan's here. I didn't drive you here for nothing. Go on, talk to him." Greece nodded.
He walked over to Japan and started talking to him. Prussia took advantage of the fact that Hungary was watching those two and slipped away with Canada.
"We need to take action." One of the members said. "Forget about the countries. That rogue could mess up everything. If he goes to the press, it'll be curtains for us."
He was very rage filled as he said this. It was a mockery that "the rogue" as they called him, left the organization despite all of their threats and consequences. The rogue had all the information on their plans, yet lacked the loyalty to stay quiet. If he was stupid and made the right moves, the public would find out about their efforts to get the personifications out of the picture. "An even if he doesn't go to the press, there's still the chance that he'll aid the countries' unknowing resistance against us. Anyone who informed him of the locations if their countries, please speak up." The rest of the room remained silent. "So no one informed the imbecile of the countries they took care of? Good. That means the only countries he knows the locations of are the ones he took care of."
"How will we locate him?" Another anonymous member spoke up. "He went into hiding after our last meeting. It's all over the news. So how do you presume we stop him?"
"We go to the countries he got rid of. Odds are, he's going to give their memories back to them." The first one who had spoken answered. Behind his sunglasses, he rolled his eyes.
"That would be plausible." A third man said. "But can any of you recall one time he gave information of their locations? He didn't trust us from the very beginning."
The fist one to speak banged his hand on the table. "Damn him!" He paused for a second to regain his composure. "If that's the case, we'll have to locate Prussia, Sweden, America, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein by our own means. Odds are, with his bad memory, he his them all in the same place."
Dun dun duuunn. So yeah, I wanted to sneak in Greece because I was reading a fanfic called Abyssinia and there was Greece x Japan in one of the more recent chapters. Also, I hope you guys liked this chapter. Even though it was late. I'm going to try to post a chapter at least once a week from now on. Danke for reading! Bye.