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A/N: So far this story has 17, 754 words, but my one finished had 30, 975 words. So, I only need 1,271 words before I win. =D Yay~!
Chapter 20
I glanced at Alfred confused, but not scared. I should be scared; I was in a dark forest with a complete stranger. I pouted a little, why wasn't I scared? This made no sense. No sense at all.
"You must be wondering why were walking in these deep forest, right? Right?" Alfred asked joyfully.
I nodded a little happy he was able to smile at me so truly. Why was he able to smile at me like that? I thought in war if enemies were enemies that was it. They hated each other until the war was over and done with. Even then I knew some bad blood won't end until it was… Ah! Completely spilled out. I shivered thinking of Brother losing all his 'bad' blood in the most painful way.
"Well… China has a twin sister and his twin was a bit…. Determined on getting you; Japan's twin sister back living with her. I thought if we walked the normal way China would try and take you away… hahaha… he can be very hyper when he wants something." Alfred explained and then nodded liking his answer.
I… was a bit confused. 'hyper'? What did that mean? I shrugged it off and kept after Alfred's fast walk. I finally caught up to him and it felt strange, but asked, "This may seem very strange, but how does my Brother act in war?" I noticed Alfred's confusion and sighed, "Like is Brother… a… mmmm… bad guy?"
"Oh!" Alfred said nodding in understanding. "Well, I wouldn't say he's the bad guy, but he's fucking stubborn and unwilling to loss."
I couldn't hold my laughs. "Yes, that sounds like Brother." I looked up at the leaves above my head. "Huh, Alfred… How many different trees are there in the world?"
Alfred looked up at the leave as well. "I don't know the exact number, but from what Iggy told me over a million of different species of trees are on the earth. He also said most of those species were in my home."
"America?" I asked turning to him forgetting about the different leaves for a moment.
"Well, yeah… the full name is the United States of America, but mostly everyone calls it and me America." Alfred said his eyes also leaving the leaves to look into mine instead. He gave me a big grin. "I'll show you around when you come for treatment—" Alfred slightly shuddered at the word before continuing. "—Are you sure you want this? I mean you can go home… it's not like you are being force to be here… Right? Oh, please don't tell me they are forcing you into this war! That's just horrible!"
I laughed. "No, it is my decision." I smiled as Alfred lost some of his tension at my words. I walked a head of him and smiled my brightest smile towards him; the smile only a few were able to see from my features. "But I guess me and Brother are the same with being stubborn. I made a choice—like it or not—I will not go back on my word. I promised to be Brother, so he will be able to rest… I don't think I could just give up now. I mean, look how far I've come already."
Alfred made a small smile. "Well, you asked for help from the right person! I'll make sure to make sure everything goes perfect!" Alfred gave me a strange movement with his thumbs going towards the sky.
I looked up, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. What was he trying to say?
Alfred started to laugh loudly. "You don't know what thumbs up mean?"
I shook my head embarrassed. "Ah, no I do not." I said softly.
"You have a lot to learn! Thumbs up means 'good luck' or 'awesome' or 'okay'!" Alfred said putting his right arm around my shoulders. "A thumbs down is like 'no' or 'bad'." I watched as Alfred did the thumbs down; it was just like thumbs up just going the opposite way. So down means bad, up means good. Such a strange way of speaking….
"Can you teach me other hand movements?" I asked trying the thumbs up and thumbs down for myself.
The America laughed even louder. "Sure! Just leave it to the Hero! Now…."
I listened to Alfred's explanations, so confused at the different hand signs and there different meaning… but I was laughing along with the American. I felt like I was moving up and able to do so much when Alfred taught me such simple things I never knew of before.
I wasn't scared about what was going to happen in two days because I have a Hero that was going to help me get through the pain and worry. I had no reason to be afraid when such a gentle person was walking next to me down such a dark path making it just a little brighter so we could see where we were going. I knew for a fact both of us would be able to find the path we want to be on if we worked together.