Tiny chapter because I had a funny idea to add on to the previous chapter. Please read author's note at bottom. It is important.

"Die you commie!" America yelled.

Russia's laughter disappeared when America hit him.

"Haha, I'm in the lead now and you can't do anything about it!" America stuck his tongue out.

"Oh really?" Russia asked slyly.

"Heh, you wouldn't really do that?" America's laughter was nervous. "Don't press the button!"

Russia pressed the button.

"Nooooooooooooooo." Alfred whined as Russia passed him.

Russia rolled his eyes. "You still got 2nd place, it's just Mariokart."

"I know, but still." America pouted.

He crossed his arms. "Wait who's playing the 3rd person?"

"I don't know, I figured it had to do something with the floating remote over by that chair," Russia said.

America stood up. "GHOOOOOOOST!"

Canada rolled his eyes. "It's just me America."

"Oh," America said. "Sorry about that Canada."

"Can we play something else?" Canada asked. "We've been playing this for hours, I'm getting bored of getting 3rd place."

"Why not, what do you suggest?" Russia asked.

"Hockey." Canada grinned maliciously.

"Sure, as long as I get Russia on my team," America said. "You know I'll need all the help I can get."

He shuddered. "Hockey Canada is scary Canada."

Russia shrugged. "Should we play at the local rink?"

Canada shook his head. "No, last time we broke it, is there a large enough pond we can use?"

"There is but how are we going to play hockey on that?" America asked. "It is the middle of summer."

"I can get General Winter to freeze it." Russia offered.

"Cool, let's go dorks." Canada grabbed his hockey bag.

Hello, I came up with the idea for this while I was in the shower. Plus I have some important things to say.

To the guest who left that lengthy review about how

a) the story is stale, unrealistic, and cheesy,

b) the characters are OoC, and how I should watch the show,

c) it is no longer funny and has no story line

d) I should've ended the story already

First of all, the story isn't meant to have a plot, in the description it says "Basically a series of one-shots" it is meant to be cheesy. The entire thing is unrealistic. And I am sorry you think it is stale, but I'm sure at least one of the other readers disagrees with you.

Second, I know that America isn't an idiot, I know that Russia and America and England and France are friends. (Also please next time spell France correctly.) Friends argue over trivial shit, that's what friends do. I have this one friend that when we talk every other sentence is an insult towards the other. It's just how friends act. We call each other names and insult each other constantly, but if anybody else does it we will tell them to lay off because that's our friend to insult because we care about each other. Being intelligent doesn't mean that we don't have dumb moments, or that you don't pretend to be dumb to joke with previously mentioned friends. I thought I hinted that the reason America isn't at his intellectual best is because of all the controversy about global warming, and that causes him to not be able to come up with a good idea. But, that may have been lost in translation.

Thirdly, I think it's funny, so I put the line in. Other people think it's funny, so maybe it's just your sense of humor that needs to be checked. Sometimes on this fanfic and others, I get a review saying something along the lines of, "I was having a bad week/day/month/whatever and this made me laugh." I live for those reviews, as long as I make at least one person's day/week/month better, I am happy.

Lastly, if you don't like, don't read. Other than that I would like to thank you guest. Before I used reviews as a source of confidence boost on my writing abilities. If I got a review that criticized me in any way I would break down, thinking I wasn't good enough, that my story was crap, that whatever I did wasn't enough. Just a side effect of low self-esteem. After thinking about your review for a few hours, and talking with my best friend, I realized that I don't care. I don't care what you think, guest. I write for me, me only. If somebody else likes my work, thank you, I appreciate it. But first and foremost, I write because it makes me happy. So thank you, you have made me stronger. I still need to work on self-esteem, but I will not quit. As long as I have an idea for the next chapter, I will write. It may take me a month or a year to update, but I will never quit writing this story.

I would like to thank my other readers and reviews for giving me the pleasure of writing for you. It has been my honor.