"He~llo there everybody!" ~Markiplier

… and welcome back to this! Thanks SO much for reading this far everybody! I hope you decide to keep up with this, because it's been a lot of work to miss only three days of updating since publication, and it takes a lot of support to keep it up. I really didn't expect to do this good at keeping this updated~! Well, I still own nothing now enjoy~!

"What the-!?" Canada looked over.

"Wh-what the heck is That, aru!?"

"It's about time you showed up," Russia panted. "I believe saying is… 'you're late for the party', Дa?" England looked frantically around the room. "Where's America!?" he demanded. Canada almost couldn't dodge the attack from the Creature. For once, he wasn't mistaken for his brother. Then he remembered…

"W-we don't know," he said. This time, the defeated, hurt look on England's face did make him unable to avoid the attack he saw last-second. Just as England and China started running closer, Russia was already taking the attack to his chest. "R-Russia!" Canada shouted.

The cold nation ran a finger over the shallow cuts and hummed as he looked at it. "That hurts, you know… I think I'd like to thank you," he said ominously, grabbing his pipe on both ends.

"R-Russia, that pipe hasn't done much yet; why would it-?" *SHING!*

The other three Nations stared at the new sword he was holding in wonder, and the Thing looked like he was looking at Russia with… intrigue? Yes, it was like It was impressed with him. But… Why would It…? "Wh… How…?"

"I asked Japan to make this for me one day. Turns out it really was a good idea," Russia explained. "Now…" He dodged another attack and then jumped on the arm. He jumped at Its neck and left a deep gash that oozed lime green goo.

As Russia leapt back onto the ground, England turned to China and said, "Let's give them reinforcements!" He gave England an "are you crazy" look, but he ignored it and got out his magic book. Despite his disbelief, China grabbed his Taiji swords from his back.

The two of them ran up to the fight and started to attacking with the colder nations.

China unleashed a series of attacks at a speed he couldn't believe, and Russia continued both using his sword end and smashing the other end into It. Canada launched a few more arrows, and England looked for just the right spell.

"Impedimenta!" he yelled. It recoiled a step from a hint of ice appearing on Its skin. "Aiyaa, that actually work, aru!?" China yelled. Because of his distraction, China was knocked against a wall.

"China!" the others yelled. England grit his teeth. Dammit! Why did that do so bloody little!? England thought angrily. He tried again, but this time It managed to dodge and knock the book away from him. Luckily, that was all that got torn away, even if his hands were marked up badly now.

It turned to Russia next, dodging each of his attacks and then scratching him again, also knocking away his pipe-sword. Russia tried punching It as It turned to Canada, but he was knocked on top of China. Canada tried shooting It with more arrows, but it was useless. It picked him up, causing him to yelp and drop his bow and bag.

Just when Canada was sure his last sight would be the inside of Its black mouth, he heard, "Leave my friends alone!" Suddenly, It was screeching in pain and dropped him onto the ground, green oozing slightly from a mark on Its arm. Japan completed three perfect back-flips before landing on the ground in perfect balance.

"J-Japan!?" England cried. China's eyes shot open and he pushed the still-dazed Russia off of him. "J-Ja… H-how…?" he stuttered.

"Hello to all of you as well," Japan said, not taking his eyes off the Thing. "But really, let's save our reunion greetings until after I deal with this." England was the only one who could see, but the usually calm Nation's eyes were burning with anger.

"Can… we help…?" Russia asked, despite obviously not being recovered enough to fight yet.

"No, I can handle this on my own. I need to repay It kindly for all of your injuries, and I fear I might hurt one of you if you were fighting It as well," Japan declined. England then decided joining the others behind Japan would be the best option.

As the others looked at each other in worry and confusion, Japan jumped up and began his attack. It tried to hit him, England could credit, but It came nowhere near the island Nation. Japan brought his sword down onto Its neck while It continued trying to hit him. It unleashed an electric attack, but Japan was somehow fast enough to dodge it, despite having been on Its body when It used the attack.

Japan ran back to It immediately, screaming as he ruthlessly dug his sword through Its skin over and over, everywhere on Its body. Once he was through with that, he chanted something and slammed his tachi into Its forehead. It screeched, and Japan jumped off to the side, panting. It gave him one last glare before literally vanishing into thin air.

"Heh, now It looks like Canada~" Russia said. "J-just say It disappeared, merde*!" Canada shouted-though it was still quiet…

Japan sheathed his sword and turned to help up China, who was still on the floor. "Are you okay, China-san?" he asked, lifting him up with a small grunt. "Y-yeah, it's just…" China swallowed hard. Russia didn't quite let him finish. "So, that was not first time you fought it, was it?" he asked. Japan frowned at him.

"What do you mean? You all have been here far longer than us, so you've fought it before, too," Japan said in confusion. "Y-you aren't supposed to be here yet, aru!" China yelled. "And we have been here less than hour!"

"Wh-what?" "Yes, I remember him saying just before we walked in that you had responded you might join us here later, and you couldn't have sent it from here; there's no signal!" England said, very confused. "Italy-kun wanted to check on you all about three hours after you all left. Germany and Prussia came along, and we stopped to buy… items, plus we ate lunch, so it took us well over three hours to get here. When we got here, we didn't see a trace of you…" Japan said, rubbing his temples.

"B-but, we were here long before you! Er, wait… Yeah? U-um, we haven't been here long, so… W-wait, how long have you been here!?" Canada was someone who thought and liked flowing stories, if England recalled. No wonder he was having a mini panic attack.

Japan bit his lip. "Let's… discuss this more in our safe room," Japan said. "There's a safe room here?" England asked. "Safer than the other rooms we've found." Three of them nodded silently. China, however, pulled up his bag and said, "One more thing before that!" He pulled out a white shirt that was badly burnt and had one large red spot on it. "What's with this, aru!?" he demanded.

Japan blinked and took it from him. "Oh… Italy was nervous when he woke up-explain later-, so he tried to calm down by making pasta. He… accidently spilled the sauce on me," he explained, looking a bit embarrassed by the story. "When he woke up"…? Have to remember to ask about that one… England thought. "So, I threw it in the fireplace to help keep the fire up a little longer."

China stared at him a bit. "I… I was worried sick, aru! I thought you bad hurt!" he shouted. "Speaking of hurt, let's get you to Italy; he can help with your wounds." The other four shared a questioning look, but they followed silently.

Wooooooow, Ioved writing this chapter! Transy time~:

*merde- French for "dammit"

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