***I do not own Hetalia or any of its characters. However I do own this story and my OC Atlantis :) Enjoy!***
Japan was worried about her, and at the same time scared of her. He couldn't say anything because of his fear and she sat alone, shaking and sobbing. He finally snapped back into reality and tried to comfort her. He reached out and barely touched her shoulder and she threw herself into his arms. "I'm so sorry! If it weren't for me, you'd be okay!" she sobbed. "Nothing has happened to me yet. I'm fine, please don't worry and please stop crying...for me?" he asked with a warm, comforting smile on his face. She nodded and calmed down completely. She went into the kitchen to make tea for him and he turned on the news. He was shocked to see a volcanic explosion, and also to see which country was affected by it. "It appears that one of Iceland's volcanos has just erupted. Reporters say that this volcano also erupted last year and caused dark clouds of debris to reach over into Europe." the woman on the news stated. "No...Iceland-kun?" Japan said in shock. *This can't be from the sword...it's just coincidence.* he reassured himself. His phone started ringing and he answered it, hoping it was Iceland to tell him everything was okay. "Hey, Japan, this is America. Uh hey did you hear about Iceland?" America asked. Japan felt slightly disappointed, but was glad that the American was safe. "Yes, what happened? Is he okay?" Japan asked. "I'm not sure, after you and Atlantis left I headed back home, and when I arrived Denmark called and was freaking out. He said that Iceland was acting sort of strange one moment and then just fell over and started screaming the next...he's okay now though, he's in the hospital." America reassured him. Suddenly America started coghing and Japan could tell that he had dropped the phone when he heard a loud thud. "America? America are you alright?" Japan asked nervously. "Y-yeah...AHH!" America hissed in pain. "What's wrong?" japan asked with more worry. "I...it burns...everything! Make it stop!" America screamed. "America!" Japan yelled but the phone cut off. He focused his attention to the news when he heard his friend being mentioned. "This just in America is suffering major forest fires. Experts say it's because of the massive heatwaves that the country has been experiencing." the woman reported. *Good, so there's a logical explanation for it...he'll be okay, his brother lives near him so-* Japan thought, but was horrified by what he saw on the news.
"Canada, which is right next to America, is suffering from the same forest fires." the woman stated. *What's going on?* Japan wondered fearfully. He was startled when his phone started buzzing from all the text messages he was receiving. Atlantis burst into the room and tears were dripping down her cheeks. "Japan! Greece...Greece-" she started, but fell to her knees and sobbed. "What? How is he? What happened to Greece?" Japan asked nervously. "He...he suffered a major earthquake...he's in the hospital...Turkey's with him..." she cried. He sighed with slight relief, but was still worried since Atlantis wouldn't be crying this much normally. "Wh-what else?" Japan asked. "He's in a bad condition since his people are still fighting and his economy is rapidly falling..." she cried. Their attention was on the t.v. screen when the news reporter said that England was suffering flooding from a massive rain storm. "England too? No!" she gasped in horror. Japan's phone started ringing and once he answered it, Atlantis could tell it was Hong Kong. She could hear him screaming through the phone, and she wanted to cry when she heard that China was having terrible earthquakes. At that moment it seemed like the end of the world. Everyone was suffering and nobody knew why, nobody except Japan and Atlantis. They gave eachother worried glances, but Japan's eyes suddenly widened. He fell forward and Atlantis tried holding him up. "What? Are you okay?" she asked. "Y-yeah...AHH!" he screamed in pain. "Oh no..." she gasped. Suddenly the room started shaking slightly, and it got worse with every second. "No Japan not now!" she cried. She held onto him as he shivered and the world around them shook. When the shaking finally stopped he stood up weakly, and tried to help her up. "No Japan we have to get you somehwere safe, like a hospital! They can cure you!" she smiled weakly, trying to hold onto hope.
It seemed as though the world was going to end, but after a while, things started to get better. Atlantis stayed in the hospital with Japan, and folded paper cranes while they talked. "Are you making another one?" he asked curiously. "Yes, they're so pretty, and they're fun to make." she laughed softly. "Why are you making them?" he asked. "Well there's an old legend from your people that if you fold a thousand cranes then you'll get a wish." she smiled. "So far there's only ten, a thousand is a lot of cranes and a lot of work..." Japan laughed. "Yes, I know...but I'll work hard!" she said with determination. "What are you going to wish for?" Japan asked. "Nop! Not telling! There's an old saying that if you tell someone your wish, it'll never come true!" she giggled innocently.