Author's Note: I decided to do something quite strange. Instead of just having Japan, I am going to be having femJapan as well. So they will be like Italy- there are two of them. femJapan will be called Sakura.

Chapter Nineteen

I know that I will be whole

While I keep in my soul

The light shine on me

From your eyes that never lie

Oh my darling angel

Guide me through this barren sky

~Eyes that never lie (Belarus, 2009)

The two women that entered were both unusual as they each had a twin. Therefore, they differed from those that had siblings as they would always rule the same land and people. However, the two sets of twins ruled in a different way.

The two Italians ruled one half of the land each. Because they were twins, they would always be one land and one nation, even though the culture of the two lands was very different.

As for the other two, they ruled together. At the first glance, it would seem that the brother was the one who ruled and did everything, since it was usually he that talked with their boss or any other during meetings. However, the truth was simply because the sister preferred to watch and think. This was because she lacked self confidence in dealing with others and was very shy. On the occasions when her brother was away, she proved that she was actually very capable with ruling and negotiating.

The way they functioned had nothing to do with gender, but personality.

Therefore, to see her standing here alone was rather surprising.

"Sakura…the other Japan." Alfred said grimly, remembering when they first met. After all, there was a time when America was actually rather good friends with Japan.

However, now that he thought about it, while Kiku did become closer with him, Sakura never seemed to have warmed up to him. Initially, he thought that this as due to the other's shy personality, but he was not very sure now.

Like her twin brother, she was rather petite and since she did not need to wear any military uniform, she would usually be wearing kimono. The European nations all remembered her as having hair that was only a bit longer then her brother. However, when China arrived, the other actually said: "What happened to your long hair, Sakura? The long hair that you are so proud of?"

"Things change." Was her only answer before she turned to her companion, indicating that it was time.

"We are both here to make an important declaration." Lovina began. She was wearing military uniform with her hair tied up, a gun in her hand. When Antonio saw her, he had smiled sadly and asked her: "So who do you seek to fight this time, little Lovina? And tell me why do you have to do it by yourself again?"

Perhaps if she begged or even just asked him, then he might be here, even though his country was so broke that they could not even fight.

"Romano, after all that you and your brother have done to help Germany, you expect us to believe you so easily?" Arthur pointed out.

"Of course not." Lovina said. "However, my idiotic brother is no longer influencing our boss, who we have replaced. I am now the one that is influential and I can promise you that Italy will fight with all of you. However, if you do not trust us, then we will surrender and place ourselves at your mercy. I will let myself be chained at this very moment as the proof."

"Where is your brother?" Someone finally asked.

"I chained him up because he still wants to help Germany." At this, Lovina laughed bitterly. "To think that my cowardly brother out of all people actually want to continue fighting." (1)

But this was also because she was helping her brother. By doing this to him, Monika could not accuse him of betraying her as he was truly hopeless at the situation.

"And what about you?" the question would naturally be directed to Sakura.

"I can't do what Miss Lovina did, because my people still wishes to fight. Nor would my twin brother ever contemplate such a thing. Therefore…" She took out a few scrolls. "These are the secrets I have stolen, and they include the location of where the captured nations are." (2)

Which was one of the main priorities for the Allied Nations. Upon realising that defeat might soon come, Monika's boss ordered that the nations he had captured be placed in a secret location. The number had grown to a fairly alarming one since in addition to Poland, Netherlands and Denmark; there were the Baltic States, along with Anya's two sisters when Russia was first attacked.

"…I want them to be rescued more then anything." Sakura whispered. "This is why I am doing this."

"So you will betray your own brother?" Alfred said. This was a rather sensitive topic with him since he remembered his war of independence. He had been very upset when his 'brother' refused to help him, and having to fight his 'brother' was one of the worst experiences that he had ever experienced.

"You are one to talk!" Lovina snapped. During that brief time she and the other had become rather close friends due to their mutual frustration with their brother. "If we don't do this, then you will accuse us of being inhumane. But when we do the right thing, you spit at us."

"It is alright, Miss Lovina." Sakura said. "I don't care what they say, especially not him."

Upon this, Alfred knew that she definitely dislike him more then a bit. He was actually quite upset by this. Of course, he knew that there were times when people were irritated with him due to not believing that he was doing the right thing. However, it seemed that the other just…hate him. (3)

A bit like Anya. But he regarded Russia as being different because that was someone that he did not care about. That person was not related to his friend, or someone that would have been his friend.

"What is wrong with you?" Alfred demanded. "Kiku…"

"How dare you!" this was yelled out, and because it was yelled out by someone that was usually quite quiet, it seemed much louder. "After all that you have done…you dare to say this to me? You treated my people as if we were your subordinate and unlike the others, you don't even have the decency to admit this. You continue to be hypocritical by calling yourself the hero when you are not better then them! As if all this is not enough…you took him away! Because of you, he went away!" (4)

"Him?" Was this it? Was it this simple? She was jealous of his friendship with her twin brother. "Look, Kiku – "

"Not Kiku, you idiot!" she snapped. "Lars! Because of your, Lars left!"

So much happened that the shy girl was no longer able to conceal her emotions.

At that moment, Matthew remembered an event that had happened some time ago, when she had been talking to Lars after that Christmas at the Nordic household. The mentioning of Lovina had made her friend mention Sakura.

"In these cases, it seems that the female is the much stronger one." Lars commented. "In our first meeting, Kiku had ended up shutting himself in his room and it was Sakura who greeted me." (5)

And before Matthew left with the others to carry out the plans of liberating the nations, Sakura had asked Matthew to deliver a message for her to Lars.

"Please tell him that I kept on thinking of him and I never felt as bad as the day when my country decided to ally with those that hurt him."

"But why me?" Matthew asked.

"Because the two of you are really good friends." She said simply.

Matthew ended up being the leader, a task that she was very surprised at, and her son was one of the nations with her. She was regretful at this, but the young man insisted.

The nations were actually located in a concentration camp and were treated as prisoners. The truth was that their camp mates were so ill that it wouldn't matter if the nations revealed their real identity.

"Emil, you saw war at its worst when you were only a child." Matthew began softly. "Now you will see humanity at its worst. I really don't want you to see this."

"I will see it, in order to prevent me from making Monika's mistake." Emil said in reply. "If I ever feel that my boss might cause something like this, then I will act instead of just obey by remembering this scene."

What more could she say?

Matthew and the rest would invade via France, and there were reports of how Anya was going to invade via the East.

However, it was not Anya that they met when they arrived at the camp, but Tino.

"Finland." Matthew began, almost making the mistake of using his human name due to her private conversation with her son, where she would use 'Tino'. "I thought that Finland has decided to be neutral."

"We are neutral, but we heard about the Allies' action as well as this camp, and my boss decided that we will help you in this matter."

To describe what happened as that of liberation was rather ironic because the camp was long deserted. However, those that left did not offer any pity for the prisoners, as the tall fences that encircled this place was still intact and locked.

Therefore, it was the smell that announced them having reached their destination.

Emil began to throw up and New Zealand patted him on the back gently. He has taken part in the liberation of other concentration camps, but this merely meant that he was not seeing something for the first time.

"…Eduard?" Tino suddenly whispered as he saw two people standing amidst the now forever stilled bodies that covered the grounds. "Is that you? Are you – "

His words died because what could he say? How could anyone in this situation be alright?

"We are all alive." The other said bitterly. "The only reason that we are alive is because we are nations. If we are mortals, then we would already be dead."

"But where are the others?" Tino pressed on.

"We are scattered across the camp. We tried to help the humans as best as we can, but we couldn't do anything. All that we can do now is to give them the burial that they ought to have." Natalia was standing beside Estonia, but they could barely recognise her. Not only was she wearing the prisoners' uniform, her long hair was all shaved.

"Most? What do you mean by most?" Matthew asked sharply.

"Denmark was shut in as it was meant to be his punishment for his betrayal." Estonia explained, and he did all this without pausing his task of digging. "Netherlands was shut in just before they left, as he was trying to find a way to break the fence."

Matthew wanted nothing more then to charge to where her husband and close friend were, but she knew that she could not. Therefore, she first gave the others clear instructions of who to find and where to report.

"I will go and find Denmark and Netherlands." She concluded.

"I will- " Emil began, but was interrupted by Tino.

"I know that you want to help your father, Emil, and so do I. However, this is why it has to be Canada. You and I will both be too emotional."

"But…" Emil wanted to protest but he stopped as he had to admit that Tino was right. He could not say that he would not be a hindrance due to his emotions.

Although the situation was oddly ironic due to Matthew's real identity.

"New Zealand, I want you to come with me."

As they approached the said place, Matthew actually found herself shaking slightly, afraid at what she would see. At this, New Zealand gave her a gentle pat on the shoulders, what he did with her son. However, the other naturally thought that this was due to Netherlands.

"That guy is tough." He assured Matthew. "That is what Australia told me." (6)

She knew this, just as she knew that Mathias was still very strong. However, that did not mean that it would be alright.

Unlike the rest of the prisoners, these two were deemed to be so dangerous that they had to be chained. Upon entering, she immediately saw Lars, who managed to sit up by leaning against the wall.

Upon seeing Matthew, Lars actually smiled. However, that smile was like a mockery of a real smile.

"…I thought that it might be you." He said simply. "The Germans actually whisper your name like a bogeyman."

At least that was what she thought he said. It was not very easy for her to be certain, as his voice was very soft due to his weakened state. In addition, the numerous flies made it even harder to hear his voice.

Flies came due to the blood of their wounds. Upon being captured, the guards would release their guilt and anger by whipping Lars and Mathias. They did not know of the two's identity and simply thought that they had an unusual health, which seemed to offend them even more, or perhaps it made their actions more pardonable to themselves.

"Lars, where is him? Where is Mathias- Denmark?" she whispered urgently. "Isn't he in this room as well?"

Lars nodded to the shape in the other corner that she did not notice. He could not point as he was simply too weak.

"He has been like this for the last two days." Lars informed them.

Unlike Lars, Mathias was sprawling on the ground and his body seemed completely still. Kneeling down in front of him, Matthew gently placed her hands on his back and she immediately felt the scars.

"Denmark." She whispered softly. "I am…I am here to help you. The war will soon be over and you are freed now.

However, silence was the only answer.

"Please answer me." She said desperately, grabbing one of his hands. "Just say something…Mathias."

The hand she held suddenly moved and with a strength that existed due to desperation, Mathias managed to raise the upper half of his body. He then began to touch his face, as this was the only way that he could see now.

She became completely still, and this was not because he was touching her. It was because of his eyes.

Or rather…what happened to them.

"Ranveig." He whispered the name as if it was a blessing. "Ranveig, this time, I know it is you."

He then pulled her into his arms and held her very tightly.

"Is Emil alright?" he began. "You helped him to realise what I want, didn't you? I am sure that you are the only one who is able to help him to realise this."

"He is fine." She whispered softly so that only he can hear. "And you will be too."

"Don't leave." He cried out, feeling that she was moving back. "Ranveig…don't leave me again!"

"You need to go to the hospital with the others." She said firmly. "Your wounds must be treated as soon as it can, especially…"

"My eyes? Yes. However…" at this he actually chuckled bitterly. "I feel that you will be gone the moment my eyes can see again. Therefore…I almost do not wish to see. But please tell me, where are you?"

However, she was not ready to answer the question as she did not know what answer she should give him.

Ironically, one of the biggest problems actually came when there shouldn't be any more problems. Matthew was just going to describe their mission as being completed, having carried both Matthews and Lars out, when the problem came.

Anya has arrived.

The other clearly had suffered due to the war, but there was a triumphant, if not a bit weak, smile on Anya's face. After all, the war would soon be over and her people played a large role in this.

Matthew began to tell Anya about what had happened with Denmark and Netherlands, but she suddenly noticed that the other was not looking at her anymore.

Anya's face had become very pale while her gaze hard. Following the other's look, Matthew saw that it was fixed on Tino.

Too late, she remembered the conversation she had with her son a few nights ago.

"Tino and his people invaded Russia." Emil had said. He had stopped addressed the other as Matthew, but nor did he use Móðir again, as it was too risky. He would only use it when he was absolutely certain that they were alone. "Tino was really upset…I think he was even crying. I don't really understand why he is so upset at this. Didn't she capture him? And it is not his fault that this is happening."

This showed how young he still was, in addition to the fact that he was asking for an answer from his mother.

"Anya treated him better then us." She explained to him. "We were very fond of Tino, but he was our servant. Not a family friend. He would be a family friend now, but not back then." (7)

Anya screamed sharply and then leapt at Tino. At that moment, Matthew was taken to the past, where the other had only been a little girl. Lost in her own memory, she did not immediately stop Anya, who began to punch and kick Tino.

"You bastard, how can you betray me like this? You out of all people!" Anya screamed out.

"I am sorry." Tino said simply, and he offered not struggle at all.

"I trusted you!" Anya continued, weeping. "Even if you had to obey your boss, you did not need to fight- you did not need to be the one to carry these actions out! You did not need to be the one to harm me!"

"Neesan, don't bother with him." Natalia said softly as she gently tugged her sister's hand. "Don't…don't be upset over him."

However, Anya simply continued and in the end, Emil and Matthew had to drag her away.

The injured nations were sent to a hospital that Switzerland was in charged of. However, this was due to the fact that he was probably the only completely neutral country that was capable of doing this. (8)

Beside him was a nation that most of them were not able to recognise. This nation appeared as a young girl with her blond hair in two plaits, secured with ribbons.

"This is Liechtenstein, my little sister." Switzerland said and he then raised his rifle. "And I will give my warning now! Anyone that dares to touch her in anyway will get more then one round of my bullets!"

"Niisama, I am sure that none of them will be thinking about this." Liechtenstein said softly. (9)

Mathias was one of the first to be treated and Emil decided to use this time to contact his uncle.

Afterwards, he could only wait. He had to wait by himself as Canada was making a report to Arthur on the phone, and she would then talk to Lars.

"Would you like some coffee?" it was Liechtenstein. "Do not worry, your father will be fine."

"I know this, but I am still really worried." Emil admitted. "However, I don't want to upset my….friend. He has so much on his hand already."

"Do you mean Canada?" at this, she sat at the spot that the other preciously was. "You two seem to be really good friends."

"Well…he is a really good friend." That was what he would have answered before, so he did not feel that he was lying. "I am fine, really, you don't need to deliberately check to make sure that I am alright."

"It isn't that. I am on a break and I saw you…and I want to talk to you." She admitted rather shyly. "I feel a bit nervous to talk to some of the others but you seem really nice."

Like her, he was a small and young nation. However, she still felt that he was rather different as he had fought in the war.

So they talked of whatever that came into their head. For him, it was to forget all the inhumane acts that he has seen. For her, it was to forget seeing the result of those acts in this hospital.

Perhaps they simply needed the other to remind them that the world could be very kind as well.

Unlike Mathias, Lars' condition was not as bad. However, this was limited to the physical aspects. Matthew could easily see the mental wounds that all of the nations would now be bearing.

"Japan…Sakura sent a message for you." Matthew began as she sat down right beside him.

"Is she well?" Lars asked and after he heard about what happened, he nodded. "As I said before, Sakura is actually much stronger then her brother as she can force herself to make such decisions about what must be done. But it is a shame that Kiku is still there. I am a bit worried that he might hurt himself when he learnt of what happened. Kiku…is actually not that strong."

The way that Lars spoke of Kiku was actually rather strange, because it seemed to be a rather inaccurate description. However, this was because Lars has seen Kiku at his most vulnerable status and so knew that there was more to Kiku then what people usually see.

Perhaps he even took a rather elder brother attitude to the other. (10)

It was strange though, Kiku and Sakura seemed like little siblings that needed help even though they were much older then him. Matthew whom he has seen as a child seemed to be older then him.

"But I want to thank you for all the help you gave to my people." Lars began.

"They are strong, Lars, they will be fine." She assured him. "My people merely give them the beginning that they needed."

"But I wish that we handled the matter in a very different way." Lars said softly. "Unlike Denmark…we did not do more."

"That wasn't your fault!" she said firmly.

A silence then descended and Matthew was thinking of whether she should tell Belgium to come when Lars spoke.

"…we are good friends, are we not?"

"Of course, why are you saying this?"

"Then I want you to know that I will never tell anyone your secret." He said very sincerely. "Mathijs…when I trade, I feel that the best way is to trade with someone who thinks that I cannot understand their language even though I do, as that is the best way for me to gain an advantage. Therefore, I know more language then what most people think."

"And?" she asked, clearly puzzled.

"I trade with Denmark frequently enough to learn quite a bit of Danish. You probably did not realise this, but when you were talking with Denmark in that place, the entire conversation was in Danish." (11)

Officially, Canada was bilingual. However, the truth was that she was actually multi-lingual. As Vinland, she knew Old Norse and as she was there when the languages began to differ due to the countries developing their own identity even stronger, she was able to speak both Danish and Norwegian. As a result of this, she could understand Swedish well enough due to the idea of mutual intelligibility. Later on, she began to learn Icelandic and it was rather easy as it was very similar to Old Norse. (12)

"So I know more language then what I appear to know as well, but what does this mean?" it was clear that Lars was suggesting something, but she felt that she simply couldn't work it out.

"I understand what you two were saying and it all make sense. Why you seem to be much older. Why there are times when I feel that you are older then me. Because you are Ranveig…Vinland."

"What do you mean? How did you arrive at this conclusion? All that you heard is Denmark saying that he thought I was Vinland."

"The conversation was merely a proof to what I have been trying to work out. You were so concerned about Denmark even though you are not close to him. You worry about him the way that I would worry about my family." Lars explained. "Most of all, the way that you speak to him. Therefore, I know that you are Vinland. Denmark's Queen."

"You have seen Vinland before?" it was clear that she was not admitting anything due to the fact that she continued to address Vinland in third person.

"When I was still with Antonio. I can't remember what had happened but Spain wanted me to deliver a message to Denmark. You looked really different then. You had very long hair and dressed in a very feminine way." (13)

She was a confident young woman in her own home, not that shy little 'boy' who had 'his' home decided by others.

"I will keep this as a secret if you want to. However, you obviously miss them, so why do you continue to stay away from them all?"

Because she was a very precious friend to him, the one who never fought against him, and always remained there, he knew that he could ask her this question. And because he was her friend who never tried to interfere with her life other then that incident long ago, she realise that she could tell him the truth.

"I don't know how to tell them." she said honestly. "I have stayed away from them for so long that I don't know how to go back."

"But I think Denmark recognises you now." Lars suddenly said.

"He has recognised me before when he was drunk." She pointed out before she suddenly laughed. "This is actually rather funny. That I am talking about such a topic with you."

Yet neither could deny that it was a nice change from that terror of war.

"I am certain of one thing though," Lars suddenly said. "I am not sure about Vinland because I don't know Vinland. However, I know that Canada is very strong and she would never just hide away like that."

Notes:

(1) This is referring to how Italy did surrender to the allies. I really do believe that due to what Italy feels for Germany (whether you wish to interpret it as a romantic feelings or just friendship) Italy would have wanted to continue fighting, even though we see how much he does not like it.

(2) It is kind of ironic that I have femJapan addressing Romano with a 'Miss' instead of using a 'san', given what had happened before. However…I don't feel like letting her use –san, so that is why I would have her say 'Miss Romano or Miss Lovina' as there is no way that someone like femJapan would just address the other by their name.

(3) I feel that America is actually quite like that. In a way, you can say he is selfish, but in a way, you can also argue that this is a sign of innocence. What I am trying to say is this: America cannot understand why someone who should like him should hate him. Because to America, Japan is his friend and therefore, Japan's sister should be his friend as well. Therefore, the fact that she does not like him would actually hurt him. To him, he cannot understand what is it that he did wrong to make him be disliked by someone. I feel that a similar thing would have happened with him and Canada in the American War of Independence. To America, he and Canada are brothers and so they would stick together no matter what, therefore, the fact that Canada did not would have affected him deeply.

(4) First of all, I want to point out one thing: femJapan is obvious biased because she likes Netherlands. However, I do feel that American treatment of the Japanese has been much worse then the Dutch treatment, although I do feel that femJapan is wrong by saying that they were treated as if they were completely inferior, or as if they were a part of the New World. Not to mention, Japan has done bad things as well. But because she obviously like Netherlands and really resent what was done, she would put an argument where they appear to be victimized so much more.

(5) There have been quite a lot of times when Japan just shut himself in his room. And there was also the scene when Netherlands visited Japan, shortly before America was coming, and Japan had shut himself in his room again. When Netherlands open the door, Japan actually screamed out that he does not want to see any sunlight. Therefore, this made me want to make femJapan different from him in that aspect. Despite how much she dislikes it, she would be able to face it. Since Japan reacted this way in the meeting with the others, I can see him doing so when he first met Netherlands, which is why I feel that it would have been femJapan that first met him.

(6) The Dutch seemed to have quite some involvement with Australia, as opposed to New Zealand. However, the problem with having New Zealand mentioning Australia is that New Zealand would probably be calling the other by the human name (given that we two countries have a rather weird relationship at times)

(7) Once again, this is a theme that I have talked about a lot of times. When Finland was the Nordics' servant, Iceland was still very little. After Vinland was taken away, he then didn't see the other that much as Finland went to work in Sweden's house completely. By the time that Denmark and the others reconciled due to the fight with Russia, Finland had more freedom and not that long later, Finland was taken away by Russia. When he returned, he was in a very different position. Therefore, Iceland himself never really realised that Finland had a very different position from the rest of them. He did know that Finland was not really part of the family and that Finland did get ordered about by his relatives, but he probably thought that Finland was a family friend who happened to work for them, not so much a servant.

(8) Before, I always thought that Switzerland being neutral simply meant they were neutral and stayed out of the war. However, I then learnt that the reason they managed to stay neutral was because they had the power to get rid of any that would dare to try and approach them. Make sense, because there were a lot of other countries that declared neutrality too (Denmark and Netherlands). Therefore, I feel that Switzerland is kind of a paradox. At one hand, they would attack you regardless of what side you are if you happen to come across, but at the other hand, there is the Swiss Red Cross who help any regardless of what side they are on.

(9) Basically here is the issue of using Japanese words, and to be honest, the fact that I got criticized for being disrespectful about this still annoys me. However…this is what Liechtenstein calls her brother. She actually calls her brother 'niisama' (or oniisama), I can't quite recall it. Likewise, Belarus actually calls her brother 'niisan' and Italy calls his brother 'oniichan'. Therefore, this is why she will be calling him 'niisama' (at least in her song I am pretty sure that she said niisama.

(10) From the scene where Netherlands was talking to Japan, I really do feel that he did have a slight brotherly attitude to him.

(11) Given that Netherlands is a very sharp merchant, I feel that this is something he would do to make sure that he would get the best deal. Given that Denmark was very powerful and pretty close to him, I really think that Netherlands would have learnt Dutch.

(12) The idea of mutual intelligibility is quite interesting, although I think it is quite hard for English speakers to relate to, because there doesn't seem to be any other language or even dialect that English speakers can relate to with English. I feel that I should explain this because I don't want people to feel that I am making Canada too amazing. However, I do not think that it is illogical that she should know quite a few languages. I think a lot of the other nations would probably be multi-lingual too. Belgium herself would definitely be tri-lingual (at the very least since there are three official languages), Switzerland then would be fluent in four language at the least. Not to mention that I feel that both Netherlands and Belgium would know Luxembourgish as well, given that they are a family. Then there is Spain, who would know Catalan given that Catalan was once a very important language. So what I am trying to say is that nations would probably be multi-lingual due to their past and family (probably even America).

Anyway, Canada being multilingual…It seems that Danish and Norwegian does share similarity and given that she has lived with Denmark and Norway, she would be able to speak both. Since she can speak both, she would most likely be able to understand Swedish. She might not be able to speak it, but she would be able to understand it. Not to mention Old Norse, which is actually her 'first language'. But since she was with them and would have experienced the development of the language, learning Danish and Norwegian would probably not have been very hard. She is obviously learning Icelandic due to her son and I read that Icelandic is the language closest to Old Norse, so it would probably not be that hard for her to learn it.

(13) The thing with her hair is simply this: most nations who has seen her remember her as someone with very long hair and dress very femininely, as that is something that you can easily see.

Author's Note: First of all, femJapan. I saw a picture of femJapan. It was fan art, but I just really like that picture, and I then thought about having femJapan. However, what happened is really weird. I have genderbent a lot of characters (Canada, Sweden, Russia, Germany, Romano). Sweden is the hardest character but I still managed to do her. However, I just can't imagine a femJapan. I guess I can't imagine having a femJapan instead of the original Japan. It just doesn't work. Yet as I said, I really do want to put femJapan in it as well, so this is what I ended up doing. I decided to let there be an additional Japan, which is the femJapan, and they would be a bit like the two Italy, there would always be the two of them. I also admit, another reason that I want to write about femJapan is because that gives me a chance to describe the clothes that she would wear (the colour, pattern and the style) although it is not as if I got to do that.

I made the two Italy twins. To be honest, I really feel that they should be twins, given that they have the same country. Yet I don't think Canada and America should be twins. How do you be twins when you have different birthdays? I am actually not sure whether they are twins as I have seen too many versions. Some say they are, others say they aren't.

Initially, I really didn't have the idea of pairing up femJapan and Netherlands but after a few paragraphs…I realise that my story is clearly heading into that direction. And then I thought: Why not? Netherlands did play quite an interesting part in Japanese history and why not femJapan? Perhaps it is because I like him that I want to pair him up with someone? Maybe, maybe not. As a result, we can see that fem!Japan definitely likes him a lot, and he probably does like her too. However, I know that I won't have time to explore their relationship, so it would just be left at the state of: "There might be something happening."

New Zealand came out since there was obviously more then a few nations in the mission Canada was in, and I don't just want to have 'and someone else said this and that' and 'Canada then asked another of the nation there to come with her' so I thought that I will be patriotic and let my own country make a guest appearance in the story.

Once again, as mentioned, this chapter is based on the war, but it is not historically accurate. There are and will be many changes made for plot purposes.