HELLO SENPAIS! I AM BAAAAAAAAACK! :D

After a long hiatus. So yeah.

ANYWAY...

Back with a new chapter! And introducing a new character, too! :3

BTW, this might come out shitty because my laptop's being a FUCKING ASSHOLE

Oh, and uh, remember how I said that Japan would be in this chapter? I lied.

I'M SORRY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T KILL ME ಥ_ಥ

There's a shit ton of mentions of him in this chapter, though. I PROMISE HE'LL BE IN THE NEXT ONE IF HE ISN'T I GIVE YOU ALL PERMISSION TO MURDER ME.

But anyway, enjoy!

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Disclamer: If I owned Hetalia, it would be a lot more gay. A LOT.

. . .

I felt a breeze by my ear. Which was weird, since Germany always kept the windows in his basement firmly closed. Suddenly I felt the breeze again, and I was getting the feeling that something was wrong. I opened my eyes to see blades of grass in my face and underneath me. Okay, now I was confused. The fuck? I stood up, seeing myself in my nightgown, and somehow my glasses, and a clear blue sky. I blinked. Am I... dreaming?

A flash of light pink caught my eye. I turned and saw a lone cherry blossom tree in the distance. It piped my interest and I started walking toward it. Once I got close enough, I saw a figure underneath the tree. It was a woman, with sliky jet black hair tied into a traditional Japanese bun held together by sticks, a beautiful red kimono with covered by exotic designs tied by a blue obi, emotionless brown eyes, and wooden sandals, with a cat that looked a lot like Japaneko in her lap.

For some reason, she reminded me of Japan.

I stood silent, suddenly too shy to say anything.

"It seems you came," the woman suddenly said, surprising me on how she noticed me in the first place. She turned her chocolate brown eyes in my direction. "Hello, Aphrodite. It looks like we finally get to meet," she said with a faint smile.

I pointed to myself. "Y-you know who I am?" I sputtered like an idiot.

She laughed softly. "Of course I do. I have been watching over you for a while, Aphrodite. Have a seat," she said gently, patting the ground beside her.

Okay, stalkerish, I thought as I sat beside her. I stared at my lap self-consciously. I could see the cat the looked like Japaneko looking at me curiously out of the corner of my eye.

"Shy, are you?" The woman asked in an amused tone, breaking the awkward silence.

"Just around new people." I answered.

"I have noticed," the woman said, "you are quite the 'blunt' type, am I right?"

"Um, yeah..." I answered.

"I seems so," she said with a laugh. "Oh, Gomenasai, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Amaterasu," she greeted. "I would bow for you, but Japaneko fell asleep in my lap," she laughed, motioning toward the cat, whose identity was finally revealed. (Seriously, it was starting to bug me.)

My eyes widened. "Wait, the Amaterasu?" I asked.

"Also known as the Japanese sun goddess," she answered.

I blinked. "So, um, why am I here, Amaterasu-sama?" I said, adding 'sama' because, well, she was a goddess, for God's sake (no pun intended).

"Just call me Amaterasu, dear," she said with a wave of her hand, "believe me, this will not be the last time we will see each other."

I raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"You were sent here for a reason, Aphrodite," Amaterasu began, "in your universe, you already know that us human personifications of countries do not exist. We are made into an anime and manga created by mine and Japan's people, correct?"

I nodded.

"And a majority of that series takes place in World War II, correct?"

I nodded again.

"That is exactly why I brought you here, Aphrodite." Amaterasu stated as my eyes widened, but she didn't notice. "You may already know this, but Japan played a major part in World War II. When the Axis lost and the war ended, no country could trust Japan or his people. That is a major reason why Japan isolated himself."

"But what about Germany and Italy?" I asked.

"They were too busy recovering their own countries to notice anything," Amaterasu answered. "Japan fell depressed during his isolation, which impacted his personality greatly."

It all started making sense to me now. Japan's distant, quiet state of being, along with his personal space issues, and wanting to be alone most of the time, is due to depression. How did I not notice this sooner...?

"But..." I started, "how does any of this involve you bringing me here?"

"I was about to get to that," Amaterasu said, "I would like you to help Japan. Bring him out of his shell, show him the world outside of his manga, help him socialize, and most importantly, change his overall look of life as he sees it. I just want my son to be happy..." She trailed off, holding her head down with her bangs shielding her eyes while tears rolled down her cheeks and Japaneko (who I just realized woke up not that long ago) rubbed her arm with his head worriedly.

Japan is Amaterasu's son? I thought, not as surprised as I should have been.

Amaterasu wiped her tears hurriedly and quickly. "I am sorry, that was very unladylike of me," she said, "I just get emotional in these kind of situations..."

"It's alright," I reassured, "it's perfectly natural."

"Arigato," she said with a grateful smile, but quickly continued. "Like I was saying, you understand what I am asking of you, correct?"

I nodded.

"But I am not letting you do such a task for me with nothing in return," she stated. "It is very ungrateful."

I was going to say that it was all right, but Amaterasu continued, "So I will give you something in return."

I felt kind of bad, but asked, "What do you mean?"

"I will give you a valuable piece of information." She said, "A piece of information that will change your life as you know it."

"Do I want to know?" I hesitantly asked.

"I am sure you do." She said. "Do you accept?"

I thought about it for a second. Helping Japan is something that I definitely want to do. No matter how big or small the reward is, if there is even one. Helping Japan is worth the blood, sweat, and tears put into it.

I nodded determinedly. "Of course."

Amaterasu smiled widely with tears of happiness brimming in her eyes. "Arigato, Aphrodite," she said as she threw her arms around me.

We hugged for a moment before breaking apart. Amaterasu's eyes widened slightly. "Oh! There is something that I almost forgot!" I sweatdropped as she reached toward Japaneko, who was holding something in his mouth to her.

Amaterasu held the object in her hands. "This is a gift that I would like to give to you as a token of my gratitude."

She opened her hands to reveal the object. I gasped. It was a necklace with a sterling silver chain and a sakura pendant.

It was... beautiful.

"Amaterasu, I... I can't accept this..." I said in awe.

"I insist." Amaterasu said.

I took the necklace hesitantly while my throat felt suddenly dry.

Amaterasu laughed. "Here, let me." I gave her the necklace as I held my hair while she clipped it to my neck. I lifted the pendant and stared at it.

"Amaterasu... thank you," I told the goddess.

"No, thank you," she said.

I smiled. Suddenly, I felt dizzy and fell to the ground. "W-wha..." I trailed off.

"It seems that you are waking up," Amaterasu said, standing over me.

My vision started to fade away as I heard her say, "Good luck, Aphrodite Johnson."

. . .

Third Person

Amaterasu watched as Aphrodite's body started to fade away.

"Are you really going to tell her that?" Japaneko asked her.

"Of course I am," she answered with her eyes closed.

"About her family?"

"She deserves to know the truth." Amaterasu said sadly.

. . .

I shall now leave you with a cliffhanger. *rubs hands evilly*

JEEBUS CHRIST THAT TOOK FOREVER

Anyway, think of that as a coming back chapter!

Okay I gotta go to bed now, it's like two here, and I have school tomorrow (╥_╥)

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