Filler time~!

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Charice barely had her balance back as Rizal led her toward the lunch room, where the others were waiting to meet them. He barely noticed Peter swinging a toy hammer around that almost electrocuted poor Francis ("he freaking deserved it", Charice spat). Rizal sighed and sat down quietly. At least he would've…if Charice wasn't egging Peter on with the fire spells.

"…please stop saying that."

"Why? Damn Francis deserves this!"

God someone get me out of here…

Rizal decided to stand up and walk away as Charice began taking his pain into her own hands. The Filipino gave up and headed away from his seat, wondering who else their allies supposedly were. There was Alfred, Ivan, Francis, Erika, Vash, Magnus, Peter (I guess…?) and Arthur. Compared to that group, Feliciano, Ludwig and Antonio were on the other side.

Taking into account that everyone came to the UN meeting, the group we have here is surprisingly small. Rizal sighed. I have…a lot on my hands.

"I'm glad we are able to find you."

Rizal turned around and saw Wang Yao walking toward him, wearing an outfit similar to what he would usually wear…except it was a bright blue instead of the usual red that he was prone to wearing. Plus, he seemed to be lacking a panda bear on his back. The poor boy couldn't help but continue looking.

"You're not going to find what you're looking for."

"…I'm just wondering." He stated. "You do look a lot like your real self, Yao."

"I prefer you use the name of my other self, if you don't mind. It…makes everything a little less awkward."

"…sure." Rizal cocked an eyebrow. "W-what's your other name?"

"Kurapika."

"…Kura…pika."

"That's my name."

"…all right…Kurapika." He pointed to Charice. "Why don't you tell my sister that?"

"I'll be most happy to."

Alllll right then.

Rizal took a breath and continued on, not even thinking about it. Halfway through walking aimlessly around the room, he saw (with a gigantic sigh of relief) Natalya as she was sharpening her knives and loading up all her guns with any type of Russian guns she had. He had to flinch because of that, but when they made eye contact she just nodded at him and turned back to the guns. He sighed.

That's good. Now he knew why Belarus is scary.

He was about to say something when he felt a cold chill down his back. He turned his head around and realized that there was no one behind him. The chill came back to him as he darted his head around again. Rizal's nerves started to tense immediately. Who was around him at a time like this…?

"You must've met him already."

Rizal turned his head in confusion and saw Lukas as he gave Natalya an empty shotgun and fixed a pickaxe at his belt. He really wished that his yo-yo and whatever power Arthur said he had was actually going to work against anything that might…oh, I don't know, try and kill him?

"Met who?"

"Matthew."

"Matthew?" That was strange. He was usually one of the few who could see him at first glance (he had to after Charice took an interest).

"Yeah, the ghost of the building." Lukas stated. "I can't see him, but from what I can hear he's been haunting this building for eons."

Maybe that's just bad lighting? Rizal wanted to strangle Arthur later. "How'd he die?"

"War, perhaps." Lukas sighed. "If only I had the ability to see spirits like I used to…"

"Well, I'm not affected so I think I can still see him if I try."

"Go ahead and do that. He would be a great asset if we can get him on our side."

If he's not a spy of the other side, I'm sure that's going to happen. Now if only Rizal was right about this…

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He didn't really believe in the rituals that most people would use to try and summon a spirit. Many believe that an Ouija Board or even a dark room with some lit candles is going to bring them out (though the dark room does help in viewing the ghost). While that would usually bring them out, it would usually be temporary. The real method to bring them out is having a certain emotion on the consciousness. It doesn't even have to be the greatest one; back of the mind works just as well. The ghosts usually feed off that to physically manifest themselves in front of people.

Of course, this method doesn't work well with normal humans because they have a limited amount of energy to feed off of. Actual shamans are a little better because they can redirect energy from the air for the ghost to feed off of. Rizal might be able to bring him out by country energy alone, if his stamina isn't completely compromised to a miniscule amount…

He sighed as he closed his eyes and focused. If this was indeed Matthew in any sense at all, loneliness is the best emotion to have. He remembered that cold cell under Japanese rule that he was forced to be in; how Japan forced him into pure submission; how the days passed like years…

[It's almost as if you know how to summon ghosts.]

He turned his head and saw as Matthew materialized out of nowhere, bearing a samurai robe and katana- okay, are these costumes getting a little strange or is it just me?

"I've had some practice. Arthur usually needs people." Rizal answered. "Doing well, Matthew."

[If you can call what I have become 'well', then perhaps I am.]

"No need for formality. We're on friendly terms, remember?"

[Barely. I must admit that out of everyone here, my memory hasn't completely come back.]

"Oh…well, do you know who I am?"

[You are Rizal, the man everyone is talking about.]

"Anything before that?"

[You have a sister who loves me.]

"Obsessed, get it right."

[Of course. And you're the one that usually saves me from her.]

"You remember enough." Rizal laughed. "And here I was worried that you were a spy."

[I would be an efficient one if someone can see me.]

"Arthur?"

[He's in his ninja phase. He can't see me in that.]

"Oh." This is getting weird. "Well, I can see you."

[Just barely. You're getting tired.]

"Eh?"

Then he knew what he was talking about. He was used to ragged breathing, so much that he didn't even notice that his was getting extremely heavy. Matthew took that as a sign and backed up, alerting him to what he was doing.

[You should rest. I will be around, so all you have to do is call me.]

"…same method?"

[Same method.]

Matthew faded, leaving the Filipino sitting down on the ground trying to catch his breath. He wondered if he could get other people for Matthew to materialize with, but then again he had no idea how to do that. He was going to have to do this on his own again next time.

"Kuya? Were you talking to someone?"

He turned his head to see his sister walking toward him in confusion. She had some scratches around (probably from confronting Vash) but nothing he was going to be worried about. He stood up and tried to hide the aching joints.

"I saw Matthew. Apparently he's an actual ghost."

"Well, that just SUCKS."

"He does remember you, though."

"Really?"

"He knows you as the obsessed girl."

"…great."

"Just saying."

"Whatever. Anyway, Arthur's rounding everyone up in the lunch room for a small conference. And by everyone, he means us too."

"All right, all right. I'm coming."

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Sealand's Japanese VA is Ai Orikasa. She's done a couple of roles, more than the others. But the one I really know is being Genis Sage from Tales of Symphonia. As such, he and Alfred are best of friends~

China's Japanese VA is Yuki Kaida. She had done a lot of minor roles as well as some major ones, but the one I made him is Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter. It's a really good plot if you think about it, and plus it's China with red eyes~!

Belarus's Japanese VA is Urara Takano. She has done many roles, while some of them are a little small. This time, she's Maria Tachibana from Sakura Wars, for the sheer reason that Maria is a veteran of the Russian Revolution. And that is the only reason, past the fact that she's practically Belarus without the stalker syndrome.

Norway's (Lukas) Japanese VA is Masami Iwasaki, a guy who wavers between the major roles and the backstage people. Then again, I chose him to be Iemitsu Sawada from Katekyo Hitman Reborn, just because the bastard owns a pickaxe and a gun. What more do you want?

Canada shares the same VA as America: Katsuyuki Konishi. I have to admit: Amidamaru from Shaman King fits him surprisingly well…more than trying to sneak in a Snorlax joke. Seriously, this guy voices Snorlax. What, you wanted me to put in a Delibird joke too? You people are horrible! BEGONE!

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