Yaaay, I didn't lose the majority of my readers~! I'm glad you decided to stick around!
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The room was surprisingly small once everyone got into the meeting hall. Rizal could only sigh as he sat down next to Natalya, who wasn't even around her brother at the time. She was either scared of being eaten or she wasn't actually obsessing over him for once. He was going to have to enjoy these hours, at least Ivan knows to…hopefully.
"Where's Arthur?" Charice looked around. "He was the one who wanted everyone here!"
"Iggy's probably don't some 'prepping' or something like that." Alfred laughed. "That's how all British people are, right?"
"Correction, that's how all women are like." Charice stated.
"…you don't prep."
"There's nothing to prep, Magnus. Shut up…"
"…geez." Rizal blinked. "Then why don't you prep?"
"Because…I like going natural."
"…you're crazy."
"Nice to know, kuya."
"No, really. You are."
She decided to drop the subject, instead watching Alfred and Peter talking to each other like they were best friends since forever (really? They never talked past now…) as the rest of them waited quietly for any sign of Arthur to show up. During the wait, Natalya was shown to be distributing the guns around…fantastic.
"Sorry for being late."
A flash of smoke swarmed into the room, making Charice scream bloody murder and jump back. Rizal turned his head and saw with blank surprise as Arthur came from the smoke, brushing his hair away as if this was a normal occurrence. Damn the ninja…
"I was doing one more check of the boundaries before I came here." He stated. "There are no signs of movement."
"They know not to. Rizal's safe here as long as the house heals all the wounds." Magnus sighed. "Coming in here is a stupid move."
"Remember, they can come in and take him out just as easily as he came in. That's what I'm here to talk about." Arthur turned to Rizal. "We already have our first objective met: get him into the safety building. With that out of the way, at least no one from the outside can hurt him."
"So…what's the second objective?" Rizal turned his head.
"Duh! Keep you here until midnight!" Peter laughed. "What's the point of putting you in here if we're just going to kick you out afterwards?"
"…uh…" He couldn't help but turn to Ivan for that statement.
"So…what? We're done now?" Charice leaned forward. "We're just going to wait here until midnight and everything turns back to normal?"
"That's our only hope right now." Francis winked. "That means you have six beautiful hours with me~"
*POW!*
"I was about to do that."
"Well, you're too late."
"You're mean, Vash."
"Whatever."
"Anyway." Arthur glared at them. "We are at a severe disadvantage here. The majority of the nations that were here doesn't remember their past and will most likely try getting here for Rizal's head. So we'll have to be on guard."
"That's…bluntly obvious." Rizal sighed. "Someone wants my head, so of course we have to be on guard."
"That's not the thing. You don't have your national powers and hence are at a severe disadvantage here. We're the only ones that can face them off." Arthur pointed at all of them. "Even with the powers that you have in that outfit."
"Great…as if this day can't get any worse-"
Instantly one of the walls caved in. Everyone jumped back as a huge suit of armor rose from beyond the dust clouds, and after a few seconds Rizal could feel an arrow barely pierce his cheek. The house instantly healed his wounds as he saw Elizabeta rise from the ashes, holding a bow and arrow and wearing the strangest outfit he had seen in his life.
"Roderich! He's here! Get everyone in!"
Rizal blinked as he heard a loud scream and an Austrian jumping over his head wearing a green tunic (he canNOT make this up) and trying his best to have a blade filled with Filipino blood. He could only look up and see Natalya as she started shooting at him, the Austrian surprisingly blocking all of them…with a sword?
Oh, right. The building prevents harm to anyone in it. He blinked. But blocking bullets? Really?
"Kuya, come on!" He felt Charice grab his arm. "They're going to distract them here!"
"All right."
The two of them ran out of the building and into the empty hallway, seeing just how big the place had gotten. The original size of the building was nothing compared to this…perhaps the spell had affected the meeting hall as well?
"This is getting too crazy!" Charice screamed. "I mean, how are we going to get out of here?"
"You're not suggesting actually leaving this place."
"Not that! I mean get to the roof or something!"
"Great. On the off chance on of them flies, he can just easily pick me up or something."
"Please! Which one of them flies, anyway?"
Rizal turned to the window and saw with shock Feliciano flying gracefully in the air, surrounded by a spirit that looked like a green eagle. He was smiling and waving from the window, making Charice turn and notice him.
"Geez, I WAS JOKING!"
They heard a crashing of a window in front of them, and breaked. Charice paused as she saw a figure rise from the smoke: it was Italy Romano, dressed in beautiful noble attire. She found himself fascinated as he leaned back and started gathering a huge blue aura.
"Shit! Charice, we have to turn around!"
She hesitated but did so, hearing another window crash from behind and seeing Berwald loom over them. He looked like a king, but his legs were missing…replaced by what looked like the bottom of a chess piece. Charice froze.
"Uhh…any ideas?"
Rizal blinked. He sure wished he had one right now. The only idea he had on him so far was actually seeing what that deck Arthur gave him was going to help at all. He took a deep breath and drew it, hearing Lovino finish his ability and throw it at them. Charice started screaming.
"Charice! Blow off the ceiling!"
"E-eh?"
"Just do it!"
"O-OK!"
"All right…Rope of Life!"
She looked up and started shooting above them just as a rope fell to their level. Rizal got Charice to hold onto it as they zoomed into the air, missing all the attacks and having Charice scream all the way up there. He held onto her for dear life as they final arrived on the ceiling.
"This is…this is getting crazy!"
"You're telling me!" Rizal spat back. "And these guys are after me!"
"But why though? Why are they going after you?"
"According to Arthur, it's because I was mentioned casually just before all this started! If the spell was cast any earlier, I'm sure they would be after you instead!"
"Kuya…"
They heard a clock tower echo in the background, and they turned toward it in confusion. Odd enough, there was a clock tower right in the middle of the city. It was never there before. Besides, this is an American city! Why, then, does it look like Big Ben?
"Wait…it says six thirty on there." Rizal blinked. "Why is the bell tower ringing at the half-hour mark?"
"K-Kuya…listen." Charice turned her head. "The explosions stopped."
"…what the hell?" Rizal turned his head around. "What happened?"
"Did they stop invading?"
They stood there for a few minutes before they heard a quiet hissing noise behind them. They turned their heads and saw a gigantic snake hissing toward them, being followed by a rather charming looking Arthur. Charice backed up.
"Wait a minute…I thought you were on our side!"
"I'm not interested in you, Charice. The only person I want on my side is Rizal. Your blood with be beautiful in the moonlight."
"What the hell?"
Before anyone could make a move, gunshots echoed out. They turned their heads and saw that the door to the roof had opened, revealing Antonio aiming a gun at Arthur and was signaling for them to hide inside the roof.
"W-why is he helping us?" Rizal spat.
"I don't know, but I'd rather be around perverted Spaniards then snakes right now! I'm going!"
Rizal had no choice. He followed his sister down the stairs and toward the lower lobby, where they saw that the hole that Elizabeta had created was gone, patched up like nothing had happened at all. What was even more ironic was that Elizabeta herself was standing in front of it, turning her head toward them as they froze in the alley.
"Oh, you two are safe! That's good!" She laughed. "Here I thought that Ivan had done some harm to you!"
…the hell?
"…Ivan?" Charice blinked. "I'm sorry, weren't you just invading this place a few minutes ago?"
"Eh? No, I wasn't. Wait, were you hit in the head or something?" She headed to her. "Uh…no cuts, that's good."
"…uh…thanks?"
Charice turned her head to a rather confused Rizal as they heard footsteps behind them. They turned around and saw Antonio as he sheathed his gun and waved at Charice…the way he always would do it before this happened.
"Ah, Charice! I'm happy that Arthur hadn't gotten you!" He laughed. "That snake is poisonous, you know."
"…I…figured?" Rizal was confused. "W-where're the rest?"
"They're in the lobby. Ludwig was asking where you were. He sounded very worried for you." Elizabeta answered. "Then again, he is the only one of us who actually kept the majority of his real self…"
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"Wait a minute." Charice blinked. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AROUND HERE?"
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Hungary's VA is Michiko Neya. She's in many of my favorite anime, and I opted for a Satella (Chrono Crusade) / Natalya (Tales of the Abyss) crossover. Hey, if Arthur can do it, why not her? Aren't we all epic that way?
Austria's VA is Akira Sasanuma. He's done few roles, but the biggest one he's done is, what else, Link from Legend of Zelda. His first gig with it Twilight Princess, but he has his role in Brawl as well. Think about it: Link can SING~
South Italy shares the same VA as his brother: Daisuke Namikawa. He has many sexy roles I could've made him, but in the end I opted for a fusion as well: Tales of Graces's Richard and (not kidding here) Lucario from Pokemon: Mystery of Mew. You may run in fear now.
Sweden's VA is Keikou Sakai. He's one of those background voices as well, but one I remember is Kingman from Megaman NT Warrior. I remember kicking his ass in the game next to it…after he kicked mine about fifteen times.
Sooooo…confused yet?