You confused yet? I sure am, and I'm writing this thing!

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With great hesitation, Rizal and Charice entered the dining hall where they had been previously with the others. To their surprise, the other people were there acting just like the others were before. Some of them even seemed to remember them, waving as they came in. Rizal started rubbing his head.

"What the hell just happened?"

"I don't have a clue." Charice blinked. "Our enemies are now our friends?"

"This is crazy…"

Rizal turned his head. Some of the nations that attacked him before are now perfectly normal. A scream echoed through the air and he panicked as he turned around, and finally noticed (with a sigh) that it was only Charice and her Cute-Obsession mode: she had finally found Feliciano.

"Are you OK, Rizal? From what I heard, you were mentally hurt by Arthur's appearance."

"I'll be fi-"

He turned his head and almost froze. It was Ludwig, no doubt about it. But he was perfectly normal, as of not trying to kill him. Half an hour ago, he was trying to wring his neck out for the sake of his idiot Italian boss. The idiot Italian boss that his sister is now wringing herself- does this day even BEGIN to make sense now?

"-iiiine…" Rizal blinked. "Uh…"

"W-what?" Ludwig turned his head.

"…okay, forget it. I'm not even going to think about beating around the bush here." The Filipino looked at him. "Did you hear a clock tower chime just recently?"

"Um…yes, I think so." He answered. "Just as the others were pushing back the advance of the corrupted nations."

The same corrupted nations that were actually trying to save us. "What time is it now?"

"The time?" He rubbed the back of his head. "Well, if the time chimes for every hour, it'll be seven. Why are you asking me?"

"It's six thirty-two. Take a look."

Ludwig looked outside of the window and realized that there was a clock tower in the middle of the city, just ticking six thirty-two. He turned back and saw Rizal as he was staring him down with something else to say. The German/Indian (he didn't know how to classify him anymore) decided that he might as well listen.

"…what's going on, Rizal?"

"You're not going to believe me, I know that much." He stated. "But about five minutes ago, you people were swarming this place, and everyone that you're fighting now was trying to save me."

"…what?" Ludwig turned his head. "I don't have a clue what you're talking about."

"Perfect, cause neither do me and my sister over there." Rizal turned to her as she finally found the other Italian to attack. "But it's true. You don't have to believe it, cause neither do we."

"Then how are you going to prove it?" Ludwig asked.

["I can."]

Rizal and Ludwig turned their heads to see that Matthew had materialized out of nowhere yet again, startling the German. The only problem was that he materialized next to Charice, who started screaming and running away like the nutjob she truly is. The Filipino couldn't help but stare.

"I thought you needed to feed off someone in order to materialize."

["I don't have too this time. I think this half hour gave me enough energy to appear whenever I want. Plus, I think you two in these forms can see me even if I don't try to."]

"But…what are you doing here anyway?" Rizal blinked. "Aren't you with the other side?"

["That's what I'm trying to ask you! I was watching over Natalya and Ivan attacking Elizabeta and Roderich when the half hour chimed and they just disappeared!"]

"…just…disappeared?"

["I started looking for them and then I found you here with these guys."] Matthew glared at Ludwig. ["You better not be up to something."]

"I-I'm not, but…" Ludwig turned to Rizal. "You…are telling the truth."

"Yes I am. Matthew here's the only one completely affected who didn't change sides. Believe him if you want." Rizal turned back to him. "Then again…why didn't you?"

["Well…when the half hour rang, I felt this strange pounding in my head…but then it went away, so…"]

"Ve~~~maybe the two of them are related."

Rizal turned his head, wondering how Feliciano got out of Charice's chokehold. Instead, he was entertained by the fact that…it was Kiku. With long black hair, a sword for one hand, a deck in the other…and is that a SHARK on his back? And HOW IN THE WORLD did he have the Italian tic?

"Related…how?"

"Duh! Whatever the heck you're talking about, bastard!" Kiku spat. "Half hour switch and everything!"

This is SO weird talking to you like this… Rizal sighed. "Nice…"

'Besides, bitch! You got my deck and I sure as hell didn't give it to you!"

"Oh…right." Rizal looked at it. "Arthur said he took it from you when you attacked them half an hour ago."

"Well, that's something only a bastard without ninja skills would fall for. Which means that what you're OBVIOUSLY saying is right!"

"W-wait a minute…" Feliciano crawled to the front, finally able to move from Charice's arms. "W-we attacked you?"

"Half an hour ago." Rizal answered. "Nothing too hard and out of the ordinary. I fought off all of you guys."

"T-that's good…" Feliciano mumbled. "I don't want to hurt you at all…"

"Awww…" Charice rubbed the back of his head. "You're never going to hurt us, Feli-chaaaan~"

"Yaaaaaay~"

"Kiku." Ludwig sighed. "Tell the others about this."

"Fine, fine." Kiku sighed. "But who in the world is telling Roderich? The poor guy can't say shit!"

"Just tell him."

"…but I'm not telling Gilbert."

"I'll tell him, then. Matthew, go and tell whoever he misses."

["I'll do just that."]

"VOOOOIIII!" Kiku spat. "Are you telling me something?"

"Yeah. Will you please tell the others about this?"

"…whatever."

Kiku sighed and wandered off, tempting the others to follow. Rizal turned his head back to Ludwig, who was turning toward a sleeping body on the ground. He could barely realize that it was Gilbert…sleeping on what looked like a gigantic metal cross thing or something like that.

"Oi. Bruder, wake up."

"…hhmm…?" He looked up. "Oh…brother…"

"I need to tell you something. Sit up and let me talk."

"…fine…" He turned his head. "Oh…hi, kitty…"

Rizal blinked for a few minutes before pointing to the left and dashing away. He sighed for a few minutes before looking up and seeing a gigantic angel-looking thing hovering in front of him. He was about to say something when she lifted up her finger.

"Do not say anything. I know what you're going to tell me."

"All right…" He tilted his head. "And you are…?"

"Do you recognize me?"

"No."

"Oh, right…I'm Kumajiro."

"…the…uh…Matthew's bear?"

"Who's he?"

"…nevermind."

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Japan's Japanese VA is Hiroki Takahashi. The fun part about this guy is that I opted for a fusion as well…the funnier part was that it's between Superbi Squalo (Hitman Reborn) and Jonouchi (Yu-Gi-Oh!). That's right. JOEY FREAKING WHEELER. Mixed up with an Italian nutjob with a sword for a left arm, a shark in a box, not to mention that I also added the STEREOTYPICAL ITALIAN "ve" SOUND. Someone shoot me now…or at least, until this is done.

Prussia's Japanese VA is Atsushi Kousaka. He shares a voice with Greece, what more do you want?

Kumajiro's Japanese VA is Ai Iwamura. She's done…six roles. But one of them is Marineangewoman from Digimon. Strange stuff.