(Disclaimer: Hetalia does not belong to me. It belongs to Hidekazu Himaruya. If this disclaimer is wrong then please do not sue me.)

KChan: This one had terrible reviews, but I still updated it. I promise to stop quoting from World War II because I am clueless about it anyway. It's short, but this story actually requires me to study on countries, so the updates will be slow for it.

Chapter 3: Tempting Offer

Kiku walked down the path of Italy with Pion still in his arms. He looked around and then asked, "Are you doing all right, Pion-Chan?" Pion nodded and added, "I just hope that I'm not too heavy." Kiku shook his head.

"Compared to carrying Veneziano-San, you are as light as a feather, Pion-Chan," stated Kiku. Pion giggled and wrapped her arms around Kiku's neck. Kiku blushed at the sudden contact.

"I must have you know that this isn't very polite in my country," stuttered Kiku. Pion removed her arms apologizing in the process. Pion soon caught sight of her hotel and pointed it out to Kiku. Kiku nodded still trying to get over his initial shock from the sudden hug of Pion.

Kiku walked into the hotel and spotted Pion's friends at the counter trying to get an employee's attention.

"I know your English isn't that good, but you have to get the police, THE POLICE! Do you understand?" exclaimed Patrick in a panicked voice. The employee shook his head indicating that he didn't understand Patrick's strange way of talking. Patrick growled in frustration.

"You think these people would know proper English for tourist. We need to find Pion," stated Patrick. Linda held up her hand and said, "I think we are going about this the wrong way." Linda pushed Patrick aside as she smiled at the employee.

"Can you please contact the police about our stolen ANGEL or do I have to send YOU to HADES?"

Each exaggerated word Linda spoke was like a demon incantation. The employee turned pale not knowing what to do.

Bridget held her hands together and stated, "I really hope that nothing bad happened to our little Pion." Kate and Joshua nodded in agreement.

"Guys!" called Pion as she waved her small hand in their direction. They all perked up and looked in the direction of Pion's sweet like voice. Their eyes seemed to brighten at the sight of their unharmed friend. Patrick was the first to run to Pion calling out her name.

The moment was broken when Patrick realized that Pion was in the arms of Kiku. Patrick glared at Kiku and demanded, "Why are you holding Pion?" Pion patted Kiku's head and stated, "He helped me get back." Kiku blushed a little at the feeling of her small hand against his head. Patrick frowned and yanked Pion from Kiku's grasp.

"I don't know who you are, but you can't hold Pion without MY permission," stated Patrick. Kiku stared at Patrick taking note that Patrick hadn't met him when Kiku first met Pion.

Linda saw Kiku and asked, "So you brought Pion back?" Kiku nodded and bowed to Linda, Kate, Bridget, Patrick, and Joshua.

"I apologize in place of my friend Romano-San for taking Pion-Chan without permission."

"Is that the name of the Jerk who took Pion?" asked Linda. Kiku nodded and added, "It was a case of mistaken identity or so I heard." Pion nodded and then smiled at her friends.

"I'm not hurt at all, so please forgive Romano," stated Pion. Her form seemed to sparkle in the eyes of her friends. They seemed to be in bliss as they came to the agreement to forgive Pion's kidnapper.

Kiku stared at their blissful looks and wondered how Pion could make people look at her in such a way. Kiku then began to dig in his pocket as a puff of white smoke appeared. Pion and her friends didn't seem to notice the smoke. Kiku pulled out six plane tickets and held them to Pion.

"Romano-San still did something wrong, so please also accept these plane tickets to my home country."

Pion took the tickets and smiled when she saw that they were tickets to Japan. Pion looked at Kiku with bright eyes and asked, "Can we use these any time?" Kiku nodded and added, "I made them that they won't expire." Pion cheered, thanking Kiku repeatedly.

Patrick frowned and said, "Thanks for the tickets, but we had plans to go to Austria after Italy."

"Austria?"

Pion nodded and added, "After Kate and Joshua get married we plan to travel the world for their honeymoon."

"We are only going to Austria and England, so it really isn't a trip around the world," reminded Bridget. All of them nodded in agreement.

Kiku smiled and said, "Well now you can add Japan to your list of countries to visit." Pion nodded and added, "It would be great to travel to all the countries around the world." All of Pion's friends smiled and nodded.

Kiku cleared his throat and bowed to them.

"I must return to my own friends now, so please excuse me."

Pion nodded and watched Kiku walk off. Pion jumped out of Patrick's arms and did a little twirl before smiling at her friends.

"Do you want to eat some pasta?" asked Pion with her sweetest smile. They all nodded temporarily forgetting that Pion was kidnapped before.

On the way to the restaurant, Kate sighed and asked, "Should we postpone the wedding to tomorrow instead of tonight?" Pion shook her head and said, "We already planned for your wedding for tonight, so please don't change your mind." Kate and Joshua had an uneasy look, until they spotted the restaurant up ahead.

The restaurant was brand new apparently according to their pamphlet they received from their hotel. Even though it was new it was already considered a top restaurant. Pion ran ahead of them and said, "I'll get a table for you no problem." Patrick ran after Pion yelling, "Don't run ahead of us!" Pion only laughed as a response.

Pion entered the restaurant, which was filled with people, either sitting at a table of waiting to be seated. Pion approached the counter, where an employee was working and asked, "Can I reserve a table for six people please?" The employee nodded and typed on the computer at the counter rapidly.

"It will take an hour to be seated."

Pion sighed in disappointment as her friends joined her.

"Is the waiting period long?" asked Linda. Pion nodded. Pion looked at her friends and asked, "Do you want to eat somewhere else?" They nodded not wanting to wait an hour just to be seated.

They exited the restaurant wondering which restaurant would be the best one to go to.

"Pion?"

Pion perked up and saw Veneziano before her with a smile.

"Veneziano?"

"The one and only. I didn't expect to see you so soon again," said Veneziano in a cheerful tone.

"Who is that guy?" asked Patrick. Pion smiled and held her small hand to Veneziano.

"His name is Veneziano. I met him when I got separated from you guys."

Veneziano nodded. Pion glanced at Veneziano and asked, "So what brings you here?"

"I broke the plates in the house and I needed to buy new ones so my friends and I can all eat pasta."

Pion smiled widely and asked, "If it's alright with you, can my friends and I join you?" Veneziano nodded.

"No problem, as long as you guys help me bring back plates."

They all nodded. As they walked to the store, Pion's friends made sure to introduce themselves to an extremely cheerful Veneziano.

"I heard from Japan that Pion is a genius. Is it true?"

Pion nodded, but then paused.

"Who is Japan?"

Veneziano twitched and began to laugh.

"Sorry, please forget about that. I meant to say Kiku."

Patrick scoffed and stated, "How in the world did you get Japan out of Kiku?" Veneziano showed a distressed look as he began to stutter and sweat.

"Oh look there's the store," exclaimed Veneziano, changing the subject. He then dashed in at the speed of light.

"Strange fellow," stated Linda. The others nodded in agreement.

Pion thought about what Veneziano said as she walked into the store and sighed.

Maybe Veneziano called Kiku Japan because Kiku is from Japan, but why did he get so distressed?