Hey everyone! Thanks to everyone who reviewed on my first chapter, even though it was done REALLY awfully. This chapter will almost certainly be better!

In the last chapter, Mariotte, Aja, and Xenzik gathered all the essentials together and clicked on the avatar photo that had freaked them all out so much. This chapter starts out when they finally first enter the world of HetaOni.

Enjoy!

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I blinked my eyes several times, trying desperately to get rid of the bright spots that laced my eyelids. I tried to straighten up, feeling slightly tired, presumably from our travel here. I looked around to determine where here was, but I found that I didn't like the answer.

Aja, Xenzik, and I stood inside a metal gate, in the courtyard of a large western-style house. The house was a light beige color, and honestly didn't look that bad for an abandoned mansion. Vines crept up the outer walls. The windows, though they remained dark and empty, caught my eye as a strange shadow passed one. I knew where we were, and the other girls knew it too.

"The House of HetaOni…" All three of us shivered, terrified of what lay ahead. I started towards the door when Xenzik let out a shrill shriek. I turned to face her and nearly screamed myself. "Holy shit, we're animated!" Aja yelled, gaping at her own hands. I looked at myself, amazed at what I saw.

I was a tiny bit skinnier than I actually am, and my breasts were… well, actually, they were about the same size, but I still looked like Ukraine. My hands looked more feminine than they actually are and my hair was also pretty much the same. Clothing wise, everything looked tighter and smaller. "Crap! Anime geek perverts!" I yelled trying to stretch my shirt to an appropriate size.

The other girls had mostly the same going on, and I actually don't want to describe that… I looked back up at the house and started to walk towards it. I stopped at the door and spun around, pulling my weapon. The other two did the same, Zik with her pocket knife, Aja with her pipe.

Looking at us through bored and critical blue eyes was a boy, around my age. He wore a rather sharp looking suit, and his hair was shaggy, brown, and shoulder length. When he spoke, the thick sarcasm that laced his words made me want to cut him in half. Several times.

"Isn't it a little crude for three lovely ladies and a rat," He pointed at my pet rat, Kyo "To be pointing two weapons and a pipe at a gentleman such as myself?" He smiled at us in such a way that, once again, made me want to kill him. "For your information, Kyo is a lady as wel-" I was abruptly cut off as Aja swung her pipe heavily into the boy's face.

"And a pipe IS a weapon, fucking rich kid!" She glared at him enough to make all three of us flinch. "S-sorry!" He replied , dropping his sarcasm like a hot potato. "I, uh, my name's Vixue." I nodded at Aja, knowing full well that she wanted to rip Vixue's face off. "I'm Mariotte. This is Xenzik, Aja, an Kyo. Do you have any idea where you are?"

Vixue shook his head and I pulled my sketchbook out of my bag. I flipped to a picture I drew of the house of HetaOni with the Axis, including Prussia standing outside, much in the same positions we were in. "Oh God, we aren't actually here," He was starting to panic. "Are we?" I nodded and Aja started to absentmindedly swing her pipe like a baseball bat. "Hey, are we gonna go the fuck in, or freeze our asses off out here?"

I turned back towards the door and put my hand on the cool metal of the doorknob. I slowly turned it and pushed past the heavy door into the house. Once we'd all gathered in the foyer, I looked back at them and gave them my suggestion. "I say we split up!" The others looked at me like I was insane.

"We'll be in two groups of two. Aja and I on the second floor, Vixue and Zik on the first." Xenzik shot me a rueful glance for putting her with the snotty rich boy. "Also, if you see the Oni… Don't fight it. Run. Run for your life." And with that, Aja and I ascended the stairs to the second floor.

~About twenty-five minutes later~

Fuck! I had the wonderful idea of Aja and I splitting up to cover more ground. We were supposed to meet at the stairs ten minutes later, but she never showed up. "Aja! Where the fuck are you?" I ran down the stairs and turned into the hallway that lead to the kitchen, and literally ran into a shorter Japanese man.

I gasped, realizing who he was. "Oh, God! I'm so sorry sir!" As much as Japan wasn't too big on physical contact, I didn't like it either. I tried to help him up, but he was perfectly capable on his own. "No, no." He started, blushing awkwardly. "I apologize. It is as much my fault for not paying attention."

I bowed to him deeply, knowing the form of respect well from my five years in a martial arts class. "Kon'nichiwa, sā! Watashinonamaeha mariottodesu!" I knew how to speak a small amount of Japanese by helping my sister with her language class homework. "Y-you speak Japanese!" He stammered, surprised.

"Only a bit." I corrected him, blushing. "I see… I'm sorry, please forgive my informality." He looked at me steadily with his dull brown eyes. "I am Japan." I nodded. "That's cool!" I told him, then a worried expression took over and I started to look around once more.

"What is the matter, Mariotte-san?" he asked, curiosity showing in his eyes.

"I came here with three other people." I told him. "Those other people and I were separated. Can you maybe help me find them?" Japan nodded and we walked over back toward the foyer. "Yes. I came here with three others as well. I came with Prussia, Germany, and Italy." He suddenly stopped at the foot of the stairs, confused.

"Hm. Maybe, did they leave?" He sighed and sweat dropped heavily. "How regrettable."

"Japan, sir?" I looked up at him. "No one is able to leave. The door is locked. It's impossible to open." The Asian stiffened and tried the handle. "Y-you're right…" He straightened up and walked back over to me. Great. Now we had six people to find. Just fucking great. Japan and I started to walk down the hallway opposite the one leading to the kitchen.

Every door was locked and I was starting to really worry about the girls and Vixue, when I saw the corner, and shadows dancing sharply, loud clanking of metal coming from the other side of the wall. "Oh, fuck! Please tell me they didn't!" I ran around the corner and saw something that almost made me scream.

Vixue was slumped against the far wall, unconscious, blood flowing heavily from wounds on his shoulder and forehead. Xenzik was standing closer, but had her back to me, holding her pocket knife in a very poor defensive form. Blood was smeared on her clothing, but very little of it seemed to come from her.

Standing in between Vixue and the rest of us was a large, grotesque monster, the color of a rotting corpse, with a matching smell. The Oni. Steve. "Fuck you!" Zik screamed, charging him with her knife. The Oni grabbed her knife and threw it across the room, smacking her away with a heavy arm.

Zik landed with a dull thud near me. She looked up in surprise to see me there and Japan looked like he was going to have a panic attack. I drew my sword and yelled at Japan to do the same. He didn't look like he heard me, but he still pulled a sharp katana from it's sheath.

Zik took a long time to pull herself up, then ran to her bag and pulled something out. I stood there, gaping at her in astonishment as she pulled a full-sized battle-axe out of her duffle bag. "How the hell did you-? Never mind! I don't even want to know!" We turned our attention back to the Oni, and we were about to attack, when the sound of a gun firing startled us. Five fresh holes appeared on the Oni's flesh.

We looked back to see a girl standing there, a serious look plastered on her face. The second the Oni dissipated into it's odd nothingness, the girl collapsed. I ran over to her and helped her sit up. "Hey, are you alright?" I asked. She was bleeding in several places, and beads of sweat dotted her face, which was twisted in pain.

The girl forced her eyes open and looked up at me. She had amber-ish eye like me and short, auburn hair. She was wearing a torn up and blood stained, white dress that had, or used to have, red trimming. She had cuts on her face and deep gashes in her right arm and leg. She had dropped a small pistol that looked like it could belong to America.

"H-hi…" She said, blood bubbling at the corner of her mouth. "I-I'm I-Ivy…"

"I'm Mariotte. That's Xenzik and Vixue." Then I added in a whisper; "And that's Japan from Hetalia." She nodded in pain. "I know." I helped her stand and told Zik and Japan to carry Vixue, who was still unconscious. "Fuck, I hope he's not dead…" I said, half to myself.

We walked into the bathroom and Japan started to clean their wounds with… Water? I actually don't know what it was, but it came from the faucet. Xenzik and I walked around to the toilet. "Look!" I nudged her shoulder and pointed at the toilet. "We can buy beer, hot peppers, and onigiri there!"

I pulled out the money that we'd won from the Oni and put it into the toilet. Then I grabbed some of the hot pepper and onigiri, and walked back over to the others. "Where did you get that?" Japan asked. "We bought it." I responded, kind of bored. I stuffed the peppers into Vixue's mouth who snapped awake and spat them out immediately.

Then I gave them both an onigiri, which surprisingly worked right away. "Holy Hell! What the fuck happened?" Vixue asked, looking around. Zik gave him a quick briefing that seemed to shut him up nicely. I started to look around. "Do you think that Aja could have run into the other axis members?" I asked.

Xenzik looked at me, confused. "You mean you don't know where she is?"

"No." I replied. "I lost her when we were looking upstairs. I have a feeling that she ran into Prussia, in which case his 'five meters' are in danger…" I face palmed at the thought of what my temperamental friend would most likely do to the idiot.

I started to walk out of the bathroom and headed upstairs with the others. "Okay, no more splitting up." I told them. We made our way into the room Germany was in, and Japan pulled the curtain back. "G-Germany-san!" He yelled in surprise, seeing the shivering form of the tall nation. "H-hold on. I-I'll g-go get you s-some water!" He sped out of the room.

"Well, so much for 'No more splitting up'!" I called after him. Zik shrugged. "Why don't we wait here?" She whispered. "If Germany gives Japan the key, he'll go into the library and get the key for Prussia's room!"

"Xenzik is right." Ivy confirmed, her voice strong. "You need to find your friend, and chances are she's with Prussia." Nodding in agreement, the rest of us walked over to look at Germany. Xenzik, who was always the calmest out of all of us, started to gently rub his back. The nation was starting to calm down as well, but was still in a state of shock.

"There, are you starting to feel better?" Zik soothed. "We had a tough run-in with that thing, too. I promise, you have nothing to worry about in here." Germany looked at her warmly. "Th-thank you…" He said, still slightly shaking.

"You've never seen anything like that before, have you?" I asked. Zik put a hand on my shoulder. "Let's stop talking about the Oni, hm?" Her calm voice was laced with a thin warning. "He's had a rough day so far, and it's not going to get much better."

I looked at my elder respectfully. "Yeah, sorry…" I mumbled as Zik started to rub Germany's back again. "Hello, sir. I'm Mariotte. This is Xenzik, Ivy, and Vixue." I held my rat up. "And this is Kyo." Germany nodded.

"Pleased to meet you." He smiled slightly. "I'm Germany." I stood back up and walked over to the door, opening it in time to see Japan walking down the hall. He came into the room and handed a glass of the… The liquid from the faucet to Germany. Germany drank most of it, grimacing.

"Is that even water?" Germany asked. Japan looked just about as confused as Germany. "Judging by it's color… Probably." Germany nodded and set the cup down next to him and stood up. "I… see…" Germany started. "I'm sorry for falling apart like that. I'm much better now thanks to you and Xenzik."

Japan nodded. "That's good to hear. So, where are the others?" Germany shook his head sadly. "I'm… Not sure… We ran for our lives. Those two went in different directions… I think…" Germany shuddered at the thought of the Oni chasing them. "S-sorry… Just, give me a moment to pull myself together…"

"Alright. I'll go look for those two." Japan sighed. "In the meantime, try to get some rest." He was about to walk away when Germany stopped him. Oh, by the way! I found this when I was running!" Hey handed a shiny brass key to Japan. "Maybe it can be of some use to you?" Japan nodded and took the key.

Again, he started to leave when I grabbed his shoulder. "Japan-san." I turned him to face me. "We need to go with you." When he looked even more confused I pulled the key out of his hand. "This is the key to the library. In the library should be another key. My friends and I need that key to find Aja and Prussia."

Japan Nodded slowly. "Oh, of course!" He smiled a tiny bit and grabbed the key back from me, and started to walk out the door, my friends and I following. We walked down the hallway and stopped in front of a door. It looked literally the exact same as every other door in the house. Japan fit the key into the knob, and slowly turned. Then he pushed the door of the old library open.

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Yay! Chapter two! You guys got to meet Ivy, Vixue, Japan, and Germany in this chapter, and there were WAY fewer spelling mistakes this time around! Oh, and I used Google translate for one part. Here's the translation!

Japanese: Kon'nichiwa, sā! Watashinonamaeha mariottodesu!

English: Hello, sir! My name is Mariotte!

As always, thanks for reading and please review!

P.S. Himiwari-Chan (Aja) is rewriting the story using her characters point of view. You guys should totally check it out!

All the best,

~TheOttomanEmpire