Huzzah, another chapter complete! I feel so awesome! This should have more detail, but I stayed up last night trolling hetalia style on omegle ^.^ Anyway, some of this may be a little weird because of that, but oh well.
Professional Tsundere: Hurray for glomps (I think ^.^)
Hurricaneclaw: Haha we will see, Dun dun daaa!
Wake up…
Feliciano's soft brown eyes opened and he blinked.
Wake up the others now…
Feliciano blinked again, was he hearing things? It was night, he remembered falling asleep before he had to endure seeing his brother's face again. He felt tears well up in the corners of his eyes. Romano…
Wake up the others!
"Who are you?" asked Feliciano to the darkness..
Idiot, don't make any noise!
'Who are you?' Feliciano asked in his head
It doesn't matter who I am, wake up the others or you're all going to die.
Feliciano flinched, then crawled over to Ludwig, who was sleeping nearby. He shook his shoulder.
"Feliciano? What do you want?" he asked sleepily.
Feliciano held up a finger to his mouth, then pointed at the others. Ludwig cocked his head in confusion, so Feliciano imitated getting woken up. Ludwig still looked confused, but he nodded, then went over to Vash and proceeded to wake him up.
Soon the whole group was awake and staring at Feliciano, waiting for an explanation. A twig snapped nearby, and they all froze.
Don't move until I tell you to.
Feliciano wanted to run away, but he obeyed the voice's commands. There was a tense silence, a shadow moved behind Kiku. Erika gasped, and the shadow growled.
Go, go! Climb the tree behind you, move it!
The beast leapt forth into the clearing, long claws barely missing Kiku's head. Feliciano began to climb, Ludwig followed him. The beast towered over Erika.
"Big Bruder!" she cried.
Vash was too far away to do anything, but Kiku snapped a branch off a tree and charged the beast, hitting it in the head.
The beast snarled and turned its attention to him, allowing Vash to run in and help Erika to her feet. The creature struck out at Kiku, and he jumped to the side. Not fast enough.
His blood spattered the ground as the long claws created a gash on his arm. Kiku bit his tongue and avoided crying out. He staggered to his feet, clutching his wounded arm.
"Kiku!" Ludwig dropped from the tree and attacked the beast. It howled in pain as Ludwig drove a knife into its back. Kiku flashed him a grateful glance, then ran off into the woods.
Follow him, Ludwig will be fine, but this creature isn't the only danger in these woods.
Feliciano began to cry. He was terrified, he didn't want to leave Ludwig, but the voice wanted him to follow Kiku.
'I'm sorry Ludwig'
Feliciano travelled from tree to tree, leaping, swinging it would have been fun if he wasn't so terrified. He heard the beast roar behind him, and Ludwig cried out.
Don't think about them, keep running, you're only going to be a hindrance to them if you stay.
It didn't take too long to catch up to Kiku. The Japanese man was staggering through the trees, weakened by blood loss.
"Kiku!" Feliciano cried out and Kiku looked up at him.
"Feliciano, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"I-I didn't want to stay and cause the others trouble, I'd only be a distraction if I stayed…" Feliciano began to cry.
Idiot! Don't cry, it's a waste of water!
Feliciano sniffled and wiped the tears from his face.
"It doesn't matter, we need to get somewhere safe," muttered Kiku, looking around as if he expected more creatures to come out of the forest and attack them, "come on, if we manage to find the cornucopia, or a stream…"
Look for water, you'll need if you're going to go cry again.
'But what about the others?' Feliciano thought
Don't worry about them, they may be bastards, but they're still strong.
"I think I can hear something," said Kiku suddenly.
Feliciano listened. Kiku was right, through the trees he caught snatches of a conversation, or maybe more of an argument.
Wanker...hahaha…. Hero…..water….git…..Hahaha...stop fighting!...
Kiku shook his head.
"Arthur, Alfred and... Someone else." he told Feliciano.
Pfft, those idiots.
Feliciano climbed slowly down from the tree.
"We must hurry, the creature might be still out there," said Kiku, staggering off in the direction of the voices.
Feliciano hesitated before following him. He was still scared of Arthur and Alfred, they we're so strong…
Feliciano, you're being left behind by an injured man. Hurry up, Idiot.
Feliciano snapped out of his trance and hurried after Kiku.
"H-Hey Kiku wait for me!"
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"Veh~ you guys, help please!"
Arthur got to his feet, grabbing his crossbow. He glanced over at Alfred and the other two. Ralph had half gotten to his feet, Christian was helping him up, and Alfred had drawn his bow.
Feliciano stumbled through the trees, supporting a very pale Kiku. Kiku collapsed bringing Feliciano down with him.
Arthur dropped his crossbow and rushed over to them.
Kiku's breathing was ragged, and his shirt was stained with blood. Feliciano seemed terrified, but was unharmed. Arthur looked at Feliciano guiltily, remembering his shock when he saw Lovino's face in the sky.
"What happened? Feliciano weren't you traveling with Ludwig?" Arthur asked, causing Feliciano to break down.
"Hey, dude your scaring him," accused Alfred.
"I am not! I just asked what happened!" shot back Arthur.
"What happened to you mate?" asked Ralph, wincing as he knelt by Kiku and Feliciano.
"I-I don't really know, some big scary thing, scarier than Arthur, came and attacked us. Kiku got hurt, so he had to run away, I followed him because some crazy voice in my head tod me too. I don't know what happened to the others…" Feliciano looked at Ralph, "W-wait who are you? Are you going to hurt me? Please don't hurt me, pain is scary, and I don't want to die!"
Ralph blinked as Feliciano began crying.
"Don't mind him, he's always like this," Arthur informed him, unaware that Ralph already knew.
"I-is Kiku going to be alright?" Feliciano asked nervously, looking at his friend.
Arthur hesitated, he had lost a lot of blood, his skin was pale and his breathing laboured.
"With a little rest and food, I'm sure he'll be fine!" Arthur smiled weakly at Feliciano, who brightened up.
'"Veh~ thank you Arthur! You're nicer than I thought!" he said.
"Alfred can you pass me a full canteen?" Arthur turned to Alfred, who complied.
Alfred cut off the sleeve of Kiku's jacket with a knife and winced. Kiku's arm was a mess.
Arthur began to wash the wound with the water from the canteen, then he cleaned the jacket sleeve, and used it as a bandage.
He wiped his forehead.
"That should do for now," he said.
"Hey Arthur! You reckon we can risk a fire?" Alfred asked, "We need to cook the fish I caught."
Arthur glanced around.
"Fine, but we'll need two lookouts," he responded.
"I think you should be one, I don't want you're cooking," Alfred commented.
"Hey! My cooking isn't that bad!" Arthur yelled.
"Whatever dude, I'll be the second lookout, and Feliciano can cook." Alfred laughed.
Arthur grumbled, but eventually stormed off to his lookout post.
Christian helped Ralph drag some logs over, and clear out an area for a fire. It took a few strikes with the tinder, but Ralph eventually got a fire going. Christian carefully carried Kiku and set him down by the fire. Feliciano watched him suspiciously for a while, then satisfied that neither Christian nor Ralph we're going to harm him, began to cook the fish.
"So, you're Feliciano right?" Christian began carefully.
"Yep, and that is my friend Kiku!" Feliciano smiled at Christian.
"I'm Ralph and this is my mate, Christian," Ralph introduced himself.
"Veh~ you guys seem familiar," Feliciano said.
Ralph laughed nervously.
"Y-yeah we've been getting that a lot recently. We must both have really common faces," Ralph rubbed the back of his head.
Feliciano cocked his head, but said no more, instead returning his attention to his cooking. Ralph looked over at Christian, who was staring intently at the fire.
"Feliciano, you mentioned your friend, Ludwig," Ralph said, determined to break the silence.
"Yeah! He's really scary, and sometimes he can be a big meanie pants, but he's really a nice guy!" Feliciano looked away, "b-but I don't know what happened to him now, Vash and Erika are with him, so he should be alright but…"
Ralph patted him on the back.
"It's okay mate, if he's strong then he should be alright."
Feliciano sniffled, "Y-yeah I guess."
The silence fell upon them again, making Ralph uncomfortable.
"The fish are ready," Ralph pointed out, "It's best if we put out the fire,"
Feliciano smiled, his mood brightened by the prospect of food.
"I'll take some to Alfred and Arthur," Feliciano skipped off, holding to two cooked fish on sticks.
Ralph took one and bit into it. It was good, he felt the much needed energy seep into him with every bite.
"Feliciano can make anything taste good," Christian said through bites, Ralph nodded savouring the taste.
Christian suddenly stopped eating, realising his slip up. He looked at Ralph he had just noticed too.
"You're right, that time he treated us all with pasta during training; that tasted great!" Ralph laughed and Christian inwardly sighed in relief. His brother could be smart when he wanted to be. Feliciano returned, smiling. He sat down near Kiku.
"So, why are you guys here? veh~" He asked once seated.
"Well, we're kind of um, captives," answered Christian, "But these guys are nice enough, and we all trust each other, I think…"
Feliciano laughed.
"You guys are nice, can we be friends? I don't want to fight you guys!"
Ralph blinked, remembering the time's when he and Feliciano spoke Italian every time Christian came around, just to annoy him.
Ralph smiled.
"Yeah, I'd like that, we can be mates!"
"Veh~ Thank you!" Feliciano beamed, "Friends!"
The voices have spoken! Muhaha! Gods, I came so close to killing someone this chapter, by my wallpaper changed, and the person's sad face allowed me to spare him. Ah, well, it's school again, so updates may be a little slow, but I'll try my hardest!