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Chapter 5

Canada slept soundly through the night and most of the morning, only to awaken shortly before lunchtime when Italy woke him up. Groggily, Canada got up and looked at the other nation; only to then begin the tasks they had for him.

Like what Romano had hoped, the Axis decided to have Canada clean for them. At first he seemed to give it a solid effort, and deciding to see what the others were up to Italy left Canada to clean in peace. About half an hour later, Japan and Italy entered the room to find Canada obliviously kneeling in front of something staring at it. The two watched him for a few minutes, but upon seeing that he would not move Italy moved closer to see what was so interesting.

The item was in fact one of Germany's dogs fast asleep. Italy and Japan looked first to Canada, then the dog, then Canada again. At last Italy asked, "Do you really like dogs or something?"

"Oh, well, I guess I was just watching it and lost track of time. I'm sorry," Canada answered.

"Dogs are cute," Japan agreed.

"But hovering over them isn't how you show a doggy that you think it's cute! You gotta do this," After saying this, Italy demonstrated his technique by picking up the dog and hugging it tightly. At first this awoke the dog startled, with it desperately trying to wiggle free. After realizing that it was not going to get free that easily, it simply laid back down and tried to ignore the nations.

"Italy-kun, I don't think your hugging technique is all that effective," Japan commented. He then turned back to Canada and commented, "You said before that you had to leave behind your pet. You must miss it."

"…Ya, I guess it is weird not having Kumajhiro around," Canada answered, a slightly sad look on his face. After he said this, he stood up away from the dog and left the room to continue his task of cleaning.

The rest of the day continued like this, with the next following the same trend. All the while no news of the Allies accepting a trade was told to them. Curious about this, on the third day Italy asked, "Hey, Germany, maybe the reason the Allies have not talked about a trade is because they lost the message."

"No, I doubt that," Germany answered as he looked around the room to the other Axis members plus Canada. He had decided to go along with his plan to use one of the Allies to determine which of the North American nations was truly captured, but he knew that his chance of the Allies randomly searching would go down to next to nothing if they heard he was already captured. He also decided that it would be best for Canada to not know of his plan for fear that he would sabotage it. So, no ransom message was ever sent but he acted as if it was.

"As I thought, they must not want him back since he failed," Japan commented as he watched Canada intently. While it was true most people would feel upset about being possibly abandoned, Japan assumed that it would be even worse for someone as narcissistic as America. So if this person was in truth America, he saw it as only natural for now to be the time for America to show his true colors.

The Axis casually joined Japan in watching Canada, who simply stared out with a slightly frightened look as he clutched the broom he currently held tightly. The silence was broken when the strength he used against the broom caused the handle to break. Canada gave a slight start at the cracking noise, only to then mumble out, "No…they wouldn't abandon me. Not again. France, and England, and…they're all my family. And family is supposed to look out for each other."

Canada then looked back to the others with a determined look and replied, "Italy must be right, there must have been a mistake. They might be looking for me as we speak. Please, you have to send the message again. Or better yet let me call them and tell them where I am."

"And why would we let you casually use our phone to contact them? Besides, if they are out searching for you like you think then who is to say that there is even anyone who would answer the phone? If I was them, I would count things as lucky that they sent you instead of America," Germany asked.

Canada gave another panicked look as he watched the group and thought to himself. He told himself that he must not allow himself to believe that he was simply abandoned. He then looked back to the Axis. At last he looked down and commented, "I'm sorry, but I don't feel up to this game anymore. Can I go back to my room now please?"

Germany, Japan, and Prussia shared a questioning look at this, only to be broken when Prussia ordered, "Italy, take Canada back to his room. If he does not feel up to his duties then we won't force him."

Italy gave a confused look to this, but followed the simple order anyways. Once Italy and Canada were out of the room Prussia continued, "You know, it may just be my awesome imagination playing tricks on me, but I could have sworn that I taught you to not pick on people like that."

"We needed to bait him before putting him anywhere near the other Allies, you know that," Germany justified.

"But by telling him that he was abandoned? I know he looks older, but regardless of which one it is he's still relatively young for our kind. It just seems to me like you're teasing a little kid, that's all," Prussia rebutted.

"His age is not of the importance right now. Psychologically speaking, if we were to give him the opportunity to escape he would be more likely to search for his family to make sure that he was not forgotten. Regardless of which one he is, I feel that that will be the outcome," Germany answered.

"Though his last comment was most interesting. What do you think he meant be 'game?'" Japan asked.

"If he thinks that being kidnapped is some kind of game then he really is a kid," Germany answered.

"Or else he's thinking that pretending to be someone else is the game," Japan hypothesized.

"That is a good possibility. And it certainly would have taken a lot of strength to snap that broomstick like he did," Germany commented.

"I would not put too much weight into breaking a stick. I mean, Canada is America's brother so who is to say that they both can't have super strength? But I must admit that I do not have an awesome comeback for the game part. Maybe…maybe he saw through our lie and decided that it – the game – was not very funny."

"I suppose that could also be a possibility. After all, we were not all that subtle," Japan agreed frustrated. He hated to admit that after three days he still had no way to prove which of the two was the one in their care. He then decided to change the subject when he asked, "So is there actually anyone looking for him?"

"From my informants, it would seem that the Allies forces are searching for something, though the informant was unable to tell me exactly who was searching," Germany answered.

"The guy just said that his family would look for him, so it's probably England, France, and or America," Prussia offered. The others seemed to agree with this, causing Japan to ask, "So then when do we let Canada meet with them?"

We'll stop here for now

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