This might be the last chapter. I dunno, it depends. Anyway, things will be explained in this chapter.

"Ge ge! What's wrong?" They chased after him but he ignored them. He burst out of the bamboo forest where there was a cliff and sat there, his face buried in his knees, sobbing. Four pairs of feet stopped behind him.

"Ge ge?" Japan reached his hands out but withdrew them when China shouted.

"Go away, aru! Don't touch me, aru!"

"Ge ge, what's wrong? You can tell us." Taiwan tried to approach him but stopped when he said something.

"I remember, aru. I remember everything now, aru."

"That's good, Ge ge. Tell us, what happened that day I found you?" Hong Kong said but China shook his head.

"Da-ze! Ge ge, please turn around so that we can talk about this without all this tension in the air." China remained still. They were about to approach him again when he spoke again.

"Ancient Chinese Magic. It's a lot stronger than that Opium bastard's or Norway's magic, aru. I used it to grant my wish, aru."

"What was that wish?" Taiwan asked.

"Your happiness. I wished for all of your happiness, aru. It was a simple deed for Ancient Chinese Magic and there were excess magic after the wish was granted, aru. The excess magic was too much and they needed to be used, aru. That's why I lost my memories, aru."

"Da-ze! But that doesn't explain why Hong Kong found you in a zombie-like state!"

"It was the wish. I am the cause of your unhappiness, aru. To get happiness, you need to get rid of the source of unhappiness, aru. But since I am a country and therefore can't die, I was trapped in a state between life and death, aru."

"But why did it seem to slowly lose its effect?" Hong Kong asked.

"All of you. When all of you appeared to take care of me, you were slowly proving the wish wrong, aru. You showed the wish that you still cared about me so it would begin to doubt that I am the cause of your unhappiness, aru. But since I'm the only one affected, it means that I caused all of you to be unhappy, aru. I shouldn't be here now. I should still be dead yet alive, aru."

"Regret." They, including China, turned to face Japan.

"What?"

"You caused us unhappiness because we regretted something involving you. I was unhappy because I regretted betraying you."

"Da-ze! I was unhappy because I regretted not staying with you and choosing independence instead."

"I was unhappy because I regretted being so distant from you."

"I was unhappy because I regretted not being strong enough, allowing me to be taken away by England and thus, causing you all those years of sorrow."

"In that way, you caused us unhappiness. You aren't the source of our unhappiness. We are. We caused our own unhappiness. You didn't do anything wrong." Japan said.

"We're sorry, Ge ge!" They cried as they hugged China.

"It wasn't me, aru?" They shook their heads.

"You gave us happiness." Hong Kong said.

"Da-ze! You gave us care!" Korea joined in.

"You gave us love." Taiwan added.

"And just like your name, Yao, which means light, you gave us warmth. You were everything we could've ever wanted, Ge ge. How could we have been so blind as to not notice it before? We were foolish." Japan said.

"I forgive you, aru. And I'm sorry too, for not being a better brother to you, aru."

"No, you were a wonderful brother, Ge ge. The best in the world. Now, let's go home. Our home." They nodded as they left.

Thank you, for everything, Ge ge / Kiku, Yong Soo, Mei, Chun (, aru).

And that's it, I guess. Hope you enjoyed this and thank you for sticking with me to the end.