"Chirp, chirp." A passerine landed on Ou Lou's nose.

"Hngggg." Ou Lou rubbed her eyes. Her room-which-builded-by-China's-bare-hands is shone by the sunlight. "How could the light passed through my roof?" she thought.

Ou Lou was about to sleep and suddenly she saw a boy stand right infront of her. He has dark, brown hair, but the thing that caught her attention most is his eyes. It was.. emotionless.

"Who are you? What do you want?" she asked.

"Pleasy be easy, Jiao-san, I am-" Ou Lou didn't let he finished.

"How the hell could you know my name?" asked frightening Ou Lou.

"Yao-san told me."

"Who's Yao? Please wait a minute, there are too much thing that I don't understand."

"China. And if you ask for my name, I'm Japan. Please call me Kiku." He smiled.

"Ah yes, nice to meet you, I'm Ou Lou. Just call me Jiao."

"Yao-san and I will be waiting at the dinning room. The breakfast is served, please be hurry, Jiao-san."

Little Jiao followed Kiku, they ran over the palace, suddenly, Kiku slipped. His face hit the ground hardly. A blood stream ran down on his forehead.

"A-ah..!" Jiao screamed.

"O-ouch… Jiao-san, please don't be so… Ah!" Kiku gasped.

"Can you stand up?"

"Let me try.." Kiku shook violently, but unfortunately, he fell again, making his wound even worse. He fainted.

"Hey Kiku? Kiku?! Wake up! You're making me scare! Please wake up, Kiku." Tears fell down Japan's white face.

She knew that he won't wake up if she doesn't do something. Jiao tore half of her hanfu and wrapped around Japan's forehead. "I hope that this will be helpful, for a while." She sniffed.

Jiao has to find China quickly. Jiao used all her strength to lift Kiku up, putting his face on her shoulder, although Kiku's head has been hemostatic, the blood keep dripping every seconds.

"Uhm… Jiao-san..?" Japan's voice is becoming weaker and weaker. "If something happened, don't be panic, okay? I'm afraid that we wouldn't 'make it' on time."

"Don't say such a ridiculous thing like that."

"Jiao-san? You know, even we just met each other recent, I… I trust you." Said Kiku.

"Thank you Kiku…" She began to cry.

"Don't cry, we'll be there on time."

He fainted again.

After 15 minutes running, finally Jiao and Kiku reached the dinning room. "Damn! Why is this palace so hugeeeeee?!" Jiao gasped heavily. "Now, I must find China."

"China! Where have you been? Kiku is bleeding badly outside, please save him!" Jiao began to lose her calmness.

"Oh god.. Doctors! Where are the doctors aru?!" China shouted.

"Stop crying, here, I got sweet-dumplings for you aru. My people said that eating sweets will make your feelings better."

"…." Ou Lou's hiccups eventually gets louder and louder.

"Hey, stop crying while eating aru!" Angry China. "…Er? I guess that crying is a way to make your feelings better too…?"

The doctor stepped out of the room.

"How is he?" Asked Ou Lou.

"He was in a terrible condition. But now he's safe. If you were late a little bit, he may die."

"Hey doc, didn't you know that nations can't die, right aru?"

"But they can be disappear, just like we humans do when we're old."

"We talked enough, can I see him yet?"

"Of course, please do."

Japan's lying on a Chinese bed, gasping heavily, it's look like he's having a nightmare. Sweats are pouring down Japan's pale face. Jiao looked him sadly. She laid on the bed-table a chrysanthemum then moved out of the room.

"China, please tell me more about Japan?"

"Ehhhhh! Why not me? What's wrong with you two aru?"

"Ah… you see, I just want to be his only friend."

"Hmph, you're a horrible person, Jiao. Okay, I'll tell then."

"When I was walking around the bamboo forest, I found a shy child, he was very rude, just like you aru! He said to me 'Hello China-where-the-sun-goes-down, I am Japan-where-the-sun-rises.' You know, Jiao, I found him three days before I found you. How special, isn't it? Actually, Kiku is a very sensitive child, he always acted like he was brave, but he's not. That evening, I and Kiku sat on the roof, we've been argued about 'rabbits are making medicine on the moon' and 'rabbits are pounding mochis on the moon'. We also talked about our different interests in tea too."

Ou Lou was completely silenced. "Not bad, huh? I'll try my best to be Japan's friend." She thought.