Chapter Six: Love or Loyalty

"You're in love with Japan!" Sinovia shouted at China after she came home from the G8 meeting and noticed him just staring at the moon on the veranda before remembering her vision and shouted at him loudly with only one sentence. China turned around at her in shock but even she could see the red tinge on his face. "No I'm not!" He shouted as he stood up and turned towards her. "Māmā how can you possibly think that?" She was quick to answer. "Italy said that he heard you and Japan making out the night we all stayed here last year." His face turned even redder and she knew that she hit the nail.

"He told me to be quiet as possible!" China shouted, leaving Sinovia confused until she realized that he was talking to himself. "I thought that no one was able to hear-" "You do realize you're talking out loud right?" She interrupted him and he froze as he realized that he was spilling out everything that happened that night.

"As long as he didn't take advantage of you," She said as she sat down on a nearby cushion. "Then I'm okay with you being with him." "I thought you said I was destined with him in YinYang's vision?" He asked curiously as he pointed at her. "It was a glimpse of the future," She said as if she was talking to a child, which sometimes he acts like one. "It doesn't mean it's set in stone, it's up to you and Japan."

"Māmā..." He said before she stood up, walked over to him, and hugged him tightly. "Whatever you choose I will support you every way." As she finished and pulled away, tears were falling from China's eyes as he had his head hung from the heartfelt sentence. "T-That...h-how...WAHH!" He clung to his 'mother' as he cried harder. She laughed quietly as she returned the embrace and waited for her 'son' to stop crying. "Let it out, let it out." She said as his cries got softer and softer until he didn't move at all. "Yao?" She asked as she looked at him, with some difficulty of trying to, and saw that he was asleep.

She carried him bridalstyle to his room, she was able to do it because she had to help her villagers create their homes with heavy pieces of bark, and set him on the kang in his room before pulling the sheets over him and pulled his hair out of his ponytail holder. "My little warrior." She cooed as he snuggled into the sheets. She just hoped that a certain Russian wouldn't interrupt her son's and future son-in-law's attempt at being together.

Or else he's getting his ass kicked, literally.

"Mama!" A boy, around four of five, with ash black hair that reached his jaw and brown streaked dark brown eyes wearing a white changshan that reached his knees shouted as he looked around fearfully. He was in the same bamboo where China found Japan, and somehow wandered from said country before remembering that it was his Otou-san's birthday and this was not the perfect day to get lost.

"Otou-san!" He shouted before collapsing on his knees and crying as loud as he can. "MAMA! OTOU-SAN!" He shouted as he continued crying loudly. Gentle footsteps were heard as he slowly calmed down. They came closer and closer until he could see the person but it was blurry. "You okay?" The person, a male teenager, asked before he wiped his eyes and could see the person clearly.

It was a teenager, fourteen or fifteen, with waist-length brown hair that was in a tight braid wearing a dark blue naval jacket with golden epaulets, buttons, and straps going from his right shoulder to his left hip, matching dark blue military pants, and black military boots. The only thing that struck out most besides his features that were similar to China's features, was his soulless amber eyes.

"Are you okay?" The boy asked again as he repeated what he said slowly. "Who..?" The kid asked before trailing off as he stared into the other's eyes. A sudden spark appeared and passed through them, making both of them shiver. The longer the kid stared at the soulless amber eyes, the more tired and peaceful he felt. "Wha...goi...on..?" He asked before darkness took over his vision and he was fast asleep.

"Kiyu! Are you okay?! Kiyu? Baby, wake up." A male voice spoke through the darkness and slowly woke him up. "Kiyu? Yao are you sure he's asleep?" A female voice asked as it pierced through the darkness. "Yuka, carm down," Another male voice, lower than the other, said to the female voice. "I was the one that found him in front of the forest, and Yao has a right to be scared since our onry son might be unconscious."

A few seconds later... "Thanks a lot Kiku." Yao said irritated, probably from Kiku saying that he has a right to be scared. "Sorry ai..." Kiku replied sheepishly as the kid slowly opened his eyes and saw that everything was a blur. It took him a few seconds to fully wake-up and saw that his 'grandmother' Sinovia, or Yuka by Japan, was trying to help Japan console China, until they noticed the now-awake child.

"Kiyoshi!" China shouted as he held his son close to him. "Kiyu, why did you run off?" Japan asked curiously, one minute he had his son sitting next to him and the next minute Kiyu was no where to be found. "Kiyu are you okay?" Sinovia asked as she noticed that he kept staring at the forest like something was calling to him. Was there something important in there that he needed to go back in?

Throughout the questions and no answer, no one but Kiyu noticed the strange teenager watching them from just inside the forest with a sorrow-filled lonely expression.

"What's your human name?" China asked as he and Sinovia stared at the slowly coming dawn. He woke up to finding her fast asleep right next to his kang and was drooling slightly. He laughed quietly and moved her from her place on the floor to where he was before pulling the covers over her. It was three in the morning when he woke up and started to make breakfast.

The smell of Sinovia's favorite soup woke her up and a cup of yellow-green tea later and she was wide awake.

"My human name?" She asked curiously, it was the first time he had ever asked about anything personal about her. "I never came up with one because I was helping my people inhabit the island, and because I was gone after a year of raising you." 4000 years later and he still gets embarrassed whenever she brings up the part of raising him.

Flashback

"He was soo cute!" Sinovia cooed as she was talking to Italy, Japan, France, and China who was embarrassed as his 'mother' talked about when she was raising him. "He would always cling to my leg whenever Yin or Yang flew over to try and interact with him, oh and he would always go to play with the other kids but in the end he would run back to me crying because some boy called him either a girl or cute."

"Don't talk about that!" China shouted as he blushed furiously. "Oh! I just remembered! He would always blush whenever someone called him cute then he would hide his face in my legs and try to not look at that person!" He blushed more furiously and slammed his head on the table before groaning. "Didn't Japan-a call him cute the other day?" Italy asked, earning two shocked looks from China and Sinovia. Japan just hid his face as he blushed slightly.

A few seconds later... "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING!" Sinovia shouted at the Italian, who just smiled in return. Boy, was Japan gonna get an earful from the Forgotten Country.

Flashback Ends

"Is there any name you want?" He asked as she snapped out of the memory. "There's brave but in two languages," She replied as she held up two fingers. "The first is in Chinese: Yǒnggǎn, and the second is in Japanese: Yūkan'na." He thought of the suggested names over and thought of which one the others would use when talking to her.

"Yūkan'na sounds like a female name instead of Yǒnggǎn which sounds like a male name." He finally answered as the first ray peeked through the clouds. "Okay then," She said as she nodded. "Then I'm Yūkan'na Wang." "Why my last name?" He asked before it came to him. "If you keep calling me Māmā while others say that I'm not then I need to share your last name since over a millennium ago I. raised. you." And here comed the embarrassed blush.

"Māmā!" He shouted as she laughed, knowing that he was still embarrassed about it.

"Ahh..." Someone said as they watched the sun rise from where they were. It's been 121 years since they ran from the place where they were born, and made sure that no one followed him while the war between his parents was going on. "121. That long since I ran from Māmā." He said before walking further into the forest before coming across a pond and stared into it.

He had waist-length brown hair that was in a tight braid wearing a dark blue naval jacket with golden epaulets, buttons, and straps going from his right shoulder to his left hip, matching dark blue military pants, and black military boots. Soulless amber eyes looked back at him as he sighed again. I'm sorry Māmā, He thought as a tear slid down his face. I'm sorry Otou-san...

"I promise YinYang," He said as he looked at the purplish-blue sky. "I'll watch over my brother when he's born... Or my name isn't Māolóng Wang-Honda."