Shinigami-cat: Okay people next chapter... I OWN NOTHING!

Project: blizzard

Matthew walked into the lounge room with a giant bag filled with letters. He emptied them onto the floor and began to sort through them. "Seventy six for Roderich..." He mumbled. "Fifty four for Feliciano... Sixty six for Francis... Nighty eight for Gilbert... and huh? One for me?"

Matthew opened the letter and read it over. His eyes went wide and he read it over and over again. He went a white as a ghost and his mouth went dry. "I... I have to get a job."

XoXoXo one week later oXoXoX

Matthew wobbled down the hall and shook his head. Feliciano frowned. "Ve, are you okay Matthew?"

"You seem a little tired." Said Francis.

Matthew walked over to the nearest wall and began to bash his head in. "Got to stay awake... got to stay awake... got to stay awake." He walked into his room and shut the door.

"What the hell?" Asked Francis. Roderich and Gilbert walked towards Matthew's room.

"What the hell was that noise?" Asked Gilbert.

Francis sighed. "Matthew's acting weird again."

Roderich opened Matthew's door and the boys looked into his room and gasped. Matthew was sitting in the middle of the room stuffing envelopes. "Need to make money... Need to make money... Need to stay awake to make money... Need money to stay wake... Awake to stay money... Money awake stay need..."

"Why did he get a job working from home?" Asked Francis.

The boys looked at each other with concern. Gilbert picked up a letter and frowned. "You got a letter? 'Dear Matthew, I want to talk to you about something. Please come visit as soon as you can. From Katyusha.' Who's that?"

Matthew sighed and hit his head against the table. "Need to money make..."

"That letter must be from a really close friend. Where's it from?" Asked Roderich.

"Ukraine." Said Gilbert.

Francis sighed. "The Ukraine's... there are so many hotties there..."

"Ve, the cute fuzzy wild life." Sighed Feliciano.

"The beautiful landscape." Said Roderich.

"The beer... and vodka... and all that good stuff." Sighed Gilbert.

Suddenly the phone began to ring. Francis picked it up and sighed. "Hello? Oh hi Land lady. What good timing!" He bit his hand and let several tears flow from his eyes. "Why am I crying? Because Matthew is working so hard at his new job that he collapsed. He just wants to help out his friend so badly. But we are so worried about him going off to Ukraine all by himself. But what can you do? Really? Thank you so much." He hung up the phone and smirked. "She said she'd send the cash right away."

Feliciano and Gilbert high fived. They were finally going on vacation. Roderich glared at Francis. "How many people have you tricked with that act?"

XoXoXo when they got to the Ukraine's oXoXoX

The boys were not impressed. After an eight hour flight and a two hour car drive they were almost at their destination but there was one major problem. They had to walk the rest of the way. In snow that was knee deep. Feliciano looked at the others with a confused face. "Isn't it supposed to be spring here? I mean it's practically summer right?"

"I know right?" Said Gilbert. "Why is there still snow everywhere?"

Matthew rolled his eyes and pulled his jacket out of his bag. "If you don't like it than go home." After walking for about ten minutes a lone house came into view. It was old and rickety, covered in snow and had a dark look about it. It looked like it was haunted. "We're here." Said Matthew.

"But it looks haunted!" Cried Feliciano.

Matthew rolled his eyes and knocked at the door. The door slowly creaked open. "Matthew? Oh Matthew it's you!" The door swung open to revile a tall woman with short platinum blond hair, blue eyes and huge boobs.

"Hi Katyusha." Said Matthew. "It has been a while huh?"

Katyusha grinned. "Yes it has, I missed you so much. Oh I see you brought some friends." She looked over at the other boys and smiled. "This place isn't much but please make yourself at home. My parents are away on a trip."

On that note they all went inside. Her interior decoration was modest and simple. But that seemed to fit Katyusha just fine. Feliciano beamed and shook her hand. "Ve, my name's Feliciano. It's nice to meet you!"

Katyusha smiled firmly shook his hand too. Suddenly a cold wind blew through the house and a thin film of ice covered Feliciano from head to toe. He fell to the ground frozen. The boys screamed and Katyusha sighed. "Oh dear... he's fallen asleep."

Matthew shrugged and poured boiling water over Feliciano's frozen body. "He isn't even fazed!" Said Roderich.

Once Feliciano was thawed out he began to cry. "It's the abdominal snow woman!"

Katyusha giggled. "Oh I'm not the abominable snow woman. But my grandfather General Winter was the abominable snow man."

...

"THAT'S IT!" Cried the boys as they ran to the door. "WE'RE OUT OF HERE!"

Tears welled in Katyusha's eyes and she began to cry. "That's... that's why I could never make any friends... Matthew's the only one who understood me..."

Matthew sighed and patted Katyusha on the back. "Hey don't cry Kat..."

"Ve, Matthew's so sweet." Said Feliciano as he opened the door. There was a blizzard billowing outside.

"If you cry..." Said Matthew. "The whole house will fall down."

"WE'RE SORRY!" Cried the boys. "LET'S BE FRIENDS! WE'LL BE YOUR BEST FRIENDS!"

XoXoXo later that night oXoXoX

Matthew was in Katyusha's kitchen sharpening the knifes. "Wow Matthew!" Said Katyusha. "You are so good as sharpening knifes."

Matthew giggled. "This way you can cut right through the bone without any effort at all."

"That sounds nice." Said Katyusha. "Well it's about time for bed. I'll make sure the boys are all set up in the lounge room okay?" Katyusha walked into the lounge room where the guys were set up with sleeping bags and pillows. "Are you guys alright? Sorry that I couldn't set you up in a bedroom... I only thought Matthew was coming so..."

"It's fine." Said Roderich. "We should have phoned ahead to tell you we were coming."

Katyusha nodded and went off to find Matthew. He was brushing his teeth in the bathroom in his PJ's when Katyusha walked in. "I'll show you to your room now?" Matthew nodded and spat into the sink. Katyusha led him to her parent's bedroom. "Make yourself comfortable."

Matthew nodded. "Hey Kat, did you want to talk about something?"

Katyusha smiled. "It's okay. I'll tell you tomorrow." With that she closed the door and walked to her room. When she got there she picked up her camera and bit her lip. "I'm sorry Matthew." She whispered.

XoXoXo the next day oXoXoX

The next day everyone woke up and Katyusha was nowhere to be seen. Matthew put on his coat and headed out. "Where are you going?" Asked Gilbert.

"Since Kat isn't here I'm going to hunt down some breakfast."

Feliciano gave everyone a worried look. "Did he just say hunt down some breakfast?"

The boys were interested by what Matthew had said so they followed him. Turns out Matthew had led them to a beautiful river right near the edge of a forest. Feliciano spotted a fox and patted it. "How cute." Said Francis. "Feli made a friend."

While Feli was playing with the fox the other boys sat down on the river bank and sighed contently. "Ah... Ukraine..." Suddenly a fish flew through the air and hit a tree. The boys jumped in shock and looked at Matthew.

Matthew was ankle deep in water fishing like a bear. After pulling out a particularly large fish he took a second to catch his breath when a huge bird swooped down and stole Matthew's fish. Matthew growled, jumped up and ripped out some of the birds tail feathers. "GIVE THAT BACK YOU OVER GROWN HUMMING BIRD!"

"Wow..." Said Roderich. "So that's how Matthew got so tough."

"I would have thought he would have fought bears." Said Francis.

Gilbert jumped up. There was a passionate fire in his eyes and a slight blush on his cheeks. "That... that's so cool." He jumped to his feet and ran into the river. "I wanna try too!"

"Don't get in my way." Said Matthew as he pulled another fish out of the water. Francis sighed and lay back onto the ground. It was much warmer there than at Katyusha's place.

"OMG! It's them!" Squealed a girl.

"They're really here!" Squealed another.

"Who's really here?" Asked Roderich. The girls held out a bunch of pictures. Roderich looked at the pictures and frowned. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask you to hand those over."

XoXoXo back at Katyusha's house oXoXoX

"... What do you mean you were selling those photos for $5 each?" Asked Roderich. They were sitting in Katyusha's lounge room. Katyusha was back and looked extremely guilty. There was a pile of photos of Francis, Roderich, Feliciano and Gilbert sleeping. Matthew had tuned all this out and was cooking fish in the fire place.

Katyusha began to tear up. "We aren't mad!" Said Feliciano.

"Just tell us why you did it sweetie." Said Francis.

"Well... There aren't any guys as hot as you four out here..."

"That's not the point." Said Gilbert. "Just tell us why you were selling them."

Katyusha bit her lip and turned away. She wasn't giving away anything. Suddenly her mobile went off and she answered it. A dark blush covered her face and she became all bubbly. "Hello? Eduard? Yeah I got some money so I can finally buy that snow board you want. It won't be long now. See you soon!"

"THAT'S WHY YOU NEEDED THE MONEY!" Cried the boys.

"Uh-oh! They found out!"

"Yeah we found out!"

Katyusha sighed. "Well... That's why I wanted to see Matthew. I wanted to ask him advice about my love life."

...

"Bad idea." Said Francis.

"Well remember how you fell in love with that guy back in junior high?" Asked Katyusha.

"Don't bring that up!" Gasped Feliciano.

Matthew frowned and tilted his head to the side. "Who?"

"Well..." Said Katyusha. "Eduard's so sweet and handsome. He gets so happy whenever I give him gifts... But he'll only meet up with me if I have something to give him. How can I get him to like me more?"

"How awful." Said Roderich.

"I can't believe he's using her like that." Said Gilbert.

"HE'S NOT USING ME!" Cried Katyusha. "HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME!" A freezing wind swept through the house and froze Gilbert. Matthew sighed and poured water over the frozen Gilbert.

"A guy would never do that to someone they love." Said Feliciano. "They would be doing their best to make their loved one as happy as possible."

"This guy sounds like a jerk to me." Said Francis. "When you're using someone for money, you got to make sure that they feel loved too."

"Ve you're the worst Francis!" Said Feliciano.

"Is that really so wrong?" Asked Francis.

"Ve it totally is!" Cried Feliciano.

"I bet a lot of grownups act like that." Said Roderich.

Katyusha was shaking in anger. "Eduard is a great guy... He wouldn't use me like that." She suddenly ran towards the door and out into the snow. "HE'S NOT USING ME!"

Matthew grabbed his coat and followed her outside. "Kat! Wait up!"

Gilbert grabbed the back of Matthew's shirt. "I bet you're hoping she ends up killing that guy aren't you?"

"... Just a little bit." Said Matthew.

"You're the worst." Snapped Gilbert. "I'm coming with you. You little freak."

"But I am really worried about her..."

XoXoXo flash back oXoXoX

When Matthew was eight he and his family were living in Ukraine. It was a hot summer's day and Matthew wondered down to the river. He took off his shoes and splashed in the river for a bit to cool down. He walked up stream until he found a bear. The bear was fishing. Matthew walked over to the bear and smiled. "Hi Mr Bear. Can you teach me how to fish?"

The bear grunted and showed Matthew how to fish. Soon Matthew and the bear were laughing and throwing fish out of the river with easy. Suddenly a man began to shout. "Hey that bear's attacking that boy! Grab your shot gun!"

Matthew gasped. There were two men running towards where he and the bear were with shot guns in hand. Matthew jumped in front of the bear and held up his arms in an attempt to protect the bear. "Get out of the way!" Said one of the men. "We'll save you."

Matthew shook his head and tears began to fall down his face. He didn't want the bear to die. He hadn't done anything wrong. "Hey get away from them!" Called a voice. It was a girl. She had short platinum white hair and was wearing overalls. "They were just playing! I saw the whole thing!" Suddenly a gust of freezing wind blasted the two men sending them flying. "That's what you get for jumping to conclusions!"

Matthew gulped. She had to be the abominable snow woman. He backed into the bear and began to tremble. "It's the abominable snow woman! Let's get out of here!"

The girl turned towards Matthew and smiled. "I'm really sorry if I scared you. I'm Katyusha... um... could you please teach me how to fish?"

Matthew looked at her for a second then nodded. "Okay... it's nice to meet you Katyusha. I'm Matthew."

XoXoXo end flash back oXoXoX

"I have to find her." Muttered Matthew. As he and Gilbert continued to walk the snow became thicker and thicker, and the wind became stronger and stronger. Soon it became so strong that Matthew was knocked flat onto his back.

"We have to go back." Said Gilbert. "We're going to end up dying out here."

Matthew shook his head and began to crawl forward. "I can't go back. I can't... Katyusha's crying..." Gilbert sighed and picked up Matthew by the waist. "HEY PUT ME DOWN!"

"Shut up." Snapped Gilbert. "It's quicker this way."

Matthew blushed. "Put me down now."

"Shut up!" Snapped Gilbert. "I want to make sure she's fine too you know!"

"Why the hell would you even care?" Snapped Matthew. "You don't know her... Oh God... you don't want to fuck her do you?"

Gilbert looked at Matthew with disbelief. "What? No fucking way! Girls are so annoying! I've been chased around by those fucking freaks my whole life! I hate them! But... she's your friend... and I've never seen you act like this about someone ever... she must be really important to you."

Matthew nodded. "Katyusha... she's probably one of the most important people in the world to me... She saved Mr Bear's life and... And I hate it when people use her. And I-"

Gilbert put his hand over Matthew's mouth. "Shut up for a second... do you hear that?" Gilbert turned to see a fallen tree hurtling towards them. It was too close to get out of the way. Gilbert swore and pushed Matthew into the snow.

When the tree had passed Matthew crawled out from underneath Gilbert and stood up. "Time to keep looking for... Gilbert, what the?" Gilbert was lying on his side; there was a huge gash on his shoulder and thigh, he looked stunned and wasn't moving at all.

XoXoXo several miles away oXoXoX

"Katyusha!" Called Roderich. "Where are you?"

"Ve, please come out..." Called Feliciano. Suddenly a fallen tree slid past him. "Ve? What the heck was that?"

"I found her." Said Francis.

Katyusha was sitting at the foot of a tree with her head on her knees. "He's not using me." She sobbed.

Feliciano beamed. "Ve I'll call Gilbert." He took out his phone and tried to call Gilbert. After the third attempt he became worried. "Hey guys... Gilbert's not picking up."

In less than a minute everyone was looking Gilbert and Matthew. "Gilbert!" Called Roderich.

"Ve, please come out!" Called Feliciano. "Where are you?"

"Come out right now and we'll go drinking!" Pleaded Francis.

"Matthew!" Called Katyusha. "Please come out! I'm alright! Just please come out!"

"Over here..." Called a hoarse voice. Everyone turned to see Matthew carrying Gilbert on his back. "Get him off me... He's so freaking heavy..."

XoXoXo back at Katyusha's house oXoXoX

Gilbert was all rugged up in front of the fire place. "I think I've caught a cold..."

"I can't believe Matthew carried you piggyback." Said Roderich. "What a wuss."

"Shut up." Snapped Gilbert. "I was hit by a flying tree."

Katyusha walked into the lounge room with a bottle of green paste. "I can't believe you got hurt protecting Matthew. That's so brave."

Gilbert sighed. "Well that part was brave but..."

Katyusha nodded and held out the bottle. "Here. This should help you heal faster if you rub it on your wounds."

Gilbert nodded. "But... It'll sting."

Francis chuckled darkly and grabbed the bottle. "Don't worry Gilbert... Just relax and let us boys do the work for you... Roderich, Feliciano, grab him."

Feliciano and Roderich pulled off Gilbert's blanket and held him down while Francis rubbed the paste on his wounds. "IT HURTS! IT BURNS! STOP IT!"

"Quit being such a baby." Snapped Roderich.

While that was going on Katyusha sat next to Matthew who was sitting on the lounge. She sighed. "I'm sorry Matthew. I'm glad you aren't hurt but... I really do love Eduard."

Matthew nodded. "I hate seeing you cry Katyusha."

Katyusha blushed and nodded. "I'll go and talk to Eduard today..." Suddenly her face lit up and she ran out of the room. She came back in with a huge box and a helmet. "Silly me I forgot all about this! Here you go Matthew." She gave the box to Matthew and blushed. "This was passed on to me by General Winter... I want you to wear it."

Matthew took the box and smiled. "This is too much Kat... I can't accept this."

Katyusha shook her head. "No I insist. Besides it is really warm! I remember General Winter used to just walk around outside wearing nothing but that coat. Try it out please!"

Matthew nodded. "Okay... I'll put it on." With that Matthew stood up and walked out of the room to go change. Katyusha smiled and called Eduard.

XoXoXo several minutes later oXoXoX

Eduard was at the door. In all honesty he didn't look that bad; blond hair, blue eyes, glasses, slim build... But he was nothing compared to the other guys. The boys were sitting at the window and using their ninja skills to spy on Katyusha and Eduard while they were talking outside.

Francis sighed. "She could do way better."

"Oh come on." Said Roderich. "He seems like a nice guy."

"What the hell?" Growled Eduard. (From where the boys were hiding they could hear everything) "What do you mean you didn't get it? What the hell am I even doing here?"

"But... but I... I..." Sobbed Katyusha.

"Oh great you're crying. Stop it! I'll get snowed in!"

Feliciano jumped to his feet and pushed past Katyusha to come face to face with Eduard. "What's wrong with you? Who do you think you are? You can't talk to a girl like that! You won't get away with this!"

Eduard smirked. "Oh... I see what's going on now. I'm surprised you can get a guy like this. Even if you are the abominable snow woman." He chuckled and patted Feliciano on the shoulder. "You better get as much out of her as possible before she freezes you. Later Katyusha. Oh, and don't ever talk to me again."

With that Eduard turned and left. The freezing wind was beginning to pick up. The boys ran to Katyusha's side to see if she was okay. "How could he..." She sobbed. "He said he loved me..."

"Well he's a fucking asshole." Said Gilbert. "And... holy shit what the hell is that?" Walking towards Eduard was what looked like a ghost in a thick, black over coat and wearing a black helmet with a spike sticking out of the top.

It pointed a bony finger the now severally freaked out Eduard. "You made her cry, didn't you?" It hissed. It grabbed the front of Eduard's jacket and growled.

Feliciano almost we himself. "Ve! It's the abominable snow man!"

Francis gasped. "Is that really the abominable snow man?"

"Didn't Katyusha say that her grandfather General Winter was the abominable snow man?" Asked Roderich.

"Kick his ass General!" Called Gilbert enthusiastically.

Katyusha gasped. "That isn't General Winter... That's Matthew!"

"Help me!" Cried Eduard. "This is your entire fault! I didn't do anything wrong! Help me!"

Katyusha blinked back her tears and used her powers to manipulate the frozen wind into a mini tornado. Matthew chucked Eduard into it and he flew high up into the air before falling back down to earth in cased ice.

Francis chuckled and pulled four sharpies out of his pocket. "Shall we?" The boys grinned, took the pens and began to scribble all over Eduard's frozen body while laughing maniacally.

While the boys were doing that Katyusha walked over to Matthew (who was still dressed like General Winter). "Thank you Matthew... I'll find a better guy next time. I won't cry anymore." Matthew nodded and chuckled.

"Matthew laughed!" Gasped Feliciano.

"He actually laughed." Said Roderich.

Roderich, Feliciano and Francis hugged Katyusha. "Ve maybe Matthew really can become a gentle-" Suddenly Roderich, Francis and Feliciano froze and fell to the ground. Matthew rolled his eye and poured boiling water all over them.

Gilbert rolled his eyes. "What idiots."

XoXoXo the next day oXoXoX

Matthew and the boys were all packed and ready to head back to America. They were saying their goodbyes to Katyusha. "Well we'll see you later." Said Gilbert.

"Thank you for having us." Said Roderich.

"You were a wonderful host and we had a wonderful time." Said Francis.

"Bye, bye Katyusha." Said Feliciano.

"I hope you have better luck next time with your love life." Said Matthew.

Katyusha smiled. "It was no problem at all. Please come back soon. My home is always open to you."

"Maybe we could switch Matthew with Katyusha." Whispered Gilbert. "No one would ever know!"

"I can hear you Gilbert." Said Matthew.

To be continued maybe...

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