Alright! I'm back again! Thanks for reading as always, I know I messed up the last chapter. . . . That one took me longer than I expected and I wrote a good portion half asleep. I apologize, so please. Stick with me!

Also! Don't forget to read Otto-chan's if you like this!

I pulled away from my friend by standing up. "Where the hell were you, Mari!" I quickly responded, I didn't want to tell her where I was and I was a bit upset she passed out on me.

"Aw, come on, Lovi~" Amber-eyes mocked, obviously trying to act like Spain. I shot a glare at her. She frowned. "Fine, I'm sorry. . ." She groaned and pulled herself up. "I was looking for you, then I ran into Japan, then we found Zik and Idiot fighting Steve, then we met Ivy who kindly shot Steve, like, ten times, then we came up here and found Germany, then we went to the library and almost died, Ivy got knocked out, the door actually asked us if we'd like to unlock it or not-!"

I looked at her skeptically. "Seriously?" I interrupted.

"-I unlocked the door, we ran upstairs, Idiot and Ivy went back to Germany's room, Xenzik, Japan, and I went to find you and Prussia, we explained the naming of Prussia's 'Five Meters', we went into Prussia's room, then we found him passed out on the floor, I almost had a panic attack about all the blood, we did some 'game talk', Steve came in, and I passed out." She seemed out of breath by the time she finished.

I smirked a bit, remembering that she actually got beat by the Oni! Ha! She got beat by something! "Is that all?" I asked.

She smiled at me. "Yeah; Why, what'd you do?"

My cheeks began to turn red and I turned away, remembering what I had done. "I, uh, well I asked Ivy what happened to her when she woke up." Stupid me! That didn't even make sense! I began to look around the room and barely noticed when Mari got up and limped to where Ivy and Xenzik sat, talking quietly.

I tried to listen to the countries conversation, but it was just Japan, Germany, and Prussia explaining stuff to Italy. I didn't feel like talking to fuckface so I sat on the floor, nearer to the rest of the girls and began to shift through my things. There was something about Ivy. . . The way she talked? Maybe it was just her incredibly calm attitude; it reminded me of someone. . . Someone important to me, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

"So, I know that you were here before we were Ivy, but…" I heard Mari trail off and I looked up. I wanted to hear this.

"You want to know what happened, right?" The brunette asked smiling sadly. It seemed Italy who had long ago given up on understanding heard this too and came to listen, followed by a German, a Japanese, and a Prussian. "Fine, I'll tell you."

Ivy sat with her sister, relishing in the feeling of the sun streaming through the windows. "What should we do?" Ami asked, mostly asking Ivy. She was the oldest, and therefore in charge of making decisions. Ivy shrugged and looked at Lin for any sort of input. "Maybe we should go." Lin's firm voice made the suggestion seem more like a command.

"I agree." Ivy's cheerful tone made them all a little less apprehensive about what they were planning. Quickly, all the girls grabbed the bags they had pre-packed and started to head out the door. It was the middle of the day. Around noon, the girls started to walk towards the lonely old house that sat just outside their village. "Now, remember!" Ivy told her sisters. "We're just going in to look around. That's all. After that, we leave." Ami and Lin nodded their replies and the girls headed into the house.

"That was exactly twenty-four hours before I met Mari and the others." Ivy lowered her head. "We should never have entered this wretched house!" Zik grabbed the girls hand comfortingly as she began to cry and basically yell her mistake. Would we be doing the same. . . ?

"Ivy. . ." Italy was being sweet, comforting even. "Ivy, it'll all be okay!" He rubbed the girls back, hoping to help.

"N-No… It won't…" Ivy shook her head and continued to cry. "I watched my sisters die in front of me… There's not stopping that monster…" To my surprise the girl continued. Who was it! Just by the way she talked. . . She reminds me of someone I knew. . . Someone too mature for her age. . .

Ivy screamed as the huge grey thing slammed her little sister into a wall. Lin drew her gun, shot, and missed. The monster turned away from poor little Ami and slammed it's fist into Lin's stomach, sending her flying into the next room. Ivy prayed to God that she wasn't dead, and shakily pulled her own gun.

The monster had already turned back towards Ami and was beating the shit out of her with it's giant hands. Ivy, scared for her sister's life, lifted the gun, and fired as many times as she could. As the creature faded, Ami fell to the ground. Her blood was everywhere; the floor, the walls, the ceiling, everywhere.

Ivy, remembering her big sister, ran into the next room, slamming and locking the door to the first. "I-Ivy?" Lin sat up slowly, rubbing the side of her head. She looked around in confusion. "Wh-where's Ami?" She asked. Ivy bit her lip, just barely holding back tears. "She ran off." Ivy's reply was short. "She scared the thing off and ran after it." The lie was lame, but Lin didn't argue. Ivy helped her up, and they started the search for a sister who was lost forever.

"And so, that's how my younger sister died." Ivy had stopped crying, was this because she had no more tears? Or she had found a way to get over it? "My older sister's death was much more violent."

Lin threw herself at the monster, knife in hand. She and ivy had run into the kitchen, the creature in hot pursuit. They'd stopped, and Lin had snatched a knife off of the counter. Now that she was on top of the creature, she wasted no time in stabbing it repeatedly.

Screaming, the monster pulled her off and threw her too heavily into the ground. Ivy screamed, and opened fire, but the monster just tossed her aside like yesterday's newspaper. From her immobilized position on the ground, Ivy watched in horror as the monster stabbed over and over again at non-vital points along Lin's screeching figure.

Finding it impossible not to do something, Ivy forced her body to move, only finding enough strength to shoot and kill the thing. "L…. Lin?" Ivy asked, dragging herself over to her sister. She was losing blood, but it was so slow that Ivy started to bawl. "Don't be sad… Ivy…" Her sister whispered.

"How can I not be sad!" Ivy yelled, grimacing at the pain that flashed briefly in her sister's dulling eyes. "Because… I-I'm meant… to… die…" Ivy stared at her sister, tears still streaming down her cheeks. "If I have fallen… If I am… dying…" Lin held her sister's gaze firmly. "Then… it is… as God designed…"

Ivy cried, holding her dying sister tightly, crying even harder when she discovered the body's lack of movement. She gently lay her sister down, before walking over to the sink. Knowing that the tap wouldn't be functioning, she grabbed a cloth and cleaned as much of the blood as she could off of her. Seeing a ceramic serving plate at the edge of the counter, she couldn't resist the violent urge to shove it off.

The plate shattered, causing the first loud noise after a long silence. With that noise, Ivy panicked, hearing the sounds of people talking, trying to figure out what had happened. Ivy left her sister lying there and ran to the other side of the room to hide.

She just sat there, making no noise until she heard terrified screams. Realizing that she couldn't leave the monster to kill anyone else, Ivy ran, as fast as she could to the direction of the screams.

Arriving around a corner near the downstairs bathroom, Ivy drew her gun and shot the creature, ignoring the shocked faces of the people she'd saved as she fell to the ground, worn out from the death of her sister, and the beating she'd received.

"And that's when I ran into you guys." As Ivy finished I looked at the ground, wiping away my own few tears. It was bothering me now. I still couldn't remember. "I never told Lin that Ami had died…" I heard her say. A hand was resting on my back and I jumped slightly. When I looked up I found Germany was next to me, looking at me softly, I shook my head and looked at Ivy who was now standing and joined her quickly.

"We should find a safe place to sleep, tonight." Xenzik seemed to decide changing the subject would be best. Maybe it was. "Perhaps the fireplace room would do?" We all nodded in agreement. We left the room we were in and headed to the room with the fireplace. Which didn't make much sense to me, the Oni hasn't been in this room yet.

When we reached the room, Mari pushed the door open and walked in while I stayed near the back of the small crowd that had accumulated. Once we were all in, Ivy locked the door with a key. "I found it with Lin." She explained.

We decided we needed to have someone keep watch so, Japan suggested a game of janken to find who would keep watch for tonight. In the end, Mari and Prussia kept tying so they both decided to be the 'guards' while the rest of us got some sleep. I almost argued since Mari fought more than myself, but doubted Prussia would trade with anyone and didn't want to be stuck with him.

That's how I began to think of a life I had once lead, and which person I once had known that Ivy reminded me of.

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~Himiwari-chan