Butlers and Nations
by RavenExpert
A Hetalia and Kuroshitsuji crossover.
Chapter 13: Existence as a Country
Be careful of possible bloody scenes.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own both Hetalia or Kuroshitsuji. Every rights go to their respectful owners
The team didn't have much lead after the big turn of event. The nations except Japan decided to patrol around London, just to be safe. Before they left the manor, a young postman came into the mansion. He approached the three nations. "Excuse me, I'm looking for a person named Arthur Kirkland. The address says that he's here."
"I'm Arthur Kirkland."
"Oh, I have a letter for you. It looks like important."
The postman left the mansion, leaving the three nations in front of the entrance.
"What's with that letter? Looks important."
England flipped the envelope, to see who sent it, but there's no sender. It has a stamp, and the writing 'To Mr. Arthur Kirkland', along with the address of Phantomhive Manor. It has a seal. When England looked at it, he knew immediately that this letter is more than important.
"You two can go first. I'll catch up later." England went back to the manor, while America and Russia looked confused before going.
England ran hurriedly to his room and opened the seal. It was an imperial seal, which is used only by the nobles, and earls. The only person who can send this letter using a seal like that is only one.
Dear Arthur,
I see that you are not able to keep your identity a secret. Putting that aside, I would like to know the progress of the investigation. People continue to disappear one by one. It would be very best to make haste. I heard that yesterday the city was in quite a chaos. Please report as soon as the investigation is finished.
Stay well, and good luck.
The Queen
England clenched his fists. The Queen was in fact, had been keeping an eye on him. But how does she do it? Did she send her butlers to keep an eye on him? These questions started to spin in England's mind. Whatever how she did it, it's clear that he had to finish this case as soon as possible. Since he failed one of his missions to prevent the Phantomhives knowing his identity, he wouldn't be able to see the Queen again until he regained his honor by solving the case.
He folded the letter and put it inside a drawer to prevent anyone from reading it, even from the Phantomhives. This is something he had to deal with.
After hiding the letter, he left his room and went to the town to patrol around.
The three of them went to different areas of the town. The wind feels bad, and uneasy. Something bad might happen.
Russia, carrying his iron pipe around, looked around at a rather empty street. He noticed an unusual shadow on the ground. He stopped walking and looked upwards. His face was slightly disgusted, but he covered it with his childlike smile, and quietly whispered. "So, my plot has just begun..."
America and England met up together at the entrance of the town. However, Russia was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey, America, have you seen Russia yet?"
"Huh? Of course not. I'm all by myself. How 'bout on your side?"
"I haven't seen him too. Maybe we better go inside again and check up on him."
The duo decided to go back in. When they were walking and looking around, someone suddenly jumped on them. This event made both of the nations shocked.
"Huh? I thought it's my target, but it's you two."
"You... Aren't you that Grim Reaper?" England held his emotions.
"Hmm? Oh! You're that England guy, right?"
"Yeah. Uhh... you're Grell, right? What are you doing here?"
"Tch. I see no point in telling you."
"This is starting to get rough, England." America whispered.
"Shut up. I know."
Grell flipped his book while holding his chainsaw. England looked interested to the subject.
"By the way, Grell, are you looking for someone? You said something like a 'target' earlier..."
"Well, it won't hurt to tell you, though I still see no point in that."
"C'mon! A little won't hurt, right?" America smiled, as he begged.
Grell scratched his head. But he told them anyway.
"I was told to keep an eye on this guy. It is said by the higher-ups that his soul might disappear today. But don't know when."
"Who's that guy?"
"I'll just show you his photo, since his name is a bother."
Grell opened his book, and showed the targeted person to England and America. When they saw the person, they were more than just shocked. It was someone they knew very well. He even joined the investigation.
"His name is Ivan Braginski, if my memory serves right."
"Hey, England! This is just plain weird!"
"I know... Dammit, we gotta find Russia, and fast!"
England and America quickly ran in a rush to find Russia. They needed to verify his safety. If his name is going to the book that Grim Reaper had, possibilities are whether he'll die, or disappear. A nation shouldn't be able to die easily, but the enemy is a demon who can injure a nation. A dying possibility wouldn't be impossible. They quickly left Grell there, by himself.
"H-hey! Where are you going!"
"At a crucial time like this where we need another hand... Where did you go, Russia!"
"Hahaha! What are we going to do now, England?"
"Don't ask me! For now, just find that Kolkhoz guy!"
After searching for a while, they weren't able to find Russia. Where did he go? Did he really disappear? Did he really die? What's going to happen?
They took a small rest at an empty house.
"By the way... England... Why is Russia's name written on the book?" America asked while breathing hardly, since the two of them pretty much running all the way.
"It's because... In society... He's still known as Ivan Braginski... But for us, he's Russia." England also answered while trying to breath.
"No, not that. I mean why is a nation's name written in the book? That guy with the same voice as you said it days ago, right? It's because we're the countries itself that our names aren't written in that book. But why Russia's...?"
Hearing this statement, England couldn't help but started to wonder himself. But, the thing that he wondered the most, is why America was able to notice something that England didn't. "How did you notice about it anyway?"
"Well, since the one who said about it is the guy with your voice, so I remember it kinda well."
"Stop saying 'guy with your voice'. I'm already aware of that. Though, it's true. Why Russia's name is in it? He's the same as us. He's also a nation. A big one at that."
The silence brewed in the air. Both of them were thinking hard. What exactly has happened to Russia?
They thought and thought, but no answers came to mind. In a midst of that silence, it was broken by a voice at the front door of that empty house.
"I can answer to that~"
That voice is extremely familiar towards England and America. They looked at the direction of where the voice came from. And, as expected, it came from Russia, who stood there, carrying his trademark iron pipe.
"Russia! Where have you been!" England showed his shocked face.
"Ehe~ Just a little sightseeing."
"You take far too much time for a sightseeing. By the way, what do you mean by you can answer that question?"
"Hm. To make it simple, the names that are written in that book are bound to die, right? Which means all humans are written in that."
"Well, that's what the Grim Reapers say. Or at least that's what I think."
"That's true. We nations are no different. It's true that we can't die, unless if the country went down, we'll go down with it too. But that's not as simple as to define what 'die' means."
"Wait, Russia. I'm not getting the picture here..."
"Dying is as simple as you lost your soul, right? Well then, it would make sense of why my name come up."
"Still, that doesn't explain everything. If so, then our names should've been in it too."
"Your names haven't come up yet because you're not going to 'die' yet. If you're going to 'die', then your name will come up. That book consists of all the humans' names. We're as nations are not listed because our souls are the souls of Personification of a Country, which is different from humans. But, we still have our human side, no matter what you say."
"So basically, what you're saying Russia, is that your 'dying' is that you lost your own soul as a human? And since our souls are different from humans, that's why our names aren't in there. But if we're going to lost our human part or 'dying', then our names will come up."
"It's weird that you don't know, England, knowing your character."
"What do you mean?"
"We do live our lives as countries, but at the same time, we also live our lives as humans."
England and America gave no reaction to this statement. They intended to listen to what Russia had to say.
"As countries, we live our life carrying the weight of our land. Whatever happens in our land, it will have an impact to us. However, we also live our lives as humans. We eat, laugh, cry, get hungry, etc..."
"So, our soul consists of two parts; as the Personification of a Country, and as humans. Russia, how do you about this anyway?"
"I have my own ways of doing things, including information gathering."
"I still don't really get what happened..." America couldn't keep up, so it seemed to be.
"Hmm... Maybe it's best to just show you."
Russia took off his eyepatch, revealing the vertical scar. As soon as he opened his left eye, England could see that both of his eyes turned crimson for a second before it returned to the original color. Then, Russia took off his black glove on the left side.
What the nations saw there, is a pentacle symbol. It's shaped like a red colored spiderweb, with thorns on the exterior side. The spiderweb made a star shape. The duo couldn't think what happened to Russia. Before they could talk, the roof of that house was crushed suddenly.
It was Grell. He destroyed the roof in order to find Russia. "I found you~! I finally can get my revenge the other day!"
"Grell!"
"Ah, looks like my time is up. Well then, England, America, hope we can see each other again."
Russia ran and left the three in there. "England... What just happened?"
Grell flipped through the book he brought, then he looked bitterly.
"Ugh! Then this job is over with... I haven't gotten any information either..."
"What do you mean Grell?"
"Hmm? That Ivan guy, his human part is over and out. You can say that he's 'dead'."
"Wait a sec. Then what does it mean?" America couldn't think of anything.
"Basically saying, America, Ivan- no. Russia is not a nation, with a human part. Not anymore."
Grell closed his book.
"Seeing that pentacle, then that Ivan is now a nation, with a demon part. He's still a nation, but his human side has died."
"But what make him turned to demon?"
"That... I don't know. My job ends here anyway. See you two later."
Grell went out of the house, looking bored and tired, leaving the two nations standing there, couldn't understand what happened. They fell into silence, since they didn't know what to do next.
After that moments of silence, America talked to England.
"England, maybe we should tell this to Ciel. He needs to know about this. Because, if this continues, then Russia may become our enemy."
"He alone with his human part is troublesome already. Now he's got a demon part? What kind of bad luck am I into now?"
"Yeah, but in whatever luck we have, this is the fact..."
Author's note:
Hi all. I finally manage to continue with the plot. Alright, this is also one of my favorite chapters. A big turn of event? Yes. No doubt about it. About what exactly happened to Russia, I'll explain later on. Again, this chapter is getting even more complicated. As usual, if you don't understand, PM me or write about it in the reviews. I'll try my best to explain it to you all so you can understand.
This chapter is very long, yeah? I know, since I have to explain a lot of things. Please enjoy this chapter too and please review so I can fix my mistakes in the plot! I know that this chapter's plot looks a little bit forced. :(