Wow…that was more popular than I thought. So what in the world is going on with the two HREs? Who's the real one? Is it Doitsu, who is starting to remember his past, or this new guy who apparently seems to remember everything about Italy?

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"H-Holy Roman Empire?"

"Yes! This is Holy Roman Empire!" Italy leaned on his shoulder. "Oh, I don't think you know who he is! He's a good friend of mine!"

"I see…" Kiku bowed to him. "I am Japan; my civilian name is Honda Kiku."

"Japan…I never heard of a place like that. It sounds ancient." HRE smiled. "And who's the girl next to you?"

"S-Seychelles!" She stammered. "Um…pleased to meet you! Please, call me Seyel!"

Ludwig could not wrap his mind around the whole situation. Here he was, having memories of this Holy Roman Empire person, and now here he was standing, right in front of him as if he was the real deal! Before he had a chance to say anything, Feliciano stated something to his lover's ear as he dragged him out of their eyesight. He heard Seyel sighed.

"Did you see the two of them?" She chuckled. "They look like they were in love!"

He cringed at that statement. Lovers. That word made his stomach sick. If it hadn't been for the fact that his mind was swirling with questions, he would've chased after them and bashed that HRE's head into the nearby tree. Only Kiku seemed to notice what was wrong with the German. He placed a hand on his shoulder.

"That hat looked like the one in the box." He stated, wrapping all of the thoughts together.

"…It was." He answered. "I need to find Gilbert…"

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"For the last time, Gilbert: you are not awesome! You know why? You're no longer a country!"

"Come on, Elizabeta! The fact that I'm still alive just makes my awesomeness all the higher!"

"Gilbert…"

"Elizabeta, you're starting up again."

She turned her head to see Roderich sighing and shaking his head as he continued playing the piano. Gilbert laughed at her scolding, making her glare at the former country. Suddenly, they heard knocking on the door. She excused herself and peeked through the peephole before opening the door.

"Ah, Feliciano! It's a pleasure to see you again!" She chirped.

"Elizabeta! Thank goodness you're here! I wanted to tell you something!"

She was about to ask what was going on when she suddenly was aware of the figure hovering next to him. Her eyes widened in horror as the man nodded in greeting to her. After a few seconds, she moved past the door to let them in. Feliciano got his hand and dragged him into the other room where Gilbert and Roderich were. The minute they entered, Gilbert started to choke on his own spit.

"Is that…?" Roderich looked confused. "But-"

"Whoa…hold on a second!" Gilbert remarked. "Isn't that-?"

Before he had a chance to say anything, Elizabeta entered the room with an extremely confused Ludwig, making Gilbert even more confused. His head was darting between the both of them, but there was only one thing that he was sure of: Ludwig knew, and he wanted some answers. Now.

"Ah, Ludwig!" Feliciano chirped.

"You seem to like following us around, don't you?" HRE remarked, sounding innocent.

"Actually…I was…just here to talk to Gilbert." Ludwig answered, finally clearing his head of any restraint to strangle anyone at the moment.

"Ah, I see." HRE smirked, making the restraint worse. "Hey, Italy…how much has this city changed since I last left?"

"Ve…it changed a lot! Come on, I'll show you around!"

Feliciano got his love's hand and dragged him out the door. After they left, Kiku and Seyel finally dashed into the room, exhausted by the endless running they had to endure (more Seyel than Kiku, since he was the one who did the training). Ludwig glared at Gilbert, anger just leaking out of his ears at this point.

"You had friends?"

"YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THIS?" He countered.

"I didn't think you had any buddies, West! How was I supposed to know people liked you in this place?" Gilbert sighed. "Besides, it doesn't really matter if you're really HRE, that guy officially took your place."

"How is that so?" Roderich stood up. "There's no way that two versions of the same person could exist on the same time plane."

"I know." Elizabeta stated. "You'd have to use extraordinary events in order to-"

Extraordinary events. Something supernatural. Like ghosts. And UFOs. And the Loch Ness Monster. And cake. No, not cake. Dammit Gilbert for being addicted to Internet memes. But the one thing that registered to be totally nonscientific was…the Dark Arts.

"I…am going to KILL that English bastard…"

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I decided that I was going to keep the chapters short, making me more able to update often. Hope no one minds XD