Last time we checked in, Arthur's desperate attempt to protect his beloved chair has instead awakened strange powers inside all of the countries. Prove…this is only the beginning of the story.
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Feliciano sat in the beautiful meadow, his hand still holding onto Holy Roman Empire's. They both gazed out into the view of the city in front of them, the buildings beautiful and shining in the sunlight. Next to them, they saw two rabbits playing together while running around the daisies.
"Ve~~~~Look at them, Holy Roman! They look so cute!" He chirped.
"They remind me of when we were painting rabbits a long time ago…" Holy Roman Empire chuckled. "That's when I thought you were a girl."
"…a girl?"
"Yeah, a girl! Hah, I remember like it was yesterday! You were running around with a maid's dress and had that high, girly voice!" He laughed. "I'm surprised that I didn't catch on!"
"…so you know that I'm a man now?"
"Of course I do! What's the problem?"
"…does it…change anything between the both of us?"
Holy Roman Empire stared at the confused Italian, who was now getting worried. He knew extremely well that the concept of boy love had been somewhat of a taboo topic among the people of the world (except for a few handfuls of individuals), but it didn't matter to him. He still cared for him the same way as if nothing changed. The only problem was that he had no idea how much he had changed. Maybe he couldn't like him anymore…
"No, of course not Italy."
"Ve~?"
"No matter what you are, man or woman, country or even human…I'll always love you, Italy." He answered, holding his hands.
"…thank you…" Italy answered, smiling.
"Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you something." Holy Roman Empire smiled. "How has your art been coming along?"
"My…art?" Feliciano hadn't thought about art ever since he had left. "I…hadn't been drawing much."
"I see…well, you were such a great artist, you know." He stood up. "You should take up the pencil again."
"Huh?" Feliciano stood up. "Where are you going?"
"I just want to go visit Austria and Hungary again." He answered. "Don't worry, I'll be there in case you need me."
And just like that, Holy Roman Empire walked away, leaving Feliciano to stand there and wonder just what he had meant when he said to retake the pen. After a few seconds, he "ve~~~d" and decided to buy a sketchbook and a box of colored pencils. He could retake art again.
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Ludwig and Francis found the rest of the guys standing in the middle of an empty meadow, surrounded by nothing but trees. As they approached him, they realized that Alfred was the only one talking, and it was basically nothing more than responsibility for their own actions now that they had super powers.
"OK, first off! The number one rule when it comes to super powers is to know what you got!" Alfred exclaimed. "Now, you guys are probably thinking: 'but America, I already know what I have! I already used it!' THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN! That statement means that you have to know the limits of what your abilities are! Allow me to demonstrate!"
Ludwig was about to argue his point when he suddenly lifted a steamroller (wherever the hell it came from, he'll never know) and started to juggle with it. After five seconds, he let it gently down.
"See? That's about it!" He lifted up a gigantic boulder off the ground. "Most powers are usually awakened whenever a stimulus is placed upon the body, such as a sign of danger or a traumatic event occurs!"
"…meaning?"
"YOU'RE UP FIRST, KIKU!"
"Wha-?"
*Throw*
Naturally, Kiku teleported him and Seyel out of the way of the boulder's path. Ivan was hovering just behind them, but all he did was smile. The boulder bounced off the air around him and headed toward Wang Yao. He started to panic (well, DUH, who the hell is calm when a damn boulder is headed your way?) and tried running away.
"Wang Yao!" Francis called to him. "Don't run!"
"Are you crazy?" He answered. "That thing's going to kill me, aru!"
"Wang Yao…" Francis glared at him. "Calm down."
Instantly, a strange aura erupted into the air. Everyone suddenly calmed down in the situation, allowing Wang Yao to clearly think. He turned his head toward the incoming boulder and took a deep breath. Suddenly, he screamed loudly at the boulder, watching as his voice alone shattered the boulder to pieces. Wang Yao dropped to his knees.
"Are you OK, China?" Seyel asked, running to him.
"I'm…just breathless…" He answered. "…aru."
"All right, not bad! We all have a sense of what we got! (France, of course, has the useless power)." Alfred chuckled. "Seyel, did anything weird happen to you?"
"No, I'm fine. I guess I didn't get a power." She answered, gesturing with quotes.
"All right then, if that's the case, next we go to Ludwig!"
"Wait, me?"
"HEADS UP!"
*Throw*
Ludwig stared at the boulder in confusion as Alfred tossed it right at him. He was about to grab his whip when he suddenly remembered something from his past. He was in the woods with Italy (back when he thought he was a girl) when they were attacked by enemy troops. He was panicking, and Ludwig had to do something-
He threw his hands up in the air together, and then threw them apart. Instantly, the boulder snapped in half, the pieces crashing into the ground. Suddenly, they heard Seyel scream. Ludwig turned his head around and noticed it too: there was a person right in the direction at which the boulder was heading toward.
"CANADA!" She screamed. "Get away from there!"
Kiku crouched down, ready to teleport there at a moment's notice. Matthew turned his head toward the boulder and panicked, frozen with fear. Suddenly, the boulder crashed onto the target. Everyone froze there with shock, waiting for the dust to settle and perhaps see what was left of his body.
Right. Like I'm going to kill someone off that easily.
The dust settled, revealing that Matthew had actually caught the boulder with his bare hand. As he threw the rock out of the way, Alfred suddenly cringed at his appearance. It was then that Ludwig noticed something: Matthew had pulled his hood up. He looked at Ludwig for a minute before turning his head toward his brother.
"Alfred…WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?"
"I-I'm sorry, Matthew! Really!" Alfred answered. " I-I didn't know you were there-"
"DAMN STRAIGHT you didn't see me there! You know what? Be glad that you're my brother, cause I am this close to just ripping off your freakin' neck!"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion as Matthew continued on his tirade on his American brother. First off, they had no idea who he was at first, but then they were too terrified to ask. Then, out of nowhere, Seyel walked forward and touched Matthew's arm.
"WHAT?" He turned his head. "Oh, Seyel."
"You should calm down, Matt…you're scaring your brother."
Canada sighed and tried to calm himself down. After a few long minutes, he flipped off his hood. Instantly, he looked up in confusion. The others were staring back at him before he turned his head toward his terrified brother. It was then that Matthew realized what was going on.
"A-ah! Did I go on a…?" He started to panic. "I…I'm so sorry, brother! I-"
"It's OK…it's all right…"
Ludwig stared at the both of them with a blank look on his face. He was aware of the fact that Alfred had super strength, a symbol of his rapid growth as a country, but he had no idea that Matthew had the same thing. Not only that, but apparently he goes ROMANO on people whenever his hood is up.
That's it. I'm going home.
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Yes, the updates go really fast! I just wanted to get this episode out of the way. By the way, if you have problems sorting out the super powers that all the countries have, I decided to sort it all out for you here! This is basically only what they have right now. This is subject to change.
[AMERICA]- Super Strength
[ENGLAND]- Magical talents and the Ability to see Spirits
[JAPAN]- Teleportation (Nighcrawler! Or ninja ways…)
[RUSSIA]- Telepathy and the ability to form barriers
[CHINA]- Sound wave Manipulation (think Screech from Pokemon)
[GERMANY]- Manipulation of Earth and Fire (that will be seen in the next chapter, so it's not really a SPOILER of sorts)
[FRANCE]- Manipulates emotions (if you can survive just a few seconds of Twilight, think Jasper)
[CANADA]- Can talk to animals (hey, he has the bear) and become invisible. Super strength and alternate personality occurs only when something covers his face.
[SEYELCHELLES]- It's not really a power, but she's the only one that can calm Canada down when he snaps and can see him when he's invisible
[ITALY]- Yes, he has a power. Read the next chapter to find out XD