"I thought you were going to show me what a Slayer was!"
"Mina... Sweety~ What are you doing here?" Italy asked with a rather casual tone, which didn't fit how he looked at all. The scarlet black hair... the pale skin with veins showing... the demonic black eyes. It didn't fit at all. "'Cause if you were looking for me, now's not a great time."
"Y-You look terrible!" Mina stammered.
"Do I?" Italy sid, walking towards Mina, which caused the preteen to start backing up.
"You're back on the magics." Mina stated.
Italy gave her a smile that usually would have been comforting, only now, it terrified her. "No, honey, I am the magics."
"Why are you doing this? You said you'd stop!" Mina confronted.
"It's an improvement, believe me." Italy told her.
"I have to go." Mina said, running around the Italian. Right when she thought to reach the doorknob, Italy appeared in front of her.
"Why? So you can run and tell your Mommy?" Italy said.
"Italy, please, just listen to me!" Mina tired reasoning.
"You don't have to talk," Italy began, walking forward and causing Mina to back up once more. "Just think real loud. I can hear you."
"Y-You're freaking me out..." Mina told her uncle.
"Oh, don't be like that. I'm just a little wired. I have some things to do. Thought if anybody would understand-" Italy was cut off.
"I heard about Germany and I miss him, too! But this- What you're doing here- This is not the way to go! You're only going to make things worse!" Mina explained. "But I promise, it's not too late too-"
"You miss him?" Italy asked.
"Yes!" Mina exclaimed.
"Did you cry? Of course you did. I get that. I understand the crying. You cry because you're human." Italy stated, backing Mina against the wall. "But you weren't always like that."
"I've always been human." Mina argued.
"Oh, please. You're telling me you don't remember? You used to be some mystic ball of energy." Italy told her. "Maybe that's why you're crying all the time, Mina. 'Cause you don't belong here. Wanna go back? End the pain? You'll be happier. I'll be happier. We'll all be a lot happier without listening to the constant whining."
"Italy, stop." Mina stated, holding back tears.
"Mom! Dad! Shanna! Waah! It's time you go back to being a little energy ball. No more tears, Mina." Italy said.
"I think you need to get away from her!"
Mina and Italy both looked towards the door and saw Alice standing here, an utterly pissed off look upon her face.
"You need to back off and think, fratello." Alice stated rather sternly.
"I wasn't gonna hurt her, buzz kill." Italy stated.
"You're attacking the people you love now?" Alice questioned.
"Only the ones in my way." the Italian stated.
"That's not... You need help." Alice told her brother.
"I'm doing just fine on my own, thanks." Italy smirked.
"Mina get out of here. NOW." Alice told her daughter. She watched as her daughter ran for the door until she heard her brother speak.
"Don't. We're all friends here." Italy giggled, locking the door with magic.
"Italy, I know what you want to do. But you have to listen to me. The forces inside of you are incredibly powerful. They're strong, but you're stronger." Alice told him. "You have to remember that you're still Italy."
"Let me tell you something about Italy. He's a loser, and always has been." Italy said, talking about himself in third person. "People picked on Italy in junior high school, Gakuen high school, up until now. With his stupid mousy ways. And now, Italy's a junkie."
"I can help." Alice tried to reason.
"The only thing Italy was good for, the only thing I had going for me... were the moments, just moments, when Germany would look at me and I was wonderful. And that will never happen again." Italy continued.
"I know this hurts bad, but Italy, if you let loose with the magics, it'll never end." Alice said.
"Promise?" Italy said, trying to confuse his sister.
"You don't want that." Alice stated.
"Why not?" Italy disagreed.
"'Cause you'll lose everything. You're friends, yourself. Italy, if you let this control you, then the entire world goes away and all of us with it. There's so much to live for." Alice said, not realizing that Mina and walked over and was now standing at her side. "Italy, there's too much-"
"Oh, please. This is your pitch?" Italy interrupted. "Sorella, you hate it here just as much as I do. I'm just more honest about it."
Alice shook her head. "That's not true."
"You're trying to sell me on the world? The one where you lie to your friends when you're not trying to kill them? You screw a Vocaloid just to feel? And insane asylums are a comfy alternative? This world?" Italy stated. "Alice, it's me. I know you were happier when you were in the ground. The only time you were ever at peace in your whole life was when you were dead. Well, until I begged England for help and brought you back myself. You know, with magic."
Suddenly, they were now in Shanna's castle where everyone else was. Alice and Mina felt a wave of sickness come over them.
"Aw. Sorry, the trip can be kind of rough if you're, you know, not me." Italy told them.
Mina practically fell to the floor from being so dizzy, where as Alice only stumbled backwards a bit. "Mina!" Alice ran to her daughter, only to fall to her knees in sickness. Shanna and China then ran to them as Italy turned his gaze upon America and Belarus.
"Belarus. America." He said. "You two like magic, don't you? Abracadabra." He chuckled as he shot black energy at the two nations, only to his surprise, it couldn't reach them and was having trouble penetrating an invisible force around them. "Okay, didn't see that coming."
"What was that?" America wondered.
"We're alive." Belarus added.
"You guys wanna take it slow, huh? I can do that, too. Ask Russia." Italy snickered, firing dark energy at them again. He stopped when he figured he'd best save his magic supplied inside of him.
"Let's get out of here!" America said, grabbing Belarus's arm and heading for the door.
"No, no. Stay." Italy said, magically shutting and locking the door before they got to it. "We're just getting started. I've got big party plans."
"Ita-" Spain began.
"Spain, no." Romano ordered.
"Guys, come on. I'm just getting the wood for the violence here." Italy began. "And you know what they say! If at first you don't succeed..." He trailed off and shot dark purple electricity at the two nations again, failing to even hit them due to the force protecting them. "Damn, that's one effective counterspell. Won't keep you alive, though."
"Veneziano, stop. You need to give this up now." Romano spoke up.
"I get it. You two put a spell on yourselves, didn't you, protecting you from harm, from magics? That's cute." Italy giggled.
"Italy, back off before somebody gets hurt." Alice demanded, now back on her feet, the wave of sickness gone from her system.
"How about I back off right after~? So, which one of you nations worked the mojo? Doesn't matter, really. I just- I'm curious." Italy continued. "Just because I can't do magics to you, doesn't mean I can't do them on myself." At that, he charged all of his energy in one swoop. "Now I'm pretty sure that I'm strong enough to beat you to death." He flung a table across the room as he walked towards America and Belarus. He kept walking until Alice stepped in front of him.
"I don't wanna hurt you." she said. To her surprise, Italy gave her an uppercut that sent her flying against a wall nearby.
"Not a problem." Italy said coldly.
Alice stood up and walked back over to her brother. "I said, I didn't want to..." At that, she kicked her brother in the face, sending him across the room. "Didn't say I wouldn't."
"L-Let's go!" Romano said, grabbing Mina by the arm as America and Belarus ran over.
"What about Italy?" America asked.
"Alice can handle him." Spain told him.
"Are you sure?!" Mina questioned.
"That's why we're leaving!" Romano stated. He ran past England, who was hiding where Italy could spot him. "England?"
"I can't. I have to stay here to keep the spell going on Italy. GO! Do something right." He told the Italian.
At that, Mina, Spain, Romano, America, and Belarus ran from Shanna's castle. However, none of them saw where Shanna and China had run off to. For all they knew, those two love birds ran to a safer place.
"NO!" Italy shouted, standing back up. Unfortunately for him, Alice grabbed him and threw him back to the ground. She stared at him sternly as he chuckled and got back to his feet. "So... Here we are."
"Are we really going to do this?" Alice asked, knowing the true answer.
"Come one, this is a huge deal for me." Italy grinned. "A sideman for what seemed like an eternity... Now I get to be the Slayer."
"A killer isn't a Slayer." Alice told him. "Being a Slayer mean something you can't conceive of."
Italy let out a sigh. "Oh, Alice. You really need to have every square inch of your ass kicked."
"Then show me what you got," Alice began. "And I'll show you what a Slayer really is."
At that, the two siblings began their battle. Italy got the first move by grabbing Alice by the shoulders and repeatedly head-butting her before he kicked her rib cage over five times. Alice then began kicking and punching Italy, even grabbing his hair for an advantage once in a while. Italy got the upper hand when he spun Alice around before kicking her in the lower back, sending her to the floor.
"Where are you taking us?" America asked.
"Some place safe." Mina stated.
"Like where?" Belarus questioned.
"Romano?" Spain asked.
"...I don't know." Romano told them.
Italy levitated a bookcase and sent it crashing down on his sister, only to have her tackle him before it could hit her. She used half of her strength to try and pin him to the floor. "Get off, super bitch!" he yelled, kicking Alice in the stomach. Once they were both on their feet, the two siblings were back throwing punches and sending kicks at one another until Alice grabbed both of Italy's arms.
"I can help you stop." She tried reasoning.
Italy ignored her attempt and kicked her against a glass mirror, shattering it to pieces. "I thought you were gonna show me what a slayer was?"
Alice lay on her side, trying to catch her breath and regain strength. Suddenly he caught notice of England. "Well look at that... England's still here." He then walked over and stood no more than half a foot away from him. "Looks like I've been beating on the wrong person." England continued chanting in an old tongue, determined to keep Italy's power lowered than what it would be. Italy then grabbed England by the neck and pinned him.
"H-HELP ME!" England shouted.
Alice lay on the floor, still dazed from what Italy had done to her.
"Can't block my spells if you can't chant." Italy stated. "And you can't chant if you're sleepin'." At that, he slammed England's head against the wall and threw him to the ground, unconscious.
Alice shook her head, still a bit dazed, and got to her feet. Her guard was up and she was some-what ready for anything Italy was going to do next.
"I gotta tell you, Alice. I get it now. The Slayer thing really isn't about the violence. It's about the power." Italy smirked, firing electricity at his sister that would send her spiraling across the room. "And there's no one in the world with the power to stop me now." Suddenly the Italian nation was sent flying across the room, and when he lifted himself up a bit by using his elbows, he found that his nose was suddenly bleeding... and a female figure stood on front of where Alice lay dazed on the floor.
"I'd like to test that theory."