Alive and well my lovely readers! I seriously *heart* you guys. To no end. I wouldn't update if not for you. :D

This is just mainly talking BUT ALFRED MADE IT. XD

(Edit: I realized there are horrible mistakes in here, such as misspelling the American Supervisor's name. 8D; I hope they're fixed and everyone enjoys~!)

Disclaimer: I no own Hetalia/DGM. Do I look that awesome to you?

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. - John Kenneth Galbraith

"Allen Walker is it?" A voice called out as the five exited the ark. Allen glanced up at the woman walking towards him, her lips smiling but her eyes cold. "Komui sent me word that you were coming." She glanced at Arthur who held out his hand, meaning to introduce himself.

"Arthur Kirk-!"

"IGGY!"

A brown and gold blur tackled Arthur into the ark as the British man spluttered something unintelligible. He felt his back land against the floor then his vision spun for a few seconds.

"…Y…You bloody git…" he growled as the boy around seventeen sat up, pulling Arthur up to his feet.

"C'mon, that's what you say to me? We haven't seen each other in awhile!" Alfred F. Jones said with a pout as Arthur rolled his eyes.

"It's not as if I came for you anyway," he spoke haughtily, shaking his head. "The exorcists from the Black Order...Oi, are you even paying attention?"

Alfred had began to wander around, his eyes lit with glee, as a child would be in a candy store. "So this is the Ark huh Eng-!" Alfred found a hand clamped over his mouth, Arthur glaring at him.

"Shut up! I thought you knew better then that!" he snapped as Alfred tried to laugh through the hand covering his mouth.

"Right," he mumbled, his answer somewhat muffled as Arthur released his grip on the boy. "But seriously, this is the Ark? How awesome! So if I were to open this door here," he motioned to the door that Arthur and the others had just gone through. "Then I would be at your house?"

"My home yes, but can we get out now? I need to introduce you."

Outside, the woman looked amused, glancing at the surprised exorcists. Well, three surprised and one more annoyed than anything really. "I was about to tell Mr. Kirkland that his friend had come to see him, but he took the words," she chuckled lightly, shaking her head, "Quite literally out of my mouth."

Turning his attention back to the woman, Allen glanced towards the Ark then back at the woman. "Supervisor Epsteine right?" he asked as she nodded. "Who exactly is he?"

Her eyebrow quirked upwards, surprise in her features. "Mr. Kirkland didn't explain the situation to you?" she asked as Lenalee shook her head.

"Besides us going to Japan, no," she replied as the American woman sighed, about to explain when Alfred burst through the Ark, a wide grin on his face.

"I can explain Renee!" he called as she smiled slightly, allowing the boy to speak. "My name's Alfred F. Jones at your service! I'll be going along with you to Japan!"

"Tch," Kanda scowled. "Another annoying idiot."

For once, Arthur had to agree with the foul mouth boy as Alfred began energetically explaining, his way, on who were coming and how they would get there, and bugging Allen to let him try the ark once.

"See, we're going to go to Canada next, my little brother is there, Matthew Williams. From there we're going to…where was that place again Arthur?"

Arthur, confused on who Canada was for a brief second, shook his head and answered his question with a biting tone. "It's called get a MAP Alfred. And we're going to go…to Russia, for Ivan." Lavi noticed the English man suppressing a shudder as Alfred bobbed his head.

"What about Germany? I thought Ludwig was coming."

"What about him?"

"I thought he was coming." The American sounded remotely disappointed, a surprise to the English man who decided to ask him later about it.

"He has his problems to deal with and apologizes. In any case, we're going to China next, for…him."

China was a bit of a touchy subject for Arthur who still felt the Chinese people glaring at him for destroying their son of heaven twenty years ago during the Opium wars. To make matters worse, China now despised Arthur for taking away his little brother Hong Kong.

Well, it wasn't really making matters worse. They were already pretty bad as they were.

Alfred's eyes widened almost ridiculously. "Oh you mean China really exists? I never knew!"

Arthur immediately whacked himself on the head as Lenalee looked a bit disgruntled at her home country being called nonexistent. "Idiot, I told you about China a long time ago! How else would you explain some of the people over here?"

"I thought it was like your fairy friends, you know," he waved his hands in a flipping motion. "The ones that you insist are there." (1)

"THEY'RE REAL DAMMIT."

Alfred laughed at the fuming British man as he nodded to the somewhat confused and bewildered exorcists. "So, we're going to Ottawa first, then to all those other places. Our last stop is Korea to plan out how to get Kiku out of there!" With an abrupt change of subject, he motioned to the exorcists still smiling. "Now, who are you?"

After brief introductions, Alfred glanced at Kanda who had his arms folded, glaring in his direction.

"Hey, I have a question," he called as the Japanese boy grunted something unintelligible. "Aren't you a girl? Why are you dressed like a boy?"

It was like he had asked the code to the weapon that would end the world, instead of asking an innocent question. Lavi let loose a strangled gag as Allen, not holding back on his laughter, began to chuckle as Lenalee made her way to Kanda to hold him back, her eyes wide. Arthur, though, was a bit confused then glanced at Kanda before sighing, about to answer.

Kanda cut him off, taking a threatening step his way. He twitched madly, slowly drawing his sword and angling it in the light. "You fucking idiot, I am a BOY you SHITBAG!" he roared, slashing at him wildly as Lenalee yelped, holding Kanda back.

"Kanda-! Calm down! I'm sure he didn't mean it!"

Alfred looked confused. "…You are a boy?"

"….I'll KILL YOU!"

After Kanda had managed to break free and attack Alfred, the now six man group left American Headquarters up to New York.

As they did though, Renee watched them leave her office, her eyes narrowed. When she was sure that no one was there, she leaned down, picking up the phone on her desk and spun a number on it.

"Hello? Yes, this is Supervisor Epsteine. They're on the way."

She pressed the phone down, eyes closed. "…For the sake of the war…"

Outside, Alfred led the way to the train station as he talked to the conductor for a few seconds, waving wildly to the exorcists behind him. The conductor gave a slight bow to the exorcists and led the way to first class.

"If we're going to Ottawa," Lenalee asked curiously as she glanced outside the window, watching the scenery fly by. "Why are we going to New York first?"

Alfred, nursing a new bruise on his cheek, thought for a moment then grinned. "Well, we can't go nonstop right? So we'll stop by my house before going to Mattie's house!"

"We're basically there anyway," Arthur pointed out dryly as Alfred laughed, ignoring that completely.

Allen relaxed in his seat before turning his attention to Arthur and staring at him, as if he couldn't place his question the correct way. The English man noticed this then smiled slightly.

"Let me guess, how could I fight Akuma?" he asked as Allen smiled awkwardly at being caught staring while nodding his head.

"That's scary," he chided lightly, shaking his head. "How did you know?"

Arthur smiled a bit wider. "Your face expression told me the answer," he lied as he could feel the boy's thoughts even clearer now that he was sitting across from him. "Why didn't you ask me before?"

Allen shrugged, glancing out the window. The others were chatting a bit louder, trying to cover the fact that they weren't listening, although Alfred was a bit TOO loud. "When you get caught up with fighting Akuma, you don't think about who slashes through what Akuma, as long as the soul is freed."

Arthur leaned against his fist, propping his elbow up on the armrest. "I've been able to fight Akuma for a long time Mr. Walker. I can't…exactly explain it myself." He sighed, shaking his head. He remembered when the first level one had appeared when he was a small country.

It wasn't the most dignified memory, he shrieking like a girl and running away. Only when he accidently clubbed it in the face with a tree branch, did the Akuma shriek, green sparks running across it. It promptly blew up, leaving Arthur stunned at what just happened.

Francis laughed at him later when he was blabbering about it to him and had explained the situation the way only he could.

He suppressed a shiver, shaking his head before bringing himself out of his thoughts. "What was this about a soul?" he asked as Lavi chimed in, unable to resist.

"The Akuma all have a soul contained within the shell. Allen here can see them."

"A soul?" Alfred asked curiously, leaning forward as Lavi nodded a hint of seriousness in his jovial gaze.

"The Akuma all have a soul powering their shells," he said as Allen's gaze grew saddened, glancing out the window. "When we destroy an Akuma, we release that soul."

"What a pitiful existence," Arthur murmured softly as Allen nodded.

"That's my reason for fighting," he said slowly, staring at his black arm. "That's why I do the things I do."

The ride was silent up to Alfred's house before Arthur turned his attention to the American. "How did you know we would arrive at the American branch?" he asked as Alfred grinned, folding his arms.

"Renee told me that you guys were coming so I told her that she didn't have to escort you to my house and that I would come and pick you up." He paused, frowning. "She really didn't want me to come here though…I wonder why?"

"Did she?" Arthur murmured, eyebrows knotted with thought.

The woman had rubbed off him the wrong way, apparently the same with the other exorcists as well, especially Allen who had a very clipped tone with the woman.

He was pretty sure that there was something up with the Supervisor, something that would bit him back in the ass later.

The train roared, blowing steam into the air as Arthur prayed that at least this trip would be remotely peaceful.

He winced at Kanda trying to kill Alfred again.

Then again…

As the six traveled through America, in a different part of the world, a man was running for his life and the life of his people.

Smoke filled the air as the black haired man raced through the crowds, slashing rapidly through the Akuma coming through his way.

He half wondered why he, of all nations, had to deal with such a influx of Akuma, demons. Smiling wryly as he slashed through another Akuma, the blood spraying on his clothes, he shook his head. He had no time for such luxuries such as thinking, wondering why all the time.

"Kiku-dono! This way!" One man yelled, waving towards a broken temple as Kiku nodded brusquely, racing through the field. As shots rang out and striking the ground near him, he pushed himself faster, praying to any deity that would listen to him.

Please let my people live! If anything, let them live!

One stray bullet struck him in the leg as he lurched forward, biting back a cry of pain as he forced himself to take another step forward.

If he died here, all of his people would perish with him.

He had to live…he had to.

Hehe, it seemed a good place to stop.

(1): During this time, the Chinese community, or the Asian community in general was heavily persecuted. I wanted to reflect this feeling in Alfred because he IS America. Please don't take offense, I happen to be Asian too.