"Japan! Japan! You have to help me!" China's panicked voice was harsh in contrast to the peacefulness of Japan's sleep.

"What do you need help with?" Japan asked tiredly.

"It's Russia! He's trying to break into my house!"

She's coming! Russia thought as he desperately knocked on China's door with his lead pipe. Please! Someone please be answering!

The only reason Russia was here was to get away from his mentally disturbed sister, Belarus. China's house was the closest, and China might help him scare her away with his wok. Probably not. Belarus wasn't afraid of much. Only pandas.

"Biiig Brooooooother!" Belarus's voice floated out from the dark.

"CHINA! Please be letting me in!"

"Now he's asking to come in!" China whispered into the phone. "What do I do? He has his pipe!"

"Calm down." Japan said. "Why do you think he's trying to kill you?"

"I don't know what goes in his crazy brain!"

"No," Japan sighed, "I mean, what makes you think he's trying to kill you?"

"WHAT PART OF BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE WITH A LEAD PIPE DOESN'T SPELL MURDER FOR YOU?" Japan winced as China's voice blasted from the phone's small speaker.

"He's probably looking for money or something." Japan suggested weakly.

"He's a country, what does he need money for?" China asked, "Besides, I only have about 8,000 Yen in my house."

"Only 8,000?" Japan asked surprised.

"Shut up! I'll be rich once America pays me back!" China said defensively. There was a pause, "Please do something! If I die who will take care of Shinatty-chan?"

Japan sighed, "In what could be your last moments you're worrying about your stuffed cat?"

"Shinatty-chan is not just some stuffed cat. He's so much more. He-"

"Ok, I get it" Japan hurriedly cut him off. China could go on for hours before even getting a bit tired when Shinatty-chan was brought up. "What do you want me to do?"

"Use your Death Note."

Japan felt his blood run cold. "What?" He asked quietly.

"Use your Death Note." China repeated, sounding a bit calmer than before. Not much.

"How do you know about that?" Japan asked softly.

"I saw it during the meeting. And the whole 'England yelling about a joker demon while pointing over your head' thing. It wasn't that hard to figure out. I think I'm the only one though."

Japan was silent for a moment. "And you won't tell anyone?"

"Not if you use it on Russia. Besides, it probably won't kill him, just make him pass out. Remember Busby's chair?"

Japan nodded before realizing he was on the phone. "Yeah"

"So you'll do it?"

Japan paused, ready to say no, until,

"Hurry! He's going around back. My door isn't as strong in the back!"

It probably won't kill him, just make him pass out.

"Fine." Japan said. "Wait one second." He set down the phone and reached over to his bedside table to grab the Death Note. Right then Ryuk came floating in.

"Oh, are you finally going to use it?" He asked.

Japan didn't respond for a couple seconds. Quietly he asked, "For countries, do I need to use their human name?"

Ryuk thought for a moment. "I don't have any first-hand experience, but I'd say yes."

Japan sighed and picked up a pencil. Slowly he opened the cover of the black notebook and on the first line wrote:

Ivan Braginski

"Done" Japan said, picking up the phone again.

"Forty seconds right?" China asked. "I can see him, he's at the back door!"

"Right" Japan answered, not really paying attention. What if it had worked? What if he had just killed the largest nation in the world?

Outside of China's house Russia was getting desperate. Belarus was probably close by, and he knew China must have pandas somewhere.

"Please be opening your door, China!" He pleaded. The light in the window directly above him came on. Good! He's awake.

China's scared face peered out of the window. He didn't move downstairs to open the door as Russia had hoped.

Russia was about to call up to China again when he felt a pain in his chest. What's going on? Suddenly everything became slightly fuzzy. His legs and arms felt weak and numb. Unable to stand up he fell to his knees, his head barely missing the doorknob. He felt tired, so tired. With his last vestiges of strength he looked up to where China had been. The light was off now, but he thought he could make out his silhouette at the window. Before he could begin to wonder why darkness overcame him, and he fell to the ground.

Japan was thrust out of his stupor when China cried "Oh no!"

"What? What is it?" Japan asked quickly.

"Russia, he fell over just now! I'm not sure why."

"Is he passed out?" Japan asked breathlessly. Was he right in his suspicions about the Death Note working?

"I- I don't know… I don't think he's breathing!" China said, his voice become slightly hysterical.

"What? I thought you said he would just pass out!

"That's what I thought would happen! But… I think it really worked!"

Japan was silent for a moment, "Can you check?"

"To see if he's dead? Are you crazy? Belarus always follows him around; she'd kill me if she saw his body with me next to it…" China's voice trailed off. "Oh no" He said again

"What?" Japan asked.

"Do you think… that's why he wanted to come in? To get away from his insane sister?"

Is that it? He didn't want to kill China? Just get away from his sister?"

"So he was innocent…" Japan said.

"We don't know that!" China said hurriedly, "I could be right, he could have been trying to kill me!"

"I'm going to hang up" Japan said. He didn't wasn't to talk about this.

"Wait-!" China tried to say, but Japan cut him off before he could finish.

The likelihood of Russia trying to kill China was much less than the possibility that he was running from his sister.

"Did it work?" Ryuk asked. He had been surprisingly quiet throughout this entire time.

"I don't want to talk about it." Japan said getting back into bed.

Belarus watched quietly as Russia fell to the ground. As soon as she was sure he was asleep she put away the dart gun she had been carrying. Switzerland had some extras, and she had decided to 'borrow' it for a while. Of course they weren't real bullets. Just darts with a knockout drug in them. She had decided that tying him up while he was asleep would be easier than if he was awake. Unfortunately Russia was a light sleeper, and he had heard her coming. He ran all the way to China's house before Belarus could get near him. Then she had taken out the gun and shot him. China's light had turned off, and even if he had seen her she would make sure he wouldn't tell. Little did she know that China saw everything, and would be telling everyone that Russia was dead the next day.

That took a while! But here it is, chapter four of this... whatever it is I am writing.

Oh, and to save some precious googling time, 8,000 Yen is around 100 US dollars.

Reviews are welcomed! See you next time!