Yes, it is a little weird having the countries turned into kids. Originally, Italy was turned into a kid and Romano was normal, but I changed it when I realized that having Romano turned into a kid gave Antonio a reason to be mad at Iggy. Here's the list for the characters that were turned into kids and those who weren't:
America- now age 9
Canada- normal
Russia- now age 12
France- normal (It's a bit hard to write a really flirty kid)
North Italy- normal (I need that so I can write a sequel; it'll be Hetalia/Harry Potter)
South Italy- now age 5, same age as in his 'Chibi Romano' segment.
Germany- now age 8
China- normal
Japan- now age 7
Spain- normal
Sealand is normal, since I can't get anything out of him being younger.
I'm sorry about last chapter, if you looked for the [5] description, it wasn't there. Here's what it was- [5] Big brother, little brother- In one episode, Italy refers to France as big brother, and refers to Spain as big brother. He didn't say big brother to Germany, since he's a kid. I figured that Italy would be a 'nice older brother' to Sealand, too.
-San is only used when referring to Japan, in respect for his culture, or if Japan himself uses it. In Chapter 2, when Chopper says that Iggy was part of the Yonko, just go with it. I found this out when I was typing this: Feliciano doesn't register as a misspelling, but Lovino does.
Chapter 8 (Nami POV)
"Wait, you aren't actually kids?" asked Ussop.
"Well, Peter is, but the rest of them aren't," muttered Mathew.
Well, that's was a good explanation for why they were mad at him. I can't imagine being a kid again… Even if my childhood was stable.
"Then what do you really look like?" asked Luffy.
"Well, fratello's my older twin brother, and Ludwig's older than I am," said Feliciano.
"Alfred's my twin, and we look exactly alike. I'm taller, though," gave Mathew.
Feliciano didn't seem to notice him, and kept saying, "… Ivan's about twenty-four, Ludwig's maybe twenty-three, and Kiku-san is twenty-one, or at least I think he is."
"Um, this may be a little awkward, but you never introduced yourselves," said Kiku, in his calm way.
"I'm Luffy, and I'm the Captain!"
"I'm Zoro, the first mate,"
"I'm the navigator, Nami,"
"I am the great sharpshooter Ussop!"
"I am the chef, Sanji,"
"I'm the doctor, Chopper,"
"My name's Robin,"
"I'm the shipwright, Franky!"
"Anyway, I wanted to know if we could come along with you, since we have no idea where we are, Luffy-san" said Kiku.
"Okay!" said Luffy.
"Hey, if you're coming, you're going to have to pull your own weight. Can you fight?" asked Ussop.
"Ussop, no matter how good they were, they're still-" I began.
"Only kids?" finished Ludwig. "Ve can still fight; ve still have the strength that ve had before,"
"But how good are you?" asked Zoro. "Do you have any special skills?"
"Like what?" asked Feliciano. "Fratello and I aren't good fighters, but we can cook and clean and make hand grenades and- [1]"
"Never mind, maybe we could fight one-on-one, and we can see each other's skills firsthand," suggested Yao.
"Good idea," Robin took out her old hat. "All of you," she indicated to the group, "except for Peter, Feliciano, and Lovino, write your names down and put them in here. All of us except for Cap'n are going to assign a number in the order we joined the crew. We pick a random name from my hat, and they fight Luffy, next person fights Zoro, etc."
"How come Iggy's not fighting?" asked Alfred. How exactly do you get Iggy from Arthur?
"Hold on, why do you call him Iggy? If his name's Arthur…" I began, but stopped.
"His real name's actually E-"
"Alfred!" Ludwig stopped him. "I thought that ve agreed that ve vould not tell him his name until he remembers!"
"You what!" exclaimed Robin. "I thought that you-"
"It's all right, Robin," said Arthur. "I think that it would be better this way, knowing my name would be a sure sign of me regaining my memory," he paused for a moment. "By the way, what's the first letter of my name?"
At this the new group looked uncomfortably at each other. "It starts with an 'e', right?" said Alfred.
"Or a 'b', sometimes. If you want to be formal, it's 'g'," said Peter.
"And if you want to be really formal, it's 'u'," gave Mathew.
"For me, it starts with an 'I'," said Kiku.
"When I say it, it's 'yi'" said Yao.
"I say it with a't'," said Ludwig.
"I say it with an 'I', too," said Antonio, rather unhelpfully.
"I do, too, and so does fratello," added Lovino.
"Non, it's an 'a'," said Francis.
"It's an 'a' for me," said Ivan [2].
"Wait, I'm even more confused…" said Luffy.
"It would take too long to explain…" Mathew put his name in the hat.
"Let's not get any more preoccupied than ve are now," Ludwig put his own name in, followed by the others. I took the hat and shook it for a moment, then picked out a name.
"Ivan… Braginsky?"
DONE!
I'm not taking any reader's fight suggestions, except for one person's who already put theirs in. They have already been chosen! I sorted them using pieces of paper, except for the ones that would have fit really well.
[1] Italy not being a good fighter- as I said earlier, the Italy brothers actually are stronger than the average human (more than Nami in her first appearance), the reason being that Italy is relatively strong, enough to still be a country rather than a territory.
[2] Iggy's name- America, Canada, and Sealand all speak English, so they use synonyms, England, Britain, Great Britain, and United Kingdom respectively.I think that Japan's is Igrisu, and I know for sure that China's is ying guo, but I used google translate for the rest.
Yes, it's short. I guessed the nation's ages, so don't rely on this. As for America's question about Iggy not fighting… he forgot. Attention span problems.
