This storyline was my intention all along. I wanted to get on this plot for a long time, but I had already established the fights, and… I had fun with randomness. Crossdressing, wild chase scenes, you name it… but it's time to move on.

I forgot to say this, but last chapter, I made a mistake. I miswrote Kuina as Kushina, the girl who gave Zoro his sword. Animegirl426 spotted this, and I made the edit, but I forgot to credit her. I could have put a note now, but who would read an A/N twice?

I am switching POVs a lot. Also, my plan to organize the plot is complicated, so I'll give a run-down at the end.

I assume that there is no legal age for joining Marines. If Koby could do it…

This may seem insignificant, but in German, England is spelled the same way but pronounced differently. Instead of 'Ing-gland', it's more like 'eng-land'. Look it up, I can't render it in text.

Chapter 34 (Hungary POV)

"Thriller Bark?" I repeated. "Vhat is dat?"

"It's where the Shichibukai Gekko Moriah resides," explained Smoker. "Most Marines are not privy to this information, but this is an exception since we are in this area."

"But… why are we going there?" asked Tashigi.

"To evaluate his work as a Shichibukai," replied Smoker.

"Vhat is a… Shichibukai?" I asked.

Everyone looked at me like I was crazy. "The Shichibukai are a group of pirates who work for the World Government, alongside the Marines," explained John. "But how could you not know?"

They caught me! Time to reveal the truth, I guess… "De ting, is, I come from anoder vorld. A vhile ago, somevone I knew forced a… friend of mine into dis vorld, along vis some oders. It vas most likely an accident, but I came here vith de help of someone by de name of Lukas Bondevilk to bring dem back."

"But… why would you come here all alone, when you're so young?" asked Tashigi. "Did Lukas come with you?"

I shook my head. "Vhen I vent through de gate, I vas changed from an adult to a child. Here, I have a picture of vhat I should look like." I rummaged through my bag and showed them the pictures of the Axis. Me, Germany, Italy, Romano, Japan, Bulgaria, and Romania… Prussia snuck in when it was taken, as usual. "Dat is me on de-"

FOOM! Smoker spun around, stick-weapons in hand. "What was that?!"

"It looks like… a giant mouth!" screamed John.

"Hang on, it looks like we're heading straight for it!" shouted Mark, the helmsman.

"Then take us out of it!" ordered Smoker.

"I can't! The water level is lower there than it is here! Get ready for a rough ride!"

Being landlocked, I was not entirely used to ships, so I grabbed onto the mast with all my strength. "Look out! We're gonna crash!" Not helping, Mark!

Three… two…. One… WHAM! CRASH! The impact of the crash launched all of us onto shore, plunging several Marines in the sand. "Is everyone all right?!" called Smoker. "REPORT!"

"Tashigi, here!"

"John, here!"

"Mark, here!"

"Héderváry, here!"

The list went on. Everyone was present, albeit stunned. "Look sharp, crew!" ordered Smoker. "We don't know what's out here. Be on your guard!"

I scanned the surroundings. Strange… we were in a place with so many details that I couldn't make sense of anything. Garish colors contrasting with a graveyard… Was the soil… moving?

"C-commodore!" Tashigi crouched down, ready to draw her sword at a moment's notice. "S-something's m-moving!"

Half-rotten corpses emerged from their graves, hands dragging in front of them. Zombies! "G-get back!" I panicked. I had never fought the living dead. My hundreds of years of experience were useless against enemies who couldn't die.

WHAP! WHAM! BANG! "Keep your eyes on the battlefield!" Commodore Smoker yelled. He had already broken the skulls of half the mob.

SHING! Tashigi sliced a dozen zombies in half. "Don't give up, even if they can't die!"

BLAM! John blew the head off of one. "Come on, you cleaned out the whole fleet in only a day! If you can do that, then-"

KABOOOOM! The entire shore was blown apart by a force that I recognized as a rocket launcher. "KESESE~! Suck it, losers! The awesome Preußen has arrived!"

X (Robin POV)

"That's Thriller Bark!" shouted Brook. "I'm so sorry, but I must leave." He hopped off the side of the ship.

"W-wait!" Cap'n said. "If you do that, you'll-"

"Look!" shouted Nami. "He's running on the surface of the water!"

That's… impossible, isn't it? And reckless. That's the only way he can die. "Let's go follow him!" Luffy said enthusiastically.

"Y-yeah!" Chopper repeated.

"We can't avoid it even if we want to," said Nami. "After all… you do realize that it has a giant hole in the wall that's sucking us in?"

We drifted towards the massive island in silence. "So… does anyone fancy a cup of tea?" asked Cap'n.

"Your tea is corrupted by cow milk and sugar!" Yao yelled angrily. "Tea is supposed to be clear!"

This argument went on and on, until we hit land. I had to admit, Cap'n was getting more and more of his original fire back…

"Z-zombies!" screamed Ussop. I looked at the shore, and… yes, there were zombies. "G-go away!" he shot a fireball at them.

BAM! WHACK! America picked up random boulders strewn around the place, and threw them. He wasn't afraid of them?

Russia bashed a few skulls without moving at all, it seemed. But, his pipe was there one moment, and lodged in some zombie's kidney another, so something must have happened in between. "It is not wise to show fear or mercy to the enemy," he said calmly. He is crazy…

"Fire and iron are their weaknesses!" shouted Cap'n, and he threw something that burst into flames at their feet.

"I already figured that out!" retorted Ussop.

BOOM. An-an earthquake!? BOOM! T-the ground's splitting up! "They're planning on separating us!" I screamed.

KABOOM! The world turned black.

X

"R-Robin!" shouted Nami. "Are you okay?"

"Ugh…" I groaned. "That… that wasn't a natural earthquake," I said. "I smell a rat."

"What makes you think that?" asked Nami.

"Just… I don't know, call it intuition," I said.

Nami opened a photo album. "Let's hear your explanation later, take a look at this."

"Where did you get that?"I asked.

"Stole it from Austria when he wasn't looking." She flipped to a page with a picture painted on it. In it, Austria was standing alongside a richly dressed woman. Behind them was a flag consisting of two red stripes on top, and one white in between, and a complex crest in the center consisting of a black two headed eagle and a crown. There was a signature in the corner that read 'Italia' in fancy script. "I think that Italy drew this," hypothesized Nami, "and that woman is Austria's ex-wife." [1]

"His ex? I think her name was something like Elizabeth, but more… exotic?" I guessed. "Like… Elizabeta!"

"And Spain called her Hungría, or something," pondered Nami. "And he said that she beat him, France, and Prussia up. Doesn't look like it…"

"That dress does make her look too pompous to fight…" I noted.

"Ugh… Maple…" groaned a quiet voice. Nami slammed the album shut.

"C-Canada!" she cried. "You're awake!"

He sat up, rubbing his head. "Where are we?" he asked. "We fell down this hole, and… are you two okay?!"

Nami and I nodded. "What about you?"

"I'm fine…" he closed his eyes for a moment. "America seems to be okay… I can't get a lock on France, but I'd know if something was wrong… and Arthur… he's in a precarious situation…"

"How did you know that?" asked Nami. "You're not psychic or anything… are you?"

He shook his head. "I… have a bond with those three. I'm tied to France in a way that's almost vanished, and I'm America's twin."

"What about Cap'n?" I asked.

"Our fates… are deeply tied…" said Canada, not explaining anything. "Our bond… is deeper than mine with America's…"

Deeper than his own twin brother's? I knew something was up… but what was the truth, anyway? The only thing that he used as an excuse was that it had something to do with the secret, but how did one secret affect all of his lies?

"I can see what you're thinking about…" whispered Canada. "As soon as he remembers, I'll tell you everything."

"But… if it's so important that you can't tell Cap'n about it, then why are you telling us?" I asked.

Canada turned away. "Normally I can't tell anyone except for my boss," he muttered, "but… it won't matter in the end."

X (Romano POV)

Wh-where am I? "S-Spain? F-fratello? Austria? Japan? E-even Germany would be okay at a time like this!" I screamed to the world. No answer…

Rustle… z-zombies?! "G-get back, you-" I shouted, gun in hand. My mafia had a spike in activity recently, so I had a two hour-long boost in power. The drawback was, after that period, I'd be unconscious until someone revives me. I had no idea how much time had passed… BLAM! I fired regardless of the time limit. "DIE, YOU (I can't tone this down at all…)-ing (illegitimate sons)!"

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! I fired and fired, hitting each of them right in the head. The power boost seemed to be more effective this time around… They staggered back, but more kept coming. "Rgh," I groaned. "BRING IT ON!" I roared. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

THUMP. M-my mafia… the two-hour limit was up! "GYAAAA!"

X (Ussop POV)

Of all the people I could have landed with… It had to be them!

"You wanna fight, COMMIE?!" roared America.

"You are a fool for vanting to fight at a time like zis," replied Russia coolly.

"You…" FWAP! BANG! CRUNCH! TINKLE!

Of all the people… it had to be the hyperactive kid with strength that couldn't be human, and that kid with the pipe… I could never tell what he's thinking!

"Wh-why can't we all just get along?" I asked, startled at my own bravery. As soon as I let those words leave my mouth, I regretted it.

"We can't get along!" America shouted. "First you want me to get involved in your fight, and now you want me out?! Dude, you make no sense at all!" [2]

Fight? "W-what are you-"

"Kolkolkol…"

BANG! WHACK! BAM! That… that was definitely his appendix…

X (Germany POV)

Wh-where am I? My vison was blurred… was that a curl? "ITALY!" I shouted. "ARE YOU AVAKE?!"

"S-si…" he muttered, taken aback. We seemed to be in some sort of castle dungeon….

"Luffy?" I asked. He was sprawled on the ground, passed out. "Are you all right?"

"Ve~ I made pasta!" Italy said.

"Pasta?" said Luffy, and he sat up.

"Zat is our rations!" I shouted, and grabbed more than half of the uncooked pasta. "Ve must save zis until ve know vhere ve can find food."

"That's easy, sir!" said Italy enthusiastically, and he picked up a large stone, revealing a hidden passageway. "All the pasta we need is right here!"

Did Italy just… I mentally measured the width, height, and depth of the stone. The density of the granite was… "Italy… you do realize zat stone vas tvice your veight?"

"Eh?" he said, and dropped the stone on his foot. "GERMANY! GERMANY! MY FOOT IS-"

"Calm dovn," I said. "Your foot vill be okay, just bear vith it."

"VE~~~~!" Italy panicked.

"Hey, Italy!" I pointed in a random direction. "Is zat England running towards-"

"VEEEE~!" screamed Italy as he sprinted through the passageway.

"He does zat a lot," I explained to Luffy. "England is ze person who he eiz most afraid of-"

"Who's England?" asked Luffy.

Deutschland, you dummkopf! I forgot that we never told them England's real name! "I vill explain vonce Arsur regains his memory," I promised.

"Okay," said Luffy, and followed Italy into the tunnel by stretching his body and launching it forward. BANG! CRASH! "Hey! It's a kitchen!"

"Ve~!" sang Italy. "I told you! There's plenty of flour! Now we can make pasta~!"

I sighed. I had no choice but to follow them…

"V-ve! Wh-what do you want?!"

X (Sealand POV)

Zoro and Sanji were fighting…again. China and I were watching them choke each other without much interference. We were used to it. China had tried to stay away from Europe's wars for years, and as the little brother of the 'Black Sheep of Europe', I knew how many fights jerk-England got into.

"Aiyah, why must you fight so much?" complained China from the sidelines. China didn't mind me sitting next to him, even if I was jerk-England's brother. "We are stuck in a weird dungeon thingy and the first thing you do is fight?"

"Yes," said Sanji and Zoro in unison, halting their scuffle for just a moment. They broke out into another wrestling match seconds later.

China heaved another heavy sigh. "I wonder… how is Japan?"

"He should be okay," I said. "He should have ended up with someone. But I do wonder about jerk-Arthur…"

X (Iggy POV)

Japan and I sneezed at the exact same moment. "Someone is talking about us," said Japan. "I wonder who?"

"Probably your guys," said Franky. "Who else?"

"My brothers…" I said absentmindedly. "I have several older brothers, and all of them bully me…"

"I have heard of sat," said Japan. "Your blothers who live to se north and west-" He broke off. Something was behind us…

"LOOK OUT!" I shouted.

X (Chopper POV)

"Do you sink zat ve are vay too out-of-ze vay?" asked Austria.

He had a point. We were currently in a closed-off room with all the essentials: a water fountain in the corner, a cupboard stocked with food, a tiny air vent- and all the musical instruments man ever invented. "Probably…" I said.

"Oui, why must we be in this tacky music room?" France complained.

Austria stood up. "I vill not allow you to insult music!" he shouted. Was he about to show his true strength? "I vill now express my feelings through zis piano."

He began to play… it was beautiful…

X CANONICAL OMAKE (Tashigi POV)

The boy was… well, strange. The first thing that a normal person would have noticed was his clothes. A white cloak with red crosses and a tunic underneath… like a knight-wannabe. The next thing would have been his hair, which was straight-out silver. But the first thing I saw was his eyes. Blood red and aggressive, even more so than the pirates I've seen… and then came the sword. It was HUGE. Longer than he was tall, it had the look of a sword that was well-used and well-kept, but extremely well-forged. Not to mention that little yellow bird flying around his head… and the giant tube-gun thingy that was smoking…

"I cannot believe zat Zantetsuken Reverse…" he muttered, "giving me, ze awesome Preußen, vone line und von scene, und now all I get is zis omake!?"

Héderváry smacked him hard on the head. "Vhat are you babbling on about, Poroszország?!" he demanded.

"E-eh?!" Preu- Poro- whatever his name was- jumped back a few feet. "Ungarn?! Vhat are you doing here?!"

"I came here to look for Herr Ausztria," he retorted. "But who eeiz dis 'Zantetsuken Reverse' you're going on about?"

"Ze vone who only gave me two lines for ze last thirty-three chapters!" shouted… whatever his name was. "Curse you, Z-"

POOF! "All right, all right, I'm here," a voice called from above. A magpie settled onto a random branch. "Hi, I'm the author of this fanfiction, Zantetsuken Reverse," it said. I had no idea what gender it was, or why a magpie was talking in the first place. "The reason I am a magpie is to protect my identity, so I took a cue from manga authors and made an animal avatar."

"Okay… but why a magpie?" I asked.

"That was my editor's idea, my editor thinks my spirit animal is a magpie," it said. It turned to the red-eyed boy. "Prussia, quit whining or I'll take you off the spot for main character of the sequel fic."

"Sequel fic?" we all said in unison.

"Yeah, I've been planning it for ages," said the magpie… or author… or whatever. "You're one of the main characters. Not to mention 'So why do we have a Firebender on our team again?' where you're also a main character."

"I TOLD YOU I AM AWESOME!" shouted the boy.

The magpie turned to Héderváry. "You'll get a spot in the sequel, too." It turned to the rest of us. "It's not even in your universe, so don't get your hopes up."

"Awww…" moaned Mark. "I wanted a cameo…"

"It's a magical school, so I might be able to fit you in somewhere," said the magpie.

"Yay!"

"Is that all?" asked Smoker.

The magpie thought for a moment. "I think… I have these really great ideas that just evaporate the moment I try and write them down, so I might not be done… Oh, right. You guys get first scene next chapter."

"SWEET!" yelled Mark.

"Bye!" POOF! It disappeared in a flash of colorful light.

"What… was that all about?" I asked. No one could answer me.

TO BE CONTINUED!

[1] Richly dressed woman- If the flag wasn't enough of a hint, that was Maria Theresa, from the War of Austrian Succession. She is not Austria's wife.

[2] America and Russia's fights- In WW2 (may or may not be WW1); America was determined not to become involved. And then Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. THEN we got involved. (Ironically, the bombings were to discourage the Americans from attacking). Now, America is supposedly getting TOO involved in affairs that don't concern us/him (I'm American, so that's why I use 'us').

So Prussia's finally here, eh? Seriously, my editor thinks my spirit animal is a magpie.

Run-down:

Romano is on his own. Currently unconscious after killing zombies.

Spain is unconfirmed.

Nami and Robin shared secrets, Canada is with them.

Ussop is with America and Russia, who are still fighting.

Germany and Italy are together with Luffy. They found a kitchen, but Italy's in danger!

Sealand and China are watching Zoro and Sanji duke it out.

Iggy remembers his older brothers (Wales, Scotland, possibly Ireland), with Japan and Franky. Something is behind them.

Chopper, France, and Austria are stuck in a music room with a piano. Austria is playing the piano.

Hungary and Prussia are with the Marines.

Why is Prussia there? When will all the fights end? And who IS that figure, anyway?

Like the cameo? Guess what the universe the sequel will take place in… it's not exactly a sequel. It's directly after this fic, but no plot carries over. Some scenes will be referenced, but that's about it. In other words, if you have a friend who knows about Hetalia but not One Piece, then s/he can read it. I assume that most people have read the series I'll X-over with. It's very popular (read: NOT The Hunger Games).