The press conference; a failure or a success? You be the judge.

To put things simply, it was already around an hour into the conference...an no one even knew that three nations were standing in front of them.

"When the hell are the countries going to get here?" a reporter demanded.

"This is kind of lame..." her partner sighed. "I mean, I was hoping for America. Or maybe England..."

"...I was hoping for Canada" the first reporter muttered. "You know, because we're in Canada."

"I'm right here" Canada said, waving a hand in front of their faces. Unsurprisingly, they didn't see him.

"Why don't we ask that white haired guy when the nations are going to get here?" one reporter suggested.

"Good idea" another replied. "Excuse me sir - when are the nations going to arrive?"

Prussia's face darkened with rage at the question.

"I AM a nation, you loser!" he snapped.

Excitement flittered throughout the crowd.

"Did he just say he's a nation?!" someone cried.

"Oh! Which one?!" someone else demanded.

"He sounds German..."

"No, no, Germany's the blond guy with the massive muscles..."

"I'm PRUSSIA!" Prussia howled. "The best nation in the history of the world - learn my name for I shall once again RISE!"

"...Did he just make that up?"

"Get off the stage you impostor!" a man near the front yelled. "So not cool, posing as nations and wasting our time!"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" Prussia demanded. "I am a real nation! Dammit - my armies will crush you!"

The man snorted. "Like you have any" he muttered.

"Guys, he is a nation..." Canada said, trying to interfere before things got out of hand.

No one heard him.

While Canada continued to try to calm the crowd, and Prussia continued to threaten their lives, Sealand was encountering his own problems.

"LET ME GO!" he howled, as two security guards dragged him off. "I AM a real nation! I'm a nation, I'm a NATION!"

"Sure you are, kid" one of the security guards snorted. "Look, sneaking into private property isn't cool -"

"I'm SEALAND!"

"Yup, sure thing kid" the security guard pat Sealand on the head. He then leaned close to the other guard, muttering in his ear; "Someone call the loony bin."

"I'M PRUSSIA!" could be heard from the distance.

"That's another one!" the second guard cried. "Better go get him!"

He hurried off to apprehend Prussia.

"Oh maple..." Canada moaned, as the white-haired ex-nation was dragged off the stage. "I knew this was going to happen..."

...

Finland sighed and rapped lightly on Sealand's bedroom door.

"For the last time, I am NOT coming out!" Sealand wailed.

"Oh Sealand" Finland sighed. "Just come out already! It's really not that bad!"

"Not that bad?!" Sealand sounded incredulous. "They dragged me from the conference and drove me to the police station! They refused to believe that I was a real nation!"

"...Well, they apologized, didn't they?" Finland replied, after a brief pause.

"Yeah!" Sealand snapped. "After you and Papa showed up!"

Sweden walked up and came to a halt behind Finland. He laid a hand on his 'wife's' shoulder and shook his head.

"Fn'lnd s'tp" he sighed. "H's n't c'min out."

Finland's carefree mask (which had been slipping more and more often since the world meeting) dropped for a moment, and his expression darkened with frustration and rage.

"Why can't everyone just stop overreacting?!" he demanded. "This isn't so bad! Really!"

"I th'nk its t'm to s'tp p'rtnd'in" Sweden told him, patting him lightly on the shoulder.

Sealand's door opened and the young nation poked his head out. He glanced at Finland and nodded his head.

"Papa's right" he said. "Look at us, Mama! We're trapped in our own house!"

Finland stamped his foot and let out a cry of frustration.

"What is WRONG with you lot?!" he demanded. "Why can't you just look at the bright side of things?! Why do you have to be such DOWNERS?!"

"...Mama, are you alright?" Sealand gazed at his 'mother' with wide eyes.

"Of COUSE!" Finland snapped, forcing a grin onto his face. "I'm alright! Who told you I wasn't alright? Oh god...I bet it was Denmark wasn't it?!"

Sealand and Sweden exchanged looks.

Finland took this as confirmation of his wild theories. "He did, didn't he?!" he cried.

Sweden patted Finland on the shoulder. "Dn'mrk d'nt do ny'thin" he told him, gently.

Finland's eye twitched.

Sealand leaned over to his father and whispered; "Mama's really starting to scare me."

...

Later in the evening, the family of three gathered in the kitchen. Sweden and Sealand sat in silence, staring at Finland as he prepared their dinner.

Finland's brow was furrowed as he worked on chopping up the slab on meat in front of him. He bit his lip, hesitated, and then glanced up. A small smile spread across his face.

"I'm sorry for overreacting before" he murmured. "I guess I'm still a little annoyed at Denmark for fueling on the reporters."

His apology was ruined by the fact that he'd slammed the knife he was holding down on the meat when he'd mentioned Denmark's name.

"...M'be we sh'd go out f'r t'h d'y" Sweden suggested, after a brief pause.

Finland slammed the knife down again; Sealand whimpered.

"Why would you say that?" he asked, still smiling. His eyes were wide and glinted from the lights in the room.

"I th'nk y'r g'ttin c'bin f'ver" Sweden replied, after a brief moment of hesitation.

"Cabin fever?" Finland let out a small laugh (the note of hysteria in it could be heard by all). "Why would you say that?"

The knife came down again; the piece of the chopping board chipped off and then went flying through the air.

"Oh" Finland stared down at the board, his eyes wide, his smile never faltering. "Silly me."

"I'm going upstairs" Sealand muttered, leaping up from his seat and hurrying towards the door.

"Sealand! Sit down - dinner will be ready soon!" Finland whirled around; the knife, still gripped in his hand, was coincidentally pointed in Sealand's direction.

The younger nation paled and slowly moved back to his seat.

Finland went back to chopping up the meat; Sealand leaned towards Sweden.

"So, I watched this movie called 'The Shining' once" he whispered. "...It didn't end well."

Sweden glanced at him. "Y'r p'nt?"

"...I'm saying it's either going to be Mama or us" Sealand replied. Finland, hearing his comment, turned around.

"Did you say something?" he asked.

Sealand stared at the knife with wide eyes.

"...Or we could always hand Uncle Denmark to him" Sealand stuttered. "Wouldn't be too hard to lure him into the house..."

Finland's smile faltered. "Did you say Denmark?" he asked, his grip on the knife tightening.

Sealand squeaked in fear.

...

Romano glared at the wall. Beside him, Spain shot him a sympathetic look. Both nations were completely covered in thick bandages and lying side-by-side on hospital beds. With their rooms being guarded heavily (their bosses had FINALLY decided to be useful) this was the most peace they'd had since the whole ordeal had begun.

That didn't mean Romano had to like it.

"It really isn't that bad..." Spain murmured.

Romano's head jerked violently to the side (he would have pointed but he was currently immobile) over to where a newspaper article had been tackled to the wall.

The headline read; "SOUTH ITALY - SUICIDAL?!"

"I knew this was going to happen" he growled.

"Well..." Spain hedged. "I didn't get out easily either -"

Romano's head jerked towards another article; "SPAIN AND SOUTH ITALY - ROMEO AND JULIET?!"

Spain leaned forward (or attempted to) looking interested.

"The nation of Spain" he read. "Threw himself off the roof in a fit of despair and hopelessness, after his lover, South Italy, toppled off the roof to his death. Is is a heartbreaking love story hiding in the wings? More information -"

"Stop reading it, bastard!" Romano howled.

"I'm not enjoying this!" Spain protested. "It...it's horrible!"

"Shut up, bastard" Romano scoffed. "You're smiling on the inside."

"...I so am" Spain admitted, a smile breaking across his face.

Romano went back to glaring at the wall.

"I hate the world" he muttered.

...

China raised his head from where it had been buried in his hands for the past hour, and turned to look at Japan.

"Do you think we will be found, aru?" he asked.

"Hopefully not" Japan replied. "I think we managed to lose those reporters, and I do not think that they will come searching for us this deep in the forest -"

China cut him off. "I meant Yong Soo, aru - will he find us?"

"...No" Japan looked slightly irritated at being interrupted.

China's shoulder's slumped in relief. "Thank god, aru" he muttered. "I do not think I can take much more."

Japan walked over and settled down next to the other nation. "Perhaps some green tea will help the stress?" he suggested, ignoring the fact that there was no 'green tea' in the middle of the woods.

"I do not need green tea, aru!" China snapped. "I need Yong Soo's grave!"

"No you do not" Japan replied, slowly. "You might think you do but, in the end, he is our brother and we love him."

"...You do not really believe that, aru?" China stared at him in disbelief.

"No, not really" Japan admitted. "It just seemed like an appropriate thing to say...American movies have really started to influence me."

China scowled. "Stop spending so much time with America, aru!" he grumbled. "He is changing you!"

"...I like America-san" Japan replied, after a brief moment of hesitation. "He is my friend."

China mumbled something. Japan frowned and leaned forward.

"What was that?" he asked.

"I said" China said, in a louder voice. "You are not in a sexual relationship with America, are you, aru?"

Japan paled, looking horrified by the question.

"You can tell me, aru" China continued, ignoring Japan's obvious discomfort. "I will not judge you, despite how much I despise America."

"What would possess you so SAY something like that?!" Japan demanded.

"Well, you do spend a lot of time with him, aru" China said, frowning slightly. "...You are always at his house late at night -"

"Watching MOVIES!" Japan snapped.

"...You agree with everything he says" China continued.

"He has some very good ideas!"

There was a brief pause.

"...Are you sure that you aren't in a relationship with him, aru?" China asked, at last.

Japan leapt to his feet, his normally calm expression turning into one of rage and indignation.

"Why must you assume that I am sleeping with all my friends?!" he demanded. "Just because I have never been in a relationship, and just because I enjoy the company of naked anime characters on a television screen, more so than I do human contact, does not mean that I am desperate enough to sleep with all my friends! Why must you demean me so?!"

"I was only asking, aru!" China snapped. A moment later he looked thoughtful. "And what was that about enjoying the company of anime characters? That might be something we could do together, aru..."

"I WILL NOT BE WATCHING ANIMATED PORN WITH YOU!"

Japan went red, horrified by his outburst. He looked around, praying that no reporters had snuck by while he had been distracted.

China looked shocked. "What?!" he cried. "Aru, I never said -"

Japan whirled around to face him once again, once he was satisfied that there were no reporters present.

"What is WRONG with you?!" he demanded.

"I never heard anything about animated porn, aru!" China protested, his eyes wide.

"I asked NAKED anime characters!" Japan yelled. "NAKED!"

"Naked?" China continued to look shocked.

"Do not make me repeat myself!"

"I never heard you say naked, aru!" China wailed.

"I said it! I said it!" Japan snapped.

China stomped his foot and let out a cry of frustration.

"Why must you be so cruel, aru?!" he demanded. "I am only trying to be a good older brother!"

Japan opened his mouth but before he could speak, a familiar voice blared through his ears, freezing both him and China in their tracks.

"There you are, da ze!" Korea ran up to them, grinning widely. "I have been looking for you everywhere! Did I miss anything?"

"Go away, Yong Soo!" China howled. "Japan and I are having a meaningful conversation, aru!"

"Your breasts are mine!" Korea declared.

"YONG SOOOOOOOOOOOOO -"

While they were distracted, Japan snuck off into the trees. He needed to escape this insane bunch before he completely lost his mind; he could already feel his composure slipping away little by little.

...

"...And so the press conference as a complete fail. Now we really need to think of a better - Alfred? Are you listening to me?!"

America blinked and glanced up at his boss, who was now glaring at him, looking annoyed.

"What did you say?" he asked, frowning slightly.

"Alfred!"

"What?" America slouched back in his chair. "You say a lot of stuff! How do you expect me to keep track of it all?!"

"We need a plan!" his boss snapped. "We need to do something to fix this situation -"

"Have no fear!" America cut him off; his boss winced slightly, knowing that whatever would come out of his nations mouth would be completely ridiculous and, quite likely, completely impossible. "I have a plan!"

"Alfred" his boss warned. "Be very careful about what you say next -"

"Don't worry, Boss" America waved one hand, dismissively. "It's a really good plan! I've thought about it for a full five minutes!"

His boss winced.

"I think it's time" America paused, for dramatic effect. "For the biggest secret in American history...to be revealed to the world!"

His boss groaned.

"They already know about you!" he snapped. "How the hell is that a solution?!"

"No..." America narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression going completely serious. For a moment, his boss couldn't help but feel slightly hopeful; perhaps America had an actual, working plan. Miracles could happen after all.

At the nations next words, all hopes went down the drain.

"We're breaking into Area 51!"

...

AN:

I bet you're thinking: "...America, what the hell are you on about."

Remember though; it IS America xD

Haha, hope your enjoying the little situation that Finland, Sweden and Sealand (...do their family have an fan name? I have no idea...) have found themselves in xD I never actually planned to make Finland go crazy...it just sort of happened xD Hopefully he'll get his mind back eventually...

...Denmark better watch out though! :D

Tell me what you think of this chapter! :D