Disclaimer: I do not own the anime, characters, maybe settings and a lot of other stuff that may be mentioned.
Ayumi Kudou: I will keep it in mind but I'm unsure if I can make them fight Steve. If they were to go into the house, it would take several chapters unless I just make them blow it up but I'll try. The Innocent gone Bad Trio… I understand how Liechtenstein and Italy are yandere but what about Canada? He has to be protective over someone to be yandere.
Lucestellare: I never expected this chapter to be that cute but okay~ I'm glad you like it anyway. I guess you can call it the kraken but it's still a creature of the Seraphim.
The rocking of the boat was unsteady making hard to run on the boat and the water splashing onto the floor just made it even more difficult. Lukas, Viet and the cannons of the other two ships were able to cut off four tentacles of the octopus but the remaining four tentacles still proved to be deadly as it knocked off some parts of the ship and killed men one after another.
Monica was stressed out for her men weren't strong since they were leant by France and she had no army of her own. That didn't mean she tried her best but it was a bit of a pain for her to fight in battles when she had to. This moment was no exception as she tried to order her men to get in position and fight but one by one did they get wiped off the deck and slammed into the ocean.
Haru soared in the sky looking to see if there were any weaknesses that he would be able to see from above. Hydra swam in the ocean and tried to notice anything from her place but the reptile and bird found it difficult as most of its body was submerged in sea water.
The aquatic creature rose above the surface once more and opened its mouth forming another black orb. Lukas got the water on the deck and quickly moved it to where the black orb was aiming to block it from attacking. It surprised Viet and Lukas as the mouth moved its mouth toward the sky and shot it into the air. The dark ball stayed in midair for a few seconds then plunged down, aiming at the center of the boat.
Lukas tried to move the water above the ship but it was too late as the ball of energy exploded as it touched the ship. A cloud of smoke drifted upwards toward the sky and the ship started to sink, bringing the people down with it. Luckily all of those who were still alive could swim and they tried to move towards the boat.
Two tentacles rose above the surface of the water and slammed down to grab Lukas and Viet, pulling them down under the water. They struggled trying to loosen the grip of the octopus but failed. Lukas was able to make a bubble of air around his head allowing him to breath but he was not able to make one for Viet for she was too far away and he did not have much strength to make one for her.
'Dammit,' thought Viet as she could feel the pressure of water piling up on top of her. She clenched her teeth and tried to peer through the water to see if there was anything she could do. Viet noticed the movement of the octopus as it moved its tentacles of its right side and left side. The right was not as flexible and energetic as its left side which held her. She focused her thoughts and then a fireball shot at the right side that held Lukas, hitting the octopus and making it screeched in pain.
From the pain, the octopus hesitantly let go of Lukas but still kept swimming deeper into the ocean and still bringing Viet with it. The bubbles and current from Viet's underwater attack blurred Lukas' sight as he tried to swim and see where he could free Viet. He then swam farther into the ocean but had no luck in catching up with the octopus. Hydra appeared in front him and stared at him.
"Lukasss, you can do much better than that. Try making the water move you," advised the snake. It took a while to comprehend what Hydra said to him but then he realized what she meant. He moved his body where his face was facing the dark deep of the water and his feet facing the sky and allowed his energy to move toward his feet. With the small blast of energy, the water propelled and moved Lukas in a jet-like speed catching him up with the octopus.
Viet lost her breath and became unconscious as the water rushed into her lungs and nose. She heard water moving quickly and a quick splat before she completely could not think any further. The pressure around her body that once held her tightly and pulling her down into the ocean was released and then something grabbed her from under her arms and she was quickly brought up above the water surface.
Michelle and Monica were in one of the two ships that survived the attack and Monica's men lifted Lukas and Viet from out of the water. Lukas panted for breath but Viet did not seem like taking in and breathing out air.
Hydra, mysteriously on board the ship, slithered to Viet and climbed onto her chest. She hissed then her eyes glowed for about a minute until the discordant sounds of coughing and water splashing was heard.
Viet felt that her lungs were congested as she coughed out the sea water that left a horrible taste of salt on her tongue. She took in deep breaths until she felt that she was better.
"What happened?" asked the Vietnamese woman. Her eyes fluttered trying to make out the figures around her.
"Lukas saved you from the octopus but you already swallowed a lot of water when he got you on deck! Then Hydra used her powers and her eyes glowed as she was on your chest and somehow you were able to live!" cried Michelle in joy. Viet slowly got up and she was hugged tightly by the Seychellois only to find herself not being able to breathe once more.
"Ms. Michelle, you're choking her," Lukas said without any emotion as usual.
"Ah! Sorry Viet! Are you okay?" questioned Michelle worriedly.
Viet rubbed her throat but slightly smiled and answered, "I'm not getting drowned by an octopus so I think I'm okay. Thank you, Lukas and Hydra. I thought I was going to die for a moment."
"Luckily, you were able to see the weaknesss of the beassst. I sssaw that it'sss right tentaclesss had lessss momentum than itsss left ssside but I had no time to tell the both of you in time."
Monica walked up to Viet and Lukas and gave them both dry towels. "Dry up and change. With that much intake of salt water, I would think you would need fresh water. Am I correct?" asked Monica.
"Definitely," replied Viet. She unsteadily stood up and was in place for a while before she felt confident that she could walk properly. Viet walked with Monica inside who was explaining how they were able to retrieve their clothing that were in the wooden boxes and were floating in the sea.
Lukas stared at the two until they disappeared. He turned around to be surprised by a smirking Michelle behind him. "What?" he asked.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe it is just that you received more trust from my dear friend Viet who I think has taken a liking to you as you have taken a liking to her~" she sang.
"What are you talking about?" the Norwegian asked with a blank face. Michelle spun around twice as if she were dancing then skipped off.
"Nothing~" she kept singing happily. Lukas stared at her with the thought that she was stranger than Viet but not in the way that he really liked.
The sun rose three mornings after until one of Monica's men called out, "Land ho!" As he said, land was able to be seen from far way with the flag of Egypt standing tall for many to see. Lukas stood at the side of the ship looking at the land in front of him with many tan colored to brown colored buildings. Already could he feel the heat from the sun rising up from the ground even though the star wasn't even high in the sky.
Drops of sweat started to form on the back of his neck. He breathed in and out slowly, trying to keep himself cool.
"It seems that you are starting to feel the torture of the hot weather," a voice said behind him. Lukas turned his head to see Viet walking up next to him. "Then again, we are in Egypt."
"The last time I was here was at the European base at the city here was a few weeks ago before the Nordics got ready for battle at Seoul. I feel that it has gotten much warmer than last time," he said with concern in his voice.
"Hmm. Well, I can't vouch anything since I wasn't with you. Do you think it could be the increase in heat that we aren't use to going around this close to the equator?" Viet asked.
"Maybe but I don't know." Lukas scanned the horizon and the rest of the ocean to see familiar ships resting at the docks already. "It seems that the last of the Nordic fleet have arrived here already."
Viet moved her eyes to where Lukas was staring and saw the ships that were on the shores of southern Korea except with dents, broken wood and more torn parts then when she had last seen them which seemed like they were newly made. "It looks like I will have to get my cloak. If you need me Lukas, I will be in my cabin with Michelle and Monica," she told Lukas.
The Norwegian nodded his head and returned to staring at the remaining ships that did not get completely destroyed from the battle. He wondered how his little brother and friends were doing. The thought of how many men he had left also came across his mind.
It was around noon until the Monegasque ships docked at the dock (Haha. Docked at the dock). The crew was greeted by a handful of dark-skinned people with cloth covering their heads and light-colored, long-sleeved shirts or dresses that covered the rest of their skin from the burning rays of the sun. The sailors of the ship started to carry loads of boxes off of the ship down the ramp while Lukas walked with Monica and Michelle to a man that seemed much more expressionless and unsociable than Lukas. Hydra hid in a bag that the Norwegian carried on his belt with his sword.
Viet walked several feet behind them hidden under a hooded cloak that covered her face and body to keep any Europeans from recognizing her. The man walked away with Michelle to talk to her in private either because he was shy to speak to people he did not really know or for a mysterious motive that no one could guess what it was.
Michelle walked back to talk to Lukas and Michelle briefly then ran up to Viet. She said, "Egypt said that he will keep your identity a secret and he will give us some lodgings. You just have to keep low and not make any ruckus while we're here. He also explained that in about two days he can lead you to the boat that will take you to Turkey safely. Isn't that great?"
"I think I can lie low for the next couple of days. It shouldn't be that hard unless I'm thought as suspicious but I'll keep out of the way of the representatives of the Nordic countries. Do not worry Michelle," the Vietnamese assured her friend.
"Okay, then. Let's go and-," the Seychellois stopped talking as she heard a loud scream from the distance. A man with gravity-defying (or so what so many people have described), blonde hair ran towards the representatives only to glomp the Norwegian who started to become irritated and trying to push the larger man off of him.
"Lukas! You're alive!" cried the man excitedly.
"Get off of me Matthias!" Lukas yelled with annoyance. Three more men walked toward them with shock and joy filling their eyes.
"Is that really you Lukas?" asked the man with feminine features upon his face, golden blonde hair, and violet orbs gleaming in his eye sockets.
"The one and only…" Lukas was exhausted from struggling out of Matthias' grasp but was able to free himself with the help of the larger and more terrifying man of the three men that walked to Lukas after Matthias had tackled him.
"We're glad you're safe," the tall man said bluntly and in a baritone voice.
"Thanks Tino, Berwald."
The shortest of the men, the one with silver-ish blonde hair and violet eyes, stood silently and stared at his brother, unsure of what to say.
Lukas walked up to him and patted his head. "I'm glad to see that your safe lillebror," the Norwegian said with slight excitement in his voice.
"Don't call me that Lukas!" the younger man said, his face red with embarrassment. Viet couldn't help but smile to herself as she saw the reunion of Lukas with his brother and friends. She recognized them as the representatives of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland from the pictures that she saw before the battle started in Seoul.
Emil saw the hooded figure staring at them or so he thought he saw her staring. Viet was shocked to be seen but tried to remain her cool and slowly walked away from the dock to the mainland, followed by Michelle. Emil felt a strange aura coming from the figure. In his mind a voice said, there is something about that person that seems conspicuous, no? Should we find out who that person is?
No, we shall wait until later after I make sure that my brother is surely safe, replied Emil with his own mind.
Lukas caught his brother staring and started to slightly panic. Viet had walked away into the crowd in the streets of the town, disappearing into the sea of people making his heart regain its original rhythm of beating.
"So, where's the little lad that helped you survive?" asked the Dane as he placed his arm around Lukas' shoulder.
"She just left into the town. Why?" Lukas replied.
"Oh ho ho! A girl saved you? I think you finally grew up Lukas," teased Matthias. He received a hit on his head from the Norwegian who was irritated.
"It's not like that, first of all. I have no doubt we will see her soon but as of now, I'm tired and I guess I'll be explaining stuff to you about my survival or whatever you would like to call it."
"Actually Lukas, I was wondering about the Asian commander that fell with you after the phoenix thing swept you into the ocean. Have you seen her?" asked Tino.
"Well, I found a piece of wood that was floating and grabbed onto it. A storm came and the next think I know, I'm in a bed where the representative of Seychelles took care of me." Lukas paused, thinking of what to say. "After I awoke I walked around the village to find the Asian wandering around the island. We fought, she escaped, I haven't seen her since."
A wave of worry came upon the faces of the four men that were not Lukas. "Then that could mean she can still find her way to Asia and help with their battles," Berwald said.
Lukas faked an apologetic look or the best that he could muster from his usually stoic expression. "I apologize for not going after her. That should have been my priority."
"There's no need for you to apologize Lukas. You were probably too weak from being swept into sea to look for her. What matters is that you are alive," said Emil. Lukas pinched his cheek as if he were just a baby.
"That is one of the most adorable things that you have said to me lillebror," Lukas said. Emil pulled himself away from his brother's pinch and rubbed his face.
"Well, with that over, why don't we get ourselves a drink to celebrate Lukas' return!" the Dane cheered. They walked off into the small town but the shadow attached to Emil seemed to move on its own, keeping its eye out for the hooded person.
Who needs CPR when you have a magical healing snake?! I didn't want Michelle to get ideas if Lukas was able to do CPR and yeah… Just wanted to make this slow *gives off a slightly I'll-torture-you-with-not-getting-too-intimate face*. Also wanted to say that they now see each other as close friends or sibling kind of love… Just to throw that out there.
Hope you guys like this chapter and please R&R~ I would appreciate it.
