Hi everyone, I'm back! What? No-one cares? Ok…

I was late because I stayed over a friend's house last night after we went to our grade 12 graduation, IT'S OVER! IT'S FINALLY OVER!

Many thanks to myviolettears, elizabeta H. Austria and ZanyAnimeGirl for reviewing and ZanyAnimeGirl for following!

myviolettears, yes I did twin, what are you going to do about it :)

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To ZanyAnimeGirl, glad you liked it!

Here's chapter 11 guys, R & R & enjoy. I own nothing.

Chapter 11: Ambrosia

Yue Chung, better known as the 'Other China' cupped her cheek with her hand as she gazed at Vadim and Ivan talking in low voices to one another. They were probably discussing the fact that Yue's other self, Yao Wang, the China of this world, had been missing for over a week now. The other problem was that this world's Japan, who had started looking for her, and apparently found her, was no longer answering his phone.

Where is she? Yue wondered, staring at the two lookalikes who had apparently not felt the need to include her in this conversation. No, it wasn't like she was the alternate self of the woman they were looking for or anyone important like that!

Yue bit the thumbnail of her other hand, thinking. She was sure Yao was okay, her other self was very responsible and mature, and she could take care of herself.

Yue had her own problems to think about. She didn't mean to sound selfish but Vadim and Ivan were really starting to freak her out. Ivan especially was really starting to make her shiver when he walked past.

Yue knew her tastes were a little…unorthodox but she didn't want anyone who knew her to be confused; incredibly strong and a little bloodthirsty was sexy.

Incredibly strong and incredibly bloodthirsty was scary as shit. Ivan's current attitude was serious overkill, pardon the pun. Yue had gone up to him the other day to ask who he thought had taken Yao and was quite honestly surprised she hadn't gotten a lesson on how a metal pipe could go through her head. Or actually gotten a metal pipe through the head.

Yue brushed her sleeves with her fingertips, feeling the slender shape of the acupuncture needles she had hidden up her sleeve; she had never considered even considering using them. Now she was considering getting rid of them. She was so tense and the atmosphere was so thick that if anyone startled her she just might…

A hand fell on her shoulder. Yue whipped around, yanking a large needle from her sleeve with the ease of long practice, arm flashing forwards to stab whatever moron had been dumb enough to alarm her…

A large, pale hand caught hers, Vadim's other hand covered their intertwined ones, prying the needle from Yue's fingers.

Yue mentally swore, this was exactly what she had been worried about, someone startling her and her overreacting. She could've seriously hurt Vadim.

She glanced out of the corner of her eye at Ivan who was now standing alone, talking on the phone and mentally cursed again. Vadim had been able to leave Ivan and come around behind her without her seeing. And she'd been staring at them.

"Calm down Osa," Vadim said, handing the needle back to her and allowing her to slip it into her sleeve.

'Osa' or 'wasp' in English, was his nickname for her. She stung apparently, probably had something to do with the previously mentioned needles.

"I…um…sorry Vadim." Said Yue, giving up on making up an excuse.

Vadim smiled understandingly. "Everyone's a bit tense now. We're all so worried about Yao that we forget to worry about ourselves." He said wisely.

He took her elbow gently and tugged her towards the gardens, "take a walk with me?"

Puzzled, he usually didn't go anywhere near her if he could help it, Yue followed.

As they picked their way through Ivan's large garden Vadim released her elbow and took her hand, Yue glanced up at him, surprised.

"I've been thinking Yue…" Began Vadim uncertainly.

The Chinese woman snorted, "Not too hard I hope, you might hurt yourself." She replied audaciously, Vadim just rolled his blue eyes, long since used to Yue's snide remarks.

"I've been thinking Yue," he repeated, "well…Ivan has been really, tense lately-naturally, it was his China who got abducted after all- but…I've been trying to imagine…what it would be like…if it were you who'd been abducted, not Yao."

His hand was shaking, Yue tightened her grip, "and?" She prodded; he would probably prefer me being taken to her. She thought bitterly, Vadim had adored Yao because she was so cool yet so nice. Well Yue wasn't sorry. She was who she was and Yao was who Yao was. Yue wasn't going to apologize for that.

Vadim squeezed her hand back and then let go, he stopped walking, and Yue stopped too, "I decided…that doing so was impossible. I can't imagine what it would be like if you were the one who was kidnapped, I can't imagine what my life would be like without you."

He paused, Yue wanted to say something but even she could see that Vadim really needed to say this but was scared to do so, she was worried that if she said the wrong thing it would frighten him into remaining silent. So she said nothing.

Vadim sighed and took both her hands in his, "look, Yue, what I'm trying to say is…" he hesitated, looking for the right words. "What I'm trying to say is that I love you and was an idiot for not realizing that until I thought about losing you. I love you and want you to be together with me, not Ivan or Kuro."

Yue's first reaction was shock; she hadn't known Vadim knew about her attraction to Ivan. Huh, Yue guessed she must not be as subtle as she thought she was.

Then what Vadim had really said caught up with her.

"You're joking, right?"

Vadim flinched and Yue winced, realizing how bad that sounded. "I mean, Vadim…" her red eyes bore past his blue ones, all the way into his soul. "Are you sure?"

Vadim let go of her hands and gently grasped her elbows, drawing her forwards, "I'm sure." He said gently.

He leaned down as Yue stood on the tips of her toes, "I've never been surer of anything in my life."

Their lips met and for the first time in her long, long life Yue Chung was doing what precious few had ever done. Kissing the man she had loved for over a century.

They broke apart and Yue wrapped her arms around Vadim's neck as his encircled her tiny waist. Hugging like this, with him being almost literally twice her size, was awkward so Vadim placed his hands under Yue's thighs and lifted her gently as Yue wrapped her legs around his waist too and buried her face in the crook of his neck as Vadim buried his in her short, dark hair.

The two of them stayed like that for a long time, just basking in the other person's presence, their unique smell and feel and the knowledge that the other person was still safe, still here with them and always would be. If not, there would be a lot of bloody needles and pipes and a pair of very pissed-off countries. Nothing was going to separate them now.

"Sorry I kept you waiting for so long. I was such an idiot." Vadim whispered in Yue's ear.

She chuckled, "true. But you're my idiot. And I would've waited a lot longer for you Vadim."

Sure, Ivan was sexy as hell sometimes and Kuro was a smart, determined little thing but Vadim was the caring one, the one who had always been by Yue, whether he liked it or not, he'd stayed by her. Yue, despite her attitude sometimes, was no idiot. She wasn't Olivia; she knew what was good for her. And she wasn't going to be sucked into some stupid I'm-the-dumb-girl-who-only-likes-the-bad-boy-who-d oesn't-like-me/know-I-exist-and-ignore-the-nice-gu y stereotype. Yue loved Vadim and, by some miracle, he loved her too. Everything else could just go screw itself because Yue didn't care.

Well, almost everything. There was one thing that bothered her…

"Kuro?" Asked Vadim, apparently it was bothering him as well.

"What about him?" Yue asked.

"That's what I was asking you," Vadim replied, pulling away a little, "what are you going to do about him?"

"Why are you asking me?" Yue asked, pulling back also. "I'm not the one he's going to chase around with a katana, I hope you know that."

"I know," Vadim confirmed, "I just thought you might have some…qualms. He is in love with you after all."

"Even if I wanted to, I couldn't make myself regret this," Yue whispered, leaning up to peck Vadim's lips once more. "Kuro will just have to learn to deal. I'm sorry but I can't please everyone." Actually, she wasn't sorry. Maybe that made her selfish but Yue wasn't sorry. She was happier than she'd ever been in her life and she could make someone else happy. If the world wanted her to be sorry for that well then screw the world.

Vadim smiled slightly against her lips, "good. I was hoping you'd say that." His mouth firmed into a determined line and for a second Yue thought she was looking at Ivan, not Vadim, "If he thinks he can just take what's mine he's got another thing coming."

Yue smiled too, "I was hoping you'd say that," she whispered.

The two of them kissed again. Neither of them even noticed Ivan standing behind them until he cleared his throat.

They pulled apart and Yue jumped to the ground, "yes?!" She demanded, not exactly pleased with being interrupted.

If Ivan noticed her displeasure he didn't show it, "I just got two calls, one from this America and the other from this Japan. Apparently two people the pair of you are supposed to know have shown up. And Yao is with one of them. Are you two familiar with Jake and Kuro?"

Vadim and Yue glanced at each other, startled.

"America!" Vadim exclaimed.

At the same time Yue said, "Japan!"

The two of them glanced at each other, well shit, they both thought. It looked like their opportunity to tell their Japan about their relationship would come a lot sooner then they thought it would. They clasped hands reassuringly, neither of them feared Japan but he could be a nasty little shit when he wanted to be.

"Kuro. It must be Kuro that Yao is with. My Japan." Yue said thoughtfully. "Could you call your Japan again Ivan? I'd like to speak to him."

Ivan nodded tightly, "I can try, no guarantees he'll answer." He said. He turned and led the way back to his house at a brisk pace.

Yue and Vadim followed more slowly, Vadim rubbed his thumb over the back of Yue's much smaller hand reassuringly, "I love you." He told her, the words felt strange and new, but not bad.

Yue smiled, one of the few true smiles Vadim had ever seen her give, "I love you too," she said.

From where he was walking ahead of them Ivan couldn't see the happy couple, he could hear them though. Hear the smiles in their voices, hear their loving words. His heart ached, Vadim and Yue being together didn't bother him much in itself, sure he'd had a small thing for Yue, but only a small one.

What bothered the usually imperturbable country was the knowledge this brought with it. Vadim was his opposite, right?

Ivan glanced back at where Vadim was holding hands with his China. That meant that everything Vadim got, Ivan would never have.

He didn't like how things looked between Ivan himself, and his China.

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's Friday, but only just. And I know no-one cares anyway. Though it's not as bad as my other fic, I embarrassed the crap out of Switzerland, started a HongIce plot, got Lithuania to laugh at Poland's genuine marriage proposal, made Austria the legal drinking age in America, interrupted a kiss between Romania and Bulgaria and put Spain and Romano in the hospital. All in one chapter. And no-one cared!

Wow… I do suck, don't I?

Anyway, yay! Pairing! Non-rejected love! *gasp* imagine that!

R & R guys, let me know what you think.

I named this chapter 'Ambrosia' because it means 'your love is returned.'

Hope you enjoyed! See ya next week!