New chapter XD We'll be following some different characters now XD
"France! Where are you?"
Japan blinked in surprise. "E...England-san?" he asked uncertainly. That had definitely been the Brit's voice. Was he nearby? "England-san!" Japan called, frowning as there was no reply.
What should I do? He asked himself silently. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to my friends...
He sighed, walking back into the room behind him.
China and Russia both looked at him expectantly.
"Did I hear England out there, aru?" China asked as the Japanese man entered the room.
Japan nodded "That's who it sounded like...But I didn't hear any answer when I tried calling him...Maybe it was just the building settling?" Japan said, now standing next to the Chinese man.
"...I don't think a building settling can sound like an actual human voice, aru..." China said sceptically.
"Then..." Japan started hesitantly, before turning back to the door behind him. "I'll go see if it really was England-san then. Maybe I'll be able to find the others too" he turned his head to smile at the other two reasurringly. "You should both stay here, okay?"
China's eyes widened. "Are you crazy? You can't go out there alone, aru!" He leaned closer to the Japanese man so that he could whisper "And you can't just leave me alone with...with...that guy, aru!"
Russia smiled at the two Asian nations. "Ohh? What do you mean by that, China?"
"N-nothing! Nothing, aru!" China jumped away from Japan, now sending him a pleading look.
"I..." Japan looked from China to Russia, as if trying to decide. "...I'll be back soon" he said finally, stepping out of the room.
"Wait, aru! Japan-!"
"Don't worry China. And anyway, this will be fun, da?"
"Aiyaa, you stay away from me, aru!"
Japan smiled faintly to himself, but continued down the hall way more slowly.
I'm scared. He realised. I'm actually really scared. My legs are shaking...I have no idea what's going on...But...I can't let anything happen to my friends...I could never forgive myself if anything bad happened to them...
Willing himself to feel more confident, Japan tried to explore the dimly lit corridor.
This wasn't like any school he had ever been in. Floorboards had fallen in a lot of places, and ripped pieces of paper litter the floor and wall.
"Return home immediately" Japan read allowed from one of the pieces of paper. "Those who remain here..."
"...Will go hungry, and die of starvation..."
Japan gasped, jumping and turning around quickly, trying to find who had just spoken.
No one was there.
...My imagination?
He decided to enter the room next to the pinned paper, hoping to find any clues that could get him and his friends out of that place. He couldn't help but notice a cupboard in the corner. Each shelf was filled with long black hair.
"Hair...? It's...covered in bugs..." Japan shivered at the site of the insect infested hair, travelling to the over end of the room.
He tried the door at the other end of the room, but this one was locked. He sighed irritated, before another piece of paper caught his eye, stuck to the wall like the other.
"Murders?" Japan asked after he had finished reading. "At a school called Heavenly Hetalia?...Ah, I've heard of that rumor...So...it really wasn't just a myth? Then this school must be..."
The door next to him, which had previously been locked, suddenly slammed open.
Japan jerked back in surprise. How...? He shook his head, deciding to cautiously go through the now open doorway.
He didn't get that far through the new room, before a flame seemed to materialise in front of him. Japan stepped away warily from the whitish blue fire,wishing he had something to protect himself. Could this be...a spirit?
"Hey there" the flame spoke, almost cheerily. "Are you all by yourself? Decided to stop shaking with those other two in that classroom, did you?"
"I...I heard one of my friends shouting, so I'm trying to find them" Japan said determinedly.
"I see...But..." the ghost suddenly sounded a lot more sad. "...that won't be possible. This school exists in a nexus where multiple dimensions overlap. It's but a single closed space in a sea of closed spaces...In other words, even though you might be in the same school as your friend, you two occupy different dimensions. You two can never meet.
Japan's eyes widened. "But...but I-!"
"Maybe if you died" the spirit continued. "Your body or spirit might move from one space to the other...or...Maybe you'll be able to find a way to travel to the different dimensions like 'that' does..."
The Japanese man frowned. Would it really be that difficult for him to meet the others? And...what exactly was 'that' that the ghost mentioned?
"But" the ghost spoke up again. "Even if you find the exact spot from where your friend's voice came from, they themselves may not be there. And if they're not, there's not a thing you can do about it..."
"But...But I heard him!" Japan was starting to sound angry.
"It's true that there have been others who arrived in these spaces at the same time as you. But time and space do not behave as you'd assume here. They're...fragmented. You said that you heard his voice, but from when he spoke could of been a few minutes ago...or maybe it occured in another space many hours ago...It could even of been an echo from the future...who knows? It's possible for two closed spaces to influence each other a little, no matter how out of synch they are"
Japan balled his hands into fists. "I can't just hear him yell and walk away happily! Move aside, I need to find a way to get to the others" He stepped forward, making the ghost fade away in response.
He moved to the door at the end, glad to see that this one was open. Yet, as just as he reached it, the door in front of him closed with such force that it knocked the Japanese man back. Japan yelped but managed to stay on his feet.
The ghost from just a few seconds ago appeared in front of him. But something was wrong. Before it had been glowing a cold blue. But now it was blood red.
"'Move aside'?" It repeated Japan's words from just a few seconds ago angrily. "How dare you...you can just rot in hell!"
At this, the room started shaking heavily.
An...earthquake? Japan gasped loudly, trying desperately to keep his balance. There was a loud groaning noise, and it wasn't until he looked to his side that he realised what it was.
A cabinet, filled with many metals that would of made the cabaiet extremely heavy, wobbled at the force of the earthquake, before falling.
Japan cried out as the cabinet toppled onto him, pinning him in place. He wheezed as the air was knocked out of him, wincing at the broken glass from the cabinet that was now digging into his back.
"You don't want to find your friends! I bet you're just using that as an excuse so that you can find a way out! And the moment you do, you'll just leave your so called 'friends' behind in this hell like they were nothing!"
Japan tried to breath in, but the under the crushing weight of the cabinet, he could barely take in any air at all. "No...you're wrong..." he managed to cough.
"Am I? Every last one of you are all the same" Japan knew that the ghost would probably smirk if it could. "I should probably just leave you here for 'that'...We'll see how close to your friends you really are once 'that' gets you..."
"I...I'd never abandon them...You're wrong...You're wrong..." Japan gave out a strangled scream as the cabinet seemed to get even heavier.
"Don't question me" the ghost's voice was dripping with malice. "You're all the same. Once 'that' gets you, you'll either be forced to kill yourself or you friends. Maybe even force them to become a slave to 'that' like yourself. Like my 'friends' tried to..." the spirit paused, at least that's what it seemed like to Japan. "It's here...Well, I suppose I'll just leave you here. I'd rather not take my chances with 'that' again..." The ghost flickered before vanishing completely.
"P-please wait!" Japan choked. "I...I don't know what happened with you and your friends, but...I would never..." It was no good. He was going to pass out. "...Please..." Darkness clouded his vision. Before he fully black out, he saw what could only be described as a shadow hovering slowly towards him...
Japan...T-T I'm not planning on killing anyone off, but still...A lot of dialog got changed by the second half of this chapter...I guess that's goo, since that means I'm making some things up on my own, but...Anyway, please review and tell me what you think ^_^