An: OKAY THIS IS IMPORTANT! TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, SAKURA IS FEM JAPAN! Also, I am sorry that this chapter is short. I am writing these while my plot is fresh and before I loose it. (I have written down some of it too). Though this coming week, I intend to focus onto my FrUK fic. :) So, updates may slow

In the Kingdom of Hearts

Ludwig and Sakura resisted to run to the room at the end of the hall. Though it wasn't as though Gilbert would notice, since he was talking to Roderich after all. The prince closed the door quietly and quickly turned to Sakura, grabbing her upper arms.

"You told me you talked to Spades, well, Alfred. He still believes that you love him right?"

The brunette looked at the blonde and raised a brow. "Hai." She smiled and bowed.

Ludwig exhaled in relief and slid his hands down to her elbows before pulling away and walking towards the window. "Alright. It's perfect. Now we just need to wait until-"

"Until your birthday si?"

The prince turned and was quickly dropping his panic when he noticed the current jack, Feliciano, also their ally.

"Yes, Feli. I don't know what mien bruder is thinking, a war with Clubs is too risky. Maybe if Diamonds joined, we would be okay, though it won't gain us any land but clubs." The prince gently began to move pieces into a chessboard.

Feliciano raised his hand. "But Ludwig- why do we want to go to war anyway? I mean, two countries fighting over one lady?"

Sakura smiled. "Ludwig things Clubs is too small. To quote, 'why invade Clubs for a girl when you could take their land over? Or even yet, the four kingdoms?"

Feliciano beamed. "Woaw! But, why can't we go invade Clubs while taking back Eliza? Gil wanted to expand the nation too right? Why do we need to go through your birthday to change that?"

Ludwig sighed and put both of his hands onto the table and stared at the table. "Because if we invade Clubs first, then we would have to fight Spades alone. Plus Clubs is tougher than Gil thinks as well. First, we ally with Diamonds since Francis and Gil are closer than Alfred and Francis. Though that will probably be the most tricky. Otherwise, we will pull through. The fashion capital is an easy target. Then we ally with Clubs, which will be simple after that night. My birthday. Once we have those two, we can successfully manage to plow through Spades, if we already have the queen, because a kingdom becomes vulnerable without her advantages." He said this as he picked up the delicate black queen piece of the chessboard. "Zen, finally, we turn on Diamonds and then clubs. This will be the hardest part because we don't want alliances between them all. Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs. ". Ludwig set the white king down in checkmate. "Finally, we conquer the lands by taking away their advantages and using our own squired ones to make the Hearts Kingdom utterly absolute."

Feliciano smiled widely, impressed. "Wooowww! Does the Ace know?"

Sakura looked at Feliciano expressionless, "everyone in the castle, but the prisoner and Gil. Ludwig has also agreed to spare the Jack of Spades, my cousin, and your brother's husband In Diamonds."

The Jack grinned. "Really?!"

The blond nodded and the Jack jumped up high in glee. Then he suddenly settled down. "Wait, how are we going to get Clubs to ally? We have practically called for a declaration of war when we stole their Jack? And how can we get Gil to agree? What about getting the 'obtained advantages'?"

Ludwig was about to open up his mouth when the doors suddenly bust open. "Alright, time for dinner, I'm done for today." Gilbert smirked at them as they all nodded in agreement.

"I hope it's pasta!" Feliciano bounded out.

"Nein! Not again!" The brothers screamed together.