More filler, more filler, more filler…toward the Halloween arc, I guess~!

And speaking of scary things, there seems to be a shipping war going on between Kiku and Li Xiao (O_o). Watch, I mess with you all and end up pairing her up with Ger- *shot*

OH! Speaking of which, it's been canologicaly (?) proven that North Korea is a man! It's been stated by Himayura himself that North Korea is a man that likes music. So I'm sorry, I'm going to keep it that way. North Korea is not a woman. And by the way, Rizal is BI. You don't have to pair him up with just girls -_-"

/= [DAY 47] =/

The Glee Club was going to have another meeting, so Alfred got everyone into the auditorium for the day. Gilbert was mumbling about how this was going to be "totally awesome", despite the fact that Alfred wasn't going to be singing, he wasn't going to be singing…heck, who the heck is singing? By the look on their faces, Charice could tell that no one had a clue…save for those two (freakin' bastards).

The darkness was hard on her eyes, but nonetheless she was able to see the Music Club setting stuff up for their performance. There was one person that she could barely see running around in the shadows: judging by the jumping, she knew who the newest member was.

Then the lights came up.

/= "What I Know" by Parachute =/

I take the car and drive the night

The white stripes blur and ease my mind

When all that's left is a single line

Instead of this confusion…

Holy crap, Doitsu-ki can sing.

Sure, he was in the Nsync mash-up, but that was when he proved that he could dance for a huge bulky muscular guy. This…now this was talent. Hell, he was sitting on a stool playing a guitar and singing (guitars were more Antonio's thing…speaking of which, he's trying to get Lovino to sing along). She found herself dancing in her seat.

She said "I'm in love with someone else" she said

I fell in love with someone else, and I

I'm in love with someone and that's all that I know for sure.

"Woo!" She screamed. "Love your guitar, man!"

He was too deep into the song to hear her random remark. As it went on, some of them actually started dancing through the alleys. It was then that she realized that the newest member was indeed Yong Soo Im, and he was eyeing Irunya on the drums. That wasn't going to go well in the end.

Well, whatever ended up after that, the song kept going and everyone was having a grand ol' time trying to figure out just what the hell the chorus was just to sing along. As the song rounded off, Charice was ready to charge the stage and shake Doitsu-ki's arm like it was just an inflatable arm guy. That's when she saw it: a strange shadow over his eyes.

The song wasn't just for entertainment value.

/=+=/

She was able to get past the entire crowd to see Ludwig just as he was about to throw on his jacket and head over to soccer practice. He looked like he was leaving in a hurry…and after all that jazz, she wasn't surprised.

"So you remembered something!" She chirped. "Didn't you~?"

"…I don't want to talk about it…"

"Are you sure? Just give me a good synopsis or something!" Charice stated. "Let at least the majority of the burden off your shoulders and let me ponder over it for you!"

"It's not a big deal, Charice…"

"Explains the troubled look you had on your face earlier." She pointed out. "And I'm going to nag you on this for a while. Again, just a synopsis will suffice~!"

Ludwig started at the ground for a few minutes, mumbling something to himself in broken German, before turning his head to see the concerned look on Charice's face, masking the obvious phobia that she was fighting back. The fact that she was going against her phobic instincts to see if he was all right was definitely accounted for something. He sighed.

"…I remembered something…"

"You did?" Her eyes widened. "About your past?"

He weakly nodded. She quickly got part of the memo.

"There's a bit of regret in there, isn't it?"

"…there was a girl…and there was a promise involved…I can't remember her face, her name, not even the promise that I made, but…" He held his head. "Whatever it is, I…I broke it."

"A…girl…?"

"…I can't remember anything past that…nothing…"

Before a few seconds could pass them, he quickly turned and dashed out of the room, leaving Charice in there to ponder what he had just told her. After a few minutes, she started scratching her head to ponder on the biggest revelation that he had given her.

GERMANY'S STRAIGHT?

No, the other revelation.

Oh. Right.

Ludwig was obviously remembering something, but something is blocking him from actually going ahead to remember it. Could it be because it's been such a long time that he can no longer reach that far in his brain? Is it something else? She held her head and…dare she say it…was it a Shadow's doing?

/= [DAY 48] =/

"Are you enjoying the manga that I gave you?"

"Of course I am, Kiku~!" Charice looked up. "It's not corrupted by clingy American fan girls yet, so it's rather interesting for the moment!"

The Japanese man laughed as he sat down next to her in the library, reading through the entire supply of manga that the school staff had actually remembered to stock for them. It was then that she saw the most shocking thing ever on the face of this planet.

"Kiku! They made a VOCALOID manga?"

"Of course. I am Japan, after all." He smiled. "If there is anything, there is a manga about it."

"Sweeeet." She started reading it. "I've heard a few Vocaloids. They're not that bad~!"

"We only choose the best voice actors and singers to represent our Vocaloids, after all." Kiku pointed out. "After that, the fans are free to do whatever they want."

"Hm…voice actors…"

"Yes. Vocaloids work like Auto-Tuning in a way, if that's the term. We just use a voicebank filled with a person's words, and then position and work with them to make them sing a song." Kiku answered. "Then there are the UTAUloids…and you should know what they are."

"Yes indeed. Fanmade Vocaloids made from whatever voicebank they can get their hands on-"

*pause*

"Please tell me that you're thinking what I think you're thinking."

"Depends on what you're thinking." Kiku answered with a smile.

"UTAUloids of everyone here." She grinned. "Blackmail to the highest degree."

"I've already made my copy." He stated. "But I'm more than willing to get the others to cooperate."

"Sweeeeeet…"

/=+=/

UTAUloids of Hetalia characters…or "Hetaloids", as they are known. They are the best. YouTube them, cause THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.

Anyway, let the war between Kiku shippers and Li Xiao shippers commence~! Please don't try to abuse the anonymous system to multi-vote. Cause…well, then the reviews will go on forever, and then I'll be forced to ship her with Germany. Way to go.

Oh, speaking of which, I want your opinion on the next subplot. I might just totally ignore you guys in the end (cause I SCREW THE RULES), but I just want an input. Here's the two of them:

[Holy Roman Empire]

[Soviet Union]

One of them ships GerIta. The other one ships GerRiz. Take your pick, and PLEASE DON'T KILL ME.