"Hey, Oahu?" Alfred asked. In the seat across from him, Olivia glared at him before turning back to her book. She was once again in nice attire, this time in a yellow blouse and black skirt. Her hair was tied back, but draped down her front, held out of her eyes by a flowery hair tie.
"You shouldn't call others by their countries in public, Alfred. Not many people are fans of nations," she explained calmly, purposefully pronouncing his human name.
"Yeesh, you're starting to sound like Iggy!" Alfred exclaimed loudly, earning another glare from Olivia. It was well known, at least for those who knew the islands' history, that England left a huge impact on the Hawaiian Islands' culture, hell, the Union Jack was on their flag! So, for any person to talk about the nation, especially around Olivia or Kai, there was little to no mercy.
"Need I remind you, America, that the last time you mentioned any reference to your identity around humans, you were nearly pulled and cut in two by the Confederacy?" Olivia said coldly, shutting her book. Alfred was taken aback. How does she know about that! It's not like she was even part of us at the time…
"O-oi! That never happened! The hero would never be in that kind of situation!"
"Really? Cause General Armstrong* said otherwise. He said that his company had to open fire to stop them from tearing you apart." Alfred just stared at the girl. She had such a confident smirk on her face, like she knew exactly what she was talking about, and from the sound of it, she did. "If your going to ask how I know that, he went to one of my schools as a kid." Silence hung in the air between them for a few minutes as Alfred tried to think over the girl in front of him, subconsciously stuffing several burgers into his mouth.
"What is your deal? Do you not like me or something?" Alfred asked, breaking the silence.
"Sorry, but in case you forgot, you and your subordinates really stirred up some trouble back home not too long ago that really caused some problems for me and my siblings." This statement caught the American by surprise.
"What are you talking about?"
"1893, John Stevens, an American with no power or say in our Government, sent in several marines to help the overthrow of our queen, and then your president decided to help forcefully put her back in power. Over all, I must say, if it weren't for you, Hawaii, while might have still joined the Union eventually, would not have shed so much blood in the years before our Annexation.**"
"Oi, I apologized for that!" Alfred exclaimed. "Besides, only one person was wounded."
"Yes, you apologized, 100 years after the event. That's longer than it took you to apologize to the Japanese after WWII," Olivia stated calmly. "As for that one casualty, that was during the Overthrow. During the Counter Revolution, several people were killed and approximately 200 captured by the government, which was supported by yours."
"That was over a century ago, can't you just forget it and move on?"
"What your people did was a terrible act, in matters that did not concern them. It will take more than 100 year late apology to forgive that," Olivia stated, unbuckling her seat belt. She scooted over to the door of the limo, which she opened and stepped out of. She then turned and smiled at the blond. "Come along now, Mr. Jones, it would be rude to keep the other nations waiting."
Alfred just sighed and scooted over to the open door. He stepped out into the busy streets of Tokyo. Olivia shut the door behind him and went to the trunk, pulling out a couple of shopping bags. She then followed him into the nearest building, where they met two people of obvious Japanese decent.
"Ah, Arfred-san, it is so nice to see you, again," one said, bowing. His black hair was neatly combed, his face had a smile but still seemed somewhat hard to read, though his eyes did light up a bit when his eye's landed on the Hawaiian. The other had light brown hair, and a lot more friendly of a face. His expression also brightened when he saw the girl.
"Yo, Ja-Kiku! It's been a while, hasn't it?" Alfred greeted the other nation, switching to his name when Olivia coughed behind him. He then angled himself to let the two Japanese men get a better look the island behind him.
"Hisashiburi, Honda-san, Inoue-kun," Olivia said, bowing respectfully at them. They quickly returned the greeting as well.
"I take it you guys already know each other?" Alfred asked, seeing how the three greeted one and other.
"Of course, Honda-san often visits my home, and Inoue-kun has been known to join him," Olivia explained, not looking at her superior. She then turned her attention back to the other two. "Honda-san, I brought you some gifts from the islands. I brought some mochi, Makani gave me some Macadamia, and the twins offered some pineapple and sugar each. There is enough for you to share. Also, I set some aside for Inoue-kun," the island explained, offering the bigger bag to the nation and the smaller to the other.
"Really, Oribia-chan? ARIGATO!" the brown haired one exclaimed, throwing his arms around the girl. This action caught Alfred by surprise, as he assumed that all Japanese acted similar to the nation himself, but clearly not. And clearly Olivia was used to this action, as she just laughed at the boys actions.
"Olivia, is that you?" an english accent rang out. The group turned to be greeted by both Francis and Arthur.
"Ah, Arthur, Francis!" Olivia called out, greeting the two with a friendly smile, as the two Asians greeted them with a respectable bow. The five exchanged pleasantries before heading down to the meeting. Alfred hung back, uncharacteristically silent as he watched Olivia and Arthur talked in a friendly matter about the present the islands gave Arthur's queen for her birthday or the yellow flowers in the isle's hair, puaw eeleemah or something (it's pua ilima, you keko lôlô***). The American tried to ignore the stab of jealousy as he looked at the friendly smiles exchanged between the two.
I'll leave off there… Damn it, I made Alfred OOC again!
Okay, so now you know who Olivia is. By the way, I will be using Hawaiian in later chapters, just a warning. It will be poor, so if you know the language, please don't kill me. Oh, and yes, all references to history are true, so you are all learning some US history you probably didn't know!
*General Samuel C. Armstrong was a general of the Union Army, and led a riffle company in the Battle of Gettysburg. He was born on Maui, and went to Punahou School. Bibliography: wiki/Samuel_C._Armstrong
**Just look up the Annexation of Hawaii. Too much trouble to explain what exactly happened, but it wasn't pleasant. And before people from Hawaii claim that it was all the US's fault, I will point out Dole grew up in the islands and saw himself as local. Trust me, my class did a debate on the whole thing (though I had to cross examine Cleveland…). And yes, there are people that are still upset about it, hence Olivia's attitude.
***Pau Ilima is the island flower of Oahu. Most of the islands have a flower, and those that don't are lei material (berries or shells). Keko lôlô means idiotic monkey, as this comment was made by Olivia.
Oh well, enough of me talking, R&R!
