I'm sooo sorry of being gone like 2 months or many many months so here's the next chapter yeeeeyy!!
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America POV
"Gooday America" said to what they called a bakunawa "It seems like my duwende have lured you to my domain" The look in his eye as if it already pierce through our hearts, his head inch closer to us "Let's see what we have here"
I looked through his eye as I felt a miasma devour me along with my sanity in. Darkness was all around me, my eyes wouldn't avert to what nightmare I was seeing when I thought I finally broke free I felt like a bolt of pain in my right shoulder then what I saw was something that shook me.
My right arm was torn off.
I screamed as I could see the dragon laughed with my right arm in his mouth blood oozing down. My breath hitch as I turn around and run I was desperate to escape, clenching my giant wound in my shoulder as I continue to run away from to this nightmare just then I hear her voice;
"Are you going to leave me again?"
It was the same, when the time I left her in the war, the time I let her took her own problem. I turn around to see her standing there with a sad smile and a silent cry.
"Don't leave me!"
I heard another voice, sobbing but this time it wasn't her...it was me. It was the young me I look at the side to see Arthur hugging for comfort. His sweet voice reassures me that he would come back safe and sound but as a result, it wasn't I remember him coming covered in blood. I was horrified so I run and accidentally called him a monster
"A-Amer...ic...a"
Arthur lay down as it turns to her once again fresh out of the battlefield yet she stood and walk to me. I screamed trying to back away far as possible but she threw herself and struggle me to the neck cussing me for making her life so miserable and that she said I wasn't a hero but a devil in everyone's life. I was about to retort when she raises her head. Her eye socket was empty with blood dripping down her cheek as well as her mouth. She screams my name but not full desperation but anger. I lost my balance as we submerge down the water I tried to free myself but whoever I did, it only would be tighter.
We sunk deeper...and deeper
My vision faded away...as well with my confidant of saving her...I could never be a hero in her eyes
....never once she called me a hero
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"Hey Stupid!"
I jolt out awake when I suddenly heard her calling me. I turn to see where was her only to felt a weight on my back. It was enough to comfort me that she was here
"Did you truly believe were dead?" She asked me like it was the dumbest thing I thought. I was trying so hard to believe that she was there, behind me. "You're truly stupid, America! When would you ever learn?!" I felt a light smack in my head. I turn around to see her once more but all I caught was a simmering white particle
"Seriously!" I heard her again. I turn around to see the particles again. I tried so many times but it failed every time. I slouch at my failure I felt disappointed somehow.
"Hey Phil" I whispered as I heard her hum "...Can I see you?"
"You can't!"
"Huh! Why?"
I heard her laughed as I felt her flick my forehead "We're playing Hide and Seek and you know I'm competitive! There's no way I would lose now" I felt a pair of warm hands cupped my cheeks as it raises my head "Come on gloomy pants! Wake up there's someone waiting for you" I open my eyes to see her but this time I saw something different rather than a woman I saw a... "HEY! Didn't I tell you to wake up! America!"
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"America!" Arthur said repeatedly trying to wake him up. He cast a magic circle to help him wake up America from a curse that the Bakunawa put him. "AMERICA YOU BLOODY GIT HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO BE A CHILD!" He suddenly screams out of his lungs. He didn't even continue the magic circle and just choke hold America while screaming to Bakunawa surprise "YOU WON THE AMERICA REVOLUTION FOR GOD SAKE AND YOUR ACTING LIKE A PRICKLY CHILD THIS IS NOT HOW I RAISE YOU GLUTTONY GIT!"
Arthur continues to beat up the American up and while nagging him up. Bakunawa couldn't help but laugh. Arthur stopped to glare at the dragon "What are you laughing about? Do you want to get beat up too?"
"You couldn't even beat me even if I tie my arms around my back" The Bakunawa turn into a human wearing a grin while floating mid-air. What Arthur notice more was his chain in his neck "Since you made me laughed with all your nonsense you came up with your idiotic head, I'll gladly free him up but I think he's already awake since what I put him isn't that powerful"
"Isn't powerful? you almost drain out my bloody mana to free him!" Arthur nagged as his attention was now at the floating demi-human clearly entertain by all the Brit is spouting "Why did you even put him in a curse on the first place?"
"Well two reasons; one is that you two have entered my realm without permission so it's literary tress passing to my yard by means illegal to you human law" Bakunawa explains as he clicks his thumb and index finger making Arthur's eyes widen." By that reason apply you have angered me but I totally do not care and mostly toying with you under boredom rather than anger...so yey!"
"That's an accident!"
"Accident or not it's still the same like going to the bathroom but ended up the wrong one, It's illegal and disrespectful" Bakunawa snickered "Do you honestly believe I would let you go by that I'm not Mari just saying I'm not that kind-hearted"
"Mari?"Arthur asked the only thing that came up with his mind was the deity that they encounter a few hours ago if so that could possibly what this dragon talking about.
"Bingo!"
"W-what?!"
"Oh I can read your inner mind by the way it's my realm so rules apply to me not yours" Bakunawa elaborated as a remote pop out of nowhere "Oh silly me I don't need this...oppsie" He said as he threw the remote down near Arthur a smoke came out as it clear a figure to what they saw earlier came up
"That's Maria Makiling, The guardian of this mountain also the keeper of the gate here in Philippines in short Mari!"
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"AMERICA ENGLAND WHERE ARE YOU???!!"
The three was trying to look for the two under a cold hard rain. It was pissing them off since an Idiot who has a great immune system than the three of them took off and followed by his mother or husband whatever they called their relationship
"Where did that idiot American run off too?" Vietnam whispered as she adjusts her hat on.
"I don't know but they couldn't be that far" Thailand replied. Vietnam gave him American bomber jacket so he wouldn't get wet and it works wonders seeing he isn't that soak like India over there who only have a leaf umbrella and his scarf "If we haven't found America at least we can find England he isn't that a fast of a runner unlike him right India?"
"That's weird" India mumbles. He was able to get a gripped of England magic when all of a sudden it just isn't there anymore, it disappeared or worse they have fallen into a deity's realm. He was about to tell the group when they suddenly felt the rain stop. Their eyes widen the rain didn't stop...it only stop at there place just before they can panic India felt a pair of arms force him to fell and landed on a human body. He looked up and saw a smirked on a deity
"Long time no see everyone"
And everyone screams.
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"Also before I tell you about Mari I'm just going to say this I didn't put a stronger curse at America it was him who made it stronger" Bakunawa explain before Arthur could ask what the American git did. Bakunawa already beat him to it "MOVING ON! Mari is the sole protector of this mountain and also the gate to the spirit realm which the ASEAN use sometimes"
"What gate?"
"oohhh that's supposed to be classified, Lips sealed sorry~"
"OH Come on you already made me this curious!" Arthur screamed at the dragon who only widen the grin just then America stirs awake. Arthur runs to his side asking him if he was ok when Bakunawa felt something in his head.
"ooohhh sweetheart hi...But...Urh fine give me humans to play with after this"
Arthur was about to ask what the dragon was saying when the scenery suddenly changes. A big temple emerges from the ground, it was, in fact, old but well maintained for a temple in the middle of the forest.
"Just saying we aren't in Philippines anymore this is one of the islands of Spratly" Bakunawa explain and went closer to the temple it was a bit of sentimental for him but then again if it does get destroyed he probably the one to watch it with lunch on his hand. He was about to explain more when a while orb appears suddenly and blinded the three as it clears out. The orb turns into four figures, Maria, Vietnam, Thailand, and India.
"Mari! Honey hey!" Bakunawa greeted while Maria nodded. It isn't sexual to them or has any other meaning Bakunawa just like to give nicknames to people and spirits.
"Anyway we brought you all here since you're looking for a book?"Maria stated as she looked at them with a stern voice. "The book of knowledge is what you seek correct?"
"How do you know about that?" India asked. Maria was about to speak when Vietnam head starting to ache like she was remembering something. Thailand glance worried at her. He helps her stood up properly the other didn't take attention to her seeing that they all have different things to put on. Thailand looked at Maria and nodded.
"This Temple is one of the former domain of the book but when the Chinese took one of the islands and keep concurring them the ASEAN have no choice but to relocate it so we don't know the exact location of it" Maria said sadly but then smirked "But we do know is it contents that's what we're going to tell you"
"UUUURRRRRHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"Vietnam screamed, gripping her head hoping it will ease the pain but she couldn't contain it any longer her head was throbbing like mad as she passes out.
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"Kak Vietnam! Ate Vietnam! Big Sister!"
A familiar voice was heard
...A forgotten memory...