A/N: This is going to really hit on some sensitive matters so for those this might be a problem for I suggest skipping this chapter so we can all stay friends.♥
Destiny's End
by
Phoenix Hoshika
Chapter 2
Suddenly China's room became ten times its original size. Reaching into hammer space China pulled out a giant wok.
Korea narrowed his eyes. “Seriously? I know you're not opposed to cooking almost anything, but I never thought you were a cannibal. Although, it's not like I'm planning to let you stir fry me.”
“How rude! You have some nerve. You don't even have the decency to make sure your food is dead before you eat it and don't act like you have never seen a famine before. You know as well as I do some people will resort to cooking each other or have you forgotten the 90s?”
“Hey! That's not true. It's mostly dead... and that was a low blow China real low.” Korea said then lunged at him unleashing a series of perfectly executed kicks and punches that all missed their target as China dodged, weaved, and blocked his attacks with the oversized wok.
“Aiyaah, someone's sensitive after accusing me of cooking people.” China said swinging his giant wok. Korea jumped out of the way to avoid what likely would have been a KO.
“Sensitive? Tell me how was '58, '59, and '61 for you? I bet you couldn't see past your growling stomach to notice I was barely in any better condition and people in my Northern region are still starving so don't tell me I'm being overly sensitive!” Korea shot back as he swung around to kick China who moved faster than the human eye could blink to avoid the bone crushing attack.
Dropping his wok China doubled over out of breath. “Are you really going to make this about who has it worse? That's a competition you really don't want to get into with me.” China said panting.
“Ugh! You're completely missing my point!” Korea said waving his arms above his head in utter frustration.
“You're the one missing the point. You can't just shrug off your bosses. Even if they do cause our people to starve, even if they abuse, and execute them we have no choice but to follow them.”
“If that were true you wouldn't be trying so hard to stop me.”
“If you weren't such a fool you'd see for all its evil Earth is better than Hell and that's exactly where you'll be sending your people if you continue on like this.” China said picking his wok back up.
“Many of them already are in Hell.” Korea countered. There is no way I could make things worse for them. No one cares more for our people than we do, because we are born from them. Their tears are our tears, their joys are our joys. Likewise their evils are our shame and their virtues our glory.” North and South my family will not constantly cry because they are oppressed by a dictator or society. I may not be able to stop all of their tears but I am going to try!”
“Have it your way.” China said preparing to attack when his cell phone rang. “Ah, hold on a minute.” He said then answered it.
“Are you serious?” Korea said in disbelief.
“Gitty!” China exclaimed happily.
Korea groaned then plopped down on the floor and waited for China to finish his conversation. Sure he could have flattened the old nation while he was distracted but Korea felt he owed China the courtesy of letting him finish his phone conversation before putting him in the hospital for a week or two or three or more. Whipping out his laptop he opened an encrypted program and engrossed himself in it until China was done chatting.
“Now where were we?”China said putting away his phone having honestly forgotten. “Korea?” He called looking at the nation who was completely zoned out. “Are you playing those MMO again? Didn't you just finish ranting about how you hated the internet?!” China said highly annoyed.
“Oh, you're done.” Korea said looking up from his laptop.
“You're so annoying always talking shit you don't really mean!”
“I never said I hated the internet. I just can't stand how people use it to be anonymously mean spirited toward one another. Any last words?”
“What do you mean last words?”
“I've wasted enough time here.” Korea thought then pressed the enter key on his computer.
China's room suddenly became pitch black. Brightly colored pixelated UFOs emerged from Korea's computer screen lighting up the room like Christmas lights as they flew around Korea's seated body.
“What the hell is this?!” China exclaimed in disbelief.
“It started out as a simple game, but you took so long on the phone I had time to tweak it for another purpose.” Korea said as the tiny pixelated space ships grouped off into attack formations above his head. “It's nothing personal bro. You're just in my way right now.” Korea said before the ships rushed toward China firing pixelated lasers at the nation.
“AIYAAAAAAH!!!” China screamed as he was bombarded by the deadly blasts. The words 'GAME OVER' formed in front of his body before exploding into confetti. The shock wave of the point blank explosion being the final blow. China's body popped three feet into the air before flopping down hard onto the floor. The lighting and size of the room returned to normal and Korea stood up and walked out of the door.
“We are born from the people who create us and sustained by the hierarchy that leads them. For better or worse just like the people under them our bosses are a part of us.” China said weakly before passing out.
“This morning at 8am North Korean officers fired shots across the border at Chinese officers as they conducted patrols. It is unknown why this occurred. Worry that the incident was a precursor to war between the two allies neighboring nations immediately halted trade shipments to China and recalled shipments already en route. Chinese officials insist the incident was isolated and the two countries are not at war. North Korean officials have not made any statements regarding the incident and have refused requests for interviews...
The news report offered little expansion upon what Russia's bosses had already told him. Everyone in any position to be dragged into a potential conflict between the two knew of the shooting shortly after it happened. For once the reporters had told the full truth; it really was an isolated incident, but Russia was a little worried since China didn't answer his phone.
Meanwhile Japan had just returned home from a meeting with his bosses. As usual he wasn't given much opportunity to speak. Usually he had nothing to say, but this time he did and the meeting only served to remind him he had no more influence over his political and military decisions than a single ordinary citizen. He went out to his yard and sat down on the porch sighing. It had been a long time since he last wore his dress uniform. It was uncomfortable because he remembered all too well the events of those days. His bosses were in a panic. Intelligence reports produced unsettling evidence that war was inevitable. Some wanted to fight, some wanted to avoid it altogether for as long as possible, and some wanted to wait and see what America's bosses had to say. If war was going to break out in Korea Japan wanted to support him, but after the meeting the not so absolute resolve to do so had disintegrated into uncertainty due to his bosses' indecision. He wanted to run over to Korea right away and pledge his support, but that would be premature and he wanted to be as far away as he could possibly be from the nation in case the order came to attack instead of assist. Under normal circumstances Japan wouldn't have worried about the possibility of having to attack his brother, but they were not. Members of allied armies never randomly fired on one another, not even when drunk out of their minds- it was an ingrained to the core no no. It was obvious something was going on with Korea himself the reason such a thing happened making Japan unsure which side's military uniform the nation would be wearing when he met him.
Japan shifted uncomfortably where he sat. He wanted to help Korea, he didn't want to disobey his bosses, he didn't want to fight Korea, and despite how damning all of the above choices could turn out to be he didn't want to sit and do nothing either.
“Pathetic.” A familiar voice said from behind Japan.
“I must be hearing things. I live alone after all.” Japan thought ignoring the voice.
“I guess I should chop your head off right now and be rid of you once and for all.” The voice said again, this time while holding the cold steel of a katana to Japan's neck.
This he couldn't ignore. Japan jumped to his feet away from the blade turning to face his assailant as he did so. “This can't be happening.” Japan thought rubbing his eyes and slapping himself. “I'm imagining things. The stress is getting to me and now I'm hallucinating.” Japan told himself out loud.
“Will making you bleed prove to you I am no illusion?”
“This doesn't make any sense! You're me you must be an hallucination. That's the only explanation.” Japan said nearly yelling.
“Hmph.” The Japan wearing a black dress uniform said as he charged toward Japan sword first.
Japan gaped at the man before him still in disbelief, but not so much he didn't try to avoid being run through by the katana wielding intruder. Japan stepped to the side just enough to avoid being fatally wounded but not unscathed. Blood splattered to the ground in huge drops from his left side. He had been cut just below the ribs. Although it was a shallow wound (for being sliced with a katana) it bleed out like crazy dying his stark white uniform a bright red.
“Blood?” Japan said doubled over in pain and looking down at his right hand which was covered in blood.
“Tck.” The other Japan sucked his teeth in annoyance. “Just die already.” He said then raised his sword to attack again.
“I don't understand. If you're me why are you attacking me?” Japan asked confused.
“Because you're soft. Other nations have grown stronger while all you have done is become weaker. It was because of your lackluster will that we lost the war. We had it all and because of you we lost it!”
Japan was a mix of ashamed, angry, and deeply saddened and hurt by the other Japan's words. He still wasn't completely convinced he wasn't hallucinating and if he were this other Japan represented the most ugly parts of his psyche he thought he had beat into submission. “We had Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Like a greedy child that steals candy from their classmates we tried to take more than was rightfully ours and paid dearly for our transgressions.” Japan said holding his chest.
“It was necessary to assert our power, to let the world know we were strong and were on equal, no higher footing than any other nation. How dare you call the expansion of the Empire a transgression! The sooner I am rid of you the sooner Japan will retake its former glory!” 2P!Japan said preparing to attack when Japan suddenly started disrobing. “What the hell are you doing?!”
“Please give me a moment to change.” Japan said as he removed the bloody clothing from his body. 2P!Japan was so beside himself he stood there stunned until Japan was finished washing, binding the wound on his side, and had returned dressed in a kimono and hamaka carrying a sword of his own.
Coming to stand before his other self Japan removed the sheath from the sword he was holding and threw it to the ground. “If the only way to show you how flawed your thinking is is to stab it into you so be it.
~*~ To be continued... ~*~
A/N: Sannakji
Whatever floats your boat, but this would sink mine. Korea I love you and almost everything about you, but to this no just no.
China's “Three Years Of Natural Disasters” Please see
ht tp :// worldinfo. Org/ 2012/01/ famine-in-china/
for a quick run down of the facts.
North Korea's Arduous March
Here is a link to a Washington Post article on it;
http :// www .washingtonpost. com/blogs/worldviews/wp/ 2013/02/05/ the-cannibals-of-north-korea/
For those worried about horrifying graphic images of starving adults, children, infants, or corpses these articles contain no such images.
For emphasize's sake I want to point out that famine can produce people that will resort to cannibalism. Any region in the world that has experienced famine(s) people definitely ate things they considered disgusting and would have never touched otherwise (and how things like snails end up as delicacies). Some even resort to cannibalism. Starvation is no laughing matter. Dying from hunger is a very long, scary, and painful process that not only ravages the body but can utterly destroy the mind as well.
Japan's chest
I don't know if the rumors of Himaruya himself actually suggesting Japan's breasts were the Dokdo Isles for the anime are true or not but in my fics they will be Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just like Japan's chest the bombing and aftermath of the bombing of these two is still a sensitive topic. Personality I think it would have been highly irresponsible and short sighted for Himaruya to make such an outright statement regarding disputed territory, particularly the forum in which it was said; in anime that would have aired in Korea. Depending on your point of view that can be looked at as either really ballsy or just plain brain dead or both. It is likely that except for those involved who no one else really knows if he did or did not make such a statement or if it was just a very misunderstood and very bad joke. Am just saying.
Love Hetalia, love Japan, love Korea, of course I really like my own country, and I suppose the rest too.☺ It's all about love love love love love! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥