Capital Girls: Game On!

Dreamtalia Pt. 17

Chen and Natie followed "China" and Russia to the place "China" wished to show Russia. Natie still had a bad feeling about China. She knew something was wrong. Of course she couldn't figure out how to tell Chen and her Father that.

Before long, China stopped. He turned to look back at the three followers and smiled. "Chen, Natie, I need to talk to Russia alone, aru," he told them. "Would you please wait here?"

"Okay Baba," Chen replied, not thinking twice.

Natie, on the other hand, wasn't so convinced. "What is so important that we cannot hear?" she asked, crossing her arms over her chest to seem threatening.

"Do not worry little sunflower," Russia insisted, patting his little girl on the head. "I will be back soon." Russia followed China down the path a bit, leaving Natie and Chen to look at the flowers. Chen sniffed a few.

"Ai-yah, they have a strong scent," Chen pointed out after sniffing some.

Natie just stared off in the direction China and Russia had walked off into. "I have a bad feeling," Natie admitted.

"About what, aru?"

"Didn't something seem off about China?"

Chen shook her head. "What are you talking about, Natie? Baba was perfectly normal."

For a few moments, Natie say there and brooded over this "bad feeling" that she had. Finally, after doing so for a while, Natie stood to her feet and ran off in the direction that China and Russia had gone. "I know something bad is going to happen!"

"Wait for me Natie!" The Chinese girl followed the Russian down the path, not prepared for what they were about to see; there, lying on the ground was Russia, bleeding from a wound in his abdominal area. "China" stood over Russia as he wheezed and gasped for air. A horrified look came to Chen's face along with Natie. Tears gathered in their eyes as they saw Russia bleed and Reve laugh.

"Otets!" Natie cried, running to her Father's side as he bled. She tried to turn him over to see his wound more clearly but found that she did not have the strength, at the moment, to do so.

"There's not much you can do for him now~," Reve told Natie as she struggled to try and save her Dad.

Chen's shock turned into rage. She couldn't believe how easily she had been tricked by this creature. "You tricked me!" She shouted at Reve in anger.

Reve just smirked as he walked past her. "It's nothing personal. I just hate losing friends." After walking right by her, Reve disappeared.

Anger couldn't begin to describe how Chen felt. "Why that no good-"

"Chen!" Chen turned to Natie to see that she had finally flipped Russia over to get a better look at the wound. Tears were running down Natie's cheeks as she desperately tried to save her Dad. Chen had never seen Natie so distraught before. Never! "Please help him, Chen!" Natie begged.

Putting aside her anger, Chen rushed over to Russia and helped lean him against the tree. Good thing all those times of listening to her Father about medical training were really going to pay off.

"gcck....I...I can't get up," Russia wheezed. "I have to warn them...I-"

"Right now, we have to fix your wound," Chen told him. She unbuttoned his coat and lifted his shirt to reveal the stab wound that cut deep. However, she wasn't sure how deep because there was so much blood pouring from the wound. "First, I need some cloth to soak up the blood so I can get a better look."

Natie looked around to find some clean cloth but couldn't see any. Then she looked down at her precious scarf that her Father had hand sown himself. Well, it was a dream so that meant that she wasn't really ruining his gift, right? She took it off of her neck and gave it to Chen. "Here, use this," she told Chen, pushing the scarf into Chen's hands.

This was definitely a shock for Chen. Never in a million years would she expect Natie to give up her beloved scarf to have it ruined. "Natie...are you sure?"

"Da." Natie insisted. "We have to save Otets."

Chen nodded and began pressing the cloth to Russia's wound. I might be able to stop the bleeding, but what can I do about the wound? She wondered as she pressed against the wound.

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Back with Britain, Germany, and the girls, they waited for a little bit, wondering where everyone was at. "Vhat's taking everyone so long?" Germany asked after a long period of silence.

Suddenly, Japan and Naomi appeared right behind the two nations and capitals. Naomi looked around in confusion, wondering how in the world they got there. However, that could wait. There were more pressing matters. Japan explained how the China with Russia was a fake and the real China was in the den. Rose gasped and began to shake. If anything bad happened to Russia because she didn't say anything to Britain and Germany she would never forgive herself.

Everyone rushed to the den but along the way they stopped at a drum the quartet had seen before. Germany stared at it in confusion.

"Everything all right?" Britain asked Germany.

"...This has changed," Germany replied. "I don't remember these being here before."

"Now that you mention it, I do not recarr the trees being this coror. Were they not cherry brossoms a few moments ago?" Japan wondered.

This was definitely a turn of events. Something big was going on for sure. The girls knew that things were about to get bad. The group hurried along to the den. Inside, they found "China", the other Korea, and the other Asian nations. Japan and Naomi knew this China was the fake right away.

"Hello!" "China" greeted. "I found Korea, just like you said."

"Where is Russia-san and the girrs (girls)?!" Japan growled.

"I don't know," "China" replied with a shoulder shrug. "They said they had to go do something."

"Liar!" Germany shouted.

"Tell us where the real China is!" Amelia shouted.

"China" was silent for a moment before a smirk came to his face, revealing his sharp teeth. Rose gasped, remembering that she had seen those teeth in the nightmare she had before they had arrived in the dream world. So it was Reve in my dream, Rose thought as she hid a bit behind Germany.

"Seems I have to go and tend to something as well," Reve said. "I'll leave you to the mercy of my siblings~. Ehehehe~." Then Reve disappeared.

Shivers went down the spines of the six newcomers to the den, especially Germany and Rose. They had yet to know that they had the same nightmare involving Reve. They had been so busy with other things that they didn't have time to really discuss with one another. They still didn't have time.

"Reve was the one masquerading as Oji?!" Naomi said.

"We have to find him!" Britain declared.

Everyone raced to the door, only to be blocked from exiting by the other Korea. "Not so fast!" he shouted. "Master told me to get rid of you! If you want past, you're going to have to defeat me!"

"With preasure," Japan said, wanting to get out his frustration in a constructive way.

The girls backed away as the grown-ups began to prepare themselves for the fight. While they battled it out with the other Korea, Amelia glanced back at the three still sitting. She and Naomi had expected them to join the other Korea in fighting their Fathers but they just sat there. Naomi walked up to the one that looked like Taiwan and waved her hand in front of her unblinking eyes. Nothing happened. "Herro?" she asked, trying to see if she could get a response.

All the other Taiwan did was smile at her sweetly.

"This is weird," Amelia stated as she stood in front of the other Hong Kong, trying to get him to say something.

"How come they don't talk?" Rose asked, standing right next to the other Thailand.

"Not sure," Amelia admitted. "They're obviously not the real deal but they are not arcana either."