...We Could...

Fumi FIFTY!

~*Refrain from Watching Video on Right*~

We were having another "memory meeting" to try and fill in the holes we had left. We almost had everyone's names and a bit of what they were like. Eri remembered my little bit of stereotypical states, and encouraged me to share it with the others. So, I brought along an atlas and flipped it open to the U.S. of A. to show them my meaning.

"Hey, look, it's me," Hikaru grinned when he saw that America was on the pages.

I smiled. We had pretty much accepted that we were all countries, and made jokes about it when we were alone.

"Okay," I started, smoothing the book flat. "By now, we've figured out who everyone was by their stereotypes. A while back, I dubbed all of the stereotypes the West Coast had, and Eri's making me share it with you guys. So here we go."

I pointed to Washington first. "Vegan, Starbucks lover." Oregon: "Greeny, always helping people." California. For this one I just looked up at them, stated the state's name, and continued on to Idaho. "Potato lover, quiet, hard-working farmer." Nevada: "Gambler, lady's man; always has a deck of cards with him."

Faye's ears perked up. "What do you think those five would look like?"

Hikaru jumped in on that one. "Washington is brunette with long hair, and really tiny, but extremely strong. Idaho also has brown hair, and is also strong. Oregon has short, reddish-brown hair and bright green eyes. Or was it blue? I can't remember anymore. But she did have a couple odd loops in her hair.

"California has really blond hair and bright blue eyes, and Nevada's the same."

"Hey, I think Oregon's my wife from that other place," Kaoru spoke up, giving Faye's hand a squeeze. "I remember having her in my memories a lot."

Faye returned to her quiet state. It seemed like a lot of us were married in the other anime, which made relationships in this world a bit strained. But I could tell that things were going to be okay. Somehow...

"Oregon's my best friend, then," Akane spoke up. "Anyone else have memories of any of those states?"

"I have a lot of them," Faye told us. "Just not Oregon... I don't know why, but I have memories of interacting with everyone but her. Heck, I even remember being in California's wedding!"

Kyoya silently came up to me while the others were discussing how that could be, and who Faye might have been. Her mention of weddings sparked many other memories, including one that triggered one for me.

Feliks and Kylie were being flirts, Kadi was dragging Alice and Mattie down as she tripped, Arthur was doing his usual facepalm, Ludwig was shielding Inallika from the group, Kadi's twins were sitting on Moldova who was flailing, trying to get up. Gilbert had me over his shoulder, and I had my chin resting on my palm.

It was a picture-memory. I saw that picture in an album, with a ringed left hand pointing at it, and a slender right hand jabbing at it repeatedly.

That was of my wedding... Wait! Real names! I remember actual names, not countries!

"Guys!" I suddenly yelled over their shrieks and laughter at some of the memories. The room went quiet. "Guys, do you remember a wedding, where everyone was being comical and it was difficult to get reasonable pictures? The bride was the red-head and the groom was the tan albino."

Yuna started snapping her fingers. "Oh! Oh! I was the maid-of-honor!"

I hurried to the board and wrote: "Inallika" under "Greenland."

"I had a memory, with real names instead of country's names," I explained. "Nekozawa!" I called, pointing at him. "You said you were called "bushy-brows" right?"