THAT'S RIGHT! Super-powered countries are coming back! Though…to keep the sanity down a few levels, I'll place this in a somewhat fantasy setting (Tales of, what?). I DO NOT OWN HETALIA or the idea (setting) that you might be able to recognize. There will be Tales of references, but you don't need to know the game to get this particular fic.

By the way, this is going to be different from my other fanfics, cause this time I'm going to tell you the soundtrack I listen to while I write this! You can ignore the songs that are mentioned if you want to, I won't mind. Just for the heck of it, I guess. So have fun here!

OK, Prologue Chapter song is: "Flower Theme-Sadness of Satan-wanted" by the RomaHeta soundtrack. It's in one of the more famous RomaHeta videos, but if anyone wants to know, I can give you a YouTube Link.

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He felt himself floating in the air. Was he even floating? Was he even here? He couldn't even feel his fingers and arms…if he even had any. He did know that he felt massively cold, so he must have some form of touch on him. Would that mean that he's alive?

"Are you ready?"

Ready? For what?

"For your journey. You're just getting started…"

What…? What am I doing? Who are you? What's going on?

"You'll understand in due time…for now, just focus on your mission."

My mission…that's right. My…

/="Lost Pieces" from Chrono Cross=/

He felt water all around his body, not to mention a sudden wave of heat. Slowly, he felt his body sink into the warmness of what was going on. He felt his feet…his legs…his torso…his fingers…legs, neck, jaw, face…and his eyelids. He twitched them, and slowly opened his eyes.

Where…am I?

Confused, he pushed himself into a sitting position and looked around him. He was at the sea shore at the rising sun, that he can figure out. Around him, he could see Sea Monks [1] blowing bubbles into the sea, giving the place a strange glow to it. He looked down at his figure, seeing a now dry blue outfit on him and a golden pocket watch in his hands.

What am I doing here?

He slowly stood up, the curl bobbing up and down on his head. There wasn't a single soul in sight. But he was on the shore? There was no way he could've just drifted on the side on his own…right? He looked around, trying to see a fleeing figure, but only succeeded in seeing the trees on the hillside.

That's right…I was supposed to do something…I had to-

He paused. He didn't have a clue what he meant. Come to think of it…what was his name? He found himself going in a state of panic, shaking rapidly and for some reason unable to piece everything together. He was rubbing his forehead, trying to order himself to calm down but failing horribly.

"No! This can't be happening!"

He jumped at the sound of the voice and turned his head, seeing a girl with long brown hair running toward him, a pole in her hands and a look of worry on her face. She tripped (almost as if it was fate) right at his feet. Quickly, he knelt down to her level and raised her up.

"Are you all right?" He asked. Even his voice sounded foreign to him.

"I-it's Matthew! I-I…" She panicked. "He said he was going to do a small mission in the caverns nearby…but he hasn't returned yet! God, what if something happened-"

"It's OK. I'll go." He looked up. "Where are the caverns?"

She looked confused, but only proceeded to point out the pathway. Without even thinking, he turned and dashed toward the caverns, leaving the girl behind to wonder just what was going on and who the strange new man was.

/="Enchanted Dominion" from Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep=/

By the time he was already in the caverns, he could feel his knees shaking. Going into the cavern alone was a REALLY BAD IDEA. If he was really lucky, he could turn around and head back to the strange girl without anyone being the wiser…

NO. You have something to do. You have to go through with this, no matter what.

He cringed at his thoughts. Maybe they were better knowing at what he had to do than he did. Sighing, he fought back all of his nerves and proceeded deeper into the caverns. Despite what he believed, there weren't actually any monsters that were attacking him. He thought that was a good thing, since he didn't actually have a weapon with him.

"N-no! You can't be doing this…"

He looked up, wondering if he actually heard a voice at all. Confused, he jumped through the hall and found himself in a crystal room, a waterfall echoing in front of him. On the floor was a blond man with a hoodie, two monsters he couldn't identify at his side. In front of that man was another figure, bearing a white mask and two Dire Bats [1] on his shoulders.

"Come on. You call yourself a Tamer? You can't even handle your monsters correctly!" He sighed.

"Sadik…you're not even treating them like they're living creatures…they're not machines." The other one answered. He must be Matthew.

"That's what you think…and I'll be more than willing to let you die believing it!"

The other man lifted his arms, sending the two Dire Bats straight at him. He jumped, unable to think, and relied on his body to figure out what he was going to do. It grabbed his pocket watch and flipped it open, revealing a piece of paper. The paper went in flames, and in its place a flaming dog appeared, burning the Dire Bats away.

"What the-?" He looked up to the young man with the flaming dog. "Who the hell are you?"

He paused. For some reason, he hadn't really thought much into that when he got in here. Eh, he'll figure it out later. He reached over to the blond man he believed was Matthew and pulled him to his feet, the man surprised at his savior, before turning back to the fight.

"Angelo del Fuoco [2]!" He called. "Go!"

The flaming dog lunged into the fray, and that's when he felt something latch into his mind. He realized that he was mentally connected to the summon; he could control his thoughts. Instantly, he leaped into the fray. The Dire Bats were gone, leaving the man named Sadik back. He grinned.

"You're not bad." He answered. "I can't wait to meet up with you again."

He quickly vanished into the shadows, leaving the two men alone in the caverns. Matthew broke from his grip and headed toward his monsters, smiling when he saw that all of them were all right. Happy, he turned toward the young man who saved him, the dog returning to his pocket watch.

"Thank you…whoever you are." He answered.

"It's OK, really." He smiled. "Come on…we should return you to the surface."

/="Roxas" by Kingdom Hearts 2=/

"Matthew!"

"Seyel? Is that you?"

He watched as the blond lifted himself from his shoulders and ran toward the girl, holding each other into a tight embrace. Instantly, he felt a strange sense of happiness in him, as if he had never felt it before. They both turned to him, startling the poor man.

"Thank you so much for helping him!" The girl sobbed. "How can we repay you?"

"H-huh? Repay?" He wasn't expecting that statement. "N-no, really! I don't need payment!"

"But there must be something we can give you…" The man stated.

"Can you at least…give us your name?" She asked. "So we can remember you?"

He paused again. What name was he even going to give them? He didn't even know it! Suddenly, he felt something flick the back of his mind. A name fluttered into his consciousness, something that made him wonder just how he forgot it in the first place. He smiled.

"…Feliciano. Feliciano Vargas."

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[1]- This is the closest thing I can get to a fantasy setting. For those of you who don't know this, the Tales series was one of the first things I wrote about. I hold the series quite dear to me.

[2]- It's Italian for "Fire Angel".

/=SAVE YOUR PROGRESS?=/

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SAVING COMPLETE. NOW RETRIEVING MESSAGE FROM MITSUKI HORENAKE...

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Yes, this is a re-edit. I'm formatting my old chapters with the new format I decided on. Hope you guys can deal with me.