Note: The nation's human names are used, and the nations of America, Canada, Italy, Romano, and Japan are female. Pairings include AusHun, USUK, PruCan, GerIta, and SpaMano.

Chapter 1- A Sudden Abduction

It was late, and Lilli was walking home from buying a present for her 'big bruder', Vash. She couldn't wait to get home and give it to him, because she knew he would love it. Lilli was just about to turn onto her street when she saw a cloaked stranger standing in her path.

"Good evening, sir," said Lilli politely. "Why are you out so late at night?"

"I vas about to ask the same of you, little miss," said the stranger, who had a thick Transylvanian accent. "it is dangerous for a young voman such as yourself to vander the streets alone at night."

"I know it's dangerous, but I'm not afraid," said Lilli. "Big bruder will always come to my rescue if I am threatened."

"He vill, vill he?" said the stranger, chuckling. "Shall ve test that theory?" His voice had turned low and ominous. Red eyes flashing, the stranger pounced on Lilli causing her to scream in fright before darkness overtook her. The stranger, after making sure he had not been seen, carried an unconscious Lilli away into the night.

Just minutes after the strange man abducted Lilli, Vash arrived at the scene, wielding an AK-57 and panting. He had run all the way there from his house.

"I know I heard Lilli scream!" he said to himself, examining the area for clues that would tell him what happened. All he found was a hand wrapped gift. Vash noticed that there was a tag on it. His heart froze when he read it.

The tag read, "From Lilli, To my wonderful Big Bruder". With shaking hands, Vash opened the gift. Inside was a personalized handgun that had "To Vash, my Big Bruder" engraved on it. When he saw it, Vash fell to his knees and cried, holding the gun to his chest.

"Lilli…" he sobbed, "I swear I will find you and bring you back home if it's the last thing I do!" Vash knew that in order to find out who had taken Lilli, He would need the help of another nation who was extremely smart and reliable. Unfortunately, he did not get along very well with that person anymore, but he had no choice if he was going to save Lilli. Vash would have to visit Roderich.