【 D4y 2, First F100r, Curr3n7 Tim3 L00p - 4ll 4v41l4bl3 F1r5t Pl4y3r5 & (F/n) 】

"Ai ya, you're back." China shouts, walking over to you both. "Are you okay? Sorry you had to go through that." He pats Japan's back but looks at you.

"No, on the contrary, I am the one who should apologise for asking you to deal with this. It is thanks to (F/n)-chan that I'm alright." Japan nods to you in appreciation. You nod back, too out of breath to agree/disagree with him.

"I wish it had been me instead, though... But you're really fast too, so it's all good." Italy smiles, nodding quickly.

"You did very well. And we found a clock!" Canada says, holding said item. You perk up and look at it. What memories did this one hold? You couldn't quite remember. You stand up straight, paying attention.

"The key we found leads to the basement, right?" Russia asks. "Before we go, though, we have to settle this memory confusion."

"Before breaking the clock," Germany speaks up, "if anyone wants to say something, take your chance, be clear and precise in three minutes. If you have something to say, raise your hand." Germany instructs.

"May I go first, then?" England raises his palm. Germany nods and England lowers his hand. "I don't think it's just me, but... Hasn't anyone noticed anything when we break the clocks?"

"... You noticed it, too?" China sighs in relief. "Then it was not just my imagination, aru."

"You mean we all get false memories whenever we break a clock?" Russia asks with a raised brow.

"R-really?" Germany looks around in surprise.

"When we broke the clock in the piano room, I got memories of coming here with Japan and others, aru. But..." China wonders off.

"Da. Our memories are all tangled, but first, let's try to remember how we started." Russia says. Everyone thinks back to the meeting place as you listen, imagining the scenario.

"It all started at the world meeting. We were all gathered in a single place, including those who are missing now." England begins.

"Right," Japan nods. "There is no doubt that this was where we started. America told us that he had heard rumours about this mansion and said he wanted to come to see what it was like."

"The meeting had ended, and we had a free day from work and had nothing better to do, so we decided to tag along." Canada adds then lifts his hand and begins to list off names. "I came with America, China, Russia, France, and England." He doesn't sound very sure and looks around for approval.

"That is correct." China settles his worry. "We also invited Japan, but he did not come, aru. That is why I sent him a message right before I came into the mansion."

"Italy saw that message and began to say that he wanted to come, too. So Japan, Italy, Bruder and I headed here." Germany says.

"... Sí." Italy agrees slowly.

"But I also have different memories." England ponders, looking heavenward. "I remember coming with America and Japan, and it was China who got separated from us, not France." He furrows his brow in confusion. They are silent as the image of the meeting place dissolves from your mind, and you look over to Italy who appears like he is going to speak up.

Time loops aren't going to be mentioned. That is later, so I can't exactly help them. I can only settle their worry like Italy. He knows the right thing to say, just to calm everyone's nerves; he's done this so many times before.

"Maybe we're getting confused because there are several mixed memories? We don't know which one is right... and it makes us draw the wrong conclusions." Italy reasons with a shrug.

"Da, that's also an idea..." Russia nods. "When false memories get mixed in to hide the truth, we get confused and don't know what is what." Russia looks everyone over. "And once you suspect something, everything else becomes suspicious." His gaze doesn't match his soft smile as his eyes linger on each figure. You and Italy look up at him, your bodies tense as Russia gives you a look before moving onto Japan. You feel your throat constrict. Is he always like this, or does he suspect something? Maybe he doesn't trust you because he doesn't know you as well as the others. But then again, he doesn't seem to trust Italy either. But the Italian isn't very good at covering his tracks.

"Well, then, that means that from now on, whenever we break a clock, we'll get a lot of false memories, but we shouldn't believe any of them!" Italy says with a smile, happy this mess is over.

He... isn't entirely correct, but I understand that he wants to protect them for as long as he can.

"If we invite confusion..." Japan mutters. "Right," he nods, "I think we must discard those fake memories without believing them."

"What a bother, aru," China complains. "We will have to be ready to get strange memories when we break the clocks."

"Alright then, it's settled. Don't let the false memories get to you. Is everyone ready?" Germany looks around. "Can I break the clock? If you get any strange memories, just forget about them right away. Don't forget whom you came with or how you came to be here now."

"Y-yeah, if we don't break it, time won't go back to normal." England nods, his face determined. "We have to break it as soon as possible."

"Alright, then..." Germany breaks the clock. All is silent as you look around. Everyone seems to be slightly dazed. You look around, then turn to see Germany slightly panicked. You don't have a chance to say anything as a thud snaps everyone from their daze. Japan has fainted. 

"Japan!" Italy runs over to him. "Japan, are you okay?" Italy asks, shaking Japan's shoulder.

"Italy!" Japan yells, jolting up. Italy stares at Japan in concern as he holds up his friend, trying to look Japan in the eye. You go into your bag and get out a water bottle, then crouch on the other side of japan and offer it to him. Japan holds his head, fingers knitted through his hair, a look of fear burning in his brown eyes. He moves his hand and grips Italy's arm, body slumping. Japan looks at where he grips then looks back to Italy's eyes. Italy flinches. Japan is pale, a thin sheen of sweat in his forehead.

"Here, have a drink." You usher, pushing the bottle into his hand. Japan nods, sitting up on his own. That doesn't lesson Italy's hold on him. 

"Wh-what's the matter?" Italy questions.

"Do you remember what we said about the clocks?!" Canada panics.

"Oh... I-I am sorry." Japan shakes his head, trying to get rid of the drowsiness, before nodding slowly. "I'm fine. I remember." He rubs his hand down his face, holding the bottle away from himself so he doesn't spill it. 

"You get a lot more memories than the rest of us, and they are more intense, too, aru." China says as he approaches him in concern.

"Are you alright? Do you need to rest a little?" England asks, looking around at the rooms nearby.

"No, I am sorry. I was just confused." He stands up, steadying himself in his own two feet, and looks everyone over. "You all... seem to be fine."

"Nothing happened to me." Germany speaks up. "To tell the truth, I haven't got any confusing memories or anything like that even once so far." He begins to slow his speech. "I haven't been confused at all... Maybe I've just been exempted?"

"I'm so jealous! In my case, it wasn't that bad. I remembered coming here with America and running from the Thing with Italy..." Canada looks down. It wasn't right. He knows now that he only ran into Italy an hour ago. He hasn't even been with Italy when the thing has appeared. well, except for a moment ago when everyone ran for their lives...

"Me, too."China nods. "But I calmed down, and I realised that was nonsense, aru! Then I forgot about it right away!" 

"When we go through it again, it's a feeling similar to waking up from a dream." England makes a noise of contemplation. "When we wake up, we have trouble separating dreams from reality, but as soon as we calm down, our good judgement comes back. The first thing to do is calm down."

"Um... Did you not... see any rooms other than the ones we have been in so far?" Japan looks at Germany and Italy, then to you. "Or ones of people you do not know?"

"Nope, I've got many memories, but they've all been of rooms we've been in so far and people we know." Russia gives him a puzzled expression, wanting to question him further. Japan looks to you, and you furrow your brow. Then you realise what he is getting at. When you were in the piano room, you ended up watching a memory with Japan. There were those two people, the girl and boy. But if Japan didn't recognise them either, who were they? The boy though -- you would rather not get into any details about him.

"Did something happen to make you worry?" Italy asks. You look at Japan, eyeing him.

"... No." Japan shakes his head, then doesn't meet your gaze.

"Okay, are your watches alright?" England asks. Everyone agrees. "Then let's go to the basement." Everyone gets going. You see Japan watching Italy, his face falling.

"Japan?" Italy asks, taking his friend out from his thoughts. They stand to the side, the others taking no notice. You try not to look too inconspicuous but stand nearby to listen.

"Italy-chan?" Japan asks.

"Yeah? What is--"

"I know this is not really important, but I just wish I could rest somewhere without having to worry..." China sighs as he appears by your side. You look at him, surprised by him speaking with you.

"I'm so exhausted. I just wish I could lie down for a bit." Canada agrees. You smile, laughing through your nose.

"I just want to have a shower. I probably look like a wreck." You laugh dryly, joining in with China and Canada as you run your hand through your hair.

(A/N As you guys have probably read, or even played, there's a new version of HetaOni out there. It's made by Cookie, and she even had her own playthrough on YouTube. It's a great game, the art is impressive, and a fantastic finish is there too! Yep, you heard right. A end! It made me cry, seriously. I got so emotional, and it made me squirm in my chair from the overload of awesomeness. Totally download it, it's worth it. Bu~t, I will not be following the same storyline. I may take a few bits here and there, mostly inspiration because she really does round off the character well with script but I already have this story planned out. Thank you for reading this and even commenting. They mean a lot to me. And a pre-warning. This story is about to get interesting. Yikes!)