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Utopia	By : FlayraDowitcher Category: +G to L > Hetalia: Axis Powers Views: 2991 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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***Okay folks, here is the final chapter BUT, there will be an epilogue following soon after! It shouldn't take me too long to write it. Anyway, this is a fairly long chapter and a LOT, and I mean A LOT is going on. It's a very, very busy chapter, so please, take your time reading it! Thanks! And special thanks to my beta for her quick work! ^_^ So please, read on and enjoy! Reviews will be GRATELY appreciated since this is, technically, the final chapter and I would LOVE to hear some final thoughts! Thanks again for reading! You guys rock!
***Warnings: Language, violence, dark themes, horror and scary stuff, fluff, humor, angst, mild- yaoi
***Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia. I am making no money off of this fic.
***Quick Note: For the biblical reference to Jesus and Legion: I chose ONE verse that I liked the most. Thank you Wikipedia! So don't get on me about "you used the wrong verse" or "It should be found in THIS verse". I'm not interested in the slightest. It's all for the plot.

'We're gonna rock this house until we knock it down
So turn the volume loud, cause it's mayhem 'til the a.m.
So crank the bass up like crazy and let yourself go, let yourself go
Say fuck it before we kick the bucket
Life's too short to not go for broke
So everybody, everybody (go berserk)'- Eminem- Berzerk
Chapter 29: For We Are Many
And Jesus asked him, "What is thy name?"
And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion: for we are many."
Gospel of Mark: 5:9

Grandpa Rome had returned to him.
Feliciano had to look up at the towering man who was nearly as big as Ludwig. While looking at his face, Feliciano could see the resemblance between them. But when Grandpa Rome smiled at him, Feliciano felt all of his emotions come flooding back and he threw himself into the other, wrapping arms tightly around him. Grandpa Rome returned the embrace with a large, cold hand stroking the back of his hair. Feliciano wept against the golden armor. "What should I do, Grandpa Rome?"
Grandpa Rome said nothing as he stepped away from him. With a smile, the ancient spirit placed his two hands on the center of Feliciano's chest, right on top of the jewel. Feliciano felt it grow warm and saw the light shining through his chest. Watching Grandpa Rome carefully he saw what the ghost had wanted to do. His body fizzled and smoked, turning in to a glowing orb of ectoplasm while slowly swirling into the jewel. Little by little the physical form of Grandpa Rome faded away until the entirety of him was nestled inside the jewel.
Feliciano felt a rush of such power and force travel through his body so quickly that it caused him to fall flat on his rump. Holding the glowing jewel he panted and gasped for breath while the power serge threatened to drive him out of his own skin. Maybe this is what it felt like to be struck by lightening or get electrocuted. But after the intensity died down the flow of energy within him began to make sense. He was beginning to understand the reasoning for absorbing the souls of his friends. Not only had he gained their spirits but their powers as well. In his feet he could feel Sadiq's speed. Within his limbs the massive strength of Ivan. His eyes grew clear and glassy, holding an eagles' keen sight while the wings provided grace and souring speed. The strangest energy belonged to Gilbert, which gathered in his head for clear thoughts and cognitive functioning. Why did Gilbert possess such an odd power? He thought to himself but then remembered how Gilbert, unlike the others, was not one of the Five Accursed Nations. Instead, he was some sort of priest or mage in his tribe that had the power of 'sight' and performed magic, along with great personal sacrifice. Now that just left one more soul that he did not yet possess.
Sitting up, he looked over his shoulder at the blackened form of Ludwig's corpse on the dark floor. He went over to the body on all fours, looking down at the unrecognizable face of his beloved demon mate. Feliciano knew what had to be done. Having Ludwig's spirit with him was better than not having him in his life at all. Leaning down he gave the charred lips a gentle kiss before he took Ludwig's soul. Placing both hands on the black ribcage, Feliciano closed his eyes, let the jewel glow and accepted Ludwig's spirit into his body. His body shuddered and his wings shimmied in delight as the pleasure from Ludwig's soul gave him a mental orgasm. It was not just the pleasure that put a smile on his face but the warm feeling of love, faith and hope that made his heart beat loudly. He crossed his hands over his heart and sighed softly.
"My Ludwig." The darkness melted away and standing around him were Arthur, Kiku and Francis. Feliciano looked up at them and smiled. "I have them all inside of me." He told the others. "We are many."
Arthur gave a sigh of relief. "You had me worried." He cleared his throat. "But now your challenge has really begun. You must bury all of your angel magic and form until the time is right. Right now you must be a demon, a full demon. With the spirit and strength of your friends, you can- URK!" Feliciano's hand was suddenly wrapped around his neck. "W-what are you-" Arthur saw the glowing red eyes and the look of fierce determination along with anger and betrayal.
"You set them up to die!" Feliciano hissed at him. "The anguish you put me through…you bastard!"
"Stop it!" Francis tried to pull Feliciano's hand away from Arthur's neck while Kiku tried to pull the demon away.
"Feli, calm yourself!" Kiku begged. "Now is not the time to seek revenge!"
Feliciano pulled his hand away with a sneer. "You better have a damn good reason for doing what you did, Arthur! Or I swear, by the power in me I shall-"
"Shut it!" Arthur rubbed his neck while Francis held him in a protective embrace. "I knew this was going to happen. There was no way the other five could have helped you in their physical forms. It is YOU who must destroy the Fiends single-handedly. HOWEVER!" He pushed out of Francis' hold to aim his staff at Feli. "There is no rule saying that they can't aid you while you are possessed by them! You could never have defeated the Fiends on your own, regardless if it is your destiny or not! So yes, I allowed your friends to be sacrificed so that you may defeat the Fiends. I do have a plan to resurrect them all, but I need you to kill the Fiends first!"
"Listen to him, Feli." Said Francis. "He knows what has to be done."
"It was a rotten plan, Arthur." Feliciano crossed his arms. "Remind me to hit you when all this is over!"
Arthur narrowed his gaze. "You have new strength and iron balls right now, don't you? Smug bastard."
Antonio suddenly made an appearance. 'I am the only familiar you have, Feli. You have gained their strength but their souls slumber within you.'
Feliciano smiled at him. "I know I can always, always count on you, Tony."
He nodded. 'There is going to be great challenges for you, Feli, before you reach them. Their forms are hidden not in those stone tablets but far beneath this cave in the bowels of this earth. They will sense the powers of the five from you; within you. They will use it against you, so be weary and cautious.'
"He is right." Said Kiku. "If you face the physical forms of your friends, you have to kill them. Remember, they are not your friends. You have your friends inside you, where they can remain safe and secure."
Feliciano nodded. "I understand." He met the gazes of the others and then looked down between his boots. "You say they are in the earth? Then let's get down there!"
"Stand back!" Arthur summoned a spell from his staff and stabbed the cave floor with the tip. The ground opened up to a far, dark drop. "Going down!"
It was a long drop to the bottom but they all floated down until they landed on another hard surface. This ground was warm beneath them, as well as the temperature in the area. They were deep within the core of this earth. There was a natural light in the cavern around them as a red, warm glow. The rocky walls were deep orange in color and hot to the touch.
"Where do we go from here?" Feliciano asked.
"Feli, 'we' don't go anywhere, but you do." Arthur said softly.
Feliciano looked at them with his eyes wide. "You're not coming with me?"
"This is something you must do alone." Kiku said.
'I will be with you, though.' Antonio told him.
"But…why not come with me? What are you going to do? Just sit here?"
Francis cleared his throat. "We have a plan of our own, Feli." He smiled softly at him. "But I promise that we will join you in the end."
Kiku took something from out of his spiritual robes and lifted the charm necklace up over his head. "Take this with you. For luck." He placed it over Feliciano's head.
Feliciano smiled and hugged his friend. "Thank you, Kiku."
"Take this as well." He took a ring from his finger and placed it on Feliciano's own. "If you need to talk to me then just call for me and this ring will contact me."
"Thanks."
"I don't have much for you." Francis said softly. "But will you accept a hug and kiss from a friend?"
Feliciano smiled happily and hugged Francis, letting the other kiss both cheeks. "Those are my favorite!"
"It's time now." Said Arthur. "You will follow this corridor straight through. Now remember, the Fiends will use everything they can to trick you. You cannot believe anything they say or show you."
"Yes, I understand. I'm ready to do this!"
Leaving the three behind, Feliciano, with his newfound strength and bravery, heading along the corridor with Antonio above him. He wasn't certain where he was going or what he would see but he wished that he could speak to his friends. Only a few months ago he was living alone in his apartment, keeping up the family bakery and caring for his brother. His life had done a complete 180 turn and then some within such a short time. And only a short while ago he had been shivering and crying in the dark as he almost lost his will to live. Now with the ancient spirit of Grandpa Rome flowing through his veins he felt completely fearless, like he could tackle anything! He hoped that in the end he could keep Grandpa Rome's spirit with him, always, to keep up with this bravery. It was nice to feel like he was the hero; like a main character in a rpg video game who was nearing the end levels and facing the hardest boss. Or bosses. And he was at the highest level of hit points!
'I love that smile on your face, Feli.' Antonio said to him. 'You seem fearless now.'
"I am fearless. I mean, I sure I'll be scared when I face the Fiends, it's only natural, but at least now I have the will to keep fighting. That was something I never had."
'Whatever you do, do NOT let that jewel in your chest be struck or broken. I fear that is where the Fiends will be aiming, for inside that jewel is the life energy of your friends. It is also your key to the Light World. That power of light will be able to deliver the final blow to the Fiends.'
"So I will need my angel side to finish them off? I can remember that."
'Feli! Sh! Look ahead!' A white mist began to come their way. 'It starts.'
"But what is it?"
'We'll just have to wait and find out.'
Brave and fearless, Feliciano walked right in to the white mist. He came to enter his apartment on the upstairs floor. To his right he heard a gentle sobbing and recognized it as his own. Opening his bedroom door he saw his human form on the bed, crying into the pillow with shoulders shaking up and down. 'What are they trying to get at now?' Feliciano wondered.
'Brother! I'm home!' That was Lovino's voice.
Feliciano exited the room just as his human form came out to meet with Lovino at the top of the stairs.
'Have you been crying?' Lovino asked. 'You have! What the hell for?'
'I…I'm angry at you!'
Lovino rolled his eyes. 'Well, get over it!'
'No! I will not! Lovino Romano, you are a terrible person to Antonio!'
'Oh geez, not this shit again!' He gave an aggravated sigh. 'It's my relationship and I'll treat him however I want! You don't see him complaining, so why are you? It's none of your business!'
'But it is! Tony is my friend and it hurts me to see how mean you are to him when he does nothing but love you!'
'You're just jealous because I have someone and you don't. Well, tough shit. That's the way the cookie crumbles, little brother! Tony likes me for the simple fact that I'm better than you.'
'Y-You're not better than me!'
'Is that the best you can come up with?' Lovino chuckled. 'Stupid little brother. Stop being lame and stupid and get out there to find someone. Don't bitch and moan to me that you sleep in a lonely bed.'
The human Feliciano gave him a small shove. 'I would treat Antonio better than you!'
'Oh? You sound like you're in love with him. Are you?' When Feliciano didn't answer Lovino laughed. 'So you DO have the hots for him! Well, tough break, little bro! Antonio only has eyes for me. Even though we are twins, he prefers me and always will.'
'It's not fair.' Human Feliciano started to cry angry tears. 'You are so mean yet you get to be with a wonderful, caring man like Tony. You treat him like dirt!'
'And he loves it!' Lovino gave a smug smirk and then stuck his tongue out a Feliciano.
Human Feliciano growled. 'Stop mocking me, brother.'
'Pfft. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some groceries to unpack. Tony and I have a special dinner night in planned for tomorrow evening. Which reminds me, you should make sure you're out of the apartment tomorrow night. Make that ALL night. Catch my drift?'
Feliciano knew what was coming next and sure enough, his human form pushed Lovino down the steps in a fit of jealous anger. He watched from the top of the steps as his human form cried over the dead body of his brother. "This is what would have happened to me if the car accident didn't hit first." Feliciano reminded himself. He continued to follow his human form throughout the apartment, frowning when he saw the razor blade box pulled from the cooking utensil drawer. They would often use the single razor blades to slice the garlic cloves very, very thin to add a wonderful taste to their dinners. It was his favorite method, so how obvious that he would use those to end his life.
As his human form filled up the tub, got naked and sat in the hot water, Feliciano wondered if he would be able to change any of this? Could he stop this image of himself from committing suicide?
'Cut up the wrist…not across.' His human form whispered as he held up the flat blade. 'The blood will pump faster…a swifter death.'
Feliciano couldn't bear to see this happen again, so drawing forth a sword from the air, he rushed over to the tub and shoved the blade through his other half. The blade went through his delicate neck and out the back. Now as he was looking upon the form of his own dead body he felt like losing his mind but something helped him to fight it. That was Gilbert. He could feel the demon's mental energy helping to clear his head. And once he pulled the blade from the body the entire scene melted away in to a puff of smoke.
'Very good, Feli.' Said Antonio. 'You handled that well.'
"I had a bit of help." He smiled as he thought of Gilbert and silently thanked the demon. "If this is the best they've got then the rest will be a cake walk!"
'Don't be so sure. It's not over yet.'
As they continued to move further another scene opened up before them. It was a battlefield. There were canons and dead bodies all over. Feliciano looked down at a body and recognized the period dress as something colonial. "We must be in Alfred's world." He said to Antonio.
'Do the Fiends want you to witness their deaths again? Or do they have something else in mind?'
"No, this is different. Alfred's death came when he shot himself after killing his father. That happened in their home, not on a battlefield. Which means-?" He saw a tall form ahead of him in the mist of canon smoke; a blackened form with large wings. "That's Alfred!"
Antonio pulled out his weapon as Alfred's demon form appeared completely from the canon smoke. 'A doppelgänger!'
"A what? What's a doppelgänger?"
'It's an exact copy or replica of someone or something! In this case, it's Alfred. That is not the REAL Alfred, but if I know magic, and I do, that doppelgänger has every power, move, and all of the strength of the true Alfred. He will have many spells and attacks that you have never seen him do, so be on guard. You must fight the Demon Duke of the Anarchists, the Anakim.'
"But…but I can't fight Alfred! He's my friend!" Feliciano's eyes widened. 'Wait a minute…I have Alfred's soul within me. That demon over there is not Alfred!'
"HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Fake Alfred laughed. "Welcome to my humble little home, Feli!"
Feliciano growled. "You are not Alfred! Get out of my way!"
"You're on my playing field now, little mousey! Behold the true might of the American Patriots!" He held out his arms, crossed them, and then threw them wide to awaken the dead bodies of fallen patriots.
Feliciano watched as the patriots stood up like zombies, holding their muskets, swords or canon ramrods. "Tony, do I summon Alfred's own magic to fight him?"
'No, they will only cancel each other out. Summon another's power to fight him. Each one is equal to one another in strength but not when facing their own power.'
Feliciano understood. He decided to call forth Gilbert's magic and power to fight Alfred as a favor for before. Also, the impish part of him wanted Gilbert to get a few swings in at Alfred. So summoning Gilbert's power, the white sword of the demon appeared in his hand. This sword was alive. He could feel its life pulsating through his palm and up his arm. Feliciano knew just how to use it as well. Gilbert's weapon skills had come with it, as if he had always used this sword for thousands of years.
"These Yankees better start marching in retreat!" He went after them, slicing each one down that he came in contact with. Antonio used his powers to shield his body from the musket balls that were shot. Feliciano was cutting the zombies down with ease to get closer to Alfred, who did not appear to be worried or frightened. When he had cut a full line through the patriots the air was filled with Alfred's obnoxious, heroic laughter.
"Of course you know, this means war!" Alfred joked and placed a tri-corner hat upon his head. "Witness the dawning of a new era! CANONS! HORSES!"
Feliciano saw a line of canons, hundreds of them, being prepared by groups of zombie patriots. From over the canons leapt the rotting corpses of war horses, each one bearing an armed patriot. Feliciano summoned a wind power from the sword, sweeping up as many of the horsemen as he could in to one large tornado. He could hear Alfred singing 'We're Not Gonna Take It' by Twisted Sister while skipping from canon barrel to the next. Feliciano had to do away with the tornado to dodge the canon balls that came his way. The sound was deafening. He ran and dodged his way through until he reached the canon line where Alfred was. He leapt towards the demon but Alfred flew out of the way, giving his famous 'HA HA HA HA HA' laugh.
"So you beat my patriots with ease, but let's see how you deal with these babies!" Alfred landed on the ground and snapped his fingers, which led to the ground beneath them starting to shake. Dirt and rocks exploded from the ground and from the open holes leapt more horsemen. "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Feliciano was able to use the real Alfred's memories to see that the doppelgänger summoned some famous Revolutionary War generals: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Nathanial Greene, Henry Knox and Benjamin Lincoln. They too were zombie-like on rotting horses. Feliciano felt like laughing because the whole idea seemed humorous but was ready to eat his words when the generals attacked. They were using magic in the form of dark lightening bolts and large fireballs. Feliciano had a harder time fighting the generals for they were much stronger than the regular soldiers. He could no longer fight them physically for they were just too strong and advanced for him. Instead, he flew up and away from them, high in the sky to raise his sword, shout out a spell and rain white lightening down upon the American generals. They sizzled and turned to dust with their horses. Feliciano let out a victorious cry of his own and twirled in the air.
"Hey! Yankee Doodle Dandy!" Feliciano called to Alfred who was now in the air with him as well. "Some stupid tea party you Boston bimbo you turned out to be! You missed single tea bag and it's right here!" He grabbed his crotch and then gasped, blushing brightly at the words he just used. That wasn't him! That was Gilbert speaking THROUGH him! How dare he! Alfred's eagle screech signaled that he was pissed from the insult. 'Way to go, Gilbert!' He shouted in his mind.
'He's attacking you physically now!' Antonio warned him. 'I can't protect you from his talons or claws!'
"I'll take it from here!"
Feliciano flew upwards towards Alfred as the demon came souring down upon him like an eagle who has just caught sight of its prey. They struck in mid air with his blade cutting off some of the brown eagle feathers. Alfred screeched again as he turned around to fly back at him. Feliciano met him head on. Alfred had now summoned his own weapon, a sword to match that of his yet it had no magic powers. Feliciano knew what he had to do but first he had to gain distance between himself and Alfred. Turning away, he flew from Alfred in the opposite direction while summoning a magic spell to the sword. The sword knew what it wanted and knew how to seek it. With the magic spell in tact, Feliciano turned back around to see Alfred flying straight towards him. Letting the blade lead the way it met with Alfred and plunged through his chest, striking out through the back. Alfred's form gasped and spat out blood.
Feliciano glared at him and pushed the blade deeper. "Hooray for the red, white and blue!" Alfred's body crumbled in to a glowing array of light and disappeared, along with his battlefield. Now with the scene gone they had returned to the cavern.
'That was a rather tacky end phrase, Feli.' Antonio teased him.
Feliciano called the sword away. "It was all I could think of at the moment that was appropriate. I was waiting for him to shoot white stars at me and explode into fireworks!"
Antonio chuckled and then turned serious. 'Keep on your toes. We can expect to meet the other doppelgängers as we move on.'
Moving on, their next scene had them in a forest, rich in green leaves and grass. It looked like a paradise. Feliciano smiled at the scenery. It was a nice change from the Revolutionary battlefield and the dark corridor. Before them, sitting on an old stump, was human Gilbert. He was dressed in a brown woolen robe, or long tunic, while decorated in beads, twigs and flowers. He played a tune on a panpipe that felt familiar to Feliciano but he knew it was either the real Gilbert or Ludwig hearing the sound and making a connection.
'Perhaps we will not have to actually fight Gilbert," started Antonio. 'Since he is not one of the five nations.'
Human Gilbert suddenly noticed them and stopped playing his panpipe. Lowering the wooden instrument, he smiled at them and stood from the stump. Feliciano thought he was beautiful as a human. But that beauty did not last for in an instant, Gilbert's body swelled and suddenly exploded in to a shower of blood and limbs. Antonio shielded him from the bloody rain.
"What just happened?" Feliciano asked in confusion.
'Feli! Look there!'
Gilbert's naked torso had risen from the ground to levitate in the air. The trees around them withered away and melted while the severed limbs made their way over to the torso. The hands crawled along the ground while the legs hopped. His head rolled through Feli's legs, making the demon squeak and jump in mild surprised alarm. Feliciano watched as the limbs attached themselves to the torso with the stitches moving on their own, putting the naked body back together. The head was the last to be attached, and then the eyes were stitched closed. Now demon Gilbert had be born again, dressed all in black and wearing his smuggest, better than you' grin.
"You know what the difference between you and me is?" Gilbert quoted Will Smith in Men In Black as he put on his trademark sunglasses to hide his eyes. "I make this look good." Antonio actually laughed.
Feliciano summoned forth Alfred's powers this time. He had to even it out. 'Come on, Alfred! Let your powers help me!'
Gilbert threw his arms up in the air. "I CALL UPON THE SPIRITS OF OLD! OF THE WIND, WOOD, SUN AND SKY! I CALL UPON THE FLORA AND FAUNA! MAY THE HEAVENS RAIN FIRE DOWN UPON YOU!"
Gilbert hadn't been messing around for with each call he had summoned ancient spirits. A powerful wind threatened to push Feliciano along the ground. The flora and fauna began to attack from all around. Plants, flowers and vines started to surround him while red eyed woodland animals came flooding out from behind Gilbert. Feliciano's only option was to fly up in the air to avoid the flora and fauna while setting his sights on Gilbert.
"Tut, tut, looks like rain!" Gilbert laughed and clapped his hands together, bringing forth black rain clouds to pour not water but rather acid. Some of it struck Feliciano, burning through his clothes and skin. Antonio used his power to shield him from the acid rain. "Oh, fuck you!" Gilbert cursed and made the rain stop.
Feliciano used Alfred's eagle eyes to see what was solid and what was not. The thought came to him, which was probably from Alfred himself. Looking down, he could see that the flora and fauna were simply illusions that could not touch or physically harm him. Gilbert was his target. Alfred's magic would not be able to help him further. Instead, he called upon Ivan's power to aid him. A hatchet appeared in his hand, but this one had a burning blade that glowed bright orange. Feliciano knew what to do. He had to hack off Gilbert's limbs with this flaming hatchet that would burn the flesh, leaving him helpless. Now he just had to get to him.
Soaring down towards Gilbert, the albino demon surrounded himself in a wall of thorns. Feliciano was forced to come to a stop but used the hatchet to begin cutting the thorns away. They easily caught fire, which spread to the rest and revealed Gilbert's form. Gilbert summoned hundreds of vines to shoot out and up towards him, strapping Feliciano down like ropes. Feliciano struggled to break them but wasn't strong enough to do so. Gilbert laughed mockingly at him. Closing his eyes, Feliciano summoned up Ivan's power once again, borrowing his supreme strength to rip himself away from the iron hold of the vines. Gilbert gasped.
"Bastard!" Gilbert shouted at him.
'Taunt him!' Antonio whispered. 'Get him to attack you! Think like Alfred! How would he taunt Gilbert into a fight?'
Feliciano grinned. "Hey, snowflake!"
"Huh? Snowflake?"
"Yeah, you! Michael Jackson called! He wants his style back!" Feliciano taunted.
Gilbert hissed. "Shut your mouth! I have an awesome rockin' style!"
"Sure you do! The style of bitch fighting, that is! Look at you, hiding behind thorns, vines and animals! You're not a demon! You're a fairy! Literally, a fairy!"
Gilbert growled. "Don't make me come up there and beat the shit out of your narrow ass!"
"Oh yeah? Well this narrow ass was getting fucked by Ivan all night long while you were out prancing around with deer and rabbits, you pansy!"
"Oh, that's it!" Gilbert started to fly up to him. "Gotta keep this pimp hand strong! Come here, you little punk!"
Feliciano flew out of his way and swung the hatchet to cut off the left arm. Gilbert screamed as he spiraled away, holding the bleeding spot where his arm once was. Feliciano had absent mindedly caught the arm, which turned around to slap him first followed by a swift punch to the cheek.
"HA!" Gilbert taunted. "Keepin' that pimp hand strong!"
Feliciano struck the limb with the hatchet and it burst into flames. He let it drop to the ground. "A Farewell To Arms!" He joked.
"Oh yeah? Dodge this!" Gilbert summoned two orbs, one white and the other black. He shot them towards Feliciano, their comet tails spiraling around one another. Feliciano dodged it and Gilbert kept it up. "Stop dancing around!"
Feliciano spiraled downwards and went underneath him to strike at Gilbert's left leg, chopping it off. As the limb fell it too burst into flames.
"It's just a flesh wound!" Gilbert said and flew after him.
"Oh please! Raggedy Andy was stitched up better than you!" Feliciano taunted.
Gilbert gasped. "Them's fightin' words!" He grinned. "Stop putting me in stitches!"
"I'm taking them away!" Feliciano flew at him again and Gilbert did the same. This time, however, Gilbert's claws scratched at Feliciano's shoulder, drawing blood from the deep gashes. "BULLSEYE!"
Feliciano clutched at his bleeding arm. "Darn it!"
'Keep going!' Antonio urged him on. 'You have to decapitate him limb by limb!'
"I will and I shall!" Feliciano called upon Sadiq's power this time, as was mentally suggested to him by one of the demons. Chanting something in ancient Turkish, a circle of swords twirled around him. Gilbert saw this, gasped, and started to hurry away. "GO!" Feliciano threw his arms out in front and the blades went flying towards the albino demon.
Gilbert was unable to escape from the rain of swords as they sliced him up, first his arm, then his leg, and finally, his head. With his body completely decapitated, the scene shriveled away along with his form.
They had arrived back in the corridor. Feliciano let out a sigh. "That was close!"
Antonio suddenly shouted, 'Look out!' just in time as a spear came up from the ground, nearly missing Feliciano.
More and more grew up from the ground like spikes, creating a forest of spears. Some of the spears had dead bodies impaled upon them; some vertical and others horizontal. Feliciano knew immediately who he was fighting next. He was unprepared for the spears with dead bodies on them to come 'hopping' at him like mutated scarecrows. It was a little unnerving to watch but he flew into the air to avoid them. But where was Sadiq? Then, he saw him. The demon flew up to meet him, wearing his white eye mask and encircled by a series of swords, the same thing Feliciano had used to cut down Gilbert.
"You're in my world now." Said Sadiq, calmly. "I hate to have to impale you but…I promise I won't make it hurt." The swords came without warning.
Feliciano yelped and dodged them but the swords had a mind of their own. Each one was of different size, length and shape. All, however, were shiny and sharp. They followed him in no pattern that he could detect and Feliciano could only dodge the blades.
"You bore me!" Sadiq shouted, landing back on the ground. "Take this!" Sadiq called forth a huge bow with a flaming arrow. "RELEASE!" The arrow went flying, followed quickly by many others.
Dodging such weapons were proving impossible and the constant movements were wearing him out.
"SPEARS!" Sadiq called forth the tips of spears to point out from the darkened sky. "RAIN DOWN!"
It must have been the real Sadiq that chose to aid him for in a moment, Feliciano's body was shielded with a force field of green. The weapons were powerless against it.
'Now you can focus on him!' Said Antonio.
Sadiq smirked. "Try again, little man!" He taunted. "They don't call me the Demon Duke of the Voluptuous Ones for nothing!" He spoke something in Turkish and from his body sprouted ten or more replicas of him.
Feliciano's eyes widened as he landed back on the ground to be surrounded by the numerous Sadiq's, each one looking exactly like the original.
'He's trying to use seduction to confuse you.' Antonio said. 'We have to find the real one and strike it down!'
"But how?" Feliciano had an idea and called forth the real Sadiq's power. Holding out his hand, he spun in a circle to make a 'tutu' of spears. "STRIKE THE RIGHT ONE!" He smacked his tails loudly together and the spears all shout out at the same time, striking each replica. The ones that were fake disappeared when the spear struck them but one had shot through Sadiq's chest.
The wounded demon staggered, trying to pull the spear from his chest but it was lodged behind his ribcage. Instead, he broke the stick part off and threw it at Feliciano. "That the best you got, boy?" He stomped his hoof on the ground.
Feliciano had to dodge more raining spears and swinging swords. "What do I do now?" He asked Antonio. "I can't keep dodging these damn things! That spear didn't finish him off!"
'I'm not sure!' Antonio replied. 'I can't figure out what to-'
'Trick him!' It was Arthur's voice coming from the ring. 'I will lend you the power of disguise! It won't last long, so use it wisely. You know what to do!'
Feliciano flew up to dodge another spear. "Disguise? Disguise as-" His eyes widened. It was cruel but would work. It had to. Dropping back to the ground, he closed his eyes and imagined himself as Heracles. He could feel the power changing his body.
Sadiq gasped when he saw Heracles appear among the rain of weapons and stopped them instantly. He slowly removed his mask to look up on the glowing form of his Heracles, dressed in a Greek style toga with a red rose crown upon his head. "Heracles." He whispered the name and flew towards him. Heracles held out his arms to him in a welcoming embrace and smiled. Sadiq smiled back. "Heracles, I've found you…"
'Forgive me for this!' Feliciano said to himself. But when Sadiq was near he called forth a large curved kilij sword and loped off the Ottoman's head. Returning back to his natural form, he watched as Sadiq's demon body fell to its knees and collapse onto the ground. "That was a dirty trick on my part."
'But it had to be done.' Said Antonio, and the scene disappeared along with Sadiq's body. 'There was no other way. He was just too strong and the Fiends are picking up on your patterns.'
"Who will I face next?" Feliciano wondered as they continued on. It was silent for a while until he stopped when their came an agonized pained scream. "What was that?" The scream was followed by more and the further he walked the more the corridor walls became that of dark stone. Feliciano saw chains hanging from the ceiling, their gentle swinging creating a sorrowful symphony.
He pushed through the curtain of chains to enter inside a large dungeon stocked with torturing devices. His eyes widened at the sight of iron maidens, Judas cradle and chair, Spanish donkeys, the rack and the Sicilian Bull. For a moment he was struck dumb from fear and disbelief. He knew little of torture, but now being in THIS place he knew what each one did, and there were many, many more. It was no mystery now who his opponent was.
"Don't be afraid." Came Ivan's voice from out of nowhere. "This is only my playground for bad people."
Feliciano swallowed hard. "S-Show yourself."
Ivan giggled. "Very well." He stepped out from behind one of the iron maidens. "Boo." Feliciano jumped. "Ha ha! I scared you!" he held up something in his hand. It was a long rod with a sphere at the top but it was covered with holes. "Do you know what this is, little Feli? It's a lead sprinkler." He twirled it in his hand. "It was always my warm up for the unfortunate victim." He smiled sweetly. Feliciano was completely terrified and Antonio was having a hard time breaking the fear-filled trance. "Care for a seat?" He moved to stand next to the Judas chair, which was covered in tiny metal spikes. "Or perhaps you'd like to take a ride on the donkey? There's always room on the rack."
'He's using fear to control you!' Antonio shouted. 'Call forth…' Antonio did not know which demon power to use. They all seemed useless against Ivan.
"If you don't make your choice I will make it for you." Ivan threw out his arms and the ceiling started to sparkle.
The sparkling broke Feliciano's fear and when he looked up he could see large guillotine blades making their appearance. Feliciano screamed and ran as they came showering down in quick, straight lines that shattered when they hit the floor. Ivan's insane, manic laughter filled the room in a classic villain's pose. After the guillotines came a circle of five iron maidens that spun around Ivan, their doors opening to show the long bloody spikes inside and then closing loudly. If that wasn't frightening enough, the Spanish donkeys literally came running at him. Soon the iron maidens were being thrown at him as he ran. One landed right in front of him, burst open and Ivan popped out with that gigantic mouth dripping with bloodied shark teeth. With a snarling growl he chomped in Feliciano's direction but missed. Ivan was not giving him a moment's rest.
'Feli!' Arthur called out from the ring. 'Ivan is strong but not fast! You have to run! Run so you can gather up a weapon and power to fight him!'
"Run? Right! Right! Run! RUN LIKE FUCKING HELL!" He used Sadiq's horse-like speed to dash away from Ivan, running down a never ending hall. Glancing behind him, he could see guillotine blades falling down one after the other as they chased him. Ivan was some ways behind him but he was using the walls to crawl along faster like a large lizard. 'Call forth a weapon! A weapon! W-what can I…what can I use!' He was brought to a halt buy an iron maiden coming up from under the ground and blocking his way. Once again, Ivan popped out holding the lead sprinkler.
"Don't you want to play with me, Feli? You know, you really hurt my feelings when you're bad." In his other hand came a normal saw. "I can always start with just the pinkie finger first." He held up the saw.
Feliciano took slow steps backwards as Ivan slowly approached. His grin was widening, showing each bloodied shark tooth as the mouth corners reached up and past his ears. Behind him floated two iron maidens, beside him danced two Spanish donkeys and above him came more guillotine blades. Ivan's eyes turned blood red as his ox horns seemed to grow thicker and longer. Feliciano gulped again.
"You'd better start running before I decide to gut you, little lamb."
And he did. Feliciano knew that Ivan was just playing with him now, like a cat toying with a mouse. He could hear Ivan running after him, only this time, instead of torture devices it was the demon's physical strength. Ivan was pounding at the walls with his fists and jumping up and down to make the stone walls break. Falling rocks were making it near impossible to keep a distance from Ivan. Feliciano jumped to the right as another guillotine blade fell. He jumped over an iron maiden that came up from the ground. Upon ahead came a series of galloping Spanish donkeys. That's when it occurred to him. Those donkeys were made of wood! These other devices were simple iron, but demon FIRE could easily melt such things! Grinning, Feliciano called up Ludwig's power of fire.
Sliding to a stop, Feliciano held out his hands, palm facing front, and shout out twin beams of green fire. The Spanish donkeys went up in flames and burned to ash.
'Feli, you're a genius!' Antonio said proudly.
Feliciano didn't respond but spun around to set the same fire to the guillotines and iron maidens. Ivan swiftly disappeared as the torture devices were destroyed, melted away to molten metal, but it didn't end there. Feliciano heard something coming up from the darkness of the dungeon corridor. Spinning Breaking Wheels came rushing towards him, three in total, each with a dead corpse tangled around the rims. Feliciano braced himself and called forth the green fire again to obliterate the Breaking Wheels. He gave a small smirk of triumph and made his way back to the main torture chamber.
All was silent. Feliciano and Antonio looked around, listening for any sort of sound that may give away Ivan's hiding place. A rat scurried past Feliciano's feet and he jumped in surprise. The rat quickly transformed into Ivan, who was wielding a long pole with some sort of opened spiked iron collar at the end.
"I've had enough of you!" Ivan grinned and latched the spiked collar around Antonio's neck, surprising them both. Antonio thought he couldn't be touched, but whatever magic was in Ivan's weapon it had made contact with his ghostly body. Feliciano screamed as Antonio was pulled from him and held out of his reach. "Now I've got your precious familiar! What shall I do with him?"
"LET HIM GO!" Feliciano screamed and started to call forth his fire power when Antonio was held out in front of him.
"Do that and your little friend turns to mist to be forever lost to you!" Feliciano's face fell. "I thought so." Ivan giggled. "Aren't I just a rotten apple?"
Feliciano didn't care if Ivan's power countered this Ivan's. He had to fight fire with fire. Literally. Calling forth Ivan's trademark pair of chained pendulums, Feliciano set the green fire to the blades. He saw the look of slight fear and shock on Ivan's face. "Drop him. Now." Feliciano demanded darkly, letting his eyes glow red and his fangs lengthen. "Let Tony go. I MEAN IT!" The extreme shrill of his voice made Ivan's ears and nose bleed as well as shattered the iron maidens and other torture devices.
Ivan dropped Antonio who's form flew straight back to Feliciano. "I will not be defeated!"
"Oh, I think you will." Feliciano started to swing the pendulums, walking towards Ivan as the demon backed away slowly. "Now who's afraid?"
"I'm not afraid of you!"
"You will be." Feliciano's own smile was growing into a grin, borrowing the power from the real Ivan. When the fake Ivan saw the shark teeth like his own, he cowered slightly, and that's when Feliciano struck. The pendulums swung in Ivan's direction, slicing open his neck, chest and bowels. Ivan roared as he tried to keep his guts from spilling out onto the floor, but Feliciano didn't stop there. "It sucks to have the tables turned, don't it?" he held out his hands and used a levitating power to carry the wounded demon over to the bronze bull. With a push of his hands Ivan was shoved inside, too weak to crawl out. Feliciano flew over and shut the door, latching it tight and calling forth Sadiq's sword to further keep the hatch locked.
"Burn in Hell!" Feliciano set the demon fire beneath the bull's belly, heating up the bottom to a bright orange that began to roast Ivan alive. The roars and screams from the fake demon came out through the bull's mouth, mimicking that of a raging bull, which is what it was intended to do. "What goes around comes around." Feliciano smirked and left the dungeon scene, knowing that it was crumbling and disappearing behind him.
'That was a close one.' Antonio said. 'He managed to get a hold of me…which means the Fiends must know a way to separate me from you.'
"Well, I have only one demon left to face…and he will be even harder than Ivan."
'You mean Ludwig.' Feliciano nodded. 'Be prepared to have to kick the shit out of him.'
"I know."
Feliciano was prepared to have to face Ludwig with a weapon drawn. It would be hard to attack the demon he loves but this Ludwig would not be the same. The real Ludwig was safely inside of him; he had to remember that. Soon this would all be over and then they could figure out a way to breathe life back in to Ludwig and the other demons. Feliciano had made it this far, now it was only a matter of time before he would face the Fiends. He was growing tired of their antics and games, wanting nothing more than to get rid of them quickly and cleanly. Antonio interrupted his thoughts.
'Now where we?' They entered in to a large open cavern with the ceiling reaching high above them. 'Look there!'
In the middle of the cavern stood Ludwig with his sword drawn, looking his usual serious, stern self. Feliciano decided to use Gilbert's magic to combat Ludwig's and drew forth the white sword from the air. 'This is it, Feli. Your hardest challenge of all, facing the one you love.' Feliciano took a deep breath. 'I'm ready!'
Yet things didn't play out the way he thought they would. The wall behind Ludwig cracked, crumbled and exploded in a rain of tiny rocks. Feliciano had to cover himself with his arms to block any from hitting him. When the explosion stopped he lowered his arms to see that the wall was indeed gone but in its place was something monstrous. Feliciano's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open at the sight. The wall had come alive in the form of a living, breathing entity of pink throbbing muscle. From the center the muscle began to stretch out, breaking off in to two long forms. Each one grew a head similar to that resembling a dragon or a large lizard. The head grew yellow eyes and sharp teeth like the jaw of a tyrannosaurus rex. Two massive clawed legs burst out to rumble the earth beneath his feet.
'The Fiends!' Antonio shouted. 'We've found them!'
"What the hell are they?" Feliciano was still stunned by the disgusting sight.
'They are fiends! This is where they have run out of power to keep running!'
One large claw shot out to grab Ludwig in its grasp, fully encasing his body in the palm. Feliciano screamed as the left flesh dragon opened its mouth and devoured Ludwig's form.
'Feli!' Arthur called. 'Listen carefully! You have already defeated the worse of their powers! They are weak now! Their form is frightening but it is just flesh! You must wear it down to where it is weak and then use your light powers to finally destroy them!'
"But how do I fight them? What do I use?" The right dragon gave a roar and opened its jaws wide to spray out a stream of purple liquid. Feliciano quickly moved out of the way and kept on running as the stream was following him. Once it stopped he took shelter behind a large bolder.
'Where is Antonio?' Arthur called.
'I'm here!'
'Pull out the souls of the others! Place them within whatever weapon Feliciano has!' The dragons roared again, shaking the whole cavern. 'Do it fast!'
"But then what?"
'You can call their spirits forth to fight for you, but you must use the weapon to strike them down! Use Gilbert's sword, for it is alive and knows what it wants!'
"Right!" Feliciano peeked around the bolder to see the right dragon head slowly slithering towards him. "Hurry up!"
Antonio focused his power and mind as one to drawl forth the spirits from the jewel. He kept Grandpa Rome's spirit inside of Feliciano. Each one of the demons went into Gilbert's sword, giving it a dark, purple glow that crackled like fire.
Feliciano felt himself grow weaker as the spirits were drawn from him but could feel the power pulsating in the sword. Holding his breath he could hear the dragon's breathing coming closer. He had to make this work! He couldn't miss! The moment a pink form of a snout came by the bolder he raised the sword and stabbed it. The dragon reared and screamed, pulling away and thrashing its head in the air. Feliciano rolled out from the bolder and looked up at the fleshy creature once again.
'Feli! Go ahead and call forth one of the demons! But you must call them by their demon titles or their power won't work!' Antonio shouted.
"Um…A-Anakim!" He held the sword out and the ghostly form of Alfred flew out from the blade. The spirit flew up towards the left dragon head and began swooping down at it with those sharp talons, aiming for they eyes. Feliciano smiled. He understood what to do now. "Nephilim!" Following the same entrance as Alfred, Sadiq's spirit came out and set up a line of bows in the air, arming them with long spears. When released, the spears struck the Fiends in various places.
'Keep going!' Antonio grinned. 'They're all here to help you!'
"Geburim!" Feliciano called forth Ivan next, eager to see what kind of bloody terror the large demon would lay upon the Fiends. Ivan came out armed with his duel pendulums, swinging them in opposite directions as he joined Alfred in the air. The large blades struck deep gashes in the flesh, causing the wounds to ooze with blood and pus. "Amalekite!" He called Gilbert who could only use his ancient earthen powers to attack. They were useful, however, because the black thorn vines shot up from the ground to tangle and encircle the throat of the right dragon. The dragon screamed as the thorns cut into its flesh, slowly forcing the head down as it fought to stay raised.
"Last but not least," he smiled. "My Ludwig…AMALEKITE!" Ludwig's form emerged from the sword in a fiery flame of brilliant orange. Ludwig's spirit looked to Feliciano, smiled, and then flew off to join the others. His attacks consisted of massive fire balls and beams of green flame. "They're all fighting for me." Feliciano thought although his heart felt empty now that they were away from him. He could still feel their caring nature and friendship within him. "Tony…I'm ready!"
'I'm with you!' Antonio readied his weapon. 'Nothing came stop my blade from laying on the hurt now!'
"I'm not afraid! Grandpa Rome and Romano are with me!" He looked up at Antonio. "Release yourself from me! Go and help the others. I'm goin' angel now!" He couldn't believe how empowered he felt without one shred of fear or doubt. Antonio did as he was told, pulling himself from Feliciano's body to join the other demons in wearing down the Fiends.
'It's all coming to an end now.' Feliciano said to himself. 'Soon we will be free of such evil and can live happily!' Raising the sword before him, Feliciano focused on bringing forth his angel form from the jewel. He felt the light melting away his demon features. The horns curled away inside his skull. His wings sprouted golden feathers. His dark clothing turned a silky white and his eyes, no longer red, are their normal sparkling amber. 'I'm not afraid any more!' "HERE I COME!"
Taking off in to the air he flew straight towards the center of the Fiends with the sword in front of him. The dragon heads were screaming as the light from his body began to burn them as he approached. The sword knew right where to strike, and strike it did. The blade went through the throbbing flesh, spreading its light power through the thick blue veins while slowly poisoning the body. Feliciano gripped the hilt with both hands, trying to slice it down but did not have the physical strength to do it. He felt a warm presence behind him and when he turned around he saw that it was Ludwig. "Ludwig!" The demon's hands joined his around the hilt and with Ludwig's strength they were able to dually cut straight down, opening up the flesh in a large fissure of blood and gas.
The flesh swelled with the white light while the dragon heads screamed in agony as the last of their power left them. The flesh melted away, starting with the heads, then necks and soon to follow through to the body. The Fiends faded away in an array of bright lights, like a bad nightmare rushed away from the morning sun. It was finally over. The Fiends were gone from this world and all world. However, nothing was at it seemed. Along with the destruction of the Fiends so came the end of the Five Accursed Nations and their spirits. Their spirits turned back into their flesh and bones but the life was taken from them. Feliciano only noticed this when Ludwig's form was now a heavy weight upon his back.
"Ludwig?" He turned around to see the body of his lover had returned but the breath was still. "L-Ludwig?" The body fell to the floor to join the others in quiet carnage. Feliciano's eyes widened when he looked at the dead forms of his friends, even Antonio, who's body was solid now like the others. "W-wait…this…this isn't…this isn't supposed to happen!" With the defeat of the Fiends his friends had died with them. "But how…how did this happen? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!"
'What a terrible way to end such a noble fight!'
Feliciano recognized that voice as belonging to the Dark One. "YOU!" He looked all around. "SHOW YOURSELF! IS THIS YOUR DOING?"
'Everything happens for a reason. These demons were still MY CREATION. I gave them life!' The Dark One appeared before him in the center of the carnage as a solid black form of a person. 'Now that the Fiends are gone I no longer need them. They're in my way. Little pests! But now you are free to live your life in the Light World. You are free of your demon life!' Feliciano glared at him. 'Such a terrible look for one so fair and gentle.'
Feliciano stood up, still keeping his gaze and glare on the dark form.
'Come now, foolish boy. Don't do anything stupid!'
"You're nothing but a bad dream, and it is YOU who are not longer NEEDED in this world!" Feliciano held his hands out and let his light power conjure from the jewel in his chest. The Dark One took a step back. "You won't get away with this!" Ropes of light shot out and gripped the black limbs and neck of the Dark One. The entity was trapped, unable to move or break away no matter how hard it struggled. "You will give life back to my friends! You will bring them back but they will no longer bear the sufferings of their human lives! They will be regular demons!"
'NEVER!' The Dark One growled.
"Give them life and I will let you go!"
'You? You would let me go?'
"I am Feliciano the Merciful, am I not? What other choice do you have?" From behind the Dark One he saw Arthur, Kiku and Francis emerge. Arthur's staff was glowing and the blonde gave him a nod. Feliciano remembered that they had a plan of their own. Arthur had a reason for letting everything happen as it did. He turned his attention back to the Dark One. "You aren't even strong enough to fight me! I can have the whole of the Light World reign down upon the darkness and destroy it for good!"
'Then your friends will never live!'
"Neither will you! Now, bring them back to life! DO IT!" He sent another wave of light through the ropes, bringing the Dark One down to its knees. "Do you want to end your existence after so many centuries?" Feliciano started to zap the energy from the Dark One. "I can render you completely helpless too."
'Alright! I'll do it…but you swear to…let me go?'
Feliciano gave a smile. "I always strive to do the right thing. I don't ever want to see death again. Ever."
The Dark One did as it was told. Using the same power from within, it breathed new life into that of the demons. Feliciano had done his part, so now it was up to Arthur to finish it. Feliciano understood Arthur's plan, and he liked it. As his friends were slowly coming to with new life, Feliciano let the ropes of light leave the Dark One's body.
The Dark One started to laugh. 'You fool! This is all just a game to me! Let your demons have new life! I will return many thousands of years right now to see how far you've fallen! What a small price to pay for freedom!'
Feliciano smirked. "You're not going anywhere!"
Arthur shouted a single word of magic that made the orb in his staff glow bright. The Dark One spun around and roared at the streams of light coming towards it. Arthur held his staff outwards and began a vacuum wave of light that was slowly pulling the Dark One towards him. 'NO!' The Dark One tried to fight the force but it was weak from Feliciano's previous draining of its powers. 'YOU TRICKED ME YOU ROTTEN-' but the Dark One said no more as it was sucked inside the orb of Arthur's staff.
"Dude…what happened?" Alfred was the first to ask as he sat up, holding his head. "Feel like I was just hit by a bus!"
"A truck's more like it with that ugly face." Said Gilbert.
"I think I broke something important." Sadiq groaned out.
"Nah, you're just old." Ivan teased.
Feliciano was pleased that his friends were alive but the one he cared the most about was his demon mate, who hadn't woke up yet. Unable to help himself, Feliciano planted a huge wet kiss on Ludwig's cheek, which was all the demon needed to open up one blue eye.
"Feli…" Ludwig whispered his name.
Feliciano's eyes filled with tears and he threw himself onto Ludwig, holding his lover tight and raining kisses upon his face. Ludwig's tail and wings twitched in annoyance.
"So, did we do it?" Gilbert asked, standing up to watch as Arthur came over to them.
"We did." Arthur gave a tired smile. "The Fiends are gone and the Dark One is trapped within my staff. I will learn how to harbor and use its powers."
"Just don't go evil on us!" Alfred laughed and slapped a hand on Arthur's shoulder. "We'd have to kill you!"
"Whoa…Gilbert!" Sadiq gasped and pointed to him. "Your eyes!"
"What about them?" Gilbert asked.
Ivan grinned. "They're back! Your eyes are back!"
Gilbert brought his hands up to feel that he did indeed have real eyes again and his body was no longer covered in stitches. "Look at the rest of you!"
Alfred's bleeding bullet wounds were gone. "Dude! I don't look like swiss cheese anymore!"
Sadiq's gaping hole had gone and replaced his stomach with a proud eight pack. "Ha!" He showed the others his belly. "What old man has THESE babies? You can all be jealous now."
Ivan reached behind him to feel that the scales on his back were no longer there and only soft flesh remained. "Smooth as silk." He said smugly. "But what about Ludwig?"
Everyone turned to look at the couple on the floor. Ludwig was now sitting up with Feliciano clinging fully to him, with both legs and arms encircled tight. "I know a way to find out!" Feliciano said and used his wings to shield the view of the others. Ludwig stared at him for a moment and then gasped as Feliciano's hand reached into his pants and gripped his cock. It no longer had a burning temperature to it. "Yup! No more charred bones for you, Mr. Ludwig!"
"Everything has returned to normal then." Said Francis. "It's all over."
"Wait," started Kiku. "What happened to Antonio?"
"Over here!" Antonio called over to them. He was standing in his solid angel form. "Guess I got a second chance at life too."
"TONY!" Feliciano squealed in delight.
"But I'm not the only one!" Antonio smiled and stepped to the side to reveal Matthew, who was free of chains and also held a solid form with a small set of black demon wings and stubby horns.
Alfred gasped. Matthew shrunk away a bit and smiled at his brother. "Hi big brother." He said sweetly and in a soft tone. Alfred couldn't resist bringing his baby brother into a bear hug and swinging him around, laughing joyfully as they were finally reunited.
"What about- OOF!" Ivan started to speak but was cut short as the barreling solid form of Viper knocked him over in his race to Ludwig.
The beast threw himself at Ludwig to start furiously licking his face. "Viper! You're back!"
"I guess everyone got a second chance!" Gilbert said proudly and took out his sunglasses. "I don't need this any more, but after this awesome battle, I gotta look cool!" He put them on and struck an Elvis pose.
"We're not out of the dark yet." Stated Sadiq. "How the hell do we get out of here?" In answer to his question the ceiling above them opened up and warm light flooded in. They all had to squint and look up to see the small form of a demon.
With Alfred's keen eyesight he saw who it was. "It's Seere!"
Arthur gave a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. I wasn't sure I had enough energy to carry us out of here! In to the light we go!"
Feliciano stood beside Ludwig and watched as the others stepped in to the light that carried them up and out of the cavern. He turned and looked at Ludwig as he returned to his demon form. "Are you proud of me, Ludwig?"
Ludwig smiled down at him. "I couldn't be more proud of you than I am today, Feli. You did it."
"With a little help from my friends. And Grandpa Rome."
"We have much to thank you for, Feli. You gave us another chance at life and healed us of our constant suffering. That is more than anyone could have ever done for us." Viper's barking was telling them to go into the light with him.
"So what happens now?" Feliciano asked, taking Ludwig's hand and pulling him towards the beam of magic.
"We go back to our world and rule there, as we originally planned. Only this time, we will do it as one and rebuild the world." He smiled softly at Feli's large grin. "The new world, our Utopia, will be built in our image and not that of the Dark One's."
With Viper by their side, the three stepped in to the light and exited the cavern with the others.
Seere thanked them for their help, promising to remain allies as he now had full control of his realm. He promised to help his demon subjects grow and strive to once again be a powerful nation no longer living in fear. To thank them further he opened up the portal that would send them back to their world. They weren't sure where they would end up but the portal dropped them off in America, landing on some large mountainous structure overlooking New York where Alfred's castle stood.
Alfred burst out into song, "God bless America, my home sweet hoooooooome!" Everyone had to cover their ears.
"Where do we even start?" Gilbert asked. "Now that everything is over, what do we do?"
"Go home, of course!" Sadiq gave a thumbs up. "We've all got some resting and ruling to do!"
"Don't go yet!" Alfred whined. "Come to my castle and hang out for a bit! We deserve to par-TAY after what we've been through!"
Ivan clapped his hands happily. "I agree! Let's celebrate victory and new life by getting our grooves on!" He wiggled his backside and Gilbert slapped a hand to his face laughed.
"Don't ever do that again!" Gilbert teased him and Ivan pouted.
"I demand a bed." Arthur commanded. "I'm fucking tired and worn out!" He snapped his fingers and Francis lifted him bridal style.
"I should get back to the spirit world now." Kiku said softly. "My job here is done."
"NO!" Feliciano whined. "You have to stay and hang out with us! You can't just leave! No one is leaving!"
Another voice joined them. "On the contrary." Everyone looked behind them to see that Roderich had appeared with a large golden door. "It's someone's time to come back home."
"Me?" Feliciano asked. "But I don't want to be an angel. I want to stay here and be a demon with my friends and my lover!"
"Not you." Roderich said and all eyes fell on Antonio.
"Me?" Antonio pointed to himself, looking shocked. "I'm…allowed to return to the Light World?"
Roderich nodded. "You got a second chance. Besides, we can't let the Dark World outshine us now can we? If they gave you a second chance, then the Light World welcomes you back. You no longer have any…unfinished business here. So come home. It's time for you to rest."
Feliciano broke away from Ludwig's arms and flung himself against Antonio. "No, you can't go! Please Tony! Please stay here with me!" He cried into the angel's chest.
Antonio chuckled and hugged him back. "Roderich is right, I'm not longer needed here. The evil has gone from these worlds. Lovino is finally resting peacefully within you and now that you have Ludwig, you no longer need my protection. Come on now, no more tears." He lifted Feliciano's face to look at him. "I hate to see you cry."
"But…but you've always been here for me!"
"And now you have Ludwig." Antonio smiled at the other demon. "He'll take care and keep watch over you." He gave Feliciano a kiss on his forehead. "My little Feli. I love you and I always have and always will."
Ludwig spoke next. "Will you come back to visit?"
Antonio looked at Roderich who answered, "Only every hundred years, and only for a day." Feliciano cried louder.
"Feli, cheer up! Look at all you've accomplished!" Antonio squeezed Feli's cheeks. "You don't need me anymore! You can fend for yourself! And I won't be gone forever! Goodbye is not forever, right?"
Feliciano sniffed, pulled away and wiped his eyes. "But it IS a long time." Ludwig came up behind him and pulled him into an embrace.
"Take care of him for me." Antonio winked at Ludwig and waved to the others. "Thanks for everything, guys! It was wonderful meeting all of you!" He walked over to Roderich. "Watch over my little Spaghetti Face for me!" And with that, Antonio and Roderich entered through the door and it disappeared.
"Tony…" Feliciano whispered his name with tears in his eyes.
"He'll be back before you know it!" Sadiq said with a smile. "A hundred years isn't really THAT long!"
"And he deserves a break." Said Ivan.
Alfred clapped his hands. "Come on now, guys! Chin up! This is a happy ending so let's go party!"
Everyone headed towards Alfred's castle but Feliciano stayed back with Ludwig for a moment.
"Are you going to be alright?" Ludwig asked him.
"I'll miss him. Terribly." Feliciano answered softly. Viper sensed his sorrow and whimpered, nuzzling his large head against him. Feliciano pet the large dog. "But Tony is right. I have you now and this brand new world!" He smiled up at Ludwig. "And it IS a happy ending, just like Alfred said!"
Ludwig cleared his throat. "I don't normally say this…but…let's go…party."
And party they did.
It didn't take long for the demon and human servants to prepare a party for their masters. There was an array of food from raw meat to cheesecake and barrels of wine or ale. On the old stereo system some cheesy '80's' music was playing. Only Alfred, Gilbert, Ivan and Sadiq were out on the dance floor making fools of themselves. Feliciano was delighted to be resting on Alfred's throne while he shoveled a huge plate of pasta topped with raw meat in his mouth. He would lean his head back and open his mouth wide while Matthew poured in Blood Wine. Francis and Arthur remained at their own private table, which the dark mage insisted they have. Arthur was seated in Francis' lap as the golem fed him forkfuls of cheesecake. Both Ludwig and Kiku were remaining reserved at the table, the kitsune with his vegetable plate and Ludwig with a heaping pile of bleeding meat.
"Duke Gilbert! Duke Gilbert!" The necromancer from before came running inside. "DUKE GILBERT!"
Gilbert had to pause in his dancing. "What is it?"
"I finally resurrected Elvis for you!" The necromancer grinned and called forth a spell that brought ghost Elvis to a stage with a band of demons behind him. The radio of '80's music was shut off.
"Awesome!"
Elvis began to sing, 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You'. "Wise men say, only fools rush in~"
Gilbert immediately looked to Ivan, but standing behind him was Alfred. It was Alfred who nudged his head towards Ivan, giving Gilbert the signal that they could dance. Ivan gave a polite, gentleman's bow to Gilbert and held out his hand. Gilbert eagerly brought them into a slow dance.
'But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you'
To return the favor, Gilbert let Ivan switch between himself and Alfred to dance.
Ludwig got up and went over to Feliciano who had seductively beckoned him over with a curled finger. With the chair beside Kiku empty, Sadiq came and took the seat.
"Care to dance?" Sadiq asked him.
Kiku gave him a serious look. "I have something to tell you. I've been keeping it from you for a very long time… but now that everything is over I feel I should tell you."
Sadiq gave a small smile. "That Heracles doesn't want to come back, right?"
Kiku's eyes widened. "How did you know?"
"I just figured. He's a stubborn asshole who would have come back to torture me if he REALLY cared. I know he's happy where he is and that's good enough for me. Thanks for all your help anyway." He winked. "Now, about that dance?"
Kiku just blushed and looked away.
'Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life too
for I can't help falling in love with you'
"Come on, Arthur! Dance with me!" Francis tried to pull Arthur up from his seat.
"Knock it off, Francis! You know I can't dance."
"Don't be foolish! Look! Even Ludwig and Kiku are dancing! You want them to show you up?" Francis grinned. "And don't you want to show off that you have the most HANDSOME and most GORGEOUS male here?"
Arthur smirked and took Francis' hand. "Fair enough. Play into my ego to get me to do what you want. Weasel." He suddenly let out a laugh. "Oh, now that's just wrong! Look at Sadiq with both Matthew and Kiku!"
Francis chuckled. "Matthew needed a dance partner too and Sadiq never leaves anyone out." He led Arthur onto the dance floor.

Feliciano and Ludwig snuck away from the party to stand outside on the balcony overlooking old New York. Ludwig held his lover in his arms while Feliciano rest his back against the strong (no longer burning!) chest. "We have a lot of changes to make, Ludwig."
"Like what?"
"Like…the sky. We will return the sun to the daytime sky and the stars to the evening. We will rule this world but…it will not be in a dark image. We've had too much of darkness."
Ludwig looked up at the dark sky. "That's a lot of work but I think we can manage it. And now that you have the spirit of ancient Rome within you there is much you can do that you couldn't before."
"Veh~ Grandpa Rome is no longer with me."
"What?" Feliciano smiled up at him with his usual dumb expression. "You mean…?"
"Mmhm! Grandpa Rome's soul is free. I felt him leave me while we were still in Seere's realm."
Ludwig frowned. "So you're a whiny, crying coward again?"
"Yuuuup!" He then pouted. "Are you sad about this?"
"No." Ludwig smiled. "I fell in love with you when you were a coward and nothing will change now. Just…try to MAKE yourself be more brave?"
"DEAL!" He jumped up and planted a deep kiss on Ludwig's lips.
"Everything will be different now remember." Ludwig said, wrapping his arms around his little lover. "Are you prepared for our new world?"
Feliciano smiled and rest his cheek against Ludwig's chest. "I just went through a horror movie and a video game battle…I think I can handle whatever we face from here on out. So long as you are with me?" He looked up at Ludwig with the sweetest expression he could muster. "I love you so much, Ludwig. I did all of this for you, so that we can have these moments together for all eternity." Ludwig smiled. "Until I grow bored of you!" He teased.
"You're not allowed to grow bored of me. I won't permit it. In the short time we have known each other you've brought out a side of me that I thought was forever gone. I never realized how much I missed it until I realized I had it again. Thank you for everything, Feli. I am truly grateful to have you with me."
Feliciano cuddled him. "I never want this moment to e – " Their private moment was suddenly disturbed by the blaring sound of Eminem's song 'Berzerk' shaking the walls. "I guess the party is back to normal!"
"Let it go on without us." Ludwig said and pulled Feliciano into a passionate kiss.
This was their world now; their Utopia. After everything that has happened the future looked a whole lot brighter for the sun always rose to shed light in the darkness.
The End
End Chapter 29- (TO BE CONTINUED IN THE EPILOGUE! COMING SOON!)
***After the epilogue, this will be my last Hetalia multi-chapter fanfiction. I'll be moving on to simple one-shot here and there but mainly focusing on my own writing!***
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