has headed to Greece to visit her old friend, unsure if she had been transported to this same backwards realm or not. She's gotten a little

lost though and doesn't see anyone else around to ask for directions other than this sleeping man....

rolls in his sleep, causing the cat to fall off and look rather disgruntled. It looks up at Sakura and meows for attention.

blinks at the kitten's poor fall and smiles, bending to pick him up. "Aww, poor guy..." she says softly, petting it.

stirs upon hearing a voice. He slowly opens his eyes to look at the familiar, yet strange figure that was holding one of his cats. He looked

down and felt his chest, confirming that the cat was indeed no longer on him. His attention turned back to the woman. "Hello."

startles a little at the voice, not having realized she woke him. She flusters a little, bowing in apology (though holding the cat

carefully). "O-oh, I am sorry if I woke you sir..!"

sits up and gives her a sleepy smile; she reminded him greatly of Kiku. "That's fine." His cat seemed to like her, so he reasoned that she

must be a good person.

blushes a little at the adorable smile. Somethign seemed familiar about this man.. "I-I was just.. looking for a friend.. but I don't

think she's here..."

"I'm sorry," He said remorsefully. He didn't understand why she was blushing, but it was cute. "Maybe… I could help you find her?"

shakes her head, letting the cat climb up her shoulder to paw at her hair. "A-ah no, I am not even sure she is around... but I ah.. got a

little lost now..." she adds hesitantly.

nods. "That's too bad." His disappointment at not being able to help was forgotten when a few more cats appeared, crawling in to his lap

and around her feet. "Was she very tall?"

blinks at the cats gathering. This man seemed so much like her... maybe..? "A-ah, well... taller than me.." Thought that...wasn't

difficult. She holds up her hands to about the height to hopefully ilustrate. "...a-actually, she looks... similar to yourself..."

"Oh," he nodded. He supposed many people in Greece would be taller than her and look like him. "Does she like cats?"

smiles a little, glancign down at the cats nuzzlign around her feet. "O-oh yes... they seem to be quite attracted to her... much like

this..." she hesitates. If this was a citizen, this would sound crazy but.. she had to ask. "....y-you aren't by chance...Greece...?"

looks up at her in surprise. "How– How did you know?" Was she a prophet or a mind reader? Had Kiku sent her to see him? Was this a trick?

blinks at that, but then smiles. So it was then. "A-ah apologies, I am Japan...."

is even more surprised by that, and blushes a bit as he looked back at the cats in his lap and pet them. He could have sworn Japan was a man

every time he had seen him in the past. "O- Oh… I'm sorry… I didn't know you were a woman now."

looks a little confused at that, glancing down at herself. "...o-oh, I've...always been a woman though..."

is more confused now. Had he been imagining Japan as a man? He felt so rude! He tried to push his disgruntled confusion to the back of his

mind. This had to be some sort of trick, but was it a trick of his mind, or from someone else?

glances back up to him, lost at the expression on his face. It hadn't occurred to her yet that he didn't know of the counterparts.

wasn't sure what to say to her now. He was used to Japan being a man, yet his memories were apparently wrong. It made no sense.

fidgets awkwardly, petting the cat that had climbed onto her shoulder, not sure what to say. But then it clicks, and she glanced up at him.

"O-oh! ...w-wait, are you thinking I am... Kiku..?" that was the male Japan's name, right...

"I suppose that if you are a female you would not be Kiku," he admitted quietly, a slight blush on his cheeks. Of all the people for him to

mistakenly identify as someone else it had to be Japan. He felt so embarrassed and guilty.

flushes a little herself, nodding. "Yes ah.. I-I'm sorry for confusing you... if it's any consolations... you look quite similar to my

Greece as well..."

nodded, trying to make sense of his thoughts. Was he not Japan's Greece? Had he been replaced without being told? Worse yet, was Turkey

some how behind this? This seemed like the type of joke that the bastard would have pulled.

hesitantly sits down, petting the cats around still. "o-oh or.. you don't know of the counterparts at all....?"

looks at her with confusion. "Counterparts to what?"

"To nations... I-I'm not quite sure how I got here, but I know there are more from my world here..."

wonders if she was an alien? Did 'here' mean Greece, or this world? "What world are you from?" He'd never met an alien before.

hopes she is not an alien! "O-oh uhm... I am... not really sure what happened...." She assumed perhaps Ann had done some strange magic

that backfired..

is entirely serious. "Did your ship crash here?"

blinks at that. ".......eh...?"

stares at her curiously. "What is your world like?"

fidgets a little, pulling a cat into her lap. "Ah... well, the nations seem to all be the opposite gender of yours..."

nods and plays with one of the cats. "What do you eat?"

hums. "Uhm.... nothing different from you...?"

"Other planets have the same food as here?" He asks, extremely impressed and surprised.

frowns a little at the ground. She hadn't really tried to think about how it worked. "I'm... not sure if it's another world

so much as another universe..?" Oh wait, that didn't help...

"Oh," he nods and looks back at the cat. "So you're Japan from another universe?"

"I.... am not entirely sure... I just know that yes, I am the physical representation of Japan..."

"Is Kiku still here?" He asked curiously. He would have been very upset if the other man had died or disappeared.

blinks up at him and nods. "Ah yes, I met him before.."

lets out an audible sigh of relief.

smiles a little at that.

"So you are… Other Japan?"

nods at this. "Yes, to you I suppose I am.."

"There is an Other Greece?" He was intrigued.

nods, smiling a little. "Yes, that is why I came here, actually...."

"Are you close to other Greece?" He asked her, wondering what the other world nations were like.

nods a little, trying not to blush a little. "Ah yes... we have been friends for quite a while.."

"I like Japan." He said with a small smile and laid back down with the cats. He was glad that other world Japan and Greece were close, too.

smiles, unable to help but blush a little as well. "Ah, and I quite like Greece...."

tries to remember the Japanese that he had studied before in an attempt to impress Kiku. "Onamae wa… nan desu… ka?"

blinks up in surprise at that, before smiling. "Honda Sakura..." She smiles, questioning back in Japanese. "[And you are..?]"

plays with the cats for a few moments as he tries to think of how to respond. "[I am… He- Karpusi Heracles. It is… nice to… meet you.]"

smiles, thinking his accent was very cute when he was speaking Japanese... and kind of wanted to see how much he knew. "[It is nice to meet

you, Heracles. Did Kiku teach you..?]"

paused. It took him a moment to remember what 'teach' meant. He shook his head. "[I… read books.]" That was the best response he could_

think of, and he didn't want to admit that he'd only tried to learn it to impress the Japanese man.

nods, smiling at him. "[You are quite good for learning from books, then....]"

smiles at her, pleased with himself… until he realized he couldn't remember how to say 'thank you' in Japanese. "Thank you," he responded_

normally. He was always happy to practice his Japanese, especially when it was with a cute Japan.

smiles, stopping herself from giggling at the sqitch back for a simple word like that. She nods, looking up at him. "Ah, you are welcome...

if you would ever like help, I would be glad to teach you some more.."

"Really?" He looks at her, his eyes sparkling with child-like excitement. He would love to have someone help him learn Japanese.

blinks at the reaction and smiles pleasantly. "Of course, if you would like."

"I would like that… very much." He smiled back.

bows her head, smiling. "Then just let me know when."

nods and looks up at the clouds, making shapes out of them in his mind. He was happy to have met Sakura.

smiles down at a kitten that crawled into her lap, cooing softly at it. She was also happy to have met Heracles, though she did wonder

still about where her Greece was.

wanted to meet his other-self as well, particularly because he still thought that they might be aliens of some sort. "When are you_

available?"

hums softly. "Ah...being an intruder, I have less to do with your governments... I have a fair bit of free time.."

"That must be nice…" He sighed quietly.

smiles softly. "Oh... it has been nice, but I find it a little odd not having things to do..."

wishes that he had nothing to do. Other Greece must be enjoying her free time by doing nothing.

would guess she would, if she is here. Shehums softly, scratching behind the ears of the kitten in her lap. She had missed visiting Greece..

missed having Japan visit. "You are always welcome to visit here… to wait for your Greece." Or spend time with him.

smiles a little, and nods. "Thank you then, Hera-san. I would like to.." She didn't want to mention that part of why she would like to

visit more was because of him though, in case it sounded weird.

would have liked to have heard it. "I'm glad." He smiled and closed his eyes.

blushes lightly, smiling down at the cat on her lap. She would definitely visit again, and perhaps bring Tama next time too..

drifted off to sleep, dreaming of being cats with Sakura and Kiku.

blinks up when she's noticed the other has been quiet for a while, smiling softly when she sees he's fallen asleep. Ah... he was kind of

cute like this....