(In two weeks, this story will be finished! Wow, this was a long one, but I am grateful I was able to redo it. This is much better than my original run of the story. I understand what past me was trying to do, but present me prefers and hopes future me will to! That's fun to say! Anyway, get ready for the final chapter, because this is where everything ends! Enjoy!)

             "What's the next course of action for us?" England asked as he reunited with his brothers and the Nordic crew with France reuniting with his little sister.

Before anyone could give an idea, a terrifying screech was heard from the entrance of the palace! They focused their attention to it and found the darkness from the Tsuhchinoko turning into monsters! Everyone was prepared for another round except Japan finally recovered enough to regain consciousness and stood up.

"Wait, we need to think about this" he spoke up as China helped him stand up, "The darkness, Chaos, wanted me to bring those who have the Artifacts of the World. Now that we are here, he will only target us"

Vietnam could see that he wanted to face the darkness only, but she reminded him in a crossed manner, "We are family and with your friends. You are no longer doing this alone. Do you understand?"

Japan weakly turned to face his family and friends who agreed with Vietnam's words. They were not going to let him face the darkness alone and would do everything they can to stop it right here and now.

"The lass is right, so get going already!" Scotland said in a gruff voice before pushing England and France forward, "We've got things handled here. Finish this already"

England scowled at him until he faced Romania and Norway. Both stood tall and held themselves high with their respective Tomes of Europa in their hands.

"We can give you a head start!" Romania said in a knowing tone before walking pass them, "After that, we will join you!"

The Englishman scoffed with Norway staring at Seychelles in a knowing tone at their next question.

"No harm will befall her as long as we are here" Norway promised, "Now please, do hurry up before we join you"

With that, everyone could see that their friends and family were ready to stall the darkness and ensure that this story comes to a proper end.

"Then, we have no time to waste" Japan said as China continued to support him, "I need Germany and Feliciana with me. China will need the twins, England, France, and Russia with him. Soon, the other Artifacts of the World will be with us. For now, let's head to the center of the palace!"

With that, everyone agreed, but Vietnam was ready to join them!

"Do you want to come with us?" China asked in a knowing tone as she marched forward without even facing them, "Ah, I should've known that you would want to be here as well. I suppose we shouldn't have even thought of counting her out as well"

America gave Vietnam a thumbs up and grin as she only nodded her head. Canada gave her a side hug with France even nodding his head at her. Together, the group left for the ruined palace to confront the darkness that is Chaos.

"As for the rest of us, we need to focus on the fight ahead!" Scotland announced before turning to Norway, Romania, Mexico, Korea, and Seychelles, "Ready to take the lead?"

Norway took cautious steps forward with ice covering the ground. The Nordic Crew was standing around her with their weapons ready to go. The monsters charged at them with Norway glancing to Seychelles.

"Seychelles, when I say to use the shield, you must use it. We need to divide the monsters. Do I make myself clear?" Norway said seriously as ice gathered to her hands.

Seychelles picked up the shield and nodded her head in understanding. She raised the shield and waited as the Afri Traders, Egypt, and Cameroon were standing around her for her protection.

With the monsters, approaching them at a frightening speed, the Nordic Crew did not wavier at all. A few others were wavering in place and unsure of what to do, but others were ready to fight.

"Use that shield, NOW!" Norway shouted urgently as she unleashed a powerful winter storm!

The winter storm whipped strongly to blow and freeze the monsters in place as Denmark and Sweden charged forward with their respective weapons to fight with Finland, Iceland, and Greenland were behind them. She unleased the winter storm as Seychelles quickly held the shield up and projected a bigger shield.

The shield protected them from the powerful winter storm Norway had unleashed.

"Ah, but what goes better with ice than fire?!" Romania yelled in delight as he jumped above Norway to then unleash a powerful fiery tornado!

The monsters burned away with his eyes flaming a red color. He landed on his feet with each step he took, he left a burnt mark on the ground.

Fire erupted from him as he cast fire balls at the incoming troops. Norway simply walked towards the shipyard as she froze the area around her. She froze the floor and anything on the ground!

"What do you think of that?!" Romania shouted in triumph until he gasped when a monster charged at him.

Bulgaria let out a yell before stabbing the monster with his blade. Moldova swung a small blade towards another monster that approached him. Romania thanked them before turning to head to the palace.

"Can I leave things to you?" Norway asked Denmark who swung his axe to deliver a powerful strike towards another monster.

"Ha! What do you think!? Oh, no!" Denmark shouted as one monster grabbed him!

He tried to swing his axe to cut himself free, but Finland took aim with his sniper and fired to strike the monster. Denmark was laughing as he was freed while Iceland ran forward with his pistol. He loaded an ice bullet and fired at the ground to freeze the monster in place to prevent him from moving.

"Greenland!" he shouted before pulling himself away with Greenland charging forward with his own pistol to fire another ice bullet to strike behind the monster.

Sweden used the hilt of his sword to catch the cheering Denmark before nodding to Norway. She only turned away from her family, trusting them to handle the situation completely.

"I know, I know!" Cuba complained as Ecuador was gazing at the unconscious Mexico with worry, "That idiota needs to go there! Wish he would wake up!"

Ecuador let out a yell as he pointed at an incoming monster with Cuba holding his cigar and readying himself only for Portugal to charge in and swing his blade to cut it down. Spain then let out a chuckle as he effortlessly tossed Mexico over his shoulder and then securing the Daggers of Latin America around his waist!

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Cuba snapped at him, "Why are you taking him?!"

Spain only laughed as Romana was already marching towards the palace without caring about anyone who would stop her.

"Well, I know I can't do anything to stop her, so I should do my best to help her!" Spain confessed with a grin, "And I know he's going to be important to this! So, I leave the rest to you! Hasta luego!"

With that, Spain left with the unconscious Mexico and already departed Romana. Portugal only laughed at his brother's antics with Cuba sighing in a frustrated manner.

"Oh, si, they can do this stuff while we work again! This is why I broke off trade agreements with you!" Cuba shouted as Ecuador picked himself up and held his llama made hat to prepare himself for a fight against the monsters, "Luckily, I have the perfect enemies to take out my frustrations on!"

Ecuador only laughed at Cuba's frustration before taking a few steps forward to toss his hat into the air and grab his llama made coat. He waved his hat and coat before conjuring a ghost of a llama to charge right at the monsters with Ecuador waving his hat and letting out a delightful cheer.

"Tch! If that's what you've got" Cuba said before taking out his cigar and blowing out some smoke, "Wait till you see what I can do! Fuego!"

He took a deep breath in before blowing to create a powerful, tornado of fire to burn the monsters in his path. He let out a few coughs and chuckles before shaking his head when he saw the monsters burnt to ashes.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Portugal encouraged as he ran between them at a quick pace with his sword in hand, "But will it be enough? I should hope so! Right, Macau?"

He didn't move and only took a bow as the monsters surrounded him. Macau swung his fan to create a powerful gust of wind to toss the monsters into the air! Portugal simply drew his blade to then cut the monsters into pieces before landing behind Macau.

"Excellent work, Macau!" Portugal said with a grin, "You know, after this, if you would like to come with me, that would be wonderful!"

Macau adjusted his glasses before turning his attention to Hong Kong and Taiwan who were leading a few of the monsters towards the U.K crew, Monaco, Australia, and New Zealand.

"I have a feeling that will not be the case" Macau answered with a knowing expression, "After all, I can't leave my family. I am sure you understand this as well"

"Too well" Portugal answered before rushing and throwing his sword to cut the monsters that were approaching a focused Wales who cast a powerful tornado to rip a few monsters apart.

Ireland did catch Portugal's sword to then throwing it back while cutting down a few monsters before grabbing his own blade to cover it with plants and herbs. He raised the blade to strike the ground and unleash a wave of vines to strike the monsters.

"Seriously, how many more times do we have to fight the same damn creature?! This is taking the piss!" Ireland snapped until he screamed when another giant monster approached him!

"Get down, ya eejit!" Scotland roared before jumping with the burning blade raised above his head.

Letting out a yell, Scotland slammed the blade into the monster's back to then run it straight down to both cut and burn it into pieces. Scotland was on the ground with panting voice before turning around and glaring at the approaching monsters.

"I've got ya!" Norn yelled before taking aim with his pistol before pulling the trigger to release a stream of water to push the monsters away, "Are you ok?!"

"Ha! That wouldn't have ended me life! I can tell you that much!" Scotland said before placing a hand on Norn's head, "But you did good lad. Thanks fer that"

Monaco scoffed as she walked right pass them with her pistol in her hands. She rolled her eyes at them despite the approaching monsters.

"Do behave yourselves" Monaco said as she loaded her bullets to her pistol before taking aim at the monster's lower halves, "Otherwise, I will give you your punishment in a painful matter!"

She didn't hesitate to pull the trigger and fire a bullet that struck the legs of the monsters which caused them to fall! She sighed in relief before turning her attention to Australia and New Zealand.

"Do hurry up, Australia!" Monaco reminded him, "You are needed at the palace. Do not give me some excuse that claims you are more needed here when that is not the case at all!"

"Ah, he knows" New Zealand commented before tossing his daggers at a few monsters, "But it wouldn't be terrible if we used that axe, right now!"

He pulled himself away as Australia spun the axe, jumped, and slammed it on the ground to create a giant crack that caused the monsters to fall in! The monsters let out a shout before falling into the crack and disappearing with Australia swinging the axe over his shoulder without a care on his expression.

"Get on with it!" Scotland yelled with a fond eye roll, "There's no reason fer yer to be here! We've got it! Go and help Arthur, his lover, their kids, and the rest of the lot!"

Australia grinned before running towards the palace his axe over his head.

"Come and get me!" Taiwan shouted as she ran in the opposite direction and to lure the monsters to a decrepit bridge of the palace, "Hong Kong! Now!"

Hong Kong ran across the bridge before setting the fireworks off. He jumped as the bridge exploded and crushed the monsters underneath. He smirked with Taiwan cheering until a few monsters jumped from behind her to strike!

"Get down, Taiwan!" Chosǒn yelled before drawing his pistol to take aim and fired to destroy the monster before it reached her.

She cheered in relief before rushing to embrace him warmly. He was holding a flustered expression while Hong Kong only laughed at their reaction. However, a few monsters jumped to strike them!

Tibet pulled Taiwan and Chosǒn away as Hong Kong jumped only for Mongolia fired two arrows to cut down the monsters. One of the monsters lunged to strike Hong Kong, but India rushed forward to poke the pressure points of the monster before delivering a sound kick to the monster.

"Do be careful" India advised them with a grin, "I know you were looking after each other, but this is no time to celebrate yet. I promise, after this, you can celebrate all you want"

India only grinned at them who were delighted and agreed to keep going to make sure the monsters were defeated.

Seychelles raised the shield to protect the Afri Traders as Cameroon kicked another soccer ball to strike the monsters back.

"Are you sure you should be here?" Kenya asked seriously as she held her rings and jewelries to strike the monsters away from them.

Zimbabwe stood behind Seychelles with a grin before whispering in an encouraging tone, "And don't worry about us. We can handle ourselves! We've been on more expeditions than your caretakers have! Oh! Look out!"

They ducked as Uganda threw a few nuts before covering it with tobacco to then catch fire onto the monsters! Ghana then created a wall of cement behind them for their protection while giving them a laugh.

"You really have nothing to worry about with us, Seychelles" Botswana reassured her with a warm smile, "Please do what you must and return to us when this is all over"

South Africa interjected before swinging his wooden axe to point out, "Hang on, do you want to come with us? Or would you want to go back with your caretakers?"

In a sense, Seychelles wasn't entirely sure. She knew she would want to see her caretakers and learn about the twins that were also raised by them. However, she wanted to see Afri and learn about the continent she was from. In the end, she knew it would be her decision to make. She turned to leave only to have a monster standing in front of her!

Luckily, Egypt swung his cane to strike it down before offering his hand to her, "It doesn't matter what happens, no matter where you go, your family will still be there for you along those who support your choice"

He held a small smile before turning his attention to Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus with a fond smile of sorts.

"I knew mother had her reasons for placing us in his care. I didn't see it until now, but it does matter now. Be on your way, Seychelles. We will handle things here" Egypt reassured her as she only thanked them with a bright expression before carrying the shield to the palace.

Egypt smiled after her until he turned to see a giant monster towering over him! He held his cane, but Greece simply grabbed the monster to throw it towards a few others! Egypt nodded in relief before Greece grabbed his shovel to swing and bash a few monsters over the head with.

"Honestly, I think being locked up did more harm to him than good. Look at him! He's losing it!" Cyprus commented as he finished stabbing one monster before reuniting with Egypt, "What do you think?"

Before Egypt could answer, another monster jumped to strike them only for Turkey to swing his saber and cover the area they were standing in sandy area that reminded them of the dessert.

Turkey let out a laugh before swinging his saber around to answer, "He is still crossed about losing his fight to Feliciana. He's using this as a warmup before fighting her again. Between you and me, she's tougher than she lets on! It is a wonder that no one dares ask for her hand in marriage knowing when she can fight you with everything she has!"

Egypt rolled his eyes before Cyprus pointed out another monster approaching them and rushing to take it out.

"Tch, how many more of these things are present" Netherlands asked as he blew his pipe and shook his head at the sight of them.

Luxembourg dashed across the area with his rapier to strike and cut down the monsters in a blur while Belgium swung her waffle pan to knock the monsters out.

"At least, they are grower weaker!" Belgium pointed out as she swung her waffle pan to strike another one down, "So far, simple strikes are enough to take them down!"

Luxembourg only smiled before speaking in a jovial tone, "And it is thanks to us being together and standing as one! Come my siblings! Let us destroy these horrible creatures!"

He let out a cheer before running to cut down another monster as Czechia was standing behind Slovakia and Croatia. Czechia commanded the two of them while taking account of how many more monsters were in their way.

"Do not hold anything back! Especially you, Slovakia! I know you can pick your own slack!" Czechia snapped before drawing her pistol and firing towards one monster.

Slovakia swung his blade with a laugh before answering, "Of course, of course! Anything for you, Czechia! I hope you will at least depend on me!"

Croatia rolled his eyes at them before swing the blunt end of the blade to simply knock a monster out.

"Enough of the flirting and focus on the fighting" Croatia reminded them as he noticed a monster approaching him from behind only for Singapore to swing his oar to knock the monster to the ground.

"Ha! Did you see that, Malaysia?! I don't need your support!" Singapore declared before swinging the oar to strike down another monster.

Malaysia began to fret as he spoke, "Be careful! Do you have any idea how dangerous this is?!"

He drew his own pistol before firing to have the bullet strike three monsters in a row.

"Keep it up!" Philippines encouraged as he only avoided the monsters despite his sword at his side, "The more you do this, the more we take out!"

Indonesia threw his pot to strike one incoming monster before using a hammer to pull Philippines back before being struck by a monster. Philippines only stuck his tongue out as Thailand swung a krabong to deliver a powerful blow to it.

"Now, now, everyone" Thailand said in a warning tone with an eerie smile on his features, "We are not done with our work. We have to keep going. After all, our princess is out there and fighting with everything she has. Now, go!"

They shouted in agreement before charging towards the next wave of monsters.

"Get away from us!" Latvia shouted as she swung her hammer to strike a few of the monsters in her way with her standing in front of Estonia.

Estonia cast his papers to heal and protect him, the rest of the Baltic Traders, Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. Lithuania swung his blade and covered Poland who spin her lance before using it to push Lithuania to safety.

"Thanks for that, Liet!" Poland said in relief before turning and rolling her eyes at the sight of her best friend, "Are you serious? Like, you do know what happened last time you flirted with her, right?"

Lithuania only stared in awe at Belarus who gracefully and strongly threw her daggers and cut down the monsters that stood in her path. She was not afraid and held a serious expression at the sight of the monsters in her path. She made sure to stand in front of her oldest brother who held a nervous and caring expression.

"Ah, Belarus" he said in a gentle tone, "You do not have to worry about me. I will be fine"

He was holding a lance and used it to deliver strikes against the monsters.

Belarus shook her head before picking a dagger to answer, "It is just us. I will never drop my guard as long as these creatures are here"

Lithuania swooned with Poland making sure her best friend didn't fall until a monster jumped them! Luckily, Switzerland aimed his rifled and fired to strike it down before scowling at them.

"Hey! We have enough to worry about! Do not make this more difficult than it needs to be!" he snapped at them until he heard a monster approaching him!

He turned and prepared to fire only for Liechtenstein to pull the trigger on her pistol and kill the monster above him!

"Big brother! Are you ok?!" she asked as she rushed to his side as the monster dissolved into darkness.

Switzerland picked himself up to wipe the remaining darkness off himself before nodding and reassuring her that he was fine. Hungary let out a ferocious yell as she struck another monster down with her frying pan as Austria strung a few notes on his violin to strike the remaining monsters down before standing behind her.

"Wonderful as usual, my lovely wife" Austria complimented as he turned around to press a kiss on her cheek, "You battle cries were phenomenal as you brought the monsters a swift and painful end"

She laughed before resting against him to praise in turn, "Ah, but the monsters fell to your swift and calculating tones of your beautiful notes, my dear Austria. It was music to my ears to hear you defeat the monsters!"

The couple happily remained close until Prussia cut down a monster with his sword before rolling his eyes at them.

"Seriously, how unawesome can you be?!" Prussia remarked before gesturing to the hordes of monsters coming their way, "We've got more of these things to worry about as West and the others are fighting in there alone without us!"

Austria scowled at his brother while Hungary only laughed and shook her head at her friend.

"Do you want to go and check on him?" she offered, "Believe it or not, we can handle things here without you and your "awesome" abilities, Prussia. You can go if you want to"

He stared at her with wide eyes until he turned to Switzerland and Liechtenstein who were both holding knowing expressions.

"For goodness's sake, stop standing there like an idiot and get going!" Switzerland snapped, "We can handle things here! Go and help our little brother already!"

This caused Liechtenstein to only giggle as she nodded her head to Prussia.

With a stupidly, happy grin on his face, Prussia hollered, "Danke! Now, let us show you the might of the Germanic family! Hang on, West! Your big brother is coming to help!"

He ran at full speed to the palace with the rest of his family cheering him on before focusing on the next wave of monsters. However, Liechtenstein noticed something as she stood up and behind Switzerland.

"What is it?" he asked in a gruff manner before reloading the refile again.

"It might be me, but the number of monsters has lessened. Why is that?" she asked nervously as she held his pistol.

Austria and Hungary shared a look before noticing Liechtenstein's observations. The maiden of the Germanic family was correct with her observation. There were less monsters surrounding them. They couldn't understand why, but the couple turned their attention to the palace and assumed it to be the reason for this. They, along with everyone else, hoped that their friends and family could fight Chaos and bring the darkness to an end.