Found; the story of Little China; Big Japan

"Japan?" A tiny voice peeped from the crack of the door.

"Ah…yes?" The taller nation was sitting at his desk, filing some papers from the day's meeting.

The small boy slipped into the room with a giant panda plushie at his side. It seemed that the late hours didn't really affect him, considering that he had a tendency to keep Kiku up every night with a series of 'Can I have a cup of water?' and a few 'I just can't find sleep tonight'.

"What is it?" Japan asked, the kind ring of his voice made the shorter country feel a bit more secure.

"I…ah…" His eyes went immediately to his feet. "I just wanted to know….if I had…you know…a name, aru?"

Kiku blinked. "A name…?"

The younger suddenly poured out the rest of his question. "You know…a name. Like…Kiku Honda, The country of Japan. And um…Alfred F. Jones, The United States of America!"

The taller nation let out a sigh and opened his arms out to his brother. "Come sit." He invited him.

The boy, along with his panda stuffed animal, climbed up into Japan's lap and looked up at his dark eyes, silently begging for an answer.

"Well…your name is…" Kiku gave a pause, still thinking about how to word it all. "…Yao Wang."

"Yao?" The boy asked curiously.

"Yes." Japan smiled before giving a better pronunciation, "Yah-oh"

Much to Kiku's surprise, Yao now wore a troubled expression. "But…that doesn't sound like a Japanese name, aru." The child pouted.

"J-Japanese?" The nation's tone leaked its surprise. "But Yao…you are not-"

He paused, realizing that the knowledge of the boy of himself was not as much as it should be. "Yao is not Japanese." He explained carefully. "You are Chinese."

"Chinese?" The boy asked as if the word was completely foreign to him.

"Yes, Chinese." Another pause. "Yao Wang is China."

The shorter nation's eyes widened. "China?"

To Japan, it was both a relief and a worry to finally hear his 'older' brother say his own name again.

"Then…" The child's troubled face had returned. "I belong to Taiwan, aru?"

"W-what…?" Kiku had to think this one out. "No, no…you don't belong to Taiwan."

Japan had just forgotten that there were two Republics of China.

"So…I am just China?"

The taller nation nodded with a soft smile and was paid back with the soft laughter of his 'little' big brother.

"Yes…" He repeated. "…just China."

Rin:

This is a late late LATE story update, I know. I've gotten a lot of mail asking me to update and I'm really sorry I have not been able to update until now. right after I finished off the last chapter I was hospitalized and from that point until now I had close to no access to the computer which made posting here nearly impossible. I hope you guys can understand and thanks for all the support 3

Next chapter is a promise I plan to keep...hopefully around next week.