Chapter Enter The Hero! [CLOSED.]

[Belarus]

{name:Keely-Antartica#|#picture:18}

Keely smiled and skipped down the shore in her new swimsuit that America-kun had bought her, Steve (her penguin) by her side of course. This was the first time she had ever worn a swimsuit before seeing as she had never had the need to. This was also her first date ever seeing as she was always so iscolated.

"America-kuun~!!!!" She waved her hand and ran up to him. "Does it look okay? I've never worn one of these before so I wouldn't know..." She said.

Now that she was no longer wearing her heavy winter coat, pants, boots, and gloves her real curves showed and damn they were nice! She had also let her hair down, now it fell to her butt, but her split cow-lick still stuck out like a sore thumb.

Since Alfred had picked out the bathing suit for her, it was ofcourse a two piece bathing suit coloured red white and blue. It was barely covering and it as laced together.

Steve was wearing swim trunks, because for some strange reason the penguin wanted to. He chirped and Keely picked him up, placing her on her head and grinning.

"So what do we do now Ameri-chan~? I've never been on a date before..." She said innocently.

[Peter Kirkland]

{name:Alfred F. Jones#|#picture:3}

The sun! The ocean! The sand! What better way to spend a first date then at a private beach just for two? Of course, it was his own beach, so there was no need to spend thousands of dollars buying it out. And there was no time limit either. They could stay for day, if they wanted to. No one else was allowed here but Keely and the hero himself!

Alfred was currently sitting on a towel under the shade of some palm trees. There was a gentle breeze blowing which felt good against his skin in contrast with the harsh sun rays that were beating down on him. Of course he had remembered to use plenty of sunscreen to help cut back enough to stop himself from turning into fried bacon. Heroes never got sunburned!

And of course like any good American hero, he was decked out in swimming trunks that looked like it was made from a real flag. Though of course it wasn't, because that would be wrong and against the law, but at least this was close enough. He was waiting for Keely to put on her bathing suit, which he wasn't entirely sure she would know how to put on properly. There was no need to have on from where she was from after all. Antarctica was a really cold place!

He turned his direction when he heard a voice call out for him and saw her all dressed in her matching patriotic suit. He smiled and stood up to greet her, seeing that Steve was following behind as always. He was pretty fast for a waddling penguin. "Hey, Keely! You look great! So... patriotically awesome!" Alfred gave her a thumbs up. Now their date could finally being. He was excited for just spending the day at the beach and having fun.

"What do you want to do? Since this is your first date, I'll let you choose!" Because heroes were just so polite and gentlemanly in that way. "We can go swimming! That's normally what you do at beaches. Or we could build a sand castle! But castles are so old school, so we could make it like a really huge tower instead!" Alfred turned his attention to Steve on top of her head now, just seeming to notice that he was wearing swimming trunks as well. Sort of odd, but cute. Penguins were the heroes of the animal kingdom, after all!

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"Oh!" She grinned big. "Me and Steve are really good at swimming! We should have a race!" She was obviously very excited. "Come on! Come on!" She smiled and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the water and diving into the water along with Steve. She didn't surface until she was a good 20 feet away from the shore.

"Oh~! The water's so warm~!" She said with a giggle. But of course, warm to her wasn't warm to Alfred. The water's tempiture was at least 20 degrees below. Keely swam around in circles with Steve doing flips and diving and all sorts of things like this.

[Peter Kirkland]

{name:Alfred F. Jones#|#picture:3}

Alfred just laughed at Keely's excitement and tried his best to keep up with her as she pulled him along to the edge of the water. He took a few moments to stay behind as she and Steve went ahead and got in. He could see how much fun they were having already, and he wanted to join in too.

"Okay! Now watch out because here comes the hero!" He did a few quick exercises to make sure he was going to be limber and loose to swim around, then charged straight into the water. But the moment his foot stepped into just a few inches of the water, his body froze.

"Yow!" He pulled his foot up to keep it out of the way as another wave splashed up onto shore. This water was cold! Like, colder than ice water cold! Alfred turned his attention back to Keely, who didn't seem to mind at all. Well, she was from Antarctica, after all. But still, how could she call this warm? "Ahh..." He was at a loss of what to do.

The water was unbearably cold for him, someone who hated anything cold that wasn't a milkshake or ice cream. Swimming in such freezing water would surely result in hypothermia for himself in no time. But, it was Keely's first date. And he didn't want to ruin it with his inability to stand the temperature of the sea water. He just had to bare with it like a real American.

"...Alright..." Alfred took in a deep breath and closed his eyes before running into the ocean until he was completely submerged. He came back up to the surface a few seconds later, arms wrapped around his body. He could already feel all his inner core heat quickly fading away. "T-T-T-This isn't s-s-s-s-o b-bad..."

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{name:Keely#|#picture:18}

"I-is it really that cold Alfred?" She said swimming over to him. "We don't have to swim if you don't want to." She smiled and hugged him in attempt to warm him up a little.

Steve followed and hugged the Hero's leg. She chirped and purred happily, nuzzling his leg. "<3"

Keely giggled and walked out of the water with Alfred and layed on his chest as he layed down. "So...we could always make a...what was it...castle? I don't think I know what that is though....is it a type of food..?" She tilted her head.

Seeing as Antartica was a rather iscolated chunk of land, Keely had never really been educated other than how to survive. It's a surprise she even knows how to talk!

Although, her lack of knowledge made her rather cute. She was very ditzy.

[Peter Kirkland]

{name:Alfred F. Jones#|#picture:3}

Alfred turned to Keely, giving her an embarrassed nod. "Y-Y-Y-Ye-" He tried to say, but this teeth were chattering so much now he could hardly speak anymore. "Yes." He finally managed to say quickly, pouting afterwards. He hated to be seen in such an uncool way in front of her, but not even his willpower was enough to keep him warm in this water.

"I-I-I'm sorry..." He apologized, but smiled as she hugged him, and he felt something nuzzling against his leg underneath the surface that also felt warm. He just hoped that it was Steve and not a shark. After warming up a bit, Alfred turned back to shore, using his legs that by now felt like they were made out of ice to get himself out of it.

Ahh, at least this was a little better now. He could feel his nose dripping, and he was tearing up a little, but otherwise okay. Now just for the sun to do it's job and keep him from a frozen death. He headed back over to the towel, laying down across it. Laying down might have been the fastest way to warm up. And it helped even more when Keely layed her head on his chest. He was feeling much better now already.

"Hahahaha!" Alfred couldn't help but laugh the way he always did. "Did you maybe get sand castle confused with sandwich?" He asked, but not to be mean. He knew that she wasn't very familiar with... anything that wasn't made of ice. But he was happy to be the one to teach her. "It's not something you eat! It's something you make! You just take a lot of sand and use a little bit of water to make it moist, then you build it into the shape of a castle! Or anything else you want! Personally, I'd rather see a sand statue of liberty!" His eyes glinted from behind his glasses.

If only, if only.

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"Oh! I see!" Keely grinned and rolled off of his chest onto the side and sat up. "Well then, let's make one!" She said excitedly. "come on! Come on! How do we get started? How do we make it?"

After calming down a bit, Keely did as Alfred told her and got sand and a bucket of water.

[Peter Kirkland]

{name:Alfred F. Jones#|#picture:3}

Alfred sat up and went to do the same as he had told Keely to do. Just to find a spot along the beach with lots of sand, and then get a bucket of water to use for the sand. He got his own and then found a place.

It was smooth enough so that whatever they decided to build would on even ground and thus, not as likely to be destroyed by falling over. "Okay! Now we have water, sand, and..." He looked down to his hands.

"Our tools!" He sat down in the sand, motioning for Keely to do the same with him. "Now we just take the sand here and use our water..." He picked up one of the buckets and dumped it all over the sand in front of him. The water splashed back up a little before it all sank into the sand.

"And there! Now we can use this sand to build!" Alfred demonstrated by scooping up some of the cool and we sand in his hand and making a sand ball, though in the end it turned out rather deformed. "That's all there is to it! Isn't it incredible!?"

He sounded so excited. Like it was the greatest thing in the world. Ever.

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"ohhh!! Do it again Alfred!" She was obviously easily amazed.

She leaned towards him with a grin as she watched him. She didn't notice but seeing as her swimming top was a little loose, what it was hiding was being exposed to Alfred, at least at the angle he saw her at.

[Peter Kirkland]

{name:Alfred F. Jones#|#picture:3}

Alfred grinned happily that Keely was so amazed just as he was. "Okay! Now watch again..." He grabbed the other bucket of water and moved to another patch of still dry sand. As he started to dump it, he paused when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

He noticed that Keely's top had somehow came loose, and was falling off just a bit to expose her. His face grew a little red before he quickly looked away. He supposed it would be a good idea to tell her, but somehow found himself unable to do so at the moment.

"S-So..." He dumped the bucket of water and then started to use the wet sand to build it all up into a mountain. Well, more of like a volcano, actually. And then started building what looked like would eventually become a wall around that.

Anything to keep his mind off of seeing Keely's body. Which was nearly impossible to do, since she was right there in front of him and completely unaware of it unless he were to say something, most likely.

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She giggled happily and helped him build the wall. "This is fun Alfred~! Sorta like making a snow fort, right?" She asked in a rather adorable way.

"Oh I know! We should make a really really big fort with the sand!!" She said excitedly, obviously not reliazing that sand wasn't as stable as the snow of Antartica was.

"Hmm..my hair's sort of getting annoying >3<" She undid the hairtie that held it up, now her soaking wet hair fell down to her lower back, seeing as she was still leaning foreward it covered the exposed skin.

She smiled and started to help Alfred shape the walls and get more water for the sand so that it surely would not crumble anytime soon.

[Peter Kirkland]

{name:Alfred F. Jones#|#picture:3}

"Yeah! Like a snow fort!" Alfred agreed, smiling even wider. Though of course he had never made a snow fort before, since whenever it snowed at his place, he locked himself in doors with the heater on full blast. But he knew enough about them that not make himself look like an idiot for lying about it.

Though he really liked the idea of making a big fort with the sand, possibly the biggest one in the whole world, it seemed that it would be a lot of work for just two people. Professional teams built really big sand sculptures, but there was no guarantee that they would get theirs very high. "Yeah! Let's make a really big fort! We can even make our own flags to put at the top!"

Alfred then started to build his part of the wall even harder. He had to be careful to not make it crumble and fall. Also, if the sand started to dry out, that would make it even more likely to start crumbling. He glanced up when he heard Keely complain about her hair and then quickly looked away again, blushing even more than before. At least he was covered now... Sort of.

[Belarus]

{name:Keely#|#picture:18}

After hours and hours of building, they had finished. It was only about 10 feet tall though. What a let down.

Keely yawned a little and smiled, lying down in the fort next to Alfred as he held her hand. Steve cheeped and crawled inbetween them. The girl giggled and smiled bigger, turning her head to look at Alfred.

"It's getting dark, we've been here all day!" She giggled. "Would it be okay for Steve and I to sleep at your house tonight Alfred? I really like spending time with you, it's a lot of fun~!" Steve nodded in agreement and chirped again.

Standing with him, still hand-in-hand, they walked back to his house. "Oh wow! You have a really nice place!" She said in awe. "H-hey, do you have a big teeshirt or something I could wear?" She asked nerviously. Most of her backup clothes had gotten wet from her buckets of water that were meant for the fort's sand, but thank god her underwear were still dry enough to wear.

[Peter Kirkland]

{name:Alfred F. Jones#|#picture:3}

By the time they had finished building their fort, it was pretty impressive for only a day work and two people working. It was more than enough to make Alfred feel satisfied. He hadn't even noticed how colder it had gotten since the sun started to sink behind the horizon.

Now he sat next to it, admiring the way it looked with the orange rays of the sunset shining on it. "We did a great job!" He let out a satisfied sigh, turning his attention back to Keely. He was really glad that he was able to make this day really fun for her. It made him feel happy that he was able to bring her happiness with their date.

"Oh? Sleep at my house?" He thought for a moment. He really hadn't expected for her to stay over, but maybe it would be okay. He had just wished he would have cleaned up his house a little more, if he had known. "Yeah! Of course you can, Keely!" He finally said, and then soon they were on their way.

To say that Alfred's house was patriotic would be an understatement. You couldn't walk three steps without running into something that was red, white, and blue in color. Most objects were in the shape of stars, and posters of his interests were lined all over the walls. Even in the hallway.

It was like one giant teenager's room. A teenager who really loved their country; that was Alfred. He lead Keely inside, happy to hear that she liked it. "Oh, a shirt, huh...?" He didn't know if any of his shirts would fit her, but she needed to wear something. She certainly couldn't wear her bathing suit to bed.

"I think I do. Wait here and I'll go check." He let Keely make herself at home while he went to his bedroom and looked for a change of clothes for her.

[Sorry for the wait. I had a bit of a block on what to do...]

[Belarus]

{name:Keely#|#picture:18}

Keely was amazed at all the posters. She enjoyed looking at them in awe.

"Oh, right! Thank you Alfred!" She grinned and sat down in a chair, pulling her bag onto her lap so that she could get out any of her clothes that were dry. Her shorts were dry, thank god.

(sorry for short reply, my little brother is nagging me to get on)