Aftermath: Maple Warriors II

Gilbert

"Gilbert?" His voice. His beautiful voice. But he vas mad at me...Nein...I vas mad at him. It was all so confusing. We were fighting eizher vay.

Vitch meant zhis vas only a dream.

"Gilbert, wake up."

Okay, so it vasn't a dream.

I opened mein eyes slowly, seeing him looking down at me vith a huge smile on his face.

"Birdie." I choked out.

"I'm so sorry I snapped at you, Gil. I didn't mean it." Mattie burst into tears, falling over mein body und clutching mein shirt. "It's just been such a long confusing day for me and-"

"Shhh." I cooed, holding him as tightly as I could. "Vhere's Kuma?" Usually zhe bear vould be curled up by mein side.

"He's with my papa."

"So, jou saw zhem, zhen." I tucked mein face into his soft hair. For a guy who hadn't showered in a year, he sure smelled nice, like maple syrup un nature.

"Arthur knows what happened to us."

"Und?"

"It was your wish that brought us back. But there's a catch."

"Vhat kind of catch."

"We have to restore the balance in the world. We have a week to get to the place where we belong."

"So, ve have to get Arthur, Alfred, und Francis back to zheir place in zhe Allies?"

"Oui."

"But zhe Allies have pretty much left us alone since zhey left."

"The Allies are still intact?"

"Ja. Zhat guy, Yao took it over. Ivan is his second in command. Zhey haven't been too offensive toward us, but zhey did steel our veapon dealers." I recalled from information I got from Antonio.

"That's it, Gil. We have to get Ivan and Yao to step down and then we can put Papa and Arthur back in their place."

"But Matthew-"

"Listen, Gil, I know you don't really like them, but I made them promise not to interfere with the Axis anymore. Besides, you quit, didn't you?"

"All mein friends are in zhe axis." I told him.

"I knew you'd say something like that." Birdie grinned und pushed his lips against mine. I kissed back, somehow remembering how to after all zhis time.

"Getting Ivan und Yao to step down vill be hard. Ve von't be able to do it on our own." I nodded at him.

"Then what do you say? How aboot we get the Maple Warriors back together?"

I considered his proposition before I set my red eyes on him. "Ja. Let's do it."