A few people liked the child!Don AU thing from the 30 day challenge I was doing. I decided because I liked it a lot too, that I would start a little series of Yuuma and Vector taking care of, and raising him. If you wanna read the lil fic this stemmed from, it's chapter 28 of 'Yokare to Kattobingu'. That was more or less a beta/draft of this, which is longer and sets up for (sorta) plot. Not a lot happens this chapter because it's the setup chapter, but there will be a lot of shenanigans and fluff next chapter, promise.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

Chapter one: What makes a God a God?

Living in a suburban apartment on the east side of Heartland, It'd take at least thirty minutes to get to the college for his morning archaeological lecture. Despite knowing that, Yuuma Tsukumo rolled over and slammed his hand on the alarm clock for the third time. Nine in the morning was waaaay too early as far as his half awake mind was concerned.

"Hooooney, if you don't get up now I'll put cyanide in your pancakes!"

"Where would you even get cyanide?" He yelled back to his boyfriend.

The pancakes did smell really good though...He rolled out of bed with a grunt and dragged himself into the kitchen, letting his humming housemate pour him coffee. Vector was almost always up before him, taking the shower's hot water and drinking the coffee when it was at its freshest. Yuuma had been living with his boyfriend for three months. They were both in their first year at Heartland Institute, Yuuma getting a major in Environmental Skills, so he could become an adventurer and Vector was doing theater, which wasn't a surprise at all considering how good of an actor he was.

It had been six years since the numeron war, as it had been dubbed, happened. Nearly everyone's life had settled down and they were for the most part, living peacefully. Of course, things could only stay peaceful for so long. Yuuma wasn't really awake yet, a part of him vaguely wondered if he was still asleep when an overlay portal opened on the ceiling. Vector looked at him with a similar look, and he realized he probably wasn't still asleep. Well, that was certainly a good way to wake him up. Especially since Barian world had been decimated six years ago.

"What the heck?!"

"I dunno, go get your deck just in case." Vector snapped, grabbing a broom and standing below the hole. Yuuma nodded and slid out of the room, running and almost tripping twice to get his deck. He heard a yell from the kitchen.

"Yuuma!" He scrambled back in upon hearing Vector yell and stopped in his tracks. A child was sitting on Vector. He couldn't see the kid's face, but long blonde and red hair practically dragging onto the floor, along with dark skin and the overlay portal really didn't leave much to the imagination.

"Hey, uh, is that...?" He crept closer to the two and could see Vector's confusion as well. The child pushed his hair out of his face with a huff and looked up at Yuuma. It was almost comical seeing such a big frown on a chubby little face. Two red and blue eyes stared up at him expectantly. Yuuma didn't really know what it was exactly that the little guy was expecting, though.

"Don Thousand." Vector groaned out from under the god. "As lovely as it is to see you after all these years, get off of me." The child seemed to think for a moment before complying and standing up. He glanced around the little kitchen, looking unimpressed.

"I'm going to call Astral." Yuuma said, reaching for the phone on the counter. Don looked up at him, carefully watching him.

"Yuuma Tshkumo. How odd I'd end up here." He looked like he was trying to figure something out, or remember something. Yuuma paused in dialing, looking at the child.

"Uh, why are you all... tiny?" He asked. Was it a normal things for god's to be revived but as kids? It was a first for Yuuma to see.

"Does he have a lisp?" Vector looked like he was about to bust out laughing.

"Shuth up, Vecthur. Yuuma, whath year is ith?" Yuuma blinked. The year...? He gestured to the calendar. Vector was laughing like a hyena in the background. "Ith's been six years?! My memories all fuzzy too..." He pouted and turned to Yuuma again. "How did you revivef me?"

"Huh? We didn't do anything..." He looked at Vector. "You didn't try to revive him for power again, did you?" Vector stopped laughing and shook his head.

"No! I didn't even know the wittle god was still hangin' around, I thought he'd been fried!" He ruffled Don's hair much to the child's annoyance.

"Cuth ith outh! Vecthurd!" he slammed a little foot into Vector's shin cutting off the hair-ruffling. Vector scowled and held his leg.

"Okay, he's not that cute. Let's set him on fire." Yuuma looked down when he heard a small sniffle.

"Vector! You made him cry!" Yuuma kneeled down on the floor and scooped up the god, hugging him and patting his back. The little jerk turned and stuck a tongue out at Vector.

"You little- Yuuma, he's fake crying. I don't think a 'mighty god' would get his feelings hurt from me shouting a little." Don wiped at his tears and scowled at Vector.

"Ash shoon as I geth my powers back, I'm killing you firsth." He squirmed out of Yuuma's arms,bare feet plopping on the floor. All he seemed to be wearing as a creepy black cloak that looked like it was from the middle ages, and black pants. He glared up at Yuuma as if Vector being annoying was his fault somehow. "He cannoth sthay here, as long as I'm here."

Yuuma tilted his head. "Huh? You're gonna stay here? Er, it's not a problem but I can't just kick Vector out." Don didn't look happy with that answer.

"Of course I hath to sthay here, unthil I get big again and geth my powers back." Vector smirked and walked in front of the child.

"That isn't gonna happen. Barian is destroyed, none of us held our powers. However you're here, you aren't getting back there. Because it doesn't exist anymore. At all." The little smile dropped from the child's face.

"No, I was revfifed for a reason. Perphapths to destroy Asthral..."

"And what threat could you pose to Astral? He's older and much taller, he could just kick you! And if you hadn't noticed, you seem to be human." Yuuma didn't want Don Thousand to hurt anyone, but Vector was laying on the taunts a little thick.

"Hey, maybe you were revived to get a second chance! Like Vector, probably. We'll take care of you!"

"Human...I'm noth human, I'm a godth." He spat at Vector. "And I don'th need any one to thake care of me!"

"Hm, really? So you can work human appliances, make money to get a place to live? Seeing how you don't have powers you can just brainwash people. I don't think you can even reach the counter, much less find your way around the world of today. And tell me, don, just what makes a god a god? Because you look human to me."

"Vector, cut it out." Vector was almost surprised Yuuma was defending the rude little god. But he would, wouldn't he? Vector obligated, with a huff, pulling away from the child. It wasn't common for Yuuma to even sound so serious. "Being human isn't so bad! And the fact that you here is unexpected so who knows, you could get your powers back! I mean, even if you don't you can stay here. I mean, we need to get a few more clothes for you and a bed and stuff but it'll be fine! Don't look so down!"

"...Yuuma, you're righth. I will geth my powers back. And of course I will take your offer of food and servfices, as a godth I must be thaken care of by my underlings." He said with a devious smile towards Vector. He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by a beeping noise. "Whath's thath?"

Don glanced up at Yuuma who was staring at his watch with a frown.

"A watch, we wear 'em on our wrists to keep track of time. That beeping was an alarm, I'm suppose to leave now for college."

"College?"

Yuuma had gotten used to explaining what things were to Astral, and it seemed despite his ego Don was just as clueless as Astral had been at first.

"It's a place to learn to do stuff. Like school but for older people and more expensive! I guess I'll call them and tell I can't come today I guess, cause we gotta go shopping an' stuff. Hey, Shingetsu, could you text Astral and ask if he can meet us at the mall? And Shark too, Kaito'll come with him if you just say 'Don Thousand'."

Don looked between the two. It seemed that when Yuuma was mad at Vector, he addressed him as such and 'Shingetsu' was a pet name of sorts when he wasn't. And watches kept time, alerted you of things, and were worn on wrists.

"Asthral will be there? I'm going to desthroy him." Don said with a voice clear of doubt. Yuuma looked amused, and nodded, and Don wondered if he even heard him while he held that weird thing to his ear.

"Whath's thath?" Yuuma held up a finger.

"I'll tell you when I get off the phone with the professor."

That thing was a phone, huh. He decidedly didn't like phones, because they drew attention off of him. After he destroyed Vector and Astral, he'd destroy all phones.