Title: Poor Babies
Rating: T
Author's Notes: This idea would not stop beating me up and I finally crawled to my computer to type it with my battered hands. I already have the first five chapters of five more stories I want to publish and it has been killing me! Why can't I just finish my other stories instead of thinking of more to write? Why? Why!?
Enjoy please.^^
"Soul!?" Maka called as she pounded on the teen's door. She tried the knob once again and her panicked breathing quickened. "Soul! What's wrong!? Soul!"
She continued to call his name while trying to slam the door open. However she did not have the strength Black Star possesses and proceeded on trying to get her partner to open the door. She had wanted to wake Soul up for another day of school, the usual; however she was not surprised to feel his door locked. It was the fact that Soul is not answering and it felt as though he was trying to keep his weight on the door as well.
"Just tell me what's wrong! Please, Soul." She finished while sliding down to the ground. It was still silent before she heard the house door knocked on and the bell ringing frantically. Taking one last look at the locked door, Maka left to go answer the front door. She was confused as to why the morning is in such a panicking mode. Hopefully, the world isn't succumbing to madness again or anything relevant to that.
"H-Hello?" She answered while slowly opening the door. Only her step was unnecessary when the door was slammed open anyways and a figure rushed in.
"Maka!" Tsubaki called and said girl felt her blood rushing. Now what!?
"Wh-What!? What is it?"
"Oh it's terrible! Black Star-! Done for-! Useless now-!" Maka ran up and placed her hands on the tall girl's shoulders and breathed out deeply.
"Calm down. See what I'm doing? Do the same." Tsubaki nodded quickly and followed the female's actions. "Now tell me, what happened?"
" -Um... Black Star. H-He's d-d-different... I dunno why..."
"Okay. Where is he?" It was silent before Tsubaki gasped loudly.
"Hyaaaa! I left him alone!" She screamed while clutching her head, ripping a few strands of hair as well.
"What's wrong with leaving him alone!?"
"He's-!"
"Here I am!" An energetic voice called out. Both girls turned their heads but they could not find the source of the yell. Suddenly, near an open window next to a couch, the only thing is a few blue spikes of hair and small hands clutching the window sill.
Maka blinked.
"Black Star? Why is he kneeling?"
"That's the problem! He isn't!"
Then, the boy hopped in through the window and fell right on the ground before getting backs up.
"Hi 'Subaki! Though' you could wun out on me!?" Maka's mouth dropped.
"... That... That can't possibly be him. He's way taller than that..."
"Erm... I'm afraid that is him. I found him trying to climb onto a counter and I just sort of... took off screaming." The raven haired girl walked over. Sure she was taller than her meister but when he's not even close to her knee, that is when you know something is up.
Black Star then ran up to Maka and pointed dramatically at her with a small finger.
"Fight me you tywant!" Ignoring the insult, Maka bent down and examined her friend. Black Star's voice was beyond childish, he was way too short, and if she looked closely, she could see a gap in the boy's teeth.
"Wait a minute... I don't know if this is possible but... it seems as though he is a child."
"No he isn't..."
"Seriously. Look..." Maka picked up the yelling boy and faced him toward Tsubaki's way. "Don't you think so too? Baby fat? Missing teeth? Can't pronounce words properly?"
"How did that even happen?" Tsubaki asked as she took Black Star from Maka's arms. The little bluenette tried to hit them but his small fists did not seem to affect them at all and settled on yelling random things.
"I swear if the witches are still on to us..." Maka muttered before gasping. "Wait! If Black Star is like this, then surely the reason why Soul won't come out is..." Tsubaki blinked in confusion and the ash-blonde girl slowly turned her head.
"Hi." A squeaky yet monotone voice spoke out at Maka's knees. The meister yelped in surprise and hopped over next to Tsubaki. Her partner that had been once trying to keep her out of his room, is now standing in front of them. Except Soul just did not seem to be himself. mainly because he was as short as Black Star, who is currently trying to get out of his weapon's arms. His ruby eyes were less narrow and brighter, and had the same features of a toddler. Baby fat cheeks, short and... cute? The little weapon suddenly fell to the ground with shaky legs, indicating that the two boys had really dropped down in age.
"Oh my god Soul..." Maka wanted to laugh but at the same time, knew the situation was serious and that she needed to see Lord Death... which is Kid. " Yeah. We gotta leave right now." She quickly said and ran for her cloak. Black Star finally succeeded in getting out of his partner's arms and hopped around.
"Haha! The tywant wan away! I weally am big!"
"Oh dear..." Tsubaki whispered behind her hands. She was currently covering her small smile because of how oblivious Black Star seemed to be of his situation. He was still acting like the same ball of energy he was except in a much more adorable size. He was hopping around and screaming nonsense while Soul poked his own sharp teeth. Even if they were toddlers, they at least had some of their features.
"Um Maka?"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Tsubaki picked up her reluctant chibi meister while Maka ran ahead, swooping up her weapon in process and opened the door. "Oh, this is bad, this is really really bad." The two girls ran down the street, gaining weird looks from people but that was pushed at the back of their minds. Their friends had turned into babies and had no clue why or how that happened. If they don't find a cure or at least an explanation for this chaos, their friends may unfortunately be stuck like that forever. Turning at a corner, the girls found themselves at the manor where Kid, Liz, and Patty live. Maka jogged up with Soul in one arm and furiously rung the doorbell on the gate.
/H-Hello?/
"Kiiid! Open this gate now! Hurry!" She screamed and did not notice one of her pigtails being chewed on by the toddler with sharp teeth. Tsubaki finally caught up and was wincing: Black Star kept bopping her chest to get out of her arms.
"Le' go you fiend!" He screamed and the raven haired girl whined.
"Help me." She muttered and the large gate slowly opened. Just as they had reached the porch, Kid opened the door with a surprised look.
"Why are you two-?"
"Look!" He had to lean back from Maka thrusting her arms out so suddenly. He blinked and finally caught on to the problem that was being held before him. Soul seemed to have shrunk in a major size and was staring back at the meister with a blank look. His golden eyes glanced at Tsubaki and had no doubt of Black Star being the other victim.
"What happened? Why are they like this?" He asked while stepping aside so the panting females could come in. He guided them into the living room and they set the toddlers on the black, velvet couch.
"I found Black Star like that in the morning and I came to Maka." Tsubaki stated, mentally glad that her chest was no longer ringing in pain from the constant hits. Maka sat in a chair while holding her head.
"After she came, we found Soul as well and we figured that they weren't exactly their selves. He was trying to keep me out and now I know why he did..." She mumbled. Tsubaki sat on the armrest while rubbing the girl's back.
"We don't know if they have their memories beside their personalities. I hope they do though..." Kid sighed and crossed his arms in thought. He as well did not know what to say about this situation. It could not have been by a witch because he would have sensed their soul wavelengths. Besides, the compromise with the witches has not been broken for six months after the fight on the moon so there really is no reason to turn two of their strongest students into children.
"I'm sure I can think of some kind of hypothesis. For now, you'll have to keep an eye on them-"
"No way!" Maka suddenly said, making the male jump.
"Wh-Why is that?"
"I have school and Blaire to think about. I can barely take of myself so there is no way I an take care of a baby." She said while crossing her arms. Kid sweated at her defiance and Tsubaki also stood up much calmer.
"Unfortunately, Black Star and I have quite a lot of make-up tests to do and I barely started my second one. I also have school work and training." The shinigami sighed. He has missions and patrolling duties so there was no way that Liz and Patty can help out. He needed both guns and besides, those two aren't exactly the best when is comes to children, seeing as they lived on the streets.
"Maybe we could ask someone else to take care of them-"
"You can't!" Maka exclaimed with a shake of her hands, "Nobody must know about this. We have to keep this a secret. The last thing we'd want is an enemy to catch our weakness." Tsubaki nodded and he sighed again.
"Alright, fine. What do you propose?" The ash-blonde meister thought silently before looking at him with narrowed eyes.
"How good are you with children?" She asked and Kid flushed.
"I'm not taking them in." He simply said and Maka walked up with an exasperated look.
"Come ooon. You barely have anything to do since you own the school."
"I have paperwork."
"Give it to my dad. He is your assistant for a reason."
"Patrolling." Maka smirked.
"We can easily ask any of our Spartoi members."
"Three-star missions. I need Liz and Patty for those." Maka's smug look widened.
"Stein, Marie, Sid, and Nygus." She named off her fingers and Tsubaki weakly smiled. They both knew that Kid was trying to get out of taking care of Soul and Black Star. They can see why as well since he and Black Star aren't the bestest of friends. Kid pursed his lips in defiance and Maka knew she and Tsubaki had won the battle. Now all they need to do is-
"Where's Soul and Black Star!?" Tsubaki screamed and the two meister whipped their heads to see the couch unoccupied. Knowing those two, anything could happen.
Black Star leaned against a cracked door.
"I sense an evil pwesence. The gweat Black Staw shall pu' an end to the foe's demise!" He leaned more before falling flat on his face while Soul crawled pass him. They moved around the room in curiosity and the bluenette pulled on a bed comforter. "How do I ge' up there!?"
Soul discovered a red rag folded neatly on the floor and slowly stood up before walking to it. He then grabbed the cloth before shoving some of it in his mouth, unknowingly tearing the rag with his sharp teeth. Black Star was already halfway climbing the bed and finally crawled on the top, freezing when he saw a much bigger person occupying it.
"That's it. I can catch the enemy off guawd while they have that bwindfowd!" He exclaimed and the person with the night mask turned over in her sleep. Poor Liz had no clue that her room was invaded by both of her bewitched friends. Black Star crawled on top of her stomach and sat down while fisting the hem of her night gown.
"Maybe it's a dwagon! I wanna fly it!" Soul had somehow managed to climb on top of the bed and flopped on top of a fluffy white pillow. It was no guess that he was tearing the living crap out of it with his teeth.
Liz hummed awake and frowned. She felt some sort of weight on top of her but could not guess what would weigh less than twenty pounds on her stomach. She slipped off her sleeping mask and stopped breathing when she found a chibi version of Black Star hopping above her.
"The dwagon has awaken! Fly! Fly!"
"Hyyaaaaaaah!"
The familiar scream of terror instantly made the three friends know where the two toddlers had gone off to. They found Liz's room and looked in to see quite a chaos before them.
Liz was cornered against a wall while hugging one of her pillows as Black Star and Soul crawled and walked towards her.
"Noooo! I'm don't wanna get eaten by evil munchkins! I'm not delicious at all!" She exclaimed with tears while shaking her head drastically.
"Liz!" The woman turned her teary eyes toward her meister and pointed at the two younger boys below her.
"Kid! Maka! Tsubaki! Help me!" Maka rolled her eyes while Tsubaki gave a nervous smile and they walked over calmly before picking up their partners. Soul tried to bite her hair but Maka made sure to hold him in front of her. No wonder one of her pigtails was wiry and slimy. Tsubaki was trying very hard to keep her meister in place but he kept squirming while screaming in her ear.
"Noo! I wanna wide the dwagon!" Liz was still shivering as she slid to the ground and Kid walked up, greatly irked by the mess in the room.
"Liz, get up. It's just Soul and Black Star." The dirty blonde haired woman blinked and instantly hopped up while ogling at the boys.
"Haaaa? They're so adorable!" Maka grinned.
"I know, right? Who knew there would be a day where I would admit that?"
"Wait, why are they like this?"
"Oh nothing bad. Look at his teeth..."
As the three girls commented on the two boys, Kid raised an eyebrow at the scene before. First off, he would have get all the girls checked out in the hospital on whether or not they were bipolar, and second: It seems like just the smaller images of his two male friends is all it takes to get everyone's mind off the fact that his weapon's room was destroyed. By those two. How is he expected to keep watch of the two world-ending students?
"Well, now that we got Kid to agree, we'll leave these two in his hands now." Maka finished and glanced at Kid with an evil smirk, who scowled.
"I never agreed!"
"But we very much summarized who has the best schedule for them and you do."
"But I-"
"Awesome! Of course you can keep them here! Even if I have no clue of what's going on." Said a happy voice and everyone spotted Patty hopping in place with her pink pajamas on.
"Not you too!" Kid said with a crest-fallen expression and the girl grinned.
"Come on! Wouldn't it be fun to be parents?"
"No it will not!"
"Yes it will." The green-eyed meister firmly said while placing Soul on the bed before pointing at him, "You have to. Me and Tsubaki will ask the staff members about this while you make sure they don't get caught."
"Why do I have to?"
"Stop complaining and just do it. Besides, if you do this, we will do anything you want. To be fair of course." Kid twitched.
"Anything?" He asked wearily and Tsubaki set Black Star down on the bed as well with a nod.
"Mhm. Anything." He furrowed his brows in thought before pointing dramatically at the female weapon.
"Fix your clothing choice!" He exclaimed and she gave a shocked and offended look but Maka dragged her out with an annoyed sigh.
"I swear he never changes. I'm sure he didn't mean it in an offensive way..." As she and the taller female left the room to find the staff of DWMA, Soul began to whimper and stretched his small arms at their direction.
"Maaa... Maaa..." It was as though he was trying to say her name and Liz and Patty 'aaw'ed.
"Do you miss Maka-chan already?" Liz cooed while patting his white hair. The toddler scrunched his face with tears.
"Nnng... Waaaah!" All three of them jumped at the sudden loud wail. Black Star, who happened to be sitting next to the crying toddler, whimpered before crying as well because baby instincts.
Kid groaned as he rubbed the temple of his forehead. Their piercing wails drowned his weapons' panicked sounds and he scowled as a headache began to form.
This is not going to be easy.