A/N: AU where, upon being defeated, Don Thousand is re-incarnated into a young boy.
Don kicked his legs, scowling as he watched someone's fussy mom hurry her child away from the playground, shooting him wary looks.
Miza was late. Veryyyyy late. (Okay, only a few minutes late, but still)
Nobody ever played with Don anymore, not after the bumpy slide incident even though it wasn't his fault at all, Vector told him that's what all kids did.
Even his papas gave him weird looks, and he heard Miza whispering something about "thousand" which was weird because Miza was staring at him and speaking to Durbe, but his name wasn't Don Thousand, it was just-
"DONNNNNY~"
He laughed as Alito picked him up and swung him around. Alito was definitely his favorite. He was everything Miza and Durbe and Vector weren't. And he never yelled at Don or called him a monster.
"C'mon, I wanna show you something!"
Oooooh if Alito was showing him something, it was bound to be fun.
… Or not.
"Alito, what is this?"
"It's a volleyball! Apparently people hit it back and forth until one misses."
He was interested, and with a swing of the arm, Alito hit the ball at him. Don panicked for a few seconds, then scrunched his eyes closed and swung at the ball, feeling it hit his arm. And he looked in horror as Alito nearly got hit.
But he didn't get a scolding like he would've if he almost hit Durbe or Miza. Alito was grinning proudly at him, and Don's heart swelled with happiness.
Alito was proud of him!
((OMAKE))
"DON! ALIT! WHAT DID YOU DO?!"