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The Chibi Files:
Case #1 – Babysitting, Gundam Style
By: LittleUcchan
Chapter 1 – Chibi Potion No. 9
"Ohayo!! Ro-chan!!" Rowen cringed behind the book he was reading at the infamous nickname. Looking slightly up from where he laid on the sofa (quite peacefully I might add), he recognized the person who had greeted him.
"Ucchan, how many times did I tell you not to call me that?" he asked the authoress/sorceress/witch/tormentor of men/whatever you would want to call her at the time.
"I lost count," she replied sweetly.
"That means that I've told you this before, right?"
"…Maybe."
"Then don't call me that!" Rowen yelled, getting up from his seat.
"But Ro-chan!! It sounds so cute!!!" she whined, her eyes becoming as big as saucers, giving Rowen the pleading look. Rowen raised an eyebrow and sighed, a big sweatdrop forming at the side of his head.
"Fine. Just don't look at me like that," Rowen gave in, hoping that this would satisfy her. Sitting back down on the sofa, he picked up his book and continued to read from where he'd left off. He had assumed that the little vixen had left to do other mischief in the house, but apparently, the witch/sorceress (in training) had her sights set on Rowen.
"Ro-chan?" Popping up from behind him and wrapping her arms around the boy, Little Ucchan pulled out a small bottle and waved it in front of Rowen's face. With an evil grin, she asked, "You want to be my guinea pig today?"
Leaping to his feet with unnatural speed, he started to back away from her, as if that one question had immediately set off warning signals in his brain. Rowen hastily thought of an excuse to give her in order to save himself from apparent doom. "I…uh…I just remembered that I have to um…help the guys set up for today!! Yeah! That's it!! So I'm afraid I can't help you right now!" Fumbling with the doorknob, he finally got the cursed thing to open and left the room with a rushed good-bye.
Blinking in confusion, Little Ucchan sighed. She loses a lot of test subjects that way. It's better if she didn't ask. At least they wouldn't be so hostile towards her. Then again, they wouldn't know about it, but that's beside the point.
"Geez, just because I blew up the first floor once and made the house smell like rotten eggs for a week doesn't mean that all my other projects are disasters waiting to happen," she mumbled to herself, then perked up at a new idea. There are eight other boys in this house. And five others were to arrive shortly. So there were plenty of people to try her new potion on. Grinning from ear to ear, Little Ucchan made her way to the kitchen, trying to decide which young man should she try for next.
***
"Mia-sama!!"
"Ohayo, Ucchan!!" The young woman was just finishing mixing the punch for today's luncheon. "Do you think you can help me out today?"
"Hai! Finally, somebody appreciates my company!" the young witch beamed.
"What do you mean?" Mia asked, setting the huge punch bowl down on the kitchen counter.
"Well…when I greeted Ro-chan this morning…he ran away," Little Ucchan pouted.
"Um…Ucchan?"
"Hai?"
"Did you um…you know…do something to him?"
"Eh? I only asked him to try out the potion I just made."
"Oh…I see…" she replied, and sweatdropped. That one sentence said it all. She couldn't really blame Rowen for running away. It could cost him his life if he didn't. Mia was just glad that Little Ucchan never asked her or Kayura to try out any of her little goodies.
"See what?" She didn't get it. The older woman sighed and tried to think of a good way to tell her.
"Ucchan, I'd hate to tell you this, but the guys are never going to let you try out an experiment on them. Not since that 'minor' incident."
Her bottom lip beginning to tremble, Little Ucchan put on a sorrowful expression. "But…that's not fair!! Just because of one mistake I'm branded for life!!"
"Basically."
"So…the guys haven't forgiven me yet?"
"That's not it. They have forgiven you," Mia tried to explain in the best way possible. She didn't want to discourage the young trainee. She considered zeal a good thing…except that Little Ucchan has a bit too much of it. "It's just that, they're a little more…cautious around you when you're working. You do get a bit…eccentric you know."
"So what do you think I should do?"
"Well, for starters…stop using the guys as play toys," Kayura replied, having overheard the question as she walked into the kitchen. "You're almost as bad as I was when I worked for Talpa."
"C'mon Kayura. She's not that bad," Mia defended the girl. "Just a bit mischievous at times."
"Damn! And I really wanted to try this out on the guys," Little Ucchan whined, pulling out the little potion bottle she had shown Rowen earlier.
"What have to go there this time, Ucchan?" Kayura asked. Taking the bottle in her hand, she turned it over and over. There was no label on it, but it contained some kind of liquid that the young witch had concocted during her days of boredom.
Giggling to herself, Little Ucchan replied, "Oh, just a chibi potion."
Screaming in alarm, Kayura tossed the bottle into the air, trying to get the wretched thing as far away from her as possible. The glass container went soaring across the room, threatening to shatter on impact.
"The bottle!!" Mia screamed.
"Mia? Is the food ready yet?" Anubis asked as he walked into the room at the exact moment that the bottle came flying at him. Instinctively catching the item, he was a bit surprised to be greeted by three very relieved faces. Looking from one face to another, he only got confused even more.
"Nubie-san! Thank you soooo much!!" Little Ucchan cried happily.
"What did I do?" he asked, still lost. He then looked at what he was holding. It was a small bottle without any label. "And what is this?"
"Ah! It's a new soda pop flavor! Do you want to try…" Kayura quickly silenced the troublesome little girl with a hand to the mouth.
"It's nothing Anubis," she hastily replied.
"Here, let me take that," Mia offered and gently lifted the bottle out of Anubis's hand. "I'm done with the appetizers Anubis, but I won't be finished cooking lunch until later. Are you hungry already?"
"No. Not me. But Kento is," he answered.
"Surprise surprise," Kayura mumbled.
"Well we're going to set the appetizers up in the living room. You can call the guys in if you want. Heero and the others are supposed to be arriving soon anyway," Mia told him.
"Alright then," Anubis said. Taking one last look at Kayura and Little Ucchan (who was still unable to talk) he shook his head and sighed, walking out the door.
***
As soon as Kayura was sure that Anubis had left, she released her hold on Little Ucchan. Giving her a scornful look, she cried, "What were you thinking?! You were going to turn Anubis into a chibi?!"
"But he'd look so kawaii if he was!!" Little Ucchan cried with good cheer. Kayura sighed and placed her hand on her head. This girl was smart; otherwise she wouldn't be training as a sorceress and a witch. But Kayura questioned her mental state every now and then. Once in a while, Little Ucchan always got out of hand, especially when the guys were around.
"That's true, but Anubis wouldn't like it," Mia reminded Little Ucchan.
"And it might not have worked. What if he really got hurt? Then what would you do?" Kayura questioned her.
Her face drooping a bit, she turned her gaze away from Kayura's glaring eyes. Little Ucchan didn't really want to hurt the guys. What if it did backfire and Anubis was seriously injured?
Feeling a calm hand on her shoulder, she turned to face Mia. She smiled warmly at the girl and placed the chibi potion back into Little Ucchan's hands. "Save it for another day, okay Ucchan? I know things will work out for you in the future, but for now, just keep this with you."
"You're too lenient on her you know."
Mia gave Kayura a glare that told her to shut up. Turning her attention back to Little Ucchan, she decided to change the topic. "Why don't you help me out in the kitchen, like you said you were?"
Looking up and smiling, Little Ucchan nodded.
***
Sage walked into the living room, rubbing the back of his head. Playing tackle football against Kento wasn't one of his brightest ideas. Looking around the empty room, he realized that he was the first one back in the house. The Gundam pilots haven't arrived yet either. Heading for the kitchen door, he went in to see if the girls needed any help.
Upon entering, he noticed about six trays of snacks that lined up across the dining table. Four more were on the kitchen counter. Half of them, Sage was assuming, was for Duo and Kento. He sighed. Just when he thought that no one could rival Kento's stomach, Duo Maxwell entered the picture.
Since no one noticed that he was in there, Sage spoke up to get their attention. "Do you girls need any help?"
Holding a stack of plates in her hand, Little Ucchan turned around to greet the newcomer. Seeing the familiar mop of blonde hair, she screamed in delight.
"SAGE!!!" Throwing her hands up in the air in excitement, she immediately glomped onto him, hugging him tightly.
Sage was too busy to notice the young girl's enthusiasm, and was instead watching intensely the fine china that went soaring through the air. He shut his eyes, waiting for the sound of crashing plates. But amazingly, all was still. Opening his eyes he fought the urge to laugh out loud at Kayura's show of acrobatics, balancing the delicate plates on whatever limbs she had available.
"Sage, you came just to see me, didn't you?! I'm sooo happy!!" Little Ucchan exclaimed, oblivious to what just happened.
"Now hold on a minute!" Sage cried, finally realizing that she was clinging onto him. "I never said…"
"I'm so lucky to have someone like you!!" she cut him off, smiling happily. Sage sighed. She wasn't listening again. Like she ever really did whenever she was with him. Little Ucchan was always off in 'La La Land' every time she saw Sage.
"Sage?" Placing her arms around his neck, she pulled herself closer to him.
"W—what?" he stuttered, getting uncomfortable with Little Ucchan's 'familiarity' with him.
Laying her head on his chest, she sighed. "Marry me."
"Eh?!" He couldn't even formulate any words for a decent argument and instead stumbled back a bit from the sudden question, or command. But Little Ucchan still had her arms locked around his neck.
"M—marry?!" Sage was finally able to shout out after he managed a slight recovery.
"We'd be so happy together Sage," she said.
"But—but—but—but—"
Looking up at the young man with sorrowful eyes, she asked, "What's wrong? You don't want to marry me?"
"No! I mean yes! I mean…um…"
"You don't like me anymore Sage?" Little Ucchan was at the brink of crying.
"That's not it. Of course I like you Ucchan."
"Then you will marry me!?!? Oh Sage!! Thank you!!!" she cheered and hugged him even tighter. Sage was going to protest, when he felt a set of slender arms being wrapped around his waist from behind.
"Alright that's enough Ucchan!!" Kayura cried from Sage's backside, having finally been freed from her undignified position, with the help of Mia. She began to pull the Ronin away from the bishonen-crazy young girl.
"Stay out of this Kayura!" Little Ucchan yelled and began pulling in the opposite direction.
"It's time to let him go!!" she pulled even harder.
"No I won't!!" the authoress yelled.
"Ladies!! This is not tug-of-war!!!!!" Sage screamed at the both of them through clenched teeth as their fighting threatened to tear his bones out of their sockets.
But both of them didn't seem to hear him. Neither of them could get the advantage over the other until a sudden idea came to Kayura's mind. "Ucchan…what about Trowa?!"
Hearing the Gundam pilot's name, she immediately let go of Sage, sending him and Kayura crashing into the kitchen counter with a loud 'bang.'
"Trowa-sama," she spoke the pilot's name longingly as she clasped her hands together, her eyes turning into hearts.
"Quite the two-timer, isn't she?" Kayura said from her dazed position on the floor.
"Sure is," Sage replied dryly.
***
As the two picked themselves off of the floor and Little Ucchan continued to dream about Trowa Barton, Mia lifted the punch bowl from the counter and handed it to Sage. "Can you take this out for me?"
"Sure," he said and took the bowl out of Mia's hands. He entered the living room where the other guys were probably waiting, walking right past Little Ucchan who was still staring off into space.
Scratching her head in bewilderment, Kayura walked right up to Little Ucchan. She got no response at all when she faced the girl and stared at her straight in the eye. She then waved her hand in front of Little Ucchan's face. Still nothing. Kayura snapped her fingers repeatedly, but nothing seemed to get through to her.
The young ancient sighed in frustration. No matter how tempting it was to just leave her there (not to mention how safe it would be) Kayura couldn't do it. But how was she going to get Little Ucchan out of her fantasy world?
"Try this," Mia answered Kayura's unspoken question and whispered something into her ear. She looked at Mia questioningly and shrugged.
"Why not?" Inhaling deeply, Kayura cupped her hands around her mouth and screamed, "Look!! There's Trowa!!!!"
Snapping back into reality, Little Ucchan looked frantically from side to side, trying to spot the handsome bishonen. "Where!! Where!!" But the only ones in the kitchen were Kayura, Mia, and herself. And Kayura had this very smug look on her face.
"Hey! That was dirty!" she yelled at Kayura, when she realized that Trowa wasn't there.
"It was Mia's idea," she protested.
"Um we'd better get the snacks out for everyone," Mia quickly changed the subject when she heard voices in the other room. "Kento might get restless." Picking up one of the trays, she headed out the door.
"We'd better go Ucchan," Kayura told her, stopping at the dining table to pick up another tray.
"Okay!" she cried and was going to follow suit when Kayura's next sentence made her stop.
"But put that chibi potion away first," she commanded firmly. "I don't trust you with that around."
"Aww…"
"Put it away. Okay Ucchan? Let's try to have a 'normal' day today."
"…Okay," she reluctantly agreed and headed for the overhead cupboard where she had previously left the bottle to get the plates. Reaching out her hand to grab it, she stopped dead in her tracks at what she saw. The bottle was lying there, tipped over and empty.
Looking down, Little Ucchan saw the cork that had sealed it before sitting on top of the kitchen counter. But the liquid that was in the bottle was nowhere to be found. She couldn't find where it had spilled. It's as if it had just…vanished.
"Um…Kayura?"
"What is it?" she asked, a bit annoyed since she was halfway through the door already.
"You're not going to believe this but…" Little Ucchan didn't even finish her sentence. Kayura was immediately at her side, alarmed by her friend's tone.
Kayura trembled in fear. All the color drained out of her as she examined the scene before her. "How did…when did…" She was having difficulty expressing her thoughts. There were so many questions roaming around in her mind. Questions that needed answers. But there was one that stuck out of the rest. One question that traveled through her brain and out of her mouth. "Where did it spill?!"
"That's what I'm worried about!" Little Ucchan cried. "It would have landed on the counter but…" There was nothing there.
"Maybe Mia saw it and cleaned it up already." There was a slight pleading tone in Kayura's voice, praying that this was the case. That the potion was somewhere where it could not do any harmful damage. But there was no evidence to prove it. And neither girl would serve as a good eyewitness since both were 'preoccupied' at the time.
Mia reentered the kitchen to check on them, since they were taking their sweet time in leaving. "What's taking you guys so long?"
"Mia, did you happen to clean up a mess right here when that little incident with Sage occurred?" Kayura asked, pointing to an empty spot on the counter.
The girl shook her head. "No, the punch bowl was over there."
Kayura opened and closed her mouth several times in an attempt to speak but it seemed that she had forgotten how. Little Ucchan didn't even try to and stood there, allowing the information to slowly sink in.
"What's wrong with you two?" Mia questioned, a worried tone in her voice. For Kayura and Little Ucchan to react like this meant that something was seriously wrong.
In an attempt to answer Mia's question, Kayura was able to shout out the only phrase that had entered her mind. "The chibi potion!"
Mia quickly put two and two together and raced out the kitchen door. Kayura and Little Ucchan followed but slammed right into Mia since she didn't even fully make it out the door before stopping dead in her tracks. She gasped out loud at the sight.
Kayura and Little Ucchan circled around Mia to her sides in order to see what was going on. Little Ucchan rose both of her eyebrows, looking bewildered and at the same time amused, while Kayura had a look of dread on her face.
"Oh no…" she whispered, her voice breaking. And then…the doorbell rang. The Gundam pilots had arrived.