Kiddy Grade mess up

By: Funahomisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"You were taking Diane to the store tomorrow right Éclair?" Tweedledee asked next Thursday as they were changing in the locker rooms, Alv and Dvergr walking in just in time to hear the question.

"Yeah why?" Éclair asked snapping out of whatever thoughts she had been in to look at Tweedledee confused. Lumiere was watching her partner closely. Given the recent circumstances Éclair's memories should have started coming back by now, but Lumiere hadn't seen any evidence whatsoever of the internal struggle her partner would be feeling if that were the case.

"Do you want any help? The stores will be pretty packed tomorrow with it being the first of the month and back to school shopping at the same time." Tweedledee asked looking at her co-worker curiously and with slight suspicion although she did truly mean the offer. Diane was a sweet kid, if a bit spunky but Tweedledee could blame that on Éclair's influence. Of course Tweedledee had an ulterior motive for wanting to go. She had noticed more than Lumiere had just how different Éclair was acting.

If Éclairs memories weren't coming back to her, or already back, then why would she have yelled for Tweedledee to 'shove her S-Class orders where the twin suns don't shine because damnitt I'm not leaving anyone to die again' when they had worked together on that case three days ago?

Lumiere had thought it was just heat of the moment and subconscious memories, Tweedledee and Tweedledum thought differently but kept their suspicions to themselves. There was no use in getting everyone hyped up about it until they had solid proof that Éclair had her memories back.

"I should be okay. This wouldn't be the first time I've taken Diane shopping during a crowd. She thought Black Friday shopping was fun last year." Éclair said with a snicker as she recalled Diane yelling at one boy who had tried to take a toy that she had grabbed first right from the little girls hands.

"If you've been influencing her then no doubt she did." Tweedledee said dryly as she remembered being dragged along to Black Friday shopping with Éclair a few years back, before she had given herself amnesia, and all of the shouting and cursing the other woman had done.

"How many curse words did the kid use?" Alv asked with a snort as she began to change into her E.S. uniform as well. Shopping with Éclair back when she had her memories had been the things of legends, and every single one of the E.S. members had been dragged along (quite literally in some cases) on at least one trip with the buxom brunette.

"I haven't taught her any curse words! I know how to censor myself." Éclair said shooting Alv a slight glare and earning a snort from the tall bluenette.

"This coming from the girl who yells Ta-Da of all things whenever she steps foot on a battlefield?" Alv asked giving Éclair a disbelieving look and causing Tweedledee to frown slightly as she stepped to Éclairs defense. Or maybe it was Alvs? Because if Éclair took offense and moved like she did last week then Alv might lose more than just a locker door. To be fair though Alv did have it coming.

"Actually doing that is a legit battle strategy, especially if she does it when someone else is under attack. Doing so surprises and disorients the attackers or enemy and leaves them open to a counter attack or at least gives her time to get close enough to hit them or save her comrade." Tweedledee said causing Éclair to nod in agreement and point at Tweedledee who was buttoning up the top of her dress now.

"She's smart listen to her!" Éclair said causing Alv's eyes to narrow as the tallest of the women had one arm in her jacket and one arm out since she had paused while putting it on.

"Are you saying I'm not smart?" Alv asked her voice dropping a bit lower dangerously as she looked at Éclair who opened her mouth as if to say something only for Tweedledee to immediately cover it with one hand while Lumiere pinched Éclair to keep her from speaking.

"That's not what she meant Alv. She's just saying that it takes a certain amount of quick thinking and creative ideas to be a Master Hacker." Tweedledee said trying to cover for Éclair before a fight could break out.

"So you're saying that I'm not as smart as you because I'm not a hacker?" Alv asked glaring at Tweedledee now while Dvergr sighed at Alv's temper being poked into fraying.

"That wasn't what I meant. I just meant that you're not used to thinking creatively and quickly like Lumiere or I are." Tweedledee said trying to diffuse the situation while Éclair quietly stepped back and watched what was happening with a small grin on her face.

"So you're calling me stupid and slow!" Alv said growling as she moved towards Tweedledee.

"If you haven't gotten my point yet then I'm beginning to think it." Tweedledee muttered under her breath as she rolled her eyes and turned away from the blue haired amazon.

"What was that?" Alv demanded stepping behind Tweedledee angrily now as she snarled.

"What was what?" Tweedledee asked 'innocently' which earned a small snicker from Éclair.

"I heard you miss Brother Complex!" Alv said causing Tweedledee to spin around with a slight blush on her face.

"I do not have a brother complex!" Tweedledee said looking angry and embarrassed and earning flat looks from all of the other women in the locker room.

"If you don't realize that then I'm beginning to think that you're not as creative and smart as you think." Alv said mockingly at the end and earning a glare from Tweedledee.

"There's nothing to realize! Besides I'm a lot smarter than you seem to be!" Tweedledee said and just like that the two began arguing back and forth until it got to the point where Alv shoved Tweedledee who shoved her right back.

Éclair waited and watched quietly for a moment as the two normally composed women began to push, scratch, and pull each other's hair like children. They were even starting to punch and kick and bite like a good old fashioned cat fight. She would have loved to sit and eat popcorn as she watched them go at it while half dressed in the locker rooms but alas she had gotten this fight started for a reason. Didn't mean she couldn't enjoy the show for a minute however.

Éclair only moved forward when she noticed Dvergr sighing heavily and moving forward as well to break up the fight herself.

"Come on you two really? Fighting likes kids in the locker room is something I would do." Éclair said snickering a bit as she stepped towards the two and reached out as if to pull them apart with her far superior brute strength.

"Stay out of this!" The two shouted at her at the same time, both of them hitting her in the face with a fist each. Éclair stumbled backwards and 'tripped' over one of Alv's discarded boots. The two fighting girls paused at seeing who they hit and how she began to fall as her hand shot out to grab onto something to keep her from hitting the ground.

A loud ripping noise had their eyes widening and everything went silent as Éclair hit the ground with a small thud and her head on the bench behind her with a nasty wet sounding thwack that had everyone wincing in sympathy.

"Ouch…" Éclair rubbing her head with her free hand as she opened one eye, the other closed from where Alv had hit her.

"Jerks that…hurt?" Éclair asked sounding confused when she looked at what was clutched in her hand, a simple white tank top. Or rather…a part of it.

"Uh….?" Éclair looked 'confused' as she looked up at the others, her eyes trailing over to Dvergr who was frozen for a moment as well as she stared at the shirt in Eclairs hand. Everything was silent for a moment as Éclair and Dvergr stared at each other before a cough from Lumiere broke everyone out of their trance.

Éclair's face burned fire engine red as she closed her good eye and shoved the torn shirt towards Dvergr while turning her head towards the other direction.

"I'm so sorry Dvergr I didn't mean to!" Éclair said while Dvergr let out a squeak sound as her face flushed as pink as her hair while she hurried to cover her chest with her arms, snatching the torn front of her tank top from Eclairs hand.

"It's fine. It wasn't exactly your fault." Dvergr said her voice a bit embarrassed as she glared at the two women who were fighting.

"Sorry Éclair, Dvergr. Are you alright Éclair?" Tweedledee asked moving to help the C-Class E.S. member since Alv had let out a derisive noise and moved to Dvergr's side, putting her jacket around the shorter woman who pulled it closed gratefully.

"Aside from my black eye, busted nose, and one hell of a headache? I'm fine." Éclair said dryly as she pushed herself up, wobbling a bit for show and causing Tweedledee and Lumiere both to help her sit down on the bench which had a blood stain from where Éclair had whacked her head.

"I apologize Éclair. I hadn't meant to hit you." Tweedledee said wincing as she saw what she had done. Alv had given Éclair a black eye, Tweedledee it seemed had broken her nose.

"I did. I just didn't mean for her to rip Dvergr's shirt." Alv said with a snort and causing Éclair to glare at her with her one good eye since her other one was already swelling.

"Fuck you too Alv." Éclair said with a scowl only to wince when that aggravated her nose as well.

"You wish." Alv said without skipping a beat causing Éclair to snort, only for blood to come from her nose again which had Lumiere going to fetch some napkins to stop the bleeding and clean up the blood.

"Sorry but you aren't exactly my type." Éclair said even as she pinched her nose to help stop the blood flow.

"Here's some tissues Éclair. Alv why don't we go inform Chief Eclipse about what happened? Dvergr should stay here with her uniform the way it is, and Éclair is in no condition to be meeting with anyone either. Tweedledee can watch after them until we get back, if she doesn't mind that is?" Lumiere asked glancing at Tweedledee as she handed the napkins to Éclair who gave her a thankful look.

"I don't need someone to watch after me but Éclair could have a concussion from hitting her head that hard and shouldn't move. Alv can you bring one of my spare shirts on your way back?" Dvergr asked giving the taller woman a stern look as she pulled the borrowed jacket tighter over her chest, her cheeks still stained a light shade of pink.

"Sure." Alv said with a sigh as she and Lumiere left the locker room while Tweedledee went to grab an ice pack from nearby to cool down Éclair's eye.

"I don't blame you Éclair. It could have happened to anyone." Dvergr said after a few seconds of awkward silence between the two of them while Éclair did not look at the shorter woman.

"Thanks but I don't think I'll be able to look you in the eye for a while." Éclair said sounding embarrassed as she looked at the blank wall by the door, Dvergr for her part had a light shade of blush on her cheeks as she looked opposite of Éclair as well.

"That's fine." Dvergr said, not mentioning how she probably wouldn't be able to look Éclair in the eye for a few weeks herself, at the least. Shirtless in front of the auburn haired girl…how embarrassing.

Éclair gave a small smirk since she knew no one would see it at the moment. Her plan had worked and she had verified what she needed to, best of all no one suspected that she had subtly planned and provoked the entire thing. Being known as the cheerful loud mouth with no talent for lying definitely had its perks, but for now she knew exactly what she needed to know.

The woman leaning against the locker a few feet away from her…was not who she looked like.

That was Dvergr, of that there was no doubt but…

That was not Éclair's Dvergr.