Kage: Gomennasai for the mistakes in the last chapter! It was beta read by a friend but she used a spell checker and not grammar so a few words weren't bothered even if they didn't exactly make since in the story. Thank you for the helpful criticism on that one and for the reviews along with it. All highly appreciated!glomps you all

Oh yeah, if your a little confused on the eto...breakdown? of Hisoka, it will be cleared up in later chapters just give it time or think back in the earlier chapters if something similar or relatively similar happened. I wont say but it should piece itself together. .

Warning: None!

10 Years to Remember

Disclaimer: I own nothing once again.

Chapter 6:

The violet orbed Shinigami awoke shortly after 7 am, feeling a little groggy. Luckily he could hold his alcohol well, despite his small headache, how hot he was and how tight his clothes felt. Considering the amount of alcohol ingested, these problems were nothing.

Stretching his arms, he groaned opening his eyes to realize something. I'm on Hisoka's bed. Looking over at the futon, he nearly fell out of the bed in panic. Where's Hisoka? He immediately shot up from the bed, running into the other rooms hoping to see his blonde partner. To his displeasure, he found nothing.

Before the teen caused himself to have a panic attack, he took a chance to think rationally. He calmed himself down, thinking that maybe he'd find the youth at the office. Since the blonde had done it before, it seemed reasonable. Sighing, Tsuzuki decides to stick to that wave link and heads to the bathroom.

The clothes he currently wore were just too tight for some reason and dirty from the day before; he needed to change. Grabbing another pair of Hisoka's pants and a tee, he changed. These didn't seem to fit either though. The pants barely made it to his hips and the tee felt as tight as something a hooker would wear. Hisoka did not have this tight of clothing, so why?

It suddenly dawned on the brunet as he looked at his reflection in the bathroom. Touching the mirror then his own face...His youthful 16 year old appearance was gone. Looking at his hands, body and comparing himself to what he had been for the past two(2 or 3) days, he was back to normal. Well as normal as he could ever be, but he had his 26 year old appearance again.

The man(no longer teen) couldn't believe his luck. The potion wore off quite quickly and what seemed like no other side effects. Tsuzuki smiled at his reflection, he couldn't wait to tell Hisoka. I wonder if Hisoka fared as well as I did. Only one way to find out! As he exited the bathroom a sudden chill filled his body as he realized he was still naked and in a house with no clothes that would fit him.

Looking around the younger Shinigami's house(referring to the house Hisoka had in the manga, not apartment like Tsuzuki), it appeared that Tsuzuki would have to make a quick stop at his place and get himself some clothes that actually fit. Luckily for him, his trench coat was still at Hisoka's. Not the best outfit, but it would have to do until he got to his apartment. Slipping it on, he rushed out the door. The sooner he got to his place and dressed, the sooner he'd see Hisoka and tell him the good news and hope the child had fared just as well.

As Tsuzuki ran, no one could identify the 'black blob' for how fast he was going. This morning couldn't get any better and he wouldn't tell himself any differ. Although as the entrance to his apartment came into view, so did something else. A red dot with blonde on top was slowly moving closer, well for Tsuzuki, was coming at fast. As the figure came into focus, Tsuzuki recognized it as Hisoka.

Hisoka had woken up in a bathroom that he assumed was his own, but from better analysis was his partners. He decided to leave the brunet's apartment as soon as he stood up, last night was sorta of a blur to him. He remembered the party and 'dress-up', of course the second one; he was still in the outfit the Hokkaido twins had put him in. Shoving that aside, the blonde was now on the outside property looking at the ground as he walked.

All he could recall after that was getting mad at his partner and dashing off to the apartment he woke up in, wandering through the rooms and ending up in the bathroom, but nothing else came to his brain. Why did he go to sleep in the bathroom when the bedroom was right next door? The child couldn't figure it out and he was starting to get a headache from trying to hard and, happiness?

The blonde's empathy was picking up a strong pull of joy, excitement and happiness and he knew none of these were his emotions. Hisoka looked up just in time to be tackled to the ground by his older partner.

"Ts-tsuzuki? What are you doing?" The blonde questioned as he felt arms wrap around his waist as the figure receded from atop of him, picking him up as he did so.

"Hisoka! Oh gods did I miss you!" The older Shinigami hugged the boy, as the youth began to struggle. Finally Tzusuki released the child and set him down, slightly amused by the bright red shading on his face.

"Glad to see you too." Hisoka replied sarcastically brushing himself off, not bothering to look up to notice the change in his partner.

"Why are you still dressed like that? And why didn't you come home last night?" Before Hisoka could reply, Tsuzuki cut him off rambling."Well I'm glad your alright but...your still little..." His voice trailed causing the child to look up.

"What do you mean 'your still li-'" Hisoka finally looked up and saw Tsuzuki. His eyes went wide."Yo-your b-back t-to n-normal." He stuttered, still not believing what he was seeing. "But how?"

"I don't know. I woke up this morning and I was big again. Only your boxer's and my trench coat fit. I was hoping you were back to normal too..." He looked away. A small silence fell over the pair before Hisoka broke it.

"Well...you came here to get clothes right." Tsuzuki nodded."Lets get you something to wear for the day and go see Watari then." Tsuzuki nodded and both headed back inside the property. When they reached the brunet's room, it just dawned on him that the blonde was here and spent the night.

"Hey Hisoka." He questioned getting the door open.

"Hm?"

"You didn't come back home last night. You were here, weren't you?" There was no answer as they made their way to the bedroom."Why didn't you come home?"

"I needed time to think, so I spent the night here. Is that such a big deal?" Tsuzuki looked at Hisoka then at the bathroom door. It was slightly ajar, inside the mat was ruffled and a few bottles from the counter had been knocked to the ground. Such small things, but most catch able when it came to his partner.

"This isn't like you too leave even the slightest mess. Hisoka, what happened last night?"

"Surprised you could even tell it was a new mess compared to your lifestyle." Hisoka shot back, not caring or wanting to tell Tsuzuki what really happened. Luckily for the blonde, Tsuzuki took the bait.

"Hey! I'm not that messy!"

"Baka. Just get dressed so we can get going." The child walked off into the kitchen. His plan had thwarted his partners attempts for the time being but the older Shinigami wasn't one to leave things alone. At some point Hisoka knew his partner would find out but first he wanted to talk to Watari. Just the slightest things bothered the boy right now about what he did last night, even if the whole ordeal still didn't come to him.

It didn't take long for the violet eyed man to get dressed, so both were able to head off to the office in record time. Although Tsuzuki did comment on what Hisoka was still wearing and they had to make another quick stop. Now that both Shinigami were properly dressed they decided to just teleport to Watari's lab.

If anymore time was wasted, they'd miss work and Tatsumi would be furious. Plus with Tsuzuki returned to his normal self and not Hisoka, it would surely bring up some sort of unwanted commotion. Arriving at their destination they found the blonde scientist working 'hard' on his next 'break through'. Tsuzuki was the one to call out to the man, and with his older voice returned, caught Watari's attention immediately.

"Your back to normal!" He looked in awe at the man, jumping the table he was working at to get a better look. Quickly checking the other man over just in case for any side effects. "Hm...well that wore off fast...no other problems." He slapped his hand on Tsuzuki's shoulder smiling."Your cured!"

"Not quite." Watari recognized the chibi voice and looked down next to Tsuzuki. A look that read 'shit' spread across his face.

"Bon, your still..."

"Little? I know. That's why were here. Not to tell you he's back to his formal self, but find out why I'm not." The scientist had to wonder this a minute while pacing the room.

"Well, I can't imagine why Bon. You two did the exact same thing, unless Tsuzuki did something last night that you didn't do."

"He did a lot more than I did. He was at that damn party after all. What could possibly made a difference being there though."

"Hm...Tsuzuki, list everything you did after Bon left."

"Eto...lets see. I remember dancing a little and eating more of Wakaba's cooking. Maybe alittle karaoke too. Oh yeah! And the sake Yuma brought in right after he left the room too."

"Sake..." The older blonde thought on the alcoholic substance for a minute."Just a hunch and nothing more but what if the sake you drank last night canceled out the potion. Some liquors are known for canceling out medications and worsening some symptoms the medication is suppose to be curing. Since medications and potions could be classified into the same field as they both have side effects, pacific purposes and reactions it's a possibility that the sake he drank took out the potion as if it was one of those over the counter drugs."

The two thought about it for a minute. It made since and Tsuzuki had drunken a lot of the intoxicating liquid to possibly do such a thing. A few more questions popped into their heads and Hisoka started off first. More so of a yell, compared to every ones previous calmly spoken conversation.

"Gods only knows how much he drank! I can't handle too much alcohol and we don't even know if that works or not. You could get me dirty drunk and it maybe for nothing!" Tsuzuki looked at his partner sympathetically about to speak but Watari beat him to it.

"That is true and if I'm not mistaken, you also consumed more of the potion then Tsuzuki here." Both Shinigami looked at the man."Hey, hey! Don't look at me like that! I'm just saying. Didn't Bon drink more of the tea than Tsuzuki." Hisoka thought back, nodded and a look of surprise and horror spread across his features.

"I-i finished his cup and my own...that would mean..."

"If sake is the cure, you'd be more than dirty drunk to get to Tsuzuki's level. Who knows, might just be quicker and easier for you to just wait it out. Sake messes with the brain too much and you need yours for work and your empathy."

"Yeah...I suppose." The room fell silent as the three gave each other the chance to think their own opinions through and digest everything that had previously been discussed. Work would be the next question, but for now Hisoka had another thought in mind."Watari...can I ask you something in Private."

"Sure."He turned to the other man."Be right back." He smiled leading the boy to the back of the room. Once he was sure the brunet was out of hearing range he turned toward the blonde."What do you need?"

"Side effects. I want to know if there's anymore side effects. I know you said that one dealing with acquiring our old skills as if they were our present, but are there anymore?"

"Not that I'm aware of, but this was a new experiment so new things could pop up at any moment. Why? Please tell me, is there something else you've noticed?" Hisoka looked away, slightly embarrassed.

"This morning...I woke up crying. Not like I normally do because my night was actually quite peaceful. No nightmares, nothing. I was also in the position I'd normally wake up in if I did have a nightmare."

"Have you told Tsuzuki?" The child shook his head."Hm...let me think this one over. I'll be back to you if anything comes up, ok?" He nodded."For now, you two should probably go see Tatsumi." The youth nodded again, turning around and heading back to where his partner was.

Watari waved the two off, but what the younger blonde had said did not leave his mind. Had he missed something when analyzing the only side effect? Either that or there was just something he didn't calculate into his thoughts. Remembering Tsuzuki's little revertion back to when he could cook, then what Hisoka had said about being so upset but feeling fine through the night and morning.

The scientist sat down as 003 flew over his head and perched herself on his shoulder. Normally the man wouldn't care for such heavy thinking about a small mistake such as this, but Hisoka's sudden outburst of telling him and not Tsuzuki made it different. Unless when he was upset, he wanted or had told Tsuzuki. It was a subconscious thing, as was Tsuzuki's revertion. Wait! Thats it!

"Shit." He turned to the owl sitting on his shoulder slowly dozing off."I gotta get to Tsuzuki and let him know or this may be a problem 003." The bird only twitched at hearing her name as Watari made his way to where he hoped to find the older Shinigami.

Tsuzuki couldn't believe his luck. No longer was this day any good. Everything was crashing down, at least for his younger partner. Hell, he even ran off again! At least this time, the man could sense the boy was still in the building, probably in their office. Honestly though, how could he blame him?

They went to see Tatsumi and he was most pleased to see that one of his employees was back to normal, but after seeing Hisoka...Needless to say their working arrangements were no different but what got to Hisoka more was that he had been ordered, on account of his stubbornness and need to try and change Tatsumi's mind, to stay and live with his partner.

Not at his house though, at Tsuzuki's apartment. Tatsumi had made it quite clear to the blonde that being at that size, he could not live on his own in his house. Since Tsuzuki was back to normal it'd be easier if Hisoka just move in with the man until he was back to normal. After hearing that and knowing he could do nothing to change the secretary's mind, the child nodded and teleported out.

The man sighed grabbing his head as he walked. His days would be back to normal, except for the fact that his partner would be living with him, but still. The day just couldn't get any worse. He closed his eyes since he knew his way around well enough that he wouldn't hit or run into anything.

"Tsuzuki! Tsuzuki!" The voice calling his name caused him to open his eyes and turn to see one of his co-workers. He stopped walking, waiting for the man to catch up.

"Whats wrong Watari?"

"I need to tell you something." He breathed."About Bon."

"Hisoka? What about him?"

"I missed something when figuring out the side effects. It's not just as simple as gaining your old skills and loosing your present. You have all your current skills, slightly varied but still there. You don't acquire anything from the past."

"Then what happens? You said that day I cooked for Hisoka-"

"Was a revertion." Tsuzuki looked at him confused."Lets put it this way, you could cook at 16 right. Well your not 16 even if you look it, you reverted back to your 16 year old self for whatever amount of time, so you could cook because your mindwas actually 16. Thing is, your mind still passes it off as routine and that's how I missed it."

"So I reverted back to when I was 16 mentally?" Watari nodded."But why does that-...Hisoka..."

"Yes. The thing Bon wanted to tell me sparked this concern. I believe he reverted back to 6 year old self at your apartment last night. Thing is, think. How was his life back when he was 6."

"Oh god." His mouth fell agape."He had just been shunned into the basement by his parents."

"Exactly. So he reverts into a scared, lonely child. We can only imagine what actually goes through the kid's head when he reverts. Next problem, these revertions could happen at anytime." The brunet stood shocked for a minute before looking back at the scientist.

"What can we do? You said his mind will think it as if routine. How can I help him?"

"I'm not sure...I would recommend being around him as often as possible in case of these revertions so you can comfort him. It might lesson them if he gets whatever he needs or wants in these moods. Although with him, following him around all day may just piss him off and cause him to run off again."

"No! Its ok! Tatsumi just said he'd have to live me 'til he's better. I can watch him at least 20 hours out of 24 I'm positive." The blonde nodded in acknowledgment and smiled."Thank you Watari."

"Not a problem, just pay me back by watching Bon." Tsuzuki nodded and both men waved their goodbyes.

The new news was startling to say the least to the violet orbed man, but it was relieving to know it ahead of time before another incident occurred. He just wondered if he could figure out what exactly happened last night or if he can help his partner when he reverts. Now that they had new arrangements, all he could do was play the day out normally and deal with the other stuff later.

If he dared bring any of this stuff up in the office, there would be no telling what the blonde boy would do. Everything still seemed a bit foreign to Tsuzuki, but maybe tonight after the two had settled at his apartment, he could try and make since of this so the future days for the emerald eyed Shinigami would be more pleasant.