Return To The Past: Mamoru's Journey
Chapter 9 -
Author's Notes: Ok. Let's recap. Twenty-one-year old 21st century Mamoru is stuck in the Silver Millennium inside Prince Endymion's six-year-old body. While Elizabeth / Sailor Earth is left to deal with the Royalty alone, Mamoru gets a chance to relive his childhood first-hand. How will Mamoru deal with being six-years-old again? How will he respond to being a "big" brother? And how is Elizabeth going to fix this mess?
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Holding her baby close, Queen Terra carried him back to the royal families personal quarters. Behind her, King Sol Endymion followed with Terry in his arms. The group went together into the King and Queen's personal quarters. Terra sat Endy down on the large bed and began to look him over. She ran her hand over his head. "Hmm. No bump. It does not look like you hit your head. Do you hurt anywhere?" Mamoru starred at her transfixed as well as extremely confused. "You seem ok. What do you think, Sol?"
King Sol sat Terry on the bed next to Endy and proceeded to pull Terra away from her son. "Terra, he fainted. He did not fall off a cliff. He will be fine." Sol kissed his wife gently on the cheek.
Terra sighed. Turning, she gave Endy one last look over. "I suppose you are right." Mamo/Endy and Terry watched their parents curiously.
At that moment, a rap on the door caught their attention. "Excuse me?" An older woman walked in through the open door. The woman was of a medium height with brown eyes and brown hair that was quickly fading to gray. "Is the young prince ready for his bath?"
"Ayah, come in." Terra greeted her fondly. "Yes, you can draw the bath whenever you are ready."
"I drew the bath five minutes ago. You are late." Ayah looked Terra over curiously. "Terra-dear, are you alright? You look positively pale."
Terra smiled wearily. "Nothing gets by you does it? Endy gave us a bit of a scare at dinner tonight. I will explain later if you do not mind."
"Of course not."
"Waaaahh!!!!" A loud wail from the other room interrupted the conversation.
Ayah smiled. "I do believe the little princess wants her mother."
Queen Terra sighed. "She always does. I suppose she will be ready for her dinner right about now, but Endy . . ."
King Sol pulled his wife into his arms. "Would you stop worrying so much? I will keep an eye on Endy and Terry. You go put Elizabeth down." Terra nodded her agreement leaving to take care of her baby. King Sol turned away from Ayah back to his two sons. "You may go now." He told the Ayah. "Endy and Terry will be sleeping with us tonight." Ayah nodded giving a slow curtsey and retired to her room for the night.
King Sol turned back to his two boys. "Alright you two. Everything is all right now. Let's get you boys into the bath." Picking them up, one on each arm, Sol carried his two boys into the bathroom. Setting Endy on top of the counter, Sol turned his attention to Terry. Kneeling next to the bathtub, he began to undress the small boy. Terry starred silently up at his father who was starring off into space. He could feel something was wrong despite his parents' best efforts to hide it. Where had that man gone?
Watching from the countertop, Mamoru's mind spun in a confusing daze. Everything was happening so fast. Where had his past self disappeared? Why did everything suddenly seem so big? Queen Terra herself had easily been able to pick him up and carry him out of the dinning room. The King and Queen were acting so strange and yet to a part of him it didn't really seem all that strange. King Sol glanced worriedly back at his eldest son. He still had that strange dazed look on his face.
Since he had woken up on the dinning room floor, he had been in a sort of dazed state. It was almost as if someone else were controlling what he was doing. Slowly, however, Mamoru was gaining strength and awareness. He looked curiously around his parents' bathroom. It was huge!! Then again, everything looked huge. The large marble tub looked almost like a small pool. His Daddy - wait a minute. When had he started calling the king "Daddy?" - had grown with everything else. Terry, his little brother, no longer seemed quite so little. He was still small, but not as dramatically so.
He looked down at the counter he was sitting on. It to was made of some kind of marble. Suddenly, it hit him like a ton of bricks. He hadn't been sat on a tabletop or counter this way since he was a little child. The world hadn't gotten bigger; he had gotten smaller - MUCH SMALLER. He began to feel foolish for not having realized this sooner, but that still didn't explain why everyone was acting so strange.
Curiously, he wondered what he looked like since he'd gotten smaller. He turned to look behind himself at the mirror on the wall and was in for quite a surprised. It wasn't him he saw when he starred into the mirror. It was his past self. His past self hadn't disappeared; he was just sleeping - sort of. Mamoru himself was the one who had disappeared. He had - what? - gotten trapped inside his body? No wonder everyone was acting so strange. They really did think he was Endymion. Well, he was Endymion, but - "Ack!!" Mamoru cried out as he was suddenly hoisted into the air, spun around, and then placed on the floor next to the over-sized tub.
King Sol laughed. "Gomen, Endy-chan. Did I scare you?"
Mamo crossed his arms in front of his crinkling his face into a look of annoyance. "I was NOT scared!!!" Inwardly, Mamo was surprised at himself. Why was he acting this way? Sol laughed again. Now this was his son. He began to relax figuring Endy had been in shock after what had happened to him. Kneeling down in front of his son, he loosed his tunic placing it on top of Terry's pile of clothes.
Mamoru starred at his father trying to figure out what he was doing. Sol reached down untying his shoes and removing them and his socks as well. Afterwards, he took hold of his arm beginning to work it back out of his shirt. Mamoru glanced over at his little brother who was waiting next to the tub wearing nothing but his birthday suit. Once again, something clicked. King Sol had just finished undressing Terry. Now, he was undressing HIM.
"Oh, no." Mamoru began to struggle. He was an ADULT for goodness sake. There was no way he was going to be undressed in front of the King.
"Endy, stop squirming."
"NO!!" Mamoru yelled. "Let go of me!!"
"Endy, cut that out! You have to take off you clothes so you can take a bath."
"NO!!!" Mamoru continued to struggle. "I can bath by myself!!"
Hearing the commotion, Ayah came in to see if she could help. "Endy, you are still too little to be in here by yourself." She still hadn't forgotten how he'd slipped and almost hurt himself the last time he had insisted on being left alone. Ignoring her, Mamoru continued to struggle. "Do you need some help, Majesty?"
"Yes." Sol agreed. "Help me undress him."
"Yes, of course, majesty." Ayah simply knelt down, grabbed hold of Mamoru's shirt, and in one quick movement jerked it straight over his head before he could protest. Tossing it into the pile with the rest of the children's clothes, she reached for the buttons on his pants. Mamoru continued trying to struggle, but his father held him tightly. When Ayah started to undo the zipper, he had had enough. "Get your hands off me you perverted old hag!!" Well, it worked. Ayah stopped in her tracks starring at the young prince in shock.
King Sol also starred but recovered much quicker than the Ayah. Terry backed away knowing what was about to happened. Mamoru, however, didn't catch on quite so quickly. He continued to struggle when the King stood up holding him under an arm. His front end dangled and his rump stuck up in the air. Waving his arms did no good and made him feel unstable, so he elected to kick his legs and yell.
Grabbing the back of Mamoru's pants, Sol pulled pants and underwear off in one swift movement. Taking them from him, Ayah began to gather the rest of the clothing and leave. "No. Stay right there." King Sol told the Ayah. Mamoru struggled even harder when he realized what his father had done. Sol glared. Pulling his free hand as far back as humanly possible, he brought it back connecting it with his son's rear. Mamoru jerked freezing in horror as he heard - and felt - a resounding SMACK. It took the second SMACK for him to realize what was going on. King Sol was spanking him - HIM, a full grown adult. He cursed his lips together as tears threatened the back of his eyes. He was not going to cry. After all, he was an -
At the third SMACK, his resolution broke and he cried out. Three more connected, and then it was over. "One for every year." His father reasoned. "Now apologize to Ayah."
Mamoru cursed his lips together stubbornly his pride getting the better of him. Three more, well-placed SMACKS quickly changed his mind. "Now, are you going to apologize to your Ayah?" Mamo sniffled his child's side winning over his adult side. He nodded slowly.
"What do you say?" His father prodded encouraging him with another - lighter - smack on the bottom.
Mamoru grimaced. "Yes, majesty."
"Good." King Sol set his son down on his feet. "Now apologize."
Mamo looked at the floor embarrassment showing on his face. "Gomen nasi, Ayah-san." Ayah nodded taking the clothes and leaving the room.
Sol sighed heavily running his hands through his thick black hair. He really hated to do that after what had happened earlier, but Endymion had left him no choice. "Ok. That's over. Into the bath you two." Mamoru hurried into the tub while Sol lifted his brother in. At least under the water, he was semi-covered. He could feel heat rising in his cheeks.
Terry watched his older brother. Crawling over, he wrapped his arms around Mamoru who starred surprised. "Aw betta?" Terry asked in his cutest most sympathetic voice.
Mamoru starred into his deep baby blue eyes. In some ways, he reminded him of Usagi. He was so innocent. "Yeah." Mamo agreed though his bottom still hurt. "All better." Terry grinned happily. Bringing his hands down, he smacked the water making it - and Mamoru - jump. Terry starred at his brother again. Mamoru sighed. He had forgotten how bad being spanked like that hurt. Deciding nothing had happened, Terry went back to splashing the water.
Mamoru shut his eyes when Terry splashed water into them. Feeling wicked, he glared at his baby brother and splashed him back. Terry blinked once as if deciding weather or not to get upset. Making his decision, he giggled. The water fight was on. Of course, Mamoru won. "Ok, boys. Calm down. You are getting more water on the floor than you are in the tub." Terry giggled. Mamoru laughed despite himself.
Grabbing a washcloth off the side of the tub, Sol handed it and a bar of soap to Mamoru. "Think you can handle this by yourself?"
"Of course!!" Mamoru put out defensively. Sol grinned. Endymion was in such a rush to grow up. Taking up another washcloth, he lathered it with soap and began washing Terry. Terry watched his older brother again. He was so big he could wash all by himself. Terry wanted to be just like his big brother. Mamoru took the washcloth, lathered it with soap, and expertly rubbed it all over his body.
Terry turned to look at his Daddy who was help him to clean up. Endy didn't need help. Terry grabbed for his Daddy's washcloth. Sol pulled it away from him beginning to rub his smallest son's back. As soon as Sol returned to the front, Terry made another grab for it. Sol paused watching him curiously. Terry looked back at Endy and then to his Daddy. He crinkled his nose. "Me do!!" He declared making another grab for the cloth.
Sol pulled back. "Terry, do you think you can clean yourself like Endy does?"
"ME DO!!!" Terry yelled. "Me do, me do, me do!!" Mamoru paused to watch him. Smiling slightly, Sol handed the washcloth to Terry to see what he would do. Terry turned to stare at his older brother.
"Finish cleaning up, Endy-chan." Sol told his son.
"But, I'm already clean."
"Do it again then, and do not use contractions." Mamoru paused. Rubbing some more soap onto the washcloth, he rubbed it over his arm again. Terry starred at his cloth and put it on his arm. Mamoru went back over his chest. Terry stuck the cloth to his chest. Mamoru grinned. Terry grinned. Mamoru dropped his washcloth into the water. Terry copied him. Mamoru stuck his tongue out at Terry. Terry copied him again. 'This is too easy.' Mamoru thought amused.
"Hello."
"Hedo."
"Please."
"Peas."
"Terry is a nut."
"Tewwy a -" Terry paused. "What kinna nut?"
"A cashew." Terry grew silent, thinking this over.
"Time for shampoo." Sol told his two boys. Reaching for the bottle, he poured some into his hands. "Shut your eyes." Mamoru and Terry did so, and Sol rubbed the shampoo into their hair. Grabbing a cup that was sitting beside the tub, he filled the cup with water and poured it over Terry's head. Filling it again, he poured it over Mamoru. He continued until both boys were clean and free of all soap and shampoo.
Reaching behind him, he took a large towel from Ayah. Ayah? Mamoru starred. He hadn't even noticed her walk in. Sol held the towel open for him. Looking over at Ayah, Mamoru blushed. If having to do this in front of his father wasn't bad enough, having her in her made it 10 times more embarrassing. Mamoru buried himself further down into the tub. Sol watched him with confusion. "Ok." He turned to Terry. "Come on, Terry." Terry grinned. Standing up, he raised his hands into the air. Wrapping the towel around him, Sol lifted him up out of the tub and handed him to Ayah.
Grabbing a second towel, Sol turned back to his eldest son who was growing redder by the second. "Ayah, take Terrance into the bedroom and prepare him for bed. I will take care of Endymion." The Ayah gave him a strange look, but did as she was told leaving Endymion's clothes on the toilet next to the king. "Close the door behind you." He told her.
Mamoru gulped. What had he done this time? His six-year-old body was tensing up nervously, and even at 21 he knew it was bad when parents called their children by their full name. "You can get up now, Endymion." King Sol told him. Mamoru thought about it and decided it was better to get out with just his father seeing him, than to do it with Ayah there. Mamoru stood up and Sol wrapped the towel around him hoisting him out of the tub.
Sol began helping his son to dry off. "Endymion?" Mamoru looked up questioningly. "Endymion, are you embarrassed to undress in front of Ayah because she is a lady?" Mamoru starred at him shocked. How did he know that? Mamoru blushed deeply and nodded starring at the floor.
"You are growing up so fast." Sol replied sullenly. Mamoru watched him. "You are not old enough yet to be in here alone, but would it make you feel better if you took your baths with me from now on? Instead of Ayah or your mother?" Mamoru thought this over and nodded slowly. He supposed he could get used to doing this with just his father.
Sol nodded. "All right. I will talk it over with Ayah and your mother. Now, let's get you dressed and ready for bed." Reaching to the toilet seat, Sol handed Mamoru a pair of underwear (to which Mamoru blushed), simple black boxer shorts, and a comfortable black cotton shirt with a rose on the front. It seemed six-year-old Endy had decided at some point he was to big for "kid pajamas." Mamoru was glad for this.
"Ok, Endy - chan. You may join your mother and Terry in the nursery, or you can play in your room until bedtime. Daddy has to take his shower now." Mamoru nodded mutely wandering back into her parents' bedroom. The bedroom held within it a large king-sized bed covered with a canopy, two nightstands on either side of the bed, two walk-in-closets, a chest-of -drawers, dresser, vanity (obviously his mothers), and a life-sized mirror.
Starring at the nightstand, the funny - looking lamp there caught his attention. Mamoru looked around him. He was alone. Walking over to the nightstand to the left of the bed, Mamoru looked curiously up at the lamp. Where the light bulb should have been was what seemed to be a simply ball of energy. There was no electric cord either. Maybe it ran on batteries? Mamoru reached his hand up towards the lamp. If he could get a hold of it, he could figure out.
"Endy, what are you doing?" A strong voice asked from the bathroom door.
Mamoru turned abruptly. His face took on a guilty look. "I was trying to fig- " Mamoru paused. He was supposed to be six-years-old. As long as he was stuck like this, he figured he had better try to act like his past-self as much as possible. He had to find a simplier way to ask his question. "I wanted to know what makes the light shine." Mamoru replied pointing to the lamp.
King Sol raised his eyebrows. "It is energy."
"Energy?"
"Hai." Sol walked over to his son. Holding his hand out, he created a golden ball of energy in his hand showing it to Mamoru. "Like this."
"Where does the energy come from?"
"It is inside the lamp." Sol explained. He touched the lamp turning it off. "Watch." Sol tapped the lamp again on its side. Energy began rising up out of the lamp swirling into another ball of energy. When we turn it off, the energy goes back inside the lamp. Does that explain your question?" Mamoru paused for a moment then nodded. "Ok, then. Go to your mother. You know you are not allowed to play in here alone."Mamoru nodded again heading towards the door. "Endymion." His father stopped him.
Mamoru looked back. "Hai?"
"That is my closet." The door to the hallway is right there." Sol pointed to the appropriate door. Mamoru blushed deeply and quickly scooted out the door. Once in the hallway, he looked once more around him. Now, where was the nursery anyways?
A soft melody-like voice floated into the hallway. What was that? His body's instincts were pulling him towards the voice. It was a soothing gentle sound. Deciding to go with his instincts, Mamoru headed in the direction of the music. Who could possibly sing so beautifully? His six- year-old body led him to an open door. Mamoru stared inside starring within at the source of the music.
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Author's Notes: I'm going to stop here for now. Sorry, it took so long for me to update. I was very busy over the Christmas / New Years break. But, the break is over now and I am ready to continue. In Chapter 10, we find out what happened to Elizabeth. Mamoru gets to spend his first full day as a six-year-old Prince of the Earth. Will he get a chance to speak with Elizabeth?
Chapter 9 -
Author's Notes: Ok. Let's recap. Twenty-one-year old 21st century Mamoru is stuck in the Silver Millennium inside Prince Endymion's six-year-old body. While Elizabeth / Sailor Earth is left to deal with the Royalty alone, Mamoru gets a chance to relive his childhood first-hand. How will Mamoru deal with being six-years-old again? How will he respond to being a "big" brother? And how is Elizabeth going to fix this mess?
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Holding her baby close, Queen Terra carried him back to the royal families personal quarters. Behind her, King Sol Endymion followed with Terry in his arms. The group went together into the King and Queen's personal quarters. Terra sat Endy down on the large bed and began to look him over. She ran her hand over his head. "Hmm. No bump. It does not look like you hit your head. Do you hurt anywhere?" Mamoru starred at her transfixed as well as extremely confused. "You seem ok. What do you think, Sol?"
King Sol sat Terry on the bed next to Endy and proceeded to pull Terra away from her son. "Terra, he fainted. He did not fall off a cliff. He will be fine." Sol kissed his wife gently on the cheek.
Terra sighed. Turning, she gave Endy one last look over. "I suppose you are right." Mamo/Endy and Terry watched their parents curiously.
At that moment, a rap on the door caught their attention. "Excuse me?" An older woman walked in through the open door. The woman was of a medium height with brown eyes and brown hair that was quickly fading to gray. "Is the young prince ready for his bath?"
"Ayah, come in." Terra greeted her fondly. "Yes, you can draw the bath whenever you are ready."
"I drew the bath five minutes ago. You are late." Ayah looked Terra over curiously. "Terra-dear, are you alright? You look positively pale."
Terra smiled wearily. "Nothing gets by you does it? Endy gave us a bit of a scare at dinner tonight. I will explain later if you do not mind."
"Of course not."
"Waaaahh!!!!" A loud wail from the other room interrupted the conversation.
Ayah smiled. "I do believe the little princess wants her mother."
Queen Terra sighed. "She always does. I suppose she will be ready for her dinner right about now, but Endy . . ."
King Sol pulled his wife into his arms. "Would you stop worrying so much? I will keep an eye on Endy and Terry. You go put Elizabeth down." Terra nodded her agreement leaving to take care of her baby. King Sol turned away from Ayah back to his two sons. "You may go now." He told the Ayah. "Endy and Terry will be sleeping with us tonight." Ayah nodded giving a slow curtsey and retired to her room for the night.
King Sol turned back to his two boys. "Alright you two. Everything is all right now. Let's get you boys into the bath." Picking them up, one on each arm, Sol carried his two boys into the bathroom. Setting Endy on top of the counter, Sol turned his attention to Terry. Kneeling next to the bathtub, he began to undress the small boy. Terry starred silently up at his father who was starring off into space. He could feel something was wrong despite his parents' best efforts to hide it. Where had that man gone?
Watching from the countertop, Mamoru's mind spun in a confusing daze. Everything was happening so fast. Where had his past self disappeared? Why did everything suddenly seem so big? Queen Terra herself had easily been able to pick him up and carry him out of the dinning room. The King and Queen were acting so strange and yet to a part of him it didn't really seem all that strange. King Sol glanced worriedly back at his eldest son. He still had that strange dazed look on his face.
Since he had woken up on the dinning room floor, he had been in a sort of dazed state. It was almost as if someone else were controlling what he was doing. Slowly, however, Mamoru was gaining strength and awareness. He looked curiously around his parents' bathroom. It was huge!! Then again, everything looked huge. The large marble tub looked almost like a small pool. His Daddy - wait a minute. When had he started calling the king "Daddy?" - had grown with everything else. Terry, his little brother, no longer seemed quite so little. He was still small, but not as dramatically so.
He looked down at the counter he was sitting on. It to was made of some kind of marble. Suddenly, it hit him like a ton of bricks. He hadn't been sat on a tabletop or counter this way since he was a little child. The world hadn't gotten bigger; he had gotten smaller - MUCH SMALLER. He began to feel foolish for not having realized this sooner, but that still didn't explain why everyone was acting so strange.
Curiously, he wondered what he looked like since he'd gotten smaller. He turned to look behind himself at the mirror on the wall and was in for quite a surprised. It wasn't him he saw when he starred into the mirror. It was his past self. His past self hadn't disappeared; he was just sleeping - sort of. Mamoru himself was the one who had disappeared. He had - what? - gotten trapped inside his body? No wonder everyone was acting so strange. They really did think he was Endymion. Well, he was Endymion, but - "Ack!!" Mamoru cried out as he was suddenly hoisted into the air, spun around, and then placed on the floor next to the over-sized tub.
King Sol laughed. "Gomen, Endy-chan. Did I scare you?"
Mamo crossed his arms in front of his crinkling his face into a look of annoyance. "I was NOT scared!!!" Inwardly, Mamo was surprised at himself. Why was he acting this way? Sol laughed again. Now this was his son. He began to relax figuring Endy had been in shock after what had happened to him. Kneeling down in front of his son, he loosed his tunic placing it on top of Terry's pile of clothes.
Mamoru starred at his father trying to figure out what he was doing. Sol reached down untying his shoes and removing them and his socks as well. Afterwards, he took hold of his arm beginning to work it back out of his shirt. Mamoru glanced over at his little brother who was waiting next to the tub wearing nothing but his birthday suit. Once again, something clicked. King Sol had just finished undressing Terry. Now, he was undressing HIM.
"Oh, no." Mamoru began to struggle. He was an ADULT for goodness sake. There was no way he was going to be undressed in front of the King.
"Endy, stop squirming."
"NO!!" Mamoru yelled. "Let go of me!!"
"Endy, cut that out! You have to take off you clothes so you can take a bath."
"NO!!!" Mamoru continued to struggle. "I can bath by myself!!"
Hearing the commotion, Ayah came in to see if she could help. "Endy, you are still too little to be in here by yourself." She still hadn't forgotten how he'd slipped and almost hurt himself the last time he had insisted on being left alone. Ignoring her, Mamoru continued to struggle. "Do you need some help, Majesty?"
"Yes." Sol agreed. "Help me undress him."
"Yes, of course, majesty." Ayah simply knelt down, grabbed hold of Mamoru's shirt, and in one quick movement jerked it straight over his head before he could protest. Tossing it into the pile with the rest of the children's clothes, she reached for the buttons on his pants. Mamoru continued trying to struggle, but his father held him tightly. When Ayah started to undo the zipper, he had had enough. "Get your hands off me you perverted old hag!!" Well, it worked. Ayah stopped in her tracks starring at the young prince in shock.
King Sol also starred but recovered much quicker than the Ayah. Terry backed away knowing what was about to happened. Mamoru, however, didn't catch on quite so quickly. He continued to struggle when the King stood up holding him under an arm. His front end dangled and his rump stuck up in the air. Waving his arms did no good and made him feel unstable, so he elected to kick his legs and yell.
Grabbing the back of Mamoru's pants, Sol pulled pants and underwear off in one swift movement. Taking them from him, Ayah began to gather the rest of the clothing and leave. "No. Stay right there." King Sol told the Ayah. Mamoru struggled even harder when he realized what his father had done. Sol glared. Pulling his free hand as far back as humanly possible, he brought it back connecting it with his son's rear. Mamoru jerked freezing in horror as he heard - and felt - a resounding SMACK. It took the second SMACK for him to realize what was going on. King Sol was spanking him - HIM, a full grown adult. He cursed his lips together as tears threatened the back of his eyes. He was not going to cry. After all, he was an -
At the third SMACK, his resolution broke and he cried out. Three more connected, and then it was over. "One for every year." His father reasoned. "Now apologize to Ayah."
Mamoru cursed his lips together stubbornly his pride getting the better of him. Three more, well-placed SMACKS quickly changed his mind. "Now, are you going to apologize to your Ayah?" Mamo sniffled his child's side winning over his adult side. He nodded slowly.
"What do you say?" His father prodded encouraging him with another - lighter - smack on the bottom.
Mamoru grimaced. "Yes, majesty."
"Good." King Sol set his son down on his feet. "Now apologize."
Mamo looked at the floor embarrassment showing on his face. "Gomen nasi, Ayah-san." Ayah nodded taking the clothes and leaving the room.
Sol sighed heavily running his hands through his thick black hair. He really hated to do that after what had happened earlier, but Endymion had left him no choice. "Ok. That's over. Into the bath you two." Mamoru hurried into the tub while Sol lifted his brother in. At least under the water, he was semi-covered. He could feel heat rising in his cheeks.
Terry watched his older brother. Crawling over, he wrapped his arms around Mamoru who starred surprised. "Aw betta?" Terry asked in his cutest most sympathetic voice.
Mamoru starred into his deep baby blue eyes. In some ways, he reminded him of Usagi. He was so innocent. "Yeah." Mamo agreed though his bottom still hurt. "All better." Terry grinned happily. Bringing his hands down, he smacked the water making it - and Mamoru - jump. Terry starred at his brother again. Mamoru sighed. He had forgotten how bad being spanked like that hurt. Deciding nothing had happened, Terry went back to splashing the water.
Mamoru shut his eyes when Terry splashed water into them. Feeling wicked, he glared at his baby brother and splashed him back. Terry blinked once as if deciding weather or not to get upset. Making his decision, he giggled. The water fight was on. Of course, Mamoru won. "Ok, boys. Calm down. You are getting more water on the floor than you are in the tub." Terry giggled. Mamoru laughed despite himself.
Grabbing a washcloth off the side of the tub, Sol handed it and a bar of soap to Mamoru. "Think you can handle this by yourself?"
"Of course!!" Mamoru put out defensively. Sol grinned. Endymion was in such a rush to grow up. Taking up another washcloth, he lathered it with soap and began washing Terry. Terry watched his older brother again. He was so big he could wash all by himself. Terry wanted to be just like his big brother. Mamoru took the washcloth, lathered it with soap, and expertly rubbed it all over his body.
Terry turned to look at his Daddy who was help him to clean up. Endy didn't need help. Terry grabbed for his Daddy's washcloth. Sol pulled it away from him beginning to rub his smallest son's back. As soon as Sol returned to the front, Terry made another grab for it. Sol paused watching him curiously. Terry looked back at Endy and then to his Daddy. He crinkled his nose. "Me do!!" He declared making another grab for the cloth.
Sol pulled back. "Terry, do you think you can clean yourself like Endy does?"
"ME DO!!!" Terry yelled. "Me do, me do, me do!!" Mamoru paused to watch him. Smiling slightly, Sol handed the washcloth to Terry to see what he would do. Terry turned to stare at his older brother.
"Finish cleaning up, Endy-chan." Sol told his son.
"But, I'm already clean."
"Do it again then, and do not use contractions." Mamoru paused. Rubbing some more soap onto the washcloth, he rubbed it over his arm again. Terry starred at his cloth and put it on his arm. Mamoru went back over his chest. Terry stuck the cloth to his chest. Mamoru grinned. Terry grinned. Mamoru dropped his washcloth into the water. Terry copied him. Mamoru stuck his tongue out at Terry. Terry copied him again. 'This is too easy.' Mamoru thought amused.
"Hello."
"Hedo."
"Please."
"Peas."
"Terry is a nut."
"Tewwy a -" Terry paused. "What kinna nut?"
"A cashew." Terry grew silent, thinking this over.
"Time for shampoo." Sol told his two boys. Reaching for the bottle, he poured some into his hands. "Shut your eyes." Mamoru and Terry did so, and Sol rubbed the shampoo into their hair. Grabbing a cup that was sitting beside the tub, he filled the cup with water and poured it over Terry's head. Filling it again, he poured it over Mamoru. He continued until both boys were clean and free of all soap and shampoo.
Reaching behind him, he took a large towel from Ayah. Ayah? Mamoru starred. He hadn't even noticed her walk in. Sol held the towel open for him. Looking over at Ayah, Mamoru blushed. If having to do this in front of his father wasn't bad enough, having her in her made it 10 times more embarrassing. Mamoru buried himself further down into the tub. Sol watched him with confusion. "Ok." He turned to Terry. "Come on, Terry." Terry grinned. Standing up, he raised his hands into the air. Wrapping the towel around him, Sol lifted him up out of the tub and handed him to Ayah.
Grabbing a second towel, Sol turned back to his eldest son who was growing redder by the second. "Ayah, take Terrance into the bedroom and prepare him for bed. I will take care of Endymion." The Ayah gave him a strange look, but did as she was told leaving Endymion's clothes on the toilet next to the king. "Close the door behind you." He told her.
Mamoru gulped. What had he done this time? His six-year-old body was tensing up nervously, and even at 21 he knew it was bad when parents called their children by their full name. "You can get up now, Endymion." King Sol told him. Mamoru thought about it and decided it was better to get out with just his father seeing him, than to do it with Ayah there. Mamoru stood up and Sol wrapped the towel around him hoisting him out of the tub.
Sol began helping his son to dry off. "Endymion?" Mamoru looked up questioningly. "Endymion, are you embarrassed to undress in front of Ayah because she is a lady?" Mamoru starred at him shocked. How did he know that? Mamoru blushed deeply and nodded starring at the floor.
"You are growing up so fast." Sol replied sullenly. Mamoru watched him. "You are not old enough yet to be in here alone, but would it make you feel better if you took your baths with me from now on? Instead of Ayah or your mother?" Mamoru thought this over and nodded slowly. He supposed he could get used to doing this with just his father.
Sol nodded. "All right. I will talk it over with Ayah and your mother. Now, let's get you dressed and ready for bed." Reaching to the toilet seat, Sol handed Mamoru a pair of underwear (to which Mamoru blushed), simple black boxer shorts, and a comfortable black cotton shirt with a rose on the front. It seemed six-year-old Endy had decided at some point he was to big for "kid pajamas." Mamoru was glad for this.
"Ok, Endy - chan. You may join your mother and Terry in the nursery, or you can play in your room until bedtime. Daddy has to take his shower now." Mamoru nodded mutely wandering back into her parents' bedroom. The bedroom held within it a large king-sized bed covered with a canopy, two nightstands on either side of the bed, two walk-in-closets, a chest-of -drawers, dresser, vanity (obviously his mothers), and a life-sized mirror.
Starring at the nightstand, the funny - looking lamp there caught his attention. Mamoru looked around him. He was alone. Walking over to the nightstand to the left of the bed, Mamoru looked curiously up at the lamp. Where the light bulb should have been was what seemed to be a simply ball of energy. There was no electric cord either. Maybe it ran on batteries? Mamoru reached his hand up towards the lamp. If he could get a hold of it, he could figure out.
"Endy, what are you doing?" A strong voice asked from the bathroom door.
Mamoru turned abruptly. His face took on a guilty look. "I was trying to fig- " Mamoru paused. He was supposed to be six-years-old. As long as he was stuck like this, he figured he had better try to act like his past-self as much as possible. He had to find a simplier way to ask his question. "I wanted to know what makes the light shine." Mamoru replied pointing to the lamp.
King Sol raised his eyebrows. "It is energy."
"Energy?"
"Hai." Sol walked over to his son. Holding his hand out, he created a golden ball of energy in his hand showing it to Mamoru. "Like this."
"Where does the energy come from?"
"It is inside the lamp." Sol explained. He touched the lamp turning it off. "Watch." Sol tapped the lamp again on its side. Energy began rising up out of the lamp swirling into another ball of energy. When we turn it off, the energy goes back inside the lamp. Does that explain your question?" Mamoru paused for a moment then nodded. "Ok, then. Go to your mother. You know you are not allowed to play in here alone."Mamoru nodded again heading towards the door. "Endymion." His father stopped him.
Mamoru looked back. "Hai?"
"That is my closet." The door to the hallway is right there." Sol pointed to the appropriate door. Mamoru blushed deeply and quickly scooted out the door. Once in the hallway, he looked once more around him. Now, where was the nursery anyways?
A soft melody-like voice floated into the hallway. What was that? His body's instincts were pulling him towards the voice. It was a soothing gentle sound. Deciding to go with his instincts, Mamoru headed in the direction of the music. Who could possibly sing so beautifully? His six- year-old body led him to an open door. Mamoru stared inside starring within at the source of the music.
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Author's Notes: I'm going to stop here for now. Sorry, it took so long for me to update. I was very busy over the Christmas / New Years break. But, the break is over now and I am ready to continue. In Chapter 10, we find out what happened to Elizabeth. Mamoru gets to spend his first full day as a six-year-old Prince of the Earth. Will he get a chance to speak with Elizabeth?