WOW 65 WORDS AWAY FROM BEING EIGHT THOUSAND I SAID I WOULDN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. Ahem, yes I meant hello. Sorry, I've been out for longer than I expected. I had a test to study for...

*ignores booing from crowd*

and then I had coursework to finish...

*dodges a rotten tomato*

So I was pretty busy. But now I've finished (freaking finally) and I can get on with my life. And to 'One of your fans', you're very welcome! And I hope you don't mind, but I had two more mini episodes I had planned before your idea, so your chapter will be after that, haha, please bear with me!

Another thing that happened is that I hit 5k views over the weekend. So thank you so much to everyone who reads this fluffy comedic mess of a fanfic from my twisted mind haha. With this chapter update, I'll also go past 100k words so I'm excited for that as well. Really happy right now guys! Anyway, this is the concluding part, I've kept you on a cliffhanger for ten days, so I don't think it's fair to keep you any longer. So without further ado...

Let the chapter commence!

Child's Play- Part 4

Well, today just kept getting weirder and weirder, didn't it? As if the circumstances weren't strange enough to begin with, they've run into a familiar face. Representing Yosen's basketball team as a Shooting Guard and identifying himself as Taiga's 'older brother', it was none other than Himuro Tatsuya himself.

"It's Muro-chin~"

"Tatsuya, what're you doing here?!"

"Yo, Taiga. Hello Atsushi," he said with a nonchalant wave of his hand. "I didn't expect to see you all here. What are you guys doing in Kyoto?"

"We should be asking you that question!"

"I have relatives here," Tatsuya explained "so I was visiting them for the weekend."

"I see," said Tetsuya. "We're here because we were visiting Seijuro-kun and his brothers." Tatsuya looked around.

"Hmm? But I don't see Seijuro-kun anywhere," he said, a puzzled expression appearing on his face. "Where is he?"

"Uh, actually he's over there," said Daiki, pointing a finger back at Chihiro. Tatsuya stared at the sleeping toddler in confusion. He had bumped into Chihiro so quickly, he didn't even register the fact that he was carrying a child in his arms. More importantly, Daiki said that this was Seijuro?

"I'm sorry, I don't really think I understand the situation." Shintarou adjusted his glasses.

"I think it would be better if we explained properly, nanodayo."

5 minutes of explanation later…

"Okay, so I think I get it now," Tatsuya said, scratching his head as he pondered this predicament. "Basically what you're saying is that Seijuro-kun drank a magic potion and now he's a toddler?"

"Well, sorta," Kotarou said awkwardly. "He still has the mind of a fourteen year old, but he gives into childish impulses a lot, so there's really no telling how old Sei is mentally anymore."

"I see. Is there a reason why he's sleeping right now?" Shuuzo shrugged.

"Meh, he's a bit out of it today," he answered. "He's been cranky ever since he turned into a little kid, so I guess after a while he kinda just…gave up."

"Is it okay if I carry him?"

Chihiro looked down at Tatsuya, eyes flickering in surprise, but he nodded and handed him over.

"Be my guest," he said.

Tatsuya took Seijuro from him and carried him in his arms. Gazing down at the sleeping two-year-old, he gave a small fond smile before smoothing down his hair. While everyone watched him, Daiki elbowed Ryouta to get his attention.

"Yo, Ryouta, I think he's developing a bro-con," he whispered.

"Eh?" Ryouta exclaimed. "You think so?"

"Yeah, I mean look at him, he's already attached."

"Well, he's like an older brother to Taigacchi, so maybe he's like that for everyone-ssu."

By the time Seijuro was transferred over to Tatsuya, he had already begun stirring. It was only until a few seconds after did he open his eyes. When he did, he was face-to-face with Tatsuya, and the rest of them watched with baited breath, wondering what kind of words would be exchanged between the two. They expected Tatsuya to be awkward about it, but he just smiled.

"Hi, Seijuro-kun," he said.

Seijuro was about to say hello back, but he realized he couldn't be bothered to actually say it, and so he just lifted up his hand and gave him a half-hearted wave, putting it down at his side again.

"So I heard about your problem," Tatsuya continued. "It must be pretty frustrating to be stuck in this form, right?"

Seijuro blinked. He didn't expect him to be so understanding about this whole mess. He removed the pacifier from his mouth (which he realized he was still sucking on for some godforsaken reason which was totally embarrassing) and narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"Wait, so you're not going to patronize me?" he asked. Tatsuya furrowed his brows.

"Why would I want to patronize you?" he said. "That's kind of mean, isn't it?"

Seijuro was so dumfounded by his reply that he could only manage a quiet "Oh" that unintentionally escaped his lips. For some strange reason, he was actually starting to warm up to Tatsuya. Before the boy said anything, Seijuro was planning on giving him a death glare like he did with everyone else in his family, but strangely enough, he appreciated Tatsuya for not laughing or patronizing him upon first glance. Maybe it was just because he was the only one not to make fun of him today, but either way, he was beginning to like him the best.

"Ha? This is weird," said Daiki.

"What is?" asked Taiga.

"I think Seijuro's also developing a bro—mmph!" He was silenced by the pacifier that was aggressively shoved into his mouth by an irritated Seijuro.

"You shouldn't talk so much, Daiki," he said offhandedly, ignoring the muffled screams from his blue-haired cousin. Daiki yanked the thing out of his mouth and started coughing, the pacifier being jammed into his mouth with so much force that he was almost certain he'd swallow it. Tatsuya turned to the rest of them.

"So, where are you all headed now?" he asked.

"We're going back to our house," Chihiro answered.

"Yo Tatsuya, do you wanna hang out with us?" Taiga asked.

"I'd love to. If it's okay, that is," he said, glancing hesitantly over at Chihiro. Chihiro just shrugged in response.

"If you want to come along that's fine." Tatsuya smiled.

"Thank you very much," he said. "Now, shall we head back?"

~O~

After getting off the platform at the train station, the fifteen of them began making their way back to the house. In that time, Atsushi offered Seijuro another ride on his shoulders to make him feel better, and the redhead complied, sitting atop his cousin, while sucking on the third lollipop since they left the restaurant. Tatsuya shook his head in disapproval.

"Atsushi, I don't think it's a good idea to give him too many of those," he said cautiously. Atsushi just shrugged.

"It's fine Muro-chin~" he drawled.

"Are you sure?" he asked. "It's not good to give kids too much sugar, you know."

"It's not too much, just a couple, ne~?" Tatsuya looked reluctant, but he eventually gave in and sighed.

"I guess it's fine if you don't give him too many. Just be careful."

"Okaaaaaay~"

20 lollipops later…

Seijuro could not sit still at all.

He didn't know what came over him, but he just felt really energetic all of a sudden and he didn't know why. It was unlike him to be moving around so much but he couldn't stop. Eventually, Atsushi groaned at how antsy he was being and began to voice his complaints.

"Sei-chiiiiiin~" he whined. "You're too fidgety." Seijuro squirmed uncomfortably and flushed deep red at his accusation.

"Sorry, I can't really help it at the moment," he said. "Can you put me down? I think I want to walk instead."

Atsushi set the boy down on the ground and he began moving every part of his body, swinging his arms back and forth, swaying from side to side, even when he was stood still he was bouncing in place. Everyone looked at Seijuro in confusion.

"What the hell, does he need to go to the bathroom or somethin'?" Shōgo said. "Why is he moving around so damn much?"

"It's obvious, nanodayo," said Shintarou in his usual matter-of-fact tone. "Do you know how it takes less lethal poison to kill something small? This is like that, nanodayo. It takes less sugar to make a child hyperactive."

Seijuro looked so confused as to what was happening with his own body, staring down at himself as he bounced in place. It's not like he wanted to do this, but he needed a release for his energy. Reo of course thought it was the cutest thing ever, but he refrained from saying so out loud.

"Sei-chan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine," he said. "I just need to walk it off, I suppose."

"If you say so. But just make sure you stay close, okay?"

"Don't take his word for it," said Chihiro. "He said he'd stay close the last time and see where that got us. Reo, can you hold onto his hand please?" Seijuro was quick to protest.

"Chihiro-nii-san, I don't think that will be necessary," he said. Chihiro huffed in annoyance.

"So you say, but I'm not having another incident like this morning, so yes, it is necessary."

"But—"

"No buts. I'm not changing my mind."

"But Chihiro-nii-san, can't I just walk on my own?"

"No means no, Seijuro."

The redhead sighed. His brother clearly wasn't going to budge from his opinion, so he'd have to follow his orders. He held out his hand to Reo, who took it instantly, and they continued to walk on, the angered toddler mumbling curses under his breath for the umptillionth time that day, while the others secretly took photos. It wasn't until they were nearly home and they were waiting for the light to turn green so they could cross the street, that Seijuro looked down and noticed something.

"Reo-nii-san…" he said, tugging on his brother's hand. Reo looked down with questioning eyes.

"Hmm? What's the matter, Sei-chan?" Seijuro pointed to his brother's right shoe.

"Your laces have come undone," he stated. Reo blinked in surprise at the untied laces.

"Ara, they have come undone," he said to himself before bending down and preoccupying himself with retying his shoes. Although doing so required him to let go of Seijuro's hand; the first mistake. Seijuro stood behind his brother as he waited for him to finish, when he looked to his right and saw a playground. Quite a few children were there and they were all having a good time playing around. Suddenly, his childish impulses resurfaced, and he did nothing to resist them; because by the time Reo had finished tying his shoelaces, he looked up and Seijuro was gone.

"You guys, where's Sei-chan?"

Everyone looked around and realized he had disappeared.

"Oh God please no," said Chihiro. "I cannot believe he's gone again. Reo, weren't you holding his hand?"

"I was!" Reo exclaimed. "But then I let go to tie my shoelaces and when I looked up he disappeared!"

"Geh, he's mastered Tetsu's Misdirection."

"I refuse to give my title as Phantom Sixth Man to a two-year-old, even if it is Seijuro-kun."

"Well we can't just stand around!" Kotarou cried out. "We gotta find him!"

"There is no need for that, nanodayo," said Shintarou. Satsuki blinked in surprise.

"Eh? Do you know where Sei-kun went?" Shintarou pointed to the street across from them.

"He's over there, nanodayo."

Everyone turned to where he was pointing to and saw Seijuro wandering into the playground. Everyone looked on in shock.

"What the—?! When did chibi get over there?!" Eikichi shouted.

"Sei-chan come back here!" Reo called out to him. Seijuro must've heard what he was saying, because he turned around and stared at the group. But then he gave them a mischievous grin before spinning on his heels and going straight towards the playground, vanishing amongst the other children. They all had to wait another thirty seconds before the traffic light signified them that they could cross the street before running across and reaching the playground.

"Where the hell did he go?" said Shuuzo.

"I don't know," Chihiro replied. "But Seijuro is really starting to annoy me this time."

"It'll be weird if we all go into the playground at once, so only a few people should go in and get him."

"That's a good plan," Chihiro murmured and so he randomly picked out four people from their group of fourteen.

"Taiga. Daiki. Tatsuya. Tetsuya. Can I depend on you to find him? I'd look for him myself but since you guys are smaller, I think you'll be able to get around better." The four nodded and dispersed once they entered the playground. Tatsuya and Daiki covered the jungle gym area while Tatsuya and Taiga looked for him on the ground. Tetsuya was crawling around in the jungle gym, looking for Seijuro high and low when he stopped in front of a little girl who was staring at him in curiosity.

"Hello there," Tetsuya said kindly. The little girl waved.

"Hello," she said back.

"Have you seen a little boy around here with red hair?"

The girl contemplated for a moment before her eyes lit up, seeming to have found an answer.

"Yes I did. He went into the tube before me," she replied, moving aside and revealing the tube she was referring to. Tetsuya smiled gratefully at the child.

"Thank you very much," he said. The girl nodded.

"You're welcome, Mister."

With that, Tetsuya crawled inside the entrance to the dark tube, hoping that on the other side, he might find Seijuro. Instead, he finds Daiki, who was looking for Seijuro on the other side of the jungle gym, but it appeared he didn't find him.

"Yo, Tetsu, you seen anything?" Daiki asks. Tetsuya shakes his head.

"Unfortunately I couldn't find him," he answered. "But a little girl did tell me he went this way, so I thought I might go on that lead." Daiki sighed and looked in the other direction, in the places where they hadn't covered and his eyes widened in realization. There, on the wobbly bridge, was Seijuro. He nudged Tetsuya to get his attention.

"Oi, I think I found him," Daiki said, pointing at the small red-haired boy who was walking across. Tetsuya stood up and brushed off his trousers.

"Let's go and get him then."

…

Seijuro was idly walking across the bridge as he traversed the jungle gym. For some reason, he was finding this experience to be awfully amusing. Playgrounds were actually pretty fun if one thought to try them out. Like a child determined to satisfy their curiosity, Seijuro really didn't care about the fact that he wandered off. He just sort of…did it. And he didn't have any intentions of leaving the place so soon either. So when he saw Tetsuya and Daiki appear in front of him, he stopped in his tracks.

"Seijuro-kun, there you are," said Tetsuya.

"What're you doing just disappearing like that?!" Daiki exclaimed. "Come on, we're going." The blank expression Seijuro was giving the two suddenly transitioned into a devious one, a playful smile slipping onto his face.

"Why don't we play a little game instead?" he said. "I think I'll call it 'Catch me if you can'."

"Wha—"

Before they could even respond, Seijuro had already taken off in the other direction, the two chasing after him when they realized what just happened. Seijuro ran across the jungle gym, skipping across the small stepping platforms that emerged from the ground before going off to the other side.

"Damn, for a kid he's pretty fast!" Daiki said.

"Indeed," said Tetsuya. "In that case, why don't you approach him from one side, and I'll approach him from the other so we can corner him off?"

"Ohhhh! Good idea Tetsu!"

With that plan in mind, Daiki headed the other way while Tetsuya kept running towards the redhead in the same direction.

Seijuro halted in place when Daiki appeared in front of him, taking a step back to distance himself away, but then turned around to see Tetsuya inching closer to him as well.

"Seijuro-kun, please don't move," said Tetsuya. Seijuro looked from Tetsuya to Daiki and then back to Tetsuya again and then smirked, side-stepping as he dodged their grab attempts and went down the spiral slide on his immediate right.

"Ah. He got away," said Tetsuya. Daiki growled in annoyance.

"Not on my watch he doesn't!" he shouted. He also went to his immediate right, going down the slide as well, leaving Tetsuya to stare in bewilderment.

Taiga and Tatsuya were on the ground, searching for the boy. He hadn't been found yet, so they were starting to think that perhaps he wasn't in this area.

"Yo, Tatsuya, I think maybe he left already," said Taiga. Tatsuya sighed.

"You think so? Maybe we should try looking over near the swings again."

Suddenly, they heard a noise and turned to find themselves positioned in front of the spiral slide, with someone coming down it. They were surprised to find Seijuro sliding down and they barely reacted when he quickly jumped off and started running elsewhere. Taiga reached out to grab him but missed, Seijuro being just out of reach to him. He fell down on the ground and groaned in pain, but that was the least of his problems. Out of nowhere a voice called out to him.

"OI TAIGA! GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

Taiga looked up and saw Daiki sliding down at high speeds, directly at him. He immediately panicked and tried to get up, but before he could even move, Daiki had already landed on top of him, pushing the boy teenager back onto the ground, and Daiki making a crash-landing on his back.

"I told you to get out of the way you idiot!" Daiki exclaimed angrily. Taiga shoved him off of his body.

"It's your fault for crashing into me!" he argued back. "What the hell were even doing on the slide anyway?! We're supposed to be looking for Seijuro!"

"I was!"

"Don't give me that B.S.!"

"If you two could please stop arguing," Tetsuya said in annoyance. "The more time we waste here, the longer it'll take for us to find Seijuro-kun."

The two basketball idiots glared at each other for a while before turning away, finally getting over their petty argument.

"Well, let's hope he didn't get too far this time," said Tatsuya. "He went right past us when he came down the slide, so we'll start by looking over there."

"Yosh, let's go find him!" Taiga ran forward and then shrank back when he realized he accidentally knocked a kid over onto the ground. The small boy fell back and landed on his backside, wincing in pain as he hit the ground. Taiga was immediately flustered.

"Oh crap, s-sorry kid, I didn't see you there," he stammered in embarrassment. He expected the boy to cry, but he actually didn't and just brushed off his trousers when he stood up.

"It's okay, Mister," the boy replied. "You should be careful though." Taiga sweat-dropped. So now he was being lectured by a freaking kindergartener?

"What are all of you grown-ups doing in the playground?" the boy asked, tilting his head in curiosity.

"Uh, we're looking for someone," Taiga answered awkwardly.

"Who are you looking for?" Taiga scratched his head and began to describe the person.

"Um, a small boy about this tall," he said, putting his hand about two and a half feet off the ground "and he's got red hair and red eyes." The boy nodded in realization.

"Ohhh, you mean that boy."

"That boy?"

"That boy." The little kid pointed upwards and the four followed his gaze, only for that gaze to be replace with one of horror as they all spotted Seijuro on the top of the monkey bars.

"What the—?! How the hell did he get up there?!" Taiga shouted.

"Well forget about that, we have to get him!" said Daiki. So they all ran over to him, hoping that they'll actually catch him this time.

…

Once Seijuro had lost Tatsuya and Daiki on the jungle gym, he made his way over to the monkey bars and climbed all the way to the top. The others were way too easy to lose, due to the fact that Seijuro was able to easier manoeuvre the jungle gym due to his small size, and so the game got kind of boring after a while. He swung his feet as he sat on top of one of the bars. Where were they anyway?

"Oi, Seijuro!"

Seijuro turned his head to find the four of them running toward him. He crossed his arms in disapproval.

"It's about time you showed up," he said, unimpressed with their unpunctual timing. "Where have you been?"

"Don't 'Where have you been' us!" Daiki cried. "We've been looking all over for you! Now come down from there!"

"Hmm? I should come down?" Seijuro slid backwards and let go of the bar, the only thing hanging onto it were his legs.

"You mean like this?"

"Seijuro-kun you shouldn't do that, you could hurt yourself," said Tatsuya worriedly, hoping that this boy wouldn't accidentally let go and fall. Seijuro continued to hang upside-down and flashed a grin.

"You all look quite odd from this perspective," Seijuro said absent-mindedly as he allowed his arms to dangle on either side. Taiga gritted his teeth.

"All the blood's gonna go to your head if you keep hanging upside-down like that!" he said. "Just come down for there!" Seijuro sat back upright on the bar and then decided to hang from the bar by his arms, this time, the rest of his body was hanging while he held onto the metal with his hands.

"Hmm… Alright, I'll come down. But on one condition." Taiga heaved out a pained sigh before pinching the bridge of his nose.

"And what would that be?" he asked unenthusiastically.

"You have to play one more game with me."

"Haaa?! No more games, Seijuro!" Daiki yelled from down below. "Just come down already."

"Just one last game. It's very simple."

"Fine! What's the game called?" said Taiga. Seijuro smirked.

"Catch."

"Huh?"

Without warning, Seijuro released his grip and let go of the bar. Suddenly Taiga darted forward and leaped, landing below Seijuro and catching the boy just in time, before he hit the ground. Taiga landed on his back as he skidded across the ground, coming to a halt a few feet from where he leapt. Seijuro looked down at Taiga impassively.

"Nice reflexes," he said before hopping off and grabbing Tetsuya's hand.

"Okay, I'm done now. We can leave."

Taiga stood up from the ground as the other three began walking back, his face pulling into an irritated frown while a vein popped in his forehead.

"Goddamn kids…"

~O~

After the four of them came back with Seijuro and the redhead got yet another scolding from Chihiro, they arrived back at the house with (thankfully) no other 'surprises'. They were all now in the living room, watching as Shuuzo lost yet another game of checkers to Seijuro.

"I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS."

Seijuro tilted his head to the side in mock innocence.

"Can't believe what, Shuuzo-san?"

"Don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about!" he exclaimed from the other side of the coffee table. "It's bad enough that I lose to you so much already, but now I'm losing to you when you're only like two. Do you know how embarrassing it is to lose to a two-year-old in checkers?"

"That's what you get for harassing me today."

"Hmph! You're not even gonna pretend like you haven't done anything wrong to make me feel better? Where's the 'I was only playing how I usually do' that comes out of your mouth when you win over me?"

"Well maybe if you had left me in a good mood today I could've gone easy on you."

"That's a lie and you know it."

"Yeah, I know. I still would have won."

"You're a little jerk, you know that?"

"You're the last person I want to hear that from."

Their conversation was interrupted by a meow that came from the entrance into the living room. It was Nuisance, who had finally come out of her hiding place after being so badly startled this morning due to the bright flashing lights and whatnot. As she slinked past, Shintarou involuntary put his feet on the couch, eliciting a loud snort from Daiki and Shōgo. Shuuzo patted her head once she had made her way to the coffee table.

"Ahhh, long time no see, Nuisance," he said. Nuisance purred in response and looked over to the other side of the coffee table, where Seijuro was waiting for her.

"Nuisance, come here," he said, patting the space in front of him. The feline stood and stared, wondering who this small child was in front of her. He frowned. Nuisance always came to him when he called, but this time, she didn't even move. He tried again.

"Nuisance?"

Still nothing.

He moved towards her and put his hand out. She began shrinking away, taking a defensive stance as she began to hiss.

"Oi, Seijuro, I don't think you should get any closer to her," said Shuuzo. Seijuro paid him no mind.

"I'm trying to pet her, Shuuzo-san," he said, moving even closer to the black cat.

"I don't even think she recognizes who you are."

"She might recognize my scent at the very least. If I could just get close enough…"

Seijuro slowly moved his hand closer and closer until it was right in front of her. He then tried to make her pick up on his scent, but the second his hand touched her face, she scampered away. He stared in surprise and then dejectedly put his hand down.

"Not even my own pet knows who I am," he said, sulking as some of the GoM tried to hold in their laughter. Shuuzo laughed and patted his head.

"Well can you blame her? If I was a cat, even then I'd find it pretty hard to believe that my owner transformed into a toddler."

The redhead sighed. His mood was put off again.

"I suppose it can't really be helped if she doesn't recognize you," said Tatsuya. "I'm sure she'll probably figure it out if you give her some time."

Seijuro climbed onto the couch and pouted, folding his arms as he eyed the entrance to the living room where his cat had run out of. He wished at least Nuisance would help relieve him of some of the stress that he's had throughout the day. But of course, the universe just decided to have exactly zero percent sympathy for this poor boy. Tatsuya tried to distract him from that by starting up a conversation.

"So, Seijuro-kun, what's it like being a two-year-old so far?" he asked. Seijuro kept his gaze elsewhere as he gave his response to the question.

"It's irritating," he answered. "I've been mocked since morning, a lot of adults have tried to baby me, and I can't reach anything."

"Ah, that's a shame."

"More importantly, no one takes me seriously anymore."

"That's too bad," said Tatsuya.

"Well, everyone except you."

Tatsuya looked down at Seijuro in mild surprise.

"Is that so?" he said. Seijuro nodded.

"Yes. You're the only one who's been accepting of this mess, so I'd like to thank you for being understanding…unlike some people." He looked over at the others suggestively, assuming that they knew what he was implying, which they did, looking as surprised at his accusations as a deer in headlights.

"Uwaaaah! Sei-chan's mad at us!" Reo sobbed.

"A lot of this is Dai-chan's fault," said Satsuki, looking rather disapprovingly at her childhood friend and cousin.

"Haaa?!" he grunted in annoyance. "Don't be dumb, Satsuki! If anyone's to blame, it's Shōgo."

"What the hell are you on about?" Shōgo exclaimed.

"You know exactly what I'm on about! If you hadn't made Seijuro so mad in the restaurant then he wouldn't be like this!"

"And so what if I did?! That doesn't mean that you didn't play a part! Quit tryna play innocent!"

"Fine! It was a freaking group effort then! Right, Shintarou?"

"Watch your mouth. I was never a part of this to begin with, nanodayo."

"Maybe next time you all would choose your words wisely," said Tetsuya.

"Haha, maybe so," said Kotarou, watching Seijuro continue to converse with the Yosen Shooting Guard. "I think Sei likes talking with him better."

"Ehhh? Sei-chin should talk to us more~. Muro-chin I'll crush you."

"Taiga-kun, your brother is monopolizing Seijuro-kun. I want to have Seijuro-kun too."

"You can have me instead, Tetsuyacchi~!"

"Ryouta-kun, please don't open your mouth."

"EH?!"

Tatsuya looked over at Seijuro's relatives, who were glaring intensely at the two.

"Um, Seijuro-kun, are you sure it's okay for me to be talking to you?" Seijuro waved a hand to dismiss his question.

"Nonsense," he said. "You should just ignore them. They're just jealous, I suppose."

"Really? Then maybe you should go back them if that's the case."

Seijuro looked back at his family members, who were continuing to watch them from the side. He smirked deviously.

"Actually, I have a better idea," he said quietly. Tatsuya blinked.

"I'm sorry? What was that you just said?" Seijuro looked up at him and smiled innocently.

"Nothing," he said. "I was just thinking how nice it is to talk with you."

"Oh? Thank you, Seijuro-kun. That's a nice thing to say."

Seijuro could feel the glares intensifying. Winding up his family members could be so entertaining sometimes.

"You know what?" Seijuro said, enjoying the amount of dark aura being emitted by his cousins and brothers. "I think I like you the best." Seijuro could hear Atsushi's eating style become more aggressive, the crunching sounds coming from the maiubo he was eating becoming louder and louder.

"I'm glad you think so," said Tatsuya, deciding to pat his head. Another evil little smirk was directed towards his relatives in a successful attempt to piss them off, the look on his face practically screaming 'This could be us but you playin'. Seijuro's just toying with us, they thought. And he didn't stop there. He was going to really make them pay, and he knew exactly how to finish them off. His family members, especially Reo, observed as the redhead grabbed onto Tatsuya's shirt.

You better not.

"Tatsuya-kun, Tatsuya-kun…"

Don't answer him.

"Ah, is there something you wanted to tell me?"

Tatsuya for the love of God!

Seijuro clung to him and gave him the purest smile anyone had ever seen.

"AISHITERU~!"

Complete chaos broke out amongst the large group. Shintarou's glasses cracked severely; Atsushi dropped his maiubo on the floor; Ryouta nearly passed out; Satsuki and Tetsuya were a blushing mess; blood spurt out of Reo's nose faster than the speed of light and he collapsed on the floor, leaving anyone who wasn't as affected to keep him alive. Meanwhile, Seijuro let go of Tatsuya's shirt and folded his arms as he beamed triumphantly. Revenge is sweet. Meanwhile, Tatsuya just sweat-dropped.

"Oh…he was doing it on purpose…"

"Guys, Reo's dying!"

"Sei-chan, how could you do something so cruel…?"

"Ah, Reo-san's breathed his last."

"REOOOOOOOOOO!"

~O~

"Sei-chan, how could you do something so adorable?! I wish you would say something like that to me, you know! Cuddle with me instead!"

"Reo-nii-san, I have no idea what you're talking about."

Seijuro was back in the living room after getting a cup of juice from the kitchen. Incidentally enough, he would have liked to stay in the kitchen, but he soon got annoyed by the situation when, first of all, he realized the cups were all either drying by the kitchen sink or in the actual cupboard. Considering the fact that he wasn't even three feet tall, he couldn't even reach the kitchen sink, let alone a cupboard, and so he just stood there staring up for a whole minute as he wondered what he should do. Eventually, he had to ask Tetsuya to get a cup for him, and he could swear the teal-haired boy was sparkling, saying something along the lines of "YES OF COURSE I CAN GET THE CUP SINCE I AM TALLER I WILL GET IT SEIJURO-KUN I AM THE TALLER ONE AFTER ALL" or something like that. He wasn't really sure, Tetsuya was way too excited to speak slowly for some reason. Yet even then, Tetsuya could barely reach the cupboard. Which is when Taiga came in and told them to step aside, offering his own cup-reaching abilities to the small toddler with a particular smugness to his face that was really irritating to Seijuro. Of course, before Taiga could even do anything, Atsushi just stepped forward out of nowhere and got the cup for Seijuro, leaving the other two to stare after him as he walked out of the kitchen. Seijuro was already humiliated enough for his height, so as soon as he poured himself some juice, he was out, only to get harassed by Reo about that 'display of affection' towards Tatsuya some minutes before. Seijuro sighed. He couldn't believe he was saying this but…

"If I let you cuddle with me, will you stop complaining, Reo-nii-san?"

"Kyaaaaaaaa~! Sei-chan do you mean it?!"

"Sometime before I change my mind would be nice, Reo-nii-san."

Reo immediately began hugging him, which completely took the younger brother by surprise, since he didn't expect to be swept up into someone's arms so suddenly. Reo was in complete bliss at that moment.

"You're so adorable Sei-chan!" Reo squealed as he nuzzled his younger brother. Meanwhile Seijuro, who was at the receiving end of the stick, could barely breathe.

"You're suffocating me, Reo-nii-san," he managed to say. He felt like his lungs were being crushed. Chihiro pulled Seijuro out of Reo's clutches with one hand while he casually flipped through TV channels with the other.

"Stop that, Reo. You're going to kill him."

"Aww Chihiro let me hug a little longer~"

"No, you're crushing him to death."

Reo tried pulling Seijuro back to him, while Chihiro was pulling him away, making Seijuro more uncomfortable than he's ever been. They were literally pulling him back and forth like two children fighting over a teddy bear, and if they pulled Seijuro any more than that, the redhead was one hundred percent certain that they'd rip his limbs off.

"Can you guys maybe not do that?" he said from in between them. "I'd prefer keeping my arms and legs attached to my body if you don't mind."

They looked at Seijuro, each other, shrugged and let go. Fortunately, he landed back on the ground. Unfortunately for Nuisance, who had re-entered the living room, Seijuro had landed on her tail, and she let out an ear-piercing screech before jumping on the table, knocking over the cup of apple juice, which fell off the table and spilled all over Seijuro. He grimaced as the cold liquid seeped through his clothes.

"Aaah Sei-chan! You're soaking wet!"

"I am well aware of the state of my clothes," he responded bitterly as he put the cup back on the coffee table. Chihiro shook his head.

"Well, I guess you'll have to change. Shuuzo, would you mind going with him to get his clothes upstairs?"

"Yeah no prob." Reo perked up as the two got up.

"Oh! Make him wear the onesie!"

Seijuro stood in place and blinked in confusion when he realized that everyone in the living room stopped what they were doing and were staring at him.

"Ara? Sei-chin has a onesie~?"

"Seijurocchi you bought a onesie?!"

"Sei-kun that's so cuuuuute!"

"I'd totally pay to see him in a onesie."

"Seijuro-kun, it is of utmost importance that you wear the onesie so I can take a picture."

The redhead stepped back as his cousins started getting closer to him. He didn't really care what he wore in the beginning, but considering the fact that they'll be taking photos of him, he had completely changed his mind.

"Stay away from me, all of you," Seijuro threatened. His cousins paid him no mind and kept going towards him, devious smiles plastered on all of their faces (minus Shintarou, who wanted no part of this, and Atsushi, who couldn't be bothered). Seijuro narrowed his eyes.

"I guess it's time to play another game of 'Catch me if you can'," he said, and started running. All of his cousins ran after him as he fled to a different room. They chased him all over the house, Seijuro being too small for them to catch, since he could fit in all the nook and crannies. He sure did give his cousins a run for their money, making them search high and low for him in this unwanted game of hide-and-seek. After a while, they lost track of him, and Seijuro took that opportunity to go into his room, and quietly shut the door.

"It seems I finally shook them off," he murmured, turning and moving towards his bed. Obviously the lights were off, since he didn't want to draw attention to his temporary hiding place, so he had to try and move around as carefully as possible, waiting for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. In the midst of walking around, he ran into something and stumbled forward. It was his lucky item from his cousins' previous visit from many weeks ago, the large teddy bear that Shintarou had given him.

He stood in place as he eyed the large bear up and down. It was so much bigger from this new perspective, it was even taller than him. Unacceptable.

On a whim, Seijuro lifted his foot in the air and used it to push the teddy bear down onto its back. There was no way a plush toy was going to make Seijuro feel insecure about his height. He was just about ready to turn back and leave his room when he realized that if he went outside now, he'd be caught for sure, so it'd be best to stay in there and wait until the coast was clear. Then, he could make a break for it. So, keeping that in mind, he flopped down onto the large bear and waited…and waited…and waited. Five minutes went by, then ten, soon fifteen minutes had gone by, and Seijuro hadn't moved at all. As he continued to lay on top of the large plush toy, he unintentionally let out a large yawn. Oh no, his eyes were starting to get droopy again…

…

Shuuzo, tired from running around the house and looking for Seijuro, had given up hope and decided to check the last place he'd think to look for the boy; his bedroom. He slowly opened the door and peered inside.

"Oi, Seijuro, come on out we've been looking for you everywhere," he called out into the room. He didn't get an answer, but he did hear a sound. It was almost inaudible, but it was loud enough to hear. It sounded like breathing. Wanting to find the source, he went behind Seijuro's bed and looked down. There, sleeping on top of the large teddy bear, was the very person he was looking for. Shuuzo bent down and gazed at the sleeping redhead, grinning slightly as he patted his head softly.

"Found you~" he whispered in sing-song and lifted Seijuro off the teddy bear, smirking in victory as he carried him in his arms.

When Shuuzo came downstairs with Seijuro five minutes later, he had already changed Seijuro's clothes, and so he was wearing the onesie that Reo kept talking about. Even though Seijuro made sure that the outfits his brothers picked out at the store were as 'sophisticated' as they could possibly be for a toddler, there was one item of clothing that Seijuro let Reo pick out, just because he wouldn't stop pestering him about it. It was already cute enough that Seijuro was wearing a onesie, but it was even more nosebleed-worthy that it was a Tiger onesie. Yes, you read that correctly; a Tiger onesie. It was orange with black stripes, it had a hood with the Tiger ears attached, heck, it even had the little tail at the back. Everyone crowded around Shuuzo the minutes they saw what Seijuro was wearing.

"So you really made him wear it…"

"This is way too good to be true."

"Oi, I think I heard Shintarou's glasses cracking."

"D-Don't be stupid. It would be wise for you to stop making up such ridiculous stories, nanodayo."

"I must capture this on my phone. Ryouta-kun, please move out of the way."

"Ehhh? I want to see as well-ssu!"

"Sei-chin kawaii~"

"Tetsu-kun, can you send the photo to me later?"

Shuuzo put a finger to his lips.

"Keep it down all of you," he said. "Can't you see that he's sleeping?"

"Why is he sleeping again?" asked Taiga. "Didn't he take a nap in the restaurant?"

"A fact of interest is that two-year-olds tend to sleep for more than ten hours a night and take frequent naps during the day, nanodayo."

"Ohhh, I get it-ssu," said Ryouta. "He has the mind of a fourteen-year-old but he still has the sleep patterns of a little kid. No wonder he's so tired." Kotarou piped up from the back of the group.

"Well, if I transformed into a two-year-old, was harassed by two college girls, was forced to eat something I didn't like, spit-up on someone, and have an argument with the same person in the middle of a restaurant, all while being ridiculed for my height and age, I'd sleep too." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Amen," they all said simultaneously.

Tatsuya came up from behind the rainbow group and peered at Seijuro.

"Are you going to take him upstairs to sleep?" he asked. Shuuzo shook his head as he made his way to the couch.

"Nah, I think it would be better for us to watch him," he said, sitting down. "I feel like it would be a bad idea for us to leave him alone upstairs."

"I'll take him off you, I think you've done more than enough," said Chihiro.

"Eh, it's no problem," said Shuuzo, handing the sleeping boy over to his older brother. "At least he's settled down."

As the rest of the continued to watch TV, Tatsuya's phone began to ring.

"Ah, excuse me," he said, and left the living room to go answer the call somewhere else. When he left, everyone else was still watching TV. Daiki stretched his arms.

"Ahhh I'm so tired," he yawned.

"Daiki, at least cover your mouth when you yawn, nanodayo," Shintarou mumbled from the other couch.

"I'm sleepy as well~" said Atsushi, taking after Daiki and yawing loudly mere moments later. Shintarou shook his head.

"I said cover your mouth, nanodayo."

"Eh~? Shin-chin is too bossy~."

"OI."

"You know what? I'm kinda tired too," said Taiga.

"I am as well," said Tetsuya.

Shōgo and Ryouta were already gone and Satsuki was on the brink, so they didn't give their responses. It didn't take long for everyone else to fall asleep shortly after. The older five looked on as all of their younger cousins slept peacefully on the other side of the living room.

"Well isn't that nice?" Shuuzo laughed. "They're all asleep."

"I agree," Chihiro replied. "That means they're all quiet."

Kotarou began to rub his eyes.

"Y'know, taking a short nap doesn't seem so bad right now," he said. Eikichi nodded in agreement.

"I hear ya," he said. "I think I'll sleep too."

"Sleeping sounds nice right about now," said Reo. Chihiro and Shuuzo exchanged looks.

"Should we…"

"Meh, why not?"

With that, they all dropped out of consciousness one by one, leaving everyone to be sleeping peacefully as the room grew silent.

…

It had been about twenty minutes and Tatsuya finally returned to the living room, putting his phone back into his pocket.

"Guys? My relatives called and asked me if I could help with dinner so I should probably…"

He trailed off when he entered the living room and saw everyone in deep slumber. The fourteen of them were all knocked out cold, everyone sleeping in various positions, some snoring, some not, some clinging to others, and some keeping their distance. They even left the TV on, leaving it to blare as the commercials began to play. Tatsuya chuckled softly.

"I'll just let myself out," he murmured and, without another word, turned off the lights, turned off the TV, and smiled fondly at the large group before walking to the entrance and out the door.

Alternate ending?

It was already morning when everyone began to wake up. Shuuzo got up and went to switch on the lights, making everyone in the room groan in despair at the sudden assault to their eyes.

"Geez, how long were we out?" he said, scratching his head as he tried to make sense of the time on his watch.

"I feel like I was sleeping forever," said Taiga.

"I'll say," Chihiro responded. "Seijuro, are you awa—"

Seijuro wasn't in his lap anymore. Chihiro looked around him, on the other couches, and under the coffee table, making everyone stare at him in confusion.

"Chihiro-san, what are you doing?" asked Tetsuya. Chihiro furrowed his eyebrows.

"I can't find Seijuro," he said. "Where is he anyway?"

Everyone shared looks of surprise and were about to start searching when they heard a familiar voice.

"I've been awake for quite some time actually."

The thirteen of them swivelled their heads towards the kitchen where Seijuro was emerging with a tray of drinks. But, he was back to his regular self again and he had changed back into his normal clothes. Everyone stared.

"Sei-kun, how long has it been since you returned to normal?" Satsuki asked. The boy shrugged.

"I'm not sure," he said. "I just woke up and I was already like this. I suppose the twenty-four hours are up."

"Aww no fair," Reo pouted. "I wanted Sei-chan to be a little kid for a bit longer."

"I refuse," he replied flatly. "I am not enduring another day of suffering just for another's entertainment. Even if it is Reo-nii-san."

"Boo you're no fun~."

"Anyway, never mind that now." Seijuro held out the tray of cups to his family members. "I made tea for everyone while you were asleep. Would you all care to have some?"

Everyone happily obliged and took a cup each. Then, with cups in hand, they all took long sips of the drink, and Seijuro watched as they all twisted their faces in disgust.

"This tea tastes like shit," Shōgo grimaced. "What the hell did you put in here?"

Suddenly, they all started to glow blue and light began pouring forth from their bodies. Smoke filled the kitchen as the light grew brighter and brighter. Then, once the light disappeared and the smoke cleared, thirteen two-year-olds were standing in the middle of the kitchen. Shuuzo looked at himself and everyone else in horror.

"What the—Seijuro what did you do?!"

Seijuro smirked.

"Oh? I wonder."

"Stop playing around, Seijuro," Chihiro said. "What did you put in the drink?" The redhead held up a glass bottle filled with glowing blue liquid. Kotarou's mouth flew open when he recognized the bottle to be the magic potion. Seijuro must've found it lying around where he left it in the kitchen and poured some of it into all of their drinks, when they were all sleeping. It seemed tea wasn't the only think he went to go and do.

"We're stuck as two-year-olds for twenty-four hours-ssu!" Ryouta wailed. Seijuro merely chuckled darkly as he sipped his own untainted tea.

"That you are, Ryouta. Karma's a bitch, isn't it?"

"Ehhh?! Who taught our Sei-chan to swear?!"

"Kotarou this is all your fault!"

"My fault?!"

"Next time you think twice about bringing home strange liquids!"

Seijuro stood up from the chair he was sitting on and walked out of the kitchen.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be going out. And don't bother following me, I'm taking the house keys. Enjoy your twenty-four hours."

"Seijuro, where are you going?!"

"Sei~! Don't leave us here!"

"OI! SEIJUROOOOOOO!"

Booyah! Finally finished it! Hahaha this story was wild. Thank you for reading it till the end all of you. Now, I'll probably start work on the next chapter tomorrow, but until then, you know what to do...

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