(In a circus tent on one of the colonies)

(In a circus tent on one of the colonies)

"Good boy. C'mere, boy, good boy," Trowa cooed at the lions as he moved into the cage, petting each one as he passed them. He was just checking that all of them were healthy before he fed them, when he heard a snarling sound coming from the back of the cage. A lion cub came bounding out the darkness, bearing his tiny passenger straight for Trowa. Chibi-Trowa leaped off the cub's back and did a fancy flip in mid-air, coming to rest in front of the silent pilot.

"Twowa, I wiww feed you to the wions."

"……"

"You are tho aggwavating! Tawk, damn it!"

"……."

Chibi-Trowa executed another amazing flip and landed on Trowa's head. Trowa stood up, so the Chibi was far away from the ground.

"Thit."

Trowa reached up to grab the annoying Chibi. His hand closed on thin air as Chibi-Trowa slid down the bang and hung onto the ended, dangling from the hair. Chibi-Trowa kicked out, hitting Trowa in the eye.

"Itai!" Trowa shook his head, flinging the Chibi across the room, landing on one of the feed bins. Trowa rubbed his eye as Chibi-Trowa got unsteadily to his feet. He clambered down from the feed bin and ran over to Trowa. Since he WAS Trowa's Chibi, he knew Trowa's one weakness. Trowa was ticklish. So Chibi-T started tickling Trowa on the ankles (hey, ankles are VERY ticklish! Trust me. I should know. I am a black-belt in Tickle-Foo). Trowa started to giggled and soon Chibi-Trowa had him writhing on the floor as Chibi-T attacked all his weak points. He finally let off his attack and Trowa lay panting on the floor. Chibi-T ran up and started poking his bangs, manipulating them around so Trowa was poking his own eyes.

"Ow!!!!!!! Stop it!!!!!!!!!! OWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Trowa tried to grab at his little attacker, but he was blind in both eyes and still weak from his giggling bout. Suddenly, the weight of the Chibi was gone from his chest. Ah good, he thought, I'll be okay now.

Little did Trowa know that Chibi-T had retreated because he had realized what Trowa had missed; the cage door was open and the lions were hungry.