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The Chibi Files:

Case #1 – Babysitting, Gundam Style

By: LittleUcchan

Chapter 2 – Surprise Welcome

"Must we enter this madhouse again?!"

"Calm down Wufei." Heero spoke, having had enough of the pilot's rambling for the past hour.

"There's no way in hell that you are making me go in there!!!"

"Yeah right. You've been saying that this whole time and yet you're still here."

"Shut up Maxwell!!" Wufei cried out indignantly.

"I don't see why you are upset. The inhabitants of the manor are quite friendly."

"Friendly?!" He screamed, turning to face Trowa. "How about insane?!"

"Not all of them are," Quatre pitched in.

"Okay…not all of them are. But—but that……woman." All of them, excluding Trowa, cringed. Even Heero showed a slight reaction to the thought of that girl.

"She's not that bad."

Trowa's sentence pushed Wufei over the edge. "Not that BAD?! She was going to paint Nataku YELLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"With black happy faces," Heero slipped in quietly. That last incident was why the pilots refused to use their Gundams as a means of transportation to the Koji household. They didn't want a repeat of what happened last time.

"So she's a bit…eccentric," Quatre agreed, walking up the patio to ring the doorbell.

"She was just in a creative mood at the time. Ucchan is a really nice girl."

"Sorry Trowa, but your opinion doesn't count since the girl is head over heels in love with you," Duo reminded him.

"I guess you're right."

"Just make sure that she stays away from me," Wufei said, crossing his arms.

"Then don't talk."

"What?!"

"She only threatened to paint Nataku yellow because you said something to insult her," Heero stated. "If you just let her be, then she won't bother you."

"That's why she leaves you alone, right Heero?" He nodded to Duo's question.

"I wonder, why they haven't answered yet," Quatre asked aloud.

"Don't worry about it. You know how rowdy that house gets." Walking up to the porch, Duo pressed his ear against the door. Raising an eyebrow, he could hear the sound of running accompanied by shouts and playful screams. They'll never know we're out here with that racket!! Just what the hell is going on in there?

With a mischievous grin he rang the doorbell. Quatre didn't think that anything was behind this act until he didn't stop pressing it.

"Duo!!"

"What?" he asked innocently after ringing the bell fifteen times.

Quatre sighed aloud. "Never mind."

***

"Shit!! They had to come at the worst possible time!!!" Kayura cried, glaring in the general direction of the front door.

"Okay, no one panic."

"KAWAII!!!!!!" Both girls turned to Little Ucchan and sweatdropped.

"Ignore her," Kayura replied dryly. Mia nodded.

"So what now," she pressed on, remembering the other guys.

"Okay. Kayura, you go and stall them."

"What?! Me?!"

"You want to stay behind and handle this?!" Mia demanded, sweeping her hands out to the living room, which was quickly becoming a mess with all the new chibis (formerly Ronins and Warlords) running around. "And plus, you don't want Ucchan to go and stall do you?"

Kayura took one look at Ucchan and sighed. "Guess not."

Mia watched Kayura leave and then turned back to the chibis. Geez, and I thought they were a handful as teenagers!! Surveying the damage, she thought quickly of an escape. "Okay, Ucchan you…"

"You are soooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuteeeeee!!!!!!!!!" Ucchan squealed and picked up Chibi Sage as he ran by.

"Ohayo, Ukyo-san," Chibi Sage greeted after he realized who had picked him up.

Little Ucchan's eyes widened in delight. Turning to Mia, she smiled. "He called me 'Ukyo-san!' Oooooooooooh, he's so polite. Even when he's little!!!" she cried and hugged the chibi in her arms.

Mia buried her face in her hand, letting out an exasperated sigh. I should have sent Ucchan and kept Kayura.

***

"Such childish antics. It'd only be fitting if done by you, Maxwell."

"And what's THAT supposed to mean Wufei?!?!?!?!" Duo yelled.

"Just what it sounded like!!!!" he answered back, getting up in the pilot's face.

"Will the both of you please calm down," Trowa urged.

"This is what I meant by Wufei having to keep his mouth shut," Heero told Quatre who nodded in agreement.

"It's going to be a long day."

"You're telling me," another voice broke in from behind. All five stopped what they were doing to face the new person at the door. Quatre was the first to greet her.

"Ohayo, Kayura-san." Kayura smiled at the boy's politeness. I'm physically younger then him and he still adds the 'san' to my name. I guess he's going by my real age.

"Ohayo," she greeted back, and then turned to the two boys that were fighting earlier. Stall, ne? All right. Let's start with them.

"When do you guys NOT fight with each other? I mean, every time I see you two you guys are just going at it."

"He started it!!" Duo cried, pointing at Wufei.

"Childish."

"Say that again and I'll…"

"You'll what?" Wufei growled.

"I'll shove the stuck up attitude right down your throat!!!!"

"Bring it on!! I dare you!!!!"

"That's enough!!!" Both of them stopped immediately after hearing Quatre yell. The others remained quiet.

Kayura smiled to herself. Quatre might be a sweet young gentleman, but he can still command the others just as effectively as Heero can.

"We shouldn't be fighting right now. Especially since Kayura-san and the others were nice enough to invite us over for the day. So please, everyone just stop the fighting. This is embarrassing!!"

Duo and Wufei shied away from Quatre's words. Bowing their heads to Kayura, they both apologized.

"You know Quatre, Cye has that same effect on the guys," Kayura commented, smiling at the thought.

"What do you mean?" he questioned.

"It's nothing really. Forget about it."

"I'm really sorry for their behavior," Quatre apologized. "They're usually not like this."

"Well. I'm going to warn you right now, Kayura," Heero stated. "Wufei doesn't want to be here."

"Can't really blame him," she murmured quietly.

"And I think Duo's just hungry."

The boy supported Trowa's statement by nodding enthusiastically. Sniffing the air, he got a good whiff of the newly baked snacks inside of the manor. His eyes went wide as his lips curled into a gayish grin.

"FOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!" He screamed and ran right past Kayura and into the house.

A second later, she was right on his tail. "Duo wait!!!!!! You can't go…"

Kayura came to a slow stop in the main living room, which was COMPLETELY empty. She blinked in confusion. No one was around. There was no sound either, other than the happily chewing Duo raiding the snacks on the table.

"…in…here?" She finished her sentence quite unnecessarily.

"What's wrong Kayura?" Trowa asked as he walked in, followed by the others.

"Nothing," she replied. "Nothing's wrong."

Wufei crossed his arms. "Then why didn't you want us to come in?"

"Oh! Well, the room was a mess a few minutes ago. I guess Mia already cleaned it up," she lied. Well, it wasn't TOTALLY a lie. The room was ground zero when she had left. She just couldn't understand for the life of her how they managed to clean it up so fast.

"Hello you guys!" Mia greeted, walking in carrying a tray of drinks. "So glad you could make it."

"Good morning, Mia," Trowa greeted. Followed by a simple hi from Heero and Wufei and a muffled one from Duo, who was still eating.

"It's nice to see you again Mia-san," Quatre bowed.

"Same to you, Quatre-kun," she bowed back. "Would any of you like something to drink?"

"Oh yeah!!!" Duo cried out.

Wufei rolled his eyes as Duo's childish manner as Mia set the drinks down at the coffee table. "Take whatever you like."

"Thanks Mia," they all said in unison, each of them taking a glass.

Kayura decided to take up her telepathic link with Mia in order to talk with her. With Heero and Trowa being as sharp as they were, they would have overheard about the situation.

Mia, that's not…

Of course it isn't she replied. It's down in the basement with Ucchan. She's trying to find an antidote.

She doesn't have one?!

Apparently not.

Figures. So where are the munchkins?

Upstairs, at the farthest room away from here.

No way! How?

Mia smiled. Bribery can take you a VERY long way.

***

"Mmmmm. That was good!!" Chibi Kento cried after polishing off the last of his triple scoop double fudge sundae.

Chibi Cale nodded in agreement, and then started giggling.

"Eh? What?" Chibi Kento asked, confused.

"Kento. Look in the mirror," Chibi Sage said with a contained laugh.

He blinked and then got up, walking to the dresser. Climbing up the chair, he looked at himself in the mirror.

"AHHHH!!!!"

The other chibis burst out laughing as Chibi Kento stumbled backwards off the chair, landing with a 'thud' on the floor.

"Why didn't you tell me I looked like that?!" He cried out, trying to wipe off all the chocolate and ice cream that covered the bottom half of his face.

"So what we do now?" Chibi Cye asked once everyone had calmed down.

"Well, Mia-san said that if we stay in this room and play nice, then she'll give us more ice cream!!!" Chibi Anubis smiled with delight. The other chibis had WIDE grins on their faces.

"Okay!! It's settled then!!" Chibi Ryo cried, standing up off the floor and acting all leader-like. "We'll stay in here and get more ice cream!!!!!"

"YEAH!!!!!" All the other chibis yelled in agreement.

"…But, what are we going to do?" Chibi Sekhmet asked.

All the other chibis tried to come up with something. Looking around the room, all that was there was a bed, a few dressers, and a closet.

Chibi Dais began to pout. "We're in the guest room. There's nothing here!!"

Chibi Kento began to grin mischievously. "I know what we can do!!!"

"What?"

He smiled again and reached his little hand into his overall front pocket, pulling out his armor orb. "Let's play Ronin Warriors!!!!"

"Oooh!! Oooh!!" Chibi Cale shot his hand into the air. "Can I be the bad guy?!?!?"

"Cale, you're always the bad guy," Chibi Rowen reminded him.

He sweatdropped. "Oh yeah."

"Let's play!!! Let's play!!!" Chibi Sekhmet jumped up and down.

"Wait you guys…"

Everyone turned their attention to Chibi Anubis, who was sitting Indian style on the floor. "Won't Mia-san get angry?"

"Why would she?" Chibi Sage asked.

"She told us to play nice, remember."

"We ARE playing nice Nubie!!" Chibi Dais cried.

"Yeah!! We're not gonna hurt nobody or anything like that," Chibi Ryo pitched in.

"But…"

"What?? Is lil' Anubis scared of getting hurt?" Chibi Sekhmet teased, sticking his tongue out at him.

Chibi Anubis got up in a huff, placing his little hands on his hips. "I am not!!!"

"Then are you playing?" Chibi Sekhmet asked.

"Of course!!" He cried, pulling out his armor orb.

"WAIT!!"

Everyone looked at Chibi Cye.

Chibi Cale sighed. "What now?!"

"Um…I need to use the potty."

Everyone sweatdropped.

"I need to use the potty too!!!" Chibi Rowen cried, raising his hand.

Chibi Kento sighed. "Does anyone ELSE need to use the potty?"

Chibi Cale, Chibi Ryo, Chibi Anubis and Chibi Sekhmet all raised their hands.

"But didn't Mia-san say we have to stay in this room?" Chibi Dais asked.

"But this is an emergency!!!!!" Chibi Ryo cried. All the other chibis that needed to go nodded in agreement.

"I guess it's ok." Once Chibi Sage said that all the chibis ran out of the room and down the hall. The remaining three chibis had sweatdrops on the corner of their heads.

"They really need to go," Chibi Dais said. Chibi Sage agreed.

"And my mama said it's bad to hold it in when you got to go," Chibi Kento spoke out loud, but then stopped dead as an intricate aroma started tickling at his nose. Sniffing the air rather loudly, his eyes beamed with delight when his brain registered what it was.

"Br—brownies!?!?!?!?!? Mia-san made brownies!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!"

He was out the door in a second followed by two very distressed chibis chasing him down the corridor.

"Kento no baka!!!" Chibi Sage screamed.

"We're supposed to stay upstairs!!!" Chibi Dais yelled.

"Brownies!! Brownies!! Brownies!! Brownies!! BROWNIES!!!!!!!!"

Who knew that Chibi Kento could run so fast with the right motivation? But alas…he was tackled to the ground by Chibi Dais and Chibi Sage, all three of them skidding to a halt at the top of the staircase.

"You guys…" Chibi Kento groaned. "You're heavy."

"Do you want to get caught?!" Chibi Sage cried.

The boy began to pout. "I just wanted some of Mia-san's brownies."

"What was that?"

All three boys froze at the sound of an unfamiliar male voice coming from downstairs. They instinctively remained quiet, lying low to the floor so that they would not be seen.

"What was what, Trowa-kun?" the boys heard Mia answer the man.

"Eh?? Trowa-san is here??"

Chibi Kento received two annoyed 'shhhhhhhs' for his outspoken question. He bit his bottom lip for talking so loud, but was thankful that no one downstairs had said anything.

Remaining still for what seemed like an eternity in the mindsets of three young chibis, they were able to make out the conversation downstairs.

"That noise…" Trowa said. "…it sounded like children."

Only Heero noticed the two women tense when hearing his companion's words.

"Children?!?!" Kayura cried. "C'mon now Trowa. Since when did we open up a Daycare center?"

"Hmph. You'd think there was already enough chaos in this house."

"Be nice Wufei," Quatre reminded him.

"By the way…" Duo started, after finally satisfying his hunger (for now). "Where are the guys?? They knew we were coming right?"

"Oh who knows with them," Mia replied nervously. "They said they'd be back soon, but then again, something might have happened."

After having had heard enough, the three boys signaled to each other and carefully made their way back to the guest room. All the other chibis were there waiting, having had finished their "business" in the bathroom.

"Where were you guys??" Chibi Rowen questioned.

"Never mind that!! The Gundam pilots are downstairs!!!" Chibi Kento blurted out.

Exited chatter was exchanged between the boys as Chibi Kento's news sunk into their little heads.

"Let's go play with them!!" Chibi Ryo cried.

"But why are they here??" Chibi Cye questioned.

"I dunno…but they were looking for us," Chibi Sage said. "And Mia-san said we weren't here!!"

"Nani??" Chibi Sekhmet exclaimed. "But why??"

"Maybe they wanna start a fight with us. And Mia-san is trying to protect us or something," Chibi Cale growled angrily, pounding his tiny fist into this palm.

"But…we didn't do anything," Chibi Cye whined.

Chibi Kento's face scrunched up into a scowl. "Well if they wanna fight, we'll give them one!!! Ronin style!!"

"Yeah!!" Chibi Cale yelled.

"Wait!!" Chibi Anubis cried. "Mia-san said to stay."

"Anubis!! This is a matter of honor!!" Chibi Ryo told him. "We must accept the challenge!!!"

"But what if they really just wanted to play with us and not fight us," Chibi Dais spoke.

"Mia-san would be mad," Chibi Rowen stated. "And you know what that means."

"No ice cream," Chibi Kento sulked. Chibi Ryo and Chibi Cale had similar looks of distress and disappointment on their faces as well.

"Now what?" Chibi Sekhmet asked. "We're stuck again aren't we?"

The rest of the crew nodded, letting silence invade the room. Which is the worst thing that can happen to a group of kids. Being silent, and not to mention with friends, is a child's worst nightmare, forcing each chibi's brain to work overtime.

Chibi Sage suddenly snapped his fingers, a light bulb forming over his blonde head. "I got it!!"

"What??!!? What is it?!??!" the others exclaimed.

Chibi Sage only had a sly grin on his face, which slowly spread to each of the chibis as the plan began to unfold before them.

***

"When's lunch?"

"Duo!!"

"Just kidding Quatre."

"Honestly Duo. Is that all you think about??"

"Of course not!!" he cried out defensively before letting loose a small grin. "I think of women too."

Wufei rolled his eyes, but then blinked in astonishment as a white blur ran into the living room and up the stairs.

Heero eyed the tiger, as did the rest of the group, wondering why he was in such a hurry. A small grin formed at the side of the young man's lips, remembering the last time he had seen White Blaze. He didn't like Wufei that much, that was already firmly established. Not to mention that the fur ball wanted to use Duo's hair as a chew toy.

"Now what was that about?" Duo asked aloud.

"I'd rather not find out," said Wufei. "The people living here get crazier by the day."

"Wufei!!" Quatre cried, but was silenced by Trowa.

"He might be on to something," he agreed. "Mia and Kayura are acting out of the ordinary. And…"

"And what, Trowa?" Quatre asked.

"…Ucchan isn't here yet."

"Isn't that a 'good' thing?" Wufei inquired, crossing his arms over his chest.

"He's right though," Duo pointed out. "She would have barged in here running to see Trowa. The fact that she's not is kinda disturbing."

"So you think they're hiding something?" Heero asked.

Quatre sighed. "But what? What would they have to hide?"

"A lot of things," Duo answered. "Especially if you consider who we're dealing with."

The others nodded in agreement. It's been at least a year since both parties had their dreaded secrets revealed to the other. Given the fact that they had known each other longer than just that one year, it was difficult news to swallow…for both groups.

"Legendary Ronins and former Dark Warlords," Trowa spoke softly.

"Who knows what can happen with them." Or with us for that matter. Duo thought to himself, letting out a sigh. He had a bad feeling about this. Ever since he set foot in this house, there was something wrong. Well…ever since he got over his little hunger fest and had time to think of something else other than food did he realize it. So now what kind of trouble are we getting ourselves into?

Unfortunately, he didn't have any more time to ponder on the matter as he found himself staring into two dark chestnut colored eyes buried in the midst of black and white fur.

"AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Duo's scream pierced through the eardrums of four very startled Gundam pilots.

The boy jumped up in a panicked frenzy, ducking behind the nearest pilot (being Heero) and using him as a human shield. Heero, of course, wasn't too thrilled about this and was about to throw Duo off of him, but a soft nudge against his shin caused him to look down.

White Blaze was rubbing himself against Heero's leg in a friendly gesture. As if to say 'I'm glad to see you again.' He cracked a smile and crouched down to the tiger's level, ignoring the cowering Duo. Rubbing the tiger's head affectionately, he returned the unspoken greeting.

"I'm glad to see you too White Blaze."

"It seems that he remembers you Heero," Trowa said.

"Hopefully, he doesn't remember me!!"

"Pathetic."

Duo flinched at Wufei's voice. Getting up from the floor, he looked at the Chinese boy dead in the eyes, daring him to try anything.

"Care to repeat yourself?" he asked in an icy tone.

With that, Wufei sat up from the couch and accepted Duo's challenge. "It's a sad day when the one who calls himself 'Shingami' is cowering before a mere feline."

"Hey!! I wouldn't talk if I were you!!" Duo cried out and pointed his index finger at his opponent. "You wouldn't be so confident if you had to go through what I did the last time we were here!!!"

"He's right Wufei," Quatre interrupted. "I mean, you weren't drooled on."

"Don't remind me!!" Duo shuddered.

 "You couldn't possibly imagine how Duo feels right now. You were only dragged around the backyard, used as a scratching post, ripped to shreds countless times…" Trowa started to list down what had happened on the last time they were here, counting on his fingers each event dealing with the tiger and Wufei. "…thrown into the lake, not to mention against other heavy blunt objects…"

"Okay okay," Wufei held up both his hands in defeat. "I get your point."

Heero decided not to get involved in this, instead drawing his attention to the tiger. He blinked when he noticed the loose yellow yarn wrapped around the animal's neck. What's this? He asked himself, pulling at the yarn, which easily came off. Attached to it was a folded piece of paper.

"What you got there, Heero?" Duo asked curiously, peeking over the pilot's shoulder as he unfolded the paper.

The boy showed no emotion in reading the note, but Duo on the other hand, couldn't contain himself. Snatching the paper out of Heero's hand, he reread it over just to make sure that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him.

"What is it Duo?" Quatre inquired.

"A note?" Trowa wondered.

Wufei's patience was wearing thin, especially with that boy. "Just read it Maxwell!!!"

"Okay okay," Duo finally replied. "It says…'please come to the guest room upstairs.'"

"Is this a joke?" Wufei asked, slightly amused.

"The writing, seems like that of a five year old," Heero stated with his usual flat tone, absently stroking White Blaze. His mind was slightly confused, however. What did it mean? He didn't like it when he didn't know what was going on. It unnerved him. But of course, it would rarely show through his actions that he was in the least bit disturbed.

"And I heard children upstairs earlier," Trowa said thoughtfully.

"Now that you mention it. When we were waiting at the door, I heard a lot of playful screaming and running inside," Duo added.

Wufei snorted in disgust. "So they're babysitting. Big deal."

"But why would they hide it?" Quatre questioned. "It doesn't make sense."

"Well, one way to find out!!"

"What are you going to do, Duo?" Trowa asked before he had a chance to escape.

"What does it look like?" he asked, holding up the note in between his index and middle finger. "I'm going to the guest room."

"Shouldn't we consult Mia-san about this?? It's her house after all. We shouldn't…"

"Aw c'mon Quatre!! I'm just gonna look. I'll be back before they even notice that I'm gone," Duo reassured him. "Besides, they're with…Ucchan."

The blonde sighed in defeat. Mia and Kayura had gone down to the basement to talk to Ucchan for some odd reason. God knows how long that's going to take.

Duo smiled when Quatre didn't say anything. "See ya!!" he cried and ran up the stairs.

He wasn't even gone for a minute when Duo's deafening scream rang all throughout the house. The other four pilots were up the stairs in seconds, followed by White Blaze and the three girls who were quietly chatting in the basement.

Heero was the first to arrive at the scene, although what he saw made him want to run back down the way he came. He backed up an inch or two, not knowing what to do (which was a first).

Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei were the next group to arrive, each having different reactions to the situation. Trowa had no reaction, although he was debating in his mind whether to remain silent or start laughing. Quatre blinked…and blinked…and blinked. He was certain that he could not be seeing what he saw. Wufei was the first to speak.

"WHAT THE HELL?!?!?"

***

Chibi Kento stared at the body lying face down on the floor. Reaching out a careful hand, he poked the pilot in the head a couple of times.

"I think…he's napping."

"He can't be napping," Chibi Rowen said as the rest of the chibis crowded around Duo.

"And why not?" Chibi Kento asked from where he sat Indian style on the teenager's back.

"Look," the blue hair boy pointed to Duo's head. "There's a lump."

Chibi Sekhmet cringed. "Ouch. That one must hurt."

"But it was his fault!!" Chibi Cale cried.

"Yeah!!" Chibi Ryo agreed, but then wondered out loud. "But why would he hit his head against the wall on purpose??"

"Who knows," Chibi Dais said. "Grown-ups are weird."

Rushed footsteps made their conversation short as the chibis realized that they weren't alone anymore. Looking up in unison, they didn't know what to say when all of the grown-ups were suddenly upstairs and staring at them.

The Gundam pilots were in shock, in their own respective ways. And Wufei was in hysterics.

"WHAT THE HELL?!?!?" he screamed.

"Those are…they're not…" Quatre stuttered, unable to complete his question, which he knew to be true. But at least Wufei and Quatre could talk. Heero and Trowa remained silent. Not really because they chose to, but more so because they were confused as hell.

The chibis were ignoring the pilots though, and instead were looking cautiously at the three women behind them. Surprisingly though, they didn't look mad. More shocked and in worry…about the pilots that is.

Kayura was the first to give in and decided to tell the truth. "You guys were wondering where the others were and so…"

"Those are…those are the Ronins??? And the Warlords???" Quatre cried out in surprise.

"Yup," came Kayura's reply.

"But…but…they're…"

"They're CHIBIS!?!?!?!?" Wufei finished for Quatre. He seemed more frightful then the time that Little Ucchan came out with the bucket of yellow paint and headed straight for his beloved Nataku.

The others watched as Wufei promptly fainted on the floor, twitching here and there.

"Um…" Chibi Kento quietly raised a hand to get their attention. "Are…are we in trouble?"