Fugen: All right! Fanfic time!

Hiei: May the gods have mercy on us...

Fugen: WHY does everybody go like that every time I write a fic?!
Hiei: For good reason, no doubt.

Kurama: Hi-chan, you're supposed to be her muse, not her downfall.

Hiei: Says who?

Chapter 1: Wake Up Time

"No, Yusuke! Kuwabara-kun! Don't—"

"Baka ningens! Get away from—"

There was the sound of breaking glass and wood, accompanied by a burst of sand-colored dust that made everybody start choking and coughing. The dust cloud was heavy, so it took a while to clear up, but when it did...

"I CANNOT BELIEVE THE IDIOCY OF YOU TWO!"

Even in toddler form, Koenma was in a towering rage, glowering over a meek, frightened pair that went by the name of Yusuke and Kuwabara, ready to go off at any second. At the door, Botan reached inch by inch for the handle, just in case she needed to make a quick getaway.

"DID I NOT TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY TO NOT EVEN GO NEAR THE HOURGLASS?!!!"

"Yes," Yusuke and Kuwabara squeaked.

"DID I NOT TELL YOU CLEARLY WHAT IT COULD DO?!!!"

"Hai."

"NOW LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!" Koenma roared, jabbing a finger in a certain direction. Biting their lower lips, Yusuke and Kuwabara looked...and tried not to burst into laughter again.

Yukina sat in a chair, and in her lap was a kawaii chibi Hiei (or in other words, Hiei as a baby). She was trying to make him smile or laugh by tickling the bottom of his bare feet, but Hiei looked more or less surprised and confused, as if trying to say, "What the hell do you think you can do to my feet that way?" Meanwhile, a silver-furred baby youko was pawing harmlessly at Yukina's feet, its golden eyes fixed on Hiei. After a while, when even whining could not grab Yukina's attention sufficiently enough, Kurama bunched himself together, and then bounded like a spring onto her lap. (Well, Hiei's actually, but who really cares about details?) Hiei let out a baby-like 'guh' sound in surprise, and Kurama began rubbing his furry cheek against Hiei's.

That did it. Yusuke and Kuwabara burst out laughing.

"THIS IS NOT FUNNY!"

The mere volume of Koenma's voice threw the two back against the door, just barely missing Botan. Pacing furiously back and forth on top of his desk, Koenma fumed, "Yes, I suppose it IS amusing, somehow, but that's completely beside the point! You two have turned Kurama and Hiei into babies!" "Aw, but they're cute," Yusuke dared to joke.

"CUTE?!! YOU WANT CUTE?!!!" Koenma flared. "Look at them! No one knows if the effects of the Hourglass are permanent or not, but even if they ARE temporary, no one knows for how long those two will stay like this! They could stay like that forever! Haven't you two realized that Kurama's mother is going to notice that her son is gone AND HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A BABY DEMON FOX?!! Haven't you two realized that once Hiei grows up and finds out the truth, or the effects of the Hourglass wear off, HE'LL MURDER THE TWO OF YOU?" Seeing Yusuke and Kuwabara's expressions of realization and horror (at the thought of Hiei murdering them), Koenma said more calmly, " I see that you do."

The storm had passed, at least, the main part of it had. Sitting down in his chair, Koenma laced his fingers together and, looking at Yusuke and Kuwabara straight in the eye, proclaimed:

"I will see to it that no one notices Kurama's, or rather, Shuuichi's absence at least for a while. But it will the responsibility of the two of you to take care of Hiei and Kurama until a solution has been found. If the effects of the Hourglass are proven to be permanent, you two will be completely responsible to deal with the situation without ANYONE'S help."

"Nani?!! But it was an accident!"

"AN ACCIDENT WHICH SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AS NOT JUST I, BUT KURAMA AND HIEI SPECIFICALLY WARNED YOU AGAINST?!!!"

"Okay, we'll do it," Yusuke and Kuwabara squeaked.

Hiei: We have been turned into BABIES?!!!

Kurama: (smiling) Ah, chibi Hiei...so KAWAII!!!!

Hiei: What the hell are you so happy about?! How CAN you be?!!

Fugen: I can understand why. (grins)