Bluerain: Sorry for the long wait, folks. With school and stuff, my schedule's been pretty hectic. Enjoy the next chapter!
Part Five: Running Out of Time!
"So, this is the problem?" Mai asked looking down at baby Joey, and the rest. "How'd they get this way? I've heard of regression therapy, but-"
"Long story short, they were cursed," Kagome said, "And now we have to wait forr the counter spell to come in the mail either today or tomorrow."
"But tomorrow will be too late!" Serenity cried.
"Isn't there another way?" Mai asked.
"Yeah, the guys have to realize what a pain it is to take care of them and then they'll be free," Tea said.
"Good luck," Sango remarked. "With this lot, the curse might not ever be broken. Except of course for Bakura. He's a sweet gentleman. If anyone has the power to break it, it's him."
"And don't forget my little Yugi," Tea said. "He's such a sweet little baby. It's almost a pleasure to take care of him," she said, as they walked into the kitchen.
"I don't know," Mai said. "That look in his eye tells me he's plotting something."
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"Guys! We have to get out of these bodies!" Yugi cried. "This is so embarrassing, having Tea change my diaper!"
"It's no picnic for us either, Yuge," Joey pouted.
"What else can we do?" Mirokua asked.
"We'll have to call upon our Millennium Items," Yugi said, "If they can change us into different people, maybe they can change us back."
"I don't want to," Bakura said, "The spirit of my Ring is evil! The most he'll do is laugh at me."
"But he has to share your body," Tristan pointed out, "Which means he'll have to help."
"And just what are we supposed to do!?" Inu-yasha yelled. "We don't have Millennium Items or Yami's to call on."
"No, but we each do have a Jewel Shard," Miroku said.
"Yeah, one problem though; The girls took everything when we transformed!" the infant han-you shouted.
"Then we'll have to get them back," Yugi said, standing wobbly on his legs. They all got up, and after Inu-yasha slashed through the playpen, they crawled on past the couch where Duke, Mokuba, and Shippo were crashing out. They kept quiet as they sneaked by the kitchen, where the girls were talking and cooking dinner.
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"That package hasn't come yet," Tea said.
"I know," Serenity said, despairing. "The guys are gonna be babies forever!"
"No they're not," Kagome said. "We'll just have to raise them."
"Well I'm not looking forward to raising Joey," Mai said. "I was already older than him before. Now I'm gonna be a grandmother before he gets old enough to marry me."
"If only Keade were here to help us," Sango said, "Or even Kagome's grandfather."
"It's his fault we're in this mess," Kagome said. "When this is over, I hope he learns not to buy something stupid like that again."
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Kaiba poked his head around the corner, and nodded that coast was clear. The boys wobbled and crawled down the hall and into Kagome's room, where their real clothes, their Shards, and their Items were sitting atop the dresser.
"How are we gonna get way up there?" Tristan asked.
"The same way we got to the computer," Kiaba said. "We make a pyramid."
"But we're not big enough to support you," Bakura said.
"Which means Kaiba's at the bottom," Joey said, climbing on Kaiba;s shoulders.
"Get off me you idiot!" Kaiba shouted.
"He's right," Yugi said. "You're the tallest of us."
"Yugi, you're the smallest," Miroku said, "So you must be on top." Inu-yasha and Miroku helped Yugi get on Joey's shoulders, and Yugi just barely reached the top of the dresser. He reached out his short arms for the stuff on the top.
"Just make sure you get my sword," Inu-yasha barked.
"I will," yugi said, "But I need this first." he grabbe dthe chain attached to the Millennium Puzzle, and yanked it down. Then, making sure not to jostle Joey and Kaiba underneath him, he pulled down the Ring, the Rod, and the Key.
"I'm tire d of waiting!" Inu-yasha growled. He toddled towards the bed, pulled himself up, and with as much strength as his little body could muster, he leaped from the bed to the top of the dresser.
"Wow," Yugi said, "That was awesome!"
"Why didn't do that before, dog boy?" Kaiba demanded. "You could have saved me a monumental headache!"
"I just want my sword," Inu-yasha said. "And Kagome's shards, and I'm tired of waiting around for it." He picked up the sheathed weapon, and hopped down from the dresser. Then, Kaiba's gave out, and Joey and Yugi both toppled on top of him.
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As Mai was chopping carrots, She suddenly felt a great pang spring into her head. She hated this. It happened more often now. She was getting a vision of what was happening right now, of what was happening to Yugi. She closed her eyes, and saw the babies climbing on top of each other, and grabbing the Items from a dresser. Then, she saw them falling down. She opened her eyes and said with alarm, "The babies!"
"What?" the other girls gasped.
"The babies are in Kagome's room," Mai said. "And their trying to get there stuff."
"Oh no," Kagome said, "The sword! Inu-puppy's to little to use that thing!" They all dropped their pots and pans, and made a mad dash for the stairs.
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"Get off me!" Kaiba yelled as he wiggled out form under Joey and Yugi. He crawled to his Rod, and clutched it in both hands. "Now I'll use my magic to turn me back to normal!" he lifted the Rod as high as his tiny arms could go, and shouted, "Oh Powerful Millennium Rod, hear my cry! Break this curse, and return me to my true form!" A white and yellow light began to swirl and circle around them, and they began to feel the magic working! Their muscles and bones slowly started to grow- Tristan even grew a few hairs!
But beside them, Little Inu-yasha's eyes turned red, and his nails started growing, as well as his fangs.
"Kaiba!" Joey shouted, "Kaiba stop!"
"No!" Kaiba countered, "We're almost there! A minute and we'll be back to normal!"
"Look what you're doin' to him!" Joey said, pointing to Inu-yasha.
"He's right," Miroku said, "If you continue, Inu-yasha will become a full demon!"
"Oh no," Kaiba said, looking at his Rod. By now, they had grown into eight years olds, "I told the Rod to turn us into our true forms. Does this mean that Inu-yasha's true form is-?" Inu-yasha stred barking loud horrific cried, and he suddenly he began to transform into a different stage. His face started to elongate, and the fur of his ears began to spread allover his face and arms.
Just then, the girls burst in, and Kagome shrieked at the sight Inu-yasha.
"He's becoming a dog-beast!" she cried in horror. "Kaiba stop!"
"What do I do?" Kaiba asked. By now, he was ten, the age he was when he and Mokuba were adopted. "I can't stay a child forever, but I can't do this to Inu-yasha."
"Then let go!" Yugi shouted. He grabbed the Puzzle, and then he grabbed Kaibha's Rod. "I command you to STOP!" the powers of the Puzzle and Rod collided, and Kaiba let go of the Rod. Suddenly, the swirling lights returned, and enveloped them. When the lights died away, they were all babies again, and Inu-yasha was returned to normal, sitting on his duff, looking very confused.
"Wha... What happened?" he asked. "Didn't it work?" Then, Kagome ran over, and picked the han-you up, cradling him in her arms.
"Oh Inu-puppy," she cried, "I was so scared!"
"WAAAAAAAAH!" Inu-yasha wailed. "Don't call me that!"
"Yugi," Tea scolded, "How could you lead them up here? You've been a very bad baby."
"They were trying to break the spell," Mokuba said. "Seto, for a moment there, you were back to the sweet child you used to be before we were adopted."
"Nonsense Mokuba," Kaiba said to his brother. "That was only a stop off on our way to returning to normal."
"That wasn't normal," Shippo said, "You nearly turned Inu-yasha into a monster! I've never seen anything like that before."
"I have," Kagome said, over hearing Shippo, "When Inu-yasha faced his brother, Sesshomaru, for the Tetsusaiga, Sesshomaru turned into a huge dog monster. What on earth was Kaiba thinking?"
"I only told the Rod to return us to our true forms," Kaiba answered, Mokuba relaying the message.
"Well you should have chosen your worlds more carefully!" Kagome shouted.
"Kagome," Shippo said, "If they were transforming to their true forms, then does that mean Inu-yasha's true form is a dog demon-beast, like his father and brother?"
"I don't know," she whispered. She looked down into the sweet face of Inu-puppy. "I don't want to know... I just want my Inu-yasha back."
Just then, little Inu-puppy raised up a tiny hand, and softly touched the girl's face, and said, "Ohmay."
"Well, Yugi says to let him and Bakura try their Items next," Mokuba said. "And they promise to be careful."
Then, Bakura grabbed the Ring, and said, "I might be making a big mistake, but Spirit of the Ring, I need you to come out!" The Ring glowed, and Li Zhou emerged from his entrapment. He looked around, seeeing the girls, then he looked down, and saw his counterpart. He said not a word. He simply took one look, and burst out laughing.
"Oh, I told you he'd laugh at me," Bakura said. But that wasn't the end.
"You poor pathetic fool!" Li Zhou said, rolling on the floor laughing, "I don't know what did this to you, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer person! I hope you enjoy your second childhood! I know I made the first one h---- for you." And with that, his snickering still echoing, he disappeared back into the depths of the Millennium Ring.
"Maybe Yami can help us," Yugi said, holding the Puzzle. He banged on it a couple of times with his fist, and said, "Yami? Yami, come out of there! I need your help!"
The Puzzle glowed, and Yami appeared. He looked around for his fried, then, felt a tug at his pant leg. He looked down, and exclaimed, "Yugi! What has happened?"
"Yami," Yugi pleaded, "Kagome's grandfather put a curse on us. You have to do something!"
"I... I'm not sure that to do," Yami confessed, "This is foreign magic to me."
"He can't help us guys," Yugi told the others. "Sorry."
"What about my Millennium Item?" Joey asked Yami. "Can that help?"
"I'm sorry," Yami said, "But I'm afraid your Millennium Key is bound to the same restrictions as me. As the Staff, it can turn time back, but I doubt it can turn time forward."
"He says no, Joey," Yugi said.
"Thanks for nothing' ghost boy," Joey muttered.
"I'm sorry I can not be of more help," Yami said, before he disappeared back into the Puzzle.
"He says he's sorry guys," Yugi said. "And I think we tired him out."
"BIG DEAL!" Inu-yasha shouted from Kagome's arms. "There's gotta be something I can kill! A demon, a witch, an ogre, or even that old man! Kagome, I want the Tetsusaiga! The Tetsusaiga!"
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"Saiga!" Inu-puppy demanded, squirming and reaching for the sword, "Saiga!"
"Oh no, Inu-puppy," Kagome said, carrying him out of the room. "That's too dangerous for you."
"And It's time to put these away again," Tea said, taking the Millennium Items from the babies.
"And let's not forget these," Sango sai, taking the Jewel shards from Miroku. "We can't lose these." The girls carried the boys back downstairs, and put them on the couch. Then, Mai looked out the window.
"Its getting dark," she said. "I don't that package is coming, guys."
Kagome sighed. "We tried. At least we tried."
"I gotta go home now," Duke said, heading for the door, "But I promise to come back tomorrow, no matter what happens."
"Thank you Duke," Serenity said. "And don't worry, we still have a few hours." Duke left the house, and left the girls with no idea of how to fix this.
"Why don't you girls go to sleep?" Mai said, sitting down in a chair. "I'll watch the rugrats."
"Thanks Mai," Tea said as they all headed upstairs. "We're beat."
"Perhaps the morning shall give us new hope," Sango said with a yawn.
--------------Authoress's Note--------------
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Cliffhangers! I love to leave with cliffhangers! Are the boys doomed to repeat their childhood, or will they be able to break the curse? Wait and see!
Part Five: Running Out of Time!
"So, this is the problem?" Mai asked looking down at baby Joey, and the rest. "How'd they get this way? I've heard of regression therapy, but-"
"Long story short, they were cursed," Kagome said, "And now we have to wait forr the counter spell to come in the mail either today or tomorrow."
"But tomorrow will be too late!" Serenity cried.
"Isn't there another way?" Mai asked.
"Yeah, the guys have to realize what a pain it is to take care of them and then they'll be free," Tea said.
"Good luck," Sango remarked. "With this lot, the curse might not ever be broken. Except of course for Bakura. He's a sweet gentleman. If anyone has the power to break it, it's him."
"And don't forget my little Yugi," Tea said. "He's such a sweet little baby. It's almost a pleasure to take care of him," she said, as they walked into the kitchen.
"I don't know," Mai said. "That look in his eye tells me he's plotting something."
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"Guys! We have to get out of these bodies!" Yugi cried. "This is so embarrassing, having Tea change my diaper!"
"It's no picnic for us either, Yuge," Joey pouted.
"What else can we do?" Mirokua asked.
"We'll have to call upon our Millennium Items," Yugi said, "If they can change us into different people, maybe they can change us back."
"I don't want to," Bakura said, "The spirit of my Ring is evil! The most he'll do is laugh at me."
"But he has to share your body," Tristan pointed out, "Which means he'll have to help."
"And just what are we supposed to do!?" Inu-yasha yelled. "We don't have Millennium Items or Yami's to call on."
"No, but we each do have a Jewel Shard," Miroku said.
"Yeah, one problem though; The girls took everything when we transformed!" the infant han-you shouted.
"Then we'll have to get them back," Yugi said, standing wobbly on his legs. They all got up, and after Inu-yasha slashed through the playpen, they crawled on past the couch where Duke, Mokuba, and Shippo were crashing out. They kept quiet as they sneaked by the kitchen, where the girls were talking and cooking dinner.
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"That package hasn't come yet," Tea said.
"I know," Serenity said, despairing. "The guys are gonna be babies forever!"
"No they're not," Kagome said. "We'll just have to raise them."
"Well I'm not looking forward to raising Joey," Mai said. "I was already older than him before. Now I'm gonna be a grandmother before he gets old enough to marry me."
"If only Keade were here to help us," Sango said, "Or even Kagome's grandfather."
"It's his fault we're in this mess," Kagome said. "When this is over, I hope he learns not to buy something stupid like that again."
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Kaiba poked his head around the corner, and nodded that coast was clear. The boys wobbled and crawled down the hall and into Kagome's room, where their real clothes, their Shards, and their Items were sitting atop the dresser.
"How are we gonna get way up there?" Tristan asked.
"The same way we got to the computer," Kiaba said. "We make a pyramid."
"But we're not big enough to support you," Bakura said.
"Which means Kaiba's at the bottom," Joey said, climbing on Kaiba;s shoulders.
"Get off me you idiot!" Kaiba shouted.
"He's right," Yugi said. "You're the tallest of us."
"Yugi, you're the smallest," Miroku said, "So you must be on top." Inu-yasha and Miroku helped Yugi get on Joey's shoulders, and Yugi just barely reached the top of the dresser. He reached out his short arms for the stuff on the top.
"Just make sure you get my sword," Inu-yasha barked.
"I will," yugi said, "But I need this first." he grabbe dthe chain attached to the Millennium Puzzle, and yanked it down. Then, making sure not to jostle Joey and Kaiba underneath him, he pulled down the Ring, the Rod, and the Key.
"I'm tire d of waiting!" Inu-yasha growled. He toddled towards the bed, pulled himself up, and with as much strength as his little body could muster, he leaped from the bed to the top of the dresser.
"Wow," Yugi said, "That was awesome!"
"Why didn't do that before, dog boy?" Kaiba demanded. "You could have saved me a monumental headache!"
"I just want my sword," Inu-yasha said. "And Kagome's shards, and I'm tired of waiting around for it." He picked up the sheathed weapon, and hopped down from the dresser. Then, Kaiba's gave out, and Joey and Yugi both toppled on top of him.
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As Mai was chopping carrots, She suddenly felt a great pang spring into her head. She hated this. It happened more often now. She was getting a vision of what was happening right now, of what was happening to Yugi. She closed her eyes, and saw the babies climbing on top of each other, and grabbing the Items from a dresser. Then, she saw them falling down. She opened her eyes and said with alarm, "The babies!"
"What?" the other girls gasped.
"The babies are in Kagome's room," Mai said. "And their trying to get there stuff."
"Oh no," Kagome said, "The sword! Inu-puppy's to little to use that thing!" They all dropped their pots and pans, and made a mad dash for the stairs.
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"Get off me!" Kaiba yelled as he wiggled out form under Joey and Yugi. He crawled to his Rod, and clutched it in both hands. "Now I'll use my magic to turn me back to normal!" he lifted the Rod as high as his tiny arms could go, and shouted, "Oh Powerful Millennium Rod, hear my cry! Break this curse, and return me to my true form!" A white and yellow light began to swirl and circle around them, and they began to feel the magic working! Their muscles and bones slowly started to grow- Tristan even grew a few hairs!
But beside them, Little Inu-yasha's eyes turned red, and his nails started growing, as well as his fangs.
"Kaiba!" Joey shouted, "Kaiba stop!"
"No!" Kaiba countered, "We're almost there! A minute and we'll be back to normal!"
"Look what you're doin' to him!" Joey said, pointing to Inu-yasha.
"He's right," Miroku said, "If you continue, Inu-yasha will become a full demon!"
"Oh no," Kaiba said, looking at his Rod. By now, they had grown into eight years olds, "I told the Rod to turn us into our true forms. Does this mean that Inu-yasha's true form is-?" Inu-yasha stred barking loud horrific cried, and he suddenly he began to transform into a different stage. His face started to elongate, and the fur of his ears began to spread allover his face and arms.
Just then, the girls burst in, and Kagome shrieked at the sight Inu-yasha.
"He's becoming a dog-beast!" she cried in horror. "Kaiba stop!"
"What do I do?" Kaiba asked. By now, he was ten, the age he was when he and Mokuba were adopted. "I can't stay a child forever, but I can't do this to Inu-yasha."
"Then let go!" Yugi shouted. He grabbed the Puzzle, and then he grabbed Kaibha's Rod. "I command you to STOP!" the powers of the Puzzle and Rod collided, and Kaiba let go of the Rod. Suddenly, the swirling lights returned, and enveloped them. When the lights died away, they were all babies again, and Inu-yasha was returned to normal, sitting on his duff, looking very confused.
"Wha... What happened?" he asked. "Didn't it work?" Then, Kagome ran over, and picked the han-you up, cradling him in her arms.
"Oh Inu-puppy," she cried, "I was so scared!"
"WAAAAAAAAH!" Inu-yasha wailed. "Don't call me that!"
"Yugi," Tea scolded, "How could you lead them up here? You've been a very bad baby."
"They were trying to break the spell," Mokuba said. "Seto, for a moment there, you were back to the sweet child you used to be before we were adopted."
"Nonsense Mokuba," Kaiba said to his brother. "That was only a stop off on our way to returning to normal."
"That wasn't normal," Shippo said, "You nearly turned Inu-yasha into a monster! I've never seen anything like that before."
"I have," Kagome said, over hearing Shippo, "When Inu-yasha faced his brother, Sesshomaru, for the Tetsusaiga, Sesshomaru turned into a huge dog monster. What on earth was Kaiba thinking?"
"I only told the Rod to return us to our true forms," Kaiba answered, Mokuba relaying the message.
"Well you should have chosen your worlds more carefully!" Kagome shouted.
"Kagome," Shippo said, "If they were transforming to their true forms, then does that mean Inu-yasha's true form is a dog demon-beast, like his father and brother?"
"I don't know," she whispered. She looked down into the sweet face of Inu-puppy. "I don't want to know... I just want my Inu-yasha back."
Just then, little Inu-puppy raised up a tiny hand, and softly touched the girl's face, and said, "Ohmay."
"Well, Yugi says to let him and Bakura try their Items next," Mokuba said. "And they promise to be careful."
Then, Bakura grabbed the Ring, and said, "I might be making a big mistake, but Spirit of the Ring, I need you to come out!" The Ring glowed, and Li Zhou emerged from his entrapment. He looked around, seeeing the girls, then he looked down, and saw his counterpart. He said not a word. He simply took one look, and burst out laughing.
"Oh, I told you he'd laugh at me," Bakura said. But that wasn't the end.
"You poor pathetic fool!" Li Zhou said, rolling on the floor laughing, "I don't know what did this to you, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer person! I hope you enjoy your second childhood! I know I made the first one h---- for you." And with that, his snickering still echoing, he disappeared back into the depths of the Millennium Ring.
"Maybe Yami can help us," Yugi said, holding the Puzzle. He banged on it a couple of times with his fist, and said, "Yami? Yami, come out of there! I need your help!"
The Puzzle glowed, and Yami appeared. He looked around for his fried, then, felt a tug at his pant leg. He looked down, and exclaimed, "Yugi! What has happened?"
"Yami," Yugi pleaded, "Kagome's grandfather put a curse on us. You have to do something!"
"I... I'm not sure that to do," Yami confessed, "This is foreign magic to me."
"He can't help us guys," Yugi told the others. "Sorry."
"What about my Millennium Item?" Joey asked Yami. "Can that help?"
"I'm sorry," Yami said, "But I'm afraid your Millennium Key is bound to the same restrictions as me. As the Staff, it can turn time back, but I doubt it can turn time forward."
"He says no, Joey," Yugi said.
"Thanks for nothing' ghost boy," Joey muttered.
"I'm sorry I can not be of more help," Yami said, before he disappeared back into the Puzzle.
"He says he's sorry guys," Yugi said. "And I think we tired him out."
"BIG DEAL!" Inu-yasha shouted from Kagome's arms. "There's gotta be something I can kill! A demon, a witch, an ogre, or even that old man! Kagome, I want the Tetsusaiga! The Tetsusaiga!"
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"Saiga!" Inu-puppy demanded, squirming and reaching for the sword, "Saiga!"
"Oh no, Inu-puppy," Kagome said, carrying him out of the room. "That's too dangerous for you."
"And It's time to put these away again," Tea said, taking the Millennium Items from the babies.
"And let's not forget these," Sango sai, taking the Jewel shards from Miroku. "We can't lose these." The girls carried the boys back downstairs, and put them on the couch. Then, Mai looked out the window.
"Its getting dark," she said. "I don't that package is coming, guys."
Kagome sighed. "We tried. At least we tried."
"I gotta go home now," Duke said, heading for the door, "But I promise to come back tomorrow, no matter what happens."
"Thank you Duke," Serenity said. "And don't worry, we still have a few hours." Duke left the house, and left the girls with no idea of how to fix this.
"Why don't you girls go to sleep?" Mai said, sitting down in a chair. "I'll watch the rugrats."
"Thanks Mai," Tea said as they all headed upstairs. "We're beat."
"Perhaps the morning shall give us new hope," Sango said with a yawn.
--------------Authoress's Note--------------
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Cliffhangers! I love to leave with cliffhangers! Are the boys doomed to repeat their childhood, or will they be able to break the curse? Wait and see!
