In Smaller Proportions

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Alright, I'm taken aback. I sure wasn't expecting reviews. No one reviewed my Digimon Frontier one-shot collection, and I was expecting similar results for this one.

Well, anyway, thank you guys so much. Those reviews sure meant a lot to me.

PJ

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What should have started out as a wonderful day, was anything but wonderful for Sohma Yuki the Rat.

The Cat was spoiling everything for him, as always.

This time around, his new tactic, apparently, was to return to his early childhood. And this was one tactic that the Rat was just about ready to admit defeat to.

But first, he had to explain the matter to the Dog.

And just as Sohma Yuki and Honda Tohru were still recovering from shock, Sohma Shigure the Dog chose that moment to come home.

Wonderful day, isn't it Yuki?

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"I see. So this is what's going on here."

Shigure took the orange-haired toddler from Yuki and mock-glared at the little kid. "Now what are we supposed to do with you, young man? Hmm?"

The toddler - whom they could only assume was Kyo - giggled and "honked" Shigure's nose, winning happy laughter from the Dog.

As it was easily seen, Shigure did not seem ruffled at all by the drastic change in the Cat. Au contraire, he seemed to enjoy it.

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Still well-hidden where he knew they could not sense him, he watched as the Sohma Dog acquainted himself with the child.

He smiled. So, it seemed, the Dog liked his new kitten.

Just as he wanted it to be.

Keep smiling, doggy.

I need you to be smiling when I come.

And, oh yes, you'll be thanking me in the midst of chaos.

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Yuki slowly followed Tohru and Shigure back into the house, wearily watching the novelist nuzzle the much smaller Kyo affectionately and coo nonsensical phrases like a demented grandfather. Unable to watch such a scene anymore, he procrastinated in removing his shoes to give the pair ample time to disappear from sight. I guess I should be grateful that at least someone here is calm enough to handle this.

"Ah! No, no, Kyo-chan, don't eat that! Come, let me have it!"

Now what? Yuki entered the kitchen to see Shigure holding mini-Kyo with his right arm, and trying to read a soggy wad of paper in his left hand.

"What's that?" Yuki asked, pointing at the wet paper.

"Our orange kitten here picked it off the fridge door for texture-sampling," Shigure explained.

"So what does it say?"

"I can't tell, but I certainly recognize this signature," Shigure answered. He returned his attention to the toddler and held up the soggy paper wad. "Kyo-chan, did you know you were eating your own message?"

The kid simply fussed a little and tried to get the paper that was just out of reach.

Yuki sighed. I think I'm about ready to believe he's really Kyo now. That moronic trait is no mistake.

Shigure quickly dropped the paper into the waste basket to grab the now squirming child with both hands. "You know, Yuki-kun, I just realized something."

"Oh really? It never occurred to me that you can think in the first place."

"How can you say that? Yuki-kun, I'm so hurt!" Shigure looked shocked and dismayed as he spoke. Apparently, chibi-Kyo found this very entertaining, and he paused in his squirming long enough to laugh and clap.

Yuki sighed. "Just tell me what it is, will you?"

"Well, firstly, we don't have any baby supplies," Shigure said.

"Thank you for stating the obvious."

"Secondly," Shigure held the still squirmy toddler at arm's length, as far from himself as possible. "I think Kyo-chan here needs a change of you-know-what."

Yuki groaned.

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ABSTRACT OFF MSN CONVERSATION:

HW: You got reviews! Are you happy?

PJ: Of course. I'm always happy when I get reviews.

HW: Then prove it! Say "YOSH"!

PJ: No, thank you...

HW: C'mon, please?

PJ: I've got rep to keep here.

HW: I know two guys who do it, so can the rep talk. Say "YOSH"!

PJ: Do I really have to?

HW: Like, YES! I'll review Chapter Two!

PJ: YOSH!!!

HW: GOOD BOY!! #thumbs up#

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I'm a sucker, I know. I'm also a review addict, so help me.

Pelz-Junge

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