A/N: I'm really sorry for taking so long to update, but I'm finally back for round 2! Hope ya enjoy reading this!
~~~Mission: Regrettable~~~
The machine took up so much power, that it had blown a fuse. Dr. J scrambled to locate the fuse box, which was awfully hard in the dark. He finally found it and made the necessary connections to gain back the power. The lights came on, but all Dr. J could see was a cloud of smoke clearing and then he heard a mysterious sound. The sound was two figures coughing, probably from all the smoke. But the figures didn't quite sound like Duo or Heero. When the smoke completely cleared up, Dr. J peered inside the machine, but he saw nothing; it was empty. Then he looked down. On the floor, there were two separate piles of Duo and Heero's clothing.
"What have I done?" Dr. J said at last. But then he saw the piles of clothing move. He lifted up the two piles of clothes and uncovered two little babies! One baby had a long braid and a dumbfounded look and the other baby had serious look. "Heero? Duo?"
A/N: ok, so ur not confused: Since Heero and Duo got turned into babies, they lack the ability to speak. When they DO talk, it'll be to in baby language and it will be shown in italics. Just think of "Rugrats" ^.~
Duo was really puzzled. All he could remember is snickering under his breath about how funky Heero would look if he had 'tickly me pink' hair and then he saw a flash a light. He looked at Heero and burst out laughing.
"HA HA!! You're a baby! You look ridiculous!!" Duo chuckled.
"Me?! What about you?!" Heero retorted. At first, Duo didn't understand, that is, until he looked down.
"AAHHH!!! I'm naked!!" Duo screamed and yelled in his little baby voice. Heero sweat dropped.
"Of course you're naked! You're a baby! We both are, baka!!"
Dr. J found this very amusing. Not only did he discover a way to literally grow younger, but also this back and forth babble of baby talk between Heero and Duo was priceless. With that, he scooped up Heero and Duo and wrapped them up in blankets. Throughout the entire time, Dr. J was being bombarded with baby jabber. Apparently, Heero and Duo were trying to talk to him and at the same time, arguing with each other.
"It's no use… he can't understand us." Heero surrendered.
"Either that, or he's being a real jerk and ignoring us!" Duo responded.
"This is all your fault!" Heero growled. "If you hadn't been so annoying, then I wouldn't have wanted revenge and I wouldn't have agreed with Dr. J's bribe!!"
"Hey! You can't blame me for this!" Duo argued.
"Sure I can! You are an annoyance and for that I wanted retribution!!"
"Yeah, right!! You would've wanted to see me with pink hair whether I was annoying or not! See! So, you can't blame me!"
"Well, everything is always your fault anyways, so I'm used to blaming you!" Heero stated victoriously. While they were arguing, Heero and Duo were placed in a car and securely fastened as Dr. J started the engine. As soon as they started moving, they ceased their arguing.
"Hey, are we going somewhere?" Duo stupidly questioned even though he received a 'duh' expression from Heero. "I mean, where are we going?" Duo chuckled as he corrected himself. Heero didn't answer. He just sat there with his arms crossed. Duo recognized that look. It meant 'Leave me alone, Duo'. Feeling defeated, he sat there as well, bored. He looked at his plushy body. Heero glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Duo squirming about and flaying his arms and legs vigorously.
"What are you doing?" Heero just had to ask… I mean, Duo was acting like a possessed noodle for crying out loud! Duo looked up at Heero with a wide smile.
"Check this out, Heero! I was never this flexible! Look! I can put my legs behind my head!!" Duo demonstrated and then, all of the sudden, stopped smiling. "Uh… Heero? I think I'm stuck…"
"You think you're stuck?" Heero smirked and raised an eyebrow.
"Ok! Ok! I am stuck! Can you help a friend in need here?" As soon as he finished asking for assistance, the car stopped and Heero became inattentive to Duo's whining. "Heero? Hey, Heero! C'mon, man, I'm serious! This is uncomfortable!" Dr. J opened the car door and picked up Heero. As soon as he saw Duo, he sweat dropped. Duo was slightly embarrassed, but nonetheless, he attempted to 'crawl' along the seat to get closer to Dr. J. He was unsuccessful, of course, and fell flat on his face. Heero and Dr. J shook their heads in pity. Dr. J propped him up, untwisted his legs, and picked him up. Quatre's Mansion came into view.
"Huh? Why are we back at Quatre's place? Isn't Doc gonna fix us?" Duo wondered out loud. Heero didn't respond; he was puzzled as well. Dr. J walked up to the mansion and rang the bell for service. Quatre answered to the call and opened the door finding Dr. J holding two cute, little babies in each arm.
"Good afternoon, Quatre." He greeted respectfully. "Here you go and good luck!" Dr. J shoved the Heero and Duo in Quatre's face, forcing him to grab them, and with that Dr. J walked away.
"Hey, Wait!" Quatre yelled back before Dr. J escaped. "Who are these infants and what do I with them?"
"Just take care of them. I need to make some repairs back at the lab and I don't need them getting in my way. I'll contact you as soon as I'm done," He responded and drove away.
Quatre closed the door and walked back towards the dinning room where Trowa and Wufei were waiting silently for his return. As he was walking, he gazed at the two infants. There was something familiar about these two, but he couldn't quite place his finger on it. Duo was squirming around to get comfortable and it was annoying Heero. At last, Heero kicked Duo.
"Will you stop that?!" He raised his voice. "You're making Quatre lose his grip."
"But I can't get comfy!" Duo defended himself.
"Then quit being a baby and deal with it."
"But I am a baby…" Heero was silent. Quatre couldn't help but smile at how animated these babies were. Then it hit him. He noticed Duo's braid and recognized Heero's expression. He set them down on the floor, got on his hands and knees, and examined them further.
"Heero? Duo? A-are you…?" Quatre was up close and wide-eyed.
"Yeah! Yeah! It's us!!" Duo nodded vigorously. Quatre understood the nod, but not the baby rants. Despite the communication difficulty, he was convinced. No one can imitate Duo's goofy smile.
"B-but how?!" Quatre was completely taken back. He received more gibberish from Duo, but couldn't follow at all what he was saying.
"Will you stop talking? He can't understand you," Heero interrupted as calmly as he could.
"Oh yeah, I forgot…" Duo admitted. Quatre didn't know what to do. He scooped them up and carried them to the dinning room. Trowa and Wufei hadn't moved a muscle since he left.
"Look what happened to Heero and Duo!!" he shouted as he placed them on the table right in front of them. Heero sat there with his arms crossed and Duo was having trouble keeping his balance. Wufei and Trowa both had blank expressions.
"What are you talking about, Winner?" Wufei questioned.
"These two babies are Duo and Heero!" Quatre tried to explain.
"How can that be? Elaborate!" Wufei demanded.
"But that's the thing! I don't know how they got this way! Dr. J just came by and placed them in my arms! He told me to take care of them, but he never told me who these babies were," Quatre panicked.
"Then how do you know it's them?" Trowa suggested.
"Well, just look at them!" They obeyed Quatre and inspected the toddlers. Heero kept his stern look and Duo winked at Trowa and Wufei with his silly grin.
"It's really them!" Wufei gasped. "Hmm… so this is the perfect soldier…" Wufei smirked, suddenly changing his expression. Of course, Heero didn't like the way he was being mocked and yelled various curses to his face.
"He can't understand you, ya know." Duo interrupted his baby cursing with an arched eyebrow. Heero whipped around toward Duo and gave him a stern and frustrated look that meant: "I KNOW!!!"
"So, what are you planning to do with them, Quatre?" Trowa asked bluntly.
"Well," Quatre pondered for a moment, "I guess we'll have to dress them in more suitable clothing."
" What? We? Did you say 'we'?" Wufei didn't want any part of this. He obviously liked to tease Heero, but he detests babies and hated to take care of them. "Babies are weak! If they want to grow stronger and survive, then they can take care of themselves!"
"But they need our help in order to survive," Quatre countered.
"Hmph…just watch me. I can survive on my own," Heero objected. He sat up straight and attempted to stand. His legs felt like jell-o. But just to be sure, Duo poked his legs.
"Your legs are too plushy. You'll never be able to walk, let alone stand. Let's face it, Heero. You're not the Perfect Soldier anymore," Duo pointed out.
"I'm not going to submit to this new body," Heero growled and tried to stand. He wobbled to and fro and stuck out his arms for balance.
"You look like a surfer!" Duo joked. Heero ignored his comment, even though he still wasn't straight up and was having an extremely difficult time. Quatre noticed what Heero was trying to do, so he rushed over and supported him. But stubborn little Heero did NOT want any help. He smacked his hands away with a "SLAP", but lost his balance and fell on his face on the hard, wooden table with a "SMACK". Everyone in the room felt Heero's pain and winced. Quatre immediately picked him up and set him back down next to Duo. This time, Heero let Quatre assist him.
"I told ya so… Hey! You have a dent in you forehead!! Ha ha! You look just like me when I had my dent!" Duo remarked. That comment was anything but flattering to Heero.
"See! Babies are weak!" Wufei restated.
"That's why we have to take care of them; just like Quatre said," Trowa corrected Wufei.
"Well, count me out!" Wufei held his fist up.
"But you gotta help us, Wufei! I don't know anything about taking care of babies!" Quatre complained.
"What makes you think I know?" Wufei made an obvious point.
"Do you know anything about babies?" Quatre sighed and turn to Trowa for a helping hand.
"No, but I know some people who do," he responded.
"Really? Who?" Quatre's hopes were lifted.
"Relena and Hilde." Trowa answered. Quatre's hopes fell hard while Duo and Heero's eyes grew large.
"NNOOOOO!!!!!!!" Both Duo and Heero screamed.
"Women are weak!" Wufei always hated it when the girls would visit. If the girls came over, then he would be surrounded by both women and babies: a double whammy!
"Even if that's the case, women have a natural instinct for taking care of babies. It's the easiest way," Trowa counteracted. Wufei sat down and sulked, while Quatre called the girls on the telephone. When he mentioned the word "babies" the girls immediately rushed over and in no less than five and a half minutes they arrived at the Winner Mansion. Without even knocking the girls burst through the big double doors and located the boys. Now, the nightmare begins…
"Omigosh!!! They are soo cute!!" Relena and Hilde shouted at once, each picking up a baby, and squeezing them until their eyes popped out. The three pilots sweat dropped.
"So, what are you boys doing with these infants? And where's Heero?" Relena asked, still squeezing (coincidentally) Heero.
"Yeah. And where's Duo? I thought they were with you guys," Hilde added.
"Well, they are still here," Quatre replied.
"Really? So, where are they? Are they out fighting again?" Relena questioned as Heero was trying to push away from her. Meanwhile, Hilde was preoccupied with why this blanket-wrapped infant she was holding had such a long braid.
"You're holding them," Trowa bluntly stated. Relena was confused, but Hilde finally put two and two together.
"Omigosh!! He's right!" Hilde gasped. She pulled away from Duo and held him with her arms stretched out to get a better look. Duo was trying to catch his breath from being nearly squeezed to death and smiled weakly at Hilde with a cocked head. Hilde had to laugh. This was too good to be true. "Aww… Duo, you're so cute!" ^.^ *poke, poke, pinch, pinch*
"………..H-H-Heero?" Relena couldn't think of anything to say. Heero slowly nodded. She shyly giggled along with Hilde's laughter. "Were these the babies you were talking about, Quatre?"
"Yep," he answered. "Oh by the way, they're not wearing any clothes except for those blankets. Do you girls have anything that will fit them?"
"You guys are naked?" Hilde was cracking up. Duo and Heero blushed as they buried their heads in their blankets.
"Give us a break, will ya?!" Duo defended ineffectively when he popped out of his blanket.
"Aww… that was the cutest! What's the matter, Duo? Can't you talk?" Hilde was overjoyed to hear little Baby Duo babble. Duo shook his head and looked away. "Alright then. Do you want us to get you some clothes, Duo?" Duo turned his head to face her. He feebly smiled and nodded lively, slightly red.
"We'll watch Heero and Duo while you're away," Quatre added.
"Thanks, Quatre." Hilde pinched Duo's cheeks ((I'm talking about his facial cheeks, people!)) one last time, then handed him over to Quatre. Relena surrendered Heero over to Trowa with extreme care as if he was a fragile, priceless jewel and slowly accompanied Hilde towards the exit.
"Finally! It took them forever to leave," Wufei snapped as soon as they left the room.
"I'm hungry," Duo babbled and squirmed slightly.
"So… what do we do now?" Quatre asked after several minutes of Duo squirming more.
"I'm hungry!" Duo babbled louder and squirmed even more, giving Quatre a difficult time.
"If you keep squirming like that, then he'll drop you," Heero directed.
"But I'm hungry! And I can't get comfy!" Duo complained.
"If you keep yelling like that, then Wufei will shut you up," Heero pointed to Wufei who was bearing his teeth at Duo. Duo got the hint and simmered down, although it was really hard not to squirm every once in a while. Quatre and Trowa just stood there, holding their downsized comrades, not moving a muscle.
****Silence****
Finally, after 30 minutes of silence and Duo's squirming, the girls came back, bearing goodies. Three bags full of it, and by the looks of it the bags appeared to be heavy. They let the bags fall onto the table, right in front of Wufei's face.
"What's all this?" he questioned irritably.
"We went shopping," Hilde responded with a wink.
"But you weren't supposed to buy stuff for you girls!" Wufei argued.
"We didn't go shopping for ourselves, Wufei. We went shopping for Heero and Duo," Relena objected.
"Is that stuff all for us?!" Duo drooled. "I hope there's food in those bags!" His arms were stretched out towards the shopping sacks. Quatre sensed his obvious eagerness and set him down in front of shopping bags, while Trowa did the same with Heero, who was not so eager.
"You bought them three bags full of stuff just for them?" Wufei seemed puzzled.
Duo attempted to stand, but suddenly remember Heero's experience with trying to walk, so Duo resorted to crawling. He slowly inched his way closer to the bags with a big smile on his face, trying to sniff out any and all possible types of food. Heero sat in the same spot patiently…
"Well, sure! Clothing isn't the only thing babies require, Wufei," Hilde retorted.
Duo reached for bags, but it wasn't easy. He cautiously lifted his arms off the supporting table beneath him, however fell flat on his face. Darn! Another dent! Well, at least Duo and Heero are matching twins now. Heero managed to snicker and shake his head at Duo's defeat.
"What else could babies possibly need?" Wufei arrogantly asked.
Duo pouted at his minor set back, but tried again. This time he got on his knees, wobbling back and forth, nearly falling on his back, and reached out to "hug" the bag in front of him. But his arms were to short to hug and instead, Duo fell onto the bag causing it to fall on the other bags, resulting in all the items to spew out onto the table. Duo and Heero's eyes widened with terror when they saw the containments of the bags…
"We got baby clothes, baby food, baby formulas, bottles, pacifiers, diapers, baby blankets, …" Hilde continued to list all of the objects while smiling at Duo's behavior. Speaking of whom, Duo picked up a container of baby food as his eyes began to swell with uncontrollable tears.
"Mashed Peas?!" He was going into a mental breakdown when he read the label.
"It's not that bad, Duo," Heero intervened. "You don't have teeth anyways, so mashed peas will—are you crying?"
"No, I'm not crying!" Duo held back his tears. But he couldn't help it! It was almost like a desire to cry.
Not noticing Duo's tears, the girls unpacked the baby clothes with glee. Relena opened one particular package and revealed Heero's outfit to everyone. Heero nearly exploded…
"PINK TEDDY BEARS?!!" He shouted. Suddenly, he felt the urge to cry. This immediately cheered Duo up as he laughed and pointed. Duo had switched from crying uncontrollably to laughing uncontrollably. Well, that was until Hilde showed off Duo's outfit.
"PURPLE LAMBS?!!" He shrieked. Duo was on the verge of crying again. Heero would've laughed, but he was hypnotized by the frolicking, pink teddy bears on his soon-to-be garment. Heero couldn't contain himself no longer; he broke down and cried. Duo was definitely in no mood for mocking. His trembled at the galloping, purple lambs and he instantly wept when he noticed the lavender, lacey frills outlining of his future attire. The teenage gundam pilots also cried. But these were not tears of sadness, but tears of laughter, mocking, teasing, taunting, and this-is-too-good-to-be-true tears. Even Trowa laughed at the hideous looking outfits.
At that moment, Wufei changed his mind about having the girls over: This is gonna be good…
A/N: Whew! That was fun! I hope u liked it! Be sure to review and let me know ur thoughts, ok? ^^