To Make a Past

It was one thing to go through the joys of fatherhood for the first time, and another to take on a mission which involves taking care of a child. Not only that, but Hotaru wasn't really normal. Within three days of Heero receiving her she learned to crawl and was starting to stand up. There wasn't going to be a lot of baby moments to remember. Still if someone like Duo was around, one would have to admit, seeing the Perfect Soldier looking after a baby was funny and heartwarming.

"Hold still," Heero was trying to bath a squirming Hotaru.

"Uh. Uh. Uh…" Hotaru tried to get out of Heero's grip.

Heero was bathing Hotaru for the first time. Normally it was Relena who bath the little girl, but Relena had to go to an emergency meeting, leaving Heero and Hotaru alone together. So far Heero's arm was wrapped around Hotaru's waist as he tried to wash her hair. Waving her arms wildly and kicking furiously Hotaru was splashing water everywhere. For the past several minutes Heero had managed to get soap everywhere but on Hotaru's head. His tank top was now soaked with water and his arms were covered with soap.

Heero muttered to himself, "Why is it so hard to raise a baby?"

Hotaru pushed water towards Heero. SPLASH!

Heero glared at Hotaru for the fifth time that day. His dark brown hair was damp and water was dripping from his bangs. Unfortunately it seemed that babies were immune to death-glares. Hotaru just looked at him and laughed. She held her arms out to him as if saying 'Pick me up! Pick me up!' Leaving the bathroom with Hotaru, Heero grabbed a towel on the way out. Though from the looks of it the towel would be more for Heero than it would be for Hotaru. She giggled, laughed and squealed as Heero dried her off. He sighed to himself, what was it about this baby that found nearly everything so damn funny? Heero dressed her, and combed her hair while Hotaru was trying to grab the brush. Finishing up with her, Heero just left her on the couch to work at his desk nearby.

As he was typing on his laptop Heero thought about all of the problems Hotaru was going to cause. Not only did she start to crawl, but also Hotaru graduated from liquids to baby food. Pinching the bridge of his nose Heero also had work to worry about. Since the war ended Heero had joined the Preventers. Most of the time he worked at home, but sooner or later he was going to be called in. Then what was he going to do? He couldn't say that baby wasn't his, because she was supposed to be his! Speaking of which, as Heero opened another file, he still needed to make up Hotaru's background.

Name: Hotaru Yuy

Age: _

Heero looked over his shoulder. If Hotaru was aging at the rate she was at, age would be impossible. Hotaru was happily playing with a white stuff cat and a black stuff cat that was left on the couch. He would just have to update it every time she got older. He decided to make her older than she really was; after all she was going to be that old anyways.

Age: 11 months

Date of Birth: _

"Da da?" Hotaru watched Heero with fascination.

Heero grunted, "Hn."

Hotaru giggled, "Da da!" she reached out for him.

Heero sighed as he got up, "To problem with you is that I can't kill you," picking her up he looked at her in the eye, "Maybe I should kill Dr. J instead?" he blinked, "I don't believe it, I'm talking to a baby."

Hotaru blew more bubbles with her saliva.

"Great Yuy, you're talking to a baby," he muttered to himself, "Thank god no one's hear to listen to me."

Both he and Hotaru sat back down at his desk. He thought for a minute, he had written that she was eleven months old, so that meant her birthday was next month. He mentally hit himself; he had just given the girl a birthday in October. The havoc Duo would wreak to have Hotaru's birthday and Halloween so close to each other.

"Baka, baka…" he muttered to himself as Hotaru played with his fingers, he started typing again.

Age: 10 ½

Date of Birth: December 12, 201 AC

Place of Birth: Sank Kingdom, St. Peter's Hospital

Parents: _

He stopped, Heero couldn't just write down his name could he? He could, but that would raise questions. As he looked down at the girl, who was looking up at him with a big smile he wondered. She didn't look a thing like him and people would wonder who the mother was.

"I'd never thought I would have so much trouble," Heero murmured as he absently took the black cat that Hotaru gave him. He looked down at his hand realizing what he just did.

Hotaru snuggled against him murmuring, "Da da, na da."

He sighed.

Parents: Natalie and Dr. Jacob Knight, both died in a plane crash four weeks ago.

Once again he sighed, he seemed to be doing that a lot these days. Heero would have to make up the parents' profiles as well. Hotaru just snuggled against his chest. He could feel her breathing slow as the little girl fell asleep. Strange as it might sound, there was something comforting about having her there.

More Information: Hotaru was kept at the Maxwell Orphanage for a week. On August 20th, 201 AC Heero Yuy and Relena Peacecraft adopted her together.

Heero looked down at her and smirked, "You do realize that you officially now have one uncle with a terrible sister complex."

Hotaru is currently living with Heero Yuy and Relena Peacecraft in the Winner's Mansion on Sunrise St. in the Sank Kingdom. Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Winner and Chang Wufei are also living in the Winner's Mansion and are helping to take care of the child. With the adoption of Hotaru, Hotaru has now gained relatives from Ms. Peacecraft's family. She has an uncle Milliardo Peacecraft and an aunt Lucreiza Noin Peacecraft.

He shut of the laptop, figuring that he could leave the little details for tomorrow. Careful as to not wake the sleeping babe, Heero carried her up to her room. Switching on the light to her room Heero gave a small smile as he looked around. Both Relena and Heero were sure that Quatre wouldn't mind them redecorating one of the rooms. Inside the room was painted with a white and blue background with dark purple fireflies on it. The furniture was a creamy white, with a crib, change table, toy box, etc… On the toy box were three of Hotaru's dolls. The one in the middle was the long blond haired lady in a white dress. On her left was a black haired lady in a red dress and on the right was a brown haired lady in a green dress. Heero tucked Hotaru in bed, setting the black cat beside her. He looked at her with wondering thoughts. How could so much change in three days? Hotaru slept on her stomach with her dark hair falling over her eyes and a curled thumb near her mouth.

"Goodnight."

Somewhere in the Gates of Time all of the Senshi were watching this. The Inners were cooing on how cute the whole thing was. Chibi-Use commented on how pretty the room was and how Hotaru would like the fireflies when she was old enough. Michiru was telling Haruka that from the looks of it everything would be fine and that there was nothing to worry about. For one of the few times in Usagi's life, she was serious and worried.

"What is the matter?" Setsuna asked.

Usagi looked up, "Setsuna, are you sure that it will be alright when it is time?"

"I'm positive."

Michiru spoke up, "I'm going to have to agree with Usagi this time. You'd be surprise Setsuna; parenthood does strange things to a person. Haruka is a good example of that."

"Hey!" Haruka cried out indigenously.

"It's true! Compare to how you treated Hotaru when we were taking care of her compare to when we first met her," Michiru pointed out, "Or do I have to go through all of those times?"

Haruka grumbled, "Good point… I give the guy a week, and then we will see if he's worse than me."

Rei shook her head, "He'll crumble less than a week. Not everyone can stand up to a cute baby after all."

Ami put a reassuring hand on Usagi's shoulder, "Don't worry, everything will turn out alright in the end. They always do, and I'll have to agree with Rei."

"No way!" Makoto said, "That guy down there looks as cold as ice. Some people are just like stone."

"I hate to say it, but you're wrong," Haruka stated, "You try stand up to being called 'daddy'."

And so what turned out to be trouble times with Hotaru's safety turned into a betting session on when Heero was going to crumble and become Hotaru's daddy.

Author's Note: I know this took a long time, and truth be told this is shorter than my other stuff. Anyhow thanks for informing me on my mistake with Hotaru's attack. The first chapter has been corrected, I found an error in the second chapter, but strangely it didn't bug anyone. School has kept me busy; my muse has been bugging me with other things and well… I'm just slight stressed.

Now… since I'm writing this note, I might as well get on to other things since some people also read my other stories. First, the summer will be a time to finish at least one of my stories. Sorry, but this one isn't on top of my list. Wing School is my toppie right now. Considering it's been out for nearly a year and a half. Coming in second place is both Have Faith and Daddy's Little Firefly. I'll be working on those when I'm having trouble with Wing School.