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Chapter 19 - Makin' Mischief!
While their guardians were trying to figure out an appropriate course of action to take, our three kidnapped chibis were making their own plans of getting home. They had crept out into the hall to find it empty. "Do ya know your way awound?" Rei ask, quietly as Kai nodded. The trio decided to find the kitchen first since they were hungry and had missed lunch. Kai took the lead while Rei had his back with Brooklyn sandwiched inbetween them. He was holding onto the back of Kai's shirt like his life depended on it.
They managed to find a staircase to the first floor and heard voices from a room somewhere on the right in the entrance hall as Kai led them left. It sounded as though Boris and Voltaire were discussing their options as Kai led them into an empty kitchen. There was a bunch of take out boxes on a counter as Kai climbed onto a stool and opened one to reveal a lukewarm pizza. "Me can'ts eats peanuts," Brooklyn remembered as Kai took a piece of the pie for each of them. "Pizza don't have peanuts," Kai informed as he and Rei ate but Brooklyn looked uncertain.
"What round thingies?" Brooklyn ask, picking one off and looking at it intently before he sniffed it as Kai got a carton of milk out of the fridge. "It puppywroni," Rei informed with his mouthful, "it very good." "It puppy!" Brooklyn nearly shrieked as he threw the pizza slice on the floor, "ya eating puppy doggie!" "It not puppy," Kai informed, slushing the younger since they didn't want Boris or his grandfather to know that they had escaped yet, "It pepperoni. It made from piggy."
"Piggie," Brooklyn teared as he refused the milk as well, "me don't eats animal." "Pick it off then," Kai suggested as he took a sip from the carton and ended up with a milk moustache, "ya gots ta eat sometwing." He handed another slice to Brooklyn, who reluctantly picked off the offending pieces of meat and took a bite. "Not bad," he remarked, "but still don't wike it." "Ya picky as Mystie," Rei added, "he don't eat animal either."
"What wrong with that?" Brooklyn snapped, his eyes glowing strangely, "what give us wight ta eat them? They do nothing ta us. Why should we kill 'em and eats them?" "Me don't want ta get into this now," Rei murmured as they heard footsteps. Kai motioned for them to be quiet as he put down what he was holding and went to investigate. He saw both Boris and his grandfather walk into the entrance hall and head toward the front door.
"You are to drive me to my appointment, Boris," Voltaire ordered, "since I gave the staff the weekend off." "Not a problem, sir," Boris replied, "my plans for the afternoon can be put off until this evening." "Are you certain the brats are locked up?" Voltaire ask as Kai giggled quietly. "Unless they can pick locks," Boris informed, "they can not get out. They are only toddlers and are not capable of such methods at the moment."
"Very well," Voltaire sighed, "then let us go. I think I need to pay a visit to my grandson on our return instead of letting him have a free evening." They went out the front door as it locked behind them. "That what you think," Kai smirked as he heard a car start and then pull out of the driveway, "this good." He ran back to the kitchen to find milk split all over the floor from where Rei had dropped the carton. He had no intention of cleaning it up.
"Grandfather and Bowis gone," Kai informed with a sinister smile, "grandpa had busy meeting he had ta go too. We can have weal fun now." "Oh goodie," Brookie shrieked as he jumped up and down, "What we do?" Rei smirked as Kai opened the refrigerator and pulled out several bottles. He grabbed the whipped cream, maple syrup and mustard while Brooklyn took the ketchup, soy sauce and mayo. Rei pulled a stool over to the sink and grabbed the dishwashing liquid.
Kai looked under the sink and found a bucket to put their finds in as they left the kitchen. Since no one was home, they had the entire house to do with as they pleased. The three chibis grinned evilly as they set off to cause as much trouble for their kidnappers as humanly possible. Rei and Brooklyn ran down the hall and bumped into shelves and tables. They knocked off the items that were on display as most of them shattered on the marble floor.
Kai followed behind them and grinned maniacly. This was turning out to be more fun than he had ever imagined. He knew exactly what he wanted to do first. "Follow me," he ordered, taking over for Rei, who didn't mind, "I know what ta do fiwst. This gonna be fun."
He led them into the room they remembered from before. Brooklyn shivered as did Kai but they shrugged it off as Rei climbed onto Voltaire's desk. "Can either of ya write?" Kai ask. "Oh me can, me can!" Brooklyn bounced happily up and down, "what you want?" Kai whispered something into his ear as Brooklyn's eyes went even wider and then he giggled. He took the mustard bottle and kneeled down before the white rug. He giggled with glee as he wrote what Kai had requested in big letters even though some of the words were misspelled or backwards
He looked happily at his handiwork as his attention turned to Rei, who was throwing and kicking all the papers off of Voltaire's antique desk. Kai had grabbed two bottles of ink and coated his hands with the substance making handprints on the cream colored furniture and everything within reach. "This fun," Rei exclaimed after the study had been vandalized, "let do sometwing ta stairs." Brooklyn finished the job by covering everything he could with maple syrup as he followed his two companions to the entrance hall. The three chibis put the entire contents of the bottles they had left on the stairs making them a slippery and dangerous hazard.
"We need sometwing more," Kai muttered, running back to the kitchen for more supplies. Rei followed as Brooklyn was left alone as a patio door caught his attention but it was what was outside that interested him more. It had rained last night and there was a big mud puddle in the backyard where the gardener was working on a new flower bed. Now, Brooklyn did not know that Voltaire had guard dogs on his property or did he care. He just wanted to track mud into the house as he managed to get the door open and run outside. It was fortunate that the old man hadn't set the burglar alarm when he left.
Brooklyn ran to the mud puddle and jumped in, splatting mud in every which direction. He made certain to get plenty on his shoes as his white clothes turned an earthy brown. He picked up gobs of it in his hands and was intent on returning to the house but a growl caught his attention. Three Rottweilers were standing between he and the door and were growling with their teeth showing. "Puppy doggies," Brooklyn shrieked with glee as he dropped the mud but the dogs looked confused at the chibi's reaction to them.
Meanwhile, Kai and Rei had returned from the kitchen with bottles of jellies and jams to add to the staircase when they noticed their trio had turned into a duo. "Where Brookie?" Rei ask as they looked around, "do ya twink he go outside?" "Hope not!" Kai replied as his eyes went wide and he dropped the jars he was holding, "Grandpa gots guard doggies outside and they weal mean." As they made it to the patio door, Brooklyn entered as the two sighed. "Where ya been?" Kai demanded with his hands on his hips.
"Went outside," Brooklyn explained with a smile, "big mud puddle ta pway in and twack thwough house." "Umm, Brookie," Rei whispered as he was looking at something behind him rather than the chibi. "What?" Brooklyn ask, innocently as Kai's eyes went as big as saucers as well. "Behind ya," Kai meeped as the three Rottweilers came inside the house. Their eyes were glued on Kai and Rei as they growled. "Wun," Kai screamed but Brooklyn stopped him by grabbing his shirt.
"No, Kai," he informed with a smile, "dey fwiends. Wanna help. This Ivan, Wasputin and Awexi." The dogs surrounded Brooklyn and nuzzled him gently as their leader bent down and crawled between his legs, effectively letting Brooklyn ride him as the chibi giggled and grabbed his collar like a bridle. Both Kai and Rei's mouths dropped open as they witnessed Brooklyn's interaction with the animals which seemed to love his attention. He didn't just have a way with bugs, birds and gorillas; he had a way with dogs as well.
"Rei," Kai called as he looked between Brooklyn and the Neko-jin, "Is there anytwing he can't befwiend?" "Me don't know," Rei replied with a shrug, "and at moment, don't cawe. Now there six instead of thwee." The dogs became buddies with Rei and Kai after the two raided the fridge again and fed them some chicken that they had found. Brooklyn rode Ivan through the hallway leaving dog tracks as Rasputin and Alexi followed behind them leaving mud on carpet and tile alike. They then decided to help their new master in their bout of mischief by peeing on everything they could and tearing up furniture.
After a while, the dogs grew tired and decided to take a nap while the chibis continued their reign of destruction. It was quite amazing what they were capable of doing in two hours. They had vandalized Voltaire's study, made the stairs a complete hazard, tracked mud throughout the house, broken very valuable objects and were now working on flooding the bathrooms. "Me wanna use soap," Rei pouted as he grabbed the bottle of dishwashing liquid from Kai since it was all they had left. They had used all the stuff they had found in the refrigerator on the stairs and Voltaire's study.
"Time to make pwetty bubbles," Rei remarked as Kai led him to the nearest bathroom. Rei poured the soap in the toliet. He flushed it as the toliet gurgled and the bubbles flowed onto the floor. While he was fooling with the toliet, Kai had stoppered the tub and turned the water on full force. "One down," Rei laughed, "many more ta go!"
They scrambled out of the bathroom as Kai led them to another one. Rei used the rest of his soap in the toliet as Brooklyn found several bottles of bubble bath under the sink. Rei flooded the toliet again while Kai did the same to the bathtub except that he added an entire bottle of bubble bath while Brooklyn took care of the sink. They continued their rampage through the house as the water overflowed in the bathrooms, ruining tile, floor and carpet in its wake. They were soaked to the bone but at least they were having fun making mischief.
By this time, two hours had past since their escape. As they were working on the bathrooms, a car pulled into the driveway as Voltaire and Boris returned from the elder's business meeting. Voltaire had just opened the door and walked into the entrance hall when he encountered a sight that made him gawk and freeze like a statue as Boris gasp. "What the hell?" Voltaire exclaimed as he looked around. Most of his family heirlooms were lying broken on the floor and there was mud tracked everywhere in chibi-sized footprints. "Were you robbed?" Boris ask as Voltaire growled and hit his forehead in frustration.
"Go check on my grandson," he ordered as Boris took off at a run. He made it halfway up the stairs before his feet literally went out from under him. With a loud scream that attracted the attention of our three mischievous chibis, he rolled down to the bottom and hit the floor with a loud thud. He was mainly unhurt as he sat up and rubbed his nose that appeared to be broken since he had fallen flat on his face. "Boris," Voltaire growled as he jumped back to his feet from the glare on his employer's face. "There is something slippery on the steps," Boris informed, "It appears to be a combination of items from the refrigerator."
"KAI!" Voltaire yelled, instinctively knowing that his grandson was responsible. "What ya want?" Brooklyn ask as he appeared on the balcony above them, "wook gwandpa and meanie Uncle Bowis back." "I AM NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER!" Voltaire thundered at the same time that Boris yelled, "I am not your Uncle Bowis! I mean Uncle Boris!" "Come down here this instant, you little brat!" Voltaire ordered as Brooklyn cocked his head cutely to the side with his chibi eyes looking thoughtful as though he was considering the request. "No," he replied, "me not come ta ya since ya mean."
"Why you little-" Voltaire began, running to the stairs but then remembered what had happened to Boris. At that moment, both Rei and Kai appeared beside of Brooklyn as Rei blew a raspberry at the two men while Kai smirked. "Kai," Voltaire snapped, trying to instill some fear in him, "come to me now, BOY!" "No no no," he taunted, blowing a raspberry at his grandfather and looking at the two with his eyes crossed, "if ya want me, come and get us! Na na na na na!"
That taunt pissed the men off as Boris decided to climb the stairs again but this time at a slower pace and gripping the hand rail tightly. When he was almost up the stairs, the trio took off screaming down a hallway. Voltaire watched them disappear from sight as he went to his study to get a drink to calm his nerves and wonder how they had escaped from a locked room. He didn't remember Kai being that resourceful at that particular age. He made a mental note to himself to never believe anything Boris said ever again.
He had a headache as he massaged his temples but after opening the door, his mouth dropped and he nearly walked out. "What the-" he began as he looked around the room; his favorite room to be exact that had been trashed by the trio that had been very busy since he had left. He couldn't believe his eyes as he looked around and nearly burst into tears. "BALKOV!" he screamed. His shout reverbrated through the entire house as the chibis cringed from where they were hiding from Boris.
All of the papers that had once sat on his desk were scattered all over the floor and covered with either ink or what looked like maple syrup. There were small handprints from the ink on his cream colored sofa, chairs and even a Ming vase that had somehow remained unbroken. "Yes," Boris replied, entering the room, "what do you need? I'm busy searching for those brats." Voltaire was shaking with fury as Boris looked around with wide eyes and then sweatdropped.
Smoke was threatening to come out of the older Hiwatari ears from the destruction of his beloved study. His important papers were ruined along with the furniture and carpet. Even he didn't like what they had wrote on the rug. 'Gwandpa & Bowis stink!' was spelled out on the carpet in what appeared to be mustard. Before Boris could ask which of the chibis could write, Voltaire interrupted his pondering.
"FIND THOSE BRATS NOW!" Voltaire raged as the vein over his eye threatened to explode, "I WANT THEM TO PAY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE!" "I'll try, sir," Boris replied, "but they are not ordinary toddlers. This is your grandson and his friends-" "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE OF YOUR EXCUSES!" Voltaire shouted as he sent spit in Boris' face, "FIND AND PUNISH THEM FOR THIS ATROCIOUS ACT!" "Yes, sir," Boris replied, leaving the room and wishing the old man would suffer a heart attack from his ranting.
"Gwandpa sound weally, weally mad," Brooklyn whispered from their current hiding place in a closet on the first floor, "he must not wike pwetty art we did for him." Both Kai and Rei giggled from Brooklyn's remark as the chibis went quiet when they heard footsteps in the hallway. Kai quietly opened the door a crack to see Boris run past. He disappeared down another hallway as they heard Voltaire cursing in a mixture of Japanese and Russian in his study. The three chibis cautiously came out of the closet.
"If Grandpa didn't wike his pwetty woom," Brooklyn mused, "how he weact ta what else we do?" "No stick awound ta find out," Kai stated, "Gots more trouble ta cause. Me wanna go home." "Me two," Brooklyn agreed. "Me twree," Rei added as they smiled at one another and took off down the hallway opposite of Boris.
As Voltaire was mourning the loss of his room, water began to drip from the ceiling and on his head. That brought him out of his ruined study as he ran up the back stairs to see what other destruction the chibis had done to his house. He found Boris in one of the bathrooms completely soaked from where he had tried to stop the water from the toliet and bathtub. "YOU INCOMPENENT FOOL!" Voltaire yelled as he hit his accomplice with a towel that he had grabbed from the flooded floor, "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! I ONLY WANTED KAI! THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED OTHERWISE!"
Our misfits heard Voltaire shouting through the halls. Fortunately Voltaire regained his senses as he sent Boris to shut off the water. That would stop the house from totally flooding but Kai, Rei and Brooklyn were far from stopping. In fact, they were just getting started since they were a bit hyper from a bag of strawberry licorice and a box of pocky that they had found in Voltaire's desk. They had ate the entire bag of the candy and biscuit sticks and the sugar was beginning to kick them into overdrive.
More items were broken but so far they had managed to outrun and outsmart the two men which Rei had deemed as 'oldies'. "This easy," Brooklyn squealled as Boris was behind them. Little did our misfits realize that Voltaire had grown tired of this game and they were trying to corner them. They rounded a corner only to find Voltaire standing there with a whip in hand and a weird gleam in his eyes. The chibis backed against a door as they were surrounded. All three of them gulped as the two men got closer.
"We have you now," Voltaire growled as he glared at the trio, "you are going to pay for what you have done to my house. I don't know who is going to suffer more; Kai or Brooklyn?" "We in twouble," Kai whimpered as Brooklyn pressed against the doorway but heard something that he liked on the other side. He smiled evilly as he looked at the two men before shoving Rei and Kai out of the way. He managed to turn the knob of the door behind them as it opened slowly.
What came out into the hallway at first pleased Voltaire and Boris. After all, they knew the words of command to control them but the three Rottweilers, who had been napping until now had a different idea. Voltaire and his servants had not been very nice to them unlike Brooklyn and they were loyal to only one master now. Unfortunately for Voltaire and Boris, it was neither of them. "Hello boys," Voltaire greeted, thinking that the dogs were going to help him but instead they growled at both he and Boris.
Their teeth were bared and they stood still on their haunches. The three dogs stood protectively in front of the three chibis as Voltaire started to shout the command words that was suppose to control them. The dogs didn't answer to any of the words anymore. Brooklyn had freed them from their slavery and now they were protecting their new master. The little ginger-haired chibi was now in control and that did not bode well for the two men.
Boris was the first to realize who their loyalty belonged too. "Oh f-" he started to curse and darted behind Voltaire for protection. Voltaire paled to a deathly shade of white as he realized that his guard dogs were not going to obey him. "Who the man now?" Brooklyn taunted as his eyes glinted strangely. That taunt made Voltaire raise the whip and was going to strike him with it but that was the final mistake he would make for the day at least.
"Sic 'em!" Brooklyn ordered as he pointed to their kidnappers. The three dogs lunged at Voltaire, who dropped his weapon as he and Boris ran screaming down the hallway. "Way ta go, Brookie!" Kai congratulated as they high-fived each other. The three chibis laughed as they listened to the dogs chasing the two men around the house. "Me actually fowgot about them," Rei admitted with a smile, "thought they in different room."
"Lucky for us they not," Kai added as they decided to watch the show instead of causing more trouble. Boris and Voltaire could not run as fast as the three chibis and when they ran by the chibis in the entrance hall you could tell. Their clothing now sported rips and tears from where the dogs had grabbed them with their teeth. They had tried to barricade themselves in Voltaire's study but the dogs had managed to get the door open and continue the pursuit. The two men gave up as they ran outside hoping to trap them in their kennel.
The dogs had a better idea as they herded the two men toward the garden. Brooklyn, Kai and Rei were rolling around on the floor laughing as they watched the scene from the patio. Voltaire and Boris had climbed up a large oak tree in the garden as the dogs circled the tree and was jumping at them. They were effectively trapped. Ivan had managed to grab the tails of Boris' coat and was hanging in mid-air as Boris yelped. Ivan fell to the ground after the cloth ripped but was okay as he continued to bark as he circled the tree with his two brothers.
"Wish had camera," Kai remarked after regaining some of his composure, "this funny!" "Me know," Rei squealled with laughter as he was turning red, "me usually don't wike doggies but me luv them." "Do ya twink Hero let me keep them?" Brooklyn ask inbetween fits of his own, "they good pwotectors." "Doubt it," Kai added as he started to laugh again as Voltaire was pleading for his life, "Grandpa Ryu won't let ya keep them. If he won't, then neither will Hero."
The chibis watched the show for another hour or so but it got boring after a while. They were about to go back into the house and continue their mischief when Voltaire called Kai to him. "Grandson, please," he pleaded from his perch in the oak tree, "I beg of you to call off the dogs. I surrendar." "Why?" Kai questioned with a raised eyebrow, "what you give us if we do?" "I will do anything you ask," Voltaire begged, "Just please call them off."
"What ya twink?" he ask Rei and Brooklyn, who looked at the man who seemed to have finally cracked under the stress, "can we twust them?" Brooklyn looked intently at Voltaire and obviously saw something that Kai and Rei did not. "Me twink so," Brooklyn informed, "Let hear gwandpa out." The trio walked toward the tree as the dogs stopped circling and ran to them. They stopped growling and were acting playful but Voltaire or Boris did not make an attempt to get out of the tree.
"What concessions ya give?" Kai inquired, sounding quite grown up as his arms crossed over his chest, "If ya give us what we want, we let ya go." "What do you want then?" Voltaire ask as Boris was about to protest but his employer silenced him with a glare, "I will give you anything within my power." "Voltaire," Boris protested, "They are just infants. We are adults and do not give in to the likes of them." "My house is ruined," Voltaire snapped, "and I am tired of playing their games. I want my normal chibi-free life back."
"We wanna go home," Rei demanded, "take all of us back home." "That is a guarantee," Voltaire stated with a frown, "I will definitely grant that request." "And ya gots ta be nicer ta puppies," Brooklyn added, "or me sic them on ya again." "Done deal," Voltaire agreed, "I will take the three of you back to your guardians and I will make certain that the dogs are taken better care of by my servants. Is there anything else? I am waiting."
"Don't twink so," Kai shrugged, "Brookie call them off." Brooklyn easily made the Rottweilers back away from the tree and let the two men climb down. Voltaire kissed the grass when he was on solid ground again but Boris made a mistake by lunging for Kai. It only took half a second for the dogs to have him back in the tree again. Boris yelled because Ivan had bit him on the rear before he had climbed back up and tore his pants leaving everyone to see that he was wearing white boxers with red hearts on them. The dogs did not make an attempt to go after Voltaire since he was a man of his word and had not tried to attack any of the chibis.
"Leave him up there for a while," he mused as he herded the three back toward the house, "and let him think over his actions for a while. I'm not in a hurry." "Voltaire!" Boris called as the four of them walked away and left him in the tree. Voltaire did not make any attempt at hurting the three for the damage they had done to his house since he was too exhausted. The trio had broke him and now could reap the rewards of their valiant efforts.
He took them to the kitchen and gave them a snack. While the three were eating, he called his butler to return from his weekend off. Since the man was quite reliable and had served the Hiwatari family for several decades he agreed without hesitation but Voltaire thought it best if he took the three misfits home before his return. He didn't know how he was going to explain why the house was in such a mess and at the moment didn't care. The chibis ate slowly which resulted in Boris sitting in the tree for another hour.
By that time, he was pleading to be let down and promised that he would behave himself in their presence. Besides, Voltaire needed him to drive the car so they could take the trio home. Before piling into the back of the car, Brooklyn said a tearful good-bye to Ivan, Alexi and Rasputin, who all whined when he was forced into the backseat. He was practically hanging out the window waving bye-bye to them as the car pulled around the driveway. Kai and Rei spent the drive home annoying the heck out of Boris, who was considering breaking the plea deal he had made with them.
Before they knew it, they were back at the house. The three chibis were going to jump out of the still moving car and run to the door if Voltaire hadn't stopped them. "Act liked a civilized person," he instructed, herding the three chibis to the door with Boris behind him and ringing the doorbell. Gustaf answered the door and looked at the two men in surprise. "Mr. Dickenson, you have a guest," he called as the chairman of the BBA came to the door and his mouth dropped open when he saw Voltaire and Boris standing there with Kai, Rei and Brooklyn.
"Greetings, Stanley," Voltaire said calmly. "Voltaire," he replied as he looked at the disheveled and exhausted men. "We are returning something that belongs to you," he stated as he gritted his teeth together and pushed the three chibis forward but then broke down, "Please take them back! I can't deal with them! I don't want them anymore!"
Voltaire then fell to his knees and started to sob as he began to recite everything the three had done to him and his house. The elderly chairman almost started to laugh from their antics but couldn't hide the growing smile on his face. If he had known that only three chibis could torture the two men, he would have sent them over to his house sooner. "Stanley, who is it?" Judy called as Kai, Rei and Brooklyn darted forward and to the others. "HERO!" Brooklyn shouted, glomping onto the older's legs, "Me missed you!"
Hiro lifted the happy chibi into his arms and hugged him tightly as Kai was glomped by Tala then even Bryan and Spencer, who had been worried about his welfare. Mystel latched onto Rei and wouldn't let the Neko-jin go until Mariah pried him off so she could hug Rei. The adults composed themselves when they saw Voltaire and Boris and their disheveled states on the doorsteps. The teens weren't as mature and started to laugh at them. Even Hiro couldn't help but chuckle into Brooklyn's hair as his father gave him a stern look to act more mature.
After a few minutes of apologies, Boris and Voltaire left, promising that they would never bother Kai or any of the others again. It seemed that they had learned their lesson about chibis after all. "What did you do, Kai?" Mr. Dickenson ask after the two men had gone. "What didn't we do?" Kai smirked with an evil grin as he started to recite their afternoon at the Hiwatari estate. By the time he had finished a rendition of their exploits, most of the teens were rolling around on the floor laughing at Voltaire and Boris' expense.
The adults couldn't help but join in on the laughter. "Serves them right," Bryan remarked as he burst into more laughter which scared some of the others. It probably would be a frightening sight to see the usually serious Russians laughing like normal teens. "I think they got more than they deserved," Robert added, looking serious one moment but then burst into laughter as well, "but better them than us." "I can't believe you did all of that," Hiro stated to the chibi in his arms, "what possessed you?"
"Gwandpa Voltie and Uncle Bowis big meanies," he pouted, "but gwandpa okay after puppy doggies chase him. He pwomised ta be nicer ta them." "Grandpa Voltie and Uncle Bowis," several of the adults and teens said together at the titles bestowed upon them by Brooklyn. It just made some of them fall into even more fits of laughter. "You are a riot, little dude," Grandpa Ryu chuckled as he ruffled Brooklyn's hair affectionantly, "and I am so proud of my man, Kai. He conquered his fear."
Grandpa high-fived Kai, who all of the other chibis were now looking at in awe. "He cool," Tyson exclaimed as he laughed, "Me wanna be wike Kai." "Me too!" most of the others shouted as he was glomped by Julia, Garland, Tyson, Max and Tala. The five of them unbalanced Kai as they fell to the floor in a big heap. Mystel was hanging onto Rei and not letting him out of his grasp. "My kitty," he kept repeating over and over again.
It made some of the girls go aww from how protective the little Egyptian was acting but Rei was trying to pry him off because he wanted to brag about his exploits to the other chibis. He didn't like it that Kai was taking most of the credit. Brooklyn didn't care what Kai or Rei did. He was happy to be home and in Hiro's arms, who hadn't let go of him since he had picked him up. He ignored Rei and Kai when ask to join them as he yawned and laid his head on Hiro's shoulder.
"Me fine," he whispered as the drowsiness overcame him, "don't wanna move. Feel safe." He fell asleep as Hiro smiled and kissed him on the head. "I think you deserve a nap, tenshi," he whispered, "you certainly earned it." He needed a bath but Hiro decided to wait until he woke up. Besides, the chibi had a very busy day and tomorrow he would have to reward him for it.
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