Title : What's Our Age Again?
Authoress: Winter-Skye-Phoenix
Rating: K+
Summary: What would happen when you leave Tyson and Max in charge of their now six year old teammates? What could possibly go wrong?
Remake Of 'Chibified With Tyson And Max As Babysitters'
"Talking"
'Writing'
'Thinking'
"Person on other side of phone"
/Bitbeast talk/
/Bladers talking to bitbeasts/
"Russian"
"Italian"
Ages:
Spencer - 18
Bryan, Robert - 17
Tyson, Max, Hilary, Tala, Julia, Kimmy(Oc), Johnny, Enrique - 16
Kenny, Ian, Raul, Oliver - 15
Kai, Ray - 6
Kimmy belongs to kimmyHiwatari.
There are no set pairings, so if you had any, I wouldn't hearing them. (My favorite are Miguel/Kai and Bryan/Johnny but that's just my opinion. Let me know yours.)
Chapter 8 - Day 8
Kai yawned sleepily as he sat up and looked around. Tala was gone, probably making coffee in the kitchen. He cringed slightly, remembering how long it had taken to clean it up. It was even harder now that Ray and Kai had called off their plan for the meeting. They had even refused to look or talk to eachother.
He sighed and caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror, he quickly looked away.
"Have you heard? Kai and Ray are kids again!"
"What? Where did you hear that, a gossip magazine?"
"Mariah! I told you not to read those! They're full of stupid rumors that are never true!"
"But it is true, Emily! And, it wasn't in a magazine either! Hilary told me!"
"Hilary? And where do you think she heard it from?"
"Well, uh... I don't know." Raul sighed heavily as he listened to the two girls argue. Julia laughed as she walked over and sat beside him at the table, handing him a steaming cup of hot chocolate.
"Having fun listening to their gossip, little brother?" Raul cast her frustrated glance before letting his head drop onto his folded arms on the table.
"Why couldn't we have waited and come with Tala and the others?" He almost whined and his big sister rolled her eyes.
"I promised we'd help set everything up for the meeting. Chairs and tables don't just set themselves up you know." She took a sip of her hot drink and leaned comfortably back into her chair. Her only response was a muffled groan as the redhead buried his head deeper into his arms.
Spencer watched as Ian stretched slowly, trying to wake himself up and Bryan glared at the computer as if that would make it cooperate.
"You two almost ready? I just talked to Tala and he said to meet him at the building in twenty minutes." He called and shook his head in amusement as both boys just waved a hand towards him as if to tell him to go away and continued what they were doing.
The blonde turned and headed out the door, down the hallway and to his own room.
"Should we be worried?" Max asked from his spot at the table as he and Tala watched Ray and Kai ignore each other completely, refusing to even get close to one another. Tala shrugged, leaning casually back against the counter top.
"Well, it depends on how long they plan to act like that, and..." He smirked and lifted his cup of coffee, "If they have the strength to even talk to one another." Max blinked and stared at him, as the two kids sent dark glares towards the redhead.
"You're playing with fire Tala. I don't think you should be calling them weak." He advised, or at least tried to but Tala just chuckled lightly.
"You'll see."
"Alright! You two little brats ready for this meeting?" Tala asked, putting his hands on his hips. The 'two little brats' merely looked at him. Max sighed and picked Ray up as Tala did the same with Kai.
"Come on."
"Aww! They are so cute!" Ming Ming squealed, her hands clutched together over her chest. Kai quickly hid behind Tala, his shyness only making him even cuter. Ray just stared at the bladers with large, wide eyes, his hand loosely clasped in Max's.
Raul sighed with his sister watching in amusement. The children, along with Tala and Max had just arrived and had immediately gotten the attention of the group of teens that had been talking in front of the doors.
Ray and Kai exchanged looks, they may have not been on agreeable terms with one another, but they knew a problem when they saw one. Teenagers all looking at them in either amusement or with star filled eyes, was a problem they hadn't counted on. Ray looked around and a large grin came across his face.
"Rawul!" He yelled, running forward and jumping into the older boy's arms. Raul stumbled back slightly but quickly steadied himself. Julia laughed and ruffled the neko-jin's hair.
"What no hello?" She asked and Ray grinned up at her and waved.
"Hi Wulia!" Julia smiled and the small boy turned back to wrap his arms around Raul's neck and hug him. Raul blushed.
"Hi Ray." He greeted softly, his arms tightening their grip on the boy.
The meeting was short, describing the difference in how they were to pay for the upcoming tournament and that they were still undecided if they were going to have it the same as the last one. After the meeting, they all went to the lobby to sit and relax.
"Bryan! Ian! Spencer! You're, you're big like Tala is!" Kai cried with wide eyes as he saw three of his closest friends. He frowned softly.
"Well, maybe not Ian..." Many people in the room laughed as Ian scowled and stood next to him, he grinned.
"But I'm taller than you!" He said and Kai pouted.
Ray yawned and caught sight of Kai doing the same thing. Their eyes met and they both slowly slipped to hide behind a couch.
"Hey." Ray said quietly, unsure what to say.
"Hey," Kai greeted back before he reached into his pockets. As Ray watched on curiously, Kai pulled out two beyblades, his eyes went wide.
"Is that Drigger?" Kai grinned and nodded.
"Yup, and I got Dwanzer back too." He handed one of the beyblades over to Ray, who took it carefully, still staring curiously.
"How'd you get 'em?" Kai's grin grew.
"Twyson had 'em. It was easy too take them." Ray grinned as well before he shoved his into his pocket, Kai did the same.
"We better not let anyone know we have 'em." They both nodded to one another and snuck back out, innocently acting like nothing had happened.
"So Johnny, how come you aren't getting ready for our upcoming battles?" The blonde asked, as he winked at a passing by girl. She blushed and giggled.
"Shouldn't you be the one training, Giancarlo?" The Scotsman crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in his chair.
"Whatever, Johnny. I'm not the one that lost to Kai." Enrique waved his hand in a dismissive gesture.
Johnny scowled but then rolled his eyes as he got up and slipped quietly out of the room.
Kai scowled, no one had noticed the redhead had left the room, not even his own teammates. From the looks of it, Ray had realized it as well. The two children exchanged looks and nodded to one another.
Kai and Ray grinned before they launched their beyblades into the crowd of people. There were loud thuds and then the lights went out.
Johnny sighed, shoving his hands into his pockets roughly. He continued down the hall, his shoes occasionally scuffing against the floor as he walked towards where his team's room was located.
A sudden sound of footsteps behind him caused him to stop, but when he turned around, nothing was there. Johnny shook his head and turned when a hand shot out. He gasped in surprise as both his arms were grabbed and roughly twisted behind his back. The redhead winced and tried to squirm away.
Loud crashes and curses, along with screams echoed throughout the room as people struggled to try and find the door through the darkness.
"What the hell happened?!"
"Where's the damn door?!"
"Everyone calm down and relax. Panicking is not going to help. Ouch! Would someone please find the light switch!" Bryan cursed as he tripped over an upturned chair. As if listening to him, the lights flickered on again, revealing the room to the teenagers. Shouts of outrage filled the area.
Everything was a mess, papers were everywhere, drinks splashed around, tables and chairs were upturned and the beyblade dish was in pieces. The teens were mad, knowing they would have to be the ones to clean the mess up and they went about trying to find the culprits.
No one noticed when the two responsible slipped away.
Johnny struggled in the tight hold.
"Let me go!" He yelled and a hand was quickly slammed over his mouth to stop him from making any noise. He heard a quiet chuckle and his eyes locked onto the figure of a man with dark purple hair and a yellow mask that covered half his face. Boris Balkov.
"So, since we've both forgiven each other, what should we do?" Ray asked as he and Kai casually strolled down the hallway. Kai shrugged and then, after a few moments of silence, he grinned.
"I know!" Ray stopped and stared at him. Kai's grin stayed firmly in place.
"We finish Project Runaway." A grin began to spread across Ray's face.
"That's a great idea! Let's-" Ray cut himself off as a voice seemed to echo off the walls.
"Let me go!" The two children glanced at each other before quickly slipping down the hall, as silent as the shadows they were hiding in. Soon, they reached a hallway where they saw people.
There were three men standing with guns, one had his slung over his shoulders as he held the boy in front of him tightly. One of his large hands clenched both of the boy's wrists behind his back tightly while the other was finishing gagging the boy.
Another was standing with his gun at the ready and the other had only a handgun in one hand. Kai's eyes widened as he recognized the man.
"Bowis." He whispered and Ray's eyes also went wide.
"Kai, you get the others." When Kai looked about to argue, Ray held up a hand.
"He'll wecognize you, but not me." Kai nodded hesitantly and Ray gave him a toothy grin.
"Come back soon." The neko-jin whispered as his friend left the hallway. Soon, the young child turned back to the others.
Boris leaned forward, so his face was right in front of Johnny's. With one hand, he grabbed the redhead's chin.
"Jonathan McGregor. How nice it is to finally meet you in person. I've been looking forward to this." Johnny's eyes narrowed and he squirmed slightly. Boris shook his head in amusement.
"You know exactly why I'm coming after you. At least now I don't have to go through a lengthy speech." The man slid his gun into his pocket and waved his now free hand at the other man. The other man handed him two syringes.
Johnny tried to break free of the tight grip but couldn't and Boris grinned sickeningly. He straightened up and let go of Johnny's chin as he slipped one of the syringes into his pocket.
Boris slowly did a check on the syringe, knowing it would make the boy in front of him nervous. Then, just as slowly, he grabbed the boy's hair in a tight fist and held his head in place. With his other hand, he lowered the syringe by Johnny's neck.
"Go Drigger!" All three men looked up sharply as a beyblade was sent flying towards them. The man standing to the side was instantly taken down and knocked unconscious. The beyblade started towards them but Boris smirked. He pressed the needle into the redhead's neck.
Johnny gave a muffled cry of pain as the purple haired man pushed on the syringe and injected whatever that substance was, into his neck.
"Come out, I only gave him half a dose. If you don't do as I say, he gets the rest." Ray hesitated before he stepped into view. Boris laughed.
"Well, well, if it isn't little Ray. Now, I want you to call your beyblade back and then toss it over here." Ray clenched his hands into fists before he did as he was told. When he was tossing it over, however, he threw it as hard as he could and it collided with the man holding Johnny right in the face.
The man cried out and almost let go of the redhead, but quickly tightened his grip again. Boris snarled and pushed the rest of the dose into the boy. Johnny squeezed his eyes shut as wave after wave of pain shot through him. He gave out a quiet whimper, his breathing already ragged.
Boris laughed, clearly liking seeing the boy in pain. Ray scowled. What was he supposed to do? Just stand here? Before he could think of anything, however, an inhuman roar echoed along the walls. Boris took a step back as a small portion of Johnny's chest glowed until the shadow of a creature fell on him. He looked up and his eyes widened in horror.
A large lizard type creature stood there, its tongue flickering in and out of its mouth as dark purple irises stared down at the man. Suddenly, with a swipe of its tail, part of the ceiling came down behind them, effectively scaring the man holding the redhead.
He let go of the boy and bolted down the corridor and out of sight. With a glance back at the shakily standing redhead, Boris too ran until he was gone.
'Fire Blast!' Ray blinked as the voice seemed to come from everywhere and the lizard opened its mouth. A large ball of fire came out and lit up the hallway briefly as it followed the two men until it vanished out of sight, as well.
"Wow." He whispered before he scrambled over to the redhead. Johnny was leaning heavily against the wall and panting but he still managed to yank off the gag.
"Ray!" Ray turned to see Max, Tyson, Bryan, Kai, Hilary, Ian, Tala and Spencer running over. Both Tyson and Max stopped short at the sight of the creature but the others just seemed to ignore it.
Bryan made it to them just in time to catch Johnny as the Scotsman began to collapse. The lizard looked in their direction, let out another roar that left their ears ringing before a purple aura seemed to surround it.
The lizard disappeared until only a stream of purple light was visible as it soared to the downed redhead and smacked into him, right in the chest. The boy glowed in the same purple aura.
The teenagers and the two kids watched in shock as the redhead slowly became smaller and smaller until Ray was even bigger than him. The glow faded and Bryan now held a boy that looked to be about age four. His bandana had fallen and now hung loosely around his neck, which caused several fiery locks of hair to fall into his face.
"Did Johnny just turn into a little kid?" Tyson asked, staring at the child in shock. Bryan rolled his eyes and turned, walking down the hallway. The others quickly followed, Spencer grabbing the unconscious man along the way.
"No, that can't be the reason, it doesn't make any sense!" Emily yelled, her face turning red.
"Then what else could it be?! It's not like they turned into kids on their own!" Michael yelled back at her, clenching his hands into fists.
"Of course not, but why would Balkov want two little children? What good would that do him?" The girl argued back.
"The reason is nothing like that." Emily and Michael straightened up and turned to the door. Judy and Stanley who were also in the room stopped talking and looked at the door. Judy gasped as she saw the child in Bryan's arms.
"What happened?" The blonde woman rushed forward. Spencer sighed.
"Kai came and got us. Balkov and his men went after Johnny, Ray distracted them. Balkov ran off and Johnny was turned into a kid." He said bluntly.
The Blitzkrieg Boys didn't look at all surprised with the blonde's bluntness and instead both Ian and Tala sighed while Bryan chuckled. Judy nodded unsurely and turned to Hilary.
"Could you please go get some clothes for him?" The brunette nodded and left. The woman turned back to Bryan.
"Would you put him down on that couch over there?" Bryan shrugged and adjusted his grip on him. Max grinned.
"I'll go and get the Majestics then." He said and disappeared through the door.
After they had changed the young redhead into new, more comfortable clothing, they turned to Ray.
"Alright Ray, we need you to tell us exactly what happened." Tala said, watching Ray shift in Max's lap to get comfy. The neko-jin looked thoughtful.
"Well, me and Kai heard someone yell so we snuck over and saw Bowis talking to Johnny and I told Kai to get you 'cause Bowis would wecognize him... Umm... then Bowis said somethin' like Johnny knowin' why he was bein' targeted. Then Bowis went to use needle so I launched Drigger and distwacted them but Bowis still injected the needle. Oh! After that, Johnny's chest glowed pwettily and a giant lizard came out, shot a fiweball out of its mouth and chased the bad men away!"
"Wow..." Was all Tyson could spit out and many of the bladers nodded their head numbly in agreement. Tala frowned.
"You said that Johnny knew why Boris targeted him? It wasn't because Johnny just happened to be in the hall at that time?" Ray shook his head.
"Not fwom what I heawd." Michael sighed.
"So first Kai and Ray change into little kids over night and we have no idea how, then you guys see Johnny turn younger as well, after Boris specifically targeted him... What are we supposed to do?" No one answered.
Bryan rolled his eyes and shifted his grip on the newly young child in his arms, Tyson grinned.
"Hey Bryan, why don't you put him down? Or do you want to..?" He snickered and the Russian just stared blankly at him.
"No place to put him." Tyson looked around the room. All the seats were either destroyed or now would not be comfortable for a kid.
"Oh yeah..." The blue haired boy laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. There were simultaneous sighs from many of the other bladers.
Warm. It was warm and comfy. That is what Johnny realized as he first began to wake up. He was confused. Why was he warm and comfy, feeling completely safe? Slowly, he forced his tired eyes open and stared around him.
There were a group of teenagers and many seemed to be arguing as others just watched with amused looks on their faces. He blinked, coming quickly to a conclusion he really did not like.
"Put me down." Bryan glanced to the small body in his arms. The boy's lavender eyes were narrowed and a small frown was on his face. Bryan rolled his eyes and smirked.
"And just what are you going to do if I don't?" The redhead scowled and his eyes flashed dangerously.
"Ouch! You little brat!" The teenagers all stopped arguing and directed their attention to the two. Mouths dropped open. Bryan clutched his now aching hand in the other and growled.
Johnny had landed easily on his feet and stood up as if he had not forced the Bryan Kuznetsov to drop him.
"I'm going to kill you, runt!" Johnny just raised an eyebrow, not at all scared of the very angry Russian in front of him.
"Hardly. You couldn't even catch me." He scoffed. Bryan scowled darkly and began to stomp forward so menacingly that many bladers were cringing but again, Johnny didn't even flinch.
"Jonathan McGregor! Stop that this instant!" Johnny turned his head slightly to see Robert, Enrique and Oliver standing in the doorway. He shrugged, looking as if he could care less. Enrique rolled his eyes and walked over.
"Woah," He said staring at the small boy, "When Max told us what happened, I didn't believe him but now... just who would've thought something like this would happen? And to Johnny of all people..." The blonde knelt down and reached out a hand to touch him, only to have it knocked away.
"Don't touch me, Giancarlo." Came the snarled response. Tala frowned.
"Hey kid, how do you know who he is?" Everyone else in the room besides the Majestics were equally confused, if Kai and Ray couldn't remember their teammates, why could Johnny? Johnny rolled his eyes.
"Who could forget a face like that? He still looks the same as when he was younger." He said by way of explanation and Enrique straightened up.
"I've known Johnny since we were both really little, that's probably why he recognizes me... though I don't know why he's not confused as to why I'm now a lot older than him..." He trailed off and stared at the little redhead. The said redhead shrugged indifferently.
"Something had to have happened to me for Salamulyon to be all grouchy..."
Ray shifted uncomfortably at the silence and decided to make everything better. He moved over to Johnny and stared at him, grinning widely.
"Hi! I'm Ray, who're you?" He bounced on the balls of his feet and Johnny raised an eyebrow.
"Jonathan." Ray frowned.
"Wonatan?" Johnny shook his head and sighed.
"Just call me Johnny." Ray nodded and his grin was back in place as if it had never left.
"Okay, Johnny! Wanna play with me and Kai?" Johnny looked uncertain and hesitant, his eyes glancing around the room before he slowly nodded.
"Alright..." Even then he sounded very unsure about his decision but Ray didn't notice as he grabbed the redhead's hand and dragged him towards Kai.
"Yay! Lookie Kai, we've got 'nother fwiend to play with!"
Meanwhile the teenagers watched it all in amusement. Julia brushed her bangs from her face and frowned. Why was Johnny acting so nervous? He had been very confident when Bryan was mad at him, but now...
Tala noticed her look and motioned towards the door. She followed him out.
"You saw that too, right?" The redhead asked and Julia nodded.
"Do you know why one moment he was confident and the next nervous?" Tala shook his head and sighed. He looked down the hall.
"I think in order to find out we need to either ask him or we could find out why Balkov targeted him." Julia nodded again and looked thoughtful.
"But how can we do that?" She pressed her lips into a firm line as the thought. Tala smirked.
"We could always ask a friend of ours..." He trailed off but Julia got the idea. She sighed but motioned down the hallway.
"After you."
Hey, I am sorry for the very long wait but I have provincials coming very soon and need to study. This also means I may not be updating for awhile. Anyway, hope you liked it and when I had time, I tried to make it as long as possible. Please review, let me know what you think.
Laterz,
W.S. Phoenix