The King's (Chibi) Crisis

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This one is going for humor. Let me know how I do.

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"ACHOO!"

Mamoru's eyes went wide and he jumped out of bed as the sound came over the baby monitor. He glanced back over his shoulder to make sure his wife was safe before he ran out the room, across the hall, and into the nursery. Mamoru was by the crib of Princess Chiba-Usa in record time. He opened a drawer, pulled out digital medical gloves, and ran a complete diagnosis by scanning his daughter.

HR: Normal

BP: 95/58

Temp: 100.1

"Dear lord," Mamoru gasped as he read the results. "Computer, open a channel to the family of wisdom."

"Boss," Zoisite grumbled as he answered the call, slowly rousing. "It's late. What's wrong?"

"Chibi-Usa is ill," Mamoru reported firmly.

"What's her symptoms," Ami asked, as she sat up in bed next to Zoisite when she heard Mamoru's words. "What's wrong with the little princess?"

"She has a 100.1 fever and is sniffling," Mamoru explained, his eyes darting from the results to his daughter and back multiple times. "She's sleeping peacefully now."

"So let me get this straight?" Zoisite groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. "She has her first cold?"

"Yes! I want a full workout to make sure it's not magic related," Mamoru ordered, a plan forming in his head. "I want you to run a comparison on the database of all known youmas, droids, and known monster types. I need to make sure she hasn't been poisoned in someway"

Zoisite exchanged a look with his wife before he responded. "I'm hanging up now."

"What?" Mamoru grunted, his body becoming tense at his friend's response. "My daughter is sick. She needs a complete diagnosis."

"Mamoru," Ami sighed as she laid her head down on her pillow. "You are a former doctor, so you are blessed with an abundance of information. You need to get a handle on it or it will consume you."

"That being said my wife needs her own sleep for the baby she's carrying," Zoisite sighed as his hand reached out and caressed Ami's stomach. "Just get a washcloth, dab her head, and try to get some rest."

"What about," Mamoru countered but the line went dead. "Hello? Damn it! Computer, dial the family of strength."

"Mmmhuhm," Nephrite grumbled as the call connected. "Wuh, wuzzup?"

"My daughter is displaying a low grade fever," Mamoru reported, his eyes locked on Chibi-Usa's vitals. "Have there been any anomalies sighted in the area in the last few days?"

"Numh, Mumuh," Makoto replied in something between a snort, yawn, and a groan. "Mmm."

"I want you to get to the control room and do a full city wide search to make sure there are no disturbances," Mamoru commanded. "If you run every scan possible it should only take like…5 hours."

A loud crunching sound came through the speaker which Mamoru could only assume was Nephrite destroying his communicator again. The replacement he received would be the 4th one this year alone. Mamoru intended on making sure they came out of his paycheck.

Chibi-usa grumbled and began to roll in her sleep causing Mamoru's heart to clench. She was uncomfortable he could tell and he wanted to make sure everything was fine with her. He immediately dialed the next group in his contact.

"Jadeite," Mamoru called when his general picked up. "I need you to hit the library. I want you to look through all the research materials and see if a minor fever may be related to any known curse."

"I've got a curse I can show him," Rei hissed before turning over and pulling a pillow over her head.

"Boss, you need to calm down," Jadeite insisted, picking up his communicator to talk into it properly. His other hand reached over and stroked his wife's back affectionately. "Zoisite already messaged everyone and let us know you are freaking out and overreacting. I'm going to turn off my communicator now and nothing short of a Class Five, world ending disaster is going to turn it back on."

"I am not freaking out or overreacting," Mamoru stated firmly. "Now come make sure my baby hasn't been cursed by a demon or I will banish you to the frigid depths of space."

"Good night Mamoru," Jadeite replied before ending the call. Mamoru felt his entire body tense from the lack of respect he was receiving.

"What the hell? Call the family of leaders," Mamoru ordered the computer. "Kunzite I want…"

"Damn it Mamoru!" Minako roared. Not through the communicator but instead her voice carried from her and Kunzite's wing of the castle. "It's three in the morning! Some of us are trying to have sex!"

"Blast it all," Mamoru roared as he turned towards the door and began to head towards pulling all of his generals out of bed by their hair. "I swear when I get a hold of them…."

Mamoru stopped as the door to the nursery opened and his wife came in with a sleepy look in her eyes.

"I can hear you through the baby monitor." Usagi yawned as she moved past her husband and towards the cradle. "You're freaking everyone out."

"But Usa…," Mamoru stumbled, his mind still going a mile a minute. "Chibi-Usa could have been poisoned by a demon, cursed by a youma, or…"

"Or maybe she caught a cold when we took her out for a ride in the stroller," Usagi suggested as she placed the washcloth she had brought in against her daughter's warm head. She picked up her tiny daughter and sat in the rocking chair close by. "She's going to be fine Mamo. Calm down."

"But…,," Mamoru struggled, his mind overwhelmed with all the possibilities of everything terrible fate which could befall his baby. "She's…"

"It's okay little one," Usagi sang to her daughter as she began rocking her. With her hair down nursing their daughter back to health and wearing her white nightgown, Mamoru thought his wife looked like an angel. He often thought of her as such but moments like this made it even harder for him to think she was absolutely sent from heaven. "Daddy is just being silly."

"I'm just…," Mamoru stopped as he watched how Chibi-Usa stopped fusing as she was rocked back to sleep. His gaze dropped to the med gloves he was still wearing and a smile formed on his face as he realized just how foolish he had been acting. "You're right…daddy is just being silly."

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A/N: It's amazing how long it takes to complete some projects. I've had this idea of "Mamoru as an overactive dad bugs every in the middle of the night" for more than a year but it takes forever to get it actually completed on paper. It's only when I see the Usamamo 2024 week prompts and decide to launch this in conjunction with the Free Day Prompt. Thanks to random-mailbox and lilliebellfanfics for putting on the event.

I hope everyone takes the time to read this in conjunction with the main Royal Affairs series as there will be non-smut elements here which help my overall story. I eventually will relaunch the whole series in one multi-chapter story on Wattpad. Give me time to work.

Reviews are love and they keep me going.