Warcross Oneshots

Part 16: Baby

I stare at the baby in front of me.
Do I have a child I didn't know about? No...It's just Hideo Tanaka...In baby form...

THIRTY MINUTES EARLIER-

"-I'm serious! It's gonna work! I promise!" Hideo laughs and rolls his eyes.

"Im not saying it won't work, I'm just saying that it seems weird! I mean come on. A sleep reversal chemical? One that knocks you out so much so that you don't even have dreams...like whatsoever...?! Even the PTSD related ones?" I just grin and nod at him.

"This'll be an addict-AHHHH" With a loud bang and a lot of dust both of us are thrown back against the wall.

The shimmery liquid that we had made earlier for a possible "deeper sleep" was spilled all over both of our bodies. Since Hideo was thrown basically right on top of me his entire front was covered in it. Me being behind him only got me hit with with a little of the weird goo.

Glancing around a little more I take note of the injuries. The two of us look fine except for the long gash on my forehead and the fact that Hideo is passed out cold.

Ever so faintly I can make out a deep buzzing sound in my ears. But it's far away, almost as if it was coming from a couple hundred feet away.

With the way the world seems to tilt and wrap around me, I don't dwell on the noise for long because only a couple seconds later...I am knocked out completely.

TWO HOURS LATER-

With a loud groan I lift up my head. Carefully I re-check over some of my wounds. I come to the same conclusion as last time. Just the gash and a couple cuts. Thankfully nothing to bad.

Next I turn to Hideo. I expect to see him just knocked out cold like last time. But of course, I couldn't ever be so lucky.

Instead of the handsome and adorable boyfriend that I know and love...I am meet with a itty bitty baby.

I couldn't possible lie, so when I say that he looks a hundred times cuter in his baby form then he is now. I'm not even coming close to joking.

He only looks to be about 3 years old with huge dark brown doe eyes, and messy chocolate brown hair. Well I guess that's one thing that never changes...

Looking down at my hands for the first time I realize just how tiny they are.

With a sharp gasp I instantly run over to a mirror. I know I should have expected it, but it was still a bit of a shock when I was meet with my six years old self.

No wonder I felt so small.

I glance around once more as if a god is going to suddenly descend from the sky and randomly help us. I can always wish! Stop popping my bubble!!

Sadly, no such thing happens.

Carefully I scoop up Hideo who seems to still be knocked out...Wait hold on, nevermind! He's just sleeping. Either way, I place his small frame in my arms marveling with a smile softly at how peaceful he looks.

I hate to shake him out of his peaceful state, but he needs to be awake if we want to figure out what the hell happened to us.

"Hey...Hideo...I'm gonna need you to wake up now." I whisper quietly into his ear. He stirs and it only takes a couple more times for him to blink his eyes open. When he does I am meet with the widest and warmest eyes that melt my heart, and the most vibrant of smiles.

I have to hold in my tears, I have never seen him look so happy. I take a step forward but instead of treading with barely a sound I trip and stumble over my own feet.

Luckily, I managed to stop Hideo from crashing headfirst into the floor.

As for myself? I'm not so lucky. I bite out a couple curses and carefully scoop him up again before walking out the door.

This time I don't fall! Yay!!

I only get past two doors before I'm getting stopped by Ken and a load of cameras. Of course!! Cause absolutely nothing can ever go as planned. With another groan and wave at Ken. He glances over, as expected, he doesn't recognize me or Hideo.

I roll my eyes as his hand strays over his gun, always a drama queen. His voice is soft but strict as he talks to the two of us.

"Hey Honey...What are you doing here?" I glance at the cameras and just except the fact that I can't get out of this one with a well made lie and a get away plan.

"Um...Hideo and I kinda got into a little accident." I say. I give a small uncomfortable laugh as he stares at the tiny squirming child in my hands.

His hands fly away from his gun and clamp onto his face.

"God, please don't tell me that's Hideo." The Deo in my arms goes quiet and then gives Ken a giant smile.

"Ken!" He giggles and then curls  himself back into my chest. I look down at his face and smile as he smiles. I look up at Ken and see that everyone in front of us is smiling and cooing over him too.

"Can I hold him?" I nod and start to hand him over to Ken, but instantly I watch as Hideo's eyes well up with tears and he tries to wiggle his way free.

My eyes rocket up to Ken's and his are just as pitiful and scared as mine harden to ice. He just takes a couple steps back and the cameras start clicking away.

I explain that I have to go back and figure out a way to reverse whatever this is, so I start to back away and soon enough the crowd of reporters and cameras fade to just the distant sound of occasional clicks and soft yells.

I feel a soft nudge on my shoulder and look down to where Hideo's head is lifted to look up at me. He gives a small smirk and with the baby voice says.

"Yowd make a gweat mama." I roll my eyes.
"I knew you could talk." He gives a tiny laugh. Then I realized something.

"Wait...Why didn't you let Ken hold you?" He gives me a pointed look. But with his baby face it ends up looking like a pitiful attempt at a glare.

"Have you seen just how many times that man has dropped his damn phone. He has to get a new one like every other month." Even though his glare may look like a desperate attempt at baby seal eyes, his eye roll still manages to have a unnatural amount of sass in it. I just stare at him before shrugging.

"Okay. Fair point." Then we walked back into the lab.

TIME SKIP-

Seven hours.

A dropped baby Hideo

A dropped teenager Hideo.

A couple bandaids.

Twelve coffee's (each)

And a lot of miniature explosions later.

We are finally back to our original 18 years old selfs. Somehow through the entire fiasco we managed to create a lovely age reducing cream. That night we we walk out of Hideo's lab and the next day we start selling the skin care item Deo :)