Owners' Strife 3: Chibi Ahoy! Part 2
II.: On the ChibiStar~
Duo shielded his eyes and looked up at the impressive boat before him. He tugged at Heero's sleeve.
"The ChibiStar?" He raised an eyebrow. "Man, Chibi Productions is serious with this, aren't they?"
Heero nodded. "I heard some rich guy just donated twenty-eight million dollars, but I don't know who."
Bramble "ninmu"ed and flew down to land on Heero's shoulder, giving the boat an uninterested side-wise glance. "Hn," he said, still eyeing what will be the family's home for the next two days. He twitched and hopped onto Duo's head, whipping out a beamcanon and starting to clean it. One (or at least a heero chibi ^^;) could never be too careful in a strange place like this...
Shini was zipping amongst the heads of startled tourists and natives alike, cackling when someone turned crimson and tried to grab him. Bramble stuffed his weapon back in his wings (it was either that or his spandex, hard to be sure), rolled his eyes, and took off after his mate.
The mini-chibis in Duo's and Heero's pockets being to whine and tried to chase after their (foster) parents.
"Oi, easy there Buttercup," the American soothed, chucking the quatre under the chin.
The gold-topped chibi preened prettily and snuggled closer to his wufei brother, who in turn glared at the humans and clutched his younger sibling protectively. The trowa, Honeybee, who had been silent all this time, now narrowed his one visible eye and stared at the wufei in the meaningful way only he could.
At that moment, Bramble returned to the family with one hand wrapped firmly around the tail of a thrashing Shini. He plunked his mate down on Duo's head and crossed his arms. Shini growled something and stuck his nose in the air. Bramble scowled with irritation and whipped out a roll of dental floss which he used a split second later to bind the black-clad chibi's wrist to Duo's braid.
Heero flashed his lover an amused glance. "Hmm, looks like Bramble's been into my notebook of 'How To Keep Duo In Place'. Again."
Duo wrinkled his nose and tugged lightly at the string woven into his hair. "Well, at least he didn't use a gundanium-belted strap to tie Shini to a tree on the lawn like you did me. You could've at least turned off the sprinklers!" he cried indignantly.
Cobalt eyes drooped seductively until only slits of blue showed from under them. "Oh, but do you have any idea how delicious you look all wet like that?"
Duo's shoulders relaxed and he cracked a small smile. "Well, I can't say I don't like how it turned out," he purred.
//That's also from my notebook...I wonder if Bramble's got to that yet...?// Heero thought. //Because it never fails.//
A heavy-set man showed up a minute later and opened the gate leading to the ChibiStar. To Duo's surprise, many of the crowd on land followed them aboard. The guide noticed his puzzled look and explained.
"Most of them get off across the bay," he said, pointing to the pier on the other side of the water. "We go from there to Chibista. The rest are passengers also bound for it."
Duo nodded and pulled the dental floss from his hair though did not loosen the knot on his pet's wrist. Shini gave him a dirty look, then a Quivery-Eye one. Bramble snickered from where he was perched on Heero's shoulder and snatched the end of the makeshift leash.
"You watch him now," the American poked one of his beautiful white wings. "If the pantry gets raided, I'll hold you personally responsible."
Bramble nodded solemnly. "Ninmu ryoukai," he intoned and flew off ahead of the family, Shini following gravely.
Upon entering the body of the boat, a young woman stepped forward and said: "Duo and Heero Yuy-Maxwell I presume?"
When they nodded, she waved her hand in a welcoming gesture. "Your cabin is down the corridor to the last door. I hope you'll find it pleasing."
When they reached the end of the corridor however, there were three doors. One on each side and one before them. Duo sweatdropped. Bramble looked at each one carefully as if expecting to see through them. He suddenly flapped his wings and flew smack into the door on the left. Shini broke into uncontrollable giggles and nearly fell from mid-air when he flipped over.
Duo chuckled and caught the heero when he began to slide to the floor, settling him on Heero's shoulder. "Now, now," he chided the swirly-eyed chibi, "I know you think that head of yours can shatter boulders, but you have to be careful." He sent his lover a Look. Heero snorted and averted his gaze.
Bramble shook his head to clear it, then glared at nothing in particular and flew off, landing on one of the high beams. Duo opened the door that had nearly given his pet a concussion and squawked as the two figures on the bed scrambled to untangled themselves from each other.
"Quatre?!?!"
"DUO?!"
"What are you doing here?!" they chorused, staring open-mouthed and gaping like a fish out of water.
Heero gave a low chuckle and reached around his lover to click the American's jaw shut. He looked pointedly at Trowa as he spoke. "Oops, seems I 'forgot' to tell you..."
Duo and Quatre suddenly glomped onto each other, babbling like...well, good friends who haven't seen each other for years. Heero and Trowa exchanged knowing smirks. Bramble and Shini buzzed in and settled on their owners' heads. Quatre started then a broad grin spread over his angelic features when he caught sight of them.
"Oh!" he cried in delight, reaching for Shini and snuggling him to his chest. "How cute! You know, Trowa and I just adopted a pair of chibis about a week ago. They're just the greatest aren't they?!"
Heero snorted and Bramble whacked him with the beam canon he'd been aiming at Quatre. The ex-Wing pilot growled and snagged the chibi in his hand, threatening to squeeze the breath out of him.
"Heero Yuy you let go of him right NOW!" Duo stamped his foot to accent his point.
Heero shrugged and released the heero, who glared balefully at him and settled onto Duo's shoulder.
~*~
Quatre looked over the menu quickly before settling for two pots of Tetley tea and mini burgers for his trowa and quatre chibis. Trowa was obviously not happy about his blond angel skipping a meal and ordered a club sandwich to be shared.
Heero ignored the menu on the table so Duo ordered for him. When Bramble was offered a mini-menu, he eyed the waitress suspiciously before uttering a 'hn' and fluttering away. Shini attacked his and 'shini'ed over it for several minutes and decided on mini breadsticks for him and his chibi-chibis and peel-apart lickerish for his mate.[1]
Over the meal, Duo and Quatre chattered like schoolgirls while Heero and Trowa tried to keep Shini and Gami, the mini-chibi duo, out of their food.
"...Shini found them in a gutter," Duo was saying after taking a bite out of his chicken.
Quatre's heart went out to the three mini-chibis huddled together at the corner of their booth. "The poor dears," he cooed, extending a gentle hand to them.
JengYi[2], the wufei hissed while Honeybee simply leapt back. Neither noticed that Buttercup had not followed in their retreat until it was too late. The golden-topped mini-chibi was friendly and curious by nature and leaned forward to hug one of Quatre's fingers before batting his long eyelashes at the Winner.
The blonde giggled in delight and Buttercup was ecstatic, hopping onto his hand and letting the boy stroke his silky hair. Quatre and his miniature self stared at each other. It was a funny scene and even JengYi and Honeybee looked a little more relaxed.
It was an interesting trip, that was for sure.
TBC...
Heehee...
GAH! I forgot who gave me the idea of Justice (though I changed the language ^^;) and Honeybee! PLEASEPLEASE tell me so I can give you credit!
[1] LOL Got the idea from The Shinigami Project Pilot Top 10s. It had said that peel-aparts remind Heero of Duo's braid.
[2] It means justice in Chinese. :)
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