Intrigue

by Kagura

Chapter One: Finding Homes

Hilde walked to her door after hearing the doorbell ring. Looking through the peep hole she saw Heero standing there with a little kid who looked to be about three. He also looked quite familiar. So she opened the door.

"Here. You take him. See ya," Heero said before walking off. The car he was heading for had four more kids in it.

"Why are you giving him to me?" asked Hilde

"Take a look, Hilde. That's Duo. I can't deal with five kids. I'm bringing these four to people who can watch them."

"But, Heero!"

"I don't do kids, Hilde."

Hilde looked down at the chibi Duo and smiled. "Okay, Duo. Come on in." Heero was going to have to explain how Duo got like this.

Sally Po was filling out a patient's file when a knock was heard on her office door. "Come in!" she said.

Heero Yuy stepped into her office trailed by four kids, all of whom looked familiar.

"Sally, could you take care of Wufei for awhile. I don't know when he's going to change back to normal, but it should be in about a month or so. At least that's what Dr. J said."

Sally smiled at the young man. "Sure, Heero. But you'll have to explain what happened at a later time." Heero nodded his head, and walked out.

"Well, Wufei. We have to get you settled in now don't we. We'll go shopping after work, okay?"

Wufei stared at Sally, then said, "I wan orange juwse."

"Okay. Lets go get some orange juice." She picked up the chibi Wufei and walked down the hall to the staff lounge to get orange juice.

Zechs Marquise a.k.a. Milliardo Peacecraft was working on a project in his office when he heard Noin returning from her coffee break. But she was talking to someone. "Heero, I think that you should take care of her yourself. That way you can get closer to her and you can learn about child care at the same time. And Quatre doesn't have anywhere to go, except to Dorothy's and I wouldn't trust Dorothy with a three year old. So I say that you talk to Milliardo about Relena, but because I'm sure Quatre is easy to take care of you can take him."

"I don't do child care, Noin."

"Here, if you're so insistant, I'll take Quatre, but I seriously think you need experience."

"I don't..."

"Yes, I know, you don't do child care." At that moment Noin stepped into the office she shared with Milliardo. She and Heero were followed by three little kids. They all looked familiar. The girl looked up at Milliardo and said, "Miwy!" and ran over to him. Milliardo stared at the child.

"Zechs, that's Relena. I personally think she should stay in Heero's care. But it's up to you."

"I don't do..."

"Oh, shut up, Heero." Noin hit Heero on the back of his head with a clipboard she had studied during her coffee break.

"I'll take Relena, but if she doesn't want to stay, she's going back with you, Heero." Heero stood there and blinked at Zechs's response. It wasn't the response he had expected.

"Okay," said Heero after blinking for thirty seconds, then he left followed by Trowa. Quatre was standing beside Noin.

"Miss Noin, can I hawve a blineky? I'm tiwod." Noin looked down at the chibi version of Quatre.

"Me, too," said Relena.

'Sure," Noin said. "Come on, you two, lets go get some blinkets." She scooped up the two kids and headed toward the rescue supply closet to get some of the extra blinkets.

"I wonder what's up with Trowa, I haven't heard from him all week," Catherine wondered aloud. Then she heard a knock on the door. "Coming!" she yelled.

"Hi, Catherine Bloom. I'm..."

"Oh, hi Heero! What's with the sudden visit? Oh no, did Trowa..." she could only think of one possible reason Heero Yuy of all people would visit her.

"No, Trowa's not dead, he's just not quite...him." Catherine cocked an eyebrow. Heero reached behind him and picked up the mini Trowa.

"Trowa's three years old?"

"He has the body of a three year old, and the mind of a three year old, but he retained memories of different people and places. He doesn't remember being fifteen though."

"Oh."

"Hi Caffy," said Trowa. Catherine smiled at him for a second, then turned her attention back to Heero.

"You want me to take care of him."

"Uh, yeah."

"Okay, but if anything goes completely wrong, your stuck with him again."

"He should turn back into his fifteen year old self in a month or so, but that's just what I was told."

"Thanks for bringing him here, Heero."

"Your welcome." With that Heero walked off.

"Do you hafe anyfing to dwink? I'm firsty."

"Sure, orange juice or apple juice?"

"Apwle jewse!"

Finally chibi free, Heero started the drive back to his apartment when his cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Heero, I need you to get to preventer headquarters right now. There's a kid here wandering around screaming that her "uncle Heero" left her all alone to her mean big brother."

"Lady Une?"

"Yes, this is Lady Une! Get your ass down here!"

"Yes, mame!"

Heero marched into Preventer Headquarters five minutes later to find Relena crying onto Quatre's shoulder. Noin was standing over the two trying to calm the girl down. Then Noin looked up to see Heero standing there.

"Lady Une called you?" Heero nodded his head. "Not surprising since it was your name she was screaming up and down the halls. Zechs yelled at her for spilling his coffee and she threw a fit."

"Finally, someone calmed that child down." Relena looked up from crying to see Heero standing there talking to Noin, and to see an angry Lady Une marching down the hall.

"Heewo! That lady's scawy!" she said as she jumped up and ran over to the unsuspecting man. Out of instinct, Heero picked up the child. Quatre, now left alone in the open ran over to Noin.

"Yuy! What were you thinking? Dropping a child like that at a Preventer building? You ended up disturbing half the people in here!"

"Um, Lady Une, this is Relena Peacecraft. She should know how to behave in this building."

"Don't make assumptions, Mr. Yuy!"

"I simply left her in the care of her brother."

"Yuy! Must I explain to you that Peacecraft can not live without coffee? His coffee being spilled will make him angry at the cause, which in this case was his younger sister. That would send any three year old into a tantrum. You should have known better. Keep that child away from Preventer buildings from now on, Yuy!" With that, Lady Une marched back to her office.

"I suggest you get out of here with Relena fast, Heero," whispered Noin. Then she picked up Quatre and headed back to her office.

"Looks like your stuck with me," said Heero. He looked down at Relena only to find that she had fallen asleep. He sighed, then walked back to his car, strapped Relena in and drove to his apartment.