RP LOG - Pranking Time!
Who: Duo, Jr, Pluto, Treize, Uranus
When: Yesterday
Where: All over... Duo's hut, Jr's hut, hangar, Pluto's hut
Rating: G
Warnings: Pranksters
Notes: None
Summary: Uranus gathers up Duo and Jr to play a little prank on Pluto. Treize comes to the Time Guardian's rescue.
Uranus flew out of her hut and ran towards Duo's. The little blonde five year old was.... Hyper. She had maybe one too many pixie sticks. She practically jumped on the door as she came upon her friend's hut.
Duo blinked as someone nearly knocked his door over. He got up and walked over, opening it up. Taffy stood behind him.
The blonde grinned and then grabbed Duo's hand, dragging him out of the hut.
Duo yelped in surprised. "HEY!" he yelled. Taffy barked and ran out with them. "Whaddya doin'?"
"I'm bored and I know a certain Guardian who needs to have fun!"
"Who?" he asked, wriggling his arm free.
"Kore!"
"Kore?" he asked. "Who's that?" Duo didn't know their original names.
"Pluto!"
"OOohhh..." He nodded. "Well... whadda we gonna do to'er?"
"Dunno. But I'm hyper." This was evident by her bouncing.
Duo's head bounced with her a bit as he watched her. "Mmm... let's get Jr!" he said.
"Okay!" She turned her waist length, unfortunately, blonde hair moving with her.
Duo was beginning to wonder if he was the only one that knew how to tie back hair. "Hey, wait!" he said. "That's gonna get in the way..." He dug into his pockets, looking for a hair elastic.
He always carried a spare in case his broke.
Uranus looked at Duo and blinked. "What is?"
"Your hair." He held up the extra elastic. "See? You can pull it back like mine." He turned around to show her his braid. "I did it for Hilde, too. She has short hair as an adult... but her hair's long now, too."
"Mmm... Braid it then?"
He nodded. "I can do it," he offered.
Uranus nodded and settled down for a moment.
Duo did it as quickly as he could without pulling too much. He didn't mind. In a way, he felt like he was doing back what Sister Helen had done for him as a kid. He wrapped the elastic around the end once he was finished.
"There." He stood back. "That's better."
She nodded and grinned, a twinkle in her eye. "Thanks Duo! Lets go get Jr now~"
He nodded quickly. "Okay." He took off running for Jr's hut.
Taffy chased after him, barking happily.
The blonde laughed and followed easily.
Duo hopped up the steps and banged on Jr's door. "Hey!" he yelled. "Jr! Come outside!"
Jr got up from his book fort and headed outside, blinking as he saw people who looked kinda like Duo and Uranus outside...but...younger..."Uh...hey?"
"Jr! Do you got a knife?"
"Yeah...whaddya want a knife for?" Jr wasn't just going to give a kid a knife, he wasn't quite that reckless.
"I need to do something." Uranus replied honestly.
Jr crossed his arms, convinced that it was Duo and Uranus in front of him in spite of their much-younger appearance. "What?"
Duo looked at her.
"I can't tell you! Now budge on over or I'll kick your ass." She said, which was odd coming from a five year old.
Jr laughed, trying to not hit the wall on accident.
The blonde grinned and then darted inside.
Duo blinked, curious. He stepped inside after her, Taffy following.
Jr raced after the blonde, "Whaddya think ya're doin'?"
"Cuttin my hair." She replied cheerfully as she put the knife at the base of braid and tugged. The braid came clean from the rest of the hair.
"You mighta tol' me," Duo said, sounding mildly annoyed.
"I wasn't about to cut it when it was loose. Woulda taken too much time."
Jr crossed his arms, "So whaddya guys plannin' now that that's over with?"
Duo sighed, crossing his arms as well.
"We wanna get Pluto good."
Jr grinned, this was sounding more like his thing now.
"We gotta thinkuva good idea, though," Duo said.
"Cockroaches!"
"Cockroaches?" Jr looked at Uranus, not quite understanding. "What about them?"
Duo wrinkled his nose. "They hang out in garbage an' stuff. Yuck."
Uranus cackled a bit, grinning. "PLuto's scared of them."
"I don' blame'er... they're gross..." Duo muttered.
Jr made a face, "Sounds like it."
"I don't mean real ones! I meak fake ones!"
"Mmm... okay..." Duo said. He squirmed a little bit, but wasn't freaked out about the idea of fake ones.
"Come on! Please?!" She started to pout at the older boys, using a secret weapon... Big. Blue. Eyes.
Jr laughed, "Sure, okay...long as they're fake ones."
Duo nodded. "I already said yes... and that don't work with me... Q tries it all the time and it goes nowhere." He huffed slightly.
She stomped her foot on the ground. "Damn, I thought it would."
Jr laughed again, heading out of his hut. "Keep tellin' yourself that."
Uranus pouted as she followed along behind Jr.
Duo just grinned and headed out, bouncing down the steps ahead of them. Taffy wagged her tail, bouncing with him. "Do you think they sell'em at one o'the stores?" he asked. "I dunno where else ta get'em... unless ya got some."
"I got some... Hidded them from Neptune." she said as she skipped along.
"Where?"
"Deathscythe, of course."
Jr shook his head, racing for the hangar. Of course she'd stick them in there.
Urnaus laughed and ran after Jr.
Duo giggled mischieviously. "Last place she'd look!" he yelled as he ran after them. Taffy barked again, just excited to be running around. She chased them.
The blonde jumped as Taffy ran by. With a grin she ran faster, seeing if Taffy could keep up.
The golden retriever barked, picking up that the girl wanted to race. So, she did, running faster.
Laughing, Uranus ran past Jr and into the hangar.
Duo wasn't far behind the group. For a normal kid, he was pretty fast. However, he froze mid-hangar, staring up at the Gundams in something akin to awe. "Wow..." he said. "They look bigger now."
In fact, they looked a little intimidating to the small boy.
Urnaus grinned and climbed up Deathscythe a bit... The little girl was a monkey who had too much sugar...
Jr ran into the hangar, shaking his head at Uranus and her hyperness. "So, who's gettin' 'em an' what're we doin' with 'em?"
Duo's eyes widened at Uranus. "Hey, careful!" he said. He ran over to make sure she not only didn't fall, but that she didn't break anything on his Gundam climbing up the leg to the storage compartment like that.
Uranus sat somewhere only a tiny five year old girl could sit. "Pfft. I've done worse. Just ask Pluto~"
"I don't want you breakin' my machine!" Duo said in a frustrated tone. "An'specially 'cuz I can't fix it right now!" He put his hands on his hips. "Just get the bugs and come down!"
"Do I have to?"
"YES!" he yelled. "It's MY Gundam!"
"Do I need to get 'em?" Jr sighed, more than willing to if it meant no over-protective Gundam pilot.
"Oh... I guess...." Uranus climbed over to the compartment and opened it. Crawling inside, she retreived a bag and tossed it to the ground. "DUDE! It's like a cave in here!"
"Only when you're small..." Duo said, catching the bag easily. "It's really cramped when you're bigger."
"It's awesome!"
"C'mon, let's jus' get prankin' already!"
"Come down~~!" Duo whined.
With a pout the blonde jumped out of the compartment.
"Hmph." Duo turned and walked off, bag in hand.
"Oh Duo! Don't be mad!" She pouted.
"But it's his mech, he's kinda protective of it..." Jr tried explaining. Damnit, since when did he have to be a voice of reason?
Duo turned around to her and Jr suddenly, holding the bag out to the two of them. "Let's just do this, 'kay?" he said.
Uranus looked at Duo and then took a flying tackle at him. She also called the wind to cushion them when they fell.
Jr chuckled, grabbing the bag of fake bugs. "C'mon! Let's get Pluto!"
Duo yelped, the bag flying loose from his grip just before Jr picked it up. He closed his eyes, expecting the hard smack against the concrete floor, but was surprised when it never came. He blinked.
"Whadja do that for?" he asked her, poking her.
She squeaked and squirmed. "Dun do that! Cause I could."
Duo poked her again. "Well, get up and I won't poke ya!" he said, poking her a few times. "C'mon! We got a prank ta pull!"
She rolled off Duo and laughed before scrambling up and running out of the hangar.
"Hey! Wait up!" he yelled and ran after her.
Taffy looked at Jr to see if he was going to run, too.
Jr ran after Uranus, ignoring Taffy for now. "Wait for the rest of us!"
Taffy barked and followed them.
She fell oddly silent as she ran towards Pluto's hut.
Taffy caught up to the blond first, wagging her tail.
Duo came up alongside the hut as well, also becoming oddly quiet. He basically switched into stealth mode, something he'd done too many times at that age. He crept along the hut, checking windows to see if anyone was home.
Uranus poked her head up and grinned when she saw no trace of Pluto in her room.
Duo waved for Taffy to stay put. The dog sat down behind the hut, tail wagging in the sand, but she didn't move.
Jr grinned, in his own stealth mode and peeking in the window before moving to the door.
Duo watched Jr to see if the door was open or if they were going to have to try the window.
Answering the question for them, Uranus began to push the window up.
Duo frowned at her. Plowing ahead without giving them a chance to coordinate their movements could end up getting them caught. He waved at Jr for him to come around to the window.
Jr nodded, coming through the window last since he was actually the biggest one for once!
Duo poked around the room a bit, looking for places they could hide the bugs. Drawers, under the blanket on the bed, among Pluto's things on her desk... he grinned.
She took some fake cockroaches and pulled back the covers, carefully she began to place them in the bed.
Duo started placing them strategically around the desk and nightstand, a few in her drawers, and even a couple on the closet floor.
Jr snickered, putting some of the cockroaches in a few other places where she was going to find them -- in the dark corners near the furniture, behind the door, and a few scattered around the floor in random places.
"She's leaving work! Let's go!" Uranus said as she remade the bed.
Jr nodded, getting out of the room through the window quickly. He really didn't want to be around to find out what was going to happen.
Duo nodded. "You hafta go first," he told Jr. After all, he was taller now and had to catch them.
Uranus nodded in agreement.
Jr nodded, looking back when he was safely outside. "Your guys' turn."
"Duo go first."
Duo handed the bag out the window to Jr and then climbed out.
Jr set the bag aside when he got it, helping Duo get back down to the ground.
Uranus climbed out of the window after then and then with a grin jumped at Jr.
Jr's eyes widened slightly before he fell over, Uranus knocking him to the ground when she hit him. "Ow..."
"Shhh..." Duo hissed at them. "We need to close the window!"
The blonde nodded and scrambled up. "I know the best place we can hide too!"
"Where?"
"On the roof!" she whispered as she reached up to shut the window.
"How're we gonna get up there?" Duo asked. They weren't going to climb, were they? Not that it bothered him, but, for some reason, it seemed higher than climbing a fire escape. He wasn't sure why.
"I can help!"
Jr grinned, "Jus' as long as we can get up there!"
Duo looked at Taffy. "Go home," he told her. Looking disappointed, the dog got up and headed back towards his hut. "Okay, let's go."
The blonde scrunched up her face and called the wind to lift the three of them up to the roof.
Jr flailed as he was suddenly lifted up, he couldn't help it. "What the hell?!"
Duo almost squeaked, flailing slightly as well. "Whaddya doing?" he asked.
"Lifting us." She said as she carefully moved the group over the roof and set them down. "Now be quiet and don't move, or she'll hear us!"
Duo gripped the thatching tightly until he was sure he wasn't going to slide off. Then, he slowly moved a bit so he could see.
Jr didn't wait very long before moving so he could get a good view of the show that was going to start.
Uranus settled a bit so she could see better.
Pluto came home from work, looking slightly darker than usual that showed she had de-aged a bit. She unsuspectingly walked into her room...froze...and then SCREAMED as if someone was in there with her.
Duo slapped a hand over his mouth, snickering.
Uranus bit her lip as her laughter threatened to come out.
Jr did his best to keep from laughing, this was funnier than the times when he and Albedo dyed the normals and they stared at each other.
At the next hut, the door slammed wide open, and a teenaged Treize came running out. Ignoring any remaining aches from his little fight last week and the following supply closet reorganization that Zechs dragged him to, he ran the short distance between huts and in the front door. "Hello?" he called. "Is everyone alright?"
The blonde little girl shook her head. Oh, this was good!
Duo ducked slightly when he saw Treize, hoping the former World Sovereign didn't see them up on the roof.
Pluto was in her room, she had since grabbed her staff and was trying to hit the offending cockroaches that were all over her desk. She didn't try opening anything, she was too scared of the bugs all over.
Treize heard the banging and carefully went into the room. "Pluto?"
"Getaway! Getaway!" Pluto didn't really notice that someone else had entered the room, obvious fear in her eyes.
Seeing the offending 'object' on the floor... or, at least, several of them, Treize watched for a moment. He then shook his head and carefully stepped in, grabbing the staff carefully and holding it tight.
"Pluto... it's okay," he told her. "They're just fake... plastic..." He pulled her against him, attempting to lead her out of the room.
Pluto huddled against Treize, not caring at all just who it was that found her and was leading her out. She was being taken away from the scary things.
He led her back to the living room and sat her down. "Stay here... I'll take care of it." He went back into the room and gathered up as many of the little plastic bugs as he could immediately see.
That was the ones on the floor, her nightstand, and her desk.
Teenaged Pluto shuddered, wrapping her arms around herself as she sat down on the couch.
Up on the roof, Jr snickered softly so he wouldn't be heard by anyone other than the pranksters.
Uranus chuckled a bit. That was just too good.
Treize carried the offending little toys out and dumped them outside on the front step where he could pick them up later. That way, Pluto wouldn't have to see them again. At least, not the ones he knew of. "There," he said. "Gone."
"Th-thank you..." Pluto replied, still scared out of her wits by the offending toys.
He studied her for a moment and then went into the kitchen. He set some water on to boil. "Would some tea help your nerves?" he asked.
Pluto nodded, not quite trusting her voice right now.
Treize set about the process of making it for her, bringing out two cups when he was done. He handed her one. "Here." He sat down next to her. "This should help." He smiled at her gently.
"Hey... when can we get down?" Duo whispered in near silence to the other two? This was going to get boring fast.
"Want down?" Uranus asked softly.
Pluto nodded, taking the cup from Treize and letting it sit in her hands. "Th-thank you."
Jr nodded, whispering as well. "It's gettin' borin' all right. Let's get down so we don't get heard."
Duo nodded.
"You're welcome," he said.
Uranus nodded and summoned the wind to surround them and she carefully lowered the three of them to the ground.
Jr let out a sigh of relief when he got back on the ground, not as freaked out by it this time.
Duo also sighed in relief. "That was fun," he said softly. "Let's go before he comes back out." He debated going back and grabbing the bugs on the front step, but decided against it.
"I'm all for gettin' outta here."
"Let's just go."
Jr nodded, running like hell so he didn't get caught.
Uranus followed.
Duo ran after the two of them, knowing he couldn't hold back his laughter much longer. The further away he was, the better right now. Once they were far enough, he slowed down and started laughing really hard.
Jr stopped when he heard Duo laughing, and joined in on it. "That was GREAT!"
"It was!" She cried cheerfully.
Duo grinned. "I can't wait for her to find the rest of them. With a scream like that, we'll know it!" he said.
"Yep!"
Jr snickered, "I wonder how long it'll take her to find all of 'em."
"When she screams. We'll know!"
Duo nodded. "At least two days," he said.
"We'll see!"
Duo laughed. Taffy heard them from where she was near his hut and came over to see what they were doing. She nudged Jr from behind.
Jr got pushed forward a little, and he looked over his sholder to see Taffy there. "Hey there."
The dog wagged her tail. Duo walked over and hugged her, burying his face against her fur for a moment. "I'm hungry," he then announced when he pulled away.
"Then let's eat!"
Uranus yawned a bit.
Duo yawned as well. It was catching. "Okay."
She rubbed her eyes, using a lot of power really took a lot out of her. Uranus yawned again and curled up.
"Hey... don't fall asleep there," Duo said.
"At least get to your hut first!"
"I'm tired." She whinned.
Jr shook his head, "Then go back to your hut an' sleep. Bed's nicer to sleep in."
Uranus whinned.
"C'mon..." Duo pulled her up. "Sleepin' outside ain't good."
Uranus leaned against Duo and nodded. "Okay." She was one tired little five year old.
"I can prob'ly take her." Jr offered, "I'm bigger."
Duo stumbled, but stayed upright. "If you want... I got'er, though," he said. He'd done this in the past.
She yawned and rubbed her eyes.
Jr walked over, getting Uranus to lean against him. "Wan' me to carry ya back or can ya walk back?"
"Sleep?"
"We'll get ya there... ya just gotta let us take ya." Duo nodded at her. He looked at Jr. "Maybe you should just carry'er."
Jr nodded, easily picking Uranus up since she was a lot easier to carry than one of his brothers. "I'll get ya back, kay?"
"Okay..." she whispered.
Duo smiled. "I'm gonna get sumthin' ta eat," he said. "See ya!" He then ran off towards the cafe. Taffy got up and followed him, running along with the boy.
"See ya!" Jr watched Duo and Taffy run off before taking Uranus back to her hut.
When: Yesterday
Where: All over... Duo's hut, Jr's hut, hangar, Pluto's hut
Rating: G
Warnings: Pranksters
Notes: None
Summary: Uranus gathers up Duo and Jr to play a little prank on Pluto. Treize comes to the Time Guardian's rescue.
Uranus flew out of her hut and ran towards Duo's. The little blonde five year old was.... Hyper. She had maybe one too many pixie sticks. She practically jumped on the door as she came upon her friend's hut.
Duo blinked as someone nearly knocked his door over. He got up and walked over, opening it up. Taffy stood behind him.
The blonde grinned and then grabbed Duo's hand, dragging him out of the hut.
Duo yelped in surprised. "HEY!" he yelled. Taffy barked and ran out with them. "Whaddya doin'?"
"I'm bored and I know a certain Guardian who needs to have fun!"
"Who?" he asked, wriggling his arm free.
"Kore!"
"Kore?" he asked. "Who's that?" Duo didn't know their original names.
"Pluto!"
"OOohhh..." He nodded. "Well... whadda we gonna do to'er?"
"Dunno. But I'm hyper." This was evident by her bouncing.
Duo's head bounced with her a bit as he watched her. "Mmm... let's get Jr!" he said.
"Okay!" She turned her waist length, unfortunately, blonde hair moving with her.
Duo was beginning to wonder if he was the only one that knew how to tie back hair. "Hey, wait!" he said. "That's gonna get in the way..." He dug into his pockets, looking for a hair elastic.
He always carried a spare in case his broke.
Uranus looked at Duo and blinked. "What is?"
"Your hair." He held up the extra elastic. "See? You can pull it back like mine." He turned around to show her his braid. "I did it for Hilde, too. She has short hair as an adult... but her hair's long now, too."
"Mmm... Braid it then?"
He nodded. "I can do it," he offered.
Uranus nodded and settled down for a moment.
Duo did it as quickly as he could without pulling too much. He didn't mind. In a way, he felt like he was doing back what Sister Helen had done for him as a kid. He wrapped the elastic around the end once he was finished.
"There." He stood back. "That's better."
She nodded and grinned, a twinkle in her eye. "Thanks Duo! Lets go get Jr now~"
He nodded quickly. "Okay." He took off running for Jr's hut.
Taffy chased after him, barking happily.
The blonde laughed and followed easily.
Duo hopped up the steps and banged on Jr's door. "Hey!" he yelled. "Jr! Come outside!"
Jr got up from his book fort and headed outside, blinking as he saw people who looked kinda like Duo and Uranus outside...but...younger..."Uh...hey?"
"Jr! Do you got a knife?"
"Yeah...whaddya want a knife for?" Jr wasn't just going to give a kid a knife, he wasn't quite that reckless.
"I need to do something." Uranus replied honestly.
Jr crossed his arms, convinced that it was Duo and Uranus in front of him in spite of their much-younger appearance. "What?"
Duo looked at her.
"I can't tell you! Now budge on over or I'll kick your ass." She said, which was odd coming from a five year old.
Jr laughed, trying to not hit the wall on accident.
The blonde grinned and then darted inside.
Duo blinked, curious. He stepped inside after her, Taffy following.
Jr raced after the blonde, "Whaddya think ya're doin'?"
"Cuttin my hair." She replied cheerfully as she put the knife at the base of braid and tugged. The braid came clean from the rest of the hair.
"You mighta tol' me," Duo said, sounding mildly annoyed.
"I wasn't about to cut it when it was loose. Woulda taken too much time."
Jr crossed his arms, "So whaddya guys plannin' now that that's over with?"
Duo sighed, crossing his arms as well.
"We wanna get Pluto good."
Jr grinned, this was sounding more like his thing now.
"We gotta thinkuva good idea, though," Duo said.
"Cockroaches!"
"Cockroaches?" Jr looked at Uranus, not quite understanding. "What about them?"
Duo wrinkled his nose. "They hang out in garbage an' stuff. Yuck."
Uranus cackled a bit, grinning. "PLuto's scared of them."
"I don' blame'er... they're gross..." Duo muttered.
Jr made a face, "Sounds like it."
"I don't mean real ones! I meak fake ones!"
"Mmm... okay..." Duo said. He squirmed a little bit, but wasn't freaked out about the idea of fake ones.
"Come on! Please?!" She started to pout at the older boys, using a secret weapon... Big. Blue. Eyes.
Jr laughed, "Sure, okay...long as they're fake ones."
Duo nodded. "I already said yes... and that don't work with me... Q tries it all the time and it goes nowhere." He huffed slightly.
She stomped her foot on the ground. "Damn, I thought it would."
Jr laughed again, heading out of his hut. "Keep tellin' yourself that."
Uranus pouted as she followed along behind Jr.
Duo just grinned and headed out, bouncing down the steps ahead of them. Taffy wagged her tail, bouncing with him. "Do you think they sell'em at one o'the stores?" he asked. "I dunno where else ta get'em... unless ya got some."
"I got some... Hidded them from Neptune." she said as she skipped along.
"Where?"
"Deathscythe, of course."
Jr shook his head, racing for the hangar. Of course she'd stick them in there.
Urnaus laughed and ran after Jr.
Duo giggled mischieviously. "Last place she'd look!" he yelled as he ran after them. Taffy barked again, just excited to be running around. She chased them.
The blonde jumped as Taffy ran by. With a grin she ran faster, seeing if Taffy could keep up.
The golden retriever barked, picking up that the girl wanted to race. So, she did, running faster.
Laughing, Uranus ran past Jr and into the hangar.
Duo wasn't far behind the group. For a normal kid, he was pretty fast. However, he froze mid-hangar, staring up at the Gundams in something akin to awe. "Wow..." he said. "They look bigger now."
In fact, they looked a little intimidating to the small boy.
Urnaus grinned and climbed up Deathscythe a bit... The little girl was a monkey who had too much sugar...
Jr ran into the hangar, shaking his head at Uranus and her hyperness. "So, who's gettin' 'em an' what're we doin' with 'em?"
Duo's eyes widened at Uranus. "Hey, careful!" he said. He ran over to make sure she not only didn't fall, but that she didn't break anything on his Gundam climbing up the leg to the storage compartment like that.
Uranus sat somewhere only a tiny five year old girl could sit. "Pfft. I've done worse. Just ask Pluto~"
"I don't want you breakin' my machine!" Duo said in a frustrated tone. "An'specially 'cuz I can't fix it right now!" He put his hands on his hips. "Just get the bugs and come down!"
"Do I have to?"
"YES!" he yelled. "It's MY Gundam!"
"Do I need to get 'em?" Jr sighed, more than willing to if it meant no over-protective Gundam pilot.
"Oh... I guess...." Uranus climbed over to the compartment and opened it. Crawling inside, she retreived a bag and tossed it to the ground. "DUDE! It's like a cave in here!"
"Only when you're small..." Duo said, catching the bag easily. "It's really cramped when you're bigger."
"It's awesome!"
"C'mon, let's jus' get prankin' already!"
"Come down~~!" Duo whined.
With a pout the blonde jumped out of the compartment.
"Hmph." Duo turned and walked off, bag in hand.
"Oh Duo! Don't be mad!" She pouted.
"But it's his mech, he's kinda protective of it..." Jr tried explaining. Damnit, since when did he have to be a voice of reason?
Duo turned around to her and Jr suddenly, holding the bag out to the two of them. "Let's just do this, 'kay?" he said.
Uranus looked at Duo and then took a flying tackle at him. She also called the wind to cushion them when they fell.
Jr chuckled, grabbing the bag of fake bugs. "C'mon! Let's get Pluto!"
Duo yelped, the bag flying loose from his grip just before Jr picked it up. He closed his eyes, expecting the hard smack against the concrete floor, but was surprised when it never came. He blinked.
"Whadja do that for?" he asked her, poking her.
She squeaked and squirmed. "Dun do that! Cause I could."
Duo poked her again. "Well, get up and I won't poke ya!" he said, poking her a few times. "C'mon! We got a prank ta pull!"
She rolled off Duo and laughed before scrambling up and running out of the hangar.
"Hey! Wait up!" he yelled and ran after her.
Taffy looked at Jr to see if he was going to run, too.
Jr ran after Uranus, ignoring Taffy for now. "Wait for the rest of us!"
Taffy barked and followed them.
She fell oddly silent as she ran towards Pluto's hut.
Taffy caught up to the blond first, wagging her tail.
Duo came up alongside the hut as well, also becoming oddly quiet. He basically switched into stealth mode, something he'd done too many times at that age. He crept along the hut, checking windows to see if anyone was home.
Uranus poked her head up and grinned when she saw no trace of Pluto in her room.
Duo waved for Taffy to stay put. The dog sat down behind the hut, tail wagging in the sand, but she didn't move.
Jr grinned, in his own stealth mode and peeking in the window before moving to the door.
Duo watched Jr to see if the door was open or if they were going to have to try the window.
Answering the question for them, Uranus began to push the window up.
Duo frowned at her. Plowing ahead without giving them a chance to coordinate their movements could end up getting them caught. He waved at Jr for him to come around to the window.
Jr nodded, coming through the window last since he was actually the biggest one for once!
Duo poked around the room a bit, looking for places they could hide the bugs. Drawers, under the blanket on the bed, among Pluto's things on her desk... he grinned.
She took some fake cockroaches and pulled back the covers, carefully she began to place them in the bed.
Duo started placing them strategically around the desk and nightstand, a few in her drawers, and even a couple on the closet floor.
Jr snickered, putting some of the cockroaches in a few other places where she was going to find them -- in the dark corners near the furniture, behind the door, and a few scattered around the floor in random places.
"She's leaving work! Let's go!" Uranus said as she remade the bed.
Jr nodded, getting out of the room through the window quickly. He really didn't want to be around to find out what was going to happen.
Duo nodded. "You hafta go first," he told Jr. After all, he was taller now and had to catch them.
Uranus nodded in agreement.
Jr nodded, looking back when he was safely outside. "Your guys' turn."
"Duo go first."
Duo handed the bag out the window to Jr and then climbed out.
Jr set the bag aside when he got it, helping Duo get back down to the ground.
Uranus climbed out of the window after then and then with a grin jumped at Jr.
Jr's eyes widened slightly before he fell over, Uranus knocking him to the ground when she hit him. "Ow..."
"Shhh..." Duo hissed at them. "We need to close the window!"
The blonde nodded and scrambled up. "I know the best place we can hide too!"
"Where?"
"On the roof!" she whispered as she reached up to shut the window.
"How're we gonna get up there?" Duo asked. They weren't going to climb, were they? Not that it bothered him, but, for some reason, it seemed higher than climbing a fire escape. He wasn't sure why.
"I can help!"
Jr grinned, "Jus' as long as we can get up there!"
Duo looked at Taffy. "Go home," he told her. Looking disappointed, the dog got up and headed back towards his hut. "Okay, let's go."
The blonde scrunched up her face and called the wind to lift the three of them up to the roof.
Jr flailed as he was suddenly lifted up, he couldn't help it. "What the hell?!"
Duo almost squeaked, flailing slightly as well. "Whaddya doing?" he asked.
"Lifting us." She said as she carefully moved the group over the roof and set them down. "Now be quiet and don't move, or she'll hear us!"
Duo gripped the thatching tightly until he was sure he wasn't going to slide off. Then, he slowly moved a bit so he could see.
Jr didn't wait very long before moving so he could get a good view of the show that was going to start.
Uranus settled a bit so she could see better.
Pluto came home from work, looking slightly darker than usual that showed she had de-aged a bit. She unsuspectingly walked into her room...froze...and then SCREAMED as if someone was in there with her.
Duo slapped a hand over his mouth, snickering.
Uranus bit her lip as her laughter threatened to come out.
Jr did his best to keep from laughing, this was funnier than the times when he and Albedo dyed the normals and they stared at each other.
At the next hut, the door slammed wide open, and a teenaged Treize came running out. Ignoring any remaining aches from his little fight last week and the following supply closet reorganization that Zechs dragged him to, he ran the short distance between huts and in the front door. "Hello?" he called. "Is everyone alright?"
The blonde little girl shook her head. Oh, this was good!
Duo ducked slightly when he saw Treize, hoping the former World Sovereign didn't see them up on the roof.
Pluto was in her room, she had since grabbed her staff and was trying to hit the offending cockroaches that were all over her desk. She didn't try opening anything, she was too scared of the bugs all over.
Treize heard the banging and carefully went into the room. "Pluto?"
"Getaway! Getaway!" Pluto didn't really notice that someone else had entered the room, obvious fear in her eyes.
Seeing the offending 'object' on the floor... or, at least, several of them, Treize watched for a moment. He then shook his head and carefully stepped in, grabbing the staff carefully and holding it tight.
"Pluto... it's okay," he told her. "They're just fake... plastic..." He pulled her against him, attempting to lead her out of the room.
Pluto huddled against Treize, not caring at all just who it was that found her and was leading her out. She was being taken away from the scary things.
He led her back to the living room and sat her down. "Stay here... I'll take care of it." He went back into the room and gathered up as many of the little plastic bugs as he could immediately see.
That was the ones on the floor, her nightstand, and her desk.
Teenaged Pluto shuddered, wrapping her arms around herself as she sat down on the couch.
Up on the roof, Jr snickered softly so he wouldn't be heard by anyone other than the pranksters.
Uranus chuckled a bit. That was just too good.
Treize carried the offending little toys out and dumped them outside on the front step where he could pick them up later. That way, Pluto wouldn't have to see them again. At least, not the ones he knew of. "There," he said. "Gone."
"Th-thank you..." Pluto replied, still scared out of her wits by the offending toys.
He studied her for a moment and then went into the kitchen. He set some water on to boil. "Would some tea help your nerves?" he asked.
Pluto nodded, not quite trusting her voice right now.
Treize set about the process of making it for her, bringing out two cups when he was done. He handed her one. "Here." He sat down next to her. "This should help." He smiled at her gently.
"Hey... when can we get down?" Duo whispered in near silence to the other two? This was going to get boring fast.
"Want down?" Uranus asked softly.
Pluto nodded, taking the cup from Treize and letting it sit in her hands. "Th-thank you."
Jr nodded, whispering as well. "It's gettin' borin' all right. Let's get down so we don't get heard."
Duo nodded.
"You're welcome," he said.
Uranus nodded and summoned the wind to surround them and she carefully lowered the three of them to the ground.
Jr let out a sigh of relief when he got back on the ground, not as freaked out by it this time.
Duo also sighed in relief. "That was fun," he said softly. "Let's go before he comes back out." He debated going back and grabbing the bugs on the front step, but decided against it.
"I'm all for gettin' outta here."
"Let's just go."
Jr nodded, running like hell so he didn't get caught.
Uranus followed.
Duo ran after the two of them, knowing he couldn't hold back his laughter much longer. The further away he was, the better right now. Once they were far enough, he slowed down and started laughing really hard.
Jr stopped when he heard Duo laughing, and joined in on it. "That was GREAT!"
"It was!" She cried cheerfully.
Duo grinned. "I can't wait for her to find the rest of them. With a scream like that, we'll know it!" he said.
"Yep!"
Jr snickered, "I wonder how long it'll take her to find all of 'em."
"When she screams. We'll know!"
Duo nodded. "At least two days," he said.
"We'll see!"
Duo laughed. Taffy heard them from where she was near his hut and came over to see what they were doing. She nudged Jr from behind.
Jr got pushed forward a little, and he looked over his sholder to see Taffy there. "Hey there."
The dog wagged her tail. Duo walked over and hugged her, burying his face against her fur for a moment. "I'm hungry," he then announced when he pulled away.
"Then let's eat!"
Uranus yawned a bit.
Duo yawned as well. It was catching. "Okay."
She rubbed her eyes, using a lot of power really took a lot out of her. Uranus yawned again and curled up.
"Hey... don't fall asleep there," Duo said.
"At least get to your hut first!"
"I'm tired." She whinned.
Jr shook his head, "Then go back to your hut an' sleep. Bed's nicer to sleep in."
Uranus whinned.
"C'mon..." Duo pulled her up. "Sleepin' outside ain't good."
Uranus leaned against Duo and nodded. "Okay." She was one tired little five year old.
"I can prob'ly take her." Jr offered, "I'm bigger."
Duo stumbled, but stayed upright. "If you want... I got'er, though," he said. He'd done this in the past.
She yawned and rubbed her eyes.
Jr walked over, getting Uranus to lean against him. "Wan' me to carry ya back or can ya walk back?"
"Sleep?"
"We'll get ya there... ya just gotta let us take ya." Duo nodded at her. He looked at Jr. "Maybe you should just carry'er."
Jr nodded, easily picking Uranus up since she was a lot easier to carry than one of his brothers. "I'll get ya back, kay?"
"Okay..." she whispered.
Duo smiled. "I'm gonna get sumthin' ta eat," he said. "See ya!" He then ran off towards the cafe. Taffy got up and followed him, running along with the boy.
"See ya!" Jr watched Duo and Taffy run off before taking Uranus back to her hut.