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Title: so we can get to know you - chapter 5: N.ever too old to be a kid
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,826
Summary: The Twelve Holy Knights go on their biannual mission outside of Leaf Bud City. They just never thought that some of them would return as toddlers. Roland introduces himself over and over again. "Isn't this great, Roland? We'll get to learn about you and make up for all those years we missed!"
Notes: Halfway point of this fic!
previous chapter: A.nd then came the memories
During our morning meeting, Blaze kicked open the door like usual. Unlike usual, a short, pink-haired boy toddled in after him. Immediately, Leaf stood up and rushed over.
"Cloud?" he exclaimed and knelt down to get a better look.
The little boy's eyes were impossibly large on that small face of his. This was possibly the first time I'd ever seen Cloud's eyes. His bangs were not as long as his later hairstyle, but they still came down past his eyebrows. The rest of his hair was tied at the back, but unlike the usual length, it was very short.
He grabbed a fistful of Blaze's pants and, from behind Blaze's leg, peered out at Leaf. Seems like he's just as shy as usual. Then, he shook his head, large eyes blinking in confusion at Leaf. "I'm Demos. Not a cloud."
Or not.
Jaws dropped.
"Is that really Cloud?"
"Did he just speak out against Leaf?"
Blaze grinned, hand coming down to ruffle Cloud's hair. Cloud smiled happily and brightly up at him. We stared. "Found him like this on my way here," Blaze explained. "He was just wandering around the corridors."
"Not hiding?"
"Nope," Blaze replied and scratched his face.
"The clothes were fine?" Judgment asked.
Since we didn't know what age each of us would deage to, we could only prepare a room full of clothes suitable for various ages. I had no clothes to donate, but several of the other knight-captains gathered old clothes from their homes to stock the room.
"Yeah," Blaze answered. "I took him to the room and had him pick out his own clothes."
We turned to look at Cloud's clothes. His shirt was light purple decorated with strawberries. The sleeves were wide and still a little long on him. In fact, the shirt itself was long enough to look like a nightdress. Instead of shoes, he had on pink slippers. He looked dressed for a nap.
"Is that shirt yours?" Earth asked Leaf with raised eyebrows.
Leaf shook his head. "No, I wasn't ever called Strawberry until..."
He didn't need to finish for all of us to know what he wanted to say.
Until Sun.
"It's mine," Ice suddenly said.
"Oh."
We looked over Cloud's cute clothes again and tried to imagine a mini Ice wearing them in the past. The image was not... incongruous, actually, especially considering the young Ice we'd met a few days ago.
Cloud was given one of the chairs, but when he climbed on it, all I could see of him was the top of his head. In the end, Blaze took him to the side of the room to play with him instead of joining the meeting.
"Now that all of us are present, let's start the meeting," Judgment said. Sun was not present, but that was normal.
We discussed what we should do about the land of darkness, but as we discussed, another one of us shrank. We weren't even surprised anymore. The meeting quickly turned into explaining the situation to him so that he would not freak out. He was fairly trusting.
"I'm going to teleport you with me to the dressing room, okay?" I asked after I'd introduced myself as Roland Hell.
He nodded, head bobbing up and down. He wouldn't have been able to do so if he hadn't shrunk.
Then, I grabbed hold of him to teleport him so that he could pick out something different to wear from the room. There were already rumors out there that the Hell Knight has a secret child just because I'd walked Storm to the Pope's study the other day, so teleporting was the better option.
I wonder if anyone saw Blaze and Cloud just now...
"Wow, you really can teleport! That's amazing! And whoa, look at all those clothes!"
Seven-year-old Vival turned his head to look at all the clothes in the room. He had not an ounce of disdain in his admiration.
First Ice. Then Cloud. And now Moon. They had all been very friendly children. Ice had learned to close himself off. Moon had learned to hide his good nature. Cloud had learned to hide himself altogether.
Do you regret having to hide so much, Moon? Do you miss those carefree days of the past?
But even so, Moon, I'm glad to have met you, both your adult self, and now your younger self.
Sun had said this was an opportunity for them to get to know me, but it was just as equal an opportunity for me to get to know them.
Moon had learned to hide over the years, but even his adult self held traces of his amiable nature. When I had first come to the Holy Temple, a stranger intruding on their routine, Moon and Stone had welcomed me wholeheartedly into the "cruel, cold-hearted" faction. Ice didn't say much, but he kept having me try out different types of sweets. Judgment immediately asked me to practice sword-fighting with him. Only Metal gave me the side-eye, but Moon quickly reassured me that it was only because he was envious.
Envious? Why?
Well, you always spar with Captain Judgment...
Why doesn't he come and spar with us too then?
That's not the point, Hell...
There truly were many things I didn't understand, but Moon patiently walked me through things and helped me understand Metal better, treating me like I was one of them from the start.
"Oh, this one looks like mine!" Moon held up a tunic.
"Your older self must have brought it in," I said. I nodded satisfactorily. If he wished, he could even train in such an outfit. A good choice for a knight.
Moon looked pleased, but then he put the tunic back and chose something else, a shirt with cupcakes decorating it. He tilted his head at it. A large smile came over his face.
"I'll take this one!" he declared.
"Why?" It wasn't very formal and was nothing like what he normally wore. It was not suitable for training and looked more like sleepwear.
"I'd match with the little kid in the corner!" he said happily. He then proceeded to pick a pair of pants and boots.
After he changed, I teleported us back to the conference room. Moon ran his hand through his hair and headed to the corner where Blaze was playing with Cloud. They had somehow procured ink and paper, most likely from Storm, and were now drawing all over it. Cloud was even kicking his feet happily behind him while laying flat on his stomach. He had truly been a cheerful child.
"Look, look, we match!" Moon declared, arms extending outward to show off his clothes. He turned to show Cloud the back as well, and then he leaned down. He tucked his hair behind his ears. "Can I join you?"
Cloud raised his head from his paper. "Sure!"
With permission granted, Moon plopped down next to Cloud. After crossing his legs, he pulled over a piece of paper and began drawing energetically.
"Is that also yours?" Earth asked Ice, gesturing at Moon's clothes.
Ice nodded.
"Just what kind of clothes were your parents buying for you..." Metal muttered off to the side.
Ice replied, "I chose them myself."
"..."
Judgment nodded at me. "Thanks for taking care of Moon's clothes. You might be making several more trips."
"It's not a problem," I replied, pleased that I was able to help. I laid Moon's regular outfit next to Cloud's on one of the chairs. They would need these in easy reach. We never knew when they would suddenly change back.
After that, I joined the discussion about the land of darkness once more. The two children played quietly in the corner, while Blaze, who was currently not a kid, was actually the loudest.
"Swoosh! Kaboom!" Blaze yelled, his motions so large that he must be splattering the floor with ink. In fact, he had ink on his face and his clothes, so it was unlikely that the floor was any cleaner.
I glanced over, but as I did so, Storm waved his hand in the air to dismiss Blaze's actions. "He's been like that since the beginning."
Oh.
I turned around to face the table again.
Perhaps Blaze is trying to teach them how to better utilize their voices?
I had to admit that Blaze's voice carried well. If he were to yell a command, there was no way his platoon would not be able to hear him. His loud voice was very suitable for a captain. Perhaps I should get lessons from him too.
"Careful!" Moon admonished. "What if your ink splatters on her?"
"Her?" Blaze echoed.
Her?
This time, Storm didn't stop me from turning. In fact, as one, those of us at the table couldn't help but turn our heads to watch what was going on with the kids.
Moon had stood up to stand in front of Cloud protectively. He had his hands on his hips, brush dangling from his hand, and one foot tapping. A demanding pose, most definitely. Blaze was looking up at Moon from his position on the floor. He blinked and tilted his head. There was only one person behind Moon -- Cloud.
"Her?" Blaze asked blankly, pointing with his brush in the direction of Moon's legs which were blocking Cloud.
"Yes, her," Moon said and jutted his chin up. Ah, now that's a familiar look. Perhaps this is why former Knight-Captain Moon chose him...
Beside me, someone snickered. Another person tried to muffle his laughter. Apparently, Moon had mistaken Cloud for a girl.
"That little bastard, he's trying to put the moves on Cloud," said Earth in awe.
I blinked. Eh?! That's what he's trying to do?
"What a womanizer!" Storm shook his head. "Am I seeing young Moon, or am I seeing young Earth?"
"Hey hey," chided Earth. "Don't drag me into this! You should be wondering why mini you isn't more like him!"
"Moon..." sighed Metal.
"There it is again," Stone said. "Moon's gallantry. He's really toned it down since then, hasn't he?"
"Big sister, I don't mind!" Cloud suddenly said while pulling on Moon's pants with his ink-stained fingers. He stared up at Moon.
Big...sister?!
Moon blinked and looked down. "Big sister?" he echoed.
Cloud tilted his head in confusion. "Aren't you a big sister like big sister Aris?"
The others around me abruptly broke out into laughter. Their laughter was infectious. I found myself chuckling as well. Perhaps Moon would have fared better if he'd chosen the tunic instead.
Meanwhile, Ice looked forlornly at his ink-splattered old shirts. Judgment patted him on the shoulder.
When Cloud and Moon finally returned to their adult selves two days later, a grown-up Moon blinked his eyes apologetically at Cloud, his cheeks pink.
"Sorry, you really reminded me of my first crush," he said. "She was..."
She was...?
"...cute," finished Moon unhelpfully.
Cloud quickly shook his head but did not disappear right away like we thought he would. Has his old, more open personality rubbed off on him?
"It was fun," Cloud said softly.
Blaze laughed. "Wasn't it? It was awesome!"
I later heard that Cloud kept all the ink drawings they had done together in his room. The only reason I found out was because Storm nearly went crazy trying to find several sheets of missing paperwork the other day... only to realize that Blaze had taken the wrong stack of papers to use as drawing paper!
to be continued
I'm unsure how Moon and Cloud ended up shrinking at the same time, but hey, it worked out! XD I just knew that I wanted Cloud to shrink to a time before he had been kidnapped... (I half want to shout at him to be careful around strangers!)
next chapter: D.eath monarch chauffeur service
Title: so we can get to know you - chapter 5: N.ever too old to be a kid
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,826
Summary: The Twelve Holy Knights go on their biannual mission outside of Leaf Bud City. They just never thought that some of them would return as toddlers. Roland introduces himself over and over again. "Isn't this great, Roland? We'll get to learn about you and make up for all those years we missed!"
Notes: Halfway point of this fic!
previous chapter: A.nd then came the memories
chapter 5: N.ever too old to be a kid
During our morning meeting, Blaze kicked open the door like usual. Unlike usual, a short, pink-haired boy toddled in after him. Immediately, Leaf stood up and rushed over.
"Cloud?" he exclaimed and knelt down to get a better look.
The little boy's eyes were impossibly large on that small face of his. This was possibly the first time I'd ever seen Cloud's eyes. His bangs were not as long as his later hairstyle, but they still came down past his eyebrows. The rest of his hair was tied at the back, but unlike the usual length, it was very short.
He grabbed a fistful of Blaze's pants and, from behind Blaze's leg, peered out at Leaf. Seems like he's just as shy as usual. Then, he shook his head, large eyes blinking in confusion at Leaf. "I'm Demos. Not a cloud."
Or not.
Jaws dropped.
"Is that really Cloud?"
"Did he just speak out against Leaf?"
Blaze grinned, hand coming down to ruffle Cloud's hair. Cloud smiled happily and brightly up at him. We stared. "Found him like this on my way here," Blaze explained. "He was just wandering around the corridors."
"Not hiding?"
"Nope," Blaze replied and scratched his face.
"The clothes were fine?" Judgment asked.
Since we didn't know what age each of us would deage to, we could only prepare a room full of clothes suitable for various ages. I had no clothes to donate, but several of the other knight-captains gathered old clothes from their homes to stock the room.
"Yeah," Blaze answered. "I took him to the room and had him pick out his own clothes."
We turned to look at Cloud's clothes. His shirt was light purple decorated with strawberries. The sleeves were wide and still a little long on him. In fact, the shirt itself was long enough to look like a nightdress. Instead of shoes, he had on pink slippers. He looked dressed for a nap.
"Is that shirt yours?" Earth asked Leaf with raised eyebrows.
Leaf shook his head. "No, I wasn't ever called Strawberry until..."
He didn't need to finish for all of us to know what he wanted to say.
Until Sun.
"It's mine," Ice suddenly said.
"Oh."
We looked over Cloud's cute clothes again and tried to imagine a mini Ice wearing them in the past. The image was not... incongruous, actually, especially considering the young Ice we'd met a few days ago.
Cloud was given one of the chairs, but when he climbed on it, all I could see of him was the top of his head. In the end, Blaze took him to the side of the room to play with him instead of joining the meeting.
"Now that all of us are present, let's start the meeting," Judgment said. Sun was not present, but that was normal.
We discussed what we should do about the land of darkness, but as we discussed, another one of us shrank. We weren't even surprised anymore. The meeting quickly turned into explaining the situation to him so that he would not freak out. He was fairly trusting.
"I'm going to teleport you with me to the dressing room, okay?" I asked after I'd introduced myself as Roland Hell.
He nodded, head bobbing up and down. He wouldn't have been able to do so if he hadn't shrunk.
Then, I grabbed hold of him to teleport him so that he could pick out something different to wear from the room. There were already rumors out there that the Hell Knight has a secret child just because I'd walked Storm to the Pope's study the other day, so teleporting was the better option.
I wonder if anyone saw Blaze and Cloud just now...
"Wow, you really can teleport! That's amazing! And whoa, look at all those clothes!"
Seven-year-old Vival turned his head to look at all the clothes in the room. He had not an ounce of disdain in his admiration.
First Ice. Then Cloud. And now Moon. They had all been very friendly children. Ice had learned to close himself off. Moon had learned to hide his good nature. Cloud had learned to hide himself altogether.
Do you regret having to hide so much, Moon? Do you miss those carefree days of the past?
But even so, Moon, I'm glad to have met you, both your adult self, and now your younger self.
Sun had said this was an opportunity for them to get to know me, but it was just as equal an opportunity for me to get to know them.
Moon had learned to hide over the years, but even his adult self held traces of his amiable nature. When I had first come to the Holy Temple, a stranger intruding on their routine, Moon and Stone had welcomed me wholeheartedly into the "cruel, cold-hearted" faction. Ice didn't say much, but he kept having me try out different types of sweets. Judgment immediately asked me to practice sword-fighting with him. Only Metal gave me the side-eye, but Moon quickly reassured me that it was only because he was envious.
Envious? Why?
Well, you always spar with Captain Judgment...
Why doesn't he come and spar with us too then?
That's not the point, Hell...
There truly were many things I didn't understand, but Moon patiently walked me through things and helped me understand Metal better, treating me like I was one of them from the start.
"Oh, this one looks like mine!" Moon held up a tunic.
"Your older self must have brought it in," I said. I nodded satisfactorily. If he wished, he could even train in such an outfit. A good choice for a knight.
Moon looked pleased, but then he put the tunic back and chose something else, a shirt with cupcakes decorating it. He tilted his head at it. A large smile came over his face.
"I'll take this one!" he declared.
"Why?" It wasn't very formal and was nothing like what he normally wore. It was not suitable for training and looked more like sleepwear.
"I'd match with the little kid in the corner!" he said happily. He then proceeded to pick a pair of pants and boots.
After he changed, I teleported us back to the conference room. Moon ran his hand through his hair and headed to the corner where Blaze was playing with Cloud. They had somehow procured ink and paper, most likely from Storm, and were now drawing all over it. Cloud was even kicking his feet happily behind him while laying flat on his stomach. He had truly been a cheerful child.
"Look, look, we match!" Moon declared, arms extending outward to show off his clothes. He turned to show Cloud the back as well, and then he leaned down. He tucked his hair behind his ears. "Can I join you?"
Cloud raised his head from his paper. "Sure!"
With permission granted, Moon plopped down next to Cloud. After crossing his legs, he pulled over a piece of paper and began drawing energetically.
"Is that also yours?" Earth asked Ice, gesturing at Moon's clothes.
Ice nodded.
"Just what kind of clothes were your parents buying for you..." Metal muttered off to the side.
Ice replied, "I chose them myself."
"..."
Judgment nodded at me. "Thanks for taking care of Moon's clothes. You might be making several more trips."
"It's not a problem," I replied, pleased that I was able to help. I laid Moon's regular outfit next to Cloud's on one of the chairs. They would need these in easy reach. We never knew when they would suddenly change back.
After that, I joined the discussion about the land of darkness once more. The two children played quietly in the corner, while Blaze, who was currently not a kid, was actually the loudest.
"Swoosh! Kaboom!" Blaze yelled, his motions so large that he must be splattering the floor with ink. In fact, he had ink on his face and his clothes, so it was unlikely that the floor was any cleaner.
I glanced over, but as I did so, Storm waved his hand in the air to dismiss Blaze's actions. "He's been like that since the beginning."
Oh.
I turned around to face the table again.
Perhaps Blaze is trying to teach them how to better utilize their voices?
I had to admit that Blaze's voice carried well. If he were to yell a command, there was no way his platoon would not be able to hear him. His loud voice was very suitable for a captain. Perhaps I should get lessons from him too.
"Careful!" Moon admonished. "What if your ink splatters on her?"
"Her?" Blaze echoed.
Her?
This time, Storm didn't stop me from turning. In fact, as one, those of us at the table couldn't help but turn our heads to watch what was going on with the kids.
Moon had stood up to stand in front of Cloud protectively. He had his hands on his hips, brush dangling from his hand, and one foot tapping. A demanding pose, most definitely. Blaze was looking up at Moon from his position on the floor. He blinked and tilted his head. There was only one person behind Moon -- Cloud.
"Her?" Blaze asked blankly, pointing with his brush in the direction of Moon's legs which were blocking Cloud.
"Yes, her," Moon said and jutted his chin up. Ah, now that's a familiar look. Perhaps this is why former Knight-Captain Moon chose him...
Beside me, someone snickered. Another person tried to muffle his laughter. Apparently, Moon had mistaken Cloud for a girl.
"That little bastard, he's trying to put the moves on Cloud," said Earth in awe.
I blinked. Eh?! That's what he's trying to do?
"What a womanizer!" Storm shook his head. "Am I seeing young Moon, or am I seeing young Earth?"
"Hey hey," chided Earth. "Don't drag me into this! You should be wondering why mini you isn't more like him!"
"Moon..." sighed Metal.
"There it is again," Stone said. "Moon's gallantry. He's really toned it down since then, hasn't he?"
"Big sister, I don't mind!" Cloud suddenly said while pulling on Moon's pants with his ink-stained fingers. He stared up at Moon.
Big...sister?!
Moon blinked and looked down. "Big sister?" he echoed.
Cloud tilted his head in confusion. "Aren't you a big sister like big sister Aris?"
The others around me abruptly broke out into laughter. Their laughter was infectious. I found myself chuckling as well. Perhaps Moon would have fared better if he'd chosen the tunic instead.
Meanwhile, Ice looked forlornly at his ink-splattered old shirts. Judgment patted him on the shoulder.
When Cloud and Moon finally returned to their adult selves two days later, a grown-up Moon blinked his eyes apologetically at Cloud, his cheeks pink.
"Sorry, you really reminded me of my first crush," he said. "She was..."
She was...?
"...cute," finished Moon unhelpfully.
Cloud quickly shook his head but did not disappear right away like we thought he would. Has his old, more open personality rubbed off on him?
"It was fun," Cloud said softly.
Blaze laughed. "Wasn't it? It was awesome!"
I later heard that Cloud kept all the ink drawings they had done together in his room. The only reason I found out was because Storm nearly went crazy trying to find several sheets of missing paperwork the other day... only to realize that Blaze had taken the wrong stack of papers to use as drawing paper!
to be continued
I'm unsure how Moon and Cloud ended up shrinking at the same time, but hey, it worked out! XD I just knew that I wanted Cloud to shrink to a time before he had been kidnapped... (I half want to shout at him to be careful around strangers!)
next chapter: D.eath monarch chauffeur service
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Date: 2014-09-21 03:18 am (UTC)I can't wait for Grisia's turn though... Is it really neo's training or is he really (despicable) unique from the start... heh heh
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Date: 2014-09-21 03:51 am (UTC)As for Grisia, his turn will come soon~~ (but probably not like expected....)