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It wasn’t often that Tecchou and Jouno agreed on something.
However, they both were very done with Teruko being a brat to them. She’d been messing with them out of boredom for the last few hours, and they were ready to snap. The commander wasn’t even there to get her to calm down, having gone out for the day.
So, they devised a plan. They’d do everything in their power to annoy Teruko, to get her back for annoying them. Jouno was going to deal with making her favourite snacks disappear, while Tecchou would be hiding anything she could use to prank them.
Splitting up, they completed the tasks in only a few minutes, and then sat down to wait and see what was going to happen.
It didn’t take long for Teruko to come to them. “Where are my snacks?”
“Have you checked the entire kitchen?” Jouno responded, knowing they were very far from the kitchen.
“Yes! I did, and they aren’t there,” she whined, pouting at them.
Tecchou piped up, “What about your room?”
That got him a glare. “They aren’t there either, I already checked.”
“Then where do you think they are?” Jouno dared to ask, knowing that nothing good was to come of that question.
“I think you two stole them!” Teruko declared, charging forward without warning.
Neither of them could dodge in time, Teruko’s hands falling on both their wrists. Her ability activated, and the two adults were turned into children. Both of them were practically swimming in their clothes. Reduced down to toddlers, but they still kept their physical prowess and their mental states, although they had the desires of small children alongside those.
It was far from Teruko’s best idea, but her frustration had gotten the better of her. Without warning, Jouno was up and running. His pants fell off, but he didn’t come back for them. The upper half of his uniform was basically a dress on his small form, falling down below his small knees.
She’d been planning to put them through hell for theft of her things, but she forgot to account for how they’d act as children. When she whipped around to try following after Jouno, Tecchou got up and took off in the opposite direction. Forcing her to choose which child to chase after.
Changing her own age to an adult to make it, so her steps were bigger, she decided to go after Jouno. Their headquarters is huge, so it wasn’t going to be easy to find a small child who could make himself into particles to disappear. Plus, there was no sound of little feet sprinting down the hallways.
Internally, she regretted not going for Tecchou first, as he would have been easier to catch. However, Teruko wandered further into the building, keeping her eyes out for any troublesome children. When she heard a giggle coming from a nearby room.
Running into the room, she looked around and saw nothing. Then, without warning, water came crashing down over her head. Above her, giggling could be heard, followed by a bucket being dropped onto the floor. Jouno then disappeared into thin air, escaping the room easily.
The childish laughter could still be heard as he got further away. Grabbing her hair, Teruko wrung it out, then trudged on, going in the direction that the laughter went. Her annoyance with the two was growing, as she just wanted them to be adults again.
Jouno was found laughing on the floor of the training room, kicking his feet and gasping for breath. It was clear that he was enjoying being a chaotic child more than she liked. She stomped over to him, and just as Teruko went to grab him, Jouno sprung up, and took off running.
There was a pattering of tiny feet running around the room, while Jouno zoomed back and forth to avoid capture. He was having fun, and didn’t want to cut it out, even though Teruko was leaping at him in an attempt to stop him. Her fingers kept just brushing past him, her hands unable to grasp him.
“Jouno! Stop moving, and I can turn you back,” she shouted, launching at him again.
“No, I wanna play!” Jouno cried, dodging once more.
He went to run out the door, which was the chance Teruko needed to tackle him. Grabbing the wriggling bundle of a child, who desperately wanted to escape, and clearly wasn’t thinking of using his ability. She would have turned his back right away, but she preferred the idea of doing it once Jouno was placed back in his currently too-large pants.
Carrying the toddler sized Jouno, she stormed down the hallway, still sopping wet. Teruko knew that her soaked clothes were making the child damp, but didn’t care because it was his fault. But, she just had to find Tecchou, and then she could go dry off.
Her first stop in looking for him was down the hallway he had initially run down. Glancing into each room, and finding nothing. Not even affected by the small fists, and feet hitting her every few seconds. Jouno was beyond grumpy about being picked up, and he wanted to run off.
“Put me down!” he screeched, trying to wrestle with the single arm being used to hold him up.
“Shut up, we’re getting Tecchou, and then you two are going back to being adults.” Teruko ruffled his hair, hearing the groan from the damp hand making his hair dampish.
The whiny child pouted, and crossed his arms, but quieted down. Checking each room, they eventually found Tecchou, sitting on the floor and eating Teruko’s snacks. He was putting handfuls into his mouth, while his clothes were all bunched up. His clothes pooled around him, but he didn’t care, too preoccupied with eating.
“Tecchou… are you eating my food?” Teruko felt anger coursing through her body, but held back because he was still a child.
“Hmm? Snack?” He held some out to her, giving the most innocent of looks.
Facepalming, she walked over and scooped him up. A child tucked beneath each of her arms, she carried them back to the common room. Placing Jouno in his pants, and making sure they wouldn’t rip, she activated her ability. Suddenly, both boys returned to young men.
A dark presence was smothering the room. “You two are going to pay for the trouble you caused.” Teruko paused to think, and then smirked. “Have fun clearing the entirety of headquarters.”
“Wait what?! You turned us into children,” Jouno protested.
“And you two made a huge mess as children, so, have fun with the punishment.” Turning on her heel, she stomped out.
Tecchou turned to Jouno, “I’ll take the left half of the building, you can take the right. I know I made a huge mess over there, so I’ll go clean that up first.”
Sighing, he ignored Tecchou and walked off. It was going to be a long day of cleaning.