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This story is dedicated to Dark Angel for getting me interested in writing again, and to my sister who really helped me with my writer's block when I needed her. Thanks!!

The Trouble With the Truth Part Two: Time Marches On.

By: Msmelanie

Chapter nine: What's wrong with these kids?

"MICHAEL!!" Duo continued to shout as he came in. "Hey, have you guys-"

"No." Heero replied. "We haven't seen him."

Duo just moaned and went upstairs. He started yelling again until Trowa interrupted. He was coming out with a kid that looked like Jimmy, but was as noisy as Michael.

"Duo." Trowa said as he walked up to Duo. "If he ran away from you, what makes you think he'll come back just by yelling out his name?"

Duo thought about Trowa's comment. "You think he's hiding from me?"

"Yes." Trowa simply replied as he took the noisy Jimmy-look-alike downstairs.

Duo looked as he saw Wufei standing by the doorway of the bathroom waiting for Mingh Loh to get undressed.

"I'm done!" she yelled.

Wufei grumbled as he stepped inside and started bathing his daughter.

"Behind my ears!" Mingh Loh yelled at Wufei. Wufei just grumbled. "In between my toes too!" Mingh Loh yelled again.

Wufei just mumbled again. Where has my dignity gone to?...

 After giving enough orders to her dad, Mingh Loh got out of the bathtub and got dressed. Mingh Loh and Wufei went downstairs. Wufei just looked at Heero's kids.

Double trouble. Wufei thought.

Heero walked up to Neo and Rei. "Let's go."

Rei got up and went upstairs. Neo just stood there.

Heero just looked at his son. "If you don't want to take a bath, fine. I won't deal with any intolerable screaming or foolish antics."

His son just glared back at him and ran off.

"Heero? Relena wants you to bathe him also." Quatre said.

Heero ignored Quatre and went upstairs to bathe Rei.

He found her already undressed and in the bathtub. Heero bathed her while she stood completely still. Ten minutes later Heero and Rei came back downstairs.

"That was fast!" Quatre commented.

"How did you do that?!" Wufei shouted.

"I just bathed her." Heero said calmly as he sat back down.

Everyone just looked at Heero as if he wasn't telling the truth.

"Did you threaten her?" Quatre asked.

"No." Heero replied.

"Did you bribe her?" Wufei asked.

Heero just glared at Wufei. "No, I just bathed her."

Then the guys suddenly realized something. They looked down at their feet. Dressed in his pajamas was...

"Michael!" Quatre shouted.

Michael looked up and grinned. "Hi!"

"Duo!" Quatre shouted. "We found Michael!"

Duo ran into the house panting. "You did?! Well, where is he?!"

Quatre just looked at Duo. "Duo, he's right next to me."

Duo looked again. "Are you okay, Quatre? That's Heero's kid."

Quatre looked at Duo puzzled. Then he looked at the kid next to him. It was Neo.

"Well, he was right here.." Quatre replied.

Heero looked at his watch. "When we're the kids supposed to be in bed?"

"At 9:00 Heero, why?" Quatre asked.

"When are the girls supposed to be home?" Heero asked again.

"Around 10:00." Duo answered. "Why?"

Heero looked down at the ground. "It's 9:50."

"What?" Quatre replied. "Are you serious?!"

Heero shook his head yes.

"Dominic, please go upstairs." Quatre said as he looked at Dominic.

"No! I go to bed every night!" Dominic shouted. "I don't want to go to bed. Give me a good reason to go to bed!"

Quatre just sighed. "I don't have time for this right now, Dominic."

"I won't go! I'll go to bed tomorrow night!" Dominic shouted.

"Winner!" Wufei shouted as he and Trowa grabbed their own children. "Just grab him!"

Quatre grabbed Dominic while he kicked and screamed. "I don't want to! Let me go!"

Heero looked down at Neo. "Get to bed."

Neo glared at him and smirked. Yeah, right...

Heero looked at Rei but she was already moving up the stairs.

"MICHAEL!" Duo shouted as he moved through the rooms one by one. "This isn't funny! Please come out!"

Heero looked down at Neo. Neo looked back at Heero.

"Go to bed." Heero repeated.

Neo just looked back at Heero. Is this guy serious?

Suddenly, the guys heard the car start parking into the driveway.

"Oh no!!" Duo shouted.

Neo slowly moved up the stairs and disappeared just in time for the girls to come through the door...

"Hey, Duo! How did Michael behave?" Hilde shouted as she came through the door.

Duo just laughed nervously.

The rest of the women came in behind Dorothy.

"Well, how were the kids?" Relena asked.

None of the guys answered.

"Oh, they're not that bad!" Hilde laughed.

Duo just stood silent as he watched the girls go up to say goodnight to the kids. I am so toast.

A little later...

"Well, all the kids are asleep. Especially Michael! He must have been worn out." Hilde said as she came downstairs.

"Michael was upst- of course he was!" Duo laughed nervously.

Hilde looked confusingly at Duo. "You aren't making much sense tonight. I think you need some sleep Duo."

"Yeah, I'm really worn out." Duo replied. Why that little...

"That's good. I think it's time for us to go to bed also." Hilde said as she and the other girls went up the stairs.

"You know, I think I'll go to bed too." Quatre replied as he looked at the others.

"I agree. If kids take this much energy, we'll need to get all the sleep we can." Duo said as he and the others started to move up the stairs to their room.

To the kids...

"So, do you think that did it?" Dominic asked. "Do you think they'll go away now?"

"I'm not sure. I couldn't hear them." Michael said.

"Yeah, if only mom didn't carpet the walls with soundproof carpet." Dominic replied.

"If they're smart, then they'll run as fast as they can." Neo said.

"No kidding, if I had to go through what they did tonight, I'd already be gone." Michael replied. "Hey, Jimmy? You okay?" Michael asked as he looked at Jimmy rubbing his throat.

Jimmy just grumbled.

"Leave him be." Neo replied. "His throat probably hurts. He's not used to yelling."

"He's not used to yelling? He's not even used to talking." Dominic replied.

"Whatever!" Mingh Loh harshly whispered. "Let's just go to sleep already. I'm not used to staying up so late."

The other kids nodded their heads.

Rei just looked at her brother.

"Why didn't you help?" Neo asked Rei.

Rei just turned around.

Neo grumbled. She's hiding something...

Back to the guys...

"Gee, I never knew it took so long to get kids ready for bed." Duo yawned as he crawled into bed. "I'll say this though. I was wrong when I said this would be boring."

Quatre plopped down onto his bed. "I wish it was more boring. That was downright horrible!"

"No kidding." Duo replied. "The only kids who weren't causing trouble were Rei and Mingh Loh."

"Don't say that onna was easy!" Wufei answered back. "I have never heard so many commands in my life!"

"Alright then, calm down!" Duo replied. "Then Rei behaved well.Your lucky, Heero. You didn't have to go all around this house with that 'pet' on your heels looking for your son, and then find out that he was in his own bed!"

Heero just ignored Duo's statement. "Will you go to sleep already?"

"Well, excuse me for interrupting your peaceful sleep!" Duo said as he cuddled up in his covers.