Chapter Text
Chapter 1: I am Not Your Dad
It's been about two months since Smg3 failed to destroy smg4 and the others in the Youtube Arc. Now, the leader of the youtube graveyard, he's about to come across a destiny he never had and never will ask for.
----------
Smg4 and the rest of the crew had stumbled across a new villain that was stealing anything time related to power his time powers. Smg4 didn't even know that this guy wanted to take over time itself, he just wanted to undo this mess because without them devices won't work which means he can't post his videos. Imagine his shock to find out he stumbled upon another, yes ANOTHER, world domination plot. Cant the guy go one year without some villain running his day?
Unfortunately, Time Thief was not going to let them get in his way so easily.
"Look, I don't know what evil plan you have cooked up, but we will not let you mess with time and space and all!" Smg4 proclaimed as his friends nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, we don't need another world dictator wannabe," Meggie yelled.
"And how exactly do you plan to defeat me when you're too busy trying to save one of your own?" Time Thief chuckled.
"Huh? what are you-" Smg4 asked before a bright light flashed and Smg4 disappeared.
"Good luck finding your little friend. I think he might be finding himself in big trouble." Time Thief laughed before teleporting somewhere else. (another base I guess)
"SMG4!" the others yelled as they realized he was gone.
Meggie frowned before saying "We got to find him. There's no telling what kind of danger that villain put him in!"
"But where could he be? We have no idea where he was sent." Boopkins replied.
---------- Meanwhile in the Internet graveyard ----------
Smg3 was strolling through the internet graveyard, thinking up new ideas to post to his channel of dead memes for the dead memes to watch. It was nice to be noticed and acknowledged for once. Even if it was just dead memes that loved him. For once he had something that was purely his. And there was no chance that Smg4 would mess it up as he did with the production studio. After all, the Smg4 crew hasn't come looking for him here yet. They probably thought he was dead or something. Smg3 frowned as he saw something that probably didn't belong in his realm. And what was that you ask? Well, it seems to be a crying child. Yep. Definitely not something that belongs here, unless there was a meme about a crying child but Smg3 doubted that.
As he slowly got closer, however, he started to feel something akin to dread in the pit of his stomach. The child was practically swimming in an oversized blue shirt that reached his knees and his head was almost swallowed by a hat twice the size of his head. A very familiar hat with the number 4 on it. And of course, to top it all, a pair of white overalls were on the ground near the child. Smg3 could only stare in disbelief at the child in front of him. There was no doubt about it. This was his archnemesis in front of him. Somehow, in some way, his rival was turned into a helpless and defenseless child that could easily be overpowered and defeated one and for all. Yet... he was such a cutie pie. How the heck can a child be so adorable?!?!? what the heck? This is supposed to be his most hated rival. He shouldn't be feeling parental instincts towards him! Although this also brought more concerns up. If Smg4 was here as a child then who was making the living memes famous? If he didn't fix Smg4, memes could become corrupted. The mem life cycle could be in danger. He had no choice. He had to take care of his enemy. At least until he could fix this problem. Smg3 reluctantly moved a bit closer to the child so he was standing right next to him.
The child stopped crying when he noticed Smg3 stop in front of him and his eyes lit up as he said one word that nearly gave Smg3 a heart attack. "Dada!"
Smg3 squawked back, "I'M NOT YOUR DAD!"
However, the tiny Smg4 jumped up with excitement and latched onto Smg3's leg proclaiming the word Dada repeatedly with excitement as if he didn't hear him. As far as he was concerned, Smg3 looked like him so he must be his dad. That's 4-year-old logic for you.
Smg3 managed to get 4 off of his leg and lifted him up. "Look kid, I am not your dad."
4 gives a pout and sassily replied with a firm nod of his head, "You look like me so you must be Dada."
"Oh really?" Smg3 Replied. "And just why are you so certain to make me your dad? Have you not heard of stranger danger?"
The child scowled and proclaimed, "You feel safe so you must be safe."
Smg3 could only sweatdrop at that logic. Why the heck did 4 subconsciously have any trust in him? He has tried to kill him how many times now? Was this the meme cycle somehow affecting him in order to preserve itself? That would be concerning if that's the case since that would imply that it was sentient. Nonetheless, he was going to need to find a way to deal with his deaged nemesis.
"Alright, 4. Let's go see the ancient memes. They might know how to deal with this." Smg3 sighed as he put 4 on his hip and walked off.
4's eyes lit up as he cheered, "Memes?! Memes are cool!"
"Nice to see at least some part of adult you is still in there." Smg3 snorted.
"Yay! Memes! Memes! Memes!" the child kept cheering as Smg3 made his way toward the ancient memes.
It was bizarre to see his enemy in such a childish state. Never would he have thought he would see SMG4 getting this excited over memes. Dead memes mind you. Dead memes were usually ignored by 4 so it was sort of unusual for him to see 4 so excited over dead memes. As he neared his destination, a Ugandan knuckle runs up to him.
Smg3 stopped and said, "Oh hey, Terrance. Can you do me a favor and get the others to set up a child-proof room back at the lair?" (RIP Terrance, he will be missed...)
Terrance responded, "You do not know da way." he then gestures at the child Smg3 is holding. "Da way?"
"Yeah, we might have a small problem to take care of. I'm hoping the ancient memes can tell me how to fix him," Smg3 replied as if to reassure his minion. (His precious son T-T)
Terrance walked off saying "Do you know da way?"
Smg3 continued walking to the ancient memes, now relieved to know he will at least have somewhere to put the little brat until the problem is fixed. He eventually gets to the memes but their answer is not what he was expecting.
"What do you mean he's stuck like this for another 3 weeks?!" Smg3 exclaimed angrily.
They showed him how the Time Thief used time magic to turn Smg4 into a 4-year-old before stranding him here with the thought of how he would most likely die from the memes or by the hands of 3 himself. It was safe to say that Smg3 was not amused in the slightest.
"So let me get this straight. Some time obsessed, dictator wannabe thought I would kill off a 4-year-old or let the dead memes kill a child? He thought he could kill off my nemesis?! I ought to destroy his base for such an attack on me! Now I have to take care of my least favorite person because of him." Smg3 fumed.
4 giggled and said, "Daddy being tsundere."
"I'm not a Tsundere you stupid baka." Smg3 scowled at the child.
4 only giggled as if he found Smg3's anger funny. He chanted, "Tsundere. Tsundere."
Smg3 sighed and said, "you are a mischievous one, huh brat?"
4 only beamed back at him as if trying to look like an innocent angel.
"How long til he gets his memories back?" Smg3 asked.
The ancient memes replied that he would slowly get his memories back over the next 2 weeks and have his adult thoughts and memories back right around the third week. So great. Smg3 would have to deal with an Smg4 in a child's body trying to do the life-threatening things he normally does as his adult self. Amazing. Just great. Awesome sauce. Smg3 did not sign up for this.
Alright. So this was a short chapter but that was because I was setting up the story. Most chapters I write (like on my old account) are between 2000- 5000 words long. So yeah. Also, writer's block is a curse that keeps showing up so if anyone wants me to add something that happens while 3 watches his de-aged nemesis, let me know because this story is going to be unhinged. Also, I feel like us SMG3 stans gotta stick together so I am all down for chapter ideas so we can make the best smg4 fanfic yet!
Seriously though. We need more smg3 fanfics T-T