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Taiyoo Soshite Tsuki

(Sun and Moon)

By: Sinead

 

Chapter Twelve: Reunion

Old Cybertronian Year: 5877

New Cybertronian Year: 1

 

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Tsuki sat straight up one night, not long after she and Taiyoo had found out about their intended purpose. She left her husband quietly, soothing him back to a deep sleep through their connection, and left their room. Soon, she found herself in front of the Oracle. It was ablaze. She walked forward, unafraid, and touched the flames.

 

The Oracle activated, asking her what it was she wanted to know.

 

“You knew about myself and my friends, what we were, before the Reformatting.”

 

It affirmed her statement.

 

“Can you tell me how long Taiyoo and I will live?”

 

Until the Matrix claims you.

 

“So we will die.”

 

Yes.

 

“When?”

 

When you are ready.

 

“Will we have children?”

 

Yes.

 

Tsuki smiled, and then asked softly, “Will they be like us?”

 

They will have some of your traits, combined with Taiyoo’s, as is normal.

 

“When . . . when will we have children?”

 

 

 

Taiyoo was roughly shaken awake. He blinked sleepily at Tsuki, whose black eyes were wide, and her white hair unkempt. He groaned once, and then sighed. “Suu? What is it?”

 

“Taiyoo, feel.”

 

“What? Feel what? Suu, what time is it?”

 

She took his hand, and placed it upon her abdomen, and held it there gently. He blinked, and then . . . felt . . .

 

He swore fluently, and hissed quietly to himself in chagrin. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t careful, and–”

 

She cut him off, her fingers tracing across his lips. “I went to the Oracle, Taiyoo. We will die. Dunno when, but the Oracle affirmed that we will die.”

 

“But . . . that means . . .”

 

“I think we’re normal Cybertronians, love.”

 

Taiyoo looked at her, then said, “You know that there’s only one way to find out.”

 

 

 

Taiyoo ran out, and slammed the door after him, looking at his grinning wife, as objects were thrown at the opposite side of the door. He was panting, and his face was starting to flush with color. “Suu, I’ll have to say that you were wrong about my mother.”

 

The female doubled over laughing, as Satsujinhan’nin opened the door fiercely, and ran after his son, bellowing bloody murder. Rattrap leaned out of his door, and was about to yell at Taiyoo to keep it down, when he ran by, his father hot upon his heels. Using the open doorway as a springboard, he ricocheted off of it, over his father’s head, and back the way that he came. Panting, he looked over his shoulder, and then tripped into an unused room, rolled, and engaged in combat with his father as soon as the elder ran in.

 

While this was all happening, Tsuki had walked in to speak with Kelsi. “Kelsi? You decent?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Satsujin wasn’t, by the way things are progressing.”

 

“Well, I’m decent now, but . . . I thought that I told Taiyoo always to knock.”

 

“Ah, yes, you did. He was ignoring you.” Tsuki sat upon the bed next to her mother-in-law, and smiled shyly. “You’re not really going to believe this when I tell you, Kelsi, but, uh . . .”

 

The still dark- and curly-haired Cybertronian blinked, leaning closer. “Suu? Are you okay?”

Tsuki bit her lip gently, then whispered, “I’m going to have a child.”

 

Kelsi was silent for a moment, then whooped, and pulled the girl up to spin her around in a circle. She ran out into the hallway, still holding onto her daughter-in-law’s hand, and yelled, “TSUKI AND TAIYOO ARE HAVIN’ A KID!!!”

 

Taiyoo was thrown out of the room he and his father had been sparring in, as Satsujinhan’nin looked out at the two femmes in complete shock. All the other doors slammed open, as the families all looked out. Taiyoo sighed. “You didn’t have to say it that loud, Mother.”

 

Tsuki was blushing, as Rattrap ambled up to her. He, however, was nearly bowled over by Rampage, who swept Tsuki up in an embrace, then said, “Call him Xanthos!”

 

Taiyoo snorted, and replied, “What, and have him as willful as you are?! I think not!”

 

Tsuki shook her head. “You know that we can’t tell the gender of a kid until two or three months from now.”

 

Shi called out, “Call it something Japanese!”

 

There was a roar of affirmatives, and Taiyoo wrapped his arm around his wife’s waist, holding her close reassuringly. “Well, we’ll see.”

 

 

 

“Twins?! What the Pit do you mean, twins?!”

 

“I mean that your wife is having twins. That’s common in humans, but in Cybertronians, well, I find it a bit odd. There haven’t been twins ever recorded–”

 

A nurse poked her head into the room, her face shocked. “Three claims of twins! I just got the news, and . . . oh. I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were with a patient.”

 

Taiyoo looked to Tsuki, and the doctor sighed. “Make that four accounts of twins. Who are the others?”

 

“Predacons, all.”

 

“Not what faction, but what age? Where? How long ago have these been confirmed?”

 

Tsuki pulled Taiyoo to sit beside her, and he did, taking her hand in his, as the nurse was replying. “Ranging in Terran years, from thirty to ninety, as you know is the usual child-bearing age in Cybertronians. They’re scattered around the globe, but there’s another case in this area. All have been confirmed in the past three days.”

 

The doctor sighed. “What of the other pregnancies?”

 

“There haven’t been any.”

 

“What?”

 

“So far, there have only been four pregnancies recorded since the Reformatting, and they have all been twins.”

 

~Do you think that it has to do with our new bodies, Tai?~

 

~No . . . Remember that most of the Sparks on Cybertron were extinguished, or went on to the Matrix. I think that our Sparks are recognizing the fact that there aren’t as many Cybertronians as there should be, and are trying to make up for that deficiency.~

 

“Missus?”

 

Tsuki looked up, and blinked. “Yes?”

 

“I should suggest that you have the birth overseen by a doctor, in a clinic, with no other bot near.”

 

She stood, and glared into the Maximal’s eyes. “No.”

 

“But–”

 

“My husband will be overseeing the birth of his children. My father and Taiyoo’s parents will as well. Predacons do things different than Maximals in that respect, and I will see to it that it stays that way. I do not want to hear any different from you.”

 

“We do not know what the effect of having twins will be upon you!”

 

“Then experiment on someone else. Taiyoo.”

 

The Predacon stood, and nodded. “Coming.”

 

 

 

“He said what?!” Kelsi screeched, anger flaring at the suggestion of the Maximal doctor.

 

Wrangler was snarling quietly, as Rattrap watched. He blinked. “Dat’s da way Maximals do it. I guess dat Predacons do it differently.”

 

“Without saying,” Satsujinhan’nin replied, resting his hands upon Kelsi’s shoulders, trying to calm her down. “Family and friends are around. The father helps birth the child. Or children as the case now seems to be.”

Rattrap smiled half-heartedly. “Sounds more Maximal den da way we do it. Slag. I’d hate ta be locked out o’ da room dat my kid was bein’ born in!”

 

Tsuki reached over to embrace Kelsi. “You’ll be there, when my twins are born. I promise you. You, and Satsujin and Dad.”

 

Kelsi nodded, and sighed. She shrugged out of her husband’s hands, and then held Tsuki at arm’s-length, looking at her stomach, which was starting to gently round out. Wrangler blinked, thinking about something, then laughed. Taiyoo looked at him, and asked him in Predaconian, “What?”

 

He replied in the same language. “Tsuki, daughter, do you remember what I had said before you went after that chuckle-head of a life-partner of yours?”

 

“Uh . . . no?”

 

“You really are turning into a Full Moon!”

 

“Oh, ha-ha. Watch me laugh uncontrollably,” she hissed in Predaconian. Tsuki looked to Taiyoo for back-up, but he was laughing too hard to help her out. She sighed, threw up her hands, and then looked at the opening door, where a human was standing, watching silently. Wrangler followed his daughter’s glance, and stopped laughing immediately, as did Kelsi and Satsujinhan’nin.

 

Taiyoo turned, to look, and frowned in confusion. This human was familiar, he saw, almost too familiar. There was something about her that pulled at his Spark, but not in a way he completely recognized, even though . . . it was familiar to how he felt towards his own mother, in a way.

 

Wrangler transformed, and walked to within ten feet of the woman. “What do you want here.”

 

Her voice was quiet. “I came to apologize.”

 

Taiyoo looked over to Tsuki, who was confused. He took her hand, and she squeezed it once, then released it and walked over to her father. Once she was standing in front of the human, she asked in English, “Dad, who is this?”

 

Wrangler tore his gaze slowly away from the human, as Kelsi walked up behind Tsuki. The male Predacon said, “Tsuki, I would like you to meet Willow . Your mother.”

 

 

 

Taiyoo and Tsuki were in a small room, conferring with Ai and Kirau. “What if the other mothers show up?”

 

“Some of them kept in touch with the fathers,” Ai said. “My mother, for instance. I’ve met her a few times. Kali, that’s her name, is sad that she’s missed out on us growing up. She wanted to come back and help raise me, but they didn’t let her.”

Taiyoo nodded. “So that’s where you went with Wraith. He used to take you to meet with your mother every so often.”

 

Ai sighed. “And Shinri met with her mother as well, around the times that she was reaching puberty and all. She told me she was meeting with her mother, and that she was learning about, you know, girl stuff like that. I did the same.”

 

Tsuki was frowning. “Why didn’t anyone tell me that we could sneak out and talk with our mothers like this?”

 

Ai embraced her best friend, and sighed. “Because, Tsuki, you had too many things on your mind. You are our leader, and you protected us from different things. But we also had to protect you as well. You had Kelsi to talk to. But another thing that you didn’t know, was that your father and your mother left on bad terms. She was angry and unyielding about your creation, while our mothers tried to tell their partners that they couldn’t handle the stress of a child. They had other things going on in their lives. Then again, they didn’t have your father to explain to. Wrangler is a wonderful father now, but from what my mother told me, he was a bit thick-headed when he was younger. He couldn’t quite understand why anyone would leave a child to be reared by a single parent. That isn’t how it’s done by Predacons. That isn’t how we’re going to do it.”

 

Tsuki nodded against her friend’s shoulder. Ai closed her eyes, and sighed. “You didn’t say anything to her, did you.”

 

“I couldn’t.”

 

“You were afraid?”

 

“Y-yes.”

 

“Don’t be.”

 

“But I don’t know what to say.”

 

“Anything you like. It can all be figured out later. That’s what my father said to me, when I met my own mother.”

 

Tsuki nodded, and Ai released her towards the door, then followed her out. Taiyoo looked to Kirau, and asked, “How did she do that?”

 

“Dunno. Wish I knew how to do that, though.”

 

“Hunh. Me too.”

 

 

 

Kelsi hadn’t said anything since Willow had arrived; neither had the other mothers who had stayed. They stood together, and were silent. Tsuki and Taiyoo had disappeared into a room to talk quietly together. When the other once-half-humans arrived, Ai and Kirau had went in as well, not even looking at the wayward mother.

 

Now, Tsuki and Ai came out, soon followed by Taiyoo and Kirau. Tsuki walked past her father, and right up to her mother, coming face-to-face with her. “Why, by the Matrix, Heaven, the Pit and Hell, did you leave me.”

 

“You don’t understand! I was young . . .”

 

“As am I. Bet you didn’t know that I’m with twins. Do you think I’m going to give these two up, simply because Taiyoo and I hadn’t planned upon having children yet? That’s murder. Do you think that I’m going to abandon them?”

 

“I wasn’t carrying you, though!”

 

“Does it even matter?!” Tsuki hissed, face disbelieving. “You helped create me. You helped to give me life. I was half of you, genetically, until the Reformatting. You and Wrangler together should have raised me, like it was supposed to be. One parent isn’t supposed to raise a child alone!”

 

“I wasn’t ready, baby. I wasn’t ready.”

 

“Oh, and you think that I could have waited to be ready, hm?”

 

Wrangler sighed, and Tsuki looked at him. His golden eyes told her enough. She sighed in return, and said, “Those two that you had . . . Katrina and Tamm . . . are they your only two?”

 

“No. I have one more, younger. Her name is Anwara.”

 

“How old is she?”

 

“Eleven, now.”

 

“So she was nine, when the twins came to apologize upon your behalf.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Tsuki sighed again, and asked, “What about their father.”

 

“He’s a good man.”

 

“Nnmph. Where is he?”

 

“Waiting out in the park with the children.”

Tsuki looked at Taiyoo once, and he nodded, then whispered something to his mother, who nodded once to her. Tsuki looked back at her own mother, Willow , and said, “I want to meet him.”

 

 

 

As soon as Willow walked out, her husband ran over to embrace her. He caught sight of the Cybertronian standing stiffly behind her, and started to put himself between Tsuki and Willow , when Katrina and Tamm ran over, and embraced her, laughing. Tsuki, despite herself, broke out in a grin, and said, “Easy, there, you two! I’m getting older!”

 

“But we missed you!” Katrina replied.

 

Tsuki smiled, and bent closer to the two, embracing them warmly. They backed up, and Katrina held Tsuki’s hand, bringing her towards their father, and their younger sister. “Tsuki, this is your other half-sister, Anwara. Annie, this is Tsuki, our big sister.”

 

The younger girl took an instant liking to Tsuki, and embraced her. Tsuki smiled, and stood, to face their father. “You are Willow ’s husband then.”

 

“What did they mean, by you being their big sister,” he said, unable to give it the lilt of a question at the end, due to his shock.

 

Tsuki sighed again, and looked to Willow . “And did you tell him about me?”

 

Willow nodded, and said, “I didn’t know your name. I couldn’t find out, and the other two who stayed in contact with the fathers didn’t tell me.”

 

“Kali and Aislinn. They did the right thing, after doing the wrong thing.”

 

“But what about the Predacons?! Didn’t they do the wrong thing, too?!”

 

Tsuki nodded. “More wrong than you know, Willow .”

 

The woman sagged. “Can’t you call me ‘mom,’ or something? Please, don’t call me by my name.”

 

Tsuki sighed, and freed one hand, to touch her mother’s cheek gently. “I wish that I could, but I can’t. You haven’t been there for me, and you now know that you’ve missed out on a lot more than you could try to make up for.”

 

“But . . . can’t I try?”

 

Tsuki gently unwound the small arms surrounding her waist, and then bent closer to her mother’s face. Black eyes searched soft brown ones. She put her hands upon her mother’s shoulders, but moved one, to wipe a falling tear away. Quietly, she embraced the sobbing woman, and said, “You can try. Of course you can try.”

 

 

Wrangler walked out, but stopped, seeing the man there with the three children, while Tsuki was comforting her mother, sitting upon a bench, and listening to her. The Predacon walked closer, but stopped next to the man. “I have to speak with my daughter for a moment.”

 

“I’m not stopping you.”

 

Wrangler looked at the man, but was tackled from behind, by Taiyoo. “You slagging said that you’d wait for me, you liar!”

 

Tsuki looked up, as did her mother, then laughed, and brought her over, to help stop the scuffle. “Dad! Will you . . . Dad, please don’t look at me like that . . . just let Taiyoo out of the headlock, will you? Please?”

 

“He called me a liar.”

 

“Tai . . .”

 

“Did,” came the strangled reply.

 

“And?”

 

“Sorry!”

 

Wrangler let the younger bot up, then nodded once at Willow . Tsuki reached up to wrap her arms around Wrangler’s neck, and he hugged her back warmly, then said, “Taiyoo’s mother wishes to speak with you.”

 

“No name?”

 

“Not yet.”

 

Tsuki nodded, and said, “I’ll be back in a moment.” She stopped, and then touched Taiyoo’s shoulder. “Tai? You okay?”

 

“Never knew where your hair came from, until now,” he replied softly. “Or your human structure. Hmph. Primus knows you didn’t get that lithe form from you father.”

 

Wrangler made to threaten to hit the younger Predacon, but Willow touched his hand, and he looked at her, then sighed. “Not only do I have Kelsi upon my case, but now I have you again, Willow .”

 

“Kelsi’s here?!” Willow asked quietly.

 

Wrangler winced, but was spared further embarrassment, when Kelsi stormed out, and yelled, “Will you get in here?!”

 

Tsuki walked a step forward, and said, “Kelsi, what is it?”

 

She spluttered, then sighed, and said, “The office called. They found something.”

 

“What’s wrong, Kelsi.”

 

“They don’t think that you can carry the two much longer.”

 

Willow looked at her daughter, then at the Velociraptor with Kelsi’s voice. Kelsi walked closer. “I don’t believe them, but I don’t want any future grandchild of mine endangered.”

 

“Why can’t I carry them?” Tsuki asked quietly.

 

“Something about Spark development, or . . .Wrangler, get over here. You’d understand this. I know how to birth a human, but anything Cybertronian is beyond me. Second month in development of a fetus. They said that something would stall, and they want the twins born the way Tsuki, Taiyoo and the others were born,” Kelsi said.

 

“And it’s in concern to the Spark?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Slagging Maximals . . . Look. Tell Satsujin to look up a doctor, Predacon, by the name of Azure. She’s an old friend of ours.”

 

“What about her.”

 

“She’s also a midwife, and had helped with the fluids our children were in as they developed. She’ll know what to do.”

 

Kelsi nodded slowly, then sped off, not even looking once at Willow . Of course, she knew the human was there, but there wasn’t time to acknowledge her. She told Satsujinhan’nin the message, and he immediately called around, tracking her down. Meanwhile, Kelsi walked back down, and transformed, to sit upon Tsuki’s right side. Willow was upon the younger Predacon’s left, and Taiyoo was rubbing gently at her shoulders. She was seething, and wouldn’t speak for a moment. “That Maximal is getting on my nerves, Kels.”

 

“Oh, believe me, I know. I’ve found Maximals to be more dishonest at times than Predacons.”

 

“If he’s lying . . .”

 

“Then we’ll talk to the Elders about it. We’ll get one of the Maximals to do that for us.”

 

Tsuki sighed, then rubbed at her forehead. “I’m not giving these two up.”

 

“No, I shouldn’t expect you to.”

 

Willow spoke softly. “Whatever you need, I can help you get, Tsuki. I’ll try my best.”

 

Kelsi leaned forward, and looked at the human. “You gave her good looks. Should she ask for anything more?”

 

“Kelsi!” Tsuki sputtered, looking at her, but the older femme was grinning.

 

Willow smiled back hesitantly, then replied, “Well, other than that. Gosh knows that your son got good looks as well, from you.”

 

“I have baby pictures of them both, in case you’d like to see them.”

 

“Kelsi, anything.”

 

Willow sighed, and was about to speak, when Satsujinhan’nin walked up to them, and said, “Azure will be here in a few minutes. She hacked into the system, and found the report the doctor was referring to, and might want to speak with Tsuki alone.”

 

“I’m not leaving her alone with anyone,” Taiyoo replied.

 

Satsujinhan’nin sighed, and said, “Son, let the womenfolk deal with this alone. I know and respect your love for Suu, but you have to understand that sometimes, you might not want to know a few details about their lives.”

 

Taiyoo gave his father a “dare me” look, and the Predacon sighed. “Have it your way. Think about what human femmes have to go though twelve times yearly. That, and everything related to it.”

 

Instantly, the son stopped, and said, “Tsuki, I hope you’ll be comfortable with the lady.”

 

“Yes, I know, and I will be. I knew that the moment your father said ‘alone.’” Tsuki replied.

 

“Right. Good to know.”

 

Willow smiled, and Tsuki sighed, leaning back into the shoulder-rub. After a moment, she looked to her mother, and said, “I have a question, and sorry if it’s a bit blunt, but I’m not used to human etiquette. I was raised with Cybertronian manners, as if you didn’t know.”

 

“Please. Ask me anything.”

 

“Your three children . . . were they born naturally?”

 

“Yes, for the twins. But Anwara was cesarean section.”

 

“Oh, slaggin’ lovely. Why?”

 

“Something . . . went wrong. She was premature, and it was from external interference.”

 

Tsuki nodded, and Taiyoo sighed, and sat behind her, letting his arms wrap around her abdomen lightly. They stayed in silence, until a dark shape walked up towards them, and transformed, to show a small, spry Predacon there, large eyes bright blue in a golden face. “Came as soon as I could, Wrangler. Tsuki is here?”

 

The young Predacon stood, and the elder one nodded. “There is no immediate danger to the twins, missus. I can assure you that. That Maximal has his facts crossed. Not to mention more than a few wires.”

 

“What do you mean by immediate danger? Is something going to happen in the future months?” Tsuki asked, voice quavering.

 

Azure smiled, and replied, “Tsuki, anything is possible. Your pregnancy might go exactly as planned, or something might happen, and there would be a chance that you would miscarry. Nothing is concrete in these months. However, you should have regular checkups, in order to keep the twins safe, and to make sure that they are in good health.”

 

“I don’t want her to go back to that Maximal,” Wrangler hissed, standing, towering over Azure, who merely blinked up at him.

 

“Wrangler, pal, quit your worrying. You know that I wouldn’t let her go back to that idiot, anyway.”

 

Tsuki sighed, and sat again. “So where should I go?”

 

“You can come to me, if you feel comfortable. I also know a few other Predaconian midwives who are keeping a low profile, so that the Maximals won’t go to them for instruction. We want to be ready in case someone needs immediate help, as you did. We don’t like being interrupted, and say as much.”

 

Tsuki nodded, and Kelsi said quietly, “I was once human . . . and I wanted to know something.”

 

Azure smiled, nodded, and said, “Knowledge is to be shared.”

 

“I was trained as a human midwife. Will any of that training be useful in re-learning to be a Cybertronian one?”

 

The other Predacon femme nodded, and said, “I’ll start your retraining personally. Are you Tsuki’s mother?”

 

“No. The human on her other side is.”

 

Azure looked at Willow , then back at Tsuki calmly, gently. “You were one of them.”

 

Tsuki sighed. “The prize product, to be specific. Taiyoo and I both were.”

 

Azure nodded, then said, “I’m sure that the birth will go normally. But be cautious, nonetheless.”

 

Tsuki nodded, and Kirau ran out, and leapt over the bench, crouching low, and hissing to the others that he wasn’t there. Wraith and Brasswill ran out, looking equally harassed, and looked to the other parents. Tsuki started to get up, then winced, and sat back. Taiyoo looked at her, and she shook her head. “Where’s Ai?”

 

“She’s inside,” Brasswill said.

 

Wraith was panting. “My daughter’s in some mood, and I think that Kirau caused it.”

 

“He’s hiding behind us,” Kelsi replied. “Tsuki?”

 

“Primus, my knees aren’t behaving. Hold on a nanoclick, and I’ll get up.” Taiyoo gently pushed her up while she groaned. “Azure?”

 

“That’s normal. I’ll give you a timeline tomorrow.”

 

“Thanks.”

 

With a sigh, she walked into the house, and saw the Maximals who resided with them running towards her, dead intent upon getting out. Within a moment, Ai was seen running after them, but she skidded to a halt, when she saw her leader. “Where is he?!”

 

“Who, Ai. What are you up to? I’d expect Uso or Tatakai to terrorize the residents, but you? Nah. I didn’t think that you had it in you.”

 

“Where’s. Kirau.”

 

“Why?”

 

She spluttered, and then looked down . . . at her feet? No . . . at . . .

 

Tsuki rested her hand upon Ai’s elbow, and the slightly-older Predacon moved it to her abdomen. “Do you feel that, then? There’s one in there.”

 

Tsuki smiled, and embraced her best friend, and said, “Why are you angry?”

 

“Because I didn’t think I wanted a family yet. We’re still so young.”

Tsuki smiled up at her, and said, “But you’re ready.”

 

“I don’t want to go to the Maximal you went to.”

 

“You don’t have to. A Predacon midwife, like Taiyoo’s mom was . . . still is, actually, will be helping me along with my twins. She can help you with your child, too.”

 

Ai sighed, and Kirau came up behind her, and rested his chin upon her shoulder lightly. Taiyoo’s hand found Tsuki’s, and she smiled at him.

 

Things would work out.