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Destiny of The Twins

Hagi

We were all sitting in the restaurant portion of the house. I was sitting on one of the table chairs with Saya on my lap. David, Julia and George were sitting at the counter. Lulu took a chair next to Say and I. Kai, Mao, and the twins took one of the large tables. Louis decided that he should take bar as well. So he could reach some food.

Joel and Monique took the center of the room. When everyone was settled, we all looked at Joel. Expecting some answers. They came. "I suppose you are wondering why you have woken up so early, Saya?"

Saya took a deep breath before nodding.

Monique looked down at her husband before rubbing his shoulder in encouragement. "Go ahead, Joel. She needs to know. They all do."

He nodded in agreement before turning back to us. "Saya, do you remember what year it was when you first fell into hibernation?"

Saya inclined her head in thought. "I believe it was…1885?" She looked up at me and I nodded. "Yeah, 1885."

Joel nodded, "And you never went into hibernation before that, correct?"

She nodded, "Not once."

Joel took out the journal if Joel the first and skimmed through it, "According to these notes…that means that you were awake for fifty two years. Before the war with Diva began."

Saya looked down at her hands, "Yes. And then after that first hibernation, I would only be awake for two to three years. Before falling asleep again."

Joel smiled, "Did you not notice it, Saya?"

I raised my brow at him, "What did she not notice?"

Joel closed the book and cleared his throat, "Saya never once went into hibernation before the war with Diva started. If Diva would have never been let loose, Saya might have never gone into hibernation."

Saya gasped and her hold on my hand tightened. "But what is your theory?" She asked.

"That, since Diva was a threat, your DNA reacted to fight her. Like you, she never went into hibernation, until she was let loose. You see, according to my readings, back in old times when chiropterans such as yourself were born, each of the twins that came from the same womb of a queen fought each other. To gain leadership of their…pack you could say."

"It was the females that took leadership? Usually it's an alpha male when it comes to animals." David said next.

Joel nodded again, "Yes, as strange as it seems, that's how the chiropterans were. And then they would give their blood to males in order to mate. The queen chiropteran always bore twin queens. For it to carry on the leadership of the pack. Sometimes, one of the queens would leave their pack to go on and create a pack of their own. Leaving the other to stay with their birth pack. Once a queen gives birth, she will loose her leadership as soon as her children reached maturity."

"There were other chiropterans that would weren't queens and had their own children with their mates. Like the queens, they created chevaliers to mate. Some would become life mates, while other females killed their mates after they bred."

Saya's breath caught, "Could that have something to do with me and Diva?" She asked.

Joel nodded before continuing, "Some of the queen twins would never battle, if they had a close bond. But one had to become alpha female. One of the reasons one of the queens left instead of fighting their twin."

Julia lifted her hand, "I think the children should leave the room for this next part."

Lulu spoke up, "I'll take them up to the twin's room." She offered.

Kai nodded, "That would be a good idea. We'll wait."

She smiled and stood up, "Come on guys. This is big kid stuff. Time to go up to your room. You too, George."

Kanabe groaned, "Aww! But we wanna know!"

"We'll tell you when your older and then you'll understand." I said.

"I understand!" She defended, then she sweat dropped, "What does 'mate' mean?"

Saya and I blushed. As did every other adult in the room. Even Lulu looked flushed, "That's it!" She said. "Up to your room. Come on now."

"Please?" Hibiki asked.

Lulu took George into her arms and started walking up the stairs, "Let's go. I promise I'll get you when we're done. Kay?"

"Fine." The twins groaned following Lulu and Saya giggled.

We waited a couple more minutes before Lulu came back down and sat in her seat. "Sorry about that." She said. "Go on, please."

Joel chuckled, "Quite alright. Anyway, once the twins reached maturity, they had to fight each other for leadership. Sometimes it would take decades. Hence the reason they went into hibernation after a few years. Their bodies would go into that thirty year sleep, in order to be at their most powerful. They would fight until they came to peace, or…one killed the other."

Saya gasped and a small sob escaped her lips. I wrapped my arms around her and held her tightly. "It's alright, Saya."

Joel spoke again, "In other words, Saya. Even though there is no pack as it were. You would be named the leader because you killed your twin. After the one twin is defeated, the other will rest for at least seven years. And take her role as leader. She will going into hibernation after ten years of being awake, and then sleep for only one year. And if she were to have a mate, he would sleep with her."

My hold on Saya tightened, "Are saying what I think your saying?"

Joel nodded, "By the looks of it, Saya claimed you, Hagi, as her mate the moment she saw you. Of course you were only a boy, so nothing went far. But once did you grow up did things become more difficult for you two to hide your feelings for each other. And once she made you her chevalier, things got even more difficult to hide. But you two were so preoccupied with Diva, you never mated."

I could feel Saya blush before asking, "So that means…?"

"When you two officially mate, Hagi will be able to join you in hibernation." Joel finished.

I smiled before landing a kiss on Saya's head, "I'll look forward to sleeping next to you, Saya. It will be a dream come true."

"Hagi!" She scolded while blushing madly.

"Seems like we know what Hagi plans on doing soon." Kai said.

"Kai." Mao warned.

David stood up and spread his arms, "Well this is a party everyone! Let's get jiggy with it!"

Saya raised her brow at him before asking Mao, "Did he just say 'jiggy'?

Mao sighed, "Looks like it."

Louis spoke up, "Come on, Saya. David's finally relaxed to the point where he knows how to party!"

David glared at him. "Hey!"

Julia patted his shoulder, "Well you were always such a sour sport."

"Not you too." He pouted.

She kissed him on the cheek, "I said 'were', didn't I?"

He just grumbled before grabbing a beer. "Yes I guess you did."

"I'll go get the kids." Lulu said walking back up the stairs. "They're probably getting antsy."

I laughed as Saya and I stood up. I said, "Let us enjoy ourselves for Joel's thirtieth birthday."

Everyone cheered at that and reached to their own soda beverage. Except for Julia. She had a glass of water. Can't have anything to harm to the baby.

Monique smiled at that before kissing Joel's cheek. "I think we should."

"That's right." Saya said. "Um, Monique?"

Monique turned to her, "Yes?"

Saya blushed before saying, "You and Joel…um?"

Monique laughed. "We got married three years ago. He came back to my town to see how the kids and I were doing. And he asked me out to dinner."

Joel took her hand in his, "I couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was. I had to make her mine."

Monique absolutely glowed at that. "And I you." She said before leaning down and giving him a kiss on the lips."

"Ew! More kissy face!" Hibiki said coming down the stairs with other children not fat behind.

"We leave the room for five minutes and they go at it again!" Kanabe said shaking her head, scolding. "What are we going to do with you guys?"

We all began to laugh. Saya walked up to me and I gave her a kiss on the nose.

"See?" Hibiki demanded, "Now aunty Saya and uncle Hagi are doing it now!"

David's eyebrows rose up to his hairline, "Wow, Hagi." He said, "Didn't know you had it in you."

I just smiled, "I always did. I was just waiting for the right moment."

"Um," Monique said next. "I have an announcement to make. And I would like everyone's attention since you are all my friends."

We all became quiet, waiting for her to speak. She took a deep breath before looking back to her husband and took his hand, "I was going to tell you sooner. But, I wanted to make sure."

"What is it, Monique?" He asked worried. "Is something wrong?"

She shook her head, "Nothing's wrong. Everything is so wonderful."

"Well?" He asked.

She took a deep breath before saying, "I'm pregnant, Joel. I'm having your baby."

Everyone in the room went still. No one said anything. No one even breathed.

The first one to break the silence was Joel, "You're…you're pregnant?"

She nodded, "I am. I'm about four weeks along."

Joel took his hand from hers to place it on her lower stomach, "My child?"

"Yes." She breathed.

He smiled brightly as some tears left his eyes, "I'm going to be a father." He hugged her, "This is the best birthday present I have ever received."

Monique started crying as she combed her fingers through Joel's hair, "I'm so glad. I wasn't sure until last week. And I wanted to tell you on this special day. We're going to be a family."

Joel took her hand in his and kissed it, "We already were a family, my love. Now it will be even bigger better. I promise you that I will adore you even more now."

David rolled his eyes, "I didn't think that was possible."

"Awe, come now, David." Julia said, "This makes things even better! Not only can we celebrate Joel's birthday, but we can also celebrate the future parenthood of these two lovebirds."

Louis lifted up a cup of soda to toast, "To Joel's birthday! And to his wife and unborn child! Cheers!"

"Cheers!" Everyone shouted.