A/N: Sorry for keeping you guys waiting. ^^; I was writing this chapter back in early July, but it got erased. But now it's done, and ready for you to read. By the way, I now accept anonymous reviews. =)

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Fireworks

Sari bounded into Bumblebee's room as cheery as ever.

"Bumblebee!" she said. "Bumblebee!"

"What is it, Sari?" he asked.

"Tonight's the fireworks display! Wanna come with me?"

"Sure! …What's a firework display?"

"Fireworks are so cool! Aunt Red Alert told me that they're these pretty and colorful explosions used to celebrate Independence Day!"

"And what's Independence Day?"

"A holiday where we celebrate our freedom. Now come on, let's go!"

Sari tugged her big brother's hand along as she made her way to the door.

As they headed for the door, they stopped next to Bulkhead.

"Hey Bulkhead, you wanna come watch the fireworks with us?" she asked.

"Fireworks?"

"It's a human holiday Red Alert told Sari about," Bumblebee explained.

"Oh. Sure, I'll come."

"Yay!" Sari cheered as she followed her brothers outside. She hopped into Bumblebee's vehicle mode, fastened her seatbelt, and enjoyed the ride to the docks.

When they arrived, the place was pretty crowded. But they managed to find a good viewing spot. Bumblebee helped Sari out of him and put her on top of Bulkhead for a better viewing experience.

"Now remember," Sari instructed her brothers, "No one knows about you guys. Except for that one time when Bumblebee—"

"Cut to the chase!"

"Try to stay in your vehicle mode, please!"

"Don't worry, we will." Bulkhead promised.

After a few more minutes of chatter, the lights dimmed. The first firework came fizzing out, and exploded in a colorful shade of green.

"AH! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" screamed Bumblebee.

"No, don't freak out, Bumblebee!" Sari calmly told him, "It's just the fireworks!"

"…Oh. Right, I knew that."

The display truly was what Sari had told her brothers and more. So many explosions, created in colorful hues and amazing shapes. There were deep blues of stars, and bright oranges of flowers. And the finale? For once, Bumblebee was at a loss for words. So many blindingly beautiful creations. Bulkhead was probably the most amazed at the creativity that the people who made them held.

After the show, people were cheering and whooping like they'd all won the lottery.

"That was amazing!" Bulkhead cheered.

"Thanks for inviting us, Sari." added Bumblebee.

No response.

"Sari?"

"Shh," whispered Bulkhead, "Listen."

Both bots listened carefully, and could hear the quiet breathing of their young organic sister.

"She's asleep." Bumblebee whispered.

"No one's around. Can you put her in me?"

"Sure," replied Bumblebee. He transformed to robot mode and carefully placed Sari in Bulkhead's driver seat.

Then, when all was said and done, the trio headed back home.

Video Games

"HA!" Bumblebee cheered victoriously. "Read it and weep!"

Wasp growled. This video game Bumblebee loved—Ninja Gladiators or something—had to be rigged. It just had to be! He couldn't have beaten him 20 times! It just wasn't natural for Wasp to lose at anything!

"You cheated!" Wasp yelled, throwing the controller at the ground angrily.

"I did not!" Bumblebee yelled back. "No one likes a sore loser, Wasp!"

"I know you fixed this! There's no way you can be better than me!"

"Whoa, what crawled up and bit your fender?! You need to stop acting like such a son-of-a-glitch!"

"Who are you calling—"

"STOP IT!" screamed a young pair of lungs.

The two Autobots looked down at their red-headed little sister. Bumblebee was instantly filled with fear that he'd upset Sari. Wasp looked like he didn't care, but he was just as worried as Bumblebee on the inside.

"STOP FIGHTING!" she yelled. "I hate it when you guys fight! It scares me…"

A tear began trickling down her cheek.

Bumblebee immediately picked her up. "Don't cry, Sari, we didn't mean to fight. Wasp was just being a jerk because he didn't win."

"Why?" she asked with a sniffle. "He's always nice to me, so why would he be mean to you?"

Wasp looked away. Why did she just blow his cover like that?! She promised not to!

Bumblebee looked at the green bot. Wasp? Being nice? Sari must've been joking. Before he could make a comment, he turned back to his sniffling sister.

"It's okay, Sari, don't cry. I'm here."

Sari began to stop crying, but it took a while for the sniffling to stop.

"You wanna play against us?"

Sari nodded.

"Okay, here's an extra controller, and you know what to do."

Wasp watched the yellow and black bot soothe Sari. He longed to be that caring in public…but after demonstrating a tough-guy behavior at boot camp, and bullying so many others…no one would ever let him live it down. He'd have to keep up the mean and rude behavior publicly. There was nothing he could do about it.

"Hang on," Bumblebee said, running out of the room, "I'm just going to get a can of oil."

And yet when they were alone…

Sari flopped onto the couch and accepted a hug from Wasp. How sad it was, to only be able to show kindness in the dark, never the light.

Would things ever change? Wasp hoped they would.

Leaf-diving

"There," Ironhide said happily. "All the leaves are raked up on my side. How about your side, Sari?"

Ironhide looked over to see Sari had gathered all her leaves together as well. But wait…she set down her rake, began to run, and jumped into the leaves, giggling as she sent them flying everywhere!

"Why did you do that?" he asked. "You just got them all nice and together!"

Sari poked her head out of the leaf puddle, still giggling. "Come on, Ironhide! Haven't you ever wanted to jump into the leaves before?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because it's fun!" Sari stood up, stepped out of the pile, and brushed any clingy leaves off of her clothes. "You know, you don't always have to work. I mean, it's nice to get things done, but don't you ever stop to have a little fun?"

"Well…" Ironhide gave the idea some thought. "You understand that we'll have to clean this all up again, right?"

"M-hm."

Ironhide sighed and looked at his pile. "I must be out of my processor." He backed up, ran towards his leaf pile, and jumped right in.

"How was that?" asked Sari.

Ironhide sat up. "That was actually kind of fun!"

"And you know what would be even better?"

After more raking, the duo had combined their piles to make for an even softer and bigger landing.

"Ready?"

He nodded.

"One…"

They backed up.

"…two…"

They were both as still as statues.

"…THREE!"

They charged and leapt into the mountain of leaves, sending showers all over the lawn. The two of them laughed together as they watched the leaves fall everywhere.

"Ironhide, Sari," Blackarachnia called from indoors, "Are you two almost done?"

"Almost!" Sari called back. Then she looked up at Ironhide and winked. He winked back.

A few minutes later, the area was finally cleared of leaves, save for the pile they made in the corner.

As Ironhide followed Sari inside, she said to him, "We should have fun together more often." Then, the young girl skipped inside to grab a snack.

Ironhide looked at a stray leaf that had been stuck to his arm. "Yeah," he said to himself, "We should."

He let go of the leaf and watched it sail through the autumn sky.

A/N: Again, thank you for all of your support. I hope you'll enjoy the next chapter, because that's when Sari starts school!

See you then!

Sanrio