It had been 6 years since the second lot of Otsutsuki twins was born. Indra, while still a genius, was more quiet, calm and, dare she say it, happy. It seemed having a twin sister was the best thing that ever happened to Indra. While not outgoing and bright like his younger brother Asura, Indra was defiantly better off having someone by his side that understood him. The tailed beasts had grown as well and lived together in a cave that Hagoromo had created for them. They each saw the 23 year old woman as their mother, and somewhat saw Indra and Heiwa as siblings. Hagoromo named each of the beings that she had created, calling them collectively Tailed Beasts, or Biju officially. The day she named them was something that Tsukuyomi would forever remember, *flashback*
Hagoromo walked with purposeful steps towards the cave where she'd placed all the Tailed Beasts was. It had been a few days, and she had recovered fully with Hamura and Kagura's help from the double whammy of childbirth and losing the tailed beasts at the same time. Her siblings had had to help her feed her children, as she had been too weak for a short time to hold the twins herself. And now that she had regained her strength, she was going to see her other children. Her husband walked beside her, slightly nervous, however reassured by his wife that the nine Biju would not harm him. As they reached a cave near their house, Hagoromo walked inside without hesitation.
After a single moment of deliberation, Tsukuyomi entered behind her. They walked a short way, before entering an extremely large cavern, aglow with light from an unidentifiable source. Sitting talking rather loudly to each other, were the Tailed Beasts that Hagoromo had created on the day she gave birth to Indra and Heiwa. The red-haired woman just stood and observed them for a moment. "Where do you think we are?"the cat-like one with two tails asked. The giant slug tilted it's head, "I am not sure, do you think that we should go out and look around?" he asked.The giant bug turned towards them, "hey, I think we have some visitors" he said. The young Biju turned to look at them, and Hagoromo smiled, "hello, it is a pleasure to meet all of you, my name is Hagoromo Otsutsuki, however, since I am the one that created you, I suppose that you could call me Kaa-Sama" she replied happily.
The nine tailed fox peered at her closely. "Kaa-Sama?" he asked curiously. "Yes," the red-haired woman replied, "or mother, whatever you want to call me, it is completely your choice- you could even call me creator if you want, but I would prefer for us all to be a family" she explained. The Biju looked between each other, then back to her, "Mother is fine" the large four tailed ape spoke up this time. Hagoromo smiled, "alright, now, on to important matters," she paused for a moment, "you each need a name to distinguish yourselves as people" she said happily. "Now, line up in a single line, and I will give you each a name, I have already come up with them,". Each of them nodded and did as their mother asked.
The large one tailed sand Racoon came up first. Tsukuyomi watched all this with wide eyes, it was hard to believe that these were fragments of the monster that caused so much destruction for months. Hagoromo placed one hand on the Sand Racoon's head and stroked it slightly, then she smiled softly, "your name will be Shukaku, it is a pleasure to officially meet you son" she said. The newly dubbed Shukaku blushed then smiled happily. Shukaku stood up and walked to the back of the line. The two tailed cat then walked up and sat before her. "You are a girl, like myself" Hagoromo said happily.
"I am?" the cat asked. The red haired Otsutsuki nodded, "you are, now, as for your name-" she regarded the blue flaming feline, "how do you like Matatabi?" she asked. The now named Matatabi nodded, "thank you mother" she replied with a smile, also walking to the back of the line behind Shukaku.
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After all the Tailed Beasts had been named, they all sat in a circle around the eldest Otsutsuki. Kurama, the last to have been named sat directly before the woman. Despite the fact that he was her husband, Tsukuyomi felt that this was something personal between the Tailed Beasts and his wife. "Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuo, Saiken, Chomei, Gyuuki and Kurama, you have all been created by me and are my children, from this day on, I will care for you, love you, protect you and teach you until the day comes when you no longer need my protection and care, I hope that we will all be able to live together as one family," here, Hagoromo paused and turned to her husband. She gestured him over, which he complied to with slight hesitation.
"This is my husband, Tsukuyomi Otsutsuki, I have two siblings, and twin children, you will meet the rest of our family at a later date, but for now, we are family, and I promise that I will ensure your safety as long as you trust me" the red-haired woman stated. Tsukuyomi stared up at all the young Biju and in that instant, saw them how his wife did. As innocent and easily influenced children. And he swore to himself, even if they never had as deep a connection with him as they did to their mother, he would do everything he could to protect them as well. After all, the Juubi destroyed and killed so many, if people ever found out that his wife had done something like this, Sage of the Six Paths or not, they would come for their heads.
And he would not allow that. He bowed, "I know that you may never see me as a father, and I understand that, but I promise you, that I will do everything in my power to help keep you safe. I swear that on my life" he said sincerely, then stood up straight. His life may never be normal again, but that didn't mean that it couldn't have gotten better. *End flashback*
Today, Indra and Heiwa were meditating together to try and awaken their Chakra. The two were doing very well, though neither had actually awakened their Chakra yet, they had delved quite far into their psyche. Hagoromo sat before the twins, watching the two of them focus their breathing. Indra seemed to fall into a meditative trace easily, which, despite expecting the boy to be smart, since even Sennin-Sama himself said that he was a genius, was still surprising to the eldest Otsutsuki. Heiwa was able to calm herself very fast as well. Suddenly a burst of Chakra caught Hagoromo's attention. She turned to the source, and saw a large amount of Chakra surrounding her oldest child in a visible shroud.
The woman's eyes were wide as she stared at the boy, 'h-holy-' she didn't even get to finish her thought, before another large flare of Chakra caused her to turn her attention towards her daughter. Heiwa was also enshrouded in a large visible aura of Chakra, only- hers was white. Before the Sage was able to do much more than open her mouth, the Chakra faded away. Indra swayed slightly in exhaustion. Heiwa flinched as the energy fluctuated and several bones grew out of her body. Hagoromo opened her mouth to try and snap her daughter out of her meditation, however she suddenly gasped and cut off the Chakra, panting as she calmed herself from the energy high she had just experienced. "Are you two alright?" Hagoromo asked gently, looking from one child to the other.
Indra nodded, "yes, I am alright Kaa-Sama" he said. Heiwa was panting slightly, "I am alright as well, I only need to catch my breath" she explained. As the child sat up, she gasped at the pain in her back, "Ow! Ow! w-what, what is-" she gasped, and paused as she turned to look at her back. The red-haired girl's eyes widened when she saw the hard white bones protruding from her flesh. Heiwa's face showed her shock, and she began panting in exhaustion. Hagoromo quickly wrapped her child in a hug, 'Sennin-Sama, do you know how she retracts her bones?' she asked the previous sage mentally. "I am afraid not, it is a technique that Kaguya originally possessed, and I am afraid that I do not know how to control it" he replied.
Heiwa clenched her fists in an attempt to hide her pain. The red-haired woman rubbed her child's lower back, as Indra stood up and walked over to his twin, taking her hand and rubbing the back of it in a comforting manner, "why do you not try focusing your Chakra away from your back sister?" the black-haired boy asked. The younger female Otsutsuki nodded and focused, closing her eyes and evening out her breathing once more. As she directed her Chakra further towards the rest of her body, the bones slowly retracted into Heiwa's back, straightening out and back into place, the skin and bones healing as they did so. The red-haired child was left panting in exhaustion. As she held her daughter, Hagoromo frowned. They would definitely need to get this ability of her daughters under control soon.
To Be Continued