Winterstreak froze and stared at Crimsonbreak. He wondered if she truly meant that or if it was everything that happened today saying that. Crimsonbreak's eyes shined with sincerity and he knew it was true. He lowered his head and kissed her (well their mouths were covered by their uniform but you get the idea!). Crimsonbreak was completely taken off guard, but relaxed and kissed him back.
Arcee was getting tired of the constant questions from the humans and looked around for Jack. When she noticed his absence she informed Optimus that she was going to search for him. Arcee walked through the trees.
"I love you." She heard a small voice say. She recognized it as Crimsonbreak. Arcee picked up the pace and made it to the two missing cyberninjas to find Winterstreak kissing her. Arcee smirked and leaned against the tree.
"Okay hotshot, it's time to go." Arcee said. The couple jumped and Crimsonbreak made a squeak of surprise. They stood up and Winterstreak rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. Crimsonbreak felt humiliated. "Oh come on guys I won't tell anyone, especially the news persona."
"Thanks 'Cee." Winterstreak murmured. "I'm guessing everyone's wondering where we are."
"Yeah, besides it's time to return to the base. June's worried." Arcee responded. The three of them started to walk back. When they met up with the others a ground bridge opened. Several gasps were heard but ignored as the team went back to the base. The humans didn't dare follow in fear of what would be on the other side. When everyone was in the base most of them started laughing at the humans reactions.
"I assume you won." Fowler observed. He then saw Knockout, Soundwave, and Moonstrike and immediately became angered. "What are decepticons doing here?"
"They agreed to switch sides." Crimsonbreak explained before flopping onto the couch and changing human. "Ugh I'm so exhausted!"
"I guess dying makes you feel that way." Arcee joked. Fowler looked at Miko in horror.
"You died?" he exclaimed.
"Yup! Got stabbed in the stomach and brought back by the Thirteen with an awesome new cyberninja form!" Miko said with fake excitement. June went from crushing Winterstreak in a hug to Miko.
"Exactly what happened and how are you alive?" June demanded. Miko groaned and covered her face with her hands.
"Mrs. Darby I'm tired and sore and I really just wanna sleep so can the stories be told tomorrow?" Miko asked. Winterstreak walked up to his mom and turned human.
"Mom I think we should let her be. Everything will be explained in the morning." Jack said. June sighed but nodded. Looking around the humans could see cyberninjas starting to fall asleep.
"Knockout, Soundwave you may stay in the med bay until your rooms are prepared." Optimus said to the ex-decepticons who nodded. Knockout surprised everyone when he didn't say anything rude to anyone but followed Ratchet down the hall.
**Next day at school**
Miko hopped out of Bulkhead groggily; she was still tired from the battle. Bulkhead drove away leaving her alone in front of the school. Miko walked up the steps and was vaguely aware of the whispering around her. Miko opened her locker and shoved a few books inside and grabbing others before Vince came up.
"You think you're better than anyone else, don't ya ninja freak!" Vince snarled. Miko rolled her eyes and shut her locker.
"I don't think anything. You should be grateful; I died to save everybody's aft; including yours." Miko retorted sourly. Vince seemed slightly taken back by her boldness but quickly regained composure.
"Listen Nakadai, I heard that you all are tough but can't hurt humans. I don't believe you're capable of really hurting anyone." Vince taunted. Miko knew he just wanted to get into a fight so she ignored him and started walking away. Before Miko could get very far a couple of Vince's goons stepped in front of her path.
"Leave me alone Vince." Miko growled under her breath. She wished that Jack would show up before she did something foolish. Miko pushed passed the boys in front of her but was grabbed by the back of her shirt and spun around.
"Or else what?" Vince dared.
"Or else you're going to find yourself waking up hanging upside down in a tree." Jack growled from behind Vince. Miko smirked at Vince as he turned around to face Jack. "Now leave her alone." Vince smirked and went to hit Miko but she had disappeared. She seemed to appear out of thin air when they saw her standing next to Jack.
"You seem to have forgotten one fact: cyberninjas have extreme stealth." Miko said when she saw their expressions. The bell rang and Miko walked away. Jack caught up to her quickly.
"Vince doesn't think we're capable of anything." Jack muttered. Miko nodded her head in agreement. They parted and Miko went to class. Everything was silent when she entered. She ignored the stares and sat down in her usual seat at the back of the class.
"So what did everyone do over the winter break?" the teacher asked with a bored tone. Everyone took turns, each one talking about how they heard about the battle. "Miko it's your turn." Miko snapped her eyes up.
"You all know what happened." She hissed. The teacher crossed his arms impatiently. Miko sighed and stood. "I prepared for the battle foretold in prophecy, I went into battle even though I knew I was the one to die, I was killed by Moonstrike, I met the Thirteen Primes, I found Winterstreak Prime there, I was given new armor, and I killed Megatron. Oh yeah, and my fragging secret was blown because of some human snooping around who couldn't keep his mouth shut!" her anger built with every word. A couple of people snickered as Miko took her seat again. "And you wouldn't believe how painful death is."
"Thank you for that…lovely story Miko. What's your ninja name?" The teacher said.
"I'm a cyberninja from Cybertron, not some human wearing tights." Miko retorted, earning more laughter. "My name is Crimsonbreak, I am the SIC of what's left of my people."
"And the one who's dating Mr. Hotshot." Someone whispered. Miko shot them a glare.
"Yeah I'm in a relationship with Winterstreak, so what?" she responded.
"Isn't Winterstreak Jack Darby?" someone else asked. Miko listened as everyone started gossiping about her love life. The teacher struggled to regain order as Miko started drawing random words in Cybertronian on a piece of paper. Sierra tapped on Miko's shoulder, gaining the girl's attention.
"Hey is that your language?" she asked curiously. Miko looked at her surprised.
"Yeah, this is actually ancient Cybertronian. My friend Bumblebee's vocalizer had been broken so all he could speak was modern Cybertronian." Miko explained. Sierra's eyes widened.
"One of the cyberninja's names is Bumblebee?" she asked. Miko laughed quietly.
"Nah, Bee's a bot. He's pretty cool too for a kid. He's the youngest. I was born before him by at least a century!" Sierra's eyes widened.
"No way you're that old!"
"I'm reincarnated, remember? I'm not human." she shrugged slightly.
"So…how would you write my name in Cybertronian?" Sierra asked hesitantly. Miko started to draw out Sierra's name and showed her the result.
"It's strange, but your name really isn't common on Cybertron." Sierra examined the writing. The bell rang and she tried to hand the paper back but Miko shook her head and wrote a couple of things in English. "Keep it; those are the meanings of the other symbols. Congratulations, you can read some Cybertronian." Sierra thanked her as they went their separate ways. "Maybe this won't be so bad," Miko whispered to herself. When she walked into her next class, which she shared with Jack, she saw a scene that made her heart sink.
Jack was kissing some girl.
Drama drama drama! Muah hahaha! Next chapter Miko confronts Jack about what she saw, causing some tension in their relationship.