Ch24: Troublemakers P1
Chapter 24: Troublemakers P1
~24.1~
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Several months later, on October 2nd, Kye gave birth. Hannah attended her during labor. She had twin redheaded girls that they named Kaylie and Layla. The girls were given Adele's surname. Kye wanted to name one of them after her mother.
"You're giving her my name?" Layla asked, surprised. Hannah giggled.
Kye nodded and wrote Layla on the documents. "Kaylie Maya, born to Kye Akari, Alethea Atlantis, Adele Maya, and Michelle Maya. And Layla Maya, born... the same I'm not verbally repeating our names. Ugh, I hate paperwork."
"You lot go ahead. The party is waiting. I'll wrap up the papers for you." Layla waved a hand and healed Kye, cleaned the babies, and properly clothed all three of them.
"Oh, thanks." Kye stopped for a moment. "Whoa. You just gave me déjà vu."
"Huh?"
"You were really fast with me. Like... I popped out, you healed up, dressed up, and we were out there before I was even ten minutes old."
"You re-" Layla shook her head and didn't finish that sentence. "Right. You're you. That was an eventful day... Anyway, you lot get going."
"Ahem," Hannah cleared her throat. She was still in scrubs.
"Oh, right. Okay." Layla magically cleaned and changed Hannah as well.
Kye stood up, a baby in each arm, and before she could move an inch, she noticed something strange about them. The two girls looked at each other, then at Adele, and held their hands out. "Huh?"
"Uh..." Adele stepped closer and slowly reached for them, each seeming more eager as she inched in.
""Ga!""
"How cute!" Hannah said excitedly.
Michelle raised an eyebrow. "Okay, this isn't suspicious at all..." She peered at their souls, but did not recognize them. "Wait, what? They're immortal! They're..." She glanced at Kye.
Kye smiled. "Recognize their colors? Silvery white and slightly translucent? Alfia already told me who they are back when I found out. I thought we talked about it."
"Look..." Michelle sighed. "With all that's happened, it's easy to lose track."
"They're Kyra and Liya"
"Hmm..." Alethea held out a hand and wrapped the girls with her pink soul aether. Her eyes widened. "Can confirm."
Michelle was surprised, but was brought back to reality by a kick inside her belly. "Oww..." She was also pregnant, due in another couple of months, thanks to the night she spent with Kye and Alethea after the date on Elea. Alethea didn't consistently take her hormone medication while Rei was missing because of her mental instability, and there was always a chance that even with it she could still impregnant someone. Michelle found out the hard way. "Ugh. I'm glad it's only one this time."
Hannah shook her head. "You're only twenty-two and you're already saying this time. I guess I'm not really one to talk, though, but lifespans were still around sixty to a hundred years back then!"
They all shared a laugh before Layla shooed everyone out of the room and urged them toward the party.
This is such a strange tradition. Who has a birth party? A birthday party is one thing... but a party right after birth? And the fact that it can be so accurately predicted is... honestly kinda great. Though honestly, when it was me getting shown off twenty years ago, I had fun. Well, until the kidnapping. I hate jars now. If I see a jar here, I am breaking it right away. I don't give a shit who sent it. You're gonna give my child a jar knowing I was kidnapped with one when I was born? HA. Nope! Not happening.
"Kye?" Adele poked at her shoulder. She noticed Kye's furrowed expression while they were walking. "You alright?"
"Huh?" Her expression improved immediately when she stopped thinking about jars.
"Oh. I guess you are. You looked pretty mad about something there for a second."
"Ah. Yeah. I was."
"What was it?"
"If I see a jar, I'm breaking it."
She didn't as much as bat an eye. "Sure."
She was the one that raised an eyebrow, expecting her to try to stop her from needlessly breaking things. "Sure?"
"Yeah. I mean, if somebody has the gall to bring a JAR to YOUR child's birth party... they're either stupid or malicious. Either way, they deserve a broken jar."
Kye smiled. "I love you."
""Hey!"" Alethea and Michelle were walking behind them and both got jealous instantly.
"What? Neither of you said anything about it." She smirked. "You wanna hear those words, you gotta earn it!"
Alethea raised an eyebrow. "You know... now that you're not pregnant, I can spar with you again... and I'm clearly stronger than you now, Miss I Couldn't Train Properly For Months."
"Ugh..." Michelle grumbled. "I think I'm gonna go wait in our room." She grabbed her mouth, turned, and ran.
"Uh oh," Adele said. She gave them an apologetic smile as she ran after Michelle. "I'm gonna stay with her! We'll see you later!"
"Okay!" Kye hollered back.
"See you later!" Alethea added.
""Gah!"" The twins added.
Hannah shrugged and followed Michelle and Adele.
Kye giggled. "You two are something else. I wonder if this is what my mom felt like when I was born. Do you understand me?"
""Gah!""
"Do you know who you are?"
""Gah!""
"You have your memories?"
""Gah!""
"Okay. How about we soul dive later and -"
""Gah!!!"" they shouted with furrowed brows.
"What, now?"
""Gah!"" They seemed much happier.
Kye exchanged glances with Alethea. She shrugged and said, "Eh, go ahead. If you can talk to them, go ahead. It's been a very long time, since they never transmigrated. Go say hi. I'll get my turn later. I'll go distract people at the party."
"You sure?"
She nodded. "Yeah. I'll break some jars, too."
"Pfft." She held back a laugh. "Okay. I'll just uh... poof." She vanished, taking the girls with her. They were at the palace in New Tokyo and had their own palace, but Kye took the girls to her private bedroom in her father's residence where she grew up. "Okay, we'll dive now. Do you want to go into one of yours or mine? Either way, we'll see each other's real selves."
Both reached for her to show they wanted to go into hers. Kye nodded and laid them down on the bed. She propped them up with pillows since they couldn't sit up on their own. She sat in front of them and held out her hands for them to grab ahold of. Once they were ready, Kye channeled soul aether and took them inside.
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Revision: 2024-8-15