Holiday Presents

By: Aubrie1234

Dear Readers, I have now made a series of oneshots story based on the holidays of the year. The first one is for Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there.

Father's Day was coming up, but he didn't have a present! He could get anything in the world, yet his father had the money to buy it whenever he wanted. How was he supposed to get something for his father if he had everything?

"Hi, Rupert! Bye, Rupert!" Dina yelled, running past the boy and into Ilium Island's Fossil Center.

"She sure is energized today, isn't she?" Mapu King asked his Fossil Fighter, Rupert.

'You can say that again. I just wish that I knew what to get Father! It's almost Father's Day, but I don't have anything!' he answered.

"Why don't you ask Dina? She might have an idea."

'...Why do I have the feeling that what you're saying isn't the only thing you're saying?'

"I don't know. Maybe you're instincts are trying to warn you about something?"

'I don't think I have instincts. They've never shown up before, so why now?'

"No clue."

'Well, I don't have much of a choice anyway. Pauleen's gone to visit her grandpa and Todd and Joe have gone to visit their parents. Dina's still making her present, I think, so she's the only one left to ask, really.'

"Well, she's coming out now, so you'd better ask her before she gets away!" his Krypto interrupted. Then, the door to the Center slid open and Dina came running out, heading to Icegrip Plateau.

"Hi, Rupert! Bye, Rupert!" she said again.

'I just missed her!' Rupert said to his vivosaurs.

"You think?!" his Archaeo growled.

"Why don't you just wait until she comes running back again, sir?" his Tanstro asked before yawning.

"...Even though he's a bit slow, Tanstro's right for once." Mapu said, surprised.

"Well, she's going to be here any minute now. You'd better be ready, Rupert." Rupert's other Mapu said.

"Rupert! Hey, Rupert!" Dina called, running over to him. She was beaming with a big smile on her face. She skidded to a stop in front of him and was waving a hand.

"Rupert, you won't believe what I found!" she said.

"What did you find?" he asked.

"Just what I needed for my vivosaurs! 2 Wondrous Fossil Rocks!"

"That's amazing!"

"Yep, and my vivosaurs have almost leveled up enough for the Battle Royal here. You will watch us, won't you?" she asked. Her eyes shined and looked so pitiful, she looked so submissive, he could barely stand it!

"O-of course! I would never miss it! And Dina?"

"Yeah, Rupert?"

"Could you help me, um, get a gift for my Father? I don't know what to get him..."

"Sure! I had mine done a long time ago and I suspected you might need help with your gift."

"Really?"

"Yep. When you have a dad that can get anything he wants, you'll need all the help you can get."

"Thanks. Do you have an idea?"

"Well, for starters, since your dad can get anything he wants, why don't you make something yourself?"

"Y-you mean like a card or something?"

"Yeah, haven't you ever done something like this before?"

"No..." Dina facepalmed.

"This is going to take longer than I thought."

"No kidding!" Tyrant King, Dina's T-Rex Lord, snickered, projecting his thoughts to the two of them. Rupert blushed in embarrassment while Dina sighed and flicked T.K.'s (short for Tyrant King) medal.

"Ow! Okay, okay! I'll be quiet." he whimpered.

"Anyway, lets start with the most important thing, a gift! And I have the perfect idea for one, but I'll need your help." she told Rupert.

"What do you need help with?"

"Ever ice-sculpted before?"

"No. Why-" he started, but was cut off when Dina started to drag him towards Icegrip Plateau by his coat collar.

"You'll see. We're gonna use two of my vivosaurs, Frigi and Igno. They're going to help us make an ice sculpture for your dad!"

"What?!" he asked. She didn't answer and just kept dragging him.

'Why do I have the feeling this is going to end with Dina and I riding one of her vivosaurs?' he asked his vivosaurs. They all mentally shrugged.

Later, Dina had dragged Rupert to the farthest part of Icegrip Plateau.

"Okay, we're here!" she said, letting go of him. Because he had been dragged the whole time, he wasn't on his feet and fell.

"Oof!" he said once he landed.

"Frigi, Igno, come out and help us!" Dina said as she released her vivosaurs. They both came out before glaring at each other.

"Guys, not today. We're going to help Rupert make a present for his dad, since Father's Day is almost here." Dina explained. They shot a glare at each other before nodding.

"Okay, Rupert, what do you want us to make? Rupert?" she asked, looking around for him. After she had dropped him, he tried to sneak away. Unfortunately, Frigi caught him and grabbed him, bringing him back over to Dina.

'Why are you bringing me back to her?!' he mentally asked Frigi, even though he wasn't his vivosaur.

"She's my master and wants to help you, even though it may seem silly or crazy at times." he answered, "Besides, the faster we get this done the faster you get away from Dina and the faster I get away from Igno. Deal?"

'Deal. Now, please put me down.' Unknown to Rupert, Frigi smirked after that.

"If you say so~!" he said, letting go of him even though he was still 10 feet off the ground.

"Ow!" he said after he landed, rubbing the back of his head.

"Frigi, be nice. And Rupert, what do you think we should make for your father?" Dina asked.

"I don't know. Maybe we should make a miniature ice sculpture of one of his vivosaurs?"

"That's a great idea! How about Ryden?"

"That's fine with me."

"I'll make the ice." Frigi said. He let out a low call as his eyes glowed a soft red and a block of ice formed in front of them. It was about 10x10, big enough for the sculpture.

"What's my job, though?" Igno asked.

"You get to slowly heat up the ice, making the curves and things like that while we use my ice-sculpting tools for the rest." Dina explained. He nodded.

"Okay, but stand back. I don't want to burn anyone, except maybe Frigi." Igno said, smiling at the last bit while Frigi glared.

"After this, you are so going down."

"Try me." Igno then blew out a small stream of red fire, since it was considered the coolest fire and wouldn't melt the ice too fast. After a while, he had made the basic shape and Dina had out her tools. She got her vivosaurs to promise not to fight while they stay out, because they would be able to help if something went wrong. She then brought out her own Ryden (called Webbed Neck) to help by being a model.

"So, are you ready?" she asked Rupert, who had been watching everything until now.

"You mean I have to help?!"

"Of course! The more love and work you put into a project, the better it makes a person feel. Especially if they're around it. Besides, this is supposed to be your Father's Day present. We're only here to help." she explained to him. He looked like he wasn't sure, but he nodded anyway and came over. She handed him some tools and explained how to use them and what they were for. As the vivosaurs watched Dina and Rupert make the sculpture, they talked to each other.

"Being a model for once doesn't seem bad." Webbed Neck said.

"I've never been a model before, but I think you're right." Slapper said.

"I've seen a few modeling shows while I was with Dina after Joe gave me to her, but those models don't look as good as you, Webbed Neck!" Pearla said.

"Thanks, Pearla."

"I think you would be an even better battler, though. I've fought in lots of battles with out Super Evolving, but I bet you could even be better than me!" Silver, Dina's Brachio, told the Super Evolver.

"Really, Silver? You're more of a role model, not a coach, though I don't doubt that you would be able to become one if you tried."

"Thanks."

"I still think that they might come together this time, though! They've been tiptoeing around their love ever since Dina got Rupert's body back." Mapu King said.

"Which was the best day of my life. Right, Giga Raja?" Pearla asked.

"You know it." he replied.

"Bleck! Love mush! I'm so out of this conversation!" Igno said before cutting off his mental connection.

"He'll be in love sooner than he thinks, yet he hates it." Christmas, Dina's Krypto, said, mentally shaking his head.

"Just leave him be right now. I'll knock some sense into him later." Frigi said.

"Yeah, you definitely will knock something into him!" Cresent snickered.

"Quiet guys! I think they're almost done!" Dina's Nycto, Sky Ace, said. He was right, too. Dina put the finishing touches on the sculpture's face and backed away to admire their work. It was an exact duplicate (or as good as they could make it) of Webbed Neck, but it was missing something.

"It feels like it's missing something." she muttered. She then noticed Rupert was still working on something. She went over to him (since he was working on Webbed Neck's left side) and asked: "What are you doing?"

"I wanted to sign our names." he said. He backed away and showed her he had written their names, but not Dina's last name.

"What is your last name, anyway? I can't finish the sculpture without it." he asked.

"Totiba. Weird, I know."(It's just the last name for the character, not mine. It's also made from her first vivosaur's full name) she answered simply.

"It is." he said as he finished, "And how are we supposed to get this over to my house?"

"Using a helicopter, of course. I'm just going to ask Giga Raga, Normal Giga Raja, and Pearla to help move it to the Fossil Center."

"I guess our job is done." Igno said as he and Frigi went back into their medals. Dina caught them.

'It is. Guys, are you ready?' Dina asked her other three vivosaurs.

"We are." Normal Giga Raga, her Giga Allo, answered.

"Who would have thought they would get the job of moving ice-sculptures someday?" Wind Giga Raja, Dina's Giga Spinax, said.

'When you're with me, anything can happen.' she told them before releasing them. Normal Giga Raja snorted.

"I hate the cold!" he said.

"The sooner we get this statue to the Fossil Center the less time we have out here in the cold. Me and Pearla don't mind it, though, since we've had to come out here and battle quite a lot." Giga Raja explained.

"Alright guys, listen up!" Dina told her three vivosaurs, "Pearla, you're going to carry the sculpture on your back while Giga Raja and Normal Giga Raja hold it in place. Me and Rupert are going to be up there as well, making sure everything goes okay."

"You mean we have to hold it?! Brrrrr!" Normal Giga Raja said, shivering slightly.

"Well, it's either you have to do it or someone else does." Pearla said.

"Then let him do it! No way am I going to do it!" Tyrant King said. Similar sentences were said from the other vivosaurs, even Rupert's.

"Thanks for your support, guys." Normal Giga Raja growled. By now Giga Raja had placed the sculpture on Pearla's back and had his left arm holding onto it. Dina and Rupert were helping to steady it.

"Normal Giga Raja, you think you could stop talking to the others for a while and help us out?!" Dina asked. He grumbled but did as he was told. He put his right arm on the sculpture and steadied it.

"Now we should start going to the Fossil Center, shouldn't we?" Rupert asked. Dina nodded and told Pearla to start walking.

'This has been a great day! I learned how to make an ice sculpture and I got to spend some time with Dina!' Rupert told his vivosaurs.

"Looks like you had fun." Krypto said slyly.

"And you wish that you could have spent more time with her, don't you?" Mapu King asked.

'Ye-WAIT! No! I do not!' Rupert replied, flustered.

"You're denying it!" Archaeo snickered.

'Just leave me alone now, will you?' he asked. They all snickered, but didn't say anything.

It had been a few days since Father's Day and almost everyone had come back from their visits. Almost everyone.

"Where's Dina, digadig?" Pauleen asked. She, Todd, and Joe had already come back from their visits and Rupert did soon after. Dina was the only one missing. Right now they were up in Joe's suite.

"She must be visiting her parents, but why is she taking so long?" Todd said.

"I don't know, pards." Joe said. Rupert was looking out the window with a half-asleep expression on his face.

"It's Dina, isn't it?" Mapu asked.

'She was the one who helped me make a present for Father, who loved it. I just wish I could congratulate her in the best way possible.'

"You mean like giving her a kiss?" Krypto asked, emphasizing the last word.

'Maybe...' he replied. He wasn't paying much attention to anything, so he really didn't catch what his vivosaurs or the others were saying.

Soon Dina came back and everything went back to normal. Or as normal as it could get, anyway.

"Hi, Rupert! Bye, Rupert!" Dina said as she ran by him again.

'Back to the routine.' Rupert mentally sighed.

Finished at last! Happy Father's Day to everyone!