Chapter 9 - Long Way to the Heart

It had been nearly three days since the fight. Breo was still in a coma and Psy hadn't left his side once. All day until she fell asleep was watch him, teary eyed and sometimes even spoke to him in his slumber, believing in the rumor that pokemon in comas could still hear you. He was breathing normally and had a steady heartbeat but he hadn't moved an inch since the encounter.

Blu continued to think on what they would do when he woke up and began asking questions about him and Psy being a couple. Until then, he would continue checking on her, keeping her company through the heart wrenching moments and occasionally picking up some local berries for their dinner. They continued to wait in that cave for him to finally wake up, but even after a week, he still didn't move a muscle.

"Psy, we need to start thinking about moving on back home." Blu stated, realizing they had been gone nearly four months now.

"I won't move until my daddy gets up and is well." she rebelled.

Psy was always the rebellious one, going against the wishes of others. However, she always listened to her dad, no one else. She had always had a soft spot for him and loved him everyday of her life. Even when he got angry with her sometimes she would always apologize for her actions and within seconds be in his grasp, making the recent event be quickly forgotten. Breo had loved both his pups as well, always looked after them everyday of his life. There wasn't a second that he ignored them or a single moment that he had other plans when they wanted to play.

Psy laid her head on his chest, listening to her father's calming heartbeat as a single tear fell and stained his dark, black fur. The single tear was followed by another, then another, and another, until she was in a full out sob and waterfall of tears. Within that moment, she felt a twitch and heard a groan. Her head sprang up in an instant to see her dad's head moving around and slowly rising. More tears flowed from her eyes, but not tears of sadness...no, tears of joy.

"Ah, wh-what happened?" Breo said as he shook out of his slumber.

"Daddy!" Psy cried out as she leaped onto his back, rubbing herself into his embrace. Breo could only smile, finally seeing his daughter back in his arms for what seemed like an eternity for him.

No words were said as the two hugged closer and closer, four months of pain and emotional torture almost disappearing in an instant.

Blu walked in with several bushels of berries when he saw the two in a tight embrace. He dropped the fresh picked berries as tears soon fell from his eyes as well, charging towards his father.

"Dad!" he cried out leaping into the group, joining in on the love. Again, no words were spoken as the four months of pain washed away. They were finally happy, they had their father back, they were together once again. However, not everything was perfect. There was still one issue at hand, the revealing of the forbidden relationship between Psy and Blu.

They sat quietly, eating their dinner. Breo taking up most of the food, since he hadn't eaten in almost a week and a half. He was weak, but not weak enough to go out to a nearby riverbank and catch him some "fresh" food.

"Nothing like fresh magikarp to soothe an empty belly." he said as he obliterated the fish, devouring every last morsel of it. The two pups watched in pure shock, they saw their own father acting like, well, them!

Hours passed before Breo opened his mouth again. His first question was directed towards Blu.

"Son, I see you grew up to be a fine young adult. New coat looks good on you," he said nonchalantly, "and Psy. You grew up to be just as beautiful as your mother."

The pups stared at each other dumbfounded, not expecting what they just heard.

"Umm, thanks dad." they both said in unison.

"I'm sure you were expecting me to ask questions about this supposed love between you two?"

They both nodded and Breo took in a deep sigh of disbelief. His worst fears were now confirmed.

"Personally, I can't agree to this kind of love. You two are siblings and that's how it should stay." Breo said.

"B-bu..." Blu and Psy were quickly cut off in mid sentence by their father who put a paw up to signal a silence to them.

"Let me finish," he cleared his throat, "I said that's how it should stay, but..."

They stared at him as if there was some hidden message. Finally, Blu stood up to take the stand.

"But, you will allow it?"

"I didn't say that either, but, on our way home, if you can prove to me that you two truly belong together, then and only then will I sanction this love."

They could not argue at all. Fearing they would jeopardize their chances of being together officially, they answered him with a nod and a "Yes sir."

"Then it's settled, we shall leave right now. However, you shouldn't worry about persuading me. Even if you do get my approval, there's still your mother who I highly doubt would accept this." Breo began walking ahead with them close to his tail.

"However, I do have one rule. Nothing intimate, got it?!"

They shrank hearing their dad raise his voice for the first time to them and nodded with another "Yes sir."

With that being said, they headed off into the forest. Retracing their steps back home. Moving from cave to cave, burrow to burrow, den to den, taking shelter in anything they could find to be hospitable.

"Kid's...stop." Broe said in a low, hushed whisper as he signaled them to hunker down amongst the bushes. In front of them was a group of trainers camped out eating. The smell of their food was enticing every sense of Blu's, calling him to come forward, but the better half of him forced him to stay down.

They continued to gaze as the trio of humans ate and played with their pokemon, one was a young boy with a white jacket with blue short sleeves on it and a red hat with a white front to it that was labeled with a pokeball logo. Following him was a small Pikachu, running around in what seemed like a friendly game of tag with another girl who had long violet pigtails and a deep brown tan and a tall skinny white fellow who had a very bright minty green hair color. They ran and played along with several other of their pokemon.

The group stayed in the bushes until they felt it was safe and the trio soon departed to their tent for bed. Once the coast was clear, they marched out into the open, quickly scurrying into the bushes nearby and continued their tread home. Blu made sure Breo noticed him and Psy always together, laughing and cuddling. He kept her close and safe in his presence. When they slept, he kept her piled up in his fur for warmth and made sure she did not go one second without feeling like the happiest pokemon in the world. Breo did take notice of this. He couldn't help but smile at his two pups sharing a forbidden love that he once thought was ugly and taboo. To him it was still kind of taboo, but his feelings changed.

"If they can look past the sibling part and find an undying love, then who am I to say that they can't be together?" he thought to himself as he watched them sleep through the silent night. Seeing it almost made him cry as he stepped out and gazed upon the stars.

"Mochii. Wherever you are, I'm coming home. I'm coming home with our beautiful pups," he said to himself as he gazed back at Psy, "and maybe one extra." he returned to the cave and laid down for some well deserved, and much needed sleep as he closed his eyes and let the sounds of the night carry him off into a deep rest.

End of Chapter 9