Yeah that last chapter was a bit packed huh? I'm not really sure what I was thinking when I originally wrote that one but I don't think I was going for stretching out the story. Well this is a pretty big moment for our two little love Pidgeys, so three chapters in one night down and start the theme again.
"Finally." Obsideon whispered under her breath. The wedding was well under way, and the entire third army, with many other guests had shown up. Dark had explained the traditional wedding rituals of the Abselite and Star clan, who had very similar but slightly different rites. The basics were simple enough, the two made independent oaths for each other that outlined what they would do for each other, it was a very binding contract of sorts, punishable by extreme measures if broken. They both chose some friends or family to accompany them on the oath saying ceremony, for moral support, but had to do the second part alone, except for each other. The second segment was an assignment to find an item for the other party, as what would be the equivalent of a wedding ring. This is where the two factions differed in their ways. The Abselite preferred items that withered, so as to allow a time limit to the binding of the marriage, which could be renewed by gifting a similar object as the original one. For instance, if Dim gave Obsideon a flower, he would have to give her a new flower every time the current one withered, in order to replace the withered one, and thus their vows. The Star clan, however, took a liking to more permanent, or long-lasting items, such as metal, or rocks. Dim was thinking of going for a rock, and was setting his eyes on a thunder stone, because she had wanted to be a Jolteon when she was younger. Obsideon was thinking about getting a Dusk stone or something metal. Of course these were just hopes, they wouldn't know what they were getting, or giving until they wedding progressed that far and they were presented with the plot of land that contained the various objects they could choose. The guests all sat looking at the ones presiding over the wedding, Dark Star, Kenshin Sol, and Cham Star, who would watch and be responsible as witnesses to the marriage. Zuro was nearby, and would be responsible for asking if they meant what they said, a final chance to back out sort of thing. This was all in the garden of Solbas. Dim walked in on the left side, and Obsideon approached from the right. Dim had Apollo walking with him and Chario walking with Obsideon, so she wouldn't be alone, or with someone she wasn't comfortable with. As it was Obsideon looked terrible, probably from the stage fright, but Dim was completely fine, having grown very good with crowds.
When the two had gotten close to each other at the center of the area serving as the alter where they would exchange their oaths, Zuro spoke. "Please exchange the oaths of what you wish to offer to your mate. Dim Star, you will start." Dim looked at Obsideon, and stared into her eyes before saying, "Obsideon, I have known you for what feels like much longer than any other two pokemon have ever known each other before marrying. You have rejected me, and pushed off my attempts to confess love I got in a world you were not part of. I have watched you die, and I have felt your pain. So I offer myself, and everything I am to you. If you were to be in danger, I would do everything to prevent it, and to stop it, if you you were in pain I would take that pain as my own. If you needed my beating heart, I would gladly remove it for you, and as Arceus as my witness, I will never revoke my word, so long as our symbols persist." Zuro waited a moment to let Dim's words soak in. "Obsideon, it is your turn." She nodded a little and looked Dim right in the eye, her rings changed to the hyper-black nervous colour, and she spoke. "Dim, I have known you for a while, a long while, and your continued show of loving me more than your own life and your will to keep me safe overriding your will to live has inspired me to give my oath." She took a breath, and her rings began to level off in colour, returning to normal. "I will live for you, and I will die for you, if ever you feel pain, it will become my pain as well. You have accepted and forgave me when others would reject me, so I will always accept and forgive you no matter what. As Arceus as my witness, I will never revoke my word, so long as our symbols persist." Again Zuro waited a moment to let Obsideon's words soak in. "Dim Star, Obsideon, do you both understand your vows and promises and wish to be bound by them until the natural deterioration of your symbols?" "Yes." They said in unison. "Very well, follow me to finish the process."
They walked out of the garden, followed by everyone who had been at the wedding, and picking up a few new ones along their way. As the group neared the city walls, Zuro explained were the plot of land would be for their item choosing. "Once you leave the city just follow the path to its end, there you will find a tree, everything near that tree is okay, take as long as you need." Of course near was a relative distance, but the tree was chosen because it always had a large amount of rocks, metal bits, and various organic matter. They nodded and continued the procession. When they all arrived at the wall Dim and Obsideon said farewell to them for until they got back. Apollo and Chario both winked at Dim, who rolled his eyes. Then the left for the tree.
The walked for a few hours before conversation popped up. "Hey, do remember that time me, you, and Chario were walking through the woods and got ambushed by the Order?" Obsideon asked. "Yeah, why would I forget?" "Just a conversation starter, but what about the time we were leaving Order after I got my name the first time?" "Yeah, do you mean when you slapped me, or when I let you stop early." "The part leading up to the slapping." "Wanting to play a game?" "Little before." "You were tired." "Bingo." "What are you getting at?" "Well, I'm tired, and I don't want to walk, and third time's a charm." "I'm not carrying you." "Ahhh, please?" "No. Besides you got to stay in shape remember for the kit, or pup. Who does the offspring take after again?" Dim was suddenly overtaken with a perplexed face. Obsideon laughed. "Come on Dim the offspring takes after the mother, so it'll be a kit." "Are you sure?" "Wasn't your mom an Absol, and your dad an Umbreon?" "Ohh yeah, guess you're right." They walked for a few more seconds before Dim spoke again. "Okay, fine, climb on my back." He said crouching low to the ground. "Finally." She smiled, climbing on and wrapping her paws around him. He stood, and nearly fell over. "Arceus, you look so much lighter than you are." "Not sure if that's a compliment or not." "Technically it was just an observation, but you can treat it as a compliment if you like." "In that case, thank you." Dim took a moment to get accustomed to the new weight and continued walking. "Is it weird that my parents were the opposite as us?" "What do you mean?" "Well my mom was an Absol, like me, and my dad was an Umbreon, like you." "That is an odd coincidence, but what makes it even weirder, is that I used to think my dad was an Absol. Though I'm pretty sure that was just a weird childhood thing." "Never know, maybe your mom had a husband before your dad. Always a possibility." "I suppose that's true, but still, I doubt a leader of the Order would have had a husband from outside the Order." "Well, my parents both had a rebel phase, maybe your mom had one two." "I guess I'll never know." "Hey don't talk like that… Wait! The Espeons at Sol, the one's for the Order, one of them surely would've known your mom, we can ask them." "Ahh! Why didn't I think of that?" "Cause, I'm the male, which means I come up with all the good ideas." He said haughtily. "You wish." She shot back, head-butting him. He laughed. The continued walking in happy silence blissfully admiring the forest until the trail came to a rather abrupt stop, a large tree blocking the way. "Here we are." Dim said, prompting Obsideon to get off his back.
They got to work immediately, looking for the items they would exchange. Dim found a few good candidates, some rocks that looked quite nice, but none of them stood out. Obsideon found one that seemed to beat all the rest easily. It was a grey and clear rock, through and through, with not a single imperfection. Obsideon thought it looked beautiful, and hoped Dim would agree. After almost an hour Dim found a piece of rock that was a pitch black, yet clear colour and didn't have a single thing that made it anything less than perfect. "Obsideon, have you found one?" "Yeah, I have one." "Okay, me too." They walked back to the path and presented their stones. Dim picked his up, using his dark version of psychic, and Obsideon picked up her's with her flames. "I didn't know you could move things with your flames." "They're getting stronger." They both admired their respective gifts. "Obsideon, this is a very nice rock. Thank you." "So is this one, thank you too." "Am I the only feeling awkward about complimenting a rock?" "Yeah this is kinda awkward." "Okay, well, since it's getting to be a bit after the midday, I say we should just stay here for the night and head back tomorrow morning." "We still have plenty of sunlight, and we're both dark types and can see in the dark… Oh, you mean oh. Okay, but shouldn't we wait?" "Do you want to wait?" "Not really, but I think Dark wants us to until we're prepared." "Okay. Then we'll wait." "Just like that?" "I'm not going to pressure you. I remember how scared you were the last first time." "Okay, thank you." "Though it did only take you about five seconds to suddenly flip personality and make me look like the scared one." "Like you weren't." He smiled at her. "Well in that case we had better get moving." She nodded and they got moving, keeping their stones in tow in their respective ways. Dark fall came when they were about half-way along the path, so they paused for a minute to watch the sun set. "Quite colourful isn't it." "Yeah, bright too." They sat for a moment in each other's company, admiring the disk's descent below the horizon. "You know this will be one of our last chances to be truly alone." Obsideon reminded him. "I haven't forgotten. I'm going to miss this, just you and me." Dim teared up a little. "Hey it's not we're dying, cut it out." She pushed him a little with her paw. "But I'll miss it too." She leaned against him while the sun continued to set. After it was out of sight they sat for another moment not really wanting to leave. "Come on, they'll be expecting us." Obsideon nudged him a little. "Yeah, got it." They both stood and began walking casually back. It was kind of awkward for the two, they wanted to talk, and make the most of their remaining time, but didn't know what to talk about.
"You know we don't have to go back, we could always just leave." "Dim, you know just as well as I do that isn't a possibility, we have to do this." Dim sighed. "But that's not what you meant is it? Just say it." He paused at her accusation. "Dim, I am going with you. You know how mates always have that one thing that annoys them to no end? I think this is ours. You never seem to accept that I am strong enough to fight my own battles, that I can handle whatever you can handle. Why can't you do that Dim? Why?" He looked down in shame, and spoke silently. "Because I can't stand to see you in pain, physically or mentally." "You're selfish." He looked back up at her confused. "Wha…" She held up a paw for him to stop. "Dim, do you really think that just because I'm not right in front of you I'll be safe, or that just because I'm not in the fight I'm invulnerable? Well, I'm not any safer right here than I am anywhere else, The only difference is whether or not you can see it." Without warning she scratched her left leg using her right, causing a line of red to appear. She winced and Dim stared in shock. "Tell me Dim, do you honestly think this hurts me any less? Does it hurt you? Does it? Do want me to leave because I'm hurting you? Do you Dim?" "I'm sorry." He mumbled and began to continue walking back to the city. She tackled him. "No, we are settling this now." She growled out at him. He laid beneath her trying to hide himself. "I'm tired of this, how many times do we have to argue over whether or not I'm able to handle myself?" He shrugged as best he could. She stared into the back of his head, and got off of him before speaking. "Get up, we're sparring, nothing held back, short of death or maiming." He looked up at her in shock. "Why?" "To prove to you I'm just as strong as you are." He stood. "Okay, Are you sure you want me to hold nothing back?" "If you do I'll beat you to a pulp. I want you to hold true to your promise though, no three-seventy hyperbeam." "Okay I'll do it if you want me to." He backed away and prepped his mind, opening it so he could feel her thoughts clearly. She called out her flames, their power causing her rings to hungrily suck down more of the dim light, making the area just bright enough for the two to see each other, even with their night vision. "Ready?" Obsideon asked, he nodded.
She wasted no time and began shooting her fire out at him, both in balls and blade like slashes. Dim was able to predict where the fire was headed and dodged them before throwing out his own flames, using a massive flamethrower. Its size surprised Obsideon, the plume was bigger than any flamethrower she had ever seen him use, but she ignored it and sucked the flames light with her rings, managing to eventually suck energy out of it until it was little more than a warm gust of air. The energy made her eyes glow, and her flames doubled in size. She put the new power to use immediately, throwing off a wall of flames directly at him, before rushing forth and using a night slash with her flames covering her paw. However as soon as she sent out the wall of fire, Dim noticed the flames blocked his ability to feel her thoughts threw the wall, so he tried his back up move. He attempted to move into her mind and take it over. Obsideon suddenly felt a strange itch in her forehead, right before she landed her move. The hit knocked Dim to the ground and away a few meters. "Real funny Dim, I know what you did." She closed her eyes and focused on pushing Dim out of her head. Dim fought back, causing him to freeze in place, screwing up his eyes in concentration. They battled back and forth, Dim trying to invade her mind, her pushing him back out with pure willpower. If it hadn't been for Dark's training, Obsideon would've crumpled, but he had made both of them abnormally good at the art of pushing into, and removing mental invaders. Dim's nose began to bleed from the strain, but he still tried to force his mind into her's. He started slipping, and she began regaining control of herself. Eventually she pushed him all the way out and he fell down a little from the mental blow. They both panted in partial exhaustion, but both quickly regained their strength and charged at each other. Dim slashed down with his horn, throwing off a night slash, while she shot a dark pulse to block it. She slid in front of him and shot a powerful blast of flames into his chest, throwing him back. He dug his feet into the ground to slow himself down. When he stopped he jumped back at her with a tackle, he managed to predict her dodge, but didn't predict the dark pulse she fired at him. The attack knocked his head back, while his back half continued forward effectively knocking him on his back. He rolled to his side in time to dodge her night slash, and shot a flamethrower on the ground to create a wall of flame. She started to jump over the flame, but he hit her with a hyperbeam, throwing her into a tree. He stepped through the flame wall and walked over to her. "Come on, you proved your point."
She didn't move.
"Obsideon? Are you okay?" He crept closer to her. In his worry, he stopped trying to feel her thoughts and didn't notice her plan. When he was close to her she quickly spun around, knocking him off his feet. She jumped onto his stunned body and bit his neck, careful not to pierce the skin. She held the position for a second before backing away and letting him stand back up. "Now, we done?" He looked at her, and smiled. "Yeah, you win, good job." "You're handling this well." "I don't want to hold a grudge against you, and you proved you're not any more likely to die than me." "Thank you, now come on, we need to get back to the city." They started to walk back once again before Obsideon stopped for a moment to suck the energy out of the flames that Dim had left everywhere. "Oh, I over did it a bit didn't I?" Dim said sheepishly. "Nah, but I do wonder where you learned how to make your flamethrowers so big." "Well, I just released a lot more fire than I normally do, I can make them bigger, I just didn't want to burn down the forest." "If you say so." They began to walk on, after they had retrieved their stones, content that they had settled their problem.