Note: The movie Isamu has the others watch with him is an actual horror comedy called 'The Happiness of the Katakuris'.

It had been two weeks since the defeat of Marshal and his allies, and things had been fairly peaceful in Tokyo. As such, the group used their free time to enjoy themselves as usual with the only major difference being Eiko's egg. Ever since she found it, she had made it her duty to bring it with her everywhere she went no matter what.

Currently, she and her friends were at the club as Vigoroth and Meloetta were in the midst of a game of billiards, the green-haired girl surprisingly dominating. She had just sunk the eight ball as Vigoroth stared in horror, asking, "Is this really your first time?"

"Sorry, was I supposed to lose?" Meloetta asked as Vigoroth clutched the sides of her head, Isamu turning toward them while sitting on the couch with the others and laughing, "She's just being a poor sport! You've done an impressive job!"

"Guys, quiet!" Eiko squeaked as the others turned to face her. She was currently cradling the egg in a blanket as she murmured, "You'll wake him."

"Sis, if you're so worried about that, why did you bring the egg to a club of all places?" Isamu asked as Rinko added, "He's got a point. This isn't exactly the most quiet place in Tokyo."

"I'm sorry," Eiko sighed, "I know I'm being a bit of a killjoy. It's just that I can't bare the thought of not being there when he finally hatches."

"Oh yeah, that's why you can't just leave the egg with your mom," Machop replied as Eiko beamed bright and added, "That's right. I'm taking little Kelani with me everywhere."

"You've already decided on a name?" Machop asked as she rose an eyebrow, Isamu nodding and sighing, "I keep telling her it's too early. I mean, how do you know the baby's even going to be a boy?"

"I just have a feeling is all," Eiko replied with a big smile, "Maybe it's mother's intuition," Torchic laughing nervously and uttering, "Yeah, sure, why not?"

Isamu rolled his eyes and turned to Machop, asking, "By the way, you said you had the day off from training, right?" the girl nodding and saying, "Yeah, Lairon says I've earned it. I'm just hoping this doesn't turn out like my last day off."

The others nodded as Venipede sighed, "As satisfying as it was finally mastering my family's best move, I don't want a repeat of that," Rinko nodding and patting him on the shoulder.

"Yeah, I really hope we have a peaceful night," Isamu replied, "Mom and Dad have agreed that you guys can come over for dinner if you'd like," Torchic's eyes widening as Meloetta and Vigoroth turned to face him.

"Yeah, they figured with you being such great friends, it would be awesome to have you over," Eiko replied before kissing her egg and adding, "You hear that, Kelani? We're gonna have friends over."

"Oh yeah, she has a special seat for the egg," Isamu sighed as Eiko pouted and remarked, "Why wouldn't I? Kelani is a member of the family, and that means he sits with us for din-din."

The others stared awkwardly as Meloetta giggled and said, "That so sweet. Maybe I should get married. Then I could have a baby," the others laughing nervously as Rinko uttered, "You know you have to be at least eighteen to get married in this day and age, right?"

"Actually, in Japan, the male has to be eighteen and the female has to be at least sixteen," Isamu replied as even Machop was shocked to hear this. None of the heroes could believe that after more than a month of living in Japan, they did not know this until just now.

Vigoroth then grinned and said, "It's also best to date someone for a few years before even considering marriage. If you ever decide to seek out the perfect man, I'll help you out. It may be hard to believe, but I've been in a couple of relationships myself."

"A couple?" Machop asked as Vigoroth sighed, "Yeah, they were both in the same year and ended after a week. Apparently, I'm too badass for other sloths to handle."

Torchic snickered and said, "Bet you're glad you left your kingdom now, eh?" Vigoroth blinking and replying, "You make a good point. I may actually be able to find someone here."

At that moment, the conversation came to a close when one of the boys at the club said, "Hey, Meloetta, we haven't heard you sing all day," the green-haired girl's eyes widening as she squeaked, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot!"

With that, she excitedly skipped over to the karaoke machine and turned to Eiko who nodded and gave her a thumb up. Meloetta breathed a sigh of relief and started playing music, singing along with it as everyone was about to cheer only for Eiko to scowl at them. As such, they all gave the green-haired girl a low clap, laughing nervously.

Once that was over, the group was headed to Isamu and Eiko's house, and as excited as the boy was to have all of his hero friends there, for whatever reason, he was most excited to have Machop there. But even he did not know why her thoughts on his house mattered more than those of the others.

Soon enough, the group arrived, but since it was only two in the afternoon, Noboru and Hana had not even started on dinner. But this hardly mattered to the group as Eiko opened the door, saying, "Welcome to our humble home."

While not too fancy, the interior of the house was nice. Hana had just finished vacuuming the floor when she noticed her kids and their friends arrive, smiling and saying, "Hello. I just finished cleaning up, so make yourselves at home."

Meloetta bowed her head as Machop replied, "Thanks. We shall do just that," a big grin on her face as Isamu said, "Come on. I'll give you a quick little tour of the house. We may be spending most of it in the basement."

For the first little while, the boy showed the heroes to his and Eiko's rooms. Isamu's was exactly like everyone figured it would be. It was neat and tidy with most of his things in drawers.

While Eiko's room was not too much different, the paint job on her walls was practically unnoticeable as she had a wide assortment of posters. Of course, every one of them was related to the heroes of Earth, Machop rather surprised by all the merchandise of her. Along with the posters was a big collection of plush toys, figures and DVDs, one of which was the box set of an entire animated series starring Lucario.

Venipede stared at the disc and uttered, "Did you know this existed?" Rinko shaking her head as she said, "I know he's famous, but damn."

Eiko had the proudest look on her face as Machop said, "This is actually pretty awesome," noticing action figures of her, Machoke and Machamp as the pink-haired girl stated, "These are my personal favourites."

"It's funny," Isamu said with a sigh, "Before we started working part-time, she only had a few things in here. Those action figures she got for her tenth birthday and a couple of those posters were bought by our aunt and uncle when they took us to the mall a couple of years ago."

"Yeah, but now I don't need anyone to buy this stuff for me!" Eiko squealed with delight, "Now that I have money, I can buy my own stuff!"

Isamu rolled his eyes and sighed, "You know, Mom and Dad may be okay with this for now, but one of these days, you're gonna be in desperate need of money and you won't have any because you blew it on all of this."

"Don't you think you're getting ahead of yourself?" Rinko asked, "Eiko's still got four years before she graduates, right?" the pink-haired girl nodding and replying, "Exactly. Once I get a full-time job, I can buy all the stuff I want and still have plenty leftover for college and all that stuff."

Isamu shrugged his shoulders and replied, "If you say so," as Machop patted him on the shoulder and said, "Still, it might be best not to let the baby near some of this stuff. They're known to destroy things. According to Mama, I was pretty destructive at that age. I used to pretend household items were villains."

Isamu blinked and imagined a baby Machop running around the house and piledriving a vase into the floor. As scary an image as that was, it was also strangely adorable as he found himself resisting the urge to laugh.

"Wow, I never thought of that," Eiko replied as Vigoroth said, "You may also wanna consider getting a crib. If that egg contains a creature like us, you're not exactly going to get a pet out of it."

Once the group was finished checking out Eiko's room, they were led to the basement where a big-screen TV was set up. There was also a good number of movies lined up on a shelf as Isamu said, "Dinner's at least three hours away. You guys wanna watch something?"

Before agreeing to this, Machop noticed a gaming console hooked up and asked, "Hey, what sorts of games do you guys have?" Eiko squealing and replying, "I know just the one!"

"Now who's talking too loud?" Torchic asked as the others snickered, Eiko not realizing this as she pulled out a box, saying, "We should totally play this."

She then held up a fighting game featuring heroes both old and new, Machop's eyes sparkling as she squealed, "Oh my god! We're all in a video game!" Meloetta blinking and saying, "Wow, I might finally learn how to play one of these."

Venipede looked at the cover and said, "Hey, there's a little anime me on it," Rinko nodding and saying, "Wow, I'm available in my Mantima outfit," Torchic grinning and saying, "Pop that baby in. I want a go at this."

Isamu blinked, feeling a tad disappointed but soon found himself wanting to join in as a light smile formed on his face. The movie could wait. After all, neither hero had a gaming system, so this could very well be their only chance in a while to play this.

Meloetta was rather surprised to see herself in the game as she asked, "When was this made?" Eiko replying, "Well, development finished last month, but when the world saw your dancing abilities, they added you as a DLC."

"DLC?" the green-haired girl asked as Machop explained, "It means downloadable content," Meloetta's eyes sparkling as she said, "I still have so much to learn."

The heroes played for about an hour until Isamu heard the door open. He then nodded and said, "Dad's home," Eiko pausing the game and saying, "Guess we may as well say hi before continuing."

The next three hours were certainly a lot of fun. After another hour of playing, the group decided to watch a musical comedy about a family running a cursed hotel. Various parts left Rinko and Venipede confused while others came off as surprisingly grim for a comedy. Meloetta would have had trouble sitting through it had she not been exposed to quite a few action and horror films since she joined the group. All she needed to know was that none of it was real.

The movie just happened to end right when Hana and Noboru finished making dinner. Thus everyone was ready as they headed upstairs, Eiko making sure not to drop the egg.

Once the group was seated, Machop, Torchic and Vigoroth stared awkwardly at a baby chair set up next to Eiko. Along with having the egg wrapped in a blanket, it was also seated on top of another one in the shape of a nest. Isamu was not kidding. She really did have a chair for the egg.

"I told you," the boy whispered to Machop as she nodded and replied, "Seriously, she treats it like it's already hatched."

Noboru grinned and said, "I would like to propose a toast for our honoured guests, the heroes of Tokyo who have not only saved us all from evil multiple times but also saved our kids from the hands of death two weeks ago on this very day. It is a true honour for them to join us for dinner tonight."

Meloetta's cheeks were bright pink as Rinko laughed nervously, saying, "Wow, he says that like we're royalty or something," Venipede replying, "Well, we have pretty much reached celebrity status."

With that in mind, all ten people rose their cups of tea and clinked them together, taking simultaneous sips. But just as they were about to try the food, Eiko's eyes widened when she noticed the egg start to twitch.

"Oh my god, it's about to hatch!" she squeaked as the others gasped and gazed upon it.

"We're about to witness something magical," Noboru said as Hana quickly took out her phone, entering the camera screen and pressing 'record'.

Isamu grinned and said, "Now we'll see whether or not this baby really is a boy," Eiko biting her lower lip in anticipation as the entire egg cracked open. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the creature that sat there before them.

He was a small, gelatinous being with a leafy-green body. He had a large round head and torso along with a small hook-shaped tail to stand on. He only had one big eye with a small white oval in the middle of his face. On the bottom of his head was a beak-like formation and in the middle of his body was a hexagon with a red front side and a blue back side.

All went silent as Vigoroth asked, "What the hell kind of creature is that?" as Eiko beamed bright and squealed, "I don't care! All that matters is that my little Kelani is adorable!"

The baby looked up at her with his eye sparkling before leaping into her arms, the pink-haired girl saying, "Welcome to the world, Kelani."

Isamu nodded with a sweet smile and said, "Yeah, it's good to have you here, little guy," holding out his hand only for the green creature to tremble, Eiko reassuringly saying, "It's okay. That's just Uncle Isamu. I know he has a pretty scary face, but he's nice."

"Scary face?" the boy remarked as Machop snickered, Noboru and Hana not sure how to respond to that.

After a few seconds, tears welled up in the baby's eye as he started crying, Eiko holding him close and rubbing his back, saying, "There, there, Mommy's got you," Noboru and Hana about to help before noticing the child almost instantly calm down when in Eiko's care. Despite not really being the creature's mother and having no parenting experience herself, it was as if she was meant to care for Kelani and no one else.

Even so, Eiko was fully aware of the fact that she could not bring the baby to school and as such, she figured her mom could take care of him during the day. With that in mind, she knew the child would at least have to learn to trust Hana, but right now, he just wanted to be in the pink-haired girl'ss gentle embrace and no one else's.

Soon enough, dinner was over and it was time for the heroes to head home. As such, they bowed their heads to Noboru and Hana, thanking them for a wonderful time and exited, Machop resting her hands behind her head, saying, "Man, that sure was an eventful evening. I just really hope Eiko's ready for this."

"I'm not too worried," Torchic replied with a shrug of her shoulders, "Don't forget, she's got Isamu and her parents to help her out. And besides, folks like us are more like humans, so taking care of Kelani won't be that much different from taking care of a human baby."

"Really?" Rinko asked as Venipede nodded and said, "Yep, I grew up with the same treatment as any human. I drank milk, got nap times, slept in a crib, all the stuff you'd expect from a baby. We may not be human, but we are more evolved than your typical animal."

Vigoroth took a deep breath and said, "Well, to be honest, she doesn't even seem completely prepared for that. It's a damn good thing her family knows a lot about it," Meloetta nodding and adding, "But just think, their parenting skills could rub off on her. Then she won't need their help."

Either way, it was probably for the best that someone take care of Kelani, let alone someone good. If they had left that egg alone, there was a chance a villain could have picked it up or the baby could have grown up all by itself.

After a few more hours, it was time for bed as Eiko tucked Kelani in next to her, a big smile on her face as she said, "The others said you'd need a crib, but I have a feeling I can trust you in a more grown-up bed."

The baby seemed more than comfortable under the covers as he implied a smile with his eye, Eiko returning the gesture and saying, "Come on, let's get some shut-eye."

She then turned off the light next to her bed and said, "Goodnight, cutie," Kelani letting out a light squeak before closing his eye, Eiko kissing his forehead. Despite only having just been born, he was surprisingly well behaved. Perhaps taking care of this child would not be so difficult after all.

While the two slept, two figures loomed outside the window. One reached out a pair of peach-coloured hands and shattered the window, Eiko screaming in terror as Kelani woke up, his eye wide with fear as the owner of the hands approached him, saying, "There, there, child, you're in good hands. I'm just going to bring you to your rightful owners."

"That's right," her ally replied, "Now come with us peacefully and no one gets hurt," as Eiko spread her arm out in front of the baby, exclaiming, "Hey, if you want Kelani, you'll have to get through me!"

As it just so happened, the peach-coloured arms were actually the long hair of their owner, who had no normal arms. Her body was a black pumpkin with two stubby feet and a menacing face carved into it. Her head was more like the top of a broomstick only she had two thin, oval-shaped eyes and a small mouth. Along with her long pink hair was a black cowlick shaped like a crescent moon.

Her ally was a slender brown tree who stood atop six roots like spider legs. His mouth and belt area were more like if bark had been ripped off to reveal his inner body, which was made of black shadows. Each side of his head had a long, horn-like gnarl with a small one on each forearm. He also had hair and bracelets made from tufts of leaves and a single red eye.

"You heard the girl, Trevenant," the broom pumpkin said as the tree cracked his knuckles and added, "She's either very brave for a human or ungodly stupid, wouldn't you say, Gourgeist?"

But just as they were about to attack her, Isamu burst into the room, shouting, "WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Kelani curled up into a ball and trembling as the boy noticed the demonic creatures before him and growled, "You stay away from my sister!"

The boy then leapt at the two only for Trevenant to swing the back of his hand into his cheek, sending him crashing into the wall. He then closed his eyes and slid down it as Gourgeist moved her arms menacingly toward Eiko.

But just as the pink-haired girl closed her eyes, bracing herself for what was to come, she was shocked not to have been hurt. As it so happened, the broom pumpkin reached over her arm and picked up Kelani, the baby doing his best to escape but to no avail.

"Well, we got what we wanted," Gourgeist said as Trevenant nodded and replied, "We may as well take our leave. Thanks for the kid, but we would have liked it more if you'd just handed him over."

With all said and done, the two leapt out of the window as Noboru and Hana entered, Noboru noticing Isamu slowly rising to his feet and rubbing his cheek. Hana ran to his side as the man asked, "Eiko, what happened?" as the pink-haired girl had tears in her eyes, sniffing, "Two creeps came in and stole Kelani!"