Hey y'all.

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Ri2: Oh come on man you know she looks like one--

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*Thoughts*

"Speech"

"Telekinesis Talk."

Disclaimer: If I owned Pokémon, Pokémon Gun would be a real thing.

O/O/O/O

"--So, in conclusion, the multiverse theory..."

The others present leaned in, eagerly awaiting Lugia's verdict.

"...may or may not be true."

They fell back with groans of annoyance.

"Dude," Palkia muttered. "All that buildup for that?"

The water bird smirked.

"That's what I'm telling you. Who knows what I really found?"

"I do." Arceus muttered.

"Because I told you," Lugia replied, looking over his shoulder at his creator.

"True, but I had a pretty good idea already. You just, as everyone says nowdays, 'Sealed the Deal'."

"Hold on," Cyrus piped up. "Giratina has the Distortion World. Doesn't that count as another universe?"

"Erm, no, I don't think so, actually." Giratina replied, rubbing the back of his neck with a wing. "It's more of an expanded pocket dimension."

This caught everyone's attention.

"Pocket dimension?!"

"Well, I mean, it started out that way. But at this point it's more or less an endless yet ending void of confusion."

"Truth." Palkia agreed, Dialga giving a nod of agreement.

"Wait, does that mean pocket dimensions are up for grabs?!" Victini exclaimed looking at Arceus with wide eyes.

"Well...I suppose so," The Llama God replied, rubbing the underside of his chin with a golden-clad hoof.

"Of course, access is debatable, as having certain powers--"

However, Keldeo and Victini had already bolted out of the room.

Terrakion, Virizion, and Cobalion all groaned and exited the room, muttering something about kids...and firecrackers...?

Welp.

As the others badgered Lugia, Mesprit sidled up to Raikou.

She lowered her voice to a husky whisper.

"I wonder what kinda of other universes there are...don't you?"

She winked suggestively.

He looked away, hoping to avoid showing her the red on his face.

"Oh, I'll bet there's one where I'm a male and you're a female! That would be interesting~"

He swallowed hard.

"Maybe you're a wailord and I'm a skitty!!"

He then slammed a paw over his mouth, immediately realizing that he essentially just called his secret girlfriend fat.

She, however, burst out laughing.

"I'll never get over some of those egg groups," The pink blob giggled.

"Hehe...me neither."

Ho-oh, perched on the back of a chair, noticed the two (Unbeknowest to them, of course).

She smirked, glancing at Suicune and Entei.

The two were too caught up in arguing about the multiverse to notice her or their brother's antics.

She cooed, flapping over to Lugia's side and nuzzling him.

"Look at my kids. All grown up. And my boyfriend. Making big ol' scientific discoveries. I'm so proud."

"I'm not sure if that's sarcasm or genuine, but I honestly don't care too much," Lugia replied, nuzzling her as well.

*Maybe I can sneak her away real quick...*

"Say, dearest, could we talk in private for a minute? There's somwthing I've been wanting to ask--"

However, the heartfelt moment was cut short as several explosions echoed in the distance, followed a choir of really old ladies and an angry light show. Oh, and fireworks.

All had gathered at a window to see, the light show eventually subsiding.

"What the heck was that?" Celebi wondered aloud.

Lugia sighed, knowing what direction it had all come from.

"My kids."

O/O/O/O

Zapdos gave a hard inhale, the soot covering his body and invading his lungs causing him to cough.

Looking up at the mass of rubble covering himself, it took him a moment to regain his mindset.

A soot-covered Mewtwo descended in front of him.

Zapdos looled up at the clone.

"Eh...so, that didn' really go accordin' ta plan."

"You're dang right it didn't."

Both lifted their heads to find, as usual, a very angry Articuno flapping above them. Only now, she was covered in soot as well.

Her signature eye twitch occured, a low growl coming from her throat.

She angrily descended, attempting to dust herself off.

"MY FEATHERS!! MY BEAUTIFUL FLAMES!! MY GORGEUS FIGURE!! MY AURA OF GRACE!! WHY MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!"

Moltrés' wails elicted eye-rolls from the three.

"I'm surrounded by idiots," Articuno muttered under her breath as her grey-stained coat remained that way.

The fire-bird descended, wailing and crying her eyes out.

She, too, was covered in soot.

Zapdos felt a small pang of guilt at seeing his sister cry, but did his best not to show it. She was rather dramatic, after all.

Articuno plucked out one of her feathers.

Spitting it out, she directed a glare at her sister.

"Moltrés, number one, nobody can see your feathers half the time; number two, your flames look like regular flames, it's only when you make them all extravagant and crap that they actually look beautiful; three, you're a bird. If you want a summef body go to an actual Gym. Oh wait, YOU'RE A POKÉMON AND CAN'T ACTUALLY WORK OUT!! AND ABOUT THAT 'AURA OF GRACE'--"

"That's enough, Articuno."

All heads looked up to find Lugia descending upon them.

Upon landing, he looked at the four and sighed.

"Dare I ask?"

The siblings immediately broke into their own explanations, each trying to be the dominant story.

"Zados supercharged the fireworks--"

"Articuno set off the strobe lights--"

"Moltrés the Almighty 'ere was the one who caused them explosions--"

"I didn't know the bus was full of old ladies I swear!!"

As the birds continued to yell, Lugia turned his mortified attention to Mewtwo.

"I mean, they all lived, I just feel bad. And I paid all their hospital bills," The clone shrugged.

The water bird blinked.

"I mean, there wasn't much to pay, considering most of them were unscathed. But I have a lot of respect for old ladies, you know?"

More blinking.

"...How did you pay that so fast?"

"Oh, I just combined Extreme Speed with Teleport, then combined Payday with some of my Amulet Coins."

"...What?"

"You can learn Extreme Speed?"

"I don't think so."

"...What?"

"I don't think I can learn Payday either. Teleport is iffy, as I'm a psychic type but never really bothered to check that one."

"...But...how...how did..."

Mewtwo shrugged.

"I was chatting with Victini a few days ago. He taught me some tricks."

The baffled Lugia gave a confused squack.

He then facewinged.

"Accursed idiotic existence-breaking tiny legendaries..."

Then, something else Mewtwo had said caught his attention.

"Wait, some of your Amulet Coins? How many do you have?"

Mewtwo would not meet his gaze.

"...Mewtwo?"

"Let's just say I have a small hoarding problem...and it goes beyond Amulet Coins..."

"...Alright then..."

Turning his attention back to the trio, he gave a whistle.

They ceased their arguing.

"Alright. Let's get you four cleaned up..."

He took a deep breath.

The birds braced themselves for impact while Mewtwo looked a bit lost.

He realized what was happening when the massive amount of water blasted him.

O/O/O/O

Later...

Mewtwo's eyes snapped open, his body reflexively jumping up.

However, he ended up flopping back down.

His eyes were clouded by a foggy substance, sending him into panic mode.

However, with some blinking, it cleared away.

He found that he was merely in a...hot spring?

Zapdos was across from him, his head laid back on the rocky edges.

Upon hearing Mewtwo's splashing, he raised his head.

"Oh, yer 'wake. Cool."

Mewtwo blinked, looking around once more.

They seemed to be in a cave of sorts, perhaps in a volcano.

"..Where--"

"Moltrés hot springs. Up in Mount Ember."

His head whipped around to find a not-too-happy-looking Articuno walking over.

She stepped onto the edge right by him, glancing down at the clone.

"Scoot over."

It wasn't a suggestion, nor a question.

He complied, sliding his sluggish body to the side.

Articuno nochalantly stepped off the ledge, plopping down into the heated water.

Mewtwo's eyes widened.

"Articuno, you're an ice--?"

She looked at him, one eye half-lidded and the other mostly shut. Her feathers poked put in different directions.

In summary: She looked absolutey done with life in general.

"Moltrés did something to the water. Ask her. But if Uncle Lugia hasn't killed me via water blasting by now, I think I'm fine."

She scowled as she gazed down at the water.

"And I need some relaxation."

And with that, she copied her brother, stretching her wings out across the ledges and sinking into the natural tub.

Mewtwo blinked.

"Where's--"

He was cut off by an annoyed grunt.

Looking up, he found Moltrés standing on the ledge next to Zapdos.

She was clad in a purple bathrobe, her flames seemed a bit smaller than usual, and she shared the same look of being done as her sister, only containing more annoyance.

She pulled the robe off and descended into the spring.

The water bubbled, becoming warmer with the bird's prescence.

"Moltrés, you're a fire--"

"These springs have special effects," the bird cut him off. "Relaxation and healing. Since this is my mountain, I have the authority to do what I want. And since many trainers and elderly people like to come up, I've adapted them to accomodate all types so nobody gets hurt while trying relax."

She did not look up, merely continuing to glare at the steaming water.

Mewtwo looked at it as well, trying to move around.

His body was overly sluggish for some reason.

He then noticed Zapdos glaring at him.

He raised a brow, but then realized:

Articuno was rather close to him.

Like, really close.

And Zapdos was the angry older brother.

Crud.

He went to slide away, but, as previously mentioned, his body was overly sluggish, which caused him to fall face-first into the water.

A claw pulled him out.

He twitched, lifting a slow arm to rub his face.

"Why--"

"Ya got knocked out from Uncle. He used really cold water ta get the stuff off. Then he gave us a lecture 'bout fire safety 'n stuff fer three hours. All's of us were 'most icicles by then, so Moltrés suggested we come up here. Ya weren't really movin' too much, so we said that if ya didn't wake up in an hour you were dead."

The clone's eyes widened.

"How--"

"Fifty-seven minutes." Articuno replied.

Mewtwo shuddered, the image of waking up in a grave crossing his mind.

"That's what we were thinking," Moltrés stated, seeing him shudder.

Silence reigned for a while.

Mewtwo's mind drifted to each of the birds, thoughts rolling around in his head.

Eventually, Articuno spoke up.

"Should we play a game or something?"

They all looked at her.

"I mean, I think we can all agree that we're gonna be here a while. Better pass the time."

The other birds looked at each other and shrugged.

Mewtwo agreed.

"Alrighty, this is a game where..."

O/O/O/O

Lugia slumped his head down on the Dining Hall's table.

"What am I gonna do with those kids..."

Virizion flopped down into the chair next to him, mimicking his position.

"I feel you."

He let out a squack of defeat.

You just can't win with rowdy kids.

Hey guys, question: Does anybody know what happened to Ash Jason? Like, is he dead? 'Cause he randomly stopped reviewing a while back, and when a member of the review crew vanishes I notice. And I dunno who knows who in real life or whatever.

WPFOTD: Pikachu used to be a chunky boi. Now look at him.

Oh, I got White 2 a week or so ago. I picked Snivy. Say, anybody know where I can get Eevee on there?

Welp, See ya next Chappie!!