And now...
Ho-oh's eyes fluttered open, the massive bird rising and stretching.
She moaned slightly, having to crack her back; she'd fallen asleep on Reshiram's couch, it seemed.
She blinked.
*Why am I...*
"Have a nice night, dearie?"
Ho-oh craned her head around to find the aforementioned dragon entering the room.
Ho-oh blinked again.
"Night...?"
"You crashed here after you asked for Reshy's advice," Zekrom added, following in behind Reshiram.
The Rainbow Bird rubbed the side of her head.
"Why don't I remember...?"
The two dragons shared a glance.
Ho-oh continued to bawl her eyes out as Zekrom brought in yet another tray of poképuffs.
The massive bird snatched it up, having abandoned class long ago as she dumped all of them into her mouth.
As she swallowed them whole, Reshiram spoke up.
"Well, dear, your concerns about Lugia are valid, of course..."
"Mm-hmm..."
"But, quite frankly, you shouldn't worry too much about him. It's abundantly clear that he loves you, and if he's decided not to propose, then maybe he's just not ready."
Ho-oh sniffed.
"But what it that means he wants to break up?"
"Oh, I doubt that highly."
"Trust me, he won't," Zekrom spoke up, refilling the female's cups. "You're pretty much all he ever talks about. Well, that, and what a hassle his kids are."
The bird frowned.
"I've been wanting to talk to him about that. They seem to have a strained relationship..."
She wiped her eyes.
"But, what if--"
Reshiram placed a claw on her wing.
"You need to stop dwelling on "What If"s, Ho-oh. You should focus on the now, and worry about the future later."
The bird sighed, lying her head on the table.
"But that's so hard..."
The white dragon nodded."It is. But it's good to try."
Suddenly, the bird jolted up, vibrating.
The dragons shared a worried glance.
"Um...Ho-oh...?"
"MY MOTHER SENSES ARE TINGLING."
"...Oh?"
"MY CHILDREN ARE DOING SOMETHING STUPID," She screeched, launching herself out of the chair.
"ULTIMATE MOTHER: AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!"
She then proceeded to launch herself upwards.
However, she was still weakened from uncontrollable crying and weighed down by 14 trays of hors-de-ouivers, and merely crashed into the ceiling and knocked herself out.
The dragons stared for a moment before Reshiram sighed.
"Zekry, go get a super potion, would you...?"
"Oh...don't worry about it."
She blinked, twitching slighty.
"Why are my mother senses tingling...?"
Knowing what was to come, the dragons rushed to her, quietly escorting her towards the window.
"Oh, I'm sure it's nothing," Reshiram said sweetly, albeit a bit rushed.
"Maybe you should go home and rest your nerves? We had a rather long talk last night," Zekrom added.
Ho-oh blinked.
"Oh, that's right...mm, perhaps I'll try and relax myself."
She prepared for takeoff.
"Thank you both, for our, er, talk, and letting me sleep here."
She beat her wings and was off.
The dragons watched her go.
Reshiram looked at Zekrom.
Zekrom looked at Reshiram.
They looked at each other.
The two leaned in...
The section of roof that Ho-oh had smahed her head against the night before gave out, breaking all over the floor.
The two glanced at it.
"Ultimate mother indeed," Zekrom sighed.
Ho-oh glided down into a landing, padding into the abandoned Tin Tower.
Bell Tower stood high across the city, but she still hadn't entered it yet.
*I should probably go there at some point...those humans did build it for me...but...*
She flapped around, banishing the thoughts from her head.
She trotted towards the massive hole consuming most of the floor; she was on the top level, so she peered down to the bottom.
"Boys?!"
Her mother senses wouldn't leave her alone, so she deigned to check on her children before heading home.
"Suicune?! Raikou?! Entei?!"
Upon recieving no response, she frowned.
*They must be out. Oh dear...*
Suddenly, her nonexistent ears picked up on sounds of an unnaturally hard rushing wind.
And...voices.
Screaming voices.
Craning her head around, she saw a quickly approaching shadow sailing towards the tower from high above through a hole in the wall.
She dived out of the way just as it--they, rather, came smashing down through the ceiling, 7 screaming Pokémon and a sleigh creating a new hole.
They then proceeded to go down through the aforementioned giant hole in the floor, landing on the final level's floor with a THUD.
"Owwwwww..."
This was the overall moaning sent up from the crasheés.
Upon recognizing the voices, Ho-oh inmediately sailed down to where they had ended up.
Suicune, Entei, Raikou, Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltrés lay in odd harnesses, which were twisted around as the birds and dogs shifted in their pain.
The pheonix's eyes widened.
"Are all of you alright?!" She cried, rushing over.
She pulled each of her children out of their harnesses, almost swearing she heard a "slower, baby..." mumble from Raikou as she did his.
The dogs groaned, each lying down, some--*COUGH* Raikou *COUGH COUGH*--less gracefully than others.
Suicune groaned, placing a paw on his head.
"The next time we do something like that, I'm not going to be up front."
"Ditto..." Entei moaned, rubbing his right eye.
Indeed, the two had gotten the brunt of the initial force, having taken the roof literally head-on.
Ho-oh moved her blue son's paw, placing her wing on his head and using her fire to heal him up.
He purred as the heat consumed his whole body.
Once finished, she removed her wing.
"Thanks, mom..."
She did the same to the other two, Entei giving a small whine when she finished; he didn't want her to stop.
The two gave similar thanks to their brother as she took a step back.
"Boys," She began softly, "What on earth are you doing?"
Her eyes drifted towards the sleigh.
They then widened.
"Is...is that a cake?!"
Somehow, the cake had been miraculously unharmed.
The dogs looked at each other.
They then looked at her.
They pointed their legs.
"It was Articuno's idea."
A groan came from said bird, who was sprawled out on her back.
"Moltrés was the one who got yelled at..."
Moltrés lifted her head, eyes spinning.
"Zapdos brought up the fact that Uncle and Auntie haven't gotten married yet. Also, he imitated me..."
Zapdos shakily stood, gagged, tripped to a nearby crevice and puked.
Staggering back over, he added his peice.
"Mewtwo and Latios wanted to play the dang game in the first place..."
Ho-oh, eyes widening, headed over and freed the birds whilst healing them as well.
"What," She began, "Are you all talking about?!"
There was a groan from the far wall behind her.
Whirling around, she found a white and purple lump slumped over upside-down on said wall.
She gaped.
"Mewtwo?!"
A groan in response.
Sighing, she went to him as well, glad that the clone wasn't wearing a harness. She healed him anyway, though.
Picking him up in her talons, she dropped him with the group, going to stand before them.
"Kids, I'm going to ask one more time:
"What are you all doing?!"
They all shared looks.
Articuno then took over, looking and sounding as innocent as possible.
"Oh, Auntie, we were just trying to help Uncle, that's all..." She cooed, batting her eyelashes.
"Really!!" Zapdos piped up, flapping his wings and looking like an overly-apologetic child. "We was just tryin' to be nice!! 'Specially 'cause we keep cuttin' 'im off!!"
"It was an apology, really," Moltrés cooed. "For how...inconsiderate we've been."
They glanced at Mewtwo.
The looks in their eyes screamed "PLAY ALONG".
He gulped, fiddling with his weird hand-paw thingies.
"And...well...you two do make a...nice couple."
Zapdos fought with all of his nonexistent willpower to hold in his explosion of laughter.
Ho-oh gaped.
"...Dear mercy, what did you do to your Uncle?!"
Lugia's eyes slowly opened.
He was greeted by dark blue, his body upside-down.
He tried to move, but ended up banging himself on the hard walls of...whatever he was trapped in.
*...Okay, don't panic, Lugia. Try and figure out what--*
He heard voices outside.
Listening, he was pretty sure it was the kids...Ho-oh's kids...and...Ho-oh herself?
He attempted to move again, wanting to shift himself upright.
*Am I...underwater?*
The numbness in his body began to fade, and he felt the cold peirce his body like knives.
*UNDERWATER INDEED.*
Unable to get himself upright, the massive bird sighed and leaned his head against the wall.
He tried to remember...
*--Wait a minute.*
The memories of his kids--and possible future kids--essentially turning into mob bosses returned.
His eyes widened.
*Wait...okay, they blasted me...the others came out of the forest when Moltrés lured me...what am I missing?*
Suddenly, a rather terrifying thought hit him.
*Wait...of the kids have finally snapped, Ho-oh could be in danger.*
"--And so, if, hypothetically, say, our Uncle may or may not have been planning to ask you a specific question, which he may or may not have been planning to--"
Ho-oh facewinged.
*I don't know what they're stalling for, but this is going on my Top Ten Worst 15 Minutes of My Life list.*
Suddenly, the cake began to vibrate.
The kids immediately shut up, turning their heads towards it.
The it clicked in said heads.
"INCOMING!!" Suicune cried, making a mad dash out of the way.
The other kids followed suit, and a very confused Ho-oh flew up above it.
A few seconds later, the cake exploded.
A blinding light shone out as The Guardian of the Sea sailed out of it with a mighty battle cry.
Once the dramatic entrance ended, he was promptly splattered in cake remains.
That then knocked him to the ground, the glops of frosting sticking to his feathers and the chunks of various peices and decor splattered across his body.
Opening his eyes and looking up, he found seven Pokémon were now standing over him.
"Ya good, Uncle?" Zapdos asked.
The bird opened his beak, but before he could answer, Raikou spoke up.
"Does he really have time to worry about that? He better ask before something that isn't you guys interrupts."
"Fair point," Moltrés replied.
They all scrambled out of the way, planting themselves on the far wall, watching.
Mewtwo teleported them all popcorn.
Lugia blinked, when he suddenly heard flapping descending towards him.
Looking up, he found the epitome of beauty land in front of him.
Ho-oh helped him up.
"Lugia, what. On. Earth."
"I'm...not entirely sure myself." He replied. "I they kidnapped me."
"FORGET OUR METHODS, JUST ASK ALREADY YA BUM!!" Articuno screeched impatiently.
Yells of agreement came from her companions.
Lugia wracked his brain...
And his jaw dropped.
*They...were setting us up?*
He then turned back to Ho-oh, who seemed to be waiting on him.
Her eyes had begun to sparkle.
He took a deep breath.
*Here goes nothing.*
He reached out and took her wing in his frosting-covered one."Ho-oh," he began, "I have literally been trying to do this for a couple of months. And, oddly enough, the very thing preventing it has finally brought us together for this moment."
He glanced at his kids, the back to his girlfriend.
"When I was first re-awakened, it was because of some prophesy at a festival dedicated to me. The kids were apparently being kidnapped, and when they got out, started trying to kill each other. As usual."
Anticipating an argument, Mewtwo grabbed Zapdos beak and held it shut.
"So, after that was...settled, I didn't go back to my slumber. I decided to go back to the surface life, at least for a little while. Mostly to make sure those three didn't kill themselves, each other, or any random people."
Mewtwo reached over and held Articuno's beak shut.
"But, then, I met...well, re-met you. We hadn't seen each other in years, and...well...I guess old feelings don't die easily, because as soon as I saw how beautiful you were, I was in love all over again."
Ho-oh blushed at the memory.
"I remember it didn't take us long to start dating--we were both having feelings, and once we were done catching up we pretty much did everything together.
"That, my dear, was over ten years ago. I have ten years--heck, however many years since creation--years' worth of memories. And, quite frankly, I'm ready for more."
He leaned in.
"Ho-oh..."
He paused, just to make sure there wouldn't be another interruption.
Mewtwo reached out with his Psychic and held the birds--and himself--in place.
Lugia inhaled, then exhaled.
"Ho-oh...would you be my Mate?"
Not a second later, he was tackled by a happily-crying Ho-oh, and nuzzled uncontrollably.
"YES YES YES YES YES YES OH YES!!!!! WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!"
He paused...
Then laughed, kissing her.
Off to the side, seven kids let out an uproar of cheers, happy that their parents finally were.
And...there ya go!!
Satisfying? I hope so, 'cause I ain't changing it XD
Welp, this was a wild ride, and, quite frankly, I'm happy I'm finally done.
(No, CotA is still going, this arc is just done)
Now, this isn't the end of the bonding for the birds and the dogs!! (And Mewtwo, yay!) In fact, they'll be together...on a vacation!!
That, however, will be a separate story, so watch my page, will ya?
We'll return to "normalcy" next chappie, so make sure to review!!
Alright, so, the whole Mates for Life thing has a thing with marriage bands, but not an official wedding ceremony, so sorry if you wanted that.
But, Pokemon can have a wedding...like when Solgaleo and Lunala--
OOOOOOOOOPS
I said too much!! ;)
Anyhow, if y'all still care:
PKM Sun Updates: GUESS WHO JUST CAUGHT SOLGALEO BABY!!!!
Hehe yeah, it's been a while since I updated y'all about this, so I did some stuff. I'll be hitting up the Elite Four soon, so stay tuned!!
My team:
Blitz the Incineroar (Level 55)
OwO the Butterfree (Level 54)
Grace the Espeon (Level 50)
Hank the Vaporeon (Level 53)
Bandit the Alolan Raticate (Level 50)
Jewels the Alolan Persian (Level 51)
I think I got all that right XD
WPFOTD: If you hacked a Mew or Deoxys into Firered or Leafgreen, they were orogrammed to not obey you.
Welp, See Ya Next Chappie!!!