Several months passed, Virizion only briefly meeting up with her partners. Mew had needed several visits in the end to determine the number of fathers for the children in her stomach.
"Well, isn't that lovely." Terrakion muttered, somewhat darkly. "Not only several children, but also several fathers!?"
"That's what Mew says." The Grass-type was resting on the ground, safely surrounded by the two larger forms of her lovers. "Not that the paternity matters too much..."
"The fact that they are several instead of one certainly does though." Cobalion pointed out. "It's already dangerous if there will be two in potential danger, but three?" He certainly felt a far greater urge to not let Virizion out of his sight. "I am staying with you from now on, even if it's still several months until birth." He looked her over; she had certainly grown, but one could still assume this an increase of solely fat, as if she had been eating more. It could well still be a good while until her waist had increased beyond a point where it could be hidden that it was from a pregnancy.
"Same." Keldeo agreed with their leader. He had lost one family – probably – to human interfering, he'd not risk another, even if the risk was only small.
"Oh Arceus, I saw this coming from miles away..." She only partly playfully groaned. "What about you, Terrakion?"
"I think you know my answer already, Virizion." The Rock-type countered softly.
"Lovely." She rolled her eyes, rising from her resting-position. "Will I at least be able to find some privacy once a while, or is this going to be one of those 'never leaving side'-things?"
Cobalion answered her with a small chuckle. "You already know the answer for that one, don't you?"
She rolled her eyes in answer, amusement colouring her face. "You three are going to drive me stir-crazy." Heading away from the clearing they had gathered on, she went down the hillside for a drink.
None of them followed her outright, but she knew they were playing far closer attention to the entire forest. "You two better behave..." She telepathically send the thought towards her unborn children, despite them probably being too undeveloped to receive them. "Your fathers will get so much worse if I have 'morning sickness' and what not."
She did already feel them, at least, and with Mew regularly visiting she probably didn't need to fear for their well-being before giving birth to them… Hopefully also afterwards. It would perhaps be wise to let in some of the other Pokémon living in Pinwheel Forest, for assistance. Both for the care when the two were born and to keep trainer's away from stumbling across them. She did recall a few humans that had managed to find Rumination Field, her private clearing in the forest, but for the most part she had just briefly fled it instead of facing them.
But if there were two youngsters, would she be able to do that? Freshly-hatched Pokémon were capable of keeping up with their parents, but would newly-born ones? Humans were notoriously helpless for their first few years. Perhaps she shouldn't have become one of the first to deal with this, so she'd have some clue of what to expect.
She send her mates a short mental note, before heading into the forest again, this time away from where her clearing was. Most wild Pokémon stayed well apart from that central area, respecting her privacy.
There were some she spend time with, those times when she was here without the other Swords, but she'd better make sure they were trustworthy enough to attend her during all this.
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"Truly?" The Audino breathed, looking up at the Legendary that had sought her out during her daily foraging.
"Yes." Virizion towered over the Normal-type. "Will you assist me?"
"I'd be honoured." The pink form bowed lightly, resisting the urge to look closer at the other's body. "Just tell me what I need to do."
"For now, nothing." She smiled gently. "But later, I'd like you to help me watch my children." The Legendary wondered if she should also mention the whole live-birth thing, but decided against it. She didn't know for certain yet if she could trust the Audino with her most vulnerable moment in the nearby future. She would be able to protect herself and her children after labour, but there was no doubt that she'd be utterly helpless for as long as labour would last.