Fair warning, as you all should know, morning sickness is a big part of pregnancy. The start of this chapter does contain a scene with Diamond going through morning sickness but it shouldn't be too bad overall. But if you don't want to read about this subject at all, it should be easy to tell when the sickness is about to start so it should be easy to avoid.

With my updated writing style I do plan to add more, quote on quote, graphic content because of what is yet to come in the story. Next time I may not give this warning ahead of time but it should usually be easy to avoid.

This chapter I will be having this universe' concept of Pokemorphs explained in detail so expect a long dialogue closer to the end of the chapter as there is a LOT of stuff that needs to be explained.


Chapter 38: Housecall

After their short visit with Arceus, Diamond had awoken to find herself back in bed with Aura.

She felt a strong sense of security upon realizing Aura had pulled her into an embrace whilst they slept and was spooning her with his arm draped over her belly. Diamond warmly smiled as she felt Aura's heart beat against her upper back and his slow steady breathing brush past her ears, making them lightly twitch every so often. He was still fast asleep.

Though curious as to why she had awoken much sooner despite Arceus sending them both back at the same time, she decided to just enjoy this moment rather than question the logic, that is, until she began to feel uneasy all of a sudden with a sickening pressure rising up from her gut. She let out a nauseous groan before the horrid sensation worsened and her whole body tensed up.

In a flight of panic, Diamond completely disregarded her sleeping mate as she hastily threw off the blanket and scrambled out of bed. Aura jumped awake from the sudden jerking of the bed just in time to see Diamond rushing to the bathroom with her hands clasped over her mouth. Aura couldn't even call her name before she sprinted into the bathroom and flung the toilet seat up with a bang.

Diamond dropped to her knees with her hands tightly gripping the edges of the toilet as she violently gagged into the bowl. She hadn't even noticed Aura rushing to the bathroom to check on her as she stared into the toilet bowl with teary eyes. In that moment she felt her entire body tense up and lurch forward as the putrid sickness shot from her mouth and into the toilet. As soon as it stopped Diamond gasped for air, ignoring the terrible smell wafting through the room as she felt the sickness rise again. After another few seconds of throwing up, Diamond panted and gasped for air again. She swore under her breath as she began to feel her stomach finally start to settle down.

Releasing another groan of pain, she let go of the toilet and slumped back, her whole being shivered as she slowly scooched toward the jacuzzi-tub and rested against it, a few small trails of vomit dangled from the fur of her muzzle.

"Are you okay?" She heard Aura ask, finally looking up at him. She watched as he stepped into the bathroom, quickly flushing the toilet and closing the lid before taking a facecloth and wetting it in the sink. "Here." He said as he knelt down and held up the damp cloth.

Diamond took it in her hand and sheepishly smiled at her mate. "Thank you." she whispered, starting to wipe her muzzle clean. "I'm sorry for waking you up."

Aura took the cloth once she was done and brought it back to the sink, Diamond giggling weakly as he gagged a bit while rinsing it off. Leaving the cloth in the sink, he quickly calmed his nerves and knelt down beside her. "It's fine. I'm more worried about you right now though." He gently helped her stand up and sit on the edge of the jacuzzi-tub. "I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that was the morning sickness kicking in." Aura rubbed her back, "How you feeling now?"

She held her stomach and groaned. "Still not too good." She muttered, her voice sounding a bit strained. She abruptly leaned over and spit into the tub, "Ugh! My mouth just tastes terrible now too." She whimpered.

"I think I can help with that. Can you stand?" He asked. Diamond paused a bit before nodding. Letting Aura place her arm around his neck, Diamond stood up with his support, her legs shaking slightly but managing to hold her weight. The two stepped up to the sink and Aura hastily tossed the cloth down the countertop. Wiping off his hand on his shorts, Aura reached over and grabbed his toothbrush and held it up.

"Your toothbrush?" Diamond asked quizzically.

"Yep. I figured this would be the easiest way to deal with the taste… and your breath." He explained.

Diamond glanced away shyly, "But if I use it then it'll be ruined."

Aura shrugged, "They're not that expensive so I can just get a new one. And right now I'm pretty sure you need it more than I do." Once he was sure Diamond could stand on her own, Aura prepared the toothbrush for her. "You've seen how I've used it, right?"

Diamond nodded with hesitation. She'd watched curiously in the past whilst the two would get ready in the mornings, but as a Pokemon she'd never actually used such hygene products. Aura simply smiled and put the toothbrush in her paw. For the next few minutes the two stood in the bathroom while Aura patiently taught his mate how to use a toothbrush, almost finding the whole situation a little ironic as he would probably also have to teach their kit too.

Spitting the foamy paste into the sink, Aura handed Diamond a cup of water to rinse her mouth. He actually had to force himself to not laugh from the sight of her cheeks puffing out. "Better?" Aura asked, wrapping his arms around her shoulders.

Diamond grabbed his hand and smiled, "Yes. Thank you, Aura." She leaned against his chest and closed her eyes, feeling them slightly burning from her abrupt awakening as well as the harsh tiredness that washed over her.

"Whoa!" Aura cried as Diamond's legs suddenly gave out, all of her weight falling against him and nearly knocking him over as he caught her. "I think you should maybe lie down for a while. I don't want to risk you getting hurt."

She groaned and slowly blinked at him. Her head throbbed and her whole body ached, she felt so tired all of a sudden that she could barely stand up straight. With a short grunt, Diamond rubbed her head and looked at Aura, "Mmh- yeah. Maybe I should just go back to bed for now…" She let out a yawn, "Can you carry me?" She asked.

Aura chuckled, agreeing to carry her to the bed without hesitation. As he lifted her into his arms bridal style, he let out a faint wheeze and grunted, "You've gotten a bit heavier since you evolved. I can only imagine how much you'll weigh in a week or two." He teased. She scoffed at him, playfully hitting him in the back of the head with a tired smirk before wrapping her arms around his neck and leaning her head on his shoulder. After setting her on the bed, Aura walked to the window and opened it, "This should air out the room a bit better." He mumbled, turning around to face his pregnant partner. "I'm gonna go get started on breakfast. But first, is there anything you need me to do?"

Diamond lazily shook her head, "I should be fine, thank you."

Aura nodded, "Anytime, Diamond. I'll be sure to come check on you in a few minutes before I start breakfast." Leaving their bedroom, Aura shut the door quietly behind him and headed towards the kitchen in the opposite corner of the suite. "Maybe I should get her some water at least."He muttered. As he walked past the couch where his Pokemon had all slept last night, he hadn't noticed Lilly curiously poking her head over the couch.

Turning back to look over the other Pokemon, Lilly didn't want to wake them by mistake, so slowly stepping back onto the floor, the rabbit Pokemon quietly walked around the large sofa, her fluffy paws helping muffle her footsteps. Poking her head around the corner of the lower kitchen cabinets, Lilly watched her trainer reach up into the cupboard and pull out a glass. Her ears twitched from the sudden clinking. She stepped out into view and cleared her throat, "Aura?"

Aura jumped, nearly dropping the glass in his hands. He quickly spun around to see the Lopunny looking almost as startled as he was. He let out a sigh. "Oh, good morning, Lilly. You need anything?" He inquired, turning to the sink and running the water. Looking back at Lilly while holding his hand under the faucet.

The rabbit poked her fingers together, "I was just wondering if everything was alright? I overheard some stuff from your room a little bit ago and it sounded like something was wrong."

Aura looked at her curiously, was she eavesdropping on them? But then he acknowledged the size of her ears that hung behind her, feeling a bit dumb for forgetting them. He scratched his cheek, "Well things could be a bit better. Diamond had a bit of a stomach issue, I'm assuming it's just the morning sickness from pregnancy but I might have her checked just in case." He gazed at the ceiling, "I never actually knew Pokemon could get morning sickness."

"That's terrible!" Lilly gasped behind her paws.

Aura meekly shrugged, "I don't think it's that bad, morning sickness is a normal thing. Besides," he faced the sink to fill the glass and shut off the water, "I'd rather not worry myself too much right now. Once Alice gets here I can ask her to check on Diamond for me."

"Alice?" She asked, titling her head with a puzzled expression.

"Oh yeah, you've never actually met Alice. Now that I think about it, I don't think Tia has either." He started to walk back to the bedroom with Lilly close behind. "Alice is a Guardian that we met back in Lumiose City, Arceus had asked her to help me recover faster after Diamond and I fell from the tower."

Lilly jolted wide-eyed, "You fell from a tower?!" She cried in a hushed voice. Aura awkwardly laughed.

"Right, there's still a lot I should catch you up on. But let's save it for another time, right now I'm gonna give Diamond this water and get started on breakfast." With that, Aura slowly opened the bedroom door and entered with Lilly in tow. "Feelin' any better yet?" He asked.

Diamond groaned, "Yeah, most of the pain has passed already, but I'm still-" she yawned, "still pretty tired."

Aura walked around to her side of the bed, "Well I brought you a glass of water if you need. I know you said you were fine but I'd rather be safe than sorry."

She smiled, "That's sweet of you. Thanks." As Aura set the water down on the bedside table, she noticed Lilly from the corner of her eye standing by the far wall. "Morning, Lilly. Is everyone else up already?" She asked.

Lilly shook her head, "Naw, I just woke up early." She walked over next to the bed. "Aura told me you weren't feeling well this morning so I was a bit concerned. You know, with the baby and all."

Diamond chuckled, "It's nice to know you feel that way." Lilly smiled, though she stared at the fox a little perplexed. Diamond blink curiously and reached up to her muzzle, "Is there something on my face still?" She asked.

Lilly flinched and quickly shook her head again, her ears twirling around with her head, "N-no. Sorry for staring but I can't help but notice you seem to be acting differently than you would before."

A puzzled expression appeared on the fox's face. "Really?"

"It's probably because she evolved yesterday." Aura said aloud. The two looked at him as he leaned against the wall. "It's subtle, but you do seem a bit more mature than when you were a Braixen. You did make a lot of progress breaking out of your shell, so evolving probably sped up the proccess more."

"I guess I never really thought about it?"

Aura smirked, "Well like I said, this time it's a bit more subtle than it was when you evolved into a Braixen." He pushed off the wall and leaned toward her, "But no matter how much you've grown, you're still the same Pokemon I fell in love with." He pecked her on the lips and straightened up. "I should go get started on breakfast now, you coming, Lilly?"

Lilly glanced at him, "Uh-huh." She looked back at Diamond to see her let out a small yawn. "See you later. Hope you feel better."

Stepping away from the bed, Lilly and Aura walked to the door. Aura stopped for a moment, "Get some rest, I'll come get you once breakfast is ready." Smiling at his mate, Aura stepped out of the room and shut the door behind him.


It had been roughly an hour since Diamond's morning sickness incident, and since then almost everyone had woken up and were going about their morning in the suite's main room. The only ones who were still sleeping was Dan and his Pokemon. Darlene took over making breakfast for everyone shortly after waking up herself, so Aura decided to take this time to relax on the couch with the rest of his Pokemon and do a bit of research about Pokemon pregnancy.

The TV was currently turned on to a movie that Aura had never really seen before, but the Pokemon seemed to enjoy it enough so he left it on for them to watch, well, most of them. The only ones who were actually sitting and watching the movie was Stan, Lilly, and Tia. Kibbs had dozed off halfway through against Aura's leg and Prince was quietly sitting by the window looking out towards the Tower of Mastery in the distance.

"Alright everyone, breakfast is just about ready!" Darlene announced as she lifted a pancake from the pan and set it atop an already large stack. The golden brown pastries cooked with finely chopped Oran and Leppa Berries especially for the Pokemon.

Aura stood up and looked over his shoulder, "Thanks, Mom. I'll go get Diamond." He started walking around the couch, apologizing to the others as he passed in front of the screen, "Hey, Prince? Do you mind going and waking up Dan for us?"

The jackal looked over and nodded, "Certainly." Standing up from the cushioned chair, Prince made his way across the room towards Dan's bedroom while Aura gently opened his bedroom door.

"Diamond? You awake?" Aura quietly asked. He saw the sheets russel for a moment before Diamond's ear poked up over the covered mound. "Diamond?" He asked again, this time slightly louder. The fox's ear twitched, she yawned and shuffled around a bit more until eventually lifting her head and looking back at her mate, smiling as she yawned again and began to sit up with the blanket lazily falling from her shoulders and across her legs. Aura smiled in return and walked closer, sitting on the edge of the bed next to her. "Feeling any better now?"

Diamond rubbed her eyes and nodded, "Yeah, much better." She mumbled.

"Good. My mom made breakfast if you feel well enough to eat something." As he was speaking, he glanced at the water cup he brought her before and saw it was empty. With nothing more than a short grunt she silently nodded her head, though the though of food made her stomach growl. She blushed and rubbed it tenderly. Aura laughed, "Come on, I can help you walk if you need."

Standing up, he gave her room to slowly drag the blanket from her legs and turn to the side. She tiredly set her foot on the wooden flooring, though she jerked it back a bit as her pawpads hit the smooth floor. "C-cold." She stuttered.

Aura looked at her a bit confused, but then he took out his phone and turned on the screen. Diamond curiously watched him scroll through his phone, the trainer letting out an "ah!" as he found what he was looking for. "I knew I saw something about this." He began to read aloud. "During pregnancy, the body heat of Fire type Pokemon will always be centered around their core, more so while asleep, so that the egg is kept properly warm at all times, leaving other parts of their body with less warmth than usual."

Diamond looked at her arms for a moment and then to her legs, noticing they had become significantly colder than before. Sighing, she pushed her feet to the floor and stood up, hissing a bit as her stiffened muscles still ached. Her stomach rumbled again, the smell of food wafting in through the partially open door. For a moment she felt her knees buckle from her weight and stumbled into Aura. "Sorry."

He shrugged, "Not your fault. Now let's go get you something to eat, and if you start to feel sick at all let me know." Diamond nodded. Wrapping his arm around her shoulder and holding onto her, Aura helped her walk out to the main room.

Just as the couple exit their bedroom there was a knock at the suite's door. "I'll get it." Darlene put down the dishtowel she was using and hurried around the extended counter to the door. Unlocking it, she pulled it open to see a woman with long green hair standing in the hallway with a Lucario by her side. Darlene smiled, "Oh you must be Alice? Arceus told me you'd be coming today."

Aura and Diamond both perked up, Arceus had told them last night that Alice would be coming, but they were just surprised she had arrived so soon.

Alice smirked and briefly nodded, "Uh-huh. And you must be Darlene. It's a pleasure to meet the mother of the Grand Guardian." She gestured to the Lucario, "This is my partner, Lee." Lee raised his paw and flicked it to the side coolly.

"Well isn't he just adorable!" Darlene commented, making Lee suddenly flinch a bit and blush. The two women laughed. "Would you like to come in? I just made breakfast if you're hungry."

The Healing Guardian smiled, "Thank you very much." With a polite bow, Alice picked up a suitcase that was against the wall while Lee grabbed the handle of a rolling suitcase and followed his trainer into the suite. As Darlene shut the door behind them, Alice stopped when she noticed Aura and the newly evolved Diamond standing across the room. She smiled cutely and waved to them, "Long time no see you two!" She gleefully chimed, walking closer with Lee still loyally at her heels.

"It's nice to see you too, Alice." Aura greeted, "Sorry but could you hold on a bit? I was just helping Diamond to get some food."

Alice smiled in adoration, "Daww~ Look at you being a responsible boyfriend." She teased. Aura and Lee both rolled their eyes at the nurse while Aura resumed to assist Diamond toward the table.

"Alright, here we go," Aura said as he pulled out a chair for Diamond, crouching down slightly so she could better adjust and sit down. Just as Aura pushed her chair closer to the table Darlene had set down a plate of food and a glass of water.

Diamond smiled and glanced up at the woman, "Thank you, Darlene, this looks great." She praised, taking the silverware and cutting into the soft pancakes.

Darlene chuckled in response, "You're very welcome. I did come all the way out here so I could help, so making a healthy breakfast for my future daughter-in-law is the least I can do." She cheerfully exclaimed.

The Delphox blushed, being called daughter-in-law made her feel giddy as she delightfully swooned over the thought of her and Aura's bright future together.

"Diamond?" She heard Aura's voice. She shook herself from her daydream and blinked. "You sure you're feeling better?" He asked her again.

Diamond blushed and looked at her food, "S-sorry. I feel fine. Just kind of got lost in my thoughts." She giggled again as another image of their happy future flashed in her mind.

Aura looked at her a little curiously. "If you say so." Across the room the door to Dan's bedroom opened with Prince stepping out. "Did you wake Dan up?" Aura asked the jackal. Prince bowed his head slightly in response and continued towards them. Sure enough only a few seconds later Dan's door opened up again with the trainer stepping out in a dark green t-shirt and black shorts, Missy and Nessa walking at his heels.

"Morning everyone." He said with a yawn. As Dan took a second to rub his tired eyes, he abruptly stopped in the middle of the room once he notice the green-haired woman by the table. He opened his mouth confused, "Uhm~ Hello?" He awkwardly said with a slight wave of his hand.

"Oh right, I forgot you two never properly met each other!" Aura pointed out and gestured to Alice, "This is Alice, she was the nurse Arceus sent to heal me back when we were in Lumiose City."

Alice bobbed her head, "Yep. And you must be Daniel Sanlow. When Lady Arceus mentioned you I thought you sounded familiar."

A sudden clapping halted the conversation with everyone looking towards Darlene. "Sorry to interrupt but let's hurry up and eat before breakfast gets cold."

Within another few minutes everyone had gotten their breakfast and were conversing as they ate.

Poking at his food, Aura quietly sighed and turned to Alice. "Hey, Alice? Mind if I ask you something?" The Healing Guardian looked up from her own plate and nodded, ushering him to go ahead. "Last night when Arecus spoke to me and Diamond, she was in a completely different form, she said it was called a "Pokemorph" but didn't say much else. You wouldn't happen to know more about them, would you?"

Alice set down her fork and leaned back, "Well I do know a few things, but it'll be a pretty hard to actually explain without a lot of details, it could take quite a while."

"Well we don't have any other plans for the day," Darlene chimed in, "plus it'd probably be better for Aura to learn as much as he can while we're here."

Alice shrugged, "Okay then. Pokemorphs are sort of a cross between a human and Pokemon but with a very unique property, they can manipulate elemental auras like fire and ice depending on their species. Although it's still pretty rare, they are most commonly born from Guardian and Pokemon parents who possess powerful auras themselves."

"So is our child going to be born a Morph?" Aura asked.

Alice shook her head, "No you two won't have to worry about that, your child will most likely be born as a Guardian Pokemon. Under normal circumstances where a Guardian mates with a Pokemon, if the mother is the Pokemon then the offspring will very likely be born as a Guardian Pokemon which is pretty much just a normal Pokemon but with special Guardian abilities alongside their normal Pokemon abilities. Same goes for if a human male mates with a female Guardian Pokemon. Pretty much as long as one or both parents contain Guardian essence then the offspring will have a higher chance of adopting those genes over all others."

"But what about Morphs? Where do they tie into all this and why have we never heard of them before?" Dan inquired.

"Well for starters, long ago all records of Morphs ever existing was destroyed. That's why very little have ever even heard of them, almost like how Guardians are considered to be just a fairy tale and a myth nowadays while Morphs were pretty much forgotten entirely. Though they still exist in out world today, they live in hidden villages all over the planet with other Guardians to keep them safe from harm. Just as many humans shun interspecies relationships, we fear they may do even worse to Morphs if they were to be revealed at the wrong time. Not to mention the Corrupted Guardians have basically tried to hunt them down for years to enslave them due to their increased and unique abilities."

"A lot of Guardians believe that the reason we Guardians are the only ones able to produce a Morph child is because we're like a link between the two species and might even have some Pokemon DNA ourselves. Though I think the Pokemon DNA thing is just a rumor since I've never found any trace of it in my own DNA, but since the Guardians were originally created by the legends thousands of years ago to protect the balance, they may have given us unique genetics that are almost identical to humans but still allow us to communicate and breed with Pokemon. However it's still not enough to breed with certain species, like almost all aquatic Pokemon that can't live on land, and some Pokemon we can only understand to a certain extent like Voltorb, Magnemite, and almost every kind of fish Pokemon. Pretty much anything that doesn't really communicate through a voice but through very specific sound frequencies or movements or other non-verbal methods of communication."

Aura leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling as he processed the huge load of information that was dropped on him, thinking about it all nearly giving him a headache. "Wow… I can kind of see now why Arceus keeps our talks short. All this stuff about Morphs, our DNA, and how there's thousands of years worth of history behind the Aura Guardians. Not to mention how I'm going to be a dad now. It's just so overwhelming!" He groaned, "But I guess this is just another one of my responsibilities that come with being the Grand Guardian."

He felt a hand grasp his arm and turned his head towards his mate. "This might be a lot for us to take in so suddenly, but let's try not to think about it all at once. Right now I'd rather we just take it easy while we have the chance, besides," she began to rub her belly, "we have something else we need to think about."

Smiling as he watched his mate contently caress her belly, Aura sighed and placed his hand atop Diamond's, gently holding it against her stomach. "You're right. There's still a lot I need to learn about being the Grand Guardian, but I also have a family I need to look out for now too. And right now they're much more important to me than anything else."

The couple warmly smiled at one another, Diamond planting a quick kiss on Aura's lips before leaning against him and resting her head against his shoulder. The two of them both happily looking forward to a bright new future together. A future together as a family.


Upon posting this chapter I have finished revising chapters 1 through 5. I hope this will be the last time I will do this since it takes too much of my time. Although, about halfway through I lost the motivation to revise them which is mentioned in the authors notes and I decided to pretty much just stop at chapter 6... Honestly I don't really have much else to note here at the moment so I guess for now I'll just leave it at this.

Thanks for reading and I hope you all enjoyed. Until next time. ~Aura