It was another ordinary day at Union Academy and right now, Eddy had come up with a brilliant scam that would benefit everyone, not just himself.

"Love Advice! Free Love Advice!" Eddy said as he, Double-D, Ed, Ben, Rina, Junior, Chris, and a highly reluctant Crydius were standing at a single desk while several girls who needed help with their relationships or confessing to the girls that they liked came to them. So far, they consisted of Sweetie Belle, her girlfriend Silver Spoon, Lyra Heartstrings, Peridot, and Luna Loud. Heck, even one of their teachers, Lena 'Tracer' Oxton came to them for advice.

"Well, I must say, Eddy, this is the most altruistic scam ever. You don't even charge them a quarter!" Double-D said as Eddy smirked at his pal.

"Hey, you can't put a price on love, Double-D. That's what my dad always told me!"

Meanwhile, a girl with elf-like ears and green hair with a streak of brown named Amity Blight scowled as she walked past Twilight and Sunset.

"Darn it! I can't believe she got the highest score again. Just you wait, Sparkle. You won't be Top Student for much longer!" Amity thought. "Oh well, I'll just have to study even harder for the next-!"

Amity stopped when she noticed a girl with light brown skin and dark brown hair walking down the hall and reading a book from the Good Witch Azura book series. A tinge of pink forming on her cheeks, Amity hid behind the opposite wall.

"Oh no, it's that Noceda girl again! Come on Amity, we've been over this! YOU! DON'T! LIKE! HER! You're a Blight! You can't risk falling off your throne!"

Amity's mind then began drifting elsewhere. "No matter how funny she is... or brave... or lovably stupid... Or how much she likes the Azura series, or..."

Amity was snapped out of her thoughts when an explosion rocked the school, causing her to jump back and into Luz's arms, the other girl catching her out of reflex.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT?!"

"It came from the Home Economics Room!"

"GAMMA! Put that soldering iron down!" Twilight scolded.

"Oh, I see. Class 1-A has Cooking Class today. Things tend to blow up when they do, especially with Gamma as the new student."

"Honestly! What are those nitwits thinking?!" Amity asked in annoyance.

"Oh, speaking of which, you're from Class 2-A, right? Nice to meet you! I'm Luz Noceda from Class 2-C. What's your name?"

Amity then immediately realized she was in Luz's arms. After a pregnant pause, her entire face turned cherry red as steam emitted from her head. Before she could reply, Applejack walked by with a nervously blushing Rarity in her arms.

"First time?" the Cowgirl asked playfully as Luz looked confused while Amity covered her steaming face, letting out a muffled cry into her hands.

Crydius groaned as he left the school premises. He honestly did not intend to have the Eds drag him into their Love Advice scam. Then again, it was mostly Ben's fault as he had dragged him into the mess in the first place, wanting to do some 'Brotherly Bonding'. As he pondered on how the day could get any worse, a familiar voice rang in his ears.

"Well, well, well. Would you look at that? Not every day you see a walking corpse come out of a high school. I leave you alone for two weeks and this is what happens?"

The girl speaking to him was a young woman with dark purple skin and raspberry hair done in a mohawk. Her eyes were electric blue, and she had a scar running over her right eye.

"Good thing I transfer here next month, or you might not make it to the end of the year. But hey, it's not all bad. In the right light, you look slightly better than you usually do."

"Oh my," Crydius groaned. "Doth mine eyes deceive me? Is that really the infamous Tempest Shadow?"

"What? Did you get tired of scaring little kids, so you came to find someone who doesn't think a couple scars and an edgy haircut isn't edgy?"

Tempest Shadow had him in a headlock rather quickly. Not that he minded. With what he went through today, this was nothing.

"How about I give you a few scars of your own? Not that that will help your girly excuse for a face," She growled at him. "Should we start from scratch and pop that pretty little head off?"

"Oh no," Crydius responded with a shrug. "By all means, put me out of my misery, my big, strong, handsome, angel of death."

With those words, Tempest and Crydius smiled warmly at each other before nuzzling close together.

"So… rough day, huh?" Tempest asked as she and Crydius sat down on a field of flowers.

"Ugh," Crydius groaned. "You have no idea! I was dragged into helping out with love advice of all things!"

"Wait, love advice?" Tempest was confused. "Seriously?"

"I know, right?!" Her boyfriend exclaimed. "What were they thinking? What about me screams 'romance?'"

"Yet another piece of evidence that this whole school is nuts."

"But that's not the craziest thing that's happened to me."

"Oh yeah? What could possibly be crazier than that?" She asked, silently dreading the answer.

Crydius was silent for a good while before revealing what had been bothering him to her.

"I have a brother. He and his friends recently transferred here."

A brother? Ok, NOW things were getting interesting.

"Oh really? What's he like?" Tempest's curiosity has officially peaked.

"He's a pain in the ass is what he is. You remember that love advice thing I just mentioned? HE'S the one who dragged me into doing it, saying some crap like "Oh dearest brother, please come and assist us in helping young women's hearts flutter" or whatever, wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying. All I knew was that it was something dumb." Crydius complained, even faking Ben's voice just to drive the point further.

"Now, normally I would have probably smacked the guy and told him to fuck off, but there's just something about him that prevented me from doing that. Well, aside from the fact that those two guys he's sometimes with, Enrico and Chris, are like his two personal bodyguards of course. It's almost like something was telling me not to let anything come to harm him."

"Huh, kind of sounds like brotherly instinct to me," Tempest replied.

"You think so?" Crydius asked, to which Tempest nodded her head yes.

Somehow Crydius doubted that but whatever the case, he's going to have to continue tolerating him up until after they defeat Beo. After that, he is out of their lives, with them out of his.

However, the universe tends to work in very strange ways, and one day soon, those ways are going to involve him having to love Ben just as much as he loves him.

Speaking of Ben, wonder how he's doing.

"Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, OH FUCK!"

Hmm, not that great, apparently. Benjamin Shigura was in full-blown panic mode right now. His double date with Penny and Mukuro was in a few hours, and he was NOT READY!

"Ben, buddy, just breathe!" Chris had been trying to placate the bespectacled young man to no avail.

"I got this!" Junior said, pulling out a hammer from nowhere and smacked Ben over the head with it.

"OW!" Ben rubbed the spots where he had been hit. He glared at his two friends. "Why'd you do that for?!"

"One: You needed to calm down," Chris said. "And Two: Panicking would solve nothing!" Chris took Ben to sit down on the rather spacious couch. "I'm gonna be real here: The First Date is always the most frightening thing any guy or gal experiences. Hell, none of us here have any experience with dating!"

"What we should be doing is prepare Ben for his double date," Junior said.

"Right," Chris nodded. "No use in panicking. Now, since it's gonna be in Berry Punch's Pub, that leaves us with limited options. Simple and easy to manage and removes the need for contingencies."

"You think so?" Ben asked.

"I know so!"

And so began the planning phase. The two young men and one bunny girl began to plot out what should be done.

"What if I just wing it?" Ben asked although he cringed when both of his friends gave him deadpan looks.

"Remember the last time you winged it?" Chris asked, an eyebrow raised. Ben shook his head in the negative.

"I don't exactly remember. Can you tell me?"

*Begin Flashback*

Ben, Chris, Junior, Rina, and The Eds were standing in front of a burning warehouse with grim looks on their faces. Chris had his hands clasped together in utter concern, eyes somewhat wide as he continued spectating the inferno before them. Junior had a satisfied smile on her face with her hands on her hips, Double-D and Rina were curled up and rocking back and forth, while Eddy just stared in disbelief.

All around them, scattered goods were burning as the local fire department was called in to douse the flames before they got worse.

Everyone then turned their heads towards a growingly ashamed Benjamin Crochi, who wanted nothing more than the Earth to swallow him whole right now.

*End Flashback*

"It wasn't that bad!" Ben protested. How was he supposed to know that nitroglycerin would react badly to those goods?

"Ben, you were the sole reason why we're practically Public Enemies there," Chris deadpanned. Everyone with a brain could tell that nitroglycerin reacts that badly with those goods.

"I thought we made a truce to never speak of that incident ever again!" Ben exclaimed.

"Well, we would have continued to do so had you not asked that question about why you can't just wing it!" Chris shot back. The memory of the incident forever haunts his mind. So much fire, so many fumes, so much noise from the goddamn sirens, MAKE IT STOP!

They still haven't managed to clear their names of the incident, just barely managing to get the government to consider rescinding their titles.

"Look, since we pretty much nailed down how Ben's date needs to go. Anything else of interest?" Junior asked.

"Well, I snagged a date with May, if you're interested in knowing," Chris said, glad to be thinking of something else.

"In that get-up?" Ben questioned.

"Nah, man, I got something special in mind," Chris said and although neither Ben nor Junior could not prove it, there was something devious in the way Chris had answered. "I'll just take May out on a stroll to the park, too. Then after that, I'm going to take her to this new nightclub that just recently opened."

"Sounds good to me! Go get 'em, tigers!" Junior smiled, slapping both her friends on the back.

Double-D was nervous as hell.

Ever since the night he had made Gamma with Twilight and Sunset, Double-D has been questioning himself regarding his feelings. He's always had eyes on Sunset and Twilight, but the thing with Flash was still completely new to him, even though they had actually kissed but to be fair, Double-D was drunk.

"Gamma, I need some advice. I already know of my feelings towards your mothers and Flash. What am I supposed to do?"

"To improve a relationship, one must understand what it is based on. Your feelings towards Mother Units Alpha and Beta and Father Unit Beta are based on love. Thus, the logical step towards improvement would be to further analyze the concept of love. Love as we know it, is..."

Gamma paused as she began scanning before her eyes dilated in horror when she came up with zero results, clutching her head as her eyes went bluescreen with red question marks on them.

"What... Is... Love...?"

"Um, Gamma... it's okay, dear..." Double-D nervously said before quickly turning to Ed and Eddy, who were playing a game of Go Fish that somehow ended up becoming Poker.

"Ed! Eddy! Can either of you get that fire extinguisher?!"

"On it. Double-D!" His two amigos said as they rushed off to help him stop Gamma before she had a meltdown.

Despite the constant reminders, Ben was close to panicking. Pacing at the intersection sign near Berry Punch's, he was getting more anxious the closer the clock ticked to 08:00 PM. He checked his watch to check what was the current time.

07:30 PM. Thirty minutes early to the date.

Was his hair alright? Was he dressed properly?

He gave himself a look over in the nearby mirror shop. His hair had been properly groomed, no longer resembling the messy curly hair he was used to. As for his attire, he had opted to change it for a more formal two-piece suit and tie, complete with dress shoes.

All in all, he was dressed for the occasion. The only problem now, of course, would be to calm down and not panic and potentially ruin the date.

Meanwhile, observing him from a nearby café across the street was Rina, who was also on a date of her own with Shego.

"Okay… so far so good," Rina murmured as she discretely observed Ben getting ready for the date. Thanks to a few friends they made in Science and Tech classes, the gang had been given a few devices that allowed them to monitor each other in case of emergencies or, in this case, important events.

"You worried about your sorta-boyfriend?" Shego teasingly asked.

"Yeah, I hope that's not offending you."

"Don't worry, you'll know I'm very open-minded when it comes to these things.

Back with Ben, it was almost 8:00 exactly when someone had called out to him.

"Ben?"

"Yeah?" Without thinking, he turned to face who had called out to him and his breath was immediately taken away when he saw them.

Mukuro Ikusaba wore a strapless dress, colored in a deep royal purple, with a rose motif design running across it. A pitch-black outer skirt accompanied the dress, leaving the front open and exposing the lower half of the dress but covering every other part of the body. A pair of rose-style studs kept the outer skirt in place to Mukuro's waist.

Her legs were exposed, creamy white, and flawless like the rest of her. Her footwear, a pair of low-heeled shoes, completed the image.

And her hair was polished up, seemingly glistening in the evening light. Ben could make out a silver hair clip on the right side of her hair.

Absolutely radiant.

"T-thank you," Mukuro blushed. "It was honestly a pain to get ready for tonight."

"Shit, did I say that out loud?!" Ben cursed in his head.

"Benjamin?" Another voice called out. Like before, Ben did not think ahead and turned to face the speaker. And just like before, his breath was taken away for a second time that night.

Compared to Mukuro, Penny Polendina had opted for a simpler style of a strapless dress, colored in light green. Compared to Mukuro's dress, this one's skirt extended down to her knees, covering half of the good view. Penny had also fluffed up her hair for the occasion, making her appear more radiant than before.

Again, absolutely radiant.

Penny blushed at that. He said it out loud again, didn't he?

Mukuro took one of Ben's hands and Penny did the same for the other.

"Come on, let's head inside," One of them, Ben was not sure who said as they all went inside the pub together.

The pub was surprisingly empty. Really, the only people in the pub were Berry Punch herself and some people at a faraway booth. Neither of them could tell who they were, just that they were occupying the faraway booth.

Shrugging, Ben led the two lovely ladies to their reserved table, and they got seated. Ben was quite stiff, which Penny noticed as she put a hand over his.

"It's okay, Friend Ben. There's nothing to be worried about."

"Do you want to tell us about yourself?" Mukuro asked.

"Well, I don't exactly know where to start, but..." Ben cleared his throat. "Well, I guess I can start with the first memories I had..."

As they began to chat, the occupants of the cafe nearby observed them.

"So far, so good," Rina said before shivering as she felt Shego's foot tease her leg.

"Well, while their date is coming along fine, why don't we take ours to a different level?" Shego asked, leaning over the table, giving Rina a wonderful view of her marvelous rack, and whispering sensually into her ear.

Steam poured out of Rina's ears as she practically short-circuited.

"KYAAA~!" And with that, Rina fainted.

["Rina? What's wrong?! Answer me! RINA! RINAAAAAA!"] Double-D tried to call her but to no avail as Rina was currently in Dreamland, thinking of all the fun things she and Shego can do to one another.

"I can understand not having a true home or family to stay with..." Mukuro said, a twinge of sympathy in her eyes as Ben talked about how he never knew his birth mother and from the moment he could walk, had been traveling the world aimlessly until he finally arrived at Peach Creek.

"Are you doing alright? It seems like it must have been a lonely life back then." Penny said sadly.

"Nah, I'm fine. To be honest, this is the first time I've been alone without Chris watching my back."

"You care a great deal about him. Almost like brothers, to be exact." Penny noted with a smile as Ben nodded.

"Yeah, he's the best friend a guy like me could ask for... he puts up with me at my worst and helps me through all the struggles in my life...And then there's Rina, I dare say she's the light of my life almost..."

Soon, the waiter came and delivered their drinks. Ben smiled and lifted his glass, a Shirley Temple with the cherry removed, to propose a toast.

"Well, cheers, I guess."

Penny smiled and lifted her iced tea. "Cheers to a sensational date!"

Mukuro nodded and raised her glass as well. "Mmm..."

Chris on the other hand stayed behind at the park, ripping himself apart like fabric to reveal a full tan suit, with a red bowtie around his neck.

"As long as I've got my suit and tie, Imma leave it all on the floor tonight. Now, where is my special little Mayflower?"

"Oh, are we doing nicknames now?" May asked as she walked up to Chris.

"Eh, just felt like saying something cute. Although we COULD do nicknames if you..." Chris said as he turned to face May, but he was stunned at her appearance when he laid eyes on her.

She was wearing a pink top with saffron borders and a heart on the chest area, a lilac-purple long skirt with a pink fabric around her waist, a saffron-colored necklace with a red heart-shaped gem, and brown slip-on shoes. On her head, she was still wearing her headband, and Chris also noticed that she was wearing her bracelet and her midriff was exposed, causing multiple neurons to get set off in his brain.

"... want. Wow, you are practically a goddess with how pretty you look right now," Chris said after his brain did a reboot. May giggled at the compliment.

"Thanks. This is actually part of an outfit that I wore when I was younger, long before I ever came to Union. Scaled up to fit my current size of course."

"Oh, really now? Well, if you don't mind, I would love to hear the history behind it. Shall we?" Chris said as he held up his arm, which May happily interlocked with her own before they started their walk in the park.

Double-D and his dates arrived at a building resembling a steamboat called Goofy Goober's, and Flash's eyes instantly lit up once he saw it.

"Oh, man. I used to come to this place all the time when I was a kid! I wonder if my picture's still there." Flash said all giddy. Sunset couldn't help but find the childish enthusiasm of her former ex-boyfriend now back-to-being official boyfriend endearing.

Leading the four of them inside, Flash hummed the parlor's theme song as he led them over to the Nut Bar. As they took their seats, Flash noticed how glum Double-D looked and decided to help him.

"Hey man, what's got you so down in the dumps?"

Double-D sighed as he turned towards Flash.

"Flash, have you ever had those moments where you start to see your guy friends as, more than best friends? And I'm not talking as like a brother or anything, I'm talking what you and I see Twilight and Sunset as."

Flash nodded his head in understanding. "Oh yeah, loads of times. LONG before me and Sunset ever met, actually. Didn't really manage to make it work with any of them, but we broke up on good terms at the least. Why do you ask?"

Double-D was surprised at the answer he got, but his frown returned as he rested his head in his palms. "Well, the reason why I say that is because, well, I love you. Just like how you and I both love Sunset and Twilight. And I was worried that you might think of me as weird because of it."

Flash put his hand on Double-D's shoulder and flashed him a sympathetic smile.

"Hey, if that's what's been making you so worried, it's ok. I mean, we're all weird in our own ways, and that's what makes us unique. I mean look at your friend Chris for example, the guy is practically the living definition of weird. Remember when he grew some extra arms to be a one-man band?"

Recalling that particular memory made Double-D chuckle as a smile started to form on his face.

"Thanks, Flash, I needed that."

"Anytime, DD. And hey, if you thought I was an impressive kisser before, well get ready to have your mind BLOWN."

This caused Double-D to blush as Sunset and Twilight giggled in adoration.

Soon, the day was spent just enjoying dinner as well as some delicious Triple Goober Berry Sunrises as well as Sunset, Twilight, and Flash telling Double-D about some of the adventures they had back when Union High was known as Canterlot High.

As Chris and May were walking down the sidewalk after they left the park, they did a little bit of small talk.

"So, just to refresh my memory here, you're saying that this dress of yours was first made for a competition called the Wallace Cup?"

May nodded her head yes.

"Yep, ended up getting in second place as well behind my friend, Lillie. Was really hoping to win but, well, can't all be winners."

As they walked, Chris made a mental note to check out the Survive Bar that they passed by as they went to Chris's intended destination, Stardust.

"Welp, here we are. You ready to shake what your momma gave ya?"

May smirked. "Oh, you know it."

Holding the door open for May like the gentleman that he is, Chris and May entered the club and were met with bright lights and gossip, with their first destination being the dance floor in the middle.

May was the first to start dancing, shaking her hips like a Middle Eastern belly dancer, causing Chris's neurons to go into overdrive. But even with his brain going on the fritz, Chris was still able to dance, moving his body in random yet fluid movements, mixing various dancing styles into one spectacular performance.

After what felt like hours of dancing, Chris went over to the bar to grab a drink.

"Hit me with whatever you got, bartender," Chris said as he handed the guy behind the bar some money.

Next to him was a rather menacing-looking man who just finished downing a glass of alcohol, and just let loose a huge burp.

"Whoo, that's some good shit right there," the guy coughed out, before turning to Chris and glaring at him. "Hey, punk."

"Yes?"

"Were you giving me the stink-eye just now?" The guy accused.

"No. Sir, I think you've had a bit too much to drink, why don't you put the glass down and let me escort you out and call an Uber to take you home, sound good?"

"Don't fucking lie to me you son of a bitch!" The guy yelled as he swung his beer glass onto Chris.

He dodged the attack, letting it smash against the counter as the guy got up and started swinging his fists to try and hurt Chris.

"Hey, hey, hey, let's just talk this out like civilized people!" Chris said to try and defuse the situation.

"Like I give a rat's ass about what you have to say! Like do you even know who you're talking to?! I am a proud member of the Tojo Clan, patriarch of the-!" But before the guy could continue, Chris interrupted him.

"Wait, the Tojo Clan? Didn't those guys disband or something?"

"Don't mock me you piece of shit!" The drunk yakuza suddenly pulled out a gun and fired at Chris's feet, causing the patrons to all run out of the club in fear of getting pumped full of lead. All of them except for May.

"Jesus Christ!" Chris called out as he tap-danced around the bullets. He was actually doing pretty well until the yakuza's goons suddenly showed up and began to beat him to the ground.

After getting the tar beat out of him, the yakuza ordered his goons to take Chris's shirt off and hold him up, allowing the guy to slash an X onto Chris's torso with a tantō.

"Shit, that's probably gonna leave a scar. Ahh," Chris said in nonchalant pain as the yakuza held the blade up to his neck.

"I'm going to enjoy making you gush blood like a fountain."

Chris could only chuckle at the threat.

"Well, hate to break to you dude, but you're going to be waiting a long time before the last of my blood splurts out of my body. Because you can rip me in two, force me to wear concrete shoes and toss me into the ocean, crush my skull like a sparrow's egg between your thighs, tear my heart from my chest, boil me in oil in a Goemon bath, and every time I'll just come back like it's nothing. I'll put myself back together like a puzzle, I'll clomp across the ocean floor until I hit land, I'll pull a new head out of my neck, I'll put my heart back into my chest cavity, and I'll walk on out of the tub with a towel around my waist after I've had a good simmer."

Chris then gained a more confident grin, daring the yakuza to try and top his taunts.

"And in case the message isn't somehow getting through your thick skull, let me put it this way. I'm like a cockroach, no matter how many times you think you've gotten rid of me, I'll always come back."

The yakuza growled as he lowered the tantō. "Well, if that's the case, then I'm going to take my sweet time finding whatever it is that puts you down for good."

But before he could swing his blade, May jumped in and held onto his arm to try and stop him.

"Leave him alone, asshole!" Unfortunately, the guy tossed her away and turned towards her.

"Stay out of this, bitch! Once I've got this punk locked away nice and tight, I'll have plenty of "fun" with you on the side." If the way he said fun wasn't enough to clue May in on what he meant by that, then the evil chuckle he had afterward certainly did.

But all she did was glare at the guy as he turned back to Chris and she stood up, holding her left arm in front of her like she was pumping her fist before pressing her finger onto the marble in her bracelet. Once that happened, May ended up getting engulfed in bright light as energy swirled around her, and once the orb shattered apart like a shell, May came out of it looking much, MUCH different than before.

May's appearance now resembled that of a Mega Lopunny, with her hair having grown out to resemble its ears and the fringe in front of her forehead turning into their signature butterfly crest. Her feet and wrists had yellowish-gold fur formed in the shape of kickboxing socks and fingerless kickboxing gloves respectively. Her clothes disappeared and were replaced with a black tube top that much like her other outfit, left her midriff exposed and showed that she had gained six-pack abs, while on her legs were ripped pantyhose, with bits of brown fur poking out of the holes. Her arm and leg muscles had grown and were now twice as big as they were before, about as big or possibly even bigger than the average female kickboxer, especially her legs.

The goons pointed in shock at May, prompting the yakuza to turn around and have his tantō kicked out of his hands by her before she grabbed the guy and tossed him with a Tomoe Nage after they rolled away like a wheel.

Once that was done, she immediately slammed a foot into each of the goons holding Chris and helped him up.

"You ok?" She asked in worry.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Also, this, while awesome, is definitely going to need some explaining done." Chris replied.

He then turned to the DJ, who was currently cowering behind his booth. "Hey yo DJ, give us one with a beat."

The DJ complied with a thumbs-up before starting up an electronic track.

"Oh baby, now we're talking. Oh, and for those who are curious, the music playing is Theory of Beauty. Now, with that out of the way, let's do this!" Chris said as he whipped out his Duel Disk and loaded some shells in.

As the music was building up for the drop, the yakuza got back up and yelled "Come on, you want a piece of me?!" at Chris and May, who charged toward him once the intro beat finally dropped.

The two slammed into the yakuza with flying kicks, knocking him back as Chris followed up by swinging his Duel Disk like nunchucks, ending it with a shotgun blast that knocked him into May, who proceeded to launch a flurry of kicks into the guy's face, before sending him back towards his goons with a dropkick.

The yakuza got back up and glared at his goons. "What are you two doing sitting on your asses for, KILL these arrogant motherfuckers!"

The goons got up as May touched the marble in her bracelet again, this time transforming to resemble Mega Swampert. Her upper body was now much bulkier, with three orange pads appearing on each wrist, with another appearing on each of her shoulders. She also gained facial markings that resembled its gills in its Mega state. The hair on top of her head grew and turned black to resemble its fins, which much like the original, extended past her shoulders. She also grew a tail fin, which resembled an upward-turned fan that had a ridge going up her back and extending up to her forehead, flanked on either side by her "head-fins". Some parts of her skin also turned bluish-white, with a light blue sleeveless t-shirt in place of the tube top from before, and the pantyhose were replaced with light blue pants.

May immediately threw a left and right hook at the goons, knocking them aside as she charged toward the yakuza and hit the marble again, this time turning into a fusion between her Mega Lopunny and Mega Swampert forms. Once she got close to the guy, she threw a barrage of punches and kicks like something straight out of Jojo, ending it off by slamming her fists into the sides of the guy's head, knocking him out once and for all as the song ended.

As the yakuza fell to the ground, May reverted back to her original form and turned towards Chris, panting after everything that happened.

"Oh, I am so pumping you like a balloon during our honeymoon," Chris said out loud.

"Eh?!" May cried out as her face turned an atomic red, causing Chris to realize what he just said.

"Did I say that out loud?! Shit, crap, uhhhh..." Chris started stammering as May tried to process what she just heard.

Eventually, the two calmed down enough to leave the club, with Chris having put his suit back on.

"So, that was an... interesting, first date. You turned out to be some sort of human-Pokémon hybrid, we kicked ass together, and I blurted out loud how I wanted to pump you full of jizz. Which totally doesn't make me want to die because I said that, nope, mm-mm, no sir," Chris said, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he said that last part.

"Although, speaking of that first thing I mentioned, what's up with that? Did you or somebody else decide to partake in the dark arts or something, like what's up with that?"

May sighed as she knew she was going to have to explain this eventually, just didn't think it would be now.

"Honestly, I'm not sure myself, to be honest. All I know is that when I first got my Key Stone and Mega Bracelet, and I first tried to Mega Evolve my Blaziken once I was able to, that's when, IT, happened."

*Begin Flashback*

A 10-year-old May looked at her Blaziken and her Mega Bracelet with excitement shining in her eyes.

"You ready, Blaziken?" She asked the fiery chicken.

"Blaziken!" It cried out in its signature Pokémon speak.

May held her arm up in front of her and tapped the Stone, causing an orb of light to envelop Blaziken. Unbeknownst to her though, she too ended up getting enveloped in light.

Once the light burst open, Blaziken was in his Mega form and started checking himself out.

"Haha, it worked!" May cried out in excitement.

However, once she noticed Blaziken's surprised face, she got confused.

"What? Is there something on my face?" May asked as she brought up a hand to touch her face.

However, instead of just her normal skin, she felt a claw touching her face, causing her eyes to widen as she slowly pulled her hand back and immediately started to slowly panic once she saw that it looked like a human version of a Blaziken's hand.

Her fear only grew as she looked down to see that she had black markings on her upper legs and chest area of her now red tunic and that she had grown beige, hair-like feathers around her chest and abdomen, with the chest portion being rough around her shoulders.

She also had shaggy, red feathers on the bottom of her legs, which concealed three clawed toes attached to each leg, and her hair grew and turned beige into a wing-like shape that pointed upwards, and her fringe was morphed into a flat horn curving backward. On each wrist were two streamers of fire.

As May started taking it all in, her breathing worsened as her panic started getting worse.

"What's happening to me, what's going on?!" May cried out.

"Hey, is someone over there? You okay?"

Shit, people. May couldn't let anyone else see her like this, so she quickly put Blaziken back in its Poké Ball and tried to cover her face.

"Stay away from me, I'm a freak!" She cried out as she turned and ran, with tears falling drop by drop.

*End Flashback*

"After that, once I turned back to normal, I refrained from ever Mega Evolving any of my Pokémon ever again, even if it would give me an advantage. At the time, I didn't want anyone to see me as some sort of horrific abomination like Frankenstein's monster, and it wasn't until after I became champion that I showed it to my parents," May explained.

"What happened?"

"Well, they were surprised at first, and honestly, who wouldn't be? But then, after I explained how it happened and why I kept it a secret for so long they... they hugged me." May said as she wiped away a sniffle.

"They told me that, no matter what form I took, I would always be their daughter and that they would love me no matter what. They then told me not to look at what I was capable of as a curse, but as a gift that could help people," tears began to form in May's eyes as she thought back to that particular moment of her childhood.

"Ah, the classic "With great power comes great responsibility" moment. So, what happened after that?" Chris questioned.

"I started training. Made my powers easier to control, found out what exactly I was capable of, that kind of thing. Eventually, I revealed my powers to the region, and much like my parents, they loved me. I was like Superman to them, helping people out whenever I could, plus it gave my performances as a Coordinator a very unique flair. Then one day everything turned out peaceful and I felt, bored. So, I packed my things and moved here, started taking classes at Azeasany and, I'm sure you can figure out the rest."

Chris was amazed.

"I'll probably never learn how and why I can Mega Evolve, but honestly, at this point, I don't really care. This ability is now a part of me, now and forever. So, there you have it. That's how I'm capable of turning into those Mega Forms."

Chris struggled to find the words that he wanted to say.

"Wow, that must have been pretty tough having to keep that ability of yours a secret from the general populace. ESPECIALLY at the age of ten. Must have also been pretty terrifying, huh," Chris finally got out.

"Honestly, it kind of was. But it is what it is. And hey, I wouldn't even be here if I didn't finally get the guts to reveal my secret." May replied.

"Yeah. Well, it's getting pretty late, we should probably do the responsible thing and head back." Chris said as he pulled his phone out to check the time.

"Yeah, yeah we probably should. Or..." May said, with a certain "look" in her eyes.

Over sideways and under
On a
Take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna
Close my eyes
I don't want to

Yep, they went to a karaoke club to get absolutely HAMMERED. And honestly, they deserve to have some fun every once in a while.

Ben let out a sigh of contentment as he spun into his personal bedroom and flopped onto his bed on his back, looking at the sky while putting his hands to his chest, feeling his heart beating to a steady rhythm like a jazz drum. The date with Penny and Mukuro had gone over quite well, and Penny even gave him a kiss on the cheek. Mukuro was a little more distant, but she admitted she enjoyed her time.

"That was amazing..." His cheeks felt warm as he let out a content sigh. Laying against his pillow he felt his body relax and soon went to sleep, pleasant and warm dreams bringing peace of mind to him.

Chris groaned as he sat up. Definitely going to have to cut back on the alcohol a little bit, aren't you bud?

"Oy, you said it. Any more of these puppies and I feel like I would have turned into a black, Scottish cyclops or something. Hmm?" Chris noticed that his clothes weren't properly on, and once he realized he was naked and saw May lying next to him, his mind immediately assumed the worst.

"Oh, fuck!" Chris yelled, causing May to wake up and notice that she too was naked. Thankfully she had the decency to hold her clothes up to her like a makeshift censor, even as she shrieked in surprise.

"Did we...?!" May asked.

"Oh God, I hope not!"

The two turned towards someone chuckling and realized it was the guy who let them in.

"Don't worry, once you two passed out I checked around with a UV light. The whole room is clean. You're not the first couple that partook in passionate intercourse, you know. Even if you didn't get to that point. Trust me, you guys are good."

Sighing in relief as the man walked away, Chris immediately started putting his clothes back on, while May did the same.

At the very least, the two got the first of some very interesting stories that they can share with their future kids.

Elsewhere, some rather malicious events were transpiring at the HQ of SOL Technologies.

A masked man was being chased through the halls, having stolen something very important that would change how people interacted with and developed artificial intelligence.

The Knights of Hanoi, a group of hackers that SOL partnered up with in order to improve the security of their products, guarded the entrance as their leader, Roken Kogami, also known as Varis, chased the masked thief.

Once they arrived, Varis fired his revolver, grazing the thief's cheek and causing him to stagger.

"This is going to be your first and final warning! Put your hands in the air and turn around, SLOWLY. Then, give back what you stole from us," Varis ordered.

The masked man did as he was told, revealing his mask to be pure white with only a dollar symbol in the middle of it, and reached into his pocket to hand something to Varis.

As the masked man walked towards the exit, Varis opened his palm, only to see that the guy gave him a primed flashbang, which immediately went off, blinding everyone in the room.

Once Varis's vision returned, the thief was gone.

"Damn it! This isn't good. Find him, we can't let them fall into the wrong hands!" Varis ordered.

Once he was a good enough distance away from the building, the thief removed his mask as he pulled out a USB flash drive with a light blue, irregularly shaped symbol.

"Hmph, suckers. Once I take care of business with you, I'll be setting my sights on another prize," the thief said as he tossed away his mask and pulled out a picture... of MAY?!

Ben and Chris get to spend some time with their lovely ladies, Double-D and Flash Sentry have become KevEdd 2.0 and there's a mysterious villain up to no good!

What more shenanigans will occur? Find out in the next chapter!