Flea Bite Cafe
It's been one whole day since Ninetales proposed to Shaina. They still haven't decided on when to marry, but there was no hurry for them. They have all the time in the world. Shaina and Ninetales were out for a stroll through the city, where they noticed that Golden Gate Park was going to reopen, after so many 'unusual' things happened there. After an hour of walking, they entered the Flea Bite for a rest.
"We're back!" greeted Shaina, her collar's gems shining in the sunlight.
"Welcome back," greeted Angel Charlie, wiping away the counter, "Had a nice stroll?"
"Yep," said Ninetales, "Had trouble walking on three legs".
"Um, three legs?" asked Itchy.
"Two back legs, one right front leg and a left front leg that was being held tightly by a beautiful creature".
"How did Shaina take it?" asked Charleon before being whacked by Shaina's tail.
"He meant me!" said Shaina, glaring at Charleon.
"Should have asked Rudolph for a helmet," groaned Charleon.
"Well, you didn't," said Leafeon, "Now you got to wait until next Christmas!"
"I'll buy one right now!" Charleon left the Café in a big hurry.
"There goes your best friend, Ninetales," said Shaina as the doors swung.
"Oh, I have one?" said Ninetales as he rolled his eyes, "He still has to learn common sense... but at least his common sense is much higher than our Charlie".
"I heard that!" shouted Charlie as he came out of the kitchen.
"And it's true, you know," said Angel Charlie as he set up the mugs.
"It's ironic that you've been put down by yourself, Charlie," snickered Ninetales.
"Yeah, I know," said Charlie as he turned to his counterpart, "Why again are you so... Ninetales-like?"
"It's because I chose to live a new life, by starting fresh," said Angel Charlie as Angel Sasha came to him and nuzzled him.
"It took a lot of hard work," said Angel Sasha.
"Looks like you have to try starting fresh, Barkin, like actually being fresh with a bath," said Ninetales.
"In which you dearly need," said Angel Charlie.
"Hey! It's not bad!" said Charlie.
"Charlie," asked Ninetales, "Why do you think Grimer were in love with you?"
"Um," Charlie smiled sheepishly, "I thought you forgot about that event"
"Those Grimers followed you everywhere, Charlie," said Itchy, "Heh, not even I could stand living with you for a month!"
"How did you get rid of them?" asked Angel Charlie.
"I… I…" muttered Charlie.
"He took a shower!" laughed Itchy as he rolled over the floor.
"And while he whooped and cheered that the Grimer were gone," laughed Ninetales, "He accidentally fell into some garbage"
"Well, at least the Grimer never came back," smiled Charlie.
"No, but a Muk did!"
"Oh yeah!" laughed Itchy, "Charlie and I were on a mission for Annabelle and…" he snickers, "He fell into the sewer, where a Muk liked his... Stench!" Itchy falls to the ground, laughing out loud.
Shaina giggles and sits down at the bar, "Well, it's time I had a peaceful conversation with my sis".
Ninetales leans over and whispers to Angel Charlie, "Does my Charlie know about the connection I have with Sasha? The childhood thing?"
"No, not yet," whispered Angel Charlie, "You want him to know?"
"Fine, I'll tell him... Oh, Chuckie!"
"Yes?" asked Charlie.
"Sasha and I had a little secret... my mum, Shaina and the other Sasha knew about it".
"And me as well," said Angel Charlie.
"Know about what?" asked Charlie, confused, "What is it?"
"When I was a kid, I once met a Irish Setter at my age whom became my best friend. Her name was... and still is... Sasha".
Charlie coughed a laugh, "You mean another Irish Setter named Sasha, right?"
"Nope," said Angel Charlie, "It's the same one you know!"
"Charlie," said Ninetales, "I've met Sasha LaFleur in the United Kingdom, my old home... and we became best friends... and she still is".
Charlie became shocked, "How come you knew that and…" he paused, "Wait a minute! How come the first time we met you, you didn't recognize her when she introduced herself to you?"
"My memory was asleep"
"And I was the one to find it, way back there," said Angel Charlie, "That memory, along with others, were almost taken away from Ninetales by the Leech"
"So, how do you take the news, Charlie?" asked Ninetales.
"I... don't... believe it... Even you met Sasha before I did…" muttered Charlie.
Ninetales sighed, "Are you jealous?"
"That's... hard to say... seeing as being you and all"
"I'm not perfect, Charlie... even I have problems"
"Oh, really? Besides the Leech, what else?"
"My past, my trainer, the Stooges... "
"Speaking of stooges," said Shaina as she looks around, "Where are they?"
"Oh, I'm guessing they're still playing their game consoles back home," said Sasha, entering with Gerta.
"You two seem to have had a good walk," said Gerta as she went behind the counter, "So, what's up?"
"Got any plans on when the wedding's going to be and where?"
Shaina giggled as she blushed a little, "Well, we…still haven't decided yet... have you?" She turns to Ninetales.
Ninetales smiled as he licks her neck, "I'll let you know when I regain control of my mind".
"Ninetales... stop it... I'm ticklish there," Shaina laughed as she tried to twist her neck around.
Ninetales smiles evil-like, "Oh really?" Just as he got Shaina to laugh with his licks, Eevee came through the front door, a pink letter in his mouth.
"Ningng!!! Ningag!!!" mumbled Eevee to Ninetales.
"He's speaking with his mouth full again," said Ninetales as he let Shaina take a breather.
"Eevee," said Angel Charlie, "Perhaps you should get that letter out of your mouth first before speaking".
Eevee spit's the letter out, "Ninetales! A letter from Annabelle!"
"Annabelle?!?" said Ninetales as he takes the letter from Eevee and begins to read it.
"I can't believe it!" shouted Ninetales.
"What's it say?" said Shaina, calmed down from her tickle attack.
"Both Annabelles have... released Belladonna's seal!"
"They released it?!?" said Angel Charlie, heading towards them.
Angel Sasha joined her fiancé, "Don't keep it in suspense, keep reading!"
"If we want to see the events of the kidnapping of my sister, we should go to Heaven at once!" said Ninetales, getting up.
"Hold on, then," said Angel Charlie as he created a blue aura around them, "This is going to be quick"
"This is it…" said Ninetales as he hugged Shaina closely.
Chamber of Dreams
The blue orb appears in the Chamber, then it materializes into the forms of the canines and Pokemon.
Angel Charlie collapsed, "I... still...need... to practice"
"Oh, you've arrived," said Annabelle, entering the Chamber.
"Annabelle," said Ninetales, "Can I see my parents alone first?" He glances at Shaina, "Care to join me, my love?"
"Of course," said Shaina, accepting the invite.
"Charles," said Angel Annabelle, coming out of the room, "There's something I need to talk to you too, in private".
"Okay, Annabelle," said Angel Charlie as he followed her to another room.
Ninetales, Shaina, and Annabelle enter the next chamber where he and the others went into his memories. There, on the bed, was Colleen and Edward, both crying, but Edward seemed angry at the same time.
"Mum... Dad," said Ninetales, approaching his parents.
"Ninetales…" cried Colleen, "I'm... sorry".
"What did happen that day?" asked Shaina.
"Please, mum... dad... I... I need to know," asked Ninetales again.
"Well, its best if you see it for yourself," said Annabelle, making the platforms again, "Hop on, again".
Ninetales climbed on, then turned to Shaina, "Shaina?"
"Coming," said Shaina as she hopped onto the next one.
"Okay," said Annabelle as she looked at Edward, "It's best if he stays out here again. It may be too much for him".
"What?" asked Ninetales.
The lights grow dimmer, "You'll see".
Ninetales, Shaina, and Colleen fall asleep and entering the locked memory.
Locked Memory
Ninetales, Colleen, and Shaina landed in a familiar place, a place they all have been before in Ninetales' memory.
"Is this it?" asked Ninetales.
"I think so," replied Shaina, "It is the park in the United Kingdom. Look! There's your father".
Ninetales watches Edward, looking so happy, going to a small bush nearby.
"Honey, how are you holding out?" said Edward, talking into the bush, "Are you okay?"
Ninetales went to join his memory parents. There, he saw his mother, looking tired, but having a big smile across her face.
"I'm fine. I just need to rest, that's all," She nuzzles two newborn Vulpixes by her side, both asleep.
"Colleen, they're beautiful, just like their mother".
"Of course... we're Vulpixes," giggled memory Colleen.
Edward and memory Colleen were nuzzling each other when they felt a strange presence. Edward looked out of the bush.
"Wait here," Edward goes out to meet a purple whippet. He snarls at the intruder, "What do you want?!?"
Belladonna just grins at the Houndour.
"Edward?" shouted memory Colleen to her mate.
"COLLEEN STAY THERE! I CAN HANDLE THIS!"
"Oh, can you?" said Belladonna, looking at her claws.
"What do you want?!?"
"I heard there were newborn Vulpixes here... Mind if I can have one?"
Edward snarled and bared his teeth to the purple whippet, "Never!"
"Well, I'm getting one if you want me to or not".
"GO AWAY!" Edward launches for Belladonna, but she countered with a green orb, sending Edward flying to the tree nearby memory Colleen.
"Edward!" cried memory Colleen as Belladonna approached the Houndour.
"Why?" said Edward as he was struggling up, "Why do you…"
"Want them?" interrupted Belladonna, "All I can say is that one of those little ones is the 'key' to a special item". She grabs Edward by the neck, her paw glowing red, "By the way, I'm not the only one looking for them... MEMORY CONCEALMENT!"
Edward shouts as Belladonna lashes her red paw onto Edward's forehead, knocking him out.
"EDWARD!" cried memory Colleen as she saw the Houndour fall to the ground, unconscious, "WHAT DID YOU DO?!?"
"Nothing really, just rewrote his little memory, like I'm about to do to you," she reaches for a Vulpix pup, but memory Colleen lashes at Belladonna.
"Leave!!!" roared memory Colleen, but Belladonna just laughed.
"Got some fight in you, do you?"
"Leave... my children... Alone!"
Belladonna swipes her paw against her, "Don't care what you say. One of these two is the 'key' to the legend of a powerful artifact," Her paw glows red again, "Don't worry, I'm only taking one... MEMORY CONCEALMENT!"
"NO!!!" shouted Ninetales as the memory goes white, leaving Shaina, Ninetales, and Colleen alone. The familiar blue door appears before them.
Chamber of Dreams
Ninetales, Shaina, and Colleen woke up in the chamber, all of them shocked to see what happened. Annabelle came by them.
"Judging by your expressions," she said, "You took it hard". Annabelle watched as Ninetales went to hug his parents, everyone crying over the loss of a family member, "Maybe we should hold off any further talking for now".
"If I can only tell you the good news," cried Ninetales, smiling, "If it'll cheer you up".
"What good news?" said Colleen and Edward, wiping tears from their eyes.
"Notice something different on Shaina?"
Edward, Colleen, and Annabelle see the collar with the ruby, sapphire, and emerald on it. Edward was a little confused, but Colleen's eyes lit up.
"Ninetales," gasped Colleen, "Does that mean that you and Shaina…" Ninetales nodded as Colleen squealed with delight. "I can't believe it!" She hugs Ninetales.
"Um... what does it mean?" asked Edward, confused.
"I get it," smiled Annabelle as she turns to Edward, "It means, Shaina's going to be your daughter-in-law".
"Oh," said Edward before he blinked, "WHAT!?!?"
"Mr. Fox," said Shaina as she approached the Houndour, blushing, "Ninetales and I are getting married!"
Edward looked at her, stunned while Colleen hugged Shaina.
"I can't believe it! When do you plan on getting married?"
"Soon," said Ninetales, but something troubled him, "Although, why do I have the last name Fox? Dad isn't a fox".
"I know," said Edward, now calmed, "But my name 'Fox' came from my mother, who was apparently a beautiful Ninetales".
"Sort of explains a lot, huh?" said Shaina.
"Well, let's meet with the others," said Annabelle as she looks at Shaina's collar again, "Strange, wasn't one of the Sasha's wearing a golden necklace?"
Shaina and Ninetales grinned at her. As they go outside, Angel Charlie and the others looked a little glum. Ninetales noticed it and knew what it was.
"It's almost done... isn't it?" said Ninetales as Angel Charlie nodded.
"What's almost done?" asked Colleen.
"The Tempus Sword that will allow them to enter the other worlds".
"Yeah," said Angel Charlie, "The Blade's near completion, which means we may have to say good bye soon, but, we also have another problem with this situation".
"What's that?"
"ShadowMaster and our Belladonna. We can't leave without them first".
"Right, but I don't think we can expect them to be willing to leave this world".
"You got it. So, until ShadowMaster, his minions, and Belladonna are gone from this world, we're here to stay, for now".
"What a shame we couldn't bring our new friends here," said Eevee, looking around the Chamber.
"New friends?" asked Annabelle, "And how did you get here?"
"He hitched a ride with us, and our new friends are four evolved Eevee forms," said Ninetales, "And lucky for me, they have common sense".
"Now, Ninetales is the proud owner of the whole Eevee Evolution Set!" said Eevee.
"A Leafeon, Snowflake the Glaceon, Vec the Umbreon and Kristen the Espeon," counted Flareon.
Annabelle left them and summoned a book before her, "Kristen and Vec... Kristen and Vec…"
"What are looking them up for, Annabelle?" asked Angel Charlie.
"I've heard of those names before".
"Where?"
Annabelle stops at a page, "In... Eevee's biography".
"Yes?" said Eevee as he heard his name.
"What!?!" said Ninetales, shocked, "Annabelle…"
"Annabelle," said Eevee as he approached the pink whippet, "Why did you mention my name?"
"Ninetales," said Annabelle, handing the book to the fox, "You should read this".
"Eevee... Hmm…" said Ninetales as he read, but suddenly gasped, his eyes grow wide, "I... I... I…"
"What?" asked Angel Charlie, "What is it?" Ninetales hands the book to Angel Charlie. He reads it and does the same thing as Ninetales.
"WHAT IS IT!? Tell us please!" pleaded Angel Sasha to them.
"Hmm... Eevee. Age: 1 year (Pokemon years); Evolution: Can't evolve anymore (Swallowed an Everstone)…"Eevee smiles sheepishly, "Currently lives with Ninetales... birth parents... Vec and Kristen?"
"WHAT?!?!?!" shouted everyone.
"My parents," said Eevee, "Are Vec and Kristen?!?"
"Says they were captured one week before Eevee's birth by a Trainer called Christopher "Darkraptor" Orchid," continued Angel Charlie, "He didn't know about the Egg at the time".
"I can't believe it," said Ninetales, looking at Eevee, "Eevee, I know you're taking this too hard, but-"
Eevee suddenly started hopping up and down happily, "MY PARENTS ARE BACK!!! MY PARENTS ARE BACK!!! HOORAY!!"
"Okay, scratch that. I wonder how Vec and Kristen are going to react, knowing that Eevee's their lost son?"
Ninetales' Home
"HE'S WHAT?!?" said Kristen and Vec, both shocked by the news that Ninetales just told them.
"You gave birth to a Pokemon egg, right, Kristen?" asked Ninetales.
Kristen blushed, "Yeah, a little over a year ago… It was only a little while after that…"
"You were caught," finished Ninetales for her.
"How's Eevee taking it?" asked Leafeon before he got his answer.
"YAY!!" shouted Eevee from the other room, "I'VE GOT PARENTS!!"
"Calm down!!!" shouted Vaporeon's voice.
"Eevee, get down from there!" shouted Flareon's voice as they heard them trying to sustain Eevee.
"I... can't believe it," cried Kristen, "Eevee's... our lost son".
"This is a great day," said Vec, comforting his mate, "I thought we lost him forever when we were with Darkraptor".
"I know," said Angel Charlie, "Finding out that your son was the little Eevee you met back in the forest... At least Ninetales watched over him since he found him in Golden Gate Park".
Kristen kisses Ninetales on the cheek, "Thank you, for watching over him".
Ninetales cheeks turn red, "You... You're welcome".
"Well, should we get this family reunion started…" said Jolteon before hearing a crash and more shouts of joy, "Before Eevee tears the living room apart".
"Vaporeon!" shouted Flareon's voice, "Watch where you're going!"
"He keeps on hopping in one spot!" shouted Vaporeon, "I had to do something!"
"What?! Crashing into stuff! Yeah, right…"
Ninetales walks into the other room, "Eevee... you can see your parents now".
"MOMMY!!! DADDY!!!" shouted Eevee as he knocks Ninetales to the ground.
"I'm free... for now…" groaned Ninetales as he got back up, "Now that's solved, onto my problem: My missing sister".
Just then, Shaina walked into the room, seeing Eevee being hugged by a teary-eyed Kristen and Vec and Ninetales dusting his fur off, "Did I miss something?"
"Well," said Angel Charlie, "Besides Eevee being embraced by Vec and Kristen, Ninetales being on the floor, and the living room destroyed, nothing really".
"Apart from our future," said Ninetales as he nuzzled Shaina.
"Ninetales," giggled Shaina, "You'll make me blush…"
"Okay, you two go out and talk about... you know," said Angel Charlie, "While Larry, Curly, Moe, and I tidy up the place".
"Hear that, you three?" said Ninetales, but the three Pokemon ran out of the room and out the door, leaving behind dust clouds, "They heard it".
"Don't worry, I'll catch them. You two go and have a pleasant conversation," Angel Charlie bid them good day and leaves.
"Let's go, Shaina".
"Let's," replied Shaina as she leaned against Ninetales' shoulder.