Kassi and the Legend of Arceus

by dmdrewdragon

While Kassi's Good Times in Galar is on a temporary hiatus, I thought this would be a great way to put some of my passion for this game into writing. The Legends of Arceus games is one of the best in the Pokemon franchise of all times in my humble opinion. This story is considered by a spin off of Kassi's Good Times in Galar and does include story beats and references back to that

19. Chapter 18

Kassi and the Legend of Arceus
By: DMDrewDragon
Copyright 02/02/2022 by DMDrewDragon

Chapter 18 - The Calm Before the Storm

No one moved for a few seconds. All four of them were panting heavily from their exertions and Kassi and Andre the Rapidash were still pulsing the ends of their climaxes into the swelling belly of Jessica the Lopunny. Akari had her head against the rough wooden wall of the stall and kept her lidded eyes locked onto Kassi's. Jess heaved and moaned underneath the weight of Kassi and Andre and their combined semen filling her to bursting.

When his member finally ceased its jolting, Andre's softening member fell out of Jess's pussy with a loud, wet *plop* followed by a huge *splash* as copious amounts of jizz began to pour out of Jess.

The Lopunny was spent, and as her hips were now only supported by Kassi's softening member buried in her rear, her legs gave out with a quivering shudder. When she hit the ground a small jet of cum was squirted across the stall from her holes as her weight pressed on her belly. Without even bidding it to do so, the ArcPhone moved from its vantage point at their side and moved in to view the winking and leaking holes of the well-fucked Lopunny.

Well…guess someone's enjoying the show. Can't say I blame Arceus though. Damn that was hot!

Looking up into Akari's eyes she could see the war going on inside the young woman's mind. Before it could spiral too far in the wrong direction, Kassi leaned in once more and kissed her. This time it was a soft and loving kiss, meant to calm and reassure the conflicted beauty.

After a few seconds, she pulled back and looked into Akari's deep dark eyes.

"That was incredible, Akari. Thank you for setting this up. I couldn't have done this without you." Kassi smiled and kept making eye contact.

Akari blinked a few times, sniffled once, then returned the smile. "Of course Kassi. I was happy to help."

Andre moved off the group carefully, then went to stand by the now cum stained back wall. Kassi stood up and mentally shifted back to herself. She beckoned for the ArcPhone to come to her. Before it moved, there was a pop and flash of light and suddenly Kenshin the Dewott was standing in the stall. His member was already at full mast and he was eyeing Jessica with naked lust.

"Plish!" He said as he motioned at the still shuddering Lopunny.

Before Kassi could even form her mental connection to translate what he was asking there was a purring reply from the Alpha lying on the ground between her feet.

"Bun…" the still quivering Lopunny answered in a seductive tone, "Looo-bun bun."

There were another two flashes and suddenly Hero the Drakeon and Stormy the Shinx were standing next to Kenshin, their own members already free of their sheaths and twitching.

What? Oh! She invited them all to join in another round…this bitch is insatiable, Kassi thought as she got out of the way. Too bad I can't just put her in a gloryhole and charge money per load. That would make her happy and probably make me…logging that idea as something to explore later, she pressed stop on the ArcPhone to end it recording. There was another notification ding from the device and she read all the new notifications as the Pokemon started to mount Jessica from all ends.

Special Achievement Incomplete: Pornographer: Make a video of Human/Pokemon Copulation - Reward: Movie App unlocked

Special Achievement Complete: ArcSeed - State Desire for Cross-breeding. Semen will now be Viable Across Species. Chance of Viable Conception to match Insemination Rate

New Pokemon Bonded - total count 11 - Experience Gained: Pokemon Empathy Increased by 11%

Normal but Naughty - Physically bond with a Normal type: (1) Experience Gained: Damage Resistance to Normal Based Attacks increased to 6%

Insemination of Pokemon - total count 1 - Experience Gained: Chance of Viable Conception Increased to 16.5%

The flash of anger that took over Kassi matched the flashing burn she was growing used to when the new powers unlocked inside of her.

"That Muk-fucking bastard!" Kassi yelled, reading back through the notifications once more.

Everyone looked at Kassi, even the Pokemon paused in their rutting for a second to look at her. Realizing what she'd done she made a gesture with her hand for them to continue then slumped next to Akari.

"What is wrong?" Akari said, taking her attention from the Pokemon to Kassi. Once she'd read through the notifications herself, she understood. "I see. So now you not only have to worry about your Pokemon impregnating you…"

"But now I have to worry about knocking up Pokemon. That rudy tosser!" Kassi tossed the ArcPhone and instead of falling to the ground, it floated back into the air and resumed a flight path around the mass of fornicating Pokemon.

Both of the women watched the device for a few seconds, then Kassi let out a loud sigh and put her head on Akari's shoulder.

"Great, now my bloody phone is a pervert. Fan-fucking-tastic!" She growled and tried to kick the thing as it floated near her foot but it swerved out of the way effortlessly. "And the jump in percentage!? Just for banging a bloody bunny? That blighter is just trying to make me spit out Pokebabies! This is just like what they did to Ellie!"

Akari put her cheek on Kassi's head then draped an arm over the fuming blonde. She listened as Kassi rambled on about one of her previous girlfriends from her old home. Apparently the young woman had been cursed to have live Pokemon children, not even in eggs. In the short time Kassi had known Ellie she'd given birth to four separate Pokemon. The final one, a pair of kittens from some Pokemon called Zeraora, had been rough on the petite girl and had nearly killed her in delivery. The entire tale was mixed with profanity and oddly specific descriptions of harm the blonde beauty wished upon Arceus. Some of them even made Akari blush.

When she was done venting, Kassi felt better. She leaned into Akari and just watched as the four Pokemon continued to bang the massive Lopunny. Her frustration was too great to even enjoy the show and try to get handsy with Akari. Now, she'd need to find a way to get more Mothersbane, even in the dead of winter. She started to brood and her mind began to run through solutions to her upcoming troubles. Sometime around when Hero and Kenshin were trying to double-knot Jessica's pussy, she drifted to sleep.

It was still dark outside when Akari shook Kassi awake. Her Pokemon were all passed out in a big pile with a cum-soaked Lopunny at its center, her massive breasts acting as pillows for Storm and Kenshin. Hero lay between her legs facing away from her body, probably having fallen asleep while still tied to her by his knot. She rested her head on Andre's belly.

She got herself dressed and gathered her Pokemon without waking them. Together, she and Akari cleaned up the stall and stuffed the rope harness into Kassi's satchel of holding. There wasn't much that could be done about the semen soaked straw, so they tossed it with fresh stuff from the next stall over and snuck out before anyone could catch on. From there, a nausea-inducing trip to the Highlands Camp was followed by sneaking out of camp and towards the riverbank where Kassi had caught Doofenshmirtz.

As soon as she was sure they'd cleared the sight of camp, Kassi gave her new Lopunny forms a try. The ArcPhone proved that it could take perfect pictures at night as well as during the day.

In her 25% form, Kassi's hair grew and split into two long twintails, shifting at the roots to be a chestnut brown. Tufts of fluffy fur popped up around her wrists, and most of her body other than her pelvis, abdomen, and chest was covered in short velvet-like brown fur. There was a noticeable change in her bust as her boobs had remained the same size, but seemed to bounce less as she moved and hopped around. Her nose was smaller and button-like and her eyes were noticeably larger and pink around the edge while still blue in the center. Kassi's legs felt and looked much more powerful and her ass and hips had both grown larger and firmer, topped with a small bud of a puffball tail. In this form she felt her hearing was much sharper and when Akari had her test her ability to jump they found she could leap in all directions almost twice what she was able to do in her normal body, even though she'd shrunk over 6 inches in height.

At 50%, Kassi's entire body was covered in the soft brown fur. Her human ears were now gone and her hair was now ears at the base about a foot long that slowly melded from soft fuzzy flesh into the solid brown long hair that ended in tan puffy fur. The shift in her leg bones had made her knee more flexible and her feet had shrunk and formed small claws that she found were essential for maintaining balance. Up to her thigh she now had fuzzy boot-like fur, and her brows had grown long and were sticking up towards her ears. Along with sight, smell, and hearing being much greater now, Kassi also felt her sex drive started to ramp up quickly as the wind carried various scents of wild Pokemon in heat. Her face was human only in its overall shape, she now had a muzzle and large pink eyes. Despite now being only 4 feet tall at this point, Kassi got what she'd been hoping for in this form; she was now able to leap a few meters in any direction at will with the added benefit that as she tightened her leg muscles to jump, her chest muscles also contracted in a way that made her breasts barely jiggle as she moved.

75% for this form wasn't as terrible as some of her others, but was still not useful. Her human feet were too short to keep her upright, but her ankles hadn't extended enough to give her the offset in balance she needed to stand on the tiny feet that full Lopunny had. This made her topple over as soon as she'd shifted. The change to this form also brought with it an odd mix of ear to hair that looked like she was a PokeDollar store Lopunny stuffie that some kid had carried and abused for way too long. Add to that the fact that her chest had shrunk to a measly B cup and her face looked like a Lopunny that had been hit in the snout by a Hitmonchan's Mega Punch, she didn't see herself using this form for anything useful.

The first thing that Kassi noticed when she turned into a full Lopunny was the overwhelming amount of sensory information she was receiving. Every smell was pungent, every tiny twig snapping was a firecracker, and every shift in a shadow was a threat looming. Her body had her in a state of fight or flight the instant she shifted and it took what was left of her human mind to stop herself from bounding away. As soon as she had settled, the deep need to breed replaced the fear. It was palpable just how much sex was happening in the night of the woods and now that she wasn't panicked, the second instinct of every creature great and small enveloped her.

Akari reached out and gently touched Kassi on her shoulder. Kassi whirled around and startled both herself and her friend when she instinctively leapt backwards a dozen feet at the touch.

"Kassi! Kassi, it is just me. It is okay. You just…froze. I was just making sure you were okay. Calm down…there we go…are you alright?" Akari said, slowing down her words and using a reassuring tone.

Kassi mentally flipped herself back to her normal self and slumped to the ground.

"That…sucked," she took a couple of deep gasps of air, "it was like…riding an emotional light switch. It was either all panic or all lust. How the hell are all Lopunny not all loony?"

"Hmm…if I had to make an inference…they're just used to it. If a Buneary makes it to their evolution they've probably lived in much greater fear until that point." Akari sat next to Kassi and started to rub small circles on her upper back.

Kassi thought for a moment, remembering the memories she'd gleaned from Laurel, her now housemaid Lopunny, of growing up as a Buneary. It was true, most of the memories were tinted with fear. "I guess you're right. Buneary are close to the bottom of the food chain. Though not many Pokemon could prey so easily on a full grown Lopunny."

"I think we would both be surprised. This land is brutal. Even I have seen what one voracious Pokemon is capable of. You know that Alpha Snorlax that everyone has been warned to stay away from?"

"Yeah?"

"I was the one that first stumbled across it. He was massive, and the passage to the Sandgem Flats he guards is littered with the bones of several Pokemon. When I found him," Akari paused and shivered as she recalled the memory, "he was eating a Luxio…tail first…One that looked to have been violated and was still alive." There was a choked hiccup as Akari tried to keep control of herself. "When he noticed me…he fired some kind of massive beam attack at me. I barely escaped that attack and only got away because he was more interested in his…meal."

This time, it was Kassi's turn to comfort Akari. Neither of them spoke. The story of nature was brutal, despite the wonderful light people back home liked to paint around Pokemon. Just like some humans, some Pokemon were just sadistic at their core. She knew a certain Froslass of Rei's that Kassi would happily feed to that Snorlax for being just as sadistic. Growing up, she'd witnessed several times what happened to a Wooloo that wandered too far from the herd at night to be devoured by a Corviknight.

After a few minutes, some Zubat and a couple Golbat started to drift uncomfortably close to the pair, so they were forced to move on as quickly as Kassi could carry them in her Rapidash form. They made for the dam that belonged to Doofenshmirtz and his clan then followed the riverbank up further for a few minutes until they found a nice glade tucked between some cliffs and the river. On the other side of the river, a tall cliff rose to a wide cave mouth swarming with Zubat.

There were just enough trees for her to practice alongside her Pokemon. As the day broke, and well into the late morning, Kassi trained alongside Akari, her Pikachu Mochi, and Kassi's team set to work on Training. Most of the focus was on getting Kassi practiced in quickly shifting her forms to evade incoming attacks. This was harder than they'd expected. A transformation from her base form to any one Pokemon or its percentages took about half a second. But if she went from one Pokemon to another it took a full second.

This flaw became immediately apparent when Kassi had been hovering over the water in her 50% Beautifly form to avoid feather darts being thrown by Ivy. Kenshin and Mochi had launched twin Thundershocks in her direction. She'd tried to shift to her Bibarel form so she could dive into the water and swim away to safety underwater before reemerging a few yards downstream. That had failed when her transformation took longer than she'd expected and, now weak against the electricity due to being part water type, had been paralyzed when she'd hit the water with a deafening belly flop.

To add insult to injury, while paralyzed and twitching from the attacks, she had been carried by the current towards a single massive Magikarp. Seeing that it had glowing red eyes, she'd scrambled mentally to shift back to her human body, hoping it would undo the Paralysis in time for her to swim away. She hadn't been so lucky. Getting too close to the Magikarp, the thing had latched its big lips around her chest which had been exposed in her belly flop and suckled hard right before the saltiness of the water had increased dramatically. As she sputtered and tried to get the overwhelming salty taste out of her mouth; the glow in the Magikarp's eyes faded and the guilty looking fish had splashed away quickly.

Back on dry land a few minutes later, Kassi had a notification waiting for her on the ArcPhone.

Special Achievement Complete: Frisky Fish: Absorb the Seed of a Magikarp caught in AlphaLust . Reward: Magikarp form unlocked in the AlphaForms App.

"I," Kassi gaped a few times as she looked at the screen. "That BASTARD!" She yelled and then looked to the water where the Magikarp had swam off towards. "Kenshin! Ivy! You two bring me back that Magikarp and I'll give you anything you want. Sex, sparing, food, even a bloody egg if that's what it'll take. But bring me that bloody Alpha Magikarp!"

The two Pokemon looked at each other for a few seconds, then both launched themselves in the direction of the Magikarp.

"Uh Kassi…is that wise? That Magikarp looked strong and…" Akari was cut short by the glare Kassi gave her.

"I will not be a joke for Arceus to chuckle at. Just because some overexcited stupid bloody fish blows his load because he's in the water with a female does not mean that I fucked a fish! What bloody good is a freaking Magikarp form anyway! This is stupid! I want that fish. He wants to blow his roe all over the place, then we'll put it to good use." She started to rub her hands together, a plan forming in her mind. She mumbled, "Wonder if Benny can be taught to cook anything other than potato mochi. Karp Milt Maki Sushi sounds preferable to just potato mochi all the time."

They continued their training and around the time they paused for lunch, Ivy and Kenshin returned, dragging with them the unconscious Magikarp. Both of her Pokemon looked battle weary and damaged, but beamed with pride as they presented her with their prize.

"He was a lot stronger than we thought." Kenshin mentioned, nursing a nasty looking bruise on his forehead.

"Indeed. Even with our combined strength it was a close fight. I've never had so much fun!" Ivy preened, even while she refused to put any weight on one of her legs.

Kassi pulled out a PokeBall and quickly tossed it onto the incapacitated Magikarp. Once it was caught she tended to the wounds for her Pokemon.

"Thank you guys! You were so brave. I wish I could have seen that fight. You've certainly earned that reward." She gave each Pokemon an affectionate kiss on their mouth/beak and finished patching them up. Mentally, she asked for Hero to take Cyndi and see if they could find more ingredients for potions nearby, they were going to be needed in bulk for this trial.

For her reward, Ivy said she wanted to go all out in a battle against Kassi directly. Kassi was free to use any of her forms and all of her might against her. They both agreed that would be the final bit of training for today. Kenshin surprised her when it came to his request. She'd been expecting some kind of perverted sex act, infinite blowjobs, or any number of degenerate things that she would have happily obliged to. Instead, he requested that he be the next Pokemon that Kassi turned into an Alpha.

"I want you to share in my strength. My claws and my scalchops can protect you when I'm not there," he said, puffing his chest out proudly and holding up his razor sharp shells.

Kassi felt very moved at the gesture. She scooped Kenshin up into a hug and peppered him with kisses. The sweet moment lasted just long enough for her to see that his other motivation was wanting to try and breed Kassi while she was either part or full Dewott. She was barely able to suppress the giggle as she released him. Honest act if not for the most honest of intentions I guess. Oh well, he's still my sweet fuck boy.

Training resumed until sundown. While Kassi worked to flow in and out of forms while dodging attacks, Akari made as many potions as she was able to from the ingredients foraged by Hero and Cyndi. During the training, Storm became the final member of her party to evolve and became an impressive looking Luxio.

The final showdown between Kassi and Ivy was a wonder to behold. Even as fatigued as they both were, the battle was a fierce clash of fire, feathers, claws, and acrobatics. The practice had clearly paid off, and while far from perfect, Kassi felt much more confident about flowing from one form to another and trying to compensate for the time lost to do so. Ultimately, the shape-shifting young Trainer proved victorious, but not before receiving a number of minor cuts and bruises from sharp leaf-feathers and a well placed Sucker Punch. There was even a noticeable gouge on her left forearm that ran half its length. Instead of healing it immediately with a potion, Kassi had honored the intense fight and the trophy Ivy had given her by simply bandaging the wound for the night so when she drank a potion in the morning it would leave a faint scar.

Ivy had gone all out and was singed, soaked, and bruised from the fight; but teamed with excitement for another bout to square up against her Trainer.

When they got back to the village they took a quick, but relaxing, soak in the hot baths. If Kassi was going to die tomorrow, she sure as hell wasn't going to do it filthy and reeking of sweat. That night, Akari showed Laurel the basics of cooking and housework in Kassi's dorm while Kassi did some final prep work on her items and strategy for tomorrow.

There was a knock on the door and it turned out to be Ms. Anthe the tailor holding a bundle under one arm.

"Hello dear," she was cut short when she noticed that Kassi, and Akari further in the room behind her, were both completely naked, "Oh! Oh my Sinnoh. I didn't realize…I'm so sorry I-I-I interrupted."

Kassi reached out and grabbed the older woman's wrist and yanked her inside before she could make a scene.

"It's fine, Anthe. This is my home and I'm from Galar. Back in my home it's common to go naked everywhere you go!"

"Oh my," said the older woman, blushing deeply and putting her hand over her mouth.

"So this is little Galar! And there are no clothes allowed in little Galar!" Kassi beamed and put her hands on her hips.

Anthe let her eyes make the elevator trip up and down Kassi's body and bit her lip before she nodded. "Then pardon my rudeness please, as I won't be here quite long enough to justify the time it takes to redress." Her cheeks were blazing, but she presented the bundle to Kassi.

Kassi pulled back the cloth the bundle was wrapped in and her breath caught. Polished steel plates set against leather and lined with fur were the first things she saw.

"Here dear, I know it goes against your 'no clothing' rule, but.."

"Please! I wanna try it!" Kassi couldn't stop herself from making grabby hands at the piece of armor.

Anthe moved to dress Kassi in the piece. Fingers working quickly and deftly at the cleaver leather cinches that held made the armor quick to put on or take off with just four tugs in the right places. Finished, she gestured for Kassi to step towards the full-length mirror that sat in the back of her dorm. It was only then that the tailor noticed the massive Lopunny in the room and froze.

Kassi didn't notice Anthe's reaction to Laurel as she stepped up to the mirror to see her new armor. It was a corset style bit of light armor. The steel plates were shaped to form a solid breast piece in the same shape as a sports bra that wrapped around the back to form a solid band of steel when cinched shut. The breasts were shaped to fit her chest well, but there was a decorative plate between them that formed a ramp between them so that blows would be pushed towards her sides and not her sternum. Below the chestplate, on her abdomen and back, were a series of thin, overlapping plates that ran down to just below her belly button. Every piece was attached to a single shirt of soft fur-lined leather.

She tried to move around and test her flexibility in the armor and found that it moved with her quite well. It wasn't so free moving that she would be able to do advanced yoga in it, but it allowed her enough movement that she could bend forward enough to reach her knees and would still be able to roll out of the way of incoming attacks. Leaning in, she tried to take in the details on the metal centerpiece that had been engraved there.

Intricate winding bits of ivy and flowers wound around the outside edge near the curled lip of the plate. Towards the middle was a stylized yin and yang symbol. One side was a fiery Ninetales and the other its icy variant. Each one was giving a gout of flame or puff of frost that formed the eye over its opposite: the fire made of red Tumblestone and the ice made of blue Tumblestone. It was stylized in a way that reminded Kassi of the ink drawings from Kanto and Johto she'd loved looking at growing up. Even with just those two tiny splashes of color, the design was easy to discern and stunning to see. Around that were eight letters in Kantonian kanji that she didn't know the meaning of.

Turning, she looked back at the two women, only to find that Laurel was looming over her, nose twitching as she drank in Kassi's scent. Her eyes snapped open, then narrowed dangerously.

A moment of panic filled Kassi as she prepared to mentally blast the Lopunny if things got dangerous. A second later, she found herself snatched into an intense Ursaring hug in the arms of a sobbing Alpha Lopunny. She could feel the plates of the armor shift, but hold against the strain of the hug and Kassi was very grateful for the armor's protection in that moment.

She shared a look of confusion with Anthe and Akari for a moment before realizing what was going on. The leather and fur had been from Laurel's soulmate that had been killed when she'd been driven mad with AlphaLust. It still had his scent.

"Anthe. Do you still have any of the fur left over?" Kassi asked in a wheeze. Even with the armor protecting her, the pressure of Laurel's hug made it hard to breathe.

Anthe nodded quickly.

"As fast as you can, go grab it and bring it here please," Kassi had to pause to force a breath in and put her arms around the wailing Laurel. "A needle, some thread, scissors, and any batting you might have as well please."

Anthe scrambled out of the room and Kassi and Akari spent the few minutes she was gone trying to calm Laurel enough to keep her from harming herself or Kassi. When Anthe returned, she had a bundle of furry scraps and the other items Kassi had asked for.

Growing up, Kassi and Mum had never had much money. They never lacked for essentials like food or clothing, and Mum had always done her best to treat Kassi however she could with gifts and toys. That hadn't meant that Kassi hadn't had to get creative with some of her toys or ways of entertaining herself. Part of that, had been learning to sew her own stuffies and craft her own dolls so the nice one that Mum had scraped enough to get her for her fifth birthday had friends.

"Laurel. I know you miss your soulmate." She offered the scraps of fur to Laurel so she could smell them. The Lopunny started to immediately nuzzle the furry scraps after giving them a quick sniff, the fur growing damp with tears. When she had calmed enough that Kassi could pry a few of the larger ones away from Laurel she spoke once more. "I want to make something for you. Something that will let you hold this bit of him every day. Be patient, I haven't done this since I was a teen."

Kassi sat down and went to work. She laid out the scraps of fur and using a cool bit of charcoal from the fire pit, traced out a design on them. After cutting a few out she went to start stitching them together and saw that Akari picked up the rest and continued to cut out the rest of her patterns. While she worked, with a background of Laurel's hiccuping moans in the background, the three women talked as she worked.

Apparently, the idea for the armor had been Akari's. She'd known how dangerous the upcoming challenge against Kleavor would be and wanted Kassi to be as safe as possible. The design for the armor was all Akari's idea that had been refined by Anthe. During her two days away from the village, while she was gathering info for Kassi on the clan's history. Akari herself had crafted the plates for Kassi's armor and engraved the design.

"When did you find the time?!" Kassi marveled, looking down at the armor she'd grown comfortable enough wearing that she'd forgotten it was still on.

"When it is for a worthy cause. You make time. And your life and safety is the most worthy cause I can think of." She gave Kassi a soft and sincere look, only for it to turn to intense embarrassment when she remembered that Anthe was also present…and she was now the only one of them that was completely naked.

"What do the characters say?" Kassi said, fingering the engravings around the Ninetales symbol.

"Ame futte chikatamaru," Anthe said, noticing that Akari was struggling to regain composure, "when it rains, earth hardens."

"It means that when you weather a storm, you become stronger for it." Akari finally found her voice and locked eyes with Kassi. "I have watched you and heard you since your first night in Hisui. I know you have been through hardship and pain, and I have seen your strength to push through and thrive despite that pain. It felt very…you."

A warmth flooded Kassi's entire being. The feeling that something so thoughtful had been done for her in such a short amount of time. Knowing just how much effort and how much sleep must have been lost by these two women just to protect her was overwhelming. She let out a hiccup and tried her best to hold back the emotional flood that was overtaking her. Finally, managing to get out a choked, "thank you," as she continued to pass the needle in and out of the fuzzy leather in her hands.

Anthe and Akari both embraced Kassi and the three of them were enveloped by Laurel and her large ears after that. After the hug, Anthe seemed to take great interest in the large Lopunny and asked a lot of questions about their nature and what Kassi's plans for her were. She then offered to let Laurel come to her shop if she ever got bored or lonely in Kassi's home while her Trainer was away, even offering to help brush out the Lopunny's long fur so it would stay soft and glossy. Laurel seemed open to the idea and as Kassi finished her work she found that the two were seated close, Anthe using the comb from her own hair to smooth out the fluffy tufts at the end of Laurel's ears.

After an hour of labor, Kassi was finally done. She had managed to stitch together a passable stuffed Buneary plush out of the fur scraps from Laurel's soulmate. When presented with the item Laurel had broken down and hugged the small plush like it was a freshly hatched Buneary. Using her ears, she had pulled Kassi into another hug, much softer this time, and thanked her profusely for giving her back a piece of her soulmate.

The day had been long, hard, and full of emotions and Kassi was having a hard time keeping her eyes open at this point. As soon as Anthe had shown Kassi which straps to pull to quickly remove the armor top, she'd wriggled out of the armor and curled into bed next to Storm and Cyndi. As she was drifting off, she heard Anthe speaking quietly to Akari as the older woman helped her friend redress. Anthe left and soft feet padded across the room towards Kassi.

"Sleep well, Kassi. Be at peace. For there is always calm before a storm," Akari whispered to her before placing a light kiss on Kassi's lips and slipping out of the room.

As if she'd cast a spell, Kassi was able to finally enjoy a blissful night of dreamless sleep.

**Author's Note**

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