Sigh. Yet another long wait. This is one of the reasons why I detest school... Anyway, there will be major hints as well as another confession, so I hope this chapter can keep you guys content until the next update!

"So... What do you guys wanna do?" Rachel asked the group of eight others of her age group.

Pulse had wanted to see Rachel as well as Alpha, Renay and Serena while Rachel wanted to see Derek (whom she had come to see as a kind of annoying twin brother, much to Mewtwo's disliking) and Serena. So they had gathered up their friends and gone to Full Moon Island to retrieve the swan, who decided that she wanted Crystal, Ruby and Sapphire to join in. Meanwhile, Cresselia had called Suicune, Latias and Deoxys to come and help her watch the group of nine. The adults had headed off to chat, trusting them not to kill each other.

"Let's play tag! There's plenty people for it now!" Pulse suggested excitedly as Alpha and Ruby grinned and begun to vigorously nod their heads in agreement.

"Naw. Tag's a hatchling game," Renay replied before grinning. "Let's sing! I call dibs on 'Bet on It'!"

"Sounds good to me!" Rachel said with a grin matching Renay's as she nodded her head.

"Personally, I'd like to paint or write or do something else artistic," Serena added softly.

"Me too," Sapphire said with a small smile.

"I wanna do something actiony. Maybe we could watch something violent on the tube. Like a car chase or wrestling or a gun fight!" Derek voiced, grinning with his eyes and holding his arms up as he pretended to shoot Pulse.

Pulse's hands flew to his chest. "Ahhh! My heart! I'm dead!" he cried before falling to the ground in a heap. He started to giggle uncontrollably after almost three seconds of faking death.

"Dead people don't laugh, dude. Trust me, I know," Renay said with a smirk as she watched the phantom giggle.

"Sorry!" he said between giggles.

"They don't talk either, so put a cork in it," Derek said as he walked over and shoved a pine-cone in the dark type's mouth, finally quieting him as he attempted to remove it from his mouth.

"Hey!" Rachel growled, stepping over to glare at the DNA pokemon as Serena helped Pulse with his pine-cone problem. "You can't do that, you jerk!" She slammed her long, powerful tail against his head, causing him to groan and grab it in pain.

"What the hell was that for?! I was just joking with him!" he growled as he rubbed his sore cranium.

"Ya got what you deserved, dude," Renay stated calmly, shrugging her wings before giving him a small smirk.

"That's it! I'm gonna kick all of your asses!" Derek snarled, beginning on Rachel.

"How barbaric," Crystal commented with a small sigh. "I hate it when people try to solve their disputes with violence. It is pointless and stupid."

Derek stopped in his tracks and glared at Rachel. "Now that I think about it, my Mom would probably take you guys' side and yell at me. You sure are lucky she's here! If she weren't, you'd be so dead!"

Renay smirked again. "In other words, he doesn't want to look bad in front of Crystal," she whispered into Rachel's ear, causing both of them to snicker.

"What's so funny?" Derek asked suspiciously, giving the two girls a dirty look before getting hit in the head by a flying pine-cone, which Pulse had just coughed out.

"That!" Renay crowed as Rachel fell over in laughter, holding her ribs from all the laughing.

-ooo-

"It's awesome that you and Raikou are finally together, Su! Do you realize how long I've been waiting for this?" Cresselia giggled, trying her best to suppress giddy squeals.

"Enough about me! Anything big happen to you guys recently?" Suicune said with a grin, starting to get a bit flustered from all the attention.

"Well, I made a new friend who's been helping me watch Ruby and Sapphire. His name's Caleb. He's a Togekiss," Latias said with a smile, earning grins and smirks from her friends. She gave them a confused look. "Why are you guys looking at me like that?" she asked nervously.

"Latias has a boyfriend!" Deoxys squealed excitedly.

"Is he cute?" Suicune inquired with a smirk.

"What?!" Latias practically screeched, her golden eyes wide and her cheeks almost as red as her wings. "No! No, it's not like that! He's just... We're just... uh... good friends!" she said in a panicked voice, her thoughts and ability to think of words scrambled do to the fact that she was vigorously shaking her head back and forth in a display of denial.

"Riiiight," Deoxys replied, grinning with her eyes. "Of cooouuuurse you are."

Latias felt her face heat up even more. "Yeah? Well if Caleb is MY boyfriend then Mewtwo must be YOURS!" she shot back, smirking when she saw the alien's reaction to her statement.

"WHAT?!" she screamed, practically breaking her friends' eardrums with her voice.

"Oh, come on, Deoxys! Everyone knows you liiike him!" Latias said with a huge, sadistic grin on her face. "Just admit it, girl!"

"How can you possibly think I could ever love a serious, angst-ridden, philosophical, boring guy like Mewtwo?!" she ranted, her eyes closed as she felt intense heat burning her face.

"He's YOUR boyfriend! How should I know?" Latias retorted.

"Cut it out you two! Can't we all just try to get along?" Cresselia said, cursing herself for sounding so cheesy.

"AND YOU!" Latias and Deoxys said in unison, both pointing a claw or finger at the psychic swan.

"Me?!" Cresselia squeaked nervously.

"When exactly do you plan on telling Darkrai that you love him? Ten centuries from now?" Deoxys asked in a sarcastic tone, putting her hands on her hips and giving the swan a stern look as Latias nodded in agreement.

"But I don't!" she cried, beginning to panic as everybody stared at her with a look that clearly said that they didn't believe her. She sighed and hung her head in shame and embarrassment. "Okay, it's true. But please, don't say anything to anybody. Especially him. You guys know how he is."

The other three smiled and embraced their friend.

"We won't," Suicune promised with a smile.

Latias and Deoxys exchanged a look and smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry about blowing up at you. And it was wrong of me to point out Mewtwo. Besides, you were right. I do have a TINY bit of a crush on Caleb, but don't tell him. It would be too embarrassing and awkward. Forgive me?" Latias said, extending a paw toward the DNA pokemon.

Deoxys smiled with her eyes and grabbed the dragon's paw with her hand. "Oh course! And, well..." she said, using her other hand to rub the back of her neck. "Maybe the idea of me and Mewtwo isn't as far-fetched as I lead you to believe."

They all grinned at each other before having another group hug, happy to be peaceful and once more.

-ooo-

"Okay, I'm here!" Groudon announced. He spotted Kyogre sitting on the beach in her human form and transformed into his before going over and sitting beside her. He wore a red and black jacket with matching pants and shoes. He also wore a gray shirt and his hair was styled to resemble his head. "So, what did you want to talk about?" he inquired with a charming smile.

Kyogre lowered her eyes and ran a hand through the warm sand as she thought about what she should say. Usually, she was very straight-forward and confident. But now, she was scared and unsure. Very unlike her usually fearless self. She wore a long, blue and red kimono-like dress with a white streak down the front. A blue ribbon was tied around her waist to represent her tail and her hair was long and navy blue with red streaks. She was pulled from her thoughts when Groudon snapped his fingers near her face.

"Earth to Kyogre. Calling Ky. Do you read?" he said with a grin, but also with concern in his golden eyes. 'I hope she's okay. She's not acting like herself and I'm starting to worry,' he thought to himself as he waited for her to respond.

Kyogre sighed and took a deep breath, looking at the sand once more as she began to speak. "Well, it's just that we've been friends for a really long time. We've had our rough spots, but we always work through it together."

Groudon smiled. "You got that right, Ky! We're the best of friends," he said happily. 'Hmmm, Ky isn't usually the kind to want to reflect. But I don't mind! It's nice to think about things.'

She sighed. "Groudon, what I'm trying to say is that I love you," she stated, finally being her direct self. She felt her face heat up as she watched his face for his reaction.

The legendary of land took on a look of confusion before grinning. "Awww! I love you too, buddy!" he laughed as he gave the queen of the sea one of his famous, friendly hugs.

The now-human whale felt her eyes narrow as she fought the urge to scream in frustration. "No, you idiot!" she exclaimed, earning a look of surprise and slight fear from her counterpart. "Why do you have to be so dense?!" she snarled.

"I don't see what my mass has to do with anything," the confused lizard replied as he pondered her strange behavior.

Then, her last nerve broke. She tackled him with a roar of irritation, pinning him to the sand. She lowered her head and pressed her lips to his, desperate to get her point across to the moron she loved for reasons that were beyond her at the moment. Her actions caused her counterpart's eyes to widen and his face to become a shade of crimson that almost resembled his scales as his mind almost burst from the onslaught of thoughts and emotions.

Kyogre broke the kiss when she was sure he understood her point. Besides, she needed air. She scooted back onto the sand in front of him and locked her gaze to his. "Do you get it now?" she asked in a sarcastic, slightly flustered and exasperated voice before breathing deeply once again.

Groudon slowly nodded his head, never breaking eye contact with her. He could tell what she wanted to know and began to search his mind for an answer. His eyes widened even more when he realized what that answer was. "Kyogre, I... I love you, too," he said, hesitantly at first before becoming more confident. "I really do," he added with a grin.

The queen of the sea gave a squeal of delight before embracing her beloved counterpart, kissing him once again.

The lord of the land once again became red before returning the kiss, happy to finally know why she had been acting so strangely and what his own strange feelings had been.

The new couple remained like that for a while, content in their embrace and feeling as though they could just stay like that forever.

And they might have, had they not been interrupted by a giggle of delight. They turned their heads and saw Jirachi watching them with a giant grin on his face.

"Am I intruding?" the fairy asked with another giggle. "I came here to ask for that favor I told you about before, but I can see that your... um... occupied. Do you want me to come back later?"

Groudon turned his face to meet his lover's gaze. "Do you want him to come back later?"

Kyogre smiled. "Naw, it's okay. Go help him with whatever it is he needs.

He smiled back and kissed her on the forehead before returning to his pokemon form, Kyogre following his lead and returning to hers as well. "Thanks, Ky. I'll see ya when I get back," he told her as he walked over to his wish-granting friend.

"Then try to get back soon!" she replied with a laugh as she slipped back into the water.

"I always knew you guys would end up together. You sure make a nice couple," Jirachi commented with a grin, causing his lizard friend to grin in a slightly bashful manner.

"Well, are we gonna handle that little project of yours or not? And by the way, when are you gonna tell me what that plan of yours is anyway?" Groudon said with a curious expression as he held out his hand to Jirachi.

"You'll find out soon enough," he replied with a laugh before they teleported away in a flash of light.

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