Delilah's POV
I woke up with a yawn, stretching in place as I felt my eyes start to open. I was in my favorite morning position. Spooning Hero.
I smirked, carefully I moved my hands into position and…
Squeeze!
Pinch!
"Ah!" Hero yelped as they woke up from my groping of their breast and pinching of their butt.
"Morning~" I purred to them.
"Can you please not do that?" Hero whined, which was just so cute when they get all flustered like that.
"No, cause your boobies are soft and this ass is pinchable." I chuckled, giving them a quick peck on the cheek before I got up. "So, any plans for today or gonna try absorbing more gems with Saw?" Hero got up, about ready to talk before a hand reached their mouth and they used Warp. I could hear the puke noises from the bathroom. "Morning sickness sucks I know!" I called out to them.
"I'm in Spain but the S is silent!" I heard Hero groan in pain.
"You should have saved some Skill Points for the Motherhood Tree instead of spending them all in Quirk improvements!" I called back as I heard Hero once again vomit their insides.
They planned for a lot of things, but morning sickness from pregnancy somehow flew right past them.
I chuckled as I got off the bed, quickly finding some day clothes to wear and then heading to the kitchen. Poppy is on a pretty regular schedule. She's usually the first up, and starts cooking. Breakfast food until ten, lunch food from ten til one, and then they start making dinner foods and desserts until nine when they go to sleep and every two or three days Hero bangs her.
"Morning Poppy." I said.
"Good morning miss Delilah." Poppy said, giving me a nod and smile. "Coffee and coffee additions are ready."
"Thank you Poppy." I said, giving her a quick hug before getting myself a mug and then taking a seat at the table.
"Morning." I looked up, seeing Three walk in.
"Morning Three." I smiled. "Hero's currently suffering some Morning Sickness at the moment."
"So morning as usual?" He asked with a half laugh and taking a seat at the table too. "Was up all night clearing out those bases from the map data Midas gave us. Got a lot more stuff for the town and such."
"That's good, the more bases we clear the better." I nodded.
"Yeah. Towards the end most were either abandoned or had a skeleton crew so they're getting clever or scared. They didn't even take the supplies in the abandoned ones, just had all the terminals wiped. Tried to recover some data but no luck, it was thorough."
"That's fair and…mildly weird." I mentioned. "Why would they wipe their terminals but leave all the supplies?"
"From what I remember of the War, Nexus has always been wasteful. Even when they'd trap and destroy most of their supplies, there'd be so much there was always some salvage. As for the terminals, they likely figured out how Hero and Saw was tracking their bases down before the map data. It won't do them much good but it's best to slow down a bit. We hit too many now that they're getting wise they might pull something."
"Getting a bit overzealous here…." I sighed.
"Unfortunately. Either way, if we can meet up with the New Foundation and work with them, we can start reaching to other Zones and targeting bases there."
"Yeah, finally getting into other zones would be a good idea." I nodded.
"While I was out I got to help some of them. Helped this one guy get all the way to the Nexus Capital for a mission he went under. Wonder how that turned out for him?" Three pondered aloud.
"Well, hopefully it went well." I said. "What was the mission?"
"He was looking for a way to either cure or help the Breeders. Not sure what he was trying to do to even get to that goal, but he was determined. After I dropped him and his teammate off near the place I went to mine the resources for the cubes."
"And that's when you got ambushed?" I inquired. "Cause there wouldn't be many that are strong enough to take you down and kidnap you in a straight fight."
"Yeah. The places that had the materials were occupied. Initially, dealing with those guys was easy… then she showed up." Three sighed.
"And…who's she ?" I asked worriedly.
"She's one of the Majority, if I remember right, she's actually one of the original members from way back in Era One during the Morgan Incident. They call her The God Killer. She has a nasty habit of targeting specifically Divine and Celestial Beings. Never knew her real name, but hard to forget that face…"
"That's…massively concerning…" I said worriedly. "What did she look like?"
"A blonde little girl. Physically she looks no older than… maybe ten? Apparently she finds it amusing to see her prey fall to shock when getting slaughtered by a child…"
"That's…very weird and concerning." I said nervously.
"The Majority had some of the worst amongst their ranks. For a time they rivaled and surpassed Nexus and Violence. While they're nothing like they used to be, they're still a force to fear."
"Oh…well let's hope to Mother they won't attack us…" I said nervously.
"Doubtful. They got what they wanted out of me and that was that…" Three sighed.
"And… what did they get from you?" I asked, fearing what sort of knowledge they could have gotten from someone who…fought in the old war.
"They wanted to know about my construction. Wasn't that hard… tey took me apart and put me together enough times to have basically replicated my blueprints to memory. I was the first and only Synthetic Time Runner. They likely wanted to know about how I was created."
"Well…shouldn't Time Runners be more a Speedster ability?"
"Yes and no… See, Time Runners weren't just Speedsters using Speed Force of the Old Reality to travel through time. It's an Antithesis to how Time Walkers own powers work. It's how so many were able to… capture and slaughter Time Walkers to create the Void Key replicas… As the last Time Runner, this Antithesis to Time Walker Powers still applies to me… in short, a Time Walker's powers won't work on me…"
"So…that either means you are unable to go Mad…or you are functionally Immortal beyond what this reality offers…"
"No, it means that time walkers future seeing based powers and other time based attacks and such are something I'm able to predict and see myself. Time Walkers are among this reality's strongest because of those powers…"
"So…if the Majority gains the abilities of a Time Runner…" I trailed off worriedly. "That…that would cause… all the problems."
"I don't even know how they work entirely, so even with all that reverse engineering the power won't be easy… we'll have to add taking out the remnants of The Majority to our list of shit to do…" Three groaned.
"So…that's going to drive Hero up a wall with a need to get stronger to stop a cataclysmic event." I sighed. "And we just got them to calm down and relaxed enough…"
"Should we wait until after the pregnancy to tell them then?"
"Yes, cause we really don't want them to start fretting over a lot of things and…possibly have complications happen." I said nervously.
"I'm almost tempted to have them try Edibles. Back in the day, Izukie tried them once and… heh. It was both the most relaxed, and funniest I've ever seen them. No doubt In my mind Hero would have a similar reaction."
"Oh I need these juicy details." I said readily, wanting to hear my share of adorably funny gossip of how I can imagine Hero being high off their rocker.
"Heh, well it was a little after the war began and they were stressed out, hadn't slept, eaten right… bathed… in a while. Even after getting a break from it they were basically fighting tooth and nail to not sleep, eat or relax. So, a friend of there's managed to slip in a few special cookies into the snacks they were eating. Ten minutes later they were out. Would wake up every four hours, raid the fridge, then sleep again for another four hours before going at it again. Apparently they used the extra potent stuff." Three said with a chuckle. "I'm willing to bet Saw has some."
"Oh that sounds hilarious." I giggled. "And knowing Saw, yeah he probably has the good stuff."
"So, what are your plans for the day?"
"Hmm, not sure." I shrugged. "Probably helping Hero through the start of their pregnancy if they haven't already tried to shove as many skill points into the Mother skill tree as possible." I admitted.
"Didn't they run out of them upgrading Quirks?"
"I'm sure they found someway to either get more skill points or something else." I shrugged.
"Well, it's Christmas Eve so, I'll be helping with some preparation for tomorrow."
I nodded. I have a few things to do too…
"Yeah, a whole lot of things to prepare for tomorrow." I said.
I finished my coffee and rapidly got a quick breakfast and also grabbed a few other things.
Using Shrowdingers Cat, I turned a corner and now was walking into the snow covered woods of the Planet Room. It was nice, seeing it snow here.
I came across a tree that sat next to a small pond, sitting up on the tree was Zen.
"Hey Zen." I said.
They said nothing. I placed various bits of Poppy's cooking at the base of their tree and walked around the other side of it, taking a seat.
After a few minutes, I heard Zen jump down and they began to eat.
"Why…do you prefer solitude?" I asked carefully, just wanting this lone question.
"... I don't feel it when I'm alone…" Zen said.
I nodded. "I understand…maybe one day, we'll figure something out." I said softly, keeping my words short as I didn't want to aggravate Zen possibly more.
"Doubtful. This hatred is for people… it's not from Mother alone…"
I sighed. "I…I know…" I said sadly, knowing Hero better than most, only person that know's them better is Three…and Hero has a lot of hate. "But…we just need to find 999, and they can help cure your rage…at least, that's what Hero's been talking about."
"... What would that make me without it then? Hope? Krow? Whoever else he and mother spawn between them and now? We are beings born from rage… without it, what are we?"
"That is…a difficult question, but I am a Prize Pod Person, I was opened to know a good majority of Hero before…all this happened, and to love and trust him unequivocally…but I am my own person, I have made my own decisions, even if they were against what some would say is 'my Lover programming'." I explained. "The better question is, do you make the Rage, or does the Rage make you? Cause you have chosen to do something that goes against your Rage, and that's a start to prove you are more than just what you were born from."
"... I don't know." Zen said.
I sat there for a while longer. Once Zen had finished his meals he went back into the tree, and I left, using Schrodinger's Cat to appear in town to try and see what was going on here.
It was all decorated. Reefs, large bells, various trees covered head to… well, roots in lights, ornaments and such.
As I walked, I saw Inko, she was sitting on a bench writing some things down next to Saw.
"Hey Inko." I said with a smile. "How you doing on this fine Christmas Eve?"
"Hi Delilah." She greeted me. "Just finishing up helping Saw get Scotch's Christmas Gifts ready."
"That's good to hear, there's gonna be a lot of presents this year for everyone." I chuckled.
"Yeah… I had no idea what to get the kids so I got a mix of toys and some game consoles Kelly had." Saw said. "But I'm getting Scotch his very own Legendary Abilities."
"...You can do that?" I asked.
"With my help." Inko said. "See, turns out everyone has the Legendary Skill Tree but to them it's invisible. But I can see it fine and what each person needs to do to unlock the Abilities thanks to my Perfect Custodian Title. A while ago Saw asked me to see if any would work well for Scotch given he's more a crafter and such and there were. So I added Scotch to my Custody discreetly and I have been writing down all the Legendary Abilities that relate to Crafting and what Scotch himself would need to do to unlock them."
"That's really cool, what stuff would he need to do to get those abilities?" I inquired.
"Well, for this one, Master of The Golden Smithy, All Scotch would need to do is craft 1,000 weapons of AAA or S quality. For Grindstones Perfection he needs to Sharpen 10,000 dull blades. For Armorers Fortification he needs to reinforce a single piece of armor from F rank to S rank. For this last one, Enchanters Catalog, he needs to enchant one million items."
"That sounds like a long grind but it'll be worth it." I said honestly.
"Yeah, but I know he's gonna love it, plus once Scotch does have all these abilities, the gear we use that he makes or upgrades will be way better than whatever Nexus or Violence or any of them can throw at us." Saw said with a smirk.
"Really now? How strong will his crafting skill be?" I inquired.
"Well, according to the Descriptions, Master of the Golden Smithy will give Scotch his own sort of Pocket Dimension workshop equipped with every means of creating weapons, armor, items, ECT, as well as 1,000 of every crafting materials from rank F to SSS+. Grindstones Perfection will make it so any item he repairs has a fifty percent chance to improve it's stats by up to 100% or increase in weapon rank quality. Armorers Perfection will make it so Scotch can reinforce any armor or weapon and their stats will increase by ten times the normal increase per upgrade. Enchanters Catalog will let Scotch enchant any item with any weapon, armor or accessory enchantment at will, up to ten on a single item and the strength of the enchantments are determined by his Intelligence Stat." Inko said.
"Wow…that's a lot of things." I said in surprise.
"He is gonna love it I just know. And his own personal pocket workshop, he won't have to worry about any of the kids going in there and messing with something." Saw smirked. "Thanks again for this Inko."
"No problem Saw." Inko said, giving Saw a pat on the head before giving him the notebook. Saw took off and I sat down next to Inko. "So, how are you doing Delilah?"
"I'm fine, just learned some…scary news from Three, but I have christmas things I need to take care of."
"Ah. You excited? Did you get Hero anything special?"
"I am excited and…I'm not sure if I do yet…" I said carefully.
"How come?"
"Cause there's a lot of thing's I could get him and…the one thing that I really want to get him…I don't know where they are." I admitted bitterly.
"What's that?"
"Getting his brothers back." I answered.
"Uh, did I miss something in my recap?" Inko asked.
"So Hero was adopted by…" I started but then…I blinked. "Wait…who was Hero adopted by again?" I frowned, scratching my head as it felt like there was…someone missing. "W-well anyways, he was adopted by a woman, who also adopted to other people from the same general Reality that you were born in, Tomura and Kai…and ever since we were forcibly teleported here with Candlelight, a town he helped build for Prize Pod people, they've been…missing for a long time."
"Oh. Well, whoever this woman is, I should thank her should I meet her." Inko said. "Hmm, I do hope they're all okay."
"Excuse me?" Inko and I looked up. An elderly man, asian in appearance, walked up to us. An armored guard stood next to him. "I am looking for a… Hero? Heh, sounds funny to word it like that." The old man said with a small laugh to himself.
"And…who are you sir?" I inquired, not sure how they just…more or less materialized here without me noticing.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am O5-1 of the New Foundation." He greeted with a slight bow. "I'd have arrived sooner, but hiding your whole settlement in a Planet Room, smart. Where it not for your Outposts and some helpful guards posted there we might have arrived later than desired."
I blinked. "Uh… okay sure." I said, not expecting to meet the O5-1 today. "Sure, one moment." I said, getting up. "I'll talk to you two later…but I'm gonna need you two to take my hands and everyone close their eyes." I said, offering my hand to the guard and O5-1
"Ah, Schrodinger's Cat I presume?" He asked with a smirk as he took my hand. The guard also took it and once their eyes were closed, we were at the house just outside the living room.
"Right…Hero, Three?" I called out for the two. "We have guests."
I walked into the living room. O5-1 and his guard following as I saw Hero eating a sandwich, and Three was sitting next to them reading a book.
"O5-1." Three said with a nod as he saw the old man.
"Three. How have you been?" O5-1 asked.
"Better than I was before."
"Uh…hi?" Hero asked nervously. "I…didn't expect someone so important to be here today."
"Neither did I." I admitted.
"Well Midas made contracts with you so why shouldn't I?"
"I…suppose that's fair." Hero said.
"Yeah, we've been talking about getting into contact with you to start…spreading out as it were." I admitted.
"I am aware. Midas told me of your settlement. So, you're the ones who started putting fear into Nexus? Heh, on break until further notice?" O5-1 asked as he motioned to Hero's growing stomach.
"Listen…it was a while ago and I was so outlandishly black out drunk…" Hero said sheepishly.
"Yes, I was honestly surprised at how drunk he was." I giggled.
"Well, regardless, I hope you're willing to become part of the New Foundation. We actually have two others that hold Township and Perfect Custodian. But from what I was told, you only hold Township, Hero, and your mother, Inko, holds Perfect Custodian."
"That is correct." Hero nodded. "And yes, joining the New Foundation would be a great thing."
"Should I get Inko in on this conversation?"
"I would appreciate it. I plan on the Custodians to all meet once the last of them has been made part of the New Foundation." O5-1 said.
I nodded, as I slipped away around a corner and teleported off to Inko. "Hey Inko, gonna need you for a moment with O5-1." I said to my mother in law.
I then just as rapidly teleported back with her, emerging around the corner.
"Uh, hi again." Inko waved to O5-1.
"Hello. Now then, are there any questions you all have for me?" O5-1 asked.
"Well, who are these other people with Township and Perfect Custodian?" I inquired.
"One is named Casey, like you all he and his family were from Candlelight, but were teleported to Demonic Invasion. Thankfully it's territory to The Slayers Guild and they even have an experienced Mothers Daughter member with them. We're cooperating with the Slayers to construct a Church for Isekai and respawns. The other, Micheal, is an Isekai Nokori that arrived here, petrified by a Gorgon with his husband, Gallon."
"Right." I nodded. "Sounds like this world is having a lot of neat thing's crop up."
"Yes. Whether that is a sign of good or bad things though has yet to be determined." O5-1 said. "Anything else?"
"Uh…how bad would it be if uh…the Majority gained Time Runner powers?" I asked carefully, as this was a very important question.
"It depends." O5-1 said with a slight shrug.
"Right…" I said carefully.
"Do you know anything about the Time Walker that's been…aiding the Nokori God?" Hero asked.
"Her name is Diamond Tiara, and she used to be a resident of one of our newest settlement in the Infection Zone." O5-1 said.
Hero nodded, as I remembered he had that weird book that told him a lot of things. "Thank you, but have you seen anyone like this?" They asked, bringing out one of the sketches the Saint made from Saw's memories.
O5-1 looked at the image for a time but shook his head. "Sorry. He is unfamiliar to me."
"Well crap…" I sighed. "That image came from Saw, as they know what the Nokori God looked like before…well all this stuff happened." I explained.
"Interesting. So he is one of his experiments then?"
"Yes, from what Saw told me he is one of the Gods works, as Saw has a rather big vendetta against David Romero." Hero explained. "It's gotten smaller due to time and a lot of other things, but that ram really want to shove a saw blade where the sun don't shine."
"Sounds like they will have an interesting reunion." O5-1 said with a small smirk. "Midas mentioned a human passing Nokori with the powers of a Phoenix over in Aqua Terra with a settlement he also recruited since they also have a Township holder and Perfect Custodian."
"That's…actually where I want to head to." Hero said. "Oh, and also I know a…general location as to where 999 is." Hero said.
"Really?" I inquired, not knowing what that book told him but if it told him where a being that hasn't been found in a long time it was certainly a surprise.
"That is most certainly interesting. When the portals are set up, you can visit Aqua Terra." O5-1 said.
"Thank you…and 999 is, from what I learned, is in the deepest parts of the Void for…some reason." Hero said.
"And so we don't get a bit off track, what will the New Foundation offer all of us? Besides expansion and having a wider field of safety."
"Resources, for one. Armies, our numbers are fairly large, better infrastructure and education for your children and of course, our portal hubs thanks to Micheal are Frontier based, meaning they'll be safe for only Township citizens to use." O5-1 said.
"That's fantastic to hear." I nodded. "While we've been getting plenty of resources from both the Chaos Guild bases and pit stops and from Midas, we've been…a bit lacking when it comes to guards and education, even if Hero here has been trying their best to help solve that." I said honestly.
"We are pleased to help." O5-1 said. He then pulled out some papers, handing them to Hero. "If you'd please, sign this. Just puts the agreement into writing."
Hero nodded and grabbed the papers, looking over them and signing where needed. "This will help immensely. Thank you sir.'
"It's been a pleasure. There should be some people arriving by mid next month at latest with the supplies to make the main portal."
With that, O5-1 and his guard left.
Hero went back to their meal, Three went back to reading. Inko went back to town.
I ended up heading back to the bedroom. It was still early…
I felt a pair of arms wrap around me. Looking down I saw Rin and smirked.
"Hey Delilah." Rin said with her own grin.
"Hey Rin." I said. "How you doing?"
"Kinda bored." She said, moving to lay on top of me. "You?"
"I'm fine, just got done talking to O5-1 a bit ago but…now I'm still stuck on what to do cause I have presents to…oh damn it, I should have asked if they knew where Hero's siblings were…"
"You mean Kai and Tomura right?"
"Yes, cause getting those two back would make Hero beyond happy…a great christmas present since I don't know what to really get…"
"I mean, you tied up with a bow is an option, but you did also do that for their birthday already." Rin sighed. "How is it Hero is so hard to shop for? I just ended up getting him this PS2 console Kelly had that was loaded with games already. Figured since he has a Keyblade, playing Kingdom Hearts would be both fun and helpful for him."
"Because their too pure for their own good sometimes." I shook my head. "I could get him a brand new set of notebooks and writing stuff but that doesn't sound too good…"
"Didn't he do that for Daisy as a makeup/late birthday gift?" Rin asked.
"Yes…yes he did." I sighed.
"He's lucky Daisy takes after him." Rin sighed. "No luck with option B either I take it?"
I sighed… no luck finding Kacchan. If what he told Hero is true, he's a danger to others and himself… even if Sin Eater doesn't work, Memory Stealer and Second Chance would…
"No…pesky bastard is doing a real good job of hiding." I sighed.
Rin pulled herself up a bit over me, gently giving me a kiss before laying on top of me again in a partial hug.
I will admit, when this happened, I was surprised. I didn't think I'd feel this way about anyone other than Hero, but Rin and I got along great, both being the first ladies in his life to love and cherish him… then, after my abortion she was a rock for me and… this became what it is.
Hero knows, we're not hiding it, and they don't mind at all. Though he does look when we're cuddling and when we see them peeking we tease the shit out of him.
"It will be fine. We'll find Kai and Tomura, Kacchan too. But this is our first real holiday since coming to Armageddon. We should be happier just to be safe enough to celebrate it." Rin said.
"Yeah, our first Christmas after ten years." I admitted. "And I'm glad that we're getting to experience it."
"So, what have you gotten for Hero?"
"Not…anything yet…" I sighed.
"Well that's not good." Rin said, pulling herself up to loot at me. "There has to be something you can get him… and on such short notice… Kelly?" Rin suggested.
"Kelly might know something…" I said. "I might as well go see her."
"Alright, but pop on back here for a bit. We've been so busy we haven't had any personal time together in a while." Rin asked as she gave me another kiss. "And I found an alchemy shop in one of the towns Hero recruited that makes and sells the fun kinds of potions… and I got a few for us to try~"
"Oh I can't wait to have some of that fun." I giggled warmly, kissing her back happily.
She broke the kiss with a smile as she got off me and turned around.
I then used Schrodinger's Cat and popped into Kelly's store. Most of the basic merchandise from the shelf's was already taken, leaving only some basic items.
Kelly herself was seated at the register looking at a book.
She then looked up. "Sup Delilah? Been a while." She said as she closed the book.
"Yeah, it has been." I nodded. "I need your help with a gift for Hero."
"You mean your ass isn't gonna cover it?" She asked, giving a small laugh to her own joke.
"My ass was their birthday, and while this ass would be a great christmas gift…I need it to be special." I admitted.
"Heh. Alright well I guess a regular old thing isn't gonna cut it. I do have a few things I kept for resell from the supplies Midas gave us. I'm sure there's something that Hero would like." Kelly said as she began looking through her Assistant.
"Thank you Kelly." I nodded. "You are a life savor."
"Don't go thanking me yet. I do plan on selling it." She chuckled. "Now then, knowing Hero it's probably best to get them something heroish or something they can use to help people…"
"Or morning sickness pills cause they are not taking that kindly." I chuckled.
"Hence why when I was pregnant with Scotch I invested immediately into the Motherhood Skill Tree." Kelly chuckled. "But hmm… which of these would be… no, no, no, this one would be more for you, no…"
"Yeah, he was more focused on obtaining a bunch of other skills and upgrading his quirks cause…well, let's be honest, he never really enjoyed dick until they got Three back."
"Hey, might mean he'll give you ladies a shot after some potions or strap-ons." Kelly said with another laugh.
"That is very true." I chuckled. "Would be great to take his ass for a ride like Three did."
"Hell, I might just for the heck of it." Kelly chuckled. "Now let's see… hmm…" She hummed as she still searched through her Assistant.
I scratched my head, trying to think of anything that could help with the search for a good gift for Hero.
The silence made me worried for a while. Then, Kelly spoke up. "Hey, you know what an Echo is, right?"
"Yes." I nodded. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, I just remembered back in the day this crazy slave trader said he was making his slaves by using corpses from what would normally be decoration or basic enemies of Armageddon and they were coming out fully conscious people. I got a thing here called an Echo Incubator. It takes a small DNA sample and rebuilds the body, the Echo gets a new body, just no soul or heart, they'd have to grow or have them made separately like the Saint did for Inko."
Hmm… that's interesting…
"Well…that is definitely something interesting." I said honestly. "How much for that?"
"Seven hundred grand."
Shit!
"Uh…" I muttered. "That's…that's a lot…"
"I'm aware."
"Right…uh…do I even have that much…" I muttered, checking to see how much money we have.
… not even close…
Fuck!
"Right…I can't buy it…shit…"
"Well, maybe we can work out an arrangement." Kelly said.
"What kind of arrangement?" I inquired.
"I want two things. First, are some of Hero's tail feathers. At least four of them. Second, I'd like for Hero to spend the day with me here at the shop."
"That seems rather simple." I admitted. "So first, here's your tail feathers." I said while bringing them out for her as I had these pretty things for…a while after their more animalistic fucks.
"Perfect." She said, taking them and putting them into her Assistant. "Phoenix tail feathers are extremely valuable for all kinds of crafting. Scotch is gonna love this. So, when can I expect Hero to stop by for the day?"
"Close your eyes and I'll go check." I said.
Kelly nodded, closing her eyes and I quickly used Schrodinger's Cat to appear myself to where Hero- Woah!
"D-Delilah!?" Hero yelped, sharing a bath with Poppy. "Do you really have to pop in like that?"
I just chuckled, seeing Poppy cuddling up to them under the bath suds.
"And miss out on a scene like this?" I asked with a cheeky grin. "But I need your help, can you spend time with Kelly at the store for the day?"
"Uh, today? I guess but um… kinda in the middle of something." He said. "Give me like… twenty more minutes…"
"Fair…I'm calling tub sex next." I said, causing my special birb to blush as I went back to Kelly.
"So, what's the verdict?" Kelly asked.
"Give him twenty minutes, he's taking a bath with Poppy at the moment." I said honestly.
"Oh~! Heh, well good thing he already seems to be in a mood then cause I was planning on a private little Christmas party of our own~ when you pick them up tell them no clothes needed~"
"Should I also flip the store sign 'Closed' while I'm at it?" I joked.
"Don't worry, I got it." She smirked.
I was then given the Echo Incubator and Kelly got started closing the shop.
A little before the twenty minutes ended I popped in back home, finding Hero drying off already. They saw me and began to speak. "For the record, I was not having bathtub sex with Poppy." He started.
"Alright, so no clothes are necessary with what your about to do with Kelly." I said with a smile, moving behind him and grabbing him.
"So why am I being dragged to Kelly's butt naked? I mean, I can guess the reason but what are you getting out of this?"
"Your christmas present, cause it was either too expensive and Kelly wants you with a special 'private christmas party'." I giggled as I teleported with Hero to Kelly's place.
"A little warning beforehand at least…" Hero huffed as they looked around. "Well at least it's closed and the blinds are down…"
"I'm into a lot of shit but I ain't into being watched." Keppy said, looking Hero up and down. "Kinky."
Hero sighed. "Hey Kelly. You could have asked me personally you know?"
"Yeah, but this way she gets you a present and I get a Christmas dicking."
I chuckled as I left the two alone.
I popped back in next to Rin, who I immediately turned around and pulled Into a hug and kiss.
"Woah, I take it Kelly worked out?" Rin asked with a chuckle as she broke the kiss.
"Yes she did." I nodded. "And currently Hero is now giving Kelly a very white Christmas."
Rin laughed. "That was terrible. But, I guess you want a little of that too since you popped back in?" She asked with a grin, a bottle of pink liquid was removed from her Assistant.
"Oh you know I want my stocking stuffed this wonderful season." I purred.
"Very well my little naughty kitty~" Rin said, positioning herself above me as she popped the bottles cork and downed the liquid.
The next morning I made sure to get up early. Mainly so Rin and I could shower before the kids woke up.
I then popped in to fetch Hero, who was cutely cuddling Kelly in their sleep. Hero used Warp to quickly return home and shower, and Kelly thanked for the wake up call before heading into her own home to bathe and then head to Saw and Scotch's place.
I quickly popped back home and saw Poppy already at work making pancakes and all kinds of breakfast foods.
"Good morning miss Delilah." Poppy said as she greeted me.
"Hello Poppy." I nodded. "How are you doing this fine Christmas morning?"
"I am well. Especially after Master gave me that massage last night."
Massage?
"He gave you a massage?" I asked in surprise.
"Yes. In the bath. He said that since the triplets had grown larger they'd been feeling back pains and foot pains. They then saw me, their face did that wide eyed look and he then apologized to me for some reason and offered me a hot spring mineral bath and massage. It was very relaxing."
OH! Oh… oh…
"Y-yeah…I…I understand what you mean." I said carefully.
Poor Poppy… I remember feeling like crap at times when I was pregnant with Daisy… she's basically been pregnant non-stop for ten years…
"Is there something you want miss Delilah?" Poppy asked me.
I moved over and gave her a quick hug. "Thank you for being strong Poppy…even if you don't fully understand what I mean…"
"I am just fulfilling my role as Master's Breeder and servant. I have no need for gratitude or affection miss Delilah." Poppy said… giving me the kindest smile as she did…
"We…are really going to need to learn how to cure you…" I said softly.
I gave her another hug, this one a bit tighter before I took a plate with some pancakes and sat at the table.
All too soon the kids began rushing in, followed by the adults. I sometimes forget how big our family is.
Some of the kids took breakfast plates first. Others B-lined it for the presents. Adults were laughing at the antics, eating food and exchanging gifts as well.
I couldn't help but smile.
"This is nice." I said softly, eating my breakfast and just…enjoying the feeling of peace and joy here.
As I watched the kids open presents, playing with the toys and such they got, I smiled… this reminds me of way back… simpler times…
This is the most normal and happiest I think I've felt in years…
"Merry Christmas." I turned, seeing Rin hand me a box.
"Merry Christmas Rin." I said with a smile, gently taking the box and opening it to see what the gift was.
I looked inside, surprised as I carefully raised up the metal Gauntlets. They were thin, but sturdy and were built with claws at the fingertips.
"I got to see if my Quirk works on Adamantium with all the metals we got from Nexus bases. I'll admit, Scotch helped me with the smaller bits but the majority of the work was done by me."
"This is awesome." I said with a smile, putting on the Gauntlets as they fit perfectly.
"Well you don't really use a weapon, usually you kick and punch and use magic so, I figure something like this would be best for you." She chuckled, giving me a quick peck on the cheek. "And in return, you can drink the other potion I used on myself last night for me later~" She said with a slight hush.
"And it's going to be a fun night." I said in the same hushed tone with a giggle. "And here's you go." I said, handing her my gift.
"Oh?" She said, taking the box and opening it. She then pulled out six fire elemental Crystals. "Woah. These are pretty pure. Where'd you get them?"
"Apparently there are some Random area events…and when that area event is having to fight Laurance and four clones of it at the exact same time…you get some pretty neat stuff."
"Heh, well between these and my metal manipulation I can probably effect harder metals easier now." She said, absorbing the gems one after another.
Some time went on before someone else gave me a present.
"Merry Christmas." Three said, handing me an envelope.
"Merry Christmas." I nodded, taking the Envelope and opening it to see what christmas card he gave me.
…
This was not a card… these were photos… very lewd photos of Hero!
I quickly looked to Three.
He smirked, holding a finger to his lips. "Perks of being a Synthetic. Don't tell Hero now~"
I quickly put these in my Assistant. "Three, you are a wonderful person." I said with a smile.
"Well, I owe you something at least… I spent a lot of time just… alienating myself from people when Izukie… but, Hero isn't just basically her come back to life, they're someone I feel like I've fallen for all over again. A lot of who they are now is because of you, so, you deserve something for helping me out of my issues."
"Your welcome Three." I nodded, handing him my gift. "And you deserve a gift as well." I said with a smile. "Cause you are important to Hero and I'm happy you make them feel special."
He smiled, taking the gift. He opened it… his face turned red then he closed it. "Uh… should I ask?"
"You can if you want." I said with some eyebrow wiggles.
"Heh… well this will be new… is Hero even into this?" He asked, lightly shaking the box.
"I'm pretty sure, they've been getting more adventurous as of late." I shrugged.
"Heh, well this will certainly be interesting." He laughed, putting the gift into his Assistant and walking off.
As the morning went on, I felt glad we got to celebrate this day. To be normal for a day…
Hopefully, the first of many days…
"Merry Christmas, Delilah." I looked up, seeing Hero there.
"Merry Christmas my love." I said warmly to Hero.
"Ready for your present?" They asked me.
"I'm ready, you ready for yours?" I asked with a smile.
"Well, how about you give me mine first then I give you yours." They said. I was a little surprised, but shrugged as I then transferred the Echo Incubator to their Assistant. "Echo… so, people like mom?" They asked me.
"Yeah pretty much." I nodded.
"I… never even considered this… this will be huge…" He said. "Heh… no wonder Kelly said I was gonna work to pay it off… had no idea she had such a hardcore pregnancy fetish until last night…"
I chuckled. Go Kelly.
"It is a popular fetish I will admit." I said honestly. "So what gift do you have for me?"
With a smile, Hero took a seat next to me. They held up their hand to me, palm up and I saw it glow as their Creation Quirk started. Emerging from the light was…
A gold ring, with a diamond on top.
"I know I should be on one knee, but that's tricky when pregnant with triplets."
I…I was…oh my Mother…I covered my mouth as I felt tears filling my eyes. "Hero…" I whispered.
They smiled, gently taking my hand and slipping the ring on the finger. A perfect fit. "You… helped me a lot. When I first got her, I was ready to devote everything to just getting stronger to become a hero, but then you came out of that pod and, helped me to have fun. To do other things than just have fun with my life. When we came here to Armageddon you were strong enough to tell me when I was taking my training too far and when I was just hurting myself more than bettering myself… you've been everything to me Delilah. My rock, my splash of reality, my love. I know weddings aren't something most people do in this reality… but I'd feel bad if you, and everyone here I call love wasn't offered the chance to be my forever. So, Delilah, as the main head of my loves and my first love in this reality, marry me?"
"Yes!" I shouted in glee as I grabbed Hero and hugged him close, fully crying my eyes out. "I…I've…I've waited and imagined how this moment would be…Best, Christmas Gift, Ever!" I said in pure joy.