Kanto Gets Loud
Chapter 88 Intergalactic Conference Part 2
Later, at the Central Galactic Conference Hall,
The Vessel from the Solar System had just landed in the docking bay of the conference hall, allowing the passengers to depart, "Wow, this place is huge!" Lincoln commented.
"Glad you think so, Lincoln Loud. After all, I'm one of the many geniuses behind it," the red-haired woman from before replied.
"Hey, how'd you know my name?" Lincoln asked.
"I heard you talking with Lala, Nana, and their friends. Plus, you do match the description we were given when news of your engagement to Nana was made public across the cosmos," the red-haired woman replied.
"C'mon Washu, you shouldn't be eavesdropping on everyone," the boy that she was accompanying scolded, as he and the rest of that group departed from the ship.
"Come now, Tenchi, dear… I'm just making some small talk," the red-haired woman, now known as "Washu" replied. Lincoln stuck close to his friends from Sainan as more ships landed in the docking bay. Out from those ships, Lincoln saw both Gyleena and Vaxeena, along with others of their species that he assumed were their families and guards. Other aliens he saw included a bunch of burly tiger like aliens, red, four armed aliens, small, grey frog like aliens no larger than a coffee mug, some aliens that Lincoln could describe as anthropomorphic forest animals, including hedgehogs, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, and many others.
"BENTEN! OYUKI!" Lum exclaimed happily, as she flew over to a pair of other, attractive women. The first woman looked like a biker, having a chain wrapped around her shoulder, and wore red armored plates over each of her breasts, and a red, almost metallic looking skirt. The second woman was wearing a beautiful white yukata with a blue ribbon around her waist. Her lavender hair almost looked like it was made of ice.
"Hey, Lum! I see you've made it here too!" the biker girl greeted Lum back.
"I assume that your husband has not come with?" the other woman asked in a neutral tone.
"No, I made sure to leave the Earth in secret so Darling wouldn't go around disrupting things with his typical flirting," Lum replied.
"That might be a good thing in this case," Lincoln muttered under his breath to no one in particular. Just then, the rings on his arms began to vibrate, "Oh boy, this is going to be a bit of a challenge," he said, as he took out his amulet, "Hello girls, are you there?" Lincoln asked.
"Yes, we're here, Lincoln," Charlie replied.
"Alright then. Now, as much as I like talking to you girls, why the sudden call?" Lincoln asked.
"Well, since we have today off from school due to a holiday, we thought we'd have another group date, if that's alright with you," Octavia replied.
"A group date? Like, right now? That might be a bit of an issue, given my present circumstances," Lincoln asked, not sure how to handle this.
"How so? Nothing bad's happened, has it?" Miu asked, sounding a bit concerned.
"Well, you girls remember how I'm engaged to an alien princess? Well, I was brought into space with her to attend some kind of conference with other royal families from across the galaxy," Lincoln explained.
"Oh, we know how those types of meetings go. The only real danger from them is how boring they are," Loona replied.
"Even so, it would do some good to meet that Nana girl you told us about," Verosika pointed out. The other girls shared similar sentiments.
"Really? I wouldn't want you girls to waste your one extra day off from school," Lincoln replied, surprised by how easily his monster fiancés were on board with this.
"It's fine. Besides, much like most humans, we monsters often wonder about life beyond the stars," Charlie replied.
"Not only that, we should also meet Nana sooner, rather than later," Milt added.
"Hmm, well, Nana did tell me that the conference itself only runs for about four hours. If you girls say you won't be bored by this, I'll see if it's alright with the others," Lincoln replied.
"Lincoln, who are you talking to?" Nana asked, as she and Zastin approached after seeing Lincoln talking to himself.
"Oh, Nana… I was talking with my fiancés from the Monster Realm. They're interested in coming to meet you and all the other aliens here at the conference," Lincoln replied.
"Oh, you mean the girls you told us about when we met the Kovaks?" Nana asked.
"That's right. They're also interested in meeting you. And they'll also have to meet Vaxeena, Gyleena, and Xalanna too," Lincoln replied.
"Hmm, well, it is a bit unorthodox, but I suppose it shouldn't be too much of an issue… Unless they do any harm to the other conference attendees," Zastin replied in a warning tone.
"I don't think that'll be an issue, sir. They won't attack anyone unless they're provoked," Lincoln replied.
"Well, in that case, I say let them come on over," Lala proclaimed.
"Now hold on, Princess Lala, there are regulations for things like this!" Zastin argued.
"It'll be fine, Zastin. Besides, Lincoln's a trustworthy boy. If he says his monster fiancés won't attack first, then I believe him," Nana replied.
"Go right ahead, Lincoln," Lala said to the boy in question.
"Right," Lincoln said, using his amulet to open the portal to the Monster Realm, allowing Charlie and the others to pass through.
"Wow, so this is all a giant space ship or something?" Charlie asked in awe.
"That's right. The five highest ranked Royal Families from each quadrant of the galaxy chipped in to have this thing constructed, including our own. I'm Lala by the way, first princess of the Royal Family of Planet Deviluke. This is one of my younger twin sisters, Nana," Lala replied, introducing herself and Nana to the monsters.
"Oh, so you're the Nana girl Lincoln told us about. Pleased to finally meet you," Octavia greeted.
"Comment agreed," Nana replied, as each monster princess gave their own introduction to the animal lover princess.
"Well, I suppose since now there's no helping it, if you'll all follow me, I'll take you to the main conference hall," Zastin groaned, leading them into the main part of the hall.
"He sure seems to be in a mood," Verosika commented.
"That's just how Zastin is. He's always been a stickler for the rules, especially for events like this," Lala replied.
"So, what's this conference all about, anyway?" Miu asked.
"It's basically just a meet-and-greet between all the races attending. Nothing too out of the ordinary," Nana replied.
"Ok, so there won't be any actual discussion about important matters across your planetary systems?" Octavia asked.
"Well, the mic is open for anyone that has something to discuss, such as problems with Space Pirates or incoming meteor showers, but other than that, no," Nana replied, as they made it into the central plaza of the ship, which could easily be described as an indoor park, complete with a wide array of exotic plants and a nice view of the stars.
"Whoa," was all Lincoln could utter.
"Yeah, I suppose it is impressive," Zastin replied.
"This place is just as amazing as the observatory Dad has at his castle," Octavia commented.
Just then, Gid walked up on the main stage, "Hello everyone, and welcome to this year's Intergalactic Royal Conference. Since you all know how this works, I'll just cut right to the chase. As you all know, this event was created to help inform other Royal Families about issues that your planets might be facing. So, if any of you has issues that need to be brought up, then by all means, don't hesitate to come take the stage," he boomed, as the first of the royals in attendance took the stage.
"So that's King Deviluke?" Vaggie asked.
"Yeah, that's him. Nana and her sister's father," Lincoln replied.
"Looks like Dad's description of him was spot on," Charlie commented.
"You mean incredibly boastful and full of himself?" Loona asked.
"Precisely," Charlie replied.
"Well, in any case, we should go and mingle. We can even introduce you to some of our other friends," Lala suggested, dragging the group along with her and Nana, leading them over to their friends from Sainan.
"Oh, so these are the girls from the Monster Realm you're engaged to, Lincoln?" Rito asked.
"That's right. This is Charlie Magne, Vaggie Carmine, Verosika Mayday, Octavia Goetia, Milt Fraser, Gwendolyn Meridian, Loona Von Throne, and Miu Roketto, princesses of different parts of the Monster Realm," Lincoln introduced.
"Please to meet each and every one of you," Charlie said on behalf of herself and the others.
"Pleased to meet you ladies too. My name's Rito Yuuki, and this is my little sister, Mikan," Rito said, introducing himself and his sister.
"I'm Haruna Sairenji," Haurna said.
"My name is Yui Kotegawa. By the way, Lincoln, you haven't done anything remotely salacious with these girls, have you?" Kotegawa asked, seeing that both Verosika and Milt were in less than modest attire.
"Nothing like that has happened, Kotegawa. I know how the law works, and I know that I'll get in some serious trouble if I even try something with them, even if we are engaged," Lincoln replied.
"Well, that's not to say that I wouldn't mind a little bit of that action," Verosika teased.
"Verosika!" Charlie scolded. It was then that Lum floated by, taking an interest in Miu.
"Oh, you really are an Oni from the Monster Realm, aren't you?" she asked curiously.
"Yes, that's right. And what Via, Milt, and Verosika told us about you was spot on! You really can fly around!" Miu replied, as the baby Lum was with floated over as well, though he appeared to be swimming in mid air.
"Lum, she's not from our planet?" the baby asked.
"No, Ten. This girl is from the Monster Realm, and seeing as how she's with Lincoln, it's clear that she's one of his fiancés from there as well," Lum replied.
"Aww, is this little cutie your baby brother?" Charlie asked.
"No, but you're not too far off. He's actually my younger cousin. His name's Ten," Lum explained.
"But you are right about one thing… I am a little cutie!" Ten said in an innocent tone, that Lincoln knew all two well from dealing with Lola's innocent routine, but he wasn't causing problems, so he decided against speaking up.
"By the way," Verosika said, as she and Milt looked around frantically, "That idiot of yours isn't here, is he?" she asked, hoping not to see Moroboshi.
"You don't have to worry about that, Verosika. I made sure to leave Darling back on Earth in secret. I'd rather he NOT try flirting with any more girls than he already does," Lum replied, much to Verosika and Milt's relief.
"Hey Lincoln, mind telling me what these girls are doing hovering around us?" Gwendolyn asked, pointing to the Kovaks, who were idly standing around.
"Ah, yes. Those would be the Kovaks I had told Verosika, Milt and Octavia about during our date in Celadon City," Lincoln replied.
"You mean the ones you rescued from those slavers?" Octavia asked.
"That's right. In fact, they were so grateful for me saving them, that they swore allegiance to me as my servants. And ever since I rescued them, they've been living with Nana and them," Lincoln explained.
"Well, that's nice of them do to thank you," Charlie commented.
"Yeah. It's too bad that Kovaks are treated more as a slave race than actual people. That's why every army across the galaxy is attempting to crack down on Kovak Slave Trading, in order to make it illegal," Lum explained.
"Good to know. Slavery is enough of a touchy subject back on Earth, I'd rather not have to hear about it when I'm in space," Lincoln replied.
"Does being escaped slaves mean they get to run around without anything underneath those rags they're wearing?" Loona asked, seeing that none of the Kovaks were wearing any panties at all.
"Ah, yes, well, you see, Kovaks were once a wild race, with absolutely no sense of modesty. They much prefer being naked, but when they started to be treated as slaves, they were forced to wear those rags for the sake of modesty for some aliens that frown on public nudity," Nana explained.
"Well, those rags hardly cover everything. Their asses are all huge!" Loona commented, lifting up the hem of one of the Kovak's raggedy clothes, much to that one's surprise, revealing that she did, in fact, have a very large rear end.
"L-L-Loona! Please don't do that to these poor girls!" Lincoln exclaimed, trying to avert his gaze from that Kovak's massive booty.
"Why so shy, Lincoln? After all, you've seen me naked before," Verosika commented flirtatiously.
"WHAT?! Lincoln! You said you didn't do anything salacious!" Kotegawa scolded.
"And I really didn't! I walked in on Verosika changing for a show in the Monster Realm. And soon after that was when she evolved into a High Succubus when all of her clothes tore off as she grew in size!" Lincoln exclaimed defensively.
"He's telling the truth, miss! He's not the kind of person to do any illicit acts to a girl he barely knows!" Charlie said, coming to Lincoln's defense.
"Beg pardon, you young folks," the group turned to see a tall, beautiful woman in a regal looking kimono. She had pale lime green hair, and a fierce look in her red eyes, "I couldn't help but notice that you ladies don't appear to be part of any alien race. That's most unusual, if you don't mind my saying so."
"Not at all, your ladyship. And you are right. We're not aliens; We're actually from the Monster Realm, as well as fiancés to this young man," Charlie replied, pulling Lincoln in closer.
"Mmm, my granddaughters told me about how Earth was opening relations with Monsters, though I thought they were just being silly, as grandkids often are," the woman chuckled, though her tone and the way she chuckled greatly unnerved Lincoln and them.
"Lady Seto, it's good to see that you're still in good health," Lala greeted respectfully.
"Ah, and I see that both you and your sisters are doing well too, Lala," the woman, now known as "Lady Seto", greeted back.
"Is she, like, a family friend of yours, Nana?" Lincoln asked Nana.
"You could say that, Lincoln. This is Lady Seto Kamiki Jurai, ruler of the Planet Jurai and leader of one of the largest military forces in the universe," Nana replied, introducing the woman in question.
"Ah, so you're the famous Lincoln Loud that I've been hearing about from Gid!" Lady Seto exclaimed.
"Y-yes I am. I'm honored to be a guest here, your grace," Lincoln replied with great respect.
"And such impeccable manners! Wish some of our other guests could show similar manners," Lady Seto commented, as the group heard a commotion, seeing a four armed alien having a tussle with one of the tiger like aliens, while all the other guests made sure to steer clear.
"Of course, it had to be delegates from Appoplexia and Khoros that had to start a commotion," Gyleena commented, as she, Vaxeena, and Xalanna got out the line of fire.
"Is something like this normal for these types of events?" Rito asked, hoping things don't escalate.
"You needn't worry. While Appoplexians and Tetramands are aggressive races, they know not to take things too far, especially at events like this," one of the frog-like aliens Lincoln saw earlier replied, as he and several others got out of the way.
"Oh, hello, Azmuth! How have you been doing all these years?" Lala greeted, lifting up the frog alien.
"Ah, Lala! I thought I'd see you here! I've been doing fairly well for the most part. But enough about me, how's one of my best students?" the frog alien asked, obviously happy to see Lala.
"Things have been going great for me since getting engaged to Rito!" Lala replied happily, as some more crashing was heard from the fight going on between the Appoplexian and the Tetramand.
"Let me tell you something, Tetramand! We Appoplexians would never lose to your race in a foot race! We'll make you eat our dust, even if we have to force it down your throat!" the Appoplexian delegate yelled, only to get thrown to the side by his Tetramand foe.
"Say what you will, pussycat, Tetramands will never yield to anyone!" the Tetramand retorted, only to get tackled by the Appoplexian.
"I vote we move somewhere WELL out reach of those guys," Lincoln piped up.
"Couldn't agree more," Nana commented, as their group quickly relocated to one of the tables that was further away from the wrestling aliens.
"That one four-armed alien kind of reminds me of a Machamp," Pikachu commented.
"My thoughts exactly, Pikachu," Lincoln replied.
"Is Machamp another Pokemon?" Nana asked.
"Yeah, I saw one shortly after we rescued the Kovaks. Here, I even scanned it," Lincoln said, as he punched in the keys on his Pokedex, before showing Nana and the others.
"Machamp, the Superpower Pokemon, a Fighting Type first discovered in the Kanto Region. It punches with its four arms at blinding speeds. It can unleash 1,000 punches in two seconds. It is not very skilled at work requiring a delicate touch, however," Dexter explained.
"Whoa, they really do look like Tetramands!" Lala commented.
"Quite the interesting device you have there, for an underdeveloped Earthling. What is it called, exactly?" Azmuth asked.
"It's a Pokedex. It's used to catalog and give information on special kinds of animals, like my Pikachu here, that are located only in remote parts of my planet. These animals are called 'Pokemon'," Lincoln replied.
"Hmm, it does look fairly advanced, especially for a planet like Earth," Lady Seto commented.
"And it's been one of the most important things I've received since I was sent over to travel one of said regions," Lincoln replied.
"Hmm, I could only imagine," Azmuth replied.
"Lincoln, this is Azmuth, one of the top Galvan scientists in the universe. He's the smartest being in five galaxies, with many accomplishments under his belt," Lala said, introducing Azmuth to her sister's fiancé.
"And Azmuth, sir, this is Lincoln Loud, the human that I got engaged to," Nana added.
"Pleased to meet you, sir," Lincoln greeted.
"Pleasure's all mine, young man," Azmuth greeted back.
"So, what kind of stuff has Azmuth done to garner such a title?" Kotegawa asked.
"Well, he's a brilliant scientist, as we previously stated, being the smartest being in five galaxies. He's also created worlds and many technological marvels," Lady Seto explained. Azmuth seemed to be enjoying the praise, which, to Lincoln, said a lot about his character.
"Wait, when you say he created worlds, do you mean like creating planets?" Haruna asked.
"Precisely. It's actually a much simpler process that one would think," Azmuth replied.
"Wow, that's incredible! What other stuff have you made? A device that can let someone walk in the shoes of an alien species?" Lincoln asked.
"Please, something like that is totally unrealistic!" Azmuth dismissed, before rubbing his chin in a thinking manner, before letting out a "Nah!"
"You seem to be quite interested in alien life, Lincoln," Lady Seto commented.
"Well, I've always believed that there was life beyond Earth and that humanity was never truly alone. In fact, one of my closest friends, Zach, is a true believer in alien life, along with his parents," Lincoln replied.
"Well, why don't we go meet some of the other guests in attendance? You can tell Zach all about them when you run into him again," Nana suggested.
"Sounds good," Lincoln replied, turning to his Monster fiancés, "Would any of you like to come along?" he asked.
"I'll go. Astronomy and space have always been a passion of mine," Octavia commented.
"I'd like to meet some new people too!" Charlie exclaimed happily. The rest of the girls from the Monster Realm shared similar sentiments, even Loona and Gwendolyn.
"Just stick close to me, and I'll introduce you to the delegates from all the other planets that are visiting," Nana said, as she led them towards the other aliens. Fortunately for them, both the Appoplexian and the Tetramand that were brawling earlier had been separated, thus calming things down… or so anyone thought.
"BENTEN, BABE!" Lincoln, Verosika, and Milt all shuddered at that familiar, carefree exclamation. And their fears were realized when they saw none other than Moroboshi flirting with Benten and Oyuki.
"Bug off, sleazebag! We have no interest in you at all!" Benten yelled, smacking Moroboshi away. Unfortunately, it sent him careening right towards the Monster Girls, much to Verosika and Milt's displeasure.
"HEY, MONSTER BABES! I LOVE YOU!" he called happily.
"Well, we don't like you! So, stay away from us!" Milt yelled, as she pulled a massive hammer from… somewhere, and smacked Moroboshi away, "I absolutely HATE PERVERTS!" she screamed loudly.
"Ok, ok, he's been smacked away, and it hopefully unconscious at this point," Lincoln said, trying to calm his large breasted betrothed minotaur.
"And you needn't worry, young one," Lady Seto said, as some slime was shot out at Moroboshi, encasing him inside of a cocoon of sorts, "That capture slime is extraordinarily strong stuff. Even being stuck by twenty meteors in a row won't even leave so much as a dent in it."
"Wow, that's impressive! I wonder if that can be applied to like construction or something?" Lincoln pondered.
"Hmm, we never once considered that. Maybe we should find a way to do just that," Lady Seto commented, impressed with Lincoln's way of thinking.
"Let me tell you something, white haired human, who's accompanied by a bunch of strange looking girls! You're actually pretty smart for your species!" one of the Appoplexian delegates aggressively commented.
"Uh… thanks for the compliment?" Lincoln replied in a tone indicating he was unsure how to feel about that.
Meanwhile, inside Lynn's Dream,
After climbing another flight of stairs, Lynn found herself at a mosaic of Luan. Much like the last three mosaics she's discovered, this one had an image of Luan surrounded by images of comedy and drama props, "What do any of these mosaics even mean? All they show is the others and their hobbies," Lynn wondered.
"I was wondering something similar too," Lynn turned to see Lori standing there alongside her.
"Lori… I guess this means our dreams connected again somehow?" Lynn asked.
"More than likely. By the way, when you were climbing those stairs, did my mosaic look… cracked and ruined to you?" Lori asked.
"Mmm, no, it looked just fine, much like how Leni, Luna, and Luan's all look," Lynn replied.
"Hmm, what could that mean? I know we're the last in the family to actually earn Lincoln's forgiveness," Lori pondered.
"Maybe the ruined mosaic is to show some kind of message," Lynn theorized.
"You mean like how Lincoln doesn't respect us as family anymore after everything we did?" Lori asked.
"Could be. When you got into this void, did you happen to see Lincoln, or something that looked like him?" Lynn asked.
"I did. And boy, he did not hold anything back when he chewed me out for trying to interfere with his love life. He called me a 'poor person's wannabe Cupid' and that I should leave romance to those who actually know how it works and to go back to being single where I belong. I cleaned it up a little bit," Lori replied.
"Well, the Lincoln I saw and spoke to was just as harsh towards me too. He told me that it was my fault for starting the whole 'bad luck' mess in the first place, and for showing him how little we actually care about him. He even said that our wish for him to be on the St. Anne when it went down was the same as telling him to go kill himself," Lynn replied.
"I doubt he'll be willing to forgive us right away, even if we admit to our wrongdoings," Lori replied.
"But how can we prove to him that we do care about him?" Lynn asked.
"Well, it's like I once said to him; 'Actions speak louder than words.' If we want him to trust that we do care about him, we have to show how much we care," Lori replied.
"That's all well and good, Lori, but the question of the hour now is 'how do we do that'?" Lynn asked.
"Well, these mosaics all show the others that have earned his forgiveness. But unlike how I saw mine, Leni, Luna, and Luan's mosaics are all intact. Maybe we'll find some more clues as we continue upward?" Lori suggested.
"Sounds as good a plan as any. And if these mosaics are showing any kind of pattern, mine should be next, followed by Lincoln. Hopefully we can get some more insight from them," Lynn replied, as they followed the stairs to the next mosaic. Upon arriving, Lynn's theory was proven right, but she saw that her mosaic was crumbling and ruined, much like how Lori described hers. All of the images on the mosaic that involved sports were also greyed out, "Whoa, is this how you saw your mosaic?"
"What are you talking about? Apart from all the sports related images being greyed out, yours looks fine to me," Lori replied, when it dawned on her and Lynn, "Maybe you I can't see each other's mosaic in ruins since they're not our respective mosaic!"
"That does make some bit of sense. If Lucy or Lisa were here, they'd probably try and make some sense out of this," Lynn commented, as they continued across Lynn's mosaic. As they did, they couldn't help but take in the images on the mosaic; Some of them had large cracks in them, or were completely demolished. And a majority of these ones looked like lucky charms, such as four leafed clovers, horseshoes, or rabbit's feet, which to Lynn, made the most sense. They soon arrived at the stairs and began climbing.
"But what I want to know is what's the purpose of these mosaics, and what this void is exactly," Lori said, breaking the silence between them.
"It probably has to do with that Curse that's still lingering with us. Even though our luck isn't getting any worse, it's not getting any better, either," Lynn replied, as they reached the top of the stairs, only to find that the mosaic was that of Lucy, and not Lincoln.
"Wait, I thought for sure Lincoln would be next?" Lori questioned.
"There might be one place we'll have to look, but we'll have to climb and cross the twins, Lisa, and Lily's mosaics first," Lynn replied, as they continued onward.
Meanwhile, in Giovanni's Office,
Having completed his meetings with his highest-ranking Team Rocket officials, Giovanni was now lounging in his office, looking at a globe of the planet, "We already have some secret bases hidden throughout Johto, but we should think about having some branch offices stationed within all the other regions as well. But which one should we start with first?" he wondered. Just then, his intercom went off.
"Mister Giovanni, sir?"
"What is it?" Giovanni asked.
"Petrel has requested to speak with you, regarding the operation in America. He wants to get your approval for something."
"Very well. Patch him through," Giovanni ordered, as the monitor on his desk displayed Petrel, "Alright Petrel, what is it you wish to speak to me about?"
"Giovanni, sir, I understand that you said that our operation in Royal Woods would take place in less than a month, but that got me thinking; What if our troops went over NOW to do some scouting around? We can get a bead on each of the American brat's family's daily routines and plot a trap when the time is right," Petrel explained. Giovanni rubbed his chin in a thinking manner.
"Hmm, it is true that you and all the other Grunts that are heading over will be heading into unknown territory, and getting an idea on the young American's family's habits would make for excellent trapping. Right then! You have my approval! Make the necessary preparations, because you'll be leaving the day after tomorrow!" Giovanni ordered.
"Well, actually, boss, I told the platoons to get themselves ready before I called you up, because I figured we could head out tomorrow," Petrel replied.
"As long as you carry out the mission, I don't care WHEN you do it. You could even start heading over tonight for all I care. Just do it!" Giovanni ordered.
"Right away, sir!" Petrel replied, as the transmission cut out.
"Well, Albert, let's just see how well your grandson does when faced with this kind of a hostage situation," Giovanni chuckled evilly.
Back at the Intergalactic Conference,
Needless to say, Lincoln and the girls from the Monster Realm were having a wonderful time, learning about all the aliens that were in attendance. They met with Lady Seto's Granddaughters, Ayeka and Sasami, along with her great-great-step grandson, Tenchi Masaki, who was the heir to a shrine in the mountains in Japan, founded by his ancestor, Yosho, who turned out to really be his grandfather, Katsuhito, as well as the half-brother and formerly betrothed to Ayeka. Lincoln and his Monster fiancés were taken aback by the thought of marrying one's own sibling, but Ayeka explained that it was a common practice on Jurai. They also talked about the legend of the Masaki Shrine, and how a demon was sealed within it's walls for 700 years. The demon, however, turned out to be the infamous former space pirate, Ryoko, who had once launched an attack on Jurai with her spaceship, Ryo-Ohki. They also introduced Washu, along with the two space policewomen, Mihoshi and Kione, and how they all came to live with Tenchi and his father, with each of the girls having fallen deeply in love with the former.
After meeting with Lady Seto's family on Earth, Lincoln and the girls then met up with Gyleena, Xalanna, and Vaxeena, each of whom refused to make eye contact with Lincoln out of sheer embarrassment, as well as their families. He learned the names of Xalanna's parents first. Her father's name was Zylar, King of the Crimson Deserts, who was a proud warrior king of the Martian race, as well as someone who takes family very seriously. Her mother was named Vexara, who, much like her husband, was also a warrior who took her family extremely seriously.
Gyleena's parents were about Charlie's height. Her father, Tazik, was a well-known business man throughout their part of the galaxy. His flesh was a brilliant emerald green color, with the same dark blue hair his daughter had, only slicked backwards. Her mother, Zaloria, was a well cultured woman, with only the finest taste in the arts. She had the same light blue flesh as her daughter, with messy, reddish-brown hair.
Finally, was Vaxeena's parents. Much like their daughter and Xalanna's parents, her parents were both fierce warriors, as well as commanders of a very large army on their planet. Her father, Gorgax, had topaz yellow scales, and what appeared to be a diamond encrusted breastplate. Her mother, Naxia, had scales that were closer to her daughter's scales in terms of color. She also appeared to be wearing an armor breastplate that was encrusted with jewels.
Naturally, their fathers weren't too keen on the idea of their daughters being promised to an "underdeveloped human from an underdeveloped planet", but knew that this was the only way to keep their family's reputations in check. In contrast, however, their mothers absolutely adored Lincoln almost immediately, saying that they're happy that their little girls had finally found a man to call their own, much to their daughter's embarrassment. Surprisingly, and to Lincoln's relief, his Monster fiancés seemed to get along really well with his alien fiancés, though Loona kept trying to lift up Gyleena's dress for some reason.
"Do you mind?! I quite prefer my dress being left along, thank you very much!" she said, jerking away from the goth hellhound.
"Well, sorry, but I was trying to see if you have the hips to handle the kid. After all, he does come from a family of ten sisters… or rather, eight. You'll probably need some hips like mine or Verosika's if you want to handle having kids with him," Loona replied, not even trying to mind what she was saying.
"LOONA!" Lincoln and the rest of the monster girls yelled.
"What? Am I wrong, though? You've seen his mom's hips! Paired up with that limp-dicked pussy of am ex-father, she has to have a will of steel to pop out that many babies," Loona replied.
"Yeah, but you don't need to talk about that out loud! Especially with a sore subject like what happened to Lincoln's other two sisters!" Vaggie chastised in a hushed tone.
"Well, funny you should mention that, Vaggie," Lincoln said, catching their attention, "During one of my last call home, I learned that both Lori and Lynn got released early, having been completely treated of their delusional beliefs."
"Hmph, with how they treated you, I don't think they should've even BEEN allowed an early release," Octavia commented.
"Agreed. They showed that humans can truly be monsters by definition," Miu added.
"What exactly happened?" Nana asked, sounding like she wasn't going to like what she would hear.
"Well, the night we first met Lincoln, both of those sisters he mentioned, Lori and Lynn, tried to beat him within an inch of his life, all because he stood up for himself," Loona explained.
"And that was actually kind of tame compared to the fact that they wished he would be on that cruise liner he, you, and all of your other friends were on when it went down," Octavia added. Needless to say, the alien families were appalled from hearing this.
"I know that some species like Appoplexians and Tetramands are tough on their families to help them grow stronger, but that's beyond barbaric!" Zaloria exclaimed.
"This is why Martians can't stand Earthlings… They're all so prideful!" Zylar added.
"Well, fortunately, during that first night we met him, my mother used her magic to heal and undo the damage they did to Lincoln," Charlie replied.
"So, what now, Lincoln? You're not actually going to forgive them now that they've got a supposed clean bill of health, are you?" Gwendolyn asked.
"No… at least, not initially. Lori once told me that 'actions speak louder than words.' If they want me to even consider forgiving them, they have to prove that they deserve it first," Lincoln replied.
"But that alone would take something pretty major. Like, risking their own lives, major," Vaggie stated.
"Vaggie's right. As much as I admire your kind and forgiving attitude, you shouldn't hand out second chances like they're candy. I mean, I haven't met your family, but based on what these girls said alone, I can tell that Lori and Lynn don't deserve to just be forgiven," Nana added.
"And I have no intention of forgiving them unless they can show they mean it," Lincoln replied, as Loona went back to trying to lift up Gyleena's dress.
"Will you stop that?!" Gyleena barked.
"Well, show us that you've got the hips to handle this kid, and I'll stop," Loona replied.
"Well, if you must now, I only have the largest rear end of any female of MY species because the base of my tail is the thickest of my entire species!" Gyleena snapped, jerking away from Loona once again.
"Well, Lincoln, sounds like most of the women in your little harem are ones that have more cake than a bakery," Verosika commented.
"I'm sssorry, but we don't really messs around with passstriesss," Gorgax replied.
"Uh, wrong type of cake you're thinking of," Lincoln stated. Just then, an alarm started blaring throughout the entire conference hall, catching the attention of everyone there, "What the…?! What's going on?!"
"The alarm has never gone off before! Someone must be trying to attack the hall!" Nana exclaimed.
"But who would be foolish enough to attack us now?!" Xalanna questioned.
"Someone get us a visual!" Gid demanded.
"Sire, we've identified the attacking ship!" Zastin replied, as he put it up on screen, "As you can see, it's the Clan of Echo Mirage's Main Flagship!"
"Of all the rotten things to do! Raise all shields! Leave no opening!" Lady Seto ordered. No sooner than she did, a barrier formed around the entire conference hall, but not before the Flagship crashed into the Conference Hall. The tip of the ship opened up, allowing the Clan members to storm the hall, firing at everyone. Ayeka, thinking quickly, formed a barrier with what appeared to be logs.
"Let me tell you something, Clan of Echo Mirages, most notorious slavers in the universe! We don't take kindly to having your ugly ship crashing our conference!" the lead Appoplexian yelled, as he hurled a table at the Clan, slamming it into some of the members. One of the clan members took out what appeared to be binoculars. He looked around, before finding what he was looking for.
"Alright boys, we got some Kovaks to reposess!" he said, as he and several others went to try and take back the Kovaks.
"Oh no, they won't!" Lincoln yelled, clutching one of his Pokeballs, only to be stopped by Nana.
"Just let us handle this, Lincoln. They won't take any of the Kovaks with them," she said, as Vaxeena, Xalanna, and their parents all went in to intercept the Clan, who had already slapped shackles on the Kovaks with ease.
"Alright, lets get them back to the ship then get out of here!"
"You're not going anywhere!" Zylar yelled, as he drop kicked two of the clan members, while Xalanna, Vexara, Vaxeena, Gorgax and Naxia also took down and disarmed the other clan members, except for one, who tried to make a break for it, only to run right into one of the Tetramands, who lifted him up by his shirt.
"Oh, this is going to hurt, isn't it?"
"Like you even need to ask!" the Tetramand replied, as he clobbered slaver into unconsciousness. Gyleena took it upon herself to lead the Kovaks over to safety, where she, Lala, and Nana all began to pick the locks to the shackles, eventually getting them all free.
"There, now you girls are free again," Lala said.
"Are these guys here to try to take Blue and the other Kovaks back?" Lincoln questioned.
"More than likely, they are," Gyleena replied, brows furrowed at seeing the Clan's feeble attempts to break through.
"Well, we can't let that happen!" Rito exclaimed, just as a projection of Vortex appeared.
"Attention, everyone in attendance! I, Vortex, leader of the Clan of Echo Mirages, am here today with my Clan to take back some lost property of ours that was lost and taken in by an inhabitant of one of the most primitive planets in the entire universe. Just return the Kovaks that were taken from our custody, and we'll leave you to your little party. Refuse, and, well," he said, as no less than fifty other ships suddenly appeared, no doubt coming out of hyper jump, "We'll be taking them back, either way."
"This is beyond pathetic! Ryo-Ohki!" Ryoko, the woman with the spikey silver-green hair called out, as the cat/rabbit creature leapt up, and began to become more crystalline, before taking on the appearance of a ship with horns on it.
"Oh shit, it's Ryo-Ohki!" one of the clan ships yelled.
"I'll be coming along too. I have a new program I want to try out," Washu said, as Ryo-Ohki beamed her up. Once that was done, the newly formed ship sped out, and began firing lasers at all of the ships, obliterating them in either one or several shots.
"Whoa, that's incredible!" Miu exclaimed.
"Yes. That is the Legendary Space Pirate Ship, Ryo-Ohki, who, along with her captain, Ryoko, launched an attack on the planet Jurai many centuries ago," Tazik replied, as Ryo-Ohki continued to relentlessly attack all of the Clan Ships.
"Alright, this ends now!" Gid said, as he stormed into the main flagship, intent on taking on Vortex alone.
"Will your dad be alright, Nana?" Lincoln asked.
"Your concern is appreciated, Lincoln, but you needn't worry. If anything, you should hope that Daddy goes easy on Vortex," Nana replied, just as some shaking was heard from the flagship, as beams of energy began spewing from cracks in the ship's hull, "And it looks like he isn't going to take it easy on him," she said, as the main body of the ship was blasted clean off, destroying whatever ships Ryo-Ohki was chasing off. Gid was soon seen exiting the ship's tip, without even a scratch on him.
"Attention, Clan of Echo Mirages! Your leader is no more! I suggest that you surrender quietly, or suffer the same fate!" Gid threatened, making it clear he would follow through on it. Each and every member of the clan, not wanting to get wasted by Gid or anyone else, wisely chose to surrender.
"Isn't this great, ladies? Now none of you have to worry about going into slavery again!" Lincoln said to the Kovaks, who simply pounced on him and began kissing him.
"Well, you can't blame them for being happy," Verosika said, sounding like she was masking pure envy.
"Well, considering what they went through before meeting Lincoln, it's no small wonder," Nana replied.
"That being said, those girls should really think about putting something on under their clothes!" Kotegawa said, covering Rito's eyes to keep him from seeing the Kovaks going commando.
"Easier said than done. Kovaks are an almost all female race, and have been bred with a singular desire to mate with anyone in order to have children to save their dying race," Xalanna replied.
"It's true. Kovaks hate wearing clothes that cover THAT part of their bodies. The raggedy ones they're wearing are the most you'll get them to wear," Run added.
"But are Kovaks really that much of a pushover race? They didn't do a thing to stop those guys from trying to shackle them," Octavia asked.
"Unfortunately, their peaceful nature makes them easy to take advantage of by other races. They really don't like violence," Momo replied. Lincoln then had an idea.
"Wait a minute! Aren't Blitz and them licensed self-defense instructors?" he asked.
"Yes, technically, they are," Charlie replied, before catching onto Lincoln's idea, "Oh, I get it! You want him and the others to try training your Kovaks to defend themselves, right?"
"Precisely," Lincoln replied, turning to the Kovaks, "Ladies, I don't want you to think of me sending you to train in self-defense as getting you to learn to fight. I just don't want anyone to take advantage of you when I or anyone else isn't there to help you. Which is why I'm going to have these girls ask some imps from their realm to try and train you to defend yourselves. Are you willing to go through with that?"
"Master, we'd do anything to please you!" Blue projected, her tail wagging at high speed, as were the others.
"Good," Lincoln replied, before turning to the Monster Girls, "Alright, they've given their consent. Maybe once we're back on Earth, Octavia, could you have your dad contact Blitz and tell him what I want for him, Moxxie and Millie to do for me?"
"No problem, Lincoln. Though, in exchange, while we were at that party yesterday with you and your friends, we heard an interesting rumor that we want to check out," Octavia replied.
"Oh? What rumor is that?" Lincoln asked.
"We heard about a hot springs bath that supposedly helps with one's complexion by introducing special minerals to the skin," Verosika replied.
"Oh yeah! Brock and Misty mentioned that too! Apparently, sediments of evolution stones are mixed into the water from a water source somewhere within Evolution Mountain. Sure, I'll be more than happy to take you girls there," Lincoln replied, much to their delight. He then turned to his alien fiancés and the Kovaks, "If any of you are wanting to join in, don't hesitate to do so."
"Sorry Lincoln, but tonight's a school night for us," Nana apologetically declined.
"And the three of us have duties on each of our planets as well," Xalanna added.
"Not that we'd allow our daughters to just go ANYWHERE with just ANYONE! We still haven't assessed what kind of an individual you are, boy!" Zylar boomed, holding his daughter close, as did Tazik and Gorgox.
"Well, you could always join Lincoln on a sort of Safari on Earth," Charlie pointed out, catching their attention.
"A 'safari'? What do you mean?" Vexara asked.
"See, I'm travelling one of the more remote, inhabited regions of my planet, and the wildlife there is unlike any other found in the majority of the Earth. One of the areas I'll be going to is called the 'Safari Zone', which is in Fuchsia City. My friends and I will be there within the next few days. I was already planning to spend that day with Charlie and the other's moms to do some in-law bonding, but you're more than welcome to come along," Lincoln explained.
"Hmm, perhaps how you handle yourself during that Safari may give us some insight into what sort of a person you are," Tazik commented.
"Plus, it has been sometime since we spent some time away from our royal duties on a remote planet such as Earth!" Zaloria added.
"Very well! We accept your invitation, boy!" Gorgox declared.
"Great!" Lincoln said, before turning to Nana, "Should I call you to let them know I'm at the Safari Zone or what?"
"Don't worry. I can contact them and have them to your location when you call," Nana replied, as Gid once again, took the stage.
"Attention everyone, we apologize for that disturbance from the Clan of Echo Mirages. Rest assured, that all the surviving members are going to be taken into custody now, and all the slaves they had on board their ships were freed. However, despite all this, with the damage done to the hull of the conference hall, I'm afraid that the remainder of this Intergalactic Conference must be canceled!" he announced. While all the delegates weren't too thrilled about this decision, they understood why he made this decision.
"Everyone, please take care on your way back to your home planets," Sephie announced, as all the delegates went back to the shuttle bay to go home, and the group from Earth was no exception, as they boarded the shuttle that brought them here in the first place. Lum had to carry Moroboshi into the shuttle, as he was still inside of the hardened goop.
"Oh, so this is the ship you took to get here, Lincoln?" Miu asked, as she and the other passengers took their seats and buckled in.
"Yep. And let me tell you, this thing is one smooth ride," Lincoln replied, as Zastin took to the cockpit.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we'll be departing for Planet Earth here momentarily. We'll be initiating Light Speed as soon as we're clear of the shuttle bay, so please, remain seated please for the duration of the flight," Zastin said, as he activated the thrusters and flew the shuttle out of the bay.
"Ooh, this is so exciting!" Charlie exclaimed.
"Yeah, when I was about to fly in this thing, I was just a bundle of nerves," Lincoln replied.
"Everything new is always going to be nerve wracking," Vaggie replied, as the ship went into Light Speed towards Earth.
Meanwhile, back at Team Rocket HQ,
The five platoons of Team Rocket Grunts, including Proton and Alexander, were standing inside of the hanger, with about five ships before them, ready for their mission. Petrel walked out before them to make his announcement, "Alright grunts, listen up! Our mission is to go to North America, and take that Lincoln Loud kid's family hostage! But we need to be cautious about doing this! As not to arouse any suspicion, we'll be landing in the area outside of the town, and setting up camp there for the time being. Before we proceed with any operations over there, we'll need to identify each of our intended targets, and stake out their daily routines. That way, we can proceed with the kidnapping without incident!" Petrel announced.
"YES SIR, PETREL!" the grunts all responded.
"Good! Now then, we've been provided with the necessary provisions we'll need for this mission, including medical supplies, food, and disguises so no one in that dead end town will stand in our way!" Petrel boomed.
"But what if someone does attempt to get in our way?" one of the grunts asked.
"As long as they won't stand in our way, I don't care what you have to do, as long as you do it!" Petrel replied.
"One more question: Are we to take the brat's family unharmed or what?"
"Yes. We need to make sure that his family is in one piece, and unscathed. It's everyone else that's fair game," Petrel replied, which ticked off Alexander, as he wanted to make Luan hurt something awful, "In any case, we're moving out, immediately!"
"YES SIR, PETREL!" the grunts responded, as they all split off into each airship. Once they were all seated, the ships took off, with the one Petrel was in taking the lead.
"As soon as we start nearing Royal Woods, have each ship engage a cloaking field! We don't want any unwanted people trying to stop us, if they could stop us," Petrel ordered.
"Yes sir!" the pilot replied, as they flew off towards North America, intent on arriving at Royal Woods.