The more Chikorita and Mudkip continued to travel with each other, the more Mudkip continued to feel comfortable around her; the incident at the river had given him a stronger confidence in himself, and as he got to know Chikorita more for her playful spirit he couldn't help but begin to love her for it.

But no matter what he did, he couldn't get over the embarrassment of how vulnerable his weakness was next to her, the side of him she had known since the day they met, and a side of him which she humorously wouldn't let him forget.

"Chika," Chikorita teased, nudging him in the side.

Mudkip's face flushed brightly. He had been so strong and brave when it came to saving their trainer, that the fact that the embarrassment of his weakness was still very much a part of him and could still be activated in a moment in front of her seemed to amuse her all the more, and though she absolutely adored him for his heroism, the more… sensitive side of him was just too funny to forget.

Chikorita laughed, and - unable to control the playfulness building up inside her - jumped around in front of him. Suddenly, the back of her body jerked, and she made the most agonized face she could, folding over on herself, as if to mimic Mudkip getting hit where it hurt the most.

Mudkip's face went red, Chikorita tried to hold in a laugh…

And suddenly Mudkip lost it, his sides began heaving with embarrassed laughter, he stumbled against Chikorita, leaning against her as she started laughing too, the two of them desperate to hold it together.

Then Mudkip could hold it together no more. In an instant, Mudkip was playing Chikorita, he leapt back and pretended to use vine-whip on Chikorita, and now Chikorita, who was fully in her role as Mudkip, once again gave a face of pure shock. Once again Mudkip and Chikorita began laughing. Mudkip now pulled his body sideways to pull his "vine-whip" closer, and Chikorita gave the most hilarious yelp as she collapsed once again to her knees, and falling onto her side, clutched herself as she rolled around, howling humorously in feigned agony.

It was Chikorita acting it out, but all the self-consciousness was directed at Mudkip, and it hit him full force. He couldn't hold back the hilarity of his embarrassment in life any longer. He threw his head back and fell onto his back laughing hysterically. "KIP!" He wailed for not the first time as he rolled around helplessly on the ground, WHY ME!

And Chikorita couldn't hold back her own humor that he found her own humor at his embarrassment so overwhelmingly hysterical. And with that, Chikorita lost it too.

Still tittering helplessly, Mudkip regained his feet. He tapped Chikorita on the shoulder, "Kip," he said, then thrust his hindquarters out behind him as if he'd just been bashed, crumpling to his knees, demonstrating how it was to be done.

Chikorita, noting his moves carefully, followed suit, thrusting out her own hindquarters behind her, and crumpling in on herself.

"Kip-Mud," Mudkip said, shaking his head as he struggled to keep it all together, once again demonstrating. Chikorita watched closely, through her tittering, and this time, Chikorita thrust and fell in her most accurate impression of male agony yet. She even gave out the most pitiful "Chik" she could muster, nearly causing Mudkip to lose it again. Snickering together, they both fell there, folded up on themselves in the hilarity of their impressions.

But then, she didn't know why she did it, but Chikorita, her hindquarters already in the air, the rest of herself folded in on herself, breaking character, gave her little hinnie a wiggle, she didn't know why, it was just funny.

Mudkip once again laughing, prepared himself for "vine-whip", then, all locked and loaded, "shot" it right at Chikorita's poor hindquarters.

Chikorita made a shocked face, and the two of them burst out once again into their hysterical laughter harder than ever, unable to stop, stumbling into eachother and rolling around on the ground. Within just a few seconds, they were married FOR LIFE.

Then, so caught up in the stupidity of anatomical absurdity, they got married again.

It wasn't until they were married four or five times before they realized their situation, and burst out into laughter, resulting into them getting married AGAIN.

When they were done with all of their marriages, Mudkip's side's were heaving, he could barely breathe. Why did being a boy have to be so HILARIOUS? WHY did Chikorita being a cute girl have to make him being a boy so hilarious. Mudkip suddenly collapsed to the ground and burst out crying, not because he was sad, but because the laughter he felt inside was too much and he couldn't take it anymore… He was helpless, and that just made it worse, because every time he thought of how helpless he was, he thought of how helpless he was as a boy, and that just made him want to laugh even harder.

Chikorita was heaving too, but she could see how bad off Mudkip was, even worse than her. She watched him admiringly, Oh Mudkip, her now huzzy-wuzzy, she was going to spend HER ENTIRE LIFE WITH HIM!

But right now, he was struggling, he was stumbling around, unable to breath between laughter and tears. She needed to SAVE him!

And then she got the idea. You could laugh at male injury all day, but NOBODY found it funny when it happened to you!

Ooh! So ADORABLE! And he was folded over too at this sec, gasping for breath, tail raised; the target was SO PERFECT!

So, she prepared her vine-whip… Ready… Aim…

GO!

The vine-whip shot out at top speed. As it sped forward, Chikorita curled the end of the vine in on itself, as if a fist, headed for a super-galactic punch.

And POW! Right on target, right where… Well, we're all pretty sure we know where Chikorita got Mudkip this time. Let's just say if the Universe could choose anywhere to put a weakspot for an entire one-half of the population, it couldn't have chosen weirder.

Mudkip laughter/crying suddenly stalled, his eyes went wide…

And then, with that, he cried out in pure agony, collapsing in on himself again, this time for real.

He was in too much agony now to be humored even a little, instead he just folded up there, moaning, wishing he was dead! OHHH! Chikorita sure knew how to pack a punch! He was no longer dying from laughter, but he was surely wishing he was.

And while he no longer felt a speck of humor at his existence, the embarrassment was even worse than it had been before. OH! Why was being a boy this way!

But while Chikorita had saved Mudkip from dying of laughter, seeing it again for real now, Chikorita was the one who lost it, dropping to the ground in desperate howls, so hard, she thought she would die.

Finally, after what felt like forever, the pain died down in Mudkip, and the laughter died down in Chikorita. Mudkip struggled to his feet, adjusting his stance, and Chikorita did the same. They both looked at eachother, felt chuckles rising, then looked away in fear that acknowledging the situation would set them off again.

Then Chikorita realized… They were married! They better start planning their wedding.

While weddings weren't required for Pokemon to get married, they were certainly lots of fun and she wasn't going to miss having a perfect wedding with her perfect Mudkip.

"Chika!" She shouted, getting Mudkip's attention.

Mudkip looked back, anxious that she'd say something about what had just happened.

But instead, "Chika, ka, Chika!"

Mudkip's eyes went wide, remembering that they were married.

A wedding?

Mudkip looked at Chikorita again, held her gaze.

And then he lost it again.