pokemon: War For Love

ch57 arceus' request

Upon separating the kiss I gave to David, my heart fluttered to an even greater intensity as he looked on with a shocked look.

David: u-u... i-iris....

I nodded my head, his jaw lightly separating while a subtle glow of blue became prominent in his eyes. He glanced over to kirlia and braixen, who had a similar look to himself, their shock however turned into a flustered grin before silently nodding their head.

"David? You ok?"

He nodded his head intertwined his hands with mine, he pulled me close and placing his lips onto my cheek, braixen and kirlia lean onto his shoulders with a tint of blush on their cheeks.

Kirlia: looks like David's starting a harem... that makes 3 girls now.

Upon hearing harem I panicked and tried to take a step back, but David gently pulled me into another hug until my heart was capable of slowing down.

"W-wait I forgot i-i wasn't-"

Kirlia lighlty placed a hand to my head before joining the hug.

Kirlia: it's ok. Theres plenty of love to go around. We can share.

I sighed faintly before lowering my head onto David's shoulder, his hands delicately manuvering down my hair and back. Braixen hummed blithely and joined as well, as for lucario he just gave me a thumbs up.

I lost count of time of the moment, it was only until diantha and cynthia called out to us when our attention was pulled away.

Cynthia: ok lovebirds you've been in here for a half hour now. It's time to get going, we have a long day tomorrow.

Diantha let out a hum of fondness as she too had a blush on her cheeks. Me and David separated carefully as our hearts beated in synchronicity. "O-oh.. s-sorry."

Diantha: no need to apologize, you have yourself a wonderful boy to be with. He'll take good care of you."

"Hmmm~!!! Hey!?!~"

I shout in an embarrased tone, I quickly acted on instinct and quickly hid my face with my hands, I groaned and lowered myself back into the water almost submerging myself entirely.

David: hey, c'mon iris. Let's get out.

I felt David gingerly intertwine his hand with one of mine before lifting me back up, I lifted my head and locked eyes with him. I felt my heart continue to flutter as he led us out of the hot springs.

Steven: alright, with things done like this you should probably get dressed.

Cynthia: indeed the night is very young and very clear.

My eyes landed on Cynthia and Diantha, the two wearing a beautiful piece of clothing that illuminated in the sky above.

(Separation)

David: woah.... you guys also have kimonos.

They nodded their heads, Steven wore his (see previous chapter) and alder donned one as well. (I couldn't find a picture where we wore one.) My eyes glimmered lightly as I quickly looked over at David as he led us into the bathhouse.

He looked over at me and smiled.

David: alright then, let meet outside in 10 minutes ok?

"Y-yeah.. let's do that."

3rd POV

10 minutes go by and everyone was making their way further up the mountain of Erebor, the peak only another 50 or so meters up, a large torri gate loomed at the top as fairy lights flickered giving way to a beautiful scene before everyone.