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  "writing": "[u][center]Chapter 36: Can You Find it in Your Heart?[/center][/u]\n\nThe road to Dendemille Town was far from peaceful and the five friends had to fight off a few raider attacks, Fire Durant as well as Golden and Fire Gecleon. Helios was sluggish the whole way even during the fights, but kept up nonetheless. Three days into their trip, Crafty did a quick medical exam on Helios and determined that he was just exhausted from running on adrenaline and rage for a very long time. Now that he felt he was in a safe place his body was forcing itself to recharge and hopefully he’d recover in a few days.\n\nMelany the Stunky-woman was sitting outside her junk store when GR-0-WL the robo-Growlithe barked. Melany looked up, then smiled and stood to greet Dee, “Dee, been a while.”\n\n“Not nearly as long as the last time,” Dee chuckled, “I made new friends too, and found an old one.” Dee looked back only to see that Helios had stopped to lean up against the junk store’s wall so she ran back to help him.\n\nIntroductions were made by the time Dee helped Helios limp around the corner. Helios forced a smile, “Hi, Melany, GR-0-WL. Nice to see you again.”\n\n“Helios?” Melany stared at the clearly exhausted Charizard-man, “Damn, what the fuck happened to you?”\n\n“Long story, short answer is Nobunaga’s Kogun.” Helios panted as he stood there, supported by Dee.\n\n“Are you alright?” GR-0-WL walked up to their old friend, their electronic eyes showing concern.\n\nHelios reached down to pet the robo-Growlithe’s head, “Not yet, but I will be.”\n\n“We need some better gear for him,” Crafty said, “Got any good armor or weapons?”\n\nMelany smirked then turned and opened the garage door on the front of her shop, “Oh yeah, just come inside and we’ll see what you can afford.”\n\nIt took a while for them to find something that worked for Helios and that Dee could afford. In the end Helios ended up with metal armor, a sledgehammer and an SMG with five extra clips of ammo, plus a set of more comfortable under-wear for the armor that could be worn as regular clothes. She spent a little extra time to carefully cut holes in the back so Helios could use his wings.\n\n“You sure about this, Dee?” Helios asked as she handed over most of her payment from Mr. House and a bunch of the ammo and weapons they’d taken from the Bug-type raiders that had attacked them over the last few days.\n\nDee smiled, “Yes. I’m not gonna force you to walk around nearly naked all the time.”\n\nHelios chuckled, “I know you’d enjoy that.” He yawned and shaded his eyes from the midday sun, “Can we stop in Dendemille tonight?”\n\nDee nodded, “Of course. They have a working hotel.”\n\n“It’s not bad, we can afford a couple rooms with all the scrap we sold today,” Crafty grinned, “Wanna join us, Melany?”\n\nMelany shook her head as she started to separate all the gear they’d exchanged for Helios’ new armaments, “Nah. Actually with all this stuff I should be able to go on an expedition to a pre-war site I heard about that no one’s been able to claim, too much radiation,” she grinned, “Even fix my plasma rifle. You have fun now.”\n\n“Goodbye!” GR-0-WL barked as the five friends headed for Dendemille.\n\nThe motel closest to the edge of the city had two free rooms for the five of them. Crafty invited Frankie to share her and Holly’s room to give Dee and Helios some time alone.\n\nHelios stripped down to just his new pants and all but collapsed onto the mattress with a huge sigh. “Sorry Dee,” He mumbled, “Just so tired…”\n\nDee sat next to him on the bed and smiled as she stroked each horn on top of his head, “It’s alright, you just get some rest.”\n\nHelios’s only answer was a quiet snore.\n\nSome time later, Dee visited her other friends to join them for supper.\n\n“How’s Helios?” Frankie asked as they used the bedside table to eat their preserved meal as he sat next to Dee.\n\n“Just tired, but his aura’s coming back. Shouldn’t be too much longer now.” Dee ate slowly part of her hoping she was right.\n\nCrafty smirked, “Can’t wait to see how much he’s grown can you?”\n\nDee blushed slightly but nodded as her mouth was still full.\n\n“Yeah, he just needs rest, and probably a ton to eat and drink.” Crafty snickered, “I’m sure you can help with that.”\n\n“Are you worried he’s not the same man you used to know?” Holly asked.\n\n“He is, and so am I, even if we’ve grown,” Dee couldn’t help but laugh, “I’ve gone through more changes than him in my life. If he’s not up tomorrow then I’m going to stay a couple more days.”\n\n“So will we,” Frankie assured her as they finished their meal, “I’m not leaving any of you behind.”\n\n“Thank you, Frankie,” Dee nuzzled him then stood up to throw their empty food tins in the trash can before she headed back to her room.\n\nDee found Helios still asleep so she stripped down to just her underwear and lay down behind him, wrapping her arms around him as she hugged him close with her massive breasts pressed into his back. “I love you Helios,” she whispered, then fell asleep.\n\nFrankie was also exhausted from three weeks of more walking than he’d done in years and so fell asleep right after supper on the room’s second bed.\n\nCrafty chuckled, “Guess he wanted to give us some alone time.”\n\nHolly nuzzled up against Crafty, “He’s earned it, after all he done for us, and to us,” she teased.\n\nCrafty turned and gave Holly a kiss, “Speaking of which, how strong is your shapeshifting on others? Or is it all illusions?”\n\n“Mostly illusions, but I can shapeshift myself or someone else for a short time, to pass any ‘hands-on’ examinations,” Holly kissed back, “I think I know where this is going, and I admit I am curious but only if it’s from you.”\n\nCrafty was already mostly undressed as Holly stood up to remove her armor, “Thank you.” She waited until Holly sat back down then rolled over until the Zoroark-woman was on her back and Crafty sitting on her legs. The Glaceon-woman hefted her DD-cup breasts then touched her hips, “Just down here, don’t wanna lose my tits even for a little.”\n\nHolly leaned forwards and touched Crafty’s vagina, taking a moment to focus before she started the shapeshifting. Crafty gasped as her genitals shifted and a moment later a penis and testicles grew, covering up her pussy.\n\nCrafty looked down and poked her dick, “Feels weird having this back,” she looked up at Holly and gave a seductive smile, “Nervous?”\n\nHolly lay back, “A little, but I trust you.” She smiled, “Let me have it.”\t\n\nCrafty was already hard from looking at her mate laying there as she leaned forwards, “Thank you,” they kissed as Crafty carefully pressed her temporary dick into Holly, who gasped and wrapped Crafty into a hug. Crafty’s thrusts were clumsy and she stalled a couple times. Holly tried to buck back against Crafty with minimal success. Crafty was too stimulated to last for too long and she came in Holly rather quickly.\n\nHolly lay there as Crafty pulled out and rolled over, “It was odd, but thank you.”\n\n“I should thank you, sorry if I couldn’t get you off,” Crafty stared up at the ceiling as she felt Holly’s shifting wear off on her nethers.\n\nHolly smirked and rolled over to face her, “You could always try again they way you know I like.”\n\nCrafty smiled and rolled back to face her, “Sometimes I don’t think I deserve you.”\n\n“Never think that,” Holly gave Crafty a kiss.\n\nCrafty pulled back and blinked then touched her once again female nethers, “huh, feels weird now. Not bad just… something feels odd.”\n\n“Probably just a mild after effect,” Holly rolled on top of Crafty, “But enough weird, let’s go!” Crafty eeped in surprise as she was kissed and she reached down between Holly’s legs.\n\nOoOoO\n\nDee was jostled awake as she felt Helios get up out of bed but she was too tired at first and just lay back down. It was about an hour later that she got up with the only light being from a desk lamp that Helios was using so he could eat, with most of their supplies empty around him.\n\nThe Charizard-man heard Dee sit up and turned with a nervous smile on her face, “Sorry, I kinda used up most of your supplies.”\n\nDee just smiled as she stood up and walked over to Helios, “It’s fine, you needed it.” She gave him a kiss on the cheek, “How do you feel?”\n\nHelios stood up and turned to face her, “Like the fire’s back, in more ways than one,” he gave Dee a kiss, “Thanks for stopping me from running off and keeping me up all the way here.”\n\nDee gave a sultry smile, “There’s another way I’d like to keep you up. But first do you need a drink?”\n\nHelios nodded, “I could use one, just let me get to the sink.”\n\n“Not what I had in mind,” Dee giggled then placed her hands on her massive breasts, the blue aura of Mother’s Gift flowing from her hands into her tits. Helios watched, eyes wide, as Dee’s breasts firmed up then started to look heavier as Dee applied the technique many times, then finally hefted her breasts up and squeezed them, which made a small trickle of milk flow from her golden nipples, “Want a drink?”\n\n“Yes!” Helios practically tackled Dee and latched on to her left breast, biting and sucking greedily to gulp down the sweet liquid that practically erupted from her nipple.\n\nDee gasped as Helios grabbed her breasts and squeezed, his thumb claw poking her right nipple which made it leak. As Helios drained her, Dee let herself be pushed backwards until she fell back on the bed with the Charizard-man on top of her.\n\nHelios switched to sucking Dee’s left breast, pressing in hard and kneading to drain is as effectively as possible. He finally pulled back and licked his lips, “Exactly what I needed,” he squeezed Dee’s breasts again and pulled up to kiss her.\n\nDee kissed back, “I hope you’re not done yet.”\n\n“Done? I’m just getting started!” Helios sat back so he and Dee could remove the last of their clothes.\n\nDee just stared as Helios’ huge cock already dripping with pre, “Wow, you’ve really grown.”\n\n“So have you,” Helios leaned forwards with a hungry expression, “Your milk’s got me hungry for more of you!” He rammed his dick right into Dee which made her gasp as he hilted her. She grabbed at his sides and rammed back against him, so eager that she felt herself cum after only a few thrusts but didn’t let herself slow down.\n\nHelios came hard into her even as milk sprayed from his mate’s breasts and he lay there, panting for a moment. Dee grinned and pushed herself up until she was sitting on his dick, “Done yet?” She wrapped her legs around his middle and squeezed her breasts again and applied Mother’s Gift to them.\n\nHelios grinned, “I’ve got six years of unspent time to use up, I’m not stopping yet!” he lifted her up and sucked from her breast again, the taste getting him hard before he could slip out of Dee’s pussy. Dee gasped and laughed as she bounced up and down on his dick and grabbed his horn as she sucked and bit her breasts the whole time. She started to tear up a bit, how much had she missed him, but the time for sentiment to get in the way was over as she felt him come again and they both fell back to the bed, and he was still not ready to stop.\n\nBy the time they were winding down the rising sun’s light was peeking through their hotel’s window and Dee’s breasts were covered in bright red bite marks. Dee gasped as Helios had his head between her legs, his tongue working around her nethers as he gently breathed fire.\n\n“Arceus!” she moaned, her fur glistened with sweat.\n\n“Not too hot for you?” Helios lifted his head, a little flicker of fire streaming from his mouth.\n\nDee grinned, “I missed your heat, and I can take so much more now!”\n\n“If you insist!” Helios dove back down and almost shot a flamethrower into her, thankfully it just washed over her and even if it hurt it just invigorated the shiny Lucario-woman even more.\n\nHelios let out one more burst of fire then crawled back up, his dick throbbing for one last go as he gently pressed into her. “I was kinda afraid I didn’t have it in me. Good to know I was just tired,” he caressed her face as he thrust more gently and steadily this time, “You’re even more beautiful than I remember, my golden girl.”\n\nDee giggled, “So you prefer gold over blue?”\n\nHelios smiled and leaned in closer, his chest squishing into her massive tits, “I prefer anything as long as it’s you.” They kissed again and held it until Helios gave a final thrust and dumped the last of his seed into Dee.\n\nDespite spending a couple hours fucking, neither were tired enough to delay the trip and so they cleaned up as best they could and dressed. Helios couldn’t help but laugh when he saw the bed, “Housekeeping’s going to be furious.”\n\n“It was worth it,” Dee gave him a kiss, “Now let’s get some supplies and get going.”\n\n“Yeah,” Helios gave her a hug, “I missed all of this.”\n\nDee giggled, still feeling a bit horny, “Me and my hot body?”\n\nHelios smirked, “That too, but this kind of living. Even though I connected with the Moltres’ Embers it still felt not quite right. I may be one of them and I’ll keep our memories alive, but I prefer living in one place with a roof over my head.”\n\n“Like the Vault,” Dee gave Helios a kiss on the cheek, “When this is over, we can settle down somewhere here, maybe Vaniville Town.”\n\n“Maybe,” Helios gave her and kiss and they left their room.\n\nThe five friends left Dendemille in much higher spirits with full packs of food and renewed energy.\n\nOn the trip to Kalos Outpost the five were harassed by Bug-type raiders, Giant and Fire Durant, Zanviper and even one of the Kogun’s raiding parties of a dozen ashigaru led by a samurai who thought a group with four “females” (having mistaken Frankie for one at a distance) would be easy pickings.\n\nThe first real fight with the Kogun’s soldiers proved to be little more than a speedbump for them as the Ashigaru and Samurai charged with their makeshift katana. A frag grenade from Dee killed three and scattered the rest, six of whom were picked off by Crafty’s sniper shots, Helios’ SMG and a blast of Frankie’s Dazzling Gleam. The samurai and last two Ashigaru closed the distance only for the samurai Throh-man to be blasted in the face by a Psybeam from Frankie while the two Flamigo-men ashigaru were slain by Holly’s knife and a Thunder Punch from Dee.\n\n“Surrender your females and you may live!” The Throh-man samurai’s bravado was unimpeded until a Helios blasted him with a flamethrower.\n\n“You’re the one who’s dead!” Helios smashed the samurai’s head in with his sledgehammer before he could get in a single slash.\n\nCrafty was already searching the bodies and glared at one of the crude katana they carried, “Even Melany couldn’t use this junk,” she tossed the weapon aside where it snapped as it landed on the sand. Crafty pulled a handful of koban-like coins from the same body, “at least their money’s good here.”\n\nHelios looked at the koban he’d pulled from the dead samurai with some disgust then pocketed it, “Never waste anything in the wasteland.”\n\nDee couldn’t help but smile, “One of the first things Melany taught us.”\n\n“You three go way back then?” Frankie looked up from where he had found some plants used to make stimpacks on one of the dead.\n\nHelios nodded, “When Dee and I first escaped Vault 18 with GR-0-WL, Melany was the first friendly person we met. She taught us a lot about survival and saved our lives so many times.”\n\nDee stuck the koban she had pulled of the dead Flamigo-man into her scrubs’ pocket, “Without her, we probably would have died in the desert before we ever made it to Trovitopolis.”\n\n“Sounds nice,” Holly claimed a second katana from the dead samurai then stood up, “Let’s keep moving, don’t want to get into too much more trouble.”\n\nIt was a week after they left Dendemille when they finally arrived at the south-west Kalos Outpost, having taken a far south route around the ruins of Coumarine City.\n\nAlex the Ninetales-man was still in the barracks, swirling a half-full glass of whiskey that he downed right as Dee entered and sat down. He glanced sideways at her and smiled, “Dee? I honestly didn’t think I’d see you again. How’s it been out there?”\n\n“Difficult, but worth it,” she pulled out the letter that she’d received from the Magma Caravan, “here, Alice Mclafferty said to give this to you, the buyout offer for Kitun Caravans.”\n\nAlex took the letter and read it. He grimaced, “That’s not even half of what it was worth. But what the fuck else can I do, it’s either take this or wait here till the war ends.” He stood up and left a tip for the bartender, “Thanks for putting up with me.” Then left right past the rest of the group on his way out the door. Worried, Dee and her friends followed him.\n\nMajor Knight the Onix-man was still on duty as Alex entered the main offices and showed him the buyout form from the Magma Caravan. Major knight nodded, “Seems to be in order, just a moment.” He turned and slid away into an office, then returned a few minutes later with a small stack of bills, “here you go Mr. Kitun, we’ll send to Alice about reimbursement.”\n\nAlex counted the money with a scowl and stuffer it in the pocket of his leather armor, “Bye, Major.” He turned and left.\n\nHolly, Dee and Helios had followed Alex into the office so Holly took the chance to approach the desk. “Major Knight, I have some intel I want to sell.”\n\n“You do?” the Onix-man looked skeptical.\n\nHolly produced the papers and showed the emblem of Nobunaga’s Kogun drawn on a corner, “The Kogun’s raid plans for the rest of the year. How much do you want for them?”\n\nMajor Knight was stunned, “How the hell did you get your hands on those? If those are the real deal then they’d be worth a lot, but not here. You should take them to Camp Silverman, Lt. Colonel Zade could make use of them and he’d have more authority to pay you.”\n\n“Zade?!” Dee and Helios’ shouts made everyone turn to the couple.\n\n“You know the Lt. Colonel?” Major Knight leaned sideways to get a look at the pair.\n\nHelios nodded, “We met him in the New Orange Pass six years ago.”\n\n“Ahh, during that trouble with the Aether remnants,” Major Knight returned to his original position.\n\n“Actually, we were right in the middle of that, but not important,” Dee shook her head.\n\nHolly stuck the reports back in her bag, “Alright, guess that’s our next stop then.” She turned and headed out the door with Dee and Helios right behind her.\n\nAlex stood at the gate that headed west back towards NKR territory, hand in his pocket. He stood there until Dee and Helios approached, Holly going to join Crafty and Frankie in the barracks’ bar and mess hall.\n\n“What are you going to do now?” Dee asked.\n\nAlex turned to face them, his nine tails drooping behind him, “What can I do? This money barely enough to get me home, much less start a restaurant.” He sniffed and wiped some tears from his eyes and took in a deep shuddering breath to avoid crying, “All our friends are dead and so is our dream. We wanted to have a big family but I guess Flair’s going to be an only child now.” He sighed and pulled his hand out of his pocket then checked the laser pistol at his side, “Maybe enough cells if I take a safe route.”\n\n“Why don’t you come with us?” Dee offered.\n\nAlex looked up, “What?”\n\n“Come with us, do some jobs, earn money to start your dream that way,” Dee offered a hand.\n\nHelios nodded, “Don’t give up on your dream now, I almost did,” he took Dee’s hand.\n\n“Do you think I can?” Alex looked at the couple.\n\n“I know you can, there’s a lot of opportunities out here,” Dee held a hand out.\n\nAlex smiled, holstered his laser pistol and took her hand, “Alright, let’s do this.”\n\n“Let’s get some food first,” Helios said as he headed back to the barracks.\n\nAt the bar, Crafty had bought a bottle of Sunset Sarsaparilla each for herself, Holly and Frankie. The Kirlia-man cracked it open and found a blue star on the underside which confused him a bit.\n\n“You got a star!” Crafty grinned, “I wonder…” she cracked her own and let out a shout of joy, “Alright! That makes 48!” she showed the star bottlecap to Holly and Frankie, “With yours that makes 49 so we only need one more to find the star’s treasure.”\n\n“No need to look.” Crafty turned to Dee’s voice and saw the shiny Lucario-woman holding the star bottlecap she’d found in this very bar when she first met Alex, “Mine makes 50.”\n\nCrafty literally leapt off her stool, “Awesome! Let’s go find that treasure!”\n\nFrankie and Holly were nearly bowled off their stools and Frankie had to catch the bar to stay on, “What treasure?”\n\n“Some legend about these star bottlecaps,” Alex watched as Crafty did a happy dance with Holly, “Someone named Festus is supposed to reveal a great treasure if you bring him 50 of them. I heard it was at the old bottling plant north of here. Could be more bottlecaps, old technology or maybe a lost Vault.”\n\n“That should be near Camp Silverman,” Dee checked her Rotom-boy then looked over at Helios doing the same.\n\nHelios grinned, “Well then, like Crafty said, let’s go find that treasure!”\n\nAfter buying supplies they set off north along the road, fighting some giant Durant that blocked the way, and Alex had his introductions with Crafty, Holly and Frankie. ",
  "writing_bbcode_parsed": "<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'><span class='underline'><div class='align_center'>Chapter 36: Can You Find it in Your Heart?</div></span><br /><br />The road to Dendemille Town was far from peaceful and the five friends had to fight off a few raider attacks, Fire Durant as well as Golden and Fire Gecleon. Helios was sluggish the whole way even during the fights, but kept up nonetheless. Three days into their trip, Crafty did a quick medical exam on Helios and determined that he was just exhausted from running on adrenaline and rage for a very long time. Now that he felt he was in a safe place his body was forcing itself to recharge and hopefully he&rsquo;d recover in a few days.<br /><br />Melany the Stunky-woman was sitting outside her junk store when GR-0-WL the robo-Growlithe barked. Melany looked up, then smiled and stood to greet Dee, &ldquo;Dee, been a while.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Not nearly as long as the last time,&rdquo; Dee chuckled, &ldquo;I made new friends too, and found an old one.&rdquo; Dee looked back only to see that Helios had stopped to lean up against the junk store&rsquo;s wall so she ran back to help him.<br /><br />Introductions were made by the time Dee helped Helios limp around the corner. Helios forced a smile, &ldquo;Hi, Melany, GR-0-WL. Nice to see you again.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Helios?&rdquo; Melany stared at the clearly exhausted Charizard-man, &ldquo;Damn, what the fuck happened to you?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Long story, short answer is Nobunaga&rsquo;s Kogun.&rdquo; Helios panted as he stood there, supported by Dee.<br /><br />&ldquo;Are you alright?&rdquo; GR-0-WL walked up to their old friend, their electronic eyes showing concern.<br /><br />Helios reached down to pet the robo-Growlithe&rsquo;s head, &ldquo;Not yet, but I will be.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;We need some better gear for him,&rdquo; Crafty said, &ldquo;Got any good armor or weapons?&rdquo;<br /><br />Melany smirked then turned and opened the garage door on the front of her shop, &ldquo;Oh yeah, just come inside and we&rsquo;ll see what you can afford.&rdquo;<br /><br />It took a while for them to find something that worked for Helios and that Dee could afford. In the end Helios ended up with metal armor, a sledgehammer and an SMG with five extra clips of ammo, plus a set of more comfortable under-wear for the armor that could be worn as regular clothes. She spent a little extra time to carefully cut holes in the back so Helios could use his wings.<br /><br />&ldquo;You sure about this, Dee?&rdquo; Helios asked as she handed over most of her payment from Mr. House and a bunch of the ammo and weapons they&rsquo;d taken from the Bug-type raiders that had attacked them over the last few days.<br /><br />Dee smiled, &ldquo;Yes. I&rsquo;m not gonna force you to walk around nearly naked all the time.&rdquo;<br /><br />Helios chuckled, &ldquo;I know you&rsquo;d enjoy that.&rdquo; He yawned and shaded his eyes from the midday sun, &ldquo;Can we stop in Dendemille tonight?&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee nodded, &ldquo;Of course. They have a working hotel.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not bad, we can afford a couple rooms with all the scrap we sold today,&rdquo; Crafty grinned, &ldquo;Wanna join us, Melany?&rdquo;<br /><br />Melany shook her head as she started to separate all the gear they&rsquo;d exchanged for Helios&rsquo; new armaments, &ldquo;Nah. Actually with all this stuff I should be able to go on an expedition to a pre-war site I heard about that no one&rsquo;s been able to claim, too much radiation,&rdquo; she grinned, &ldquo;Even fix my plasma rifle. You have fun now.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Goodbye!&rdquo; GR-0-WL barked as the five friends headed for Dendemille.<br /><br />The motel closest to the edge of the city had two free rooms for the five of them. Crafty invited Frankie to share her and Holly&rsquo;s room to give Dee and Helios some time alone.<br /><br />Helios stripped down to just his new pants and all but collapsed onto the mattress with a huge sigh. &ldquo;Sorry Dee,&rdquo; He mumbled, &ldquo;Just so tired&hellip;&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee sat next to him on the bed and smiled as she stroked each horn on top of his head, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s alright, you just get some rest.&rdquo;<br /><br />Helios&rsquo;s only answer was a quiet snore.<br /><br />Some time later, Dee visited her other friends to join them for supper.<br /><br />&ldquo;How&rsquo;s Helios?&rdquo; Frankie asked as they used the bedside table to eat their preserved meal as he sat next to Dee.<br /><br />&ldquo;Just tired, but his aura&rsquo;s coming back. Shouldn&rsquo;t be too much longer now.&rdquo; Dee ate slowly part of her hoping she was right.<br /><br />Crafty smirked, &ldquo;Can&rsquo;t wait to see how much he&rsquo;s grown can you?&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee blushed slightly but nodded as her mouth was still full.<br /><br />&ldquo;Yeah, he just needs rest, and probably a ton to eat and drink.&rdquo; Crafty snickered, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure you can help with that.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Are you worried he&rsquo;s not the same man you used to know?&rdquo; Holly asked.<br /><br />&ldquo;He is, and so am I, even if we&rsquo;ve grown,&rdquo; Dee couldn&rsquo;t help but laugh, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve gone through more changes than him in my life. If he&rsquo;s not up tomorrow then I&rsquo;m going to stay a couple more days.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;So will we,&rdquo; Frankie assured her as they finished their meal, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not leaving any of you behind.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Thank you, Frankie,&rdquo; Dee nuzzled him then stood up to throw their empty food tins in the trash can before she headed back to her room.<br /><br />Dee found Helios still asleep so she stripped down to just her underwear and lay down behind him, wrapping her arms around him as she hugged him close with her massive breasts pressed into his back. &ldquo;I love you Helios,&rdquo; she whispered, then fell asleep.<br /><br />Frankie was also exhausted from three weeks of more walking than he&rsquo;d done in years and so fell asleep right after supper on the room&rsquo;s second bed.<br /><br />Crafty chuckled, &ldquo;Guess he wanted to give us some alone time.&rdquo;<br /><br />Holly nuzzled up against Crafty, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s earned it, after all he done for us, and to us,&rdquo; she teased.<br /><br />Crafty turned and gave Holly a kiss, &ldquo;Speaking of which, how strong is your shapeshifting on others? Or is it all illusions?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Mostly illusions, but I can shapeshift myself or someone else for a short time, to pass any &lsquo;hands-on&rsquo; examinations,&rdquo; Holly kissed back, &ldquo;I think I know where this is going, and I admit I am curious but only if it&rsquo;s from you.&rdquo;<br /><br />Crafty was already mostly undressed as Holly stood up to remove her armor, &ldquo;Thank you.&rdquo; She waited until Holly sat back down then rolled over until the Zoroark-woman was on her back and Crafty sitting on her legs. The Glaceon-woman hefted her DD-cup breasts then touched her hips, &ldquo;Just down here, don&rsquo;t wanna lose my tits even for a little.&rdquo;<br /><br />Holly leaned forwards and touched Crafty&rsquo;s vagina, taking a moment to focus before she started the shapeshifting. Crafty gasped as her genitals shifted and a moment later a penis and testicles grew, covering up her pussy.<br /><br />Crafty looked down and poked her dick, &ldquo;Feels weird having this back,&rdquo; she looked up at Holly and gave a seductive smile, &ldquo;Nervous?&rdquo;<br /><br />Holly lay back, &ldquo;A little, but I trust you.&rdquo; She smiled, &ldquo;Let me have it.&rdquo;\t<br /><br />Crafty was already hard from looking at her mate laying there as she leaned forwards, &ldquo;Thank you,&rdquo; they kissed as Crafty carefully pressed her temporary dick into Holly, who gasped and wrapped Crafty into a hug. Crafty&rsquo;s thrusts were clumsy and she stalled a couple times. Holly tried to buck back against Crafty with minimal success. Crafty was too stimulated to last for too long and she came in Holly rather quickly.<br /><br />Holly lay there as Crafty pulled out and rolled over, &ldquo;It was odd, but thank you.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I should thank you, sorry if I couldn&rsquo;t get you off,&rdquo; Crafty stared up at the ceiling as she felt Holly&rsquo;s shifting wear off on her nethers.<br /><br />Holly smirked and rolled over to face her, &ldquo;You could always try again they way you know I like.&rdquo;<br /><br />Crafty smiled and rolled back to face her, &ldquo;Sometimes I don&rsquo;t think I deserve you.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Never think that,&rdquo; Holly gave Crafty a kiss.<br /><br />Crafty pulled back and blinked then touched her once again female nethers, &ldquo;huh, feels weird now. Not bad just&hellip; something feels odd.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Probably just a mild after effect,&rdquo; Holly rolled on top of Crafty, &ldquo;But enough weird, let&rsquo;s go!&rdquo; Crafty eeped in surprise as she was kissed and she reached down between Holly&rsquo;s legs.<br /><br />OoOoO<br /><br />Dee was jostled awake as she felt Helios get up out of bed but she was too tired at first and just lay back down. It was about an hour later that she got up with the only light being from a desk lamp that Helios was using so he could eat, with most of their supplies empty around him.<br /><br />The Charizard-man heard Dee sit up and turned with a nervous smile on her face, &ldquo;Sorry, I kinda used up most of your supplies.&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee just smiled as she stood up and walked over to Helios, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s fine, you needed it.&rdquo; She gave him a kiss on the cheek, &ldquo;How do you feel?&rdquo;<br /><br />Helios stood up and turned to face her, &ldquo;Like the fire&rsquo;s back, in more ways than one,&rdquo; he gave Dee a kiss, &ldquo;Thanks for stopping me from running off and keeping me up all the way here.&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee gave a sultry smile, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s another way I&rsquo;d like to keep you up. But first do you need a drink?&rdquo;<br /><br />Helios nodded, &ldquo;I could use one, just let me get to the sink.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Not what I had in mind,&rdquo; Dee giggled then placed her hands on her massive breasts, the blue aura of Mother&rsquo;s Gift flowing from her hands into her tits. Helios watched, eyes wide, as Dee&rsquo;s breasts firmed up then started to look heavier as Dee applied the technique many times, then finally hefted her breasts up and squeezed them, which made a small trickle of milk flow from her golden nipples, &ldquo;Want a drink?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Yes!&rdquo; Helios practically tackled Dee and latched on to her left breast, biting and sucking greedily to gulp down the sweet liquid that practically erupted from her nipple.<br /><br />Dee gasped as Helios grabbed her breasts and squeezed, his thumb claw poking her right nipple which made it leak. As Helios drained her, Dee let herself be pushed backwards until she fell back on the bed with the Charizard-man on top of her.<br /><br />Helios switched to sucking Dee&rsquo;s left breast, pressing in hard and kneading to drain is as effectively as possible. He finally pulled back and licked his lips, &ldquo;Exactly what I needed,&rdquo; he squeezed Dee&rsquo;s breasts again and pulled up to kiss her.<br /><br />Dee kissed back, &ldquo;I hope you&rsquo;re not done yet.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Done? I&rsquo;m just getting started!&rdquo; Helios sat back so he and Dee could remove the last of their clothes.<br /><br />Dee just stared as Helios&rsquo; huge cock already dripping with pre, &ldquo;Wow, you&rsquo;ve really grown.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;So have you,&rdquo; Helios leaned forwards with a hungry expression, &ldquo;Your milk&rsquo;s got me hungry for more of you!&rdquo; He rammed his dick right into Dee which made her gasp as he hilted her. She grabbed at his sides and rammed back against him, so eager that she felt herself cum after only a few thrusts but didn&rsquo;t let herself slow down.<br /><br />Helios came hard into her even as milk sprayed from his mate&rsquo;s breasts and he lay there, panting for a moment. Dee grinned and pushed herself up until she was sitting on his dick, &ldquo;Done yet?&rdquo; She wrapped her legs around his middle and squeezed her breasts again and applied Mother&rsquo;s Gift to them.<br /><br />Helios grinned, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got six years of unspent time to use up, I&rsquo;m not stopping yet!&rdquo; he lifted her up and sucked from her breast again, the taste getting him hard before he could slip out of Dee&rsquo;s pussy. Dee gasped and laughed as she bounced up and down on his dick and grabbed his horn as she sucked and bit her breasts the whole time. She started to tear up a bit, how much had she missed him, but the time for sentiment to get in the way was over as she felt him come again and they both fell back to the bed, and he was still not ready to stop.<br /><br />By the time they were winding down the rising sun&rsquo;s light was peeking through their hotel&rsquo;s window and Dee&rsquo;s breasts were covered in bright red bite marks. Dee gasped as Helios had his head between her legs, his tongue working around her nethers as he gently breathed fire.<br /><br />&ldquo;Arceus!&rdquo; she moaned, her fur glistened with sweat.<br /><br />&ldquo;Not too hot for you?&rdquo; Helios lifted his head, a little flicker of fire streaming from his mouth.<br /><br />Dee grinned, &ldquo;I missed your heat, and I can take so much more now!&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;If you insist!&rdquo; Helios dove back down and almost shot a flamethrower into her, thankfully it just washed over her and even if it hurt it just invigorated the shiny Lucario-woman even more.<br /><br />Helios let out one more burst of fire then crawled back up, his dick throbbing for one last go as he gently pressed into her. &ldquo;I was kinda afraid I didn&rsquo;t have it in me. Good to know I was just tired,&rdquo; he caressed her face as he thrust more gently and steadily this time, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re even more beautiful than I remember, my golden girl.&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee giggled, &ldquo;So you prefer gold over blue?&rdquo;<br /><br />Helios smiled and leaned in closer, his chest squishing into her massive tits, &ldquo;I prefer anything as long as it&rsquo;s you.&rdquo; They kissed again and held it until Helios gave a final thrust and dumped the last of his seed into Dee.<br /><br />Despite spending a couple hours fucking, neither were tired enough to delay the trip and so they cleaned up as best they could and dressed. Helios couldn&rsquo;t help but laugh when he saw the bed, &ldquo;Housekeeping&rsquo;s going to be furious.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;It was worth it,&rdquo; Dee gave him a kiss, &ldquo;Now let&rsquo;s get some supplies and get going.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Yeah,&rdquo; Helios gave her a hug, &ldquo;I missed all of this.&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee giggled, still feeling a bit horny, &ldquo;Me and my hot body?&rdquo;<br /><br />Helios smirked, &ldquo;That too, but this kind of living. Even though I connected with the Moltres&rsquo; Embers it still felt not quite right. I may be one of them and I&rsquo;ll keep our memories alive, but I prefer living in one place with a roof over my head.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Like the Vault,&rdquo; Dee gave Helios a kiss on the cheek, &ldquo;When this is over, we can settle down somewhere here, maybe Vaniville Town.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Maybe,&rdquo; Helios gave her and kiss and they left their room.<br /><br />The five friends left Dendemille in much higher spirits with full packs of food and renewed energy.<br /><br />On the trip to Kalos Outpost the five were harassed by Bug-type raiders, Giant and Fire Durant, Zanviper and even one of the Kogun&rsquo;s raiding parties of a dozen ashigaru led by a samurai who thought a group with four &ldquo;females&rdquo; (having mistaken Frankie for one at a distance) would be easy pickings.<br /><br />The first real fight with the Kogun&rsquo;s soldiers proved to be little more than a speedbump for them as the Ashigaru and Samurai charged with their makeshift katana. A frag grenade from Dee killed three and scattered the rest, six of whom were picked off by Crafty&rsquo;s sniper shots, Helios&rsquo; SMG and a blast of Frankie&rsquo;s Dazzling Gleam. The samurai and last two Ashigaru closed the distance only for the samurai Throh-man to be blasted in the face by a Psybeam from Frankie while the two Flamigo-men ashigaru were slain by Holly&rsquo;s knife and a Thunder Punch from Dee.<br /><br />&ldquo;Surrender your females and you may live!&rdquo; The Throh-man samurai&rsquo;s bravado was unimpeded until a Helios blasted him with a flamethrower.<br /><br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;re the one who&rsquo;s dead!&rdquo; Helios smashed the samurai&rsquo;s head in with his sledgehammer before he could get in a single slash.<br /><br />Crafty was already searching the bodies and glared at one of the crude katana they carried, &ldquo;Even Melany couldn&rsquo;t use this junk,&rdquo; she tossed the weapon aside where it snapped as it landed on the sand. Crafty pulled a handful of koban-like coins from the same body, &ldquo;at least their money&rsquo;s good here.&rdquo;<br /><br />Helios looked at the koban he&rsquo;d pulled from the dead samurai with some disgust then pocketed it, &ldquo;Never waste anything in the wasteland.&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee couldn&rsquo;t help but smile, &ldquo;One of the first things Melany taught us.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;You three go way back then?&rdquo; Frankie looked up from where he had found some plants used to make stimpacks on one of the dead.<br /><br />Helios nodded, &ldquo;When Dee and I first escaped Vault 18 with GR-0-WL, Melany was the first friendly person we met. She taught us a lot about survival and saved our lives so many times.&rdquo;<br /><br />Dee stuck the koban she had pulled of the dead Flamigo-man into her scrubs&rsquo; pocket, &ldquo;Without her, we probably would have died in the desert before we ever made it to Trovitopolis.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Sounds nice,&rdquo; Holly claimed a second katana from the dead samurai then stood up, &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s keep moving, don&rsquo;t want to get into too much more trouble.&rdquo;<br /><br />It was a week after they left Dendemille when they finally arrived at the south-west Kalos Outpost, having taken a far south route around the ruins of Coumarine City.<br /><br />Alex the Ninetales-man was still in the barracks, swirling a half-full glass of whiskey that he downed right as Dee entered and sat down. He glanced sideways at her and smiled, &ldquo;Dee? I honestly didn&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;d see you again. How&rsquo;s it been out there?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Difficult, but worth it,&rdquo; she pulled out the letter that she&rsquo;d received from the Magma Caravan, &ldquo;here, Alice Mclafferty said to give this to you, the buyout offer for Kitun Caravans.&rdquo;<br /><br />Alex took the letter and read it. He grimaced, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not even half of what it was worth. But what the fuck else can I do, it&rsquo;s either take this or wait here till the war ends.&rdquo; He stood up and left a tip for the bartender, &ldquo;Thanks for putting up with me.&rdquo; Then left right past the rest of the group on his way out the door. Worried, Dee and her friends followed him.<br /><br />Major Knight the Onix-man was still on duty as Alex entered the main offices and showed him the buyout form from the Magma Caravan. Major knight nodded, &ldquo;Seems to be in order, just a moment.&rdquo; He turned and slid away into an office, then returned a few minutes later with a small stack of bills, &ldquo;here you go Mr. Kitun, we&rsquo;ll send to Alice about reimbursement.&rdquo;<br /><br />Alex counted the money with a scowl and stuffer it in the pocket of his leather armor, &ldquo;Bye, Major.&rdquo; He turned and left.<br /><br />Holly, Dee and Helios had followed Alex into the office so Holly took the chance to approach the desk. &ldquo;Major Knight, I have some intel I want to sell.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;You do?&rdquo; the Onix-man looked skeptical.<br /><br />Holly produced the papers and showed the emblem of Nobunaga&rsquo;s Kogun drawn on a corner, &ldquo;The Kogun&rsquo;s raid plans for the rest of the year. How much do you want for them?&rdquo;<br /><br />Major Knight was stunned, &ldquo;How the hell did you get your hands on those? If those are the real deal then they&rsquo;d be worth a lot, but not here. You should take them to Camp Silverman, Lt. Colonel Zade could make use of them and he&rsquo;d have more authority to pay you.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Zade?!&rdquo; Dee and Helios&rsquo; shouts made everyone turn to the couple.<br /><br />&ldquo;You know the Lt. Colonel?&rdquo; Major Knight leaned sideways to get a look at the pair.<br /><br />Helios nodded, &ldquo;We met him in the New Orange Pass six years ago.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Ahh, during that trouble with the Aether remnants,&rdquo; Major Knight returned to his original position.<br /><br />&ldquo;Actually, we were right in the middle of that, but not important,&rdquo; Dee shook her head.<br /><br />Holly stuck the reports back in her bag, &ldquo;Alright, guess that&rsquo;s our next stop then.&rdquo; She turned and headed out the door with Dee and Helios right behind her.<br /><br />Alex stood at the gate that headed west back towards NKR territory, hand in his pocket. He stood there until Dee and Helios approached, Holly going to join Crafty and Frankie in the barracks&rsquo; bar and mess hall.<br /><br />&ldquo;What are you going to do now?&rdquo; Dee asked.<br /><br />Alex turned to face them, his nine tails drooping behind him, &ldquo;What can I do? This money barely enough to get me home, much less start a restaurant.&rdquo; He sniffed and wiped some tears from his eyes and took in a deep shuddering breath to avoid crying, &ldquo;All our friends are dead and so is our dream. We wanted to have a big family but I guess Flair&rsquo;s going to be an only child now.&rdquo; He sighed and pulled his hand out of his pocket then checked the laser pistol at his side, &ldquo;Maybe enough cells if I take a safe route.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Why don&rsquo;t you come with us?&rdquo; Dee offered.<br /><br />Alex looked up, &ldquo;What?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Come with us, do some jobs, earn money to start your dream that way,&rdquo; Dee offered a hand.<br /><br />Helios nodded, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t give up on your dream now, I almost did,&rdquo; he took Dee&rsquo;s hand.<br /><br />&ldquo;Do you think I can?&rdquo; Alex looked at the couple.<br /><br />&ldquo;I know you can, there&rsquo;s a lot of opportunities out here,&rdquo; Dee held a hand out.<br /><br />Alex smiled, holstered his laser pistol and took her hand, &ldquo;Alright, let&rsquo;s do this.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s get some food first,&rdquo; Helios said as he headed back to the barracks.<br /><br />At the bar, Crafty had bought a bottle of Sunset Sarsaparilla each for herself, Holly and Frankie. The Kirlia-man cracked it open and found a blue star on the underside which confused him a bit.<br /><br />&ldquo;You got a star!&rdquo; Crafty grinned, &ldquo;I wonder&hellip;&rdquo; she cracked her own and let out a shout of joy, &ldquo;Alright! That makes 48!&rdquo; she showed the star bottlecap to Holly and Frankie, &ldquo;With yours that makes 49 so we only need one more to find the star&rsquo;s treasure.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;No need to look.&rdquo; Crafty turned to Dee&rsquo;s voice and saw the shiny Lucario-woman holding the star bottlecap she&rsquo;d found in this very bar when she first met Alex, &ldquo;Mine makes 50.&rdquo;<br /><br />Crafty literally leapt off her stool, &ldquo;Awesome! Let&rsquo;s go find that treasure!&rdquo;<br /><br />Frankie and Holly were nearly bowled off their stools and Frankie had to catch the bar to stay on, &ldquo;What treasure?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Some legend about these star bottlecaps,&rdquo; Alex watched as Crafty did a happy dance with Holly, &ldquo;Someone named Festus is supposed to reveal a great treasure if you bring him 50 of them. I heard it was at the old bottling plant north of here. Could be more bottlecaps, old technology or maybe a lost Vault.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;That should be near Camp Silverman,&rdquo; Dee checked her Rotom-boy then looked over at Helios doing the same.<br /><br />Helios grinned, &ldquo;Well then, like Crafty said, let&rsquo;s go find that treasure!&rdquo;<br /><br />After buying supplies they set off north along the road, fighting some giant Durant that blocked the way, and Alex had his introductions with Crafty, Holly and Frankie. </span>",
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