"Our pleasure." Mira grinned, stepping next to Tiger.
Toka held it closer to her and blushed, kissing Kibo before sitting
down at the table. Aite (who now had an apron around his waist) set
down the two plates of sushi.
Tiger nodded in response to Mira, and blinked. He stretched, "hey,
Mira. Thanks for keeping Ka-err Toka safe all these years." He said
quietly as Kibo blinked and returned the kiss. "I spent most my
Johto journey looking for her, and helping Kibo try and find his
old friend, I even prepared for releasing him if he found her and
was a wild Pokémon." He said quietly and looked at Kibo's pokeball.
"I mean, I'd do anything to keep Kibo happy. Him finding Toka
again, well it's made Kibo a lot happier than he had been in a
while."
Kibo smiled at Toka and went to sit down at the table as well. He
nodded a thanks to Aite and looked at the sushi for a moment.
"It's nothing, Tiger. I love her almost as much as Kibo does," Mira
smiled at him. "She's really happy. I'm glad we met and brought
them back together."
"Magikarp sushi?" Toka blinked. She grinned. "Her sushi
is really good."
Tiger nodded in agreement and smiled. "Yeah same here." He said
cheerfully and stretched. "Thanks again, Mira, for well planning
this out, as well as the date you planned for Mel and me. I
honestly don't think I'd ever have the courage to have told Mel how
I felt without it." He sighed.
"I never had sushi Mira made before, but sushi is the best."
Kibo said gently and grabbed a piece of sushi.
“You’re welcome. I have a blast with them, y’know. ...And it was
killing me to see you fumble around Mel so much, so that was
equally for you AND for me.” Mira chuckled.
”Agreed. And I thought the food in the colony was the best there
could be for the longest time until I tasted sushi.” Toka
laughed, eating one.
Tiger rolled his eyes and laughed in amusement. "Good point.
Anyways I think I'm going to head back, everyone's going home soon,
and I'd like to get back before Mel leaves." He said kindly and
stretched.
Kibo laughed in gentle amusement and nodded, he ate a piece of
sushi and smiled at Toka. "To be fair, all we knew back then was
the food in the colony. Tiger wanted to cheer me up the first night
I was with him, and he made me sushi. It's been my favorite food
since." He said gently and smiled faintly.
Tiger grabbed Charm's pokeball and climbed onto the Charizard.
"I'll see you guys when you're done. See you." He said kindly to
Mira and Charm flew off back to New Bark.
~•~•~
"I think Mel's just lost her mind." Cyndaquil whispered
quietly and noticed that she had finally stopped throwing pillows.
Cyndaquil nodded, and looked at Mel for a moment. He looked at the
door, and Tiger walked back inside with Charm behind him. He still
had a ton of leaves and twigs stuck in his hair. "Hey guys, I'm
back." Tiger called out kindly and stretched.
Kibo blinked in shock, "wait you went three days without
eating?" He asked in surprise, and nearly choked on the piece
of sushi that he was eating.
~•~•~
Tiger yawned and looked over to Mel. Cyndaquil stayed next to Rose,
and Theo went over to Mel. "Getting ready to go?" Tiger asked Mel
gently and blinked.
"Dude, you were exiled. I am pretty sure going three days
without eating is better than that," Toka pointed out, looking
up. She sighed. "...It was because I missed you so much. And the
colony. I was too stressed to eat. So in those three days it took
me to get from Ripple to Three Island, I didn't eat or sleep."
She explained somewhat reluctantly.
Kibo blinked and nodded before placing a paw on Toka's. "I can
understand that. I mean, after I was exiled, I rarely ate, and got
only two hours of sleep during the night if I was lucky. Kit and
Tally, the Ninetales that live around here, tried to help me by
leaving berries, and checking on whatever wounds I had. I think I
only gained five levels in those three years, and it was all
because of a Noctowl that tried to attack me." He grumbled
quietly.
"Hey, Tiger-- Jeez, what happened? You look like you got in a fight
with a lawnmower," Mel remarked, looking up briefly from her
backpack. Riu snorted, hidden beneath a few blankets.
Tiger looked confused, he reached up and pulled a few leaves from
his hair before laughing in amusement. "I decided to fight a
lawnmower today, you know." He joked before yawning and rubbing the
rest of the leaves and twigs from his hair. "I was in Ripple Forest
helping Mira set Kibo and Toka's date up. Then I went into a few
trees to restock my berry stores." He said kindly, and smiled at
Mel.