After clearing the snow from Raikou's fur, Fuyuki suddenly remembered something.
Suicune seemed to have come by earlier, but then it seemed to have left again.
Fuyuki looked outside the cave and, sure enough, didn't see Suicune anywhere.
Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Suicune much since their last meeting.
Entei said that Suicune would stay at Mount Tensei until Ho-Oh returned.
But now it's winter, and snow is falling, and there's still no sign of Ho-Oh.
"What's wrong, little one?" Entei approached and asked.
"Suicune seemed to have come by earlier too," Fuyuki said.
Entei looked up in one direction; it could indeed sense Suicune's lingering presence.
Fuyuki gazed at the heavy snow falling outside.
It's snowing everywhere this time of year, and they're all sheltered in this warm and cozy secret base, leaving Suicune to freeze outside alone... It doesn't seem quite right...
"How about we call Suicune over to spend the winter with us?" Fuyuki looked up at Entei.
"Don't worry, Suicune isn't stupid. In this weather, it'll find a place to hide in the snow on its own," Raikou said, stepping forward from behind.
Entei glared at it, his voice authoritative: "Little one is just worried about Suicune."
"I don't care," Raikou said, lying on the rug Fuyuki had bought, squinting its tiger eyes at the heavy snow outside.
"Alright, you stay here and take care of Little One. I'll go get Suicune." Entei instructed, then handed Fuyuki over to Raikou's care, and ran into the swirling snow, his figure quickly disappearing into the blizzard.
Raikou exhaled two puffs of breath from its nostrils. With Entei gone, the secret base was suddenly without a heat source, and the cave was constantly being chilled by gusts of wind carrying snowflakes, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet.
"So cold!" Fuyuki couldn't help but shiver.
"Come here." Although Raikou's tone sounded somewhat indifferent, its actions were the complete opposite.
Fuyuki immediately ran into Raikou's arms, burying itself in the fur under its belly and browsing the system shop.
In this cold weather, it definitely needed to buy a door to block the cave entrance and keep the cold wind out.
While browsing, Fuyuki asked, "Did Raikou encounter anything fun on its trip?"
"No." Raikou shook its head. It usually spent most of its time in the wild helping Pokémon in need.
These experiences... weren't exactly interesting.
"Were you injured?" Fuyuki asked again.
Raikou suddenly remembered the first time it met Fuyuki, when the little guy noticed its injury and took the initiative to heal it.
...At this moment, Raikou suddenly understood why Fuyuki had asked Entei to call Suicune over.
Because their little one was born with a kind heart.
Looking at the adorable cub beneath it, Raikou's feline instincts instantly surfaced, causing it to instinctively pull Fuyuki into its arms and begin a new round of licking.
Fuyuki: "?"
In the snowstorm, Suicune, searching for a cave to shelter from the snow, suddenly sensed Entei's presence rapidly approaching.
It stopped and looked back.
"Let's go, Suicune, let's go to our place. Little One wants you to come with us," Entei said.
Suicune was slightly taken aback, looking at Entei through a snow-covered curtain.
"Why?" Suicune asked.
"Because Little One is worried you'll have nowhere to go and get sick from this snowstorm," Entei replied in a deep voice.
Suicune: "…"
As legendary Pokémon, their physiques had already undergone a transformation, or rather, from the moment they were revived by Ho-Oh, they were no longer ordinary Pokémon.
Their level of life had reached a completely new realm.
Getting sick was almost impossible for them.
But what surprised Suicune was that the human cub it had only met once was actually worried about it…
Entei turned around and said, "I don't want to disappoint Little One. Come with us, Suicune."
Suicune was silent for a moment, then said gently, "I understand."
The two Pokémon, one after the other, crossed the blizzard and returned to the secret base in the Fuyuki.
When Entei arrived there, he saw Raikou licking Little One's cheek, taking over the task.
Entei's brows immediately furrowed.
It immediately stepped forward, picked up the slightly chilly little creature from Raikou's arms, and carried it aside to warm it with its own body heat.
Seeing this, Raikou's voice boomed like thunder, tinged with anger: "Entei, what are you doing?! I haven't finished licking his fur yet!"
"The little one is my child, I am his only father!" Entei felt a little disgusted with Raikou, and immediately began to lick the little one's body again, licking away Raikou's scent in this way.
"He's my child too!" Raikou retorted defiantly.
"I brought the little one back!" Entei frowned.
"You said yourself that the little one wasn't just your child, he was also my child, Raikou's child!" Raikou's tone held a hidden anger.
Entei, however, simply looked at it with a stern expression.
"You yourself said back then that humans are all treacherous and untrustworthy. You even said that even if I brought Little One back, you wouldn't care about him!"
Raikou was immediately enraged. "That's all in the past!"
Fuyuki: "..."
Suicune: "..." These two big cats seem to be fighting over his custody? Fuyuki was somewhat bewildered.
Suicune's usually calm face showed a look of great shock upon seeing this scene.
Are these the same two cats it knew, Entei and Raikou...?
In a daze, its gaze met the human cub in mid-air at the center of the vortex.
"Stop arguing!"
With Fuyuki's shout, the two big cats beside him immediately turned their gazes to him.
Entei didn't want to trouble Little One, so it stopped arguing with Raikou and instead released a wave of heat, quickly warming the cave.
Raikou snorted coldly and then lay down on the carpet.
Suicune, witnessing this scene, was momentarily at a loss, unsure whether to advance or retreat.
Suddenly, a deafening boom echoed behind it.
Suicune whirled around and saw a large door that had appeared out of nowhere at the cave entrance, shutting out the swirling snow outside.
[Suicune was utterly shocked by the sudden appearance of the door. Shock points from Suicune +50!]
Raikou and Entei, however, were already used to this. The moment the door appeared, they knew that Little One had used his power again.
Seeing Raikou and Entei's nonchalant expressions, Suicune was taken aback.
"What's this?" it tried to ask.
"I made this!" Fuyuki grinned.
"Don't be surprised, you'll get used to it," Entei said slowly.
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