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Pokemon Academy 3: The Roots Start Up

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"James..." Mr. Dalton was still trying to get the words out. "You know this is impossible, right?" He asked.

"Well, before this year, you assumed this was impossible." James conjured a small electrical sphere for a brief moment before letting it fizzle into nothing. "Before recently, you assumed that demons were an impossibility."

"Point taken son." Mr. Dalton admitted. "But how do you know..."

"Dante, could you please tell my father the story?" James asked his ancestor. "I still don't have all the details fully down."
 

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Dante sighed before telling him the story on how his first lover Beatrice was murdered and her soul was dragged to the entrance of Hell. He, a Crusades veteran, went after her. After a very brief fight with Death, Beatrice fell into Hell. He followed and claimed Death's Scythe as his own. For what felt like months, Dante went through the 9 Circles of Hell, battling any demon that served Lucifer, who he eventually fought. However, on the Devil King's dying breath, he cursed Dante to forever walk in Hell until the end of the planet's life. He had to stay in Hell, watching in futile as Beatrice's soul ascended to Paradise.

Years later, he found and met a succubus named Ambra, a lightning succubus from the Railobo clan. The two eventually sired a son together and named him Durante Daltonio. Not wanting his son to live with them in Hell, Dante had asked Ambra to leave their child at an orphanage. However, that night, it rained, and Ambra left him three things - a kiss farewell, a red baby blanket and a name. The rain washed away the ink of the last two letters of the surname, giving him the name Durante Dalton.
 

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"It... it all fits." Mr. Dalton was shocked to be admitting this. "After what James told my wife earlier today, I went through the old family records. I didn't know until today that we had any child ever live in an orphanage." He remarked. "It's just..."

"I know Dad." James said comfortingly. "It's hard to believe. But it's true. It's all true."
 

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Dante nodded, taking a seat, with Geneva sitting next to him. Sophie and Trisha took their seats as well. From the waist down, he was wearing a modernized version of his old outfit. Even his shirt had his old red tapestry in the background.
 

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"So... our family is descended from yourself and a succubus?" Mr. Dalton asked Dante.

"That would be correct Dad." James cut in as he looked at the rest of his family. "And just to prove a point, just look at me and look at Dante." James was pointing out the clear physical resemblance. "We're definitely related."

"He's right Dad." Amber pointed out. "They look almost like brothers."
 

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Dante saw vague resemblences with Amber and his Ambra. Key word being vague. "Well, he's got quite the spark, but nothing I can't handle." Dante said, pulling James in for a noggie.
 

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"Oh come on Uncle Dante." James groaned. "You know I like to keep my hair looking good." Seeing the raised eyebrows from his other family members, he explained. "See... calling Dante 13th great grandfather was kind of annoying. So since he's kind of like an uncle to me now, I call him Uncle Dante."
 

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"Plus, it's less of a mouthful." Dante said, agreeing with him. "So, what are we having tonight?" Nuata asked, sitting on James' other side.
 

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"Well... to be honest... we haven't decided yet." Mrs. Dalton answered. "We wanted to see what happened with James before deciding."

"Which turned out to be a rather good decision based on the fact he brought more guests than we anticipated." Mr. Dalton added.

"Well... you should know by now that where my fiance goes, Sophie goes. And where Sophie goes, Trisha goes." James reasoned.

"I noticed that last year." Amber was smiling brightly. "It's almost as if you four are joined at the hip now."
 

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"Speaking of joined at the hip, ummm, James, when are you gonna tell them about... well.." Sophie said, unnaturally somber.
 

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"Tell us about what?" Amber asked James, who took a deep breath and nodded.

"Sophie and Trisha are having a baby." James answered. Every single Dalton at the table was beaming and offered the couple their congratulations. Mr. Dalton was the first to pick up on where the conversation was going.

"James..." Mr. Dalton said slowly. "Have you thought about this?"

"Yes Dad." James answered after a moment. "They asked me to donate the sperm for the child because they trust me, which is something that the two of them don't hand out lightly." James declined to tell the reasoning for this. "Plus, the fact that I've got pretty good genes doesn't hurt." Amber reached over the table and jokingly slapped her brother lightly on the arm. "Oh come on sis." James grinned.

James' parents looked at each other for a moment before Mr. Dalton spoke. "Based on what we've seen, you're doing this to make two excellent young women happy. Of course we'll support you on this decision." James' face was beaming.

"Thanks Dad." James said after a moment. He was glad that his father hadn't questioned his decision on this because there was still a bit of tension between father and son regarding the fact that Mr. Dalton thought his son was too young to be engaged.
 

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Sophie hugged Mr. Dalton. "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" She said, overjoyed at the moment.
 

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"It's no problem Sophie." Mr. Dalton was smiling now. "I'm just proud of my son right now based on the maturity I've seen from him lately, even if I haven't agreed with all of the decisions he's made."

James was smiling brightly now. His father's praise had always meant a lot to him.
 

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Nuata pulled out a cell phone and called someone. "Hey, old goat. Yeah. Yeah, he agreed. Yes, I so owe you one, old goat!" She said, hanging up.
 

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James just looked at Nuata. "Hey honey, care to enlighten me on what that was all about?" James asked her softly.
 

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I had set up an appointment with Lilycove General and Mactosh just wanted to make sure we weren't doing it on a whim." Nuata said.
 

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"Oh." James replied blankly. "I get it. And as you know, we aren't doing it on a whim." James added quickly.
 

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"Yeah..." James agreed with Sophie.

"Well, the staff is working on dinner now." Mrs. Dalton told Sophie. "It will be ready in about ten minutes."

"Cool." James said after a moment.
 

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To pass the time, Sophie was whispering into Trisha's ear, using sweet nothings, if the ever-growing blush on Trisha's face is any clue. Dante was looking around the room, still kind of, shall we say, unconfortable.
 
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