Chapter One

The Lake

It was a beautiful morning for everyone on Shuggazoom. It wasn't too hot, not too cold, but just right. Even the MegaForce was enjoying the day. The MegaForce left a note for the HyperForce, on their computer, that they were at the lake for the day and wanted them to meet them. At lunch, the SuperRobot walked to the lake, stopping, and letting everyone run out. Carbon and Melodie were under a tree talking and relaxing, while everyone else was in the water. Carbon was wearing a two piece bathing suit. It was a short skort (black) and a top that showed her stomach and tied around the neck (purple).

"Hey, are you two coming?" Chiro asked walking over, just coming out the SuperRobot.

"Nah, I like the shade more." Carbon answered, who was also wearing a pair of dark purple sunglasses.

"Melodie?"

"No thank you Chiro. I think I'd like to just relax today."

"Okay. Suit yourself. Bye." Chiro said before running and cannon-balling into the water, causing a huge splash to happen.

Chiro swam over to the others after he surfaced.

"Hey Chiro. So are they coming in?" Nova asked.

"Nah, they'd rather relax under the tree today."

That's when Gizmo jumped out of the water, scaring everyone.

"Oops…sorry. So…what'cha talking about?" Gizmo asked.

"Melodie and Carbon. They won't come in the water." Nova answered.

"Well, duh (makes a funny face), you want them to drown?" Gizmo asked.

"Drown? What are you talking about?" Gibson asked.

"Melodie can't swim and Carbon doesn't like the water because of her power over rock. Carbon gets in the water and she sinks like the rocks she moves."

"But Melodie went swimming when we were on that Pokémon journey last year during school." Otto pointed out.

"Not much. She mostly sat on the side and she had help from Carbon getting back to shore. Carbon knows how to swim, just not able to and Melodie doesn't know but she can keep Carbon afloat. So they helped each other."

Chiro looked at where Melodie and Carbon were sitting and saw them talking and laughing with each other on the towels they had. Carbon was laying her back and Melodie was sitting against the tree they were under. Carbon saw Chiro looking over and waved to him, Chiro waved back.

"Yeah, and I don't know how to tell them. I mean what if they think I'm stupid or something?"

"Melodie! You are not stupid. You are a very smart and wise…um…monkey."

They laughed after a second. They Carbon saw Chiro looking over. Carbon waved to Chiro, who waved back.

"I thought Antauri said Chiro was afraid of water."

"Chiro? Afraid of water? Come on Melodie, that's Chiro."

"I guess he was telling me Chiro got over that fear." Melodie said waving over to the others who were waving back.

"Yeah. I guess so." Carbon said quietly.

Later that day, everyone was eating lunch together on a big picnic blanket. Otto had tied a small box on Gizmo's sandwich wrapper when she wasn't looking. When Gizmo grabbed her sandwich, she untied the box from the wrapper.

"Hey, what's that Gizmo?" Otto asked, getting everyone's attention.

"Not sure. It was on my sandwich wrapper." Gizmo opened the box, finding a small note, she read aloud. "Will you marry me?" Gizmo looked in the box, seeing a ring and then looked at Otto who was smiling, which turned to a frown when Gizmo frowned.

"What's wrong?" Otto asked.

"Ah! Yes!" Gizmo shouted hugging Otto and knocking him over.

"Yes?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Gizmo and Otto got up.

"So…you will?" Otto asked.

"Of course Otto. Ah!" Gizmo shouted.

Otto took the jade ring Gizmo was already wearing and slipped on the new ring on her left ring finger. (Picture of ring: .) Everyone cheered and congratulated the two. Later at the MegaRobot, Gizmo was talking to Melodie and Seala about the whole thing.

"I can't believe it. I'm getting married." Gizmo said.

"I'm very happy for you Gizmo." Seala said.

"Aw…thanks sis. I'm sorry I get to marry before you though."

"No…I want you to be happy. I'll be just fine."

Then someone cleared their throat. The girls turned and saw Antauri and Gibson standing there.

"Oh, hi guys." Gizmo said.

"Hello Gizmo. Um…Excuse us for a second, please. I need to talk to Seala in private." Gibson said.

"And I need to talk to Melodie in private." Antauri said.

"Oh, okay. We'll talk later Gizmo, okay?" Seala said.

"Okay." Gizmo hugged Seala quickly and then ran off.

Seala and Gibson walked to the lab, leaving Antauri and Melodie by themselves.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Melodie asked, sitting in a chair.

Antauri sat down in another chair, next to Melodie's.

"Melodie, I…um…wanted to know…if….um-" Antauri held out a small brown box. "If…um…you'll-"

The Lab…

"Seala, we've been together for a few years now, and I felt we were right for each other." Gibson held Seala's hands.

"Yes…I have as well. But what are you saying? Are you-"

"No! I mean…no. I mean…what I've wanted to ask you is…um…I'm not sure how to word it exactly."

"Gibson?" Seala asked, getting him to stop rambling. "Just ask me. I can handle it."

"Okay…Well, Seala?" Gibson asked, getting on one knee and holding one of Seala's hands.

"Um…yes, Gibson?" Seala hesitantly asked.

Gibson pulled out a light blue box and opened it. Inside was a ring.

"Will you…marry me?"

Seala couldn't speak. She had her hand over her mouth, tears in her eyes. After a moment, she took a deep breath and removed her hand, nodding her head, a smile crawling across her face.

"Yes. Yes. Yes! A thousand times yes, Gibson." Gibson stood up, Seala hugged him. "Oh, this is what I've wanted all these years, since Planet Zon when we met. Oh, yes." Seala said, tearing of joy crawling down her face.

Seala leaned back a bit, so Gibson could slip the ring on her left ring finger. (Here is the picture of Seala's ring: .)

"It looks beautiful on you." Gibson said.

"Seala! Where'd you go? I thought we were going down town today?" Carbon, outside the lab, shouted.

"I have to go. I promised Carbon I'd spend a day with her." Seala kissed Gibson's cheek. "Thank you. I can't wait."

"Seala?" Carbon shouted again.

"Coming!" Seala shouted back. She turned back to Gibson. "Bye." Seala waved, leaving the lab.

After Seala left, Gibson got a smile of his own.

"She said yes." Gibson said to himself.

"Gibson? Where—Oh, there you are. Hey, are you okay?" Chiro asked walking in the lab.

"I'm never better Chiro."

"O…kay. Anyways, I thought you, me, and Antauri were hanging out down in the park today. Come on, let's go." Chiro said, leaving for the door.

"I'll be there in a second Chiro. I have to go grab something from my room first."

"You too? I just reminded Antauri, and he said the same thing. You two aren't hiding anything from me…are you?" Chiro suspected.

"No, of course not Chiro. What do I have to hide from you?"

"Okay…just asking. And hurry up. I want to get out of the Robot today and meet up with Carbon, Melodie, and Seala later." Chiro said leaving the lab.

At the Park…

Chiro was in the tree, trying to hang upside down, like when he was little. Antauri and Gibson were sitting on the bench, trying to hide their hands in their sleeves, because they didn't want to take off their engagement ring, but they also didn't want Chiro to know just yet. Gibson was wearing his New York outfit, and so was Antauri.

"Hey guys! Come on up! It's totally fun up here!" Chiro shouted down at Antauri and Gibson.

"No thank you. It's not in my system to climb trees anymore." Gibson said.

"Antauri! Come on! You know you want to!" Chiro shouted.

"No thank you Chiro. I'm feeling up to it today, thank you."

Chiro jumped down from the tree, landing in front of the two.

"What's up with you two? You always climb the tree with me. What's up today?" Chiro asked sitting down between the two.

"It's just…too hot today." Gibson lied.

"But there are enough clouds blocking out the sun's heat. How are you hot?" Chiro questioned.

"I think Gibson means is that it's a little cold today." Antauri said.

"But it's a warm. Okay…what's up? You two are differently hiding something from me. What is it?" Chiro asked.

The two hid their hands even more in their sleeves.

"Nothing Chiro. What's makes you say that we're hiding something?" Gibson asked.

"Because you two are acting strange. You don't want to climb the tree with me, you're hiding your hands in your sleeves, and-" Then Chiro smiled, looking at the two. "You didn't?"

The two monkeys got nervous. They didn't want Chiro to feel bad about having new family members join his family. Gibson didn't know about Antauri, and Antauri didn't know about Gibson. After a minute, the two sighed and pulled their sleeves up, showing the rings on their fingers.

"Yes, I asked her." The two answered, and then shot looks at each other. "Wait, you asked her? Yes…I did." Then Chiro slapped his hands over each of their mouths.

"That's weird. Please…stop." Chiro said removing his hands. "So you (points to Gibson) asked Seala to marry you, and you (points to Antauri) asked Melodie to marry you. What's the big deal?"

"So…you're not mad…or upset…or anything?" Gibson questioned.

"What are you talking about? I'm thrilled you two finally asked. I've always wanted Melodie to be my mom, like she is to Carbon. And I think Seala will be closer to me if you marry her, Gibson. So, duh, I'm happy for you two. You deserve them." Chiro said.

"Well, thank you Chiro. That's very…nice of you to understand and not overreact about all of this." Gibson said.

"Ah!" A voice screamed a few feet away. The three turned, seeing the girls they were going to meet up with. "I cannot believe you two asked them to marry you!" Carbon shouted, anger lacing her voice.

"Oh no." Gibson said.

"That's how we thought you were going to react to the news." Antauri added.

"Like that?"

The two nodded their heads. Carbon stomped over to them, still angry.

"I can't believe you two asked them…without telling us you were going to first." Carbon said, calmed down.

"What?" The two asked.

"Duh…didn't you know you do anything as big as this without Carbon's notification? She freaks out every time she doesn't know." Seala said.

"Yeah…you can't because they're my family. You gotta notify me first." Carbon said.

Me: So, what do think of the first chapter? And of the story theme I'm doing this time? Comment please! Updating ASAP!