Chereads / Pokemon trainer in DXD / Chapter 34 - 34

Chapter 34 - 34

Chapter 34. Dragon vs Wolf!.

I walked out of the Hostess of Fertility and began to approach Bete who was growling and getting up from the ground where he had landed a few minutes ago, he turned his head towards me the moment he became aware of my presence "you bastard! you're going to pay for this!".

Bell, Ryu, Hestia, the Pokemon and the Loki Familia stepped out if the tavern and stared at what was happening right now, I just stare Bete "what's wrong? you said that weak people should disappear right? well your weaker than me so I just did what you wanted, I made the weak you disappear from the Hostess of Fertility".

The Loki Familia gaped at what I just said to Bete while Bell and Hestia just silently watched me, inwardly they are very happy that I was defending them.

The Eeveelutions and Eevees just sat on their hunches besides Ryuu who was also watching what was about to happen curious as to what I would to Bete.

Bete growled like a mad dog but I wasn't in the mood, so I teleported behind him and kicked him on the face which sent him rolling on the ground a fair distance away "don't growled at me, you're the one who insulted Bell for being a rookie! he could have died and then you even had the balls to laugh at him! not on my watch asshole!".

I hate bullies, it's something that I lived through my original life and it's something that I carry within me still, I just met Bell but I already consider him a friend, I mean we fought, ate and joked together so to me he's already family, the same as Hestia.

So I'm not about to let some high level mutt insult him in my presence, besides Bell is a good guy much better than Issei or Kazuma for that matter so I don't mind giving him my help at any time.

Me choosing to stand up for Bell must have triggered a Quest because I got a notification and I quickly gave it a look over.

[Ding! Ding!.

Bete Loga has made fun of a member of your Familia! teach him a lesson in humility and show him how weak he is compared to a Heavenly Dragon!.

Objective: Defeat and humiliate Bete Loga.

Secret objective: ?.

Reward: Starter Pokemon Token.

Secret Reward: ?.]

*Secret objective? that's new... Astraea?*.

[The spark of divinity you received from Hestia allowed me to create these new optional objectives for super rare rewards! I'm so excited to play around with this Rean!.]

I chuckled as I mentally closed the notification, my chuckled confused everyone because they were all looking at me, but I just ignored them and focused on my current opponent who was slowly getting up from the floor.

Bete got up from the ground and launched himself at me with a howl of rage, the moment he got within close distance of me he began to lash out with high and low kicks.

But I easily dodge them all, I'll admit he was fast but I spar with Lucario all the time and he's way faster than this mutt, I then slightly side stepped and dodged an axe kick aimed at my head.

Bete's axe kick hit the ground and cracked it from the force behind it, I crouched a bit and the used one of my Fighter class skills "Dragon Blast!".

I launched my self upwards and uppercut Bete right on his chin, once we got high enough I then kicked him away, sending him flying through the air a few seconds later he then slam against the ground.

As soon as I landed I then immediately attacked with a long range Fighter class skill "Demon Fist!".

I punched forward unleashing a shockwave of energy that traveled across the ground in high-speed until it hit Bete who was still trying to get up.

"Gha!" Bete let out a grunt of pain as the energy shockwave hurt him and dragged him away until he crashed gainst the ground again until the shockwave lost strength and dissipated.

Unable to recover fast enough he couldn't do anything as I appeared in a blur besides him and grabbed onto one of his legs and began to spin him around while he screamed from the force of my spin "Landslide!".

A soon as I declared my skill I then slam Bete into the ground with all the momentum I built from spinning him around, Bete crashed against the ground so hard that not only did it cracked but actually created a small crater underneath Bete.

The Loki Familia were now starting to get worried for Bete, they haven't seen him get this beat up in a very long time, Riveria and Finn tried to walk forward to stop the fighting but then a yellow Lightning bolt ran through in front of them forcing them to stop and take a step back

Both Finn and Riveria nervously sweated when they looked and saw that the stone and ground was red hot from the lighting that just stop them, the two high class adventures turn to see who had done this.

Only to gape when they saw a small yellow fox like creature glaring at them with sparks of electricity coming out of it fur, then they noticed the rest of these strange creatures glaring at them.

They understood right away that they were given a clear warning to not interfere and both Finn and Riveria stepped back to their group, their instincts were telling them not to mess with these creatures.

Hestia grinned and then spoke up "no one will interfere, I'm particularly upset that this friend of yours not only made fun of my Familia member but the fact that the Loki Familia had endanger the upper floors by letting a Minotaur escape, my Bell could have died and if that had happened I wouldn't have never forgiven any of you... even if I was sent back to heaven I would have made sure all of you paid...".

The entire Loki Familia flinched knowing what that threat meant, Hestia would have used her divinity to get rid of them, even if it meant breaking the rules and getting sent back to heaven and the fact that she seems very serious about it made them all very afraid.

Ais walked up to Bell who jumped in surprise and was about to try and run but Leafeon used Grass Knot which made him fall on his face the moment he tried to take a step.

Poor Bell stared in shock and betrayal towards Leafeon who just grinned back at him, Ais bent down and petted his head "I'm sorry you got attacked because of us... are you okay?...".

Bell stammered and blushed as he tried to reassure Ais that he was okay and that it's was fine because she had saved him.

Meanwhile Hestia and the Pokemon rolled their eyes at him and shook their head at the same time, Hestia sighed "... I need to do something about that nervousness Bell has..".

I then lift Bete one more time and then threw him aside where he rolled on the ground a few times before coming to a stop in fron of his Familia who couldn't do anything because the Pokemon where glaring at them and Riveria and Finn were not letting them move forward.

Bete got up and glared at me, I just shrugged and shook my head at him "come on weakling, as far as I know the Loki Familia is a famous and powerful Familia but looking at you I'm starting to have my doubts".

Bete growled while the Loki Familia frowned a bit but I didn't care and juts looked at them "don't look at me like that, this is your fault after all, you let the ego on this mutt grow to the point where he's perfectly okay with a rookie dying, such disregard for human life... everyone starts weak at some point, all of you did and yet you forgot that, your so full of yourselves that you seem perfectly fine allowing a member of your Familia members speak like that about another, what would you have done if it was a rookie from your Familia who was almost died and someone was making fun of them?".

The Loki Familia except Bete looked down understanding what I was talking about, I then noticed Bell and Ais speaking with each other "at least one of you had the common decency to apologize...".

The Loki Familia turned towards where my gaze pointed at and they saw Ais kneeling besides Bell and calmly talking to him while Bell nervously spoke back.

Bete saw this and growled, he didn't like the fact that Bell was getting close to Ais and was about to walk over but the moment he tried to walk closer to them Vaporeon used Hydro Pump and hit him in the chest not only stopping Bete on his tracks but also dragging him within the water all the way until he crashed against a wall full force.

Vaporeon let her attack dissipate and the huffed in annoyance, meanwhile everyone stared at Vaporeon in shock.

I just chuckled and shook my head, like me, my Pokemon are very overprotective of whoever gains their trust or whoever I consider friends or family, Bell is already considered a friend and the Pokemon wouldn't let anything happen to him.

They instinctively know that Bete is way more powerful that Bell right now so they won't let him get anywhere close to him.

Meanwhile I just walked over where Bete was laying on the ground "doesn't feel nice huh? to be treated like you don't matter, like you don't deserve to exist because your weak".

Bete looked up at me and glared as he began to get up, I just continued on "I don't know what your circumstances are, I don't know what your past is nor what you've been through and honestly I don't really care but I won't ever let you talk about a friend of mine like that ever again!".

Bete growled and then once again roared in anger as he began to look more feral, I think I know what this is, it must be that skill of his that makes him stronger under the moonlight.

My Mimicry Skill couldn't copy it because not only is it considered a racial skill but I didn't have the right physiology for it, which is fine, it's not like I needed a skill like his anyway.

Bete the launch himself at me, claws first trying to slash my face but I teleported behind him and elbowed him on his back, then I kicked him in the abdomen stopping his downward trajectory and sending his body upwards.

I crouched down and jumped into the air where I quickly caught up to Bete and hit him with a three kick combo "Swallow Kick!".

Bete was sent flying downwards after my third kick and bounced off the ground once after crashing against it, this time however he recovered quickly in mid air after bouncing off the ground and landed on all fours.

But I was bored of this fight already so I decided to let it end and let Bete suffer in pain for a long while, Bete was about to launch himself towards me but then I disappeared.

Bete got up and began to look around for me but then I reappeared right in front of him in a fighting stance and then I said "do try to not to die from this attack!".

My arms and legs lit up in blue and purple fire engulfing my limbs as I got ready to use one of my Mystic Arts.

Bete was unable to even move an inch with how fast I began my attacks against him just stood there as I started my attack with multiple fiery spin kicks that not only crushed his bones but brun him with Hellfire and Startdust energy, after my kick assault I ended the combo with a double open palm technique that not only made his body double over my hands but engulfed him a blast of blue and purple fire "Fire Dragon Rampage!".

The blast of blue and purple fire then took the shape of an Eastern Dragon which roared and then shot out with Bete still trapped inside the head of the dragon.

The Dragon took flying upwards were in then wrapped round Bete and exploded in a giant ball of blue and purple fire.

The night sky lit up for a second and everyone except Hestia and the Pokemon 'who were watching my attack with awed expression on their faces' had to covered their eyes in order to protect them from the light.

I sighed and then relaxed my stance, I had to modify my Fire Dragon Rampage to take Bete into the sky and explode up there, otherwise I might have destroyed some buildings or even hurt one of the townspeople watching the fight *thank goodness for my control!*.

After a few seconds my attack subsided and Bete came crashing down to the ground smoking and extra crispy, I nodded to my Pokemon and they let the Loki Familia rushed forward to try and help him.

I held back my Mystic Art quite a bit in order not to kill the mutt not because I was being nice but because I still wanted to teach him a lesson plus the Quest had said to just beat him.

So I walked to him while the Loki Familia were all kneeling besides him and checking him over, as I walked closer I could see the aftermath of my Mystic Art.

Bete's body was not only bleeding all over the place put his body was also severely burned he lost quite a bit of fur too, which in hindsight its not surprising, my Hellfire Perk and my Stardust energy make all my fire attacks extra dangerous.

I summoned Excalibur in her Tachi form into my hand as I began to come closer to Bete which alerted the Loki Familia and made them panic, Riveria then spoke up "wait! you already won! you don't have to do this! and besides you could get in trouble for killing another adventurer!".

I raised an eyebrow at her and huffed "what makes you think I care about getting into trouble, I want to see anyone try to arrest me and besides why are you complaining? I'm just following what he said 'the weak should just disappear' remember?".

All the Loki Familia gasped and flinched the moment I threw Bete's words back to them, Bete himself was glaring and growling, not only from the pain he was going through but because Rean had called him weak.

I rose Excalibur into the air and engulfed her with my Stardust Energy ready to bring it down into Bete but then a voice stopped me "wait!".

I turned my head towards the voice and saw Loki standing there with a glare on her eyes, I scoffed at her "why should I? only the elf there tried to stop Bete from insulting and making fun of Bell, you just laughed, I saw you, so why should I stop?".

Loki frowned and then tiredly sighed "alright, I'm sorry for not stopping Bete from opening his big mouth and for laughing, I just wanted to celebrate my Familia coming back from a big expedition so I didn't want to ruined the mood... look I'll make reparations with Hestia about this okay? just don't kill Bete, he might have a nasty attitude but he's a good guy, I swear! he just has a bad habit of speaking out of his ass".

I closed my eyes and sighed, I then reopen them and turn my gaze towards Hestia and Bell who was still standing besides Ais who surprisingly didn't come to check on Bete.

Both Bell and Hestia nodded at me, so I pulled down Excalibur and swung her around in a flourish before sending her back to rest in my soul.

I then turned towards Loki and nodded "alright but I don't want to hear him speak like that again or next time I will kill him, do I make myself clear?".

Loki nodded and Bete growled at me but Tiona punched him on top of his head and knocked him out, I then walked back towards Bell and Hestia and smiled at them "lets go back in and finish dinner, I'm hungry again!".

Both Hestia and Bell nodded with grins on their faces, the Pokemon cheered and began to run circles around Ryuu who was staring at me in awe, she then said "that was impressive Rean...".

I smiled at her and nodded "thank you Ryuu, I had to hold back a bit but I did have some fun teaching the mutt a lesson!".

Ryuu smiled and then shook her head, we all started to walk back into the Hostess of Fertility, she then said "that was you holding back?... how interesting".

Meanwhile most of the Loki Familia rushed Bete back home for treatment. he was in a really bad shape but if they hurry they might be able to heal him with potions.

I just chuckled and as soon as we went back in I yelled to Mama Mia "Mama Mia! bring more food cause I'm hungry again!".

Mama Mia loudly laughed "Hahaha! I bet you are! handing down an ass kicking like that is a sure way to build up an appetite! go sit down I'll have Syr bring food to your table in a few minutes".

We all noded and then sat down, however as soon as we all sat down on our table I noticed we had some extras, I raised an eyebrow when I saw Ais, Tiona, Tione and Lefiya sit on our table, each one had an Eeveelutions in their lap to which I raised an eyebrow at.

Ais had Jolteon on her lap and was playing with his ears, Tiona had Vaporeon and was rubbing her back like you would a cat, Tione had 'to my surprise ' Umbreon who was chill in her lap while Tione traced his glowing markings, Lefiya had to Eevees on her lap who were enjoying her attention.

I just sighed at my Pokemon and gave them look which they returned with a smug smiled, just what are they doing?.

Ais just deadpanned at me, the twins grinned and Lefiya blushed and began to nervously play around with her fingers, I decided to bite the bullet and ask "okay? can you girls explain why your sitting here?".

Aiz just continued to deadpanned at me and then said "rabbit..".

I nodded and ignored Bell who was sputtering in surprise, I then responded with a simple "gotcha!".

Hestia giggled watching Bell have a panic attack while Tiona excitedly said "I just wanted to asked you about those sweet moves you used on Bete!".

I nodded not surprising but still a bit of a weird reason to approach someone who just beat the crap put of a friend of yours "okay... but aren't you guys angry with what I did to the mutt?".

All them shook their heads and then Tione explained "Bete is an asshole, he's always saying mean things to us so were actually really glad someone kicked the shit out of him for once! he had it coming!".

Lefiya nodded and the spoke up "he's always really mean to everyone especially the low level adventurers, everyone has at least told him once that someday he was going to get karma hit him in the back of the head for being like that but he would alway laughed at that".

The girls nodded to Lefiya's word and I understood so if the want to hang out with us I don't mind and so that's how we spent the rest of the evening, drinking, eating and making new friends while Ryuu and the rest of the gilrs played and petted the Eevees and Eeveelutions.

After a while and after eating a lot we all decided it was time to go home, so we walked the girls back to their home base first and then headed back to our little home.

The Pokemon were happily running around Hestia in a circle while she walked ahead of us, she seemed to be having fun with the Eevees and Eeveelutions.

As we walked Bell then spoke up after being silent for a while "Rean can you teach me how to fight?".

I turned my head towards Bell and gave him a nod "sure, I have no problem teaching you how to fight but what exactly do you want to learn?".

Bell smiled and then looked up and stared into the night sky "well I want to able to move like you do, it was amazing how you were able to dodge all of those super fast kicks that werewolf sent you way, I was also hoping you would teach me some martial arts and magic".

I hummed as I though about Bell's requests, I can easily give him a Skill Orb with a copy of both my Fighter skills and Mage Skills, this would be the perfect time to do so as well since he's still a low level adventurer and he'll be able to adapt and learn faster the new skills "alright, I have a way to teach you all of those skills, all you will have to do is train and get used to them so after giving you the skills I'll have some of my Pokemon train you every morning and once I summoned the girls in this world you can spar with him as well, that way you can get used to fighting different types people".

Bell excitedly nodded and grinned, Hestia stopped walking and then turned towards me "when are you going to bring the girls here?".

I smiled at Hestia and answered her question "first I have to make some changes to our home, make it bigger and increase the number of rooms, I also have to make the yard bigger so I can summon more Pokemon and so they have space to move around, I was actually planning of doing all of that while you slept tonight".

Hestia smiled and nodded liking the idea of a bigger home, more people and more Pokemon, Bell then hummed and asked "how are you going to do that Rean?".

I just grinned at Bell "well using some good old Time and Space Manipulation along some Earth Manipulation to build things, don't worry though, you guys won't notice anything while you sleep".

Both Hestia and Bell nodded, we continued to walk together while making idle conversation with each other until we reached our home.

Bell and Hestia went to sleep some time after, so I warded the entire room against sound and stepped outside to get to work with the Eevees and Eeveelutions following close behind.

Once outside I used my Aura Sense to check the entire place around the abandoned church, I was pretty sure this entire street was empty but I might as well make sure and indeed, the buildings around the abandoned church were empty.

Which works for me since I'll be using the entire area to make ourselves a home for this world, ever since I watch the first Pokemon movie I was always curious about Psychic abilities.

Especially when I saw everything Mewtwo was capable of, that Pokemon was able to build and entire lab with just whatever was left of the lab he destroyed when he escaped.

So when I gained access to the Psychic Manipulation skill and Psychic abilities I grinded and trained them to the highest rank possible and began to play around with them, so it was quite easy to begin my project with my Psychic abilities.

My eyes began to glow as I raised a hand and activated the full force of my Psychic powers, each and every building around the ares began to be disassembled brick by brick and float up to the sky.

The abandoned church followed soon after and after clearing the entired area I then began to use the materials I gathered from all the buildings I took apart and began to build a mansion for the Hestia Familia.

It took a while and a bit of concentration but I was able to use the materials to build a big mansion and with a big wall around it while also building a giant back yard.

As soon as I was finished made a giant wooden gate with Senjutsu and Grass Type Manipulation and then went inside the front in yard while closing the new gate.

I then headed to the backyard with the Eevees and Eeveelutions following me closed behind, once in the backyard I clapped my hands together and created a giant ward around the entire area surrounding the mansion.

Anti-scrying, intent, anti-intruder and a whole bunch of other ones to make sure no one can come inside and bother the Pokemon, I wouldn't want some idiot pissing off Groudon or Lugia and cause them to destroy everything I just built.

If someone wants to foolishly mess with one of my Pokemon then they can do it outside and far away from our new mansion.

I nodded at the wards and grinned knowing that Freya is going to hate the fact that she can't spy on Bell while he's at home anymore.

I looked around the backyard, it was empty and didn't have any plant life but if I want this place to be a sanctuary for my Pokemon I have to give it some life but first I need to build a lake for my water Pokemon.

I got on one knee and placed a hand on the ground, using Space and Time Manipulation I expanded the entire backyard inside the wards I just raised, I made it very big because my biggest Pokemon needed a lot of space.

Then using my Ground Type Manipulation I made a giant and deep crater, afterwards I stood up and sighed while dusting my pants, then I used my Water Type Manipulation and began to fill the creater with water, Vaporeon decided to give me a hand and used Rain Dance.

A heavy rain began to fall around the area Vaporeon looked smug but then sweatdrop when she turned around and noticed the deadpan she was getting from her now wet fellow Eeveelutions and Eevees.

I chuckled when Vaporeon actually blushed in embarrassment, even with Rain Dance activated it took a few hours to fill the crater but at the end of it all, the Hestia Familia now had a giant lake.

Afterwards I got to work to adding plant life around the back yard, this time I was going to have to combine multiple skills to make it work.

First I used my Grass Type Manipulation and my Stardust energy to make grass and revive the soil around and inside the wards of our new mansion, Leafeon helped by using her own Grass type energy.

Then I used Senjutsu, Stardust energy and Grass Type Manipulation to create trees and plant life in the backyard, quite literally I created a vast forest for my Pokemon to play around in, soon after I created hills and rocky mountain as well.

Overall I spent a lot of hours preparing the mansion and back yard alone but I wasn't finished yet, the mansion is still empty and I still need to refurbish it and set up running water and electricity with runes and what not, thank Astraea for my Synthesis Skill.

But first I summoned my Pokemon and explained to them about this world and what we'll be doing here, most of them were excited to go inside the Dungeon or explore the city.

I smiled at them because like me my Pokemon were always ready for adventure, since I wasn't that creative or good a setting up furniture I decided to summon the girls so they could help me set up our home in this world how they like it.

With an eager and happy smile on my face I opened my In-game menu and went into the World Jump tab, there I clicked the summon tab and saw a list there, in this list were the people I love and care about, my family.

I didn't waste any time and picked all of them and then click the summon button, in flashes of white light Serafall, YunYun, Wiz, Sakuya, Asia, Yasaka and Kunou arrived into the world of Danmachi.

The girls brightly smiled and immediately jumped me into massive hug and we ended up falling into the ground laughing, right top of the dog pile was Kunou who was cheering in victory.

After that bit of fun we all got up and while Kunou was playing with the Pokemon I began to explain everything I knew about this world.

The girls listened intentionally and after I was done talking, Serafall was the first one to speak "hmm I world full of Gods and a Dungeon that's alive, it all sounds interesting".

Yasaka nodded "I'm more interested in these Beastmen you mentioned Rean, aspecially the Renard since they seemed awfully like Kitsune Yokai".

Wiz hummed "I wonder if me being a Goddess would caused problems in this world?".

I shook my head "no, The Gamer System is protecting you and hiding your true nature since your permanently in my party so no worries there, not even the Dungeon will be able to tell that your a Goddess, besides your a completely different type of deity from the ones in this world so their rules or laws don't apply to you".

YunYun nodded and then spoke up "I'm interested in the magic here, you said that it's mostly long chant spellcraft right?".

I nodded to YunYun and smiled since magic is and will always be YunYun's favorite subject "yes most of the magic here requires long chants but I bet you can reverse engineer them".

YunYun excitedly and gave me a big hug, I kissed the top of her head, Sakuya wast staring at the mansion with excited and bright eyes "what a wonderful mansion Rean, did you build it?".

I nodded "yup, as a matter of fact I just finished it and I need help furnishing it".

Sakuya grinned and brought out a broom out of nowhere, she then gave me a kiss and then left towards the mansion like she was going into battle, honestly it made me chuckle, Asia happily clapped "its going to be so much fun refurbishing our home here~".

The girls nodded and excitedly began to talk amongst themselves about the furniture and other things they wanted to do for the house.

Kunou walked up to me and pulled on my sleeve, I turned around to look at my daughter who smiled at me, I returned her smile with one of mine and bent down to pick her up, Kunou hugged me tightly as I hold her up in my arms "did you missed us papa?".

I smiled and rubbed my cheek to her in a form of affection "of course I did! but now your all here and we can all have some fun in this world, are you excited Kunou?".

Kunou nodded vigorously, with that said we all smiled at each other and then headed inside the mansion to get to work, Yuki, the Eevees and Eeveelutions following close behind while the rest of the Pokemon moved around the backyard forest and lake to chose and claim places to sleep or hang out.

The rest of the night we spent it setting the Mansion up with furniture and everything else we might need to make our home comfortable for us though we had to set up Kunou's room first because she got very sleepy halfway through.

After putting my daughter to sleep we continued to work until early hours of the morning and once we were done me and Wiz went to cook a big breakfast for everyone while Sakuya served coffee or tea.

Sometime early in the morning both Bell and Hestia woke up and went around the room to get ready for the day, however they were curious as to where Rean might be so they decided to go look for him.

Guessing that that their friend was upstairs and outside they decided to go up and look for him only to be shocked when they came out of what is now a basement into a big and beautiful mansion.

Bell and Hestia just stood there frozen in shock until a small young Renard appear out of nowhere being followed by a white ninetailed fox, the little Renard walked up to them and tilted her head while staring at them.

Both Hestia and Bell stared back at her not knowing how to react, Kunou then smiled and pointed at Bell "you look like a rabbit! are you Mr Bell?".

Bell gaped at the little Renard while Hestia couldn't help but to giggled and pick up the little girl in her arms "that's right, he's Bell and I'm Hestia, do you mind telling us your name sweetie?".

The little Renard brightly smiled and then proudly said "I'm Kunou Hayashi! daddy told me to come get you for breakfast! he said that to go wake up his rabbit looking friend! and his Goddess so here I am!".

Bell groaned about being called a rabbit while Hestia laughed and hugged the little bundle of fluff and cuteness, Kunou then guided them to the dinner room while Hestia and Bell looked around in surprised awe.

They were in complete shock at what Rean had accomplished in one night, he did tell them what he was going to be doing but never in their minds did imagined that he would do all of this while they slept.

Me and the girls were eating breakfast while we waited for Kunou to arrive with Bell and Hestia, my daughter immediately took off, when I said that we need to get Bell and Hestia, it seems she was very excited to meet my new friends.

Soon enough I saw both Bell and Hestia who was cheerfully carrying my daughter in her arms arrived, I smiled and raised my coffee mug at them "good morning guys! I see you met my daughter, how about I introduce you to everyone else while we have some breakfast then we'll give you a tour of the Hearth Mansion!".

Both Hestia and Bell smiled at me and then walked up to the table to join me and the girls in eating breakfast, everyone was anxious to get to know each other.